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[edit] {{Governor's Schools (Virginia)}}

Do you intend to write articles on all the other schools? I'd considered making this template myself and decided not to because so many are still just redlinks. I'm not sure it's a good idea to have the template until at least half the schools have meaningful articles. I'm not going to nominate it for TfD or anything, I'm just curious. -- stillnotelf has a talk page 22:54, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

(Your reply pasted for continuity)
I don't have plans to create any of the other pages, but from my experience, they're much more likely to be written if a redlink is created. You could take all the redlinks out the template if you want, leaving the nonexistant articles as text, but I think this will serve better to get new articles faster. Note that I also created the main Governor's Schools (Virginia) article. Jkatzen 23:20, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
I did indeed notice it had been written...I've wished there was one for a while but don't have the knowledge to write it. Kudos! -- stillnotelf has a talk page 23:25, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Shenandoah Valley GS

I'd left the DATE NEEDED, etc in there hoping that User:Schadenfreude328 would see it and put the info in - he was editing right before me (edit conflicted at one point) and it appears that he's from the school, so I was hoping he'd see the table and have the information at hand. You're right to remove it in the long term, of course. -- stillnotelf has a talk page 15:57, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is this the . . .

Yes. Jim Apple 22:58, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 24.232.229.109

Thanks for the note. He/she hadn't been warned yet, so I gave him/her a warning, but I'll block him/her if he/she/it keeps on spamming. Should this come up again, you'll probably want to try WP:AIV, the vandalism noticeboard. Good job reporting, and happy edits! Deltabeignet 21:19, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Moving articles on afd

When you move an article that's on afd, could you please create a redirect from Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NewTitle to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/OldTitle instead of moving the afd discussion? My bot can account for redirected afd discussions automatically, but it can't detect moved ones, and there isn't really an easy way to make it do so. —Cryptic (talk) 16:16, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Route 76 (Virginia)

Thanks for your help. The pronounciation controversy is second only to the talk over tolls!! Vaoverland 22:19, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use deletions

Please discuss this issue with the Wikimedia Board of Trustees or Jimbo Wales if you feel that I have been unfair in my deletions. Thanks. - Ta bu shi da yu 14:29, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

I've opened Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Ta bu shi da yu 2 (and asked Jimbo, Angela, and Anthere to comment there). Note that the RfC is only about his speedy deletions, not his editorial judgement (which I think is generally good). Thanks, JYolkowski // talk 22:23, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Route 288

Sorry for my knee-jerk reaction - what do you think about how it is now? --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 10:24, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Has it caused any head scratching outside roadgeek circles? Have there been any plans to make it an Interstate? From what I can tell, it was never supposed to be one. --SPUI (T - C - RFC) 18:21, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:RAG gridsmall ver3.gif

Jkatzen, you mentioned in your detailed copyright information that it is only for use on a single article. On any other article it is simply copyright infringement. You did not use any tag to explain your copyright information, so it was untagged. I have tried to tag it according to information provided. If you think, it is tagged incorrectly, then please tag it suitably but don't leave as untagged image. Thank you, Shyam (T/C) 08:59, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Westinghouse Electric

The reason I made these changes because the policy states that the names of companies' articles shouldnt include the part of the name which indicates the legal basis on which the company is formed. So the article about Westinghouse Electric Company LLC should be at Westinghouse Electric Company. The issue becomes more complex when this would result in two articles having the same name, the prefered solution is to disambiguate with a term in brackets after the name, as had been used with the two WEC firms. However, as they are legally formed as Corporations then that term shouldnt be included, which is why I removed it from the 1886 firm's article.

We've been working from a particular list, so I hadnt seen WEC 1998, but I would propose it was moved to Westinghouse Electric (1998). I hope this fleshes out the issues a bit more, although I must admit to being no expert whatsover in the workings of Westinghouse, I hope that we can come to some sensible application in this case. Thanks. Ian3055 13:09, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

OK, I'll list it all on Requested Moves. Ian3055 17:12, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Atlantic station aerial looking west.jpg

Hi - I have taggged this image as having no source because Image:Atlantic station.jpg has no source. Unfortunately if the source of the original image isn't found, your modification will also have to be deleted. -SCEhardT 00:36, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

He has been asked but has not responded yet. Oddly, he actually removed the GFDL license shortly after adding it. You might want to put Image:Atlantic station.jpg on your watchlist - if he puts up the proper source, feel free to remove my 'no source' notice from your modified copy. Thanks! -SCEhardT 05:42, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comments by Jsmorse47

Hi, I just wanted to let you know that Jsmorse47 (talk · contribs) made a comment about you on my talk page. I'm tempted to write it off as retaliation for your opposition to Mr. Morse's link on Talk:Logo, but I thought I should give you a chance to respond if you choose. Wmahan. 17:33, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Heads up

You'll probably pick this up but Vendormate, not done properly anyway and sneaky suspicion of puppets about it, regards --Nigel (Talk) 15:22, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vendormate

Hi. I voted to delete that article (although that's not my point here). I do believe that the company doesn't meet WP:CORP and since your user page, I now realize, identifies you as the co-founder there's a bit of a vanity/spam/conflict of interest issue. But I wanted to also say that I very much disapprove of the motivations of the nominator. Closercate1 (talk · contribs) seems to be a single purpose account who I suspect seeks revenge for your vote on the Logo talk page. Just thought I'd give you a heads-up about him. Cheers. Pascal.Tesson 01:40, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree with everything Pascal says above. As much as I don't like to admit it, Cochese8 (talk · contribs) and Jsmorse47 (talk · contribs) might have a point that I'm being inconsistent if I didn't vote to delete. Wmahan. 03:55, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your edit to Fairfax County, Virginia

Please do not use rollback when not reverting vandalism. You should always make an effort to discuss the issue with the "other side", either on its talk page or the article's talk page. Thank you. --NE2 15:39, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Logos of Viacom

I made it a redirect to Viacom because, AfD or no, the article is unreferenced, poorly written, and of a subject overy limited interest. I've reverted it to the version before my last edit, though, so that perhaps someone can clean it up. —tregoweth (talk) 07:06, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GAMES/Games magazine

I changed GAMES to Games per the Wikipedia style manual:

  • Follow standard English text formatting and capitalization rules even if the trademark owner encourages special treatment:
    • avoid: REALTOR®
    • instead, use: Realtor

As "Games" is just a word, and not an abbreviation, acronym, etc., there isn't any reason to spell it in all caps, other than Games wanting it to stand out. :) (Also, I'm a reader of the magazine, so I have nothing against it.) ‣tregoweth (talk) 14:23, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Logo Design Article - External Link

You edited an external link in logo design article that is www.logoblog.org. Can you tell me what spamy thing did you find on this page. Its just a logo design resource portal.Aly pirani 05:40, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Viacom

If you want it to stay up, then you should verify it; otherwise, wiki policies states to remove these kinds of information that are without direct sources. You didn't even mark it "citation needed" even though it needs citations. 162.84.159.253

[edit] Alexandria

Within minutes of my adding Alexandria as a placename in Fairfax Co., you'd deleted it. My reasoning is that if people call a place by that name, that is a place, regardless of which government authorities recognize it. Alexandria, Fairfax Co. is south of Alexandria and north of Mount Vernon. Yes, the Post Office regards it as a distinct place. Why are you so aggrsssive about deleting this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zeamays (talk • contribs)

[edit] You missed a spot there friend.

So why do you keep removing valid news articles in relation to a companies wiki page? Since when does getting sued by the federal government not newsworthy? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pgurlygirl (talk • contribs) 06:59, 26 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] cbscorporation

cbscorporation is a subsidiary of National Amusements, Inc. [1]--Micheal21 02:04, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spurned Editor on a Rampage?

um...ouch! No, just following orders from User:JzG andUser:A Man In Black. Citing WP:NOT#DIR, they are claiming that newscast schedules are no longer allowed by Wikipedia rules. I will be perfectly honest with you, I disagree with this and tried to fight it, but with no help, I was ridiculed and threatened. So, I did their dirty work for them.

This is not of my doing, I fought to keep them, no one would help, two admins' said they had to go, they went. My apologizes if this has messed up some of your work. If so, I will work with you to get that work back, within WP:NOT#DIR. - NeutralHomer T:C 19:04, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Look, I know it is notable (it is part of the article structure on WP:TVS), but no one wants to fight this change. No one, not even WP:TVS members. Even though my objections and a proposal for a slight rule change, it did no good.
I am sorry, but according to those two admin and WP:NOT#DIR, they have to go. It sucks, because in 99% of cases, they are notable and they are covered by WP:TVS, but when you are ridiculed and threatened by two admin, it is better just to throw in the towel and delete them.
If you can write them into paragraph and not a schedule, then they would be OK. Otherwise, they will probably get deleted again and I don't want to you get in trouble from one of those two admin. But, if you can work it into an article, then it will be OK. - NeutralHomer T:C 05:13, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
OK, relax. I live in Virginia (near Winchester) and I keep a close eye on the Virginia TV and Radio stations, so I know a little about them.
But, this has nothing to do with my ego nor am I "making knee-jerk changes on a lot of pages based on a disagreement" I had "with a few editors". I did submit a proposal, which was instantly laughed at, I was ridiculed and then threatened by two different admin. So, my deletions, were not a "rampage" as you put it. It is deleting pages that two admins threatened and ridiculed over, cited WP:NOT#DIR and ultimately, I did their dirty work.
I asked others for their opinions, only to have my messages reverted as harrassment. So, I can't talk to people and see what they think, if admins go around and revert me. What I said was not harrassment, it was a standard cut/paste message (got lazy, didn't want to type the same thing over), asking for opinions on the situation (which I got none). I can't talk to people, if I am not allowed, and people won't talk back.
I would ask that you look at my work on the Winchester, VA radio pages, Kingwood, WV radio pages, and others before passing judgement on me. I don't have an ego, I do try to make changes, and I am actually a pretty nice guy, just don't like being threatened and ridiculed.
I did what was demanded and I apologize if that messed up some work that you or others did. I again, let you know that I am against this, but when it is demanded, it is better to just delete than fight. This is not of my doing...and I am not a "Spurned Editor on a Rampage". Again, my apologizes...NeutralHomer T:C 05:24, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Okie Dokie...I have tried to be nice, but I can see all you want is an agruement. It was nice talking to you. Have a Good Weekend. - NeutralHomer T:C 05:26, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WCAV/WVAW

I have, again, reverted these as WP:TVS has not ruled one way nor the other on this. The post pretty much just died out. I am going with WP:NOT#DIR. - NeutralHomer T:C 05:07, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Georgia Tech

WikiProject Georgia Tech

I see that you're a student at or alum of Georgia Tech! I thought I'd let you know about WikiProject Georgia Tech, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Georgia Tech. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks and related articles. Thanks! —Disavian (talk/contribs) 02:55, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Paramount Parks

You're wanton destruction and reverts are not helpful. See talk page. Epson291 00:58, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

If by "You're" you mean "Your" and by "wanton" you mean "gratuitous" and by your patronizing tone you intended something more constructive, I still disagree. I think, at any given point, the article should at least read like a final piece, even if some elements aren't cemented. And with random question marks interrupting the flow, I think it's hard to read. I'd hardly consider my edits "destruction" any more than any changes made by any other editor who takes an interest in the style and legibility of an article. I'm willing to discuss the merits of using question-mark blanks with you, but I don't think the harsh tone you've been taking with me since my first edit of your work is helpful. Jkatzen 02:02, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:RAG gridsmall ver3.gif

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[edit] The Athlete's Foot

Thanks for fixing the disambiguation link on the page. The article was one of my first contributions to wikipedia and I was not quite sure on how to add a disambig link. --DreamsAreMadeOf 05:35, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Viacom logo 2006.png)

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[edit] Movin' On Up

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[edit] You've got an answer!

Here it is, Siegele Roland (talk) 14:02, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

And the next! Siegele Roland (talk) 14:41, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sully

The official name is "Sully Historic Site". The NHRP entry refers to it by the name that you object to. Locals refer to it as "Sully Plantation", but that's unofficial, lacks a reliable source. Tedickey (talk) 16:12, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Reach for the Sun Bottle Hunt

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