User talk:Cmadler/Archive 1

Bluegrass albums

I reverted your second edit to The Telluride Sessions as "[" and "..." are generally the symbols used for one-album bands. Currently, Telluride Sessions is the only album listed in Category:Bluegrass albums. -Acjelen 21:35, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

New Grass Revival, etc.

If they had an award for most improvement to an article in a single edit, I would nominate you. Anyway, I emptied Category:Strength In Numbers albums, though I'm not sure if more is required to completely delete it. I wonder if there's a category for supergroups with one album? -Acjelen 20:55, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Interwiki?

Ah, I missed that one. It should have been an interwiki link to the Swedish Wikipedia. // Liftarn

influencial czech bluegrass bands

if what you said in July on the Music of the Czech Republic discussion page is true, perhaps the wording that "poutnici is one of the most influencial czech bluegrass bands" should be changed to something like, "Notable is Potnici, whose early success lead to the continued embrase of Bluegrass music in the Czech Republic, as well as the fact that many of the members from that band have recorded or toured with Druha Trava, which has brought Czech bluegrass to the modern world music stage." of course that is way to flowery, entirely unencyclopedic, and also uninformed, as I am not familiar with poutnici. In any case, perhaps you would like to take a look at that page? Smmurphy 19:39, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

• couldn't have said it better myself Smmurphy 20:00, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Requesting comments on template alteration

Hello. I see you are using one or more of the User instruments templates in your Babel box. Inspired by some recent developments, I want to rework all the templates in there (including ones used on user pages), to make them more like the regular Babel templates. However, I thought I should hear from the people this would affect before actually doing it. Please weigh in at User:Ddawson/User instruments.

Thanks

Thank you for your comments awhile back. I haven't done anything on Wikipedia because this information overload if fairly intimidating. I would, indeed, welcome any comments or suggestions that you may have. I am also happy to contribute to your bluegrass pages (I did my senior thesis in college exploring bluegrass music and whether it is a "folk" music). Again, thanks for the encouraging welcome. Daben

Peter Rowan

Thanks, that was a typo. I found the correct date for the San Antonio album and removed the other as a suspected duplicate. -- Dave C.^{talk | Esperanza} 01:35, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Schools - try voting merge

If you want to work towards a compromise on schools, stop voting "delete" and start voting "merge". Deletion implies "erase all trace of this school from wikipedia" which can never be acceptable to school inclusionists, including myself. Kappa 13:42, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

"University of Kentucky/Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Arboretum"?

So... how do we arrive at a consensus? I responded at Talk:University of Kentucky/Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Arboretum. --Robby 06:18, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Music recordings copyright issues

Hi, I saw your question at Wikipedia_talk:Copyrights/Can_I_use...#Music_recordings. Since you might not be watching that page, I'll repeat my answer here. See Template:music sample. I have seen, and uploaded myself, several music samples under this template. (I assume you're talking about popular music; classical music and the like is a bit of a different story). My guidelines are - make the clip 30 seconds or less, only one clip per song (and usually, only one clip per album is necessary), and check the artist's website - if they have song samples available already, you may as well use them. No need to reinvent the wheel. See User:Pfctdayelise/Music_guide#How_to_contribute_sample_music_files_for_a_band. cheers --pfctdayelise 14:18, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

New user box

Hello Cmadler, It's SWD316. Im giving you the user box for your user page called Template:User Member. It's a user box that says your a member of the AWWDMBJ.... Hope you like it! — Moe ε 03:55, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

WP:USCOTW

I am not sure why you removed Jim Brown. Counting the nominating vote it has enough votes to stay another week. Also, should we not leave on the old votes that were there from September, for King Cotton and Mount Rushmore? We need any supporter we can get on this collaboration.--Fenice 14:18, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

I think it is a good idea to give the 'old voters' a voter template if the article wins - that way the votes are not lost. If you want to handle the renominations the way you do (eliminating old votes) that's fine with me. --Fenice 17:40, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Thank You

Thanks a ton for helping me vote for RI, which I am pretty sure I did correctly now. When I just changed the number, I figured I was doing something wrong. Phantombantam 20:21, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Re:TCF Bank/TCF Financial Corporation merge

Err, try commenting on the talk page topic, Talk:TCF Bank

Earl Scruggs

Thanks for the input Cmadler. After a bit more reading I think Snuffy should certainly get a mention. My banjo-playing brother instantly mentioned Masters of the Bluegrass Banjo and the interview with Earl. I will take a look shortly. I also found a 1984 article in British Bluegrass News (Vol 8, number 3) by John Atkins (erstwhile UK student of bluegrass) in which he writes "Earl hailed from North Carolina and his mentor was Snuffy Jenkins from Charlotte, N.C. who had popularised three finger banjo picking through his work with firstly JE Mainer, and then Byron Parker's Mountaineers. Both Scruggs and Don Reno learned first hand from Jenkins, and they both worked for a while with the Morris Brothers, another N.C. duo."

I'm new here but I've been playing, singing and writing bluegrass for around forty years, so it's fun to be helping out with some of the editing, and I've recently kicked off a couple of short articles on crosspicking and flatpicking. Thanks for sorting out the Don Reno links and I'm sure we'll be comparing blue notes soon. Regards Ophir 23:49, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Economy of West Virginia

Use the move option instead of copy and pasting articles. Youngamerican 20:04, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

It makes it easier to find the sources of the original info. Youngamerican 02:19, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

I put in a note at requests for moves for someone with admin status to fix it up a bit. It'll work it out eventually. Cheers. Youngamerican 13:04, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

History of New Jersey FAC

Thanks for your great work on the History of New Jersey article during the USCOTW! I have placed the article up for FAC after a peer review. Please vote and include any other comments. I started to add some of those trends mentioned in the todo of the talk page, and most of them are now subtley mentioned in the article. Thanks a lot, AndyZ 21:54, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Kappa Kappa Psi

Oh, I was looking at http://kkpsi.longhornband.org/History.htm where it says Ira. I don't care nearly enough to get into a revert war. The only reason I found it was because vandalism had just happened from the same IP address, User talk:129.2.241.11. Just a wild coincidence I guess... Kappa Kappa Psi is all yours. —Wknight94 (talk) 16:09, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

You'll probably want to revert my revert to Maryland as well. It was also from the same IP address. —Wknight94 (talk) 16:11, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Well that's a hell of a coincidence. The only three edits by an anon all come within 12 hours - one is obvious vandalism, the other two aren't. Oh well, my bad. —Wknight94 (talk) 16:22, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Ill-formed message

I think your message on my talk page needs some more... what's the word? fleshing out. --maru (talk) contribs 23:04, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

My oops!

Thanks for including the College of Arts and Sciences in the UK article. I don't know how I forgot that one. I was a Mechanical Engineering major in the mid 70's, and we referred to the College of A&S as the "College of Arts and Crafts" :). Thanks again, and go Big Blue!! (I see you live in Michigan, so I mean the Cats, not the Wolverines!) --rogerd 17:39, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Regarding the moves

"Please explain your deletion of the content in Math, Science, and Technology Center and the redirection to Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Lexington, Kentucky)! At the least, this should be subject to a vote or advance warning through a Merge template! I also have to question the move from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School to Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Lexington, Kentucky). I understand the desire for disambiguation should articles be created for other schools of the same name, but I believe preferred style is not to disambiguate until it is needed (i.e. until an article is created for another Paul Laurence Dunbar High School)? Cmadler 13:45, 5 March 2006 (UTC)"

I moved right away since I didn't think it would be controversial.

NOW, isn't MST just a program at Dunbar? If so, why did it have a separate article?

And as for the disambig, it doesn't matter if nobody has created an article for the Fort Worth Dunbar. The Lexington Dunbar should have the "Lexington, Kentucky" bit at the end.

"but I believe preferred style is not to disambiguate until it is needed (i.e. until an article is created for another Paul Laurence Dunbar High School)?"

Already is, because I'm linking to the Fort Worth Dunbar article from Fort Worth ISD.

WhisperToMe 15:42, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

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Lexington, Kentucky Cityscape

I did significant updates, mainly rewordings and condensings of the Cityscape and summarized the most vocal projects under "New Developments." Seeings as you are heavily involved with Lexington's ongoings, you should take a peek at it :) Seicer (talk) (contribs) 05:14, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Hey

I went to MSTC @ PLD. You obviously did too - who are you? --Anthony5429 16:33, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Ah. I graduated 2005. --Anthony5429 19:08, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Are you on Nathaniel Guy's, Lexipedia? --Anthony5429 19:09, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

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University of Kentucky

You want those biased statements in the article University of Kentucky, then you need to correct the statements by introducing a neutral standpoint. The previous editor who inserted the text in was banned for introducing information that is slanderous against the University without proper citations and without doing it in a manner that is fair and balanced. Good luck. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 22:07, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

See talk:University of Kentucky for guidelines on improving the two mentioned sections. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 22:17, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the NPOV addition, but how can the discrepancy between the report in serious crimes and the survey be that wide? There is something fishy here and IMO it needs looked into. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 19:21, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

I searched on the Kernel's site but couldn't find anything to explain the discrepancy. I'll see if one of my friends who works as an editor there knows anymore about it. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 19:37, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

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TCF bank change dapcman

Hello. I was wondering why you changed my section that i created about TCF bank's identity theft. i understand the title change but i was wondering why you deleted some information. I am an employee at TCF bank and have seen this incident occur personally. There are no outside resources, the bank is keepin this infomration private because im sure they would loose very much money. Thanks, please get back to me so we can straighten this situation out. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dapcman (talk • contribs) 07:10, 3 February 2007 (UTC).

Repy on TCF

I understand the changes made and I agree. You said that there were no Google search results for a "Learnus Ross" and this answer is obvious. Like you said, there are thousands maybe EVEN millions of incidents that occur at banks similar to this situation, which is the reason why he is probably not on Google anywhere. I saw this information first hand and am looking for some information linking this to Learnus Ross (including inmate searches at Illinois correctional facilities) and I’m still looking. You also said that my information was not credible and it is. Think of the many journalists who use their experiences to write articles. Are they not credible? First hand experience, whether you consider it to be scholarly, is what dictates a certain situation and is valuable information.

Again, I will continue looking for further information about Learnus Ross and until then I would like this article to stay on wikipedia. Just because a newspaper may announce this information rather than an employee who witnessed this situation first hand does not make the newspaper's view more valid. I may send this information to newspapers in the area, and I hope that the unethical act following the “identity theft incident” carried out by TCF bank will be made public. Thank You —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dapcman (talk • contribs) 17:45, 3 February 2007 (UTC).

Reply to user:Seicer

I thought it needed a source for such a claim, that's all. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 22:36, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Heads up

There is a mediation case open about that image you just restored. John Reaves (talk) 20:04, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Help needed on WP:FAC nominee Plymouth Colony

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Metro Detroit (and other) maps

Hello, I'm responding to the message you left on my talk page.

The maps I have made of the cities in Metro Detroit are available on the Commons. Maps of Wayne County is the category over there where I have placed them.

They were all made based on information released by the US Census bureau, or if newer information was available from the city websites (or other sources) regarding new annexations I attempted to integrate those changes.

I drew them all using Inkscape as the graphics editor. No additional tools were used in making them.

Hope that answers your questions! Arkyan • ^(talk) 18:38, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Pedro Rosa Nales

Hi! During AFD you said that most of Pedro Rosa Nales was translated from the Spanish wikipedia. Can you add a link to that article? I can't find it and my Spanish isn't good enough to do a good search. Thank you. RJFJR 21:55, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Buildings at the University of Kentucky

I found the holy grail: [1] Interesting page at the least, and will help out the page very much! Seicer (talk) (contribs) 19:18, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Kappa Kappa Psi Honoraries

Thank you for accepting me at my word, however if you would like documented evidence to prove his status I can either have National Headquarters email us a copy of the roster or I can supply a picture that I have of his shingle. How would we best go about this? This is an interesting topic because it leads me to wonder how many other prominent brothers are being left unmentioned because we can't logistically "prove" their brother status due to the same internet-based constraints. Nationals rarely updates their list of prominent brothers so by what other means can we prove people to be brothers? Thanks for your help and input. AEA Fliry Vorru 18:30, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

I'll email the owner about releasing his image for use on the site and put it up if and when permission is given. I was given the location of the image online by that brother from the WSU chapter and I have confirmed with more than one brother from that chapter that the person is in fact THE Carlos Ray Norris, as is shown on the shingle. They're crazy up there in Washington. I'd be afraid to put him through in my chapter... who knows when a sudden roundhouse might knock someone out. AEA Fliry Vorru 22:57, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Bluegrass music groups recategorization

Bluegrass music groups was a subcategory of Country music groups. Since there was a category for American country music groups under the category American country music, I wanted to create a subcategory for the American bluegrass music groups that could be listed in American country music groups. When I finished re-categorizing the bluegass music groups and there was still one left, I thought it was only appropriate to sub-categorize it too. I did the same with Bluegrass musicians, but in this case, the category American bluegrass musicians was pre-existing and underpopulated. There was no discussion prior to the move. Eric444 00:34, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

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Cleaning up the List of disaster films

Cmadler...At one time you showed some interest in the List of disaster films. I was wondering if you would be interested in coming back and discussing all the clean up that needs to be done to it? - LA @ 02:32, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

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THX

Hi CMadler - thanks for the correction to the Forrester article. It occurred to me that someone should create a Wikipedia article titled "Bluegrass Unlimited," about the magazine and its history. Would you be in a position to do so? Cheers from NZ, --Jeshel.brown (talk) 22:57, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Allmusic.com

Thanks very much for the info regarding more of allmusic's unreliability. It's much appreciated, as is a message on my talk page that isn't hostile, heh. Unfortunately, it seems it's pretty much impossible to actually have allmusic accepted as an unreliable source, no matter what weight of evidence or logical argument is put forward. But still, I for one won't be accepting them as a worthwhile source, and any further evidence of that or support from other users is great. Cheers. Prophaniti (talk) 18:11, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Bluegrass Unlimited

Yes - I see that you created a new article about BU - well done! We're glad the footnote from the Forrester article was of value. Hopefully, many other bluegrass aficionados will build upon your BU article in coming months. Have you thought about other Wikipedia articles on the IBMA and SPGBMA? Cheers again from NZ--Jeshel.brown (talk) 20:40, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Ann Arbor, Michigan reference

Yeah, I was aware of that guideline, but I just wanted to get a reference in there before it gets on the Main Page, at least until I can find a better one. Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 20:24, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Also, Wikipedia:Reliable source examples is simply an essay, which means it contains the thoughts of one or more editors, not a guideline or a policy that editors must follow. :) Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 21:01, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

True, but as it was a .org site, I felt safer citing it for the time being. In any event, I agree that the current source is a lot more reliable. Cheers, Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 13:51, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Eglinton Tournament review

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Hi, thanks for the note. I've seen all the work you've put in so far... will keep watching how things go. All the best. Gwinva (talk) 23:59, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

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Eglinton Tournament

Hello. You are doing a good job on this article. I will do what I can to help. Regards.Rosserlloyd (talk) 08:29, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

GA fail

As you might have noticed, Eglinton Tournament review has been closed and the article failed. I apologise if this happened a bit abruptly, but the closing editor was correct in his actions: whiel you have put in a lot of work, the article still remains somewhat short of the GA criteria, and is unlikely to pass in the next few days. But I encourage you to continue your work, and renominate the article when you feel it is ready. Gwinva (talk) 00:03, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Proposed merger

I have proposed that Comparison of historical reenactment events be merged into List of historical reenactment events. You can leave your comments here Talk:List of historical reenactment events#Merger proposal. Thanks, --Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 01:36, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Comparison between Roman and Han Empires

Hi. Seems you were already at work on this when I arrived. Please feel free to yank out the sections I've tagged as well, if you're just doing a straightforward clean. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 17:57, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm genuinely confused here. Many words have been changed and the structure as well(e.g. sentences moved around, etc..). Can you see my example on talk page and help me point out what is infringement(and what is not).Teeninvestor (talk) 20:00, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

New straw poll

You are a user who responded to RFC: Use of logos on sports team pages. As someone interested in the discussion a new straw poll has been laid out to see where we currently stand with regards to building a consensus. For the sake of clarity, please indicate your support or opposition (or neutrality) to each section, but leave discussion to the end of each section. — BQZip01 — ^talk 23:22, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

As a user who responded to the straw poll regarding non-free images in sports, your further input is requested with regards to the Straw poll summary and proposed guidelines on image use — BQZip01 — ^talk 00:39, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Flagged Revs

Hi,

I noticed you voted oppose in the flag revs straw pole and would like to ask if you would mind adding User:Promethean/No to your user or talk page to make your position clear :) - Thanks to Neurolysis for the template   «l| Ψrometheăn ™|l»  (talk) 06:37, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Ypsilanti High School

Excellent point! Thanks for leaving me a note to explain the revert. Also, thanks for not reverting the general infobox cleanup, AND for updating the Fair-Use Rationale on the image page. Keep up the good work, and happy editing! -Gr0ff (talk) 21:03, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Hadden

Hi there, see this on my talk page for the response. It is unfortunately a COI, I believe. Your thoughts?
⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 19:14, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Oops, sorry for the delay...very well, it won't be me that raises an issue about it (unless he spreads promotionally across many articles..that would be excessive). It would be preferable to have him engage in Wikipedia beyond the scope of his expertise and join in the fun! :) Cheers,
⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 02:04, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Final version

As a contributor to the discussion regarding sports team logos, I am soliciting feedback as to the latest version of that guideline. Your support/opposition/feedback would be appreciated. — BQZip01 — ^talk 21:56, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Hey man. Sorry your comments got a little lost in the shuffle. I could have/should have responded sooner. Your first point is certainly quite valid, but is your preference. The rationale of this section (probably lost up in the massive discussion above) is that a team photo of a gold team or tennis team wouldn't be so bad, but that a football team wouldn't provide much information because the detail needed to show anything useful (like player faces & associated numbers) wouldn't do the image justice. Would phrasing that would allow either option work for you (with some of the aforementioned guidance attached)?

I think points 2 and 3 are already addressed in the Non-Free content criteria("3.a. Minimal usage. Multiple items of non-free content are not used if one item can convey equivalent significant information."), so re-mentioning it here is redundant. I would also support removal of additional non-free logos if they are used in an article. — BQZip01 — ^talk 04:45, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Ok, so, in principle you agree with the intent, but you feel the wording could be confusing/misleading and can be improved? Fair enough. Could you simply annotate that on the page under the discussion section. I think the best way is to make your input an addendum and ask those that have already agreed (those who disagree need not be asked because they already nonconcur with the suggested phrasing. — BQZip01 — ^talk 19:36, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Dynasty (sports) references

I see. I didn't realize it was -that- complicated. Madcynic (talk) 16:58, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

It does make sense when you look at it like that, I suppose. Madcynic (talk) 18:14, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Category:U.S. Fire Arms Mfg. Co.

I removed the "Modern Reenactment" category, as otherwise ever producer of pre-1898 firearm reproductions would also need to be placed there. The same way it's redundant to list random guns under "Shooting" or "Collecting", when basically any gun can be shot, and practically anything can be collected. Reenactment isn't really inherent to what USFA is, whereas it is indisuputably a "Firerarm manufacturing company in Connecticut", it's revolvers are definitely "Revolvers", etc. Just trying to avoid category sprawl. Workable? MatthewVanitas (talk) 17:23, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

IRT: "Reproduction historical firearms" or whatnot category. Personally I have no objection, as long as someone clearly defines the criteria. I suggest you float the idea in the Discussion page over at WP:Firearms to see what project members think. They might have suggestions on tweaking the name, how to file it, etc. MatthewVanitas (talk) 17:47, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

message about the blog concerning encyclopedias

I doubt this is the best way to respond, but it's all I've figured out so far. I absolutely agree w/ you about the encyclopedias. In fact, we talked about that in class too. They seemed to be well aware that Britanica and World Book don't make for good acedemic research, but they are generally unclear about the internet.

Explain to me how this medium for dialogue usually works and I'd love to talk more about the course I'm teaching. Any help would be greatly appreciated. February 6, 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by AndrePeltier (talk • contribs) 15:22, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

All those fact tags on the Michigan Stadium article

I was doing my usual searching for and deleting unsourced statements, when I came across a bunch of them in the Michigan Stadium article added all at once by you last July. I have checked four of them and found sources for each. Are you sure that you weren't being a little hasty that day? Maybe some or all of the rest of the fact tags you might want to reverse in hindsight? Diderot's dreams (talk) 20:59, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. The tagged statements were pretty glowingly positive and a little incredible (as is the article), so I can see why you would want citations even though you think they're probably true.

My concern is that fact tagging can be used to destroy positive info on a subject which one doesn't like. One just adds many fact tags, which takes a minute, and requires hours of work to restore with references. More than likely the person who added the statements will give up and either the info will be deleted or remain dubious to the reader as fact-tagged.

In this case, most of the tagged statements can't be verified by the sources previously existant so they require substantial work, lots of tags were added all at once, they all questioned positive statements, and the fact tagger is a fan of a rival team. So I questioned them.

I don't really know. I'll assume good faith at this point. Diderot's dreams (talk) 17:48, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

OK, I looked at the article and history I see the photos added and another edit that is positive, so I see for sure you're not against the article. I should have looked a little deepter. Also my bad for assuming you're a fan, I misremembered seeing a userbox to that effect. I'll find sources for all your fact tags, which were clearly not in bad faith.  :-) Diderot's dreams (talk) 04:10, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for 2009 Kentucky Derby

On February 15, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 2009 Kentucky Derby, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Shubinator (talk) 22:46, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Assessment working group

Please provide a wikilink for the project you listed in Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Assessment working group in order to make it verifiable that your project exists. Wandalstouring (talk) 13:50, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Mosby Tavern

Hello! Your submission of Mosby Tavern at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Shubinator (talk) 01:30, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

A-Class discussion

Hi, we're starting the discussion on A-Class here today, thanks for signing up! I hope you can present your views. Thanks, Walkerma (talk) 07:20, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Mosby Tavern

On March 4, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mosby Tavern, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 08:35, 4 March 2009 (UTC)