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== Cornell Statutory college names ==
After doing research on this subject, I realized that you had made a mistake on the names of the statutory colleges of Cornell. It seemed that you assumed all of them were "NYS School of ___" because of their ties with the state of NY. It turns out that if you go to each college's websites, you can find out that they all changed their names around the 1969-1971 period. Here are the websites.Human Ecology- "1969  The College is renamed the College of Human Ecology to better reflect its focus on human health and relationships." (Not NYS like you said--nowhere does it say "NYS College of __" on cornell's website; even if you google the name, it says The College of Human Ecology, at Cornell http://www.google.com/search?q=human+ecology+cornell&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a) http://www.human.cornell.edu/che/About-Our-College/More_About_Us/history.cfm CALS - The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences evolved over the past century from the Department of Agriculture (1874), to the College of Agriculture (1888), to the New York State College of Agriculture (1904), to the present name (1971). http://www.cals.cornell.edu/cals/about/overview/index.cfm (It seems you misread this one, since the college has not had NYS since 1971).  You can find the real names here http://www.cornell.edu/academics/colleges.cfm . Lastly, I would like to point out whats <b> clearly </b> stated on ILR's website (on the right hand corner): What's in a name?
“The ILR School started in 1946 with a focus on labor relations, and now focuses on a broad array of workplace issues, including a variety with global impact. Our mission is to 'advance the world of work.' <b>Our official name remains the School of Industrial and Labor Relations</b>, though we prefer to be identified as the ILR School.”— Dean Harry Katz http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/about/ (Once again, no NYS). I know that these are contract colleges and under NY law the state calls them "NYS," but these schools are a part of Cornell and they are under Cornell's wikipedia page; therefore, they should get their proper Cornell name, which is given to by Cornell, not by SUNY.
-- [[User: Mojojojo69|Mojojojo69]] 18:37, 15 april 2008 (UTC)
* Sorry that I did not notice this until today because it was left at the top instead of the bottom of the page.  The "present name" is the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.  The 1971 change added the words "and Life Sciences" to the name; it did not delete the words "New York State".  The website is misleading and I understand how you could be confused.  Please read: http://www.cornell.edu/trustees/cornell_charter.pdf for the official and accurate names. [[User:Racepacket|Racepacket]] ([[User talk:Racepacket#top|talk]]) 08:23, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

== Two Turn Left founders named Tsee Lee ==

lol. well, they're not exactly the same. if you look at the names carefully, you'll see that the middle names are different. it's a Chinese naming convention for siblings, identical twins in this case. [[User:Xiner|Xiner]] 18:40, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

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==[[Pyramid]] and Bosnian "Pyramid"==
I removed your reference the the Bosnian "pyramid" from the Pyramid article, since there is no proof yet that there are any pyramids anywhere in Bosnia.  Maybe someday someone will actually find pyramids there.  Maybe it's just a promotional gimmick like the [[Ukrainian pyramids]].  Until it's verifiable what is actually there, editors have repeatedly agreed to keep it out of the Pyramid article. --[[User:Ronz|Ronz]] 17:12, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

== [[Gilberts, Illinois]] ==

You added (I think it was you) a 2004 population number about triple the 2000 population number (to the box in the article). Could you take a look? It doesn't seem likely. [[User:Jd2718|Jd2718]] 19:10, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

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==Illinois places==
Hi - good to see you creating a few small articleson places in Illinois - a couple of suggestions, though - firstly, could you add {{tl|Illinois-geo-stub}} to them, so that they're listed in amongst the other Illinois geography stubs? Also, some of the coordinates you've added are a bit like overkill - for instance, you listed [[Blackberry Township, Illinois]] as being at 88.445828000000006° W. The difference between 88.4455828 and 88.4455829 is only about five inches -  that added .000000000000006 of a degree is about 7/10,000,000 of a millimetre - about the same as the thickness of 15 hydrogen atoms. I don't think Wikipedia needs to be quite ''that'' accurate! [[User:Grutness|Grutness]]...''<small><font color="#008822">[[User_talk:Grutness|wha?]]</font></small>'' 00:10, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

== Re:Templates ==

Please see this link [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Illinois/Templates#County_Templates|Template Talk Page]] in reguards to Illinois Templates. Most of the information that is being presented on some of the Chicago area counties is unneeded info. The templates were getting WAY too big, and compared to other county templates around the US, the majority of those do not include that sort of information. You would find all that sort of info in the county write-up.--[[User:Kranar drogin|Kranar drogin]] 01:08, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
:I also noticed that you have started doing townships. Awesome! Glad to have another on board for that. What we will need you to do though is include an infobox with them. Here is what you would need to fill in. Any questions, let me know. I will make up the maps for you, so you won't need to include that. Here is an example of a township infobox in use [[Woodbine Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois]]. Also, all your townships are going to need the county name in the article, so they are all going to have to be moved. There are over 1,000 townships in Illinois, so there are going to be many, many doubles.
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== Re:Kane County ==

That is great that you checked, but we are sticking to a system for the Illinois Project and that is to include the county in the title. Simply do a move, and make sure you update the links. They will have to be done sooner or later to be in line with all the other townships. Here is an example of [[:Category:Townships in Ogle County, Illinois]] and the main page of [[:Category:Townships in Illinois]].--[[User:Kranar drogin|Kranar drogin]] 02:33, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

:It is very simple, when I refer to [[Marion Township, Ogle County, Illinois|Marion Township]] that is what I type there. If I just put in there [[Marion Township]], that takes the person to a page to choose from all the different Marions in the US. Or if I put in there Marion Township, Illinois, it links to two different townships in the state. So, in order to stop confusion, it was set up that the county is included in the name. Check out how other states do it, and you will find that is how they also do it. [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Ohio]] were what we started basing this whole template and township idea off of.--[[User:Kranar drogin|Kranar drogin]] 04:19, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

==Re: Removing Points of Interest on Kane County Template==
In accordance with the discussions regarding standardizing Illinois county templates, and against my wishes, I removed them.  I actually believe it is worth having points of interest on there, but it seems as if the rest of the group is against including points of interest on the county templates.  If you would like to join in the discussion, please do so here: [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Illinois/Templates]].  Thanks. [[User:Abog|Abog]] 05:00, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

== Diggstown ==

Adding the whole cast is a bit of a mess. Perhaps this can be cut to the top 10 or something? Most other movie articles don't list everybody - [[User:SimonLyall|SimonLyall]] 09:12, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

==[[RRCA]]==

Thanks much for starting the [[Road Runners Club of America]] article!  Still too many red links for essential [[running]] articles (e.g., half a dozen on the new [[Track Town, USA]] article), but your contribution helps show headway is being made.  If you are interested in a suggestion for an article to improve, the [[USA Track & Field]] article needs a lot of work (the [[Craig Masback]] redlink there is rather glaring), especially with the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] track trials coming up.  It's also about time to issue the first newsletter for the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Running|WikiProject Running]], there are enough new members now...  [[User:Ombudsman|Ombudsman]] 05:16, 7 March 2007 (UTC)


== Help for read and verify an English Article ==

Hello, I look for someone reading and cancel mystakes on the English Wiki article '''Dominique Enon'''. Is it possible to verify it? Thanks
Regards.
S.T.

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== Proposed merge regarding [[Seward Township, Kendall County, Illinois]] ==

I have proposed that the article [[Seward Township, Illinois]] be merged into [[Seward Township, Kendall County, Illinois]]. Both articles are about the same place, and the latter page seems to me to be the better home, to disambiguate this township's article from [[Seward Township, Winnebago County, Illinois]]. Since you originated both articles, I thought I should invite you to comment--or perhaps you could perform the merge yourself. Useful information in this is available at [[WP:MERGE]].--[[User:ShelfSkewed|<font color="Red">'''Shelf'''</font><font color="Black">'''Skewed'''</font>]] [[User talk:ShelfSkewed|<font color="Blue"><small>Talk</small></font>]] 05:08, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

== Steve Weiss ==
True. I meant besides the trustees who served as students, but I didn't make that clear. Thanks for creating all the board chairmen pages. Some of them like Kiplinger were on my list of pages to add as well. Good work.

In answer to your question, try searching the ''Cornell Alumni News'' via this link [http://www.google.com/search?&q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fdspace.library.cornell.edu+frank+hiscock]

[[User:Cornell2010|Cornell2010]] 02:24, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Despite my best efforts, I've come to the conclusion that there were no official chairs during that time. I finally consulted good ol' [[Morris Bishop]], and ''A History of Cornell'' states that the board acted without a chair for those years. They elected acting chairs at meetings, and I know that [[George Boldt]] served fairly often from at least 1909 to his death in 1916.

You've met 8 of them, eh? Very impressive. I think I can only claim meeting two and the son of a third. Have you been involved with the board yourself?
[[User:Cornell2010|Cornell2010]] 02:53, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

== Cornell Statutory College Names==
They may be what New York State Law refers to them as however they are not refered to that by Cornell University ergo, they should not be listed as such on the Cornell University page perhaps within the individuals schools pages however those are not the formally accepted names of the respective institutions--[[User:Bcc07|Bcc07]] 17:27, 9 July 2007 (UTC)


Your arguement is compelling...point taken--[[User:Bcc07|Bcc07]] 17:47, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

== New Article Improvment page for WP:VIRGINIA ==

Seeing as our old Collaborations page at WP:VIRGINIA had no activity in the past year it was decided to replace it with a new [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Virginia/Article Improvement|Article Improvement/Request Help]] page that would allow members to list articles in need of attention. Its also a place to request help for an article taht you are working on to see if any other members would like to volunteer and help out. Thanks.  [[User:Dinosaur puppy|<b><font face="Verdana" >T Rex</font></b>]] | [[User talk:Dinosaur puppy|<font  face="Tahoma"><b>talk</b></font>]] 01:20, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

==Cornell Central Campus==
Well, I've thought that a central campus article has been needed for some time and hopefully by putting out a stub people may start to contribute.  The North and West campus articles appeared fantastically quickly when we started them last year(?).  

I assume sections on the various quads, architecture styles, history, development, future etc... --[[User:Xtreambar|Xtreambar]] 03:32, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

:Huzzah! An excellent start!  I will hopefully have some time soon to do some clean up and improvement.  Thank you for your effort.   I concur that some scaling back may be necessary for the individual articles. Also consider pilaging Category:Cornell University buildings for pictures. --[[User:Xtreambar|Xtreambar]] 17:57, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

::Funny you should mention my Risley paper.  I was just re-reading it last night and editing it.  Boy, that paper was a fun one to research and write. --[[User:Xtreambar|Xtreambar]] 02:47, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
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==Copyright Issues==
First of all, please be [[WP:CIVIL|civil]].  A lot of people wouldn't even respond to messages like the one you left me, let alone respect your opinion.

You are correct that the underlying facts cannot be copyrighted.  However, the way facts are presented is protected by copyright.

As for the article in question, you obviously copied it from her website, changing a few words here and there.  There was at least one sentence that was copied verbatim.  That's copyright infringement.  

Copying sentences and phrases from others is not original writing.  Paraphrasing lengthy passages is not original writing.  Original writing results from reading the available sources, putting them aside and writing off the top of your head from scratch.  If you stick to that method, I'm sure you won't have any more copyright problems here.  Your original contributions are most assuredly welcome.

Happy editing! --'''<span style="background:Black;color:White">&nbsp;[[User:Bsf|<font color="White">But</font>]]|[[User talk:Bsf|<font color="White">seriously</font>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Butseriouslyfolks|<font color="White">folks</font>]]&nbsp;</span>''' 04:47, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

:Please.  What you copied was nothing like "George Washington was the first President of the United States."  Other than one sentence you added, the entire article you posted was taken from her website.  There's clearly sufficient creativity involved in her website blurb to attain copyright protection.

:There are hundreds of copyright violations posted here on a daily basis, and only a small number of volunteer editors watch for them.  We simply don't have time to discuss all of them.  Frankly, deletion of the earlier version of the article you posted did not merit advance discussion.

:In any event, thank you for making additional modifications to the reposted version of the article.  In my view, it is no longer obvious that it was taken from her website, so it can stay. --'''<span style="background:Black;color:White">&nbsp;[[User:Bsf|<font color="White">But</font>]]|[[User talk:Bsf|<font color="White">seriously</font>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Butseriouslyfolks|<font color="White">folks</font>]]&nbsp;</span>''' 05:32, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

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== Vicipaedia ==

What is Vicipaedia?  You're here in DC?  [[User:Cornellrockey|cOrneLlrOckEy]] 21:10, 12 October 2007 (UTC)


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==Re:[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Jewish Bolshevism]]==
Could you clarify your position in regards to [[Żydokomuna]] article? I believe it is separate enough to warrant keeping it in its current format.--<sub><span style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">[[User:Piotrus|&nbsp;Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&nbsp;]]|[[User_talk:Piotrus|<font style="color:#7CFC00;background:#006400;">&nbsp;talk&nbsp;</font>]]</span></sub> 14:21, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

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== Joel Ward and Richard Matthews ==

Hi,  I'm the guy who added Saturday's WSJ article as a reference to [[Forex scam]] and I noticed that you added the articles on JW and RM.  I'm not sure that they are notable in and of themselves - since there are lots of scammers out there.  Also, it might be viewed as a "single event" and people are rarely considered notable for single events.  Actually the main reason that I didn't add at least one of these as an article is the potential for  [[WP:BLP]] sensitivies to come up.  Believe it or not, over Christmas/New Years I had a bit of a battle keeping references to [[Martha Stewart]]'s conviction in her article.

No major point here - just saying hello.  You might:
1.  contact me if people want more detail, second opinion, etc. on these articles.
2.  Add some of the material into the forex scam article.
3.  Notify me on my talk page if you object to me changing the section heading to "Convicted scammers."

Happy editing,

[[User:Smallbones|Smallbones]] ([[User talk:Smallbones|talk]]) 03:19, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

== Regarding bad citation ==

(Reposting this here because I'd rather you had the response up front)
Yeah sorry about that one, it ended up put there just some citation existed given it was the only response I had at that time (and was pretty much there to avoid a {{fact}} tag being added tile I could gather better information). It's being removed, and Square Enix's response is being swapped in atm.--[[User:Kung Fu Man|Kung Fu Man]] ([[User talk:Kung Fu Man|talk]]) 22:39, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Actually if you still happen to be here your post in the AFD made it seem you had reservations regarding other parts of the article. Could you mention any you think might be better off better addressed? I'm sorry if I'm being a bother, just I'm trying to aim for at least a featured article with this one, and the AFD that came up when things were just starting out has really thrown me for a loop. :\--[[User:Kung Fu Man|Kung Fu Man]] ([[User talk:Kung Fu Man|talk]]) 22:47, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

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:That "Location=" thing has caused me more problems. Fortunately I fixed the problem and made the hidden field display on the pages so we can see such information. It looks fine to me now. Sorry for the hassle. [[User:MECU|<font color="CEBE70">'''MECU'''</font>]]≈<small>[[User talk:MECU|talk]]</small> 13:53, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

==Fair use rationale for Image:Paul_olum.jpg==
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== [[Adam Thorpe]] ==

I've replied to [[Talk:Adam Thorpe#Published poetry|your query]]. I've also added several relevant '''stub''' templates, as the page could use more work and citations. ''-- Cheers, [[User:Deborahjay|Deborahjay]] ([[User talk:Deborahjay|talk]]) 15:57, 30 May 2008 (UTC)''

==[[:Sylvester Willard]]==
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== Women's Marathon ==
My apologies, I was in the midst of working on it. I'll have a look. :) --[[User: Candlewicke|Candlewicke]] ([[User talk:Candlewicke|Talk]]) 03:03, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

== Award ==
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | I, Darwinek, hereby award you this barnstar for your hard work during the 2008 Olympic Games. Your devoted work in updating Olympic articles was a major help to the project. [[User:Darwinek|Darwinek]] ([[User talk:Darwinek|talk]]) 10:19, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
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== Image:BoonePickens.jpg listed for deletion ==
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==Orphaned non-free media (Image:Hoffmanestatesil.gif)==
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==Orphaned non-free image (File:NVTAlogo.gif)==
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==[[:Elizabeth McCaul]]==
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==File copyright problem with File:CanadaGasPipelines.jpg==
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==Speedy deletion of [[:Elizabeth McCaul]]==
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