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I'm currently a student at Drake University in Des Moines, IA. My hometown is in the Chicagoland area. Most of my editing is done on Major League Soccer, maglev trains, and a few other fields. If you'd like to ask about an edit or work out a compromise on something on which you disagree with me on, go ahead and let me know.

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[edit] Major League Soccer

Have any issues with MLS edits? List them here. By the way, I'm a huge Chicago Fire fan, so if you spot vandalism on their page, let me know!

Hi, Drakeguy. Thanks for adding the information on the new Toronto team's name, but we really can't put that information up until it becomes official. Please keep in mind our policies on Original Research and Verifiability. Thanks! Powers 12:58, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

That's perfectly fine. I might have been a bit too gung-ho on that one. But I just want to point out that I have written basically 3 entire sections on Major League Soccer: profitability, ownership, and most of stadiums section as well. Stadiums is the one section of which I believe is really getting too long and is not concise enough for the average Wikipedia reader. Oh yeah, and I've written about a third of what you see on the Bridgeview Stadium page. If anyone happens upon this page and would like to discuss their ideas for the stadium section improvement, please feel free to add your suggestions. Drakeguy 07:28, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Oh yeah, and one more thing, I was not, for the record, the guy who originally posted the Inter Toronto FC information on the main MLS page. The culprit is out there. All I did was put it on the stadium page as I thought that the edit had been allowed to stand on its own merits. Wish people were more reliable when I try to standardize things between MLS pages! By the way, has anyone noticed there are at least three entries for the same D.C. soccer stadium? Anacostia Stadium, D.C. United Stadium, and Poplar Point Stadium. I just hope they hurry up and officially name the thing, as the 3 different articles means somebody is wasting their time. Drakeguy 07:33, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

I'll take a look. I don't have Major League Soccer on my watchlist, but I did have the stadium article. Powers 14:20, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CONCACAF Champions League

Hard not to get excited about this. Finally there will be a rival tournament for CONCACAF to show off to the world watching Copa Libertadores, Interliga, UEFA Champions League, or Copa Sudamericano. I can only hope that at least 4 MLS teams will automatically qualify for this.Drakeguy 07:33, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

I appreciate being thought of as the "ultra wikipedian" but I don't have a clue about this. I've never even heard of CONCACAF before, and I visited the link but couldn't make much sense out of the acronyms. My soccer experience is limited to local coverage of the Rochester Raging Rhinos. Powers 12:59, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Poplar Point Stadium

You changed the seating capacity for the stadium in Poplar Point Stadium and D.C. United articles from 27,000 to 24,000. Do you have a source for this? D.C. United's website says 27,000. --dm (talk) 20:26, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Take a look at what the Washington Post says about it. I actually was a 1000 seats low, but the Post says it's a 25,000 seater, not 27,000. *[1] Drakeguy 22:10, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maglev Train

A real passion of mine, I've been adding edits to this page for around 4-6 months. All I can say is it's about time somebody like China started adapting the technology, although it's a shame they had to rip off the Germans to do it.


Welcome!

Hello, Drakeguy, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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[edit] Re: Evils of Atheism

Drakeguy, I hope you didn't think I wrote the little screed "Evils of Atheism" on my talk page. I realized after your edit that I never tagged User:GreekWarrior's tirade as {{unsigned}}. Thanks for your input in any case, though I suspect it'll never get read by the one who needs most to read it. Powers 14:22, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. Although I wish I had not misspelled a few phrases. Makes me come off less intelligent even though I know how to spell and phrase everything correctly. Drakeguy 05:46, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

I'd just like to point out that i consider myself an atheist. I dont "bemoan crusades or elivate darwin", i simply refuse to believe in the existance of a being with indefinate powers. I wont get into a religious arguement here, but you should be carefull what you poke fun at. Rekov 22:29, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Lol sorry man i made the same mistake the guy above did. I misunderstood this comment to be yours .

"It's about damn time somebody taught atheists their own medicine, and before you ask, I do not generalize, I think there's a cultural distinction between atheism and nonbelievers. Atheists tend to be enraged over religion of any kind, and spend a lot of time elevating Darwin and bemoaning the Crusades. Nonbelievers in general - say, someone who's raised a Christian, believes the Bible is an allegory, and only attends church for a funeral or perhaps at Christmastime - tend to adopt a "Whatever gets you through the night" philosophy and be quiet on matters of faith. It's sort of like the difference between a devout vegetarian and someone who hates the taste of meat. Atheists are proud of their hate. It is something that they love devoutly and use it to hate christians. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by GreekWarrior (talk • contribs) ."


Apologies, Rekov 03:13, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Energy Superpower page

It's certainly an emerging concept so deserves attention and I think you've made a great start. If you can add a link to it from some other carefully selected energy pages then you should get a few more comments and contributions. You could also consider adding a few short mentions about how the countries are starting to use their power - in the Russia-Ukraine gas dispute for example... Gralo 04:28, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

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