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Hi. I'm posting this on your talk page because I have noticed that you are often active in one or more aspects of our image use and/or image deletion processes.
I would like to propose Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline as a guideline to detail the necessary components of a "non-free image use", or "fair use", rationale. At present, it's kindof a moving target. Some image description pages have a detailed, bulleted rationale, while others have a one sentence "this picture identifies the subject". Patroling Category:All images with no fair use rationale, I've seen image pages that explicitly have something of a rationale that have been nominated for a speedy.
This is not an attempt to change or influence the image use policy in any way - and I would like to steer it away from becoming a rehash of the arguments over recent changes to the fair use policy. The only purpose of this guideline is to assist users who upload fair use images in correctly and adequately documenting what they feel to be the rationale for using the images.
So I would like for us to formalize what is required. I have also created Template:Fair use rationale and I would like to propose that we use it or something similar as a template to assist users in creating an acceptable rationale. I have no particular attachment to the proposal as it stands now - I have created it only as a starting point. Please see Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline and the associated talk page to give your thoughts and ideas. Thank you. BigDT 19:42, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Images such as Image:Omarion-O-AlbumCover.jpg also need detailed fair-use rationales as specified in their license text. The problem is that these often get used in violation of their license or in a manner which is not clearly in accordance with their license text. But in any case, WP:FU requires that fair-use images such as this one have a detailed rationale. -- Yamla 00:18, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
Since you are the main contributor for selecting and maintaining the POTD, you may be interested in WP:AN#WP:POTD can be speedied?, which ultimately led to this edit. The question left unanswered is what to do now with the Dec 20 POTD. Regards. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 15:31, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
As per your suggestion, I have completed my revisions of the California State Normal School article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Michaelch7/California_State_Normal_School and hereby submit it for inclusion as part of the Wikipedia Project California. This article is the result of many hours of painstaking research into California State Normal School and CSU history. It contains unique content, including text and images, that is available nowhere else, including in any other Wikipedia article. Also, once the article is reinstated, I plan to add even more detail. I hope this important part of California educational history will not be lost. Regards, Michaelch7 December 19, 2006
Thanks very much. Can we get a link from the Wikipedia Project California page? If so, do you have to do it, or can I? Happy New Year. Michaelch7 December 31, 2006
I was just reading the Picture of the day on January 10, 2007 POTD, the riffle shuffle which I nominated, and realised the wording in the opening line is quite odd as it seems the section after the comma should've come after the ohrase "riffle shuffle" rather than after poker. However I am unsure whether general users are allowed to edit POTD templates and have instead brought it here to ask for your opinion rather than making the change. –– Lid( Talk) 16:00, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi Howard! I just want to say Merry Christmas to you! Have a nice holiday time. - Darwinek 10:58, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia:POTD row/December 24, 2006 was recently heavily vandalised, and as it appeared on the main page. I've noticed you seem to be the person creating these pages in advance of their main-page appearance - as there doesn't seem to be any real reason for them to be edited much before going live, and they're very high-risk, can you please protect them when you create them? This should mean we don't accidentally let them go live without protection - and as we seem to have an active and malicious bit of template vandalism going on these last few days, it's probably a worthwhile precaution. Thanks. Shimgray | talk | 15:52, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
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Can you please go into this article and tell me why the image, I uploaded, was orphaned? I gave 3 good explanations for fair use? Are they not good enough? Thank You. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fighting for Justice ( talk • contribs) 20:45, 31 December 2006 (UTC).
Hello Howcheng. The Main page was vandalized last night (where I live; about 1:30 UTC), and on WP:ANI#Main page is hacked, they ask for a Commons admin to delete this (WARNING, GRAPHIC). Do you think you could do it? Thanks. | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 11:05, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Hey I was just wondering about your contribution to an article about Cat Island, Mississippi. I was curious as to how in hell you gained knowledge regarding the fact that the island looks like a catamaran or gained its name from such. Have you even seen a photo? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.11.55.111 ( talk • contribs) 09:12, 7 January 2007 (UTC).
Can you tell me if Image:OlympicParkBombing_ShrapnelMark.jpg falls under {{ Statue}} or not? Hbdragon88 05:43, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for updating the POTD template on my user page! Happy editing! SD31415 (SIGN HERE) 23:33, 12 January 2007 (UTC) |
Hello,
My picture of the Chicago Skyline was chosen to be a featured picture 2 months ago. When will it be featured? Is there anything that needs to be done for it? Writting a good Caption?
Buphoff 01:12, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
You know, when we had the earlier discussion about the Hansom cab photo of yours, I didn't feel that your comments about the FPC process being too focused on technical issues was that warranted -- or more accurately, I thought that there was good balance between aesthetics/impact and technical bits, but now I agree with you that it's been leaning a lot more towards the technical nitpicky stuff. Anyway, not that I have anything to say that you haven't said already. howcheng { chat} 06:47, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
Hey- my image deletion buttons don't show up any more. I am getting "Invalid argument" on line 568 of http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/wikibits.js any time I click on an image. The line it is failing on, in the function addPortletLink, is:
node.insertBefore( item, nextnode );
When I use Visual Studio to debug, it says that nextnode is undefined and item's id is nom-for-del. It looks like the call to addPortletLink is missing a parameter, but I didn't want to just go mucking around in your script blindly to try and fix it. I recently became an admin, so I don't know if that has anything to do with it. Do I get a different set of default javascript files or something?
Thanks. -- BigDT 17:25, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
I noticed that you deleted Image:Mark name.png as the result of a 2006-09-29 IFD. Would you consider temporarily undeleting it? I would like to download the larger version and upload it to Wikimedia Commons in order to replace the scaled version (Image:250px-Mark name.png). Thanks, Iamunknown 23:47, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Please don't add categories arbitrarity. Dzungaria is not erg. It is a very large and diverse area: mountains, steppes, deserts. `' mikka 19:16, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi Howcheng, Thanks for writing me that letter on my talk page. I think it was very nice of you. Waialeale 23:40, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads-up. As far as I can tell, it's not orphaned - it's used in the MLS Cup 1996 article. Bill Oaf 04:18, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
I notieced your username toward the bottom of the code, and thought maybe you could fix the template - or direct it to whomever would be the correct person.
I do cleanup work at AfD, and the following users come up in the AfD debates - not yet sorted. They all have the same template in their monobook:
Evidently there's something that isn't resolving correctly - I'm not familiar enough with this to fix it, hoping you're able to do so, and let the creator know about the problem!
Thanks - SkierRMH 05:55, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
I have to ask: Do you really believe that an article that marks itself again and again as "speculation" is really a valid Wikipedia article? Maybe you do, in which case I'll be intrigued to read your arguments at AFD, but if you don't, I think forcing us to jump through the hoops for the sake of "process" is, well, unfortunate. Nareek 14:54, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
I've added information about Neil Morris to the Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians page. Since you posted the original info about his death on his user page, I wondered if you had any additional info to add or a photo we could upload. Best, -- Alabamaboy 20:24, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
As a bit of an experiment, I've created {{ replaceable short}}. It's intended for experienced users who have uploaded a lot of fair use images (perhaps over a long time) and may get snowed in with warning templates. It's short, to the point, does the job. I don't know what would be involved in adding an option to your image warning script, and if it's not worth it then so be it, but I thought should at least come by and mention it (if people are interested, of course, I can create more like it). Chick Bowen 03:23, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
The picture is fantastic! Just one comment: Amsterdam is not the capital of The Netherlands, as stated on the Wikipedia page. Its the Hague. Thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.219.216.10 ( talk) 16:01, 25 January 2007 (UTC).
Jerome Barber has been renominated for deletion -- Kevin Murray 20:45, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
You've got to be kidding. "A free image could be found"? So, you want to replace a picture of a bag of Cracker Jack with another picture of a bag of Cracker Jack? Wahkeenah 07:36, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
OK, would this do? Wahkeenah 03:22, 30 January 2007 (UTC) Image:Cracker Jack bag.JPG
Granted, a lot of that informatoin is factual, however, I doubt that it is necessary. In the name of neurality, to say that Costello is a "powerful" performer needs to be cited, and if that was indeed what was said, we should be able to source such a quote. Please discuss. Nervousbreakdance 04:16, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello! Some help from contributors made possible to drop the feather from presidents head in picture, now you should like it and I hop you will reconsider you previous position - Antanas Smetona. Cheers, M.K. 11:22, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. Unfortunately I can't locate any "Move" tab, and I have had to move the text of "Dylan Eil Ton" to "Dylan Eil Don" by cutting and pasting again. ----Sanddef
The template was originaly designed for when we were first tagging images and there were some that had been uploaded by people who had left. Today tagging is standard. if something isn't tagged there is no reason at all to presume GFDL. Geni 23:23, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
The new website www.arsenalcoloradofc.com briefly went live today. For weeks the Rapids hasve said to expect a big change 2/01/2007. That is totday. A news conference has been called for tomorrow to make the change official.
Just trying to save someone some work. If you want to save the work I did to update the MLS and Rapids pages tomorrow, please feel free too. I'm done. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Qwestarsenal ( talk • contribs) 01:13, 2 February 2007 (UTC).
Thanks for the note. You did a good job with the caption, linking to several color-related articles. I see no need to change anything. Greetings, -- Janke | Talk 08:43, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
I hope you're monitoring this page since you removed the sprotect! Get rdy to see all the vandalism come back!! Regards Govvy 10:58, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
All the other top clubs are protected, you said in my talk, 10x/day for several days that exactly what Spurs got down to with vandalism. It was a serious problem and probably will be again since you removed it. Govvy 19:07, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi Joaquim,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Using the caliper new en.gif is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on March 10, 2007. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-03-10. howcheng {chat} 17:43, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Thank you Howcheng. I did try to improve the explanation, but the resulting English might still need a review. Alvesgaspar 18:07, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Why are you inexplicably removing Category:All articles with unsourced statements from this template? Aside from {{ Unsourced}} and its close variants, I can't think of a better template to make use of that category. — SMcCandlish [ talk] [ contrib ツ 13:49, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Your
Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for
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This was posted to Ryulong's talk page, and he deleted the images and removed the redlinks. However, I remember the Wakemp ( talk · contribs) situation, where that user tried to get all of his CC-licensed images deleted on September 23. You declared them not deleted. The above images haven't been replaced either. Could you undelete and restore them? Can that guy simply revoke whatever licensing he applied to those images? Hbdragon88 02:01, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for replacing the Sahara image at POTD. I noticed that the high res version has a nasty artifact that makes the Bodélé Depression look like a lake. A fixed version is at Image:Sahara_satellite_hires_edit.jpg. Can you upload this new file over Image:Sahara_satellite_hires.jpg? I can't do it myself as the image is protected. -- KFP ( talk | contribs) 17:32, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
From your links to the discussion I really don't understand what the changes are going to be. Looks like a lot of bickering and back talking with nothing resolved. If it breaks my template I'll likely just deprercate it. — Malber ( talk • contribs • game) 21:28, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
I Wanted to know do you know the user known as LatencyRemixed if you do please tell her i said thank you for the message she sent me on my talk page.THANK YOU —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ellroy20 ( talk • contribs) 18:35, 10 February 2007 (UTC).
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Thanks for uploading Image:LaSalle2.jpg. 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 orphaned, meaning that it is 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 under fair use (see our fair use policy).
If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the " my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. This is an automated message from BJBot 07:08, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
I hate to bother you again, but I just need to know if Image:Bellagio Hand Blown Glass.jpg would qualify under statue or not. It is three-dimensional and is a permanent fixture in the Bellagio lobby - do we claim {{ statue}} to be safe or is it clearly covered under freedom of panorama? Hbdragon88 19:24, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Howcheng,
Apologies for failing to respond sooner to the notice that you left on my talk page. I was logged out of Wikipedia for some time, neglected to sign back in and hence didn't receive the 'new changes' notice until today. A belated thank you for letting me know that the photo I nominated for FP would be hitting the front page today - it made for a lovely surprise when I saw it! Also, sorry that my inability to log back in meant that I couldn't help edit the caption, but frankly I'd have done a rubbish job anyway!
Kind regards, CountdownCrispy ( ? 14:49, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for notifying, just letting you know that I think the caption is OK! -- Janke | Talk 17:32, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for the heads up regarding the POTD appearance. The caption looks perfect to me! =)
Mr. Cheese Jumping cheese Cont @ct 07:08, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
HI when you fulfill/decline requests at WP:RFPP can you please use the templates as instructed here Template:RFPP so that the bot can update lists and remove complete requests from the page thanks Gnan garra 12:58, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Sorry in advance to be a bother, but would you please take a few minutes and review my request for unprotection (or reduction to semi-protection) here? I've been waiting all day for an admin to address this, and you seem to be very active in addressing such requests. I think I've made a strong case for lifting an unnecessary lock on the page. Thank you very much for your time and consideration. Mael-Num 08:39, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey thanks for updating DYK. Why don't you list your name under backlogged section (suggestions) of DYK. Would be glad to have you as a participant (only admins can join there). -- Parker007 22:09, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
Regarding your comments on the wandering spleen article being a bit short for DYK, I've recently expanded the article. It's currently at 6.9 K; thus does it meet the size requirements now?-- TBCΦ talk? 03:31, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
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I moved your addition of Capital Airlines Flight 20 from DYK Next update back to the top of the March 4 suggestions. This was to add in the last eligible, soon to expire, March 3 article. Hope you don't mind. (Both wouldn't fit for page balance.) — ERcheck ( talk) 04:39, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Hello. Regarding the issue that a couple of users seem to have with this page: Don't worry, the problem is not whether it is a "copyvio" or not, the problem is that not a lot of people have noticed what's going on. Once more users enter the discussion and a consensus is reached, the information will prevail (you know how these discussions work). As you can see on the nomination page, one user ( User:Carnildo) notable for his strong anti-copyvio efforts, disagrees with the nomination. That is however, just one more opinion. I have listed this and the "30 international goals" page here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Football#Articles_that_need_watching . I will try to inform more users, as I believe that doing so will help take care of the matter. Cheers -- ChaChaFut 03:39, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
I see you've been adding some articles about National Register of Historic Places properties in California. In case you're interested, there's a WikiProject at Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places. You can find resources there, such as a link to the National Register database [2] and the National Historic Landmarks program [3]. I've also been adding a few infoboxes, as well. I think you'll find the project interesting -- I know I do. -- Elkman (Elkspeak) 16:37, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Look man you admit your a "Rogue admin." What kind of credibility does that give you? What would Thierry Henry think about that? Brian cook is a bastard, a loser, and doesnt deserve any of the success he has stolen from better people. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.152.154.231 ( talk • contribs) 19:51, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Point taken, but I still don't see why you defend this joker. He's no good. Are you his agent or something?
But I don't even have my own blog how else can I spread my 'pinions. I think that people would want to know that hes not a very well liked person I'm not the only one who doesnt like how he acts.
What are you on all day protecting the precious Brian Cook article? God forbid some negative publicity about this guy get out. Why don't you get a job?
Hello. You recently added a comment to my talk page about a picture I had uploaded. You said I didn't have a good enough source. Since then, I have added a source for both this picture and another I uploaded. I hope those are good enough sources. Thanks for your concern, RavenStorm 23:54, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for the DYK on Nan Kelley. I really appreciate it! Chris 02:57, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey, saw you were a participant in the National Register of Historic Places WikiProject. I thought I would let you know that there is a new Collaboration Division up for the project. The goal of the division is to select an article or articles for improvement to Good article standard or higher. There is a simple nomination process, which you can check out on the division subpage, to make sure each candidate for collaboration has enough interested editors. This is a good way to get a lot of articles to a quality status quickly. Please consider participating. More details can be seen at the division subpage. IvoShandor 11:07, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
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I was going to move Downtown Historic District (San Jose, California) to DYK next update and found that the hook (six architectural styles) was not directly contained in the article. Could you update the article? Perhaps enumerate them in the introductory section? (I like the hook.) — ERcheck ( talk) 01:49, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
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Hi. I'm posting this on your talk page because I have noticed that you are often active in one or more aspects of our image use and/or image deletion processes.
I would like to propose Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline as a guideline to detail the necessary components of a "non-free image use", or "fair use", rationale. At present, it's kindof a moving target. Some image description pages have a detailed, bulleted rationale, while others have a one sentence "this picture identifies the subject". Patroling Category:All images with no fair use rationale, I've seen image pages that explicitly have something of a rationale that have been nominated for a speedy.
This is not an attempt to change or influence the image use policy in any way - and I would like to steer it away from becoming a rehash of the arguments over recent changes to the fair use policy. The only purpose of this guideline is to assist users who upload fair use images in correctly and adequately documenting what they feel to be the rationale for using the images.
So I would like for us to formalize what is required. I have also created Template:Fair use rationale and I would like to propose that we use it or something similar as a template to assist users in creating an acceptable rationale. I have no particular attachment to the proposal as it stands now - I have created it only as a starting point. Please see Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline and the associated talk page to give your thoughts and ideas. Thank you. BigDT 19:42, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Images such as Image:Omarion-O-AlbumCover.jpg also need detailed fair-use rationales as specified in their license text. The problem is that these often get used in violation of their license or in a manner which is not clearly in accordance with their license text. But in any case, WP:FU requires that fair-use images such as this one have a detailed rationale. -- Yamla 00:18, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
Since you are the main contributor for selecting and maintaining the POTD, you may be interested in WP:AN#WP:POTD can be speedied?, which ultimately led to this edit. The question left unanswered is what to do now with the Dec 20 POTD. Regards. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 15:31, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
As per your suggestion, I have completed my revisions of the California State Normal School article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Michaelch7/California_State_Normal_School and hereby submit it for inclusion as part of the Wikipedia Project California. This article is the result of many hours of painstaking research into California State Normal School and CSU history. It contains unique content, including text and images, that is available nowhere else, including in any other Wikipedia article. Also, once the article is reinstated, I plan to add even more detail. I hope this important part of California educational history will not be lost. Regards, Michaelch7 December 19, 2006
Thanks very much. Can we get a link from the Wikipedia Project California page? If so, do you have to do it, or can I? Happy New Year. Michaelch7 December 31, 2006
I was just reading the Picture of the day on January 10, 2007 POTD, the riffle shuffle which I nominated, and realised the wording in the opening line is quite odd as it seems the section after the comma should've come after the ohrase "riffle shuffle" rather than after poker. However I am unsure whether general users are allowed to edit POTD templates and have instead brought it here to ask for your opinion rather than making the change. –– Lid( Talk) 16:00, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi Howard! I just want to say Merry Christmas to you! Have a nice holiday time. - Darwinek 10:58, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia:POTD row/December 24, 2006 was recently heavily vandalised, and as it appeared on the main page. I've noticed you seem to be the person creating these pages in advance of their main-page appearance - as there doesn't seem to be any real reason for them to be edited much before going live, and they're very high-risk, can you please protect them when you create them? This should mean we don't accidentally let them go live without protection - and as we seem to have an active and malicious bit of template vandalism going on these last few days, it's probably a worthwhile precaution. Thanks. Shimgray | talk | 15:52, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
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Can you please go into this article and tell me why the image, I uploaded, was orphaned? I gave 3 good explanations for fair use? Are they not good enough? Thank You. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fighting for Justice ( talk • contribs) 20:45, 31 December 2006 (UTC).
Hello Howcheng. The Main page was vandalized last night (where I live; about 1:30 UTC), and on WP:ANI#Main page is hacked, they ask for a Commons admin to delete this (WARNING, GRAPHIC). Do you think you could do it? Thanks. | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 11:05, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Hey I was just wondering about your contribution to an article about Cat Island, Mississippi. I was curious as to how in hell you gained knowledge regarding the fact that the island looks like a catamaran or gained its name from such. Have you even seen a photo? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.11.55.111 ( talk • contribs) 09:12, 7 January 2007 (UTC).
Can you tell me if Image:OlympicParkBombing_ShrapnelMark.jpg falls under {{ Statue}} or not? Hbdragon88 05:43, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for updating the POTD template on my user page! Happy editing! SD31415 (SIGN HERE) 23:33, 12 January 2007 (UTC) |
Hello,
My picture of the Chicago Skyline was chosen to be a featured picture 2 months ago. When will it be featured? Is there anything that needs to be done for it? Writting a good Caption?
Buphoff 01:12, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
You know, when we had the earlier discussion about the Hansom cab photo of yours, I didn't feel that your comments about the FPC process being too focused on technical issues was that warranted -- or more accurately, I thought that there was good balance between aesthetics/impact and technical bits, but now I agree with you that it's been leaning a lot more towards the technical nitpicky stuff. Anyway, not that I have anything to say that you haven't said already. howcheng { chat} 06:47, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
Hey- my image deletion buttons don't show up any more. I am getting "Invalid argument" on line 568 of http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/wikibits.js any time I click on an image. The line it is failing on, in the function addPortletLink, is:
node.insertBefore( item, nextnode );
When I use Visual Studio to debug, it says that nextnode is undefined and item's id is nom-for-del. It looks like the call to addPortletLink is missing a parameter, but I didn't want to just go mucking around in your script blindly to try and fix it. I recently became an admin, so I don't know if that has anything to do with it. Do I get a different set of default javascript files or something?
Thanks. -- BigDT 17:25, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
I noticed that you deleted Image:Mark name.png as the result of a 2006-09-29 IFD. Would you consider temporarily undeleting it? I would like to download the larger version and upload it to Wikimedia Commons in order to replace the scaled version (Image:250px-Mark name.png). Thanks, Iamunknown 23:47, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Please don't add categories arbitrarity. Dzungaria is not erg. It is a very large and diverse area: mountains, steppes, deserts. `' mikka 19:16, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi Howcheng, Thanks for writing me that letter on my talk page. I think it was very nice of you. Waialeale 23:40, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads-up. As far as I can tell, it's not orphaned - it's used in the MLS Cup 1996 article. Bill Oaf 04:18, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
I notieced your username toward the bottom of the code, and thought maybe you could fix the template - or direct it to whomever would be the correct person.
I do cleanup work at AfD, and the following users come up in the AfD debates - not yet sorted. They all have the same template in their monobook:
Evidently there's something that isn't resolving correctly - I'm not familiar enough with this to fix it, hoping you're able to do so, and let the creator know about the problem!
Thanks - SkierRMH 05:55, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
I have to ask: Do you really believe that an article that marks itself again and again as "speculation" is really a valid Wikipedia article? Maybe you do, in which case I'll be intrigued to read your arguments at AFD, but if you don't, I think forcing us to jump through the hoops for the sake of "process" is, well, unfortunate. Nareek 14:54, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
I've added information about Neil Morris to the Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians page. Since you posted the original info about his death on his user page, I wondered if you had any additional info to add or a photo we could upload. Best, -- Alabamaboy 20:24, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
As a bit of an experiment, I've created {{ replaceable short}}. It's intended for experienced users who have uploaded a lot of fair use images (perhaps over a long time) and may get snowed in with warning templates. It's short, to the point, does the job. I don't know what would be involved in adding an option to your image warning script, and if it's not worth it then so be it, but I thought should at least come by and mention it (if people are interested, of course, I can create more like it). Chick Bowen 03:23, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
The picture is fantastic! Just one comment: Amsterdam is not the capital of The Netherlands, as stated on the Wikipedia page. Its the Hague. Thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.219.216.10 ( talk) 16:01, 25 January 2007 (UTC).
Jerome Barber has been renominated for deletion -- Kevin Murray 20:45, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
You've got to be kidding. "A free image could be found"? So, you want to replace a picture of a bag of Cracker Jack with another picture of a bag of Cracker Jack? Wahkeenah 07:36, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
OK, would this do? Wahkeenah 03:22, 30 January 2007 (UTC) Image:Cracker Jack bag.JPG
Granted, a lot of that informatoin is factual, however, I doubt that it is necessary. In the name of neurality, to say that Costello is a "powerful" performer needs to be cited, and if that was indeed what was said, we should be able to source such a quote. Please discuss. Nervousbreakdance 04:16, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello! Some help from contributors made possible to drop the feather from presidents head in picture, now you should like it and I hop you will reconsider you previous position - Antanas Smetona. Cheers, M.K. 11:22, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. Unfortunately I can't locate any "Move" tab, and I have had to move the text of "Dylan Eil Ton" to "Dylan Eil Don" by cutting and pasting again. ----Sanddef
The template was originaly designed for when we were first tagging images and there were some that had been uploaded by people who had left. Today tagging is standard. if something isn't tagged there is no reason at all to presume GFDL. Geni 23:23, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
The new website www.arsenalcoloradofc.com briefly went live today. For weeks the Rapids hasve said to expect a big change 2/01/2007. That is totday. A news conference has been called for tomorrow to make the change official.
Just trying to save someone some work. If you want to save the work I did to update the MLS and Rapids pages tomorrow, please feel free too. I'm done. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Qwestarsenal ( talk • contribs) 01:13, 2 February 2007 (UTC).
Thanks for the note. You did a good job with the caption, linking to several color-related articles. I see no need to change anything. Greetings, -- Janke | Talk 08:43, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
I hope you're monitoring this page since you removed the sprotect! Get rdy to see all the vandalism come back!! Regards Govvy 10:58, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
All the other top clubs are protected, you said in my talk, 10x/day for several days that exactly what Spurs got down to with vandalism. It was a serious problem and probably will be again since you removed it. Govvy 19:07, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi Joaquim,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Using the caliper new en.gif is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on March 10, 2007. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-03-10. howcheng {chat} 17:43, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Thank you Howcheng. I did try to improve the explanation, but the resulting English might still need a review. Alvesgaspar 18:07, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Why are you inexplicably removing Category:All articles with unsourced statements from this template? Aside from {{ Unsourced}} and its close variants, I can't think of a better template to make use of that category. — SMcCandlish [ talk] [ contrib ツ 13:49, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Your
Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for
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This was posted to Ryulong's talk page, and he deleted the images and removed the redlinks. However, I remember the Wakemp ( talk · contribs) situation, where that user tried to get all of his CC-licensed images deleted on September 23. You declared them not deleted. The above images haven't been replaced either. Could you undelete and restore them? Can that guy simply revoke whatever licensing he applied to those images? Hbdragon88 02:01, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for replacing the Sahara image at POTD. I noticed that the high res version has a nasty artifact that makes the Bodélé Depression look like a lake. A fixed version is at Image:Sahara_satellite_hires_edit.jpg. Can you upload this new file over Image:Sahara_satellite_hires.jpg? I can't do it myself as the image is protected. -- KFP ( talk | contribs) 17:32, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
From your links to the discussion I really don't understand what the changes are going to be. Looks like a lot of bickering and back talking with nothing resolved. If it breaks my template I'll likely just deprercate it. — Malber ( talk • contribs • game) 21:28, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
I Wanted to know do you know the user known as LatencyRemixed if you do please tell her i said thank you for the message she sent me on my talk page.THANK YOU —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ellroy20 ( talk • contribs) 18:35, 10 February 2007 (UTC).
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Thanks for uploading Image:LaSalle2.jpg. 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 orphaned, meaning that it is 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 under fair use (see our fair use policy).
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I hate to bother you again, but I just need to know if Image:Bellagio Hand Blown Glass.jpg would qualify under statue or not. It is three-dimensional and is a permanent fixture in the Bellagio lobby - do we claim {{ statue}} to be safe or is it clearly covered under freedom of panorama? Hbdragon88 19:24, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Howcheng,
Apologies for failing to respond sooner to the notice that you left on my talk page. I was logged out of Wikipedia for some time, neglected to sign back in and hence didn't receive the 'new changes' notice until today. A belated thank you for letting me know that the photo I nominated for FP would be hitting the front page today - it made for a lovely surprise when I saw it! Also, sorry that my inability to log back in meant that I couldn't help edit the caption, but frankly I'd have done a rubbish job anyway!
Kind regards, CountdownCrispy ( ? 14:49, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for notifying, just letting you know that I think the caption is OK! -- Janke | Talk 17:32, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
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Thank you for the heads up regarding the POTD appearance. The caption looks perfect to me! =)
Mr. Cheese Jumping cheese Cont @ct 07:08, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
HI when you fulfill/decline requests at WP:RFPP can you please use the templates as instructed here Template:RFPP so that the bot can update lists and remove complete requests from the page thanks Gnan garra 12:58, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Sorry in advance to be a bother, but would you please take a few minutes and review my request for unprotection (or reduction to semi-protection) here? I've been waiting all day for an admin to address this, and you seem to be very active in addressing such requests. I think I've made a strong case for lifting an unnecessary lock on the page. Thank you very much for your time and consideration. Mael-Num 08:39, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey thanks for updating DYK. Why don't you list your name under backlogged section (suggestions) of DYK. Would be glad to have you as a participant (only admins can join there). -- Parker007 22:09, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
Regarding your comments on the wandering spleen article being a bit short for DYK, I've recently expanded the article. It's currently at 6.9 K; thus does it meet the size requirements now?-- TBCΦ talk? 03:31, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
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I moved your addition of Capital Airlines Flight 20 from DYK Next update back to the top of the March 4 suggestions. This was to add in the last eligible, soon to expire, March 3 article. Hope you don't mind. (Both wouldn't fit for page balance.) — ERcheck ( talk) 04:39, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Hello. Regarding the issue that a couple of users seem to have with this page: Don't worry, the problem is not whether it is a "copyvio" or not, the problem is that not a lot of people have noticed what's going on. Once more users enter the discussion and a consensus is reached, the information will prevail (you know how these discussions work). As you can see on the nomination page, one user ( User:Carnildo) notable for his strong anti-copyvio efforts, disagrees with the nomination. That is however, just one more opinion. I have listed this and the "30 international goals" page here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Football#Articles_that_need_watching . I will try to inform more users, as I believe that doing so will help take care of the matter. Cheers -- ChaChaFut 03:39, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
I see you've been adding some articles about National Register of Historic Places properties in California. In case you're interested, there's a WikiProject at Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places. You can find resources there, such as a link to the National Register database [2] and the National Historic Landmarks program [3]. I've also been adding a few infoboxes, as well. I think you'll find the project interesting -- I know I do. -- Elkman (Elkspeak) 16:37, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Look man you admit your a "Rogue admin." What kind of credibility does that give you? What would Thierry Henry think about that? Brian cook is a bastard, a loser, and doesnt deserve any of the success he has stolen from better people. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.152.154.231 ( talk • contribs) 19:51, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Point taken, but I still don't see why you defend this joker. He's no good. Are you his agent or something?
But I don't even have my own blog how else can I spread my 'pinions. I think that people would want to know that hes not a very well liked person I'm not the only one who doesnt like how he acts.
What are you on all day protecting the precious Brian Cook article? God forbid some negative publicity about this guy get out. Why don't you get a job?
Hello. You recently added a comment to my talk page about a picture I had uploaded. You said I didn't have a good enough source. Since then, I have added a source for both this picture and another I uploaded. I hope those are good enough sources. Thanks for your concern, RavenStorm 23:54, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for the DYK on Nan Kelley. I really appreciate it! Chris 02:57, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey, saw you were a participant in the National Register of Historic Places WikiProject. I thought I would let you know that there is a new Collaboration Division up for the project. The goal of the division is to select an article or articles for improvement to Good article standard or higher. There is a simple nomination process, which you can check out on the division subpage, to make sure each candidate for collaboration has enough interested editors. This is a good way to get a lot of articles to a quality status quickly. Please consider participating. More details can be seen at the division subpage. IvoShandor 11:07, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
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Hi Dear I was putting clean tag on this page Mangrio.Sorry I did not notice it, that at same time clean-up tag appeared on this article (Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel). I removed tag. Khalidkhoso 21:39, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
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I was going to move Downtown Historic District (San Jose, California) to DYK next update and found that the hook (six architectural styles) was not directly contained in the article. Could you update the article? Perhaps enumerate them in the introductory section? (I like the hook.) — ERcheck ( talk) 01:49, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
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