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[edit] Welcome to the Wikipedia

Here are some links I find useful


Feel free to ask me anything the links and talk pages don't answer. You can sign your name by typing 4 tildes, likes this: ~~~~.

Cheers, Sam [Spade] 04:08, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Invite to Star Wars Wiki

I am notifying you that we finally have Star Wars Wiki (aka Wookieepedia) up and running and we need good Star Wars contribs like yourself helping the cause. -- Riffsyphon1024 05:57, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Garm bel iblis.jpg

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[edit] WH40k-stub

Hi SparqMan - I note you've created a new stub category. Did you realise that stub categories should normally be cleared by Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting before creation? That way they can be vetted to check that there are a viable number of stubs (at least 60-100) and that the category does not cross the existing stub hierarchy before the stub is created.

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[edit] Blanking of Template:idw-uo

Please check which page you are really editing before you delete things. Thanks, Alphax τεχ 00:46, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

Sorry about that, I should have been a bit clearer. RedWolf placed the template on your page, but forgot to substitute it. According to this diff page, you (or someone using your account) blanked the template - presumably, they were trying to remove it from your talk page. After checking I decided that the change was accidental, reverted the template, substituted it onto your page, left you this note (which I should have worded more carefully), left a note on RedWolf's talk page, and thought nothing more of it. I apologise for being so rude towards you. Alphax τεχ 15:06, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Reply to invitation

Thanks for the invite! At present, my tinkering with Star Wars articles is limited to those that I have general knowledge of and are notable enough to be included in Wikipedia. Since my main contributions are to history (such as Isaac Brock) or politics (such as John Manley), these changes are generally pretty haphazard. Thanks for the offer, and you may see may at Wookiepedia yet, but for now I'll probably give my attention solely to Wikipeida. Best Wishes --Scimitar 21:09, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Warren Silver

Good job on that Warren Silver page. I was surprised to see one and I guess you follow him, because you're going to the same school he did? I am a law clerk in the same building as him and am well aware of the changes on the Maine Supreme Court. Thanks and good job!AFethke 16:53, August 4, 2005 (UTC)

  • The announcement of his appointment came up in a Google News alert, so I added him to the List of American University people and decided to do a little extra research to start an article on him. Voila! Thanks for noticing. --SparqMan 21:26, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/On a Sensual Note

Hi. Just dropping a note that you forgot to sign your vote. Cheers! -- BD2412 talk 16:06, August 14, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] On a Sensual Note deletion

Hi, thanks for your message. The result of the VfD was irrelevant: I deleted the page as a listed copyvio. Where is it claimed that the text was released into the commons? This wasn't mentioned either in the listing on WP:CP or on the article's talk page, which is where such a claim should be made in the event of a copyvio listing. --Ngb ?!? 17:12, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but it's obvious from both the history of the talk page (see http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:On_a_Sensual_Note&action=history) and the history of WP:CP (see http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Copyright_problems&oldid=22194903, the revision immediately before I removed the copyvio) that you never made any such claim. --Ngb ?!? 18:48, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
The 'old talk page' hasn't been deleted -- there are no deleted revisions in the edit history. The text of the article can be reinstated, but we will need confirmation of permission from the copyright holder. I have written to the listed contact address for the group to confirm this. --Ngb ?!? 21:34, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Kevin Owen

Hi. Do you have a source for categorising Kevin Owen as an American University alumnus? Thanks SP-KP 17:35, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

I was working from the List of American University people. Apparently the two Kevin Owens are different. I've fixed the problem. --SparqMan 17:40, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.

I have reverted your inclusion of Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. to the American University alumni category, because neither the article text nor the existing external links mention that he was an American University alum. If in fact, he was an American University alum, please mention it in the article text, cite a reliable source, and then re-include him in the category. --TommyBoy 08:52, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

I've added a source for his alumni status and reinstated the category. --SparqMan 09:09, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reminder...

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[edit] Louis Goodman stub

Hey Sparqman! I've started a stub on Dean Goodman of SIS...any idea where I could find more info. to expand it further? Thanks. -Fsotrain09 17:21, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

A search on Google yields a short professional biography and a search on Amazon yields a bibliography. Those are good places to start. --SparqMan 15:11, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Coltorti history

http://www.national-football-teams.com/php/news.php

This is a good site for player histories

[edit] Sorry about that

Sorry about that, I forgot about adding in the "Stubs" on Prof. O'Connor, Kerwin and DeGregorio, with time it will get better.

(Pbrusoe 19:31, 8 August 2006 (UTC))

Not a problem. It happens to the best of us. --SparqMan 20:30, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] American University

Thanks for your comments and input. I would really like to discuss this with you in greater depth. Could you please contact me at the Wikimedia office or send me an email to let me know what would be most convenient for you. Thanks. Danny 21:37, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SheikSpeak.com

SheikSpeak.com is the new official Duncan Sheik message board. It is only a month old so there are not tons of members, but the admin is close friends with Duncan, and it is sanctioned by Duncan [(http://duncansheik.com/blog/?p=95]). In fact, it was created at the request of Duncan himself and his management. The previous message board sheikfreik no longer discusses Duncan and he has pulled any relationship with the board. I hope this counts as "notable" in your eyes. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hambons (talk • contribs).

150 users hardly seems worth including, and Duncan's post on his blog isn't exactly a "sanctioning" nor does it mention anything about it being official. Can you dig that stuff up? --SparqMan 05:02, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry

Several users have expressed concern over my block nomination of several college a cappella groups. I would like to apologize for causing a medium-sized ruckus on the AFD page and thereby wasting the time of several excellent contributors. I see now that this was an ill choice for a block nomination. I'll be relisting most of the articles individually as soon as I can double check the list. Again, please accept my apologies. savidan(talk) (e@) 17:06, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Hey, thanks for the help. I am now reviewing all the documents I probably should have read beforehand. It's just that I saw relevant information that needed to be added. Upon further review, I also added the new pictures because you guys wrote that the old ones were about to be deleted. Anyway, thank you again! --Senordesupremo 04:10, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WVAU/WAMU

I'd think a clarification on any possible WVAU/WAMU split would be good, but I would have to do some research to determine when/if the station was ever student run. From my brief time there (1989-1991), I was under the impression that WAMU was licensed to the university but the students never used those call letters.

I think we'd need word from some older alums/WVAU folk to answer that question. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Madopal (talk • contribs).


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[edit] Planar Chaos

Good job cleaning up the "notable" card section of Planar Chaos, I wanted to do the same thing but thought I might be stepping on someone's toes. Glad you did it and well done :) --Mjrmtg 18:44, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

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