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Olive

May I query what your concerns at Olive are? - there's 15 paragraphs, none of them conspicuously the 'main paragraph'. I agree there's a lot that needs editing, but it would help if you could put down the main problems on the Talk:Olive page. Or go ahead, be bold, and edit it yourself! Thanks, MPF 15:25, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)


Yo

Didn't realize we were both Wikipedia nerds. Rock on

Glad we don't have a secret handshake, Amish Trivedi (class of '05) Atrivedi


Shhhh

Ix-nay on the ler-anter ance-day! Atrivedi

Vandalism

Thanks for reverting banned User:Gibraltarian's vandalism. I guess he finds a meaning to his life doing that. Regards, E Asterion u talking to me? 00:07, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome... He was banned a long time ago, wasn't he? --Jhortman 02:05, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
Yes but unfortunately he never actually stopped... See Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee for the latest news. Regards, E Asterion u talking to me? 02:55, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
By the way, I just finished reading the 9/11 entry in your blog. My experience so far restricted itself to read about it in the mainstream media. I am profoundly moved by your account of the story. Best wishes, E Asterion u talking to me? 03:11, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
Wow, some folks just don't know when to give up, I guess. Thank you for your kind comments about my 9/11 page. --Jhortman 03:20, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Career abuse

Hey -- I changed your speedy into a prod here. Just so you understand, violating WP:CORP, WP:MUSIC, WP:BIO, et cetera, do not constitute criteria for speedy deletion. Deletion, yes, speedy, no. Advertising/spam is also not a speedy deletion criteria. Check out WP:CSD for the list of criteria; it helps if you can point to the specific criterion you think applies when using speedy tags. Thanks! Mangojuicetalk 03:35, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

My mistake, thanks for setting me straight--Jhortman 03:49, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

prod for Kiddy Grade characters

I'm curious as to why you {{prod}}'ed only some of the Kiddy Grade characters for Fancruft and not others. I'm not a Kiddy Grade fan or anything... just going through the AFD category, and I noticed those. --Jhortman 16:10, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I prodded all those I could find. If I find more, I will prod them too. Stifle (talk) 21:58, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Georgia congressional district maps

The ones you removed are still the current district maps - the new maps go into effect at the start of the next Congress in January. Qqqqqq 23:19, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

I disagree. The districts became official as soon as they were passed by the Georgia State Legislature and were signed by the Governor. The first elections to be affected by this new redistricting process were the elections in the 2006 cycle, which started with the party primaries on June 19. The only significance of January is that the officials elected under the new districting system take office in January. The districts themselves, however, were "official" long before that. --Jhortman 02:24, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
Well, the current members of the House from Georgia are representing those old districts through next week. In any event, how about if we up the new district maps now? I'm not sure they're out yet, other than those poor-quality ones produced for information purposes by the General Assembly. I suppose the National Atlas will be putting them out soon. Qqqqqq 03:21, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
Exactly... they're representing the old districts. You're right, though... in a week, it won't matter. There are actually some pretty good-quality current maps in a PDF file at http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/gacdmap.htm. Unfortunately, that site is owned by UGA, and is protected by copyright. I agree with you that National Atlas will probably have the new maps up before too long... it might be easiest to wait until they post the maps. (Though it would be pretty cool to make your own district maps... very time-consuming, though.) --Jhortman 03:28, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
It would probably be too difficult to use those UGA-produced maps, but they're better than nothing. Although I wonder now whether it might not be valuable to have historical maps of these districts -- perhaps including the old maps with a caption indicating that these were the maps used in the 2002 and 2004 elections, and then later we can add the new maps, noting that they will be used in the 2006, 2008, and 2010 elections? For the sake of completeness, that seems like it would be a viable solution. And on another note, what do you think about making a page with a statewide map (again, perhaps after the new maps are entered into National Atlas)? That big red link at the bottom of each district's page cries for some backup. Qqqqqq 03:34, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
It's funny you should mention that... that's what I requested they do with the files over at Wikimedia Commons, where the files are hosted (that is, I requested they changed the name of the file to "blah blah district, 2002-2005"). I think a statewide map is a great idea, but I'm not sure I'd want to create it. I'm a much better editor than creator.  :-) --Jhortman 03:48, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
Sounds good. When (if) they rename those files, I'll stick them back on the district pages, then, with proper notation as to the current circumstances. I'll notify you know when I do that. And I'll a shot at a page for all of the state's districts as well. Nice talking with you. :) Qqqqqq 03:54, 27 December 2006 (UTC)


Re: Saddam's Execution

Thanks for you help keeping vandals and such at bay, what a crazy page!! :) Viperphantom 05:48, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Just doing my part to help.  :-) --Jhortman 05:58, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Georgia congressional district maps

Thanks for noticing my contributions. Hopefully I've helped clear up confusion about the new districts at least a bit. You might never guess by looking at my user page, but I'm actually a Georgia resident. As far as the above discussion goes (although I guess it's mostly moot by now), I'd agree with your first response, and argue that the new districts were effective as soon as they were legislated. The reason being that while the then still-in-session 109th Congress was elected by constituents of the old districts, it would be the constituents of the new districts who would determine in the next regularly scheduled election whether or not each representative would return for the 110th. Thus, voters grouped together by the new boundaries were already effectively "represented" by those they did not necessarily elect. On the other hand, it doesn't hurt to make a distinction like "adopted 2005, effected 2006" or somesuch. BTW, I hope you don't mind if I grab the maps linked above to add as secondary sources to Georgia Congressional Districts. Cheers! -Tobogganoggin talk 00:04, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

commons:User:Jhortman

I assert that I am the same user as commons:User:Jhortman --Jhortman 21:53, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

SPAM

Please, don't revert me on my usertalk! I hate you! Pietras1988 TALK 18:10, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

My warnings to you were not spam. It is against Wikipedia's policy to canvas other Wikipedians, as you did to me, and it is also considered bad practice to remove legitimate content on your talk page, especially when you have blanked a warning given to you. FYI, it's also against Wikipedia's policy to engage in uncivil behavior against other Wikipedians. --Jhortman 18:26, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Georgia's 10th congressional district special election, 2007

sorry about that Gang14 16:39, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Non-free use disputed for Image:US_Soccer_logo.gif

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Thanks for uploading Image:US_Soccer_logo.gif. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our Criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. BigrTex 16:05, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

All fair use images are required to have a fair use rationale to state why they meet our criteria for inclusion. You are right, there are a lot of national football team logos that do not have the required rationale. Thank you for bringing them to my attention. I was able to find three that have rationales:
I hope that these help. Also, please read through the fair use rationale guideline for more assistance. ~ BigrTex 18:54, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
I would be more specific about the purpose, clarifying that it is not being used decoratively - so that it meets criteria #8. Thank you for addressing the issue. ~ BigrTex 18:57, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
I would also recommend that you specify for which articles you are writing the fair use rationale. This logo wouldn't meet the fair use criteria everywhere (i.e., player pages, tournament pages, etc), so it's best to be specific. ~ BigrTex 19:10, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Scouting in Hawaii

Can you please help render "Be Prepared", the Scout Motto, into Hawaiian? Mahalo! Chris 04:35, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Wikimania Atlanta

Hi! I noticed your involvement on U.S. South-related articles, categories and WikiProjects, and I wanted to let you know about a bid we're formulating to get next year's Wikimania held in Atlanta! If you would like to help, be sure to sign your name to the "In Atlanta" section of the Southeast team portion of the bid if you're in town, or to the "Outside Atlanta" section if you still want to help but don't live in the city or the suburbs. If you would like to contribute more, please write on my talk page, the talk page of the bid, or join us at the #wikimania-atlanta IRC chat on freenode.org. Have a great day!

P.S. While this is a template for maximum efficiency, I would appreciate a note on my talk page so I know you got the message, and what you think. This is time-sensitive, so your urgent cooperation is appreciated. :) Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 07:24, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Vineyard's Rich Nathan article nominated for deletion

If you are interested in making comment - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rich Nathan. Brian0324 20:07, 19 September 2007 (UTC)


Invitation

I'd like to invite you to join the new task forces proposed in the Georgia WikiProject. We are currently looking for new members to join our proposed task forces and work groups. With your help we can make it one of the best WikiProjects. Remember cooperative works can do amazing things. Regards Absolon S. Kent (talk) 20:34, 26 January 2008 (UTC)