User talk:Abduncan4

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Nice work on Detroit Boat Club. olderwiser 01:57, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Troop 34

FYI this article may be nominated for deletion, (not by me, Eagle Scout 1995), but just a heads up  J\/\/estbrook       02:32, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Some Wikipedians would consider the information as non-notable  J\/\/estbrook       02:48, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
PS please sign comments with ~~~~

You may want to put your energies in this direction-Scouting in Michigan. Chris 23:23, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Troop 34

Please do not remove Articles for deletion notices from articles or remove other people's comments in Articles for deletion pages. The notices and comments are needed to establish community consensus about the status of an article, and removing them is considered vandalism. If you oppose the deletion of an article, you may comment at the respective page instead. Thank you. -- Dalbury(Talk) 00:16, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Dude, go easy on the spite

I see you nominated a Troop 26 article for deletion, because your troops article was deleted. While I do not support the way you phrased yor request for deletion, I would like you to consider a few things.

For any group, whether it be gaming-clan, political party, charity, or scout troop, has to have achieved some level of significance in the wider community to be accepted as a productive article on Wikipedia. Unfortunately, neither your troop, the troop you nominated for deletion, or any of the troops I've belonged to, fulfil this criteria.

Now, I'd love to write up Brush Park Rover Crew, but I've learned from bashing around on here for a few months that such an article would not last very long (My crew's claim to fame is entering a Rover motorsport competition in another state, and when you live in a 'widespread' country like Australia, that is a fair achievement).

The best way to know when it is time for your troop to have an article will be when someone else writes it up. Not another scout from your troop, not a member of your local community, but somebody you will likely never meet goes "Holy shit, those guys from Troop 34 in Detroit are one impressive mob! They've done [Great Thing One] and [Great Thing Two] for this nation, and I think it should be acknowledged. Now, to do some research..." That's the point in history when Troop 34 will be 'deserving' (entirely the wrong word to use, but I can't think of one better) of an article on Wikipedia, after they've propelled themselves into the greater limelight.

I hope that the deletion of your troop's article has not put you off contributing to Wikipedia. You seem like the kind of kid who'd be a benefit to the community, and I'd hate to see you go.

If you want to chat more, or just yell at me, come and buzz me on my talk page.

Saberwyn 23:35, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

    • I wouldn't call it a policy. Sometimes, things slip through the net. Thanks for catching this one, and making sure Wikipedia's fair across the board. Saberwyn 22:16, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mechanics!

Looks like you might be interested in the newly launched Wikipedia:WikiProject Mechanics. deeptrivia (talk) 07:01, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Military history: Coordinator elections

WikiProject Military history The Military history WikiProject is currently holding elections for project coordinators. Any member of the project may nominate themselves and all are encouraged to vote here.
The elections will run until February 5.

--Loopy e 05:16, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cheers

I don't wanna overdo it or anything, so here's just a brief note thanking you for supporting me in the WikiProject Military history coordinator elections. Cheers, and I hope I can please as Assistant Coordinator! --Loopy e 01:26, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Military history WikiProject Newsletter, Issue I

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue I - March 2006
Project news
From the Coordinators

Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Military history WikiProject's newsletter! We hope that this new format will help members—especially those who may be unable to keep up with some of the rapid developments that tend to occur—find new groups and programs within the project that they may wish to participate in.

Please consider this inital issue to be a prototype; as always, any comments and suggestions are quite welcome, and will help us improve the newsletter in the coming months.

Kirill Lokshin, Lead Coordinator

Current proposals
  • Proposed guidelines for categories of military people are currently being discussed. A number of issues have already been resolved, but the proposed scheme is still in draft form and further input would be very welcome.

delivered by Loopy e 04:37, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:021211-03-DBC-entrybridge2.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:021211-03-DBC-entrybridge2.jpg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me, or ask them at the Image legality questions page. Thank you. Shyam (T/C) 02:17, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue II

The April 2006 issue of the project newsletter is now out. You may read this issue or change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you by following the link. Thanks. Kirill Lokshin 18:26, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject NASCAR proposed standards

WikiProject NASCAR needs your help! We are in the process of forming our proposed standards which, when complete, will hopefully become a Wikipedia guideline. The guidelines will help editors understand Wikipedia consensus about things like which NASCAR-related articles meet notability standards. Please stop by and let us know what you think! Recury 22:38, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue IV - June 2006

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[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history Coordinator Elections!

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[edit] Total re-write of the main Physics page is in progess

You might like to join us at Physics/wip where a total re-write of the main Physics page is in progess. At present we're discussing the lead paragraphs for the new version, and how Physics should be defined. I've posted here because you are on the Physics Project participant list. --MichaelMaggs 08:02, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] WP:MILHIST Coordinator Elections

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[edit] WikiProject Military History elections

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