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Wayne Gretzky

2009-02-19T00:48:42Z

FAckles: fix ref

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'''Wayne Gretzky''' (1961-), nicknamed the "Great One", was a professional hockey player for four different teams in the 1980s and 1990s. He led the Edmonton Oilers to four Stanley Cup Championships. He holds the NHL records for points (200) and goals (92) in a single season, among many others. A hero to Canadians, he currently is a part owner and coach of the [[Phoenix Coyotes]].

Gretzky is widely considered to be the greatest player who ever played the game and the NHL has recognized his achievements by retiring his jersey number (#99) league-wide upon his retirement from the game.<ref>http://www.azhockey.com/shirts/shirtsRetired.html</ref> He is the only NHL player to be given that honor.

==Further reading==
* Dryden, Steve, ed. ''Total Gretzky: The Magic, The Legend, The Numbers,'' (1999)
* Gretzky, Wayne, with Rick Reilly. ''Gretzky: An Autobiography,' '(1990),

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[[Category:NHL Players]]

==References==
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Wayne Gretzky

2009-02-19T00:47:29Z

FAckles: references

Wayne Gretzky

2009-02-19T00:43:16Z

FAckles:

[[Image:The_Great_One.jpg |thumb|300px|]]
'''Wayne Gretzky''' (1961-), nicknamed the "Great One", was a professional hockey player for four different teams in the 1980s and 1990s. He led the Edmonton Oilers to four Stanley Cup Championships. He holds the NHL records for points (200) and goals (92) in a single season, among many others. A hero to Canadians, he currently is a part owner and coach of the [[Phoenix Coyotes]].

Gretzky is widely considered to be the greatest player who ever played the game and the NHL has recognized his achievements by retiring his jersey number (#99) league-wide upon his retirement from the game.<ref>http://www.aeroplan.com/mrch/fan-gear/cnfangear-p1.html</ref> He is the only NHL player to be given that honor.

==Further reading==
* Dryden, Steve, ed. ''Total Gretzky: The Magic, The Legend, The Numbers,'' (1999)
* Gretzky, Wayne, with Rick Reilly. ''Gretzky: An Autobiography,' '(1990),

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[[Category:NHL Players]]

User:FAckles

2009-02-19T00:36:17Z

FAckles: /* Issues: */

==First impressions:==
* Interesting site with some very interesting people
* Could be much improved in terms of bias - though what wiki wouldn't be?

==Focus:==
* Sports!
* Eliminate dishonest bias while recognizing and preserving the Conservative viewpoint of this encyclopedia
* Along the lines of the point above, making sure that Christian values supercede pressures to uplift Conservatism when the two (though uncommonly so) are at odds with one another. Eg. see below

==Issues:==
'''The Obama article:''': His viewpoints, for the most part, are definitely polar opposite to what conservative Christians support, with abortion not being the least of issues. There are others which I won't list, but the point is that there are many things we don't agree with and should most definitely fight against.

However, with that said, does everything in the Obama article reflect what a Christian should think, let alone, publish in an encyclopedia?

While I know it's a tad corny, how I try to go about things is to think: What would Jesus do? It's overused (in popular culture without true thought), but it works. '''When you read the [[Barack Obama]] article and see all the things it portrays, the ideas that are highlighted, the ones that are omitted, etc -- ''what do you think Jesus thinks of it?'''''

I know my answer and I hope the admins on this site share it and can do something to change that.

User:FAckles

2009-02-19T00:31:11Z

FAckles: /* Focus: */ grammar

==First impressions:==
* Interesting site with some very interesting people
* Could be much improved in terms of bias - though what wiki wouldn't be?

==Focus:==
* Sports!
* Eliminate dishonest bias while recognizing and preserving the Conservative viewpoint of this encyclopedia
* Along the lines of the point above, making sure that Christian values supercede pressures to uplift Conservatism when the two (though uncommonly so) are at odds with one another. Eg. see below

==Issues:==
'''The Obama article:''': His viewpoints, for the most part, are definitely polar opposite to what conservative Christians support, with abortion not being the least of issues. There are others which I won't list, but the point is that there are many things we don't agree with and should most definitely fight against.

However, with that said, does everything in the Obama article reflect what a Christian should think, let alone, publish in an encyclopedia?

While I know it's a tad corny, how I try to go about things is to think: What would Jesus do? It's overused, but it works. '''When you read the [[Barack Obama]] article and see all the things it portrays, the ideas that are highlighted, the ones that are omitted, etc -- ''what do you think Jesus thinks of it?'''''

I know my answer and I hope the admins on this site share it and can do something to change that.

User:FAckles

2009-02-19T00:30:03Z

FAckles: /* Issues: */

==First impressions:==
* Interesting site with some very interesting people
* Could be much improved in terms of bias - though what wiki wouldn't be?

==Focus:==
* Sports!
* Eliminate dishonest bias while recognizing and preserving the Conservative viewpoint of this encyclopedia
* Along the lines of the point above, making sure that Christian values supercedes pressures to uplift Conservatism when the two (though uncommonly so) are at odds with one another. Eg. see below

==Issues:==
'''The Obama article:''': His viewpoints, for the most part, are definitely polar opposite to what conservative Christians support, with abortion not being the least of issues. There are others which I won't list, but the point is that there are many things we don't agree with and should most definitely fight against.

However, with that said, does everything in the Obama article reflect what a Christian should think, let alone, publish in an encyclopedia?

While I know it's a tad corny, how I try to go about things is to think: What would Jesus do? It's overused, but it works. '''When you read the [[Barack Obama]] article and see all the things it portrays, the ideas that are highlighted, the ones that are omitted, etc -- ''what do you think Jesus thinks of it?'''''

I know my answer and I hope the admins on this site share it and can do something to change that.

User:FAckles

2009-02-19T00:29:07Z

FAckles: Issue with BHO's article

==First impressions:==
* Interesting site with some very interesting people
* Could be much improved in terms of bias - though what wiki wouldn't be?

==Focus:==
* Sports!
* Eliminate dishonest bias while recognizing and preserving the Conservative viewpoint of this encyclopedia
* Along the lines of the point above, making sure that Christian values supercedes pressures to uplift Conservatism when the two (though uncommonly so) are at odds with one another. Eg. see below

==Issues:==
'''The Obama article:''': His viewpoints, for the most part, are definitely polar opposite to what conservative Christians support, with abortion not being the least of issues. There are others which I won't list, but the point is that there are many things we don't agree with and should most definitely fight against.

However, with that said, does everything in the Obama article reflect what a Christian should think, let alone, publish in an encyclopedia?

While I know it's a tad corny, how I try to go about things is to think: What would Jesus do? It's overused, but it works. '''When you read the [[Barack Obama]] article and see all the things it portrays, the ideas that are highlighted, the ones that are omitted, etc -- [[what do you think Jesus thinks of it?]]'''

I know my answer and I hope the admins on this site share it and can do something to change that.

Alex Rodriguez

2009-02-19T00:10:41Z

FAckles:

'''Alexander Enmanuel Rodriguez''' (born July 27, 1975 in [[New York City]]) is a [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) third baseman for the New York Yankees. Known to fans as A-Rod, Rodriguez is widely considered as one of the best players in baseball history. Teams he has played on in his career are the [[Seattle Mariners]] (1994-2000), [[Texas Rangers (baseball team)|Texas Rangers]] (2001-2003) and [[New York Yankees]] (2004-). Some of his accomplishments as a player include being a ten time [[All Star]] player, two time AL MVP (2003, 2005), two time [[Gold Glove]] award winner (2002, 2003)<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=3115</ref> and the youngest player to hit 500 home runs<ref>http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070804&content_id=2129099&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy</ref>. He is also only one of four players in MLB history to have over 40 home runs and stolen bases in a season (1998)<ref>http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=rodrial01</ref>. In 2006, he was one of baseball's highest paid players with a $25,680,727.00 salary<ref>http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=rodrial01</ref>. He entered professional baseball at the age of 18 in 1993 when he was drafted in the first round (first pick overall) of the [[1993 MLB Draft]] by the [[Seattle Mariners]]<ref>http://arod.mlb.com/players/rodriguez_alex/about.jsp</ref>.

<br>
In an interview with [[ESPN|ESPN's]] [[Peter Gammons]] that aired on February 9, 2009, Rodriguez admitted to using performance enhancing drugs (PED) when he played for the Texas Rangers from 2001-2003. Said Rodriguez, "I did take a banned substance. And for that, I am very sorry and deeply regretful."<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3894847</ref>

Although numerous PED revelations have come before Rodriguez's, it was a very damaging incident to the MLB because Rodriguez was viewed to be the savior of the league in that he was projected to cleanly break the all-time home-run record of [[Barry Bonds]]', a suspected steroid user currently on trial for perjury.<ref>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/michael_mccann/02/18/bonds.trial/?eref=sircrc</ref>

A controversy regarding the PED revelation is the conduct of both the players' union and the federal agents who seized the test samples. The sample that tested positive for PED was part of an anonymous testing in 2003 which took place to decide, based on the percentage of players taking PEDs at the time, whether random testing should be implemented in the future. However, the test results were not destroyed as agreed upon by the MLB and the player's union and were later confiscated by federal agents. Furthermore, out of the 104 names that tested positive, only Rodriguez's name has been leaked.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/sports/baseball/09union.html?ref=sports</ref>

==References==
<references/>

==External Links==
*[http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_stats_player.jsp?c_id=mlb&playerID=121347 MLB Stats]
*[http://arod.mlb.com/players/rodriguez_alex/index.jsp Official Website]

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[[Category:Baseball Players]]

Alex Rodriguez

2009-02-19T00:09:53Z

FAckles: format

'''Alexander Enmanuel Rodriguez''' (born July 27, 1975 in [[New York City]]) is a [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) third baseman for the New York Yankees. Known to fans as A-Rod, Rodriguez is widely considered as one of the best players in baseball history. Teams he has played on in his career are the [[Seattle Mariners]] (1994-2000), [[Texas Rangers (baseball team)|Texas Rangers]] (2001-2003) and [[New York Yankees]] (2004-). Some of his accomplishments as a player include being a ten time [[All Star]] player, two time AL MVP (2003, 2005), two time [[Gold Glove]] award winner (2002, 2003)<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=3115</ref> and the youngest player to hit 500 home runs<ref>http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070804&content_id=2129099&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy</ref>. He is also only one of four players in MLB history to have over 40 home runs and stolen bases in a season (1998)<ref>http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=rodrial01</ref>. In 2006, he was one of baseball's highest paid players with a $25,680,727.00 salary<ref>http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=rodrial01</ref>. He entered professional baseball at the age of 18 in 1993 when he was drafted in the first round (first pick overall) of the [[1993 MLB Draft]] by the [[Seattle Mariners]]<ref>http://arod.mlb.com/players/rodriguez_alex/about.jsp</ref>.

<br>
In an interview with [[ESPN|ESPN's]] [[Peter Gammons]] that aired on February 9, 2009, Rodriguez admitted to using performance enhancing drugs (PED) when he played for the Texas Rangers from 2001-2003. Said Rodriguez, "I did take a banned substance. And for that, I am very sorry and deeply regretful."<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3894847</ref>

Although numerous PED revelations have come before Rodriguez's, it was a very damaging incident to the MLB because Rodriguez was viewed to be the savior of the league in that he was projected to cleanly break the all-time home-run record of [[Barry Bonds]]', a suspected steroid user currently on trial for perjury.<ref>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/michael_mccann/02/18/bonds.trial/?eref=sircrc</ref>

A controversy regarding the PED revelation is the conduct of both the players' union and the federal agents who seized the test samples. The sample that tested positive for PED was part of an anonymous testing in 2003 which took place to decide, based on the percentage of players taking PEDs, whether random testing should be implemented in the future. However, the test results were not destroyed as agreed upon by the MLB and the player's union and were later confiscated by federal agents. Furthermore, out of the 104 names that tested positive, only Rodriguez's name has been leaked.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/sports/baseball/09union.html?ref=sports</ref>

==References==
<references/>

==External Links==
*[http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_stats_player.jsp?c_id=mlb&playerID=121347 MLB Stats]
*[http://arod.mlb.com/players/rodriguez_alex/index.jsp Official Website]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Alex}}

[[Category:Baseball Players]]

Alex Rodriguez

2009-02-19T00:09:12Z

FAckles: more to the PED saga

'''Alexander Enmanuel Rodriguez''' (born July 27, 1975 in [[New York City]]) is a [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) third baseman for the New York Yankees. Known to fans as A-Rod, Rodriguez is widely considered as one of the best players in baseball history. Teams he has played on in his career are the [[Seattle Mariners]] (1994-2000), [[Texas Rangers (baseball team)|Texas Rangers]] (2001-2003) and [[New York Yankees]] (2004-). Some of his accomplishments as a player include being a ten time [[All Star]] player, two time AL MVP (2003, 2005), two time [[Gold Glove]] award winner (2002, 2003)<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=3115</ref> and the youngest player to hit 500 home runs<ref>http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070804&content_id=2129099&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy</ref>. He is also only one of four players in MLB history to have over 40 home runs and stolen bases in a season (1998)<ref>http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=rodrial01</ref>. In 2006, he was one of baseball's highest paid players with a $25,680,727.00 salary<ref>http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=rodrial01</ref>. He entered professional baseball at the age of 18 in 1993 when he was drafted in the first round (first pick overall) of the [[1993 MLB Draft]] by the [[Seattle Mariners]]<ref>http://arod.mlb.com/players/rodriguez_alex/about.jsp</ref>.

In an interview with [[ESPN|ESPN's]] [[Peter Gammons]] that aired on February 9, 2009, Rodriguez admitted to using performance enhancing drugs (PED) when he played for the Texas Rangers from 2001-2003. Said Rodriguez, "I did take a banned substance. And for that, I am very sorry and deeply regretful."<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3894847</ref>

Although numerous PED revelations have come before Rodriguez's, it was a very damaging incident to the MLB because Rodriguez was viewed to be the savior of the league in that he was projected to cleanly break the all-time home-run record of [[Barry Bonds]]', a suspected steroid user currently on trial for perjury.<ref>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/michael_mccann/02/18/bonds.trial/?eref=sircrc</ref>

A controversy regarding the PED revelation is the conduct of both the players' union and the federal agents who seized the test samples. The sample that tested positive for PED was part of an anonymous testing in 2003 which took place to decide, based on the percentage of players taking PEDs, whether random testing should be implemented in the future. However, the test results were not destroyed as agreed upon by the MLB and the player's union and were later confiscated by federal agents. Furthermore, out of the 104 names that tested positive, only Rodriguez's name has been leaked.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/sports/baseball/09union.html?ref=sports</ref>

==References==
<references/>

==External Links==
*[http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_stats_player.jsp?c_id=mlb&playerID=121347 MLB Stats]
*[http://arod.mlb.com/players/rodriguez_alex/index.jsp Official Website]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Alex}}

[[Category:Baseball Players]]

User:FAckles

2009-02-18T23:51:39Z

FAckles: about

First impressions:
* Interesting site with some very interesting people
* Could be much improved in terms of bias - though what wiki wouldn't be?

Focus:
* Sports!
* Eliminate dishonest bias while recognizing and preserving the Conservative viewpoint of this encyclopedia