AlabamaGuy2007

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"The Austin Daily"

You must have gone to Decatur High. ;-) I went to Austin, and we always said just the opposite — that the Daily was biased towards Decatur High. That said, I'm not sure it's really appropriate to mention that in the Daily's article. I do admit it's possible that this has become a common view and saying since I graduated (in 1998); though as a lifelong reader of the Daily, I haven't noticed any change, and still see the opposite bias. I guess we see what we want to see. :-p —LonelyPilgrim 02:20, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Haha, actually I still go to Decatur, but, hmm, I've never heard of the Decatur Daily being biased towards Decatur High. I guess it just seems that the paper is bias towards Austin cause it gave one paragraph to our marching band, and 6 to Austin's. (AlabamaGuy2007 09:10, 25 March 2006 (UTC))

Well, that's because we're better. ;-p Are you a band person, too? Band bias was always something I was sensitive to, also. It seems like in athletics, the Daily favors whatever school is doing better in that particular year (which was almost always Decatur when I was in school), but band is so much more subjective. I remember one time being upset that the Decatur band got a full-page spread for its state contest superiors, without even any mention of ours. I was reading your Decatur High page today, and got a little indignant at first at the claim about the band having the state record for superiors. We were always told we had the state record. Then I read it more carefully, and checked my facts, and you're right. Decatur has the record for cumulative state superiors (54 total, I think), but Austin has the record for consecutive superiors (40 last year). And you're correct that Decatur has the record for consecutive district superiors. I was in band at Austin with Robbie Stout, BTW. And I actually worked at the Daily for a year, and can say with confidence that most of the apparent bias has more to do with who calls the reporters to be interviewed than with any prejudice on their part. They don't know things unless people tell them, and they don't go out of their way to interview people unless it's something really big. Most publicity has to be drummed up, and I guess the Austin band must just have a good publicist right now. BTW, I really appreciate all of the hard work you've put into articles about the North Alabama area. Keep up the good work. —LonelyPilgrim 05:58, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Haha, yea I'm a band person, Stout's our band director, he's........interesting, to say the least. Yea, I shoulda put in the detail about the cumulative superior ratings, didn't think of that. Well, thank you for the compliment. AlabamaGuy2007 07:01, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Hey! Im a band member in Brewer High School's Band. I havent seen Decatur's band, but I have seen Austin, and they're really good (and huge!). They go to the Morgan County Night of Bands every year at Brewer.

Decatur-Courtland-Tuscumbia Railroad

Hi. Pontchartrain Rail-Road is also clearly west of the Appalachians, so I modified the claim. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 21:29, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Austin High School (Decatur, Alabama)

Hello, I noticed that you have helped with the Decatur High School (Alabama) article, would you mind helping me with the Austin High School (Decatur, Alabama) article as well? I'm trying to expand it to the best of my abilities, but you apparently have a homefield advantage.  ;-) It has been nominated for deletion but I am confident that it will be kept since it is an International Baccalaureate school. Thanks, Silensor 19:24, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your earlier comments, would you happen to have reliable source that shows this school has a high ranking band program? I would like to incorporate that into the article as well. Silensor 20:05, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks again for the link to this page, I'm hoping to find an additional secondary source as well, if one can be dredged up. Silensor 08:16, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Birmingham

Do you not think you might have discussed your recent move of Birmingham to Birmingham, England before going ahead? Most people in the world think of Birmingham in the UK when "Birmingham" is mentioned, not "Birmingham, Alabama". There is therefore no need to disambiguate it in the way you have. MarkThomas 15:41, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Texas in the South

Hi, I was just wondering what your opinion on Texas being part of the South is. There has been some debate about this; 86% of Texans consider themselves Southerners, and Texas was part of the Confederacy, but many non-Texans group Texas with the Southwest. If we can get the opinions of people from the Deep South about Texas, it would help. Thanks! --Stallions2010 19:41, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

I understand why you ask that. I believe you are asking because of the talk page on the Decatur page. I said that people in Alabama do not consider most (land area) of Texas as Southern. I mean by that, pretty much everything west of Austin, and Abilene. And everything north of Abilene. If there is anything else that I might have said that needs more clarification, please just say so. :~) I'd be happy to help. The opinions I have just expressed are pretty much what everyone else in the Decatur area thinks, so, that's what goes on the web pages.

Or, if that's not what you were talken about here's a an explanation. I don't know much about population distibution of Texas but, I'd say that what's west and north of those cities (Austin, and Abilene) is pretty much the remaining 12%. I do consider parts of Texas southern, I have family in FW. I consider San Antonio kinda western, but also kinda southern, it's hard to say. AlaGuy 04:46, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

I wasn't referring to the talk on the Decatur page, but thanks for your help. Fort Worth is a great town...I'd say one of the most Southern in the state. Houston is very Southern indeed. As for Dallas...it's a bit Southern, but more of a modern city. You're right, most of the Texan population is concentrated in the areas Alabamians consider to be Southern. Thanks again for your opinion! --Stallions2010 22:55, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

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SEC National Championships

Hi, I understand that Alabama and Arkansas shared the National Championship in 1964, but since Arkansas was not in the SEC at that time, shouldn't they be removed from this list? It's a list of championships won by the SEC and this is a championship won by the SWC.76.18.100.128 02:53, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Saxophone

Hey, I was just wondering what kind of saxophone you play. Myself, I'm best at the baritone.

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proposed deletion

• Go to town. You created the article. I just fixed a redirect. --Dystopos 03:05, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
  • In fact. Since it's such a no-brainer, I'll go ahead and merge and redirect. Deletion is unnecessary. --Dystopos 03:05, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

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WikiProject Alabama

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Gulf Coast article

Hi, I noticed you went to some trouble to update the county populations along the Gulf in the Gulf Coast of the United States article, and removed the update template. But 1) you didn't provide any citation or reference; 2) you didn't update the metropolitan area populations, and they still need updating; and 3) someone removed the entire section on the counties in an edit on 27 April 2007. The article appears to be targeted for a lot of vandalism, and I can't determine if the removal of the section on counties was vandalism, because the person who removed it neither cited a reason in his edit summary nor made a note on the Talk page. Perhaps you would care to restore the data you had contributed? Thanks. Laura1822 02:23, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

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Morgan City's Page...

I edited it, I live in Morgan City/Lacey's Spring, so I put what I thought it needed in there.

Just making sure...

Making sure that you are aware of the WP:ALSH standards. --Rschen7754 (T C) 07:41, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Could you please tell me which article or part of an article this would be related to specifically. There is alot of info in the standards' article so, it's pretty hard to tell where I'm going wrong.AlaGuy (talk) 18:58, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Template:Alabama

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