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Correcting to get to GA

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You absolutely can correct articles and renominate them. However, I don't think in my opinion that the article is really a good one. There are a number of problems. In particular, some of the prose seems to assume a lot of knowledge on the subject, it isn't well referenced, and it lacks a lot of information about the company and the product lines. It is a good start to an article, but it isn't a good article yet. Cheers, --ScienceApologist 20:21, 11 February 2006 (UTC)Reply

By the way, right now the article has no references. There also may be issues with copyright. In particular, some of the information seems to have been taken right off the company's website. Unless you get express permission from the company to do this, we cannot include such things in Wikipedia. --ScienceApologist 20:23, 11 February 2006 (UTC)Reply

Also, every image on the page is licensed as a logo, but three of them clearly are not. This would be an interesting page once it's fleshed out more, I used to use Vandoren clarinet reeds, but I don't know too much about the company. --Pagrashtak 20:29, 11 February 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the criticisms : ) About the images, I wasn't sure what to license them under. Since they were all basic product images (I got them off Amazon.com), I assumed legally, they were similar to logos. If you have any suggestions, that would be great.
Thanks, Bcem2 20:38, 11 February 2006 (UTC)Reply
You can browse the list of image copyright tags for a more appropriate one. If the image was made by Vandoren, I think it would qualify for {{promotional}}. --Pagrashtak 20:45, 11 February 2006 (UTC)Reply
You didn't need to upload duplicate images, you just had to change the licensing on the original images (which I've just done). I've marked the duplicates for speedy deletion. --Pagrashtak 21:46, 11 February 2006 (UTC)Reply

Bath School Disaster

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Thanks for adding the "good" link. The capitalization was how I found the article. I would note that virtually all the articles and other materials capitalize the three letters, somehow I think this was an expression of the magnitude that caught on. I should add that I do not know how to change the capitalization on the article name. Is there any way to do that without having to create an entirely new article? Thanks for any info. Jtmichcock 04:28, 12 February 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the link. I figured out how to do it. Since the Peer Review is a subpage and I don't want to toss the comments made, I will revise to "Bath School disaster" when it's ready for FAC. Per Wikipedia, since the school itself had grades 1-12, the S should still be capitalized in front of School since the name of the building was Bath School. Note that the other schools (a multitude of high schools) all capitalize school. Jtmichcock 04:51, 12 February 2006 (UTC)Reply

Semi-automated template substitution

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I have no idea what you are talking about with the semi-automatic template sub, I don't see it on your userpage.

I checked your userpage and I don't see any edits, I know I was running a semi-automatic replacement program to add subst: do a bunch of warnings, I don't see it on your page. As for the IP, my system won't work without being logged in so I have no idea there. Tawker 01:44, 15 February 2006 (UTC)Reply

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Your request in February for peer review

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Possibly unfree Image:Patrick J. Frawley

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