Please note: I like to keep all messages related to a discussion in the same place. So if I started a talk on your page, post your replies there... I'll make sure to watch the page for updates! Likewise, if you started a discussion here, I will post my replies here instead of on your page. Thanks!
You're supposed to post a proposal to both page's discussion pages and then wait a decent amount of time, like a day, rather than a few minutes. And merging a large article into a smaller one is ... bad. This isn't quite bad enough to just undo it all on you, but you've messed a bunch of stuff up here. Georgewilliamherbert 06:46, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
You're a bitch foofy. Stu 12:05, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
Very good edits on Steven Curtis Chapman Page. Stu 12:05, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
The source link provided on Image:Ballmer gates.jpg cannot be changed to the Flickr page because the source I got it from (a blog), links directly to the image URL instead of the Flickr page, Sorry. You might want to contact the original uploader and see what they can do. — Wackymacs 07:06, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
I have built a script to speed up voting on AFDs and am looking for feedback. Please have a go! jnothman talk 06:46, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
No problem at all, and no personal offense meant or taken. Best wishes! Durova 19:28, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
Yo. Not sure what you did with your recent edits to Tutankhamun, but I think your browser accidentally broke some of the foreign language links. It looks like it was unintentional, as it only hit the links which use non-standard ascii characters. I'm guessing your browser didn't like the characters as written and converted 'em into something it could understand. Figured you'd wanna know. → Ξxtreme Unction { yakł blah} 19:49, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
Eh, don't worry about it. Not like I'm gonna flip out or anything. Just a personal preference, not a hard, iron-clad rule that MUST BE FOLLOWED or anything. Just stating what I'd like to see, if the other person is amenable to such. If not, no biggie. I'm pretty laid back. I mean, seriously, if the worst thing that happens to me in a day is that someone leaves me a comment on my page in response to a comment I left on their page, welp, I figure I'm doing pretty good. =) → Ξxtreme Unction { yakł blah} 00:25, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
Hello Foofy. I think you still need to place a link to the Lahore Marathon problem page on the Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2005 November 20 page. I don't see one there. It may be a multi-step process, like listing an AfD. Regards, David Hoag 06:02, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
The important thing here is "source." Microsoft's inaccurate copyright claims are invalid because we know the true origin of the Declaration of Independence--which allows us to determine copyright. If we don't know the source of the Lahore Marathon article, well, you get the point. We have to assume press releases are copyrighted unless the source indicates otherwise.
Besides, because Microsoft and others do it doesn't necessarily make it right. To be fair, the blanket copyright labels in Encarta are probably the result of technicalities, not evilness. And in the version I have, there are no copyright labels on the few PD materials I looked for.
BTW, I'm going to drop the indentation because it's tedious and unnecessary (we're all talking about the same thing after all)! Foofy 22:27, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
In my view galleries on Summer Palace and similar fall under Wikipedia is NOT an image gallery which is a commonly used basis on which articles are deleted. That's because the numnber of images is so out of balance with the text that the text is becoming just a token entry to justify the images.
I've actually got plenty of Chinese tourist images, many better than those currently in the article, but I didn't want to start a war by replacing images or deleting them. These, often poor quality snapshots are generally there for vanity reasons, so people don't like it when they get removed. To back the poor quality claim the Summerpalace02.jpg has a white level that is around or below #808080 (that's more than two stops underexposed). That one was correctable, but only with a valid licence, and, whilst it was still in excess of requirements, I was prepared to correct it if I legally could.
Anyway, I think Summerpalace02's seven days is up now - in fact, I think it may have been up when you added the notice, I can't understand why the uploader hasn't fixed it (unless its a photo of a photo or his English understandning is very poor.
-- David Woolley 09:07, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
You missed flagging the use of Summerpalace02.jpg. I've fixed that for Summe Palace -- David Woolley 09:26, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
Just so you know, the category used to be even more POV. There was an edit conflict back in August when it was created, with one person saying that WP:NPOV doesn't apply because it's "true Christianity". Good times, good times. The Literate Engineer 06:49, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
Hmmm. I don't think the Born-again Christian category is NPOV. Born again, as I said on votes for deletion should be based upon the primary religious text, not Existentialist and individual interpretations. It says "self-identified" as well, so it is obvious it isn't implying they actually are Born-again, it is just making their beliefs known, and I don't see a thing wrong with that. As a matter of fact, it fits in with humanities. Best regards. Эрон Кинней 11:14, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
I see you've tagged Image:Chicxulub crater gravity map.gif as copyvio, citing an e-mail from the copyright holder. The link to the e-mail you've provided 404's for me, so I can't read it. I've placed a query on that page asking someone to tell me who is claiming copyright on this widely-reproduced image. I'm not the original contributor, but I know many of the researchers who have worked on Chicxulub and might be able to establish whether the claimant is legitimate or not, and whether the image can be used with permission or under fair use. Please get in touch. Thanks! -- User:Jeffmedkeff | Talk 00:11, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
Dr. Hildebrand is the copyright agent for the image, and has given Wikipedia permission to use it. I've e-mailed you some of his correspondence with me separately. I'm procedurally ignorant about what to do next, however. Can we bring back the image that was deleted and change its erroneous copyright information to indicate it is used with permission, or should I upload the image anew? Is there a way to determine what articles linked to the deleted image? This is new wiki territory for me. Thanks for your help. -- User:Jeffmedkeff | Talk 12:55, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Hey foof. Thanks for catching the copyright violation. I am kind of new to the Copyright Laws, cause they confuse the crap out of me. Reid 19:38, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Are you following up on the license for this image? If not, we may need to delete. -Thanks Nv8200p talk 15:48, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
I finally emptied Wikipedia:Cleanup/December of 2004 listings, so December 2005 can be moved there from Wikipedia:Cleanup now, since it's getting rather large. Last time we were ready to move November out, you did a good job cleaning it up instead. If it's OK to move November, December, and January into archives, feel free to leave a note on my user talk page, and I'll do it. If you'd like to purge again instead (even just moving comments to talk pages and tagging the articles for cleanup), that would be awesome. Thanks, Beland 01:09, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
The following images have been listed at WP:PUI:
Regards, Thuresson 06:51, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
If you enjoyed your first round of purging Wikipedia:Cleanup (which was greatly appreciated) people have once again been complaining that the page is too long, and that fixed items need to be removed. If not, then that's OK; perhaps the squeaky wheel will get greased by someone else. Thanks, Beland 05:22, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
Your multi-tier computing merge went the wrong way... I don't think anyone had noticed which direction the mergeto tags went, and there was a quiet consensus that the parent article should be the Three-tier (computing article on the talk pages. I just flipped the direction of the merge around. Georgewilliamherbert 04:41, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
Well now I'm just confused. To me it seems multi-tier encompasses all the terms: n-tier, three-tier, two-tier, whatever. I was in the middle of editing the article to describe it like this. I'm pretty sure the main article should be multi-tier, or at least n-tier. Also I reverted you too quickly, I hadn't read this message and was getting confused. -- Foofy 04:44, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
Multi-tier logically encompasses all of them, sure. But it's more of an academic term than what's used in practice; people looking for it will expect to find three-tier by far more commonly than multi-tier. The WP standard usually is to make a parent name the more commonly used one, and then redirects for other variants that are included in the same parent article. In some science fields the parent is the most precisely correct science term, but in computing it's usually the "professionally popular" term. Which, in this case, is "Three-tier". Georgewilliamherbert 04:47, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading Image:HP Compaq t5000 thin client.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:
Alternatively, you can also choose to replace the fair use image by finding a freely licensed image of its subject or by taking a picture of it yourself.
If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our fair use criteria. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that any fair use images which are replaceable by free-licensed alternatives will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. -- Sherool (talk) 13:22, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
I've disputed the claims on the image's talk page. No suitable alternative exists and the image is clearly attributed to a press site. The image meets the criteria listed in the Promotional tag and in Wikipedia's Fair Use policy. -- Foofy 00:58, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
FWIW, I'm not a copyright newb (else you wouldn't have even see attribution or mention of a press kit). I searched for free versions before I considered images from press sites. People need to do their own search before tagging images as replaceable. -- Foofy 01:23, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi Foofy,
I've seen your image of a three-tier application and I'd like to use it, but I'd like to modify a few things on the image. Could you please send me a vector-based version of it to keria / at / tarstud /here comes a dot/ hu ? Thanks a lot,
Please note: I like to keep all messages related to a discussion in the same place. So if I started a talk on your page, post your replies there... I'll make sure to watch the page for updates! Likewise, if you started a discussion here, I will post my replies here instead of on your page. Thanks!
You're supposed to post a proposal to both page's discussion pages and then wait a decent amount of time, like a day, rather than a few minutes. And merging a large article into a smaller one is ... bad. This isn't quite bad enough to just undo it all on you, but you've messed a bunch of stuff up here. Georgewilliamherbert 06:46, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
You're a bitch foofy. Stu 12:05, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
Very good edits on Steven Curtis Chapman Page. Stu 12:05, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
The source link provided on Image:Ballmer gates.jpg cannot be changed to the Flickr page because the source I got it from (a blog), links directly to the image URL instead of the Flickr page, Sorry. You might want to contact the original uploader and see what they can do. — Wackymacs 07:06, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
I have built a script to speed up voting on AFDs and am looking for feedback. Please have a go! jnothman talk 06:46, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
No problem at all, and no personal offense meant or taken. Best wishes! Durova 19:28, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
Yo. Not sure what you did with your recent edits to Tutankhamun, but I think your browser accidentally broke some of the foreign language links. It looks like it was unintentional, as it only hit the links which use non-standard ascii characters. I'm guessing your browser didn't like the characters as written and converted 'em into something it could understand. Figured you'd wanna know. → Ξxtreme Unction { yakł blah} 19:49, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
Eh, don't worry about it. Not like I'm gonna flip out or anything. Just a personal preference, not a hard, iron-clad rule that MUST BE FOLLOWED or anything. Just stating what I'd like to see, if the other person is amenable to such. If not, no biggie. I'm pretty laid back. I mean, seriously, if the worst thing that happens to me in a day is that someone leaves me a comment on my page in response to a comment I left on their page, welp, I figure I'm doing pretty good. =) → Ξxtreme Unction { yakł blah} 00:25, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
Hello Foofy. I think you still need to place a link to the Lahore Marathon problem page on the Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2005 November 20 page. I don't see one there. It may be a multi-step process, like listing an AfD. Regards, David Hoag 06:02, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
The important thing here is "source." Microsoft's inaccurate copyright claims are invalid because we know the true origin of the Declaration of Independence--which allows us to determine copyright. If we don't know the source of the Lahore Marathon article, well, you get the point. We have to assume press releases are copyrighted unless the source indicates otherwise.
Besides, because Microsoft and others do it doesn't necessarily make it right. To be fair, the blanket copyright labels in Encarta are probably the result of technicalities, not evilness. And in the version I have, there are no copyright labels on the few PD materials I looked for.
BTW, I'm going to drop the indentation because it's tedious and unnecessary (we're all talking about the same thing after all)! Foofy 22:27, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
In my view galleries on Summer Palace and similar fall under Wikipedia is NOT an image gallery which is a commonly used basis on which articles are deleted. That's because the numnber of images is so out of balance with the text that the text is becoming just a token entry to justify the images.
I've actually got plenty of Chinese tourist images, many better than those currently in the article, but I didn't want to start a war by replacing images or deleting them. These, often poor quality snapshots are generally there for vanity reasons, so people don't like it when they get removed. To back the poor quality claim the Summerpalace02.jpg has a white level that is around or below #808080 (that's more than two stops underexposed). That one was correctable, but only with a valid licence, and, whilst it was still in excess of requirements, I was prepared to correct it if I legally could.
Anyway, I think Summerpalace02's seven days is up now - in fact, I think it may have been up when you added the notice, I can't understand why the uploader hasn't fixed it (unless its a photo of a photo or his English understandning is very poor.
-- David Woolley 09:07, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
You missed flagging the use of Summerpalace02.jpg. I've fixed that for Summe Palace -- David Woolley 09:26, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
Just so you know, the category used to be even more POV. There was an edit conflict back in August when it was created, with one person saying that WP:NPOV doesn't apply because it's "true Christianity". Good times, good times. The Literate Engineer 06:49, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
Hmmm. I don't think the Born-again Christian category is NPOV. Born again, as I said on votes for deletion should be based upon the primary religious text, not Existentialist and individual interpretations. It says "self-identified" as well, so it is obvious it isn't implying they actually are Born-again, it is just making their beliefs known, and I don't see a thing wrong with that. As a matter of fact, it fits in with humanities. Best regards. Эрон Кинней 11:14, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
I see you've tagged Image:Chicxulub crater gravity map.gif as copyvio, citing an e-mail from the copyright holder. The link to the e-mail you've provided 404's for me, so I can't read it. I've placed a query on that page asking someone to tell me who is claiming copyright on this widely-reproduced image. I'm not the original contributor, but I know many of the researchers who have worked on Chicxulub and might be able to establish whether the claimant is legitimate or not, and whether the image can be used with permission or under fair use. Please get in touch. Thanks! -- User:Jeffmedkeff | Talk 00:11, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
Dr. Hildebrand is the copyright agent for the image, and has given Wikipedia permission to use it. I've e-mailed you some of his correspondence with me separately. I'm procedurally ignorant about what to do next, however. Can we bring back the image that was deleted and change its erroneous copyright information to indicate it is used with permission, or should I upload the image anew? Is there a way to determine what articles linked to the deleted image? This is new wiki territory for me. Thanks for your help. -- User:Jeffmedkeff | Talk 12:55, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Hey foof. Thanks for catching the copyright violation. I am kind of new to the Copyright Laws, cause they confuse the crap out of me. Reid 19:38, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Are you following up on the license for this image? If not, we may need to delete. -Thanks Nv8200p talk 15:48, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
I finally emptied Wikipedia:Cleanup/December of 2004 listings, so December 2005 can be moved there from Wikipedia:Cleanup now, since it's getting rather large. Last time we were ready to move November out, you did a good job cleaning it up instead. If it's OK to move November, December, and January into archives, feel free to leave a note on my user talk page, and I'll do it. If you'd like to purge again instead (even just moving comments to talk pages and tagging the articles for cleanup), that would be awesome. Thanks, Beland 01:09, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
The following images have been listed at WP:PUI:
Regards, Thuresson 06:51, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
If you enjoyed your first round of purging Wikipedia:Cleanup (which was greatly appreciated) people have once again been complaining that the page is too long, and that fixed items need to be removed. If not, then that's OK; perhaps the squeaky wheel will get greased by someone else. Thanks, Beland 05:22, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
Your multi-tier computing merge went the wrong way... I don't think anyone had noticed which direction the mergeto tags went, and there was a quiet consensus that the parent article should be the Three-tier (computing article on the talk pages. I just flipped the direction of the merge around. Georgewilliamherbert 04:41, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
Well now I'm just confused. To me it seems multi-tier encompasses all the terms: n-tier, three-tier, two-tier, whatever. I was in the middle of editing the article to describe it like this. I'm pretty sure the main article should be multi-tier, or at least n-tier. Also I reverted you too quickly, I hadn't read this message and was getting confused. -- Foofy 04:44, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
Multi-tier logically encompasses all of them, sure. But it's more of an academic term than what's used in practice; people looking for it will expect to find three-tier by far more commonly than multi-tier. The WP standard usually is to make a parent name the more commonly used one, and then redirects for other variants that are included in the same parent article. In some science fields the parent is the most precisely correct science term, but in computing it's usually the "professionally popular" term. Which, in this case, is "Three-tier". Georgewilliamherbert 04:47, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading Image:HP Compaq t5000 thin client.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:
Alternatively, you can also choose to replace the fair use image by finding a freely licensed image of its subject or by taking a picture of it yourself.
If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our fair use criteria. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that any fair use images which are replaceable by free-licensed alternatives will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. -- Sherool (talk) 13:22, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
I've disputed the claims on the image's talk page. No suitable alternative exists and the image is clearly attributed to a press site. The image meets the criteria listed in the Promotional tag and in Wikipedia's Fair Use policy. -- Foofy 00:58, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
FWIW, I'm not a copyright newb (else you wouldn't have even see attribution or mention of a press kit). I searched for free versions before I considered images from press sites. People need to do their own search before tagging images as replaceable. -- Foofy 01:23, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi Foofy,
I've seen your image of a three-tier application and I'd like to use it, but I'd like to modify a few things on the image. Could you please send me a vector-based version of it to keria / at / tarstud /here comes a dot/ hu ? Thanks a lot,