User talk:Johntex/Talk11

Deleted?
I'm just curious. As being somewhat new to the Wiki editing side of things, maybe I completely misunderstood the system. But what was the point of us debating and providing evidence for two weeks straight in regards to The Protomen?

That was the article that sparked me to become an editor and since then I've been seeing a trend. Anyone involved on the delete side would never provide any sort of argument, they simply voted per nom delete. I was told it wasn't a vote. Don't get me wrong, I saw plenty of pointing of fingers and sockpuppet this and sockpuppet that.

But what makes no sense to me is the fact no argument, explanation, or evidence was EVER provided to say this band was not notable and clearly plenty was given to show that it did meet certain guidelines to have a home here on Wiki. I'm just curious - and I don't mean any disrespect when I say this, but was it your opinion that mattered all along - not ours? Or was it simply a vote?

It very much seems like this place is based off a "guilty until proven innocent" system. I really believe if you attack someones work it should be your job to explain why it should be deleted. I'd honestly like to understand, because I am now afraid the things that I would personally like to write about would simply be deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Draxis (talk • contribs) 05:22, 2006 June 22
 * Hello Draxis, thanks for your message. I'm sorry for you that something you spend so much time on has been judged for deleteion. I don't know it it makes you feel any better or not, but your case is not exactly unique - it can happen to new editors and experienced editors alike.
 * Let me address deletion in a general sense first. We actually start with a presumption of keeping the article.  If you want to read through other closed deletions,if it is a toss-up (or "no consensus") then the article gets kept.  Articles about people (or people who have come together to form a band in this case) are interesting cases because there are so many people who would love to have an article written about them, or their best friend, or the cool band they saw last week.  That is why we have notability guidelines like WP:BIO and WP:BAND.
 * Another thing about deletion is that people with brand new Wikipedia accounts coming to add to the debate are given different weight than long-standing accounts. As you say, this is not a vote.  It is too easy for people to try to "stack the vote" with sock-puppets and by telling all their friends at school "hey, come help me here on Wikipedia".
 * In this particular case, we have an article that appears to fail WP:BAND. It has already been determined to be deleted by consensus previously.  The oringial nominator explained both these two things.  Others came and agreed wit the nominator.  It is not necessary for them to give long explanations of why they agree with those two points - saying they agree with them is sufficient.  The newly arrived editor comments were considered.  Overall, no one voting "keep" made any argument that overcomes long-standing community standards (as embodied by WP:Band) and no evidence the band's notability has changed much since the last vote-for-deletion.  That is why the article got deleted by consensus.
 * I hope you don't let this experience steer you away from Wikipedia. Instead, I hope you will take a closer look at our guidelines as to what sort of articles we are looking for.  You may want to spend some time editting existing articles rather than taking a chance on something brand new right away.
 * If I can be any further assistance in explaining this action, or in helping you with anything else in Wikipedia, please let me know.
 * Thanks, Johntex\talk 14:52, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Johntex: Thanks for the wikifying of my stolensidekick.com article. I was a bit amazed that there was not already an article on the issue. Shawn Pickrell 19:04, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

I did not know there was already an article that had been deleted. However, said VFD was 11 days ago (an eternity in terms of the lifespan of Internet memes) and has been picked up by larger media outlets. I have also included an example of Internet vigilantism that warranted a kept article, the (in)famous Dog poop girl. But at least I knew someone would call for its head straight away. Best, Shawn Pickrell 19:41, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! It's always nice to get positive response. (Henningklevjer 15:33, 24 June 2006 (UTC))

College coach infobox
Hey Johntex, I thought I'd run this by you since you're on the Oklahoma WikiProject as well as the UT WikiProject. I created an infobox to use on collegiate coaches that differs slightly from the NFL PlayerCoach template. I thought I'd ask you to take a look at it and see what you think and determine if it is a need as I feel it is. The template is College coach infobox and I applied it to Bob Stoops to see the format.--NMajdan &bull;talk 19:44, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Missed AfDs
Hi, I just wanted you to know that some June 16 AfDs weren't closed. They were removed from the June 16 list because Deathphoenix forgot to put another hyphen in his/her html comment. ' (Feeling chatty? ) (Edits!) 23:12, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

DYK - Admin selection of self nominations
Hi Johntex, there's a discussion underway about whether it is appropriate for admins to select their own nominations to appear on DYK. I would welcome your comments if you have the time. Thanks. -- Cactus.man  &#9997;  18:07, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Cultural references in Pokémon on deletion review
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Cultural references in Pokémon. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, your reasons on how or why you did so will be greatly appreciated in the above review. Hey buddy, I haven't talked to you in a while, though I've seen your work around. Just thought you should know about this. --Deathphoenix ʕ 02:09, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

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Texan Collaboration of the Month
Lemme know if you need any help with maintenance of this page or subpages. :)  Jo  e  I  10:37, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Padre Island
I see you put "300 islands from Main to Mexico" on the Padre Island article.. I assume you meant Maine? If not, you'll want to revert my edit to whatever you intended. drumguy 8800  -  speak  06:03, 27 June 2006 (UTC)


 * In response, why sure. Added name to list!  drumguy  8800  -  speak  06:44, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

can you delete my user page please?
Hi John-

I saw that you left me a message a while back with the 5 pillars of Wikipedia...

I read them and realize that I had the wrong idea about what wikipedia was for and would like my userpage (and all it's history) deleted. I believe only an administrator can do so.

Please do that for me if you can.

I'm ashamed of my user page history and wish it was not on the internet.

Please help me if you can! thank you! Bret Pittman — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bret Pittman (talk • contribs) 12:06, 2006 June 27
 * Done. Johntex\talk 16:50, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Valiant Shield
I put in a new source and new text. Thanks for the heads-up. Let me know if I need to make further changes.

--IRelayer 22:49, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

P.S.: Here is the **original** Xinhua source that washingtonpost was quoting... http://news3.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/23/content_4738297.htm

Valiant Shield
Sorry, I actually left Guam on the 17th, and am in Chicago right now. I won't be moving back. Noo! I wouldn't want to miss them!! —  The   Mac Davis ] ⌇☢ ญƛ. 00:15, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Image:BCS national championship trophy and Bevo.JPG listed for deletion
An image or media file that you uploaded, Image:BCS national championship trophy and Bevo.JPG, has been listed at. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. BigDT 01:07, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * FYI on this photo ... I saw where you had left a comment on IFD ... the general consensus I have seen from IFD has been that use of a TV show screenshot, corporate logo, magazine cover page, etc, anywhere but on the article for the show, company, or publication itself is not fair use. I could kinda see using it on the College football on television, but even then, it doesn't seem overly relevant to the topic inasmuch as a screenshot of Lee/Herbie/Chris would be more relevant to the show itself.  BigDT 13:00, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I would suggest perhaps (1) reducing the resolution to 400x300 or something on that order to make it a "web resolution" screenshot as called for in tv-screenshot. You may even want to go so far as to delete the larger version so that someone doesn't revert to it.  (2) Remove the image at least from trophy and Bevo (mascot), where it unambiguously is just illustrating the subject of the broadcast, rather than the broadcast itself. BigDT 14:44, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi BigDT, thanks for your suggestions. I agree with you that the connection to trophy is small.  Perhaps if we had an article on this specific trophy, but we don't, so I'll remove it.  Could you please take another look at Bevo (mascot)?  The image is used there in the "public appearances" section and mentions the fact that it is the current Bevo - which we don't have another photo of.  If we can agree on these changes and if I replace the image with a smaller one, would that address your concerns sufficiently for you to remove your listing at Images for Deletion?  Thanks again for your help. Johntex\talk 14:55, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I put a comment on IFD referencing this conversation ... I think it would be a good idea for a non-college football person to look at the issue. I don't know that it needs to be deleted given its use in College football on television ... but a third pair of eyes couldn't hurt. BigDT 15:40, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Wow. Thanks for fixing my error on the Reagan Carrier article. That was embarrassing! --Therealhazel 16:56, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Stolensidekick.com
Thank you for editting some silly errors I had made when editting the entry for stolensidekick.com. It was early, and I was not quite awake, but the original work clearly needed work, and I wanted to make it more presentable for those linking to it from the stolensidekick page. Looks like a few simple errors slipped right by me though >.<

Thanks again,

AppleAcolyte

Please do not insert random pictures of your favorite marching band onto the "marching band" article. There are literally thousands of bands that could have their picture placed next to the opening paragraph and everyone trys to do it. If you wish to move your picture next to an article with context (ie: the flag picture is with the auxillary groups, the high step picture is next to the marching style) please do so, but don't just put random pictures of your favorite band in the opening paragraph.

146.9.169.242 20:28, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * It's not a random picture. It is a PD picture of a marching band in general.  The article would benefit from a PD picture to lead off the top of the page.  If you think there is a better one, feel free to substitute it. Johntex\talk 20:36, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Marching Band Picture
Please do not insert random pictures of your favorite marching band onto the "marching band" article. There are literally thousands of bands that could have their picture placed next to the opening paragraph and everyone tries to do it. If you wish to move your picture next to an article with context (ie: the flag picture is with the auxillary groups, the high step picture is next to the marching style) please do so, but don't just put random pictures of your favorite band in the opening paragraph. AStudent 20:35, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * It's not a random picture. It is a PD picture of a marching band in general.  The article would benefit from a PD picture to lead off the top of the page.  If you think there is a better one, feel free to substitute it. Johntex\talk 20:36, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * How about instead of advertising for the University of Texas you simply place the picture with the caption "A typical American College Marching Band" 141.217.221.212 05:55, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * My apologies for overlooking this comment. I got several messages in one day and I missed this one.  I would certainly be fine with that solution.  If anyone wants to know who the band is, they can click on the image and find out.  Johntex\talk 17:42, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up
No problems. After a conversation with W.marsh on WT:DRV, I started notifying all closing admins of deletion reviews on their actions. It happened to me in the past, and it annoyed me, so I made a template. W.marsh noted that people were still not notifying admins, so I decided to look through all DRVs and let closing admins know. Yeah, I've noticed your excellent work closing AfDs, and like me, you don't usually skip over the tough AfDs. Excellent work buddy, looks like we're overlapping again. :-) --Deathphoenix ʕ 00:33, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
 * It happens sometimes. Either the database didn't catch it, or I didn't. I don't make it a habit of looking at the end of AfDs for the text.  --Deathphoenix ʕ 00:59, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

No worries
I certainly didn't take your comments amiss and I think you're doing great work on the Blue Origin New Shepard article. Like I said, I'm reluctant to make too many changes because I'm such a newbie here and I don't want to step on any toes. I'm glad you were willing to help out an article like that, and I especially liked the fact that you added another image to it. Please feel free to visit Higgins glass or Fused glass and get creative that way! Happy editing --Doc Tropics 05:55, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Here we go again
It has to be done all official like so that certain users will finally let a dead horse alone. I know it's already been 10 days and should have been dropped but the user didn't like the direction the vote was going so made it all official. If you would please drop by. &larr; Σc  o  Phreek  Is Useless Nostalgia &rarr; 16:25, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

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Operation Summer Rain
Hello, there's been some discussion about Operation Summer Rain vs. Operation Summer Rains at Operation Summer Rain. Since you previously expressed interested in this issue, I'd like to get your opinion again, since it's come up again. It may be worth checking newspapers again, since my research indicates they're about 50-50 on usage. Thanks. WilyD 16:27, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

New article needs images
Hi John, I started adding content to Forbes State Forest, Pennsylvania today, and I'll be doing more work on it later, hoping that it might be worth a DYK. I think that CaptainVindaloo will be doing some major editing as well. Since you've done such great work adding images to other articles I was hoping you might have the time and inclination to help with this one (in fact, I had the gall to request two images on the article's Talkpage). If you can't get to this, it's no big deal. I'm sure we can muddle through somehow, but your assistance would certainly be appreciated :) --Doc Tropics 17:05, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Hello, thanks for your note about Forbes State Forest, Pennsylvania. Sorry I didn't reply sooner - I have been travelling.  I did a little searching for a photo for this article, including the use of my two favorite photo sources.  The first of these is yotophoto, which searches for free images (interestingly it was created by someone to search for free images here and at commons, though now it searches other places as well).  The other is to do a Google image search with "whatever"+.gov  The premise is that US govt works are in the public domain.  This works especially well with topics related to the US govt, including anything NASA or the USGS would ever have put a hand into. Alas, so far I have come up dry.  You might try putting a request on relevant articles, such as Talk:Pennsylvania to see if any local Wikipedians may have a photo. Good luck, Johntex\talk 23:55, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Your article, Space advertising, was selected for DYK!
Thanks for your contributions! The pic was a good add but it turned out I didn't need it after all... Snazzed up the article though!  + +Lar: t/c 15:30, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Your article, FSH-receptor, was selected for DYK!
Thanks for another great picture find. This time it was selected so your efforts are much appreciated. Ever think of trying your hand at updating DYK yourself? ++Lar: t/c 15:28, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

American Airlines flight 1740
Copied from Talk:American Airlines flight 1740 It has now been a little over 10 days, and as yet no accident report has been released. Do we know when it will come out? Batmanand | Talk 17:38, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reminder. I found the Preliminary report of the National Transportation Safety Board (PDF) by searching their on-line database.  It is not very interesting.  They have not made any guess yet as to cause, remedies, or anything more than was reported initially by the media. Johntex\talk

Texan Collaboration of the Month
Johntex\talk 19:15, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

hello
i would like some friends I only have 1 thats my cuz user:CrnaGora would you like to be my friend?. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ja Volim tebe (talk • contribs) 11:19, 2006 July 5
 * Hello Ja Volim - thanks for your nice message on my Talk page. It would be great if we could be friends.  Maybe we can work on an article together?  Currently, I am going to start working on Texas because it has been selected as the Texan Collaboration of the Month.  I am also involved in several projects and portals: Texas Portal, Texas Wiki Project, University of Texas at Austin Wiki Project, UT Portal, Indigenous people Wiki Project, Portal,  WikiProject Military history, WikiProject Ships, WikiProject Oklahoma, Portal:Oklahoma, Portal:Scouting, WikiProject Scouting, and of course WikiProject College football.  Are any of those areas subjects you are interested in?  I notice from your user page that you are Muslim.  One Islam-related article I helped expand is Jamarat Bridge.  Have you ever been there?  I would love to find a picture that is usuable under GFDL or better yet a free picture.  Maybe we could work on that article if you are interested.  Best, Johntex\talk 19:41, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

hi
by the way you have an excellent user page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ja Volim tebe (talk • contribs) 11:19, 2006 July 5
 * Hello again, I checked your contributions to learn more about what your interests are. I see that you have far less than 3,000 edits.  Therefore, I recommend removing the "3,000 edits" userbox from your user page.  Also, I don't understand why you removed all the categories from Celal Bayar, so I restored those categories.  I left the other changes you made to the article because I am trusting you that they are correct.  Thanks, Johntex\talk 19:53, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the help and suggestions JT, it's appreciated (and I hope you had good travels). I'll keep those image resources handy for the next article too. Thanks again and happy editing. --Doc Tropics Message in a bottle 00:01, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

AFD for American Airlines flight 1740
I have started an AfD listing at Articles for deletion/American Airlines flight 1740. You contributed heavily to the article, so I thought it only fair to inform you and welcome you to participate in the debate. Batmanand | Talk 10:13, 6 July 2006 (UTC)]]. You contributed heavily to the article, so I thought it only fair to inform you and welcome you to participate in the debate. Batmanand | Talk 10:13, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Recent changes at Celal Bayar
Hi. Thanks a lot for your attention about the recent changes at Celal Bayar, an article I had created but have not been unfortunately watching. I completely reverted the edits made by Ja Volim tebe and also by you, because this person not only removed all the categories but falsified the person's name and the birthplace, as you can check. It is surely a vandalizing.

I would suggest that this person should be warned about the meaning and the possible consequences of his doings. Regards. CeeGee 11:09, 6 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi again and thanks so much. Regrads. CeeGee 14:12, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the coordinates in Beverly Park
I thew them up hoping someone could make them work (I had the same problem when I previewed it --it would center on downtown LA). Looks like you nailed it on the second go. Thank you! As you can see, the sat photos are just mindblowing... it's like NorCal's Valley of Giants (giant redwoods) retooled for the SoCal mentality ($). --Bobak 15:50, 6 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I agree about the difficulty in getting the coordinates to work. I took the coordinates I initially posted from the independent Google Earth program (I think they may be off themselves), but when they wouldn't work I just used the standard street directions and posted the coordinates.  I hope there is a USGS quad because it would look very neat.  Thanks again. --Bobak 15:59, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Tomahawk Chop
Greetings. I am not sure how familiar you are with the tradition at Florida State, but it NEVER called the "tomahawk chop" as that has been blasted as being culturaly insensitive. At FSU, it is called the "warchant" you can read about it at the official FSU website here. Atlanta Braves fans use the term "tomahawk chop", but FSU has made it a point to distance itself from such terminology. I have moved the page to correct such error and has tried to add a bit to the histroy aspect of the tradition. AriGold 13:03, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I'd be happy to help out. I want nothing to do with the gator chomp stuff. ;-) I'm all for improving the war chant article. I'll keep tabs on the war chant one, but I wont be able to edit much for a few days (after today). AriGold 14:49, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

And now...
Now check yours, Johnny! ;) Smoochs, Phædriel  ♥   tell me  - 22:49, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

:)
yea thats great. We can start a wiki- project of something. O yea can you help me?. Im having trouble with setting backrounds for my wikipedia user page. talk To You Later :) bye.

TTU
Johntex, thank you for helping me to fight the persistent reversion to the "Flagship" version at Texas Tech University. I do just want to make sure to give you a heads up on WP:3RR. I'd hate for an editor with good intentions to end up blocked for violating. Like I said, just a heads up. Cheers, Lbbzman 01:44, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * To the vandal: What you have done is to vandalize this and other pages then offer that if we open a discussion with you that you will stop vandalizing while the discussion is going on.  That is not nearly good enough.  You are a blocked user using a sockpuppet accont to evade a block.  As such, it is within policy to block you indefinitely.  Speaking here for myself only, I am personally willing to give you another chance on three conditions: (1) you apologize for the vandalism you have done (2) you agree to serve out serve out the remainder of your one month block (5 days from whenever you agree) (3) you promise whatever the outcome of the discussion you will not return to vandalism. Johntex\talk 05:37, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Who r u?
Who r u? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aznjew (talk • contribs) 21:32, 2006 July 7
 * I am Johntex\talk 05:39, 8 July 2006 (UTC).

Liberal
ALl liberal baby....pro gay marriage...abortion...everything.....except Iraq and Bush — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aznjew (talk • contribs) 21:32, 2006 July 7
 * Is there a point? Johntex\talk 05:39, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

sorry
sorry about that. My cousin was on my account an he said to me that celal bayar was not his real name and he changed it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ja Volim tebe (talk • contribs) 08:19, 2006 July 8
 * OK, thanks for the explanation! Best, Johntex\talk 16:21, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for your help. I have looked through the links you gave me and now I know how to edit an article. I would like to try writing an article and need to know a few things. How do I get those boxes that say This user likes football or This user speaks English? And I'm not sure how to make titles and subtitles for my articles. Could you help me? Bcody 20:46, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!
Wow! Thanks for the barnstar! I was happy to help - the Big XII has to stick together. That guy (the vandal) needs either an education or a girlfriend, or both. I don't know what's worse, though – him spending his Friday nights that way, or us spending our Friday nights cleaning it up. I've been called some pretty awful names over the past week, and you can't imagine how grateful I am for the support. It's a good thing CVU doesn't pay anything, 'cause they'd never get anybody to take the job. ;-) Thanks again, and I'll keep my eyes open for him! - Baseball,Baby!   balls  •  strikes  21:16, 8 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I checked, and those coordinates are fine. Most of central Oklahoma is at 35N 97W. From the view I got at Topozone, the arrow for the coordinates in the article (35.208522, -97.445944) points to Evans Hall, which is the administration building on the North Oval where the president's and provost's offices are. The return address for the university is 1000 Asp Avenue, a building called Buchanan Hall which houses Admissions & Records and the Bursar's Office; it's about 75 yards east of Evans Hall and roughly 100 yards north of the northwest corner of the stadium. (Can you tell where I went to school yet?) According to Google Maps, Buchanan Hall is at 35.208522, -97.459944 also, but as you take it out to more significant digits the coordinates obviously are slightly different. It's a good target for an unscrupulous vandal, though, say from these people for instance. They don't like us much - can't imagine why. ;-) Baseball,Baby!   balls  •  strikes

Thanks
Thanks for the Barnstar. It's good to know that my actions are appreciated. --Myles Long 21:46, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Another thanks!
Thanks for the Barnstar, John. Keep cool out there and let me know if you need any help. &mdash; Scm83x hook 'em 22:45, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to WikiProject College football
Hi, and welcome to the College football Wikiproject! We are a group of editors who love college football and work to improve Wikipedia's coverage of this sport.

There are a variety of interesting things to do within the project; you're free to participate however much—or little—you like:


 * Starting some new articles? Please add WikiProject College football to the talk page and list your new article in the new articles section.
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I went ahead and created the welcome message per the discussion page a week ago. Since technically, none of us have been welcomed, I thought I would post it here. ;) BigDT 00:57, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for my barnstar! I really appreciate it. Keep up the great admin work. -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 01:25, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Late to the game... but thanks!
Hey Johntex, it appears that I'm a little bit late to the game, but let me add my thanks for the barnstar! This is my first, so I'm truly appreciative. Cheers, Lbbzman 11:51, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar.
Hi, Johntex. Thanks for the barnstar, and no problem reverting the vandalism. You seemed to be getting quite a lot of it! AnnH ♫ 00:50, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Brad Patrick
Your prot on Brad with just "potential magnate for vandalism" seems excessive. Please unprot. immediately. -- 67.119.194.1 15:51, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I disagree. There was a recent AfD and the decision was to redirect the article, as has been done.  It is too soon to revisit that decision, unless you want to provide some valid reasoning why the matter should be reopened.  Also, please sign your comments here with --~ . Thanks, Johntex\talk 15:54, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * If you look a little more closely, I think you will conclude that I did sign my previous message with --~ . The far more important matter is this protecting that you did on the BP entry. We seem to have a disagreement about this prot you did, nay, a dispute. How best should we proceed in resolving this dispute? I think that your immediately conceeding the point and immediately undoing the prot is still an attractive option. Sir: what say you? -- 67.119.194.1 16:33, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't understand the need for it to be unprotected. It was determined in an AfD that the article should redirect to the Wikimedia article and it does exactly that. What are your plans for this article?--NMajdan &bull;talk 16:46, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, I'm clearly not paying enough attention. Of course you signed your post.  As for the redirect, I repeat my request for you to provide some justification for why the protection should be undone. Johntex\talk 16:49, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Because I want to add some true, relevant, important and verifiable information to Bradford Patrick's Wikipedia biography and thus forever demonstrate his notability. Please unprot pronto. -- 67.119.194.1 18:33, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * In that case, I believe the proper forum would be to post to Deletion review. I am neutral on this question.  If you post there and there is consensus to overturn the recent AfD, then I (or any admin) will unprotect.  Thanks, Johntex\talk 18:40, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * No can do. That means I have to fight for that low-detail poor excuse of an article that was rightly AfD'ed. Please remove your prot. It seems that all you have to offer is obstructionism &mdash; the antithesis of collaboration. When a high-detail version of the article is ready, then the voters (or whatever they are) can decide in an informed manner. -- 67.119.194.1 23:25, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, but I am not going to unilaterally support your recreation of an article that was merged by consensus at AfD. If you are worried about them basing their opinion on the old article, you could create the article in your userpage, then link to that when you go before deletion review.  Or, you could put your draft at Talk:Brad Patrick, which is not protected. Johntex\talk 23:31, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Mack Brown's page
Hey, I edited out the Bowl Alliance reference on Brown's page. The last season of the Bowl Alliance was the year before Mack Brown took over at Texas, so referencing an inability to lead the Longhorns to such a game was misleading.

I created a Wiki account after making the change. --Airy Mesa 20:52, 10 July 2006 (UTC)Airy Mesa

Longhorns football references
Thanks so much for adding the requested references in the Longhorns football section of the Longhorns athletics page! --ElKevbo 17:59, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * You're very welcome. I agree with you that it improves the article.  I have a couple more here that I am planning to add.  Is there any fact in particular that you would like to see referenced before I remove the tag?  Thanks, Johntex\talk 18:01, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * You're welcome to remove the tag. I'm confident that the article is now in good hands.  --ElKevbo 18:46, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks! We have a nice WikiProject for UT, and there is another one for the state of Texas, and a third one for the state of Oklahoma, so there are quite a lot of active Wikipedians who help out with this section.  I'll remove the tag.  Best, Johntex\talk 18:59, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Hook 'em hand
I made up a 100x100 copy of Image:Hookem hand.gif. Do you forsee any sizing problems if I switch it out? &mdash; Scm83x hook 'em 22:05, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I uploaded it. Let me know what you think! &mdash; Scm83x hook 'em 22:12, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I didn't know it was there! I might take a look over there. &mdash; Scm83x hook 'em 22:21, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Regarding the Hook 'em image, I left a message with User:Gustavb regarding the possibility of vectorizing the icon so that it won't be distorted when it's used at all the various sizes. He vectorized the pirate image that was a featured picture a few days ago. I was really hoping he could help us with this (or point us to someone/thing that could). I downloaded the program he used, Inkscape, and I'm going to play around with it to see if I can do it myself. Otherwise, just trying to keep you in the loop on that. &mdash; Scm83x hook 'em 08:43, 13 July 2006 (UTC)


 * My first attempt with Inkscape is at right. I'm still having some issues with making it scale properly down to the sizes we need. Play around with sizing it though.  Scaling it up to 500px is my favorite!  If only 15 and 25px looked so good... &mdash; Scm83x hook 'em 12:43, 14 July 2006 (UTC)


 * User:Gustavb made good on his promise to help me out with the image. Below are several rescaled examples of the SAME IMAGE!!  God, I love SVGs.  I already put it in the Longhorn userbox, and it seems to look very good.  I wanted to ask you about it before I went and AWBed all the rest of them sometime this weekend.  Ahh! So cool.  I'm going to have to give him a barnstar when we start replacing them! &mdash; Scm83x hook 'em 03:38, 29 July 2006 (UTC)



2001 a rerun odyssey
Are you familiar with this? -- Jason Palpatine 23:46, 13 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Ah, I see. You're half correct.  It was partly in jest.  However, my followup PS was not.  Thank You.  -- Jason Palpatine 00:21, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

USS Houston periscope photo
Where did you get the photo? I am a submarine officer who is trying to get the submarine force to use a wiki. If there is someone submarine out there who believes in wikis, I want to know them. --Huckfinne 00:18, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm glad you like it! I got that picture and a lot of other great pictures from The Valiant Shield home page.  That was the only one through a periscope though. The U.S. govt is a great source for photos to illustrate our articles because, by law, works of the U.S. govt (including employees and military people while on duty) are in the public domain.  That is one reason our military articles usually have good pictures.
 * You might want to check out WikiProject Military history and WikiProject Ships to see if you can find some more like-minded people. Good luck, Johntex\talk 00:30, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Brad Patrick semi-protected
I've changed the protection from full to semi so that an experienced editor can create an article if the need arises. The trolling on that page was mostly from Andrew Morrow, who worked as an IP.--Eloquence* 19:42, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

hello important
My new user name is User:The_Kings_Of_Cleverness. We can discuss a wiki-Project if you want to start one with me :). So just leting you know. Keep in touch.

Spoiler warnings rfc
I've attempted to address your concerns regarding the bias of the rfc with this edit. I hope that helps. Steve block Talk 22:40, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Baby Gender Mentor revisited
Hi again, John. I think the references are vastly better now (though number 7 might still need some work) because of your hard work, and I like your additions to the article. However, I noticed that the paragraph at the beginning of "Accuracy of the test disputed" is a copyvio from the cited reference. I don't need to tell you to make sure that no other copyvios snuck in. Incidentally, now that you've found the 4,500 number, I don't think you need "Thousands have reportedly taken the test." &mdash;JerryFriedman 00:20, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Email Address
Hello Johntex - may I have your email addy? As per my third request for change (coming soon) on the H. McCoy page it will require me to upload the reference documentation and as you can see on the C. Whitman discussion page, I am clueless as to how to do that (even with instructions : ) I would rather email the info to be uploaded. I know that any admin can do this (just as was done previoiusly), but since you are the only one who responded (and kindly at that) to my first email and I have been working more with you, I feel more comfortable giving you the info. I will also provide you with more articles/sources in hopes that you may want to add some info to clarify certain issues that I will post on the discussion page at a later date. Thank You. M.McCoy 14:26, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:LonghornsQuarterback
Template:LonghornsQuarterback has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. MECU ≈ talk 17:15, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Orphaned fair use image (Image:SI cover Feb 1999 Kathy Ireland.jpg)
Thanks for uploading Image:SI cover Feb 1999 Kathy Ireland.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently specifies that the image can be used under a fair use license. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Abu Badali 18:34, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Kathy Ireland
Hello Abu. Thanks for your message. You were right about that image as it was not being discussed in the text. I have corrected the problem by including a description of the importance of her Sports Illustrated work to her career. Johntex\talk 19:02, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Hello, Johntex. I still don't feel completly confident on the fair use rationale you provided. Do you believe we really need that image to complete the information that the text conveys, that is, the information that Ms. Ireland have become famous after posing for a Sports Illustrated cover? For instance, imdb gives this same information without the use of the magazine cover image, and I don't think imdb readers would feel confused about the matter. Fair use images is for texts that talk about the image (like Lenna or Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima), and not for texts that mention the subject of the image. --Abu Badali 20:22, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Hello Abu, thanks for your question. I don't think pictures are really needed on any articles at all.  However, I think that one is as useful to that article as most pictures here.  Her modelling for Sports Illustrated was certainly very important to her career.  I see no reason we should not include a picture of her famous 25th anniversary Sports Illustrated cover in a discussion of that career.  As I understand the law, the image is legal to use because it is small in size and small as an overall portion of the work.  Since it is useful and legal, I don't see why we'd want to take it out.  If we look at it another way, we could create an article specifically about that issue and how that issue was important to Kathy Ireland's career.  Surely no one would object to the use of the image in such an article.  However, there would certainly be calls to merge that new article into Kathy Ireland.  The information is no less relevant here with the information contained in one article. Johntex\talk 20:29, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Hello again, Johntex. I agree that "her modelling for Sports Illustrated was certainly very important to her career.", I do not object the presence of this information in the article. Although, I do see a reason why "we should not include a picture of her famous 25th anniversary Sports Illustrated cover in a discussion of that career". The reason is that, according to Wikipedia's fair use policies (that supersedes the permissiveness of fair uses laws), magazine covers should only be used when disscussing the "the publication of the issue of the magazine in question". I'm not sure if just mentioning an magazine issue makes grounds for an image inclusion, as the image itself do not adds crucial information to the article.
 * An article about the very specifc issue would probably be deleted due to lack of notability. I see the magazine cover itself being irrelevant to the information that "Ms Ireland has became famous after appearing on the 25th cover of Sports Illustrated". The photo adorns the information, but it's not information by itself. --Abu Badali 20:48, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, some inclusionists would argue that Wikipedia does not have a specific policy that something has to be "notable". They would argue that if the topic is sufficiently important to be "verifiable" by reputable sources then it is necesarily fit for inclusion in Wikipedia.
 * Some "mergists" would argue that the information belongs in Wikipedia, but that it should be merged into Kathy Ireland or Sports Illustrated. "Merge" seems to me to be the most common outcome of AfD's these days.  That is why I think it makes sense to look at this as a hypothetical case where the articles have been merged.  The logic path is: (1) the image is clearly fair use in an article about the issue of the magazine (2) the issue of the magazine relates to Kathy Ireland and content about that issue could be merged to her article (3) Regardless of how we title the article ("Kathy Ireland" or "SI 25th anniversary swimsuit issue" or "Depictions of swimsuits on the cover of sports magazines", the title does not change the fact that the picture is going alongside description/analysis of the issue in question.
 * I think this is on very firm ground not only in law but in Wikipedia policy. For example, WP:FU states "However, if that magazine issue itself is notable enough to be a topic within the article, then fair use may apply."  (emphasis added).
 * I think that the 25th anniversary issue was notable enough to her career to include in the text about Ireland. Following WP:FU, that means that fair use could apply to the magazine cover within the article on Ireland.
 * Perhpas you would be more comfortable if the discussion on the magazine cover takes up more space within the Ireland article? Johntex\talk 22:01, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * If there's one thing that makes me feee uncomfortable it's seeing articles being changed to justify some unfree image use on it :( . --Abu Badali 20:56, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Red River Shootout
Hello Runch, thank you for your comments at Talk:Red River Shootout. I happen to disagree with you, but I thank you for your comments none-the-less. I have posted a reply on that talk page about the specific issue of the POV tag. I also wanted to make you aware of some projects to which you might like to contribute: Best, Johntex\talk 19:34, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Texas: Texas Portal, Texas Wiki Project and the Texan Collaboration of the Month.
 * UT: UT Wiki Project and the new UT Portal
 * College football: WikiProject College football and College football portal
 * Hi Johntex, glad to hear from you. I think you're right, perhaps my tag was not completely appropriate to the section, and I posted a reply at the Talk:Red River Shootout page.  Hopefully, we can work together to make a more complete Red River Shootout article (maybe even get it to FA status someday!  Hey, we can all dream, right...)
 * I'd love to join some of the Texas based WikiProjects, but for the moment I'm focused on being an active member in WikiProject Novels - When I have the time, I'll definitely help out, although I plan to expand the Red River Shootout article as soon as I get a chance. - Runch 22:47, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

BGM procrastination
Thanks for letting me know to check again. I'm all excited about Montezuma Quail, which I have a good source for, so I'll get back to Baby Gender Mentor in a day or two. &mdash;JerryFriedman 00:39, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

UNT doing flagship thing
On the University of north texas page one guy keeps demanding that it is a flagship school even though about a month ago you said it wasn't. We just need someone with some pull to go over there and lay down the law. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.129.153.134 (talk • contribs) 22:13, 2006 July 20
 * Thank you. The other editor is discussing the matter on the article's talk page.  We need to enter into that discussion and not engage in edit warring. I have posted my view there and I welcome you to join the discussion. Johntex\talk 06:17, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Problems with Ref converter
Please be careful, the script you are using appears to be making unhelpful changes. Examples:  Can&#39;t sleep, clown will eat me 06:55, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

UNT question
I would like you to show me where Wikipedia has determined which definition of the word "flagship" is to be used when referring to universities. Thank you. --Ntmg05 11:35, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * RE: your message.  Sure, I certainly don't mind bringing the issue to a larger forum.  I'll organize the information I have regarding both meanings and will post it there once a discussion is started.


 * I appreciate your open mind on the issue. I knew that a Wikipedia policy did not exist, and that was the point I was trying to make.  It appeared to be a de facto policy nonetheless, so I felt it was necessary to bring up the issue.  I do think that a consensus can be reached that both sides can agree on.


 * Thanks! I look forward to the discussion.  --Ntmg05 20:18, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

comment
Thanks for the answer. It's a pretty emminent doctor that I'm going to (University of Pennsylvania), so I suspect he'll have that equipment. I'll definetly ask~ AdamBiswanger1 20:08, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

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TfD nomination of Template:LonghornsFootball
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Thanks for the message, I added some more pictures to some random UT pages, Blanton Museum, Jester, and added another Gallery Pic to the DKR article. I noticed we didn't have a Torchlight Parade article and I have a few good pictures from 2004's. Anyways if you need anything specific pertaining to UT or Austin I have a pretty large archive of pictures, just let me know. Thanks! This message by Enoch Lai, who probably forgot to sign.

Just got your message, unfortunately I only went to a few games in 2004 and I don't have any good pictures from the players on the field. Yah I double checked and that game was from 2003.

Vince Young

 * Sorry about that....didnt realize that he had updated the video link. Originally it was a youtube player imbedded, and now its from Myspace.  Feel free to revert it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Corpx (talk • contribs) 16:29, 2006 July 25
 * Thank you for your explanation. Whether or not the video is still there is not really relevant. I am not linking to yourtube. I am linking to an on-line reference that mentions they won the award. The fact that reference also mentions yourtube is not relevant. I am not using them as a source about yourtube, I am using them as a source about the award. The video is not relevant, I only care about the text that says they won the award.
 * As to why reference that fact and not others, we should be striving to reference every single fact. The fact that we are not there yet does not mean we should delete references when we do have them.
 * I am restoring the reference.
 * Thanks, Johntex\talk 00:32, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
 * does a fan blog really qualify as a reference? Corpx 01:02, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I think it depends on what they are saying. If they were saying something like "Vince Young sleeps with underaged girls" or "Matt Leinart has three heads", I'd be looking for a more mainstream source.  For something as innocuous as this, I think its fine.  You're welcome to replace it with a different source if you want.  Johntex\talk 01:23, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

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