User talk:Eóin/Archive 1

Welcome!

Hello, Eóin, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question and then place {{helpme}} before the question on your talk page. Again, welcome! --Elkman ^(Elkspeak) 18:29, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vitamin D (producer)

A {{prod}} template has been added to the article Vitamin D (producer), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice explains why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. KenWalker | Talk 06:40, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge proposal

A proposal has been made to merge Replacement I-35W Mississippi River bridge into I-35W Mississippi River bridge. The matter is being discussed at Talk:Replacement I-35W Mississippi River bridge. Please feel free to comment. Thank you. Kablammo 18:29, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Saint Paul vs. St. Paul

I was wondering if there is a consensus on which name should be used. The main article is spelled out while the subsections St. Paul neighborhoods and Education in St. Paul, Minnesota are abbreviated. I spelled out Saint Paul Public Schools because I know that it is the official name. I know that St. Louis, Missouri decided that St. Louis is the official name but I am not sure about Saint Paul. Saint Paul is abbreviated on their website address but mostly spelled out in the content with a few exceptions. Right now, I am confused on which one to use. P.Haney 19:39, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The people working on Saint Paul, Minnesota have decided not to abbreviate it, because I believe, it is the legal name of the city, but there are examples of other articles (like the ones you mentioned) that do abbreviate it. I usually change them when they're close to something I'm working on. The main reason is that wikilinking St. Paul, Minnesota causes a redirect to Saint Paul, Minnesota.--Appraiser 20:20, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use Image:Heiruspecs-members.jpg

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Shiraz pic

Why did you move the pictures on the shiraz page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Manu kian maheri93 (talk • contribs) 23:24, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On my computer there was large ugly white space from the lead to the table of contents. I moved the images down a section so readers wouldn't have to scroll down as much to see the rest of the article. P.Haney 00:01, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That happened to me too;but in the prosses you moved the Qor'an gate into the safavid period section, when it belongs to the tazi arab section. I think we should delete the eram picture or add it to the infobox. what do u think?Manu kian maheri93 00:05, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

My apologies, I went back and moved the images again. The Qor'an Gate picture is back where it belongs and I moved the Eram Garden picture to the climate section because it mentions the cities many gardens. I hope those changes work. P.Haney 00:26, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Meetup in Minneapolis

Minnesota Meetup

Sunday, 2007-10-07, 1:00 p.m. (13:00)
Pracna on Main
117 Main SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Map

Please pass this on! RSVP here.

Spam delivered by -Susanlesch 17:05, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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B&B Gaming

There was absolutely no evidence to support the removal of the B&B Gaming article, much less to post a block warning. If you really don't have the decency to explain why you think the articles should be deleted, or how to make them reasonable so they fit the guidelines, you shouldn't delete articles.

Hi

...that study showed that students of City Academy High School (the first charter school in the USA) made three years progress in one year in reading and maths? by Eóin OK? I see it still needs proofreading and some pics but a nice article. Well done Victuallers (talk) 22:42, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Either that hook or the one suggested by Alansohn sound excellent to me. Thanks for looking over the article as well as looking over Saint Paul Central. I will try to get a picture of eventually but with boarded up windows it's not much of a looker. Eóin (talk) 01:46, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

On 21 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article City Academy High School, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Majorly (talk) 15:55, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

...that North Community High School was paid $400,000 by the Minnesota Transport Dept to broadcast traffic reports on the school's radio station? by Eóin concise nom Victuallers (talk) 22:24, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Got a modern picture too? A great article .... don't stop Victuallers (talk) 22:28, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

North Community High School

On 31 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article North Community High School, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 23:27, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

KBEM

I don't know for sure if MnDOT is currently paying KBEM for traffic reports, or if there's a contract. They announced in January 2005 that they were going to cancel the contract, but then they announced in March 2005 that they were going to continue the contract for one year while KBEM developed self-sufficiency through fundraising and other measures. The current page at MnDOT says that traffic information is presented on KBEM, but they don't say if there's a contract or anything like that. There's also an article on how the RTMC handled traffic after the bridge collapse. I'm going under the assumption that KBEM broadcasts traffic reports, but they don't necessarily get paid by MnDOT to do it. I've listened to KBEM and heard their traffic reports recently, so I know they're still broadcasting. --Elkman ^(Elkspeak) 21:31, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, its IA-LEAP

Thanks Eoin - Yes that is the IA-LEAP school that is housed in the Wilson Building. It is a little confusing, but accourding to Federal preservation laws, buildings named after someone (presidents specifically(?)) must keep that name. You must have made that photo today, the snow is still fresh. BTW: my classroom is on the top floor with the shades down... Take Care and thanks. Dinkytown (talk) 00:59, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

I think you deserve this...

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For creating a good quality article on Gordon Parks High School. Camaron \| Chris (talk) 16:09, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

and I think you deserve this ...

...that Gordon Parks High School, an alternative school, is named after the famous photographer, because he dropped out of education locally in Saint Paul, Minnesota? by Eóin OK? Victuallers (talk) 16:40, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much. The hook sounds fine, I'll try to finish the article before it appears on the main page. Eóin (talk) 21:58, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have to second the motion - you did a great job on the Gordon Parks High School page Eóin. Keep up the good work there... Take Care... Dinkytown (talk) 05:27, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment on MY page

How come you think that you are the boss of me!? I just wanted for Nix Stix Komix to get out. so that people can buy my comics. But NOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo, you just had to march in and tell me, "I'm going to delete your file if you don't fix the page Nix Stix Komix!" You moron! Nothing was wrong with the page!!! You tell people not to put up a page about a band or a company. But people still do it!!!!! You know what? I think that your head is full of crap-o-la!!! Go ahead, delete my username. I don't care, I'll just make another. And one more thing... NOBODY MESSES WITH NICK SALINAS!!!!!!!!!!

Nik wuz HeeR (talk) 04:23, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

P.S.

I HATE YOU!!!!!

Nik wuz HeeR (talk) 04:24, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

CSD

" Contributors sometimes create articles over several edits, so try to avoid deleting a page too soon after its creation if it appears incomplete." -- from WP:CSD introduction. With respect tot he article of Greek battles, dont assume that someone who starts off just with a title isn't going to do any thing further. As the reviewing admin, I removed your speedy tags, and substituted {{underconstruction}} If the articles are not adequate after 7 days, then by all means nominate via prod (or speedy of course if they remain totally empty). DGG (talk) 04:46, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Alex O'Carroll

I didn't create that article - he did (or Lex224 (talk · contribs), who I guess is him, did). What I did was to userfy it - move it into his user page - as a rather friendlier approach to a newbie than just zapping it. You must have moved to tag it at just the same moment; you saved me the trouble of putting {{db-rediruser}} on the left-over redirect page. JohnCD (talk) 21:21, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User awards:224jeff6 deletion

Eoin. You have requested the page User awards:224jeff6 for speedy deletion. You have already moved the page to the correct link for me. I'm sorry, I didn't know I already had an Award page, because I'm new to Wikipedia and I don't have any awards. I changed the link on my userpage to the page you made. Is there a way that I could speed up the deletion of "User awards:224jeff6" since I no longer need it? -- 224Jeff6^TALK2ME 21:36, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gordon Parks High School

On 21 February, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gordon Parks High School, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 15:19, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

NPWatcher

Dear Eóin,

Thank you for applying for NPWatcher! You've now been approved to use it. Rettetast (talk) 13:41, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

well done

On 17 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article History of the Irish in Saint Paul, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Victuallers (talk) 17:43, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Edward Phelan

On 27 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Edward Phelan, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Elkman ^(Elkspeak) 20:33, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

On 5 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lake Phalen, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cheers, Daniel (talk) 11:13, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Jordinquinto

You didn't give a reason in this MfD. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 03:51, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Minnesota

Greetings, Eóin. Copy of a message from Kablammo. Would you be willing to adopt a section or two of this article, to get it back in top shape for the state's 150th? Details at Talk:Minnesota#150th and following section. -Susanlesch (talk) 20:58, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA review of Arlington Senior High School

Hi. I just wanted to let you know that I've completed my GA review of Arlington Senior High School. I would suggest further work before promoting it to GA status, but since it is my first article review, I've requested a second opinion from a more experienced reviewer. Please feel free to make changes to the article regarding some of the comments that I've left. Thanks. will381796 (talk) 18:31, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RFA thanks

Thanks for your support in my RFA, that didn't quite make it and ended at 120/47/13. There was a ton of great advice there, that I'm going to go on. Maybe someday. If not, there are articles to write! Thanks for your support. Lawrence § t/e 18:04, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User Page

Thanks for looking out for my page. Jacotto (talk) 15:36, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

4/23 DYK

On 23 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Eliza Tibbets, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Bedford 22:13, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Humboldt Senior High School

On 2 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Humboldt Senior High School, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 10:33, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Chicago Race Riot

Since you said you are a newbie, the common protocol is to point to sections that need citation on the talk page if the GA has not closed. Placing {{fact}} tags all over the article is surely going to get other people who are requested for second opinions to say who is the idiot asking us to promote something to GA with fact tags all over it. They will not likely notice they came from you.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:08, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads up. I'll make sure to do that next time. ~ Eóin (talk) 03:45, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mel Gibson DUI incident

You are perfectly at liberty to quickfail any article that you believe meets the GA quickfail criteria. But what you must also do is to provide a review that states why you believe that the article should be quickfailed.

Please provide such a review. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 00:53, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps this is a miscommunication due to timing? I posted a review at 00:51 about six minutes after I removed it from the GAN page. Does this explain the problem? ~ Eóin (talk) 01:39, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is, as you say, a miscommunication over timing. I'm sorry to have troubled you. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 02:54, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Eóin or Eoin?

I just saw an edit you'd made and thought I should draw your attention to this question about the spelling of Eóin/Eoin over at the Language Ref Desk. Xn4 00:41, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fascinating stuff. Thanks for telling me! ~ Eóin (talk) 04:06, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Hi - jsut wanted to say thanks for removing the speedy deletion tag from Yester Parish Church. It gave me a bit of a fright, as I'd literally just started to create the article! Anyway, I'm adding content now. Thanks for being so considerate! Tpacw (talk) 21:21, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I've become a big fan of Wikipedia:Don't demolish the house while it's still being built. Good luck with the article! ~ Eóin (talk) 21:28, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article on Syed Danish Hasan

Respected Sir, First of all I am Mr. Rakesh Singh. I am writing it because some of the people on my wikipedia talk page have claimed that I am Danish myself. This is definitely untrue else this would have been self promotion. I am the current P.A. of Mr. Jagdish Gandhi(article on him is already present on wikipedia), the founder manager of City Montessori School,Lucknow. This article has been added to wikipedia to present forward the achievements of Danish Hasan who has been the most commendable student of the institution itself. His achievements are present on the article itself. Besides, as a reference, I would like to state that Danish is now well known in India and abroad for several reasons. (1) To be in the ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination) prescribed Merit List is not a joke. He has secured 9th position among 1,586,547 candidates appearing for ICSE 2008 Examination. (2) He is Gold Medalist at International Mathematics Competition 2007, Singapore. (3) He secured All India 1st position in AAT 2006 in the subject Commercial Studies. (4) On 20-5-2008 Danish's interview was tsken live on 'Sahara Rastriya', Indian Hindi news channel. (5) His ICSE achievement was published in over 15 newspapers.

Sir if you still hold any doubt about the reliability of the text, I can email you all his certificates & cuttings from newspapers at your email address. So kindly send me your email address on our account for Danish - danish14011992@gmail.com

Lastly, you can check out the official website of CMS- www.cmseducation.org/ City Montessori School(CMS) is itself the Guiness Record holder for maximum number of students in a single college. Rest you can check out on the website.

Thanking you, Rakesh Singh. --Danish14011992 (talk) 16:08, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on user's talk page. ~ Eóin (talk)

Concordian International School

Eóin thanks so much. I am going to look into the pages that you gave to me. I have definitely felt very frustrated with everything. Obviously, at first I didn't realize what I was doing was wrong and now I am hoping that I am getting it on the right track. I definitely would love to hear any support or findings. I think that I am taking out all bias, but please show me other changes where I may make changes if you see them...or better yet, make them yourself.

Thanks again, Buttermickey (talk) 09:29, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on user's talk page. ~ Eóin (talk)

Deletion of Syed Danish Hasan

Sir,my article has been deleted on the claim of notability. I can assure you of Danish's notability in India.But for that I need some email address on which I could send you some files. Probabily that could satisfy the criteria. Plz email me your email id at danish14011992@gmail.com. Thanking you,--Danish14011992 (talk) 07:57, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on user's talk page. ~ Eóin (talk)

Skyline Towers

On 5 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Skyline Towers, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 19:55, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tarek Ibn Ziyad Academy Edit

Eoin, the sources you provided are outdated and due to a Department of Education error. If you look at the most recent data you will see that Tarek did indeed meet all requirements. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.63.253.190 (talk) 01:39, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on user's talk page. ~ Eóin (talk)

Washburn High School

I've done more work on the Washburn High School page, I'd appreciate your comments on the peer review page if you would. — Calebrw (talk) 00:36, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note, I'll leave some comments and suggestions at the peer review tomorrow. ~ Eóin (talk) 04:44, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article 1: High school reform: Back to small, Star Tribune, 2001-12-07 — Calebrw (talk) 22:35, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: My talk page

Hold on, can you quote where i called his edits vandalism? Im particually careful with my wording. Metagraph comment 06:10, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thats a template. Whilst it is not vandalism in a good faith edit, his first edit was good faith. I assumed neutral faith after he re-added the material. Its a fundamental flaw with the template, and seems to contradict WP:VANDAL. I may possibly bring it up at the template discussion page. Metagraph comment 05:59, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You ~~may be~~ are right. I should have explained, ~~but i was using huggle and explaining would have taken too long.~~ The helpful first 'warning' template should have guided him in the right direction, however you are right, it was slightly bitey, and i will strike my statements. Thanks! Metagraph comment 05:46, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thumbs up!

Nicely handled, that. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 22:00, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! ~ Eóin (talk) 04:26, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

North Minneapolis Wiki

Hi, I'm trying to contact wiki editors who'd like to help with a Wiki project for North Minneapolis. It is only in it's beginning stages and could use the help of veteran wiki editors to get it going.

The reason for the project is to help connect people to the pleathora of resources and history that exist in North Minneapolis. The potential for this site to be used by non-profits, librarians, teachers and others to help connect neighbors to community resources could be huge. It would also be a way to document the positive stories and efforts in North Minneapolis,

I've chosen to build the site at [1] primarily because wikispaces has the only easy to use visual editor for a wiki site that I could find.

If you have any thoughts or input on the project feel free to contact me. [2] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ariahfine (talk • contribs) 05:35, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

peer review

Could you click through on the Follow this link for me in the PR template here:[3]? Thought I might get this one looked at. 86.44.17.205 (talk) 21:22, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Eóin, you're the man, as ever. Sorry about the delay, I'm away from home right now. 212.2.165.61 (talk) 20:20, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

sections below

If you have time, can you create the following three stubs for me? I can't get them past the nightmare that is wp:afc, where they have been declined twice by the same editor referencing Wikipedia:SPEEDY#A7. As if merely to set me up for irony, I was creating these to get rid of red links in the important albums list. Posting as sections below. Sorry about this. (The unusual title-sources format is a product of the afc process.)86.44.28.197 (talk) 21:26, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Taking the liberty of deleting them here now that's done :) Replied on my talk, but thanks again. :) 86.44.28.197 (talk) 22:31, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]