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Sorry, didn't know it was a commercial link. Xltel 21:11, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Fort Smith

Hey there. Thanks for the correction. Sorry about the removal of the fact in question on the Fort Smith, Arkansas page. If I remember correctly, I deleted it because it had been tagged with for a while and I couldn't find a source to support it. I'm glad you spotted my mistake, and I'll be more careful with my deletions. Vandymorgan 00:04, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Welcome!!!

Just dropping by to welcome you to WikiProject Oklahoma!!! Kukini 03:40, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Oklahoma City Sports

Regarding the Sonics, I've never bought into the argument that Bennett bought the team just to move it to his hometown. I'm sure he would love to become a hero in Oklahoma, but I'm also sure he would love to see a return on his investment. Seattle is so much larger and so much wealthier than OKC. Las Vegas is growing exponentially and is already much larger and wealthier than Oklahoma City. Meanwhile, Oklahoma City would be the smallest market in the NBA and the second-smallest market to have any major-league team. Even though you guys did a great job with the Hornets, I still think the Sonics would be more profitable elsewhere. Bennett seems to agree with me. He has never said that he is considering moving the team to Oklahoma. That whole idea seems to have come entirely from the media and from optimistic basketball fans in Oklahoma. I've read plenty of articles about it, but there has never been a quote from Bennett to imply that he wants to move the team there. The only market he's mentioned moving to is Las Vegas, so I think that's the only market that can be mentioned on Wikipedia in order to keep out point of view. Saying his first intention is to move the team to OKC is the same as calling Bennett a liar.

Regarding my "axe to grind," I've been a New Orleans Hornets fan since the team moved to Louisiana. Suffering through Katrina and all its after-effects was bad enough, but watching Oklahomans acting like vultures hoping to steal from a crippled city was unbearable. The two years that my team was in Oklahoma were very painful, especially when I witnessed how much the Saints were able to unite and inspire a suffering community. During this time I saw so many changes to Wikipedia articles about the Hornets that erased all mention of New Orleans, and that really bothered me. Now that my team is finished its exile, I'm thrilled. The Hornets officially no longer represent Oklahoma, so I think that Wikipedia has to reflect that in order to be accurate. I'm trying to help. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mphornet (talk • contribs) 06:47, 30 April 2007 (UTC).

Wikiproject Oklahoma Newsletter

Greetings! This is a random delivery of the WikiProject Oklahoma newsletter, the "WikiOkie Reporter":

The WikiOkie Reporter WikiProject Oklahoma's Newsletter Issue 1 - September 2007 Discuss this newsletter	Your second or third stop for WikiProject Oklahoma News Sign up to receive this newsletter Oklahoma Portal Current article statistics
WikiProject Oklahoma releases new newsletter September 2007 brings a new face to WikiProject Oklahoma: a newsletter. As in all of Wikipedia, the new WikiOkie Reporter (tenative name) is intended to be a collaborative effort among editors. Anyone can edit it: this month's newsletter is placed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Oklahoma/newsletter/aug07, but next month's will be placed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Oklahoma/newsletter/oct07, with the following month at /newsletter/nov07, and so on. While this month's article's were initially written by User:Okiefromokla, it is hoped other editors will be excited to contribute to articles, content, layout, and ideas. This is a completely new child of WikiProject Oklahoma, and it should reflect the collaborative work of everyone who's bored and has nothing to do for a few minutes. As such, anything can be discussed here: anything - layout, color scheme, pictures, content, etc. The behind-the-scenes workings for the WikiOkie Reporter will be simple: anyone wishing to receive the newsletter in their talk page may place their name at sign-up list, but they are more than free to remove their name from the same list at any time. Anyone wishing to discuss ideas or anything at all related to the newsletter may look no further than here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Oklahoma/newsletter/talk. Several WikiProjects already have ongoing newsletters, including Wikipedia: WikiProject North Dakota, from which WikiProject Oklahoma's newsletter has been based. For the time being, Okiefromokla will assume distribution responsibilities for the newsletter, maintaining the template, and writing articles from scratch if other editors have not done so by the 1st of the month. Promotions on the rise For many Wikipedians, summer is a time to kick back, relax, and make an occasional minor edit to their favorite few pages. Not so in WikiProject Oklahoma. Between May 12 and September, editors have been busily working on Oklahoma, Tulsa, and Woody Guthrie, and all three have been promoted. Prior to May, there were only seven Featured or Good articles in WikiProject Oklahoma. On May 12, Tulsa was promoted from B-class to FA class after a few months of extensive editing. Its primary editors were User:Nmajdan, User:SandyGeorgia, User:Okiefromokla, and a handful of others. On August 25, Oklahoma was promoted from B-class to FA class after a month-long blitz. User:Okiefromokla, User: SandyGeorgia, and several anonymous IPs contributed heavily to the article. On June 13, 2007, Woody Guthrie was promoted from B-Class to GA class after two failed attempts at promotion. User:Dannygutters, User:Gaff, User:Maenpong, and a handful of others contributed most to the article.
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WIKIPROJECT OKLAHOMA

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WikiVoyage

As a former admin at WikiTravel, your expertise on WikiVoyage would be useful.

Could you also consider updating your user page to WikiVoyage instead of WikiTravel?

Sfan00 IMG (talk) 03:09, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

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