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Contents 1 Yeah 2 Wikibreak 3 RfC 4 Northwestern images 5 ST. John's University 6 WikiBirthday 7 DYK for Francis Amasa Walker 8 Re: JHU article quality 9 Francis Amasa Walker

[edit] Yeah

Seriously, I feel like you and ElKevbo are the only two editors who give a rip about UNI. I'm trying to get more involved (I hope my input re: Bryn Mawr was in the least bit helpful -- I know how frustrating it can be to ask for input and receive none), but most of my content discussions end up overwhelmingly 2 and maxing out at 3 people. On another note, it was remiss of me to simply add the tuition discussion on to the earlier one, but I would like to see if you have any thoughts on relocating the UNIGUIDE link at UNI. It seems oddly placed and almost hidden to me. I'll create a separate section for it so we can start talking about that, as well. Take care. --King of the Arverni (talk) 16:41, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wikibreak

Heads-up -- I'm going on WP:Wikibreak until Talk:New England School of Law, User talk:Hiberniantears#Hola, and Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts#User: Arverniking can be worked out. In the meantime, New England School of Law is just getting worse. I can't help but wonder if there were efforts to get me to give up so that edits like this can go through, and this move can take place in spite of an article and "http://www.nesl.edu/" to the contrary. I've tried getting UNI help at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Universities#New England School of Law to no avail, and one administrator (User:Hiberniantears) seems to be distracted. I'm tempted to throw in the towel, since I don't seem to making a difference and no one with more experience seems to be helping. --King of the Arverni (talk) 15:32, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] RfC

Thanks for the notice. Given my earlier reminder on WP:Canvassing, I assume you are planning to notify everyone who has commented on the peer reviews, article's talk page (including the GAN) and FAC? Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:15, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Aye aye captain! Madcoverboy (talk) 03:18, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Northwestern images

Thanks. This is completely unrelated - University Hall is one of my favorite buildings and while I kind of like your photo of it in the Northwestern University article, I wonder if it is really the best image to convey the sense of the building to those unfamiliar with it? I always liked the view from a distance and the way the towers and spires seem almost stretched out... well I assume you know what I mean. This photo on Flickr is close. I really like your aerial shot of the Evanston campus. Keep up the good work, and thanks for the notices. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 04:02, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Try these on for size, though they still have the barrel distortion. You and I will forever be underappreciated and underskilled photographers, respectively :) I'd be more than happy to go fetch some photos for you of whatever choice topics you'd like from the Chicago area since my repertoire has largely been proscribed by proximity (Northwestern) and convenience (the Loop). I should probably be telling Tony this too! Madcoverboy (talk) 05:15, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I prefer the first one (UH2). I have had some luck with taking several photos and stitching them together too - I like Autostitch. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 21:30, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] ST. John's University

"The whole blocking thing with macdoverboy also looks very suspicious." http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ASt._John%27s_University_%28New_York%29&diff=297576129&oldid=297172094 208.120.47.96 (talk) 14:31, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] WikiBirthday

I saw from here that it's been exactly four years since you joined the project. Happy WikiBirthday! Keep up the good work, rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 14:32, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] DYK for Francis Amasa Walker

On June 25, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Francis Amasa Walker, 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.

Wizardman 20:35, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Re: JHU article quality

Fair enough. And thanks for the heads-up; I was unaware of the quality nomination protocol.TennisGrandSlam (talk) 18:54, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Francis Amasa Walker

We just had an edit conflict and I unwittingly reverted several of your changes. I'm still in the process of writing up the section, perhaps you could hold off until I finish so to avoid conflicts, I'll drop a note here, and you can have your way with it? Cheers! Madcoverboy (talk) 15:17, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm all done with the military service section. Fire away! Madcoverboy (talk) 16:42, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the edits. Walker also has a GAC open but no one has contributed as of yet. Is there a way to do this in the context of MILHIST assessment? Madcoverboy (talk) 19:31, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm not really sure I can help with this. For some reason, the good article process is completely divorced from the other evaluation processes. It is possible to get the military history guys to do a peer review or class A assessment. Then there is a completely separate process for featured articles that is not limited to a particular task force. A strange situation. Hal Jespersen (talk) 00:06, 3 July 2009 (UTC)