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I've reviewed the Song Dynasty article. If you have any questions please ping on my talkpage Buggie111 ( talk) 19:14, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for your review of AV-8B. For your first point, by all means do whatever you can to improve the pic -- I'm no good with images. As for the other two, I see no problems with them -- the second pic does have an English caption, while the third pic seems to have Template:Information. Sp33dyphil © • © 05:44, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
You may now put yourself on the logs subpage. There's instructions on the page. I simplified it alot. ~~
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Thanks for uploading File:NY Islanders.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude ( talk) 04:13, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Could you avoid calling me "hostile" by implication? Tony (talk) 12:19, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
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I feel I've reached the end of the 'easy' to resolve ones, and would appreciate a group of experienced contributors trying to clear (or FFD the unrecoverable ones). Sfan00 IMG ( talk) 22:41, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
What browser? Since my browser formats it properly. ~~
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My feeling on the dispatch are mixed. It's a nice idea and everything, but a drawn-out fight over the publishing of my article and Sandy's opposition of pretty much anything and everything I do got tiring. Not sure if my note has anything to do with you wanted to reactivate the page; I would guess so. Dispatches is an interesting section and certainly one old-timers look out for. Fortunately or unfortunately Sandy wants it to run like an FAC - nominations page and fuss about details, etc. etc. I haven't really been active on the wiki lately, but I think a good place to "start" is the Other Wikis idea—namely, Featured articles on other languages. It's a solid idea. As for myself, I don't have the time or energy to deal with these things anymore. Res Mar 23:57, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
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The following Category:Files_with_short_filenames contains some images with short filenames, whats in the category is images for which I've not due to a lack of information been able to suggest names for. Perhaps you will have better luck? Sfan00 IMG ( talk) 23:53, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
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Your hidden note at AN. Thanks for that, should have done it myself. WormTT · ( talk) 10:33, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your support and all but they've won, I'm not coming back on here anymore I can't deal with this anymore I'm sitting here crying my eyes out cause I'm so stressed out by all this and I got a LOT on my plate with my baby brother going into surgery and he has problems pulling out of sedation. I don't need this on top of it so I give up and I'm just gonna stay off Wikipedia from now on. JamesAlan1986 * talk 13:08, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi it's James I got the enforcer on and I'm wondering if someone will blank all the conversations on my talk page and remove all of them. I archived it already but I didn't realize I couldn't delete the stuff without being signed in. Thanks. 74.83.199.78 ( talk) 13:37, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
... on my talk page. Eric Cable | Talk 14:16, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
To write: Patricia Buckley Ebrey, The Search for Modern China
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Many thanks for the helpful information on image management on the article I nominated for FA. Marj ( talk) 04:48, 21 October 2011 (UTC) |
Hi Sven. I've configured a program to update the above list daily. Thought you might be interested :) Regards, FASTILY (TALK) 21:40, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
I called your removal of the "purpose" field from the {{ Non-free use rationale}} for File:Obaidullah photo.PDF "intemperate". I chose not to say, in wikipedia space, that your application of the term "rant" to my good faith attempt to draft a policy compliant rationale struck me as particularly troubling.
First, you are of course free to disagree with me, but I suggest calling a good faith contributor's efforts to explain their reasoning a "rant" does not comply with our civility policies.
Second, as I suggested in wikipedia space, others who want to discuss the image are entitled to read my efforts to draft a policy compliant rationale for themselves. They are entitled to reach their own conclusions on whether the arguments were convincing. Your removal of this key field from the rationale could give the unfortunate appearance that the rationale had been drafted in bad faith.
Could you please refrain from using terms like "rant" in future, unless you truly think you could defend your use of the term as appropriate, if challenged by an administrator?
Could you please explain why you disagree with arguments, in future, rather than excising explanations you disagree with, as if they never existed? Geo Swan ( talk) 17:04, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi, supposedly you fixed something in the description of the map for Plateosaurus (see [1]) - but I can't find any edit you made. Link, please? I'd really like to know what was wrong! and many thanks for doing the check! :) HMallison ( talk) 10:11, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
Curious; could you please link me to the discussion of taking this out of mothballs? It was "my baby", and was killed off by Tony1 and ResMar; I'm curious to see who wants to reinstate it and why, what leadership it will have, and whether editor control of The Signpost has improved since I reluctantly gave up on my pride and joy, the Dispatches. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 13:58, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
More history, since you appear to be serious. I have been through some personal upheaval, and am finally resettled after three long years. I kept up almost all of my Wikipedia workload throughout considerable difficulty, but my main priority had to be FAC, which meant I had to give up on some other areas of editing in order to keep my head above water. That has subsided now. But I will always remember editors who claimed to be "friends", knew what was going on in my life, and thought it was OK to regularly trash me whenever they had a bad day, then pretend a few days later like nothing had happened and carry on as usual. Killing off my pride and joy on Wikipedia, when it was a very good product, isn't something I'll forget. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 14:27, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
Mhm. Right. Have fun dealing with this stinkhole, Sven. Res Mar 23:59, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
I certainly understand. It's not worth getting into shouting matches and disagreements over something so trivial. Take care, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs( talk) 12:42, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
That's why I tried to help out by closing the discussion. JamesAlan1986 12:53, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
Anytime and okay. Pretty much my stand is this ignore it. That's what I'm doing now. It's really not worth it. This is just the internet not real life. So pretty much it's really nothing. JamesAlan1986 12:58, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, I'd like to know whether you were emailed a request to come in and participate in this move to push me out of my position as writer of "Featured content". Tony (talk) 02:05, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
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Maybe this is resolved, maybe it isn't. At this point though, there's nothing more that I can/will do that I haven't already tried. Time will tell.
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I'm fully aware of the timeline. The article was started at 18:41, 29 October 2011. You went "on strike" at 01:28, 31 October 2011. The article was marked as "done", you having done no editing of it while it was under construction, despite being active elsewhere during this time, at 02:46, 31 October 2011, after you went on strike. At any time after WikiPuppies started, you could have stepped in, added your name to the list of authors, and done work on the article. You're used to collaborating, Dabomb is listed as a co-author in many Featured Content articles, however you chose not to co-author with WikiPuppies, instead making an accusation of a conspiracy that you were excluded, two days after writing started. If you're so desperate for a behind the scenes look into the vast conspiracy, let me enlighten you: When the public call came out for people to step forward and work on the signpost, I decided that I wanted in. I first thought about doing the Dispatches section, but ResMar and Sandy had a fight on my page which made me realize that I couldn't do Dispatches alone, and I couldn't involve other people without reviving a fight that was never settled when it went on hiatus. Therefore, I instead decided to revive the discussion report. As I was writing out a blueprint on paper, I was in the IRC (which I'm often in) when I saw SMasters come into #wikipedia-en (which he's rarely in). I approached him, in private chat, explaining that you and I had history, and that I'd prefer having someone else copyedit pieces that I wrote. He suggested I take my pieces to the GOCE. That's it. I, knowing that every time we interact, we fight, approached one person, asking for a way out of having to interact with you. Meanwhile, you started editing the piece that I wrote before I had a chance to compose an appeal that we avoid each other. I reverted the change, hoping that I could bide time (I couldn't craft the response then because I was heading off to class), but you reverted it back. That sparked me posting a poorly worded premature Signpost message at the talk page. I know that you spin every word I say looking for some hidden meaning, so I really should have just spent the time to compose a better message, but by that point I already felt that momentum was going to overtake my opportunity to make that comment. Unfortunately I was called away from posting my response to your very first comment in that thread, which would have cleared things up. Everything else that you see as being some sort of conspiracy... isn't one, so you can leave poor WikiPuppies out of this. Now you know that I really don't want you copyediting my pages, and I'm personally fine if you never return to the Signpost, but we both know a) that your strike is not going to accomplish anything, and b) the only thing being hurt by the strike is the Signpost itself. The Signpost could really use a good copyeditor, and you are a good copyeditor, so I'm asking you to believe me that there is no goddamned conspiracy, and end this strike. That's all I'm going to say on this matter. As soon as you read this, I'm archiving the whole thread, because we both know that we simply cannot keep on fighting like this, it's just causing too many problems. Sven Manguard Wha? 09:23, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
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Hey Sven Manguard/2011 Q4! I'm just dropping you a message because you've commented on (or expressed an interest in) the Article Feedback Tool in the past. If you don't have any interest in it any more, ignore the rest of this message :).
If you do still have an interest or an opinion, good or bad, we're holding an office hours session tomorrow at 19:00 GMT/UTC in #wikimedia-office to discuss completely changing the system. In attendance will be myself, Howie Fung and Fabrice Florin. All perspectives, opinions and comments are welcome :).
I appreciate that not everyone can make it to that session - it's in work hours for most of North and South America, for example - so if you're interested in having another session at a more America-friendly time of day, leave me a message on my talkpage. I hope to see you there :). Regards, Okeyes (WMF) ( talk) 14:33, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
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Ravi My Tea Kadai 13:25, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
Sven, I'm taken aback and somewhat insulted by your comments on my BAG nomination. The BRFA that you reference clearly doesn't have consensus, and I'm fully aware of that, but I don't think it's fair to label it as a ridiculous idea. Several knowledgeable editors supported the idea, and the BRFA was approved for a trial. This doesn't happen for "ridiculous" BRFA's. I doubt I can convince you to change your mind about the BAG nomination, but I am genuinely confused and disheartened by your comments. I have no problem with your opposition to the BRFA, but I feel like your opposition to the BRFA is inappropriately spilling over into the BAG nomination. My personal opinion is that the reasons you provided at the BAG nomination are not an adequate justification for opposing it; and I hope you'll reconsider your vote. —SW— speak 16:29, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
Your statement was great! Kiefer. Wolfowitz 02:56, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
Something I wrote a looooong time ago: User:Resident Mario/Essays.
Maybe you could use it in the Opinion desk. Maybe not. Anyway, cheers, Res Mar 03:19, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi! Just a notice here to inform you about a deletion notice on Commons. Thank you for the tip. -- MGA73 ( talk) 17:08, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
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I'm not sure which is the "other discussion", but I did see one discussion that appeared to me as no different than the discussion that made you go off when it happened here, so ... yep, trout x 2. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 15:56, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
No, I don't think it's bad to expect some control over your own talk page, although mine is different and that's fine with me-- I just didn't know what had made you so upset, since the discussion itself was no worse than the one you had with Tony1. For me, dealing with random senseless awful things that people say on my talk page, and the brawls that erupt there, goes with the territory: I'm de-sensitized. I only insist posts be removed if they are personal attacks. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 03:04, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
Sarcasm is allowed, although I've never partaken in such vile activities myself :D. What's not allowed here is what's starting to go down right now. Let me make "The Policy" very clear:
If you gots yourself a beef wit' me, this be the place to take it up. I'll take it and I'll dish it wit' you, if that what you want. If you gots yourself a beef wit' some'ne other that wit' me, take it outside, I don't wanna hear it, and this ain't the place for it. You understand?
— "The Policy"
Now pretend that I'm saying that, with those intonations, as a heavyweight boxer turned crabby old mentor, like you see in the movies, and you'll get the idea. Cheers. Sven Manguard Wha? 04:42, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
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Hello Sven, I have been going through company articles, and I have noticed that there are a large number of images tagged with {{
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WP:VPR?) Thanks,
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Kudos for this much-needed reminder to all editors. Deor ( talk) 17:52, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
Hey Sven. Brandon Harris, Howie Fung, Fabrice Florin and I will be holding a second Office Hours session on IRC in #wikimedia-office on Thursday, 3 November at 24:00 UTC. This unusually late time is aimed at permitting East Coast editors, who would normally be at work, to attend. We will be discussing the new Article Feedback Tool designs; if you have any questions about it, feel free to leave me a message on my talkpage. I hope to see you there; thank you for your participation in the discussion so far :) They're being taken into account. Okeyes (WMF) ( talk) 19:24, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi Sven. I just stopped by to thank you for your work on the Signpost. You already do a lot for the project, so taking on a big task like reviving the Discussion report is very generous of you. I really appreciate your efforts and I'm certain others do as well. Thanks very much. - Hydroxonium ( T• C• V) 09:14, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
Turns out the head writer at ReadWriteWeb thought your essay was very interesting. Nice work Sven. Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 18:21, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
An arbitration case in which you commented has been opened, and is located at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Betacommand 3. Evidence that you wish the Arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence sub-page, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Betacommand 3/Evidence. Please add your evidence by August 1, 2011, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can contribute to the case workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Betacommand 3/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Alexandr Dmitri ( talk) 00:38, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
I do not view user rights as trophies, I view them as tools, which they are. They, in fact, are very powerful tools, and I just believe that I am ready for the responsibility. I've been on Wikipedia for almost two years now (1 year 10 1/2 months) and I've been using Twinkle and STiki to help me branch out to other areas of the encyclopedia. If you feel that I view these tools as "trophies," then you are mistaken. Forgive me if I'm being too stern, but I've been denied Rollback thrice now, and I'm very exasperated in real life. Sorry, but people accusing me of viewing user rights as trophies are wrong. Warm regards, Beluga boy cup of tea? 14:33, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I've fixed the images and deleted the "In popular culture" section - if you have time could you vist and see whether you could support the FA nomination? Thanks Marj ( talk) 19:45, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
Could you amend your close of the voting requirements section to say something about blocked editors? I realize neither of the proposals that dealt with the issue received much input, but even if you decide neither of them have sufficient consensus to be adopted, could you identify what the no-consensus status quo is? Monty 845 14:47, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
I just read it, put a little link about it on top of my user page, and speedied, sourced, and proded an article because of it. Thanks. Jesanj ( talk) 00:09, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
Monty 845 14:18, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
I know you were just trying to cheer up an editor whose RfA was unsuccessful, but in the future I'd appreciate it if you would refrain from characterizing anyone who disagrees with you as ugly, petty, underinformed, and judgmental. Or at least do it off-wiki if you must. Talking about fellow editors in this way is not helpful. —SW— yak 14:20, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
SM, relax. Nobody has demanded that you change anything. I read SW's post here as "hey, that was a bit borderline; it wasn't a specific attack but it's best to avoid that type of thing" - and your reply as "YES, but it's justified 'coz HE said THIS and SHE said THIS" - thus, making it personal. This is the kind of escalation that causes all kinds of drama. I don't see this thread as "badgering", and I suggest you accept it as advice - take it or leave it - and we can all move onwards and upwards. Same goes for my own advice right here (which, now, is to just close this thread) -I hope SW will be happy enough to just move along too. Chzz ► 00:27, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
OK,
Sven, while I disagree with some of the things you've been doing lately, I just wanted to let you know that I'm not angry with you, nor do I plan on holding a grudge because of our recent interactions. I wasn't personally insulted by your comments on Secret's talk page, I just found them uncivil and didn't want other editors to be insulted by them. And I wasn't particularly bothered by your opposition to my BAG nomination, I just disagreed with your rationale. So, if I annoyed you by extending the above conversation for too long, then I apologize. We occasionally work together in some of the same areas, so let's put it behind us and get on with more useful things. —SW— gab 15:40, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
Hey, you made a good point on that proposal, so I wanted to follow up and give you some more details, see what you think, et cetera. The basic gist is that the reason we proposed that separate task of archiving pages with block notices only is because people objected to the automated archiving of a page if it has a block notice on it. I don't know how you feel about the archiving proposal in general, but that was the purpose of specifically separating out the archiving of such shared IP talk pages. Thanks for your input, Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 20:13, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
Sven Manguard, I wanted to explain why I was here on your talk, and jumped in to the discussions above - it's because I followed that RfA, although I didn't !vote there - and when looking at the eventual outcome, and the candidates page/talk, I was linked over here. I believe I am about as close to impartial as it is possible to be, on the issue - I do have some opinions about the whole débacle, but they're pretty much in the middle. And the second thread (Walling, above) was something I just saw as a result of the first, so I commented.
I know I don't need to justify why I'm pouncing in on your talk, but I wanted to :-) And I'm always reasonably happy to be told when to just butt out - I don't take offence easily :-)
All the best, Chzz ► 19:15, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
Drafting arbitrator User:Kirill Lokshin has posted some questions to the parties. As you are either an involved party or have presented evidence in this case, your input is sollicited. For the Arbitration Committee -- Alexandr Dmitri ( talk) 13:49, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
I seem to have goofed up. You were right to be cautious to close the section on the threshold. I've made a correction to the RFC closure and posted about it on WP:VP and WP:AN. Could you also make a correction, and make a notation about it, on your signpost article? Very sorry.--v/r - T P 14:31, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Please could you review the images/captions etc at Jonathan Agnew for me? I'd be most grateful. If it helps, while in you're in the land of personal freedom, perhaps you'd prefer to email fixes needed to me, so you just need to look at the page and don't need to edit it. -- Dweller ( talk) 23:51, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
While there might be better ways, something that might help is disabling images and JavaScript in your browser when you go on Wikipedia. Some things wouldn't work—search suggestions, the editing toolbar, the Wikipedia logo, etc., but it should reduce the loading time somewhat. wctaiwan ( talk) 14:45, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi, you've just marked the file File:1298693685bfef991d9a4fcaec3c86d4ef34b7f4cb.jpg for deletion. If you have file mover rights can you please rename it to Cristina Rosato.jpg? It got uploaded by mistake with its default name. Thanks. ASHU IND 10:05, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
For your voter guide work. Interesting and informative reading.
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I saw your request for English captions for the images used in the article. This has now been done. While you are there, would you care to comment about the quality of the article, any aspect at all? Cheers, -- Ohconfucius ¡digame! 02:31, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi there! I was wondering if you could perform a quick image review for Hurricane Gert (1993) over at FAC, if you have time to spare. There aren't a lot of images in the article (5) and most are works from the U.S. federal government, so there shouldn't be too many problems. Much appreciated Auree ★ 22:34, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
You wrote: Hi there. In December of 2008 you added to the article Architecture of the Song Dynasty the source "Li Jie/ Liang Sicheng p46". NickDupree and I are trying to get that article relisted for GA, but we can't find that book. If you could give us the title and ISBN of the source you used, we would be able to get everything in Harvard citations, which is the gold standard on Wikipedia. We also have to get rid of the 'ibid' citations, and replace them with full detail citations, so having someone around who wrote the article and knows it better than we do would be ideal.
The full list of four things needed to get the article to GA status is at Talk:Architecture of the Song Dynasty if you're interested. It includes two citation needed tags and a section that needs work, as well as the citation rework and a copyedit.
Please contact me, even if you can't help, if only so I know how best to proceed. Sven Manguard Wha? 05:53, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
P.S. When this regains GA, the Song Dynasty regains Featured Topic status.
The Li Jie/Liang Sicheng p46 I refered to is
梁思成 营造法式注释 , 梁思成全集 第七卷 中国建筑出版社 ISBN 7-112-04431-6. This 500+ pages work covers the whole vol 7 of Complete Works of Liang Sicheng, it is the most authentic section by section annotation( not translation) of Li Jie's Yingzao Fashi, a must read reference to any one seriously interested in Yingzao Fashi. I have Liang edtion, Tao edition and Siku Quanshu edition of Yingzao Fashi in my library--Gisling (talk) 04:46, 15 November 2011 (UTC).
Thanks for the heads up. Sometimes pictures get added by other editors. I try to do my best to use only those that are dafe to use on lists. MisterBee1966 ( talk) 11:18, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
Officially, the closing time is after at least two weeks once the nomination has clear support/opposition. Unofficially, topics are closed whenever I get around to it. We do have two other coordinators at this time so we should be alright for now, though hopefully I'll see them close a few more topics, especially since I'm short on time for the next week or so. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 15:06, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
Sven, it would lead to far to continue this discussion on the Arb Case page, but if I were to have such a "speed limit" restriction, I would no longer make any AWB edits, and you would be very hard pressed to find many other times when I edited more than 40 times in 10 minutes. The most I could find for November was 22 edits in ten minutes, and for October 24 edits in ten minutes. So yes, in reality it would be fairly easy for me to follow that restriction; just stop using AWB. Fram ( talk) 11:12, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
Do you think this is worth mentioning in the November 21 discussion report? HurricaneFan 25 20:48, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
is screwing up. Please pay better attention in the future, and fix whatever is wrong with your TW and whatever other damage you may have caused. 68.54.4.162 ( talk) 02:44, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
I see that I was reverted...would you mind following up on the D part of BRD at the talk page where the discussion is occurring? (or even notifying me or asking me why I did what I did...) -- DQ (t) (e) 12:35, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Save this link:
http://toolserver.org/~betacommand/reports/miss_tagged_pd_text.html
Sven Manguard Wha? 15:27, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
I noticed that you tagged File:Green tick.jpg for deletion as orphaned. I just though you might like to know that you don't have to list these on the "Wikipedia:Files for deletion" pages. Just Tag it with {{ Di-orphaned fair use}} and it will automatically put it into a deletion process.-- ARTEST4ECHO ( talk/ contribs) 20:58, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
If I lifted your table and format from your ACE2011 voter guide page to use as my own? It's the easiest one to make. :) Master&Expert ( Talk) 06:07, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
I want to make it abundantly clear that the sockpuppet you accused me of operating is not me. It is quite possible that the editor who copied my userpage style is the same person who vandalized my userpage several years ago. On Ryienn's userpage, he accused me of being pompous and talking about myself in the third person, which was exactly an anonymous IP said when he vandalized my userpage. Please refer to this diff [ [5]] [ [6]] (note that he also put homosexual pornographic image on my page) and retract the unfounded allegation. Thank you!-- NWA.Rep ( talk) 01:06, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
Would you mind if I take more points from your ACE2011 page? I'd say that your guide is the best I've seen so far; and I've taken a bunch from you already. Thanks. HurricaneFan 25 17:47, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
Sven, typo? Re. Coren, holds a philosophy on Wikipedia that is incomparable with my my own - I think you mean "incompatible", not "incomparable". Chzz ► 12:21, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
I noticed that at Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion/2011_November_19#File:Scrabble_United_Kingdom.png you brought up the argument of the image being non-copyrightable. While it can probably be kept because of meeting WP:NFCC, it can't because of {{ PD-textlogo}}. It's a registered trademark, which means that someone saw it to be unique enough to register. It's also noted on the PD-textlogo page that a trademark supersedes it. Just thought I'd share. The Haz talk 19:53, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
hi, i noticed your fansite tag there. i'm confused. did you mean Advert, or Tone? i don't know how much more neutral you could make the language. this is the language of the average museum professional. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 15:24, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
I was surprised and disappointed to read your comments and I was wondering whether you were aware of all the background.
I have absolutely no axe to grind regarding BC/Δ. The contrary, in fact.
In April 2009, BC/Δ appealed his ban to ArbCom. T asked the community on his behalf and was resoundingly rejected. In July 2009, he appealed again but this time I handled it via the ArbCom noticeboard. Following a sounding, his ban was suspended with restrictions and I subsequently unblocked him.
For whatever reason, this summer, the problems erupted again. On 8 July 2011, when I proposed the ArbCom motions, there were nine about BC/Δ at seven different noticeboards ( AN/I (i), AN/I (ii), AN/I/BC subpage, AN3 (i), AN3 (ii), AN, Wikiquette, DRN and AE).
Per policy, the committee retains jurisdiction over BC/Δ. This is because of (i) his previous arbitration case and (ii) the committee's involvement in suspending his community sanctions. Ultimately, therefore the buck stops with us. Given the wiki-wide clamour, and the restrictions the editor was under, the motions were the obvious course of action.
Incidentally, the site ban was an alternative to the topic ban and is actually the remedy specified in his restrictions. In practical terms, it would have simply reinstated BC/Δ's earlier (suspended) community ban, for re-appraisal later when things had quietened down.
Despite what you say, the proposed topic ban discussion at AN/I was not closed until 12 July so this really wasn't me going behind the community's back and playing God.
Having given this further thought, I don't think it was such a bad proposal. As my colleagues almost unanimously supported the topic ban, I guess they agreed with me.
I'm sorry that you have reacted the way you have to the proposal. Your anger surprises me. While it wasn't one of my finest ideas, given the history of disruption on ArbCom pages, it seemed worth exploring. I suppose that's the point of a wiki. Put up ideas, bounce them around, and see if something better comes out of it. If there's no consensus, the thing doesn't fly but at least the options are clearer for the future.
Roger Davies talk 21:18, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
No, it's not easy to spot bad hand accounts and I'm not convinced that specifically empowering the clerks to watch out for socks would help. I suspect it would crank up the drama even more, lead to requests for investigation, followed by accusations of bias and favouritism. The clerks already have more than enough on their plates and clerk retention is a problem. Roger Davies talk 14:43, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
I hope you will reflect on these ideas in making your final determination about all of the candidates. Risker ( talk) 04:28, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
Nothing you can say or do will ever restore my confidence in you as an Arb. Please stop trying to get me to change my opinion; it's not going to work, at this point all its doing is just annoying me. If you're willing to spend this much time arguing with one guide writer, either you peg me as having a whole lot more influence than I think that I do, or you want to stay on ArbCom way too badly. Sorry, I think you did a lot of good work outside of ArbCom, but I want you off of the committee. Sven Manguard Wha? 14:56, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
You nominated several images, such as File:210sticker2.jpg, at Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2011 November 16 because they had Wikipedia-only permissions. You could have gotten the process done a lot faster with {{ db-f3}} tags, since a Wikipedia-only permission is grounds for speedy without the delay that most file criteria have. Nyttend ( talk) 04:59, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Speedy deletion F1 is for redundant images. This tagging was of an image in use and thus not subject to speedy. Please check file use in future before tagging. Spinning Spark 23:10, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Hello my friend! First and foremost, I want to thank you for helping out with my talk page and BRFA requests while I was on break. I really appreciate it! Here, have a cookie!
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Now, for some srs bsnz. I'm working on Fbot 10 now, and I here's what I've come up with: User:Fbot/Replace (main interface page), User:Fbot/Replace/Preload (preload page, don't worry about this), and User:Fbot/Replace/Template (Template that admins will use to request file replacements). The basic concept is here, but it's implementation is rough around the edges. If you're willing, I could definitely use your help in bringing the quality of that page up to par. Feel free to change everything except for the number of template parameters in User:Fbot/Replace/Template. That cannot change; there must be four parameters. Also, note that the order of those parameters is not important at the moment. In case tl;dr, I could use your help in making User:Fbot/Replace pretty :) Best, FASTILY (TALK) 10:08, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
See this if you haven't yet =). Cheers, Res Mar 15:06, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
I hope, at least, it won't go out tomorrow ending with [this is a half-assed paragraph, for now]. Chzz ► 12:05, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
Sven, can we get your review/suggestions on the essay? I made some inline hidden comments on the draft, but I'm interested in your read on it. Skomorokh 03:43, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
You may be interested in this. Peter jackson ( talk) 17:54, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
...and interested talk page stakers
Bug 32660 - File extensions for the same file type should not allow variations of a file name (File:X.jpg, File:X.jpeg, File:X.JPG should all refer to the same file)
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32660
Give it a week or so and then go poke someone? I'm not sure how fast these things work? Either way, it's almost time to fire up the filefolk and get LDFN cleared.
Sven Manguard Wha? 18:09, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
I have an RFC that is getting no feedback at Talk:T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever).-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 14:51, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
Much better. Yah, it wasn't good, was it. Often the bottom pic is left out because it's so hard to avoid acres of white space between the right-side pics and the centred bottom pic (or squashing). I don't think there's a solution to satisfy all window widths and resolutions. But your choice is effective, at least on my screen. Tony (talk) 14:59, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
FYI, I was on wikibreak over the last week (family issues), but am back now and have updated my guide, if you'd like to take another look. -- El on ka 16:09, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
I appreciate your efforts to be helpful to the encyclopedia, but please pause before taking it upon yourself to follow my edits around and undoing them to change my image uploads. What you're doing is mild edit warring, doesn't make a whole lot of sense, and you don't have policy behind you. How about discussing instead? - Wikidemon ( talk) 18:24, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
I'm planning on giving it a major overhaul, given the 'mass hysteria' on my talk page. Your input would be appreciated. Regards, FASTILY (TALK) 18:44, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
I have withdrawn the nomination per your explanation. Thanks, —{| Retro00064| ☎talk| ✍contribs|} 00:30, 1 December 2011 (UTC).
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Hi Sven! I reverted your edit of Monty's guide. Let him remove the links to candidates in my guide. Let others add links to candidates in their guides. You can see that many guides provide links to selected discussions of selected candidates, so there is ample precedent for such linking. Sincerely, Kiefer. Wolfowitz 17:05, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
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I made it very clear at Monty's page that I was done talking with you on this matter. If you choose to continue this discussion, I will simply revert your comments to my talk page. Sven Manguard Wha? 17:13, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
What do you think of my proposed recall criteria ? -- Guerillero | My Talk 04:30, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
Mike Christie is considering writing an opinion piece (see my talk page). Let me know by email or by the usual means if you have any comments or want to get involved. In the meantime, do you expect any of the pieces in development to be fit for print by Monday? If you could share any thoughts you're having about this week's slot, that would be great; drop a note in the newsroom when you get a chance. Cheers, Skomorokh 14:50, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, Sven. I appreciate the help with clean-up on my user talk. I've seen your sig in various places (mainly file discussions); could I request an opinion? I altered some images to complete a gallery on an article and would like to make sure I didn't break any rules. My contributions on Commons are very limited, so finding the files will be no challenge. The original images were released for alteration to an equal or better license, but I don't know if any other attribution points need to be addressed. It's a low priority request, so don't go out of your way. See ya 'round Tide rolls 07:38, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi Sven. Hope you're well. I'm thinking about abandoning Fbot Task 2's whitelist in favor of Category:All free media. The task's associated blacklist will have to become more extensive of course, but it certainly beats having to constantly cross-check between the two lists when trying to add/remove items. What do you think? - FASTILY (TALK) 11:47, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Welcome back to the land of the connected! Gave the op desk a bit of a once-over while we iron out a proper version, take a look at let me know if it accords with your thinking? Skomorokh 17:29, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Are you a check user? If not, please don't interfere with my request for assistance. I also don't like you accusing me of bad faith. What evidence have you got to support that? Whenever I see an accusation of sock puppetry I like to ask for help. The best way to deal with an accusation or innuendo is to gather evidence to establish it true or false. What evidence do you have that Pesky isn't a sleeper troll account? I have seen what appears to be baiting behavior. The accusation is not one that could be dismissed out of hand. Jehochman Talk 14:22, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
There is no clear conclusion to the section you prematurely archived. Unless you are prepared to state "no admin action will be taken here," (you are not an admin), then please don't close sections. Thanks. Hipocrite ( talk) 15:37, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
I note you've reverted my edit again. If you could explain the rationale for the editing the correct name of the house (which it shares with the estate) I'd be grateful. - SchroCat ( ^ • @) 15:50, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Hey. Could you weigh in at this link for me? Just looking for some clarification.--v/r - T P 14:14, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
...for pointing out in the Signpost the ongoing work on the AfC templates. Much appreciated. Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 19:33, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
I thought this would be a better idea than a BRFA :P Just thought I'd let you know. - FASTILY (TALK) 22:58, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
Just so you know, User:Fbot10 is a separate account from User:Fbot :o The original title was correct... - FASTILY (TALK) 07:43, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi, since you participated in the failed FAC of the AV-8B, I'd like to ask you to participate in the article's MILHIST ACR at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II. Thank you -- Sp33dyphil © hat ontributions 23:56, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi Sven,
I just saw your note on the Signpost discussion on Skomorokh's page. I'd be interested in writing an opinion piece. I don't really know much about what that entails. Can you send me some info?
King4057 ( talk) 15:46, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi Sven! I got through all but one of your requests for Heriot-Watt University. Please have a look. I don't think I can put much more about the individual schools' history because there's not a lot on that on the web, and I'm very far away. Please have a look when you get a chance. 67.6.163.68 ( talk) 08:58, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
I'm happy to do more work on this, but I need your help with the specific sections corresponding to the three criteria you mentioned. I left a more detailed message at the GA review; please respond there. 67.6.163.68 ( talk) 09:35, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
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I reckon that can be resolved in discussion at AN3. ˜ danjel [ talk | contribs ] 14:32, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
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Is it OK to move File:Flux Compression Generator cutaway view.jpg? I am worried about "Specifically, this image comes from Los Alamos National Laboratory. LANL requires the following text be used when crediting images to it[1]:" - is it a problem? Bulwersator ( talk) 14:45, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
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So we have this barnstar laying around, gathering dust; and I feel as though none of the editors that put pen to paper every week to produce the much-demanded Signpost has been properly compensated for their efforts. You deserve this :) Res Mar 05:28, 22 December 2011 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/U.S. Route 2 in Michigan/archive1 has again been censored. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:05, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for resolving the one you did, you might be interested in helping de backlog Category:Wikipedia_files_with_NFUR_blocks_but_free_license
Sfan00 IMG ( talk) 09:28, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
You might like to check out For the Common Good. It's a tool for transferring free images to Commons. No whitelist.
I have considered the fact that, since there are no built-in checks, it is open to abuse; if you can suggest a way of doing this, I would welcome it. But I realised that the process of actually downloading the tool takes a bit of effort, so foolish newbies hopefully won't get their hands on it. — This, that, and the other (talk) 11:01, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
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Hey there! Thanks for the GA review for the 1956 AHS article. I believe I addressed most (all?) of your comments. Lemme know if there's anything else I can do. Oh, and Merry Christmas! --♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 18:22, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
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Have a wonderful Christmas. As the song says: "I wish you a hopeful Christmas, I wish you a brave new year; All anguish, pain, and sadness Leave your heart and let your road be clear." Pesky ( talk … stalk!) 23:23, 24 December 2011 (UTC) |
FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 03:03, 25 December 2011 (UTC).
Hi Sven, hope you had a wonderful Christmas. I have an idea for the upcoming MtC drive, and your thoughts on that matter would be appreciated. Regards, FASTILY (TALK) 21:15, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
Well Sven... it's been a while but I finally took up your offer. Oh and a belated Merry Christmas from me! Kind regards, Ancient M.O.X of Doom ( talk) 08:39, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
This is an archive page. Please do not edit anything here. It will be reverted.
If you need something from this page, please cut and paste it onto the main talk page.
I've reviewed the Song Dynasty article. If you have any questions please ping on my talkpage Buggie111 ( talk) 19:14, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
The September 2011 Move To Commons drive was a tremendous success! We blew away our main goal, and our secondary goal was 97% complete by the end. Thanks for doing your part! For transferring 155 files you earned the All Around Amazing Barnstar, for being #6 on the leaderboard you earned the Transfer to Commons Drive Leaderboard Barnstar, and for going above and beyond the call of duty in this drive you earned the Teamwork Barnstar. Thanks again, and I hope you'll help out with future Wikimedia drives! – Quadell ( talk) 18:34, 2 October 2011 (UTC) |
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Thanks for your review of AV-8B. For your first point, by all means do whatever you can to improve the pic -- I'm no good with images. As for the other two, I see no problems with them -- the second pic does have an English caption, while the third pic seems to have Template:Information. Sp33dyphil © • © 05:44, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
You may now put yourself on the logs subpage. There's instructions on the page. I simplified it alot. ~~
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Thanks for uploading File:NY Islanders.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude ( talk) 04:13, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Could you avoid calling me "hostile" by implication? Tony (talk) 12:19, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for reviewing those rename requests :) Sfan00 IMG ( talk) 13:52, 12 October 2011 (UTC) |
I feel I've reached the end of the 'easy' to resolve ones, and would appreciate a group of experienced contributors trying to clear (or FFD the unrecoverable ones). Sfan00 IMG ( talk) 22:41, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
What browser? Since my browser formats it properly. ~~
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My feeling on the dispatch are mixed. It's a nice idea and everything, but a drawn-out fight over the publishing of my article and Sandy's opposition of pretty much anything and everything I do got tiring. Not sure if my note has anything to do with you wanted to reactivate the page; I would guess so. Dispatches is an interesting section and certainly one old-timers look out for. Fortunately or unfortunately Sandy wants it to run like an FAC - nominations page and fuss about details, etc. etc. I haven't really been active on the wiki lately, but I think a good place to "start" is the Other Wikis idea—namely, Featured articles on other languages. It's a solid idea. As for myself, I don't have the time or energy to deal with these things anymore. Res Mar 23:57, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
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The following Category:Files_with_short_filenames contains some images with short filenames, whats in the category is images for which I've not due to a lack of information been able to suggest names for. Perhaps you will have better luck? Sfan00 IMG ( talk) 23:53, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
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Your hidden note at AN. Thanks for that, should have done it myself. WormTT · ( talk) 10:33, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your support and all but they've won, I'm not coming back on here anymore I can't deal with this anymore I'm sitting here crying my eyes out cause I'm so stressed out by all this and I got a LOT on my plate with my baby brother going into surgery and he has problems pulling out of sedation. I don't need this on top of it so I give up and I'm just gonna stay off Wikipedia from now on. JamesAlan1986 * talk 13:08, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi it's James I got the enforcer on and I'm wondering if someone will blank all the conversations on my talk page and remove all of them. I archived it already but I didn't realize I couldn't delete the stuff without being signed in. Thanks. 74.83.199.78 ( talk) 13:37, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
... on my talk page. Eric Cable | Talk 14:16, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
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Many thanks for the helpful information on image management on the article I nominated for FA. Marj ( talk) 04:48, 21 October 2011 (UTC) |
Hi Sven. I've configured a program to update the above list daily. Thought you might be interested :) Regards, FASTILY (TALK) 21:40, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
I called your removal of the "purpose" field from the {{ Non-free use rationale}} for File:Obaidullah photo.PDF "intemperate". I chose not to say, in wikipedia space, that your application of the term "rant" to my good faith attempt to draft a policy compliant rationale struck me as particularly troubling.
First, you are of course free to disagree with me, but I suggest calling a good faith contributor's efforts to explain their reasoning a "rant" does not comply with our civility policies.
Second, as I suggested in wikipedia space, others who want to discuss the image are entitled to read my efforts to draft a policy compliant rationale for themselves. They are entitled to reach their own conclusions on whether the arguments were convincing. Your removal of this key field from the rationale could give the unfortunate appearance that the rationale had been drafted in bad faith.
Could you please refrain from using terms like "rant" in future, unless you truly think you could defend your use of the term as appropriate, if challenged by an administrator?
Could you please explain why you disagree with arguments, in future, rather than excising explanations you disagree with, as if they never existed? Geo Swan ( talk) 17:04, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi, supposedly you fixed something in the description of the map for Plateosaurus (see [1]) - but I can't find any edit you made. Link, please? I'd really like to know what was wrong! and many thanks for doing the check! :) HMallison ( talk) 10:11, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
Curious; could you please link me to the discussion of taking this out of mothballs? It was "my baby", and was killed off by Tony1 and ResMar; I'm curious to see who wants to reinstate it and why, what leadership it will have, and whether editor control of The Signpost has improved since I reluctantly gave up on my pride and joy, the Dispatches. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 13:58, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
More history, since you appear to be serious. I have been through some personal upheaval, and am finally resettled after three long years. I kept up almost all of my Wikipedia workload throughout considerable difficulty, but my main priority had to be FAC, which meant I had to give up on some other areas of editing in order to keep my head above water. That has subsided now. But I will always remember editors who claimed to be "friends", knew what was going on in my life, and thought it was OK to regularly trash me whenever they had a bad day, then pretend a few days later like nothing had happened and carry on as usual. Killing off my pride and joy on Wikipedia, when it was a very good product, isn't something I'll forget. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 14:27, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
Mhm. Right. Have fun dealing with this stinkhole, Sven. Res Mar 23:59, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
I certainly understand. It's not worth getting into shouting matches and disagreements over something so trivial. Take care, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs( talk) 12:42, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
That's why I tried to help out by closing the discussion. JamesAlan1986 12:53, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
Anytime and okay. Pretty much my stand is this ignore it. That's what I'm doing now. It's really not worth it. This is just the internet not real life. So pretty much it's really nothing. JamesAlan1986 12:58, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, I'd like to know whether you were emailed a request to come in and participate in this move to push me out of my position as writer of "Featured content". Tony (talk) 02:05, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
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Maybe this is resolved, maybe it isn't. At this point though, there's nothing more that I can/will do that I haven't already tried. Time will tell.
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I'm fully aware of the timeline. The article was started at 18:41, 29 October 2011. You went "on strike" at 01:28, 31 October 2011. The article was marked as "done", you having done no editing of it while it was under construction, despite being active elsewhere during this time, at 02:46, 31 October 2011, after you went on strike. At any time after WikiPuppies started, you could have stepped in, added your name to the list of authors, and done work on the article. You're used to collaborating, Dabomb is listed as a co-author in many Featured Content articles, however you chose not to co-author with WikiPuppies, instead making an accusation of a conspiracy that you were excluded, two days after writing started. If you're so desperate for a behind the scenes look into the vast conspiracy, let me enlighten you: When the public call came out for people to step forward and work on the signpost, I decided that I wanted in. I first thought about doing the Dispatches section, but ResMar and Sandy had a fight on my page which made me realize that I couldn't do Dispatches alone, and I couldn't involve other people without reviving a fight that was never settled when it went on hiatus. Therefore, I instead decided to revive the discussion report. As I was writing out a blueprint on paper, I was in the IRC (which I'm often in) when I saw SMasters come into #wikipedia-en (which he's rarely in). I approached him, in private chat, explaining that you and I had history, and that I'd prefer having someone else copyedit pieces that I wrote. He suggested I take my pieces to the GOCE. That's it. I, knowing that every time we interact, we fight, approached one person, asking for a way out of having to interact with you. Meanwhile, you started editing the piece that I wrote before I had a chance to compose an appeal that we avoid each other. I reverted the change, hoping that I could bide time (I couldn't craft the response then because I was heading off to class), but you reverted it back. That sparked me posting a poorly worded premature Signpost message at the talk page. I know that you spin every word I say looking for some hidden meaning, so I really should have just spent the time to compose a better message, but by that point I already felt that momentum was going to overtake my opportunity to make that comment. Unfortunately I was called away from posting my response to your very first comment in that thread, which would have cleared things up. Everything else that you see as being some sort of conspiracy... isn't one, so you can leave poor WikiPuppies out of this. Now you know that I really don't want you copyediting my pages, and I'm personally fine if you never return to the Signpost, but we both know a) that your strike is not going to accomplish anything, and b) the only thing being hurt by the strike is the Signpost itself. The Signpost could really use a good copyeditor, and you are a good copyeditor, so I'm asking you to believe me that there is no goddamned conspiracy, and end this strike. That's all I'm going to say on this matter. As soon as you read this, I'm archiving the whole thread, because we both know that we simply cannot keep on fighting like this, it's just causing too many problems. Sven Manguard Wha? 09:23, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
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Hey Sven Manguard/2011 Q4! I'm just dropping you a message because you've commented on (or expressed an interest in) the Article Feedback Tool in the past. If you don't have any interest in it any more, ignore the rest of this message :).
If you do still have an interest or an opinion, good or bad, we're holding an office hours session tomorrow at 19:00 GMT/UTC in #wikimedia-office to discuss completely changing the system. In attendance will be myself, Howie Fung and Fabrice Florin. All perspectives, opinions and comments are welcome :).
I appreciate that not everyone can make it to that session - it's in work hours for most of North and South America, for example - so if you're interested in having another session at a more America-friendly time of day, leave me a message on my talkpage. I hope to see you there :). Regards, Okeyes (WMF) ( talk) 14:33, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
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For your painstaking addition of alt text to the images in Song Dynasty-related articles, I award you the Original Barnstar. Thank you for your good work. wctaiwan ( talk) 16:06, 26 October 2011 (UTC) |
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Ravi My Tea Kadai 13:25, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
Sven, I'm taken aback and somewhat insulted by your comments on my BAG nomination. The BRFA that you reference clearly doesn't have consensus, and I'm fully aware of that, but I don't think it's fair to label it as a ridiculous idea. Several knowledgeable editors supported the idea, and the BRFA was approved for a trial. This doesn't happen for "ridiculous" BRFA's. I doubt I can convince you to change your mind about the BAG nomination, but I am genuinely confused and disheartened by your comments. I have no problem with your opposition to the BRFA, but I feel like your opposition to the BRFA is inappropriately spilling over into the BAG nomination. My personal opinion is that the reasons you provided at the BAG nomination are not an adequate justification for opposing it; and I hope you'll reconsider your vote. —SW— speak 16:29, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
Your statement was great! Kiefer. Wolfowitz 02:56, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
Something I wrote a looooong time ago: User:Resident Mario/Essays.
Maybe you could use it in the Opinion desk. Maybe not. Anyway, cheers, Res Mar 03:19, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi! Just a notice here to inform you about a deletion notice on Commons. Thank you for the tip. -- MGA73 ( talk) 17:08, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
{{ Trout}}
Res Mar 03:06, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
I'm not sure which is the "other discussion", but I did see one discussion that appeared to me as no different than the discussion that made you go off when it happened here, so ... yep, trout x 2. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 15:56, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
No, I don't think it's bad to expect some control over your own talk page, although mine is different and that's fine with me-- I just didn't know what had made you so upset, since the discussion itself was no worse than the one you had with Tony1. For me, dealing with random senseless awful things that people say on my talk page, and the brawls that erupt there, goes with the territory: I'm de-sensitized. I only insist posts be removed if they are personal attacks. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 03:04, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
Sarcasm is allowed, although I've never partaken in such vile activities myself :D. What's not allowed here is what's starting to go down right now. Let me make "The Policy" very clear:
If you gots yourself a beef wit' me, this be the place to take it up. I'll take it and I'll dish it wit' you, if that what you want. If you gots yourself a beef wit' some'ne other that wit' me, take it outside, I don't wanna hear it, and this ain't the place for it. You understand?
— "The Policy"
Now pretend that I'm saying that, with those intonations, as a heavyweight boxer turned crabby old mentor, like you see in the movies, and you'll get the idea. Cheers. Sven Manguard Wha? 04:42, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
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Sven Manguard Wha? 16:51, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
{{
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images tagged with
Fair use
Hello Sven, I have been going through company articles, and I have noticed that there are a large number of images tagged with {{
Non-free logo}}
, when in fact they do not meet the
Threshold of Originality (such as
File:Aelita-logo.png
[2]). Therefore, they should instead be tagged with {{
PD-textlogo}}
and {{
trademark}}
. I am not nearly as involved in images as you are. I was wondering if you could point me to the appropriate location to bring this issue up. (
WP:VPR?) Thanks,
Alpha_Quadrant
(talk)
17:45, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
Kudos for this much-needed reminder to all editors. Deor ( talk) 17:52, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
Hey Sven. Brandon Harris, Howie Fung, Fabrice Florin and I will be holding a second Office Hours session on IRC in #wikimedia-office on Thursday, 3 November at 24:00 UTC. This unusually late time is aimed at permitting East Coast editors, who would normally be at work, to attend. We will be discussing the new Article Feedback Tool designs; if you have any questions about it, feel free to leave me a message on my talkpage. I hope to see you there; thank you for your participation in the discussion so far :) They're being taken into account. Okeyes (WMF) ( talk) 19:24, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi Sven. I just stopped by to thank you for your work on the Signpost. You already do a lot for the project, so taking on a big task like reviving the Discussion report is very generous of you. I really appreciate your efforts and I'm certain others do as well. Thanks very much. - Hydroxonium ( T• C• V) 09:14, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
Turns out the head writer at ReadWriteWeb thought your essay was very interesting. Nice work Sven. Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 18:21, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
An arbitration case in which you commented has been opened, and is located at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Betacommand 3. Evidence that you wish the Arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence sub-page, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Betacommand 3/Evidence. Please add your evidence by August 1, 2011, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can contribute to the case workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Betacommand 3/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Alexandr Dmitri ( talk) 00:38, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
I do not view user rights as trophies, I view them as tools, which they are. They, in fact, are very powerful tools, and I just believe that I am ready for the responsibility. I've been on Wikipedia for almost two years now (1 year 10 1/2 months) and I've been using Twinkle and STiki to help me branch out to other areas of the encyclopedia. If you feel that I view these tools as "trophies," then you are mistaken. Forgive me if I'm being too stern, but I've been denied Rollback thrice now, and I'm very exasperated in real life. Sorry, but people accusing me of viewing user rights as trophies are wrong. Warm regards, Beluga boy cup of tea? 14:33, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I've fixed the images and deleted the "In popular culture" section - if you have time could you vist and see whether you could support the FA nomination? Thanks Marj ( talk) 19:45, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
Could you amend your close of the voting requirements section to say something about blocked editors? I realize neither of the proposals that dealt with the issue received much input, but even if you decide neither of them have sufficient consensus to be adopted, could you identify what the no-consensus status quo is? Monty 845 14:47, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
I just read it, put a little link about it on top of my user page, and speedied, sourced, and proded an article because of it. Thanks. Jesanj ( talk) 00:09, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
Monty 845 14:18, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
I know you were just trying to cheer up an editor whose RfA was unsuccessful, but in the future I'd appreciate it if you would refrain from characterizing anyone who disagrees with you as ugly, petty, underinformed, and judgmental. Or at least do it off-wiki if you must. Talking about fellow editors in this way is not helpful. —SW— yak 14:20, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
SM, relax. Nobody has demanded that you change anything. I read SW's post here as "hey, that was a bit borderline; it wasn't a specific attack but it's best to avoid that type of thing" - and your reply as "YES, but it's justified 'coz HE said THIS and SHE said THIS" - thus, making it personal. This is the kind of escalation that causes all kinds of drama. I don't see this thread as "badgering", and I suggest you accept it as advice - take it or leave it - and we can all move onwards and upwards. Same goes for my own advice right here (which, now, is to just close this thread) -I hope SW will be happy enough to just move along too. Chzz ► 00:27, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
OK,
Sven, while I disagree with some of the things you've been doing lately, I just wanted to let you know that I'm not angry with you, nor do I plan on holding a grudge because of our recent interactions. I wasn't personally insulted by your comments on Secret's talk page, I just found them uncivil and didn't want other editors to be insulted by them. And I wasn't particularly bothered by your opposition to my BAG nomination, I just disagreed with your rationale. So, if I annoyed you by extending the above conversation for too long, then I apologize. We occasionally work together in some of the same areas, so let's put it behind us and get on with more useful things. —SW— gab 15:40, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
Hey, you made a good point on that proposal, so I wanted to follow up and give you some more details, see what you think, et cetera. The basic gist is that the reason we proposed that separate task of archiving pages with block notices only is because people objected to the automated archiving of a page if it has a block notice on it. I don't know how you feel about the archiving proposal in general, but that was the purpose of specifically separating out the archiving of such shared IP talk pages. Thanks for your input, Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 20:13, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
Sven Manguard, I wanted to explain why I was here on your talk, and jumped in to the discussions above - it's because I followed that RfA, although I didn't !vote there - and when looking at the eventual outcome, and the candidates page/talk, I was linked over here. I believe I am about as close to impartial as it is possible to be, on the issue - I do have some opinions about the whole débacle, but they're pretty much in the middle. And the second thread (Walling, above) was something I just saw as a result of the first, so I commented.
I know I don't need to justify why I'm pouncing in on your talk, but I wanted to :-) And I'm always reasonably happy to be told when to just butt out - I don't take offence easily :-)
All the best, Chzz ► 19:15, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
Drafting arbitrator User:Kirill Lokshin has posted some questions to the parties. As you are either an involved party or have presented evidence in this case, your input is sollicited. For the Arbitration Committee -- Alexandr Dmitri ( talk) 13:49, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
I seem to have goofed up. You were right to be cautious to close the section on the threshold. I've made a correction to the RFC closure and posted about it on WP:VP and WP:AN. Could you also make a correction, and make a notation about it, on your signpost article? Very sorry.--v/r - T P 14:31, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Please could you review the images/captions etc at Jonathan Agnew for me? I'd be most grateful. If it helps, while in you're in the land of personal freedom, perhaps you'd prefer to email fixes needed to me, so you just need to look at the page and don't need to edit it. -- Dweller ( talk) 23:51, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
While there might be better ways, something that might help is disabling images and JavaScript in your browser when you go on Wikipedia. Some things wouldn't work—search suggestions, the editing toolbar, the Wikipedia logo, etc., but it should reduce the loading time somewhat. wctaiwan ( talk) 14:45, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi, you've just marked the file File:1298693685bfef991d9a4fcaec3c86d4ef34b7f4cb.jpg for deletion. If you have file mover rights can you please rename it to Cristina Rosato.jpg? It got uploaded by mistake with its default name. Thanks. ASHU IND 10:05, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
For your voter guide work. Interesting and informative reading.
LauraHale (
talk)
10:55, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
I saw your request for English captions for the images used in the article. This has now been done. While you are there, would you care to comment about the quality of the article, any aspect at all? Cheers, -- Ohconfucius ¡digame! 02:31, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi there! I was wondering if you could perform a quick image review for Hurricane Gert (1993) over at FAC, if you have time to spare. There aren't a lot of images in the article (5) and most are works from the U.S. federal government, so there shouldn't be too many problems. Much appreciated Auree ★ 22:34, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
You wrote: Hi there. In December of 2008 you added to the article Architecture of the Song Dynasty the source "Li Jie/ Liang Sicheng p46". NickDupree and I are trying to get that article relisted for GA, but we can't find that book. If you could give us the title and ISBN of the source you used, we would be able to get everything in Harvard citations, which is the gold standard on Wikipedia. We also have to get rid of the 'ibid' citations, and replace them with full detail citations, so having someone around who wrote the article and knows it better than we do would be ideal.
The full list of four things needed to get the article to GA status is at Talk:Architecture of the Song Dynasty if you're interested. It includes two citation needed tags and a section that needs work, as well as the citation rework and a copyedit.
Please contact me, even if you can't help, if only so I know how best to proceed. Sven Manguard Wha? 05:53, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
P.S. When this regains GA, the Song Dynasty regains Featured Topic status.
The Li Jie/Liang Sicheng p46 I refered to is
梁思成 营造法式注释 , 梁思成全集 第七卷 中国建筑出版社 ISBN 7-112-04431-6. This 500+ pages work covers the whole vol 7 of Complete Works of Liang Sicheng, it is the most authentic section by section annotation( not translation) of Li Jie's Yingzao Fashi, a must read reference to any one seriously interested in Yingzao Fashi. I have Liang edtion, Tao edition and Siku Quanshu edition of Yingzao Fashi in my library--Gisling (talk) 04:46, 15 November 2011 (UTC).
Thanks for the heads up. Sometimes pictures get added by other editors. I try to do my best to use only those that are dafe to use on lists. MisterBee1966 ( talk) 11:18, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
Officially, the closing time is after at least two weeks once the nomination has clear support/opposition. Unofficially, topics are closed whenever I get around to it. We do have two other coordinators at this time so we should be alright for now, though hopefully I'll see them close a few more topics, especially since I'm short on time for the next week or so. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 15:06, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
Sven, it would lead to far to continue this discussion on the Arb Case page, but if I were to have such a "speed limit" restriction, I would no longer make any AWB edits, and you would be very hard pressed to find many other times when I edited more than 40 times in 10 minutes. The most I could find for November was 22 edits in ten minutes, and for October 24 edits in ten minutes. So yes, in reality it would be fairly easy for me to follow that restriction; just stop using AWB. Fram ( talk) 11:12, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
Do you think this is worth mentioning in the November 21 discussion report? HurricaneFan 25 20:48, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
is screwing up. Please pay better attention in the future, and fix whatever is wrong with your TW and whatever other damage you may have caused. 68.54.4.162 ( talk) 02:44, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
I see that I was reverted...would you mind following up on the D part of BRD at the talk page where the discussion is occurring? (or even notifying me or asking me why I did what I did...) -- DQ (t) (e) 12:35, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Save this link:
http://toolserver.org/~betacommand/reports/miss_tagged_pd_text.html
Sven Manguard Wha? 15:27, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
I noticed that you tagged File:Green tick.jpg for deletion as orphaned. I just though you might like to know that you don't have to list these on the "Wikipedia:Files for deletion" pages. Just Tag it with {{ Di-orphaned fair use}} and it will automatically put it into a deletion process.-- ARTEST4ECHO ( talk/ contribs) 20:58, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
If I lifted your table and format from your ACE2011 voter guide page to use as my own? It's the easiest one to make. :) Master&Expert ( Talk) 06:07, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
I want to make it abundantly clear that the sockpuppet you accused me of operating is not me. It is quite possible that the editor who copied my userpage style is the same person who vandalized my userpage several years ago. On Ryienn's userpage, he accused me of being pompous and talking about myself in the third person, which was exactly an anonymous IP said when he vandalized my userpage. Please refer to this diff [ [5]] [ [6]] (note that he also put homosexual pornographic image on my page) and retract the unfounded allegation. Thank you!-- NWA.Rep ( talk) 01:06, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
Would you mind if I take more points from your ACE2011 page? I'd say that your guide is the best I've seen so far; and I've taken a bunch from you already. Thanks. HurricaneFan 25 17:47, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
Sven, typo? Re. Coren, holds a philosophy on Wikipedia that is incomparable with my my own - I think you mean "incompatible", not "incomparable". Chzz ► 12:21, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
I noticed that at Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion/2011_November_19#File:Scrabble_United_Kingdom.png you brought up the argument of the image being non-copyrightable. While it can probably be kept because of meeting WP:NFCC, it can't because of {{ PD-textlogo}}. It's a registered trademark, which means that someone saw it to be unique enough to register. It's also noted on the PD-textlogo page that a trademark supersedes it. Just thought I'd share. The Haz talk 19:53, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
hi, i noticed your fansite tag there. i'm confused. did you mean Advert, or Tone? i don't know how much more neutral you could make the language. this is the language of the average museum professional. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 15:24, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
I was surprised and disappointed to read your comments and I was wondering whether you were aware of all the background.
I have absolutely no axe to grind regarding BC/Δ. The contrary, in fact.
In April 2009, BC/Δ appealed his ban to ArbCom. T asked the community on his behalf and was resoundingly rejected. In July 2009, he appealed again but this time I handled it via the ArbCom noticeboard. Following a sounding, his ban was suspended with restrictions and I subsequently unblocked him.
For whatever reason, this summer, the problems erupted again. On 8 July 2011, when I proposed the ArbCom motions, there were nine about BC/Δ at seven different noticeboards ( AN/I (i), AN/I (ii), AN/I/BC subpage, AN3 (i), AN3 (ii), AN, Wikiquette, DRN and AE).
Per policy, the committee retains jurisdiction over BC/Δ. This is because of (i) his previous arbitration case and (ii) the committee's involvement in suspending his community sanctions. Ultimately, therefore the buck stops with us. Given the wiki-wide clamour, and the restrictions the editor was under, the motions were the obvious course of action.
Incidentally, the site ban was an alternative to the topic ban and is actually the remedy specified in his restrictions. In practical terms, it would have simply reinstated BC/Δ's earlier (suspended) community ban, for re-appraisal later when things had quietened down.
Despite what you say, the proposed topic ban discussion at AN/I was not closed until 12 July so this really wasn't me going behind the community's back and playing God.
Having given this further thought, I don't think it was such a bad proposal. As my colleagues almost unanimously supported the topic ban, I guess they agreed with me.
I'm sorry that you have reacted the way you have to the proposal. Your anger surprises me. While it wasn't one of my finest ideas, given the history of disruption on ArbCom pages, it seemed worth exploring. I suppose that's the point of a wiki. Put up ideas, bounce them around, and see if something better comes out of it. If there's no consensus, the thing doesn't fly but at least the options are clearer for the future.
Roger Davies talk 21:18, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
No, it's not easy to spot bad hand accounts and I'm not convinced that specifically empowering the clerks to watch out for socks would help. I suspect it would crank up the drama even more, lead to requests for investigation, followed by accusations of bias and favouritism. The clerks already have more than enough on their plates and clerk retention is a problem. Roger Davies talk 14:43, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
I hope you will reflect on these ideas in making your final determination about all of the candidates. Risker ( talk) 04:28, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
Nothing you can say or do will ever restore my confidence in you as an Arb. Please stop trying to get me to change my opinion; it's not going to work, at this point all its doing is just annoying me. If you're willing to spend this much time arguing with one guide writer, either you peg me as having a whole lot more influence than I think that I do, or you want to stay on ArbCom way too badly. Sorry, I think you did a lot of good work outside of ArbCom, but I want you off of the committee. Sven Manguard Wha? 14:56, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
You nominated several images, such as File:210sticker2.jpg, at Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2011 November 16 because they had Wikipedia-only permissions. You could have gotten the process done a lot faster with {{ db-f3}} tags, since a Wikipedia-only permission is grounds for speedy without the delay that most file criteria have. Nyttend ( talk) 04:59, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Speedy deletion F1 is for redundant images. This tagging was of an image in use and thus not subject to speedy. Please check file use in future before tagging. Spinning Spark 23:10, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Hello my friend! First and foremost, I want to thank you for helping out with my talk page and BRFA requests while I was on break. I really appreciate it! Here, have a cookie!
Fastily has given you a cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. You can spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.
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Now, for some srs bsnz. I'm working on Fbot 10 now, and I here's what I've come up with: User:Fbot/Replace (main interface page), User:Fbot/Replace/Preload (preload page, don't worry about this), and User:Fbot/Replace/Template (Template that admins will use to request file replacements). The basic concept is here, but it's implementation is rough around the edges. If you're willing, I could definitely use your help in bringing the quality of that page up to par. Feel free to change everything except for the number of template parameters in User:Fbot/Replace/Template. That cannot change; there must be four parameters. Also, note that the order of those parameters is not important at the moment. In case tl;dr, I could use your help in making User:Fbot/Replace pretty :) Best, FASTILY (TALK) 10:08, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
See this if you haven't yet =). Cheers, Res Mar 15:06, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
I hope, at least, it won't go out tomorrow ending with [this is a half-assed paragraph, for now]. Chzz ► 12:05, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
Sven, can we get your review/suggestions on the essay? I made some inline hidden comments on the draft, but I'm interested in your read on it. Skomorokh 03:43, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
You may be interested in this. Peter jackson ( talk) 17:54, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
...and interested talk page stakers
Bug 32660 - File extensions for the same file type should not allow variations of a file name (File:X.jpg, File:X.jpeg, File:X.JPG should all refer to the same file)
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32660
Give it a week or so and then go poke someone? I'm not sure how fast these things work? Either way, it's almost time to fire up the filefolk and get LDFN cleared.
Sven Manguard Wha? 18:09, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
I have an RFC that is getting no feedback at Talk:T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever).-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 14:51, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
Much better. Yah, it wasn't good, was it. Often the bottom pic is left out because it's so hard to avoid acres of white space between the right-side pics and the centred bottom pic (or squashing). I don't think there's a solution to satisfy all window widths and resolutions. But your choice is effective, at least on my screen. Tony (talk) 14:59, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
FYI, I was on wikibreak over the last week (family issues), but am back now and have updated my guide, if you'd like to take another look. -- El on ka 16:09, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
I appreciate your efforts to be helpful to the encyclopedia, but please pause before taking it upon yourself to follow my edits around and undoing them to change my image uploads. What you're doing is mild edit warring, doesn't make a whole lot of sense, and you don't have policy behind you. How about discussing instead? - Wikidemon ( talk) 18:24, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
I'm planning on giving it a major overhaul, given the 'mass hysteria' on my talk page. Your input would be appreciated. Regards, FASTILY (TALK) 18:44, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
I have withdrawn the nomination per your explanation. Thanks, —{| Retro00064| ☎talk| ✍contribs|} 00:30, 1 December 2011 (UTC).
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Hi Sven! I reverted your edit of Monty's guide. Let him remove the links to candidates in my guide. Let others add links to candidates in their guides. You can see that many guides provide links to selected discussions of selected candidates, so there is ample precedent for such linking. Sincerely, Kiefer. Wolfowitz 17:05, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
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I made it very clear at Monty's page that I was done talking with you on this matter. If you choose to continue this discussion, I will simply revert your comments to my talk page. Sven Manguard Wha? 17:13, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
What do you think of my proposed recall criteria ? -- Guerillero | My Talk 04:30, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
Mike Christie is considering writing an opinion piece (see my talk page). Let me know by email or by the usual means if you have any comments or want to get involved. In the meantime, do you expect any of the pieces in development to be fit for print by Monday? If you could share any thoughts you're having about this week's slot, that would be great; drop a note in the newsroom when you get a chance. Cheers, Skomorokh 14:50, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
I think that it's time to move your sandbox on the FNN to Wikipedia space. Just add {{
Proposed|WP:FNN}}
after. ~~
Ebe123~~ →
report on my
contribs.
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Hi, Sven. I appreciate the help with clean-up on my user talk. I've seen your sig in various places (mainly file discussions); could I request an opinion? I altered some images to complete a gallery on an article and would like to make sure I didn't break any rules. My contributions on Commons are very limited, so finding the files will be no challenge. The original images were released for alteration to an equal or better license, but I don't know if any other attribution points need to be addressed. It's a low priority request, so don't go out of your way. See ya 'round Tide rolls 07:38, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi Sven. Hope you're well. I'm thinking about abandoning Fbot Task 2's whitelist in favor of Category:All free media. The task's associated blacklist will have to become more extensive of course, but it certainly beats having to constantly cross-check between the two lists when trying to add/remove items. What do you think? - FASTILY (TALK) 11:47, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Welcome back to the land of the connected! Gave the op desk a bit of a once-over while we iron out a proper version, take a look at let me know if it accords with your thinking? Skomorokh 17:29, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Are you a check user? If not, please don't interfere with my request for assistance. I also don't like you accusing me of bad faith. What evidence have you got to support that? Whenever I see an accusation of sock puppetry I like to ask for help. The best way to deal with an accusation or innuendo is to gather evidence to establish it true or false. What evidence do you have that Pesky isn't a sleeper troll account? I have seen what appears to be baiting behavior. The accusation is not one that could be dismissed out of hand. Jehochman Talk 14:22, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
There is no clear conclusion to the section you prematurely archived. Unless you are prepared to state "no admin action will be taken here," (you are not an admin), then please don't close sections. Thanks. Hipocrite ( talk) 15:37, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
I note you've reverted my edit again. If you could explain the rationale for the editing the correct name of the house (which it shares with the estate) I'd be grateful. - SchroCat ( ^ • @) 15:50, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Hey. Could you weigh in at this link for me? Just looking for some clarification.--v/r - T P 14:14, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
...for pointing out in the Signpost the ongoing work on the AfC templates. Much appreciated. Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 19:33, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
I thought this would be a better idea than a BRFA :P Just thought I'd let you know. - FASTILY (TALK) 22:58, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
Just so you know, User:Fbot10 is a separate account from User:Fbot :o The original title was correct... - FASTILY (TALK) 07:43, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi, since you participated in the failed FAC of the AV-8B, I'd like to ask you to participate in the article's MILHIST ACR at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II. Thank you -- Sp33dyphil © hat ontributions 23:56, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi Sven,
I just saw your note on the Signpost discussion on Skomorokh's page. I'd be interested in writing an opinion piece. I don't really know much about what that entails. Can you send me some info?
King4057 ( talk) 15:46, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi Sven! I got through all but one of your requests for Heriot-Watt University. Please have a look. I don't think I can put much more about the individual schools' history because there's not a lot on that on the web, and I'm very far away. Please have a look when you get a chance. 67.6.163.68 ( talk) 08:58, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
I'm happy to do more work on this, but I need your help with the specific sections corresponding to the three criteria you mentioned. I left a more detailed message at the GA review; please respond there. 67.6.163.68 ( talk) 09:35, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
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Great work on reverting vandalism via Huggle - keep it up! Best, Bryce ( talk | contribs) 14:04, 12 December 2011 (UTC) |
I reckon that can be resolved in discussion at AN3. ˜ danjel [ talk | contribs ] 14:32, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
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Is it OK to move File:Flux Compression Generator cutaway view.jpg? I am worried about "Specifically, this image comes from Los Alamos National Laboratory. LANL requires the following text be used when crediting images to it[1]:" - is it a problem? Bulwersator ( talk) 14:45, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
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So we have this barnstar laying around, gathering dust; and I feel as though none of the editors that put pen to paper every week to produce the much-demanded Signpost has been properly compensated for their efforts. You deserve this :) Res Mar 05:28, 22 December 2011 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/U.S. Route 2 in Michigan/archive1 has again been censored. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:05, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
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Best wishes for joy and happiness. Guerillero | My Talk 23:38, 22 December 2011 (UTC) |
Thanks for resolving the one you did, you might be interested in helping de backlog Category:Wikipedia_files_with_NFUR_blocks_but_free_license
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You might like to check out For the Common Good. It's a tool for transferring free images to Commons. No whitelist.
I have considered the fact that, since there are no built-in checks, it is open to abuse; if you can suggest a way of doing this, I would welcome it. But I realised that the process of actually downloading the tool takes a bit of effort, so foolish newbies hopefully won't get their hands on it. — This, that, and the other (talk) 11:01, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
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Hey there! Thanks for the GA review for the 1956 AHS article. I believe I addressed most (all?) of your comments. Lemme know if there's anything else I can do. Oh, and Merry Christmas! --♫ Hurricanehink ( talk) 18:22, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
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Have a wonderful Christmas. As the song says: "I wish you a hopeful Christmas, I wish you a brave new year; All anguish, pain, and sadness Leave your heart and let your road be clear." Pesky ( talk … stalk!) 23:23, 24 December 2011 (UTC) |
FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 03:03, 25 December 2011 (UTC).
Hi Sven, hope you had a wonderful Christmas. I have an idea for the upcoming MtC drive, and your thoughts on that matter would be appreciated. Regards, FASTILY (TALK) 21:15, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
Well Sven... it's been a while but I finally took up your offer. Oh and a belated Merry Christmas from me! Kind regards, Ancient M.O.X of Doom ( talk) 08:39, 27 December 2011 (UTC)