User talk:Mipchunk

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Dabney Hovse edit

Mipchunk, I don't know what more you want from us.

Sincerely, Dabney Hovse —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mlai (talk • contribs) 08:26, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Head-Royce School

Thank you for your work on the article "Head-Royce School". I am going to change the controversial sentence to "Until 1957, the school prohibited African American children, but has since embraced diversity as a core value", if that is fine with affected parties. Hopefully that sentence is NPOV enough. It acknowledges the racist sentiments of the past and the progress that the school has made since then. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions or objections. Cashcraft 20:39, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Request for edit summary

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You're invited :)

Please accept this invite to join the new WikiProject Bodybuilding, a WikiProject dedicated to improving bodybuilding related articles. Simply click here to accept! Addbot (talk) 02:29, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Not vandalism

The edit Botdotcom did to your userpage is not vandalism in the slightest (besides making a mistake on one of the userboxes, which I - its operator - apologise for, the mistake has been corrected).

The edit summary referenced the German userbox solution which is indeed a valid URL. Please do read that page as it explains why I userfied userboxes.

Quite simply, this is a userbox you had on your page: Template:User 0.9 equals 1. If you click on this links, you will find messages of "This userbox has been moved..". I merely updated the links for you.

If you check your userpage, you will find that since I've corrected the edit, your userboxes look fine. In future, please check the bot's page and ask questions if you're not sure of something; don't jump the gun and assume vandalism. I'm an experienced editor with around 10,000 edits, why would I choose now of all times to vandalise?

However, if that's not it at all and you're referring to this edit, I've removed the userbox. — Nathan ^(talk) _{/ 13:27, 1 August 2006 (UTC)}

Welcome to the new WikiProject Bodybuilding!

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CPS article

Hi there Mipchunk! I read your comment on SeanMcG's talk page. Thanks for keeping an eye on the CPS article, and for asking more direct questions. Cheers, Mrs. H 68.122.14.4 03:08, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Hey Mipchunk...Thanks for editing my entry to the CPS page. I'm obviously still a bit shaky on all the guidelines etc, and my style has never been fantastic. But my next edit will be much better, I promise! Scobiedont (talk) 18:24, 19 February 2008 (UTC)scobiedont

Help

Hallo, could you help me. What does this mean in 'plain' english. 'As per preferences page Raw signature (If unchecked, the contents of the box above will be treated as your nickname and link automatically to your user page; if checked, the contents should be source code, including all links. Don't use images, templates, or external links in your signature) ' Any help would be much appreciated. Culnacréann 14:53, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank You for your help. I think he Gnevin wants me to stop using the flag of Ireland in my sig. as it's an image. Thanks again and Greetings from Ireland

Culnacréann 18:23, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Academic Talent Development Program, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert notability may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is notable, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. EMT1871 02:41, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Ian King

Can you take a look at the article on Ian King. Currently it seems that subject lack notability big time. Aditya Kabir 15:06, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Mathematics CotW

Hey Mip, I am writing you to let you know that the Mathematics Collaboration of the week(soon to "of the month") is getting an overhaul of sorts and I would encourage you to participate in whatever way you can, i.e. nominate an article, contribute to an article, or sign up to be part of the project. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks--Cronholm144 23:47, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:HRS Jayhawk.gif

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Image:Hrslogo.gif

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Dan the Automator

I found a source! I don't know why it didn't show up in google, but I went to sfgate dot com and found it. article here Julian Maestas 14:03, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Image:Cpsemblem.jpg

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CPS emblem

Thanks for the heads-up. I tinkered with the notice a bit and removed the speedy deletion tag; we'll see if that does the trick. Happy turkey day(s)! Her Pegship (tis herself) 20:54, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Bentley High School

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Tyson Gay

I've recently done a complete rewrite of the article and nominated it for Good Article status. Seeing as you've contributed to the article previously I'd appreciate your input. I've specifically tried to make it not too "stat-y" and some minor meeting wins have been removed for conciseness. I'd like to know what you think. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 07:04, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look. I agree that much is said. Like Usain Bolt, I imagine that as things go on I will reduce the information. I'm actually considering subarticles as a way of doing this after seeing User:YellowMonkey's recent strange GA Cricket spurt. Thus, wikipedia can contain both a very indepth analysis of the topic and a general overview. To be honest, I'm still getting to grips with how long things should be. It doesn't help that most Featured articles tend to be very long when sourcing permits anyway...I always think "at least it won't be John McCain big". Sillyfolkboy (talk) 06:40, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Athletics

Fancy organising that 95% of your contributions into the collaborative WikiProject? I know you're not very active at the moment but I'd appreciate it if you added yourself to the participants list so we can get the ball rolling! Cheers. Sillyfolkboy (talk) (edits)^{WIKIPROJECT ATHLETICS NEEDS YOU!} 11:54, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

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Track and field athletics

That is a massive rewrite of a very important article. Rather than simply reverting it, I'd rather open up a discussion, knowing the previous contents, developed over years through the eyes of numerous editors including myself, are still saved in the article's history. I'll forward a version of this note to User:Sillyfolkboy so this discussion can be included amongst other of the project's contributors.

In my eyes, its not entirely bad for the article to include numerous categories, and to run long. As open as the previous version looked, all the different categories of discussion were relatively brief and to the point--a few might have needed some tidying. This main page is our portal to the many specific sub-articles about the sport. You've deleted a lot of material, some of it is NOT duplicated in such an orderly fashion anywhere else--most particularly the list of events that has been going through some recent evolution. Sub-articles could be created to make up for those deletions, but the trend on Wikipedia is to merge down lesser significant items into a master article, which this was. Users tend to want to get their information in one place, rather than having to search blindly through multiple articles to get their basic information. As I tour Wikipedia, I still find interesting articles that should link back to this main page, with an introduction. Eliminating as much as you did, there is less organized opportunity for such links. Some of the parts you kept are lesser significant addendum to parts you deleted. The sport is a literal three ring circus, with lots of things involved. Our main article should include that aspect rather than filtering out significant information in favor of brevity.

In the interest of brevity and my time, I'm not going to dive into all the specifics yet. You have one opinion, I have another and I think many more interested minds should be heard from before such a massive edit is finalized.Trackinfo (talk) 18:08, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Just to prevent any overlap: I'm working on writing the basic track and field page today. I should have something significant to show by tomorrow. Here's to grand ambitions! Sillyfolkboy (talk) (edits)^{Join WikiProject Athletics!} 18:59, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Wikiproject Running

Wikiproject Running has been serving Wikipedia since 2006 as a subgroup of Wikiproject Sports. I see that you have shown an interest in running-related articles and would welcome you to join our group. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 20:04, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

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