User talk:TheHoosierState89/Archive 2007

Idaho State Quarter
I simply find it hard to believe that you have an Idaho state quarter in your possession. If you visit the US Mint website: , You will discover that the latest quarter to be released was Washington and that Idaho is not yet in circulation. In addition by visiting the web address for the coin release schedule: , You will find that the release dates for all quarters are listed up through Washington, however, the release dates for Idaho and forward are not listed because none of those coins have been released as of yet. I would appreciate it if you would visit the US Mint website to verify what I have said here. I apologize for arguing over such a petty matter, however, I do believe that you are incorrect. 69.112.158.114 10:06, 23 July 2007 (UTC) Evan
 * Hi. I got an Idaho quarter in my change at a Subway restaurant today.  I still don't understand why the US Mint website does not reflect that Idaho has been released.  Nonetheless, since I now have one, I realize that I was wrong.  Sorry about the conflict.  -Evan

Userboxes
Hey, THS, how do you find those userboxes on your page? And do you know how to make your own?   -JT    23:24, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Re:Famous Hoosiers
I didn't mean to call some people not notable, I just wanted to shorten the list. Before, the list had nearly 100 entries. That's quite long, too long to spend time to read. I simply pared it down to make it more accessible to others. The ones I removed were those not known as well for being from Indiana, those slightly less notable in general, etc. However, I did add a few from a list of the most important Hoosiers I found. I added the warning to prevent the section from getting so darn long again. Change the wording of it if you want. If you disagree with any specific changes, go ahead and remove it, but with Category:People from Indiana and List of people from Indiana, such a long list on the Indiana page is completely unnecessary. Cheers! Reywas92 Talk 02:13, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * If you didn't notice, I also started List of Indiana state symbols‎. I've gotten it mostly done, but a little help on adding refs could be useful.  Thanks! Reywas92 Talk 02:22, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Swing State
Swing states are not determined by polls. They are determined by historical precedents. Anyone who knows anything about politics knows this. Just cause ONE crazy newspaper poll says something doesn't make it fact. Polls are always all over the place, and you need a good solid trend of several polls saying the same thing to even suggest that they point to a state entering "swing state" status. You're going to need a lot more sources than one newspaper poll to prove that Indiana is a swing state, especially being it went Bush by a large margin last time and hasn't been a swing state for 40 years or so. In Presidential elections, Lake County is really the only stuanchly-Democrat county, with Marion, LaPorte, and St. Joseph just barely going to the Democrats. Please do some more research, and find additional sources on this matter before controversially suggesting Indiana, Kentucky, et. al. to be swing states. Abog (talk) 23:59, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Template:User Indianapolis
Huh? As the person who made this template, I suppose I have some emotional investment in it - why would you want to change its colors at all? And why would you want to change them from the colors of the flag? That seems to make the most sense to me, and is more visually arresting. As an aside, I think the picture you inserted is better, especially considering the small thumbnail. -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 05:50, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Again I gave it a shot again, and kept your text formatting, but reinserted the flag colors. -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 05:53, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Silver? Leaving the rest silver is a little blah visually, but it also doesn't make as much sense to me as a tricolor, since the flag itself has three colors. Three colors, three "chambers" in the template. If you want to keep white behind the picture, you could put navy behind the text - make text white and links some other color? -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 06:06, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay I still prefer what I had before, but if we're each mutually miserable with this one, I'll be fine with it. Thanks. -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 06:14, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: Colors
Well, most of the NFL-related templates and pages I've seen use the darker blue before they do the lighter blue (i.e. if more than two colors are needed). The NFL season pages are really the only place I've seen the lighter blue used more. So if you want to change them, that'd be great.  Pats 1  T / C  23:02, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Indianapolis, Indiana
To avoid conflict, it may be better to tell the IP user why you are reverting his edits.  Lra drama 18:42, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I did. I merely said there are so many Church festivals that no one event is more notable than the other so either every single one should be listed or none at all. I don't think he/she understands though.   HoosierState    18:44, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd like the edit war to stop now though, before both of you are blocked. Then the matter can be discussed.  Lra drama 18:50, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Then what do I do to stop it, I requested page to be protected but nobody has responded.   HoosierState    18:51, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * This is what the 3RR rule and discussions are for. Nothing is achieved by edit warring except disruption. You have both subsequently been blocked for 6 hours. -- zzuuzz (talk) 18:54, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

I stopped it I had no idea they were having an edit war. -- Antonio Lopez (talk) 18:56, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Template:Indianapolisproject
Hey, sorry, I don't think you can use prod on templates, so I removed it. How about starting up a merge discussion on the talk page of the dominant template? That way a redirect will exist so if people still use the old one, they'll get the same thing. Peace, delldot   talk  15:50, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

List of Big Ten National Championships page
Thanks for all the updates on the page. It took me a while to finish putting all the national championships on the page and I was not in the mood to categorize and display references afterwards. I just hope we can put more national championships on the page within the next year. Peanuts5402 (talk) 20:00, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Your edit to Reliant Stadium's infobox
I reverted your edit to Reliant Stadium's infobox - specifically the section on tenants. Although "events" of thios nature are not permanent tenants of a facility, they are nevertheless included as tenants in a sports stadium infobox. Typically, Bowl games, recurring special events, and the Super Bowl are included. See Rose Bowl (stadium), University of Phoenix Stadium, Louisiana Superdome, Tulane Stadium, Sun Devil Stadium, etc. etc.

Additionally, it should be noted that the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo is actually a permanent tenant for Reliant Stadium (as they were with the Astrodome before it). --Mr. Brown (talk) 06:45, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: Rivalries
Yes, they should. And they have on some, but they were re-added at some point.  Pats 1  T / C  17:46, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

2008 Election
We should use the current 'leader' in the polls from each side only? Leader according to which polls? Huckabee is the favorite nationally on the GOP side according to the newest polls. Why not just leave all potentially relevent factual information in the piece? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jlma ad (talk • contribs) 19:26, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

I still do not see any reason not to allow multiple poll numbers. It may get crowded, but it's factual. If using the leader is the rule then, will you delete it when I change the polls to Mike Huckabee as he is the leader according to Rasmussen http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll ?

jlma_ad —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jlma ad (talk • contribs) 19:36, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

NFL Rivalries
I've reverted your edits to most of the NFL rivalries pages and brought the logo's back. Most other sports rivalries pages have the team logos, and the logos themselves are from the main pages of their respective teams, so if we delete these logos, should we delete them from the main pages then? They're within the proper use on here. If you have any other questions let me know. Jgera5 (talk) 05:14, 28 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, I think you had good intentions, and I'm not even remotely considering this vandalism. However, it seems to be inconsistent with other sports rivalries pages. Why pick on the NFL and leave the other sports leagues or college levels alone? I think the admin's need to more worry about the vandalism and some poor-quality pages and not worry about logo's that are being used on some pages but can't be used on others, copyright or not. They need to make up their mind.Jgera5 (talk) 05:35, 28 December 2007 (UTC)