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Proposed deletion of Georgia Tech Cable Network

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Georgia Tech Cable Network, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:

Per WP:NOT#DIR and we are not a TV Guide.

All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

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Georgia Tech Cable Network

First off, please do not remove PROD tags. Let the PROD procedure run its course and let the admins have their say first. Second, a university cable company is not that notable. Several universities have them and Georgia Tech is the only one with a page dedicated to it....but it isn't notable. Verizon FiOS or Comcast, those are notable cable companies, this isn't. - NeutralHomer • Talk • April 16, 2009 @ 05:53

Perhaps you are confusing PROD with AFD? I've been here long enough to know that the notice you put on my talk page means what it says - any user can remove the tag for really any reason. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 06:27, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
No, not really. That would be an edit war. I have also been here long enough to know the rules. I can nom the page for AFD if you like....I would rather the admins have a look, but if you want it to go straight to AFD, that is fine with me. - NeutralHomer • Talk • April 16, 2009 @ 06:29
PROD isn't about having an admin look at it, it's just a low-pressure method of suggesting deletion. There really is no other way of interpreting "You may remove this message if you improve the article or otherwise object to deletion for any reason." From WP:PROD: "Proposed deletion is the way to suggest that an article is uncontroversially a deletion candidate, but that it does not meet the more stringent criteria for speedy deletion. If a PROD tag is added to an article, the article will be deleted about 5 days later if nobody objects. If any user objects—usually by removing the tag—then the article may be taken to Articles for Deletion for further discussion." —Disavian (talk/contribs) 06:34, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Well, you wanted it nom'd for deletion (AFD), I nominated it. It will surely get deleted now. There was a chance that it might get saved with the PROD tag on there. - NeutralHomer • Talk • April 16, 2009 @ 06:37

AfD nomination of Georgia Tech Cable Network

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References

Sorry, I did not know about archive.org, I just went to the reference and it said it wasn't found. Anyway, it seems like you messed up the references with your edit. The reference for fight songs, takes you to the page about the controversy. The reference for the controversy that you re-added is still the "dead" one. Brinkley32 (talk) 01:55, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

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TfD nomination of Template:GeorgiaTechPRImage

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members list templates

I got tired of trying to keep all of these straight. see {{mem}}. These fix some alignment issues. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) talk - 19:55, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

momocon article

I got some notice that it's too much like an advertisement. What do I need to do to change it? ~Jess~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.176.156.44 (talk) 14:49, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Not really sure. They probably want more refs, and instead of a list of years, distinct paragraphs describing the event's history, etc. Sadly, I don't know of any really good convention articles to use as a model here. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 17:04, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
I looked around, but didn't find anything that was really amazing. E3, Game Developers Conference, San Diego Comic-Con International are all okay articles, and Dragon Con isn't bad, but none of them illustrate how to really write a convention article. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 17:13, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Table Sorting...

Hey, you did some work on Template:AlumniStart back in the day... I'm wondering why nothing's sorting now. Can we fix it? Thanks. - Jameson L. Tai talk ♦ guestbook ♦ contribs 06:01, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Is there a defined way that lists/tables are supposed to be organized? In articles such as College of Management (GT), the table doesn't appear to have any organization or a sort button. Aside from tables with the sort options, I am not sure whether a list of notable alumni would be better sorted alphabetically (to easily find a known person), or chronologically by graduation (to track "accomplishment"/changes over time). (If you can't tell, I'm at a sub-novice wikipeida competence right now)Cdbkey1 (talk) 18:07, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

It boils down to who wrote the template. I haven't particularly bothered with the alumni lists on the college pages, instead preferring to focus on List of Georgia Institute of Technology alumni and List of Georgia Institute of Technology athletes, which (when I wrote them) were sortable. I don't know what's changed since then, but I will one day make them sortable again :) I generally prefer to sort by the person's last name when I write them. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 18:16, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
I added a "sortable" parameter to the template, but it's not enabled by default. I need to decide whether to enable it by default or manually add it to each section of each list. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 18:22, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

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Georgia Institute of Technology Featured Article Nomination

User:Lamenta3 and I have nominated Georgia Institute of Technology for Featured Article status. Please improve the article and contribute to the discussion. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 16:03, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Help with tables

I made a new table to be used on List of American football stadiums by capacity. I copied the code for Template:StadiumimgStart from a another table which was based on Template:AlumniStart, which I noticed you have edited. I was wondering how to use the parameters Option1 and Option2 to add new columns, so I can use this template on another article. Thank you in advance. --Pgp688 (talk) 00:15, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Look at how I've added Position to List of Georgia Institute of Technology athletes#American football. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 01:30, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
Thank you very much! --Pgp688 (talk) 01:34, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

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Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech

When you submit this article for FAC, drop me a note. I'd like to do what I can to see that it gets promoted. In the meantime, I've added a handful of tags to the article in spots where things weren't clear. JKBrooks85 (talk) 04:51, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

GT FAC

YouTube GAN

Please see my comments at Talk:YouTube/GA2. Thanks! Jclemens (talk) 16:49, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Alumni Sorting

The (relatively) new template {{alum/start}} didn't have a sortable parameter. And I think that some parserfunctions may have changed as well. The question is, do we want to enable sorting by default? I designed the original template, and that's how I had it, and I doubt anyone is going to object to that feature. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 18:25, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure I was for auto-sorting when I asked about it a few months back. It'd be nice to have. - Jameson L. Tai talk ♦ guestbook ♦ contribs 07:28, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
I went ahead and added it. Have a look at a relevant list... for example List of Georgia Institute of Technology alumni. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 09:21, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
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