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Cal Poly

--Dabackgammonator (talk) 21:30, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

I will try and do what I can when possible. It certainly won't be to the level that you have expanded the article (good job), but hopefully it will help. Thanks for the invitation . . . Alanraywiki (talk) 01:00, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

I truly appreciate it. Thank you very much.--Dabackgammonator (talk) 03:04, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi Alan. Thanks for making those edits to the Cal Poly Pomona article! They have certainly improved its overall quality. Mostly I have been editing the "history" section of the article under my sandbox here: User:Dabackgammonator/sandbox. Feel free to edit it as you please. Take care Alan.--Dabackgammonator (talk) 19:35, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Re: He shoots

I've zapped him. He'll be back though, but let me know when and in what guise if you spot him. :) --Jza84 |  Talk  19:57, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Discussion of a possible unblock at WP:AN

Your advice on whether to unblock House1090 would be helpful in this thread at WP:AN. EdJohnston (talk) 18:45, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks...

Thanks for giving me a new chance and I'm sorry, I wont let you and wikipedia down. I want to work with you on makining San Bernardino, Inland Empire a good article. House1090 (talk) 02:40, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Cal Poly Article

Hello. I respectfully object to your reversion of my edit in the Cal Poly article, and stand by my position on the naming of the school. As I do not want the incorrect information that you have re-inserted into the article to remain, how do I go about changing the situation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.57.143.208 (talk) 05:51, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

I think we need to differentiate between what the university considers correct usage of the name and, as the first sentence states, what it is "commonly called". It is called just Cal Poly per their style guide and probably by those on the Central Coast. However, those outside of the area, including the CSU system itself, commonly refers to the university as Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or Cal Poly SLO. In fact, section 89005 of the Education Code refers to the name "California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo." I do not recall ever seeing it Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo. My edit, with its reference (which you removed), still stands. Alanraywiki (talk) 15:02, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

I believe the university knows what it's own name is, as shown clearly in the reference listed--which you removed. I think we should get an administrator involved in this matter. How do we do so? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.57.143.208 (talk) 07:31, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Your reference is still there . . . see note 3. And the first step to resolving this issue would be to move this discussion from my talk page to the article talk page to allow more editors to weigh in. I will copy this thread over. Alanraywiki (talk) 14:10, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

UC endowment

I had a concern about the UC endowment figures. I was going to post it on your talk page, but I already posted it here. Am I missing something? What are your thoughts? — ŁittleÄlien¹⁸² (_talk\^contribs) 20:04, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

That is an interesting topic. I just started a thread on the WikiProject Universities project here about the UC endowment a few hours ago. I invite you to review what has been posted and give your own thoughts. However, FYI, I would not assume a 20% increase in the endowment this year. Increases are a function of a variety of things such as gifts, investment performance, and spending distribution. The numbers for 6/30/08 are not out yet, and we should not project what we think they will be based on past performance. I know the Chronicle of Higher Education has already reported that UCLA's investment return was flat for fiscal year 2008. Anyway, hope to hear from you at WikiProject Universities. Thanks, Alanraywiki (talk) 20:14, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

I did not assume a 20% increase. I was merely trying to illustrate the point that the USNWR figures for 2008 are entirely plausible --and not grossly inaccurate, as some of the other editors have suggested. I have yet to hear a good argument as to why we should reject these figures. Though USNWR has come under a lot of fire for their subjective ranking criteria, I doubt they would simply "fudge" objective figures like endowment fund values. I'm not trying to argue that we should use these values for articles (I will make an argument for this on the Universities project page), but what I'm trying to say is that I think there are plenty of editors that underestimate the credibility of these figures, largly in part, because of the arguments of one (or a few) editor(s). Thank you for your response. — ŁittleÄlien¹⁸² (_talk\^contribs) 21:06, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

The VP candidates and Prop 8

Hi there. I see that you reverted my edit regarding VP candidates and Prop 8. I've started a discussion of the question on the article's talk page. Take a look and let me know your thoughts. — Lincolnite (talk) 22:11, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

I just did! Thanks, Alanraywiki (talk) 22:15, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Laie and Honolulu

"(cur) (last) 14:04, 14 October 2008 Alanraywiki (Talk | contribs | block) (14,783 bytes) (I disagree that Laie is part of Honolulu. It is 35 miles away on the other side of the island and separated by mountains.) (rollback | undo)"

Alanray, this isn't something that is disagreeable. ALL of Oahu is a part of the City and County of Honolulu - However that is distinct from "Honolulu," which is the CDP covering the central business district. Wikipedia's "Honolulu" is the CDP while the municipality is at Honolulu County, Hawaii. WhisperToMe (talk) 15:44, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

The paragraph says: "Brigham Young University-Hawaii (BYUH) is a private, undergraduate co-educational university in the Lā'ie community of the City and County of Honolulu in Hawaii, United States (thirty-five miles from the community of Honolulu)" - by the community of Honolulu I am referring to that place on the other side of the mountains. By the "City and County of Honolulu" that is the municipality, and by Lā'ie that is the community which Brigham Young is located in. WhisperToMe (talk) 15:46, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

I added a comment to the article's talk page. I found out after my edit that the City & County of Honolulu covers the entire island. I still think the reference can be confusing and that some readers will think that Laie is a suburb of Honolulu because it includes the word "city", but because it is technically correct I won't remove it. Thanks for your explanation . . . Alanraywiki (talk) 17:00, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Size of Ohio State University

ASU surpasses single campus enrollment and total student enrollment:

http://uoia.asu.edu/files/quickfacts/Quick_Facts_Fall_2008.pdf —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hunterxaz (talk • contribs) 15:53, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the reference. I think there is a timing difference going on at this article right now. The citation was from 2006, the List of largest United States university campuses by enrollment article uses 2007 numbers, and the numbers you just gave me are for 2008. I think we're best off using the 2007 numbers until all the 2008 enrollment numbers are in. Thanks, Alanraywiki (talk) 16:07, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

We're semi-famous

Hey Alan what's up! Check this out, the Cal Poly Pomona project was on the student paper The Poly Post! I told those guys about you, but I read the article and they didn't mention your great contributions. I mentioned Dynaflow and Curtis Clark as well. In any case, I hope this gets a couple of people interested about joining the project. I appreciate your help on the making of this Cal Poly Pomona project and I hope we set another milestone by getting the article to GA status. Thank for your help Alanray!--Dabackgammonator (talk) 03:53, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for passing that along Marco. That's pretty cool. Alanraywiki (talk) 04:06, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

	Hi! I noticed your contributions and thought you would be a great addition to the California State University task force over at WikiProject California. Please consider this your personal invitation to join; if you're interested, you can signup here! We currently have 1178 articles under our task force and would appreciate any assistance, large or small, with getting them to good article status. (We've got 18 there so far!) Whether you decide to join or not, thank you for everything you've already done to make Wikipedia better, and oh yeah...GO STATE!
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My Gubernatorial Race

I can understand how you might think that I am not a major candidate, so you deleted me (citing no press coverage). I have filled out the paperwork and it has been received by the Calif. Secretary of State. I am also, the only Republican to have that honor. But, when press coverage is given and cited, you adjust the line further, saying that CSUF's newspaper is not good enough. Where does the line in the sand get drawn next? Must I get the nomination to prove it? Maybe I should win. Maybe that would be good enough.... Furthermore, why didn't you delete the guy on the Democrat side (Aguirre), he didn't have any press coverage? If you're going to edit Wiki, then be consistant. Don't delete me because of your bias.

Shvyka (talk) 06:27, 3 November 2008 (UTC)Scott Vyka, Republican Candidate for Governor, CAShvyka (talk) 06:27, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

I understand how you may feel frustrated with Wikipedia policies, but here is the requirement for notability from Wikipedia:Notability (people): Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability, although such people can still be notable if they meet the primary notability criterion of "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." One sentence in a college newspaper that erroneously states you are the "only Republican running for Governor in 2010" (that will not be the case when the election is closer) is not significant coverage. If the Register or Times picks it up, that is probably the line in the sand. You correcly deleted Aguirre for the same reason. By the way, I happen to be a Republican. Alanraywiki (talk) 14:49, 3 November 2008 (UTC)