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[edit] Alamance Community College

Can you please give me a link to your page? --GoOdCoNtEnT 02:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I've now put links to the articles on your talk page; here they are again. North Carolina Community College System Durham Technical Community College

If you meant a link to my user page, I've done that with the quad-tilde thing now. Lawikitejana 05:44, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Suggested articles for education

We need articles on these topics:

• Process vs. product in education
• school size research
• class size research
• schools within schools movement.

Lawikitejana 20:25, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Personal list of articles to which I hope to contribute

• Foreign language

Very UK-oriented ... could at least add some US-oriented info ... see if ACTFL and the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning are in here. Especially add to section "Foreign language education and ability."

• Language education.

http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/0106pufahl.html

• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. A stub!! I can't believe it! Mention also the proficiency guidelines and the SFLL.Lawikitejana 20:29, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Carol Hathaway. Writing is messy and many references to other characters could be linked.Lawikitejana 20:57, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• List of young adult authors Lawikitejana 04:52, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Articles to create

• National Standards for Foreign Language Learning.

Include links and info for the various editions, who was involved, what it has meant, why it's important (be sure to explain that the U.S. does not have a national curriculum for constitutional reasons), "the five C's" expression.

Some links:

Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Preparing for the 21st Century

http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3392

http://globalteachinglearning.com/standards/5cs.shtml

http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/standards.html

http://www.cal.org/resources/archive/rgos/flstandards.html

• M. E. Kerr -- HOW can such a popular author with such a long career still not have an article? The pseudonym is probably a factor, and I wouldn't be shocked if the orientation issue figured in as well. Lawikitejana 04:52, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Lawikitejana 20:29, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedians FROM Texas

VOTE to keep Category:Wikipedians from Texas from merging with Category:Wikipedians in Texas. Being FROM Texas is not necessarily the same as being IN Texas. --Renice 15:07, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Note to anyone reading the message above and thinking of joining the vote: I checked out the vote page, and not only does the discussion so far all lean toward "keep," but messages there indicate that the actual nomination hasn't occurred. It would appear someone was only discussing the thought of nominating it, and Texas-oriented people being frequently quick to jump into discussions of "from Texas" vs. "in Texas," some jumped the gun. Lawikitejana 20:27, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Texas

I've been going through category by category in category:Wikipedians to standardize them. It requeires making a long list of changes, and sometimes I realize I have to go back and change them again. That's what happened this time. When the nomination actually gets posted, I hope it will make more sense.--Mike Selinker 16:45, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Sorry just a little ignorant

I blanked it out my talk page habitually I like to always have a clean sate. I do the same thing with emails, text messages, etc...

I did not in anyway intend for it to be taken badly I fully read your message and took it into account. I also fully understand your point. I am sorry if I appeared rude or pretentious. I just was acting on habit.

I was unaware that doing such could be taken badly, and I also did not realize that it was considered bad etiquette. If I knew this, I would have never done it in the first place.

The idea that I would do such a thing knowing that it was a bad thing is asinine. I am for building community, not knowingly breaking it.

Finally, I would like to thank you for letting me know of this fact I simply was ignorant to this fact, and without you telling me, I may never have known.

Thank you please forgive my impertinence and I hope there are no hard feelings

--MJHankel 15:25, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Here's the book template

Open "edit this page" or edit the section, to see the template you can cut and paste.

• First Last (2006). Title in Title Case. Publisher Name. ISBN 0-000-00000-0. 

[edit] Acentos y tildes

¡Hola, Lawikitejana! Gracias por tu sugerencia. A mí se me había pasado por la cabeza, y he hecho varios redirect con artículos recién creados, pero la tarea es tan grande, que bien podría hacerse cargo de ello un BOT. Por otro lado, no conozco bien la política oficial de nombrado de los artículos respecto a las tildes. Tomo nota de la propuesta, y dado que mi conocimiento no llega para hacer un BOT, le pediré a alguien que ya tiene alguno que incorpore esa función. Un saludo, y ¡hasta pronto!--Garcilaso 13:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Cold War Template

Thanks for your comments on my talk page. I have since initiated a formal proposal at the template talk page as a first step to reducing the scope of the template. Skeezix1000 13:58, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Template:Cold War for those who want to check it out. Lawikitejana 18:12, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] U TAUNT HAPPY FUN BALL

DO NOT TAUNT HAPPY FUN BALL. CONTINUED TAUNTING OF HAPPY FUN BALL WILL LEAD TO YOU BEING BLOCKED. REMEMBER, YOU ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO HAPPY FUN BALL. DoNotTauntHappyFunBall

I have indeed been properly chastened. Lawikitejana 05:11, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hillman

Go to the section where someone said I butchered the page. You'll find it there. Kyros 03:25, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll go check on it; I thought that might be the spot, but it was hard to sort out the changes in the characters section from the removal of the Reunion section. Lawikitejana 05:28, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A College

You recently helped me with the Dallas Christian College Page and it would appear that you work on College and University pages,

I am coming to you because I was not sure who else to ask for help from and it seemed something should be done, for all I know I could be wrong.

I recently ran accross the Article for Texas Baptist College and unaccreditted Baptist Bible Colleg in Longview, Texas.

I found it and it is under discussion to be deleted for having no notability.

It seems to me that being any college makes a scholl inherently notable. Students, controversy, location all make it significant at least abit right?

Essentially I just felt it odd that it would be trashed though it is a small school it seems that it could be important somehow to somebody and I thought that wikipedia was supposed to hold information about everything equally and unbiased.

I wikified the article a bit and addded some information and sources.

I mean some people may look for unbiased information about the college. Their site is of course biased and critical books are also biased.

I do not know frankly I do not even agree with the college but it seems odd to trash it.

the discussion page for the deletion of the article is Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Texas_Baptist_College

Any help you could give would be great.

--MJHankel 05:53, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi, there! I've responded at User talk:MJHankel and also indirectly at the Articles-for-deletion discussion listed in your message. Lawikitejana 09:30, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Well thank you very much I just was not quite sure I did talk with the person who started the discussion and I started to understand his point, I do get the whole notability problem it just seemed as though there is no unbiased source for such a school.but I have come to accept that, as it is, I realy knew nothing of the school before and basically it does not much effect me either way... thank you again...--MJHankel 11:37, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] 2 year colleges tag

sounds like a deal ;) Locriani 20:03, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Fresa y chocolate

(copied my parts of the conversation from Mr. Lefty's page)

Oh, sorry about that. I went ahead and moved the article back to the correct title; no changes to the page since then were lost. Again, my apologies. --Mr. Lefty (talk) 20:54, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

No problem ... as I say, it probably would be best in the end to move it to the English title, but I don't know anything about moving and am not an admin, so I'm scarcely the right person for the job! :) Lawikitejana 21:00, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UTPA

Haha, no no, there is no longer a bell. I was greatly unware (or oblivious) of this fact. ^_^ Jjlongoria 03:49, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Richard Francis Burton

Thanks for your rating on this article. I and others have put a lot of hard work in. --Richard Clegg 13:05, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] University of Texas at El Paso

There is nothing wrong with a bulleted list within an article, so I've removed the cleanup tag. If you have greater concerns, please be bold and edit the article as you see fit, or discuss them on the talk page of the article. Thanks! Silensor 19:41, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quesadilla guanaca

Turns out I hadn't read the recipes right. I went through about a dozen recipes for quesadilla guanaca, and they all refer to a type of cheesecake, not an empanada! [1] There's a Salvadoran restaurant only a few blocks from where I live, I'll stop in and ask them what they think a quesadilla is.... Tubezone 23:48, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] APPO

He visto que has traducido alguna parte de la información sobre la APPO, contenida en es:wikipedia, para la página de discusión de Asamblea popular de los pueblos de Oaxaca. En la wiki en español he añadido referencias a periódicos donde se narran los sucesos desde el 27 de octubre al día de hoy, 30 de octubre, por si te interesa justificar la información en fuentes verificables. Si tienes algún comentario, puedes escribirme a mi página de usuario en la wikipedia en español. Saludos desde México.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 189.136.248.76 (talk • contribs) 21:52, 30 October 2006. Spanish Wikipedia user:Yavidaxiu

(The message says: "I see that you have translated a part of the information about the APPO, contained in Spanish Wikipedia, for the Talk page on Asamblea popular de los pueblos de Oaxaca. In the Spanish wiki, I have added references for newspapers that relate the events from Oct. 27 through today, Oct. 30, in case you'd be interested in backing up the information with verifiable sources. If you have any comments, you can write me via my user page on Spanish Wikipedia [link provided]. Greetings from Mexico." Translated by Lawikitejana 02:28, 31 October 2006 (UTC))

[edit] WikiProject Dallas

Hello! According to Wikipedians in Dallas, you live in or hail from the great city of Dallas. WikiProject Dallas would love to have you as a member. WikiProject Dallas is a WikiProject designed to build a comprehensive and detailed guide about everything related to the City of Dallas on the English Wikipedia. If you'd like to join, go to the project page and add your name under "participants". Otherwise, you may be able to help out by checking the worklist for things to improve, or contributing to the discussion.

Attatched automatically using WP:AWB. drumguy8800 C T 05:03, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Hey, thanks for the comment you left at my take page. It's appreciated. I know what you mean; some users get too heated about things that don't even matter and that never solves any disputes.  :) --musicpvm 16:48, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the heads-up!

Thanks for the having my back on both accounts. Very kind of you :D. Thanks for joining WikiProject Dallas, If you have any suggestions on how to make it better, please express your opinions at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Dallas/General|The general discussion page... I'd like to hear how the project looks—I basically just got it rolling and have been building all the templates/project pages in the past few weeks.  :D! drumguy8800 C T 19:41, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] your excellent feedback on my 1a page

Thanks, Lawik—I've changed that word to "repeatedly", and when I return to build on that little project in December, I'll include mention why the additive thing (and the other ways of integrating ideas) are such burning issues on WP. I'd never thought of it in the way you expressed. Nice. Tony 00:22, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Zishan Afsar

What's actually happened is that the prod tag has been left up, but the things I mentioned in it have been deleted from the article! I'm not actually certain how to proceed now: had I come upon the article in its current state originally, then I'd have had little hesitation in nominating it for speedy deletion as "has played for many local sides in the slough area" is not really much of an assertion of notability! However, I'm not sure whether it's acceptable to take down an existing prod template and replace it by a CSD one. Loganberry (Talk) 04:06, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Told ya they were clever ... but he's still non-notable from all appearances. They claim he's "legendary," but offer no sources to back it up. I'd say that for now, we just leave it there, watch it, and wait for it to get deleted. Lawikitejana 04:20, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tabs

31 windows is far too many, opening tabs allows one to have 31 pages open in one window. IE7 now has tabs but I havent yet downloaded it. It took me ages to grasp what tabs were for but I have been addicted since I got the hang of it, allowing the opening of multiple pages at the same time and easily accessible in the same window. I guess to open the same page in a new tab/window is Ctrl L Ctrl C and then open the new window/tag and Ctrl V. I guess for people our age these things come slowly but surely, poco a poco, and fir me wikipedia was such an excellent training for the other computer skills I now grapple with in my work. Anyway, cheers for the message, SqueakBox 14:20, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Dallas proposals

As a member of WikiProject Dallas, your vote is requested on two new proposals outlined at the project's strategy forum. Following voting, it is also requested that you participate in a quick critique of new additions to the project. drumguy8800 C T 09:56, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Burnham again

Well, this is a turn-up for the book... Brendan Mulcahy has been nominated as a speedy by the very same editor who (very briefly) vandalised my own Talk page! I've put a watch on this one; it could be interesting! Loganberry (Talk) 13:28, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mexican Jews

Hi. I am the person workings on the Mexican Jews article. I was wondering if you could help me with a few things on it. I want to put a Table of Contents in. Change it to Mexian Jews (with a capital J) and also add Jews in Mexico as you suggested. I would also like to link it to the page about Jews in Latin America.

--S. Burke 21:23, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Carrie Neiman/Neiman Marcus

You might want to add, Carrie Neiman for years lived on her estate at 6735 Westlake, Dallas Texas. This house was bought in the early 60,s by the Dallas banker, William H. Cothrum. He had it rebuilt at that time. The Harvard College book of Stanley Marcus was in the attic of this house. The business interest of William Cothrum, went down hill in the 1980,s. and he took his life. This will not be shown in the offical version. As he was a close friend of Henry Wade, Dallas county District at that time. His wife and widow Maragret sold it in 1990. Another interesting feature of the Carrie Neiman house was that it was were, Bobby Ewing was run over by a car in the driveway. This was in the Dallas series. Also Lawrence Marcus was for years the manager of the Houston Neiman,s. It is also interesting to note, that Stanley was a lifetime Democrat. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Randall O (talk • contribs) 00:46, 13 November 2006.

[edit] Letrina abonera

Hola! Lamento no conocer suficientemente el ingles, pero veo que tu si conoces el español. Una letrina abonera transforma el excremento humano en un abono. ver w:es:Letrina Un saludo --190.10.134.83 01:18, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comunidad Salvadoreña en los EE. UU.

Hola !

Igual que la persona que escribió arriba, lamento no conocer suficientemente el ingles, pero veo que usted si conoce el español. Quiero pedir su ayuda con información sobre la Comunidad Salvadoreña en los Estados Unidos, para crear un artículo sobre el tema en la Wikipedia en español. Un saludo desde San Salvador. Pedro Nonualco —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 190.53.12.185 (talk) 19:28, 7 December 2006 (UTC).

Translation: Hi! Like the person who wrote above, I regret not knowing English well enough, but I see that you do know Spanish. I want to request your help with information about the Salvadoran Community in the United States, to create an article on that topic in the Spanish-language Wikipedia. Greetings from San Salvador.

[edit] Poetry stubs

I've finally got around to seeing your suggestion on the Poetry project about refining stubs, and have posted some ideas there. Are you going to proceed with this, or should I make a start? Stumps 08:42, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproyecto El Salvador-Wikipedia en Español

Sería muy bueno si Usted pudiera ayudar a hacer una traducción del artículo sobre Romero de la wikipedia en inglés, especialmente de las secciones 4 Archbishop 5 Church Persecution 6 Assassination and funeral para poder mejorar el artículo en español. Saludos desde San Salvador - [Pedro Nonualco http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usuario:Pedro_Nonualco] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 190.53.12.185 (talk) 21:55, 9 December 2006 (UTC).

Translation: It would be very good if you could help to make a translation of the article on Romero in the English-language Wikipedia, especially of these sections: 4 Archbishop 5 Church Persecution 6 Assassination and funeral to be able to improve the Spanish-language article. Greetings from El Salvador.

[edit] WP:FILMS Newsletter

The December 2006 issue of the Films WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. Please also, if you have not already, add your name to the Member List. Cbrown1023 00:41, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Show preview

Uh, I'm fine, but thank you... Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 16:52, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WKRP in Cincinnati

I've shortened the character summaries pretty drastically. How does it look? Joyous! | Talk 03:31, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Selena

As you edited one word out of the Selena film article you made the comment that the original inclusion of that word was "silly."

That snide comment is hostile and uncalled for. Often edits are made on the fly without thinking of all the world-wide ramifications. You are right, "true" was not needed. But, do you have to shove it up the editor ass? Wikipedians generally edit in "good faith." I certainly do. And, intellectually, I'll go up against you any time. Silly my ass. A non-hostile edit would have been: not needed. Luigibob 03:31, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Also see: Other True usages. And do Google: "Selena "true mexican". Surprise! Yet, it's true they are all so silly!

Still, I agree the word is redundant given the context on the WIki article. Luigibob 04:18, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Note to self: For cheese article

Just parking this link here: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/022207dnmetcheese.14277fe.html#

"Officials at the meeting warned that cheese may soon eclipse marijuana as the drug kids are most often arrested for possessing on campus. ... So far this school year, 113 students have been arrested for possessing cheese, compared with about 130 arrested for marijuana, said DISD police Officer Jeremy Liebbe, who has been tracking cheese use since the drug first showed up in schools locally about two years ago. Last school year, 90 students were arrested with cheese, he said.

Since September 2005, about 200 criminal cases involving students caught with cheese have been filed, according to a district spokeswoman. The youngest student caught with the drug was an 11-year-old in elementary school.

... Parents and community leaders, concerned about a cheap and deadly drug that has invaded a cluster of northwest Dallas schools, demanded Wednesday that school and police officials take the problem more seriously.

Their meeting was prompted by the death of 15-year-old Oscar Gutierrez, a Marsh Middle School student who was found dead in bed Sunday morning at his apartment on Harvest Hill Road after a night of partying.

While toxicology tests won't be finished for weeks, his family told police he frequently used cheese – a mixture of black tar heroin and Tylenol PM – and overdosed on it a year ago.

Oscar's funeral was Wednesday. He is thought to be the fourth youth to die from the drug since spring of 2006. ..." Lawikitejana 22:07, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deaf-mute

Hi Lawikitejana. Thanks for your comment on Cop 633's talk page, but I would also object to "deaf and mute"; it's too close to deaf-mute. The objection by deaf people to "deaf-mute" is more than just the assumption that deaf people are mute. Historically, "deaf-mute" has had connotations of stupidity. See Deaf-mute. Ward3001 01:02, 4 March 2007 (UTC)