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"list of public elementary schools in NYC"

Hi Dan, I'm new to this--can you tell me why you removed "PS 116M" and its link from the "see also" section at the end of this article? I saw 2 other schools listed there, and so added mine (I am the tech teacher there). Was that wrong? Is "see also" only for internal links? Thanks, Kathleen —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 151.202.53.100 (talk) 02:42, 7 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Re List of public elementary schools in New York City

I removed it because it was just an external link, pasted in at the very bottom of the page, with no apparent relevance to anything else. The proper way to to that would be to paste it in after the relevant school in the list. Your last edit was nearly correct. Normally we don’t like to make the primary name in a list to be an external link. It would be better to do it like this:

*PS 116 Mary Lindley Murray [http://www.ps116.org/]

Copy the above line and paste it into the line where you have the link now.

While we are on the subject, I think the names of all the schools should be converted to title case instead of all upper case.

Also, please remember to sign your posts on a user page by putting four tildes ~~~~ at the end of the message. Thanks.

Hope this helps. Feel free to write again anytime. ●DanMS 03:00, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'll add my thanks for your formatting on this page. btw there's a rumour that the regions are to be abolished in the NYC schools hierarchy, and perhaps replaced with some other unit of organisation, so any further effort invested in that part of the work might be short-lived. I imagine we can rearrange the records for each school easily, so that would still be worthwhile. Thanks again. AndrewHowse 22:31, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re NYC schools and William Sherman in particular: the exterior of the school has a sign that reads "William T Sherman" but I couldn't find a dedication plaque or similar. I also read that Gen Sherman spent the last years of his life in NYC, so there's at least a tenuous connection. AndrewHowse 22:42, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, it seems pretty certain that William Tecumseh Sherman is the eponym of the school. I wasn’t sure, but your discovery seems to nail it—unless we discover some other William T. Sherman who was prominent in the history of New York or New England. By the way, I have finished adding all the elementary schools from the NYC schools website, and I think I have done all that I have an interest in doing. Feel free to add anything else that you like. ●DanMS 22:48, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Roger wilco. Thanks for all your gruntwork. I'll see what else I can glean locally and update the page from time to time. AndrewHowse 01:54, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

hi dan, thanks a lot for your information about Torpedo tube on wikipedia. i need more information about torpedo launcher mechanism for surface ship, i would be appriciated to you to send me more information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hrezvany (talk • contribs) 14:46, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wish I had more information for you about surface-ship torpedo tube launchers, but I don’t know much about them. I served on submarines in the U.S. Navy but never worked with surface torpedo launchers. You will have to search Yahoo! or Google for that. Regards, ●DanMS 16:53, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

YOU SUCK

Why do you keep reverting these masterpieces that I am writing? Being a schoon is very important to the town history of Cedar Falls and I really don't understand why some technical student in California has nothing better to do than revert my edits. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.167.191.244 (talk) 01:20, 12 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Page move

Long time ago, you left a comment at Talk:Neil Werrett. I agree the page should be moved, but newly created accounts can not move pages. Would you take care of it? // Konvalj 01:50, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I moved the article. However, the short text needs so be rephrased to that the subject is the trust rather than Werrett. ●DanMS 02:15, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done - and thanks! Would you care to move another one as well? New Chronology (Glasgow) => Glasgow Chronology. See talk. // Konvalj 02:35, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I moved New Chronology (Glasgow) to Glasgow Chronology. Now here is a job you can do: Go to What links here for the old page and update all of the linked pages so that they link to the new page. There are only a dozen or so to be updated. ●DanMS 02:47, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

AfD Progressive Bloggers

You have edited the article Progressive Bloggers. This article is currently being considered for deletion under the wp:afd process. You may contribute to this discussion by commenting here. Thank you.Edivorce 23:00, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cypress College

Hi Dan,

Thank you for the edit on the Cypress College page. Yes, the $12 million is correct for the annual financial aid number per the dean of student support services. Thanks for the catch! $12 vs. $12 million is pretty huge.

Marcposner 21:39, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

OKay..thanks for that!!//..wil rem tht in future!

cya u`l hear more of me! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Govind029 (talk • contribs) 12:47, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The ultimate, ultimate challenge

And ultimately, the redirect was also deleted. Thanks for letting me know, I forgot to check. --Core desat 05:23, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and revert question

First of all, thank you for all your excellent work. Wikipedia is truely a better place as a result of your efforts. I hope you don't mind my asking, but I am curious why it appears you sometimes don't post warnings to users whose edits you revert. I just did my very first vandalism revert, so I am hardly an expert in the acceptable protocol. I would be interested in hearing your views! Thanks, Riick 07:25, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your kind words. I suppose the most honest answer to your question is that I am too lazy to always make the effort of posting a warning. Second, I am not at all sure that it does any good, especially with anonymous IPs. People who are intent on vandalizing are probably going to continue no matter what other editors say. Actually, the main effect of posting messages is so that other editors can keep track of how many times a vandal has been warned, and if a vandal has been given the fourth warning and continues vandalizing, he can be blocked. By Wikipedia policy, a user is not supposed to be blocked in most cases until he has received the level 4 warning and continues in his errant ways. There are exceptions, however, such as what is called a {{blatantvandal}}. A user could be given that warning when it is discovered that he has vandalized many pages but has not yet been given a warning. ●DanMS • Talk 00:48, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dan- This is helpful information. I also appreciate your getting back to me so quickly. Happy editing! Riick 06:58, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know

On 16 March, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Submarine Escape Immersion Equipment, 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.

--howcheng {chat} 00:16, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]