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TheRingess 20:48, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikpedia...
...and thanks for your edits to Vanderbilt University and Gordon Gee! It's always a pleasure to see more people get as addicted to Wikipedia as am I. Keep up the good work, and if you have any questions, head over to my talk page. See ya around. --Ttownfeen 01:18, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

random comment from someone else
I'm curious why you erased my recent post about Vanderbilt's Varsity Soccer program being eradicated in the not too distant future... I will send you a PDF of the recent Hustler article if you need a paper version as proof.

Vandy alum user box
You're absolutely welcome to it! Glad to see another alum hanging about. Micro tonal ... (Put your head on my shoulder) 23:59, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

My mistake!
Thanks for clearing this up... it's too bad that the administration felt compelled to make a decision without first consulting the soccer team, but I guess that's the way any private corporation operates! Reid Sullivan 21:17, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Regarding Kirkland
While it may not be the oldest building campus, I'm certain it was the first building on campus built for the purpose of being a college building. --Ttownfeen 05:17, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Whoops
Thanks for helping me out on the MVC/soccer issue. Mike

Deleting talk page text
Please don't do it -- it's a violation of policy. --Michael C. Price talk 04:10, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Bow tie
Hi,

You may have an interest, since I saw your name in the history list of the Bow tie article: There's a separate article, List of bow tie wearers and an admin is suggesting deleting it. When I looked into the Bow tie page, I found there's already a list there. I don't have an opinion on which list should remain, but one really should go. I'd appreciate your advice on the Talk:Bow tie page, if you're interested and have the time.Noroton 00:49, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Hotness
I figured I ought to move that bit about you being cute to the talk page... more official. And while I'm at it, I'll point out that you're hot, not just cute.Vandymorgan 05:24, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

PSK
You may remember, Esrever, that in October you removed an unreferenced and badly placed claim, added to Vanderbilt University by an anonymous user (12.101.11.132), giving sound reasons on the talk page (Talk:Vanderbilt University).

The anon, now in another guise (Zeamays), added it again. You properly tagged it with. It languished unchanged until a few days ago (Talk:Vanderbilt University).

Zeamays is extremely stubborn, and either confused about or indifferent to the difference between Wikipedia policies and his own. His most recent changes were the removal of the tag and the Heard Library Archives description "PSK (Pages, Squires, Knights)."

If you have time for it, could you please catch up on the past two days on the talk page? Might you have more success dealing with him than I? If PSK is to remain in the article it needs the information we do have and it needs that tag. I'd describe the entire sequence but I think you will grasp the situation more quickly from the posts.

It's a lot of fuss over something which may have been the Vanderbilt equivalent of Barrington Hall in the 60s, 70s & 80s, but this is after all an encyclopedia ... Athænara  ✉  05:58, 10 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Yesterday it seemed you'd stopped him in his tracks, but Zeamays removed the tag again several hours ago.   I'm accumulating diffs in the event that it goes to higher-level resolution but *expletive deleted* the whole blasted trivial thing is aggravating.  Have you ever posted a Request for comment?  Athænara   ✉  09:01, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Justin Berry
Thanks for your copyediting of the Justin Berry article. I see from your user page that you're a student or alumnus of Vanderbilt University. Coincidentally, one of the men accused of distributing Berry's videos, Timothy Ryan Richards, is incarcerated in Nashville, at the Davidson County Criminal Justice Center, because the Federal case against him is being heard there. It seemed like quite a coincidence and I thought I'd point it out to you. Also, kudos on your username. Reverse in reverse. --Ssbohio 20:14, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
 * If you'd like to contact me directly, send me [mailto:SteveB_Ohio@yahoo.com email]. Feel free to drop me a line & I'll put you in touch with Richards' family, or check out FreeCasey.Com, the Internet community concerned with Richards' case.  I've also determined that the Federal prosecutor, Ms. S. Carran Daughtry, is a Vanderbilt alum & current faculty member.  It really is a small world.  --Ssbohio 00:49, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

CPOY 2006
I assert that I'm the same user as Esrever. Esrever 17:52, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the compliment (and the fun pic) about the Zodiac article you left on my talk page. Things seem to be stabilizing there, thank God. I notice from your talk page that you're gay. Perhaps you might be interested in joining our WikiProject LGBT studies here. It's a very worthwhile project and a very supportive environment. Hope to see you there, and even if not, hope we bump into each other again on Wikipedia. Jeffpw 09:00, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

"Austria" and Germany (Sewanee edit)
Thank you for cleaning that up; I had noticed the bad text, but I didn’t fix it right away, and then forgot about it. As far as I know, “Austria” is still the tune of the German national anthem. I am basing this statement on what I saw in last year's World Cup, which was the German national team singing words to the tune “Austria” as their national anthem (presumably the words have been changed somewhat since the 1940’s). --Skeenbr0 17:04, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Recess Appointment
This page still has a lot of missing citations for the facts, although they may be accurate. I started but ran out of time. Think you might help?--Beth Wellington 17:38, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
SatyrBot 05:05, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to VandalProof!
Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Esrever! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. Prodego talk  20:25, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Stephane Provost
Well, firstly, what I don't know about hockey could fill two Wikipedia...;) So it's borderline.  And I will admit that when I declined to speedy I thought linesman was a hockey position.  But my logic at the time was, professional hockey player (and I realize now he isn't a player) who died in unfortunate circumstances is an "assertion of notability".  Realizing that linesman is actually an official, I probably would have still declined to speedy.  Which is not the same thing as thinking he needs an article.  Generally I only speedy articles under A7 where there really isn't any assertion of notability.  Vanity articles, random schoolkid nonsense, self promotion.  Stuff that really does not belong and can be decided quickly. A professional sports stub needs more evaluation -- is there a WP:PROJECT for the relevant sport?  Do they have guidelines?  Was the man's death commented on by the press? Has the editor who started the article written a lot of other articles? (sometimes this is apparent by how well formatted it is, which is this case it was)? Not that a long standing editor has more right to an article than a new account, but generally, they'll be aware of notability concerns, and if asked, have an argument for why they think the subject is notable. Etc. So definitely a subjective decision, but I prefer to err on the side of "keep" than delete and save my buttons for the really obvious junk. Thanks for asking. And I do screw up sometimes, so please don't hesitate to ask in the future. Cheers. Dina 11:57, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Feel free to WP:PROD or WP:AFD the article though, declining to speedy isn't the same thing as "I will fight to keep this article in any venue and at all costs" ;) Dina 11:59, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Also (and this doesn't count really, as a reason I declined to speedy since I just noticed it) I almost never speedy articles that have lasted, as this one, since 2005. There is no rule about this, a really old article can be speedily deleted.  But generally an article that has been around that long, with a variety of editors working on it, ought to be taken to to WP:AFD or at least prodded. Dina 12:03, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Impropriety of Deletion and Full Reversion of My Edit
Esrever, kindly advise why you removed from the reality TV page the published book excerpt I added and cited. It is expected that additions you are not sure about be improved/enhanced rather than fully reverted, and you did not directly contact me with any inquiries. I see from this listing you do this often. Kindly do not revert one of my edits without first attempting to resolve any questions with me. Planetdma 16:41, 20 April 2007 (UTC)planetdma

Possible problem with User:Esrever/monobook.js
Your monobook.js page is turning up in a number of inappropriate categories. I suspect this is to do with the experimental User-script manager so I've raised this at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject User scripts/User-script manager. Adambro 15:19, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Wow, thanks for the heads up. I've gone ahead and removed the experimental User-script manager (and the scripts I added with it) just to be on the safe side. Esrever 15:22, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

worldofbags stuff
assertion of notability - I rewrote the article somewhat, but please enlighten a poor soul as to more appropriate methods of assertion of notability. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jlcook (talk • contribs) 01:49, 25 April 2007 (UTC). --Jlcook 01:49, 25 April 2007 (UTC)