User talk:Matt91486/Archive 1

This page archives from November 2003 to June 2007.

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DYK

On 10 August, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Crow (band), which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

On 22 September, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Henry Shelton Sanford, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Minnesota meetup

A meetup of Wikipedians in Minnesota is proposed: please stop by the discussion page if interested. Jonathunder 22:38, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Reminder: Meetup October 29, one o'clock, Mall of America. Jonathunder 16:18, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject World Leaders by year

Thanks for your message about the project. I am going to be putting some effort into the project now and together I think we can safely say the project is active again. Therefore I have removed the project from the inactive category.

I agree coordinating could be useful to make what is a huge task easier. I have created a basic template to put on the talk pages - Template:WikiProject Leaders by year - any improvements you can make would be welcome. If we start gradually putting this template on pages as we edit that page we may get more people actively joining the project. At the moment I am picking easy states from the To do list and then completing those for all years.

Any suggestions you have on how we can coordinate better would be welcome. Davewild 16:37, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Battle of Sangarará, was selected for DYK!

On January 15, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Sangarará, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 16:14, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Augustin Cochin (historian), was selected for DYK!

On February 4, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Augustin Cochin (historian), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 14:57, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

MN KB State (St. Anthony)

You recently wrote that St. Anthony had only been to state three times in its history. I was wondering if you could provide verification of this statement. I know the historical results only list them as having gone to state 3 times, but a.) those are only the Top 6 finishes, and b.) the State meet has been going on since 1979, and we have very little historical information. If you have any information to add, please let me know! Lmeister 17:45, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

In my experience, newspapers (except for maybe the Morrison County Record) are not very good sources when it comes to knowledge bowl. Take for example what happened last year when Staples-Motley qualified for state. The Brainerd Daily Dispatch (or Disgrace, as you will) said it was the first time SM had qualified for state. However, a simple archive search for "staples knowledge bowl state" revealed that they had last gone to state in 1999, a trip that was not billed as their first. What can you say? Nobody cares about KB. I don't know how old or successful the program at St. Anthony is, but it's certainly a very real possibility that you qualified previously. Best bet is to check with an adviser or something. Or email Sue DeNio if you dare.

The fact that the Brainerd paper should hardly be regarded as a publication is not my reason for discounting newspapers as a credible source. But do you believe that the Star Tribune cares enough about KB to keep records of whose been to state how many times, etc.? Your coach is a much more credible source. I guess I'm just somewhat in shock that you had never qualified before, then won two AA titles in three trips. Is it a relatively new program? Or did it just not experience any success in the past? Lmeister 21:36, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Vale, well thanks for clearing that up for me. I can't imagine what it would have been like to have practiced for KB, much less to have had a coach who actually signed us up for tournaments. Lmeister 23:09, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Dan Monson

Hey, I just wanted to let you know I failed Dan Monson for Good Article status primarily because there are no references. See WP:VERIFY and WP:CITE. I left a few notes the talk page. Good luck improving it for resubmission. - Mattingly23 00:05, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

AIV

Thanks for your recent report at WP:AIV. I haven't blocked 70.98.92.6 (talk · contribs) just yet, but I've given them a warning and will try to keep an eye on their future activity. Feel free to make any new reports or leave a note at my talk page if problems persist. :) You can find more general information on combating vandalism at Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol. Cheers! – Luna Santin (talk) 23:32, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Seeking community input re standardizing baseball roster pages

Hi ... I'm leaving you this note because you recently made edits to one of the Major League Baseball roster pages. I've made a proposal for standardizing the format, structure and content of these pages here and would appreciate your input so that we may reach a consensus. Thanks. --Sanfranman59 06:00, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Nice work

Excellent job on the TU basketball article. A much needed addition. -steventity 19:29, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

And the Mayor's Cup article. Wow. -steventity 19:32, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball

On 2 May, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 03:25, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Coach articles

You'll notice on some of them I've taken the time to add infoboxes, at least to give it some sort of start. My basic reasoning has been to create the articles just to keep the coaching navboxes (most of which I've created) from being tagged for deletion, with the plan being to go through and expand the articles later. --fuzzy510 07:35, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Category:Duquesne Dukes men's basketball coaches

Howdy! I don't quite undertand the use of {DEFAULTSORT} in this context. I have never seen it used on a category page before. I have been monitoring DEFAULTSORT usage here and thought this usage was interesting. Signed, Confused. (Ref: Template:DEFAULTSORT). Schmiteye 06:25, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. I don't think I have ever created a category before. If I find out anything interesting, I will let you know. Happy Trails! Schmiteye 01:11, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Microstates project

The Southern Europe project has as its express goal providing coverage of all the states of the region, including Macedonia, Slovania, Malta and Cyprus. Actually, it was pretty much created as a "catch-all" to cover all the states of the area, so that content relating to them had some entity interested in them. I also know that several of the extant projects may in time become inactive, and I hope that this project will be a place where the content relating to those states can be maintained in the event those specific projects collapse. However, I personally have no objections to the separate microstates project, other than a slight reservation that there may be comparatively less similarity between for instance Malta and Lichtenstein as microstates specifically than between all the states of a particular region. But I have no objection to supporting the project, and actually am about to sign onto it. John Carter 15:48, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

I have always had an interest in microstates and the hobby of micronations. Hopefully i can be of help to this project. Crested Penguin 00:28, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Gopher basketball

No problem! was wondering if you happened to have sources handy for some of the scandal related stuff. Working on it! Unfortunately, there are no shortage of sources for this one... Gopher backer 01:50, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

2005 Games of the Small States of Europe

On 13 May, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 2005 Games of the Small States of Europe, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 07:51, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

European Microstates

Dear Matt, I would firstly like to apologise for my lack of a speedy reply. I was caught up in other matters, and forgot about your message. I like your proposal, and you are talking sense. I am happy to go ahead with what ever you have planned, and I think that European Microstates wikiproject, as well as wikiproject Malta should be successes because of the importance of their focal subjects and scopes. Please send me a message detailing the specifics of your Wikiproject, and I will be delighted to send you my ideas about the Maltese project. Hoping for your reply, —A • D ^Torque 10:40, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball

On 16 May, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 06:20, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

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Maltese Wikiproject

Check it out! It'd be great if you could add your name. I've tagged over 130 articles with the Wikiproject Malta Template, just to spruik some interest. I'm going to try and find some more members, and work out some more functions of a wikiproject. I'll alert some people now who have said that they are interested. Thanks, Anonymous Dissident ^Utter 01:09, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for Joining the Maltese WikiProject

Dear Matt91486/Archive 1,

I would like to thank you for joining WikiProject Malta, a collaborative effort that aims to improve, write, expand and organise material related to the island nation of Malta. We currently need as many members as we can get, and you are a valued addition to the list of members. Please see our To-Do list if you would like to further contribute to the project, or help construct our project page.

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DYK

On 24 May, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 2003 Games of the Small States of Europe, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--ALoan (Talk) 17:40, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, L.J. Cooke, was selected for DYK!

On May 29, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article L.J. Cooke, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 20:27, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

NBA all-time rosters

Hello Matt91486! I see that you have started working on NBA all-time rosters and I want to help. Could you please check my sandbox and tell me whether you like my version. I provided more info than just the names because one can always find the names in specific categories (i.e. Category:Miami Heat players).--Crzycheetah 20:49, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 30 May, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 2007 Games of the Small States of Europe, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--ALoan (Talk) 22:48, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Jeremy Stenberg

I saw your request for an article, the trouble is, i cannot figure out who this is. Do you have any information on this so that an article can be created? //Tecmobowl 04:20, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

No question the guy not having his own website is problematic, the least he could do is start a blog or something :-). That is kind of what I have seen although, you did provide those two links which i had not seen. It's certainly enough to start a stub article on. // Tecmobowl 05:37, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to WikiProject France

Welcome Matt91486, to the WikiProject France! Please direct any questions about the project to its talk page. If you create new articles on France-related topics, please list them at our announcement page and tag their talk page with our project template {{WikiProject France}}. A few features that you might find helpful: The project's Navigation box points to most of the pages in the project that might be of use to you. Most of the important discussions related to the project take place on the project's main talk page; you may find it useful to watchlist it. We've developed a number of guidelines for names, titles, and other things to standardize our articles and make interlinking easier that you may find useful. Wikipedia:France-related tasks You can help! Vous pouvez aider ! Here are some France related tasks you can do: Requests: Gérard Garouste – Émile Peynot – more... Translation from French:See TRANSWIKI/French for details. fr:Formation territoriale de la France métropolitaine to Territorial formation of France – Loi constitutionnelle du 23 juillet 2008 to French constitutional law of 23 July 2008 – fr:Arbel Fauvet Rail to Arbel Fauvet Rail – fr:Merir to Merir – more... Stubs: Category:France stubs Category sorting: Category:French writers – Category:History of France Verify or Factual Accuracy: Gui de Ceriz – Rennes-le-Château – Simone Weil Update: Bischwiller NPOV : Foreign relations of France (Middle East section) – Torture during the Algerian War – François Mitterrand – Jean-Marie_Le_Pen – John Calvin – Marie Antoinette Wikify: Dida Diafat – French architecture Citations: Vichy France (section) – Falaise pocket – Charles de Gaulle – Vaux-le-Vicomte – Economy of France – Louisiana Purchase Merge: – Bourbon Family Compact Copyedit, Style or Cleanup: Antoine de la Sale – Albert Camus – Breton language – Claude Debussy – French Revolution – French language – Jean-Paul Sartre – Napoleon III of France – Nicolas Sarkozy – Picardy – Rennes – Sarah Bernhardt – Toulouse – Girondist – Louis XIV Expand: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen – Vaux-le-Vicomte – Basque language – Being and Nothingness France-related Wikiprojects: Wikipedia:WikiProject France view • edit • discuss • history • watch If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me or any of the more experienced members of the project, and we'll be very happy to help you. Again, welcome, and thank you for joining this project!

--STTW (talk) 06:19, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Russians in Korea

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--howcheng {chat} 01:22, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

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Raymond Janot

On 5 June, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Raymond Janot, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 00:17, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Cumul des mandats, was selected for DYK!

On June 5, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cumul des mandats, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 23:04, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Re:Gnome Week

	Gnomes, unite!
	You are invited to participate in Gnome Week, a mass article cleanup drive between June 21 and June 28, 2007.
	This week, backlogs will be cleared. Articles will be polished. Typos will be fixed. Bad prose will be edited. Unreferenced articles will be sourced. No article will be safe from our reach! The more people who participate, the better Wikipedia will become as a result.
	I would love it if you would participate! - Zacharycrimsonwolf
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GSSE

Hi, I've seen you've done a lot of excellent work on the Games of the Small States of Europe. I was thinking of creating an infobox to insert in each event, with the basic information. Something along the lines of this one [1] for Olympic games. My problem is that although I have considerable experience editing articles I have little experience with template creation. Are you any better? Cheers StephP 21:11, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi and thanks for getting back. If you can clone the Olympics template, that would be great. I was contemplating on the fields to be included and came up with the following:

Logo

Caption

Host Country

Nations Participating

Athletes participating

Events

Officially opened by

Opening ceremony

Closing ceremony

Official Website

The Olympics had something about the anthem too, but I thought that might not be a feature of every GSSE held. StephP 00:28, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Infobox

Hi, Matt. I see, above, that you've already drafted up the sections you want for the template. It's practically a clone of the {{Infobox Olympic games}} (excluding the torch and oaths). I don't see why you cannot copy the Olympics template and make the needed adjustments for the GSSE. If you wish (since you're not that comfortable with template coding), I can make a test infobox for you too check and see if it can become "official". Parutakupiu ^{talk || contribs} 02:09, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Don't mind that complicated coding formula. It looks that complex because it has to account for the fact that the Olympics were not celebrated three times (1916, 1940, 1944), but were continuously numbered as if they had been; besides, from 1994, the Winter Olympics stopped being celebrated in the same year as the Summer event and were moved two years later.

This doesn't happen with the GSSE, they've been always celebrated every two years since 1985, so the coding will be different and much simpler ;) Parutakupiu ^{talk || contribs} 17:36, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

DYK

Did you know? was updated. On 16 June, 2007, a fact from the article Judith Quiney, which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Carabinieri 09:12, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:PD-Old regime Iraq

Template:PD-Old regime Iraq has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you.   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 14:19, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

V Foundation

The article as it was when I deleted it was essentially a press release, it had no sources, no objectivity, and read like an advertisement. You're more than welcome to either make a redirect, or an actual article, as long as it fits wiki standards better than the one I deleted. :) (As for no reason: I think I thought the first text in the article would come through into the deletion summary, which would have been the templates of nn-bio, nn-advert, etc, but apparently not) --Golbez 21:17, 25 June 2007 (UTC)