Hi; will email later. Just a quick note re a new post of mine at Talk:Pacific Northwest, trying to summarize; thought you might find it interesting, or would have something to add. Skookum1 23:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
no, no, you're deletion was totally valid. You explicitly asked users not to divert from the topic at hand and not to comment on other editors. I didn't read your instructions, so I didn't notice. I get along quite well with Skookum, but I've seen him tear strips off enough people that I thought I'd show some sympathy for the other guy, and encourage skookum to be a little more civil in the future. Still, it wasn't necessary, and may have had the opposite effect that I intended. thanks for moderating. -- TheMightyQuill 01:52, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Actually, guys, I did track down your [deleted] debate after following clues; thing is people take me as insulting when I'm not trying to be; yeah, it's choice of language and tone, and there are things that do piss me off and I find insulting in various lines of argument/topic, and I'm not about to mince words in some cases (nor, as someone has commented about me in real life, do I "suffer fools gladly"). Even in regular conversation people think I'm lecturing or being arrogant when all I'm doing is answering a question (thoroughly); mind you it doesn't help that I'm 6'5" 250 lbs and people already have their backs up on meeting me (I look like a should be a logger/hockey player type, and I'm the exact opposite). So I'm not a big scary sasquatch, even though I get taken that way; I'm a big friendly-fuzzy sasquatch - with a sharp tongue. Old habits from UseNet die hard, too - which is where the never giving in/backing down comes from. I've actually mellowed with age ;-= Skookum1 02:47, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
You're a brave man, that's all I can say. Cascadia has been lovingly worked over by Cascadia independence types for a while now; expect a reversion, and we'll see who weighs on on the Talk Page ;-) Skookum1 02:41, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar | ||
For bravery, boldness, civility, competence and superior mediation skills used while editing Pacific Northwest, Cascadia and related topics. Katr67 02:40, 13 November 2006 (UTC) |
thanks - that's ok - I overlooked the word "service".
-Alex (19:16, 30 December 2006 (UTC))
Wie geht's? Just curious, and I'm sure User:Qyd, who's in the BC WikiProject (and I think the Alberta one too as IIRC he's in Edmonton), would be very interested, as to what source it is you're getting the satellite views from. But one thing - they're very dark, even though I know I habitually have my screen turned up. I can fix that with PaintShop here, but I'm also wondering where the source is again....I think you told me once but I've been over a thousand other topics since. Just lately been working up the mountain-range hierarchy/lists for BC, which is very complex and needs lots of maps; there's the kind I built for items like Clear Range, Camelsfoot Range, Chilcotin Ranges, Cariboo Mountains, Cariboo Plateau etc, but I like the idea of the satellite basemap better; especially for e.g. Thompson Plateau or Nechako Plateau, where you can really see the landscape, instead of the coloured topo-relief. See, I think, Georgia Basin, for map I built off an altered EnviroCanada radar display (fair game, EnviroCan told me, not crown copyright). Oh by the way if it wasn't you I told, I have the entire province covered in grayscale ArcView "hillshade" topo, downloaded from a government site but I asked them and it's released as public domain to see what people do with it. Not the same as GEMS, which can also be used to build maps; based on GEMS/TRIM/STRIM topo data but meant to display as a relief. Ask me for a sample and I'll post one here....name a place (in BC). Wiederschauen und dank'! . Skookum1 09:29, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
PS been planning an article on the Coast Mountains Icecaps, not sure what to call it; they're the largest temperate-latitude icefields in the world (so far ;-0 ). Your sat-maps would be great illustrations; I've been trying to purge BC basemap-generated outlines of them so that they're 'mine' and so can be PD-self, but it's a lot of work and I'm not an artist....in a couple of cases, especially the Boundary Ranges, the satellite map seems preferable.... Skookum1 09:33, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
I watchlisted your Pacific Northwest sandbox; you might want to watchlist mine - My BC and Pacific NW History Forum/Resource area, although I haven't done much to it for a while; same idea, resources and discussions..... Skookum1 21:38, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi; will email later. Just a quick note re a new post of mine at Talk:Pacific Northwest, trying to summarize; thought you might find it interesting, or would have something to add. Skookum1 23:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
no, no, you're deletion was totally valid. You explicitly asked users not to divert from the topic at hand and not to comment on other editors. I didn't read your instructions, so I didn't notice. I get along quite well with Skookum, but I've seen him tear strips off enough people that I thought I'd show some sympathy for the other guy, and encourage skookum to be a little more civil in the future. Still, it wasn't necessary, and may have had the opposite effect that I intended. thanks for moderating. -- TheMightyQuill 01:52, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Actually, guys, I did track down your [deleted] debate after following clues; thing is people take me as insulting when I'm not trying to be; yeah, it's choice of language and tone, and there are things that do piss me off and I find insulting in various lines of argument/topic, and I'm not about to mince words in some cases (nor, as someone has commented about me in real life, do I "suffer fools gladly"). Even in regular conversation people think I'm lecturing or being arrogant when all I'm doing is answering a question (thoroughly); mind you it doesn't help that I'm 6'5" 250 lbs and people already have their backs up on meeting me (I look like a should be a logger/hockey player type, and I'm the exact opposite). So I'm not a big scary sasquatch, even though I get taken that way; I'm a big friendly-fuzzy sasquatch - with a sharp tongue. Old habits from UseNet die hard, too - which is where the never giving in/backing down comes from. I've actually mellowed with age ;-= Skookum1 02:47, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
You're a brave man, that's all I can say. Cascadia has been lovingly worked over by Cascadia independence types for a while now; expect a reversion, and we'll see who weighs on on the Talk Page ;-) Skookum1 02:41, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar | ||
For bravery, boldness, civility, competence and superior mediation skills used while editing Pacific Northwest, Cascadia and related topics. Katr67 02:40, 13 November 2006 (UTC) |
thanks - that's ok - I overlooked the word "service".
-Alex (19:16, 30 December 2006 (UTC))
Wie geht's? Just curious, and I'm sure User:Qyd, who's in the BC WikiProject (and I think the Alberta one too as IIRC he's in Edmonton), would be very interested, as to what source it is you're getting the satellite views from. But one thing - they're very dark, even though I know I habitually have my screen turned up. I can fix that with PaintShop here, but I'm also wondering where the source is again....I think you told me once but I've been over a thousand other topics since. Just lately been working up the mountain-range hierarchy/lists for BC, which is very complex and needs lots of maps; there's the kind I built for items like Clear Range, Camelsfoot Range, Chilcotin Ranges, Cariboo Mountains, Cariboo Plateau etc, but I like the idea of the satellite basemap better; especially for e.g. Thompson Plateau or Nechako Plateau, where you can really see the landscape, instead of the coloured topo-relief. See, I think, Georgia Basin, for map I built off an altered EnviroCanada radar display (fair game, EnviroCan told me, not crown copyright). Oh by the way if it wasn't you I told, I have the entire province covered in grayscale ArcView "hillshade" topo, downloaded from a government site but I asked them and it's released as public domain to see what people do with it. Not the same as GEMS, which can also be used to build maps; based on GEMS/TRIM/STRIM topo data but meant to display as a relief. Ask me for a sample and I'll post one here....name a place (in BC). Wiederschauen und dank'! . Skookum1 09:29, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
PS been planning an article on the Coast Mountains Icecaps, not sure what to call it; they're the largest temperate-latitude icefields in the world (so far ;-0 ). Your sat-maps would be great illustrations; I've been trying to purge BC basemap-generated outlines of them so that they're 'mine' and so can be PD-self, but it's a lot of work and I'm not an artist....in a couple of cases, especially the Boundary Ranges, the satellite map seems preferable.... Skookum1 09:33, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
I watchlisted your Pacific Northwest sandbox; you might want to watchlist mine - My BC and Pacific NW History Forum/Resource area, although I haven't done much to it for a while; same idea, resources and discussions..... Skookum1 21:38, 5 January 2007 (UTC)