User:Chris 73/Archive 009

Vellore Institute of Technology
Hi! Thanks for reverting the article to previous edits. That page has been vandalised many times. I am trying to resolve all issues with that article. Yogi (talk) 05:13, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Khotyn
Yes, sorry about that. I unprotected now. Thanks, Ronline ✉ 08:42, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Rumia
Hi, may I ask why you have reverted my recent edit of Erika Steinbach article ? Do you believe that Rumia belonged to Germany before Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939 ? --Lysy (talk) 00:58, 31 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I think you're getting over it. Would you be using "Warschau" name for similar reason ? Rumia was a suburb of Gdynia in 1939. It certainly did not "share common history" with Danzig, and using German name might suggest to an unaware reader that Erika Steinbach was born in a German town, which is very misleading in this context. --Lysy (talk) 01:10, 31 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Come on, Gdynia barely existed before 1920.


 * As for Naming conventions/Geographic names you are right, but proposal is wider than just article naming as it defines the usage within the body of the article as well. Any idea on how to neatly summarize it in a short sentence ? --Lysy (talk) 01:23, 31 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks for accepting my last edit of Erika Steinbach and for undestanding why I did this. I know it is difficult, but I tried to compromise on having the German name mentioned and at the same time no implication that it belonged to Germany at that time. It is important given the 1939 history of the place. --Lysy (talk) 01:27, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Hikikomori
Don't list misspellings in an article unless if they're absolutely notable. Imagine if we had "George W. Bush (often misspelled Goerge)"... Ashibaka tock 03:07, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Featured Picture
An edit of an image you uploaded, Image:Airplane vortex edit.jpg, has just been promoted as a Featured Picture. Congratulations, and thank you for uploading it. Raven4x4x 08:45, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Gdansk vote redux
I recall that you were one of the architects of the Gdansk vote. Please comment on the interpretation of the vote expounded by Space Cadet on Talk:Simon Dach. Thanks for your time, Ghirla | talk 14:11, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Scotch bonnet
In may 2004 you added a picture to this article. Are you sure it shows scotch bonnet peppers? If i had to guess, i'd say it shows habaneros (compare Image:Habanero.jpg. The fruits are not as round as scotch bonnets used to be. I know, the edit is quite old, but perhaps you can check it. Would be nice. --Zinnmann 19:43, 24 January 2006 (UTC) Scotch bonnet peppers suffer from inbreeding with habaneros. Not all peppers come out the same shape, and the best ones come on the market. Farmers keep seeds of the poor shapes for the next crop. This worsens the prob. The Jamaican agriculitural board is fixing this with new seeds.

German nobility copyvio.
Many thanks for fixing German nobility. -- Jeandré, 2006-02-04t19:40z

German Wikipedians' notice board
This has just been started by Calgacus and needs a lot of expansion/fleshing out/help/comment. I would like to invite you to participate if you are interested. There is a lot of work to do on Germany-related articles, and some collaboration and cooperation would be a good thing. However, I am slightly worried that the board might be used to rally support in revert wars, and would appreciate suggestions about how to avoid that. Viele Grüße, Kusma (討論) 05:22, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
 * It seems we're heading in the right direction now. The board has also moved to German-speaking Wikipedians' notice board. Kusma (討論) 23:00, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Linking to images on foreign wikipedias?
Hi Chris,

You created the Finding images tutorial so can you help me with an issue. On the WP english page for Jiří Paroubek I want to use the image from his Czech WP page. Is there a syntax for linking to the Czech WP image, or do I need to upload the image to the english WP first? - Rye1967 22:52, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi. There is no way to link directly to an image on the Czech Wikipedia. However, this problem is addressed through the Wikimedia Commons. Images uploaded there can be linked to like a normal image from any Wikipedia/Wikimedia project. This gives an easy access of a lot of images for all projects. The only thing to pay attention to is: Only free images are allowed, the copyright must include permission for derivatives and commercial work. Fair use images are not allowed. Since the Image:Jirí Paroubek z MZV.jpg is free, i added it to the commons and linked it on the article. While doing that i also found a pronounciation sound file on the commons, which I also linked. Hope this helps. Happy editing -- Chris 73 | Talk 07:55, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the info and help in saving me from needing to create a commons account right now. - Rye1967 22:15, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Br Alexis Bugnolo
Hi, I have been in discussion with Br Alexis Bugnolo and he feels the edit war he was in was reverting vandalism. He has only been on Wikipedia for about a week and I believe that this edit war was in good faith. I told him that the edits that the other party made were not vandalism, even if misguided, as the Vandalism policy goes. I got pulled into this because I was on RC Patrol, and I reverted a blanking once. Then I realized that I may have made a mistake, so I reverted myself. My recommendation is that you unblock, at least Br Alexis Bugnolo because he is a newbie. Thanks for your attention.--Adam (talk) 19:54, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Water drop animation
I can almost certantly fix the frame to frame motion and lighting differences if you'd be willing to provide me with the orignal photos. You can see an example of this sort of correction in Image:A_wasp_eating_a_fly_DSCN2740_stable.ogg. If you're interested drop me an email at gmaxwell at gmail.com. --Gmaxwell 04:18, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and produced an enhanced version from the animated gif you uploaded. See: Featured_picture_candidates/Water_drop_animation... I hope you don't mind, I really liked your work but I really felt that it needed to be corrected in order to be its best. --Gmaxwell 23:36, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Fir0002 FPC
Hi Chris! It's been a while, but here's another batch. Thanks! --Fir0002 05:57, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Exercise picture
Please consult the talk, picture description and related pages before editing the picture description, there is a controversy right now over whether the picture is an accurate portrayal of pushups. The issue is similarly unresolved on the push up page. The central figure's back is improperly arched, as it says in the more indepth description. Tyciol 06:59, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Double naming now to Nazi occupation now ?
So you want places occupied by Nazis now to have German names as well I see. Do you wish to extend this to Warsaw, Lodz and all territories occupied during WW2 ? --Molobo 18:21, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Why do you remove
Information on Wehrmacht war crimes ? --Molobo 13:14, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Image
Hi! In October 2004, you uploaded the image Image:Opening Ceremony Athens 2004 Fire rings.jpg that then I passed to Commons. Now, we can't find were in stock.xchng. Maybe the photo was deleted after you uploaded. I'll be waiting for your answer. Greetings! --KRATK 00:28, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Fir0002 FPC
Sorry to be back so soon after the last batch, but I'd appreciate your input in these photos. Thanks! --Fir0002 style="color:#C6CACC; background:#F8FCFF">www 23:56, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Esoteric programming languages
Hi, I noticed you (unsuccesfully) tried to delete some articles on esoteric programming languages a while ago. I have also nominated a few (see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Computer science for a complete list). Your input is kindly requested. Cheers, —Ruud 00:09, 25 February 2006 (UTC) Your

Locked?
How did you lock your profile from editing?? --B7342 20:46, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
 * What do I have to do to become an admin? (Do I have to make a speech too :-). Plus do you have irc, if so what server what nick? Thanks again :D --B7342 21:12, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
 * That is an awful lot.. (Do you have a irc nick?(Server?)) --B7342 21:18, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Can you nominate me :-) --B7342 21:25, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Aww ok.. Now i will stop messing up your page.. (if you have a msn or yahoo.. please contact me i have a few questions........)

Fir0002 FPC Orb Weavers
Hi Chris! I'd appreciate your input in these Thanks! --Fir0002 style="color:#C6CACC; background:#F8FCFF">www 23:07, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

The Minnesota Republic
Thank you very much for your oversight of The Minnesota Republic article. I just want to let you know that it is greatly appreciated and that it has restored my faith in Wikipedia. You guys are great. Thanks again, I hope that it won't be too difficult to keep things in proper respectable order now. (User:134.84.101.39 )
 * You're welcome. User:Jsaxton86 can still edit, since his account is older than 4 days. I have left him a message on his talk page, and hope that he understands. So far he has not reverted my edits. BTW, if you like Wikipedia, you may consider getting a login. Happy editing -- Chris 73 | Talk 10:28, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Goofed up
I wrote a comment about the 17th German Infantry Division that I wanted to direct to you, as an administrator. I goofed up and sent it to user:Matthead, instead. Don't know how I did it, but somehow it unintentionally happened. I think I was day dreaming. Could you look at it and respond please? Dr. Dan 01:58, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Raspberries
Hi Chris! I was wondering if you could look through these. Thanks! --Fir0002 style="color:#C6CACC; background:#F8FCFF">www 08:17, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Featured Picture
Congratulations, and thanks for taking it for us. It's an impressive blend of photography, physics and animation. Raven4x4x 10:14, 4 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Oh, I forgot to ask you before. Now that Gmaxwell's edit has been featured, your original is no longer used in any articles. Would it be OK if I deleted it as a redundant image? Of course if you would like to keep it uploaded that's fine, but if you no longer need it there isn't much reason to keep it uploaded. Raven4x4x 10:22, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, the original is on commons, so I can't delete it (I'm not an admin there). You can disregard the previous message. Raven4x4x 01:47, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Unflattering Userboxes
I was just trying to cheer him up... and I just discovered userboxes Wednesday -x1987x 12:52, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

German Kreise: "Districts" or "counties"
A discussion about this naming issue is ongoing at the talk page of the German noticeboard. Your input would be appreciated. Kusma (討論) 03:44, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for fixing the typos I made in the word dynamics (as in eddy (fluid dynamics))! I seem to be a more sloppy typist than I thought. -- Koffieyahoo 08:37, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Image:Michael.Phelps.Start.01.jpg
Hmm, I don't recall if I listed it or not. I might have listed it as part of a number of things that user posted, most of which looked like clear copyvios (all look like AP/wire photos, one has a copyright notice on it). Otherwise, I might have just ran out of time at the moment to list it and forgot... --Fastfission 20:36, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Image Tagging for Image:PresidentBushMeetsTroops.jpg
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Maciejowski Image - not in public domain
Image:MaciejowskiBibleManoahAndWife.jpg

Hi Chris. I don't believe that this image is in the public domain. It's either taken from the original manuscript, in which case it is "Copyright © 2000-2004 Medieval Tymes, All Rights Reserved.", or it's a scan from a printing that's copyright Pierpont Morgan Library, of no earlier than 1927, and so not out of copyright. Either way, it's not public domain, although it may be arguable as fair use. Rogerborg 13:54, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I am not a copyright expert. As I understand, the original bible is from ~1250, hence out of copyright. A facsimile was published in 1927. The (legal) question is, if the facsimile is identical with the original images (hence no copyright), or if artistic value has been added. A reprint of an out-of-copyright document also has no copyright. As for now, I see the image still as public domain. For requests to remove the image refer to Copyright problems -- Chris 73 | Talk 14:28, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I have listed the problem at Copyright problems/2006 March 21, please feel free to add your comments there. If the image is indeed not a copy of an image from the 13th century, then it has to be removed. -- Chris 73 | Talk 14:48, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Mark 48 Torpedo testing jpg.
Dear Chris 73, I've been looking at the image http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mark_48_Torpedo_testing.jpg - showing the torpedo hitting a ship, and I'm a bit confused about the last part of the montage: Why does the last of the nine images seem to be a different ship? The mast is very close to the bow/stern in the last image, but in the others the mast appears in the middle of the ship... why's that? 86.111.164.188 20:44, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I think it is the perspective. The photo is from nearly behind -- Chris 73 | Talk 20:52, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * yest I see now, thanks 86.111.164.188 20:55, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

esoteric programming languages
Hi, would you be interested in voting on this monster before I let it loose on AfD? Cheers, —Ruud 21:38, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi. I tried pretty much the same thing about a year ago, and many voters got tired and just blanko voted to keep everything. I got a lot of heat (plus a little support) for doing this, was labelled as a deletionist, and overall it was not a pretty experience. To avoid you from the same fate, I would at a minimum not list languages you think should be kept. In fact, I think listing a few languages every now and then individually is much less likely to swamp the voters and pass regularly through the process. Of course you may refer to your list, but my advice is to prioritize VfD's, and start with the least worthy, slowly working your way through the list. Good luck, and thanks for cleaning up. -- Chris 73 | Talk 21:48, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Request
Hi Chris 73, My name is Fernanda Viégas and I have been studying Wikipedia for a while now (you can see a paper I published on the subject here). I would like to ask you a few questions about your activities as a Wikipedia "photographer." I am fascinated by the pictorial side of Wikipedia and it would be great to hear about this community from one of its members. Would you be available for an email interview? Thanks, Fernanda.
 * Hi. If you post the questions here, I can try to answer them. -- Chris 73 | Talk 09:09, 2 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi Chris. Thanks for replying to my request. It's somewhat of a long survey with questions that have specific formats (liket tables with a series of multiple answers). The survey is posted here if you'd like to take a look at it. It would be helpful to me if we could do this via email. Please let me know if this is a problem for you. Thanks.  &mdash; Fernanda 00:28, 4 April 2006 (UTC) | talk


 * Thanks a bunch for taking the time to participate in the survey, Chris! I'll make the results publicly available as soon as I'm done with the analysis of the data. &mdash; Fernanda 10:24, 7 April 2006 (UTC) | talk

Possible source of free images of birds and mammals
I am not sure if these could be used on Wikipedia, but the Pennsylvania Game Commision (PGC) has 35 nice pictures of birds and 24 of mammals that appear to be free use (as long as the photographer and PGC Photo are credited). Since your user page says you are on the lookout for free pictures, I thought this might be of interest. I was unsure if they were truly free images, but figured you would know. By the way, love the water drop and your other featured photos - thanks for all you do. Here's the link Ruhrfisch 04:20, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the compliments. I added your link to Public domain image resources -- Chris 73 | Talk 09:12, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
 * You're welcome - I did not know where to put the link, so thanks, Ruhrfisch 12:44, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Category Q over at Commons
Hi there, I have a query about some categories over at Commons, which includes a category started by you. Take a look? Very many thanks, JackyR 16:06, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
 * And more on Commons ... I've belatedly discovered another of your categories. Unfortunately, someone else didn't, so there are now several overlapping cats. I'm proposing deleting one of yours, Commons:Category:Experimental equipment, to rationalise. Hope that's OK. JackyR 18:08, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Cheers. Will copy your comment to Commons to help the deletion debate, if that's OK. JackyR 19:52, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

help with vandalism
Image:LuigiWaitesPlaysVibraphone.jpg (which you seem to have originated and edited) was vandalized by an un-registered user (i.e., just an IP address) who has vandalized several other pages. I don't know what the protocol is for dealing with such vandalism and thought you could help. Thanks Special-T 17:05, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
 * You can list it at Administrator intervention against vandalism next time. This time the vandal stopped, he also got a notice placed on his talk page already, and I think the incident was minor and fixed quickly. Thanks for reverting it. -- Chris 73 | Talk 05:53, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Design Comp
Hi Chris! I would like to have a lend on you artistic senses. Could you please have a look at and leave comments on this page? The matter is of some urgency as I have to email my entry by tommorrow night. Thanks! --Fir0002 style="color:#C6CACC; background:#F8FCFF">www 11:11, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Shock and Awe
Hi Chris, has been confirmed by Jayjg (who has CheckUser power) as a sockpuppet of banned user. If you aren't familar with this long-term troll, please see Category:Wikipedia:Suspected_sockpuppets_of_Zephram_Stark, Long_term_abuse, and Requests for arbitration/Zephram Stark for details. Since he is banned, I'm going to continue to rvt all of his posts and edits. --JW1805 (Talk) 04:51, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Image:Oyama-jinja 004.jpg
Hi. You removed "no source" tag from Image:Oyama-jinja 004.jpg but you haven't provided the copyright notice which is required for GFDL images. I cannot find the exact image on the site you provided the link of. Could you please provide at least the name of the author? See WP:IDP and GFDL for more information. Thank you. --163.139.215.193 16:37, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Rollback
Hello. I'd like to ask you not to use the administrative rollback button in content disputes. It looks like you've been making liberal use of it recently in reverting Molobo and Space Cadet, but that's not really right. In the interest of preventing the furthering of edit wars, all content reverts should really give an explicit description and reason. As Revert says: "Rollbacks should be used with caution and restraint. Reverting a good-faith edit may send the message that 'I think your edit was no better than vandalism and doesn't deserve even the courtesy of an explanatory edit summary.' It is a slap in the face to a good-faith editor; do not abuse it." Thanks. Dmcdevit·t 18:30, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Dragonfly on Fir0002 FPC's
Hi Chris! I've got a quite a large batch to choose from this time... --Fir0002 style="color:#C6CACC; background:#F8FCFF">www 11:22, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Curious about your Lyon pics
I noticed you took some photos of Lyon (the Vélo'v station, the red tower, place Bellecour panorama)...did you pass through on a recent trip? How exactly do you get all these interesting photos from around the world? :) Stevage 22:04, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Because I have no short term memory. Thanks for pointing that out, I've replaced it with a pic of the amphitheatre, for want of better inspiration. Stevage 15:20, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Award!
You're welcome :D I was of course referring to the Japanese toilet article - it was so obvious to me that I forgot to put an appropriate reference :D Have a good day! Bravada Talk to me! 16:49, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

VandalProof 1.2 Now Available
 After a lenghty, but much-needed Wikibreak, I'm happy to announce that version 1.2 of VandalProof is now available for download! Beyond fixing some of the most obnoxious bugs, like the persistent crash on start-up that many have experienced, version 1.2 also offers a wide variety of new features, including a stub-sorter, a global user whitelist and blacklist, navigational controls, and greater customization. You can find a full list of the new features here. While I believe this release to be a significant improvement over the last, it's nonetheless nowhere near the end of the line for VandalProof. Thanks to Rob Church, I now have an account on test.wikipedia.org with SysOp rights and have already been hard at work incorporating administrative tools into VandalProof, which I plan to make available in the near future. An example of one such SysOp tool that I'm working on incorporating is my simple history merge tool, which simplifies the process of performing history merges from one article into another. Anyway, if you haven't already, I'd encourage you to download and install version 1.2 and take it out for a test-drive. As always, your suggestions for improvement are always appreciated, and I hope that you will find this new version useful. Happy editing! --AmiDaniel (talk) 02:12, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Pic peer review request
Hi, I'm fishing for comments for peer review at Featured picture candidates/Cement truck, would you mind? Stevage 12:20, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Image:Onsen in Nachikatsuura, Japan.jpg
Hi Chris 73,

Your photograph, Image:Onsen in Nachikatsuura, Japan.jpg, has been nominated for delisting as a featured image on Wikipedia. The discussion is at Featured picture candidates/Onsen.

Fg2 22:26, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Oklahoma Land Run Pic
Great Picture...my family were in the land run (sort of...they were there a wee bit before if you know what I mean). Rowlan 22:57, 28 May 2006 (UTC)\

Toyota Production System
Chris,

You removed a quote from the article because you questioned its authenticity and requested a source.

Source for the quote: http://www.managementwisdom.com/testimonials.html

Clare Crawford-Mason or Bob Mason of CC-M, Inc. can confirm how the quote was obatined for the CC-M, Inc. web page. Their telephone number is 1-800-453-6280

Clare Crawford-Mason collaborated with Dr. W. Edwards Deming to produce the authoritative rendering of his management philosophy in videocassette format. She is co-author of two best-selling books about the developing global market and the life and ideas of Dr. Deming: Quality Or Else: The Revolution in World Business, Times Books, 1994; and Thinking About Quality: Joy, Meaning, and Profit in the Workplace, Houghton Mifflin, 1991. Both are still in print.

A former NBC senior producer, Ms. Crawford-Mason is most noted as the producer of "If Japan Can Why Can’t We?" the NBC white paper which introduced Dr. Deming and his ideas to the West and stimulated the quality revolution and brought about the market for management videocassettes.

Quote in question:

Everyday I think about what he meant to us. Deming is the core of our management.

-Dr. Shoichiro Toyoda, Founder and Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation

The description of Dr. Toyoda's role at Toyota is not correct as his father, Kiichiro Toyoda, is the founder of Toyota Motor Corporation. Shoichiro Toyoda was President and Chairman in the 1980's and 1990's.

From the W. Edwards Deming page:

In 1960, Deming became the first American to receive the Second Order of the Sacred Treasures from Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi. An accompanying citation stated that the people of Japan attributed the rebirth and success of their industry to his work.

Deming's 1950 Lecture to Japanese Management

The Toyota Phenomenon

The intellectual foundation for Toyota’s success was laid from 1950 onward by W. Edwards Deming. In June 1950, Deming presented to the very top managers of the Japanese industry his view on what must happen to make Japan successful in the world market. Kiichiro Toyoda, the founder of Toyota Motor Company, was among the audience.

http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/events/graduation.cfm?doc_id=2225

Mr. Tatsuro Toyoda

Mr. Tatsuro Toyoda, Chairman of the Toyota Foundation, Senior Advisor to Toyota Motor Corporation and NYU Stern alumnus, today received an honorary doctorate at New York University's Commencement exercises. Mr. Toyoda studied under former Stern professor, W. Edwards Deming, and went on to apply his total quality management techniques to transform the Japanese automobile industry and contribute to the growth of the Japanese economy. Mr. Toyoda also helped to create the W. Edwards Deming Chair at Stern, currently held by Professor Eitan Zemel.

About Mr. Toyoda

Tatsura Toyoda, chairman and CEO of the Toyota Corporation and an alumnus of NYU's Stern School of Business, received a Doctor of Commercial Science degree, honoris causa.

Mr. Toyoda is the Chairman of the Toyota Foundation and a Senior Advisor to Toyota Motor Corporation. He is also a Director of Toyota Industries Company. Mr. Toyoda is a son of the founder of Toyota Motor Corporation and joined the family business in 1953. He headed a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota in California from 1984-1986. In 1992, Mr. Tatsuro succeeded his older brother, Shoichiro, to become company president.

Used an image
I used one of your images for the article Zaisu. Thanks for uploading so that I could tell what the article was about :)--SeizureDog 00:36, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA alerts
I noticed that you wanted to see new RfAs appear in the Signpost. I'm working on a proposal for a personalized opt-in alerts system for receiving alerts. In brief, it would work by you making a list of users you were interested in (ones that you've been interacting with) and being "spammed" if one of them comes up for RfA. It could be done for RfCs or RfArbs too. To express interest, you can sign up here. :-) TheGrappler 05:38, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

sea of japan map
thanks for restoring the more informative map. however, there's a problem with a minor detail. a japanese user is changing ulleung basin (tsushima) into tsushima (ulleung). as was discussed before, & i again pointed out recently in talk, it is clear that ulleung is the more common english name in various google searches, most notably in google scholar. thanks for any help. Appleby 16:52, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Water animation image and Original Research
Hi there, someone suggested on my discussion page that featuring your water drop animation on Wikipedia may be a violation of the WP:NOR image policy. What is your stance on the issue? Shawnc 05:29, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I have made digital modifications to images and do not object to the practice personally, but the WP:NOR page may need to be updated, in particular the clause "Even noted as having been manipulated, they should not be used to illustrate articles in the main namespace". You may wish to join the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:No_original_research. Shawnc 02:53, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Request to move category pages
Hello! I need your help. I need you to move, rename or merge these category pages and their respective talk pages to the correct format following MOSNUM. This is to provide greater consistency and prevent redundancy to these pages. This is also to prevent users from creating the same category pages as well. Some of these categories contain two similiar pages because of this. These are the categories in question:

Notice that the changes in the title pages only require the addition of a comma for 4 and more digit numbers. You should also delete the redundant category pages as well. Your help in this matter will be greatly appreciated. Thank You once again for your time! -- S iva1979 Talk to me 06:23, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Category:Wikipedians with 3000-4000 edits to Category:Wikipedians with 3,000-4,000 edits.
 * Category:Wikipedians with 4000-5000 edits to Category:Wikipedians with 4,000-5,000 edits.
 * Category:Wikipedians with 5000-6000 edits to Category:Wikipedians with 5,000-6,000 edits.
 * Category:Wikipedians with 6000-7000 edits to Category:Wikipedians with 6,000-7,000 edits.
 * Category:Wikipedians with 7000-8000 edits to Category:Wikipedians with 7,000-8,000 edits.
 * Category:Wikipedians with 8000-9000 edits to Category:Wikipedians with 8,000-9,000 edits.
 * Category:Wikipedians with 9000-10,000 edits to Category:Wikipedians with 9,000-10,000 edits.
 * Category:Wikipedians with 1000-2000 edits to Category:Wikipedians with 1,000-2,000 edits.
 * Category:Wikipedians with 2000-3000 edits to Category:Wikipedians with 2,000-3,000 edits.
 * Category:Wikipedians with 1000-2500 edits to Category:Wikipedians with 1,000-2,500 edits.
 * Category:Wikipedians with 500-1000 edits to Category:Wikipedians with 500-1,000 edits.
 * Category:Wikipedians with 2500-4000 edits to Category:Wikipedians with 2,500-4,000 edits.
 * Category:Wikipedians with 4000-10,000 edits to Category:Wikipedians with 4,000-10,000 edits.
 * Category:Wikipedians with 7500-10,000 edits to Category:Wikipedians with 7,500-10,000 edits.
 * Category:Wikipedians with 7000-7,500 edits to Category:Wikipedians with 7,000-7,500 edits.
 * Well, I posted these here under sub-section, discussions. I hope to have your comments and support for the renaming of the above mentioned categories. -- S iva1979 Talk to me 16:17, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

vote
You excluded me from the vote on naming of Tsushima Basin (Ulleung Basin). In my contributions page, I can count 103 edits. Is there any special rule in counting edits? just curious. --Isorhiza 12:33, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

tsushima basin
i just don't understand your partisanship. here's how i understand what happened:

november 2005, i noticed that ulleung was a more common name than tsushima. you did your own google search, & relabeled it ulleung (tsushima), with consensus of myself & endroit, the only participants. that's how it's been ever since. earlier this month, a now-banned sockpuppet changed the name to tsushima & created a new tsushima basin article. i reverted to the existing consensus, but he created a misspelled "tushima basin".

at this point, i would've expected a neutral admin to correct this to ulleung basin, the existing consensus. but you moved it to tsushima. ok, maybe you didn't remember the details & were just going to neutrally administer a poll. but no, you became a party to the dispute & voted for tsushima. ok, you have every right to participate & vote. but that means your actions in having moved the article, setting & changing the rules of the poll, characterizing the result, & announcing the result at various talk pages are as one of the voters, not a neutral third party administrator.

in characterizing the result, i pointed out the neutral guideline of WP:RM is 60% for a consensus. there was no consensus for a new name to overturn the previous 100% consensus. you have no authority to declare less than 60% good enough for a "consensus". you have no right to post at various talk pages that your preference has been decided, when no such consensus was reached.

it's unfortunate that such a small matter has gotten so out of hand and personal. if you had just closed the vote saying 57.9%, no consensus, period, that would've been the end of that. it was only when you pronounced the result in your favor that i thought hey, not only was there no clear consensus for tsushima, the previous consensus was actually ulleung. & maybe i was naive, but i thought that as an admin, you would be more careful, neutral & knowledgeable of the procedures, even if you had been an advocate during the poll.

at this point, i still think that technically, with no new consensus for change, the previous consensus of ulleung should be restored. but we can all move on to more important things if you just stop pretending there was a consensus & a conclusion in your favor, & agree to call it inconclusive. Appleby 21:13, 22 June 2006 (UTC)


 * i do assume you are acting in good faith. that's why i didn't question your motives when you moved the article to tsushima or voted in a poll you appeared to be administering neutrally or counted an ineligible voter for tsushima. but for me, your pronouncements of victory at various talk pages broke the proverbial camel's back. i do believe you don't have an inherent bias on this topic, but just became too involved as an advocate to also make administrative judgment calls. as i said, i will live with tsushima if you just accurately call the result "no consensus" and roll back the map at sea of japan. thanks. Appleby 21:40, 22 June 2006 (UTC) oh, i just noticed you changed the subheading. thanks. Appleby 21:53, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Vote on Fir0002 FPC
Hi Chris! I was wondering if you could leave your comments on this page? Thanks! --Fir0002 04:27, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Done -- Chris 73 | Talk 10:16, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Sockpuppet
May I ask why you revert the sockpuppet information? -- Chris 73 | Talk 22:52, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm very sorry, I clicked rollback by accident &mdash; probably out of astonishment. &mdash; Matt Crypto 00:45, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
 * No problems, happens to the best of us sometimes. Thanks for self-reverting -- Chris 73 | Talk 06:32, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Parkinson's picture
Sweet. Joining Parkinson's disease very shortly... --PaulWicks 09:55, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Wow. Thanks for all those. You are truly a legend of wikiimages!--PaulWicks 10:27, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Your picture was removed by a sockpuppet of General Tojo. Don't sweat it =) --PaulWicks 14:29, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

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Use of Nautilus image
This is to Thank you and inform you that I plan to use -- with the proper credit line, as indicated in your file -- your fine photograph of the chambered nautilus (Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus, 1758)in an entry in a folder now in preparation for addition to my university, NONcommercial web site: -   http://www.cst.cmich.edu/users/dietr1rv/

If there are any problems with my doing this, please let me know.

Best to you,

R.V. Dietrich, Professor emeritus
 * Thanks for the info. You are very welcome to use the image for commercial andnon-commercial purposes. Best wishes, -- Chris 73 | Talk 20:05, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Use of mikvah image
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 * Thanks for the info. Glad my pictures could help. Best wishes, -- 11:00, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

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