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Proposed deletion of List of Advanced Placement Courses Offered by Amador Valley High School
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Possibly unfree File:Amador Robotics AUV Deployment.jpg
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 * (Belated reply, although this issue was resolved a few weeks ago). I've contacted the author of the image at, and he updated the footer of his main page releasing all images under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. Also, I managed to get OTRS verification for this picture. Deltawk (talk) 21:14, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar
For your work at Amador Valley High School I think you deserve this award...

Feel free to place it on your user page. Camaron · Christopher · talk 13:00, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the Barnstar. This is my first wikipedia project, and I'm glad to have the page turn out so well so far. I'm happy to become familiarized with some logistics at wikipedia and be able to receive constructive comments from wikipedia's editors. Deltawk (talk) 21:31, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Commons issues
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Amador Valley High School
Deltawk, I think you've done a great job with Amador Valley High School. If you just put in some mention of athletics, I'd like to make it a GA.  -shirulashem (talk) 20:09, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi shirulashem, thank you for your reviewing the article for GA-class and giving constructive comments on its status. I'm currently working with a friend to finish a section on athletics. I appreciate the time you and other fellow editors have given to help this article reach GA status. Deltawk (talk) 21:18, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Congratulations! Amador Valley High School has passed GA. Well done.  -shirulashem (talk) 19:52, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your time spent reviewing Amador Valley High School and your welcome to Wikipedia. This is my first main wikipedia project and I'm glad to have helped promote it to GA class. Best wishes to your future GA reviews. Deltawk (talk) 22:45, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Amador Valley High School PR, 2nd look
Hi Deltawk. I'll take another look as soon as I can and post further remarks to the article's PR page. I have some other commitments, so it might take me until late in the week to get to it. Finetooth (talk) 05:47, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I will be happy to copyedit the article and see if I find anything "amiss", in the words of my esteemed colleague. However, I have some other commitments, so it may take me a week or so. If you don't hear from me by 1 August, please drop a reminder on my talk page. Cheers! Scartol  •  Tok  12:16, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * No need to hesitate when reminding me to do what I said I would do. Sorry for the delay; it's been a hectic couple of weeks. I will get to it this weekend for sure. (If for some reason I haven't finished by Monday 10 August, please leave another note on my talk page.) Scartol  •  Tok  13:50, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I haven't finished my review yet. Sorry about that! I've only made it about 1/3 of the way through the article. I should be able to complete my review by tomorrow, and I'll post some comments to the PR page or the article talk page. Scartol  •  Tok  22:21, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, I've finished my review — comments and questions are on the article talk page. Good luck with this article if/when you take it to WP:FAC! I commend you on your dedication to it. Scartol  •  Tok  13:34, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

jp07
Hi! You're on the Math Team...right? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevin chen2003 (talk • contribs) 23:06, 3 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, I am, I think I know who you are. Deltawk (talk) 01:13, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

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Talkback
NW ( Talk ) 21:09, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

FAC nomination removal
Deltawk, I have removed your second nomination of Amador Valley High School at FAC. Per FAC rules, there should be at least several weeks between the close of an unsuccessful nomination and its reopen. In the interim, I encourage you to engage the previous reviewers and ensure that they think their concerns were addressed. Karanacs (talk) 14:35, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Would you have time to review the article and make suggestions for improvement? - Deltawk (talk) 07:17, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, not at the moment. Other wiki-tasks have left me very little time for reviewing lately. Good luck! Karanacs (talk) 14:00, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Sections
I recommend the removal of the bit about the building of the theater to some other part of the article that is more to do with culture. signing out shortly. I'll take another look in Land of Oz time! Amandajm (talk) 10:00, 16 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi! Can I suggest that you drop messages on the pages of the people who reviewed the article previously and get them to revisit it, now you've responded to the suggestions. Amandajm (talk) 10:48, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Hello! Thank you for your comments and your support on the article! The section about the building of the theater does seem slightly out of place, but there's not really another part of the article that deals with culture. I've taken your suggestion and have left comments on the pages of those who have helped review this article in the past. - Deltawk (talk) 06:55, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Amador Valley High School
I will take a look at it in the next day or two - thanks for the heads up, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 22:55, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Linking images
I noticed you had trouble linking images. In the future, try  (with a second colon before "File"), which produces File:Example.png.

Rock on. --an odd name 01:57, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you! That's exactly the problem I had. - Deltawk (talk) 04:03, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Edit conflict at Amador Valley High School
I'm sorry to say this, but you'll have to redo these changes. They were all lost in an edit conflict. Good news is I'm almost finished my copyedit of the references, in terms of style the article is now FA class. Ottre 00:13, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I have struck my oppose - I saw the last few versions and did not check all of the diffs. Sorry for the confusion, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 02:36, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I see you have made the edits / changes again - I am about to call it a night here, so I will look at it tomorrow again. Just wanted to let you know the reason for the delay, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 04:48, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations

 * Yay! Well done. Congrats. Kudos. And huzzah! Scartol  •  Tok  04:32, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

May I extend my congratulations to you Deltawk for getting Amador Valley High School featured status. WikiProject Schools does not have many featured article's under its belt, so you have done extraordinary service to the project. Apologies for not reviewing the article in time, I simply ran out of time last weekend, but if you need another review in the future feel free to ask. Camaron · Christopher · talk 19:42, 25 November 2009 (UTC)


 * You are very welcome, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 03:08, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Heads up
I am probably going to be taking Amador Valley High School to FAR (Featured Article Review) some time next week. The article is not comprehensive enough IMHO. There are a couple of improvements you can make before I do that:

1. Could you modify this paragraph:


 * "From 1922 to 1988, the school was part of the AVJUHSD... In the late 1930s, the Amador Theater was built as part of the Amador Valley High School campus."

To say where exactly on the campus the theater was built. I would also appreciate a map of the campus.

2. Could you check that and  are the same story?

3. Needs a list of principles. Needs a paragraph or so about the first principle in the history section, and any other principles who worked at Amador for more than 15 years.

Ottre 04:36, 20 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi Ottre,
 * First of all, thank you for helping improve the court battle section of the page. I will try to address your concerns and add the information to the article that you feel necessary.
 * 1. I have added information about where the theater was built and have also added a map of the campus
 * 2. The articles are the same story. Is there a duplicate reference that I need to remove?
 * 3. I will do research on principals
 * Deltawk (talk) 04:45, 21 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Ottre, thanks for your attention to the article that I worked on a bit (and that Delawk has worked on so very much). I urge you not to take this piece to WP:FAR at this time, for two important reasons:
 * The guidelines there state: Three to six months is regarded as the minimum time between promotion and nomination here, unless there are extenuating circumstances such as a radical change in article content. It's been less than a month, and clearly there are no such circumstances.
 * Deltawk is one of the most dedicated and open-minded editors I've worked with in quite some time. He's been diligent, friendly, and very happy to incorporate others' suggestions. If you think the article needs work, I suggest putting notes on the article talk page. If they are ignored (which I'll bet money won't happen), then you can proceed to FAR.
 * Cheers! Scartol  •  Tok  11:58, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Scartol, thank you for the support of the featured article status of Amador Valley High School. To Ottre - I do my best to be friendly and responsive to any suggestions. Like Scartol suggested, please leave any comments you have for article on its talk page and I will do my best to address them. Happy Holidays - Deltawk (talk) 01:22, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
 * The file of the map of the school may be deleted because of fair use issues. I will see what I can do to keep or reinstate the map, or even get the map freely licensed. - Deltawk (talk) 08:32, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

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Amador Valley High School is a public high school in Pleasanton, California, a city east of San Francisco. Amador Valley is one of four high schools in the Pleasanton Unified School District, which includes Foothill High School, Village High School, and Horizon High School. The school was founded as Amador Valley Joint Union High School, from which its first class graduated in 1923. The school has been named a California Distinguished School, a National School of Character, and a National Blue Ribbon School. As of 2009, Amador Valley offers its 2,500 students 23 varsity sports, 20 Advanced Placement courses, a program to study local aquatic wildlife, and vocational training. A monthly school publication, the Amadon, reports on athletics, academic and extracurricular issues, and news of the school and community. Student groups, including the Marching Band and Math Team, have toured out-of-state after achieving high rankings in Californian competitions. (more...) UcuchaBot (talk) 23:01, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

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Amador Valley High School
The achievements section needs everything sourced. Doug Weller talk 07:48, 13 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the feedback - I will add sources to the achievements section. Deltawk (talk) 17:04, 13 November 2020 (UTC)


 * This is done, the achievements paragraph within the lead is now fully sourced. Deltawk (talk) 21:51, 13 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Forgot to add a ping User:Doug Weller when I responded last month. Happy to address any additional comments you may have. Deltawk (talk) 04:00, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Paul Korver
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 * Thanks for nominating the article. I seconded the nomination on the talk page. Deltawk (talk) 01:32, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

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 * Thank you Jim! I do not believe that the article needs any amendments, but I will keep watch on it in the interim. Deltawk (talk) 15:34, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi Deltawk. Typically, we strip out "less essential" things to create a blurb, and dated information is often one of the first things we look for to pull. Numbers that change easily, or are hard to verify, is another category of things that tend to get pulled. But we can put in anything you feel strongly about that can be supported ... does the current blurb work for you? - Dank (push to talk) 03:09, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi Dank, the current blurb does indeed work for me-thank you for improving it! Would you be able to help with one correction though (I don't think I have permissions to edit it anymore)? The school placed second in Robosub in 2022, not 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/October_20,_2022 Thank you! Deltawk (talk) 01:11, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Great! Done. - Dank (push to talk) 01:26, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Awesome, thank you! Deltawk (talk) 01:28, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * whoops! that was completely my fault.  i had used the year that the team placed first in the sensor optimization category, without realizing that that placement was for a different year of the competition.  my apologies.  thanks for catching that!  dying (talk) 01:34, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * It's ok! There is a lot of info in that section. Deltawk (talk) 01:35, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you today for the article that kept well over the years! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:47, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

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