User talk:Chadlupkes

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[edit] TOC

A table of contents automatically shows up if the article has enough subheadings... :-) --HappyCamper 16:23, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] John R. Brazil

Please provide sources for the information in this stub. Thnx. TheRingess 01:12, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DuPont

Have at it, just an FYI, I am done editing the article tonight, so there should be no edit conflicts. Travb 23:41, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Randy Gordon

Chad, on Darcy Burner's page you apparently made a change indicating that Randy Gordon had dropped out of the WA-8 CD race ... is that true?

Konrad Kgrr 16:08, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Page names

Please don't make page titles that are subsidiaries of other pages, for example "Page/subpage". Wikipedia has specifically stoppped using that format. Just create the "subpage" article with a full title of its own. I'm not sure of the value of creating all of these pages for boards, but that's a different matter. -Will Beback 21:24, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Daniel Akerson

This article is a copyright violation from [1]. In the future, please do not cut and paste copyrigted material, as it is illegal to do so. ErikNY 13:54, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Coke CEO Copy

In future, don't be copying directly from company pages. E._Neville_Isdell--Matt von Furrie 09:00, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion conversation

Chadlupkes, hello. Over in the deletion queue we're discussing whether or not some corporate-board member biographies reach the level of notability for wikipedia. I noticed you had entered some of these, and I thought you might want to join that discussion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/George_L._Miles cheers --Lockley 23:24, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Hey Chad, to answer your question "Is there an article related to the subject of board members being part of multiple boards?", there appear to be 2: Interlocking directorate and Corporate interlocks. The 1st is brief; the 2nd seems to deal with the issue from a sociological standpoint rather than corporate governance. I'm going to expand the first one and welcome your advice & guidance. --Lockley 21:12, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oregon and Washington elections

Hi Chad,

I looked at your work, and I'm very impressed. Thanks very much for saying hello. I expect there's lots we can learn from each other's efforts. I like the way you categorized things, and I think I'll probably restructure what I've done into categories like yours.

I'd be interested in discussing in more detail. If you want to contact me: peteforsyth is the address and the domain is mac. (Sorry, I'm paranoid of spidering spambots!)

-Pete 00:07, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oregon election

Hi Chad,

Thanks for the note. Yes, I had originally made the legislature table a separate table. A novice Wikipedia editor pointed out to me how difficult that made it to make modifications...and I realized it really served no purpose to keep it separate, so I copied it into the main page.

Unfortunately, when I attempted to delete the now-irrelevant table page, a "bot" would not allow me to.

If you know a way to get it deleted, delete away!

Thanks, -Pete

[edit] Hey, you're a wikiwarrior, too!

Hey, Chad. I saw your sig in Talk:99942 Apophis and I thought: what are the chances?! Well, apparently, greater than the chance of asteroidal collision! Nice to see you here, but couldn't you have found a less obvious user name? ;) Brian Sayrs 02:26, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject:Space

Thanks man! Sign up if you want. - Reaverdrop 18:11, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to WP:SPACE!

Hi Chadlupkes, thanks for joining Wikipedia:WikiProject Space Colonization!

Have fun with it.

[edit] wp:space template

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[edit] Bruce Guthrie

Hi,

I was the person who removed the biographical paragraph from the Bruce Guthrie article. The reason I removed it is that it is a direct copy of text from a page which asserts copyright [2]. This page asserts a copyright, so I don't think that this text can stand as it is. Am I misunderstanding the copyright policy? ScottW 20:24, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I agree that the information should exist in some form. There's actually a little more information I'm planning on putting in once the AfD issue is resolved (assuming it's kept). I may also try to reorganize the information as well. I saw your changes to the paragraph, and I think that it should be ok (although I'm not sure that technically it is different enough). I've also made a change to the first sentence. See what you think, if you get time. ScottW 23:24, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Elections

Just wanted to say thanks for the template suggestion for Georgia, I haven't had time to get started on it until now - funny how being forced to stay at work past 7:30 on a Friday can create time ;-P Ataru 23:31, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

  • Yes, there are Georgia state legislature elections this year, but (un)fortunately I've been busy working on the actual campaigns rather than updating the Wikipedia articles :-) Ataru 05:27, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Saudi Aramco does not produce 10 million barrels of oil per day

[edit] Re: Korean Language Institute

The problem is that the whole Wikipedia article is a copy of a source that is not giving information for free. If there is not enough information about the topic, it is better to have no article than to have a copy from a copyrighted text. Note that the article is giving two external links but no reference. When copying something from another site, use a quote or italics, and add the link just after the quotation, so that it can be seen as reference. -- ReyBrujo 17:16, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, of course. Rewriting the article is a good step. As for "automatically declaring that anything copied and not formatted properly is grounds for deletion and possible blocking of the user", don't worry. Unless the user keeps adding dubious copyright statements, he will not be blocked. At worst, if the article is deleted it can be recreated. The article was tagged by a bot[3] which does a search for every new article and reports if the text has been found somewhere. We are not trying to discourage people from creating articles, but instead to educate them. You can create a temporal page from that Institute page. If the article is deleted due copyright problems, the copy is put in its place. -- ReyBrujo 19:37, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
Yes. Nobody has written anything there, yet. From National Institute of Korean Language, you will see a If you plan to write a new article, please follow this link to a temporary subpage. Click on the red link, and you will be directed to a temporary page. Write the article there, and once an administrator deletes the main page, he will move the temporary page where the other was. -- ReyBrujo 15:57, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Featured list candidate

I thought you'd like to know that List of United States federal legislation has been nominated to be a Featured List. It needs 4 votes by October 2, 2006.

As I have labored hard on the article, I would appreciate your looking it over. You can find a discussion here: Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of United States federal legislation.

Thank you!

—Markles 23:09, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Joshua I. Smith

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Yeah, I understand. The emphasis on notability has centered somewhat on verifiability, though, so if you have sources... NickelShoe (Talk) 17:24, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
You show notability by the fact that other people have published about something. Have you read WP:N lately? NickelShoe (Talk) 17:39, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Michael L. Eskew

Can you please rewrite the article so it sounds like an article and not a resume? Thanks! 14:45, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your edit to Frank G. Zarb

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Whpq 16:38, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Delete it then. If the community is not interested in collecting information like this, then I guess it's not an encyclopedia entry. Chadlupkes 16:45, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
The point is that it is text that has been copied without permission. Copyrights are important and need to be respected. One cannot just copy text from another source and insert it into wikipedia without confirming that the text is either public domain or released under the GFDL. There are links in the above message that can help you understand these issues. Regards. -- Whpq 16:49, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
I understand that now. I didn't understand it in December, 2005 when I made the copy. There have been some changes and additions made to it since then. I'm no longer working on it, so delete it if you feel that is necessary. Chadlupkes 16:53, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New table for H Res 333

Chadlupkes, I just wanted to say thanks for the new sortable table format for co-sponsors! I didn't know how to do that. It's quite handy and looks great!--OtisTDog 19:57, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] KKSM

A tag has been placed on KKSM, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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So we're not even allowed to leave a stub now? I'm trying to encourage people to help fill in the blanks because I don't have time to do everything. But, if that's the rules, I'll just go somewhere else to try and build information infrastructure. Wikipedia is less and less meaningful and useful as a tool because of rules that are approaching imperialism. That's coming from a friend of Jimbo. Chadlupkes 21:39, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
  • With all due respect, I don't have time either. Too big a project. The imperialistic attitude is why I left this project before. However, there are minimum rules for inclusion and one of those rules is size. You can leave a stub, but it should be more than a single sentence and a taxobox. I make original contributions as well, but I try to fulfill the minimum requirements for size when I do. There is no reason for you not to recreate the article. Just add some more info when you do. If you had hung the construction template on it the first time, we probably wouldn't be having this discussion. Technically, it's still a speedy but I'll leave it up to you to flesh it out. Regarding Jimbo: I have the utmost respect for him, but he lets this site pretty much run itself. He probably logs on less than anyone else here. Relax and remember WP:BITE. PMDrive1061 22:13, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
    • Chad, I've taken some time to flesh this out a bit based on the station's history page. I'll go back and add the taxobox later. I work in broadcasting (hence the username) and I've written a few station articles under my previous username. I hope I've helped. --PMDrive1061 03:39, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
      • Thanks! That looks great, and it should prevent the article from being deleted again. I appreciate the help. Chadlupkes 03:46, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dal LaMagna

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[edit] AfD nomination of Jack Truman

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[edit] Category:Massachusetts elections templates

What's the purpose of Category:Massachusetts elections templates? How many templates are their going to be?—Markles 22:59, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

There are quite a few elections templates scattered around. I'm going through all 50 states to put them in categories under each 'State elections' category. Do you have a different idea on how to organize them? Chadlupkes (talk) 23:01, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Example: Category:Washington election templates
  • I'm not sure, frankly. Maybe put all the 50 states elections templates into one meta-category, such as, "Category:United States state elections templates." But right now you've got a category (perhaps 50 categories), containing only one article/template. See Wikipedia:Overcategorization.—Markles 23:13, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Good point. I'm not finding a lot of templates that need to go into categories yet. Right now I'm trying to clean up the state elections categories by separating them out by year for each state. Probably overboard, but I've been seeing more and more articles popping up as more people actually start to pay attention and want to look up or contribute. So I'm trying to put things into a organized pattern. What's the general rule on how many, or how few, articles should be in a category to make it worth keeping? Chadlupkes (talk) 23:18, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
  • For the best discussion of how many/few articles should be in a category to make it worth keeping, see Wikipedia:Overcategorization. I see that there are now an article and a subcategory, Massachusetts presidential primary navigational boxes. That sub-cat is so overboard because it's templates are just unnecessary. But that's a different discussion for a different time. —Markles 23:28, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Indeed. Also, I'm not creating the templates yet, just trying to categorize what I can find already created. Chadlupkes (talk) 23:29, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Eastgate CDP, Washington

Chad, in 2005, some information about the federal election for President were added to the Eastgate CDP, Washington article under politics. I'm not able to find the election outcomes for the area down to the precincts. Do you happen to have that information? Konrad Kgrr (talk) 07:09, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Looks like it is within the Bellevue precincts. If you can find the precinct numbers, I can point you to the election results pages. Chadlupkes (talk) 16:01, 12 April 2008 (UTC)