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Hello Disavian. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Georgia Tech., a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: R3 only applies to recently created, implausible redirects. This one is not recent, and is quite plausible. Redirects are cheap, and deleting saves no space. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 10:43, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
My issue is that the redirect is "Georgia Tech" with a period after it. There's a well-used redirect, Georgia Tech, and that's fine. Let's take the Kantian view of wiki editing - would you create a redirect for every article with a period at the end of the name? Personally, my view is no. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 01:24, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
Apologies for not getting back to the Boyd FAC before it closed. The new image was much better. If you do manage to track down an obituary, I'd be happy to support, as I said there, as I think you did an excellent job writing that article. Wikipedia:RESOURCE may be able to help. Carcharoth (talk) 05:04, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply. :) Yeah, I think that's the one thing really holding it back from FA. I can take some time and work on other articles, and in the meantime I might come across something that will push it over that line. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 06:56, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
Just curious what you think is disqualifying Georgia Aquarium from B-class status. It looks to me like it's pretty well written in general, and has adequate references and support for a B-class article. Admittedly it needs work if someone wants to take it to GA, but that's a separate discussion. In particular, if you are going to de-rate it, it would be good if you could show which of the B-class tests it fails for you. The Zoo banner has the ability to add this info, and currently shows all items passing (yes, I did that, but if you disagree we can change it). I am not objecting to the de-rating per se. I am just trying to make sure I understand why so we can indicate this on the talk page and can eventually get around to fixing it to everyone's satisfaction. Donlammers (talk) 11:49, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
My primary concern is that there are unreferenced sections. It's a well-written article, and the pictures are amazing, but I think the sourcing is really holding it back. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 13:27, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. I have adjusted the Zoo banner to reflect this, and put it on my to do list (which gets ever longer). You've marked the section with no citations, so I will concentrate there (unless someone else gets to it first). Donlammers (talk) 14:46, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
James Boyd (1906–1998) was an American physicist, mathematician, and academic administrator. He was director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) from 1957 to 1961, president of West Georgia College from 1961 to 1971, and acting president of the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1971 to 1972. Along with two fellow Georgia Tech researchers, Boyd co-founded Scientific Atlanta, where he was a board member for 25 years. As director of the Engineering Experiment Station (now GTRI), Boyd was involved with the establishment of nuclear research at Georgia Tech and the construction of the Neely Nuclear Research Center. As president of West Georgia College, Boyd oversaw the racial integration of the campus in 1963, unprompted by a court order. In 1971, Boyd was assigned as interim president of Georgia Tech following a brief tenure as a vice chancellor for the University System of Georgia. At Georgia Tech, Boyd resolved issues involving the attempted takeover of the Engineering Experiment Station by former president Arthur G. Hansen and alumni calls to fire head football coach Bud Carson. (more...)
Lol. You beat me to hitting up Jen on Twitter (I'm the labrat that just added you). Gave me a chuckle. Seriously though, awesome work. I kept looking at it but not having the motivation to do anything to fix it. It's on my watchlist so I can help maintain, though. Millahnna (talk) 02:23, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
Mike and I actually know each other from a completely different interwebz thing (some tv boards). The only time we've interacted here was when we figured out we were both wikidorks. Admittedly, I don't tweet much. I mostly read, and occasionally bug actors I follow when they are extra awesome in something. Every once in a while though, tweetapalooza. Millahnna (talk) 02:34, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
I've removed the listing of androp from WP:PNT since the article has been tidied, but I hope you will take note of the comment I added there earlier [1]--Jac16888Talk21:29, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
