User talk:Lazytiger
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Hi Lazytiger,
Thanks for your work on the drum and bugle corps and Drum Corps International pages. I have added some new comments to the former's talk page.
Best,
MattJ 20:21, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Hi,
Okay -- work's done on the drum and bugle corps page. The "modern" page probably needs some work now to drag it back from DCI back towards a more generic article, but it'll work for now. Please review all three articles in the chain and let me know what you think.
Best,
MattJ 17:38, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Greetings,
With Catherine's latest streak of vandalism on DCI/Drum Corps pages in general (check the histories), I was wondering if you and MattJ would be willing to seek arbitration in this issue. I'm of the opinion that Catherine thinks she can perpetuate biased views with impunity, and she'll continue a revert war as long as she can. Get back to me with your thoughts.
--Mr Bound 03:44, Dec 5, 2004 (UTC)
Mr. Bound, do you have an email address I can reach you at? You don't have to post it here; go to my website and email me. Thanks.
Lazytiger 14:02, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Lazytiger: I contacted you at your "speak" account from your site. Hope to hear back from you soon.
--Mr Bound 21:27, Dec 6, 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Catherine
So this is more than just a battle then... I can't actually understand what she's trying to say, and hence I can neither agree nor disagree with what she has said about DCI. I posted on the [drum corps international] discussion page, and would be interested to hear from anyone who can explain what this is all about. Funny topic for an encyclopedia :\ --Sbutler 21:22, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Heads up! The Cat is back! See the modern and classic pages for edits, reverts, and commentary! Things finally get fun again. --Mr Bound 01:02, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Wikiproject Drum Corps
I would like to invite you to join the newly formed WikiProject Drum Corps, a WikiProject for the expansion of all things drum corps. If you'd like, add your name to the list of members, and lend a hand in some of the things we have yet to do! There's plenty lying around, but even a small contibution is very welcome. Hope to see you lending your knowledge to our growing collection of drum corps articles! Mr Bound 18:50, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Strap It On (Helmet album)
I couldn't see what grounds you had for speedying this; I've made it a redirect. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 17:14, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
- A redirect certainly isn't wrong, I'm just saying that this redirect isn't needed. Nothing points to it, and it seems unlikely that someone would type in exactly that article name. If it's not a problem for Wikipedia to be littered with unneeded redirects, so be it. — Lazytiger 18:01, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
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- Well, the slogan that's always trotted out here is "redirects are cheap"; also, though, speedy deletion can only be done when an article meets specific criteria. For this to be deleted, it would have to go through AfD — and it doesn't really seem worth it. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 16:44, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Strap It On (album)
There are three problems with your addition. First, the Manual of Style dislikes the use of concealed links such as [[1974 in music|1974]]; secondly, the infobox doesn't make clear what the two dates are, and the normal approach is to give original release dates, adding rereleases (if significant) in the body of the article; thirdly, dates should be given in Wikipedia format – e.g., [[23 January]] [[2006]] – so that reader's preferences can format them correctly (in this case: 23 January 2006). --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 16:42, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
- I agree with all the points you've made here; I wasn't familiar with the Wikipedia preferences. This is an opportune time to mention a pet peeve of mine concerning Wikipedia: "overlinking". That is, unnecessarily linking generic words to other articles. Especially day/month/year articles. 99% of the time, anything else that happened on a particular day, month, or year has nothing to do with the article in question. In order to have some sort of relevancy to this article, I chose to use the "in music" links. Otherwise, I'd rather they not be linked at all. But I made them links, because it seems that Wikipedians love doing that in general, and I figured I'd beat them to the punch and make them "in music" links. But I see why that could be considered bad. — Lazytiger 20:39, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
I couldn't agree more; I go along with linking years, etc., because I know that the links will be added by someone else anyway, but it usually seems pretty pointless. Wikipedians are split pretty even;y on the matter, I think; there have been many long debates on the issue. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 22:10, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Helmetphoto.jpg
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[edit] RBOC Map
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The Graphic Designer's Barnstar | |
| Thank you for your map of the current Bells. It adds so much to the RBOC article! Justen Deal 01:09, 14 March 2006 (UTC) |
- Thank you! Cartography is my trade, so I figured I'd make a contribution.—Lazytiger 02:44, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:University of Missouri Logo stacked.png
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[edit] Marching percussion photos
Those all look great, keep me posted about the emails back from the staffs. I myself will be taking a couple of pictures of percussion equipment a week from now, I'll probably photograph on-and-off body, or on-stand and on-harness, see what all I can get, and then will put them on the Commons. Hopefully the article will be well-rounded in just a short time! Mr Bound 15:25, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Template:Colleges and universities in metropolitan St. Louis
Thank you for correcting my mistakes.
Davidkevin 09:24, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] WUSTL Project
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Hello, I noticed you've made edits to WUSTL articles or that you are in some way connected to Washington University in St. Louis. I thought you might want to become a member of Washington University in St. Louis WikiProject . We've recently built the project page and started a drive to improve articles in the WUSTL series. Please take a look to edit an article or add one of your own. Once an article's status has been agreed upon, feel free to stop by and lend a hand in getting it to featured article status. Hope you can participate! |
--Lmbstl 11:45, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for the response! You are more than welcome to edit WUSTL articles for geographical accuracy. It really would be nice to have the coordinates for the notable places, too! However, your polite declination is duly noted. Best regards, Lmbstl 14:10, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] My Apologies
Sorry for the confusion, I wasnt aware of a new category, and just saw the red linked category on the project page. Sorry! >.< Rokbloom 16:46, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] UMR Patch logo
I uploaded a PNG version of the UMR patch logo and tagged the gif version for deletion. I think I chose the right tag...
[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:UMR patch.gif)
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[edit] Image:Drum harness.jpg
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