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Contents 1 Welcome from Redwolf24 2 Beckjord 3 Erik Beckjord 4 Zagalejo and Danielcd 4.1 Award 5 beckjord says 6 bigfoot page 7 asking again for help 8 To the Z man 8.1 Apologize for dumping your comments 8.2 Hey 8.3 New Organization 9 Dinosaur Gardens 9.1 Need assisstance 9.2 Loren Coleman 9.3 DYK 9.4 Ref on Overlinking 9.5 DYK 9.6 Thanks for your correction 9.7 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls Template 9.8 Golden Nugget Pancake House 9.9 crustaceans are inherently notable :) 9.10 Harold's Chicken Shack 9.11 Neil Katyal 9.12 AfD on Argo Tea 9.13 SETI 9.14 stars of chicago tv 9.15 Award 9.16 CHICOTW 9.17 Bill Russell 9.18 Bill Russell 2 9.19 Michael Jordan 9.20 Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot 9.21 Template: 1995-96 Chicago Bulls NBA champions

[edit] Welcome from Redwolf24

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[edit] Beckjord

Hi. The article you started at Erik Beckjord it up for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Erik Beckjord. Since you are the only one who seems to know about him (outside of all the talking he does himself) I'd really appreciate your comment as to his notability. I am abstaining from voting at the moment. --DanielCD 14:40, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

I re-wrote your Erik Beckjord article. Feel free to make any improvements you think necessary or restore any deletions I've made. But please make sure any additions or restorations are referenced. --DanielCD 16:59, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Looks good. Thanks. All I changed for now was the Late Show link -- It is supposed to be the Late Show with David Letterman, not the Australian show. Zagalejo 18:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Hey Buddy. Absolutely nothing to apologize for. As for the extra work, that was my choice. You did a fine job. The problem was created when he came along and started tampering.

I'm sorry I got involved with him in the first place. When he first came to me, I thought I just had a very frustrated newby and I was trying to coach him (you can see the progession on his user page). Then things slowely started to come out... I'd never heard of him before yesterday. Now I don't want anything more to do with him. But the principle of the thing is what I was concerned with.

But hey, don't be shy. You are among friends here, and all your efforts are appreciated. --DanielCD 20:01, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Erik Beckjord

See my comment at the deletion page referring to the new stuff added by Beckjord at Talk:Erik Beckjord. --DanielCD 19:10, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Try not to appeal to him for critique. It's like opening up pandora's box. Of all ppl, he doesn't need to be giving advice about his own article. I'll look at it. --DanielCD 20:32, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

OK, you're probably right. I removed my comments at the talk page.

My friend, I do think we have a winner. And thanks for formatting the citations. I was too lazy to look uphow to do it right. I've never memorized it, but perhaps I should because it looks so much neater. --DanielCD 20:42, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

No problem.

Hate to keep bugging; I know you must be getting somewhat weary of all this. But check citation #3. I also added a comment on the article's talk page. --DanielCD 21:04, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I somehow mixed them up. Thanks for pointing that out.

[edit] Zagalejo and Danielcd

Thanks for fairness and help.

Now if you need the real info, it is best to go to me, since there is a huge amount of misquotes and wrong info out there. Many people hate me, my ideas and will lie and distort to cause harm. Trust No One. (I expose hoaxers, and they hate my guts)

GO TO THE SOURCE.

Which is me.... after all, I was there...

questions? go to rudy@stealthaccess.net I will not reveal yoiur email.

[edit] Award

You're not a total newby, but ... Display it proudly wherever you'd like! --DanielCD 16:13, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Heh, thanks dude.

By the way. I'm just curious: when you first wrote that article, did you ever think Beckjord himself would come and start tinkering with it? --DanielCD 04:55, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

I just meant to write a little stub. I really didn't think he'd ever notice it, but it started to take on a life of its own. Zagalejo 17:47, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] beckjord says

Hey, if you wrote an article about Donald Trump, why can't Trump correct the errors?

You are writing about living people.

Now, please note ONCE AND FOR ALL, I have NO notice on my forums for anyone to trash wiki.

And, I have NO sockpuppets.

Thanks,

Beckjord205.208.227.49 19:56, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

"And, I have NO sockpuppets." Haha. And sign it with an account other than User:Beckjord. Perhaps he's just not signing in or something. --DanielCD 15:22, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] bigfoot page

Will you work with me, Martial Law, and Danielcd to better edit this page?

beckjordBeckjord 06:40, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] asking again for help

Will you assist me in making corrections to the Bigfoot page?

I am so new, I will make errors and opponents will just revert.

Much of the page is written with false assumptions.

You can contact me at rudy@stealthaccess.net

and we can skip this silly wiki method of talking on >>this<< page.

Thanks,

beckjordBeckjord 00:40, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I'll take a look. I won't be on this site too often for the next few days, though. Zagalejo 19:45, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] To the Z man

Bravos, I think we are on a roll.

BeckjordBeckjord 09:06, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Apologize for dumping your comments

But certain UNNAMED parties ae doing regressive edits and rvs, and your edits were dumped. Please add again.

DrJoeDrJoe 06:29, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hey

Thank you for editing before me on Yao Ming.

[edit] New Organization

Since you have a interest in paranormal matters, you'll be interested in Wikipedia:Paranormal Watchers. This is about Wikipedians who have had paranormal experiences, some that still have these experiences, those that investigate these matters. Martial Law 02:36, 1 April 2006 (UTC) :)

Also find on my user page a list of Wikipedia links that will prove useful to you. Go ahead and make a copy for your use. Martial Law 02:36, 1 April 2006 (UTC) :)

Thanks for joining Mahogany-wanna chat?

[edit] Dinosaur Gardens

Hi,

Please see my comment on the Dinosaur Gardens talk page. —Chowbok 04:55, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

I can help you with the pics. Just give me the links or let me know what you need. --DanielCD 16:56, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Can you verify the copywrite status for me? I don't see anything that immediately says these are fair use. --DanielCD 19:20, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

I left him a message. If their his, you can upload them if you'd like. just save them to your harddisk and click the upload file link in the box on the left hand side of the screen (under E-mail this user). LMK and I'll help you find a copyright tag. --DanielCD 19:44, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Need assisstance

Need your assisstance to make Wikipedia:Paranormal Watchers Wiki compliant. See its discussion page. Martial Law 00:02, 13 April 2006 (UTC) :)

[edit] Loren Coleman

I´ve seen that you have discussed Loren Coleman´s edits and that everything he writes seems to be deleted. I am responsible for some of this, but I think it´s entirely justified since he only seems to be interested in talking about himself, using biased, unencyclopedic language and promote his reputation, books and websites. I consider it rude and tasteless and something that does not belong to a serious, excellent place like Wikipedia.

Consider his contributions to the Bigfoot-article:

"In 1999, Loren Coleman and Patrick Huyghe wrote their ground-breaking book, "The Field Guide to Bigfoot, Yeti, and Other Mystery Primates Worldwide" (republished in an updated edition in 2006 as "The Field Guide to Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates"), which proposed a classification system based on the scientific model. Several eyewitness accounts from zoologists, anthropologists, wildlife biologists, law enforcement officers, and other credible citizens were assembled for the first time to create a solid foundation of testmonies across the spectrum for the cryptozoological reality of these hominoids.

2000s Loren Coleman's book, "Bigfoot! The True Story of Apes in America" summarized decades of the study of these cryptids, and pushed it forward by asking questions about the biological nature of the animals, their sexuality, their aggressive behavior, and focussed on the zoology versus whether or not they existed. This established a new way of scientifically examining the topic, versus debating it. Reported sightings of three giant human-like creatures in the Endau Rompin National Park in late 2005 led to the formation of an official Bigfoot-tracking team, appointed by the state's Chief Minister, Abdul Ghani Othman in January of 2006. "Bigfoot" fever struck Johor after three fishermen reported seeing the creatures and took a photograph of a footprint, which was printed in Malaysian newspapers. The Singapore Paranormal Investigators have also joined in the search. [25]"''

Doesn´t this look like obvious self-promotion and self-advertisement to you? And I don´t think it´s suitable to say that your own books are "ground-breaking" on Wikipedia. It´s bad taste and a biased statement.

Or this contribution to the Orang Mawas-article:

"During 2005-2006, cryptozoologist Loren Coleman has been lecturing, appearing on television and radio talk shows, and writing extensively about the Malaysian Bigfoot or Mawas sightings and situation, which has dominated South Asian, American, and other media stories since December 2005. Coleman's weblog at Cryptomundo.com 1 has daily updates on the news being issued from Johor due to his contacts with many local researchers and newspeople in Malaysia. In May 2006, for example, Coleman announced through his blog that Dr. Chow has seen three of 11 photographs taken of the Mawas by a Malaysian, and a book will be forthcoming from Chow and others publishng these photographs. Coleman also obtained an exclusive interview with Harold Stephens who had conducted 1970s expeditions in Johor in pursuit of the then named Orang Dalam. Stephens gathered eyewitness accounts and found large footprints comparable with those being reported for the Johor Mawas in 2005-2006, but his pursuit of the creatures had largely been forgotten. Coleman included a short update on the Johor events in his new book, The Field Guide to Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates with Patrick Huyghe (NY: Anomalist Books, 2006, ISBN 1933665122)."

While including good information too, it is also filled with what seems to me at least to be shameless self-promotion. Does he REALLY need to say he "obtained an exclusive interview"?

I have also deleted his edits on "his" article. But remember, this is an unbiased, objective encyclopedia. Loren Colemans article here is an encyclopedic entry, not a personal page of Loren Coleman. If he try to add stuff that looks obviously uncritically self-promoting like "He is one of the world's leading cryptozoologists, some critics and media commentators say "the" leading. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.", I think I have the full right to delete it. While that statement may be accurate, I think it need to have verifications and looks like Coleman wants to promote himself.

I think it´s dangerous if people start to edit articles about themselves. It seems like good taste and common sense to avoid it, since it´s obviously somewhat difficult to write unbiased and objective about yourself. But maybe we need to ask an administrator what he think and what is suitable/allowed on Wikipedia. I don´t want to get banned for deleting his edits, but I think Loren is asking for it if his contributions is like this...

Please respond to my talk page...

Best regards. --Danielos2 09:47, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

If you are in contact with Loren Coleman, ask him about people using weapons on Bigfoot. Where I'm at, people even take loaded guns to the can, loo, the bathroom, etc. Martial Law 22:04, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

On 15 August 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dick Klein, 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] Ref on Overlinking

Thanks for adding that reference on the deletion page to Overlinking. I'm going to add to the article to give it a bit more authority. --Mitaphane _talk 04:51, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

On 31 August 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Devon Avenue, 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.

-- Grue  14:54, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your correction

You are utterly correct, that Jim King is not the right one. The gold medalist was born in 1942 or 1943, and graduated Oklahoma State, according to USA Basketball.

Have a nice day. Mrbluesky 20:48, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls Template

Thanks for that... yup he's in the 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls team and thanks again for adding his name... - peads 00:11, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Golden Nugget Pancake House

Thank you for taking this up and running with it. TheQuandry 05:02, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] crustaceans are inherently notable :)

Just want to comment that this AfD comment made me smile. For some reason, I've remembered it since reading it. while WP's search engine isn't the greatest, I'm gratified I'm able to find this comment again and that you're still active. Sadly, I haven't yet been able to use the phrase or similar in conversation, but I hope one day to have the opportunity. :) TransUtopian 13:54, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Harold's Chicken Shack

Hey, I remember you as the person who helped me save Golden Nugget Pancake House. Well, check out Harold's Chicken Shack. Someone seems to think the article is infringing on copyright (from a myspace page of all places), but even if it's not copyright infringement they think that Harold's doesn't meet notability. Maybe you can help? TheQuandry 06:42, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Neil Katyal

Zagelejo, thanks for updating the Neil Katyal article with the Loyola academy mention. I went a to Jesuit high school as well, and the Jesuits were the greatest teachers I ever had!

Raj2004 14:22, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks again.

Raj2004 21:00, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AfD on Argo Tea

Thought you might be interested in commenting or voting on this. [1] TheQuandry 02:15, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Hello Zag could you edit my articles?

[edit] SETI

I see that you added the Paranormal Project tag to SETI. Granted, there are skeptics that anyone is out there, or that we would be able to detect their transmissions. But I see SETI as part of normal astronomy, done by university credentialled scientists, using radio telescopes and signal processors looking for signals from radio transmitters. It is done on equipment paid for by the scientific establishment, and published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. I propose to untag the article. Let me know your thoughts in this regard. Thanks. Edison 23:52, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

I've commented on the project page; sorry for any misunderstanding. --InShaneee 02:29, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] stars of chicago tv

i dont know if there are any more stars of chicagoland tv there, but check out Daley Dynasty on uncyclopedia.org —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Victorgrigas (talk • contribs) 21:33, 16 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Award

SU Linguist 02:06, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CHICOTW

I see your user name listed as a member of the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Chicago. I do not know if you are aware that we are attempting to revive the CHICOTW. See our results history. We could use additional input in nominating future articles, voting on nominees and editing winning nominees. Should you contribute you will receive weekly notices like the following:

	Chicago Collaboration of the Week
Last week you voted for the Chicago COTW. Thank you! This week Rich Melman has been chosen. Please help improve it towards the quality level of a Wikipedia featured article. See the To Do List to suggest a change or to see an open tasks list.
	Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago

TonyTheTiger 01:24, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bill Russell

Yeah you're definitely right. I liked the "told him" version better and was trying to get that in there but I couldn't figure out a way. I had no idea I had put three ands in one sentence. Quadzilla99 04:56, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

In addition see the previous version by Zodiiak too that might be an acceptable alternative also. Quadzilla99 04:57, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Here's a couple of alternatives: "In response to this Russell's father attempted to leave and find another station. However, the gas station attendant stuck a shotgun in face and told him stay and wait his turn." or "When his father attempted to leave and find a different station, the attendant stuck a shotgun in his face, threatening to kill him unless he stayed and waited his turn." Quadzilla99 05:04, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bill Russell 2

What do you think of it now? Quadzilla99 06:48, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

So then your final vote will be oppose? The FAC will probably close in 1-2 days and I'm not really sure what your current objections are. Keep in mind an FA doesn't have to be perfect see Hurricane Ismael among others. I don't want to seem like I am bullying you but if you vote oppose and then aren't around to respond when your objections are addressed your vote will be disregarded. If you don't have time just list individual objections on the FAC page and we can address them for you. Quadzilla99 07:57, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Michael Jordan

I made a change. Take a look and tell me waht you think. Quadzilla99 22:45, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Here's the change: "He was named to the All-NBA First Team 10 times, All-Defense First Team nine times, and the All-Star team fourteen times.^[1] He also lead the league in steals three times and won the Defensive Player of the Year Award in 1988."

This might be good also: "He was named to the All-NBA First Team 10 times, All-Defense First Team nine times, and the All-Star team fourteen times.^[1] He also lead the league in steals three times and was named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 1988." Quadzilla99 22:53, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Maybe we shouild work on this thing together in a sandbox so we don't edit war over it. Here I started one. When we're satisfied we can move it to the article. Quadzilla99 03:03, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Okay I see it now, I'll remove it from the sandbox. Quadzilla99 03:06, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Made a change in the sandbox. Check and see. Quadzilla99 03:10, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Not to be rude but I would hold off on entirely revamping the article until it goes through FAC. One of the main criteria is that it remain stable during FAC unless it addresses editor's concerns. If you completely re-do it like you seem to be doing an original reviewer will have reviewed a version entirely different than the one that got approved. Besides so far 6 reviewers have reviewed and haven't made any concerns but adding more images. Quadzilla99 18:46, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, but we're bound to have to work together a little and if you do a lot of work I'll probably have a lot of comments and then well you know. This happened to B movie which was nominated at a size of 76kb and then expanded to 130 kb by the main editor during FAC. It met with a lot of criticism and was immediatelty reviewed as a lot of editors complained that the article was completely different than the one they reviewed. In the end it had to be redone and was a relatively big fiasco for some people see B movie's talk page for an example. Quadzilla99 18:53, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Well linking it back to that shot is highly speculative and involves a level of conjecture that I don't feel is really appropriate. Now if we have a quote from MJ saying that then it would be acceptable, but as far as some talking heads guessing at what caused his transformation, I wouldn't be happy with that personally. Quadzilla99 19:05, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Pure speculation. I probably don't have to tell you what that implies would have happened had he missed that shot (after all Jordan had a commercial where he said he missed so and so number of game winning shots). Does that imply he would have then been an average to maybe fringe All-Star NBA player? Perhaps a better transition would be to mention that he was left to lead the team after the talented upperclassman left and that he blossomed in that role. Of course there could quite possibly be a direct quote from MJ that would justify your exact wording, but as for me I wouldn't even believe him. After all look what he did after coming up short in the clutch in the playoffs in 1995, only trained like a madman and led his team to 72 wins. Him missing that shot could have motivated him even more and made him an even better player. this whole thing is pure speculartion and better left to sports articles and not encyclopedias. Quadzilla99 19:19, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

To clarify if an MJ quote surfaced up, I feel it would definitely merit mention. Quadzilla99 19:24, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh, ok well in that case by all means make the change. I was just opposed to other people interpreting things into that shot. The last thing I wanted is a bunch of talking heads speculating about the "Jordan mystique". I would suggest you try to use only Jordan's quotes about the shot and no other sportwriter's though to keep it from becoming speculative. Quadzilla99 19:33, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Just to clarify I misread your post and thought it was Lazenby making the comment obviously. Minor thing, it belongs in the article but it analyzes the Jordan mystique which is a little tricky. I would prefer to keep out of this area for the most part and just stick to a recounting of his career. Maybe even inserting it with the a statement like, "Jordan later commented that he felt this shot was very instrumental in his developemnt," instead of the actual quote. When I first started working on the article it had a lot of junk in there about his mystique and how "he intimidated opponents to sheer petrification" or a long reverant recounting of the shot he hit against Cleveland, etc etc. I'd prefer to stick to a mostly dry retelling of his career and let his accomplishments speak for themselves. Quadzilla99 19:49, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Template: 1995-96 Chicago Bulls NBA champions

Oh, ho! And here I was thinking that I'd made a mistake with Randy Brown's jersey number. Good eye! ekedolphin 03:12, 7 March 2007 (UTC)