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Again, welcome! Dougweller ( talk) 06:29, 26 December 2012 (UTC) reply

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SubSeven, thanks for the reminder. Mistercontributer 18:54, 6 August 2012

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Thanks for correcting links which unintentionally pointed to disambiguation pages Mistercontributer 22:19, 4 Oct 2012

On 2 November 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Henry C. Bourne, Jr., which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that an electrical engineer and interim president of Georgia Tech, Henry C. Bourne, Jr., funded an academic chair in poetry? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Henry C. Bourne, Jr.. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project ( nominate) 00:05, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

I went ahead and created the FAC tonight. Sign next to where it says "nominators", if you don't mind? I know you're looking forward to this :) Disavian ( talk) 02:26, 13 November 2012 (UTC) reply

Glad to. That would be great if History of Georgia Tech becomes a featured article, which would be good recognition for your hard work, and also good for other reasons as well. Mistercontributer ( talk) 02:59, 14 November 2012 (UTC) reply

Great work there. A couple of points though - we don't use forums or open wikis as sources. I found a replacement for the forum you linked to and put the citation tag back on the other. See WP:RS. Dougweller ( talk) 06:31, 26 December 2012 (UTC) reply

Thanks for the belated welcome, feedback, and information. I will follow these guidelines going forward. The reference work was my Christmas present to everyone who has contributed to that article. Mistercontributer ( talk) 02:11, 27 December 2012 (UTC) reply

Thanks for your assistance on this page.-- LesPhilky ( talk) 06:27, 5 January 2013 (UTC) reply

No problem. I am glad I could help. Mistercontributer ( talk) 15:28, 5 January 2013 (UTC) reply

Hey, I nominated G. Wayne Clough for FAC. If you've got time, your help would be appreciated. Thanks :) Disavian ( talk) 01:59, 22 January 2013 (UTC) reply

I would be glad to help, but I do not want to do anything to hurt the nomination. Would it be helpful if I worked on copyedits in response to the reviewer comments? Mistercontributer ( talk) 03:29, 22 January 2013 (UTC) reply

Yeah, that would be fantastic. Looks like you've done a great job so far. :) Disavian ( talk) 17:20, 24 January 2013 (UTC) reply

Well, the FAC was closed - I think our problem was that there aren't many FAC reviewers, something I keep running into. Per the closing admin's suggestion, I opened a peer review about the article. Disavian ( talk) 18:22, 18 March 2013 (UTC) reply

I think if we keep trying both History of Georgia Tech and G. Wayne Clough will eventually be selected as featured articles. Both are well written and well referenced articles. Also, both articles have interesting and informative content. We may also consider nominating Bobby Dodd as feature article sometime in the future. There are many football fans on Wikipedia who would probably help with reviewing that article. Mistercontributer ( talk) 01:14, 20 March 2013 (UTC) reply

Trying again... Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/G. Wayne Clough/archive2 Disavian ( talk) 01:37, 12 April 2013 (UTC) reply

I agree. I think we should keep trying. I made edits in response to the first reviewer's comments, except for the comment that there were too many references. Please make improvements to my edits as appropriate. Thanks Mistercontributer ( talk) 20:42, 13 April 2013 (UTC) reply

You're doing great. Oh, I opened another one today: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Georgia Tech Research Institute/archive2. That's another GT-related article I've worked a ton on. Disavian ( talk) 16:21, 27 April 2013 (UTC) reply

I made several edits today in response to feedback from the most recent reviewer of the G. Wayne Clough article, but this last reviewer had several comments and questions which still need a response. I also reviewed the Georgia Tech Research Institute article, which is very thorough and also very well written. Hopefully these articles will eventually be selected as featured articles. I will continue to help out where I can. Mistercontributer ( talk) 23:27, 19 May 2013 (UTC) reply

Hey, Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Georgia Tech Research Institute/archive2 got some replies lately. If you have spare time to have a look at those, great, if you don't, I'll get to them. :) Disavian ( talk) 05:12, 5 June 2013 (UTC) reply

I made several edits in response to feedback from the most recent reviewer of the Georgia Tech Research Institute article, but several comments still need a response. Hopefully, this FAC will not be closed before we have a chance to respond to all of the comments. Mistercontributer ( talk) 13:07, 5 June 2013 (UTC) reply

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Fixed Mistercontributer ( talk) 23:39, 30 April 2013 (UTC) reply

Hi Mistercontributer, thanks for your work with the Clough article. Feel free to ping me when you are finished, and I will do my best to respond asap with my second round of comments. ceran thor 19:05, 20 May 2013 (UTC) reply

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Mr. Contributor, you've done good work and you're a good sport. Now, in true Bear style, I'd offer you a Pepsi, but I couldn't even do that to my worst enemy. Cheers and Roll Tide! (..."send the Yellowjackets to a watery grave...") All the best. :) Drmies ( talk) 02:53, 12 June 2013 (UTC) reply

Thanks! I appreciate the positive feedback. Mistercontributer ( talk) 22:56, 12 June 2013 (UTC) reply

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Sorry for the delayed response, I'm dealing with an extremely over heating laptop which shuts off whenever it feels like. I did list my major concerns, especially with comprehensiveness and sourcing and I await your response. Thanks Secret ^account 19:11, 1 August 2013 (UTC) reply

On 30 September 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article James E. Dull, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Dean James E. Dull was considered instrumental in the peaceful racial integration of the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1961? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/James E. Dull. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass ( talk) 00:02, 30 September 2013 (UTC) reply

Hi, the maximum allowed length of a DYK hook is 200 characters, but the one you supplied is 256. It will have to be edited or replaced with a shorter hook. MANdARAX •  XAЯAbИAM 19:22, 23 October 2013 (UTC) reply

Thanks for the feedback. This proposed hook has been revised. Please let me know if the number of characters for this proposed hook needs to be reduced further? - Mistercontributer ( talk) 00:08, 24 October 2013 (UTC) reply

On 13 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Saylor Coon, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that John Saylor Coon, the first Mechanical Engineering Professor at Georgia Tech, made the first dynamo electric machine built in the United States when he was a student at Cornell University? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Saylor Coon. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project ( nominate) 08:03, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

Hey, I saw that you're a contributor to college football articles, so could you leave your opinion here: talk:WikiProject College football#NFL_Draft_section. I'm trying to get responses. Kobra98 ( talk) 03:49, 17 January 2014 (UTC) reply

The hook is not in the archive because it was pulled from Prep by Espresso Addict a couple of hours before it went to the main page, here, but they forgot to remove the credits along with the hook which is why the articles are credited as successful DYKS when in fact they never appeared. Gatoclass ( talk) 13:20, 2 February 2014 (UTC) reply

Thank you for your extensive contributions to Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football. I am personally fond of your lists, and usually use them as a template when I feel I need to make one. Here are a few notable Georgia Tech football players of yesteryear which could use some more contributions:

• Lob Brown
• Walker Carpenter
• Judy Harlan
• Albert Hill
• Jack McDonough
• Froggie Morrison
• Tommy Spence
• John Staton
• Jesse Thrash

Cheers. Cake ( talk) 02:13, 7 October 2015 (UTC) reply

Thanks Cake. Your color scheme for the GT templates has grown on me. I also appreciate the work you have done with GT football articles. I have kept a list of articles that I have worked on since I became registered user on Wikipedia as a reference. In the past I have revisited these articles and looked for additional opportunities to make improvements. However, I am currently on a semi-" Wikibreak." I still review changes made to the articles on my watch list, but I am not actively making improvements, at least not very many. When I become more active again I will consider working on the articles listed above. Thanks again and keep up the good work! - Mistercontributer ( talk) 01:04, 8 October 2015 (UTC) reply

By all means take your time, just know I will relish any edits to the above articles. That's a good thing about the colors. I can understand the wish to avoid white on gold for fear of lack of contrast, but I noticed that GT helmet seemed to work just fine, and followed the university standards to mimic it. If only the same could be done for Notre Dame or Pitt or the other schools which, to an outside observer, seem to just toss in the navy with the gold. Surely even green makes more sense for Notre Dame, but then I am rambling. My reason for responding was to share this tidbit: Shaping college football contends 1925 is the first year with the widespread use of the forward pass in the south. If this is true it makes the image of Doug Wycoff a great one. Cheers. Cake ( talk) 00:36, 28 October 2015 (UTC) reply

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@ Bbb23: For the record, I am not edit warring. I was making a valid point in that case, which you seem determine to censor. Adding the comment back with an explanation was the only way I knew how to explain why the comment should be included in that thread. I will not add that comment back again due to your heavy handedness and abuse of your administrative function. I have never been accused of edit warring during the seven years I have been editing Wikipedia. In my opinion, you reverted that comment since it pointed out a weakness in the system, which directly impacted the case being discussed. Mistercontributer ( talk) 14:55, 12 February 2017 (UTC) reply

The following comment initiated the discussion above: "If this is what is happening, and this editor becomes blocked again, then this editor will most likely create another sock to get around the block, using software which changes IP address, or simply edit Wikipedia from another location. Not being critical but this block system does not seem to be very effective with addressing these types of issues." This sock case involves a user suspected of being banned multiple times and creating socks to bypass the bans. The banning system is obviously ineffective since it does not prevent problematic editors from causing disruptions. The first step in solving a problem is identifying the problem. Much time, energy, and effort is spent documenting evidence required to catch and re-catch socks. There must be a better way, such as developing software program to help identify these types of issues, otherwise we will continue to struggle with this problem. Mistercontributer ( talk) 03:32, 14 February 2017 (UTC) reply

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Removing items from articles without providing adequate explanations in edit summary such as "removed photo" and without providing adequate explanations on article talk page is vandalism, since that edit is simply one editor removing an item from article without having justified reason. Mistercontributer ( talk) 20:32, 10 September 2017 (UTC) reply

Slowly but surely covering Tech football from 1915 to 1928. Given any images are going to be in black and white, the "uniform" parameter seems useful to at least show what the jersey looked like in color. If only I could draw. The 1921 football yearbook and a 1925 game program seem to show at least the 1920 and 1924 uniforms. Can say from at least 1921 to 1927 they had the same "look" or shapes with the possible exception of the socks. I forget what that type of uniform is called, with the sort of semicircles on either breast. Do you know of any other depictions of Tech in color from this era, or where to find e. g. covers of football yearbooks? Cake ( talk) 22:00, 4 December 2017 (UTC) reply

Cake; I will investigate. I will keep you posted. Mistercontributer ( talk) 05:18, 7 December 2017 (UTC) reply

Thank you. Also, been working on John Heisman. Let me know if I missed any big Tech stories worth including. Cake ( talk) 10:55, 20 January 2018 (UTC) reply

Cake; good work on the John Heisman article. I have not yet found any other depictions of Georgia Tech football uniform in color from the 1920's era. I will keep looking. I will let you know if I find anything. Mistercontributer ( talk) 02:29, 22 January 2018 (UTC) reply

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