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[edit] Welcome!

Hello Engineer Bob, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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-Poli (talk • contribs) 06:23, 2005 July 25 (UTC)

[edit] CCR

Hi, Bob. Just wondering why you unlinked "Golliwogs" on the CCR page... can you drop something on the discussion page to explain?

Done -- see comments at Talk:Creedence Clearwater Revival.

[edit] List of electrical engineers

Hi. would you take a look at the most recent addition of Kyle McGhee on this list and let me know what you think. It looks like BS to me but I wanted to get another opinion before rv. Thanks, hydnjo talk 00:37, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

OK thanks, he's gone. Is this list on your watchlist just in case, then one should catch another dubious entry. hydnjo talk 16:28, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
Sorry for the delay but I completely missed your post to my talk page last Wednesday. I must have gone there to check on something without noticing the alert message. I noticed it belatedly on my watchlist. My bad, see you at the list. --hydnjo talk 03:25, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Raytheon

Comment posted on Avalyn's talk page: As an employee I am personally well familair with Raytheon's seven major businesses, which are also listed on their public website. Your edit of the Raytheon article earlier today claimed eight, which I have temporarily reverted since you did not identify the eighth business. I'd be interested in hearing your point of view. Engineer Bob 05:00, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

It was my mistake; I meant to edit Raytheon to include Raytheon Polar Services, before realizing that RPS is a division of Raytheon Technical Services. While the edit was going through, I got a wiki "unable to connect to database" error, and when I checked it after, the word "seven" was still there, hence my non-correction of it. Seems to have been a temporary hiccup. Avalyn 22:39, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Chicago...

Thanks for the encouragement. I had seen how empty some of the album articles were and I thought Chicago deserved better, so I beefed some of them up. As for the chronology box, Stone of Sisyphus was never a reality (rather like SMiLE for The Beach Boys) and that's why I think both shouldn't be in the regular discography and chronology. I'm glad you agree. I'm in utter amazement to know that Chicago were eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and still aren't in yet! Just crazy... BGC 12:42, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] ALR 67

Hi Bob! I did redirect the ALR-67 page so it is more descriptive with the new title. I am pretty busy at work, but I will try to add more systems later. Feel free to read and correct my english. (Explanation...) I think Wikipedia lacks of EW topics... Let's work on it!

By the way, I saw The Buckinghams last winter, and I really liked it!

Cheers! Germ 05:34, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wiki for Engineering

Engineering Wiki is a wiki entirely dedicated to collecting information about Engineering. The Engineering Wiki is in early development stages at the moment. We invite you to help devlope this wiki. (Unsigned comment posted 25 December 2005 by 219.65.123.231)

[edit] Earth, Wind & Fire Ronnie Laws

The article has improved significantly since I posted the tag and thus I will remove it. Sorry for the misunderstanding: I am not familiar with the subject and the article was is terrible shape when I first encountered it. Savidan 07:12, 18 January 2006 (UTC) Sorry thinking of the wrong article, but I removed the tag anyway because I trust that you plan on improving the article. Savidan 07:15, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:History of radar

Please see query on Talk:History of radar -- Op. Deo 09:53, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BAE Systems

Hi. I've nominated BAE Systems for a peer review and as you've edited the article in the past I just thought I'd let you know in case there was any comment you wished to make. Regards, Mark83 00:31, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ft. Benning

Thanks Bob. Saltforkgunman 22:51, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please look at this page (Don Bosco)

If you are a supporter of Don Bosco, take a look at this page.

[edit] Emile Ardolino

Hey Bob, I saw you made the article for Emile Ardolino. I never met him but I am looking to find any information about him that I can. How did you know about him? (unsigned comment posted 28 February 2006 by 151.199.33.191)

[edit] No Time for Sergeants

If you look at the uniforms in the film, and in the images in the article, they are clearly USAF uniforms. I remember that Sgt. King's, and Don Knott's character's stripes are the downward pointing AF stripes rather than the upward pointing Army stripes. Where did you get your information? --rogerd 13:15, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

The article I started covers the original Mac Hyman novel as well as the 1958 film and 1964 TV series (and someone else has now added the comic books). The novel was set in the WW II Army Air Corps as stated; the film and comics updated it to the USAF as you have noted. I'll try to add that clarification to the article at my next opportunity. Engineer Bob 16:53, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
I see, I have seen the film several time, but not read the book. That probably explains why the "Ben" character wanted to be transferred to the infantry. Once the services were split, that would have been unlikely, but transferring between branches of the Army would have been more likely. To be completely accurate, then I should say that the United States Army Air Corps ceased to exist on June 20, 1941 (prior to Pearl Harbor), to be replaced by the United States Army Air Forces until September 18, 1947 when the USAF was established. Thanks. --rogerd 17:09, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
I just occurred to me that the despite the fact that the USAAF succeeded the USAAC in 1941, many (perhaps most) people continued to refer to the Army's air arm as the "Air Corps" throughout WWII, and the book probably followed this popular reference. However, for an encyclopedia article, the AAF name would be correct. --rogerd 00:24, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tawkerbot2

Sorry about my bot accusing you of being a vandal, that was the height of squidward and I think you edit conflicted with the bot or something like that, sorry about that -- Tawker 19:02, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Time zones

Hi Engineer Bob. You just deleted the new March 30 section I made to WP:RFD and moved my comment to March 29 to "correct" it. Here in the UK it was March 30th when I made that edit though! I'm not sure if there is a policy or guideline about this but I'm about to move mine back to March 30 and leave yours in March 29 simply so that the section links in our respective contribution histories lead to the right place.. right now you have left mine broken. On the other hand, if we use UTC then both our posts were in the wrong date (yours should be march 30 and mine March 29). If there is an accepted practice that I'm not aware of about what time zone to use for these things, feel free to revert me! Cheers (and night night, I'm off to bed!) ~ Veledan • Talk 00:50, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Never mind, I just came back to put it back under March 29 myself, but someone else has beaten me to it. And I congratulate myself on the above comment for finding the thinnest argument for undoing a change in the history of wikipedia :-) Feel free to remove this section if you like ~ Veledan • Talk 05:29, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

The standard is to use UTC -- which is why I moved your post -- but I managed to misread my clock and posted my own nomination under the wrong date! Someone else has placed both of our postings in their correct date sections. Thanks for the feedback. Engineer Bob 07:58, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Aye, for what it's worth I felt pretty foolish when I thought it over again this morning. I should know better than to think I make sense at 2am! Thanks for putting it right in the first place. ~ Veledan • Talk 12:11, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Michigan Marching Band History

I am currently working on getting rights to the copy on the MMB website. As a former member I assumed certain liberties, but I will hopefully get rights to the copy that was rightfully removed. Terryfoster 14:00, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for understanding the copyright concerns. I see that you've already begun rewriting the main article in your own words. Many years ago I had the opportunity to play in Michigan stadium with the Purdue band, so I look forward to reading your revised article. - Engineer Bob 19:35, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
I have received approval to use the copy I took and posted this approval in the talk page for the Michigan Marching Band History. I'm not sure what i'm supposed to post to the copyright violation page to get this cleared up so that the copyright violation can be lifted. The benefit I see in posting the history to the Wikipedia is so that other users can add to the history as they see fit otherwise I could just post a link. - Terryfoster 19:16, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] P.F. Sloan

Hey Bob...this page needs your help! Very little content on pre-70s recordings/productions...I'm going to try to beef-up the Fantastic Baggies/Jan & Dean surf-era Sloan/Barri stuff, but any input you had would be appreciated (Grass Roots, etc.) Peace-Stationwagontodd 03:49, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why so few Wikipedians are engineers?

I am trying to understand why there are so few Wikipedians who are graduate engineers. Once I get a grasp on that, perhaps I may be able to formulate some ideas on how to attract more experienced engineers to become Wikipedians. It would be very helpful if you would respond to these a few questions:

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    5. Electrical engineering
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  • In what year did you obtain your degree?
  • What attracted you to participate in Wikipedia?

If you would rather not answer these questions on your Talk page, then you may respond on my User talk:mbeychok page. Or you may respond to me via Wikipedia's email which I have enabled on my User:mbeychok page.

If you would rather not respond at all, that's fine also. Regards, - mbeychok 04:28, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Hail Purdue!

I don't think there's a copyright violation wrt the lyrics. Many universities' fight songs are actually available on Wikipedia. Also, the lyrics were published in 1913 and even assuming the song was copyrighted then, it has most certainly since expired and is therefore public domain. Thanks AreJay 14:57, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] lower-case initials

Hullo. Is the category you added to the CIVIL warS a joke, or is there a movement afoot to allow lower-case initials? That would be nice, since in this case the typography was a conscious choice on the part of the creator. Dybryd 05:02, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

  • That category has existed for quite some time; Wikipedia recognizes that some articles should begin with a lower-case letter, but for technical reasons all must start with a capital letter. When I stumbled across this article today I added the appropriate note and category for you. Engineer Bob 05:08, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Grass Roots

Hi Bob, An article on Joel Larson is in the submission cue. Could you view it? #99 on the 8-1-06 archives. Thank you —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.47.151.252 (talk • contribs) 11 August 2006.

Hi Bob, I submitted another new entry for Joel Larson that I wrote from scratch with assistance from Joel Larson himself and it was declined once again. I don't understand why his article continues to be declined when he was a major contributor to The Grass Roots and other Los Angeles rock groups. #44 on 11-03 archive. Please respond if you can. Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.85.75.71 (talk • contribs) 18 November 2006.

[edit] Invitation

Hey there, I have noticed your edits to some different music-related articles, and some guitarists in particular. We have a WikiProject going that focuses on writing an improving guitarist articles, at WikiProject Guitarists. I invite you to come take a look and join if it interests you! --Aguerriero (talk) 21:04, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Raytheon - you were too quick

HI, I was working on adding the reference when you added the fact tag, but that also messed up my grammar edits, so perhaps you can copy edit..

Book is the "oficial history issed on companies 50th anaverery, so It is slow going to find details. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cmacd123 (talk • contribs) 00:48, 11 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Sandy Linzer

Hi Bob...i'm Sandy Linzer's daughter...would love to add dad's discography...don't know how..or where? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Auntstef (talk • contribs) 23 December 2006

  • This response was also posted to Auntstef's talk page: You can easily add a discography section to the Linzer & Randell article; I'd be glad to help you clean it up once it's been added. -- Engineer Bob 22:39, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Rant by Samuel Dass

Hi Engineer Bob, Now that I've been unblocked, I've come to add some spices to your talk page. First of all, whether you like it or not I have to tell you this : you are a menace to Wikipedia!

You try to be noble by reverting my nonsense edit on If You Leave Me Now but take a look at your own contributions and they are all trivial and unencyclopedic!

Take for example the articles which you created on the group Chicago's songs. No doubt, Chicago is an internationally renowned group but you do not have to create articles on ALL their songs including the unnotable ones!

It is a waste of space and they should be put on a vote for deletion!

If this were to continue you would only tarnish the image of Wikipedia as a source of information!

Therefore, I call upon you to retire and do something else!

If you don't like what I am saying, you may block me if you like,anyway this is the LAST time I'm visiting Wikipedia! Finally, remember this: you're not that GREAT either!

Samuel Dass 12:20, 16 February 2007 (UTC); and revised without signature on 19 February 2007

  • Everyone is entitled to an opinion about my editing ... meanwhile, those wondering what triggered this should refer to the vandalism warnings posted by me and others on Samuel Dass' own talk page. -- Engineer Bob 21:00, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Bob Crewe

I tagged the Bob Crewe article as unreferenced in part of an overall push by Wikipedia to apply footnotes/reference citations wherever an assertion is being made (and I'm trying to do the same to the newer articles that I've written here as well). For an article that is several paragraphs long, there should be more than one source about the history of such an important producer/composer/performer over the past half-century (and, oh - the IMDB is not a reliable source as it is frequently incomplete and/or incorrect in their articles - and I have seen differing information about the same individuals in differing IMDB sites). Some of the information I can cite from sources I've mentioned in The Four Seasons (group) article, and you're welcome to use them if they're consistent with your info (I'll follow up later and cite my additions - I'm currently in the middle of writing an article for The Four Lovers, who evolved into the Four Seasons). I hope this helps... and pardon the verbage.

But believe me: if I hadn't tagged it, someone else would have. Best wishes, B.Wind 00:13, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Bob, if you can find a few more reliable sources that mention the information you have in the article, I'd think you could possibly get away with including them in a reference list (caveat: I am not an admin and I don't speak for any), but only one reliable source in a reference list is definitely a red flag (as it almost always gets someone suspicious of a copyvio). B.Wind 00:28, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
  • (Also posted on B.Wind's talk page:) Thanks for the quick response. My interpretation of Wikipedia:Citing sources is that the {{unreferenced}} tag is intended for articles with NO sources, yet the Bob Crewe article cites two sources (the IMDB was used in this article only as a source for birthplace/birthdate and filmography data). However, I'll see if I can add another source or two. -- Engineer Bob 07:10, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BS&T 3

Hi, I was just wondering if you could give me your reasoning for reverting to the original image for Image:BS&T3 cover.jpg? The image I uploaded was color-corrected to match the original vinyl cover and also had the Columbia logo in the upper left like the original vinyl release. We really should be showing as accurate a depiction as possible of the original release for any album. Cheers! --Analogdemon (talk) 11:00, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

  • (Also posted on Analogdemon's talk page): I agree with you in principle -- however, I reverted to the lowest-resolution version available in an attempt to keep the image from getting deleted altogether. -- Engineer Bob 19:35, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
(From Analogdemon's talk page): My version is low enough resolution as to be acceptable for Wikipedia. I'm going to revert it back and include appropriate fair-use rationale. Cheers! --Analogdemon (talk) 19:45, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Is Michael McDonald (singer) a baritone or tenor?

Edit history:

  • 198.49.31.230 20:29, 4 June 2005 - tenor
  • 129.2.74.17 15:35, 19 December 2005 - tenor
  • Africa4ever 01:37, 1 May 2006 - baritone
  • 138.123.128.72 19:10, 7 June 2007 - tenor
  • OettingerCroat 07:04, 15 July 2007 - baritone

Pdfpdf 12:31, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

    • He sounds like a tenor to me -- but his bio on AllMusic.com refers to him as a baritone so I'd defer to them as a reasonably authoritative source. -- Engineer Bob 01:58, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Bob. (He sounds like a tenor to me, too!) Pdfpdf 02:44, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

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