User talk:Intrepidsfsu

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Hey, I'd like to hear your concerns on the UC Berkeley article in regards to what sounds like a blatant advertisement. I have tried to keep advertising at a minimum, but university articles by their nature will have some sort of it. If this article is biased enough to receive a tag, then you can say the same for every university related article on wikipedia, and by that extension, articles like Duke University, University of Michigan, and Cornell University that have reached Featured Article status.Arcimpulse 03:59, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

I would then direct you to the Tufts University page, which has received a similar tag while containing like commentary, a tag with which I do not in that case agree and which was not placed there by me. I argue that the self-aggrandizing of this page is indicative of gross over promotion and needs adjustments in both its tone and tenor. I would suggest that UC Berkeley’s page not be geared to such self promotion and hyperbole. Therefore I request that the tag be left until suitable changes are enacted, and that the page be made more impartial and further that visitors to the page may make their own decisions as to the biases inherent to the page. The tag should be left on until a further consensus is reached among other visitors, and ones without an agenda to promote and advertise for UC Berkeley. I would also direct you to wikipedia policy on advertising. Intrepidsfsu 09:12, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE: New Userboxes

(cross-post from original discussion here)

I can certainly put together a few simple boxes for the WAC. I'll get started on that soon. So that you can help, here is the basic look of an NCAA userbox:

<div style="float: left; border: solid black 1px; margin: 1px;">
{| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: [major background color];"
| style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: [minor background color]; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: [minor font color];" | '''[School initials]'''
| style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: [major font color];" | This user is a [Wikilink to school] fan.
|}
</div>
<noinclude>
[[Category:Sports fan user templates|NCAA-School Initials]]
</noinclude>

Play around with the places marked with braces in your sandbox and see what you can come up with. There are a few things to remember, though. First, you can not use the school's logo anywhere on the userbox. WP's fair-use critera (WP:FUC) does not allow the use of fair-use images anywhere but in articles. Second, play around with the colors. It's frequently the most challenging part to get as close as possible to your schools colors with the fairly limited HTML pallet, but once you do you get a real feeling of accomplishment. Third, feel free to ask for help from anyone in the college foot ball wikiproject (WP:CFB). Mecu and NMajdan are both really good with tables and templates and I've done a lot of these NCAA userboxes. Have fun, and welcome to WikiPedia! z4ns4tsu\^talk 15:32, 2 April 2007 (UTC)