User talk:Zagalejo/Archive 5

Bulls/Blackhawks/Rangers
There's only one reason why I've been inserting this into the Chicago Bulls article. I do mention that the Blackhawks and Bulls were in their respective league's finals in 1992. The only reason I mention the New York Rangers and the Knicks in 1994 is because Mike Keenan was coach of the Blackhawks in 1992 and was coach of the Rangers in 1994. During 1994, he was able to draw many parallels between the two dramas, having had experiences in seeing both NBA and NHL teams from one city in their respective league's finals in the same year. -- SNIyer12, (talk), 19:04, 28 February 2009 (UTC)


 * There's only one reason why I mention Mike Keenan about the Bulls in 1992: In 1994, when he coached the Rangers to the Stanley Cup, the Knicks were in their finals. Then, he was able to draw from his many experiences seeing both NBA and NHL teams from one city in their respective league's finals in the same year. Phil Jackson was right about the Rangers Stanley Cup being a great part of a great chapter in New York sports history. He knew that Keenan was experiencing what he experienced in Chicago two years before. -- SNIyer12, (talk), 19:19, 28 February 2009 (UTC)


 * The main source I'm citing is "Spring of '94," which aired in MSG Network, as well as my own thoughts for all of this. I followed both dramas in which both NBA and NHL teams from one city were in their respective league's finals in the same year. (Chicago in 1992, New York in 1994) During the drama in New York when the Knicks and the Rangers made it to their respective league's finals, Keenan drew from all his experiences seeing both NBA and NHL teams from one city in their respective league's finals in the same year that it was going to be a great chapter in a city's sports history. He knew from his experiences in Chicago that the Rangers' first Stanley Cup win in 54 years would be that. You have to keep in mind that he was coach of the Blackhawks in 1992 and the Rangers in 1994. -- SNIyer12, (talk), 15:36, 1 March 2009 (UTC)


 * The only reason why I mention the Blackhawks in the article on Phil Jackson and the 1992 Blackhawks in every article associated with the 1992 Bulls is because the coach of the Blackhawks in 1992, Mike Keenan, was able to draw from all his experiences from the Bulls/Blackhawks drama during the 1994 drama in New York when the Knicks and the Rangers were in their respective league's finals that year. Phil Jackson said the same thing. -- SNIyer12, (talk), 20:59, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Houston Rockets
There's only one reason why I mention the New York Rangers 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks in Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals in Houston Rockets articles. I want to make clear that their win in Game 7 of the NBA Finals denied New York from having both NBA and NHL titles in the same year, as the Rockets defeated the Knicks. I also try to make clear that both the Knicks and the Rockets got some inspiration from the Rangers win. -- SNIyer12, (talk), 19:40, 2 March, 2009 (UTC)

One Museum Park
I do not know. Are the folks at WP:SKY still active. I have not seen User:Raime much.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 20:26, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Fortean writers
Category:Fortean writers, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Cgingold (talk) 03:42, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Downwards and his anonymous IPs
What can we do about this guy? He uses two anonymous IPs, one he uses to delete entire articles, the other he uses to blank articles. He marks a reference tag, then he uses another IP to blank the article. Then he goes back and says the article should be deleted. With his Downwards accoun he reverts, reverts, reverts, reverts, reverts, endlessly. he marks articles for whatever reason a certain way (NEVER EVER anything but removing material) and then he reverts back to that edit permanently. Even if there is no legit reason. And if someone has added anything to an article he reverts over that too.

EVERY SINGLE FREAKING TIME he leaves a nasty and rude and insulting message in his edit summaries. If you follow his Downwards account and his two anonymous IPs he literally vandalizes hundereds of articles, insults dozens and dozens of people, break site rules on basically a daily basis, and somehow he gets away with it. If you report it to mods nothing ever happens. I and many others have reported this so many times and nothing is ever done about it.

I am really fed up and aggravated and frustrated with this guy at this point. Not to mention how he follows behind people and reverts all their edits. I have asked for some mods to at least please explain how this is allowed to go on and not even has that brought back a response. Can you please tell me what is the deal here and why this is allowed?

Wiki Greek Basketball (talk) 07:48, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Mookie Blaylock
What was the point of this? Zagalejo^^^ 06:50, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I like it. --NEMT (talk) 07:29, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Nancy Cartwright
Hello, I would like to try to take the article to FAC once the one for Phil Hartman is closed. Would you mind taking a look at it? It's already been copyedited by Scartol so it should be in pretty good condition. Thanks, Scorpion 0422  21:46, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * here is the article about her Scientology (it doesn't mention the year she joined or when she got married but those have been confirmed by several sources). If you can't work on it right now, can you copy the text to word or something? I want to delete the page asap. -- Scorpion 0422  19:47, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

I found some context for the Twilight Zone as well. The character she plays gets trapped in a cartoon world (it's actually based on the Twilight Zone episode that was parodied in Bart's segment of THOHII). I added that to the page. -- Scorpion 0422  20:17, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

I switched the bit to "She has said that before becoming involved with the church she was depressed that she did not have a "committed relationship", and wanted to get married and have children." Does that work better? -- Scorpion 0422  13:59, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Is there anything else that hasn't been addressed yet? If not, I'm going to nominate it. -- Scorpion 0422  20:56, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, in "Old Money", which aired in 1991. However, it wasn't the first time it was publicly revealed that Bart was voiced by a woman because an interview cited in the article - "Bart Simpson's secret: he's a woman" - was published July 15, 1990. -- Scorpion 0422  21:11, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

How is this? Alternatively, the bit about her being the only cast member professionally trained could be moved to being the caption for that one image of her. -- Scorpion 0422  21:26, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Copyright issues, want to help?
If you're not entirely burnt out on copyright issues after the work you've been doing on Mgreason's contributions, I hope you'll consider tossing your hat in at WikiProject Copyright Cleanup, which I've just launched in part to help with such matters. Even if it's a long time before you feel like taking on a massive violation issue again, you'd certainly have some insight to share on the process. :) In case you're interested, there's a cleanup effort currently underway that rather dwarfs the one we're plugging at: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Gastropods/Subpage for organizing CopyVio Cleanup. Honestly, I think ours is the more challenging task, since it involves multiple sources and the articles may or may not infringe. But for numbers, they trump. They have over a thousand!

Whether or not you have time and interest in helping out at the new project, I just wanted to let you know that I still appreciate the work you've done on Mgreason. If I'd have had to face that mess alone, I'm not sure I would have made it. :/ I'm fairly optimistic now, as the list is vastly diminished! --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Just wanted to note in addition that I've moved Mgreason's contribs from my sandbox to WikiProject Copyright Cleanup/Major project. Maybe more will assist with it. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:04, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

The Simpsons GACs
I was wondering if you are still interested in getting episodes up to GA quality? here is the main FT drive page. Let me know, if you wanna work on more!  C T J F 8 3 Talk 08:19, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * What do you mean by "If we finally get flagged revisions or something in place"?  C T J F 8 3 Talk 21:59, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Lisa the Vegetarian
Hey Zagalejo. I was wondering if you could do a copyedit of Lisa the Vegetarian for me? I'm planning on nominating it at FAC in the future. :)  The Le ft orium  21:57, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! — The Le ft orium  22:00, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Take as much time as you need. There's no rush. :)  The Le ft orium  21:17, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, I'm pretty busy myself with school so I won't be able to nominate it for FA until early June. So take your time. :)  The Le ft orium  18:41, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Chicago as Second City
Thought you may want to participate in the discussion about the origin of the Second City nickname Talk:Chicago. I noticed you deleted a couple of sentences relating the nickname to the Chicago Fire. Thanks for the lead about on A.J. Liebling first using the phrase. Pknkly (talk) 16:58, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Regarding the "Second City" claim: the Encyclopedia of Chicago seems to credit Liebling with coining the phrase in the 20th century, although I suppose it's possible that the term was in use earlier. Do you have any useful sources about the history of the nickname? Zagalejo^^^ 18:22, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Talkback
Pknkly (talk) 19:28, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Patty Costello
Thanks for helping resolve that conundrum re Costello's reported year of birth and reported age, and doing the proper updating. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 20:54, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Star Wars sequel trilogy
Dalejenkins | 21:30, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Your recent conduct at AFD
I suggest you read WP:ATTACK, WP:GF and WP:KETTLE before making any personal comments about other users. Futher comments in regards to this problem could result in you being permenantly blocked from Wikipedia. Dalejenkins | 22:06, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Jonathan Miller (chairman)
FYI, since you were in the closed AfD two months ago. Ikip (talk) 20:37, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

MASH plot summaries
Excellent detective work. I love Chicago, around 1882 my great-grandmother stayed in NJ while her two siblings continued on to Chicago. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 07:08, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Need your help
Hi, I am writing List of NBA game sevens and have trouble finding a source for the following: "Except for the NBA Finals, the playoffs rounds have not always employed the best-of-seven series format. The Conference Finals have been in seven-game format from 1947 to 1948 and from 1958 to present. The Conference Semifinals have been in this format since 1975." I have tried to do internet search, but still can't find it. So, I am wondering if you could help me. Thanks in advance for your help.— Chris!  c t 19:26, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * If you can find a source and correct any error for me. That would be great. Thanks.— Chris!  c t 19:59, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

the "Spam" on the AC Green site
Hey there. The post on AC Green's page was not actually spam. He actually is on a speaking tour for this company, and gave a presentation at my college. He was supposed to give an inspirational talk and instead we had to listen to the stupid financial destination sales pitch. I wanted to post his affiliation with this company on Wikipedia because apparently the company has cleaned out or tried to cover up any easy connection with him or that they are a multi-level marketing scheme. The talk organizer at our university, amazingly enough, was duped into thinking he would give a legitimate talk. Please allow this edit to stay up, so that other universities and groups can be aware that he may very well advertise stupid things like this during his speaking engagements. For proof, go to their site, in about three seconds an option to watch a video of him selling their product, a "personal concierge service." comes up on the flash intro. I could use harsher language in describing this company, but I don't want the entry to removed because of bias, and since the company seems to be pretty shifty, i don't want to give them cause to have it removed.

Thanks, Walla Walla Student. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wallawallastudent (talk • contribs) 07:30, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Snowball merge proposal
A user has started a merge proposal to merge Snowball to Simpson Family. Your comments would be appreciated here. Thank you,  C T J F 8 3 Talk 17:00, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Elton Brand Updates
Here ya go.... http://paspn.net/default.asp?p=44&playerid=111

Like I said, Cortland & Cortlandt Manor are typically confused. Cortlandt Manor is a a township once covered by the name and zipcode of Peekskill NY. Ill see what else I can find to help back it up. Goombah55449 (talk) 05:14, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Here is another.... http://nationalpost.stats.com/nba/playerstats.asp?id=3324&team= —Preceding unsigned comment added by Goombah55449 (talk • contribs) 05:16, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

BP Bridge PR2
Since you were active in the prior PR, I thought you might want to talk a look at the vastly improved article and comment at Peer review/BP Pedestrian Bridge/archive2. It has been thoroughly copyedited.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 22:17, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

I was wondering the fancy userboxes you have on your homepage. Do you have to be more experienced and credible to obtain those? By the way thanks for your supportive comments.GWST11 (talk) 08:56, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Quadruple-double
Hi, I am currently working on this article and have trouble finding a source that verifies Rick Barry's near quadruple-double. Just wondering if you can help. Thanks again.— Chris!  c t 20:42, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Wow, you always surprise me with the ability to track down more references when it appears that I can't find anything else. Thanks, the link you gave me helps and I will try look at the library archive when I have time.— Chris!  c t 22:38, 9 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I know you probably don't have it on hand but thought that I should still ask. Do you have access to this? According to Google Books, looks like it has some good info on quadruple-double. Book sources are always good, but unfortunately they are very unconvenient to access unlike online materials. If you don't have access, that's absolutely fine. I am just asking. Thanks— Chris!  c t 00:25, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Could you give me the citation information so that I can sourced Debbie Black? Thanks— Chris!  c t 04:04, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: Lisa the Vegetarian
Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! :)  The Le ft orium  11:44, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Michael Jordan
Hi, to fill you in on my back and forth edits I was on the fence as to whether the statement was POV or not, but apparently it isn't, and adds more insight to the article than it detracts. I suppose I'll let it be rather than engage in edit wars that lead nowhere. Rumble74 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Chicago
Hey, I'm coming to town next weekend...what should I visit?  C T J F 8 3 Talk 04:06, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * wait what?! LOL, are these serious things?! we are going to have to chat on IRC more about what to do! :)  C T J F 8 3 Talk 07:30, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Ahh, true! Can u IRC chat?  C T J F 8 3 Talk 18:23, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok  C T J F 8 3 Talk 18:27, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * U able to IRC chat? :)  C T J F 8 3 Talk 18:49, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey, if for some reason this parking lot doesn't work out, where in the NW neighborhoods should I park?  C T J F 8 3 Talk 17:14, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
 * IRC?  C T J F 8 3 Talk 18:30, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
 * IRC?  C T J F 8 3 Talk 05:46, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

John Bunn Award
Hi again, I am writing this and I have trouble finding a source for the selection process of the winners. I did a search on Google Book and saw that this book has some info on that. Just wondering if you have preview on this. Thanks — Chris!  c t 04:37, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, then do you know any source that might has info on John Bunn Award?— Chris!  c t 23:45, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for piling on the previous request with more, but I need your help on Walter A. Brown Trophy. I can't seem to be able to find more info on this trophy.— Chris!  c t 00:33, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Michael Jackson article
Yeah, I had noticed that while I was reading the lead (the capitalization). Was going to revert it, but I had found you had done it for me. Thanks for correcting me. --Blurpeace (talk) 05:17, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

John Oldham
John Oldham, NBA player and John Oldham, former western Kentucky coach are the same guy:

http://www.wku.edu/tradition/hoda02.html

This is why I changed the link oon the NBA player index. He was just more famous as a coach. Rikster2 (talk) 01:31, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
 * got it - my bad - moviong too fast and didn't see all the work you'd done. Carry on w/ the good work  Rikster2 (talk) 01:33, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Just Outta Curiosity
Hey just out of curiosity are you a Fall Out Boy Fan? (btw I guess Ill just leave Joes pic the way it is now) (FallOutBoyFan123 (talk) 01:17, 13 July 2009 (UTC))FallOutBoyFan123

Trump Tower
I am pretty sure the exterior is finished, but I do not know exactly what finished means. Ask over at WP:SKY.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 06:07, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism?
Seriously If You Go To GOOGLE and type in Mo Williams...There Was An Article that said he was Dead...Now on this day we know that it was a hoax to try and Scare Cavs Fans...I find it very rude how you accuse me of vandalism when if you would have done research and looked it was easily up there...As well as a ESPN segment saying that it was a Hoax...So Your the one that has done vandalism on My account for Just assuming...When it was a simple mistake...I hope You Forgive yourself As I have Forgave you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Weezy F Dila (talk • contribs) 16:46, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Seasoned Veteran
I'm keeping an eye on it. I was about to nominate it for deletion until I looked through the history. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:56, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The user has drafted the article in userspace, here. Can I ask you to take a look? I'm still unconvinced that it merits an article. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:12, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree, I don't that's a viable article. It's all original research. There's no precise, commonly used definition for the term. Zagalejo^^^ 02:09, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Edit comment "silly"?
Could you please explain this edit, specifically the comment you entered for posterity? -- Thekohser 02:07, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Good catch re Lieberman
Noting that a couple paragraphs were copyvios. I'm disappointed I hadn't caught that, as I had tried to track down sources for many of the claims. In any event, I've reworded and referenced some of the material. Some was simply a repeat of earlier material. Oddly, one of the more intriguing comment sis that she earned her degree in 2000, despite attending from 76-80. I did know she dropped out, but I'm surprised how hard it is to find a story about her appraent return to college to complete her degree. One would think it would have garnered a slew of news stories, I haven't found a single one.-- SPhilbrick  T  13:32, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Articles about concurrent finals series in basketball and hockey
I had created two articles Bulls–Blackhawks Finals series of 1992 and Knicks–Rangers Finals series of 1994, but after they both were nominated for deletion, redirected them to their respective arenas.

When we had this article about the arenas hosting both NBA and NHL championship series in the same year, which was later deleted, you said about keeping such articles I created for each final series. Are you still OK with it, or should it be directed to the article of the arena that hosted it? I would like your input. SNIyer12, (talk), 20:31, 28 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I got your response about the article about the arenas (List of arenas to host NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Finals in the same year). However, that article was deleted. It's up to you if you want to have it recreated. I prefer the individual articles, as that can be better, and give an accurate description about paths to finals, and about the finals itself. SNIyer12, (talk), 01:18, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Still No Answer
Looks Like I Caught You In A vandalism Act By Unediting Peoples Work And Roprting Vandalism...and UR too scare to write back...go ahead and hide behind your computer cuz ur some big tough man...hahahahahahahahahhabet you dnt even get P***y...lol u have nothing to say....I Have Unforgiven You...Piece of poo

BP Pedestrian Bridge FA thanks
Thank you for your editorial involvment in BP Pedestrian Bridge.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:33, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Babette March
Are you going to add those new sources and their content to that article?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 21:17, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Pyramid of success
To answer your question, the text I submitted (subsequently deleted by Blueboy96) came directly from the builing blocks of the pyramid. I just tried to explain how the pyramid is made up of these building blocks in tiers. Few people that I talked to understand this. I think it would clarify the pyramid for everyone. The pyramid should have its own page. PERHAPS YOU COULD HELP ME TO SET IT UP? Thanks. Spectroscope (talk) 18:39, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Courtney Lee Jersey
It said on the New Jersey Nets Roster box and also i think it is on the official New Jersey Nets Site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Theallknowingnbaexpert (talk • contribs) 15:51, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Comma in Magic Johnson
I was skeptical too. See. Dabomb87 (talk) 18:18, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm. I see what he's saying, but in that case, shouldn't the comma go before the parenthetical statement? Zagalejo^^^ 18:19, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I suppose so. Dabomb87 (talk) 18:20, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, the manual of style advises not to uses commas at all in this situation: Manual_of_Style_(biographies) Zagalejo^^^ 18:29, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, that solves our problem. Cheers, Dabomb87 (talk) 18:32, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Category:Top-importance Chicago articles
For the rest of this month we are looking for more candidates to be promoted to Category:Top-importance Chicago articles. We are hoping to bring the list of category members to a total of 50. Either you have participated in past votes and discussions or you have recently signed up to be a part of WP:CHICAGO. In either case, please come visit Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chicago/Assessment where we are determining who to add to the September 1st ballot. Some candidate debates have lingered, but there are many new ones from the project's top 50 according to the Wikipedia:Release Version 0.7. Help us determine which pages to add to the ballot.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 04:05, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your comments so far. Please consider commenting at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Chicago/Assessment.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:36, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Network television schedules
Hi Zagalejo,

Your input at Wikipedia_talk:What_Wikipedia_is_not would be greatly appreciated. Firsfron of Ronchester 14:23, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Rudy Gay
Hi, sorry, I should have probably sent you a message in addition to relating my rationale in the edit summary. Because of the character limit in edit summaries, I may have come across as curt, but that wasn't my intention. I think the paragraph on Gay's recruitment and the controversy it garnered are important to include. I changed it from an actual subsection to a paragraph and think it is generally more balanced now. I don't want to over-emphasize it in the article, but it is bound to have that appearance when the rest of the article could reasonably be expanded to a considerable degree. Do you agree that the current revision is a fair compromise? Strikehold (talk) 09:13, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

WP:CHICAGO voting for Top-importance Chicago articles
Feel free to come vote at WikiProject_Chicago/Assessment for our next Category:Top-importance Chicago articles. Voting continues until September 10 and nominations/discussions are ongoing for future ballot candidates at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chicago/Assessment.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 01:52, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Crown Fountain/archive4‎
You commented at the prior FAC and many issues have been resolved. Please comment at Featured article candidates/Crown Fountain/archive4‎.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 05:56, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

My votes here and rationale for your further consideration
Hello Zagalejo. I have cast my votes at the above-named location - scroll down to my name at the end of the list. I would not normally come to your page to tell you of such an edit but in this case I have used a particular rationale and method which I think is deserving of your further consideration; and so I ask you to re-visit and make further comment if you wish. If there is some other way that I can assist or if you have any further questions please come to my talk page at any time. With thanks -- VirtualSteve need admin support? 04:29, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Rajon Rondo
Can you copyedit this article for me? Thanks— Chris!  c t 02:34, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, I planned to nominate it for GA and would like someone c-e it first.— Chris!  c t 05:32, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
 * What you said is quite right actually. It is hard to write a GA for an active athlete.— Chris!  c t 06:05, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Can you look at Dennis Johnson‎ then? It is already a GA and I have sent it to peer review for more comments. Thanks— Chris! c / t 02:43, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Can you copyedit Double (basketball) for me? I think it is looking good. Almost everything is sourced.— Chris! c / t 01:58, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I think I've addressed all of your suggestion. Can you take a look again? If there is no more outstanding issue, I will nominate for GA soon. Thanks for your help.— Chris! c / t 00:26, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestions
I placed the "Good Article" standard at the beginning of the project as a benchmark for them to be aware of and begin thinking about as their ultimate goal. I realize its a high mark but I want to set the bar high at the beginning and lower it as necessary.

As for the plagiarism (or close to it), that is a constant struggle and one I am addressing as best I can as it happens. It occurs with regular papers and assignments as well. Students are very comfortable with copying from what they find online and it takes quite a lot for them to understand how to put things in their own words. One large part of it is that they got away with it so much in grammar school it comes as a complete shock when the high school teachers show them the correct way. We have a lot of damage to undo.

Overall this is big learning experience for me as well as the students. I have been spending a lot of time learning the ins and outs of Wikipedia and I still have a lot to learn. I appreciate the suggestions and I think I'm going to implement the one about the sandbox. Thanks for that. MrSilva (talk) 20:20, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Correct Old Town Boundaries
You had invalid boundries for the old town triangle (check http://www.oldtowntriangle.com) and Old Town which has a western boundary of Larrabee Street. the Lincoln Central Neighborhood is bounded on the west by Halsted, not Old Town. I know this, because I live in Lincoln Park! Lincoln Ave. is northwest of the Ogden right-of-way, so your boundries are invalid and everyone in Chicago and specifically the Lincoln Park Neighborhood knows the correct boundaries of Old Town and the Triangle!

BBl Cup
The BBL did already have its cup on September 26th. Zalgiris beat Rytas 83-78. Here is a summary Wiki Greek Basketball talk 12:28, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Contemporary Authors Online
Hi. What's the link to Contemporary Authors Online you used on John Christgau? The reference reads "Retrieved on October 18, 2009" to there's no link to retrieve it. --Damiens .rf 22:46, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I think you should put the link in the article anyway. At least someone few people would be able to verify it. --Damiens .rf 11:58, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

DisneyRah's copyright infringement
Hi. Just so you know, that wasn't DisneyRah's first instance of copyright infringement. I had to warn him/her about this back in July, but DisneyRah removed that warning from his/her Talk Page. So if you want to upgrade your warning, now you know. Nightscream (talk) 06:40, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Suspected TyrusThomas4lyf sock
I noticed you gave a welcome note. I suspect, however, this editor is already well acquainted with wikipedia, and has made his presence known in the past in a rather disruptive manner. More precisely, I would argue that Hoops gza is a likely TyrusThomas4lyf sock-puppet. It's fairly clear that this user has migrated from IPs and, which are both Chicago based IPs (as were nearly all TyrusThomas4lyf socks). Furthermore, these accounts all exhibit standard TyrusThomas4lyf editing characteristics. . . except this current incarnation is not edit warring and appears to be making non-controversial edits (so far). But I would still recommend keeping your eye on this particular editor. Myasuda (talk) 02:45, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

QUESTION
Is the Kiddieland website going to close? Bob.--76.224.121.52 (talk) 20:31, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
 * They'll probably shut down the website eventually, once they've sold everything off. But I'm not connected to anyone at Kiddieland, so I don't really know anything for sure. If you go to the Internet Archive, you can access old versions of the site, going back to 1999, so the information will never go away completely. Zagalejo^^^ 20:41, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Tom Abernathy/Abernethy
Growing up in Indiana, I had always known it as Abernathy. (I know...just that in itself isn't enough to say it's Abernathy).

The Laker's website shows it as Abernathy (http://www.lakerstats.com/playerprofile.php?playerid=26) Any kind of search on the Indiana University website will list it as Abernathy. The Bloomington Herald lists it as Abernathy (http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/hoosiershq/historia/1976/?sid=41) Dick Vitale has it as Abernathy on at least one article (http://espn.go.com/dickvitale/vcolumn050118-Illinois.html) He was one of two technical advisors to the movie Hoosiers - credit is listed as Abernathy (the other was Tom McConnell) (this credit rolls at about the 1:53:21 point in the movie). I have an old book from 1982, "Hoosier Hysteria" by Bob Williams. It has a picture from when he played at South Bend St. Joseph's high school - it's listed as Abernathy there.

Without a birth certificate or from the player himself, I don't know if anything is definitive either way. The interesting thing I did find though is when I googled "Tom Abernethy Hoosiers" google's first response is "Did you mean: Tom Abernathy hoosiers?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mobycat (talk • contribs) 06:55, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Beethoven's relatives

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Just to let you know that both articles have now been re-listed, with the request to clarify each editor's present position. --Jubilee♫ clipman 00:02, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Derek Hood (basketball)
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Chicago news personality birth dates
Greetings Zagalejo and thanks for your note. I've started adding source data for the Chicago news personality birth dates that I added a short time ago. I mostly got them from old Tribune and Sun-Times stories (gossip column mentions, mostly) that have the birth day and year in them. Jarvishunt (talk) 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Basketball positions
I'm sick of being lectured on such nonsense as this. All you want to do is pad your edit count. Don't waste the time of people that want to contribute. And stop making your errors the problems of other editors. --Wiki Greek Basketball (talk) 12:53 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Basketball positions
I'm going to request all the pages be moved to their PROPER names. Because people like you can't even get the most basic facts right. --Wiki Greek Basketball (talk) 12:53 22 December 2009 (UTC)
 * No you are not correct. Basketball positions are ALWAYS capital. For some reason you and a few anal retentive people here can't grasp that or that you are wrong. No problem. I'm having the pages moved. And if not I'm taking a mod position and moving them myself. --Wiki Greek Basketball (talk) 12:59 22 December 2009 (UTC)
 * What you are proposing to do could actually be considered disruptive editing of the project. The names are properly punctuated how they should be and should not be capitalized.  ArcAngel (talk) 06:55, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but you are also wrong. I was a professional player and coach. I know what I am talking about on this. The positions are always capitalized, both the first and last word. You are not a "center", you are a "Center". You are not a "Point guard", you are a "Point Guard". Just because some people can't understand that isn't my problem. You refer as the coach to your player as "The Point Guard" or "Our Point Guard of the team", or "My Point Guard", etc. The positions are definitely capitalized basically universally. In the context of the game of basketball and in the context of teams they are used as names. The 1,2,3,4,5 is the position, and "Point Guard" is what the player who plays the 1 is called and it is the proper name of that player when he is on a basketball team. And believe it or not, sports sites capitalize them. I know that must be a shock to you. Let me explain it as PG, SG, SF, PF, C - that is how it is written. The position "Point Guard" is written as PG and not written as "point guard" or "Point guard" as Wikipedia insists. Clearly, the people writing some of the sports articles have actually nothing to do with sports themselves. But whatever. --Wiki Greek Basketball (talk) 11:18, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

My bad about the ACB rosters
If that was not you, then my bad. But I thought it was you though. There were a couple of guys being real pricks over that. --Wiki Greek Basketball (talk) 11:23, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Basketball positions
I thought I asked you to please stop bothering me about this?. Wiki Greek Basketball (talk) 04:25, 25 December 2009 (UTC)Wiki Greek Basketball (talk)

Unreferenced BLPs
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