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Help with Chuck Yeager article
I found your name on the Military History project page. Trying to clarify whether Chuck Yeager ever got promoted to Maj Gen (ret) in 2005 or at any other time. There are a number of news reports that describe him in passing as a retired Major General, but they could have gotten that info from old versions of Wikipedia. I've found where Congress authorized the president to promote him to Maj Gen (Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, 108th Congress ), but I don't know whether the president/military command ever actually made the promotion. I'm assuming that if he had, there would be a press release or statement from the president's office somewhere. Dezastru (talk) 21:35, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't think that it ever was completed.  I searched for this also over a year ago and found about the same thing you did.  I just found a reference to an online petition  from last August that apparently died on the vine.   On his web site, Gen Yeager makes no reference to it.   I would say that this particular initiative is stalled.  --rogerd (talk) 05:11, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Ok. Thanks for checking. Dezastru (talk) 15:21, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Can you PP an article please?
Hi Rogerd. Could you page protect 2010–11 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team so that IPs are no longer allowed to edit it? A long while back I removed a section called "Quality of officials" because it's clearly WP:UNDUE weight on a very biased facet of that season. At the time I removed it, I had no idea that another editor had already tried removing it several times, but some stupid anon with an agenda keeps re-inserting it. The section violates UNDUE, NPOV, and certainly doesn't belong in the article. This IP has been warned several times about his editing behavior, and that last diff is a final warning. Even after the final warning, he reverted me again. I am probably in the middle of an edit war so I don't want to continue this nonsense with the IP, but he's clearly got an agenda to let the world know his beloved Georgia Bulldogs were apparently screwed in 2010–11 because of referees. Please page protect this, indefinitely if you don't mind, so that only registered editors can edit it. It's tiresome to keep seeing notifications that my legitimate removal has been reverted by a disgruntled Georgia fan or player (for the record, I have no affiliation with Georgia nor with any of its rival schools, I'm merely a college basketball editor who is tired of fighting this uphill battle against a pathetic IP). Thanks! Jrcla2 (talk) 13:07, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I have semi-protected it against unconfirmed users for 3 months and also added pending changes indefinably --rogerd (talk) 23:54, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

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Thank you for your RfA support
Hi there, a bit of a form letter from me, Cyphoidbomb, but I wanted to drop you a line and thank you for your support at my recent RfA. Although I was not successful, I certainly learned quite a bit both about the RfA process and about how the community views my contributions. It was an eye-opener, to say the least. Thank you! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 00:42, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

En dashes
Seasons that span two seasons, like 1971–72 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, use en dashes, not hyphens. Categories use en dashes as well. Jrcla2 (talk) 17:05, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up. Apparently there were some links to the improperly formatted name.   I have deleted the cats that you flagged as db-empty.  --rogerd (talk) 17:38, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

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Sorry!!
I feel like such an idiot about the Harry Lancaster thing, I saw the "r" usernames and somehow my brain decided it was the same editor posting stuff for me to start the article. The thread of comments makes a lot more sense now! I'm really, really sorry about that, I didn't mean to step on your toes and take the article away from you. Kithira (talk) 23:09, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Heavens no, I don't have that level of ownership. You have no need to apologize about anything.  You did a great job, the fact that you got to it before me doesn't bother me in the least.   As they say in wikipedia, be bold! --rogerd (talk) 23:36, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Southeastern Conference university president navbox
Template:Southeastern Conference university president navbox has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. —Eustress 19:30, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Atlantic Coast Conference student newspaper navbox, etc.
Roger, as a follow-up to the previous discussion you started on my user talk page, I have nominated seven navboxes regarding student media organized by university athletic conference for deletion. As this is a subject in which you have have previously expressed an ongoing interest, you are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Regards, Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 17:13, 1 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Roger, please note that I also started a separate TfD discussion for the constituent academic colleges and schools of the university-members of the athletic conferences, too: the templates' entry on the Templates for discussion page. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 20:44, 1 March 2015 (UTC)


 * DL - thanks.  Good argument  --rogerd (talk) 13:58, 2 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Roger, I also started a separate third TfD discussion for the Ivy League business, law and medical school navboxes: Templates for discussion/Log/2015 March 2. I separated these three from the rest of the herd because (a) they do have stand-alone list articles supporting the navbox topics, and (b) sometimes the media does refer to Ivy  League law schools, etc.  I didn't want these three to confuse the discussions for the other 22 navboxes naominated.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 20:09, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

TfD: SEC law schools navbox
Roger, here's one we missed: Templates for discussion/Log/2015 June 12. Given your past interest in related navbox subjects, I thought you would want to know. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 04:49, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

Season's Greetings
To You and Yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 15:07, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

Wishing you all the best . ..
Merry Christmas, Roger, and may your holidays be [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvfhoWIPoVw merry and bright. . . .] Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 15:24, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Rogerd!


Happy New Year! Rogerd, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Regards, Yamaguchi先生 (talk) 22:48, 31 December 2015 (UTC)


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Happy New Year, Rogerd!


Happy New Year! Rogerd, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Liz Read! Talk! 21:05, 1 January 2016 (UTC)


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A new user right for New Page Patrollers
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Mike Pence
Howdy. Why would you delete that he was the 50th Governor of Indiana, when he was? GoodDay (talk) 04:22, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

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1980 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball team
Hey, just want to let you know for WP:College baseball, I'm going to create a season article for the 1980 Hawaii team. Right now, I'm working on it in draft space at Draft:1980 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball team. Quidster4040 (talk) 19:41, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

March Madness 2017
G'day all, please be advised that throughout March 2017 the Military history Wikiproject is running its March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that is focused on several key areas:


 * tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
 * updating the project's currently listed A-class articles to ensure their ongoing compliance with the listed criteria
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Hal Baylor
Hi. I noticed you just created Hal Baylor. I don't see a good reason why you'd do this. First, it's questionable if he passes WP:NACTOR or WP:GNG. There's a good chance I could have this deleted through AfD. Second, you cited only one source, IMDb, which you should know is crowd-sourced and not reliable. Finally, such a weak stub makes me question why you bothered creating it. 50-100 years from now there might be more written about the subject but you just robbed that future editor of a four award. I know you think you're helping but the fact is, you're not. I think it would be best if you just delete that article. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 18:29, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, I am not done yet. --rogerd (talk) 18:46, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I am not reassured. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 18:56, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Just because most of his film credits were before you or I were born, doesn't make him not notable. The man had a long career in a lot of supporting roles. --rogerd (talk) 19:00, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Please note that I've already stated "it's questionable if he passes WP:NACTOR or WP:GNG". I didn't make an argument about when he appeared in films, or what genre he performed in, or where he was from. Long careers do not notability make. I judge articles based on our objective criteria. You should do the same. I really dislike admins being bad examples to other editors. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 23:53, 16 April 2017 (UTC)