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EdekitRex

Just wondering why you removed the Alvin Greene website link to www.alvin-greene.com? That is the only proper fan site and support site the man has right now. The man could seriously benefit from having a web presence considering he has no money to campaign with. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by EdekitRex (talk • contribs) 21:15, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

LaRouxEMP

I've left a comment at User_talk:LaRouxEMP#Comment_from_blocking_admin. I find it hard to believe you're seriously considering unblocking that editor. Toddst1 (talk) 15:50, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps you should let the editor speak for themself before rushing in. I haven't seen the editor discuss anything about the oral sex comment other than "I decided to troll back " nor have I seen any indication this editor will constructively collaborate with other editors.

I've only seen the editor trying to explain how calling someone a nitwit wasn't that big a deal. Toddst1 (talk) 16:08, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

User:Nosegays McToothen

Hello. As the blocking admin in this case I thought I'd ask your opinion. You mentioned in your blocking summary that the user made use of socks, and given that his edits were to Talk:Red Dwarf, I think he is still using several other accounts there. Most of the edits to that page in the last few months have been similar unconstructive ones by accounts with no edits to other pages, User:Nosegays McToothen being only one among many. As he still seems to be active, is there a case for blocking these? Miremare 00:25, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Admission of block reasons

To all admns on wikipedia and wikimedia commons:

As you all know by now, On January 28 I been accused of copyright violations, edit warring exc and was blocked for it. Since then I had talked to the copyright owner and was granted permission to use those images that were deleted. If you want a copy of the permission, I will gladly provide a copy of the permission, as long as you provide me an e-mail address. I've also had herd some false clams that the permission wasn't genuine. It was sent by Stanley J. Anderson amelia.m@frontier.com) the actual copyright holder.

As far as the edit war, it was just a simple misunderstanding of what was relevant in some articles, happens all the time. However I should not have added to it, it was inexplicable behavior on my part. I am more mild mannered than that.

The socking incidents were also inexplicable behavior on my part. I shouldn't have done it all

I still consider myself a newbee,compared to other users, and other users have been biting me. I've still got a lot to learn about all of the wikiprojects and I will be a good boy on every single one of em, and you'll get what you get, no questions asked. As long as no one gives me grief, we'll get allong just fine. I apologize for everything that I did and you'll have my word that it will never ever happen again

Sincerly

Jeffrey Todd Schoolcraft

11:09, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

New evidence against block

Blueboy I have new evidence that the reasons for my block on en wikipredia are falseified Bmpowell deseved you and your fellow admins when he cried copyright vio. This statement supports this:

I personally own all photographs in question. They are all in my collection and either owned by me or given to me by friends and relative. None of them have ever been Copyrighted. -Stanley J. Anderson

Any questions 17:05, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Jack O'Connor fired 1910

At Ban Johnson's insistence ...

Hi. Do you know, or can you recall anything about, your source for Ban Johnson's role in firing Jack O'Connor? --P64 (talk) 18:44, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Hoax vandal, again

It seems the anonymous IP O-Parts Hunter vandal (75.144.160.241, 76.118.115.224) has not desisted in adding intentional hoaxes into each of the related articles (including Bones), in spite of repeated warnings, blocks and page protections. This has gone for far too long; I would recommend a permanent block and/or semi-protection, since it doesn't seem as if he'll stop anytime soon. ···巌流^{? · talk to ganryuu} 18:47, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

It seems the vandal has used a unblocked IP (which has nonetheless been warned many times) to plant the hoax into the article. Perhaps it's time the article and related ones were indefinitely semi-protected and this IP banned as well? ···巌流^{? · talk to ganryuu} 17:01, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi

Just fyi, I've unblocked User:ArneBab. I doubt it'll have much of an effect on anything, as he has no doubt given up on us by now, but I don't think it is right to leave a long standing contributor indefinitely blocked for a relatively minor matter that grew out of hand. Hopefully the commotion has died down by now in any case. Cheers, henrik•talk 22:46, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Dwm Blockings and Deletion Proceedings

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The evidence provided by the IP seems damning. I had no idea that you blocked so many editors indefinitely for something that isn't even forbidden: responding to canvassing. See WP:CANVAS. The discussion is at WP:ANI#Dwm Deletion Proceedings and User:Blueboy96. I have made a subsection with details about your handling of User:Anselmgarbe. In my opinion, unless we get clear assurances that you will stick to policy in the future this case needs to go to Arbcom. It's the only way to get a desysop done. Hans Adler 11:37, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

When I was alerted to what was going on in the first Dwm Afd, I thought I saw egregious votestacking, a good bit of it perpetrated by sleeper accounts. However, if I had known that those five .ru users were contributors in good standing on another wiki, I definitely wouldn't have blocked. Seen in light of that fact, they were merely trying to make a case for keeping the article in a language they didn't know well.

The Anselm Garbe case--it was a reflexive reaction on my part to block, as I have always had zero tolerance for spamming and votestacking. HOwever, I freely admit that he made a good-faith effort to suggest improvements. For that reason, my block of him wasn't in the spirit of WP:MEAT, and I apologize for my reflexive block of him. (reproduced from ANI discussion) Blueboy96 13:40, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Friendly note

Just to notify you that a user you blocked for violations of the username policy is requesting unblock in order to change their name. However, as this was a hard block, I thought you may wish to comment here: User_talk:Cornholiobunghole. The user is claiming that it was a good faith username not intended to be offensive, instead referencing a TV show, but they are willing to rename to avoid causing trouble. Your comment would be appreciated, thanks. --Taelus (talk) 10:37, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Another George Harrison sock

You blocked several "editors" for socking and semi-protected an article in response to a post of mine at WP:AIV; here is another editor who made at least one edit similar to all of the others - note the similarity to another of the blocked editors' usernames:

Ucla16 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

MPFC1969 04:12, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for semi-protecting the article to stop that guy. Although I thought it wasn't called 'vandalism' when they add (bad) information to the article with (bad) cited references. I think vandalism is when they say "poop". I think this guy probably has good intentions. Hopefully he'll learn how things work around here. prhartcom (talk) 15:03, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

I think these are the last of them:

Uclad1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Merku4 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Rey1212 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Dmerkurev3 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

These last four were already blocked by User:Rodhullandemu; not sure if he did an SPI. MPFC1969 04:50, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

SAIEE

Re-writing this article about a notable South African organisation from scratch as suggested. Ivulandlela (talk) 19:58, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

George Harrison sock - The Sequel

He's made a few (disruptive) edits as an IP:

76.168.1.188 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

MPFC1969 23:40, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Julian McMahon

Yes, I've heard him speak, but adding what amounts to a POV assessment of the sound of his "accent" is something that absolutely needs sourcing. "He speaks with an American/Canadian accent." requires sourcing, for which I marked it. There is a wide variety of "American accents", not just one wide one and the same is true of Canadian. See North American English regional phonology. Wildhartlivie (talk) 06:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, first it would need to be sourced. Then whatever is said could take the form from the source. There are several reliable sources on Google, [1] [2]. Just whatever is said needs to follow what the source says. Wildhartlivie (talk) 15:19, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

This works quite well! Wildhartlivie (talk) 09:13, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Erik Paulsen article

Hi, I was wondering if you could take a look at the article about Erik Paulsen (Republican Rep from Minnesota). There's an editing war going on there. Your comments/edits would be appreciated. Thanks. David Straub (talk) 22:14, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time too look at it! I'd appreciate any edits you make. David Straub (talk) 22:42, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Block conflict

Hmm, not sure why it didn't show up as either of us were doing the block, but we've obviously had slightly different ideas, but implemented at same time with Cillyness (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). You happy to keep it a week? Peter 22:19, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

And you messaged me at same time as well :) If you're happy with my block, can you remove your message from User talk:Cillyness to save confusion. You can reply here for simplicity sake. Peter 22:22, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

User:Swamilive

I've commented at ANI on your decision not to grant Swamilive's unblock request. My comments are more aimed towards Swamilive's actions in contacting an admin and showing that they have learnt from the block rather than a total criticism of your disallowing the request (although I don't think that SQL's thoughts on the matter are necessary, given that admin's inactivity for a year). Your comments are welcome over at ANI. Mjroots (talk) 05:31, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Phi Gamma Delta protection

Hi, Blueboy. I'm letting you know that I've unprotected Phi Gamma Delta. It seems a bit redundant to block both the users and the page at the same time: if just the page was blocked, the users could discuss the issue, and if just the users were blocked, other IPs could still add to the article. Based on my reading of the protection rules, page protection should be limited to special cases, like an issue being in the media or two IPs waring with each other; otherwise the IPs should just be given ever-increasing blocks. If there is some reason that I'm missing to block the page, please let me know. —Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 22:01, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

People have been trying to remove the letters for ages, but normally someone only tries once ever few days and the page has a lot of viewers, so I think it can be handled by IP blocks. If the IP hopping get too bad to keep up with, then I agree that we should semi the page, but a lot of its useful contributions come from IPs, and this type of subject is a good place for people to get introduced to editing, so I'd like to make that a last resort. —Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 22:15, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Block of Onefinalstep

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Block of Elsmaily

Why did you autoblock Elsmaily's IP address if the account was compromised. I thought that "autoblock" and "prevent account creation" were to always be disabled when blocking compromised accounts. Keyboard mouse (talk) 16:25, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

"what you are f***ing on about"

You blocked me last time for a month for "disruptive editing and POV-pushing" with a threat for indef. Do you think using language like "what are you fucking on about" is worse than 'disruptive editing and POV pushing' and is it acceptable at Wikipedia? Everyone else is saying yes. I'm wondering what you think. I think people are being allowed to be abusive and the whole civility thing is now a joke. --Matt57 ^{(talk•contribs)} 16:00, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Des Moines Buccaneers

I didn't know that I could not copy and past from the team's website, even though I have permission from them to do so.

I have revised the page and hope that you find it satisfactory.

Daminilo (talk) 18:02, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Gob Squad

Deleting this was not a good move, although possibly justified under the rules. The group are clearly notable Google books search, which was why I removed the previous speedy tag. This is discouraging to the new contributor who added the article, who will probably not bother to return. Johnbod (talk) 14:58, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Its the modus operandi Shoot first ask questions later. I agree with Johnbod a modicum of searching would've shown notability. Admin should do this before just deleting things. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 15:16, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

I was actually about to restore it when I saw via Twinkle that this wasn't created, as I first suspected, by a sock of role account Lisa Mattocks. It's restored now. Blueboy96 15:25, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. Johnbod (talk) 16:26, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi Blueboy96. I've been asked by User:Lisa Mattocks to explain a bit of background to what's going on here. There is a weekend-long project underway at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London, UK called 'Performing Wikipedia' (http://www.ica.org.uk/?lid=24606). The purpose of the project is to improve the poor representation of articles about live art and performance art on Wikipedia by adding articles that fulfil Wikipedia's criteria, particularly WP:N and WP:BLP. The project is being undertaken by a group of arts professionals who are professionally knowledgeable and experienced in the relevant subject areas. Their internet access is predominantly via the ICA's internal wi-fi network. Please take a tolerant approach to their creation of new articles, which should be regarded as valuable additions to Wikipedia. If you or any other admin you can identify has blocked the ICA's IP address, it would be much appreciated if this action was reversed. Best wishes Alchemagenta (talk) 16:51, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Bearing in mind what I've described above, please be aware that it's very unlikely that there are any socks at work from that IP address, just multiple users sharing a wi-fi connection. Therefore I'd be grateful if you unblocked Lisa Mattocks. Best wishes Alchemagenta (talk) 17:03, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Some of your edits are referred to at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Unfolding_fiasco_on_Live_Art_articles. Johnbod (talk)

User needs to be unblocked.[3] You don't seem to be online at the moment though. Ty 22:10, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

• This is twice in two months that you've shown poor judgement in blocking newcomers. As you state that you are open to recall, I suggest we follow the procedures at Wikipedia:Administrators open to recall/Sample process. Fences&Windows 23:50, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

While I believe this case wasn't quite the minefield that the first one was, I'm willing to submit in order to clear the air. Blueboy96 23:55, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

I agree that a recall discussion should be held. I have long standing feelings about some of your admin practices some of which does make me bias, hence why I think a discussion is in order. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 14:49, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

A Nobody

Hey there, just noticed your expansion of the A Nobody entry at Wikipedia:List of banned users#A. Although it's hopefully water under the bridge now, the most complete and helpful overview of A Nobody's disputed behavior can be found in the large evidence section in the RfC/U about him. So I thought a link to that section might be in order, possibly alongside a note that A Nobody shunned that RfC/U just like he did the later RfAr. It's up to you of course. --87.79.86.129 (talk) 06:55, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Admin Recall

Formally we have to have six editors that agree that an admin should submit to RFA with one month tenure and over 500 edits.

1. Support, this admin often shoots first and asks questions later. Create's situations where there is none For example, blocking me indefintely when I made a good faith apology for being a jackass, or extending a block without actaully reading the discussion on my page. He blocked me for civilly discussing my block on my talk page say I needed to think more about it. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 14:54, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
2. Support. I have concerns over two incidents of Blueboy96's tools that show a tendency to block newcomers first and ask questions later, both with unfortunate consequences. See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive605#Dwm Deletion Proceedings and User:Blueboy96 and Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Unfolding fiasco on Live Art articles. If others agree, I think that a reconfirmation RfA would help judge whether the community has confidence in Blueboy96's use of the tools. Fences&Windows 16:54, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
3. Support. Having been involved in the incident Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Unfolding fiasco on Live Art articles and finding myself spending a lot of time helping to sort out the consequent mess, I have been taken aback by this admin's excessive zeal in blocking the new users involved. It was very poor judgement and the rapidly imposed indefinite blocks were unnecessary, inappropriate and way over the top. alchemagenta 01:07, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
4. Strong Support. With his track record I don't believe he should ever have been an admin to begin with. Duke53 | ^Talk 05:39, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
5. Support per the recent incidents at ANI. Off2riorob (talk) 07:28, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
6. Support Admins should never need to be adverse in determining they still have the trust of the community, and following two alleged incidences of poor standard of admin action I agree that a fresh RfA would be beneficial. LessHeard vanU (talk) 11:31, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Wow, I didn't expect this. Normally, I'd let this run the full seven days, but due to finding out that my girlfriend will likely need surgery a lot sooner than expected, I figure it will be another three to six months before I have the mental energy to submit a reconfirmation RfA. With that in mind, I'm standing down until August at the earliest. Blueboy96 22:05, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

I am sorry to hear about your personal issues. We can remove your bit for you as in under a cloud and if you return in a few months you can reapply then. Off2riorob (talk) 22:14, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

I hope everything goes well with the surgery. alchemagenta 22:26, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

I will admit to being confused about what this 'standing down' means in this case; does it mean that no action will be taken because he has decided to 'stand down' ? Duke53 | ^Talk 13:14, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

That means he is resigning his toold and when he comes back a discussion must be held whether or not the tools are still warranted for him or not. In essencse it's a admin wiki break. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 13:17, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

When does this 'resignation' take place ? How do we know that he has actually given up the tools ? Duke53 | ^Talk 13:25, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

See here. Blueboy: I hope everything works out. There's a good chance I'd support your return RFA (though I'd have to look at your wider contribs a bit more) - feel free to let me know when you do, I won't consider it spamming :) Peter 13:35, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

I was confused because the top of his user page continues to describe him as an administrator. Duke53 | ^Talk 13:46, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Actually not. Peter 13:53, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Actually: yes, until you made changes to his user page after the preceding message at 13:53. Duke53 | ^Talk 17:04, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Jesus, get a grip ritz. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seymour Crane (talk • contribs) 20:36, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

User:Schummerisadick

Hello. After blocking this guy you might also want to remove his creation Schummer which I first tried to save but it turned out that it was nonsense. De728631 (talk) 16:30, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

FYI

this was not trolling - I offered to start a community ban proposal on someone for the user, and haven't gotten around to doing it yet.

No harm done, but it wasn't trolling. Just wanted to make sure that you knew that...

Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 22:25, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

My apologies--I thought it was trolling because it was left by someone impersonating PCHS-NJROTC. Blueboy96 12:40, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

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Just FYI

I won't patronise you with a template, but you've got your rollback button back. :) Hope to see you back with the full toolset soon. Meantime, if I can be of assistance, let me know. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:55, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Brad Jones

Hi, about a month ago you blocked User:BradRJones06 as being a compromised account. I don't know the details that lead you to conclude that it was compromised, but User:MrBradJones044 seems to be exhibiting the exact same behaviour. Thanks ccwaters (talk) 19:46, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

CheckersCharlotte

Just exactly what are you talking about? All I did was move the page to the title it was before. How is that vandalism?! Unless you have proof that I was vandalizing, don't send me any messages telling me stuff like this. I am a very serious Wikipedian here and I don't have time for games. Xavier (talk) 21:01, 7 June 2010 (UTC)MR.Texan281

George Harrison sock revisited

Roseindela (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Appears to be a sock from this SPI of long ago. It's hard to prove it's the same person, but the persistence and competency issues appear to be about the same. He's been edit warring at George Harrison and making strange changes to other articles, which you can see in his contribs. Radiopathy •talk• 21:36, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Further, another admin has fully protected the article, which is just as well, because the editors who make competent contributions could use a break from this situation. The problem is that the sock keeps creating new accounts when his other accounts are blocked. He participates in discussions (see further up the George Harrison talk page), but it's clear that he doesn't get it - or that he's just having everyone on. If you have any suggestions besides chasing him round blocking of all his sock accounts, please don't hesitate to chime in! Radiopathy •talk• 03:01, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

2004 USC Trojans Football Team

I believe that despite the vacated win over UCLA, the Trojans would still be 2004 PAC-10 Champions. Due to the fact, the vacation does not count as a loss, their record would be 7-0, Cal's Record is 7-1 leaving them 0.5 games behind the Trojans. Thus making USC the 2004 PAC-10 Champions. Please tell me your thoughts on this.--Subman758 (talk) 02:50, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

You are now a Reviewer

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, will be commencing a two-month trial at approximately 23:00, 2010 June 15 (UTC).

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under flagged protection. Flagged protection is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial.

When reviewing, edits should be accepted if they are not obvious vandalism or BLP violations, and not clearly problematic in light of the reason given for protection (see Wikipedia:Reviewing process). More detailed documentation and guidelines can be found here.

If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. Karanacs (talk) 14:11, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Vandal changing newscast titles

Hi! IP vandal User:207.118.227.236 has been inserting inaccurate information into the "Newscast Titles" sections of TV station pages. I've reverted the ones for the stations I'm familiar with, but the vandal needs to be stopped entirely. Thanks for your attention. Best, JTRH (talk) 12:13, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Socialist my foot

Hi, I've queried the use of "Socialist left" in Gillard's article. Please see the talk page. Tony (talk) 14:51, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Greetings Blueboy96 and I hope this message finds you well. I am not familiar with the logistic of creating or deleting a page on Wikipedia(so please excuse my ignorance), but am a big fan of the site and all the work folks like you do.

I recently went to the Los Angles Film Festival LA premiere of a documentary titled Climate Refugees. Before the screening the filmmaker Michael Nash was honored with "The Conservation Champion Award" by Senator Barbara Boxer. The film really illuminates what I have been researching for over a decade. Once home, I wanted to do research on the filmmaker Michael Nash, found plenty of really solid data online. Then, I was surprised to find that you had cancelled his name. Perhaps there is good reason, you might want to google "michael nash climate refugees" or "michael nash fuel" or "michael nash climate refugees reuters" or "michael nash copenhagen united nations" or "michael nash sundance climate refugees". As a researcher myself, thought you would welcome my findings. Best JY —Preceding unsigned comment added by JackYipps (talk • contribs) 06:27, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Greetings Blueboy96 and I hope this message finds you well. I am not familiar with the logistic of creating or deleting a page on Wikipedia(so please excuse my ignorance), but am a big fan of the site and all the work folks like you do.

I recently went to the Los Angles Film Festival LA premiere of a documentary titled Climate Refugees. Before the screening the filmmaker Michael Nash was honored with "The Conservation Champion Award" by Senator Barbara Boxer. The film really illuminates what I have been researching for over a decade. Once home, I wanted to do research on the filmmaker Michael Nash, found plenty of really solid data online. Then, I was surprised to find that you had cancelled his name. Perhaps there is good reason, you might want to google "michael nash climate refugees" or "michael nash fuel" or "michael nash climate refugees reuters" or "michael nash copenhagen united nations" or "michael nash sundance climate refugees". As a researcher myself, thought you would welcome my findings. Best JY —Preceding unsigned comment added by JackYipps (talk • contribs) 06:29, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Vanderbilt Football

Hi the edit you did on Vandy's Football seems more of an opinion than a fact. In reality the size of the school probably has some to do with the lack of success. However their are schools that have a good record in football.

You wrote Vanderbilt's lack of success in football is due in part to the fact that it is by far the smallest school in the SEC, with only 6,400 undergraduates. By comparison, the second-smallest school, Ole Miss, has almost 12,000 undergraduates. After World War II, Vanderbilt found it increasingly difficult to compete against schools that were double (or more) its size.

Replaced Its last winning season was in 2008 under coach Bobby Johnson. Vanderbilt has competed in four bowl games (see below), with a combined all-time post-season record of 2 –1–1. Vanderbilt has finished ranked once, in 1948, when it finished #12 in the AP poll after an 8 &ndash2 &ndash1 season.

MDSanker ( MDSanker|talk 12 July 2010 (UTC)

This edit looks great thanks for the contridutaction. MDSanker ( MDSanker|talk 12 July 2010 (UTC)

WTVM

WTVM in Columbus, Georgia, has been at least a primary ABC affiliate since 1960, when it switched to channel 9. I have seen several Television Factbooks from the 1960s that clearly state that WRBL and WTVM shared NBC, rather than ABC.

So where's the proof otherwise?97.120.131.65 (talk) 08:31, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for reading this.97.120.131.65 (talk) 17:14, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Gib Arnold

Is that so? I don't see it mentioned at [[4]]. Deb (talk) 21:14, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

The article could do with better references. The guideline says "if they have been the subject of non-trivial media coverage beyond merely a repeating of their statistics". You wouldn't know this from the article as it stands. Please understand that I have nothing against basketball or any other college sport played in the USA, I was just patrolling new articles and couldn't see any claim of notability. Deb (talk) 09:15, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

User:Gmatsuda

Is asking for unblock, and appears to meet the terms of WP:OFFER, any input you have on the matter would be appreciated. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:05, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

I have no issue with Gmatsuda being unblocked, but I think it should be noted there's reason to believe that he has not been inactive over the past year as claimed in his request. The editor Kingsfan011 (talk · contribs · logs) became active shortly after Gmatsuda was blocked and edited some of the same articles.—Myasuda (talk) 13:18, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Maryland Terrapins football

Hey, just wanted to let you know I removed your addition to Maryland Terrapins football re: Mark Duffner for a couple of reasons. First, the part about "giving up points almost as fast as they scored them" is objectively inaccurate (if I am reading its meaning as you intended). I don't really like the phrasing, but they actually gave up points faster than they scored (1,660 points against vs. 1,202 points for during his tenure). Second, I think the part about it being ironic that his defense was bad despite him being a defensive coach is opinion and I don't know if you have a source saying such in mind. I do not think it is particularly noteworthy, since there have probably been countless coaches who moved up to Division I-A from an offensive background and had awful offenses, and the inverse is probably also true about defensive coaches. If sourced, that it is ironic, though maybe it is worth mentioning? Strikehold (talk) 03:11, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

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Rob Miller (South Carolina politician)

• Rob Miller (South Carolina politician)

You had previously participated in a deletion discussion for this subject, at its first AfD, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rob Miller (South Carolina politician). It has been nominated for deletion, again. The discussion is taking place, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rob Miller (South Carolina politician) (2nd nomination). Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 22:43, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

KNDO

KNDO & KNDU were both owned by Raycom Media from the 80's to 2000's look at KHQ is which is owned by Cowles. I'am from Yakima, WA were the station is. Just because its not on the Raycom site doesn't mean anything. Do some more research like the local Yakima papers and FCC which logs ownership changes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drewgu111 (talk • contribs) 01:14, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

word choice...

With regard to your recent efforts on Australian political articles, could you please consider the language you are using? "ominous", "landslide" and "wiped out" are overly sensationalist for wikipedia and they are more appropriate in newspapers or TV. But wikipedia is not journalism. Wikipedia writing needs to be more factual, quantative, and frankly, drier. That's why many of your recent additions are getting reverted either in full or in part. Cheers. --Merbabu (talk) 22:36, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Andreas Papandreou

Hello there. Please note that when you add large uncited chunks of text in any article it will be reverted especially if POV combined with original research WP:OR and synthesis WP:SYNTH. Using expressions such as "soundly defeated" etc is pure original research and POV. All were reverted. If you have any reliable sources you must add them to the material you are trying to insert otherwise the material cannot be included in the article. Bear also in mind that you are currently edit-warring to include this material into the article. Per our policy of WP:3RR if you keep edit-warring you may be blocked from editing. I suggest you participate it the talk page of the article where you can discuss and justify your proposed additions to the article and gain consensus to include them. Thank you. Dr.K. ^{λogosπraxis} 21:18, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:WJZY.jpg

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If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude (talk 05:25, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

2010 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

What makes the 1990 Cotton Bowl any more special than the 2008 Cotton Bowl? Brandonrush (talk) 19:53, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Invitation to join WikiProject United States

Hello, HangingCurve/Archive 11! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Wikipedia, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page here. Thank you!!!

--Kumioko (talk) 02:44, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Advanced Microscopy Group

Blueboy, I appreciate your dilligence with editing. However, there is incorrect information under Advanced Microscopy Group. I work for the company and am attempting to edit the page - yet each time I correctly edit the page, you delete the new and correct information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.47.83.234 (talk) 21:27, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Transbian ineligible for proposed deletion

Just to let you know, I've removed the prod tag from Transbian. My first instinct was to prod it as well; however, it was deleted via prod in 2007, and articles may not be re-nominated for proposed deletion. Accordingly, a trip through AfD would be in order. —C.Fred (talk) 02:40, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks

Hello Blueboy96. Thank you for taking the time to do the research and adding the references to your additions to the Denver Nuggets article. Having grown up with the Rockets/Nuggets I had heard about the KC connection only once (which is odd as there have been several "history of" newspaper articles over the years) and I just wanted to make sure that your entry met WikiP's standards for inclusion. I'm sure my removal caused some offense and for that I apologize. Your knowledge of the NBA is a welcome addition to WikiP. Cheers and keep up the good work. MarnetteD | Talk 15:53, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Katimavik Elementary School (2nd nomination)

Hi, just to let you know that we don't generally delete any mainstream primary (elementary) or middle schools. The normal procedure is to merge and redirect any salvageable material to the school district page (USA), or locality (rest of the world). --Kudpung (talk) 16:06, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

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Rogers Hornsby

On behalf of WP:CHICAGO, I would like to note my appreciation for being one of the people that helped to raise the quality of the Rogers Hornsby article.

This user helped promote Rogers Hornsby to good article status.

--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:40, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Old LTA

I was looking at an old Long-term abuse file with the though that it might be dormant and even suitable for deletion, but I noticed you updated it slightly last December.[5] Are you aware of any recent activity by that user?   Will Beback  talk  21:17, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Bruce McNall

Given that the Kings are currently 32-22, do you plan on updating this in a couple of months if they have a good playoff run? [6] --CutOffTies (talk) 15:12, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

President of Mexico

Please don't add content making claims about what "most" presidential systems or "most" countries do or do not do unless you can cite a reliable source that asserts and backs up the claim. Also, you seem to be adding redundant information: e.g., the statement that whoever wins a simple plurality of the election becomes president already says that there is no runoff (that's what "simple plurality" yields). Likewise, repeating yet again that anyone who has served as President in any capacity cannot run in the section of succession is both out of place (who can run belongs in the section on elections, not on the section on succession), and you had already mentioned it explicitly in the section on elections. Re-stating might seem more like a way of making a point and a judgement than a way of conveying information, since that information is already given. Magidin (talk) 21:32, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Natale

Going by George Anastasia's The Last Gangster (specifically pg 70-72) it was more of case of Merlino letting Natale take over so he could avoid law enforcement attention.

I would have also removed your addition to Sammy Gravano, but I wasn't sure if Phil Leonetti was still technically underboss when he flipped (it was after he got convicted.) --Lenin and McCarthy | (Complain here) 20:21, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

WKEF Brush-Moore/Group One/Springfield Television timeline

I'm not sure about the edit(s) you made to WKEF, starting on 29 February 2008. I'm finding references in Broadcasting magazine (http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC/64-OCR/BC-1964-01-20-Page-84.pdf) showing Springfield Television ownership of the station in 1964, not 1965. Do you have citations that state otherwise? I've just started to research the rest of the early timeline. Thanks. --Chaswmsday (talk) 14:42, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

St Bonaventure basketball scandal

I see an unregistered IP address has deleted the text about the basketball scandal that you added, and then you and I went back and forth about for a bit. I don't have strong feelings myself about whether or not a discussion of the scandal is appropriate. But as someone who watches that article, I wouldn't mind seeing a discussion of that question that might even establish some community consensus, and stop that text from appearing and disappearing every few months. If you care enough to wade back into those waters, please do.Jbening (talk) 02:44, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Bobby Dodd Stadium question

Are you familiar with the Georgia Tech stadium? I see you had edited the article last summer. I'm looking at the 1916 Cumberland photo and supposing that the upslope seen in the background would be on the east side of the field and hence would correspond to Techwood Avenue. If you know the area, would you say that's true, or not? Thank you! ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:00, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Never mind, I figured it out. My supposition was correct. However, the "1912" photo has to be more like sometime in the 1920s. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:46, 20 April 2011 (UTC)