User talk:Richmond96/Archives/July-August 2009

Greetings!
Hi, Richmond96.

Thank you for your recent note, apparently prompted by my recent editing of several of the University of Florida sports-related pages.

By way of background, I am a three-time University of Florida graduate (B.A. '92, M.A. '93, J.D. '97) and a practicing attorney living in Atlanta, Georgia. I do have a Wikipedia account ("dirtlawyer1"), but for reasons unknown, my last article edits did not reflect my account, just my IP address.

I had set up a Wikipedia account several months ago. As someone who writes for a living, it drives me absolutely nuts to see articles regarding organizations of interest to me which are filled with typographical errors, poor grammar, bad stylistic choices and unreliable source material. It especially bothers me when such problems involve Wikipedia articles for my primary alma mater, the University of Florida (I also attended the University of Virginia, University of Oxford and University of Miami). Several days ago, I started chewing on the Wikipedia articles about "Ben Hill Griffin Stadium," the Florida Gators," and "Florida Gator Football." I started by correcting obvious typos, then upgrading style choices, and lately, updating factual materials through the current date.  Personally, I always want written materials about the university to be a credit to the school and its alumni, and that's my primary motivation.

Anyway, that's who I am and what I've been doing on Wikipedia. I am hope that you will accept my contributions and allow me to help improve the UF-related articles along the way.

Kurt

"Dirtlawyer1"

Dirtlawyer1 (talk • contribs) 01:51, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

LandShark Stadium
Make sure you check the link targets when you change links. When you changed the Dolphin Stadium links to LandShark Stadium, you left this one as just Landshark. The redlink made it appear as if it were vandalism to an article. —C.Fred (talk) 03:49, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (File:Coach K College BB.jpg)
 Thanks for uploading File:Coach K College BB.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. 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. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" 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 "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. MrKIA11 (talk) 20:54, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Huayco Tinamou
Hello speednat,

I thought the text could be interpreted such that the reference only applies to the second sentence ("It prefers .."). But anyway, there is original research from which the altitude of 3500 can be taken: my own article on which the split is based. See http://gallus.forestry.uga.edu/trg/pdf/Maijer_1996.pdf

Shall I (try to) add the reference to the article?

And by the way: shall I try to add a recording by me of its song? (and I have recordings of Red-winged Tinamou too).

My best,

82.74.218.216 (talk) 08:16, 11 August 2009 (UTC) (Sjoerd Mayer)

NFL help
Hey, do you think you can help me out with the seasons articles? I want to format all the tables into one similar one? The format that all of them should follow, and I was trying to change the most I could but I don't have that much time, is the one used in the 2009 New Orleans Saints season section.-- T ru  c o  503  17:45, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * To be honest, I think a template would work better. But I wanted them to match because not all of them do and we can't have all these different styles in the articles for preseason. But the regular season will also need a template.-- T ru  c o  503  21:25, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm, you're right that template is a bit complicated, I think we can tweak it to make it less complicated and to make it take less space.-- T ru  c o  503  23:30, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Wait, what format are you talking about?-- T ru  c o  503  23:42, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh okay, I thought we were talking about the template.-- T ru  c o  503  23:54, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah it would. Maybe next year they can be created with a better template (if one is created).-- T ru  c o  503  00:26, 24 August 2009 (UTC)