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Sadly, the article was PRODed while I was distracted and I've not yet replaced it. - Dravecky (talk) 10:05, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

KVSH

During the most excruciating, mind-numbingly, dead-air filled, badly spaced, poorly read mess of a "news report" (where weather was read instead), they did brand the station as "KVSH Radio" and I haven't heard "Heart City Radio" either. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 15:01, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK admins

[1] Good to see ya back :) Shubinator (talk) 15:39, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I've been back for almost two months but am just now getting around to confessing it to that list. - Dravecky (talk) 07:44, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Happy Dravecky's Day!

Dravecky has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian,
so I've officially declared today as Dravecky's Day!
For being a great person and awesome Wikipedian,
enjoy being the star of the day, Dravecky!

Signed, Neutralhomer

A record of your Day will always be kept here.

For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, click here. Have a Great Day...Neutralhomer • Talk • 05:09, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Aw, thanks. - Dravecky (talk) 07:43, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
You're Welcome! :) Keep up the great work! :) - Neutralhomer • Talk • 09:17, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 3 January 2011

Invitation to join WikiProject United States

Hello, Dravecky/Archive 23! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Wikipedia, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page here. Thank you!!!

--Kumioko (talk) 04:21, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Request for help

I want to propose a change to the Main Page of Wikipedia. Could you glance at my proposal and give me an opinion as to where I should place this idea? Comments welcome, but I want a large audience to go over this with me. See User:Uruiamme/Main Page proposal. I like to saw logs! (talk) 05:37, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Requested Move

Could I get your input on this discussion that has been brought to my attention. See Talk:WNIR (FM)#Requested move. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 21:39, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your help at Talk:WNIR (FM). If you don't mind, I am going to mark the discussion there as resolved and remove the templates. Also, the new user (Blcklght8) has also started a similar discussion here. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 04:34, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

"Simply a listener"

In response to your post on my talk page, I am a fan of radio and I'm from Northeast Ohio. As such, I tend to focus on Northeast Ohio radio stations. I have no professional connection to any radio station, television station or any related media company; in other words, I'm "simply a listener."

I have also joined the radio station wiki-project Blcklght8 (talk) 14:46, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

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Image has been superseded by File:WMRC-AM logo.svg - Dravecky (talk) 15:18, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

WTAM

Please leave the schedule list for WTAM alone.

There are multiple articles on Wikipedia with a list such as this (such as other radio stations, sports teams, wrestling organization rosters, etc.)

So either change each and every article that has a listing such as this, or just leave WTAM alone.

The list makes the article easier to read, and keeps a uniform look with the other Cleveland radio stations.

Thank you.

Vjmlhds 13:20, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for alerting me to this problem. Per WP:NOTDIR, I'll be converting each of the schedules in the Cleveland area stations to prose directly. Please read this policy for a clearer understanding of why these schedule grids are not appropriate for encyclopedia articles. - Dravecky (talk) 13:33, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Then you'll have to change the articles of every sports team, wrestling organization, government office, or any other article that have lists similar to this...

Or...

You can kindly leave them alone, they have been this way for a long time, and the only one who has a problem with it is you.

Thank You.

Vjmlhds 13:40, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Since I'm only concerned with radio station articles at the moment and WP:NOTDIR is Wikipedia policy, not my personal opinion, the schedule grids must go. You'll find that most radio station articles do not have these schedule grids, even among the Cleveland stations, and that any that are found are removed. It's tough to actively patrol 20,000 articles so some may slip by longer than others but they'll eventually all be removed. Oh, and in your blind reversion of my edits, you also undid several other fixes to the WTAM article unrelated to the schedule grid. It's unclear to me why those fixes were undone by you as well. - Dravecky (talk) 13:56, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
Good news! Only 8 of the 38 active radio stations listed in the {{Cleveland Radio}} template had the improper schedule grids. I've converted them all to a proper prose format now... although I see you've once again reverted by WTAM corrections. As I have no desire to get into an edit war, I'll leave it to another WP:WPRS editor to review my changes and make appropriate corrective edits. - Dravecky (talk) 14:48, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

All I asked for was consistency. If you did it to one, you had to do it to all of them so it would be uniform. I reverted WTAM back to your style so it would match up with the rest. Good job.

Vjmlhds 18:37, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. - Dravecky (talk) 01:37, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

NovelsWikiProject

At Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Novels#Sue Grafton novels you have recently expressed interest in editing novel-related articles. The NovelsWikiProject is beginning a new initiative, an improvement drive, which I am inviting you into. It is aimed at improving articles within the wikiproject scope. Specifically, this month we seek to create 5 new articles, improve 5 articles from stub to a higher class, and remove maintenance tags off 5 articles. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Collaboration if you can participate. Thanks. maclean (talk) 03:48, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Another Requested Move

Please see Talk:WXPN-HD2#Requested_move for the move. Something is very fishy about this one and it is a big ol' duck a-quackin' and a hoax in my eyes with the information I found. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 02:43, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Just lighting this up again. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 00:20, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
I've weighed in and taken a surgical scalpel to the article. It could probably be cut down more and is woefully undersourced but there's no chance this should be moved from the callsign to a marketing brand name. - Dravecky (talk) 05:51, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the updating and weighing in. :) - Neutralhomer • Talk • 06:11, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

CIA factbook

Thank you for adding that source to the France-Monaco relations article. That's one of the list of sources that I suggested to the article creator (on the user talk page) in hopes that s/he would learn something about finding reliable sources for this kind of information. (I knew that the CIA source supported the hook, but I was foolishly trying to play educator instead of simply fixing the article myself...) Thanks for ending the impasse... --Orlady (talk) 20:20, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

I fully understand the need to teach a man to fish but sometimes it doesn't work fast enough. I'm hopeful the author will at least take away the notion that the Factbook is a reliable source and use it again in future articles. - Dravecky (talk) 23:22, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Merge discussion for WMYT (FM)

An article that you have been involved in editing, WMYT (FM), has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 20:57, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

I've detailed my opposition and some further suggestions on the talk page. - Dravecky (talk) 23:38, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 January 2011

Speedy deletion nomination of Jersey Circus

A tag has been placed on Jersey Circus requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, individual animal(s), an organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject of the article is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hang on}} at the top of the article, immediately below the speedy deletion ({{db-...}}) tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate), and providing your reasons for contesting on the article's talk page, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. You may freely add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

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{{Hang on}} template added (since I can't remove the tag myself) but this subject is referenced to significant coverage and commentary by Time, Paste, VH1, and several other reliable sources. How an editor could believe that this meets the "speedy" criteria is a total mystery. - Dravecky (talk) 20:14, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Jersey Circus for deletion

The article Jersey Circus is being discussed concerning whether it is suitable for inclusion as an article according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jersey Circus until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article.

Also, I'm still getting adjusted to the process, so please bear with me. ~jcm 23:20, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

I've made my reply on the discussion page. I still don't see how this was put up for speedy deletion and strongly believe that the article should be kept at AfD. Per WP:NTEMP, "Notability is not temporary: once a topic has been the subject of "significant coverage" in accordance with the general notability guideline, it does not need to have ongoing coverage." - Dravecky (talk) 12:28, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Sorry about WUIN-FM

It only occurred to me after the fact that WUIN (AM) would change its letters. This is some very weird behavior.

Did you look at the update on the talk page? I would hope the call letter change would help my case.Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 15:57, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

It's typical for radio stations which is why the history always stays with the license, not the call sign. - Dravecky (talk) 23:15, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
It depends on who is doing the editing. I used to do it that way, but in the articles I've mentioned, it seemed clear that the station continued on the new frequency and that's how the station's history is presented--with the call letters, not the frequency. I was reversed in a couple of cases but the articles are back now (after I pointed out that I was told this was recommended procedure) and no one has done it again on those articles. And your point of view doesn't seem to be presented in any Village Pump discussions.Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 20:29, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

KTUF Photo

Hi Dravecky! I re-deleted one of the images from the KTUF page you had restored. The photo is out of date as one of the two subjects in it has retired and no longer part of the "morning crew". The deletion wasn't vandalism. KTUF Wiki is sort of my baby, since I worked there for many years. Just letting you know what was up with it. Have great Wiki kinda day!Sector001 (talk) 07:17, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

No worries. I'm just naturally concerned when an image or chunk of text is deleted without explanation. It's always best to leave an edit summary so other editors can see at a glance what you've done and why. - Dravecky (talk) 07:58, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Wikipedia Ambassador Program

I would like to invite you to consider joining the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, which is looking for experienced Wikipedians to be Online Ambassadors. The role of Online Ambassadors is to be mentors for students who are editing Wikipedia as part of class assignments. I know you would be a great mentor and Ambassador, so please look at the Online Ambassador guidelines and you can find instructions for applying at WP:ONLINE. If you are not able to help personally I'd appreciate suggestions of people who you feel have the right attitude and experience, as the Program is starting this month Thank you Thruxton (talk) 12:43, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the invite but I don't feel I have time at the moment to do a proper, consistent job with this. I'll pass along any appropriate names that come to mind. - Dravecky (talk) 23:40, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Help requested

It seems that the history of early Belgian Air Force air squadrons is somewhat convoluted. I have been helping a new editor in his/her efforts to write historical articles upon the subject, ever since I discovered we needed to merge duplicate articles. I lack the ability to straighten out redirects, and am requesting your help. The merged article in question is 9 Squadron (Belgian Air Force), although there may be a couple more articles eventually concerned. Could you please aid a new editor who seems poised to offer some really good work for WP?

Georgejdorner (talk) 15:33, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

KFIL

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Thanks

For Good Works on KFIL
Presented by SilkTork *YES! 18:14, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

How I had neglected to split KFIL into KFIL (AM) and KFIL-FM shortly after I tagged it in a mystery to me. Thanks for the kick to remind me. I hope you'll appreciate the results. - Dravecky (talk) 16:40, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Good work. SilkTork *YES! 18:14, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 January 2011

Nice catch

Hello Dravecky. I needed to say "Good Job" on catching the Alan/Adam Richman disinformation that the anon IP posted on those pages. I failed to check it when I saw the entry yesterday. In doing so today I found that Adam refers to the fact that his father has passed away in a couple of interviews making it impossible for Alan to be his dad. Your thoroughness is much appreciated so thanks again for the work that you are doing here at Wikipedia and cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 17:16, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for cleaning up my edits to the WRCR (college radio) page. For an infrequent editor the style guidelines can be lengthy and confusing.1200Flasher (talk) 15:32, 22 January 2011 (UTC)1200flasher

Always happy to help! - Dravecky (talk) 18:21, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

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WCNF‎

The oldies format from WEEL continues, liners and all (just as "Oldies 700"), at oldies700.com. Actually a good little webcaster. I don't know if that should be added to the WCNF article or not. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 12:44, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm certainly considering it. I'm almost done untangling the ownership chain now. This station was passed around like a hot potato and has been off the air almost as much as it's been on. - Dravecky (talk) 13:22, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
You are correct on that one. I was trying to untangle it via the FCC page but gave up. I can say, though, the online version is not associated with the radio station, at least not that I can find. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 01:45, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
I figured it out, finally, and it's laid out on the WCNF page. The station was sold and re-sold until it wound up with Victory Broadcasting. They sold it on credit at an inflated price to Jalo Broadcasting who then tried several times to unload it but failed until it eventually came back to Victory in return for cancellation of Jalo's remaining debt. Why a low-powered AM daytimer with a spotty track record in Dothan, Alabama, isn't making money is not exactly a mystery worthy of Sherlock Holmes. - Dravecky (talk) 13:58, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, the clear channel frequencies are never good to operate on. Some do well, but most don't. Up here in DC we have an AM 700 (WDMV) and it has never done well with any format. They even got The Greaseman to be on mornings on there and that couldn't do anything. From what I have heard, they are just running music for a couple days in between STAs to remain silent. You really can't do anything on 700 this close to Cincinnati and WLW. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 17:33, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Formatting question

I was looking at how you fixed up my references on the WRCR (College Radio) page. Can you tell me about the correct use of ref name="tc6212" and ref name="bl94" or point me to a Wiki page that explains their use? I think I understand the other changes you made. Appreciate your help. Apparently I don't know how to include samples of the text I wonder about.1200Flasher (talk) 15:46, 23 January 2011 (UTC)1200Flasher

I'm using list-defined references, an easy way to keep the text of an article from being cluttered with the bulk of the references (making them easier to edit for new users and to read while looking at the raw text) plus making it very simple to use a reference more than once in an article without duplicating it. You only get part of the benefit when you leave them inline (as I had done previously) so I've finished the job on the WRCR article so you can better see how they work. As to naming, it can be any combination of letters or letters and numbers (but never just numbers). For news sources, I like to use the initials of the publication plus the date so an article in The Collegeian published in December 1962 would be ref name="tc6212". I find a bit of structure to the names makes them easier to find in the list without making them needlessly long or unduly complicated. See Wikipedia:List-defined references for more info. - Dravecky (talk) 16:46, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you. I'll give it a try on a couple of other pages I need to update.1200Flasher (talk) 17:17, 23 January 2011 (UTC)1200Flasher

DYK for KFIL-FM

Thank you for your article Victuallers (talk) 00:03, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for KFIL (AM)

Thank you for your article Victuallers (talk) 00:04, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 January 2011

Talk:Chattacon

That 2008 article by O'Neal is the one with the mention of my 12-year-old "son": a mistake which still rankles with my now-15-year-old daughter! (The reporter heard me mention my 12-year-old, and made an unjustifiable assumption on gender.) --Orange Mike | Talk 15:44, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Ouch. I'm hopeful the rest of the article is more on target. - Dravecky (talk) 16:44, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

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Virginia Updates

Thanks for some of the updates you have done for the Virginia radio stations. Please feel free to continue with that as you can. :) It is much appreciated. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 04:41, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK problem

Hello! Your submission of WGRQ at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! tedder (talk) 23:39, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

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