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[edit] Florida Atlantic
I see your point. Every school does have nicknames. But sometimes these nicknames become part of the common parlance regardign a school and at this point they become notable. The fact is, nicknames are an important part of the lore of institutions of higher learning. College is not just about majors, buildings and faculty, it is also about a sense of institutional identity, about campus lore. Some of this lore is negative and some is positive. Either way, this lore is an important defining characteristic of any institution. As a Floridian and a person familiar with FAU, I can tell you (as I suspect you know) that this nickname is extremely widespread. In terms of widespread usage, it seems undoubtedly notable. Although the column may be imperfect and may be biased, it is a worthwhile source because it features a well known columnist (and former Sourth Floridian) writing for what many in the know consider to be Florida'a most repected newspaper (the state's only remaining major independent newspaper) using this nickname. The fact that it would be used by such a person in such a publication, regardless of context, speaks to notability, which is the core criterion for inclusion in wikipedia. So, in short, this should stay because it is extremely well known in Florida and the source should be viewed merely as verification of this widespread usage / notability. Interestingstuffadder 13:02, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Credit where credit is due
Thanks for giving me credit for adding positive content to the FAU article... Interestingstuffadder 22:54, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thomas Maloney
Hi there; I still think that the Thomas Maloney article, which is clearly a non-notable biography, warrants a speedy delete. I note that you removed my speedy delete tag; I have not re-inserted it because that's playground childish, but really you should leave it in position until an admin can consider it. Edit wars are silly, and we should not generate them.--Anthony.bradbury 00:35, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
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- Fair comment, and obviously I have not altered anything that you have done: but I would say that a simple assertion of notability made within an article is not of itself a proof thereof. I can detect no real evidence of notability here except that the editor says that he is notable. Anyone can say that.--Anthony.bradbury 00:55, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
- Yes. I know absolutely nothing about igloos. Let us just leave it alone and see what happens.--Anthony.bradbury 01:09, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] FidoCent
I went ahead and speedy deleted the FidoCent article as it clearly fails WP:CSD:A7 (no assertion of notability) and could also be considered to fail CSD:G1 (patent nonsense). Thanks for catching this one. Best, Gwernol 14:20, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Moogle Mafia
You proposed said article for deletion for being a dictionary entry. It doesnt look like one to me.68.109.11.36 16:06, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Amend AfD
I'm merging Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SteakandCheese into Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SteakandCheese.com. Same article, only without .com has a dozen external links inline. I don't think you'd have any objection to this. Kevin_b_er 19:13, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Patent nonsense
I've been running speedy deletion duty, and I've noticed that you've tagged a few articles as patent nonsense that really don't quite fit that category. As per WP:CSD: This does not include: poor writing, partisan screeds, obscene remarks, vandalism, fictional material, material not in English, badly translated material, implausible theories, or hoaxes.. As much as I would love to speedy alot of that stuff, it really needs to by sent to VfD some of the time (such as in the case of Starving Jesus). Sorry about that. – ClockworkSoul 03:40, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Shula Bowl
I've notice you been working on the Shula Bowl article and like the changes you've made. I've updated the page to have each logo (w/o borders) appear on each side of the table. I think it looks better and wanted to know if you felt it was a better look. Well keep up the good work. Cheers! Evill72 03:26, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for the compliments. Evill72 01:28, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] New userboxes
Per the terms of the German userbox solution new userboxes should not be created in template space. Please read up on the current practices. That page has instructions on how to properly create userfied userboxes. --Cyde Weys 20:27, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] wakesurfing
Hi KnightLago.
First I want to say that I'm new to wikipedia - as I'm sure you can tell. I've obviously got some issues with posting images / copyright knowledge. For that I'm sorry and I'll work to increase my knowledge.
I see you redirected the wakesurfing page to wakeboarding. I'm sorry, I wasn't completely done with the wakesurfing page. Thought I would post it, thinking it was good enough to post, and that others would build upon it as well. I guess I was incorrect in posting prior to thinking it was 100% complete.
Wakeboarding is a completely different sport than wakesurfing.
You probably looked at the wakesurfing page and saw that there were similar terms used among the sports. They use similar lingo, but are completely different.
During wakeboarding a rider holds onto a rope the entire time. While wakesurfing the rider doesn't hold a rope at all. As mentioned in my page, a rider rides the wake behind a boat just as someone rides a wave at a beach.
Also, a wakeboard has bindings which keep a wakeboarder completely bound to his board. In wakesurfing, just as in regular surfing, there are no bindings and a rider moves all over the top of the board.
There are competitions specific to wakeboarding and competitions specific to wakesurfing.
The only thing the two sports share is that they are done behind a boat.
The images I posted were of my friends, I realize they don't contain the correct copyright marks. Frankly, it's very confusing, I tried my best. I'm happy to get them to post them, or to have them say it's OK for me to post them.
Now that my posting has been marked as questionable though, I'm wondering if my uploading will ever be trusted again?
A response would be appreciated.
chathamsolutions Chathamsolutions 01:25, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] User FAU
Please be aware that User:Cyde deleted your FAU userbox template inappopriately. I have placed the following message on his talk page. You should also request that he (or preferably another admin) restore your template.
This is not "per GUS" as you claim. The section of GUS that states "no new userboxes in templates" is in between << double brackets >> which according to GUS itself should not be implemented until there is consensus. As you can see from the Straw poll, there is not consensus that education userboxes should not be in template, therefore speedy deleting new education userboxes cannot be done "per GUS." I kindly request that you respect GUS, reinstate this template and not SD new userbox templates in categories that do not have at least straw poll consensus. --NThurston 14:16, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
- Per the strawpoll, education userboxes are probably going to end up on Template space. For consistency, I propose to move the FAU UBX back to Template, unless you have some major objection. Feel free to do it yourself, or if I don't hear back in a few days, I will take care of it. --NThurston 18:30, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
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