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[edit] Thanks

Always happy to help revert vandalism. I usually catch the ones that get through the recent change watch because I hang out on short pages a lot of the time. .:.Jareth.:. babelfish July 7, 2005 14:11 (UTC)

[edit] [Image:Musichall.jpg]

Does the article need this picture? It does not appear to add much to the article. Rkevins82 23:29, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, it does.. it adds plenty to the article... Madmaxmarchhare 00:23, 7 December 2005 (UTC)


[edit] In response to your message

My apologies. had I known you do that on purpose I wouldn't have done anything.

And now I know. forgive the screw up.

[edit] The University of Alabama

You obviously don't go to the University of Alabama. ;-) In Alabama, "The University" is a proper noun. "The University" is very typically capitalized when referring to the University of Alabama within Alabama. Several of the cases you just changed probably can be changed back, though I don't have time to review them in full right now. I don't have my CMS handy, so I can't brandish it menacingly, but I'm pretty sure there's some loophole I can exploit. Yes, you're technically correct, but there's a fair amount of pride involved in this. ;-p —LonelyPilgrim 21:42, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, I was being slightly facetious, but thanks for understanding. I'll look at it some more. —LonelyPilgrim 03:23, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] University of Wisconsin to UW-Madison Banter

No, there never was any discussion to move it back. Yes, I was the person who moved it. SushiGeek 17:11, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

'Making themselves known'? Wisconsin was the only one I moved. Who do you think moved it? (UW's the more common name) SushiGeek 17:26, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
What I'm saying is that I moved UW-Madison to UW, not some other individual. SushiGeek 02:47, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
That's cause it's more commonly known as UW, despite the inaccuracy. SushiGeek 02:56, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
OH, I'm sorry. I thought you were involved with moving it back to UW-Madison. Sorry. :-) SushiGeek 03:33, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Other editor's notes to me (write your stuff here)

Anyway, thanks for catching the copy and paste at Central State University. I've sent it to our copyright problems page to be looked at. - RedWordSmith 04:55, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] UA Motto

Ok, in fairness, I will provide to you the proper sources proving sursum is the official motto. I do not desire an unnecessary "editing war" with someone who appears to make worthy contributions to wikipedia. In the meantime, I would appreciate it if we can leave the two mottos on display, as I assure you I can and will provide you with adequate sources. Thanks. AZCactus1 05:40, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Madmaxmarchhare, I've been doing some research on the motto, and I've contacted MANY individuals affiliated with UA (alumni office, president's office, advancement, etc) and several people have confirmed that Bear Down is the official and only motto. However, others believe the issue of "sursum" raises some interesting points and are investigating the idea. So far, it looks as if "Bear Down" is the official motto of UA, until proved otherwise. I will update with any new information.AZCactus1 20:14, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Univ AZ Question

Hello and thanks for the help with the Univ Arizona article. It is well appreciated. However, not all university pages contain venues and specifics on the history of the mascot, particularly when a linked page has been created specifically for the athletic program. The UA main article has become rather long, and it does need to be trimmed down. While all the information is relevant and valid, some of it could stand to be moved to related and linked articles...similar to U. Texas Austin, U. Minnesota, Cornell, all schools with separate athletic pages. That said, any advice you may have on how to better trim down the UA article is greatly appreciated. It doesn't make much sense to continue editing and reverting edits without a consistent dialogue. Really, any advice is appreciated and encouraged! Mxpc05 02:10, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] University of Tulsa

I noticed you reverted my infobox change and attemted to direct me to a discussion. I am, however, unable to loctate that discussion. Anywho, the template it now uses, Template:Univ taxobox, had been deprecated. The consensus in the community has been that Template:Infobox University is the standard for university and college articles. Now, if you would direct me to this discussion you cite, then I would be happy to answer. American Patriot 1776 02:33, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] grinnell images

Thanks for the images at Grinnell College.

[edit] Tulsa app

Wow, sorry it took forever for me to respond to your post on 27 April. I've been meaning to get back to you for a while now. The Tulsa app went fine, i got in and got a full ride because i'm a national merit finalist. I chose to go to George Washington University instead, not because Tulsa is a bad school (my dad went there, and being from Tulsa i have tons of friends going there) but because i've lined in Tulsa for 18 years and would like to experience DC. What years did you attend TU? I see that you go to school in Madison, there are two kids from my graduating class that are goin there this fall, one for graphic design and one for genetics. Nice to see you're a fellow Eagle Scout, too. Talk to you later.

Gatherton 16:58, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Canon and film camera

Hi! Can you explain your edit to the Canon article about their stopping film camera development? Your only comment was AP apparently mis-reported their intention to stop making SLRs), which doesn't provide a reference -- for example, to a clarification or retraction from AP. AP wasn't the only news source to publish such an article; Reuters did so, too. Normally, this kind of thing is discussed on an article's talk page and not left to an incomplete edit comment. -- Mikeblas 17:55, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Sure, I'll post the article reference in discussion. This is sortof old news, for what it's worth, but Canon keeps fighting it. I didn't worry about posting a citation since 1) there was no original citation to begin with and 2) I generally don't cite for information that doesn't exist (as I cut out the paragraph in entirety. Madmaxmarchhare 18:00, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Also, you may want to note:
Hi! Can you explain your edit to the Canon article about their stopping film camera development? Your only comment was AP apparently mis-reported their intention to stop making SLRs),
The paragraph I deleted had nothing to do with them stopping film camera development, it was about, as I stated in my memo, Canon stopping SLR development. Madmaxmarchhare 18:20, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks! See ya on the talk page! -- Mikeblas 18:40, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nikkor page

The information I removed from the Nikkor page, which you re-added, really belongs on the F-mount page I think. Please see talk:Nikkor.

--Stybn 21:05, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Ah, fair enough. Thanks for the explanation. Madmaxmarchhare 18:22, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UW or UW-Madison?

There's another discussion going on about UW's article name (or lack thereof of a discussion); it's being manually moved to UW-Madison. 1ne 05:46, 18 September 2006 (UTC) (formerly SushiGeek/WikiFanatic)

I completely agree with you about the name! Ever noticed that it's commonly referred to as UW? Let's see... on my school's intercom today, "recruiters from the University of Wisconsin" were mentioned. UW's sports logo is a red W. UW's sports sweatshirts say "WISCONSIN" and nothing else. Two license plates I saw yesterday said "University of Wisconsin" and had UW (Madison)'s logo. 1ne 01:29, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unviersity of Wisconsin

Hi there, I saw your note on the discussion page on University of Wisconsin. If you have disagreements on redirecting the page. please bring them out. Otherwise, Nobody knows what you disagree about? Miaers 21:14, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Everyone who's involved in this knows what he's disagreeing about. Read the talk page. 1ne 01:27, 28 September 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] Proposed merger of State-related into Commonwealth System of Higher Education

I have noticed that the material in these two pages are nearly overlapped entirely, hence a proposed a merger. Please comment on Talk:Commonwealth System of Higher Education. --Samuel Curtis-- TALK 03:35, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hey

Hey, it's 1ne! You should enable email. 1ne 13:41, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UW naming issues

Hey - I know you spoke out against the disambig page last time, but now its up for an actual vote. So, please head on over to University of Wisconsin (disambiguation) and join the discussion. Cheers, PaddyM 00:10, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:The Real World: San Francisco

Hi. It seems we have a possible edit war on the The Real World: San Francisco article. If you could respond to the post I made on its talk page, it would be appreciated. Nightscream 04:57, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry. I thought I saw your name in the History of a related article (perhaps it was the Pedro Zamora article). If you don't have an opinion on the matter or any interest in participating, I apologize for bothering you. :-) Nightscream 01:46, 31 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] UNR

Why did you remove all of my edits to UNR's article? I had added:

  • a ==Faculty== section with an ===IS=== subject subsection
  • a ==See also== section for Wikipedia links
  • some links to UNLV

These are standard inclusions that are useful, informative and can be added to by others.

You also removed another link to UNR Arts which could have been moved to ==See also==

 uriel8  (talk) 09:58, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stub sorting

It will be harder to remember not to remind you when I can't see that I already have on your talk page, but I'll try. See the song "Don't Worry, Be Happy" about how I choose to live my life...everything ain't so serious. Cheers =) — jmorgan (talk) 04:54, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Legally Insane

Indeed, I am a medical-student, but unfortunately declaring someone legally insane is more a legal thing than a medical thing. In any case, for my part I can prescribe some valium and hope he calms down and goes away for awhile. To prove that point, I thought you might like to know he made a complaint about you at the WP:AN here and I've left a response, but you may also want to follow it or leave your own response. Cheers, PaddyM 23:35, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Just so you know, I reported Miaers at the three-revert noticeboard, so hopefully we won't have play this game for a few hours today and tomorrow. Cheers, PaddyM 02:07, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Yea, that will be kinda nice. I was surprised it was that long, but I'm not going to complain.
Say, I noticed you're studying history at the UW. I was a history major and loved the entire department. Do you ever work with Boydston? She was one of my favorites... Cheers, PaddyM 03:46, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Haha - me, too. Its a good thing, too, since I have exams this week. Cheers, PaddyM 15:40, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, I was enjoying my break - until I got blocked! Not quite sure the legitimacy behind that, but I guess we get a two week break now, so I can't complain. I still contest that I was reverting vandalism by Miaers, but that got denied. Ah well... Cheers, PaddyM 16:18, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
So, it was a nice vacation, but like all good things, it came to an end ... Cheers, PaddyM 16:10, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Yea, thats about right. I think Psantora got the same thing, too. I honestly don't even know what his point is, but it seems he feels everyone needs to know. Whatever, PaddyM 23:22, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your revert on UW System talk page

This is to let you know that I'm disgusted by your posting of my discussion with Psantora onto the UW System talk page. The discussion happened on Psantora's talk page not on UW System. There is no need to make a duplicate. He also violated 3RR. He was lucky I didn't report you at that time.Miaers 12:54, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How can I lay a complaint?

It appears that the ganging up of people with subjective ideals about which boats are "noteable" or not has overruled the true objective standpoint about notable ACC yachts. I have given the editors who have vandalized the IACC page by placing yachts without due reason. I have given quotes for my reasoning behind not allowing SUI-64 noteable status, even the boat designer declares so! Just because a boat won an event does not make it noteabe per the deffinition. TO be noteable something must be unique and must 'stand out' from other yachts - albiet it won the cup, this is something it clearly did not achieve. To be quite honest, even NZL-82 is more qualified to be labled here as "noteable" for its useage of design and rule bending.

I'm sure you and the other editors feel you are contributing to the article, but in fact you are altering history and giving prestige to a yacht that does not deserve to be in the same league as the other true noteable yachts. As a result of this, I would claim that you and the other editors are in effect in violation of the biggest crime on wikipedia - that of the reporting and maintaining of incorrect data. I hereby wish to lay a complaint against any of the editors who have violated my postings. Who can I send this to. --Conner5553 22:07, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thomas Vonier

If you search Thomas Vonier in google, you can see most info about his M Arch is "University of Wisconsin", which is not University of Wisconsin-Madison, b/c Madison doesn't offer M Arch. It is actually University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as you know.Miaers 19:14, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

There is nothing to clarify. The University of Wisconsin was linked to University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee not Madison. A lot of people refer to UW-Milwaukee as University of Wisconsin. Miaers 19:22, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notification of arbitration case

This is to notify you that I am making an arbitration request concernining the University of Wisconsin redirect at [Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration]. Miaers 00:32, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

I know, right? Now we have to sort through this RfC. PaddyM 17:41, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Well, that was short-lived "quiet period". Looks like he was just trying to figure out how to make his next obnoxious move. Make sure you comment on the AfD if you are so inclined. Cheers, PaddyM 19:36, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] UW-Madison

Just to let you know that the centers and extension in Wisconsin were part of the old University of Wisconsin. The current UW-Madison is also a part of the old University of Wisconsin. These instuituions were seperated after the UW System was created in 1971. The UW System is also refered to as UW. Adding a dash is to make a distinguishment. Please stop vandalising. Miaers 21:06, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Get a life, Miaers. There is a world outside of Wikipedia.. explore it and chew up some energy and time. Madmaxmarchhare 21:39, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
The context of the article is clearly the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and no one in their right mind calls the UW System "UW" and "UW" only. You're gonna have to find a hobby, Miaers, really, because I refuse to be your submissive soul. Madmaxmarchhare 21:37, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

You can look at University of Wisconsin System, which has a big UW seal and a dozen of other UW campuses. Miaers 21:47, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Yay! It's pretty. Thank you for pointing the seal out. Mmmm.. looks nice. Madmaxmarchhare 21:49, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Anyhow, look to the top of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. You will see that "UW" is clearly an acceptable way to refer to the university. Madmaxmarchhare 21:52, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

That's only for informal or inaccurate occassions. Miaers 21:58, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Miaers, some day, I'm going to have you draw me a map of your world. In any case, just because you say it's for informal or inaccurate associations, doesn't mean it is. People use UW all the time to refer to the school.. all .. the.. time.. Madmaxmarchhare 22:04, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Anywho, people also refer to the system as UW. Miaers 22:11, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I know ...

Yea, I was out of town for the weekend, so imagine my surprise when I clicked on my watchlist. It's as though a nuke went off in his head and he just couldn't stop himself from anything. The good news is that it looks like other editors are involved and now there is an RfC somewhere about him. So, hopefully we will able to get some resolution to this matter. Cheers, PaddyM 20:44, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I am?

What accusation, where? --Orange Mike 19:30, 10 May 2007 (UTC) (has been away)

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[edit] sandbox

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<Groan> Madmaxmarchhare 21:05, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
Uuugh... is it me, or is Wikipedia turning into a bureaucratic morass, now? I hate it when things get too popular and people start getting completely self-righteous. Well.. gone are the glory days of Wikipedia, probably. Madmaxmarchhare 16:28, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Milwaukee Mile

Nice pic that you added to the NASCAR article! I sat for many years in Turn 1 to your right for the Busch races, until my brother-in-law divorced himself out of my family. Royalbroil 20:02, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sconnie

Is the article true or something made up? The article has been deleted once before as it had appeared to be made up. Royalbroil 03:16, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

It's real, but peculiar almost exclusively to UW-Madison people, and to a lesser extent to other people in Madison. --Orange Mike 13:43, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] HI!!

Hi Madmaxmarchhare, my name is Oscar and I´m from Mexico. I´m doing an english high school project that consists on doing an essay of the main characteristics of a foreign university. First of all,I would like to know if you are able to help me with the information I could need in this project. By the way, I will really appreciate your help, read you later...ciao.Yacopop 23:39, 18 September 2007 (UTC)YacopopYacopop 23:39, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] University of Southern Nevada

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[edit] Thanx

Thanks for yanking my sig; I should be sleeping, not editing Wikipedia at 2:25 a.m. (So should you, unless you're not in Wisconsin's time zone right now.) --Orange Mike 07:26, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Association of American Universities and University of Missouri

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[edit] WikiProject Germany Invitation

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--Zeitgespenst (talk) 17:18, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merger ...

I hear that sentiment loud and clear... PaddyM (talk) 03:37, 29 February 2008 (UTC)


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[edit] Frustrations

I'm really starting to hate Wikipedia Madmaxmarchhare (talk) 00:18, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Imagine for a minute that your were contributing to Encyclopedia Britannica, and you had to submit your work to an editor (or team of editors) before it was published in the volume. Oh, wait, that is what they do there. So, this is an encyclopedia, why should it be any different? The quality of material on here is suspect at times. Even I do things I shouldn't, and if it was at a publishing company would get returned back to me. Wikimedia has to be very careful about lawsuits from publishers of copyright material, and, including images. If users take the time to study up a little before hand, like adding tags to images, it would be a lot less frustrating road to travel. But, most of us just jump in and start contributing questionable material because it is so danged easy. So, I would recommend a step back, review Wikipedia:Images+Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and Wikipedia:Copyrights, and not take it so hard when an editor marks up your work with a red pencil. When I first started here, I took my contributions to heart, and got upset when they were questioned, but if you step back and see the big picture, and "let go of it", it won't be so frustrating. You might also try doing something that is not a topic that you take to heart, like vandal patrolling, or category sorting, or join a project like filmography, and do class assessment, for a while, kind of a break. <<<<((((Wikihug))))>>>> That is all. ~ WikiDon (talk) 21:55, 4 June 2008 (UTC)