User talk:DUKESID

-- SPhilbrick (Talk)  16:44, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Joanne P. McCallie
I see that you are trying to make improvements to the Joanne P. McCallie article. I can help. -- SPhilbrick (Talk)  16:46, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Great! I see that you've added a photograph, and a very nice one. You've licensed it appropriately. It is possible this will be sufficient, it is possible someone will ask to see a permission statement from Max, If that happens, I'll help you with the next step.-- SPhilbrick (Talk)  14:32, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!! I think I am kind of getting the hang of it. I have started to edit the first paragraph. I hope it works... and I hope this is how I am suppose to respond!
 * Yes, that's how you respond, with two nitpicking comments, 1. it is standard to sign posts on talk pages, but not on article pages. You can do that by typing four tilde's, or clicking on the pen at top of the editing window. 2. It is helpful to indent, which you do by starting with a colon(or two or three). No big deal, and you'll get the hang of it.-- SPhilbrick (Talk)  21:23, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
 * On a different subject, but one very much related to the section heading, I knew that Joanne had been at Maine and MSU before Duke (I was at the Final Four game in Indianapolis where the Spartans pulled off, not just an upset, but an improbable one after being down double digits). I did not know she had been an assistant under Joe Ciampi at Auburn. I recently wrote up the overall summary of the 1990 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, one of three consecutive runner-up finishes by the Auburn team. I didn't realize at the time that she was one of the assistants in that era. I was musing how the entire history of basketball might have taken a very different direction had Auburn won one or two of those title games. I was also stunned to see that we do not have an article on Joe Ciampi. I can't think of another coach of his stature without an article, so may have to work on that someday. I'll be in New Orleans in April, and hope to get a chance to see Joanne. Maybe I can get her to tell me a Joe Ciampi story; while we can't add personal stories to Wikipedia articles, it might give me the impetus to work on it.-- SPhilbrick (Talk)  21:35, 20 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Yeah!
 * That is so weird that no one has thought to get an article for him before now... I mean you would think. Also, I wasn't aware about where Coach P has been or what she did before Duke either until I started looking into it for this page. It's absolutely amazing how many times you see her behind the scenes with some of these schools. I am adding in her coaching tree right now. I thought I could look at the code for how Coach K's was done, so hopefully its a success!--DUKESID (talk) 12:44, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Coaching tree
I'm not totally happy with the visual effect of the coaching tree. I'm looking into some options, see the discussion at Talk:Joanne_P._McCallie.

I originally used Pantone 287 for a header color, but that's the print color. Even with that color, I could barely see the sort buttons, and I haven't found a way to change them to white. When I switched to Pantone 288, the web color, they are virtually impossible to see. I may have to abandon a header color, or just use the Duke color for the type, although that won't be noticed.

It shouldn't be hard to fill in the missing years, but I'd like some feedback on the visual appearance. I think the table looks better than the text based list, what do you think?-- SPhilbrick (Talk)  01:49, 29 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Hey!
 * I absolutely love the chart you put up for the coaching tree. I think it looks a lot better. Thank you so much for the help!--DUKESID (talk) 13:59, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Glad you like it, and happy to help.-- SPhilbrick (Talk)  21:14, 3 October 2012 (UTC)