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Hello, Frank Anchor, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 02:32, 8 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Talk page etiquette

Hi Frank, I wanted to mention a couple things. I noticed you were making minor edits to another user's comment. While I appreciate that you took the time to clean up the markup that editor used, it is better to leave typos and mistakes alone (or to ask the person who wrote them to fix them) than to change them yourself. See WP:TALK#Others' comments for more on that. The second thing I wanted to say is to ask you to please use edit summaries more often in your editing, on all pages you edit. Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field, especially for big edits or when you are making subtle but important changes, like changing dates or numbers. See m:Help:Edit summary if you want to know more about edit summaries. Thanks! BigNate37(T) 22:39, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Frank, thank you for your numorous contributions to Wikipedia. There is something else you could do. Please stop adding unneccisary links to articles like you did to Interleague Play We appreciate your contributions to these articles, however, sometimes, the simpler the better. T t totaly dude 01:12, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

The Working Man's Barnstar
For his continued work at reverting vandalism and participating in Wikipedia discussions, I am proud to award Frank Anchor with the Working Man's barnstar. <Baseballfan789 21:22, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edit to The Game

I saw that you removed The Game (Michigan-Ohio State) from The Game disambiguation page. I don't have a horse in this race--I attended neither university, although I am an Ohio native--but there was discussion about this at Talk:Michigan-Ohio State rivalry, and many uses were cited. And a quick Google turns up several references, including an OSU shirt that prominently displays the phrase. Is it really so obscure and little-used that it should be excluded? It seems to me that if it's used enough that including it on the dab page might help somebody find the article they are looking for, it should be kept in. Regards --ShelfSkewed Talk 22:25, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Go Tribe, Go Browns, Go Bucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!--JDeV Rock 03:21, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Hey, Frank - judging by your recent edits, it looks like you missed the (somtimes testy!) revived discussion on the "The Game" issue at the UM-OSU page - Talk:Michigan-Ohio_State_rivalry#The_Game. The upshot was to include the language that you removed. (For what it's worth, I agree with your general sense of the thing, but when it became clear that the phrase was going to be there one way or another, I did my best to see that it was at least accurate, or arguably so anyhow.) JohnInDC (talk) 13:45, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Thank you, I was unaware of the discussion. Frank Anchor, (R-OH) (talk, contribs) 19:13, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Sure - as a liberal grad of the University of Michigan, I'm always happy to help out a conservative OSU counterpart! (Do you see by the way this afternoon's tweak by User:Baseballfan789? I think that is a better place for the point than the lead paragraph -) JohnInDC (talk) 19:23, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
thanks for the help, and I agree the page is better after Baseballfan789's edit. Frank Anchor, (R-OH) (talk, contribs) 23:46, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Terrell Owens

Hello. I've deleted the page and rollbacked your addition of the Baltimore Ravens category from Terrell Owens who, I'm sure you're well aware never played for the Ravens. On a sort of side-note, you might want to remove the fake "new messages banner" from your userpage. To newbies, it is confusing and to experienced editors it's an old joke that's grown stale. It does not fool anyone except the occasional newbie and it makes you look bad. Pascal.Tesson 05:16, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Point well taken, he was on the team for only a couple days. I guess that doesnt warrant the category since he never actually played for themFrank Anchor 21:02, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lists of Michigan Wolverines football receiving leaders

Since you have edited {{Michigan Wolverines Football}}, I thought you might consider supporting Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Lists of Michigan Wolverines football receiving leaders.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 15:53, 16 December 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Trivia section on Cleveland Indians

Thanks for re-re-adding the trivia section on Cleveland Indians. I was going to do it myself (User:Montco had done some edits in the interim, so I was waiting for word back from him on whether his edits involved integrating the trivia into the article) but you beat me to it ;) --DachannienTalkContrib 19:42, 27 December 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Thug

I do believe that user: frank anchor should be considered thug. Just maybe somthing to think about. Thewiseeye3400 (talk) 22:24, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Redundant references

Your removal of the "redundant references" wasn't necessary. By removing the "redundant" reference, you're essentially unreferencing the first sentence that was referenced and you're only referencing the second sentence. This is against Wikipedia's policies, so I'd ask that you leave the references. Wlmaltby3 – talk/contribs 00:33, 11 January 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Oakland Zoo (cheering section)

Another editor has added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Oakland Zoo (cheering section), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at its talk page. If you remove the {{prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. BJBot (talk) 18:44, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] TfD nomination of Template:NFL team season lists

Template:NFL team season lists has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Buc (talk) 19:27, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Oakland Zoo (cheering section)

An editor has nominated Oakland Zoo (cheering section), an article which you have created or worked on, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

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[edit] AfD on Dr. King

I thought I should tell you: I removed the "past AfD" notice because the AfD for that article was not a legitimate AfD, but a form of vandalism, and taking it seriously would not meet with our WP:DENY policy towards such mischief. --Orange Mike | Talk 05:00, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Thank you. I agree that it was a stupid afd and possibly a WP:POINT but thought it should benoted anyway as it still happened Frank Anchor Talk to me (R-OH) 20:07, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Friendly message

Hey, frank. I like how you have your user page set up. I would also like to thank you for your recent contributions. Keep up the good work 67.38.245.14 (talk) 23:40, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Thank you. I see that you are anonymous. I would recommend you get a username. Frank Anchor Talk to me (R-OH) 01:51, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of North Coast League

An article that you have been involved in editing, North Coast League, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pioneer Conference. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? §hep • ¡Talk to me! 00:58, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] SPA Tag

Stop adding that tag to all of my edits. It is already on my first vote edit and that's fine. Just because you disagree doesn't give you that right. Refute the issues!!! --BurpTheBaby (talk) 03:42, 9 June 2008 (UTC) — BurpTheBaby (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

  • When you make such a major change, it should be noted that you are a single-purpose account. see WP:SPA and WP:3RR

[edit] Edit summaries, reverts

I do understand what's been happening here but nonetheless, calling this kind of edit vandalism isn't needed and only stirs things up even more. You could simply put a bulleted comment somewhere on the project page noting the editor's revert of the tag. Edit warring is always harmful and disruptive. Only a friendly note though! Cheers, Gwen Gale (talk) 04:18, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ANI discussion marked "resolved"

I marked this ANI discussion resolved based on what appears to be a mutually agreed-to solution. Note: I am not an administrator. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 04:48, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] OHSAA

Hi there. I've seen your involvement in the OHSAA Afd and thought you may be interested in Wikipedia:WikiProject Ohio/HS Football Conferences and the drafts link on its talk page. Cheers. §hep • ¡Talk to me! 00:42, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Articles

User: frank anchor, it is great that you interest in a few articles such as SpongeBob Squarpants or the American Premier League 2007-08 . But in order to keep our standards of wikipedia high, we ask that you expanded your editing not just to a few articles but to severel helping to make wikipedia a better place. Take it from a wiki - vetern. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stoplight18 (talk • contribs) 19:59, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Responding to your note on my talk page, thank you for inviting me to learn about Wikipedia. But I have been making edits since 2002. But I have called my self different names (user names). Have fun editting and make sure to edit different articles. Thanks. StopLight18(Talk) 0:44, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Continuation of discussion over notability of Ohio high school sports conferences

Hello. You are receiving this message because you recently participated in an AfD discussion regarding the notability of high school sports conferences in Ohio State. While the AfD has been closed as no consensus, the discussion is continuing here. You are invited to participate. Thank you. --Jaysweet (talk) 20:18, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

  • Thank you, hopefully the discussion can go better than in the AfD. Frank Anchor Talk to me (R-OH) 20:19, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pioneer Conference

Please do not edit closed AfDs, and particularly do not do so by reverting the closing admin. Thanks,  Sandstein  20:27, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

  • See talk page, clearly a case of WP:IAR] Frank Anchor Talk to me (R-OH) 20:30, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
  • And if I ever see you doing that again, you will lose your editing privileges for an extended period of time.  Sandstein  20:54, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
  • Sandstein, That was rude and unnecessary. Have a sense of humor Ben1283 (talk) 21:26, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
  • Please do not make threats to Wikipedia users and remain civil Frank Anchor Talk to me (R-OH) 21:01, 10 June 2008 (UTC)