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Proposed deletion of List of Omega Psi Phi Grand Conclaves

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Re: Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines) Chapters and Alumni Associations change

Hey that's fine but Washington State is not a redirect page. It's in the disambiguation category and it says right on the page that its a disam page. --User:Woohookitty ^{Disamming fool!} 15:37, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Ah ok. That makes more sense :) --User:Woohookitty ^{Disamming fool!} 05:20, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

NCU

Please look at the history. I am trying to revert it back to the non POV version. the POV version contains opinion.24.179.208.119 (talk) 17:42, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Trijicon

Hi! I thought you did a great job with Trijicon. I'm naïve when it comes to making tables, but I like to see details structured.

I borrowed heavily from here.

Trijicon's web site has general photos, but none showing the Biblical references. There are great photoshere andABC but of course ABC's are proprietary. I've seen great photos in forums, too, but I suspect they're out of reach unless the owner uploads them.

I think the table should be allowed to grow for as many entries as the Bible has references, which can't be that many. I think there are a few more such as Ezekiel, so I doubt the table will grow larger than ten or a dozen verses.

An interesting note is that Binden, the founder, was South African, where the Afrikaans had a long history of disdaining those they ruled as well as enemies, justifying their prejudices as 'biblical'.

I think you did a great job. My main concern is how to deal with the spokesman who so obviously misspoke. How do you suggest we deal with it?

BTW, I notice you adopted an editor. From time to time I have questions– would you mind taking another under your wing?

Thanks for dropping me a note!

--UnicornTapestry (talk) 20:18, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Great! I'll take adoption with boxes. So much cheaper than a ring.

I've seen Ezekiel mentioned only in passing. If any models carry it, I haven't heard.

I'm starting to think the spokesman's quote is counterproductive: It doesn't really add to the article and makes the Major look out of touch.

Thanks!

--UnicornTapestry (talk) 04:12, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Blog question

Question from adoptee:

I've noticed instances of editors ripping out citations to blogs and 'spurious sources', and then once the references are removed, the 'unsourced paragraphs' are often removed. (In an extreme example, an administrator who was 'keeping the peace' refused to allow references to an official web site for a guru (Prem Rawat) because external links were deemed 'too controversial'.)

I've seen a list of proscribed web sites but I've never read an outright ban on blogs as sources. Indeed, some articles and/or sections wouldn't exist if it weren't blogs having done the leg work, such as in the recent Charles Pellegrino situation.

What is the WP position on blogs as references? Thanks.

--UnicornTapestry (talk) 12:47, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

List of Sigma Tau Chapters

Sorry for the delay in responding. I just now saw your post on my talk page. Thanks for your information from the Baird's manual. That really helped fill in some gaps! My information about the name of the university hosting the Delta Chapter comes from a reference at this link: http://dlc.lib.utk.edu/f/fa/fulltext/1715.html. This is a list of archival material on Tau Beta Pi at the University of Tennessee. Scroll down to find a list of materials from the Sigma Tau chapters. This list says that Delta chapter was at South Dakota State University (located at Brookings). Also, the University of South Dakota (located at Vermillion) does not have an engineering school. I think the Baird's manual is in error.Swingline2000 (talk) 05:27, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

I added the references. Feel free to modify the format if you think there is a better way to display it. Thanks!Swingline2000 (talk) 23:01, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

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Central YMCA College

I deleted the redirect and started a basic article. I would reccomend you try and edit it quickly before someone nominates it for deletion. I would also point out you could have done this edit yourself. When you have a redirect, it will say "redirected from" whatever at the top of the page, click on that, hit edit, and then you can remove the redirect and put in whatever you want.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:51, 17 March 2010 (UTC) The Central YMCA College article is in good shape. I am sure there is more information that could be found, and I find it intriguing that nearly 2% of its students were Japanese, but I would say it is one of the best articles around on a defunct college.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:56, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

ISBN hyphenation

Hi! Here you will find what you are looking for. Cheers! -- Basilicofresco (msg) 17:49, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

My script actually calls the method hyphenateIsbnNumbers ofisbn.py, part of pywikipedia. It accepts as possible prefixes only "978" and "979". However there is no black magic behind the 978 prefix: it simply means "it is a isbn-10 code converted to the new isbn-13 standard". Here you will find the full story (and here info about the country id). -- Basilicofresco (msg) 16:22, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Human Frontier Science Program

Nice work! I removed {{nofootnotes}}. Adding refs can be fun but some days I just cannot summon up the energy! The rest of the list does look out of place, but for the moment I have added {{refbegin}} and {{refend}} to make them look less annoying. They should probably moved to the talk page so they don't get lost. – ukexpat (talk) 13:52, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Alma Mater

Hey, do you have any idea which of these the APO toast song is set to? Alma Mater (song). None of them seem right. The syllables are off. It should be alternating lines of anapestic tetrameter and five syllables that I don't know a metrical name for. I can't make sense of it. Henrymrx(t·c) 04:45, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

No clue, all I know is the actual music can be found at http://www.apo.org/show/About_Us/History/Traditions/Toast_SongNaraht (talk) 13:09, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

The song is actually set to a 19th century tune called Annie Lisle Straight.edge3kk (talk) 20:49, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

I don't think so. See http://www.musicofyesterday.com/sheetmusic/A/Annie_Lisle-Thompson.php vs.http://www.apo.org/show/About_Us/History/Traditions/Toast_Song . For starters, in Annie Lisle, the second note is longer than the first and higher than the third.Naraht (talk) 21:19, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Listen to both, you may see the resemblance. Straight.edge3kk (talk) 23:18, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Alpha Phi Omega

Random question - what's the difference between a chapter and a charter? They seem to be used interchangeably, and it's confusing me a bit - weebiloobil (talk) 16:31, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Random answer - bluebird... Actually, a charter is the document presented to the college/university allowing a chapter to exist. Charters sometimes are used to refer to all chapters active, inactive or closed. So there might be a statement that there are 6 charters in DC, but only 5 active chapters. Can you give me specific paragraphs where it might be made more clear?Naraht (talk) 01:39, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

"Alpha Phi Omega of the United States has 738 chartered chapters. It currently has 367 chapters that are active, 14 Petitioning Groups, 19 Interest Groups, and 343 that are inactive. (Petitioning and Interest groups include both those at schools which have previously had active chapters and those that have not. In addition Alpha Phi Omega has 16 charters at schools which have closed or merged with another school with an older charter." - weebiloobil (talk) 10:15, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps rephrase the last one to "has chartered 16 chapters at school which have closed or merged with another school which chartered previously." That way charter is only used as a verb.Naraht (talk) 11:16, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

I've reviewed the article, and it is now on hold. Feel free to comment on the number of outside references, as per here - weebiloobil (talk) 13:42, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

A Much Deserved Award

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Professional/Social

New discussion on a very similar topic; this time someone is arguing that a single-gender group should be classified as professional instead of social. Your thoughts appreciated here Justinm1978(talk) 05:23, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

I need to do some research on this. The line between Professionals and Socials can be closer than the one between Service and Social.Naraht (talk) 10:46, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Is there an online list for Baird's or do I have to go get the book? Justinm1978 (talk) 13:03, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

I didn't get a chance to look at my Baird's (1991 edition) before I left home today. I'll try tonight. The 1991 edition is the most recent (If I had to place a bet, I'd say that it will be the last). There is no copy of the 1991 edition of books.google.com, only earlier ones. And you don't actually get full info until you get back to the 1920 edition.Naraht (talk) 13:24, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Re: Alpha Phi Omega edits

I just reverted it as soon as i saw it. --> Halmstad,Charla to moi 02:45, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Fraternity Leadership Association

Would like to help

I found your copy of the Fraternity Leadership Association page and would like to help if I can, but I'm not having much luck googling for it. Any ideas on how I can help?Naraht (talk) 13:11, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Do you have a copy of Baird's Manual? I am currently residing in Spain and have no access to it. If you do, you could see which campus FLA made it to and when did it dissolve? If not, I plan to work on it once I ge back.--Coquidragon (talk) 15:18, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for fixing this it was driving me nuts! jheiv ^{talk contribs} 22:00, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

NP, not sure why the diff doesn't match up more. I think we have more dates to make visible....Naraht (talk) 00:13, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Help desk question

If by chance your question at the help desk has a real world analogue that you are dealing with, and you want to view the full article, just hit me up. I can access the NYT, as well as over a billion newspaper articles through newspaperarchive.com. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:53, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! I'm actually going through the google newspaper archive and looking for things for the List of Kappa Sigma Grand Conclaves. The newspaper that I've run into the most with no access for this is the Atlanta Journal Constitution. See the references in the article that include http://news.google.com/archivesearch. Also, on a personal note for another article, can I get the complete text of http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20C16F83F5A177B93C5A9178ED85F438585F9 .Naraht (talk) 00:13, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Check your email.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:18, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

By the way, are your familiar with America? Old Fulton New York Postcards?the Brooklyn Daily Eagle?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:53, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

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Sigma Lambda Phi

I've noticed a tendency for fraternities based in the Philippines to absorb the history of any similarly-lettered American fraternity whether it's affiliated or not. That looks like it's happened with Sigma Lambda Phi. I'll add that to my watchlist. —C.Fred (talk) 18:15, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Kappa Sigma

Every time I notice removal of content on the page, I see you have quickly reverted it -- thanks. Do you think the repeated removal by IPs warrants a request for Semi Protection? jheiv^{talk contribs} 16:23, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

No Problem. I'm not sure on the Semi, perhaps the brothers will get less stressed once rush is over?Naraht(talk)

Wikipedia Philippine Chapter to debut at the Philippine Youth Congress

I am glad to announce to you that we will be debuting as an organization at the Philippine Youth Congress in Information Technology on September 14 to 17, 2010 at the University of the Philippines, Diliman.

Jojit will be Wikimedia Philippines resource speaker at the second day of the conference at the UP Film Center. He will be speaking about Wikipedia and how it revolutionizes the World Wide Web. That will be at 9:00 to 10:00 am.

We will also set up a booth at the UP Bahay ng Alumni and we will showcase our existing and future projects.

We encourage you to participate in our first major project as a volunteer. We have prepared food and refreshments for you.

Please let us know so that we can enlist you to our delegation. --Exec8 (talk) 18:48, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Nomination of Francis Fesmire for deletion

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"Signature Dish" Transcripts

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Scouts Royale Brotherhood

My guess is the article will not survive AfD, but that is no excuse to allow vandalism. The edit I reverted was particularly egregious, substituting content for opinions. That cannot stand. Cheers! ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 15:59, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Well said! I apologize if I deleted something useful. In those sorts of revert wars, there is a lot of damage done. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 16:09, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

APR

I wanted to thank you for your hard work, and thought maybe you are here in Asia, but your profile says Maryland. Pet project? Interest? Wanna tackle the weak Interamerican one next? ;) --Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 18:19, 19 November 2010 (UTC) at 3 am in Japan, where it is a beautiful full moon but I can't sleep.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 18:19, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your kindly help

Thanks for your kindly help！

Thanks for your time，thanks for cleaning up my article. actually my native language are Japanese & Chinese(I was born in a bilingual family),and now try my best in English study,let me thank you again,and if there anything I can help you in my local culture or something(both china and Japan),I'm always free! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Huzhen (talk • contribs) 01:31, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Benfjensen pic

We would still need a new fair use rationale for that article, and I'm not entirely sure that a gallery like the one we have there would satisfy the the non-free content criteria. That said, it showed up in the row for a different congressman (I should have said row, not column in the edit summary). Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:56, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Good point, you are right the fair use would need to be expanded. Maybe we can find one from a Government source. You are correct, it was in the wrong row, I see now. If I can find a true public photo, I'll add it back in. Thanx.Naraht (talk) 21:03, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

gavel

To show appreciation of your many additions to the currently labeled List of members of the United States Congress killed or wounded in office‎, I present you with the Senate gavel... just don't tell the senate I gave it to you. Now get back in there and make it even better! --Found5dollar (talk) 15:02, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Alpha Delta National Fraternity

My fault, that was an oversight in my initial research. I should have caught that. They had 14 brothers and 4 universities at the Washington Convention, but the founders listed on the website also include brothers that entered the process for the later conventions and became brothers initially. Hence the confusion, but it did in fact have 22 founders from 3 chapters, you were correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added byStraight.edge3kk (talk •contribs) 20:47, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

What were the four universities? Drexel, Duquesne, Maine-Orono and ? Naraht (talk) 20:49, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

It was Clemson University, Gamma Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Omega. They did not end up becoming brothers/founders of Alpha Delta. — Preceding unsigned comment added byStraight.edge3kk (talk •contribs) 20:52, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

That makes sense. Also may explain why the Washington Convention was as far south as it was.Naraht (talk) 21:16, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

As long as you're wikifying

As long as you're working on the list at Opponents of same-sex marriage in the United States, you may as well strip the "Rep" from the beginning of each one (it's redundant with the descriptor of the list, and it's actually technically incorrect, as ex-Reps don't keep the honorific) and the first-name-last order and just paste in the proper name, rather than having a piped link. It's only in the form it's in because another editor copy'n'pasted it from elsewhere. I've been meaning to clean it up eventually. --Nat Gertler (talk) 15:13, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

I just wanted to thank you for the Barnstar.--Coquidragon (talk) 21:30, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Controversies involving Donald Bradman

Thank you for copying the references to the Controversies involving Donald Bradman article. RJFJR (talk) 18:06, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

No problem.Naraht (talk) 18:08, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

2011 Egyptian Revolution

There's nothing wrong with the displays. Good on ya for fixing the mistake. Cheers ;) Sp33dyphil ^{(T •C • I love Wikipedia!)} 08:04, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Sortname in List of actors who have appeared in multiple Best Picture Academy Award winners

Sorry about missing the ones with three parts to their name. :( Naraht (talk) 19:11, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. No problem. But, did you see my follow-up at that Help Page (Wikipedia:Help desk#Default sort)? There is some glitch in sorting names like O'Hara, O'Toole, etc. Perhaps you can add to that Help Page discussion? Thank you for your help and for fixing the page of Academy Award actors' names. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 21:22, 15 March 2011 (UTC))

Did the response that you got answer your question?Naraht (talk) 03:33, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, thanks. I had posted the above item on your Talk Page before those responses appeared at that Help Desk. Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 03:47, 16 March 2011 (UTC))

Watched categories

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Yup and Yup.Naraht (talk) 03:29, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your feedback

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Alpha Psi Lambda

Feel free to go ahead and add the sources. I think #1 (about the founding at OSU) and #3 (documenting their charity work) should be particularly convincing. #2 is just a mention, and the AfD discussants are not very impressed with bare mentions, but the others should be sufficient IMO. --MelanieN (talk) 14:46, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your work in trying to rescue as many of those "Alpha Blank Blank" articles as possible.--MelanieN (talk) 14:59, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

No problem. I worked from the list that User:Hasteur put on his page. Alpha Psi Omega could use some love though...Naraht (talk) 15:47, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Alpha Sigma Phi

Hello Naraht! Thank you for your concern about the relationship between ASP-USA and ASP-Phil.. Well, this is the link I've found regarding that matter: http://alphans.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52&Itemid=109 Hope it helps. Thanks again!! HavenHost (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:23, 19 April 2011 (UTC).

Ok, sure... no problem! –HavenHost (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:07, 19 April 2011 (UTC).

Bananas

Yep. :( Made those when I was brand spanking new. Been meaning to move them, will do so now, I guess.--Obsidi♠n^Soul12:11, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

I'd just like consistency on the capitalization of the word Banana in the articles...Naraht (talk) 12:13, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Done. They were written before I became aware that sentence case was recommended in Wikiproject Plants' MOS.--Obsidi♠n^Soul12:47, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

I think Rhino horn needs to be fixed too, (and then I can fix everything in the Banana template)Naraht(talk) 13:06, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

It's technically a proper name (being an actual scientific name for the cultivar - Musa 'Rhino Horn'). It shouldn't be treated as a common name.--Obsidi♠n^Soul 13:17, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

I'm not doubting whether the Horn should be capitalized, but whether the Banana should be capitalized.Naraht (talk) 13:44, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Oh. Missed one. It already had a redirect from 2010 though. Urgh. Requires an admin to histmerge.--Obsidi♠n^Soul13:55, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Have fun. :)Naraht (talk) 14:09, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

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