User talk:Bobak/June 2010 - December 2010

USC Changes
Hello! Why did you completely revert the lead section of University of Southern California? Much of the previous information was outdated or even irrelevant. I changed some of the information to be more comprehensive and to explore graduate programs, research, as well as undergraduate programs. If you felt it was NPOV, why didn't you remove the offending information? As it stands now, this reverted version has some inaccuracies. For example, the Division 1-A of the NCAA is now the FBS. We have to make this a professional article with factual information. So, would you be willing to compromise on these elements? Thank you. Pengkeu (talk) 22:58, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Hey, I still haven't heard back from you. Unless you have a problem, I will update the information in the lead section with updated information (not outdated statistics) and a more accurate picture of the University. If you have a problem with a specific aspect of my editing, please let me know. Thank you. Pengkeu (talk) 01:04, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
 * What's inaccurate, exactly? --Bobak (talk) 22:21, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Walmart image
Greets:

I feel your walmart image is being used incorrectly as there's no cite as you requested:

http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2010/09/14/save-the-planet-shop-walmart/

I thought you would like to know. -drmike —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drmike (talk • contribs) 14:21, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Interesting. Alas, it's not the first time (with over 1000 images, I've had them show up all over).  Thanks for the heads up.  I've emailed them letting them know.  --Bobak (talk) 05:24, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Meetup
Hello, Bobak. Discussion of a 2010 Minnesota Wikipedia Meetup has begun. Please see the talk page. Jonathunder (talk) 23:13, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/1997 Michigan Wolverines football team/archive1‎
As the author of one of the only two college football season WP:FAs, I thought I would call your attention to Featured article candidates/1997 Michigan Wolverines football team/archive1‎. Feel free to comment.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:25, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Image use advice
Nice photo of the Kasson School. Is it a panorama?

Speaking of images, I was hoping to ask your advice on something. While watching the Vikings Sunday, I was startled to see what is clearly a photograph I created used in a political attack ad. It does not comply with the GFDL or CC licenses in the use of my work (and needless to say, I am not very happy about it). Jonathunder (talk) 05:10, 20 October 2010 (UTC)


 * I appreciate the advice very much. Unfortunately, the ad in question was produced and funded by a national organization which is not easy to contact. I will try other avenues you suggested. Jonathunder (talk) 06:23, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Suggestions for next Minnesota meetup?
Hi, Bobak, do you have any suggestions for a next date or place for a Minnesota meetup? I was disappointed to miss last Sunday's meetup once a work meeting coincided with the time announced for the meetup. I would be happy to arrange a meetup soon. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 14:16, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Masa Takayama
Hello! Your submission of Masa Takayama at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! cmadler (talk) 19:32, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Replied. cmadler (talk) 20:33, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Replied. --Bobak (talk) 21:03, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Hangar One (Los Angeles, California)
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Canfield-Wright House
The DYK project (nominate) 06:04, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Americanization School
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Masa Takayama
The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

It was great to see you at the meetup
Hi, Bobak, it's going to be a lot of fun learning from you how to keep improving the articles about Minnesota on Wikipedia. I appreciated your sense of humor and perspective on editing. I hope we'll have another local meetup fairly soon. I appreciate your help in getting the word out and would like to help with the next meetup however I can. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 00:32, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, it was great to meet you too! These meet-ups are very organic and tend to grow from the efforts of any and all of us :-) --Bobak (talk) 05:18, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

MN SHPO Photos
Hi Bobak,

I just realized you are going to have a licensing problem with some of the photos you scanned.

I have created a site on our SHPO Flickr account for our Historic property photos.

Can you FTP me the scans you took of the photos? If so, I can place them under CC-By-SA-2.5. Email me at joe.hoover at mnhs.org and I can give you an ftp site to upload them too. Myotus (talk) 15:42, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Salvation Army Headquarters
Fantastic work! I showed it to folks at the office. You might want to differentiate just what region the Headquarters was in the title. It seems like it was the headquarters for the whole Salvation Army instead of just the region. Myotus (talk) 16:08, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I was thinking that as well. I'll go ahead and do it. I'm going to add the photos I cleaned up this morning.  I was going to do it last night but I ended up crashing very early.  I might drop by this afternoon.  --Bobak (talk) 16:23, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Completing the list of USC Trojans football seasons
I noticed you were among the listed participants in the College Football WikiProject who are interested in Trojans football. I've been recently cataloging seasons for USC using the "USC Trojans under [coach]" article standard and was wondering if you would be willing to help fill in the rest of the seasons. There are around 55 seasons in need of an article (including some national championship seasons), and four active users on the WikiProject who listed USC as their interest. I figure if we split things up evenly, it shouldn't take too long. If you're interested, we could start doling out seasons and get cracking.

Thanks for your time ― El Cid ∴∵ 01:38, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Salvation Army Headquarters (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
Hello! Your submission of Salvation Army Headquarters (Saint Paul, Minnesota) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! PM800 (talk) 09:04, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Salvation Army Headquarters (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
Gatoclass (talk) 00:02, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Perry Nelson House
The DYK project (nominate) 06:02, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Thomas R. Potts
The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Boesch, Hummel, and Maltzahn Block
Hello! Your submission of Boesch, Hummel, and Maltzahn Block at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Calmer  Waters  11:01, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

2007 USC Trojans footall team
How can you seriously call this "repairing vandalism"? As a fellow administrator, I would presume you know what WP:Vandalism really means. Also note that File:Usc football logo.gif is a copyrighted image, and must comply with our non-free content policy. That means that placement on individual season articles is excluded, even if you try to make it look valid by a fair-use rationale on the image description page. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 23:05, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Productive users create content. --Bobak (talk) 23:28, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Boesch, Hummel, and Maltzahn Block
Materialscientist (talk) 07:35, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Ole Carlson House
Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for John Francis Wheaton
Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 16 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Cool article. Good work. Thanks. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 04:53, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I've been going back to the SHPO office at least once a week, but in the meantime I've been trolling the MHS photo database for usable photos of notable people and things.  I actually recognized Wheaton's photo from seeing his picture in the law school library when I was a student there.  When I realized he was also the first African American state legislator and had no article about him I knew I had to create it. What surprised me was that the DYK appeared on the front page in less than 24 hours of creation. --Bobak (talk) 05:02, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Minnesota Building
Materialscientist (talk) 06:04, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Westerman Lumber Office and House
Materialscientist (talk) 12:04, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Osmund Osmundson House
Materialscientist (talk) 18:04, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Bonde Farmhouse
Materialscientist (talk) 18:04, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Nerstrand City Hall
Materialscientist (talk) 18:04, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Triple Crown Jewels
Congratulations and thank you for all your hard work, especially in the area of American football. I take this opportunity to wish you Season's Greetings and a very Happy New Year! – SMasters (talk) 05:56, 19 December 2010 (UTC)