User talk:Deatonjr

[edit] Release Version 0.7 Nominations open

This release has a broader scope than Version 0.5 and will include around 30,000 articles.

Articles that give context (Poverty for Poverty in Pakistan) GA+ articles of mid importance or higher B-Class articles of high importance or higher Start-Class articles, only if they are part of a set or are essential. Articles needed for completeness Country subdivisions of major countries (for example, Australian states) For more details on importance see below, and Wikipedia:Release Version/Scope

Good luck!

Hello

You are invited to participate in WikiProject Houston, a project dedicated to developing and improving articles about the Greater Houston area.

Postoak 02:56, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Houston

Thank you for becoming a participant! Your expertise in the areas you mentioned will surely benefit the project. Please feel free to discuss anything related to the project at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Houston and add/update the collaboration items at Wikipedia:WikiProject Houston. Also, please add the project banner/article assessment template for every new project-related article you create. The templates are found here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Houston/Resources. Thanks again, Postoak 03:21, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Music

What about other music "scenes" in this city? Rock, county, gospel..there are others. Why only mention hip-hop? Postoak 03:31, 3 February 2007 (UTC) I don't know. The Houston Hip Hop scene is the one I consistently read about in music and news publications. The New Yorker article cited compares it to Seattle in the early 90's. If there could be a general statement about Houston's music or live music scene, it would be more more appropriate in that article. Deatonjr 04:10, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Can you help with the Houston, Texas by expanding the hip-hop paragraph you added to include other genre's? See the objection by KP Botany on the FAC page. Postoak 01:27, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I think ZZTop should be mentioned? What about Houston Noise Bands? What do you think? Postoak 06:15, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Of all Houston artists, ZZ Top and Beyonce are the first that come to my mind. I think Houston Noise Bands could be integrated into the article, but not on the main Houston page. I'd save it for the culture article.

Mark Bellinghaus

I'm glad you approve and have enjoyed. It would be good if you could watchlist it to check over new edits. You can find more of my contributions here. Tyrenius 05:45, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

It should be watchlisted now that I've done a couple of edits. The references needed some work. I'm still not too good at properly formatting everything. Deatonjr 05:51, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Government and politics in Houston

We should move some of Politics of Houston (maybe mayor and city council) back into the main article and reduce the crime paragraphs...or put the crime stuff in a subsection. Very little is sourced in Politics of Houston. What do you think? Postoak 21:44, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

• • Yes, the crime statistics and specifically the Katrina related crime may be relevant to demographics, but not for the main article. It is more of a current event from over a year ago. Deatonjr 21:50, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Jim McInvale

It's a reasonable mistake to misspell this guy's name, so I've redirected this title to the existing article. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:31, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh thanks, good idea. I even did some google searches before creating the article and there are many pages that also misspell his name. Deatonjr 10:33, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Mark Bellinghaus (again)

If there's anything wrong with the ref formatting, it's probably the result of several editors having added them, so do correct if you see fit. I've just checked the article edit history. Thanks for conscientiously watching over it. I've had a look at some of your other contributions, including an interesting translation from a German featured article, and think it's time your work was recognised, so I'm awarding you a barnstar (alliteration accidental!). Tyrenius 04:46, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		For consistently conscientious contributions. Tyrenius 04:46, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Added comment re Neaira to DYK. Some of the article is not quite fluent English, but very readable throughout nevertheless. Tyrenius 06:29, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 15 March, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Neaira (hetaera), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

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Buchstabentafel

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Ohmstede Limited

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DYK

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WikiProject Alternative music and sources

As part of the Alternative music WikiProject, we're gathering a list of sources on this page. Could you take a look and perhaps add any written references you have access to? Thanks! CloudNine 10:12, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Climate of Beaumont, Texas

Hi, I was wondering if you were planning to do anything more with this page as at the moment it is a direct copy from the section on climate at Beaumont, Texas. To split it off seems a little premature.Madmedea 13:36, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Alternative music WikiProject newsletter

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 1 - April 2007
"There are shitloads of meaning in the songs. I don't know what they mean, but there's still meaning there." - Liam Gallagher Project news Doolittle (album), "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Surfer Rosa, Adore (album) and "Bam Thwok" all reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to WesleyDodds, Brandt Luke Zorn and CloudNine. We've now written more featured articles in the past month than in the year to April. Portal:Alternative music achieved featured portal status, thanks to Teemu08 and CloudNine. More editors are needed to keep the portal up to date. We collaborated on Red Hot Chili Peppers, Zen Arcade, Radiohead and New Order during the past month. Kate Bush, Butthole Surfers, "Today (song)", Californication (album) and "Tonight, Tonight" reached good article status.	New members Swidden, CattleGirl, UncleMontezuma, Dark Devil, RedHotRageSlave, Kudasai, Sjones23, Triviumchick1990 and Mr Richardson joined the alternative music ranks during April. Editors User:CloudNine
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WikiProject Houston

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Alternative music WikiProject newsletter

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 2 - May 2007
"I will most certainly not be wearing black and lipstick in 2011. That’s a guarantee." - Robert Smith Project news Kate Bush and Kid A reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to Epbr123 and Alex valavanis respectively. Two of our featured articles, Elliott Smith and "Smells Like Teen Spirit", were featured on the main page in May. We collaborated on Anthony Kiedis, Pearl Jam, Kurt Cobain and Soundgarden during the past month. During the month of May, Black Lab, Just Like Heaven (song) and Pearl Jam were promoted to good article status.	New members Burnedthru, TommyStardust, Grovermj, KamrynMatika, Merzbow and Cbing01 all joined the alternative music fold during May. Editors User:CloudNine
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WikiProject Alternative music June 2007 Newsletter

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 3 - June 2007

"I had a pair of cotton black pants, and I wore them every day for months. And Bill hung them outside the van 'cos they smelled so bad. And they flapped off on the highway. They were the only ones I had." - Michael Stipe Project news Stereolab and Uncle Tupelo reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to Merzbow and Teemu08 respectively. We collaborated on Grant Hart, "Live Forever", Soul Asylum and R.E.M. (band) during the past month. During the month of June, By the Way and OK Computer were promoted to good article status.

New members Riana, Kyjb70 and Scarps joined the alternative music fold during June. Editors User:CloudNine

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WikiProject Alternative music July 2007 Newsletter

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 4 - July 2007

"Thurston Moore? Is that your real name? I mean, give me a break. You made that up. That's a good one. Did you have a mom and shit like that?" - Gibby Haynes Project news Californication (album), Dookie, Be Here Now, and By the Way reached featured article status and Wilco discography reached featured list status in the past month! We now have 20 articles of featured quality. Well done to the various WP:RHCP editors, Xihix, Ceoil, WesleyDodds, and Teemu08. Kate Bush was featured on the Main Page on July 30. We collaborated on Meat Puppets, In Utero, "Touch Me I'm Sick", John Frusciante, and Zeitgeist (The Smashing Pumpkins album) during the past month. During the month of July, Sky Blue Sky, R.E.M. (band), "Monkey Gone to Heaven", A.M. (album), The Cure, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Wilco, Loose Fur, John Frusciante, A Ghost Is Born and Being There (album), a total of 11 articles, were promoted to good article status; a record month. We now have 33 GAs, out of a total of ~680 articles.

New members Killereditors, Xihix, M2Ys4U and Lostvalley joined the alternative music fold during July. Editors User:CloudNine, User:WesleyDodds

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WikiProject Alternative music August 2007 Newsletter

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 5 - August 2007

"The amount of time it took to get Morrissey onstage was getting longer and longer. There was this great game he'd play of wanting to be asked 15 times if it had been 14 the night before. Johnny was like, 'Let's rock!' and Mozzer would be 'Well, somebody's gotta ask me another seven times.'" - Andy Rourke Project news Blood Sugar Sex Magik and Sky Blue Sky reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to the various WP:RHCP editors and Teemu08. We collaborated on Let It Be (Replacements album), Queens of the Stone Age, Dinosaur Jr, and Loveless (album) during the past month. During the month of August, Summerteeth, Anodyne (album), and The Make-Up were promoted to good article status.

New members Freaky4jesus32, Razorblade666, and Grim-Gym joined the alternative music fold during August. Editors User:WesleyDodds

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WikiProject Alternative music September 2007 Newsletter

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 6 - September 2007

"It's funny; recently I've started to notice people's impersonations of me, and it's basically like a hyperactive child. I'm a big fucking spaz."- Dave Grohl Project news "Today", Wilco, Pearl Jam, John Frusciante and Audioslave reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to Brandt Luke Zorn, Teemu08, the various Pearl Jam editors, NSR77, Grim-Gym and Gocsa respectively. The discographies of The Make-Up, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nirvana, Lightning Bolt, The Breeders and John Frusciante all reached featured list status during the past month; a record month. Well done to Drewcifer3000, Brandt Luke Zorn (who both wrote two featured lists!) CloudNine, NSR77 and Grim-Gym. Blood Sugar Sex Magik was featured on the Main Page on September 24. We collaborated on Nirvana (band), Jimmy Chamberlin, Noel Gallagher and Courtney Love during the past month. During the month of September, Dream Days at the Hotel Existence, Era Vulgaris (album), Feeder (band), Harry and the Potters, "I Don't Remember", Kicking Television: Live in Chicago, Powderfinger, "Starlight" (song)" and Weezer (1994 album) were all promoted to good article status, a total of nine articles!

New members User:Dihydrogen Monoxide and User:Connorhalsell joined the alternative music fold during September. Editors User:CloudNine

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WikiProject Alternative music October 2007 Newsletter

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 7 - October 2007

"It's weird when you play a show somewhere and there's a disproportionate number of people backstage talking about how they're witches."- Trent Reznor Project news Nine Inch Nails reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to BotleySmith and Drewcifer3000. List of Powderfinger awards and the discographies of Uncle Tupelo, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Powderfinger all reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Lincalinca, Dihydrogen Monoxide, Spebi, NSR77, and Teemu08 The Smashing Pumpkins was featured on the Main Page on October 11. We collaborated on Nevermind, The Breeders, Alternative rock, Fugazi (band) and The Downward Spiral during the past month. During the month of October, Adam Clayton, One Hot Minute and Joey Santiago were promoted to good article status. There are two articles at prose review, Butthole Surfers and Radiohead. You can help promote these articles to FA status; every little helps.

New members Sorchah and Tarc joined the alternative music fold during October. Editors User:CloudNine

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WikiProject Alternative music November 2007 Newsletter

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 8 - November 2007

"Personality. Personality. Personality. Personality>Personlaity>peporisnaitiu.Pelsonlaity>personality> PSoDURYW'OB>peojuiuauA>PRFIVGU-JSNN.;YN~CPJHOQA" ALFIHI-WUSAZ;/P ioy iqNLKH GZW IGDB." - Thom Yorke Project news Pinkerton (album), Joey Santiago, Dream Days at the Hotel Existence, One Hot Minute and Powderfinger reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to Cowbellcity45, CloudNine, RaNdOm26, Dihydrogen Monoxide, Grim-Gym, NSR77 and Spebi. List of Silverchair awards and the discographies of Pavement, Feeder, the Minutemen and Nine Inch Nails all reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Brandt Luke Zorn, Dihydrogen Monoxide, CloudNine and Drewcifer3000. Nine Inch Nails was featured on the Main Page on November 20. We collaborated on "This Charming Man", Sonic Youth, Siamese Dream and Powderfinger during the past month. During the month of November, Small Mercies, "Passenger" (Powderfinger song), Jimmy Chamberlin, Spiderland, and Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt were promoted to good article status.

New members Cambrant, Chickpeaface, Atlantik and Thelastfetusdying joined the alternative music fold during November. Editors User:WesleyDodds

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Quanell X

I apologize for my confusion, I got reversed after seeing several items like this [1] and was trying to clear things up and I guess I missed one. When I saw the anon IP correcting [2], I hit the "undo" button after getting confused thinking they had re-added the ebonics-speak instead of catching a repair I had missed. It happens, I'm under a bit of stress studying. Thanks for correcting me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fixthepedia (talk • contribs) 21:37, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for understanding, I've been trying to do cleanup and get this up to date with the recent happenings but it's difficult when you get some of the random IPs coming in doing bad things. I saw an IP, saw some ebonics-speak in the difference, and my brain kicked in and said "it's the same guy coming back with ebonics again." It didn't occur that I might have accidentally reverted the ebonics along with a bunch of other things when I was trying to do cleanup. I'm still new to a lot of this wiki stuff and learning.

Would you maybe be able to give some help on the Johnny Sutton article as well? There's an editor there named Brimba who's not looking very carefully at things and was part of a group edit warring with another anon IP, and now the page is locked down completely to a very stripped down version. An outside perspective might get Brimba to stop and look more closely, he seems to be assuming this other IP is actually me and that's not the case. If nothing else you could help me find where more sources are needed or where mistakes are being made if you have the time please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fixthepedia (talk • contribs) 21:47, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

The videos are important because while Quanell is claiming there was pushing and shoving, the videos don't show any, and the news reports based only on Quanell's word aren't reliable then. I agree it'd be nice to keep the size of the Joe Horn part down, which is why I have been trying to watch and remove people who are just inserting their opinions when I can. I hope I got the sections set up right for the rest of the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fixthepedia (talk • contribs) 21:51, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Could you review my proposed changes to the Quanell X article? I believe as it stands it has a POV that is non-neutral, and has inflammatory unreliably sourced statements, particularly about his childhood. Xdeserted (talk) 06:10, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

sry im done with wikipedia...Deananoby2 (talk) 17:20, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Alternative music December 2007 Newsletter

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 9 - December 2007

"He didn't really talk until he got his girlfriend, and somehow that jump-started his ego, and he went from 'I am Lou, I am nothing' to 'I am the greatest.' He just went ffffft, just flipped the scales. And then he started talking a lot. And then I was realizing from a lot of the things he was saying, 'Hmmm, maybe I don't like Lou.'"- J Mascis Project news Loveless (album), Spiderland and Internationalist (album) reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to WesleyDodds, Ceoil, Brandt Luke Zorn, Dihydrogen Monoxide and Spebi. The discographies of Nation of Ulysses and Dave Gahan reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Drewcifer3000 and Underneath-it-All. We collaborated on Rage Against the Machine, Flea (musician), Oasis (band), Mission of Burma and Primal Scream during the past month. During the month of December, Slay Tracks (1933-1969), "These Days" (Powderfinger song), Transfusion (EP), Young Modern, Ian Svenonius, Trent Reznor, "Sunsets", Alice in Chains, David Lovering, Thrice, These Days: Live in Concert, Parables for Wooden Ears, Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994-2000, Odyssey Number Five, Vulture Street and Flea (musician), a total of 17 articles, were promoted to good article status; a record month. With the addition of Loveless (album) and Internationalist (album) (which were promoted to good and featured article status in the same month), this brings the total up to 19 GAs for December! Starting this month, the newsletter will contain a new feature that lists a recommended alternative rock album for project members to check out and help expand their knowledge of the genre. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Archers of Loaf - Icky Mettle (1993).

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WikiProject Alternative music January 2008 Newsletter

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 10 - January 2008

"I still have people come up to me like, 'I really, really liked your last record.' 'Oh, thanks!' 'Are you going to do "Loser" tonight?' I'm like, 'Look, I'm six foot six. Beck is five foot sex, all right?'"- Thurston Moore Project news Radiohead, Slay Tracks (1933-1969), David Lovering, "I Don't Remember", U2, R.E.M., Anodyne (album) and Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt reached featured article status in the past month, a record month for the WikiProject! Additionally, with the promotion of Radiohead, U2 and R.E.M., half of our Top Importance articles now have featured article status. Well done to Atlantik, Brandt Luke Zorn, CloudNine, the various WikiProject Powderfinger editors, Merbabu, WesleyDodds, Teemu08, NSR77 and Grim-Gym. The discographies of Dischord Records and Load Records reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Drewcifer3000 (who wrote both featured lists). Powderfinger discography reached featured topic status during the past month. Well done to the various WikiProject Powderfinger editors. We collaborated on Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Franz Ferdinand (band), PJ Harvey and Michael Stipe during the past month. During the month of January, Rage Against the Machine, Pick Up the Pace, "Lost and Running", Bernard Fanning, Year Zero (album), Jon Coghill, "Losing My Religion" and "Touch Me I'm Sick" were promoted to good article status. Sign up for our B-class article drive on the project talk page! The goal is to increase a number of the project's B-class articles to GA or FA status within two months. The B-class article drive will run from February 1 to April 1, 2008. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988).

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Western Refining

The article was essentially a cut and paste of website material, (an "our") was actually left in), but I restored and removed the worst of the cv and some spamminess- no refs now though. Jimfbleak (talk) 06:15, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Temporarily userfy List of current and former Forbes 400 members?

Het Djr - since we are kind of stalled, and only at the "C"s, and I think you are the only one with a copy of the book, what do you think about bringng the page over to a subpage of your user page, so you can work on it at your leisure? I tried the work-in-progress tag, and it got removed. UnitedStatesian (talk) 00:53, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

I moved it to a subpage User:Deatonjr/Forbes400 Deatonjr (talk) 04:56, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Great, I am also going to redirect the main page there. I also temporarily nowiki-ed the cat on your user subpage. UnitedStatesian (talk) 12:58, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Alternative music Newsletters

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 12 - March 2008

"Expressions of irony through clothing are very important.'"- Carlos Dengler Project news "Just Like Heaven" (song), Flea (musician), Bernard Fanning, Odyssey Number Five, In Rainbows and Silverchair reached featured article status in the past month! Additionally "This Charming Man", a former Featured Article, has been re-promoted to FA status. Well done to WesleyDodds, NSR77, Grim-Gym, the various WikiProject Powderfinger editors, Atlantik, Ceoil and Dihydrogen Monoxide. The discography of Silverchair reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Dihydrogen Monoxide. Surfer Rosa was featured on the Main Page on March 21. We collaborated on In Rainbows, Vitalogy, The White Stripes, Blur (band) and Accelerate (R.E.M. album) during the past month. During the month of March, Nine Inch Nails live performances, Oasis (band), Boredoms, Hoodoo Gurus, and Vitalogy were promoted to good article status. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Editors - An End Has a Start (2007).

New members NewMarqueeDayMoonRising, Thundermaster, and SuperNeek joined the alternative music fold during March. Editors User:WesleyDodds

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 13 - April 2008

"God is in your scrotum!'"- Perry Farrell Project news This month was the first in over a year in which no articles were promoted to featured article status. In the period between March 2007 and April 2008, the project produced a whopping 70 Featured Articles. Let's keep adding to those numbers! Pearl Jam was featured on the Main Page on April 22. We collaborated on My Bloody Valentine, The Queen Is Dead, Double Nickels on the Dime and Ten (Pearl Jam album) during the past month. During the month of April, Diorama (album), Editors, Neon Bible, Ghosts I–IV, "Yes! I Am a Long Way from Home" and "Who Really Cares (Featuring the Sound of Insanity)" were promoted to good article status. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out (1997).

New members Arleach, Panic!out, N0tverycreative, and Gallagher2x2 joined the alternative music fold during April. Editors User:WesleyDodds

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 14 - May 2008

"I go to a fucking office and I write. I'm not one of these dickheads who opens a beer, high fives his mates and opens his mouth and shit pours out, which he then writes on a beer mat. It doesn't come easy."- Nick Cave Project news "Touch Me I'm Sick", Diorama (album) and Nine Inch Nails live performances reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to Indopug, Dihydrogen Monoxide, and Drewcifer3000. The discographies of Sonic Youth, The Libertines, Foo Fighters and Smoking Popes reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Drewcifer3000, Indopug, Tenacious D Fan and Teemu08. We collaborated on Superunknown, Supergrass, Kate Bush and Foo Fighters during the past month. During the month of May, The Killers, "Under the Bridge", Death Cab for Cutie, Bloc Party, Coldplay, Beck and Ten (Pearl Jam album) were promoted to good article status. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984).

New members Seraphim Whipp, Guitardude3600, Lunar Jesters, Kristmace, Freedom (song), TwentiethApril1986, JD554, Thom, and Sethward joined the alternative music fold during May. Editors User:WesleyDodds

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WikiProject Alternative music newsletter

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 15 - June 2008

"I've gotten into communication states with cats where I know I heard their voices in my head and we'd sit around and have conversations with each other. Like me and one cat there, one cat there and one cat there and I would sit there for like three hours talking to them before I realized 'I can't believe I've been talking to cats for three hours.'" - John Frusciante Project news "Under the Bridge" and Year Zero (album) reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to NSR77 and Drewcifer3000. List of Nine Inch Nails tours and the discographies of The Strokes, Faith No More, Pearl Jam, Echo & the Bunnymen and Death Cab for Cutie reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Drewcifer3000, Indopug, Balthazar, -5-, JD554, and Teemu08. Wilco was featured on the Main Page on June 8. We collaborated on "Under the Bridge", Siouxsie & the Banshees, I Should Coco, Stone Temple Pilots, and MTV Unplugged in New York during the past month. During the month of June, Double Nickels on the Dime, Jeff Buckley, and "In Bloom" were promoted to good article status. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll (2005).

New members Fvasconcellos and Alternative_Idiot joined the alternative music fold during June. Editors User:WesleyDodds

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Thomas C. Lea, III

Hi, in Thomas C. Lea, III, you said: "..."The Brave Bulls" and the "The Wonderful Country", are widely considered to be classics of southwestern American literature." Do you have a citation for that? Thanks. Best O Fortuna (talk) 07:31, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I worked on:

• Thomas C. Lea, III
• The Brave Bulls
• The Wonderful Country

But, give me some more time, they are under construction, and I will be adding more, especially his article. Best O Fortuna (talk) 19:08, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

More info > Patriarch: Pleasant John Graves Lea

This family is kind of interesting:

I was doing a little surfing for information on Thomas Calloway Lea, Jr., and Sr., and came up with this:

Pleasant John Graves Lea, doctor, born 11/6/1808 in Jefferson County, Tennessee.

Listed in the Jackson County, Missouri 1850 census

Died 1862 in Jackson County, murdered by Union soldiers

Lived in Washington Township, Little Blue, Big Ceader; all Jackson County

NOTE: The Truman's, Anderson Shippe Truman and and his mothers side, Solomon Young, both settled between the Little Blue and Blue south of Independence to Grandview.

Lee's Summit, Missouri was named for Dr. Lea, but when they cast the culvert on the Missouri Pacific Railroad station side, they missed spelled the name, and the railroad started calling it "Lee's Summit"; also in sympathy with Robert E. Lee. [3]

Wife: 1) Lucinda Calloway 2) Fanny Clark Lucinda Callaway. (married 13 APR 1838); "Nancy Howard" was their grandmother-mother's side

• Son: Alfred E. (allow "D" in on the above, I think in error?)
  • Grandson: Homer Lea (famous author; military adviser)

• Son: Thomas Calloway S. Lea Sr. (Jackson County, MO commissioner, knew Harry S. Truman)
  • Grandson: Thomas Calloway Lea, Jr., (aka "Tom" prominent attorney, judge, and mayor of El Paso, TX; veteran Spanish-American and WWI).
    • Great-Grandson Thomas Calloway Lea, III (known as: Tom Lea; famous artist, painter, author, correspondent LIFE WWII; would paint a mural in the Pleasant Hill, MO post office, about Confederates turned out of their homes after the Civil War)

• Son: Joseph Calloway Lea (1841-11-08 Cleveland, Tennessee, died 1904-02-04 Roswell, New Mexico.; "Captain Joseph C. Lea, From Confederate Guerrilla to New Mexico Patriarch" by Elvis E. Fleming. ISBN 9781881325536) Namesake for Lea County, New Mexico; founder of the New Mexico Military Academy (NMMI) at Roswell, NM. Created Chaves County, New Mexico.

• Son: Frank H.

Enjoy, I am, fascinating family.

Best O Fortuna (talk) 02:03, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I had known about Tom Lea the author but got into editing those articles when I found out about his father. I was in El Paso and bought a book about the city's history titled "Ringside Seat to a Revolution", about El Paso in the late 19th and early 20th century. It mentioned Tom Lea Sr. several times as the mayor for a term and that got me thinking.... is he related to the author? Sure enough..... I was surprised to discover that these articles didn't exist on Wikipedia. There is a funny bit in the "Ringside Seat" that says Tom Sr. was a cross-dresser. I have yet to work it into the article. Great research, by the way. How do you do your research?Deatonjr (talk) 18:34, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar. You think if I keep working on the Lea family articles they will adopt me? His son, Jim (James) lives in Houston. I am going to start the J.C. one soon, that guy did a lot. I think I had heard about Tom Lea's artwork before, but kind of forgot. But, how I got on the trail this time: I was watching The FBI Story, with James Stewart (which is not that great of movie), and then I wanted to correct some of the fact from fiction in the article, and in researching, I found a movie review over at time.com, and the review was two reviews in one article, with the second one being The Wonderful Country. So, of course I had to learn more.

I can't find where Alfred dead? I have a very limited budget, so I don't have any of those good accounts where you can get the good stuff. I have to just try to pull things off the general Internet, which makes it a lot harder. I just use Yahoo! and Google, but I think it is the way that I search that makes the difference, without any good account this can be very time consuming. Also, when I look for one piece of information it leads me to another tidbit. When I find a new tidbit, I then back track, and try to find another source. I use TIME a lot, the free part of the New York Times is good (I wish I had a full account there, they have some good info, and it goes back to about 1850. And, even though I might only use one source, I find at least three before it goes in. So, if I find one piece of info, I look for confirmation at two other sites. I also have a good nose for sniffing out the crap, and lastly I think I have a decent feel for what is true and what is bullshit. Like when I searched for "Tom Lea" on Yahoo!, first site is www.tomlea.net, second is the UTEP site, but the third one is www.tomlea.com. This last site is a scam site. They have taken text from another site and just pasted it in, then when you surf there they hit you with pop-ups and adds. I went to the site and xxxporngirl popup came up. So, it is obvious some guy just rented a URL, then tries to suck you in for junk. These cheap copy+paste sites chap my butt. I also look for things that are wrong, if it smells funny, it most likely is. You can put something in an article here, say you put in that "Elvis had a special custom made toilet from American Standard". Then waited a month, you would find it repeated on a dozen sites, most without giving attribution and some not noting Wikipedia.

I am constantly surprised at how much source citing has changed with the internet. Most sources on wikipedia are just a link with a "last accessed" date. Many times it's just a title and publication, with no credit given to the author. A print article page reference is always preferable, if it exists, because the links for these online articles change, disappear, or require special access. This is true even for large publications like the New York Times, Houston Chronicle, etc. Deatonjr (talk) 14:45, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

PS: By finding three or more sites with confirmating (< made up word) information I am able to mentally sift them into one melded sentence or paragraph that is more accurate (and many times has more information than one of these individual sites alone). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Best O Fortuna (talk • contribs) 04:09, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

My best research resource is the library. I was fortunate enough to live in Houston, TX, which has most of their reference databases online. So for free you can access tons of articles beyond what is normally available on the internet. Get a library card for your local city or county library, just to find out what databases they have available. Also most libraries will sell a membership for a modest annual fee if you are not a resident. The other option is to find a local university library. I follow the releases of university presses and the regional history section at the bookstore. The articles I wrote on Zenas Bliss and Edgar Odell Lovett were based on recently released biographies (and are still works in progress). I've also translated some articles from German. There are tons and tons of great articles on foreign language wikis that don't have english language articles. I like to run down the list of featured articles in German and find out which ones have no english equivalent. Finally, I follow ongoing stories in the local news. Quanell X and Joe Horn shooting controversy are two developing articles based on people in the Houston, TX area. Deatonjr (talk) 14:34, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

About the discouragement, I think that there is so much vandalism and crap on here that good editors react they way that guy did with me, just warning me without looking at exactly what I was doing. I wish it was a little (not much) harder to edit so that the good contributors could concentrate on making things better and not having to patrol for the garbage. Thanks again.

Tom Sr. was a cross-dresser? Or are you just talking about wearing the silk underwear? He wore silk underwear (they didn't make much mens back then) because he had a little health phobia, The Mayor's Silk Underwear He died with his silk undies on... " The Mex Files. So, it was more of a health thing after what his doctor told him (which was right by the way). But, if you have something more, we'll I had not heard about that.

Best O Fortuna (talk) 23:13, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Have any ideas about my other questions and thoughts?

WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for July 2008

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 16 - July 2008

"We are the best band in the world....modestly the best band in the world." - Darren Middleton Project news List of Nine Inch Nails live-band members, List of The Killers awards, and the discographies of Kaiser Chiefs, Soundgarden, Garbage, and Mark Lanegan reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Underneath-it-All, Drewcifer3000, -5-, WilliamH, and Be Black Hole Sun. R.E.M. was featured on the Main Page on July 10. We collaborated on With Teeth, American Idiot, Weezer, and "Creep" (Radiohead song) during the past month. During the month of July, The Black Parade, Arcade Fire, and "Live Forever" were promoted to good article status. We are currently discussing various alternative rock albums as possible candidates for a project-wide Featured Topic collaboration. Please join the discussion here. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop (1996).

New members Arbocalaviv, Samushi101, Carbonrodney, Red157, and dmodlin71 joined the alternative music fold during July. Editors User:WesleyDodds

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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for August 2008

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 17 - August 2008

"Oh, we've been called an alternative band before. But we eat meat, so I think we're disqualified: chili dogs, corn dogs, Jimmy Dean Sausage Breakfast."- Kurt Cobain Project news "My Happiness" (song) reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to Giggy. Isobel Campbell discography, List of Nine Inch Nails awards, List of Soundgarden awards, and List of Pearl Jam awards reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Red157, Drewcifer3000, -5-, and Be Black Hole Sun. Flea (musician) was featured on the Main Page on August 19. We collaborated on "Interstate Love Song", The Smiths, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Sub Pop, and Bleach (album) during the past month. During the month of August, Superunknown, Vs. (Pearl Jam album), Black Holes & Revelations, "Clocks" (song), and Disintegration were promoted to good article status. We are currently discussing various alternative rock albums as possible candidates for a project-wide Featured Topic collaboration. Please join the discussion here. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Velocity Girl - Copacetic (1993).

New members Corythepaperboy, Hiram111, Yozzer66, and Lugnuts joined the alternative music fold during August. Editors User:WesleyDodds

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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for September 2008

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 18 - September 2008

"And suddenly the plane dropped to the right, then to the left, and the ground was right there. And all I could think was, Fuck, I didn’t finish "Fix You." That would have been my last thought: I didn’t get that chorus right."- Chris Martin Project news Disintegration reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to NSR77 and WesleyDodds. List of Björk awards, List of Rage Against the Machine awards, and List of awards and nominations received by Muse reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Gary King, who wrote all three featured lists. David Lovering was featured on the Main Page on September 17. We collaborated on Parklife, Tragic Kingdom, Bauhaus (band), and OK Computer during the past month. During the month of September, The White Stripes, "Yellow" (song), No Depression (album), "Speed of Sound" (song), "The Scientist" (song), "God Put a Smile upon Your Face", "In My Place", Demolition Plot J-7, No Age, and "All the Way" (Eddie Vedder song) were promoted to good article status. Help us select good versions of WP:ALM articles for inclusion on the Wikipedia 0.7 release! Find out more about Wikipedia 0.7 selection on the project talk page and add your thoughts to the discussion. If you are personally responsible for a Featured or Good Article listed here, please the select a version to include in Wikipedia 0.7 on that page if you haven't already. Page versions must be selected by October 20. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is The Long Blondes - Someone to Drive You Home (2006).

New members ThinkBlue joined the alternative music fold during September. Editors User:WesleyDodds

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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for October 2008

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 19 - October 2008

"When we were trying to sell 'This Corrosion' to Steinman, we said it was like the high point of a Borgia disco evening and he went for it. Nobody makes gloriously stupid records anymore."- Andrew Eldritch Project news "Paranoid Android" reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to Brandt Luke Zorn and Giggy. List of awards and nominations received by The White Stripes, List of awards and nominations received by The Strokes, List of awards and nominations received by Nirvana, List of awards and nominations received by Beck, List of awards and nominations received by Gorillaz, List of awards and nominations received by Barenaked Ladies, and the discographies of The White Stripes and Supergrass reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Gary King, Red157, and TwentiethApril1986. A Rush of Blood to the Head reached good topic status during the past month. Well done to ThinkBlue. We collaborated on Modest Mouse, "Paranoid Android", "Alright" (Supergrass song), and "Karma Police" during the past month. During the month of October, Parachutes, X&Y, A Rush of Blood to the Head, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, The Singles 1992–2003, I Should Coco, The Beacon Street Collection, Tragic Kingdom, and "No One Knows" were promoted to good article status. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Siouxsie & the Banshees - Juju (1981).

New members SanePsychotic joined the alternative music fold during October. Editors User:WesleyDodds

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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for November 2008

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 20 - November 2008

"I had access to the most quality fanny available." - Jarvis Cocker Project news No Depression (album) reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to Teemu08. List of awards and nominations received by Bloc Party and List of awards and nominations received by Radiohead reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Gary King and WilliamH. We collaborated on Blessid Union of Souls, Britpop, Morrissey, Yield (album), and "No Surprises" during the past month. During the month of November, No Doubt (No Doubt album), "The Hardest Part" (Coldplay song), "Talk" (song), "Violet Hill" (song), "Don't Panic" (song), and "Fix You" were promoted to good article status. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters (1995).

New members A Stop at Willoughby and Trap The Drum Wonder joined the alternative music fold during November. Editors User:WesleyDodds

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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for December 2008

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 21 - December 2008

"Anthony's a sex symbol. You see the thing is for the girls they're like 'oh Anthony he's so beautiful! And his muscles and his hair and oh golly he's so sexy!' but with me its like [with men] 'DUDE YOU'RE SO AWESOME...WOW DUDE. WOW!" - Flea Project news The Cure discography and Audioslave discography reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to JD554 and Cannibaloki. Parachutes and Hey Venus! reached good topic status during the past month. Well done to ThinkBlue and Cavie78. We collaborated on Thom Yorke, Dirt (album), Suede (band), and Nothing's Shocking during the past month. During the month of December, In Utero and White Lies (band) were promoted to good article status. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Badly Drawn Boy - Have You Fed the Fish? (2002).

New members Papa November and S. Dean Jameson joined the alternative music fold during December. Editors User:WesleyDodds

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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for February 2009

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 23 - February 2009

"I want to find the guy that invented compression and tear his liver out. I hate it. It makes everything sound like a beer commercial." - Steve Albini Project news In Utero reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to WesleyDodds. The discographies of Bauhaus and Sigur Rós reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to JD554 and Matthewedwards. Year Zero (album) was featured on the Main Page on February 2. We collaborated on "All Apologies", Shoegazing, The Stone Roses, and The Jesus and Mary Chain during the past month. During the month of February, Augie March, Modern Life Is Rubbish, "Give It Away" (Red Hot Chili Peppers song), and The Get Up Kids were promoted to good article status. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff (1988).

New members MikeGruz and Blackadam2 joined the alternative music fold during February. Editors User:WesleyDodds

SoxBot II (talk) 03:08, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Chris Gorman (disambiguation)

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List of Houston neighborhoods

Please review and participate in the discussion to determine if/how Houston neighborhood articles should be merged/redirected to List of Houston neighborhoods. Thanks, Postoak (talk) 21:51, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for March 2009

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 24 - March 2009

"I got a lot of shit for the Rolling Stone review of Reckoning because the guy really likes my guitar style and he wrote, 'on this record, Pete Buck does everything.' We'd stop for gas and it would be, 'Pete Buck does everything. Why don't you go pump the gas, Pete?'" - Peter Buck Project news Yeah Yeah Yeahs discography reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Drewcifer3000. We collaborated on Liam Gallagher, Riot Act (album), Automatic for the People, Jane's Addiction, and "Give It Away" (Red Hot Chili Peppers song) during the past month. During the month of March, "Lovers in Japan", "Hello Sunshine", Evergreen, Reckoning (R.E.M. album), Love Kraft, "Golden Retriever" (song), and Delorentos were promoted to good article status. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising (1985).

New members LizParker and Cavie78 joined the alternative music fold during March. Editors User:WesleyDodds

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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for April 2009

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 25 - April 2009

"The other day I had these Jehovah's Witnesses come round to my house, and they tried to convince me that the Pope was the Devil's representative on Earth. So I told them that Jesus was the world's first communist. So they left. They were genuinely enraged.'" - Ian Brown Project news We collaborated on The Stone Roses (album), "Don't Speak", Indie rock, and Eddie Vedder during the past month. During the month of April, Slow Life, "Lost!", and Phantom Phorce were promoted to good article status. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Stereolab - Chemical Chords (2008).

Editors User:WesleyDodds

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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for May 2009

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 26 - May 2009

"Well, I remember hearing girls behind me in English class talking about turning 18 and being old enough to strip. It wasn't that weird at the time.'" - Brandon Flowers Project news John Frusciante and U2 were featured on the Main Page on May 2 and 26. We collaborated on The Bends, Interpol (band), "How Soon Is Now?", "Hand in Glove", and "I Wanna Be Adored" during the past month. During the month of May, Fantasy Black Channel was promoted to good article status. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country (2006).

Editors User:WesleyDodds

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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for June 2009

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 27 - June 2009

"The only confusion was, I think we all thought they were women. Kim was obviously a woman, but they all had this shaved-headed, pretty, soft look. And there were lots of lesbian bands at the time, and we always got booked with them, so we just thought the Pixies were another, like maybe they were like angry divorcees or somthing that formed a band.'" - Kristin Hersh Project news Fantasy Black Channel reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to Rafablu88. List of awards and nominations received by Snow Patrol reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Suede67. Phantom Power reached good topic status during the past month. Well done to Cavie78. In Utero was featured on the Main Page on June 20. We collaborated on (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, Silent Alarm, Pornography (album), and Bossanova during the past month. During the month of June, Phantom Power (Super Furry Animals album) was promoted to good article status. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1986).

Editors User:WesleyDodds

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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for July 2009

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 28 - July 2009

"I rip off more fuckin' people than anyone in the world. I rip off my own rip-offs." - Jared Followill Project news Silent Alarm reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to Rafablu88. We collaborated on Trompe le Monde, Bush (band), Debut (album), and Hot Fuss during the past month. During the month of July, Intimacy (Bloc Party album) and "Hand in Glove" were promoted to good article status. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Ride - Going Blank Again (1992).

New members Guitarherochristopher and Andrzejbanas joined the alternative music fold during July. Editors User:WesleyDodds

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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for August 2009

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 29 - August 2009

"We've been having lots of sex, and we're pregnant with the new baby already. It's vicious! It will have claws, like Freddy Kruger's lovechild.'" - Tom Meighan Project news Alice in Chains was featured on the Main Page on August 27. We collaborated on "Panic" (song), Daydream Nation, Kings of Leon, Goo (album), and Suede (album) during the past month. During the month of August, Nevermind and "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)" were promoted to good article status. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Galaxie 500 - On Fire (1989).

New members Dylan620, SteelersFan UK06, Guitarherochristopher and Thatguykalem joined the alternative music fold during August. Editors User:WesleyDodds

SoxBot (talk) 15:23, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Templates for deletion nomination of Template:Beaumont, Texas

Template:Beaumont, Texas has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Locos epraix ~ Beastepraix 17:24, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program in Houston

Hi! I'm leaving you this message because you're listed as a Wikipedian from Houston. The Wikipedia Ambassador Program is currently looking for Campus Ambassadors from the Houston area, to help with Wikipedia assignments at Texas Southern University. Classes at TSU will be participating in the Public Policy Initiative for the Spring 2011 semester, and the role of Campus Ambassadors will be to provide face-to-face training and support for students on Wikipedia-related skills (how to edit articles, how to add references, etc.). This includes doing in-class presentations, running workshops and labs, possibly holding office hours, and in general providing in-person mentorship for students.

Prior Wikipedia skills are not required for the role, as training will be provided for all Campus Ambassadors (although, of course, being an experienced editor is a plus).

If you are interested in being a Wikipedia Campus Ambassador, or know someone in Houston who might be, please email me or leave a message on my talk page. Thanks!--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 20:12, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

June drive

Hey there Deatonjr, I noticed you had added Rainbow Magic to your June wikification log. I just wanted to remind you that the Drive doesn't start until June first, and today is only May 31. :) I see you're also working on Blood Angels and Shopaholic & Sister, so I advise you to wait a few hours, til 0:00 UTC time, so you can count them. Nolelover ^{It's almost football season!} 14:32, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Good job on noticing this before I did Nole!Sumsum2010·T·C 19:44, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Lol...Heck, I wouldn't have thought anything of it except that WikiCopter made the same mistake. :) As to me noticing it before you, it might just have been that I was on earlier. ;) Nolelover ^{It's almost football season!} 19:51, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Okay, I will comment this out on the log. Deatonjr (talk) 20:11, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Quanell X

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Wiki Loves Pride: Houston

You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride 2014, a campaign to improve coverage of LGBT-related content on Wikipedia throughout the month of June. On June 21, there will be a multi-national edit-a-thon, if you wish to participate. Here is the project page for Houston: Wikipedia:Meetup/Houston/Wiki Loves Pride 2014. Ways to help? Create or improve LGBT-related articles, host an edit-a-thon at a local coffeeshop, library or other location, or photograph LGBT culture and history in the Houston area. Visit the project page for more information, and if you are interested in contributing, just add your name to the list of supporters or add the results of your work. Thanks for your consideration! --Another Believer _(Talk) 20:38, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Nomination of Steve Bickerstaff for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Steve Bickerstaff is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steve Bickerstaff until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Topjur02 (talk) 19:03, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Sarah Turner Butler

The article Sarah Turner Butler has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No evidence of passing WP:GNG/NBIO. Claim (unreferenced, presumed general ref is broken) of being one of the richest people and little besides that. Not seeing any in-depth coverage in my BEFORE.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 10:55, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

Assistance

I was looking through users from southeast Texas and I came across your account. I need help with a discussion on an article. See link:

https://en.m.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Universal_Coin_%26_Bullion

I need more Keep comments and I was hoping you can add to that. I reworked the article so I don’t think it sounds like an advert anymore. If you feel it needs to be deleted could you not comment and say it should be deleted? Currently it might get deleted anyway but I just need more Keep comments if at all possible. Excel23 (talk) 14:03, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Never mind on that. I got another delete comment so it will probably get deleted now. Oh well. Excel23 (talk) 14:07, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Zenas Bliss

Zenas Bliss has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 16:49, 22 January 2024 (UTC)