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Your 27 July 2024 edit on the Kamala Harris page

Dear Larry, I fail to understand your stated reason for reverting my edit regarding the name of Kamala Harris' law school alma mater; that institution is currently known as the University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco, not "UC Hastings". To employ the old name simply sows confusion.

The major reason for using the new name on the Kamala Harris Wiki page is to comply with the actions of the State Bar of California. If you use the attorney search function on the State Bar's website at this time, you'd see that Harris' law school affiliation is listed as "UC, College of the Law, San Francisco". In fact, the California State Bar has changed the insitutional affiliations for all California attorneys who graduated from said institution to reflect the new nomenclature regardless of the year of graduation; this change is as official as it gets since State Bar actions are overseen by the California State Supreme Court and is also governed by statute. In other words, the law school's name-change, an action that required the explicit approval of the California Legislature due to the special nature of that institution's founding, is meant to be retroactive (the old name now merits only a historical footnote).

Finally, if we were to follow the logic of your July 27th edit, then we would need to refer to all graduates of the pre-1927 UCLA as alumni of the "Southern Branch of the University of California" rather than "UCLA", which is of course confusing to the point of being ridiculous. If you have no other valid objections, I will proceed to undo your revert tomorrow.

Cheers, Spotty's Friend (talk) 08:59, 28 July 2024 (UTC)

Good morning. Misplaced Pages doesn't typically look to the styles utilized by licensing bodies to dictate our use of prose. When one searches for Kamala Harris on the state bar website, a simple last name, first name search gets us right to the correct individual; the name of the school does not help us in any way to locate the correct person. Generally, when we have doubts about the name of something, it can help to look at coverage of the subject in reliable sources.

With that said, I don't feel strongly enough about the issue to lose sleep one way or the other. You might just make sure that you clean up the remaining mention of UC Hastings in the lead section so that it doesn't stick out as inconsistent. Larry Hockett (Talk) 09:26, 28 July 2024 (UTC)

Women in Green's "Around the World in 31 Days" GA Editathon – October 2024

Hello Larry Hockett:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in October 2024!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2024, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 countries (or broader international articles) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

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Dirk Nowitzki

Hello, just wondering what was wrong with my edits? Those added missing refs and ref fields. Red Director (talk) 20:25, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

I'm so sorry. It was a completely accidental rollback, and then the page would not reload (for me to fix it). Larry Hockett (Talk) 20:26, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Not a problem! Just let me know if I need to do anything. Best wishes. Red Director (talk) 20:28, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

File:Donnie Moore 1984 Atlanta Braves photo card.jpg listed for discussion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Donnie Moore 1984 Atlanta Braves photo card.jpg, has been listed at Misplaced Pages:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Dennis C. Abrams (talk) 16:31, 27 September 2024 (UTC)