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'''Carnival Cruise Lines''' ([[NYSE]]: [http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=CCL CCL]) is a [[cruise line]] operating a large number of [[cruise ships]]. It originally was an independent company founded in [[1972]] by [[Ted Arison]]. It is now a branded division within [[Carnival Corporation & plc]], a publicly traded company with [[Micky Arison]] as the Chairman. Carnival Corporation & plc owns a number of different cruise lines and has become the largest corporation in the cruise industry. Carnival and its affiliates [[Holland America Line]], [[Princess Cruises]], [[Cunard Line]], [[Costa Cruises]] and the [[Seabourn Cruise Line|Yachts of Seabourn]], and (until early

If you need any help, see the [[Help:Contents|help pages]] and [[Wikipedia:Glossary|glossary]], add a question to the [[Wikipedia:Help desk|help desk]], or ask me on [[User talk:HopeSeekr of xMule|my talk page]]. You may also find me on my [http://www.incendiary.ws/ personal blog] or [http://www.xmule.ws/ xMule's website].

[[2007]] when they were sold off) Windstar Cruises; are branded by the company as the ''World's Leading Cruise Lines''.

Carnival was a pioneer in the concept of cheaper and shorter cruises. Its ships are known for their [[Las Vegas Strip|Las Vegas]]-style decor and entertainment. The line calls its ships ''The Fun Ships'' and there is a wide range of activities offered on board. Its trademark is the smoke stack, or [[Funnel (ship)|funnel]], which is red, white and blue and shaped like a whale's tail. The mascot for Carnival is "Fun Ship Freddy", a character in the shape of Carnival's distinctive funnel.

I hope you will enjoy editing and being a [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedian]]. Good luck! — [[User:HopeSeekr of xMule|HopeSeekr of xMule]] ([[User talk:HopeSeekr of xMule|Talk]]) 19:07, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

In 1996 the ''[[Carnival Destiny]]'' of 101,000 gross tons became the largest passenger ship in the world at the time. As of 2007, the latest and largest ship in the Carnival Fleet is the [[Carnival Freedom]], a Conquest Class ship and Carnival's second ship to be based in Europe. The company announced three new ships in early 2007: the [[Carnival Splendor (ship)|Carnival Splendor]], to debut July 13, 2008, the [[Carnival Dream]], set to debut in October 2009, and the [[Carnival Magic]], set to debut in June 2011.

== ==Thanks== ==

==Ships==

Thanks for your help with the Independent Media Center page. I think we did a good job. [[user:JamieJones|<font color="goldenrod">''JamieJones''</font>]] ^{[[User_talk:JamieJones| ''talk'']]} 13:07, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Here is the list of all Carnival cruise ships that either have been, are currently in, or will soon be in service, in chronological order:

:Anytime. Yeah I think your average WP reader (including supporters & critics of IMC) can be satisfied with what's there now. Time will tell I guess. :) [[User:Clicketyclack|Clicketyclack]] 16:14, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

::yeah man, we gotta get that pov offa there again! [[user:JamieJones|<font color="goldenrod">''JamieJones''</font>]] ^{[[User_talk:JamieJones| ''talk'']]} 19:01, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

===Pre-Holiday Class===

== Invitation ==

* ''[[Apollon (ship)|Mardi Gras]] (Retired)''

* ''Carnivale (Retired)''

* ''[[Island Breeze (ship)|Festivale]] (Retired)''

* ''Tropicale'' (now ''[[Pacific Star (ship)|Pacific Star]]'')

===Holiday Class===

I noted your recent edits to the [[Diocese of Sourozh]] article and wanted to invite you to come over to [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/ OrthodoxWiki] and edit the parallel and similar articles there. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>A.S. Damick</i></b></font>]] ^{[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]} ^{[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]} 02:26, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

* {{flagicon|Bahamas}} ''[[Holiday (ship)|Holiday]]''

* ''Jubilee'' (now ''[[Pacific Sun (ship)|Pacific Sun]]'')

* {{flagicon|Panama}} ''[[Celebration (ship)|Celebration]]''

===[[Fantasy class|Fantasy Class]]===

:Thank you Fr. Andrew. I do have an account on OrthodoxWiki, and have contributed a few minor edits. I'll try to contribute something more substantial soon. [[User:Clicketyclack|Clicketyclack]] 09:10, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

* {{flagicon|Panama}} ''[[Fantasy (ship)|Fantasy]]''

* {{flagicon|Panama}} ''[[Ecstasy (ship)|Ecstasy]]''

* {{flagicon|Bahamas}} ''[[Sensation (ship)|Sensation]]''

* {{flagicon|Bahamas}} ''[[Fascination (ship)|Fascination]]''

* {{flagicon|Bahamas}} ''[[Imagination (ship)|Imagination]]''

* {{flagicon|Bahamas}} ''[[Inspiration (ship)|Inspiration]]''

* {{flagicon|Panama}} ''[[MS Elation|Elation]]''

* {{flagicon|Panama}} ''[[MS Paradise|Paradise]]''

===[[Destiny Class]]===

==Invitation to join [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Eastern Orthodoxy]]==

* {{flagicon|Bahamas}} ''[[Carnival Destiny]]''

Hi there! I've noticed that you've edited articles pertaining to the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]. I wanted to extend an invitation to you to join the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]] dedicated to organizing and improving articles on the subject, which can be found at: '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Eastern Orthodoxy|WikiProject Eastern Orthodoxy]]'''. This WikiProject was begun because a need was perceived to raise the level of quality of articles on Wikipedia which deal with the Eastern Orthodox Church.

* {{flagicon|Bahamas}} ''[[Carnival Triumph]]''

* {{flagicon|Panama}} ''[[Carnival Victory]]''

Two more ships of this class sail for Carnival's sister company [[Costa Cruises]], the [[Costa Fortuna]] and the [[Costa Magica]].

===[[Spirit Class]]===

You can find information on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Eastern Orthodoxy|project page]] about the WikiProject, as well as how to join and how to indicate that you are a member of the project. Additionally, you may be interested in helping out with our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Eastern Orthodoxy/COTM|collaboration of the month]]. I hope you'll consider joining and thank you for your contributions thus far! &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>A.S. Damick</i></b></font>]] ^{[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]} ^{[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]} 03:09, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

* {{flagicon|Panama}} ''[[Carnival Spirit]]''

* {{flagicon|Panama}} ''[[Carnival Pride]]''

* {{flagicon|Panama}} ''[[Carnival Legend]]''

* {{flagicon|Panama}} ''[[Carnival Miracle]]''

Two more ships of this class sail for Carnival's sister company [[Costa Cruises]], the [[Costa Atlantica]] and the [[Costa Mediterranea]].

== =[[WP:DPLConquest Class]] ===

* {{flagicon|Panama}} ''[[Carnival Conquest]]''

* {{flagicon|Panama}} ''[[Carnival Glory]]''

* {{flagicon|Panama}} ''[[Carnival Valor]]''

* {{flagicon|Panama}} ''[[Carnival Liberty]]''

* {{flagicon|Panama}} ''[[Carnival Freedom]]''

Three more ships similar to this class sail for or shall be sailing for Carnival's sister company [[Costa Cruises]], the [[Costa Concordia]], the [[Costa Serena]] and the [[Costa Luminosa]].

===Splendor Class===

Thank you for your help with the disambiguation page [[Nomenclature]]. However, please don't change the link count when you move a page from the "To do" section to the "Done" section. We keep track of the original number of links to see how close we have come to completing the dump. Also, I noticed that there are still about 40 pages with links to [[nomenclature]] in the article namespace. We usually don't move a page to done when there are that many remaining, even though 42 is a lot less than 100. Again, thanks for your help, and I hope you'll work on fixing ambiguous links again in the future! [[User:Dekimasu|Dekimasu]]<font color="darkgreen">[[User talk:Dekimasu|が．．．]]</font> 04:59, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

* {{flagicon|Panama}} ''[[Carnival Splendor]]''

:My apologies! Thanks for setting me straight about this, and thanks also for correcting my changes to the Done section. [[User:Clicketyclack|Clicketyclack]] 08:41, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Even though this ship is actually a sister ship to all the ships in the Conquest Class, this ship is actually quite unique in the Carnival fleet, offering facilities other ships don't have. This is due to the fact that the ship was originally designed for Carnival's sister company [[Costa Cruises]]. Its inaugural voyage will be on 13 July 2008 from London (Dover), and will be Carnival's first of five voyages to Northern Europe.

===Future ships===

::Judging on the frequency of your edits, you do all the boring disambiguation job manually. May I suggest that you get hold of [[WP:AWB|AWB]], which is an ideal tool for such jobs? Just apply for the download [[Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage#Requests_for_registration|here]]. Thanks for the good job. [[User:Duja|Duja]]<span style="font-size:70%;">[[User talk:Duja|►]]</span> 09:43, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

* {{flagicon|Panama}} '''''[[Carnival Dream]]''''' Expected to enter service in October 2009 with a gross tonnage of 130,000 and a passenger capacity of 3,652 making it Carnival's largest ship ever.

:::Thanks for the tip, I will download and register for that today. [[User:Clicketyclack|Clicketyclack]] 09:47, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

* {{flagicon|Panama}} '''''[[Carnival Magic]]''''' Expected to enter service in June 2011.

==RatingHistory thein ToKbrief==

===1970s===

* 1972 – Maiden voyage of Carnival’s first ship, the TSS Mardi Gras, which runs aground on sandbar outside the Port of Miami.

* 1975 – Carnival purchases Empress of Britain, enters service as the TSS Carnivale.

* 1978 – The Festivale, formerly the S.A. Vaal, undergoes $30 million refurbishment, begins service for Carnival as the largest and fastest vessel sailing from Miami to the Caribbean.

===1980s===

Hi. I'm trying to get [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Psychology#Participants|members of the Psychology Project]] to get together and rate the both the quality and importance of the [[Tree of Knowledge System]]. Hope you're interested. Have a great day! [[User:EPM|EPM]] 19:24, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

* 1982 – Debut of the Tropicale, the first new cruise ship the cruise industry had seen in many years; ship marks the beginning of an industry-wide multi-billion-dollar shipbuilding boom.

* 1984 – Carnival becomes first cruise line to advertise on network television with the premiere of new advertising campaign starring company spokesperson [[Kathie Lee Gifford]] (then Kathie Lee Johnson).

* 1985 – Debut of 46,052-ton Holiday

* 1986 – Launch of 47,262-ton Jubilee

* 1987 – The 47,262-ton Celebration enters service

* Carnival earns distinction as “Most Popular Cruise Line in the World,” carrying more passengers than any other.

* Carnival Cruise Lines undertakes its initial public offering on Wall Street, raising approximately $400 million to fuel future expansion; entity later becomes Carnival Corporation & plc, a multi-line worldwide cruise conglomerate.

===1990s===

== Re Othodox Christian (now redirect page) ==

* 1990 – The 70,367-ton Fantasy – the first and namesake vessel in the highly successful “Fantasy-class” -- enters service as first new ship ever placed on three- and four-day Bahamas cruise program from Miami. Eventually, Carnival would construct eight “Fantasy-class” vessels, the most cruise ships in a single class.

* 1991 – Launch of 70,367-ton Ecstasy

* 1993 – Introduces its third 70,367-ton , Sensation

* 1994 – Debut of 70,367-ton Fascination

* Parent company renamed Carnival Corporation to distinguish between it and its flagship brand, Carnival Cruise Lines. Company is later renamed Carnival Corp. & plc following the combination with P&O Princess Cruises, creating the world’s largest cruise vacation group.

* 1995 – 70,367-ton Imagination enters service

* 1996 – Launch of sixth “Fantasy-class” vessel, the Inspiration

* Launches the first passenger vessel to exceed 100,000 tons, the 101,353-ton Carnival Destiny, at the time the world’s largest cruise ship

* 1998 – Introduces seventh “Fantasy-class” vessel, the Elation, the first new cruise ship deployed on the West Coast

* The eighth and last in the “Fantasy-class” series, the Paradise, enters service. Paradise was the first and only non-smoking cruise ship in the world.

* 1999 – Debut of the 102,000-ton Carnival Triumph, the second “Destiny-class” vessel

===2000s===

You prodded it as having a misspelling in the title. I think that was the point, actually, so I removed the prod. Redirects from common spelling errors are acceptable. You could always take the page to [[Wikipedia:Redirects for deletion]]. --[[User:N Shar|N Shar]] 06:25, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

* 2000 – A third “Destiny-class” vessel, the 102,000-ton Carnival Victory, is launched.

* 2001 – Introduces a new class of vessel with the launch of the 88,500-ton Carnival Spirit, the first new “Fun Ship” ever positioned in the Alaska and Hawaii markets. Also, [[Supermarket Sweep]] begins the Carnival Cruise Week. The catchphrase was: "Next time you're an [[ocean liner]] and you hear their beep &mdash; [a foghorn sounds] &mdash; think of all the fun you can have on ''Supermarket Sweep''!".

* 2002 – A second “Spirit-class” vessel, the Carnival Pride, is launched

* Carnival’s third “Spirit-class” ship, Carnival Legend, enters service

* Debut of the 110,000-ton Carnival Conquest, the largest “Fun Ship” ever constructed.

* 2003- Second 110,000-ton “Conquest-class” ship, the Carnival Glory, begins year-round seven-day cruises from Port Canaveral, Fla. on [[July 19]]

* 2004 – Carnival Miracle, the fourth in the “Spirit-class,” begins a series of 12 voyages from Jacksonville, Fla. – the first “Fun Ship” sailings from that port – [[February 27]]

* A third 110,000-ton “Conquest-class” ship, the Carnival Valor, begins year-round seven-day service from Miami [[December 19]], becoming the largest "Fun Ship" ever based at that port.

* 2005 – A fourth 110,000-ton “Conquest-class” vessel, Carnival Liberty, debuts [[July 20]], operating the line's first-ever [[Mediterranean]] cruises.

* 2007 - Carnival Freedom, the fifth 110,000-ton vessel, debuts [[March 4]]

* 2008 - The 112,000-ton Carnival Splendor is slated to debut [[July 13]]

* 2009 - Carnival Dream, a 130,000-ton vessel, to be the largest "Fun Ship" ever constructed - is scheduled to enter service in [[October]] <ref name="pressRelease" />.

* 2011 - Carnival Magic, a 130,000-ton vessel, currently scheduled to enter service in [[June]]

==Hurricane Katrina charters==

== Re [[Cultural mediation]] ==

Three of the Carnival cruise ships were chartered by the United States government for six months to serve as temporary housing in the aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]]. The ''[[Holiday (ship)|Holiday]]'' was originally docked in [[Mobile, Alabama]] and later Pascagoula, MS, and the ''[[Ecstasy (ship)|Ecstasy]]'' and ''[[Sensation (ship)|Sensation]]'' were docked at [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]. The six-month contract cost $236 million. The contract was widely criticized because the vessels were never fully utilized, and Carnival received more money than it would have earned by using the ships in their normal rotation. <ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/27/AR2005092701960_pf.html $236 Million Cruise Ship Deal Criticized] &mdash; [[Washington Post]], [[September 28]], [[2005]]</ref> Carnival did not have the same fuel, entertainment, staffing, and other expenses they would have incurred had the ships been on their normal routes, but the line also did not receive revenues from on-board gambling, alcoholic beverages, and other product and service sales that would have been generated had the vessels been engaged in cruising.

Thanks for looking at the article. I was wondering if you could give specific advice on how to make the article conform with wikipedia standartds so I can get the tags removed. Important note. As a graduate student of Vygotsky, I have found that the birthday cake example is a very powerful way of explaining the theory of cultural mediation. Without it, most people under-estimate the power and all encompassing nature of cultural mediation. So I wopuld like to keep the example while mmeeting wiki standards. [[User:amerywu|amerywu]] Feb 20, 2007

:Thanks for all your work on it, it's a very accessible introduction to a difficult subject. I'll dive in now and wikify it a bit. [[User:Clicketyclack|Clicketyclack]] 16:46, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

== corrects Gallery==

<gallery>

Image:Carnival ships in Cozumel.jpg|''[[Carnival Valor]]'' and ''[[Carnival Victory]]'' in [[Cozumel, Mexico]]

Image:Carnival Conquest cruiseship.jpg|''[[Carnival Conquest]]''

Image:Elationship.png|''[[MS Elation|Elation]]'' docked at Grand Turks & Caicos, B.W.I.

Image:Carnival_Liberty_20060426.jpg|''[[Carnival Liberty]]'', a [[Conquest class]] ship

</gallery>

http://www.cruisecritic.com/images/reviews/ships/carnivalfreedommain.jpg

==See also==

Hi,

*[[Carnival Air Lines]]

*[[Carnival Cruise Lines Tycoon]]

==References==

I want to thank You for correcting [[Żelechów]] article. I haven`t fought there is much errors in it, until this edit ... Well, I have been thinking of putting en-3 in my babel, until this edit. Now I see that I must learn more ... Thanks [[User:Sfu|Sfu]] 21:55, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

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==External links==

:Anytime! I've not been able to become truly fluent in a second language yet. Even in a highly regular language like Spanish, I can only honestly rate myself es-1. So I respectfully tip my hat to any non-native speaker of a highly irregular language like English who can climb to the heights of en-2 or en-3. [[User:Clicketyclack|Clicketyclack]] 11:35, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

* [http://www.carnival.com/ Carnival Cruise Lines website]

* [http://www.carnivalconnections.com/ Carnival Connections - Cruise Reviews, Tips, and Forums]

{{Members of the Carnival Corporation}}

== Thanks for your edit ==

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[[de:Carnival Cruise Lines]]

Thank you for your edits to [[Massachusetts Maritime Academy]]. I like how you made the article clearer by editing the wikilinks. I feel I've learned from your edits. I plan on making a [[Marine Transportation]] page to describe that specific major, but for now your edit to change those links to lead to [[ship transport]] is a good one. Again, thank you. -- [[User:Pesco|Pesco]] 05:45, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

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:You're most welcome- glad to hear the edits make it clearer. -- [[User:Clicketyclack|Clicketyclack]] 10:18, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

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== Jensen page ==

I'm much newer than you, James A Jensen being my first contribution. I'm not even sure if this is the way to reply to you and let you know I read your notes and appreciate them.

It is interesting how much our interests overlap - biology is probably the lowest interest level for me from your list but it's there. I did a Ph.D in linguistics and anthropology at Indiana University in 1973 so overlap you in several areas that way. Anyway, thanks for your contribution.[[User:Doctorjrj|Doctorjrj]] 16:47, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

:That's good to hear, thanks. [[James A. Jensen|Jensen]] was a remarkable man, but I'd not heard of him until the disambiguation link appeared in a list I was working on. Are you by any chance related? Thanks for introducing him- it's a very well-written entry. And yes our interests do certainly seem to overlap, though I haven't got a Ph.D. yet! Hope to work with you some more soon. [[User:Clicketyclack|Clicketyclack]] 23:15, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

==Request for peer review==

The article '''[[Clinical psychology]]''' has just been listed for peer review. You are invited to lend your editing eyes to see if it needs any modifications, great or small, before it is submitted to the Featured Article review. Then head on over to the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Psychology/Peer review/Clinical psychology|peer review page]]''' and add your comments, if you are so inspired. Thank you!! [[User:Psykhosis|Psykhosis]] 20:35, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

==Cathay Camera Club edits==

Hi ClicketyClack. I noticed you made a minor edit to Cathay Camera Club. I'm actually a member of this club. Can you tell me how I can stop the page being classed as a 'notability problem' ?

[[User:Hkrick|Hkrick]] 15:13, 25 March 2007 (GMT)

:Hello Hkrick, the best advice can be found in [[Wikipedia:Notability]], including in some of the links on that page. I recently found [[Wikipedia:Notability/Historical/Arguments|this essay]] useful too.

:In a nutshell, articles need to cite reliable, external sources to demonstrate notability. For the CCC, this might include citations in the news, or in online histories, or some other source (I'm not a photographer myself, so you'd be the best judge of that) that demonstrates the club's notability in the photography world. Searching for "Cathay Camera Club" in several English-language search engines may be helpful with this.

:Bear in mind that the admins evaluating it for deletion are probably not photographers, and probably not from Hong Kong, so try to let the evidence require as little local or specialist knowledge as possible. Good luck! [[User:Clicketyclack|Clicketyclack]] 08:10, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For your [http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/Tool1/wannabe_kate?username=Clicketyclack&site=en.wikipedia.org amazing use] of edit summaries, I award you this ''Edit summary award'', created on the fly ;-). Keep editing this way, and good luck! <i><b>[[User:Snowolf|<font color = "darkmagenta">Snowolf</font>]]<small> ^{[[User_talk:Snowolf|(talk)]]} _{[[WP:CON|CON]]} ^{[[WP:COI|COI]]}</small></b> - </i> 09:05, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

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BTW, I'll deal with your NPWatcher application ASAP. <i><b>[[User:Snowolf|<font color = "darkmagenta">Snowolf</font>]]<small> ^{[[User_talk:Snowolf|(talk)]]} _{[[WP:CON|CON]]} ^{[[WP:COI|COI]]}</small></b> - </i> 09:05, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

:My first WP award, hurray! :-) Thanks. [[User:Clicketyclack|Clicketyclack]] 09:14, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

== Your [[WP:NPW|NPWatcher]] Application ==

Dear Clicketyclack,

Thank you for applying for [[WP:NPW|NPWatcher]]!

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<i><b>[[User:Snowolf|<font color = "darkmagenta">Snowolf</font>]]<small> ^{[[User_talk:Snowolf|(talk)]]} _{[[WP:CON|CON]]} ^{[[WP:COI|COI]]}</small></b> - </i> 10:05, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

==[[Ash Discography]]==

You're right. I was too quick on the trigger this time. [[User:Shoessss|Shoessss]] 15:18, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

:No worries. It's a pretty busy day for spam today... Thanks, [[User:Clicketyclack|Clicketyclack]] 15:21, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

== Need another opinion on [[Buyology]] ==

Noticed that we've both tagged [[Buyology]] for speedy delete and the author has removed the tag each time. [[User:MrsWardh]] wrote back that it's not intended to be an add. Do you want to take a look at it again? I'm at least going to tell MrsWardh to stop removing the db-spam tag. Thanks [[User:Ar-wiki|Ar-wiki]] 16:25, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

:IMO, it's definitely blatant advertising: "Buyology stores offer the general public key products for day to day use. When entering a store you can get a variety of items for your home or garden. From quality furniture at budget prices to food and drink." [[User:Clicketyclack|Clicketyclack]] 16:40, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

== [[Talk:William F. Halsey, Sr.]] ==

Please see the discussion there.<small> &mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]]&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;[[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]]</small> 02:48, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

==Elementary School==

I was just in the middle of creating a stub page for the [[Holy Name of Jesus Catholic School]]. It has taken me an hour or so. In the middle of my editing, you marked it with a "This article or section is written like an advertisement." Please point me to an elementary school article that '''doesn't''' sound like an advertisement. It's an elementary school, for crying out loud, not a government!<br>

I don't know whether you looked at the awards or not, but this is one of the top schools in the country. I know. They all say that. But it has made "the" lists during the years. I have moved around the country a LOT and this is the best I have ever seen.<br>

I think you should cut schools, particularly the lower grade ones, a little slack. I have worked with colleges and high schools and this is no worse, and in some ways a lot better than most of them. It is also (to tell the truth) more distinguished, relatively speaking, than most of them.<br>

If you're looking to pick on an article, try the [[United States Navy]]. They could use a little criticism! The US Navy has '''never''' done '''anything''' wrong! Try picking on those adults for awhile and see where it gets you!<br>

If your job as an admin requires you to bully grade school articles, I apologize! [[User:Student7|Student7]] 23:51, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

:Hello. I've edited it to make it sound less like an ad, and remove the advertising tag. By the way, what would you like to see changed on the US Navy page? Have you considered editing it yourself to improve it? Thanks, [[User:Clicketyclack|Clicketyclack]] 00:09, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

::Yes. You've improved it. Thanks.

::I still don't see what set you off, though. What set '''me''' off is I was in the '''middle''' of creating the article out of nothing. It was (and is) a stub. I have to take the info from somewheres. At this level and this subject, it's usually done from material that may well '''be''' advertising. I '''try''' to trim it down. While it may not have been enough, I still don't see why this article was singled out from among all the schools in the United States which sound pretty much the same. [[User:Student7|Student7]] 00:25, 13 April 2007 (UTC)