User talk:EagleAg04

EagleAg04 is taking a semi-wikibreak and will fully return to Wikipedia later.

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Campus of Texas A&M University

Hi EagleAg04. I responded to your question on my talk page but then noticed you are new so I thought I'd respond here just in case. I saw the GA comment, but that was an invalid complaint. The Footnotes/References (separated) model is everywhere on WP (and on many, many Featured Articles). Generally, it is common practice on WP to follow the citation method that was already being used in the article and not change it. I saw that you just joined WP:WikiProject Texas A&M. I'm glad! We can always use more members. If you have any questions about how WP works or how to do something, feel free to ask me. User:BQZip01, User:BlueAg09 and User:Oldag07 are other Aggies who are very active at WP and are usually happy to help whenever they are asked. I hope you like it here. Karanacs (talk) 14:56, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

Howdy EagleAg! I have been noticing your edits recently. They have been very valuable. You are the best newcomer I've seen on Wiki thus far. I award you this barnstar for your good work:

		The Original Barnstar
		I award the Original Barnstar to EagleAg04 for the tremendous work he has done to continually improve Wikipedia. BlueAg09 (Talk) 19:16, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gig 'em! BlueAg09 (Talk) 19:16, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Texas A&M Hillel

Hello EagleAg04. Concerning Texas A&M Hillel, do you have any advice on how I might improve this article's references and/or expansion? Bhaktivinode (talk) 02:30, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You may want to expand the article by organizing the content into sections like those proposed in WP:WikiProject Organizations/Format for organization articles and adding content in areas where needed. I would also encourage you to WP:CITE#FULL, using WP:CIT if you find it convenient to do so. I believe the Texas A&M Hillel also has a slogan or motto, so you could add that if you are able to find a reference for it. If you would like, you could also start using Template:Infobox Organization or another appropriate infobox template.

George Foreman Vandalism

Please stop your efforts to hide the truth about George Foreman's murder of Malcom X-san. See WP:AGF - 24.10.51.165 (talk) 03:00, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:AGF is a guideline, so it does not override commmon sense. Exceptional claims require exceptional sources (see WP:REDFLAG). If you wish to have that material included, all you need to do is provide a reliable source for it. Read WP:PROVEIT to understand the official Wikipedia policy. EagleAg04 (talk) 03:24, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Category:People of the Texas Revolution

I appreciate your adding Joseph Bonnell to the "Category:People of the Texas Revolution", however, I believe you put him under 'J' for Joseph. He should be under 'B' for Bonnell.

When I looked at the "Category:People of the Texas Revolution" page to edit it, all I saw were the 3 subcategories - not the entries... Did not know what to do next!

MYwiki17 (talk) 00:53, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct, I forgot to give the category a sort key. The easiest way of doing this is to use the DEFAULTSORT template. It has been added to the Joseph Bonnell article. You can read WP:Categorization#Setting a default sort key if you are interesting in learning about how it works. EagleAg04 (talk) 01:07, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, this looks fine. And thank you for the reference, too. MYwiki17 (talk) 01:05, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

KXAN-TV

In case you're wondering, there is a graphic of the screen with that quote found here:

http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/tvblog/entries/2008/10/03/kxan_goes_dark_for_time_warner_customers.html

-- azumanga (talk) 03:40, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GSD&M Idea City

I am trying to accurately update this page, but you keep changing things back. Please help me better understand why you are doing this. Nmckinney828 (talk) 19:55, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Without an edit summary, it was unclear why the material was being removed. The material that you deleted and was restored had a reliable source. How can anyone else know whether the existing content is now incorrect without a more recent reliable source proving otherwise? WP:Verifiability and Wikipedia:No original research are some of the core content policies here, so those documents should be used a basis for determining whether content should be added or removed. EagleAg04 (talk) 01:55, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I understand that, thanks for the direction. I would like to reorganize the page so that it is no longer broken out by client. Because clients change so much, I would rather have it focus on core company information. I think this will help keep the page more accurate in terms of it being about the company. How do I go about making that big a change without having you change it back? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nmckinney828 (talk • contribs) 21:52, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds like a very good reason for removing it. That article has many sections which are way too short and could also benefit from the use of citation templates. It would be good to add a comment on the talk page for the article (Talk:GSD&M Idea City) so that others will understand what you are doing. You are welcome to go ahead and make your edits (per WP:Be Bold), but please be sure to use an edit summary. Thanks, EagleAg04 (talk) 01:28, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, great - thanks again for the advice. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nmckinney828 (talk • contribs) 17:03, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again for your help with the GSD&M Idea City page. I have made it much better and tracked the reason for my edits. Since you know your stuff on Wikipedia, can you tell me how to now get rid of the flags on the page? Nmckinney828 (talk) 20:27, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Austin Museum of Art

Hi there, thanks for the help with the references on the Austin Museum of Art page. I couldn't figure out how to get those right. I was wondering if you could help me with something else regarding that page. It keeps getting flagged for sounding like an advertisement, but i've tried to make it sound as neutral as possible. Do you have any suggestions on what I should change to keep it from getting flagged? Thanks! -Cgunn4321 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.207.51.230 (talk) 19:27, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The introductory lead to the article has already been cleaned up, but using an objective and unbiased style by presenting facts without stating opinions elsewhere in the article would help. More referencing to reliable sources could also be used in some places. EagleAg04 (talk) 03:23, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]