User talk:Rogerd/Archive011

  Hello Rogerd! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 6 of the articles that you created are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. if you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 317 article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:

1. Vitor Meira - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
2. Sharon Lawrence - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
3. Chuck Tanner - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
4. Ted Marchibroda - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
5. Barry Collier (basketball coach) - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
6. Kathleen Sullivan (journalist) - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 23:51, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

I have conducted a reassessment of the above article as part of the GA Sweeps process. You are being notified as you have made a number of contributions to the article. Unfortunately the poor state of referencing of the article meant that I immediately de-listed it as it fails to meet the GA criteria at present. When these concerns, which you can see at Talk:United States Air Force Academy/GA1, have been addressed you may renominate the article at WP:GAN. If you disagree with this re-assessemnt please take it ito WP:GAR for community re-assessment. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 08:04, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Greetings, Rogerd. I appreciate your follow-up regarding your source for John J. Tigert's two separate terms as Kentucky's basketball coach. Wanted to let you know that I finally had some time to spend on the official UK athletics website last night, and I was able to confirm the accuracy of your source regarding Tigert's two separate stints as the UK men's basketball coach. Interestingly, another editor, Cmadler, discovered that Tigert also had two separate coaching stints in charge of the UK women's basketball team. Tigert was a unique personality—I doubt you could find another guy who coached college football and men's and women's basketball at a major university (as well as serving as president of a major university). Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 13:01, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

P.S. I don't know if you noticed or not, but the article you created has been promoted to Good Article status. Cheers! Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 13:35, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, but you (obviously) deserve a lot more credit than I do. In fact, I had forgotten that I started the article. I was stubbing out some of the older UK basketball coaches, and I stumbled on the fact that Tigert went on later in life to do much bigger things. I know that as a UK fan, it is hard for me to admit that there is something bigger than being UK BB coach! --rogerd (talk) 13:43, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

I see that you were the editor who added "Cornelius McGillicuddy" as the legal name for Connie Mack IV.[1] I can't find any source which uses that name for him (though there are sources for his father). I know that was several years ago, but do you know of any sources that describe it as his legal name?   Will Beback  talk  23:16, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Wow, you are right, five years ago!! I am not sure where I got the info. I should have referenced it, but I was a newby back then. It could have been that I assumed that because his father's legal name was Cornelius McGillicuddy, that he would have been. I guess we need to revert it. It sounds like at some point, the family name legally became Mack, but I am not sure when. --rogerd (talk) 02:32, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

I found a reference from 2006 when he got his divorce - http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2006/aug/05/rep_macks_divorce_final_settlement_reached/ :

Connie Mack filed for divorce under his legal name, Cornelius McGillicuddy IV

--rogerd (talk) 22:11, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. That clears it up. I've never heard of a congressman using an unofficial last name, but I guess it's a family tradition.   Will Beback  talk  22:16, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

• No, I wasn't trying to make a joke ! I also wasn't trying to conjure up that kind of response, I was just apparently wrong Mlpearc MESSAGE 05:15, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. Maurreen (talk) 06:55, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Good job; thanks for doing it right!--Hokeman (talk) 17:29, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Mayumashu IZAK (talk) 18:09, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Hello there, Roger. There was a recent discussion at WP:ANI regarding the systematic removal of Media Matters for America as a reliable source. I've started an RfC regarding MMfA, Media Research Center, Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting, Newsbusters etc. at Wikipedia: Identifying reliable sources. Some of us believe that these hyperpartisan sources should never be used as factual sources at Wikipedia, due to their tendency to selective edit facts. Please participate in this important discussion, concerning one of Wikipedia's most fundamental editing policies, on the Reliable Sources Talk page here. Skoal. Phoenix and Winslow (talk) 13:43, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

I have proposed an edit for the mainspace of an important Wikipedia policy, the Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources policy. Essentially, I believe that some sources are so partisan that using them as "reliable sources" invites more problems than they're really worth. You've previously participated in the RfC on this subject, or another related discussion indicating that you are interested in this important policy area. Please indicate here whether you support or oppose the proposed edit. The original discussion is here. Phoenix and Winslow (talk) 13:41, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

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A TFD has been opened on Template:Religious text primary. The TfD was opened on 2 December; so is due to close in two days time. Notification being sent to all participants in the previous discussion Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2008_July_30#Template:BibleAsFact. Jheald (talk) 23:37, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the semi-protection - I was just about to go over to RFPP to ask for it. These events always bring out the worst in some people.Tvoz/talk 22:21, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

--Kumioko (talk) 03:13, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi there, I've been nervously flitting around the 'pedia during this RfA and I came to your user page after your !vote (thank you by the way). You mention on your userpage that you are issued in issues related to intellectual disabilities. I'd like to invite you to join, if you wish, WikiProject Disability. We're a young project and are in that honeymoon period where things are being put together and there's significant activity. The project is currently skewed toward physical and and psychological disabilities, so I think you would be especially welcome. --Danger (talk) 05:57, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Just wanted to say hey...hope all is well with you!--MONGO 02:45, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Not too bad, considering how the final four has gone. Check your mail. --rogerd (talk) 03:35, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

To clarify, the Affirming Pentecostal Church is not run out of someone's home. When it was first founded, a physical address was needed, and so the home address of the incorporator, now one of the Associate Bishops, was used. His home is in Sheridan, IN. The church is actually headquartered in Indianapolis, at True Love Apostolic Church. The church maintains other offices, as well. For example, the Missions department is located at High Praises International Ministries, in Elgin, IL. The treasurer's office is at Family Worship Center in Mishawaka, IN. Youth Ministries are located at Gulf Coast Worship Center, in New Orleans. The Education department is operated from the Bible school, incorporated in Michigan. BroWCarey (talk) 15:10, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

I didn't mean to slight this organization, perhaps my edit summary let you to think that. The article had a tag that said that it was missing the lat/long coordinates in Indiana. The only address in Indiana I found on the org's website was a residence, which I thought would be inappropriate to put the lat/long in the article of a residence. It doesn't sound like this is an article that would be appropriate to be geotagged anyway because as far as I can tell, most religious organizations do not have their headquarters geotagged (see Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Orthodox Union and United Methodist Church. --rogerd (talk) 16:40, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

I agree geotagging is probably not appropriate. Thanks!BroWCarey (talk) 16:48, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

I see that you have in your sandbox area, rewritten the Alfred K. Flowers article. It looks like you did some good research, including finding some references that I didn't find. When were you planning on incorporating it into the article? It is on the main page today in the did you know section. Thanks --rogerd (talk) 23:15, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations on DYK—with picture too! Hopefully, that will get some good readership for article. Think people will find Gen Flowers’ story interesting/inspiring. Was originally going to upload my article over Thanksgiving weekend, but you beat me to it. Since I found some good info on his post-retirement plans, I was going to update article after he officially retires on 1 Jan.--Orygun (talk) 01:24, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Just checked reader stats on Gen Flowers article. Your DYK promoted almost 17K reader to link to the article--congratulation!--Orygun (talk) 04:16, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks....looking forward to seeing your additional information added to the article! --rogerd (talk) 04:21, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

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Dear rogerd,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

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Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

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Young June Sah --Yjune.sah (talk) 04:23, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Hey guys!

I'm dropping you a note because you filled out the New Page Patrol survey, and indicated you'd be interested in being contacted about follow-up work. This is to notify you that we've finally released both the initial documentation about the project and also the engagement strategy, which sets out how we plan to work with the community on this. Please give both a read, and leave any comments or suggestions you have on the talkpage, on my talkpage, or in my inbox - okeyes wikimedia.org.

It's awesome to finally get to start work on this! :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 02:02, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

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The article Pegi Young has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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Took a bit, but found those weird links...the followup is at my talkpage.--MONGO 16:07, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

To you and yours, Have a Merry ______ (fill in the blank) and Happy New Year! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 21:01, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Roger, thank you for your support and expression of confidence during my RfA. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 04:34, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi Rogerd, I wondered if you might have interest in creating and maintaining a 2013 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team page? The team is currently ranked in the top 10 in all major polls, and would be a welcome addition to our coverage of SEC baseball. Billcasey905 (talk) 14:53, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I had planned on doing that some time ago, but my time has been a little short lately. I will try to get to it ASAP. --rogerd (talk) 18:36, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Not a problem, we look forward to it anytime you might get to it. Thanks! Billcasey905 (talk) 18:38, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

I am working on it at User:Rogerd/2013 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team. I will move it when it is closer to being done --rogerd (talk) 05:01, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

The source you provided for the Tubby Smith to Texas Tech thing isn't an official AD source. It's just repeating the rumor of what the AP article stated. Until a Tech Athletic Department person actually confirms it, it's just rumor and speculation. He'll probably be hired, but we should wait until TTU itself confirms.Falcon8765 ^(TALK) 21:51, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

My bad, I thought this was the official site. --rogerd (talk) 21:54, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Falcon8765 ^(TALK) 22:01, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

That image for Cliff Hagan Stadium is fantastic. Glad to have you on board the college baseball project. Kithira (talk) 23:15, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for noticing! It is good to see someone saw that. It cheered me up since my Wildcats had a tough weekend down in Baton Rouge --rogerd (talk) 05:13, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

your O-3 edits are spam (repeated edits not based on any RS [reliable source] or indeed any research; they are mostly inappropriate and useless to readers) -- and they are often false-- the O-3 business is late 20th century. Mahan was an admiral. Lincoln was never in the US Army...he had a state militia rank. Rjensen (talk) 20:49, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

SPAM?! What do you possibly mean by that? Do you know what that means? You are accusing me of some kind of advertising?? Please explain yourself. As far as my disambiguation, I was trying to identify which officers held the Navy/Coast Guard rank vs. who held the Army/MC/AF rank. Yes, I know that the O-3 designation didn't exist prior to WWII, but that is besides the point. Lincoln held the state militia rank of Captain, which is equivalent to the modern US Army O-3 rank, even if he held it for a short time during the Black Hawk war. --rogerd (talk) 20:57, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

spam = repeated thoughtless edits that are inappropriate and not based on any RS or any research. "which is equivalent to the modern US Army O-3 rank" is OR and wildly misleading (compare what Lincoln had to do to get his rank and what one has to do today). It was more an honorific then and a career today. Rjensen (talk) 21:02, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

Hello. You are one of 6 or 7 Admins who has supported including DOB info in the Duckworth article: Talk:Tammy Duckworth#RfC on providing full date of birth. Yesterday I proposed moving the discussion to the BLPN so that we could get a policy determination on this and thereby avoid such prolonged and repeated discussions on article talk pages. In the last few comments I haven't seen a positive to my proposal. Would you care to opine on moving the discussion? (I am posting this message to each of the admins.) Thanks. – S. Rich (talk) 02:54, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

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Hi Rogerd. Your user page seems to indicate a good editing background/peer review possibility for faith-related articles. I am thinking of recommending a page upgrade for a GA article to FA article status which may involve the reading of a related book review if this might be possible for you. The book is the popularly received "Evil and the God of Love". Any possible interest? AutoJellinek (talk) 20:24, 22 October 2013 (UTC)