User talk:Go Phightins!/Archive 16
Your sig :)Heya Phightins, I was taking a gander at your sig from your reply on TP's talk page and got bored so I optimized the code. It's just something I notice and play with when I'm bored lol. Anywho, to the point... you could trim up the amount of characters used in it if you really wanted to, if not no problemo. current sig: 229 characters tweaked sig: 192 characters Cheers! — -dainomite 01:50, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
sock puppetry?I really dont understand but a SPI case is being opened ?the same thing what happend to the Wikimon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Uncletomwood
Disambiguation link notification for June 6Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited John Mayberry, Jr., you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Grand slam (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:55, 6 June 2013 (UTC) I gave Ben Revere a look and fixed what I could going by American English standards. There may have been something I missed or a controversial comma removal or something else. In addition, I found a puzzling sentence in the section about the Twins that I didn't know how to fix:
That's about it for now. I'll see if there's any new information that I can add, but I think we're getting close to a good article. öBrambleberry of RiverClan 14:37, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
The Signpost: 05 June 2013
waterford high schoolHi, GP! I don't see where a history of some geographic area is appropriate at all in a high school article. I don't understand why you put it back. Even if it is cited, would information about Barbie Dolls be appropriate in an article about Monopoly? Gtwfan52 (talk) 22:12, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
Speaking of high school...Hey Go Phightins! Speaking of high school, my eighth grade graduation is in five days! I'm going to high school in September! It's so surreal! Yay! ~~JHUbal27 01:08, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
Well thanks! #WIKISOOThanks for offering to help with the WIKISOO course! It's unexpected and TOTALLY welcome. :) Did you want to conference in to live sessions or just help with answering questions offline and such? We could really use help with monitoring our students' contributions and chatting with them on their talk pages to keep them engaged. If you work through our weeks 1-5 assignments you'll get a pretty good sense of where they are right now. Let me and User:Peteforsyth know how you'd most like to participate. OERAWESOME. - Sara FB (talk) 05:48, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
adoptionCould you please post the test for unit 1? Thanks, -- Thus Spake Lee Tru. 13:04, 11 June 2013 (UTC) AdoptionHi I was just taking a Wiki-break and am now checking back about the adoption thing. thanks! -- Thus Spake Lee Tru. 14:35, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
{{Can you adopt me?😁|Go Phightins!}} yee 15:33, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
It's Monday. -- Thus Spake Lee Tru. 14:29, 10 June 2013 (UTC) The Signpost: 12 June 2013
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Then I chose to read Into Thin Air and I have to do a one page essay explaining the theme. It's a huge slap in the face on how hard high school will be. I'm going to one of the top ranked high schools in the county. I know I can do it, but dang, it's summer! By the way, for eighth grade superlative awards, I won the award for smartest male. Do you have any more tips for me? ~~JHUbal27 21:19, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
@JHUbal, Great work. Keep working hard. Having just graduated high school, let me share some of what worked. 1st, grades matter now. That B or C in middle school wasn't going to do you any real harm. That B or C in high school could. Getting a B or even a C because the class is legitamitely difficult, despite the fact you worked your butt off is probably OK. Getting a B or C because you're lazy, or procrastinating, or on wikipedia when you shouldn't be is not. Second, and quite controversial tip: Do NOT consider GPA when you register for classes. Take the toughest schedule you can handle, but make sure you CAN handle it. (Learned this the hard way last semester, but I digress) Third, don't let the AP label scare you, even as an underclassman. You are intellectually capable of doing AP level work now. Whether you are ready for that kind of challenge maturity wise I don't know. Fourth, don't take an AP unless you mean it. Your life will not be fun while taking AP classes. You will be up late studying. You will be tired. You will think it's not fair. It will not be fair. If you can't live with that, then wait a year. Fifth, look beyond AP. My senior year of high school, I was a college student in everything but the paperwork. I was able to take full time loads at UNM free. That will save my parents tons of money, and save me tons of time. Figure out dual enrollment early, and aim towards it if your program is favorable. Sixth, electives need not be electives. Take what you want to take in that slot. If you like math, take another math class. If you like science, double up there. Don't feel like you can't take a core class in an elective slot. Seventh, use your summers. Your summers, after this one, should be spent taking classes. These might not be high school level. Try out a class at John's Hopkins. Make absolutely sure that is where you want to go. Then enjoy yourself. Sorry for the novel. @ Phightins I am waiting on the results from the AP US Gov and politics test. I took it without the class, based on a lifetime of watching news channels. I'm kinda nervous about that one... Tazerdadog (talk) 04:39, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
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