User talk:Brholden

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Hello! Brholden 20:53, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 College Football Project 2 USS Izard (DD-589) 3 Fisk Johnson 4 SC Johnson Brands 5 Flagrant foul 6 ICS 7 SAP Open

[edit] College Football Project

Hello, I noticed that you have edited a College football related article. You may be interested to know that there is a college football WikiProject which you can join if you like. We would love to have you! --Mecu 01:59, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

--Mecu 20:43, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] USS Izard (DD-589)

Hi. You changed "On 18 December 1944, she was caught in the Typhoon of 1944, but survived." to the less specific "At one point, she sailed through the eyewall of a Pacific storm that had 50 knot winds." Was the storm misidentified?
—wwoods 17:38, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

• Yes thanks, my father was a quartermaster on the Izard (and is now 80 years old). I had queried him earlier about the typhoon that he had said they were in and so had earlier added the mention of it. We got together this weekend to see "Flags of Our Fathers", the movie about the Battle of Iwo Jima that the Izard was a part of. The movie spurred his recollection of various details. He had also been to an Izard crew reunion recently in Ohio. As part of this discussion, I asked him about the typhoon. He said that it was not the typhoon that had sunk the ships, but instead was a smaller storm with 50 knot winds that they had sailed through the eye of. He was unclear on the date. He also recalled the detail that he had joined the Izard in mid-late March at Pearl, so I added that detail. Brholden 18:59, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fisk Johnson

Thanks for the help getting something quick and dirty up on Fisk Johnson. Do you know how to get his birthplace, year and the years of his degres? TonyTheTiger 00:17, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

• You are welcome - I was surprised that the article was just a stub given that he is on the Forbes 400 list. The dates of his degrees are listed in the press release at: http://www.scjohnson.com/family/fam_pre_pre_news.asp?art_id=151 His age and "hometown" are listed in the Forbes 400 link - you could put his birthdate as "circa 1958". He should also go on the Cornell people page given that he is an emeritus trustee and a CEO. Brholden 00:26, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SC Johnson Brands

I have editted Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_November_28#Category:S.C._Johnson_brands to make the debate decision clear. Now how does one actually get the category moved. TonyTheTiger 17:53, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

• Moving the category is easy, you just change all of entries one by one to the new name and add a new category. I assume (but don't know) that one of the admins will actually remove the old category entry once the change is done. However it could also be left pointing to the new one. As I said in the entry, while I have a preference for "SC", I am OK with any of the three choices ("S.C.", "S. C.", or "SC") - since there wasn't a clear consensus on the discussion and no entrenched positions, go ahead and choose your favorite. Brholden 20:08, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flagrant foul

I see you have done quite a bit of sports editting. Would you take a look at a stub I wrote for Flagrant fouls. TonyTheTiger 17:53, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

• Nice page - I trimmed it up and generalized it to other sports. Brholden 20:08, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ICS

Hey Brian,

I've noticed that you've done some editing on the International Community School article. Did you ever attend, and if so, when did you graduate? I am currently a Sophomore at ICS and was wondering if I might have known you. -Lappy512 07:27, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks, did you know Ali in the class of '06? I'm her dad. Brholden 06:51, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
• I don't really remember her, but the name sounds familiar :) I'll look it up in the yearbook. -Lappy512 08:09, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SAP Open

Thanks for helping me with the SAP Open. Greenhitsuper

You are welcome - thanks for all of your entries as well. The page was pitifully small before! The tournament has an historic past which seems to have been almost lost. Brholden 22:11, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes it did look a bit small, how did you get all the information before 1970 tho. Greenhitsuper

By searching in the archives of the New York Times. They have their whole record back to 1851. Regular subscribers get to see 100 old articles per month. I put the links to the abstracts of the articles at the bottom. Brholden 22:32, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Is it ok if you let me do the men's doubles please because i can do them up to 1970. Greenhitsuper

Sounds great (no need to ask!) - also I notice that the 1972 men's singles is missing, if you have it Brholden 22:51, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

I can't find any information about the 1972 championships anywhere. Greenhitsuper

Found it in the NYT archive, it was in Albany, CA that year for some reason and Conners beat Tanner. Brholden 22:59, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Who will be editing the page. Greenhitsuper

Thanks for editing the 1972 men's singles championship. Greenhitsuper

Nice work for doing most of the SAP Open, with part of it done with me. Greenhitsuper

Thanks and thanks for your help - it has been a treat reading the old NYT articles Brholden 21:16, 24 February 2007 (UTC)