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Texas

Regarding this revert: You do of course realise that the sentence "Texas is the southernmost part of the Great Plains, which ends in the south against the folded Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico" is in the article twice, don't you? In the paragraph Texas#Geography (second sentence) and in the paragraph directly below it, Texas#Geology. Not an elegant solution imo. If you know a better way of improving this, please go ahead and fix it. But please be more careful when doing blanket reverts. I dorfbaer I talk I 09:50, January 1, 2008

Sorry, I did not notice that. Please provide a more accurate edit summary when making changes. Yours (-.) was misleading and inaccurate, suggesting the edit was not done in good faith. Thanks. --Evb-wiki (talk) 13:42, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Admittedly, I was too lazy to put in a proper edit summary. However, this primarily shows that edits should always be judged by the changes, not by the edit summary. Consider my last edit a viable example.[1] I dorfbaer I talk I 15:46, January 1, 2008

Youngg2010

I've declined the speedy tag you placed on Youngg2010. The reason is:

Was clearly intended as the author's user page, so I moved it to the appropriate place.

For your information, עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 15:07, 1 January 2008 (UTC) עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 15:07, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Alan Keyes

Alan Keyes has no more or less chance than the 60+ candidates in the 'other' section of the republicans 08 candidates article. Each one is is factual and verifiable. If you declared your candiancy tomarrow and made a website your candancy would be just as factual and verifiable but not relevant to the main article. Please see the discussion pages of the articles for irrenvelcy eveidence. --mitrebox (talk) 03:49, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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"Official" nicknames

I understand the reasons why you removed the "official" designation for the Energy Capital nickname, but I feel that I had valid reasons for making that designation and I'd like you to reconsider.

I was bothered (and I expect I am not alone) by the "Other" section in the article. Titles like "Other" and "Miscellaneous" generally are to be avoided in Wikipedia, so this is a serious flaw in the article. Furthermore, it's clear that "Energy Capital" is a deliberately selected marketing slogan, not an informal nickname, and I think that its deliberate use for economic development purposes needs to be documented in the article.

Granted the Greater Houston Partnership is not a government body, but it's the local business community's primary economic development organization, which makes it an important local establishment. (The website says "Greater Houston Partnership is the primary advocate of Houston's business community and is dedicated to building regional economic prosperity. The Partnership comprises the Chamber of Commerce, Economic Development and World Trade and is a 501(c) 6 not-for-profit, private, Member-driven organization.") Chambers of commerce may not be elected by us citizens, but when they adopt nicknames the nicknames are generally regarded as pretty official (for example, see the discussions in Wisconsin Community Slogans: Their Use and Local Impacts), and the organizations often receive government money (directly or indirectly). As I see it, Houston has an official municipal nickname and an official nickname adopted by its economic development organization. Both were officially adopted, but they are adopted by different entities. --Orlady (talk) 17:44, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to discussion about possible COI of editors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:United_States_presidential_election%2C_2008#Possible_COI_of_two_editors --70.11.142.4 (talk) 04:15, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]