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Thanks

I appreciate your comment on the Huckabee article. Having grown up in the south I have a rather intimate knowledge of Southern Baptists and many of their congregations. To this day my extended family members who are LDS "suffer" (I can't think of a kind way of saying it) at the hands of their ministers and membership. They are denied the opportunity to coach on little league teams, Baptist children are told not to play with LDS children, and the constant amount of anti-Mormonism that is discussed from the pulpit is an ongoing active problem. I bear some bitter scars from my youth living there. Forgiven, but not forgotten.

History is a favorite topic of mine. When we forget the past, we will repeat it. As a LDS the people that scare me the most are Evangelical Christians. If I have learned one thing is when a group is more emotional than spiritual, all types of things are possible. I digress; it was worth the discussion and it had served it's purpose and was time to move on. --Storm Rider 02:59, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Greenrico09

Well I'm not sure. If it is they are doing a better job than the last time. If you think it is then you might want to check with User:Alison as she did the checkuser on him. I've still got all the California articles watchlisted so I'll keep an eye out. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 21:22, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

The WikiProject Universities Newsletter: Issue V (January 2008)

The January 2008 issue of the WikiProject Universities newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you for your continued support of WikiProject Universities! —Noetic Sage 22:05, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

John McCain

Why did you remove the section I wrote about John McCain? You said the article was about the convention and not about him. To some extent this is true, and to others it's clearly NOT. The rules set up just before the 1972 convention are very specific, and designed to prevent anyone but the front runner to have any control over the convention. With McCain this far ahead, it's going to be another pro-forma event cheerleading the campaign. Huckabee and Romney have only three more chances to stop him, and in order to do that, they're going to have to sweep the board. Even if they do this, it's still gong to be about McCain, as he's going to have the largest chunk of delegates. stick the "chapter back in. Ericl (talk) 23:49, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

I said nothing about the article being about the convention and not about McCain. You may be mistaking me for another editor. I reverted your entry because you are forecasting by saying "John McCain will arrive in Minnesota the presumptive nominee". He may very well do that, but none of us know that for sure so it is a violation of WP:CRYSTAL. Unless you have a published source saying he will arrive in Minnesota as the presumptive nominee, that part should be removed. Thanks, Alanraywiki (talk) 23:57, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

revert copyvio

My apologies Alan, I reverted the wrong article. Ah, the wonders of tabbed browsing. :) Gareth Chamberlain (talk) 00:41, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Thanks, Alanraywiki (talk) 00:44, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

opinion request for college articles

I have been engaged in an edit dispute for college articles. The dispute is about rather or not athletic logos are a necessity in the infobox of college articles. The infobox states that the secondary logo at the bottom can be for athletic logos, college image or emblem. The other editors insist on having athletic logos in the infobox. I have maintained that a secondary can be the college emblem and that the athletics logo is more appropriate in the athletics section. There seems to be a bias toward athletics in the disputing editor's edits. Therjerm has seemed to have this bias. absolon as well. I have reviewed many college articles on wiki, especially ones that wikiproject universities has deemed good articles. All of them do not have athletic logos in the infobox. What is the rule in this matter? thanks Scotcra1 (talk) 03:56, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

My first comment would be that editors should be discussing matters such as this on the article's talk page, not going back and forth in the article itself. I think it is a good topic for discussion. Second, I am unaware of any rules regarding this (I'm not saying there aren't rules, I just am not aware of any). As you pointed out, the Template:Infobox University indicates that the secondary logo can be for "Use for an athletics logo, corporate emblem, or similar image". I just looked at a number of FAs and GAs on universities, and you will see most with athletics there, but not all (for example, Dartmouth and Brigham Young Universities). Some also include a logo as part of the nickname or mascot. My opinion is that using an athletics logo is common but is not a requirement, but that is just my opinion. Good luck, Alanraywiki (talk) 04:38, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Monson edits

Thanks for the nice edit summary, especially since you had to clean up my lower-case zeal. Nicely written article, too. Flowanda | Talk 13:22, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Warning vandals

Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made to Mitt Romney: You may already know about them, but you might find Misplaced Pages:Template messages/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit was inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. Thank you. Enigma 18:45, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

List of United States business school rankings

Thanks for reverting my error. I was looking at the wrong source. --Orlady (talk) 00:58, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, and I saw your comment that this article is for MBA programs, so I agree with your change on the BW ranking. Alanraywiki (talk) 01:02, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Josh Romney

I have proposed this article for merger with Mitt Romney. Please refer to the discussion page for my reasoning and if you would like to make any comments. Mstuczynski (talk) 18:26, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Invite

As a current or past contributor to a related article, I thought I'd let you know about WikiProject University of Florida, a collaborative effort to improve Misplaced Pages's coverage of University of Florida. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks and related articles. Thanks!

Jccort (talk) 16:01, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Universities Newsletter: Issue VI (February 2008)

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Roman Catholic Church

Thanks for the info, I use internet explorer too and I only saw one column. NancyHeise (talk) 16:00, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Greenfield,CA

dud, population dosent matter on the priority!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rdrg93 (talk • contribs) 15:53, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Actually, population size does matter. See priority scale criteria at WP:WikiProject_Cities/Assessment#Priority_scale. Thanks, Alanraywiki (talk) 16:01, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Universities Newsletter: Issue VII (March 2008)

The March 2008 issue of the WikiProject Universities newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you for your continued support of WikiProject Universities! —Delivered on 17:57, 31 March 2008 (UTC) by MiszaBot (talk)

To someone well-deserving

		The Original Barnstar
		For continuously improving a broad range of important articles. Cheers! Eustress (talk) 19:16, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

You seem to be doing good all over the place--keep up the good work!

Thanks!

Wow...my first barnstar...this is especially rewarding considering it comes from a high-quality editor like yourself. Thanks again! --Eustress (talk) 19:20, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Mormonism

Did you not read what I had on the edit note? There is in fact a reason why it was edited. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dynehart (talk • contribs) 01:52, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I read your edit summary. However, the changes you made were a point of view that has already been discussed on the talk page. Please review what has already been said on the topic on the talk page. If you have any new information, please add it to that discussion. In addition, it may be helpful to review the Misplaced Pages policy at WP:NPOV. Thanks, Alanraywiki (talk) 01:58, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

The changes I made are in no way a "point of view". Explain to me how a religion with so many disagreements with Christianity's core principles can be called Christian by anyone with a neutral point of view. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dynehart (talk • contribs) 02:16, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

This discussion is more appropriate at the article's talk page rather than mine. I am moving it there. Alanraywiki (talk) 03:40, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Your doing all the work—perhaps make it official :)

Hello, I noticed you've made edits to Brigham Young University articles and thought you might want to become a member of the BYU WikiProject. We're reviving the project and would love your help!

--Eustress (talk) 17:00, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the invitation. I added myself and will do what I can. Alanraywiki (talk) 19:25, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Noted Mormon Apologist

Please add this title.

Utah's Nickname

You asked for a source after deleting my addition to the article for Utah. I don't believe it is possible to source a nickname. If many people use it, then it becomes a colloquial phrase. I am friends with MANY Utahns (both past and present residents) and I have on many occasions heard them refer to Utah as "'Tah." In fact, I received their approval on the edit. I never claimed everyone calls it "'Tah," I just said that it is a nickname some use. I do not believe it is wrong to include Utah trivia in its wiki article.

Do you feel it is better suited for the "Miscellaneous" section? I just felt it would be most appropriate next to the official name's origin. Andysac12 (talk) 07:31, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

First, I want to welcome you to Misplaced Pages. It looks like you are a fairly new editor, so I hope will enjoy editing Misplaced Pages. Something that will be helpful is reading the Five Pillars of Misplaced Pages to help guide your edits. In the case of the Utah edit, the reasons I reverted it is because there needs to be a reliable source that states that the nickname 'Tah is used. In this case, I would think the Salt Lake Tribune or Deseret News would make mention of this nickname. If the use of that nickname has not been published, then it would fall under the Misplaced Pages policy of no original research and cannot be included. As far as putting it under Miscellaneous, Misplaced Pages also discourages trivia sections.

If this nickname really is sufficiently widespread for inclusion in an encyclopedia, I'm sure a publication will have printed it. I hope you find one because I went to school in Utah for a couple of years and visit relatives there and I've never heard that nickname, so it sounds interesting. Best of luck as you continue editing . . . Alanraywiki (talk) 14:53, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

I appreciate your helpful feedback. I will let you know if I come across a published mention of the nickname. As a local, colloquial phrase it may be hard to come by. Thanks again! I will check out those links. Andysac12 (talk) 04:13, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

WPBYU Collaboration for May

This month's WP BYU Collaboration of the Month is J. Reuben Clark Law School. I look forward to working with you to improve the article. Thank you! --Eustress (talk) 20:21, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Help

I need help putting a pic in the Greenfield,CA article but idk how can u plz help me? heres the pic http://en.wikipedia.org/Image:Greenfield%2CCA.jpg#file Rdrgz93 (talk) 00:41, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

The only pictures I've done are ones I've taken myself. I'm not sure how it works with pictures from other sources. Sorry I don't know how to help you on this. Alanraywiki (talk) 00:46, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Universities Newsletter: Issue VIII (April 2008)

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David Archuleta

The information I was provided by two (2) unrelated sources thus I hardly consider this poorly referenced. I'm sure there are more references I could establish on this subject and will do so if requested. The websites I cited are visited by many users. It's not a violation. Thank you for making Wiki a better place! :) 69.133.83.124 (talk) 01:19, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

There are three Misplaced Pages policies you need to read closely:

1. Misplaced Pages:Biographies of living persons. In particular, it states that "Unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material about living persons — whether the material is negative, positive, or just questionable — should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion, from Misplaced Pages articles, talk pages, user pages, and project space. Biographies of living persons (BLPs) must be written conservatively, with regard for the subject's privacy. Misplaced Pages is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid; it is not our job to be sensationalist, or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about people's lives. An important rule of thumb when writing biographical material about living persons is "do no harm"." Misplaced Pages requires reliable sources, which leads me to the second policy,
2. Misplaced Pages:Verifiability. The important section of this policy in this case reads "Self-published sources should never be used as third-party sources about living persons, even if the author is a well-known professional researcher or writer." Unrelated sources is not relevant. The fact that these are self-published blogs is important, particularly in the case of living persons. They are not to be used. And last,
3. Misplaced Pages:Three-revert rule. You keep being reverted, but you continue to place this inappropriate material on the talk page. You have been given sufficient warnings and now you have documentation of the multiple policies you have violated. Please discontinue edits of this nature. Alanraywiki (talk) 04:15, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Anti-Vandalism barnstar

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Awarded to Alanraywiki, for his fast and yet tireless work in reverting vandalism to Mormonism-related pages. Nice work! Good Ol’factory 03:27, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The University Barnstar
		For consistent efforts to improve university-related articles—I've never awarded two barnstars to the same editor, but you deserve it! Eustress (talk) 19:03, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Kolob

Alan - please note that, although I'm using an IP number today, I was reverting a vandal/tagger on the Kolob article. Thanks for your vigilance. 65.54.98.30 (talk) 00:07, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. Somewhere in the going back and forth with the vandal it looked like you may have accidentally reverted Book of Abraham to Book of Bryan Anderson. No problem . . . I think it's fixed now. Thanks, Alanraywiki (talk) 00:19, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

RE: sockpuppet blocks

All accounts have been blocked and their user and user talk pages protected from new and unregistered editing. Thanks for your assistance! - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 21:28, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for handling that! Alanraywiki (talk) 21:30, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Brigham Young University Collaboration for June 2008

The current WPBYU collaboration for the period ending June 30, 2008 is: BYU Jerusalem Center Our July 2008 project is TBD. If you would like to nominate an article for a future project or see what articles we've already collaborated on, please visit the Collaboration talk page.

Thanks to all those who helped out with May's collaborative project (J. Reuben Clark Law School) and other BYU-related articles. I look forward to working with you on this month's article. Go Cougars! --Eustress (talk) 16:09, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for catching the vandalism on my page! Joshuajohanson (talk) 23:50, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Glad to help. Alanraywiki (talk) 23:52, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Brigham Young University Collaboration for July 2008

Thanks to all those who helped out with BYU-related articles this last month, and a big thank you to Wrad for helping get June's Collaboration (BYU Jerusalem Center) to GA status. I look forward to working with you on this month's article. Go BYU! --Eustress (talk) 17:15, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

Hello. I noticed you undoing two edits on Scotland. The rollback option lets you undo all the edits by the most recent editor and is good for undoing vandalism (and only vandalism). Would you like me to enable the rollback option on your account? It can always be disabled - just ask me or any admin - if you decide it's something you don't want after all. Angus McLellan (Talk) 18:19, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Angus. I have been meaning to ask for that to help out with the rapid-fire vandalism edits. Please enable the rollback option on my account. Thanks, Alanraywiki (talk) 18:30, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Done. If you have any problems with it, just give me a shout. All the best, Angus McLellan (Talk) 18:31, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

RE: Thanks

It's my pleasure. Just watching out for fellow Wikipedians! ——Mr. E. Sánchez / _{Share yours with me!} 22:29, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for your help on the Pioneer Day (Utah) reference. Cecilupkia (talk) 19:42, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Glad to help. I appreciate your work on expanding the articles. Alanraywiki (talk) 20:03, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Chino Hills Vandalism

It does not matter who is it closer to, Chino Hills is part of the Riverside-San Bernardino Metropolitan Area so there for it is a San Bernardino suburb, including Pomona, even though it is in LA county and even though it is closer to LA City instead of SB City. You need to face reality, stop edit war please, I dont like them!MountCan (talk) 22:16, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

It has already been discussed on the article's talk page, as I noted in the edit summary. Let's discuss it there and let others weigh in. Just because it is in that metropolitan area does not make it a suburb of San Bernardino. Also, a content dispute is not vandalism. Alanraywiki (talk) 22:19, 29 July 2008 (UTC)