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Fraternity terminology
Although fraternity men call each other brothers, the terminology for our articles would either be "member" or for someone who has graduated "alumnus". See for example Greek terminology. Dougweller (talk) 08:34, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

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I noticed you were in the past an active contributor to WP:ECONOMICS. At the moment it seems rather inactive. Would you want to help me to make it more active again? NotYetAnotherEconomist (talk) 20:22, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

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Attorney General of Minnesota
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Doug Wardlow
Doug Wardlow's biography is not a hagiography. His work for an anti-gay hate group is the most notable thing about him, judging by news coverage - reliable sources extensively discuss his work for ADF in arguing that LGBT people are unworthy of human rights. You may disagree with the SPLC's analysis, but that is not in any way, shape or form sufficient reason to remove it from the lede or from the article. The SPLC is a widely-accepted reliable source for discussing hate groups on Wikipedia - do not remove it again. You may wish that because he's running for office, the controversial views he defends be made less prominent. That's not an acceptable reason for doing so. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 16:21, 27 February 2018 (UTC)


 * You're implying what my reasoning is political for making corrections to your edits, however, the reasoning for my corrections are for neutrality.


 * Depending heavily on a single source which also happens to be a self-published website by a group of civil rights attorneys may not be a reliable source for this purpose. It is actually a primary source. The sources that are needed here should be history books or newspapers.


 * The point is Yes one opinion of Wardlow is he is member of an ant-gay hate group, but the article keeps stressing this in an attempt to portray THIS is over again, and THIS is why the article does not abide by wiki NPOV policy. The article is supposed to be kept neutral for such an encyclopedia source as Wikipedia. Mention sure, even hi-light what the SPLC has stated, but not make it the repetitive theme of the entire article, when many Americans (let alone readers) simply do not agree with that SPLC's point of view. This is not a propaganda piece, its an encyclopedic article.


 * You contribution history is fairly one-sided to positive edits for democratic candidates. You will see I have made positive contributions to Wardlow's opponent, you--not I, are here to further a political agenda. I certainly do have an agenda--which is neutrality.

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Proposed deletion of Tony Venhuizen


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Where do I send a screen shot showing the image is mine
@ Marchjuly Koncurrentkat (talk) 22:14, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
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 * @ Marchjuly So upload a version of the photo that has never been on Facebook then? Koncurrentkat (talk) 22:25, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
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Nomination of Tony Venhuizen for deletion
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 * Eh mate, that ain't chill. Classic no-fun-John-Idegon :(   Koncurrentkat (talk) 02:15, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

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