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Re:Reggie McNeal pic
Thanks for the kind words! That said, I think I'm gonna try to get a better pic of Reggie within a week or so with CFL training camp already starting! I spoke with Reggie a couple days ago about how I communicated with an Aggies fan on Wikipedia who was always on me about his status with the team ("Is he still on the team or what?") which brought a smile to his face ... and he also gave me his blessings to incorporate a pic of him in practice onto this site! I want an iso shot of him alone for his profile pic vs. the one I already have up with a couple fans in the shot! Amchow78 (talk) 14:35, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Rankings in lead
There is a debate at WT:UNI about the consensus for including or excluding rankings from the lead of university articles. Your input would be appreciated. Madcoverboy (talk) 18:17, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Medal of Honor vs. specimen medal
How do I open a line of communication to correct the error that the Aggie's seven Medals of Honor in the Memorial Student Center at Texas A&M are NOT the real thing? They are "specimen medals" as (finally) admitted by Texas A&M: http://aggietraditions.tamu.edu/msc.shtml http://www.msc.tamu.edu/facilities/memorial.html http://www.msc.tamu.edu/facilities/galleries.html I have corrected and corrected again and now I get a note saying not to change it anymore. What am I supposed to do? Accept inaccurate tradition or go for historical accuracy? www.rajordan.com/pete/moh.html 66.25.189.109 (talk) 17:37, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Texas A&M Aggies football seasons
I just stumbled past this new article and wanted to tell you that you had done an EXCELLENT job on it. Are you planning to get it ready for a Featured List nomination? Karanacs (talk) 19:21, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Establishment of Texas A&M University
"The Texas A&M University System—although not officially recognized as such until 1948—got its start in 1876, with the establishment of the state’s first public college, the land-grant Agricultural and Mechanical College (A&M) in College Station."

This is the exact quote from the Texas A&M University System History page. It clearly states that the first public college in Texas was established in 1876. We know that Texas' first public college was TAMC, currently Texas A&M, therefore Texas A&M was established in 1876.

The Texas State legislature set aside money in 1871 for the formation a public college. Texas AMC did not come into being as a state university until 1876, most importantly: 1876 is the year that Texas A&M claims its origin. If you continue to disagree, I would suggest that you Consult the Official Seal of the University where the year 1876 is clearly displayed in the manner that is traditionally reserved on a seal for an establishment or founding year.

Senate bill # 276 April 17 1871 house passes a bill entitled: "An act to provide for the Establishment of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas." That Provision was money ($75,000, if you look further into it), which would later be used to establish the College. If you look at the wording of previous acts they are all stated in an "active" manner, For Example:"act to incorporate 'X'" & "Act to Authorize 'Y'," or in A&M's case "Act to Provide for 'Z'." The act authorizes the providing of $75,000 so that the College could be established, nothing more.

The wording of the bill was copied exactly from page 1073 of the official record of the 12th Legislature of the state of Texas, if you would like to verify

If that is not enough follow this link to another page in The Texas A&M University System website and see when they consider A&M to have been established...http://www.tamus.edu/univ/tamu.html

so please allow the proper year of establishment to show on the page, prospective students commonly use wikipedia to research their University options and it would be a shame for Texas A&M's page to be erroneous. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gregzeppelin (talk • contribs) 03:56, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

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Edit to Spike Dykes
Hi, BlueAg09. Regarding this edit to Spike Dykes, your change isn't consistent with the source. Because The Daily Toreador is a Tech publication, it naturally stresses Dykes time with the Red Raiders (which was also the bulk of his coaching career). However, it doesn't say that this was the sole reason he was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Further, it states, "He has coached football for 41 years, with 17 of those years being with high school teams. Some of the high schools he coached at include Alice High School in Alice and San Angelo Central in San Angelo." It also mentions that he was an assistant at UT. I didn't revert your edit. I wanted to get your thoughts first. Thanks! →Wordbuilder (talk) 20:58, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reply. Looks good now. →Wordbuilder (talk) 22:27, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

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MIT
Given the quality of your contributions to Texas A&M articles, I would like to solicit your feedback on MIT's current article at the peer review for whatever changes you feel would be necessary to secure your support at a future WP:FAC. Madcoverboy (talk) 16:41, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

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TAMU edits
got a message from you about edits to the TAMU page

i haven't in any way altered that page, or any other on Wikipedia, ever

maybe the IP address was mis-diagnosed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.62.213.235 (talk) 18:44, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

49ers pics
Hey I was wondering if you could crop this pic and add it to the articles Alan Reuber and Joe Cohen, if you weren't going to already. Reuber is #67 and Cohen is #76, by the way.► Chris Nelson Holla! 02:22, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

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Changes to Jim Tressel page
Although I can understand why you may think my changes to the Jim Tressel page are slander even vituperation, they are not. I spoke with a member of Tressel's fraternity (a friend's father) who was a brother at the same time as him, and he informed me about Tressel's escapades. As comical as it may be, it is true and I think it provides insight to the type of character he has, and I would appreciate it if you let it stay, for the sake of truth. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.23.201.70 (talk) 15:37, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Template help
I saw the Template:2008 Texas A&M Aggies football depth chart page you created, and really liked it. I'm hoping you can help me with this one: Template:2008 Kansas State Wildcats football depth chart. The QB and RB aren't lined up in the middle, I'm sure it's something small that I am missing. Please help! Topgun530 (talk) 20:31, 14 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Problem. Check this out.  A whole lot more is centered.  Everything below the template.Topgun530 (talk) 18:33, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Texas Peer Review
Texas just got promoted to GA, is now on a FA run, and it would be nice to have all the input we can get in our  peer review. Thanks for the help. Oldag07 (talk) 15:43, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Format for years
Thanks for your updates to Texas Tech Red Raiders and other articles. I want to point out the following from WP:MOSNUM:
 * A slash may be used to indicate regular defined yearly periods that do not coincide with calendar years (the financial year 1993/94, the 1999/2000 snooker season).

This is the format I use for sports since the seasons do not follow the calendar year. →Wordbuilder (talk) 02:04, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem. There are so many details, it's easy to miss some of them. →Wordbuilder (talk) 03:36, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Recommended move of Bear Bryant to "Paul Bryant"
I have recommended moving (renaming) the Bear Bryant article to Paul Bryant, since this is an encyclopedic site it seems to me that Coach Bryant's real name would be more appropriate. I would appreciate it though, since you are a regular editor of the article, to include your opinion in the (discussion) of the pending move. Thanks! Rtr10 (talk) 23:07, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar
Hey thanks for the star, my first one! Appreciate it! Ryan2845 (talk) 14:17, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

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3RR
Vandalism is excluded. You can revert unlimited amounts of times if it's definitely vandalism.  Enigma  message 02:18, 14 December 2008 (UTC)