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Hello, Mwelch, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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My recent great edits on the Kobe article

It looks a lot better now doesn't it?? =) Instead of having a few sentences for his three titles. Not trying to brag here, but it looks amazing imo. Hganesan 18:53, 14 June 2006 (UTC)hganesan reply

Thanks for the compliment, but maybe you should stop criticizing my behavior no matter how good it is and no matter how great my posts are. What do you call this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Kobe_Bryant&diff=58657199&oldid=58653661 http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Kobe_Bryant&diff=58644758&oldid=58641908

I never did something like that on an article.

Hganesan 02:29, 15 June 2006 (UTC)Hganesan reply

Kobe Pic

Hi I have a kobe pic from the lakers suns game 2 of the 1st round. Can you help me as to how I copyright tag it?? The link is: http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2006-04/23141787.jpg So it is from the LA times Also the pic came from http://www.martinirepublic.com/item/the-story-in-pictures/

I am trying to copyright tag it but don't know how to do it? Maybe you can help? thanks. Hganesan 03:00, 16 May 2006 (UTC)hganesan reply

Hey so the LA Times would not allow us to use it?? You noted that if I can find a picture that the owner will let us use- so the LA Times wouldn't allow us to use it or something? If so, why not? What would be a hypothetical example of a pic that the owner will let us use? Like what type of pictures can we use? Hganesan 04:10, 16 May 2006 (UTC)hganesan reply

Like say the owner of a site like kobebryant8.net has a great pic of Kobe and allows me to use it if I ask him. Then I can use it and it will be allowed on wikipedia? Hganesan 04:15, 16 May 2006 (UTC)hganesan reply

http://www.latimes.com/broadband/la-0429weekinphotos-pg,1,5019998.photogallery?coll=la-headlines-broadband&index=2 Like the picture is right there on latimes, so I would have to ask Robert Gauthier to get the picture on wikipedia? Hganesan 04:32, 16 May 2006 (UTC)hganesan reply

What if, for example there is a picture on someone's website, or personal website. I would just have to ask the person who owns the site or page if I can use the pic right?? Not necessarily the official source from which the picture actuall came from or was taken from? Hganesan 06:08, 16 May 2006 (UTC)hganesan reply

Can you help me out here

I am getting angry because all these Steve Nash fans are refusing to let me put up key stats like he is the only player in the category to not have a championship and average under 15 pts per game in his CAREER. Those are pretty standard stats I would think. Furthermore, every time i write something in the edit summary people are accusing me of being obnoxious, and I have contributed a whole lot here and stopped attacking other members. I am tired of this, I compromise with Nash fans and now still they are trying to remove everything I wrote, EXCEPT keep the 11th player in NBA history to win multiple MVPs that I WROTE. And now they are threatening to report me to admins. I have not done anything wrong though. Hganesan 20:59, 14 May 2006 (UTC)hganesan reply

I'm just trying to keep it real

That is why i wrote in caps and things like that, because I was trying to keep it real. People are deleting facts. hganesan


Ok I understand I will use less caps. I remember you wrote kobe is one of the better defenders in the league and changed it after I wrote he was one of the best. Well people have kept on deleting it, and now he has just been named to All NBA first team defensively. I am not deleting any of the criticism written about kobe on the page, I am just adding facts like career stats and that many thought he should be MVP or close.

It was surprising to everyone that nash won by such a wide margin, and people are deleting it, Then I post facts about nash being the only back to back mvp to not have won a championship and average under 20 ppg both seasons, then people are telling me to stop with anti-nash agenda. They can post facts like that which make nash look good if they can find them, and they should not be deleting this stuff.

But I am cutting down on attacking others who edit my posts.

Sorry

Those additions I made for the Hack-a-Shaq were largely from memory; I recall reading a couple of newspaper articles about it. One was about a shooting coach and another was about the end of Hack-a-Shaq. I am sure they are definitely true, but I can't recall any specifics; I was hoping someone else would know and could cite and verify what I wrote down. - Hbdragon88 23:28, 15 February 2006 (UTC) reply

Nah, I think you're good. I have an awful memory for exact pinpoint dating, and if the stats say 2004 was his worst year, then my memory is off, and the quotes should be adjusted like so. Good work on researching Hack-a-Shaq. - Hbdragon88 09:28, 20 February 2006 (UTC) reply

sports wiki

Hi:

I noticed you were active on many sports pages on Wikipedia. My friends and are I starting a sports wiki that you may be interested in. It uses Wikipedia's software but we made a lot of technological improvements to allow for more news and opinion articles, as well as regular encyclopedic entries. If you're interested, contact me and I'll give you the URL.-- DNL 00:29, 21 February 2006 (UTC) reply

Good to see your interested. Please follow this link. Thanks! -- DNL 02:04, 23 February 2006 (UTC) reply

Forum vs. Great Western Forum

I know that the building is now known simply as "The Forum" or the "L.A. Forum" NOW, but it was known as the "Great Western Forum" when the Lakers were playing there. So "Great Western Forum" be listed instead of "The Forum" as a historical name, just like The Mecca in Milwaukee, (now US Cellular Arena). Moreover, there was another "Forum" in the sports landscape for many years (the Montreal Forum), so it might be advantageous to distinguish the Great Western Forum with the Montreal Forum. Dknights411 00:04, 27 February 2006 (UTC) reply

Wow, I did not know THAT. I'm from Montreal myself (living in San Antonio now), so "The Forum" to me means the Montreal Forum. Perhaps "Great Western Forum" can be used as an AKA type thing. BTW, where did the name originally come from? I've always wanted to know. Thanks for the info.
Oh and for the future, you can sign your comments in talk pages by typing "~" four times. Dknights411 00:14, 27 February 2006 (UTC) reply
If JKC was from Ontario, then he should have called the place The Gardens!!! lol ;-) Dknights411 00:36, 27 February 2006 (UTC) reply

Request for edit summary

Hi. I am a bot, and I am writing to you with a request. I would like to ask you, if possible, to use edit summaries a bit more often when you contribute. The reason an edit summary is important is because it allows your fellow contributors to understand what you changed; you can think of it as the "Subject:" line in an email. For your information, your current edit summary usage is 14% for major edits and 100% for minor edits. (Based on the last 150 major and 6 minor edits in the article namespace.)

This is just a suggestion, and I hope that I did not appear impolite. You do not need to reply to this message, but if you would like to give me feedback, you can do so at the feedback page. Thank you, and happy edits, Mathbot 09:00, 2 March 2006 (UTC) reply

STAPLES?

Hi. Me again! I noticed that you moved 'Staples Center' to 'STAPLES Center' because that's the official rendering on their websites. However, just because the official title is in all caps, doesn't nessecarily mean that it has to be all caps here on wikipedia. Take the the "Miami Heat" for example. The Miami Heat are offically the Miami "HEAT" on thier websites, but the name is rendered "Heat" when it is referenced in stories and in the media. Than same is true with the Staples Center. Maybe we should use the correct media style guide, not the "official" guideline. Plus IMHO, all caps is bordering in on POV, but that's just me. Dknights411 16:52, 9 March 2006 (UTC) reply

"Nessun Dorma" is a song

Hi,

thanks for your comment in the signature song article. It seems, then, that the word "song" in English is not the equivalent of "canzone" in Italian, as I thought. If someone in Italy says "Nessun dorma" is a canzone then he literally makes anyone laugh. The most appropriate Italian term is "aria", which nobody sees as hyponym of "canzone". I think this is a "trap" for most Italians and we risk that every now and then someone will remove "Nessun Dorma" from the list. Maybe we could add a note about the very wide meaning of "song" in English? (It occurs to me that "piece" would not have this drawback, but then someone could wonder why it is named "signature song" rather than "signature piece" :)) -- Gennaro Prota 20:41, 18 March 2006 (UTC) reply

Hello : ) Thanks for providing the citations for Kobe Bryant so quickly. Your re-wording was fine with me, too. I'm concerned by the number of images in this article. I don't think we can claim fair use for this many images. Fair use is suppose to be used when an image is the only one available to illustrate something significant. So having more than one fair use image gets problematic because the first image used makes the rest outside of allowed usage. Could you look at the article and see which ones absolutely need to stay to illustrate something significant? Then could you remove the rest. thanks, FloNight talk 00:19, 20 March 2006 (UTC) reply

I haven't forgotten about the images. I'm going to get a second opinion on the poster images. Not sure they can be used this way. I know news photograph images can be used this way. I think posters imaages are suppose to be treated like magazine covers and works of art. Fair use requires them to be used in articles about them. FloNight talk 02:23, 21 March 2006 (UTC) reply

Darin Erstad

Sorry I didn't know he punted in college. He should go back in the category. Sorry-- Phbasketball6 15:03, 22 March 2006 (UTC) reply

Latasha Harlins

do you have a reputable source saying she was about to pay?- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 11:17, 28 March 2006 (UTC) reply

Yes that would be fine thank you.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 21:36, 28 March 2006 (UTC) reply

Image permission

Hi Mwelch. I've replied to your question here. See you there. × Meegs 04:33, 8 April 2006 (UTC) reply

Hi. Once again, here. × Meegs 07:03, 9 April 2006 (UTC) reply
I doubt you've read my reply yet, but just in case you have, please check back for an updated version. × Meegs 07:54, 9 April 2006 (UTC) reply

Signature songs (category)

Hi Mwelch,

what would you think about creating a "Signature songs" category, so that we can have a complete list there? This means if one wants a song listed there he has to add the tag to the relevant song article, and this spreads the "control" of the list across several articles and editors. Otherwise we (me and you) will keep seeming the bad ogres of the situation :)

Cheers,
Gennaro Prota 08:57, 25 April 2006 (UTC) reply

Hi again,
have you seen what is currently happening to the signature song article? Any idea on how to cope with this quasi-vandalism? I had began to use a suitable category for signature songs, but then I stopped (and I should decide whether continuing or reverting) because I realized the category doesn't allow, as far as I know, to relate the song title to the corresponding singer. Is there any way to do this? — Gennaro Prota •Talk 10:57, 29 May 2006 (UTC) reply

a brief compliment

just skimmed over User talk:Hganesan.. hoo boy. Please allow me to compliment you on your extremely patient and measured responses there; nice to see someone here is keeping a cool head. Simishag 00:10, 19 May 2006 (UTC) reply

AI Photo question

I'm lost. Exactly WHY is the AI Sports Illustrated cover a violation? Is it because the image is ONLY supposed to feature Sports Illustrated, and NOT Allen Iverson? It doesn;t seem like a violation to me. Dknights411 20:36, 11 June 2006 (UTC) reply

Is THAT the requirement for fair use in this instance?!? Man, Wikipedia's fair use criteria is REALLY starting to get on my nerves. I'm not blaming you or anything so don't think I'm angry at you, but I feel that Wikipedia is putting too many limits on fair use images. It's kind of frustrating when Wikipedia puts limits on itself like this because it prevents this site from living up to its full potential. It's kinda sad really. Sorry, I had to rant there. Hope you understand. Dknights411 22:18, 12 June 2006 (UTC) reply


User:Hganesan (yes, again)

After a succession of blocks by numerous admins over the last month, User:Hganesan has returned yet again to Steve Nash and Kobe Bryant. I don't want to waste a bunch of time edit warring with him again, so I'm instead going to try a new tactic. I'd like to get as many NBA editors as possible together on this, so that we can make a single unified push to the appropriate admins. I am at a loss for other tactics we can use to avoid his continued attempts to push his agenda and his unwillingness to compromise. Please contact me at User talk:Simishag if you're interested in helping out. Thanks. Simishag 23:31, 14 June 2006 (UTC) reply

Hello

Hi Mwelch. Good job finding those mistagged sports images tonight. We haven't crossed paths since April, so I just wanted to say hello. × Meegs 05:16, 22 September 2006 (UTC) reply

Episcopal High School

I noticed you removed a lot of content from that article. I agree with all of the removals except: "The creators of Packeteer, a network management program, mentioned Episcopal's network as an example of the strain placed on networks by peer-to-peer file sharing programs such as Napster; when usage of such programs strained the network, the school purchased a second T1 line and installed a program that curtails usage of peer-to-peer file sharing programs [1]."

I don't see a problem with mentioning this. WhisperToMe 22:55, 20 October 2006 (UTC) reply

Apostrophe S

Just in regard to something I caught in the edit history of Michael Richards -- can I refer you to WP:MOS? There's very, very few names that fall into the "trailing apostrophe" style of possessive (the examples cited by MOS are Moses and Jesus, which are poor, but workable). Richards's is quite correct in this instance, and lobbing off the final S is really only appropriate for plurals. It's a common mistake. -- JS talk 22:50, 20 November 2006 (UTC) reply

Hey, no problem! Happy editing. -- JS talk 22:54, 20 November 2006 (UTC) reply

Chamberlain article

I have no references on the game you asked about; in the Chamberlain article, I just cleaned up the writing a bit.-- BillFlis 00:35, 29 November 2006 (UTC) reply

Risk of losing both?

I respectfully disagree with your assertion that they could have kept Shaq for two more years, after he had publicly demanded a trade following the removal of Phil Jackson. Kobe, by opening disussions with the Clippers, made it clear that he could be gone if they did not move Shaq out. I think we agree on that. The fact that he signed days after the trade helps at least circumstantially. So then, we just have Shaq. Even had Kobe left, the loss of Phil Jackson, the lack of effort in re-signing Shaq, the bad-mouthing of him by management, and the already public demand for a trade (tough to recind such a public demand), means that he could likely have sat out until they traded him, leaving them with neither player.

It is just one comment in millions, and I do not feel so strongly that I will re-insert it, but I figure I at least give the reasoning behind the comment. CodeCarpenter 14:32, 19 December 2006 (UTC) reply

  • I will give the counter-example of Alonzo Mourning, who sat out until released rather than play for the Raptors after forcing a trade away from the Nets. However, I accept your judgement that some players can get away with recinding a trade demand, and that the phrase is not needed, since it could still be implied that FA Kobe could have left anyway. Thanks for the chat,

CodeCarpenter 13:37, 21 December 2006 (UTC) PS: I am new at this, but doesn't it drive people loopy that to follow a conversation that they have to jump back and forth between talk pages to follow a conversation? :) I am sure there is a logical reason for this format, but it escapes me... reply

TfD nomination of Template:Lquote

Template:Lquote 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. -- AnonEMouse (squeak) 20:13, 4 January 2007 (UTC) reply

Boozer's birthplace

It appears you're correct about Carlos Boozer being born in Germany. Forgive me--I see sports articles vandalized so often that I incorrectly assumed someone was having a bit of fun by changing his birthplace. Although I believe the USA basketball site is correct about Boozer's birthplace, you

should be aware that some reliable online sources clearly list his birthplace as Alaska. His ESPN.com bio as well as his sports.yahoo.com profile say Juneau, Alaska. So there seems to be some false information floating around.-- The Fat Man Who Never Came Back 12:49, 5 January 2007 (UTC) reply

Latasha Harlins

All the other articles I've seen about child murders are listed under either the child's name (e.g. Jeffrey Baldwin) or the murderer's name (e.g. Robert Latimer), so I felt that Shooting of Latasha Harlins should be renamed Latasha Harlins for consistency. Rosemary Amey 22:18, 31 January 2007 (UTC) reply

You're Invited

Please accept this invite to join the WikiProject National Basketball Association, a WikiProject dedicated to improving National Basketball Association related articles. Simply click here to accept!

You Win

Fine! You win. I'm just trying to help wikipedia. You don't own Wikipedia. I hate users like you who hog pages, just like the Shaq page. Well okay I'll find another picture thatssuitable for you. BTW watch the slang I.E (cuz). -- Kings bibby win 23:27, 26 February 2007 (UTC) reply

Sorry bout it. Didn't mean to critisize you. Good Luck buddy. Again I apologize. -- Kings bibby win 04:01, 27 February 2007 (UTC) reply

User Page

	:It took me a minute to get the joke on the top of your page. That's fucking hilarious. 
BuyAMountain 06:33, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
reply

The article on Wayne DuBose was rewritten after it was rejected last year.

Billy Hathorn 01:56, 17 March 2007 (UTC) reply

The article has changed significantly since you commented on this deletion discussion, would you mind coming back and having a second look? Thank you. — Disavian ( talk/ contribs) 03:06, 23 March 2007 (UTC) reply

Request to Mr. Welch: could you resend me the article on Henry Wiggins which was deleted last week? Thanks,

Billy Hathorn 22:16, 25 March 2007 (UTC) reply

AfD on John Malcolm Duhé, Jr.

Please consider withdrawing your AfD nomination on John Malcolm Duhé, Jr.. There is a clear consensus that this former judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is amply notable. Newyorkbrad 20:01, 28 March 2007 (UTC) reply

LOL (copied from User talk:Realkyhick)

"I've come to the conclusion that if you've ever spent more than ten minutes with this author, he'll write an article about you."

OK, when people are on-line we tend to use the phrase "LOL" quite a bit more often than it actually literally applies. In this case, though, I actually did literally laugh out loud. 8-) Mwelch 06:57, 29 March 2007 (UTC) reply

I do what I can to help preserve sanity. Or maybe I'm just a smart aleck :-) Realkyhick 07:00, 29 March 2007 (UTC) reply


Dear Mwelch,

How long will the deletion/deletion nomination process last and what is the next step. Teabing-Leigh 05:29, 4 April 2007 (UTC) reply

Dear Mwelch,

I have put Gandhi's views on race for Deletion Review. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2007_April_5

Please help. Teabing-Leigh 06:02, 5 April 2007 (UTC) reply


Thanks I only added the image quickly to the baseball page because I was looking in the commons for the image for The Naked Gun in which part of the film was filmed! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Expecting you" Contribs 21:36, 10 April 2007 (UTC) reply

Yes yous ee I was trying to help it with a free image. If I could find one from 1988 that would be better but it is better than nothing and helpd create the atmosphere for a great film. Nielsen cracks me up!! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Expecting you" Contribs 21:52, 10 April 2007 (UTC) reply

Marco Mann

Please read the wiki:bio evidence I posted on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Marco_Mann that demonstrates the notability of Marco Mann, and please reconsider your vote. Jumpster 11:19, 12 April 2007 (UTC) reply

Simulated MediaWiki interface

Are you aware simulating the MediaWiki interface (like your new messages thing) is highly discouraged? Wikipedia:User page#Simulated MediaWiki interfaces. There is already an extensive discuss on the talk page about this BTW Nil Einne 08:10, 14 April 2007 (UTC) reply

April is just a bad month

Sorry if I was gruff or rude with you before. You see it was on this week a few years ago that my 8yr old son died in my arms from cystic fibrosis. And just one year ago my best friend of over 20yrs died during the first week of April from a heart attack. This is just a bad time for me. Do whatever you want with the articles. They don't really matter. Nowonline 18:09, 17 April 2007 (UTC) reply

And give my regards to Billy Hathorn Nowonline 18:13, 17 April 2007 (UTC) reply

Yet more Billy

Roy O Martin, Jr's gone to DRV; I don't propose commenting either way on it as I'm fed up with this whole saga. (Hopefully, whichever way the decision goes the combination of the AN/I and the DRV will mean enough admins will be watching/advising him from now on that he'll start following policy.) - iridescenti (talk to me!) 23:58, 20 April 2007 (UTC) reply

Thank you for taking the time to add the sources to the article in question at this deletion debate. I often see people make comments to the effect of "Keep, this guy is notable!" without bothering to supply the sources to help us to understand why. Contributions like yours are valuable in actually doing something to build an encyclopedia. Thanks! Arkyan • (talk) 20:39, 24 April 2007 (UTC) reply

William Rowe -- great work!

Hey, thanks for saving the William L. Rowe article! -- Merzul 21:44, 24 April 2007 (UTC) reply

Hehe, regarding Nick Trakakis though, there I might really get into notability problems, and so I will ask for your help!! I'm sure Trakakis will be very notable in a few years, but it might be a bit early now. I had seen him mentioned with Graham Oppy so much that I assumed they were colleagues, but Nick has just defended his Ph.D.! We'll see, if the guy who left the comment really is Trakakis, then I might perhaps try to write something about him, as it would be fun to work with him. -- Merzul 21:58, 24 April 2007 (UTC) reply

You say you have been interested in Evil, have you seen what a mess the Problem of evil is in? I have wanted to fix it, but I'm not so competent in this field (although very interested and want to learn about both sides of the argument). Anyway, perhaps together we might be able to do something? I had quite a brutal plan in mind to almost delete everything there, except the history section, which I would integrate with the Buddhism/Hinduism, and then go for a very simple exposition. Basically the following outline:

  1. History of the problem + comparative religion stuff
  2. The logical argument from evil
    1. Bla, bla... about logical arguments, consistency etc... :)
    2. Mackie's argument
    3. Plantinga's refutation
    4. Contemporary discussion: Gale, Pruss?
  3. The evidential argument from evil
    1. William Rowe's formulation, especially the poor fawn
    2. The Free will defense
    3. The Soul-making theodicy
    4. The unknown purposes defense

Something like this... -- Merzul 22:25, 24 April 2007 (UTC) reply

In case you are able to find some obscure information about Nick Trakakis, then I'm starting it off in my user space, but as soon as it seems to be establishing notability, it should be moved. If you can help in any was, then that would be great: User:Merzul/Nick Trakakis. Thanks, Merzul 15:23, 3 May 2007 (UTC). reply

AfD arguments – amazing!

The Special Barnstar
I am simply amazed at all of the hard work you put into each and every one of the AfDs that you participate in! Please continue what you are doing. :-) *Cremepuff 222* 01:54, 22 May 2007 (UTC) reply

Eugene P. Watson

And this is why I've given up commenting on Billy's articles...iridescenti (talk to me!) 18:07, 6 June 2007 (UTC) reply

Billy's contributions are just irritating background noise - there's now a bigger target to focus oniridescenti (talk to me!) 21:14, 6 June 2007 (UTC) reply

Broadwater Farm

(Crossposted to assorted "people I've run into and whose opinions I respect")

I realise it's totally outside your field, but if you get the chance could you take a look at the article on Broadwater Farm I've recently created? I do think it deserves it's own article - yes, it might be most famous for events that happened 22 years ago, but having it as a redirect to Broadwater Farm riot seems to me as ludicrous as redirecting Germany to World War II or Northern Ireland to IRA. However, now I've set up incoming links it's likely to be a beacon for POV-pushing, so I'd like to get opinions on (a) what a NPOV will be on something like this where the two POVs are likely to be diametric opposites, (b) whether you think it can/will ever be stable (and whether it's worth trying to keep stable) and (c) how much of a focus ought to be on the riots as opposed to the place itself. If any of you feel the urge I'd also appreciate anyone who feels able/willing putting it on their watchlists, as I suspect it's going to be heavily vandalised & spammediridescenti (talk to me!) 00:05, 8 June 2007 (UTC) reply

Merkle

Without even going on to look at your other reverts on the Merkle article, I noticed that while I had written 16 as such, you wrote it out. My approach comports clearly with Wiki policy. Why the change? Pls rv any other changes that were innapropriate as well that you made to the article with your mass RV. Tx.-- Epeefleche 14:47, 22 July 2007 (UTC) reply

Deletion Discussion

Hi. I'm contacting you in reference to your participation in the Paul Harris deletion discussion. That article, among others, has been nominated for deletion and I think many of the arguments you made on Paul Harris can be applied to the current discussion. Thanks. Chengwes 21:49, 23 July 2007 (UTC) reply

TfD nomination of Template:ReversionWar

Template:ReversionWar 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. «  ANIMUM  » 23:18, 9 August 2007 (UTC) reply

Twinkie defense RfC initiated

Please see Talk:Twinkie defense#Request for comment: Twinkie defense content dispute. This article RfC is was initiated per the Dispute resolution process. Please see WP:RFC, particularly the section on Request comment on articles, for information about this process. Thanks. -- Yksin 01:29, 24 August 2007 (UTC) reply

Billy Hathorn

Hi. I understand you've tried in the past to help Billy Hathorn avoid the endless stream of deletions of his articles. I'm doing the same; see Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Billy Hathorn, and your input would be welcome. Guy ( Help!) 17:28, 10 November 2007 (UTC) reply

I see that you're one of the main contributors to the Lakers' article. We're getting it ready for FA over here at the WP:NBA. There's also a to do list that you can add things to, comment on, or otherwise help with, and a few comments here. Your help would be appreciated. Quadzilla99 ( talk) 03:51, 9 November 2010 (UTC) reply

last3seconds.com

Mwelch, thank you very much for your comments. I'm new to Wiki, so didn't get to my talk page to read your comment until recently. Yes, I took some effort to fix English language in my site. Plus, I added a review of "Referee Magazine" article ( here). Iliasbay ( talk) 17:49, 12 November 2010 (UTC) reply

Hi, I finally reviewed the video, but there was nothing new there, so, the review really short, and I appended it to the article review. Also I added "FIBA fairy tales" article. Links can be found in Recent Updates page. Iliasbay ( talk) 16:17, 5 December 2010 (UTC) reply

A blast from the past

Hello,

I was looking at user's talk page who has engaged in self-promotion for what looks like to be years. In 2007, you warned this editor in a stern manner about creating non-notable biographies.

I came across a few unnotable articles and listed them for AFD. But I encountered strange resistance, such as the user refusing to talk about issues and removing my tags without notice. Then I discovered the creator of the article has been citing himself in nearly 50 articles

I cited something you said about that user on Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#L._L._Clover and just wanted to bring it to your attention. HHaeyyn89 ( talk) 04:25, 12 April 2011 (UTC) reply

Otis Redding

hello,

do you have any books about that dude?-- ♫GoP♫ T C N 21:20, 13 October 2011 (UTC) reply

Snoop Dogg

You have set the template fact in the article about him in earlier life quote his conviction for cocaine in 1994. Why do not you just source numemr 7 as ogsp used to document it later in the article. Have a nice evening, courtesy 109.232.72.49 ( talk) 22:37, 29 January 2012 (UTC) reply

Nomination of Haskell V. Anderson III for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Haskell V. Anderson III 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/Haskell V. Anderson III until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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. LADY LOTUS TALK 17:04, 30 January 2014 (UTC) reply

Hi,
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Paul Gasol listed at Redirects for discussion

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Hello, because of an edit war on And you are lynching Negroes, and an on-going stalemate on its talk page, I am going through and notifying people who have previously worked on the article, and are still somewhat active to comment on the current state of the page. It is my intent to improve the quality of the discussion by broadening participation to more fully achieve consensus. Thank you. -- evrik ( talk) 19:03, 15 December 2016 (UTC) reply

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Nomination of Haskell V. Anderson III for deletion

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