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Derby News Network
Derby News Network (DNN) is an internet broadcast network featuring the international sport of roller derby. Using the internet to collect remote streaming video, photographs, audio, and text from reporters around the world, and distribute it internationally. DNN is frequently cited as an authoritative source by other news agencies.

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Justin.tv is a website that allows users to produce and watch live streaming video. Like YouTube, Justin.tv user accounts are called "channels", and users are encouraged to broadcast a wide variety of user-generated live video content, called "broadcasts".

The company is an Internet startup based in San Francisco, California, with seed funding from Paul Graham of seed capital firm Y Combinator and Series A funding with Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates

Justin.tv is notable for its origin: The original Justin.tv was a single channel featuring founder Justin Kan, who broadcast his life 24/7 and popularized the term lifecasting. In 2007, Justin Kan stopped broadcasting and Justin.tv relaunched into its current form as a network of thousands of various channels.

Users are permitted to broadcast to an unlimited number of people for free, and watching broadcasts does not require user registration. Broadcasts that are considered to contain potentially offensive content are available only to registered users over the age of 18. Broadcasts containing defamation, pornography, copyright violations, and material encouraging criminal conduct is prohibited by Justin.tv's terms of service.

Lifecasting origins
The original Justin.tv was a single channel featuring Justin Kan. Wearing a webcam attached to a baseball cap and streamed online via a laptop-backpack system designed by co-founder Kyle Vogt, Kan decided he would wear the camera 24/7, and he began streaming continuous live video and audio at midnight March 19, 2007.

The novelty of the concept attracted media attention, and Kan interviewed with Ann Curry on the Today Show (April 2, 2007), Tom Merritt on the first episode of CNET Live, Nightline (April 6, 2007) and World News Tonight (April 8, 2007). His lifecasting project has been compared to EDtv, Being John Malkovich, and The Truman Show.

Expansion into platform
In the summer of 2007, Justin.tv became a platform for more than 60 different channels. Beginning July 21, 2007, channels were listed by popularity, starting with the most popular on the left. The Directory at the top of each channel showed which channels were live and which were not broadcasting. Depending on the entry time, a visitor might have seen only a small selection of the available channels.

By August 2007, channels were being added at an average rate of two a day, with content covering both lifecasters and event streaming. The international locations range from Australia, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and France to the Netherlands and Sweden. In some cases, a lifecaster might travel from one country to another, as was the case when Lisa Batey traveled from Brooklyn to Tokyo and Kyoto in 2007 and 2008. Not all the participants have mobile equipment, however, and most simply transmit an image of themselves sitting at their computer. During this same time frame, singer-songwriter Jody Marie Gnant and others began lifecasting independent of Justin tv on Ustream and elsewhere.

On October 2, 2007, Justin.tv became an open network, allowing members of the public to register and broadcast. By April 10, 2008, Kan stated in an Interview with Tom Merritt that Justin.tv had signed 30,000 broadcasting accounts.

On March 14, 2008, Justin.tv added selectable Categories for broadcasters including: Featured, People & Lifecasting, Sports, Music & Radio, Gaming, News & Tech, Animals, Entertainment, Divas & Dudes.

On Friday, June 27, 2008, Justin.tv added networks to the site, in which the user could make their own network with a forum, and officers that would act as moderators for the network. On Thursday, March 25, 2010, these networks were removed from the site.

On Monday, October 27, 2008, Justin.tv added Headlines which allows users to make reports on other broadcasters doing interesting things on the site, which then becomes edited and published for all users on the website to read and comment.

For ease of use, a simplified redesign was introduced July 14, 2009.

On Monday, April 5, 2010, Justin.tv changed the design of their archive page, renaming them to Past Broadcast's. Essentially all past broadcasts are saved as a clip, and deleted after 7 days. From the Past Broadcast you can highlight for permanent save.

Technology
Justin.tv's broadcasting and viewing technology is based on Adobe Flash, a browser plug-in found in 95% of all personal computers, and available for many of today's widely-used operating systems.

Users can broadcast directly from the site, with Justin.tv using Flash to auto-detect and stream from an attached webcam. Justin.tv also supports broadcasting using other third party software, most notably QuickTime Broadcaster, Camtwist, Flash Media Encoder, Wirecast, and VLC, to allow broadcasters to add effects or stream higher quality video.

Justin.tv has no default video quality setting; instead, it sets bitrate on a case-by-case basis by testing the broadcaster's available bandwidth. The broadcaster can also manually adjust the bitrate before going live. While broadcasting from the browser, the maximum quality settings are 1000 kbps for video and 44 kHz for audio. As a comparison, YouTube High Quality video are 400-500 kbps, and 720p high definition video is approximately 2000 kbps. The 1000 kbps limit can be exceeded by using alternate broadcasting methods, such as Flash Media Encoder and Quicktime Broadcaster, and 720p video in H.264 has been broadcast by some users.

Following the Justin.tv re-design in July 2009, the default channel video size changed from a standard aspect ratio of 468 x 353 pixels to a widescreen 630 x 353 pixels.

Content accessibility
Like YouTube and other static video sites, Justin.tv allows each channel to be accompanied with an HTML snippet, which allows users to embed video onto pages outside the Justin.tv site. Another snippet is given to embed the associated chatbox as well, thus allowing users to recreate the basic Justin.tv functionality on another page. Broadcasters have the option of disabling embedding for their specific channel.

Following the release of the API in August 2009, Justin.tv released Flash SWF files that allows developers to include Justin.tv video in Flash projects.

Localization
While the primary Justin.tv site is in English, there is support for users to translate the site into other languages. 2 languages (Catalan and Spanish) have been translated completely, and an additional 17 are over 50% translated.

Copyright
Justin.tv has been criticized for failing to ensure that its videos respect the law of copyright. Although Justin.tv complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the nature of live broadcasting makes it difficult to take down streams in a timely manner.

In August 2009, Justin.tv announced a deal with Fox to actively filter streams in real-time.

Justin.tv now uses an advanced filtering system from Vobile to detect and filter out any copyrighted content, and remove the channel from the website.

Lifecasting pranks
During the period when Justin.tv consisted solely of Justin Kan lifecasting, Justin became the target of several pranks. A viewer spoofed Justin's caller ID (publicly available on the site) using an IP Relay service. On March 21, 2007, the spoofer called the San Francisco Police Department and filed a false report about a stabbing in the apartment. The following day, someone reported a fire at the apartment. The San Francisco emergency services then put Justin.tv's number on a list which requires a confirmation call before responding to any emergencies. Kan changed his number and kept the new one private.

Security
In July 2008, TheDefaced.org, a computer security group, released a non-malicious cross-site scripting (XSS) worm onto the Justin.tv site. After successfully propagating the virus, TheDefaced.org contacted Justin.tv programmers and worked with them to fix the vulnerability.

Abusive users
On November 19, 2008, 19-year-old Abraham K. Biggs committed suicide while broadcasting to a room full of viewers on his Justin.tv channel by ingesting an overdose of benzodiazepine and opiates. He was also struggling with bipolar disorder. Biggs posted his suicide note online, as noted in The New York Times:
 * Much of the evidence of Mr. Biggs’s suicide and the reactions of users was removed from BodyBuilding.com and Justin.tv after his death was confirmed. But according to a chronology posted by a fellow user, Mr. Biggs listed the pills he had obtained and posted a suicide note that he had copied from another Web site. He directed people to his page on Justin.tv, where anyone can plug in a webcam and stream live video onto the Internet. In a chat room adjacent to the live video, the “joking and trash talking” continued after Mr. Biggs consumed the pills and lay on his bed, according to the user, who said he tried to reach the local police from his home in India.

The man's father, Abraham Biggs, Sr., says those who watched share some blame in his son’s death.

Justin.tv CEO Michael Seibel stated, "We regret that this has occurred and respect the privacy of the broadcaster and his family during this time. We have policies in place to discourage the distribution of distressing content and our community monitors the site accordingly. This content was flagged by our community, reviewed and removed according to our terms of service.”

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radio network. It was launched on January 1, 1992 under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN." ESPN Radio is located at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut. The network airs a regular schedule of daily and weekly programming as well as live coverage of Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, Bowl Championship Series, and National Invitation Tournament games. ESPN Radio is broadcast to hundreds of affiliate stations as well as to subscribers of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio in the United States and Canada.

ESPN Radio currently has five company-owned stations in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, and Pittsburgh. Most other markets have ESPN Radio affiliates, whether they be part-time or have their entire format dedicated to ESPN Radio. The Walt Disney Company did not include the ESPN Radio network or the Radio Disney network in the recent sale of ABC Radio to Citadel Broadcasting. However, ESPN Radio as well as its Spanish counterpart ESPN Deportes Radio are still considered to be a part of the Citadel Media family because Citadel sells the advertising time on both services.

History
ESPN Radio launched on January 4, 1992. Keith Olbermann hosted the first program. The top story that night was that Danny Tartabull signed with the New York Yankees as a free agent.

At first, ESPN Radio broadcast only on weekends. By 1996, it expanded to weekdays with a show hosted by The Fabulous Sports Babe, Nancy Donnellan. One hour of that show was simulcast on ESPN2 (1-2 p.m. Eastern time). Two years later, Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic were brought together for a new morning show, which still airs today (and is also simulcast on ESPN2). By that time, Donnellan was gone and Dan Patrick replaced her. That show lasted until Patrick left ESPN in 2007.

Gradually, ESPN added more dayparts and became a 24-hour service.

In 1995, ESPN Radio gained national radio rights to the NBA. In 1997, it gained the rights to MLB on national radio.

Current programming
Weekday programming


 * The Freddie Coleman Show airs from 9pm to 10pm on Fridays
 * The Sporting Life airs at 7pm and 10pm on Fridays.
 * World Cup Tonight airs at 8pm on Fridays.

Weekend programming

Seasonal shows

 * The Huddle (Sat, February–August)
 * The Baseball Show (Sun, March–August)
 * College GameDay (Sat, September–December)
 * NFL on ESPN Radio (Sun, September–February)
 * Mike Tirico's Weekend Blitz - Pro Football
 * Mike Tirico's Weekend Blitz - College Football
 * The Mort Report with Chris Mortensen

Game broadcasts

 * BCS on ESPN Radio (2000–present)
 * ESPN Radio College Football Game of the Week (2007–present)
 * Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio (1998–present)
 * NBA on ESPN Radio (1996–present)
 * NIT on ESPN Radio

Daily segments

 * ESPN Radio SportsCenter
 * SportsBeat
 * Extra Point

Weekday

 * The Fabulous Sports Babe (Nanci Donnellan) (Mon–Fri 10am–1pm, 1994–1997) - replaced by Kornheiser; Donnellan continued the show on Sports Fan Radio Network until 2001, and re-emerged in 2008 co-hosting a local show in Tampa Bay, Florida.
 * Bruno-Golic Morning Show (Mon–Fri 6am–10am, 1995–1998) - Tony Bruno left ESPN and was replaced by Mike Greenberg (title change to Mike and Mike). Bruno was an original host of Gamenight; in mid-2009, he began his second stint on Fox Sports Radio.
 * AllNight with Todd Wright (Mon–Fri 1am–6am, 1996–2005) - Later became AllNight with Jason Smith. Wright moved to Sporting News Radio, still broadcasting there as of December 2009.
 * The Tony Kornheiser Show (Mon–Fri 10am–1pm, 1998–2004) - replaced by The Herd. Kornheiser later revived his show on Washington, D.C. stations WTEM, Washington Post Radio and WWWT during Monday Night Football offseasons, until 2008. Revived again in mid-2009 on WTEM, which is now an ESPN Radio affiliate.
 * The Dan Patrick Show (Mon-Fri 1pm-4pm, 1999–2007) - Dan Patrick left ESPN after 19 years; his show was replaced by The Mike Tirico Show and The Stephen A. Smith Show (both see below), following several weeks of guest hosts; Patrick revived his show later in 2007 in syndication (and beginning in 2009, on Fox Sports Radio).
 * The Sports Brothers with Erik and Chris Kuselias (Mon–Fri 4pm–7pm, 2003–2005) - later The SportsBash with Erik Kuselias after Chris left the show (Mon-Fri 4pm-7pm, 2005–2007) and The SportsBash with John Seibel (January–October 2007), finally SportsNation with John Seibel and Orestes Destrade (to February 2009; occasionally aired under different titles but with same hosts)
 * The Pulse with Doug Gottlieb (Mon-Fri 7-10 pm, 2006-February 2009): Gottlieb moved up to the afternoons to replace SportsNation; Brian Kenny and Football Tonight took over this timeslot.
 * Pardon the Interruption with Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon (Mon-Fri, 2001–2004, 2007–2008, 6:30pm-7pm). Edited audio-only version of the D.C.-based ESPN television show, which has aired continuously since 2001. Continues to air on WTEM in D.C. and on WMVP in Wilbon's hometown of Chicago.
 * GameNight (7p-1a to 2006; 10p-2a to 2008): the weeknight version of the network's original program ended in 2008, coinciding with the debut of Football Tonight and the movement of The Pulse with Doug Gottlieb from 7pm-10pm to 8pm-11pm.
 * The Mike Tirico Show/"Tirico and Van Pelt (Mon-Fri 1PM-3PM or 2PM-4PM, 2007-09): Debuted in 2007 with Tirico as host and Van Pelt, Kirk herbstreit and Michelle Tafoya as guest hosts. Became "T&VP" on May 1, 2008, followed by Van Pelt hosting a solo hour at 3. Moved to 2PM-4PM in March 2009 due to the lengthening of The Herd to four hours nationwide; Van Pelt's solo hour ended, but he took over the main show in July 2009 as Tirico left to focus on television.
 * The Stephen A. Smith Show (Mon-Fri 3PM-4PM, 2007–2008) - Smith left the show on April 11, 2008 to concentrate more on television and ESPN the Magazine. SportsNation briefly expanded into the timeslot, with Scott Van Pelt taking over on May 1, 2008. Smith later left ESPN completely and joined Fox Sports Radio in early 2010.

Weekend

 * SportsRadio ESPN Sunday Magazine (Sundays 8am-10am, 1994–1998), later ESPN The Magazine with Dan LeBatard (Sun 7am-11am, 1998–2004) and Mark Madden (Sun 8am-11am, 2004–2005) and finally known as Out of Bounds with Mark Madden (Sun 9am-11am, 2005)
 * The Post-Game Locker-Room Report with Jack Arute (Sat–Sun 11pm–2am, 2001–2003)
 * The Doug Karsch Show (Sat, January–August)
 * Weekend GameDay with Mike Schopp (Sat 3-7pm, 2003–2006)
 * AM GameDay (Sat 9-12 pm until 2006)

Two Scoops Combo
The Two Scoops Combo is a northwest blues band performing original music and lyrics. The band consists of: vocalist/piano Eric "Two Scoops" Moore,

Junkyard Jane
vocalist/guitarist Billy Stoops, bassist Barbara Blue and drummer Dave Smith.

Former members include saxophonist Susan Orfield, trombonist Randy Oxford, harmonicist/saxophonist Jim King, bassist Alex Featherstone and drummers Chris Leighton, Darin Watkins and Tom Sunderland.

Formation
Junkyard Jane's beginnings can be traced back to 1997, when the bands Cobalt Hook, The Generators, and a newly formed all-female group merged. When Stoops replaced the guitarist for the girl band, the three ensambles joined forces and became Junkyard Jane, with founding members being Leanne Trevalyan, Billy Stoops, Barbra Blue, Susan Orfield and Chris Leighton.

Discography

 * Albums
 * Rooster Hooch - 2004
 * Leftovers - 2002 (limited edition bootleg)
 * Ductape & Sagebrush - 2002
 * Swampabilly Snake Oil Freakshow - 2001
 * Milkin' the Frog - 1999
 * Washboard Highway - 1998

Awards

 * BEAM Grant Recipient, 2001 (Benefiting Emerging Artists in Music)
 * "Best Band" - 2000 Washington Blues Society BB Award Winner
 * "Best NW Recording - Milkin' the Frog" - 2000 WBS BB Award Winner
 * "Best New Band" - 1999 Washington Blues Society BB Award Winner
 * "Finalist" - 2001 International Blues Challenge, Memphis (The Blues Foundation)
 * "Journey to Memphis 2000" Regional 1st Place Winner, Portland, OR
 * "Best Regional Act" - 2002 Cascade Blues Association Muddy Award Nominee
 * "Best Regional Act" - 2001 Cascade Blues Association Muddy Award Nominee
 * "Best Regional Act" - 2000 Cascade Blues Association Muddy Award Nominee
 * "Best NW Recording - Milkin' the Frog" - 2000 CBA Muddy Award Nominee
 * "Best NW Recording - Washboard Highway" - 1999 WBS BB Award Nominee

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The writing style and page format for wikipedia articles can take a bit of getting used to. Also, editors on wikipedia are encouraged to be bold, and write about topics in their areas of knowledge and interest, but also to be careful to avoid conflicts of interest.

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You are free to edit as you see fit, but anonymous accounts are identified by ISP address only. You may wish to consider registering and establishing a user name. As you continue to be bold in editing, please also be careful to work collaboratively. - Michael J Swassing (talk) 00:38, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Having just read over the draft of the article, it appears to me that you have established notability with references in the Independent and also the Guardian. It would be my opinion that this article is ready for it's place in wikipedia's mainspace. - Michael J Swassing (talk) 22:47, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

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Redundant category
Articles shouldn't be in both a category and one of its descendant categories. Category:Roller derby is a subcategory of Category:Roller skating. At least one of the articles you tagged today is currently in both. Can you check them and remove the roller skating category as necessary? Thanks. —mjb 21:27, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
 * (FYI) I posted a reply to your reply on my user talk page. —mjb 23:18, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Articles I'm not interested in editing
Michael, look at the history of my page to find out. Although it wasn't obvious going through my list, it will stand out now. Histories are the curiosity seekers best friend on Wikipedia. KP Botany 05:00, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Roller derby rocks!
Oops. I meant to say, roller derby, at least some parts of it, may be considered notable and worthy of encyclopedic inclusion.

Thanks for the nice comment. It's refreshing to get a nice message, rather than the ones I usually get that read something like, "FREDSMITH2!!! You're violating WP:LFM, WP:MCZ, WP:XLW, WP:GMT, WP:CYM, WP:OSD, WP:KVB, WP:TCV, WP:ZWW, WP:LQHK, WP:TBWI, WP:CFBL, WP:LZV, WP:WAN, WP:GSJY, WP:LPH, WP:TIQ, WP:DLB, WP:VSSS, WP:DAG, and WP:GCB!!!!! FREDSMITH2, I've reverted all of your edits and reported you!!!"

Thanks for your work, too. Fredsmith2 16:48, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Eh
Thanks for making an effort to change your attitude, and I apologize for being an immature 20 year old. Sometimes I do redicolous things, eh. -b 06:34, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Minnesota RollerGirls
Given all your work on Rat City Rollergirls, I thought I might point you towards what I've done for Minnesota RollerGirls. Feel free to take anything good that you see for Rat City's page. --Marumari 21:35, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Marumari. I responded on your user page under the section Minnesota RollerGirls.Michael J Swassing 17:50, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

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Category:Wikipedians by alma mater and subcats
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Category:Wikipedians by ethnicity and nationality
I have closed the UCFD nomination that you initiated for Category:Wikipedians by ethnicity and nationality, for reasons explained in the closing statement. Briefly, the nomination could not produce any particular outcome and general discussion for entire category trees is more suited to talk pages. Please let me know if I can provide any additional clarification. Cheers, Black Falcon (Talk) 02:53, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I nominated that category for "discussion" because I find fault with the precedents which have been established in the deletion of User Categories since approximately mid summer of this year, and it was my intention to push those precedents to their obvious logical absurdity; in the interest of changing the underlying policies and procedures for deletion.Michael J Swassing 03:01, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * You should state your point instead of attempting to prove it experimentally. If you find fault with such precedents, you should either raise the issue on the WP:UCFD talk page, or (since the phrase "per precedent" is just a shorthand for "per arguments previously stated") express your qualms in the context of particular discussions, when those precedents are mentioned. Initiating individual nominations is not the way to go about changing policies or procedures. – Black Falcon (Talk) 03:20, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Proposal to split DDT into sub articles
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Request for peer review
Hi, I saw your name on the peer review volunteer page. I'm currently working on a science article called the Kardashev Scale, the page has gone through a lot of changes in the last 3 months, some of them reverts that I wish to overturn. I've sent out some notices to people who have worked on the page previously but I'm having problems getting open opinions and feedback. Their ideas about what they want the article to be about and look like are pretty set. I need outside opinion.

In my opinion the Kardashev scale has 3 primary interests:


 * 1) A benchmark used by Seti scientists in there search for extraterrestrials
 * 2) A catch-all vocabulary term for a scale used by scientists, in classifying advanced civilizations. This has important implications when speculating on sociological structures of advanced civilizations. But also, it is a necessary analysis when talking what about clues might be left behind or generated by alien species; which then might lead the the discovery of extraterrestrials.
 * 3) Because it is can be used for the speculation of advanced civilizations it is a magnet for those interested in science fiction. Not many science fiction writers actually talk about the scale or the power generated by fiction species in power(WATTS) terms, but science fiction enthusiasts are interested in the Kardashev Scale.

My primary goals are in advancing the content area of number 2 and diminishing the fictional content. After all, it is a scientific not a fictional topic. My secondary goals are to find and add published content on the extension of the scale. The feedback I have gotten is pretty much divided between goals 1 or 3. And I don't want to create a editing war!

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 * 1)Is the article presently fine the way it is?
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 * 5)What do you think might be needed to be added to this article, what do you think needs to be edited out?

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Peer review idea
Hi, I have made a proposal that no peer review request be archived without some response. To aid in this, there is a new list of PR requests at least one week old that have had no repsonses beyond a semi-automated peer review. This list is at Peer review/backlog.

There are just over 100 names on the PR volunteers page, so I figure if each of these volunteers reviewed just one or two PR requests without a response from the list each month, it would easily take care of the "no response" backlog (as there have been 2 or 3 such unanswered requests a day on average).

If you would be able to help out with a review or two a month from the "no responses" backlog list that would be great (and much appreciated). Please discuss questions, comments, or ideas at the PR talk page and thanks in advance for your help, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 00:22, 16 March 2008 (UTC)


 * This seems so entirely reasonable that I cannot think of a workable excuse to weasel out of it. I did put my name on the list of volunteers, but have not looked back on the project on any sort of a regular basis.  I will give it a go as soon as time permits.  I do work a seasonal business, so my input to the wikipedia project as a whole is likely to be much less during the spring months.  But even so a couple of articles a month should not overly tax my abilities. - Michael J Swassing (talk) 16:33, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

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Explain Why My Derby Posts Are Being Edited? : Explained
I attempted to assist my wife start up a Derby league locally. The local WFTDA League came out in force to our rink, which was located over 45 minutes drive away from them, two towns away from them. They scared off any girls that were interested by Intimidation Efforts, Bullying, they swiped at the skates of one of our girls who was just LEARNING TO SKATE! And it was done at a Public Skating Session at a neutral rink?! These people are hooligans... thugs... Not Derby. Hell, their own Derby Association would shut them down if they knew what they had done. Anyway, I'm not even naming names on my post just stating facts. Why are you removing them? I assume that 8-Bit talked to you and that is why you felt it necessary to 'do something about it' but I am not sure why. I thought that Wikipedia was about facts, and that is what I stated. I didn't whine or bitch, I stated "FACTS"... so kindly explain why you removed it, or I will just place it again? Thanks


 * Welcome to wikipedia. Nobody talked to me about your edits, I have some Derby related articles on my watchlist.  So I saw the previous edits.  My removal of your contributions should not be taken as a personal affront or as any dispute of wether your statements are factual.  I removed them because they were not composed in a manner one would expect for statements of fact in an encyclopedia article; they are about a dispute and are therefore controversial, or at least about a controversy, but did not have citations to a primary source (for example a newspaper, magazine article or some other source).  If you witnessed a noteworthy event that has not been reported elsewhere, then the facts of that event might not get included in a wikipedia article until it is reported elsewhere.  Others have had complaints about specific teams removed from articles, and I think it is likely that these concerns taken together may indicate that a newsworthy story is going unnoticed by published media accounts.  However, until the facts are reported in a publication which could be cited as a reference, then those statements do not pass the verifiability requirement of wikipedia.  If you would like to start a new article about the Old School Derby Association, and include in that article the disagreements and personality conflicts which have lead to separate league associations, then that could be a great article.  Be sure to attach citations to references for each statement of fact, and have the references before you post the new article for the first time, and I'll bet that article would withstand a notability challenge.  Good luck, and I'd be happy to help if you are new to the wikipedia. Oh, and be sure to sign your comments in the future.  Just type four tildes (~) in a row without spaces between and the computer will fill in the signature information and date stamp. - Michael J Swassing (talk) 05:34, 23 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Lol... Thank you.

I didn't realize the full spectrum of what wikipedia actually was. I have done more research now, sorry for my newbishness, and I have furthered a discussion on the TALK page for the League of Derby stuff. I will attempt to 'stick to the rules' so that I can get the information that NEEDS to be there... there. I seriously assumed that you had removed the sentence in question because or personal issues of some sort and I apologize if my response was rather heated. This is a topic that I feel needs to be out there. I guess I should contact our local news media and get the story to them so I CAN get it on wikipedia... lol. Ugh! We just wanted to leave a warning for future leagues somewhere that they might find it. I don't plan on maintaining the domain name for our league now that it is dead... but maybe I should? I don't know... Sorry for the emotion involved, but we put our heart and souls into this league, and what happened to it is just sad for all who were involved. Thanks for remaining professional, you and 8-bit helped me understand the whole wikipedia process even more. Have a great one and I hope you always enjoy derby.... Derby Not Drama!

Peace Randomblink (talk) 14:26, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Final Note: Thanks
Mr. Swassinger: Thanks alot. Wikipedia just makes more sense now because of people like yourself and the others. I learned alot, and appreciate your help immensely. I will get my message out, but not here. So... thanks again! Have a great one man...

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 * It is Swassing, ... and, no problem. - Michael J Swassing (talk) 02:59, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Ellen Page
Roller derby category? I assume there's a good reason but I didn't see it in the article. Cheers! Double Blue (Talk) 01:19, 28 April 2008 (UTC)


 * She will be starring in the film "Whip It," directed by Drew Barrymore, and based on the book "Derby Girl." Production is to begin this summer.  She attended an LA derby game a couple of weeks ago with Barrymore as research.  See also:   - Michael J Swassing (talk) 01:29, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I was unaware what the plot of Whip It was. Double Blue  (Talk) 01:43, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

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 * The average Wiki-user is well advised to have a cup of tea. I'll take a look at the edits, and there are others with these pages on their watchlists.  Thanks for bringing it to my attention.  As more editors take a look, a consensus will begin to take shape. - Michael J Swassing (talk) 05:28, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

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Hi, I will delete the category Category:Saturday Night Live alumni you created per Categories for discussion/Log/2007 February 28. I doubt you were aware of it, but it was already decided not to have these kind of categories. Garion96 (talk) 08:47, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * These five people were not the only ones commenting on it, It was quite a large discussion debate in Wikipedia (can't find the link anymore) which lead to Overcategorization. Basically these kind of categories were getting out of hand. Some articles had about 30 or more of those categories. Cast members of general hospital, Cast members of Santa Barbara, Cast members of Star wars, Cast members of saturday night live etc. Personally I don't really like the ethnicity categories myself, but at least they don't clutter the page as bad. I am sorry that you did so much work for nothing, but better to stop it now then later when even more work would have gone into it. Garion96 (talk) 16:59, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

What is getting out of hand is the way that the work of volunteer contributers is deleted by overzealous administrators applying policies decided on obscure discussion boards by a small group. What is really getting out of hand is the way that actors are categorized by ethnicity and religion and national origin but not by useful links based on their working associations and achievements. - Michael J Swassing (talk) 17:08, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The debate at Categories for discussion/Log/2007 January 25 was not really that obscure. Regarding ethnicity, feel free to bring that up at Overcategorization. Garion96 (talk) 20:38, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Just saw that a category discussion regarding ethnicity is being brought up right now. See Categories for discussion/Log/2008 October 12 Garion96 (talk) 22:47, 12 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you for directing my attention to that discussion. The over-emphasis of ethnicity in categorizing biographies has bothered me for some time. - Michael J Swassing (talk) 03:26, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

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 * Do I have this right, you want to schedule 2 hours at the UW and are offering snacks. What are the snacks?

Let me just give you $0.02 U.S. straight up: most wikipedians are either socially maladjusted Eagle Scouts or dotty Englishmen. Editing wikipedia articles is like trainspotting for the later, and similar to building park benches for the former. There are other varieties of wikipedian: there is the public relations hack who views an opportunity to edit an online encyclopedia as just another place to shill for their corporate/religious/political overlords; and then there are those who are interested in, and familiar with, the subject matter they write about. But the last group are quickly discouraged by the attempts of the Eagle Scouts to make Sysop, and by the shameless promotion by the corporate/religious/political hacks. But they can be easily re-encouraged by a friendly dotty Englishman.

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Now if you will excuse me, I've got enough snacks right here already, thanks. (What snacks do you got there? I am pretty easy to bribe with snacks.) - Michael J Swassing (talk) 03:10, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

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In reference to this, it would seem that the inhabitants of Spokane are proud of being the birthplace of the holiday and that they consider it part of their cultural heritage, so the category would arguibily adequate. --Enric Naval (talk) 06:19, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll go along with the "arguably adequate" assertion, and will not bother the article further. However, if a limited number of categories are to be applied, I don't really think that the "culture of Spokane" is among the most useful ways of organizing the categorization of an article on "Fathers day." While the origin of the event would be a useful item within the body of the article. - Michael J Swassing (talk) 15:50, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
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