User talk:Finin

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Catonsville[edit]

Hi. Why did you revert my edit to the Catonsville page? In particular, the list of "Notable" residents?

The entry I removed has been added more than once and is, as far as I can tell, simple vandalism.

See these entries for more information about similar behavior:

User_talk:Trackstar14
User_talk:Modlin1414
User_talk:Peace1414
User_talk:Eli14 —Preceding unsigned comment added by GLKeeney (talk • contribs) 01:45, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

oops. Sorry. I forgot to sign. GLKeeney 01:51, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My bad. Somehow I thought I was deleting the (re) adding of the illustrius Modlin. I've corrected my mistake and deleted him.

Cool. Thanks. GLKeeney 13:39, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

UMBC[edit]

I've posted on the matter extensively at Talk:University of Maryland Baltimore County. Rather than repeating myself, I'll let you see it there. -James Howard (talk/web) 18:09, 15 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Image Tagging Image:IMG 1775.jpg[edit]

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Comment: I took this image myself with my own camera. Tim Finin (talk) 05:01, 26 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright problem with Image:Cwit logo.png[edit]

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Swoogle[edit]

Hi Finin, I had placed a prod tag to suggest that Swoogle be deleted on the 8th. Is the project still under active development? Just trying to see if I should have the article go through the Articles for Deletion process, or if it's worth keeping. Thanks, if I don't hear back in a week or two I'll bring it to Articles for Deletion. Jussen (talk) 00:34, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know about the comma, should we move University of Maryland Baltimore County to the correct name? Let me know if Swoogle shouldn't be deleted. Jussen (talk) 18:35, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Swoogle[edit]

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Unreferenced BLPs[edit]

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A barnstar for you![edit]

	The Special Barnstar
	For being simply one of the coolest Computer Science Professors / tech gurus around. Tadpole256 (talk) 14:29, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

	The Special Barnstar
	For being simply one of the coolest Computer Science Professors / tech gurus around. Tadpole256 (talk) 14:29, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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