User talk:Vbofficial

I was actually...
Refering to it being an odd thing to tag cn due to the fact hat it would be almost as easy to find a source for that info as it would be to tag it with a sn tag, not over if it needed a citation or not, :) (I thought Seicer had tagged it and I was ribbing him. I'd never tease a newer user in such a manner, especially since citation templates can be messy)

Anyhow, I found one from WSAZ that says it all and I will be adding it to the article in a second. Cheers.  young  american (ahoy hoy) 23:24, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I was just going through the article doing other grammar editing, etc. I noticed it and tagged it since, at the time, I did not have the time to find a source. I am doing this in between other "jobs" and committments. Vbofficial 23:26, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
 * And a fine job of it you are doing. Keep up the good work.  young  american  (ahoy hoy) 23:28, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Award
Check your userpage. Congratulations.  young  american (ahoy hoy) 23:33, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Neutrality?
Why the Neutrality tag at Volleyball in the United States? Of the various problems that article has, I don't see NPOV as one (other than its inherent US focus which isn't an issue per the title/subject). BTW, when I talked about adding HS/college info/links, I meant to broader/higher levels than just Ohio orgs. AU Tiger » talk 04:17, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * As for the links...I was just adding to the list since there was nothing on the site at the moment. It had to start somewhere.  As for the neutrality...the article has a lot of cleanup work or desperate need of citations/sources before it becomes a good article.  At this point it is basically opinions and editorials.  The articles needs to be factual and written in material suitable for an encyclopedia.  Vbofficial 04:20, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The article is looking much better; thanks for all the work! As for the cites/references on the diffs between men's and women's programs, I know the NCAA website has a participation report that lists the number of programs and athletes competing in all sports. I imagine there is someplace you could find the same info for HS. I know the Title IX statement in the article used some weasel words, but even though was uncited, there was truth in it. SEC (and believe NCAA now too) rules require two more women's sports than men's at each school. Also the men's popularity varies regionally, although finding published references talking about that are probably difficult. AU Tiger  » talk 21:37, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Lou Groen, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template   to the page and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Kevin 03:07, 12 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I removed the speedy tag on the article in question, since you have done a good job making it into a nice little stub, complete with references. Good work.  A tip for the future.... it is probably better not to save a new page with only a word or two on it... either wait till you have a bit more information  or add a tag such as  so that people give you some time to get things done before putting annoying tags on the article!  Thanks again for your contributions. Slp1 03:25, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

RE: RHLSD & RHSHS
Hello - I am somewhat new here - and my contributions are only the Rock Hill Sr. HS, and the RHLSD - so I am uncertain on some things here, including the citations, and I am very glad that you pointed them out. The citations will, in my opinion, reflect well on the district, as they are proof that I am not simply making them up. I added the sources for the Rock Hill Senior High School and the Rock Hill Local School District, as per the tags that you made on the pages. I am not sure if I organized them satisfactorally, but they are there, all that were pointed out, with the exception of one. The one in question is the last on the Rock Hill Senior High School page, where it is needed for " The school song is of original tune, composed by the school's first band director, Mr. John McCoy. The lyrics to the school song were written by Betty Adams. " I could not find anywhere on the internet for this specific piece of information, however, I do have it in programs from current RHSHS football games. Should I cite that? Thanks again for listening, and keeping our district's page accountable. Rhlsd 07:15, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * At least you are trying. To make the information on the Rock Hill sites more valuable and more reliable, try to find third party sources.  It can be hard at times, especially in our area where newspapers have not done a great job of archivng articles, etc.  Not all of my edits and writing meets other approval as well.  It is an on-going process.  I have created cites for Clay High School and the schools within the district and the Southern Ohio Conference.  I am also trying to update, expand, and improve most of the sites of the schools within the conference.  It is a long process.  Of course, I am fairly new as well, and I am trying my hand at editing and contributing with differing degrees of sucess.

All those pictures
You keep uploading more and more good pictures! Thanks — they look great! Just one question for you: would you be willing to upload future pictures to the Wikimedia Commons, so that they're more accessible? Nyttend 02:14, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'm a newbie and a little naive. I thought by uploading pictures, I was loading the pictures to a common area?  Instructions.  Vbofficial 02:16, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, anybody looking at the English Wikipedia can use the picture. However, nobody else can.  For example, some time ago, I found a picture of a town in Kansas, on the German Wikipedia.  Because it wasn't on the Commons, I couldn't possibly add it to the same town's article on the English Wikipedia, so instead I had to download it and upload it to the English Wikipedia before adding the image to the page.  If the picture had been on the Commons, all I would have had to do is add the image to the page the same way that you do with an image uploaded to Wikipedia.
 * It's quite easy to upload to the Commons. Just go to the Commons (there's a link at the bottom of the Main Page) and create an account, and then begin uploading files as if it were on here.  Please just remember that (1) your account there is different, so you'll have to set up another account {you can use the same username and password, as I do}, and (2) each picture needs to be in at least one category, just like articles do on Wikipedia.
 * Thanks much! Nyttend 02:24, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I will see what I can do. Vbofficial 02:31, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I created my commons account and have added two pictures. I plan to add more and plan to move/transfer the pictures I already uploaded to wikipedia.  Any suggestions.  It would be nice to know I am doing it right so far.  Also, I wanted to link my commons pictures to my talk page.  I tried using your example, but it indicated I have no files at the moment.  Is there a delay? Thanks for all the help.  Vbofficial 20:00, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

school name
Changing an article with the wrong name is not done by deleting the article, but by moving it (which is also called Renaming it--they do the same thing) Since you seem to be editing a good deal here, learn to do it yourself. The first step is to be sure you're right, and say what you are going to do on the talk page of the article. If you think it is not 100% obvious, you need to discuss it first on the talk page or follow the steps for contested moves at WP:RM. This seems obvious, &, checking the history, & his user contributions the previous ed. just did this & left. so, first, edit the article to reflect the new name. Then do the steps at WP:MOVE. This will leave a redirect at the old name; you can ask for it to be removed, but in this case I'd leave it. Ask me if there are any questions--I'll check to see it goes OK. DGG (talk) 15:47, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the info. I am learning.  On the other hand, I need some clarification.  There is already a correct school name/article Dawson-Bryant High School.  The Coal Grove High School is not correct.  Neither site currently has much on them, but at least the D-B site is the correct name and is being developed.  Consquently, wouldn't we need to either merge it or delete it, referring to the article that needs to be corrected (the Coacl Gove page)? Vbofficial 17:06, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Montpelier
Problem fixed. What happened is that, instead of typing at the end of your reference, you typed <?ref>. Don't worry about it; it's a simple error, one that I've made several times and I'm sure most committed editors have done at some point. Nyttend 02:25, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Something might have happened
Hey, I was just doing some RC patrol, and came across one of your edits where the edit summary said "Undid revision 147082632 by Wuditduz1332". Was that intentional? I'm asking because the diff showed "Toledo "Scott" Bullfrogs" being changed to "Toledo "Scott" Niggers". Thanks for your time!  Neranei  T / C 15:29, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Hopefully, we got everything back in order. I orginally was trying to remove one edit, which was vandalsim, and then realized I had to back further.  I hope between the two of us we have corrected the problems.  Thanks.  Vbofficial 15:35, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Educ Template
Thats brilliant - I mean correcting them. I don't think you are the only one ... I did some! If you do find any stubs that don't have schools templates then do ad them and mark them as stub/low if its a fair guess. I go love the wikipedia globe gif. At the moment Education only have a few 100s of real articles so they'd lose them if we add the schools in. Victuallers 18:37, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: Commons
You seem to have done quite well with your files. You can have an image on both Wikipedia and Commons, but it's a bad idea: anything on Commons is useable on Wikipedia as well, so it's needlessly taking up Wikipedia space. As a result, there's a process whereby an image already moved to Commons can be deleted from Wikipedia. Using an image from Commons is the same as using an image from Wikipedia. Check out pictures on articles in Category:Logan County, Ohio: most of these pictures are ones that I've added and uploaded to the Commons.

As far as categories: when you're adding categories, it's best to check to see which categories already exist — for example, you had several pictures in the nonexistent Category:Ohio state parks when there was already a Category:State parks in Ohio. It's not a big deal, but it's best to ensure that you have them in the right place.

Two other things, neither of which are essential, and both of which are optional:
 * In image descriptions, it's often helpful to add links to comparable Wikipedia articles. This is done by typing  instead of WHAT YOU WANT TO DISPLAY as on Wikipedia.  But remember, you don't have to.
 * Images can have spaces in their names, such as Image:Dinsmore Township, Shelby County, Ohio.jpg. However, they don't have to.

Hope this is helpful! Nyttend 19:20, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikimania in Atlanta!
Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 22:44, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

USRD Inactivity check and news report
Hello, Vbofficial. We had a few urgent matters to communicate to you:
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 * 2) There are important discussions taking place at WT:USRD relating to whether WP:USRD, WP:HWY, or the state projects should hold the "power" in the roads projects.

Regards, Rschen7754 (T C) 23:42, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

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