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[edit] Woodbury High School

You have made numerous edits removing a non-existant Wikilink to Woodbury Junior/Senior High School. While the article does not exist -- yet -- there is no reason to remove it. Keeping both the red link to Woodbury Junior/Senior High School and the external link will allow school information to be accessible via the external link until teh wiki article is created and will allow the article to remain unchanged once the article is created. Until then, treat Woodury Junior/Senior High School as a palce holder for an article that is on its way. Alansohn 20:00, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Preview

I would like to thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. However, it is recommended that you use the preview button before you save; this helps you find any errors you have made, and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history. Thanks again. --Geniac 19:51, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Starting a new page

See Help:Starting a new page. Type in your new article name, press the "Create page" button and away you go! :) --Geniac 20:55, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] License tagging for Image:Dave Budd.jpg

[edit] Edit summary

Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary. Thanks, and happy editing.

--Geniac 20:58, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Colonial Conference

The Wikipedia tables are going to end up setting the column width to fit the widest item in each column. You can tinker with the widths, but you're only going to create more problems for yourself and for those on different browsers. Leave well enough alone. There's no need to list all of the member schools in the high school articles, and I would strongly suggest removing the list and just leaving the first sentence, which describes the conference. Great work! Alansohn 20:08, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Date links

In general, the Manual of Style discourages linking year-only dates. The general rule should be that you should only wikilink something that people might reasonably link to. So it would probably be appropriate in a sentence "The year 1972 was a pivotal year in American politics", but not "The school opened in 1972". Also avoid duplicating links; linking teh same term that has been linked previously, especially if its within a few paragraphs of another mention. Alansohn 20:50, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clayton HS

Hey Alansohn I noticed you're the one who created most of the South Jersey high school pages. However, there is no Clayton High School page. When I searched for it the closest thing that came up was Clayton Middle/High School which has no official page. Is there any way that you can delete that and create "Clayon High School (New Jersey)"? I feel that the "Middle" in "Middle/High School" is unnecessary...if anything it could be Clayton Junior-Senior High School like you did for Woodbury's page. I'd help edit the Clayton one whenever possible. Thanks. -jrcla2

  • While I'm not crazy about the name, the school district used Clayton Middle/High School to refer to the school. I will try to create a shell for this page as soon as possible. Alansohn 02:49, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
    • You asked for it, and I created it. Within three minutes, some jerk has decided that it should be deleted. You may want to express your thoughts, pro or con, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clayton Middle/High School. Alansohn 03:42, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
      • I have to apologize for the behavior of the many self-appointed guardians of Wikipedia; the standard type of this model is someone who has often edited hardly any articles but has granted himself the God-like authority to decide which articles should (invariably) be deleted based on their rigid interpretation of what they think Wikipedia policy is. Only a small percentage of articles are ever submitted for deletion, and a tiny fraction are proposed for deletion with such abundant speed and insensitivity. I have tremendous respect for the time you have taken to look at other articles, trying to figure out the rules and applying them to the best of your ability to genuinely improve articles. The Woodbury Junior-Senior High School was a mere stub, only slightly better than the Clayton HS article, before you started improving it. If I recall, I had made several thousand edits before I started adding anything like the quality sources you have done over the past few weeks. Unfortunately, this article is unlikely to be retained in the face of such obstinate resistance to the reality of building good articles. Fear not. I have made a copy of the article under my user ID and I can show you how to clone it, so that you can create a working copy of your own. If the rabid hordes won't allow you the time to expand the article, you will be able to edit you own "personal" copy of the article and then move it to a regular Wikipedia article once its reached a point where it can stand up to the circling sharks at an AfD. Feel free to reach out to me if I can help with this or any other article. Ignore the negative types and keep up the excellent work! Alansohn 18:17, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Browning Ross redirect?

Hey Alansohn, I realized that a lot of people who look for H. Browning Ross will search for "Browning Ross" instead, because that's what most people called him and few actually know his first name of Harris. I was wondering if you could set up a new wikipedia page entitled "Browning Ross" and then have it automatically redirect to "H. Browning Ross". Thanks! -Jrcla2

  • I have to assume you're asking me to do it because you don't know how to do it yourself. Click right here on Browning Ross, which will bring up a blank shell for this new article. On the bar atop the text area, click on the "#R" icon, which will create a shell redirect, and type in "H. Browning Ross" (without the quotes) to create the redirect. Click on "preview" to make sure the article exists (it'll show up in blue, rather than red), and click on save. Done. Let me know if you have any problems with this. Alansohn 22:07, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Olympic Conference

You've made a lot of progress on sports conferences, and these articles are really starting to shape up. In general, you don't need to include a "super category" in an article, which is a category included in another category. For example, Olympic Conference includes the Category:New Jersey high school athletic conferences which in turn includes both Category:Sports in New Jersey and Category:High school sports conferences and leagues in the United States. Once you've added the New Jersey high school athletic conferences category, you don't need (or want) to include the Sports in NJ or High school sports conferences and leagues in the United States categories as they are both supercats of the New Jersey high school athletic conferences category. I hope this makes sense. Keep up all the great work! Alansohn 22:58, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dave Budd

The template that was added to Dave Budd did not mean the article was libelous. It is just a warning placed on all biography articles on Wikipedia whose subject is living saying that libelous information should not be posted on that article. Do not worry. There is no libelous information on that article. Sorry if you misunderstood the template. Captain panda 03:59, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Apology

Um, I'm sorry. I'm a jerk. I was being stupid and just acting like an big headed idiot. I'm sorry about all this. This is Wikipedia. Editing and creating can be done by anybody at anytime. I will remove everything I said. TonyO13 23:35, 27 September 2007 (UTC) TonyO13

[edit] Thanks

I just wanted to thanks for the apology, but I understand. I was an idiot I deserved it TonyO13 10:48, 28 September 2007 (UTC) TonyO13

[edit] Overbrook conference change

It probably would have been a decent idea on our part to omit the number of member schools in each school article and save us some wasted effort if there are moves like with Overbrook. Thanks again for all of your efforts. Alansohn (talk) 20:19, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Yeah it probably would have been a good idea, but I don't mind changing it when the time comes. Speaking of which, Bridgeton High School is applying in January to become a member of the Tri-County Conference and moving out of the Cape-Atlantic League (CAL). So, we might have to change those member schools again sooner rather than later.

Jrcla2 (talk) 21:50, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New article you'd probably want to add to your watchlist

Hey Alansohn- I created the Cape-Atlantic League (also redirects from "Cape Atlantic League") tonight while I was bored. I haven't added the wikilink to each school's page yet, but I just thought I'd let you know because you like to watch these types of pages. I also added it in the dismbig page to CAL, too. Jrcla2 (talk) 03:53, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the heads up. I'd been meaning to create it and thanks for actually doing it and for all your efforts on high school articles. Alansohn (talk) 03:56, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Woodstown High School

Created this tonight. It was long overdue, considering it was the only Tri-County school that didn't have its own page. Jrcla2 (talk) 01:07, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

  • I had been waiting for a good reason to create it, a source that had to have an article wrapped around it, but nothing had jumped out at me. Thanks for this long overdue article and for cleaning up all of my South Jersey school messes. Alansohn (talk) 01:33, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] citing problem

Could you check out Woodbury Junior-Senior High School and fix the citation error in the new infobox? I don't know what's bad about it but reference #1 at the bottom of the article says something is. Jrcla2 (talk) 20:31, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Done. See this link for the other piece of the set. The text portion has the link, and the infobox points to that same link. I usually pick one school to use as a template and copy over both parts. Alansohn (talk) 23:11, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Useful "Notable Alumni" link

I found this link on the NJSIAA website. Granted, it's mostly North Jersey schools that are represented, but it's still a really great source for "Notable Alumni" into their respective Wikipedia high school pages. Jrcla2 (talk) 21:17, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the link. I will add it to my list of places to check for HS details. Sometimes it can be hard to associate a notable with a school with a reliable sources, and this site solves that for many individuals. Thanks for all your efforts. Alansohn (talk) 22:45, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Gloucester County Times

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Hey- I fixed the mistake. Check out the re-wording of the second paragraph. Jrcla2 (talk) 16:33, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Jrcla2, nice job. Shoessss |  Chat  16:40, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] CAL + GCT

Is there any way to align the two conferences (in Cape-Atlantic League) so that the spacing looks better? You know, to make them evenly spread out across the page? It's just a vanity issue but it kinda bugs me and I don't know how to fix it. Also, I created the Gloucester County Times a couple nights ago. Jrcla2 (talk) 02:22, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the GCT article, which has been a gaping hole. The way to address the table alignment is to put them in one table and have the heading cross multiple columns for each conference. Play with it on your own. I'll try to find some model articles for you. Keep up the great work! Alansohn (talk) 02:34, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Can you align the Colonial Conference (New Jersey) into 6 columns like you did (albeit 5) for the Cape-Atlantic League? I tried to do it myself but couldn't figure it out. Thanks in advance. Jrcla2 (talk) 20:43, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Done. I think. Alansohn (talk) 20:51, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Need your help

Hey- Could you go to Gene R. Nichol and scroll down to the very bottom of the page where there's an "incumbent succession box" template. It says that he's still the president of W&M and that "Incumbent" is going to be succeeding him. Nichol actually stepped down as president a week ago and the interim president is W. Taylor Reveley, III. I don't know how to get the template to show this status change and was hoping maybe you knew how to fix it. Thanks again. Jrcla2 (talk) 05:42, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

  • I played with the box last night and I can't figure out what the successor parameter is. I'll play around with it some more. Alansohn (talk) 12:30, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] List of 2000 point, 1000 rebound college men's basketball players

I've moved the article as requested. FYI you just use the "move" tab at the top of the article's page. Reggie Perrin (talk) 02:07, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey, just one quick request - when you're adding links to people's pages in a see also form, like you did with Tyrone Hill, could you place it at the bottom of the page? Italicized links at at the top of pages are generally used for same-name disambiguation. Related article see-also generally is put at the bottom of the page. Thanks. matt91486 (talk) 22:53, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Understandable. And yeah, it'll get worked out over time. It's just as a future reference, if a similar situation arises. matt91486 (talk) 23:13, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jeff Cohen (basketball)

No, I don't at all believe that he is "notable" simply because he was drafted into the NBA, especially considering HUNDREDS of players are drafted into the league YEARLY. I don't at all believe that alone makes the man notable, especially in comparison with listed alumni such as Harrison Ford, Bill Yoast, and Glenn Miller and the fact that he never succeeded in the league. I'm not trying to get into some edit war with you, and maybe you'd like to pose the question on the Sigma Nu Talk Page, but I'm confident in saying you'll get the same response from other editors. Riskbreaker2987 (talk) 05:01, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Stephen King (soccer)

Two things;

  1. Don't delete AfD templates
  2. Being in a squad does not make a player notable; he has to actually play for them. If you don't believe me, ask on the WP:FOOTY talk page.

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[edit] Cale Hayes

While on the surface Cale's achievement may seem trivial, he is a well-recognized figure in Schalick's history and in the community... a community that, based on your bio, you are not a part of. Do not deny Cale Hayes (the correct spelling) the right to be recognized for his 91st place achievement, which also marked his first overcoming of his social anxiety. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Van Rainbow (talk • contribs) 00:57, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kenny Sanders

I like the list. I will try my best and get something done on a Kenny Sanders page sooner or later. Wikisgmu (talk) 12:51, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Phillies WikiProject...?

Not sure how involved you are with Wikipedia as a whole, but here's something you might find particularly interesting: here EaglesFanInTampa 13:33, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cale Hayes

Sir, I don't appreciate the threat you made towards my person. Also, I am not the same user as whomever else you are talking of, I am myself. True, I am new to this Wikipedia thing, but the way I see it is that this is the people's encyclopedia. As such, the people should decide who is a notable alumni and who isn't. With this reasoning I don't see why every alumni couldn't have their own personal achievements up on the high-school's page(there is no limit to the information that can be dispayed, and every tidbit would only give someone researching the school more). Cale has other achievements of note, he recieved an impressive scholarship from Rensselaer over everyone else in the class of 2007. He was also the homecoming king, over everyone else in the class of 2007. But these are achievements that he personally is not proud of, he is however proud of that race in which he finally broke out of the 100's of a large cross country event(you should know how hard that is if you've ever participated in one). So, I'm sorry I bothered you with an inclusion on the page I thought would have some sentimental value for a dear friend. But nevertheless I'm confused by your threatening motions. Should I include Cale's other achievements as a student of Arthur P. Schalick and include the race as a side note? Or are you representing all of the people on Wikipedia, and all of the people of Arthur P. Schalick, when you tell me that a notable person is not notable?

From,

Arthur P. Schalick Alumni Anthony Singiser, Class of 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clubsandwhich (talk • contribs) 20:37, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tournament of Champions (NJSIAA)

Created this tonight. Jrcla2 04:14, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Great article. I linked a whole bunch and will use it when updating articles. Alansohn (talk) 04:30, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Alumni House

Hiya, I added the Notability tag, as I don't believe that the article as it currently stands adequately states what is notable about the building. Why exactly is the building historically notable, for example, or what have those groups which have used it done to make the building (rather than the group) notable. --JulesN Talk 02:04, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi, wrt Alumni House if you add what you wrote on my talk page "The building is notable because it is a registered historic building in the City of Williamsburg and also because it the central building for all William & Mary alumni and/or historical functions. It is a 19th century building that is one of two "focal points" of the College campus; the other being Blow Memorial Hall." and add references for those facts then I'll agree that the notability tag should be removed. Also, could I suggest that you alter your sig so that it links to your user/talk pages. --JulesN Talk 23:20, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
I've removed the tag on the article. Good luck with getting everything up and referenced on it. --JulesN Talk 01:17, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User Gregchance324

Can you please block this user for a year or longer? Look at his history and edits - all he does it completely vandalize and rip apart TCRHS. He's a total waste of life. -Jrcla2 (talk) 07:07, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

  • As a non-administrator, there's nothing i can do that you can't to deal with the problem. Most unfortunately, Wikipedia policy is stacked in favor of vandals. Legitimate editors need to deal with the vandalism, file warnings on their talk pages and then report the vandal at WP:AIV. If the admin powers that be decide that the vandalism is enough of the problem, a block may be imposed. For chronic abusers ("vandalism-only accounts"), such as User:Gregchance324, the blocks may be imposed more quickly, but all they have to do is go to a different IP and they're back in business. If one page has been the target of chronic vandalism, you can use WP:RPP to request semi-protection of the page, which would prevent any IP or new IDs from editing the page. The process is imperfect at best, but if we all do our best to deal with vandals, we can deal with the most annoying individuals some of the time. All my best for all your work on improving articles! Alansohn (talk) 13:12, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:TriCountyConference.gif

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[edit] Need your help

Could you look at The Pillory (magazine) and try to fix the infobox in it? I don't know what I did wrong that makes the information drag out of the box like that and off the screen. -Jrcla2 (talk) 05:59, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Avoid the problem and use Template:Infobox Magazine instead. Alansohn (talk) 12:41, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] W. Taylor Reveley, III

Hi. This article should be tagged with a copyright violation, but I figured you'd want to clean it up, instead. Private letters are automatically protected by copyright in the US, and the quotation is easily long enough to constitute a copyright infringement.

67.169.126.106 (talk) 21:23, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Colonial Conference.jpg

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[edit] Can you have someone block an address for me?

Hi Alansohn,
It's been a while but could you please have an administrator block 24.173.216.50 indefinitely for me? This person obviously just wants to slander Dorien Bryant, and I don't know any admins. Thanks. -Jrcla2 (talk)

  • I'm not an admin, so I can't block anyone. Make sure you warn this guy each time he vandalizes. Once there's a pattern, report the individual at WP:AIV. Let me know if you need any help with the process. Be forewarned that the process is a painfully slow one. I will keep my eye out on this article as well. Alansohn (talk) 11:40, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mason School of Business

Yes, some of the edits may not have direct citations, but they are otherwise listed through cross-referencing with the original WM article. Furthermore, Wikipedia was asking for organization of the page, which I provided. I dont appreciate you simply undoing all of that. If you disagree with portions, correct them individually. Lastly, they are not "peacock phrases as you put it. There was definitely a better way of putting the text for flow purposes. I dont know if you started the original article or not, but it was poorly written and needed grammatical editing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SuperNoga (talk • contribs) 22:26, 3 June 2008 (UTC)