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Dan Grabauskas

Hi, I am the subject of the wiki page. I added what references I found that supported what I added as well as some personal information about my family. Thank you. -Dan Grabauskas - — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thos02139 (talk • contribs) 07:54, 15 October 2012‎

Use of templates

Hi, Hirolovesswords. This edit cannot be considered WP:VANDALISM. Please refrain from adding vandalism templates to an editor's talk page for disagreements over style or content -- as you did here. In fact, when dealing with experienced editors, the general use of templates is frowned upon. You will get a much better reaction by adding a personal note and discussing any disagreements. Good luck with your further editing. — CactusWriter | ^needles 22:02, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Greetings

Excellent writing. I thought you might like to have these templates. I keep them on my user page and use them to format the references. This way whenever Wikipedia decides to, say, put the publication name in bold or move the date in between the title and author, it can change all one million by just changing the one template. It also formats the url so it is invisible and connects it to the title. As you can see I have added a few to your excellent articles.

• <ref>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=2024-05-24 |quote= |publisher= }}</ref>
• <ref>{{cite journal |url= |title= |author= | journal = | volume = | issue = | pages = |accessdate=2024-05-24 |quote= |work= }}</ref>
• <ref>{{cite book |author= |coauthors= |title= |year= |publisher= |quote= | url= |isbn= }}</ref>
• <ref>{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title= |url= |quote= |work=[[Boston Globe]] |date= |accessdate=2024-05-24 }}</ref>

Unreferenced BLPs

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11. Duane Forde 12. Bruce Threadgill 13. John Congemi 14. Kevin Akins 15. Eric Guthrie 16. Butch Stearns 17. Jack Ellena

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No user page

I think it might be a good idea for you to create a user page. I saw that one of the edits might identify you as an admin, so this is just an idea for you not to be singled out by anybody. I'm not actually an admin, but I know that qualified ones should stay on Wikipedia. mechamind90 19:43, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Al McClellan

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Proposed deletion of Jeremy St. Louis

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AfD nomination of Ray Turnbull (curling)

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March 2010

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Proposed deletion of Andy Jick

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Wellington Wells

This had a strange DEFAULTSORT, maybe it was cut and pasted? If so cna you check any other you might have done the same thing. Rich Farmbrough, 00:01, 27 April 2010 (UTC).

Speedy deletion of Frank Fallon (Boston sportscaster)

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Scarlett Johannson

Please do not go about removing the alt text from images. This is an intergral part of the accessibility for vision impaired persons and your removal is inappropriate. Wildhartlivie (talk) 05:55, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Please stop cutting alt text content on this page. The page passed good article scrutinization with the text intact. It was considered appropriate and it does not help the reader to be told it is "Scarlett Johannson" without a description of how the image appears. The text should be sufficient to allow the visually impaired reader to visualize the image. It is not helpful to say "This is Scarlett Johannson and Michael Caine". One must assume the reader does not know what the two look like. You are cutting that ability. Again, please stop. Wildhartlivie (talk) 06:43, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Bob Gallagher (sportscaster)

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Doug Brown (sportscaster)

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Proposed deletion of Doug Brown (sportscaster)

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Mass. elections

Thanks for all your work on Massachusetts elections.—Markles 18:30, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Nomination of List of Edmonton Oilers general managers for deletion

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South Windsor, Connecticut

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Thomas Walsh (Massachusetts politician)

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Harriette Chandler page

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John E. Walsh

Hello, I noticed that John E. Walsh has been nominated for deletion and was wondering if you wouldn't mind voting to Keep Michael Bruggink in exchange for my voting to Keep John E. Walsh. Kthapelo (talk) 20:35, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

I'm not entirely sure that I feel that it is appropriate to exchange votes like this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackson Peebles (talk • contribs) 07:13, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Edit Summaries

Hello Hirolovesswords: I saw your edit to Portage and Main. I have no problem with the edit but would like to ask that you please use an edit summary to indicate why you are making a change. It makes it so much easier for another editor who watches the page to follow what is happening. Thanks, Wanderer57 (talk) 19:44, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Boston Mayoral elections

I have added the standard Category:Boston, Massachusetts mayoral elections for the 2013 election; as for other American cities. Though mayoral elections by year only goes back as far as 1969, the earlier ones back to 1951 could be created for Boston. Hugo999 (talk) 01:53, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Walter E. Lawrence

EncycloPetey (talk) 08:02, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Roy Williams

He can't be released until Thursday.--Giants27(T|C) 18:20, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Patrick Sullivan (American football executive)

Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 16:04, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Barry Locke

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DYK for Melvin O. Adams

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DYK for Henry P. Moulton

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October 2011

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DYK nomination of Frank A. Mason

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DYK for David H. Mason

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DYK for Frank A. Mason

Thank you Victuallers (talk) 00:03, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Jim Penders

Thanks for helping out cleanup an grow the Jim Penders page. Smartyllama (talk) 18:44, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Weldon Haire

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February 2012

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== Speedy deletion contested: Troy StanHolm == Hello Hirolovesswords, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Troy StanHolm, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: How is this article a hoax? You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Bmusician 03:44, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Sorry about that, I was too hasty there. Bmusician 05:13, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of List of Chicago Fire broadcasters

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12345 listed at Redirects for discussion

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Category:Lowell State College alumni

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Category:American stockbrokers

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Corrections

You know how to edit a page ? then you are welcome to improve articles´ and sourced sections´ wordings. United_States_Senate_election_in_Massachusetts,_2012#Campaigns Yug (talk) 13:21, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Dates

Please use MDY date formats, not DMY. For example, please use September 4, 2012, not 4 September 2012. Thanks.—GoldRingChip 12:46, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for John J. Mullen (mayor)

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Town Manager of Saugus, Massachusetts

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Category:Canadian Football League on television templates

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Deletion of Green Party Candidate on Special Senate Election MA 2013

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A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	For you work Brian Evans (Singer) and overall article contributions. I was looking into your edits as that article has previously had COI issues. What I discovered in addition to your nice additions to that article you have an impressive 90 percent article space contribution rate which is outstanding. Keep up your good work Hell In A Bucket (talk) 13:12, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Carmen Ortiz

My entry highlight a serious statement made by a globally well respected personality Linus Trovalds, against the subject Ortiz. Keeping in the neutral point of view required for all Wiki entries, this statement by Trovalds should be available for public on Wikipedie. Request you to undo your deletion of my entry. Prodigyhk (talk) 16:01, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

The said criticism has been sourced to reliable secondary sources and meets the standards of a post. Shall agree to your request to present it in a responsible tone. Shall re-edit and post it.Prodigyhk (talk) 16:16, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

have now re-post after suitable edit. Let me know your thoughts. cheers Prodigyhk (talk) 16:32, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Need to stress that G+ post on the official page of Linus Torvalds does involves claims about event directly related to the subject. The subject in discussion is "Aaron Swartz prosecution and suicide". Aaron Swartz is a computer programmer. It is to be noted that Linus Torvalds is one of the world leaders in computer programming and so his statement is a matter of importance in this article.Prodigyhk (talk) 16:53, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Student newspapers

Hi, Hiro: In an edit summary to Carmen Ortiz, you wrote "Student newspapers are not reliable sources." What? Can you substantiate that? It's generally not accepted, and student newspapers are cited all over Wikipedia. Like local resource (vs. national), college newspapers often have the opportunity to pursue stories at a different pace, and also often have special access to sources not generally avaialble. I'm biased on this point, but I don't think your statement is legit. Can you support it? Thanks. jhawkinson (talk) 05:27, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Reliable sources are published materials with a reliable publication process or written by authors who are regarded as authoritative in relation to the subject. While some student newspapers may meet the first qualification, the one question [1] does not as the article's capitalization ("...residents of the bay state..."), factual ("Markey, a Democrat who has represented Massachusetts' 5th district since 1976..."), and grammatical ("Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) is currently the only person to have officially declared candidacy for the 2013 Special Elections") errors make it's reliability questionable. --Hirolovesswords (talk) 05:58, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

It's one thing to question the reliability of a particular source, but I don't think your answer address the general issue. In the future, please don't tar the entire category (student newspapers) if your gripe is with one publication. It's certainly not the case that newspaper reporters in non-student media publications are "regarded as authoritative in relation to the subject," as general rule. Some may be, but most are not. I think you will find that questions of style (capitalization), fact, and grammar occur with similar frequency in non-student publications. Anyhow, my request is for you to be specific rather than general. I haven't personally evaluated this particular source and I cannot speak to its reliability, but I worry. Thanks. jhawkinson (talk) 18:11, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Matthew White

Please be advised that Matthew White expressly does meet WP:NBASKETBALL - "1.Have appeared in one game in the original American Basketball Association, Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto, Euroleague, National Basketball Association, National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (United States), Serie A, Women's National Basketball Association, or a similar major professional sports league." White spent over 10 years in the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (Spain's top league). I expressly noted that he met this guideline in the edit summary. Please consider revoking your AfD in light of this. Several people are adding to a hastily-created article so have patience. Rikster2 (talk) 21:09, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Article Feedback deployment

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Template:Republican State Chairs

Hey, I have to ask. Why did you change that column width back? It makes for a large space between the first and second column, squishing all of the other columns over to the right. EricSerge (talk) 22:45, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:ElectionsBoston

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Samuel Hawkes

Hi, Thanks for your article about Samuel Hawkes - and catching the is-->was edit for the house. I checked the Special:WhatLinksHere/Samuel_Hawkes and found that there wasn't one article that linked to Samuel Hawkes... and then used find link tool to see if there were instances of his name in other articles, but found two other Samuel Hawkes.

I then added him to List of people from Saugus, Massachusetts, but it would be great if there were additional links to his page from other articles (notability, visibility). Do you know of other articles he might be added to?--CaroleHenson (talk) 03:58, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks!

For catching my birth year typo--have a great weekend! --j⚛e decker^talk 18:15, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

hi yeah sorry my friend who happens to be called Dan Edwards decided to change it on my account — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakemadmad (talk • contribs) 21:24, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks much

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Thank you for your kind words about my quality improvement efforts on the article, BLT cocktail, much appreciated, — Cirt (talk) 16:42, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

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Ulc confusion.

Hey Hiro, before we get into an un-doing war, I want to provide evidence for the change I made to Conan's page. The Universal Life Church Modesto is the Universal Life Church with a Wikipedia page. The ULC Monastery, the church that ordained Conan is a separate entity. The two websites are at the following Web Addresses:

ULC Modesto: http://ulc.net/

ULC Monastery: http://www.themonastery.org/ (The video of Conan getting ordained is on their homepage, and their site is in the video, not the ULC with a Wikipedia page.

(I am a huge fan of Conan, and the episode in question was one of my all time favorites, and I just want to make sure that credit isn't going to a different ULC.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jimmydeandean (talk • contribs) 17:10, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

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Google Books

I was under the assumption that Google Books is not considered a valid reference. Has this changed? Hell In A Bucket (talk) 05:46, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

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Jason Kidd

The article said four this morning. I guess ESPN revised it.—Chris!_c/t 03:40, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

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not trivia

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&oldid=565266049&diff=prev I am working on a project to document campaign contributions, this is not trivia. It is important to know how the candidate stands on the issues. Please do not remove this. James Michael DuPont (talk) 01:47, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Your Deletion requests

I found out today you nominated the category for deletion, but did not even care to inform me. You dont respond to any of my talk messages. I find working like that difficult on wikipedia, consider discussing more and informing more. James Michael DuPont (talk) 12:36, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Categorization

If you categorize a person article by town or city like you did here[2], you must remove the county category. 'People from Essex County, Massachusetts' in that particular case. Here is a recent talk page discussion[3]. Consensus is that a person doesn't get placed in a parent category and one of its subcategories though if a person lets say had lived in multiple subcategories of the same 'People from Foo County' categories', the person can be categorized by each of the subcategories but not in its parent category....William 12:38, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Also 'Town Managers of Saugus, Massachusetts' is a subcategory of 'People from Saugus, Massachusetts' not the category 'Saugus, Massachusetts' itself. It is well established precedent that 'Mayor of Foo' are subcategories of 'People from Foo'. Therefore all the Saugus city manager articles are overcategorized and I removed the 'People from Saugus, Massachusetts' category from them....William 12:56, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Town Managers of Saugus, Massachusetts do not have to reside in Saugus. It should not be a subcategory of 'People from Saugus, Massachusetts'. --Hirolovesswords (talk) 19:24, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

If they're not from Saugus then, they shouldn't be categorized 'People from Saugus'. And if they are, then its overcategorization. The People from 'Saugus' are going to be removed....William 19:43, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Some of them are. Those should be categorized as 'People from Saugus, Massachusetts' and 'Town Managers of Saugus, Massachusetts'. Some of them aren't. They are only categorized as 'Town Managers of Saugus, Massachusetts'. --Hirolovesswords (talk) 19:58, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Saugus Branch Railroad

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DYK for Murder of George E. Bailey

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Tendentious editing

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Herbert Tuckerman's Harvard Club

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Toronto Argonauts coaching source

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I've been working on the Toronto Argonauts page and after some discussion on talk would like to move off the management list (or at least the coaches) and rely on the relevant subpage. The problem is I can't source anything on the coaches prior to 1907. The team list only goes back that far and there does not seem to be anything else available. About five years ago you posted the info in question (diff). I know it's been ages but do you recall your source? Thanks Dontreadalone (talk) 21:44, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Funnily enough I've been citing that source repeatedly. I see in reading it over that they do a consistent job of listing the coaches. Thanks, Dontreadalone (talk) 22:24, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2012

Hello, I am trying to promote United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2012 to good article. I've started a peer review, if you have any available time, would you please comment on it? Thanks, Grammarxxx ^{(What'd I do this time?)} 23:49, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Good evening

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Lacrosse

Hello,

I made significant edits and expanded on Mr. McCormick's Hall of Fame lacrosse career. Please consider withdrawing nomination. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Running12345 (talk • contribs) 04:07, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Edits

Actually, I feel the edits do qualify. The article states: "College athletes and coaches are notable if they have been the subject of non-trivial media coverage beyond merely a repeating of their statistics," Mr. McCormick is a notable businessman. He has received significant media coverage as result of being a businessman. You can find this coverage within the sources in the article. Mr. McCormick was frequently covered in the Boston Business Journal. Furthermore, as I write, his company, invested in Constant Contact and Boston Duck Tours. In my opinion, Mr. McCormick's unique attributes of being a lacrosse star, business mogul and gubernatorial candidate qualify him as notable. Please consider. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Running12345 (talk • contribs) 04:39, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

McCormick

I write to appeal your AFD request for the Jeff McCormick page. Per my review, McCormick does follow the wikipedia guidelines on notability because in addition to being founder of a venture capital firm, national lacrosse champion and political candidate, he is also a chairman of a large performing arts center and philanthropist. Please overturn your request to comply with wikipedia's code. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dodo2921 (talk • contribs) 20:58, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Daniel Dougherty

I replied to your comments on my dyk nom. --Coemgenus (talk) 18:40, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Joseph Roby

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Template:Did you know nominations/Daniel Dougherty

Just letting you know that I completed a review you started on the captioned DYK. EagerToddler39 (talk) 16:56, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Richard Feilden

FYI puffery is "Words ...used without attribution to promote the subject of an article, while neither imparting nor plainly summarizing verifiable information." Considering the information about Feilden's father and uncle and the information about Feilden's "greatest achievement" were cited to/verifiable in reliable newspaper sources (and greatly abbreviated versions of the actual texts) it seems counter-productive to remove them. As you've probably seen, I've added back and reworded the statement, or rather I've used the exact words of the article. Surely the purpose of Wikipedia articles is to describe the subject's important achievements? Sionk (talk) 01:43, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Charles Henry Bond

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DYK for Waitt & Bond

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DYK for Benjamin Newhall Johnson

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3RR

You've violated WP:3RR and rather than reporting you, I'll allow you to self-revert your previous edit. The list as it was, was organized by decade. Not the best organization yet as I haven't fixed the years yet but it was sorted by decade. So please self-revert, or I'll begin a discussion at the 3RR noticeboard. Gloss • talk 07:25, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Incorrect. From WP:3RR - "An editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page" - I've performed three and you've performed four, if we're getting technical about it. So again, it's up to you. Gloss • talk 07:30, 10 February 2014 (UTC)