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Jennifer Love Hewitt

Please see the "discussion" section on Hewitt's page. The info about her ancestry is almost certainly wrong, coming from unreliable websites like the IMDB. Vulturell 01:34, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Your recent edit to New England Patriots

For your information, I reverted your edit to this article. The official name of the city is Foxborough. Still not convinced? You might want to check out the official web site of the city: http://www.townfoxborough.us/ Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 01:15, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

RE:Mancow

It's hardly "fucking around" as it improvement. Dispensable stockpiling information doesn't necessarily improve an article. I've already stated my suggestions on the Mancow's Morning Madhouse talk page; If you feel the article truly possess a professional and polished tone rivaling that that of a post high-school graduate, contact a veteran or experienced Wikipedian and ask them to read the article. Also you may find it incredibly helpful to view a page's [1] for rationale regrading why a certain portion was deleted. Quite frankly, this game of Cat and Mouse is getting rather redundant. --ShadowJester07 07:42, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

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RE:Image

Hmmm, did you add the licensing tags? Usually, you can always use {{promotional}} tag. However, when uploading the file, Wikipedia doesn't give you that option - and if you forget to add it, the "OrphanBot" will assume that it s stolen . So When your uploading the file, select a Random tag like "Sporting event". When the file is uploaded, edit the page, and change the tag to promotional. --ShadowJester07 02:16, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

• Try re-adding them now, I think I fixed the licensing tags on them. In the future, just add the following to ever image.

==Licensing==
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Just make sure you don't leave all those spaces by the left margin (I left them so it makes that box thingy. And always remember to remove the {{Somewebsite}} {{no license|month=August|day=9|year=2006}} tags, those just prompt Orphan Bot to tag it for deletion. --ShadowJester07 00:03, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

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You wrote: <<Nicole Oring is a model and actress who deserves notoriety on Wikipedia since she has performed in fromnt of the camera.>> There are thousands of models and actresses in the world, including thousands with their own webpages. You haven't asserted why Ms. Oring is a notable model or actress. Also, you need third-party sources (not just Ms. Oring's website and a fan site) to verify her notability. Thanks, NawlinWiki 18:15, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

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RE:Mancow

I have not checked out that page in quite some time, as I dropped it off my watch list some time ago. The "Mancow's Morning Madhouse" is missing a lot of stuff, while the Muller's actual article has been left in tact for the most part - unless there's something I can't see. However, the line "He has claimed to be a libertarian at times. However, he has also described himself as a "conservative, Bible-thumping radical who curses" sounds like someone was trying to antagonized Mancow. For one thing, I'd recommend to vote against the merge on the talk page, as Mancow himself and his show are two different topics. --  ShadowJester07  ►Talk  00:51, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

RE: Chicagoland

I don't know if you are aware, but people who were born and raised within the city limits find the term "Chicagoland" annoying. It is viewed as a suburban phenomenon, invented by the Tribune (ugh) and used by advertisers and people who live on the outskirts of the metropolitan area when they want to cloak themselves in the glory of Chicago. Also, the usage is un-encyclopedic in many cases, because it means that the writer does not know which suburb somebody lives in. Finally, Chicagoland is too amorphous to be used with precision. For example, some people do and some people don't include Rockford in Chicagoland. The federal gov't precisely defines the Chicago metropolitan area, and expands this definition using demographic parameters when warranted. The term Chicagoland is also too limiting. For example, if a rock band plays "in the Chicago area," they could have had a gig in Madison, Wisconsin. If they play in the "Chicago metropolitan area," that means "urban, and near Chicago." If they play in "Chicagoland," that means "mostly the suburbs," which is uncool, to say the least. Thanks for your concern about my edits. Speciate 19:49, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

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Re: Mancow- See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_talk:Mancow_logo2.jpg Maddawg1967 (talk) 17:02, 17 May 2008 (UTC) (Maddawg1967)

I am NOT a Spring Bot. Please unlift this ban on my fair editing!

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Decline reason: Template is incomplete. We are literally unable to unblock you if you don't provide the complete template as required. I will leave instructions below. — Jayron32.talk.contribs 21:04, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

• You should complete the {{unblock-auto}} tag as per the usage instructions here. You claim (by email) that you are blocked because of my blocking user:Glenfedich. But I thought that block would only extend to your editing anonymously. It was not my intention to block you. Unfortunately I am not familiar with the detailed mechanism. I can only suggest you wait patiently until someone comes along while patrolling the two unblock categories that you are currently in. -- RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 18:52, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

To the unblock patrolling admin, did I do summick wrong? And note this from Maddawg's email: "Please also simplify further unblocking instructions. I do not know computerese and I am not a rocket scientist." -- RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 19:05, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

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State radio lists

I'm not against the addition of this information, but you are not adding it to the table improperly - you are creating a blank column to the right of the table that does not belong. I'm not going to go through and clean up after you by finding how and where you're making said column, so it has to be reverted. JPG-GR (talk) 07:01, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

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