User talk:Matt91486
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Hey there! Welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like this place--I sure do--and want to stay. If you need help on how to title new articles check out Wikipedia:Naming conventions, and for help on formatting the pages visit the manual of style. If you need help look at Wikipedia:Help and The FAQ , plus if you can't find your answer there, check The Village pump or The Reference Desk! Happy Thanksgiving! Alexandros
[edit] DYK
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On 10 August 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Crow (band), which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page. |
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On 22 September 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Henry Shelton Sanford, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page. |
[edit] Minnesota meetup
A meetup of Wikipedians in Minnesota is proposed: please stop by the discussion page if interested. Jonathunder 22:38, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- Reminder: Meetup October 29, one o'clock, Mall of America. Jonathunder 16:18, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject World Leaders by year
Thanks for your message about the project. I am going to be putting some effort into the project now and together I think we can safely say the project is active again. Therefore I have removed the project from the inactive category.
I agree coordinating could be useful to make what is a huge task easier. I have created a basic template to put on the talk pages - Template:WikiProject Leaders by year - any improvements you can make would be welcome. If we start gradually putting this template on pages as we edit that page we may get more people actively joining the project. At the moment I am picking easy states from the To do list and then completing those for all years.
Any suggestions you have on how we can coordinate better would be welcome. Davewild 16:37, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Battle of Sangarará, was selected for DYK!
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On January 15, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Sangarará, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page. |
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 16:14, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Augustin Cochin (historian), was selected for DYK!
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On February 4, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Augustin Cochin (historian), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page. |
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 14:57, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] MN KB State (St. Anthony)
You recently wrote that St. Anthony had only been to state three times in its history. I was wondering if you could provide verification of this statement. I know the historical results only list them as having gone to state 3 times, but a.) those are only the Top 6 finishes, and b.) the State meet has been going on since 1979, and we have very little historical information. If you have any information to add, please let me know! Lmeister 17:45, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
In my experience, newspapers (except for maybe the Morrison County Record) are not very good sources when it comes to knowledge bowl. Take for example what happened last year when Staples-Motley qualified for state. The Brainerd Daily Dispatch (or Disgrace, as you will) said it was the first time SM had qualified for state. However, a simple archive search for "staples knowledge bowl state" revealed that they had last gone to state in 1999, a trip that was not billed as their first. What can you say? Nobody cares about KB. I don't know how old or successful the program at St. Anthony is, but it's certainly a very real possibility that you qualified previously. Best bet is to check with an adviser or something. Or email Sue DeNio if you dare.
The fact that the Brainerd paper should hardly be regarded as a publication is not my reason for discounting newspapers as a credible source. But do you believe that the Star Tribune cares enough about KB to keep records of whose been to state how many times, etc.? Your coach is a much more credible source. I guess I'm just somewhat in shock that you had never qualified before, then won two AA titles in three trips. Is it a relatively new program? Or did it just not experience any success in the past? Lmeister 21:36, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Vale, well thanks for clearing that up for me. I can't imagine what it would have been like to have practiced for KB, much less to have had a coach who actually signed us up for tournaments. Lmeister 23:09, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
