User talk:Madcoverboy
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[edit] MIT "ranking and reputation"
You're correct in what you say.
But academic boosterism is a perpetual problem with Wikipedia. The peacock feathers grow, and grow, and grow, and there is a continual need to prune them. In the past it was a problem with Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, too, by the way.
One reason for having a section on "Ranking and Reputation" is that if there is such a section, the boosters are usually willing to at least keep all the rankingcruft in that section. If there isn't, I think you will find that rankingcruft tends to make its way into the lead paragraph. Or, even worse, statements like "[XYZ university] is generally regarded as among the most prestigious in the world."
I hope your edit remains stable. However, if I see rankings in the lead section I intend to re-create a "ranking and reputation section" again. I try to put sections like that around third or fourth down, but people keep moving them up... Dpbsmith (talk) 20:41, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Note you left on UAV page
You left a note on the talk page of US Battlefield UAVs (1) offering to help with cleanup. That page is a subpage for History of unmanned aerial vehicles which is undergoing a massive rewrite and reorganization to do just what you suggested. The page you left your note on will eventually be eliminated, with all the model-specific info being moved to model-specific pages, and the general history content moved back over to the main page. If you still want to help, you are invited to join the fun...more info, to-do and done lists are on the talk page for History of unmanned aerial vehicles Akradecki 16:39, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] License tagging for Image:Stratton Student Center.JPG
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[edit] User name?
Could you share the explanation of your username?
I have this mental picture of a room with a wall covered with Mad Magazine covers, perhaps arranged so as to spell out Tech is Hell. Dpbsmith (talk) 02:31, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
- It's just a long-standing username of mine has stood the test of time since no one ever has registered it for anything. When I was growing up, my friends and teachers often said I resembled Alfred E. Neuman, so I kept the name. Madcoverboy 04:18, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] history of science
Hi! You might be interested in Wikipedia:WikiProject History of Science (which also deals with all things STS).--ragesoss 21:20, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:MIT companies.png)
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[edit] Lobby 7
Why remove Lobby_7.JPG, a fairly good-looking picture, when the view of the campus looking east is an abomination? If any picture should be deleted, that's the one. Michael Hardy 04:06, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
- On the merits of the picture, I felt Lobby_7.jpg was (1) duplicated by Mass_av_77.jpg with regard to showing the same building, (2) was somewhat overexposed with the light through the windows, (3) did not really convey the details, scale, or impact of the room. The fact that the pictures on the right seem to run into other sections is a problem, so I chose to remove this picture based on the (lack) of merit as well as the length of the thumbnail. I like the east-looking from west campus picture because it does an adequate job of placing MIT within a larger geographical context as well as presenting a different perspective from the rest of the "gee-whiz" Neo-Classical and post-modern building pictures.Madcoverboy 05:39, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Hey
Dear Madcoverboy,
After seeing the excellent work that you've been doing on the MIT page, I just wanted to say hello. I nominated the Ohio Wesleyan University page in the FAC process a few days ago and it you think that my experience with the page might be helpful in any way, do let me know. I'd love to help out if I can. LaSaltarella 23:15, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Rail Transport
Just a note to let you know that when you reverted some vandalism to Rail Transport, you didn't revert it completely: a lot of stuff that the vandal had omitted was left out after you removed the inappropriate text. I've put it back now, and also added a standard warning to the user's page who vandalised the article. Best wishes. DDStretch (talk) 20:36, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Thank You!
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The TomStar81 Spelling Award | |
| Be it known to all members of Wikipedia that Madcoverboy has corrected my god-awful spelling on the page Armament of the Iowa class battleship, and in doing so has made an important and very significant contribution to the Wikipedia community, thereby earning this TomStar81 Spelling Award and my deepest thanks. Keep up the good work! TomStar81 (Talk) 02:28, 22 March 2007 (UTC) |
[edit] Belarus FAC
I added about three paragraphs about indepdence all by itself, I hope that is not too much. I tried to see what POV issues in the culture article are, but I think I caught them all. The bit about the festivals and parades were mentioned by the Belarusian Embassy, so I wanted to make some mention. I also revamped the sections on the food, drink, music and dress. I hope you like it. :) User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 06:43, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject History of Science newsletter : Issue I - March 2007
The inaugural March 2007 issue of the WikiProject History of Science newsletter has been published. You're receiving this because you are a participant in the History of Science WikiProject. You may read the newsletter or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Yours in discourse--ragesoss 04:17, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Random Smiley Award
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