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References to the Devil and Baltimore

Hi. I'm not sure if your account was hacked, but you appear to have added some poorly-formatted information and references to articles involving Baltimore and references to the Devil. I've removed them because they fail WP:V and are just really bizarre coming from such an experienced editor. Thanks, epicAdam^(talk) 18:13, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

epicAdam, I thank you for your concern. I'm not certain if you clicked the cited reference, it is a bit of a needle in a haystack. Here is a direct video link [1] the piece is at 15:40 and only lasts a minute or so. "Bizarre" is right, I almost coughed up my lunch when I was watching it on C-SPAN earlier today. I guess the old rule of thumb that every edit should have a citation but not every citation should require an edit holds true on this one. My sincere apologies, no harm intended but as a massive history buff to the extent that history (truth) is stranger and more fascinating then any fiction Hollywood or the like can come up with, I thought that this document, that it was retained, that it was described in the collection by a government clerk as such (in 1864), and then showcased by the head of the archives without C-SPAN even challenging him on it (accepting it as true?), what a citation. I'll defer to your demonstrated familiarity with Baltimore and honor your removals, but I do ask if you ever catch something on the level of a C-SPAN or the National Archives about Pittsburgh by all means edit away, I'd love to read/view the source. Again not meant in bad taste, but if you are truly concerned you may want to contact C-SPAN and the Archives, to be the "only" gets history buffs like me truly interested. Hholt01 (talk) 19:07, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Hi Hholt01. Thanks for the reply. The first time I checked, the link to NARA came up dead, but given the content I didn't try to look any further. I see the video you're talking about and that's quite amazing. But as it is, it's a satirical letter that has only the slightest relation to Baltimore. I have re-added the information to the article on the Devil, since it is an interesting piece of American history. It could also maybe be applied to the article on Jefferson Davis. And just for future reference, you can cite a video using Template:Cite video, and include a time reference so people know exactly where to look! Glad your account wasn't hacked. Best, epicAdam^(talk) 20:58, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for those suggestions, I will work on those. Marketdiamond (talk) 20:59, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Art Rooney & the Penguins?

You recently added a section to the Art Rooney article noting that he was a minority owner of the Pens for a short period. However, the article you cited doesn't appear to state this, but only that Rooney called in some favors to get the expansion franchise awarded to Pittsburgh. As I have never heard Rooney owning a portion of the Pens, despite doing a fair bit of reading on the man and on the Steelers franchise, I call into question the veracity of these statements. Unless you can provide a legitimate citation that shows that Rooney took an ownership stake in the next few days, I intend to edit the article and will likely remove this Pens section from the Rooney article. — DeeJayK (talk) 15:02, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for asking before deleting, however if you read the right sidebar on the link you will notice a listing of the original investors in the Pens franchise, which will read: Russell Byers

Robert J. Dodds

W.D. George III

H.J. Heinz III

Art Rooney Sr.

Clint Childs

Charles Cross

Richard Frame

Ira Gordon

Toby Hillard

Henry Hillman

Jerome B. Lieber

Charles Lockhart

Charles Muse

Thomas Nimick

Richard M. Scaife

William Snyder IV

William Standish IV

George Wyckoff

Rooney's share was probably not that large at all, and from what I can tell the owner in name Jack McGregor was more a civic leader and politician then a deep pocketed franchise founder, thus selling his controlling interest out within the first two seasons. In a lot of ways this was a very early type of co-op along the lines of the Pittsburgh Associates with the Pirates. That said, even though on paper Rooney's share would be a guestimate of 1/10th or less, his influence of sealing the deal deserves a mention and section on his wikipedia article. The source including its right infobox I feel is more than sufficient as a citation, however I will see if there is anything else. Being that he was a fractional minority owner 40 years ago, any newssource is likely to be just a passing mention, if you feel the need to edit the section to better reflect his influence and downplay his steak that might be useful, however I would be against deleting the section all together. Marketdiamond (talk) 20:57, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification and the additional citations. I'm sorry for not noticing the roster of investors in the original reference. — DeeJayK (talk) 17:32, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Glad to be able to clarify, and very much appreciate your taking the time to notify me of your concerns before deleting or editing. Thanks again. Marketdiamond (talk) 12:51, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Formatting references

Please take a moment and read through Help:Footnotes. I noticed you're adding footnotes to articles ([2], [3], [4]) but you are not using the <ref> tags or any citation templates. Sottolacqua (talk) 21:02, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Will try better, due to some of the logistics of citations referencing multiple articles it isn't a matter of simplicity, but you are correct. Hholt01 (talk) 12:50, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Non-notable events

Please stop adding non-notable events (such as this and this) to the global date pages. The latter entry is so mind-bendingly dull that I cannot imagine it being of interest even except on a 'This Day in Pittsburgh Airport History' page. Entries should at least gesture in the direction of global or multi-national interest. --CalendarWatcher (talk) 12:05, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

I don't waste resources replying to rude, insulting and borderline policy violating messages. I will consider responding to the merits of your concern, except that is now clouded by the fact that the apparent merits of your concern is that something "international" in name is somehow "mind-bendingly dull" and the fact that somehow you forget that all articles are available for cited and relevant edits, additive edits that you "cannot imagine it being of interest", aside from the fact that by your own name you somehow claim to be more than equal in ownership (?) of the on this day pages. If these are the things you wish for my response on, you may in time get that wish, would be interesting to see if one editors warped view on "international" and non-consensus pseudo verdicts of non-interest will be values wikipedia wishes to promote and grow. Marketdiamond (talk) 00:32, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

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Template:Rollins College

You left in a bunch of stuff relating to the University of Pittsburgh in Template:Rollins College. I'll clean it up if you don't, but I'd rather not have to look up whether the buildings exist for Rollins College. TimBentley (talk) 16:31, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Caught me during a time when I am de-prioritizing wiki temporarily, if memory serves (it was so long ago) most buildings at Rollins did not have articles, and the few that did (Knowles Chapel, Alfond, Mills, Olin) I already linked. If you happen to delete the wrong one I won't hold it against you, unfortunately the Rollins articles don't seem to really have that many interested in editing as yet but hopefully we can get some community involvement in it. Kind of heavy lifting for just one editor at the moment, I would have thought the natural evolution of Rollins-centric wiki editors would have corrected that by now. It's on my to-do list, I wouldn't take issue with you if you streamlined the box or even deleted sections of it for now. Marketdiamond (talk) 14:09, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

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