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Pells manny
Pells manny appears to be copied from History of Stephenson County, Illinois by Addison L. Fulwider. Since the copyright of that book is 1910, it's probably okay to copy, but it's considered appropriate to indicate where you got the material from. In addition, the page should be at Pells Manny. I will move it accordingly. Woogee (talk) 20:16, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

April 2010
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Proposed deletion of Manny reaper


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Speedy deletion nomination of Mary Dorr
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Proposed deletion of Harv Schmidt


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Articles for deletion nomination of Mary Dorr
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Speedy deletion nomination of Pells Manny
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Copyright problems with Frank Winters (basketball coach)
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McKinley &quot;Deacon&quot; Davis
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Proposed deletion of Frank Winters (basketball coach)


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Speedy deletion nomination of Robert H. Tinker


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Rockford Central High School
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Nomination for deletion of Template:University of Illinois All-Century Team
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Using Infobox NBA Player
Hey I just wanted to drop you a line to let you know that you shouldn't use Infobox NBA Player if the player never played a single game in the league, regardless of whether that player was drafted by an NBA team or not. Boyd Batts, for example, should use Infobox basketball player because he played professionally overseas.

If a player only played in college at his highest level of competition (i.e. never played professionally in the NBA or overseas), then the appropriate infobox to use is Infobox NCAA Athlete. Gracias. Jrcla2 (talk) 21:10, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Dolph Stanley.JPG


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Hi friend
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Navbox clutter
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Proposed deletion of 100 Legends of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament


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Hello, I'm John from Idegon. Your recent edit(s) to the page Dakota Junior Senior High School appears to have added incorrect information, so it has been removed for now. If you believe the information was correct, please cite a reliable source or discuss your change on the article's talk page. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. I cannot say I understand what you were doing, but neither the reference you added, nor the one you removed, verify the changes you made. Also, there is no need to break enrollment down in the infobox as you did. John from Idegon (talk) 04:21, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

Polo High School
Thanks for your addition, which I subsequently edited. We generally do not carry grad rates. The various states have varying methods of calculating that stat, making it unreliable as a metric. Filling in the red links on lists of schools by states is always appreciated. John from Idegon (talk) 04:40, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

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 * Hi, Rhino. Just an FYI (you too ): I did a search at NCES on the school's name and discovered, as I expected, that there are schools by that name in other states. So...I've moved it again, to Draft:Durand High School (Illinois). John from Idegon (talk) 02:31, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
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