User talk:BlueAg09/Archive 3

Texas A&M Wikiproject
Starting the groundwork for a Texas A&M wikiproject. I can't promise ill be active in it. I am sure future aggie wikipedians will pick it up. I just made a list of wikipedia entries that are a&m related. please add on, and organize. Talk:Texas_A%26M_University/WPPrep as for the project itself. I think i will start it once Karanacs comes back. WikiProject  Proposed it with the wikiproject council. Put your name down if you are interested in joining Proposal I think after i make this project, of course i will remain sort of active with this group, but i am not just and Aggie. I have many more interests. I think i am going to help bring the Star Trek page to FA status. Gig em Oldag07 03:56, 15 June 2007 (UTC) 
 * If you want to change them all, be my guest. the picture for the wikiproject i think is good enough Oldag07 07:01, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
 * You got to change all the templates. and the rankings thingy is the same thing. i am tired.  i got to be up by 7 today, it is 2.  gosh, a few more changes and i am in bed.  took a lot longer then i expected Oldag07 07:04, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
 * You have no idea how long it will take to change the name from "texas a&m" to "texas a&m university" if we weren't using that template, then it would be ok, but i you want to, be my guest.  that will take several hours to do Oldag07 07:14, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Just start hitting up that things to do list. but, I have done enough today.  thanks for all your help.  Gig em! Oldag07 07:17, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Howdy!
Thanks for the heads-up. I've joined the A&M wikiproject! JRDarby 08:08, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Lloyd H. Hughes
Yes, my page was referring to the Lloyd H. Hughes you added! Whoop! I lived 4 years in Hughes Hall and felt he deserved recognition, but hadn't had time to write an article. I will take a lot at my notes/bookmarks and see what I can add to the article. Thanks so much! Gig Em! KarenJo90 16:17, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Nice additions for the list
Agree with KarenJo90, nice. As for your request, I think it doesn't touch enough on the history of A&M and the list is woefully lacking in military personnel. I'll help later, if I can. I think it could be a trifle longer too. Other:
 * "The terms 'alumnus' or 'Ex-Aggie' are never used" and then you have a pict of the Clayton Williams Alumni center...hmmm... Alumnus/Alumna (females)/Alumni are certainly used, but there is no such thing as an Ex-Aggie. "Once and Aggie always an Aggie" (Let me know if you need a source for that...).
 * "All former students belong to The Association of Former Students" No they don't, but membership is open to all former students
 * "which is one of the largest alumni associations." needs source or to be used later in the article.

— BQZip01 — talk 02:54, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!!!
Well folks, thanks to your reviews and comments, the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band is now a featured article on Wikipedia. It should take a day or so to update, but it's a done deal. Thanks for the help,. — BQZip01 — talk 19:21, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Starting 2 core Texas A&M Pages
I created chimera test articles from different articles for new pages that I have suggested should we choose to go for the featured topic award. Most of what i did was copy and paste. none of the sections flow.
 * Academics of Texas A&M University
 * Student Life of Texas A&M University

I need some suggestions on where to continue. especially on student life, although we could expand some of the colleges.

remember to get featured topic status just have to get them to GA status. i don't think these articles are FA type articles anyways. Thanks for your help. Oldag07 12:37, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Howdy!
Hello, thanks for the note. Yes, it is good to be back spending a little time on Wikipedia. I just got really busy with off-wiki stuff so I had to vanish for a bit. That happens to me periodically. I vanish for a month or so and then come back with a vengeance. This time my return may be a little more gradual. I still have a lot of stuff going on off-wiki that I have to keep up with but I should be able to make a few contributions I think.

Congratulations on getting two A&M articles to FA status! That is quite an accomplishment. The Aggie wikiproject has suddenly taken a big lead as far as Big 12 schools go. A Featured Topic is certainly a possibility. Again, I am not back to full activity status yet but I will make some small contributions where I can.

Best, Johntex\talk 17:29, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Student life at Texas A&M University
the more i am told that an article like this is impractical, the more reasons i think we should have one. obviously most of you don't want to work on this with is fine, but id like suggestions. Oldag07 05:45, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It is important to me. . . . give me some time to write it out. . . Oldag07 12:53, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

happy independence day. Oldag07 12:40, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I can find sources. some of them are in my sandbox. i have been too lazy to move them to the main page.  yes, i can find sources for most of the facts i have posted up there. writing down all the stuff i have in my head without taking the time to find sources is in my mind more efficent.  then i can go through and add sources.  if anything i can add the "needs citation" template  i am maybe 2-3 more rounds of editing before i have all the information i need.  then i need a through grammar check, and i need to add sources.  i will be done then.  thanks for the help.Oldag07 03:51, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Marching band
--Littledrummrboy 23:34, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

NICE ADD!!!
I like the texags page. Made a few mods to it. — BQZip01 — talk 01:43, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * BTW beware of Articles for deletion/Texags.com, though I think you're in the clear here. — BQZip01 —  talk 01:45, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * As a matter of fact, I do have a good source on TexAgs. http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2006/08/29/Sports/The-Wonderful.Web-2249757.shtml Already got it. never mind. . . . Oldag07 12:41, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

As much as I dislike TexAgs, I must admit, I did find a person who spent two hours fixing this new laptop of mine at sweets. It really was nice. Personally, I really don't put much personal information about myself on wikipedia, because, i prefer to be relatively anonymous on that site. I like being a troll (internet) occasionally. actually, I have done some work on the, my, student life page. It is starting to be more encyclopedic.Oldag07 12:37, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * thanks. can't do too much this week.  i have a big break this weekend until the forth.  I am going to finish the prose out.  btw, when do you get into college station.  I stay until the august 17th.  when are you coming in? Oldag07 00:33, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Id figure we would meet up at sweet eugenes or coffee station for a day or something. but i will be gone in the 17th.  .. .Oldag07 02:37, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
 * MCAT huh. are you a bio major, bims?  something else?  i was a bio major. Oldag07 02:51, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
 * As for the SL page, surprisingly, the arts section could easily be the biggest section of the whole article. It was good talking to you earlierOldag07 23:38, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Answer
This particular person served as an administrator of some kind (for an enlisted person), senior ROTC duty usually is a clerk position of some kind, maybe a firearms instructor, or the supervisor of said personnel. He may have been a student and taken courses as well, but I would assume he didn't have an affiliation with a particular class. If you want to have an educated guess on an affiliation, I'd go for '55. — BQZip01 — talk 03:43, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

TexAgs thread
In case you haven't seen yet on TexAgs: http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=910653&forum_id=5

Student life
I am certainly not done yet, but it has gone a long way. Admittedly my grammar stinks, and i haven't properly cited may of the facts i have on the page. But i figured it would be faster for me to write out ideas and than edit it later. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Texas_A%26M/SL_beta Thoughts? Oldag07 04:10, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Here they are
Completely from scratch. Oldag07 23:39, 22 July 2007 (UTC) Slight modifications. made picture more organic. it is less in the style of the t.u. and the tech one, but we deserve better. as for a ring, no. not all students have rings. Oldag07 02:43, 23 July 2007 (UTC) Done. made a Wrecking crew one too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wrecking-crew.png Oldag07 03:28, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Gigem_back.png
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Gigem_front.png

No worries
Texags can get brutal (kinda like cliques in High School) and I saw no need for it. Always glad to help. — BQZip01 — talk 17:13, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't know why i go on that site. As one of my aggie athlete friends says, people on Texags really need to get lives Oldag07 18:01, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Texags IS brutal. .. . lol.. . Oldag07 03:14, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

The Association of Former Students
Howdy!

I am a current graduate student at Texas A&M who also received my bachelor's degree at A&M. I was just curious as to why the version of The Association of Former Students that I edited and posted (which took me 2 weeks to write and send to Association employees to edit, etc.) was reverted to the current version. I understand that you are working on a project to report and post on all things Texas A&M and I understand and respect that very much. However, I have extensive knowledge of The Association of Former Students and went to great lengths to get the information and make sure it was accurate, up-to-date, and correct. I believe my edit was extremely knowledgeable and gave an in-depth look at all the things The Association of Former Students does for current and former students alike. I am wondering if we can't find any common ground here.

Thanks and Gig 'Em.

Thanks
I really appreciate your edits and editions to the page on The Association of Former Students. That's the respect and attitude that every Aggie should take. Thanks again!

Thanks for the source. i am going to work on the page right now. Oldag07 14:38, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Texas_A%26M/SL_beta I moved all the clutter to my sandbox. the page is starting to look like an article. admittedly, I have already written some stuff on greek life, but honestly, i know very little about it. would you like to write something about it. or at least could you give me some tips about what the greek community does exactly? thanks Oldag07 15:05, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

thanks for the intro!
Thanks for the intro bro, yeah I noticed the webcam a few weeks ago and posted it on texags, I'll start working on a draft of a construction edit here shortly (being at work kinda hampers my progress!). The lifesciences building also has a webcam, but it's above public access and they only publish still shots from it every other week or so...but some of those shots would be good to include as well. Gabriel Oak 17:28, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

George Hennard
The individual is not worth an article, the killing is. Anything worth saying about Hennard can be said in the incident's article. Corvus cornix 19:57, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Need Your Help
I need your help posting a new format of The Association of Former Students page. Is there an e-mail address I could contact you at? These corrections are coming from the Executive Staff of The Association and if possible, I would like to send you the document they gave me because you know much more about this process than I do.

Thanks and Gig 'Em!


 * BlueAg. . . The Association of Former Students contacted you.  wow.  good stuff.  well, as for where to put it on the template, List of Notable Aggies also would fall in a similar category.  that is currently under student life.  how about making a new section?  btw, have you seen t.u.'s modifications to their template.  it looks very cool. Oldag07 01:08, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
 * People, Notable People (move the coaches down there too). . ., alumni. or it could be under campus, the association is a building too (the association is not the only organization getting donations).  I don't like how the whole box does not autocollapse.  we need to work on that. . . Oldag07 03:29, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
 * move it to the talk page. .. . any ideas how to tactfully present him the points i just posted on the talk page.  Oldag07 04:16, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Belay that. he is working for the association. ill email him.  Oldag07 04:29, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Aggie War Hymn
Hey, not a problem. I was just flabbergasted to see that my alma mater's fight song ("I'm a Tar Heel Born") had an article and A&M didn't. I'd meant to expand it sooner ... Blueboy96 12:08, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Graham Harrell pic
Thank you for adding an image. It should suffice until someone is able to submit a better view. Incidentally, it looks very similar to this one that I uploaded for the Daniel Sepulveda article. →Wordbuilder 13:46, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Quick note on the use of Non-free reduced
Please don't forget to add a time-stamp as the parameter to the template, because it is needed for correct categorization (so the old revisions can eventually get deleted). Either use, or the shortcut {{subst:furd}}. Thank you. --Pekaje 19:01, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Re:Torah reading picture
The picture you chose, while a great picture, is of a man reading Psalms at the Western Wall, not of the Torah reading ceremony. (I think it would make a good addition to the Psalms article, maybe toward the end of Use of the Psalms in Jewish ritual.) The best picture you have there may be this one, which shows Torah reading according to the Sephardic custom. For reference, a good picture would be something along these lines. Thanks for your work making Wikipedia graphically pleasing and informative! --Eliyak T · C 21:41, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Re: WP:TAMU
Thanks. Sorry I haven't been able to add much lately. I've only had time to do occasional casual edits to stuff, not the actual research/verifications like I used to do. I'll try to contribute when I can, tho. Nice work on everything, the A&M stuff looks good. Cheers. --Ntmg05 03:03, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Howdy
your help on texas a&m pages has been enormous. i don't know where we would be without you. things like that should be said more often. Oldag07 05:37, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Lets just say it this way. i don't have alcohol problems.  none at all Oldag07 13:08, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Bonfire
So it's the 8th anniversary...I only minored in math... good catch. Thanks. — BQZip01 — talk 06:35, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Vince Young pic
Hi Johntex. Remember this discussion? Recently I got tired of the White House pic of Vince Young, so I finally asked the photographer if she could switch the license. She changed the license to CC-by-SA and so I uploaded a cropped version of the pic to the Commons. I changed the contrast of it as well (maybe a bit too much). Anyhow, hope you like it.  Blue Ag09  (Talk) 08:28, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Sweet!!! Thank you very much.  It is great to be able to get someone to switch the license like that.  Great work. Johntex\talk 15:31, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * And thanks for your help with 2007 Texas Longhorn football team as well. Best, Johntex\talk 18:31, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I would not say that the 2006 game was a fluke, exactly. Texas was predicted to win, certainly, but A&M had a good team, also.  McGee in particular is a great player.  Throw in the rivalry and the emotion and the chance to beat the reigning national champions and I expected that the Aggies would step up to the challenge.
 * Of course, it helped that Colt was still hurting from the injury sustained against Kansas. I don't say that as any type of excuse to justify our loss.  If Texas doesn't have a back-up ready to step in and play at the same level then that is shame on us and we have to take the consequences.
 * As to this year, on paper, the Longhorns seem to be the better team. We'll also be looking to "erase" last year's defeat and hopefully we will still be highly ranked and needing to win at College Station to keep our championship hopes growing.  However, you hold the home field advantage for this year and that means a lot.  I never want to get over-confident going into Kyle Field.
 * I don't suppose you happen to be trying to get rid of a ticket or two for the game? :-) Johntex\talk 19:16, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Of course the student section would be wonderful. I have been lucky enough to have attended bonfire, but I've never had the chance to actually attend a game at Kyle Field.  As to the maroon out, my shade of maroon may be a little orange-ish, but I don't mind standing the whole game and if any cute girls want to kiss me when there is scoring that is OK too.  :-) Johntex\talk 19:54, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

NICE
I like it!!! — BQZip01 — talk

Reply
Sir/madam I read your message.Im a working student from Pune India. I m owner of the site discoverpune.com I found that on wikipedia there was no list of pune's engineering colleges.as a student i wanted to share my website contents to others who really need them.As wikipedia is totla community effort i wanted to participate in that. If i didnt followed any policies of wikipedia.org it will not be repeated in future. regards Abhay —Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhaykochar (talk • contribs) 03:14, 17 August 2007

Reveille
I didn't know there was a book about Reveille. I've been dealing primarily with newspaper articles instead. I like your version of Reveille's adoption. Please add it to the article :) Karanacs 13:26, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

It is "ban" not "band"
The IP address was right...almost the first time I've seen it. — BQZip01 — talk 01:52, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Tower picture
Good morning, thanks for your message. I think the Littlefield fountain article is worth its own article. It could easily be expanded with a more detailed explanation of its history (it's current configuration is not what was originally planned). Also, having it separate allows it to be in categories that would not apply to Coppini himself. These include Category:Buildings and structures in Texas and Category:Fountains

As to the tag, I dispute that the "3D art" tag has any relevance to the question or any place on Wikipedia. It is another case of Wikipedia becoming overly paranoid about copyright and neglecting our mission to build the most informative encyclopedia possible. As a practical matter, US courts have not held that a sculptor owns the copyright to photos taken of a statue in a public place.

Also, by some counts, the fountain could actually be considered a campus building. It has its own 3 letter building code on campus maps and it has a human-sized entryway into the statue for access and maintenance to switches and pumps. I believe it also connects to the campus-wide tunnel system as well. Johntex\talk 02:01, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the tip, I will work on replacing all the "-" with "–". Johntex\talk 12:50, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Wikibreak
I am going to take a serious wikibreak for at least the next month. i am moving to a new place, and i really need to get settled and wikipedia is on the bottom of my priorities at the moment second only to texags. i really am not sure how much free time i will have when i finally get settled down. ill try not to be completely inactive, but for me, the best way to get away from something is cold turkey. it has been great working with yall. gig em! Oldag07 05:07, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Aggie Bonfire
It would be helpful to keep changes to a minimum as the page is up for FA status. Your review would be helpful! — BQZip01 — talk 06:48, 20 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I also reverted your changes to the picture. You made the picture darker which took out the details showing the massive size of Bonfire in comparison to people on the ground. It is plenty small enough and has little need to be reduced in size. — BQZip01 —  talk 06:53, 20 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Resolution doesn't necessarily have to be that low, just that it is not incredibly detailed. This is the unaltered PR image from A&M. — BQZip01 —  talk 07:23, 20 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I gotta get some sleep...
 * ...but, I am not sure that there are that many free pictures of bonfire out there that would show anything other than people getting together. We could easily throw 2-3 more pictures in, but I'm stalling and will wait to see what the FA review comes up with. — BQZip01 —  talk 07:36, 20 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, in answer to your question on my Discussion page regarding Aggie Bonfire photos - yes, I have a number of wonderful, official Bonfire photos from 1975-1978... I was actually the rep selling them to the W-1 unit for the photographer, so I was able to get them at a discount. They're all still copyrighted by the photographer, presumably... and I didn't have a camera back then, so I haven't any photos of my own. I will ask on the Waggie email list if anyone else has any personal photos to donate, as some of my unit were actively involved in building Bonfire - yes, even allowed on the Stack.... tho' be prepared - so many of our photos from so long ago are really yellowed with age time!! I do have one truly priceless artifact that I plan to donate to A&M at our next major reunion. For Aggie Muster 1978, I was flown to Cincinnati, OH, to be the guest speaker at the combined Cincinnati-Dayton Muster. As part of my preparations, I put together two large posterboards collage-style, filled with Batt clippings and other campus trivia - these were displayed on easels during the Muster. Lord alone knows how they managed to survive all this time, and all my military moves, relatively unscathed, but I still have them... also a mite yellowed and a wee bit shabby with the passing years... but nonetheless priceless. I'll take a look at the posterboards in the next couple of days to see if there is anything there you can use here. Akindofmagick 14:39, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the offer
I'm just someone with an appreciation for college spirit and tradition ... after all, I went to a school that knows a thing or two about both. :) Blueboy96 22:43, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

An Author
Hey, I'm working on a book too. That doesn't make me an author. Unless, of course, I've already been published. Jenna has, as of today, never been published. But I can see where you're coming from. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Johno95 (talk • contribs).

TexAgs
Wow, what a great reminder of how biases fan sites can be. I like the poster who said "The Big 12 never said Bennett's hit should have been called late. The Houston Chronicle just ran with something. I suppose i could be a jerk and just change it on wikipedia. [sic]" There is nothing like letting the strength of your conventions convince you that the mainstream media is involved in some sort of elaborate cover-up! Thanks for pointing this out to me.

I made one small tweak on Bonfire. It looks great over-all. I'm hoping to give it a read from top to bottom. Johntex\talk 15:05, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Request for assistance
As someone with whom I have reviewed or worked with on an article or talk page, I humbly request your assistance in reviewing the Aggie Bonfire page for Featured Article status. Any/all constructive input is welcomed and appreciated on the FAC nomination page, but please read the instructions for reviewing before you make a comment. Thanks in advance for your assistance. — BQZip01 — talk 05:14, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Go to bed
It's late! I'm up with a pregnant wife. — BQZip01 — talk 07:06, 22 August 2007 (UTC) :-)


 * Getting some bonfire pictures (maybe ones from the Corps Center) would really be useful, as long as we can use them. Also some general Corps pictures for the Corps of Cadets page would also really be good. You are welcome to take some yourself too of the band and Corps. I'd love to see more of those on the various pages. — BQZip01 —  talk 07:17, 22 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I saw on BQ's talk page that you are going back to Aggieland this weekend for a picture-taking expedition. If you have time, could you get a shot of the "Welcome to Aggieland" water tower?  I think that would make a nice main picture for Traditions of Texas A&M University but it's been slow going trying to sweet-talk flickr users into relicensing their pics.  Thanks! Karanacs 14:44, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Bonfire pics
Howdy! I may have some old bonfire photos, but it's going to take a while to find and scan them. I'll let you know if I come up with any. Keep up the good work. (PSully) 16:40, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
I like it! yes it could go for both, although i have kind of given up on the sl article. i should clean it up a little more and post it, but i have been too lazy. as for the two main elder contributors karanacs and bqzip, they seem to have done a marvelous job on the bonfire page. Oldag07 00:09, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

First of all, you mentioned the NPOV. Using the term "rare occasion" when talking about Aggie victories at home is not neutral. It smacks of homerism. It's definitely not a "rare occasion". Especially since Fran got there. Second, as far as the school songs go, you know, as well as I do, that the Aggie obsession with UT goes back a long way. Would you like me to post the words to the War Hymn?

And third, you need to get over yourself. It's Wikipedia, for cripes sake. Anyone who comes here looking for accurate info is not very bright. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.245.146.67 (talk) 18:13, 12 September 2007 (UTC)