User talk:RJN/Archive 21

Conference standings
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Houston Aboutbox Float
Hello,

I recently changed the Houston articles "about box" to float right. The way you modified it there is a huge gap between the intro and the History section. If you look at other articles about boxes (like Austin's, NYC's, San Francisco's, etc.) they float on the right to prevent wide gaps and allow the article to flow.

Thank you.

174.59.83.155 (talk) 16:33, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

UPDATE: I see that you weren't necessarily modifying the float but the other text I updated. I will adjust the float again and not change anything else.

World Factoring Yearbook
I'm leaving this message as you're listed as a current participant of WikiProject Business. I was informed yesterday that the current World Factoring Yearbook (circa £150) is now free for download as an ebook. It's a matter of filling out this form. I'm not sure if you'll find this useful as a reliable source, but I thought I should let you know that it's freely available online. I apologise in advance if this doesn't interest you! All the best, The Cavalry (Message me) 15:13, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Wikinic
Hi, RJN!

User:Pharos proposed that the Houstonian Wikipedians should meet at a "Wikinic" (an event held in late June). Now, I will not be personally able to attend, but I am checking to see if there are any area Wikipedians who are interested in going to one WhisperToMe (talk) 17:54, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

File:UHCL logo3.png listed for deletion
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:UHCL logo3.png, has been listed at Files for deletion. Please see the 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. Calliopejen1 (talk) 23:18, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

UH tier-one
Please read my reply at User talk:Dcljr. - dcljr (talk) 03:32, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. - dcljr (talk) 06:41, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

UH Downtown
Hi! One thing I noticed was that the six year graduation rate and the student body statistics were removed in this edit. These statistics are vital and should be kept. I understand that UH Downtown is introducing admissions criteria, so the info may change. Since the information is stated as being valid in a certain year, the reader should understand that the statistics reflect that year, and may not necessarily reflect subsequent years, so the editors can say "this isn't misleading" WhisperToMe (talk) 18:14, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
 * While it's true that not everything in the newspaper is correct or true, one has to document things so editors who drop by and/or who are not aware of the issues are informed. I was not aware that the effect dates of the abolishment were the same. Perhaps what Rhor meant was that UT Brownsville had already finalized its decision to abolish open enrollment before UH Downtown had done so, but what wasn't stated is that the dates when open enrollment would effectively be over coincide for both universities; at the time of Rhor's article UH Downtown had not finalized its decision to end open enrollment. The best solution, instead of removing the information, would be to clarify it with new sources and to make notes in the talk page, within the article (using ) and/or using the "Page notice" to inform users unfamiliar with the subject. In Talk:Deng_Xiaoping_and_the_Making_of_Modern_China I mention what other people say about the book in the book review in order to assist editors who may use the book as a source. WhisperToMe (talk) 02:13, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * If there is a source conflict between information, if one can't easily ascertain which is correct, one should document who says what. Rhor said that it had a 15% six year graduation rate in a February 2012 article. She did not give any more specifics other than that. The Texas state document at http://reports.thecb.state.tx.us/ibi_apps/WFServlet?PG_REQTYPE=REDIRECT&PG_MRsaved=false&PG_Func=GETBINARY&PG_File=hifapdym.pdf said that for students entering in fall 2004, the six year rate total is 18.1%, but the rate in the same institution was 13.7% and the rate with others is 4.4%. Since the state information has more nuances I agree that I would use that over Rhor's. But it could be helpful to send Rhor an e-mail and clarify things. WhisperToMe (talk) 02:22, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

I just sent Ms. Rhor an e-mail asking her about the two other assertions. I will modify the text about UH Downtown's open enrollment to say that UH Downtown was the last to abolish it, but it would not be the last to offer it as the date open enrollment ends would be the same as the date it ends for UT Brownsville, which had already decided to abolish it before UH Downtown had decided to. WhisperToMe (talk) 02:35, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * In the meantime I updated University_of_Houston–Downtown - The UT board voted to abolish open admissions for UT Brownsville before the UH board voted to abolish open admissions for UH Downtown, but the closed admissions for both schools will begin at the same time. WhisperToMe (talk) 02:57, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

In the meantime I want to find a way to have the information at http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/apps/resumes/ archived so it can be accessed even if the original website is modified or taken down. WhisperToMe (talk) 03:00, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Good articles (Participant Clean-Up)
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Houston
Hi, Why you revented 1 by? You made this edit I made edit in Houston. For 2011 estimate population number. This http://factfinder.census.gov is old. New click to http://factfinder2.census.gov I myself made this edit. 2,145,146 population in Houston on July 1, 2011 Estimate. Click to Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Texas: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 Thank. --Rossdegenstein (talk) 17:49, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

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Wortham House
I just started an article on Broadacres, Houston - Do we have a photo of the Wortham House? Do you think there's enough of a basis of an article on the Wortham House? WhisperToMe (talk) 22:15, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
 * We have a black and white photo at File:Wortham House.jpg but we need a color photo WhisperToMe (talk) 22:43, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

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Bacliff, Texas edits
RJN,

A user has removed content from Bacliff, Texas saying that the content is "non-factual." I have begun dispute resolution and made posts to the RS noticeboard about it. WhisperToMe (talk) 22:01, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
 * It's now shifted to a discussion page: Talk:Bacliff,_Texas WhisperToMe (talk) 02:49, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

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Houston neighborhoods to divide NRHP list
Hi RJN, glad to see your recent contributions on NRHPs in Harris County / Houston. Could you possibly please comment at Talk:National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Harris_County,_Texas? About how the list should be split up? cheers, -- do ncr  am  01:25, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Why are you "freezing out" anything referring to Galveston
Why are you "freezing out" anything referring to Galveston in a section of Texas known to the federal government as the Houston-Galveston Area? Is it because of the high population of Blacks in Galveston? It sure seems like the affluent, almost all-White areas like the Woodlands and Sugar Land, are high on your list while the areas-of-minorities are glossed over - or completely ignored. You'd think the oldest continuously printed newspaper in Texas, the Galveston County Daily News, would deserve a little mention in this article. (LazLong Sr (talk) 20:56, 1 November 2013 (UTC))

Demograpics of the Philadelphia article
Update this section of the article! For example, their is no evidence that Philadelphia has the 2nd largest Jamaican/west indian population, yes Philly does have a large jamaican and west indian population, but there is no evidence at all about it having the 2nd largest. Also, Philadelphia DOES have the 2nd largest Puerto Rican population, and there is numerous sources to prove this its not even funny, so why is that not up there?? And there is much more Dominicans than Mexicans in Philly, so why is the Mexican population highlighted and not the Dominican? I mean, I could go on and on.. You guys need to fix this. This is mis-information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.194.239.162 (talk) 02:49, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

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2013 Houston football team Undo edits
Please stop undoing the edits, this has bee discussed on the college Wikipedia page and that is how it was decided to go with how the scores are on all college pages. I am not trying to have an edit war with you, just keep the scores on all the college football to read the same way thank you and have a wonderful day. MDSanker 01:52, 7 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Understand that Wikipedia has a stranded of how to post scores Wikipedia:WikiProject College football example here is last season of LSU note there score on the left and the opponent on the right.

LSU's 2013 schedule

Just because Houston is your teams does not give you the right to change the way it is done on this site. Please don't undo my edits they are correct have a great day. MDSanker 06:40, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Seems that you are not reading what I say here on your page. Stop changing it to read the way you want it to read. Your team lost thous games they did not win so the score reflects that. You need to understand you are wrong. MDSanker 13:29, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Galveston universities and Greater Houston
Hi! After talking with a user at User_talk:LazLong_Sr I found that a mention of Galveston universities was removed from the Greater Houston page. After reviewing the content I determined that I do think Galveston's universities should get a mention, so I reinserted them. I agree that the reversion of "Houston-Galveston-Woodlands-Sugar Land" was correct. Now, when you reverted the IP 108.84.213.162 were you aware of the universities being added by those edits? WhisperToMe (talk) 22:30, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive
It's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:


 * This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
 * Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
 * The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
 * An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.

Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.

More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.

I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!

--Dom497

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GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Houston Public Media
Template:Houston Public Media has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 01:39, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride: Houston
You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride 2014, a campaign to improve coverage of LGBT-related content on Wikipedia throughout the month of June. On June 21, there will be a multi-national edit-a-thon, if you wish to participate. Here is the project page for Houston: Meetup/Houston/Wiki Loves Pride 2014. Ways to help? Create or improve LGBT-related articles, host an edit-a-thon at a local coffeeshop, library or other location, or photograph LGBT culture and history in the Houston area. Visit the project page for more information, and if you are interested in contributing, just add your name to the list of supporters or add the results of your work. Thanks for your consideration! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 20:37, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog Drive
Hello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!

TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.

If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.

At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.

As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!

Sent by Dom497 --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

GA Cup
Hello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!

As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:

For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.

For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).

The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.

--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor

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