User talk:Aepoutre

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Fenway

I think that fenway should redirect to fenway park, as it is the most common usage of the term. The link to the disambiguation page is already on the top of the fenway article. Feel free to add colleges of the fenway to the disambiguation page if you want. But just remember that the Boston area is officially Fenway-Kenmore. Black Harry (T|C) 16:01, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, also not if you are looking for the Fenway part of Boston, its under the article the Fenway Black Harry (T|C) 16:23, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Eastern Nazarene College

I don't think it's weird at all, you asking me about the article; after all, I'm the one who stuck my nose into it and put the ad tag on there. The main thing you want is for it to read like an encyclopedia entry: just the facts without too much minutiae (a little bit for some flavor is OK). You should avoid stuff that reads like an enticement to go there (like the fact that it's 1/2 a mile away from the beach). I'd also suggest finding more mainstream reliable source references that talk about the school (has it ever been featured in The Globe?). BUT you don't want to puff up the piece with a bunch of facts that just fill space (for example: the list of schools the faculty went to—way too excessive; also the complete list of undergrad and adult study programs—that's the sort of thing that most people wouldn't need to know, and I'm sure it's easily available on the school's website, right?). I would recommend checking out articles about some of the really big schools and see what would translate well to ENC. Keep up the good work and happy editing! Closenplay 17:59, 25 May 2007 (UTC) PS Also, I'd try not to lean too heavily on that "Colleges of Distinction" site; don't know how much weight that information carries. Closenplay 18:19, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In the time it's taken me to run errands and get home from work, you've done an incredible amount of editing. Since you're obviously on the right path, you don't need any more suggestions from me. I'll try and chip in with some minor format-type editing when I get a chance. Have a great weekend and enjoy the warm weather while we've got it. Closenplay 21:07, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Two things I would recommend (contradicting what I wrote above): 1st, the opening paragraph gets really bogged down when it gets into the whole "region" thing. Perhaps pulling that chunk out and making it a section further down in the article? 2nd, I'm usually pretty brutal about culling "notable" people lists; the general rule of thumb is if the person isn't notable enough to have an article on Wikipedia, they aren't notable enough to include on the list. I'm not going to go through and delete names, and I could even see keeping some (CEO of the Y, for example) but you might want to examine that further (also, I'd go through the History department's list and grab the most notable ones and change that external link into a reference for those names). One other thing I noticed; the Lapham Institute article seems to contradict the history on the ENC page. It says that the Lapham campus (closed in 1876) reopened in 1902 as the Pentecostal Collegiate Institute (opposed to the ENC article which has the move to N. Scituate in 1918). If you don't have the Cameron books, and you want to seriously beef up this article, I'd recommend picking them up (I see they're both on Amazon). Or at least checking them out of the library and carefully sourcing everything you get out (incl. page #s). Oh, and while I'm bossing you around, if you or anyone you know could take some pictures of the campus (e.g. the main building, one of the dorms, inside the Coffee House, etc.), that would also be a major improvement. OK, I'm done telling you what to do; you're doing a great job without me, keep it up! Closenplay 12:22, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am an ENC alumnus who occasionally checks up on the ENC Wikipedia Article. I visited today, and was surprised to see that you have made hundreds of edits to the article. For the most part, I like the changes. It reads more like an encyclopedia article than it ever did before, which I can only assume is your doing. I'm curious, are you an alumnus of ENC, or do you represent the school in some official capacity? JephSullivan 20:39, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I just have a quick comment on the comment made by Closenplay, he says you shouldn't put the enticing information about ENC up because it sounds like an ad, for example the distance from the beach. However, this serves to place the school in context, and provide location. What would be inappropriate would be saying something like "ENC has a beautiful campus, that is a short walk from a pristine beach". It's all about the language you use to describe the situation, ie the presentation of the facts. For example, University of California, Berkeley tells you how close it is to the Golden Gate bridge... Anyway great work so far, I looking forward to future edits of the article. Joseph J. Cox 18:04, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

For now I think the distance to the Atlantic Ocean is a fine measurement of the location. Also, I just realized my last comment may be construed as demeaning your understanding of COI issues, however I was just trying to clarify for those reading the talk page the issues at hand. Joseph J. Cox 18:23, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

List of Colleges in Boston

Yes, technically redlinks are too be removed, so when you de-linked Laboure College it was fine. I kept it redlinked because sometimes a person might see a redlink, and then try to create the page himself. However, I don't a problem with taking it off. And also, if you know of any other colleges in the area feel free to add them to the list. BH (Talk) 19:06, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of Taylor University People

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent contribution removed content from List of Taylor University People. Please be more careful when editing articles and do not remove content from Wikipedia without a good reason, which should be specified in the edit summary. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. Thank you.BsayUSD [Talk] [contribs] 17:27, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I see what you're saying, the articles probably should be merged. Just make sure to put up the appropriate merge tags and get consensus. On the recent changes, it simply looked like you blanked the page without reason. Be sure to leave a descriptive comment in the edit summary next time. I'll look into getting the tags set up, but I'm swamped today, so if you get it set up first, then that's just fine. --BsayUSD [Talk] [contribs] 17:40, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You may be interested in seeing if there is a wikiproject about colleges and universities, or joining a regional project that includes your alma mater. Don't let a few mistakes discourage you from editing. It takes some time to get into the swing of things here, stick with it. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. I'm always happy to help. I did set up the merge tags. I suggest you put in your opinion on the merge on the Talk:Taylor University page, then look into the merge process at Help:Merging and moving pages. --BsayUSD [Talk] [contribs] 17:54, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If it gets to be like Monday of next week, just do the merger. Instructions are here: Help:Merging_and_moving_pages#Performing_the_merger --BsayUSD [Talk] [contribs] 19:10, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

June 25, 2007

Hi, I noticed that you just blanked three pages without explanation. (1, 2, 3). I would ask that you refrain from doing so, or you face a potential block.

Also, I tagged the ENC article for poential conflict of interest, since here ((4) you admitted to being a paid employee of the college's admission department.

--Black Harry (Highlights|Contribs) 17:33, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you check ENC's talk I mentioned that I don't think anything you did on that article was wrong, its just listed for procedural purposes. Its just that it might be a good idea for someone to take a look at the page, to see if any POV things are going on. Many of your edits appear to be simply cleaning up the page, so I wouldn't worry editing it. Black Harry (Highlights|Contribs) 17:41, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User page

Good to see you finally got yourself a user page! How's the editing been going? --BsayUSD [Talk] [contribs] 19:52, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm doing rather well. Mainly I've just been looking at the recent changes. It's interesting some of the things that I find on there. Not too much vandalism, which is nice. Now I get a chance to "relax" (I talk like editing wiki is my job or something). --BsayUSD [Talk] [contribs] 20:01, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, hey sorry about that... Joseph J. Cox 01:28, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ENC Website

Have you considered writing content (the design work is basically done) for the ENC website, it needs people who are motivated like you. There are allot of facts that are either incorrect there or are outdated, your work on wikipedia is superb, and it would be great if you could do a similar clean-up of the website. Joseph J. Cox 01:35, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Philly Naz

Thanks for the Naz info. I never knew about the regions. I'll follow up with them once I get the time. Waarmstr 13:20, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge

Good to see the merge happening! YAY! --BsayUSD [Talk]π[contribs] 15:27, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, thanks for the link to the guide. It was a big help. Aepoutre 17:35, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dont Do It help

Thanks for help on my don't do it page, I was having some trouble with it lol.

No problem bro. Aepoutre 22:29, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nazarene project

I don't know about the deprecated parameter bit. All I know is that it worked on the Aguiar Valvassoura article, and on the others that I've found that have "priority=" in place. The systems do develop glitches some times, maybe that time you did it was one of them. I dunno. John Carter 21:27, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's based on whatever language they put in place in the template. In this case, Template:NazareneProject uses "importance=" and a few other variations which others don't use. Just remember to type it exactly as indicated on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Church of the Nazarene/Assessment page, and there shouldn't be any problems. John Carter 21:35, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

lowell hall and yerxa

I think I can do those articles, I'll start working on them as soon as I have time