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[edit] Note

This user should not be confused with User:Tommy Boy. --TommyBoy (talk) 19:45, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to the Wikipedia

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[edit] Welcome!

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[edit] U.S. Rep. Tillie K. Fowler article

As you know, I spent some time this week updating the article about Tillie Fowler. FYI - I was Tillie's Chief of Staff during her 8 years in Congress, and then went with her to Holland & Knight where we worked together until she passed away last March.

I would like to change the name of the page from "Tillie Fowler" to "Tillie K. Fowler" For some reason, I can't find the "move page" button anywhere, so I was hoping you could do it. I also put in a move page request, but there seems to be a rather long backlog there.

The reason is:
1. She always preferred to be listed as Tillie K. Fowler
2. Her daughter is also named Tillie Fowler, so the "K." helps distinguish between mother and daughter. That's especially important now that Tillie, the daughter, is Chief of Staff to Florida Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite!

Thanks for your help!
David W. Gilliland 03:53, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Please see my comments on this article's talk page. Jeffpw 18:27, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CONCERNS ABOUT PLAGIARISM

FYI - Below is what I just posted on the talk page for the Tillie article. Just wanted to copy you directly since you've been so helpful. Thanks, David W. Gilliland 03:52, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Posted on the Tillie K. Fowler talk page:

Rest assured, if you read something about Tillie Fowler that is amazingly similar to what I have added to her Wikipedia article, it’s probably because I wrote it too.

I served as Tillie Fowler's Chief of Staff during her eight years in Congress, and then worked with her at Holland & Knight until her death in March of 2005. The article about her that you read on the H&K web site – I wrote it for the firm. At her husband's request, I also authored the obituary published by her family. I also wrote most of her public speeches/statements/testimony. Even her entry in the "Biographical Directory of Congress Entry" which someone linked to her article was written by me.

I might also point out that the passage that raised concerns can also be found within Senate Resolution 342, passed by the state of Georgia honoring Tillie's life I guess I just never considered it "plagiarism" when someone used language that I wrote about Rep. Fowler because it was always more important to me (and her) that what was said about her was accurate.

As I am new to this, I will defer to the experts on how you want to source this. You can be assured that I am the original author of every word I added to this article, and my sourcing is either from my own direct involvement or knowledge of the facts or from Tillie Fowler herself – I assume that having been her top advisor for the past 12 years, I would be considered a credible source. Also, as politicians’ biographies go, in my humble opinion, hers is “neutral, factual, and understated, avoiding both a sympathetic point of view and an advocacy journalism point of view” as required in bios of living persons. It’s pretty much a timeline of her career and activities.
It may be lacking in critical statements or negative stories, but just click on the link (put in there by someone else) to Eleanor Clift’s tribute or the one by Matt Towery, If Congress Had 435 Tillie Fowlers or the one by Congressional scholar Norm Ornstein and you will see that there just isn’t much of it.

Because of my relationship to Rep. Fowler, and because she reviewed and approved the biography I wrote about her that is essentially what I put in the article, I would assume my information could/should be treated as coming from the subject. Per the Wikipedia guidelines, I would contend that the information I added meets the following conditions:

• It meets verifiability, NPOV, and no original research policies.
• It is relevant to the person's notability;
• It is not contentious;
• It is not unduly self-serving;
• There is no reasonable doubt that it was provided by the subject.

I hope this background information helps. I will defer to the experts on how to proceed from here. Just please know that while there are clearly some sourcing questions here, there should be absolutely NO WORRIES about plagiarism. David W. Gilliland 03:52, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Gene Stipe

I see. I did a search too, and, yes, there isn’t much information about him. In that case, you could probably just expand the legal and health issues, preferably on each individual case. For example, you could have a section on his fraud charges. Then, you could have one on the perjury. Another one could be for his health. There appears to be a lot of information on the hot topics about him, so it could go well doing that.

Another important thing you might want to do is section the article, to divide and organize it. See WP:SECT for more information. Good job so far with the article, and keep it up! Green caterpillar (talk) 01:05, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome!

Welcome TommyBoy

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SGGH speak! 22:14, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Administrator Assistance Needed

I've left a response on my talk page. --Kbh3rdtalk 17:53, 26 March 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Category:Superintendents

response on my talk page. Not a very helpful one, unfortunately. J Lorraine (talk) 09:17, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: John Celona

Well, I already tried to deal with this, and unfortunately I was not civil and I came to the edge (and probably crossed over into) edit warring. John filed a request for comment, and I agreed to wait for it. If he is not waiting, I think you should post on WP:ANI. J.delanoygabsadds 13:39, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the comment on my talk page. I do not want to break the 3RV rule, although User Celona has done so. Please feel free to revert Celona's inappropriate edit, and if you don't mind post a notice on the Admin Noticeboard, and I will comment. --Jkp212 (talk) 15:53, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
As I have no connection to the Billy Cannon article, I would ask that users please refrain from engaging in arguments relating to that article on my UserTalk page. --TommyBoy (talk) 22:39, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Law Enforcement Barnstar Proposal Poll

Hello there TommyBoy,

We here at Wikiproject Law Enforcement are currently in the process of deciding wither or not to make this WikiProject Law Enforcement's official Barnstar award. Being that you are a member of Wikiproject Law Enforcement, we are humbly asking you to voice your opinion here about our new Barnstar.


Thank You and All the Best, Mifter (talk) 21:00, 1 May 2008 (UTC)


--Mifter (talk) 21:00, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed Renaming of Jenna Bush

Thanks for telling me about the proposed change. I'd been thinking it should be moved too, but am still not sure to what. It will be interesting to see what the consensus is. Ariadne55 (talk) 01:55, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Request to move article Jenna Bush incomplete

You recently filed a request at Wikipedia:Requested moves to move the page Jenna Bush to a different title - however your proposal is either incomplete or has been contested as being controversial. As a result, it has been moved to the incomplete and contested proposals section. Requests that remain incomplete after five days will be removed.

Please make sure you have completed all three of the following:

  1. Added {{move|NewName}} at the top of the talk page of the page you want moved, replacing "NewName" with the new name for the article. This creates the required template for you there.
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If you need any further guidance, please leave a message at Wikipedia talk:Requested moves or contact me on my talk page. - JPG-GR (talk) 06:17, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Claire McCaskill's Kids

Hi, I'm wondering if consensus can be reached on how to refer to Senator McCaskill's kids. It does appear, from the Time article and the reprint of the St. Louis paper, that they have changed the spelling of their last name. I would be in favor, based on the sources, of spelling her late ex-husband's surname as Exposito, and their children's surnames as Esposito. However, if consensus can not be reached on that, perhaps it would be best to just list her children by their first names? I know I'm jumping into this a bit late and I hope I'm not stepping on any toes, but I really admire her and I'd like to help with editing her page. Ariadne55 (talk) 03:32, 3 June 2008 (UTC)