User talk:Pjorg
Hi, Pjorg, and welcome to Wikipedia! The size and scope of this project can sometimes be daunting for newcomers, so I thought I would say hello and offer you a few helpful links that might make contributing easier (and I do hope you will continue to stay and contribute).
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Hey there. Love your BU edits. I am in the progress of making my user page and i am having problems with the placement/alignment/design of that page. I am pretty useless with compouter codes, so i hope you can help. thanks. --Bud 20:35, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks very much! I feel like we've only scratched the surface of what the BU articles could be, but it's certainly off to a good start. As for your user page, it looks pretty good to me!
Yeh, I might have taken it too personally. Please see comments on the article now. You need to give me more direction as to what you object to. Wahkeenah 20:08, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
- OK, see if you like it better now. Wahkeenah 21:36, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
BU - footnotes
[edit]When you "Went through and added/consolidated footnotes where possible" today in the BU article, you also scattered about a number of "citation needed" notes. I've seen Wikipedia guidance that suggests these should be used sparingly, as they could be used in a great many places and imply an urgency that could not be met in that case.
In the specific case of your request for a citation in the "Early Years" part of the History section in connection with the statement "Kilgore describes this as the largest single donation to an American college or university to that time," I believe a citation is already present.
Before you went through and did your thing today, there were no footnotes to speak of and citations were less formal, usually a reference to an author listed at the end. That is what you have here. I can find you a page number if you really think it necessary, but the reference is to Kilgore's book. I've not yet learned the footnote method you've implemented, so you'll have to put it in that format if that is what you want. Pzavon 00:48, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Outstanding. That concourse looks like it hasn't changed since 1915 when it was built. Great stuff! d:) Wahkeenah 00:42, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
Reverting unfree image cleanup
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Looking for members to join Project Boston
[edit]I noticed you are from Boston. I am looking for people to join Project Boston in order to clean up and expand wikipedia articles directly related to Boston. If you feel like helping out please join up. Markco1 16:53, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for joining —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Markco1 (talk • contribs) 23:28, 11 December 2006 (UTC).
BU's religious affiiliation
[edit]On 6 February 2007 you removed categories related to BU's Methodist affilliation from the main Boston University article because, as you said "BU no longer maintains any religious affilliation." BU as a University has not had a Methodist affiliation for many years. In fact, from the 1869 Charter I believe no part of the University other than Theology had a formal religious affiliation. I believe the School of Theology has maintained its affiliation from the beginning, thus making those category links appropriate. Pzavon 03:10, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
- I believe you're correct about STH having an affiliation, but the template and categories suggest that the school as a whole is affiliated, which it is not. If there is a separate article for STH then I think the category would belong there. Pjorg 15:02, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Shit's tight
[edit]Hellllll yeah dog 168.122.213.117 05:57, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
edit war on BU
[edit]I've reported him for 3RR. Discussion is here.--Loodog (talk) 03:54, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
- He's been blocked, feel free to revert it.--Loodog (talk) 04:10, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
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