User talk:Wolvve85

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[edit] Welcome!

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[edit] License tagging for Image:Ross School Logo.gif

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[edit] Regarding User:Cavsfanman23

It appears this user has been appropriately warned and has since discontinued vandalizing pages. The next time they vandalize a page we can go through the appropriate procedure and get administrator intervention. If you have any other questions about what to do about vandalism feel free to check out the Wikipedia article. Terryfoster 13:36, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Terry...thanks for the action, and for the reply.Wolvve85 17:03, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Munger wiki-linking

Sorry, wasn't trying to pick on any particular school. I try to clean up after people who go around wiki-linking silly things like the word furniture or place names like Pasadena. Eventually the relaly important links get drowned out by the rest. Then they go to the See Also section, and the process repeats. KonradG 04:01, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

KonradG...thanks for the thoughts. I appreciate your help on this issue. I've left a message back on your talk page that I hope you have received. Your response is quite reasonable, and I appreciate the editing pointer...which I'll attempt to use in good faith. Regards.Wolvve85 17:11, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Yup, saw it. Thanks. KonradG 17:06, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Belated welcome

Welcome (fellow wolfie?) __earth ^(Talk) 17:03, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome. Yes, a UM grad. How are you? My editing skills are quite limited at this juncture, so I'm wondering if you might help with the Ross page? I've used the Ross School's public domain section to download the .gif file that is currently used on the page. Wikipedia requires a notice of authentication/permissioning, that I don't know how to provide. The .gif image is definitely in the public domain, so I'm wondering if you might care to authenticate it? Other issues: 1) the site, globally, seems to need more photographs, and more languages (especially for main article); 2) there appear to be a host of articles under various categories (alums, housing, building...), but they don't appear to be accessible from the main article in a useful, visible, coherent fashion; 3) many of the schools have no page...with a page added, users (me) might add more detail.

Please understand that I'm not naturally a delgator, nor am I attempting to do so here, I simply don't have the technical competence to do anything of these things in a way that will improve the article.

Again, thanks for the welcome!! Wolvve85 17:10, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Possible Addition of Template to UM page?

I apologize for the delay in response (see the note at the top of my talk page for the reason). Anyways, are you referring to the image of company logos that is on the MIT page? I don't see how creating an image like that is difficult - all one has to do is go to company websites (if one exists), do a screen capture, and copy and paste using a graphics tool like Photoshop. However, this might pose a problem, given that company logos are trademarks/copyrights (one can argue that such logos can, in the right context, be used for educational purposes. This is where the "fair use" rationale really comes in handy). Also, how can we determine which companies should show up in such an image? I'll leave that up to you to decide, though in my mind the companies must be large/significant (e.g. Google) for inclusion. Pentawing^Talk 02:42, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Suggested list:

Name and Entity Pro Con

Larry Page: Google Name Brand

Bill Joy: Sun Microsystems Name Brand

Bill Davidson: Guardian Industries Not enough public recognition?

Louis and Tom Border: Borders Bookstores Regional not National

Charles Edward Merrill: Merrill Lynch & Company Name Brand

Henry W. Bloch: H&R Block, Inc. Name Brand

Jerry White: Landmine Survivors Network Not enough public recognition?

Robert Cailliau: The World Wide Web co-founder Not enough public recognition?

Carl Page: E-Groups (sold to Yahoo) Not enough public recognition?

Niklas Zennstrom: Skype Name Brand

Jeff Masters: The Weatherground Not enough public recognition?

Leo Burnett: Leo Burnett Company Name Brand

J. Robert Beyster: Science Applications International Corp (SAIC) Not enough public recognition?

Stanley Druckenmill: Duquesne Capital Not enough public recognition?

Sam Zell: Equity International Not enough public recognition?

Tom Monaghan: Dominos Pizza Name Brand

Charles Walgreen: Walgreens Regional not national?

Jim Buckmaster: Craigslist Name Brand

David Bohnett: Geocities Not enough public recognition?

Bruce Wasserstein: Wasserstein Perella & Co. Name Brand

Richard P. Tinkham: American Basketball Association No longer extant

Ralph C. Wilson: Owner of the Buffalo Bills Name Brand

[edit] Edit war on Michigan Wolverines football

I will ask that you contribute to the discussion on the College Footabll WikiProject discussion page. This content dispute is to the point of ridiculousness and according to Wikipedia this is one of the steps before moving onto arbitration. Rather than discussing this topic you have turned this into an edit war and I would hope you will now contribute to the discussion. I will also warn you that you are very close to violating the 3RR policy. Terryfoster 13:59, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ross US News BBA Ranking

I am sorry. I only own 2005 version of US News & World Report's college ranking book. I don't know if it is possible to find old datas for rankings 216.165.25.251 01:18, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] College football championship listings

I looked over the article and the lists that you provided from the NCAA website. However, I don't know if there is a clear way to be able to resolve this problem without a drawn-out edit war. Whoever edited the Wikipedia article to its current state certainly found an outside source, which was very extensive (it uses many sources, some esoteric) and (unfortunately) fairly well-established. Though the NCAA list is equally as valid, the problem I am seeing is that there are several people who disagree with the NCAA source and found something else for one reason or another.

The Wikipedia article does point out some caveats about several schools (including UM) claiming different numbers of championships from the list provided in the article (with some schools actually claiming fewer national championships). However, if one were to utilize the NCAA listings in its entirety for the article, someone else might revert it back with the argument that there are those who don't believe the NCAA list is the definitive one and that the NCAA list wasn't always the official listing at some other time period (notably the 1920s to the 1940s, according to the source I mentioned above, if I recall correctly), and would be unwilling to accept using the NCAA listings.

In such a case, did you try posting a comment on that article's talk page, get a response, and try to talk it over with those people whose opinions differ on which list to use? The last thing I want is a major edit war which would require an arbitrator to step in (and God forbid having Jimbo Wales himself decide the issue). In the meantime, try looking for other college football fans (or fellow Wolverines if you are more comfortable talking to them. earth might be one to try). If you still feel the Wikipedia article needs some more work, try expanding on the caveats I mentioned and cite the NCAA list. Pentawing^Talk 01:35, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Go blue!

Sorry, just feel like shouting. __earth ^(Talk) 04:10, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

This is the canonical response: http://www.geogreeting.com/view.html?zdgZ-s9Z+1 Wolvve85 04:22, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

You made me smile! __earth ^(Talk) 04:27, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, pass the smile along, and...Go Blue! Wolvve85 04:34, 31 January 2007 (UTC)