User talk:UWAFanatic05

uwa page[edit]

no sweat. keep up the good work. -Sagefats (talk) 03:37, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks, I'm trying my best. You've got two degrees here anyway so you're a lot smarter! UWAFanatic05 05:38, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The Amazing Race[edit]

hi, please be careful in your edit summaries. The show hasn't aired on the West Coast yet, so anyone who had the main article on their watchlists would have been spoiled by your summary. Thanks and happy editing. Lambertman 03:24, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Your Amazing Race Asia 2 Route Map[edit]

I've seen you The Amazing Race Asia 2 route map. And while it is good, I see that you have made an error. The route goes to Hong Kong, not Taiwan. The map pointed to the wrong place. - 上村七美 (Nanami-chan) | talkback | contribs 05:52, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Praxis[edit]

Hello. You’re edit to Praxis test confused me a little. The summary said Alabama is a state that requires the Praxis, but the list on the page is of states that require a test different from the Praxis. GromXXVII (talk) 11:07, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, okay. I thought it meant states that require the Praxis. I did not realize it was a list of states that require a different test other than the Praxis. I'll go back and revert it. UWAFanatic05 18:45, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

UWA[edit]

Fanatic, I appreciate your zeal, but please see WP:NOTDIR. Much of the info you added is simply not appropriate here. Moreover, the article needs reliable sources--it doesn't have a single reference to something that is not the school website(s). Thanks, Drmies (talk) 20:42, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Drmies, I have been referring to the University of Alabama page frequently. If it can have some of that information, why can't UWA? Can you please explain? Thank you. UWAFanatic05 (talk) 20:52, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also, there are other university pages across the nation with their alma maters and traditions listed on their pages. Can you please tell me why UWA cannot have these listed on their page? The page used to be in a much worse situation than this, and Sagefats and I were both given advice as to how to fix it. We are trying our best to get the article where it needs to be. What other references do there need to be if we can't use the school website? These are just concerns that I have. Please advise. UWAFanatic05 (talk) 21:15, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Fanatic, that the fight song is on the Alabama main page actually makes no sense at all, and those cheers and stuff--and I'm taking care of it. However, that something is in that article, or the Auburn article for that matter (I'm forbidden by state law to edit that) doesn't mean it ought to be on the UWA page. And now it's no longer in the UA article--let's see if User:Tide rolls and User:Alarob let it stand. Drmies (talk) 23:09, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thanks for the message. Its looking much better now, I'm going to change the assessment rating to C class. If you guys can find some additional, independent sources, I think we can assign it to B class. If y'all haven't already, check out WikiProject Universities. Take a look at their Featured and Good articles, they may give you some good ideas for the UWA article. Altairisfar 22:32, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Altairisfair, nice seeing you again. But...shouldn't you be out catching stuff at the parade? And if you've already been there, shouldn't you be taking a nap? Drmies (talk) 23:10, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fanatic, look at the alumni section. It's cropped a bit; I left a note about one of them on the talk page. Drmies (talk) 23:23, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Drmies, thank you for your help. It's greatly appreciated. I've added an introduction and cited some sources outside of the school website. Please tell me what you think. I feel like together with you and Sagefats, we can get the article up to Wikipedia standards. I'm checking the WikiProject Universities and have been on the Good articles. UWAFanatic05 (talk) 00:00, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

<--Sure thing, my pleasure. Listen, I think you should move that athletics stuff to a separate page. The current standings and scores, that really shouldn't be in the main article, especially since it requires constant updating. BTW, you made a "ref error" that I just fixed--look at this change. But the most important thing is to add external sources and to clean up the references, so that the ugly "linkrot" tag can go. Using templates (wp:citation templates) helps. Drmies (talk) 00:07, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can you continue to help me? We can move that athletics stuff to a new page called UWA Tigers, couldn't we? Please check behind me and make sure my references are good. UWAFanatic05 (talk) 00:11, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. Name it like the other schools do--Alabama has Alabama Crimson Tide, so you should use the same type of name. That article doesn't need so much initially in the way of sources, as long as it has decent content; put an {{underconstruction}} tag on it. That will really clean up the main page. As for sources, I've been using this; you should also try the same search under the old names. Don't search Google Books for the schoolnames; all you get is useless directories, but maybe a Google Book search for the old names will bring up some interesting things. Good luck! BTW, Altairisfair is a really good content contributor with a couple of very good articles to his name (look at Gorgas–Manly Historic District)--and he's a nice person to work with. Drmies (talk) 00:21, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Check it out: West Alabama Tigers, all ready and willing. I would start writing the lead and filling it out the way the Alabama article is done--so change the name and all that, what I put up there. Drmies (talk) 00:22, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Kudos! Nice job. Drmies (talk) 05:28, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Drmies, thank you so very very much. It's coming along really, really well I think. Wouldn't you agree? My citations are all pretty good ones too, and I am hoping they are done correctly. What do you think of it so far? I'm going to work on some more sports pretty soon. UWAFanatic05 (talk) 05:30, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

		The Special Barnstar
		UWA Fanatic, you have done an excellent job. Kudos! Drmies (talk) 17:10, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, thank you! That really means a lot to me. Do you think there's any way we can get the page protected? I'd like to get it where only users like us can edit it, so not just anyone can edit it potentially vandalizing the page. UWAFanatic05 (talk) 21:32, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No no, that can't be done. Only if a page is heavily vandalized will administrators protect (usuall, semi-protect) an article (see WP:PP). Protecting too much, too easily goes against the very idea of Wikipedia. Articles with heavy traffic are more vandalized than others--when UWA is of Alabama's rank, you'll get that problem, perhaps, but until then I wouldn't worry about it now. Just add it to your watchlist and keep an eye on it. Drmies (talk) 03:15, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I wasn't sure if we could do that or not. I added it to my watchlist though. Did you check out the UWA page? I worked on the university's page some this afternoon. I modeled it after the University of Houston since that was on the Good articles list. There's still some work to be done, but we'll get it there. UWAFanatic05 (talk) 03:19, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's looking better every time! But ask Altairisfair for his opinion--if he's over his Mardi Gras hangover. Drmies (talk) 03:30, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great work UWAFanatic and company. The University of West Alabama article is really coming along nicely, and West Alabama Tigers looks awesome!!! I tell you what though, it sure would be nice if we had some photos of the campus (other than just the old covered bridge), especially Webb Hall or even Bibb Graves. I just searched Flickr for free-use images, but there weren't any.

Drmies, I don't think I'm over my hangover(s) yet, my family is coming down from Marengo County this weekend. So... laissez les bons temps rouler! Altairisfar 22:00, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the kind words Altairisfar. I've been trying to locate photos of the campus as well but like you, I'm not having any luck. Maybe I can find out from some of my college friends if they'll take some for me to use. I could always try to take some myself when I go back, but I don't have a really nice camera like some do. We'll get this going, and I intend to e-mail some people regarding the campus and demographics sections. On another note, I'm so happy to hear you are liking the West Alabama Tigers page. That has been my biggest project the last few nights. Anyways, we'll get these articles up to par and most importantly, get good ratings from Wikipedia for our efforts. UWAFanatic05 (talk) 23:58, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey[edit]

Sorry it took so long to get back to you, somehow I missed your earlier message on my talkpage. The University of West Alabama and West Alabama Tigers articles both look great. I updated the assessment rating for the university article to B-class, it deserves it after all of the hard work that y'all have put into it. The structure and prose are good, now I would focus on getting citations in place for statements that aren't already backed up by a reference. Then you'll be ready for the Good Article process, if you want to go that far. In my experience it can be frustrating process, so it wouldn't hurt to ask for a peer review first, after getting everything referenced. I hope this helps, take care. :) Altairisfar 16:51, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Altairisfair, that's no problem at all. I'm glad the assessment rating has been updated to B-class. We've tried our best to get it better. I'll see what I can do about getting citations for the statements not backed up like you said. Can you upload some more pictures and put the licensing and all that good stuff? When I get more pictures, I'll be glad to send them to you if you can do that. Thank you for your feedback as it's greatly appreciated. It does help, and you take care as well! :) UWAFanatic05 (talk) 01:50, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, its looking better and better. If I were you, I'd go ahead and ask for a peer review. Just follow the "Nomination procedure" on that page to request one. Leave me a note if you have any problems. It may take quite some time (sometimes over a month) for someone to do one for you, but I would just keep tweaking the article in the meantime. Hopefully the reviewer can give you some pointers that I may not be aware of. Hope you had a nice weekend!!! Altairisfar 03:22, 8 March 2010 (UTC) (Jeff in Mobile)[reply]

		The Original Barnstar
		For your fine work at your alma mater. Drmies (talk) 03:48, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, got your message. Everything is good down here in Mobile. I'm so glad that spring has finally sprung. The article looks really nice! Hopefully the peer review can help turn up any problems that I may not be aware of, then you can ask for a GA assessment. Again, let me know if you have any problems and I'll do my best to help. Take care!!! Altairisfar 18:31, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Peer review[edit]

Hey, just making sure that you were aware that Ruhrfisch has done a very thorough peer review of the University of West Alabama article. It might be nice to send them a thank you for doing it, we don't get such extensive peer reviews around here very often. I hope all is well with you! Altairisfar 15:02, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to help and glad that my comments are useful, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 21:48, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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I thought of you this morning: [1]. Hope all is well, Drmies (talk) 14:42, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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