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Fair use rationale for Image:Wcuprimary-lg.jpg

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Fair use rationale for Image:WCU.JPG

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SoCon Facilities

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Look, I realize you're new here and stuff. I think you're doing a fine job on the WCU page (even if it is more of an advertisment than an actual article). However, yes I've put a lot of my time and effort into the Southern Conference page. The naming conventions used are fine. They are the same as those used in the Football and Basketball templates. There's no need for you to arrive and suddenly powertrip your way through every article dealing with WCU.

The full names of the ASU facilities aren't used either. There's no bias here, percieved or otherwise. The table is already gaudy looking enough without needing the exact name of every WCU facility spelled out. Geologik (talk) 04:12, 15 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

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Asheville Graduate Center

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  Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, you may not know that Wikipedia has a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Using different styles throughout the encyclopedia, as you did in Asheville Graduate Center, makes it harder to read. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Hippo (talk) 23:36, 13 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

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Non-free image policy

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Western Carolina University Campus

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Just wanted to drop you a note to let you know that the article you created on this campus has a new home, as above, without the possessive. Didn't want you wondering where it had gone. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 00:07, 14 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

AfD nomination of Asheville Graduate Center

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  Please see Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Note that continued personal attacks will lead to blocks for disruption. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. Hippo (talk) 01:47, 14 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hi! I noticed your replies seemed to be a bit agitated, and I wanted to encourage you to not lose heart. No one's saying that your work has no value--they're just questioning whether it should have a standalone article, or simply be included in a larger article of unquestionable notability. My first involvement in Wikipedia was as a WP:MEATPUPPET to defend a game I ran--DartMUD. I didn't understand Wikipedia's goals or criteria at the time, and I hear echoes of my frustration in your message. I've since learned a lot more, and understand, in retrospect, why the attempt to delete a topic I really felt strongly about was correct. I hope that you can find a similar happy ending; feel free to drop me a note on my talk page if you want any help or just a sounding board. Jclemens (talk) 18:29, 14 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Non-free logos

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The policy on non-free images is at WP:FU. In this case #8 is probably the most relevant:

Significance. Non-free content is used only if its presence would significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic.

If you look at other articles, that usually translates into a single image (maybe in an infobox) on the actual page of the organization that the logo represents, as opposed to mentions of such organization elsewhere, which was the case with those I removed. Hope this makes sense, just ask me, or anyone else, if it doesn't. Thanks. Hippo (talk) 04:18, 14 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Your explination makes no sense.
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SoCon Marching Bands

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Help me out here. When creating new articles try to work some references in from the get-go. Also, it's usually not a good idea to copy word for word from the source. That's called plagiarism. I've started the cleanup already for Elon, but it would help me out (and provide a greater chance of articles to avoid deletion) if you would take what I wrote into consideration. Geologik (talk) 03:28, 5 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

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Orphaned non-free image File:WCU Athletic Logo.jpg

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