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Texas article, Education section

...has become the UT and A&M show. I'm surprised that nobody seems to care. Oh well, thanks for your help. Postoak 02:32, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure where to draw the line for inclusion or how much info should be provided for each. There is already a link to List of colleges and universities in Texas provided at the top of the section and most of those listed have their own articles anyway. I've added some additional "promenant" universities, but I've probably missed a few, and the scope of what's "promenant" is debatable. --Evb-wiki 13:06, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

TheFurniture.com

I'm going to remove your speedy-delete tag on this article for now, without prejudice (meaning we can go back and speedy delete it later if it's still not up to snuff). I had already tagged it for speedy very early on, but after the original author asked for help and more time, I removed the speedy and replaced it with an {{underconstruction}} tag, invoking the assume good faith principle. Please respect that under-construction status for now and let me see if I can salvage this thing. I believe this company may may meet notability standards, if only because a six-year-old web-based company is almost ancient by Internet standards. We'll revisit this when we're done, and it may very well be that all the good writing in the world can make a company notable. Realkyhick 17:05, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

This also applies to Thefurniture.com, with the lower-case "f". I didn't realize the article was duplicated there, or else the server lag is playing tricks on me, or maybe I'm just dense. :-) Anyway, I'll move it to TheFurniture.com (with upper-case "F") to eliminate the duplication thing. By the way, just to clarify: As the article sands now, it definitely would qualify for speedy deletion. I'm trying to take the focus away from the site and put it on the company. It may be a futile rescue mission, but we'll see how it goes. Realkyhick 17:33, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for understanding. By the way, it's looking like reliable independent sources are few and far between, so this may be a lost cause after all, but let's let it play out for a bit longer. One of the sources I found was a Washington DC Better Business Bureau report that doesn't cast the company in the best light, but that isn't terribly unusual for web-based retailers. Realkyhick 17:59, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

I added a few more sources (articles that contain the facts I wrote about). Also, if you'd like, I can remove the information about the Better Business Bureau Reliability Program. Dmcnabb5 19:20, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

I have proven the site's notability through its revenue and the fact that it has been in operation for six years, which is almost ancient by online standards. It was written in there, but another admin deleted that fact. Realkyhick said that the article was OK as is. Please do not delete it and PLEASE contact me as soon as possible. Thank you. Dmcnabb5 13:52, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Actually, what Realkyhick said was, "By the way, just to clarify: As the article sands now, it definitely would qualify for speedy deletion." See above. --Evb-wiki 13:56, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

No, what he said was that sources are few and far between, but I went back and added three new sources that verify the facts that I stated. So, please click on the links and you can see for yourself that the sources are independent and reliable. Dmcnabb5 14:05, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

The deletion comment wasn't the last comment he left you, he said that he changed it but that there were too few sources, after which i added more. So, please re-read the article, check the sources, and give it a chance. Thank you. Dmcnabb5 14:09, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Hello, this is the third unanswered comment that I am leaving regarding my article. I have addressed all of its criticisms (lack of notability proof, lack of sources, and advertising writing style). I have shown that it is notable due to the several sources that have written about it, as well as through the facts that I've provided. I also wrote it in an encyclopedic manner, while referencing several independent, reliable sources. Please remove the speedy deletion tag and PLEASE answer my comments because you cannot expect me to improve if my questions and comments are being ignored. While writing the article, I have asked admins over ten questions on how they would like me to word or fix things, but only a few were answered. Please get back to me at your earliest convenience. Thank you in advance. Dmcnabb5 15:34, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

The subject of the article is simply not notable. Neither checkout.google.com or prweb.com (press release newswire) are independent reliable sources. If I am wrong, an admin will remove the tag. If I am right, an admin will delete the article (again). BTW, I am not an admin and neither is Realkyhick. And neither of us (or anyone else, that I can see) has said or agreed that the article is fine. --Evb-wiki 15:52, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Why do you not consider them reliable sources? Google checkout simply ran a case study, so why isn't that reliable. Also, I used it for information regarding the company's employment figures, which would not be affected by the case study one way or the other. And the 630% increase came from the owner's quote - and if the owner of the company isn't a reliable source then I don't know what is. Dmcnabb5 16:03, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

I've removed the speed delete tag and nominated this article for AfD so a consensus can be reached. Please discuss it there. --Evb-wiki 16:07, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

My bad...

• laughs* I actually didn't really read the article, Kili Aqorau, fully. I just noticed that it was one line and about a person. I definitely didn't see the last two sentences. XP Thanks for fixing the delete notice.Silver seren 02:22, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I think it was deleted after you tagged it, and then recreated, adding the attack language. In any case, it has now been deleted twice. --Evb-wiki 02:45, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Oh really? That makes me feel better. Its a good thing when your not an idiot. ^_^ Silver seren 03:12, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hello, Evb-wiki! Thanks for reverting vandalism on my userpage. :) Cheers, --Isis4563(talk) 14:35, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

'Twas my pleasure. Vand-patrol's got each other's back. Peace. --Evb-wiki 14:41, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education

Hi there - even though the subject may not be notable, it at least asserts some importance - the biggest event of its type, has been running for over 30 years, etc. Whilst it may still be deleted at AfD, I didn't think it quite fitted the CSD requirements. Cheers, ELIMINATORJR 14:24, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		For your comment on this AfD, Ten Pound Hammer and his otters award you the barnstar of good humor.Ten Pound Hammer • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps•Review?) 18:44, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Hammer. Just stating the obvious. Cheers. --Evb-wiki 18:46, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Canary Cliff prod 2

Yegad, I've been misapplying the prod2. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 03:12, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

That's the 1st time I've seen it. I couldn't help piling on. :-) --Evb-wiki 03:44, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Pokemon and notability...

Do you know if articles like Ruby (Pokémon) (and other articles listed in that list - List_of_Pokémon_characters) meet sufficient notability requirements as defined in policy. Thanks. --Emesee 01:45, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

State Bar of Texas

Dear Evb-wiki: I reverted on the basis of sec. 81.011 of the Texas Gov't Code, reading (in part):

a) The state bar is a public corporation and an administrative agency of the judicial department of government.

[ . . . ]

(c) The Supreme Court of Texas, on behalf of the judicial department, shall exercise administrative control over the state bar under this chapter.

I would agree that the State Bar of Texas not part of the executive branch. But I would argue the State Bar is technically a Texas government agency under the judicial branch. I'm a member of the Texas Bar, and I assume you probably are, too. My argument would be that although most of us, as members, are not government employees -- we are officers of the court. Famspear 16:25, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Greetings. My concern was that the category suggests (or I inferred) that the subject of the article was an executive branch agency, which is generally the meaning of a government agency. Officer ot the court? Yes, of course. Agent of the State of Texas? No. True, the State Bar is a judicial branch agency, so perhaps the category is not really off base. It's just not what is usually thought of as a government agency. Anyway, that's cool. Peace. --Evb-wiki 01:17, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I notice that they have the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Supreme Court in the category, too. And I agree that based on the name of the category, you would normally think it refers to executive branch agencies, not to agencies of the judicial branch or to part of the Texas legislature -- so I understand your edit. The name of the category seems a bit misleading, at least in terms of what other editors have included in it. Oh well. Yours, Famspear 01:33, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

By the way, I notice a reference on your user page to the Paris Institute at Tulane. Does that mean you got to study in Paris, France? Famspear 01:36, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes. I spent 2 months (and my 29th birthday) in Paris, earning law school credit. Bastile Day rocks! --Evb-wiki 01:39, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Wow. My wife and I vacationed in France about 13 years ago. Only ten days, but it was great. We stayed in Paris each night and made a few day trips. Once to Giverny to see Monet's garden. Once to Chinon (on the T.G.V., the bullet train, to Tours, and then a bus trip to Chinon). We had a great time, and we did not find France to be unfriendly to Americans at all, contrary to what some people experience. I can speak French sort of conversationally, which helped. We saw most of the things people usually see in Paris. We really liked the Musee d'Orsay. Famspear 02:08, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

I didn't get out of the city much, other than once to Versailles, but I had lots of time to explore Paris on foot and by bike. In a bit of detail. I speak just a little French myself. Musee d'Orsay was also one of my favorite because I love Van Gough. Wow, what a collection. There is a lot of history in that part of the world. I loved it, and I'm hoping to make it back. --Evb-wiki 02:26, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

My wife and I don't know much about art, but I had always liked Van Gogh, and my wife and I both like Monet. Maybe you saw the Monet murals, the water lilies, at the Orangerie.

On the Musee d'Orsay, it was just stunning to see all those Van Gogh's all together in one place. Also, we just thought that the building itself was so beautiful. The Louvre was great of course as well.

One late Saturday afternoon we were down near the Arc de Triomphe, on the Avenue des Champs Elysees, and we started walking back east toward the Place de la Concorde, which seemed like it must have been miles from the Arc de Triomphe. We were taking video and I was so intent on looking through the view finder, and trying to get it all in, that it took me a while to realize (as the sun went down) that they had closed off the street (the entire Avenue in this part of town) to cars, and the Avenue had completely filled up with thousands of people of all ages. I guess maybe they do this every Saturday night? There were people as far as the eye could see, right in the middle of the Avenue des Champs Elysees, all the way from the Arc de Triomphe to, I guess, the Tuileries or the Place de la Concorde (I'm not sure). It was an impressive sight on a warm late September, Saturday evening (if I recall correctly). Everyone seemed so happy -- thousands of people from all over the world, just walking down the middle of the Avenue looking at each other. It felt like being at the center of the universe. Famspear 02:41, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

DOROT New York

Well spotted on the copyvio for this page, i had been looking for a way of deleting it without having to PROD or AFD, and had just that second found the site its copied from--Jac16888 15:19, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. It's even hard to find on that page. But it's almost word for word. --Evb-wiki 15:21, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for cleaning style of Siddhayoga page

Thanks Evb-wiki for cleaning up the page, looks nice, and Im learning... --Babaji108 02:10, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Sure. Actually, User:IPSOS did most of the real detail work. I removed the tag, but IPSOS restored it. It still needs some work, but it's getting better all the time. --Evb-wiki 02:14, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Chapter:verse Siddayoga

Thanks, initially I wrote it this way - as per Chicago Style, but someone changed it to page:verse, so I tried to make it clearer with page verse #. Glad you clarified.

Im not sure if this is the right place to comment on your comment, but I could only find your comment in the watchlist. --Babaji108 23:26, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Bursting at the Seams

Thanks for correcting my mistake! Witchwooder 13:12, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Sure. Not a problem. --Evb-wiki 13:13, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Stop

Please stop vandalising or you will be blocked from editing. --Angry Early 13:36, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

I said stop

Stop it you virgin. --Angry Early 13:37, 5 September 2007 (UTC)