User talk:AJR/Archive 1

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Well done!
I just wanted to say that you did a good job creating those ICFTU regional organisation articles. I was the one to put them on the list (quite some time ago) and I've been meaning to do some research on them myself, but never got around to it. So I'm very happy to see the links finally turn blue. Thanks for that, and keep up the good work. / Alarm 21:08, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Information Request
I'm leaving you this message because you posted a reply on the Copyright Violation page. Please let me know if there is a different procedure to follow.

I posted a request for removal of a copyrighted image nearly 5 days ago, and it has not been responded to nor any action taken. I see that responses to other requests are generally posted within a day or so.

Would you please take a look at my request to remove the image "Wintu Women Circa 1900" and let me know if there is some other method I should be following to achieve the removal of this copyrighted image.

The text of the request is below:

"Copyright infringement

"I have been contacted and informed that an image as to which I represent the copyright holders is posted in Wikipedia Commons without permission. Please remove the following image immediately: [Wintu_Women_circa_1900.jpg].

"The source of the image is listed as the website of the College of the Siskiyous, where the image appears with permission; the image on that website clearly contains the copyright statement: © 2001 Masson-Gomez Family.

"I have read the statement of the person who originally posted the image, and it appears that he was under the mistaken impression that the copyright had expired - that impression is incorrect. While the image was created some time ago, it remained privately held by the family, and was not published or registered for copyright until recently. Under the Copyright Act, this image is clearly currently copyright protected.

"Under 17 U.S.C. sec. 303, as a work created before 1978 but not theretofore in the public domain, which was then first published in 2001, the copyright remains active until December 31, 2047. There is a very useful chart published on the Cornell University website that sets out these complex rules in a simple way Copyright Protection Chart.

"If you have any questions please contact the administrator of the College of the Siskiyous website directly, and he will confirm the copyright status of the image.

"Again, please remove this protected image immediately.

"CopyrightProtection 22:56, 20 September 2005 (UTC)"

CopyrightProtection 20:26, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Quaker Project
Thanks for becoming part of the Quaker Project. The more the merrier! I look forward to your contributions. Logophile 06:36, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Lynn Collins speedy
Hi! Something as short as that entry was can be speedied as having a lack of content...it wasn't even a complete sentence. :) There wasn't enough there to be particularly useful, but she did something of note.  This was more of a judgement call.  Anyway, thanks for pointing it out.  The system works! - Lucky 6.9 00:45, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Hi!
Hello,

I just got myself started in Wikipedia stuff; I was searching for other Quakers and found the "Quaker Wikipedians" category. Noticing it wasn't listed under "Wikipedians by Religion," I made it so. :) Anyway, I'm mostly just saying Hi.

DAllen\talk 05:57, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Whitefield's Tabernacle, Kingswood
Hi! Glad to see someone else is interested in this. Do you have any photos of either building you could contribute? I am at the other end of the country now. I do have permission from the Banner of Truth Trust to include some photos/pictures from their biography of George Whitefield by Arnold Dallimore, but this does not include the Victorian building. --PeterR 22:11, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

WP:RD/H
Yes you did get Nov 25 in the right place. Thanks. :-) --hydnjo talk 20:05, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

I don't know if this is the place I am supposed to thank you for your reply to my query about a literary term. I had already loked at meta-reference and meta literature and I guess this would be an example of that as well. The book is Second Sight by Gary Blackwood. The characters do not break the "fourth wall" though I am glad to know about that term. The author does comment about the time lapse since the story took place, and other issues, but the characters seem unaware of the reader.

Spiral Galaxy M109
The histories of the split articles you mentioned at the Cut and paste move repair holding pen have been merged together at Spiral Galaxy M109. If you feel this is not the correct title, please relist it, at Requested moves. &mdash;  F REAK OF N URxTURE  ( [ TALK ] )  15:43, Dec. 17, 2005

Leon Wesley Walls
Don't know if you had checked the history, but I had already wikified that article, for some reason he changed it back again. Search 4  Lancer  07:44, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

WikiProject Organized Labour
Hi AJR, I noticed a comment you made at WikiProject Countering systemic bias about ICFTU Inter American Regional Organisation of Workers. So I wanted to mention the WikiProject Organized Labour to you. It was just started a few days ago, but if you are interested, then take a look. Cheers. --Bookandcoffee 23:28, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

411 on Henry Taub revision.
Hi,

I noticed that you recently did a revert on an edit to the Henry Taub article. It seemed like the edit you reverted was vandalism. Yet, you were cordial and even took the time to talk to an IP??? What's that all about??? Just curious, is all... Folajimi 02:56, 19 January 2006 (UTC)(talk)


 * Since it was the first edit from that IP address, I was assuming that it was a "do they really let any random web sufer like me edit?" test edit. It only takes a few seconds to drop Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks.  on a user talk page, and by giving advice on how to edit it helps prevent biting newcomers.


 * How nice of you! Well, thank you very much for explaining that to me. I will try to be as benevolent myself ;)
 * Speaking of which, do you know of ElBenevolente? That user "went dark" a few weeks ago without warning, and I am wondering what happened to him... Folajimi(talk)

Direct domain
ref Where do Yahoo! and Google get their domains? Are there free or one time fee registars? -- hello, i'm a member  |  talk to me!  23:14, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

On the affine cipher question.
Hi. It seems you were right in WP:RD/Math: the supplied ciphertext has typoes. See my reply. I didn't give the full solution for obvious reasons, but if you calculate it, you'll see that a letter is missing from the end that indeed decodes to an "e", so the hint was right. &#x2013; b_jonas 16:41, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

NBA Revert War
I know that a revert war is bad, but he's won't leave the page alone, and his version isn't exactly 100% verifiable. I just want to make sure ALL the facts are correct. Dknights411 01:15, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, if I broke any rules, I sincerly appologize. I promise I'll stop.  I just tried to act in the best interest for Wikipedia.  I assure you, I never meant ANY harm to anyone, even the anon. Dknights411 01:42, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the pic about the kitten. That made my day.  Unfortunatley, the anon user reverted your version into his version.  There is no sense in that guy huh? Dknights411 02:36, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Doesn't "Disputed" mean unverifiable facts anyway? Dknights411 03:02, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Um, AJR, are you aware of this. In my opinion, the correctness of his data is not the issue. The George Reeves vandal has not been banned and perhaps cannot be banned, but ought to have been banned long since, therefore all of his edits are prima facie unallowable. The person is demented, seriously, he cannot be treated like a normal sane person, and it is unfair and naive to pretend that this is a he-said-she-said situation. Herostratus 07:31, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Reply
I am an nba historian, what I wrote is correct and you and knights need to get a life and learn from somebody who knows facts, you dont know anything! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.107.219.55 (talk • contribs)

re NBA vandal (George Reeves vandal, Chicago Public Library vandal)
Copies of messages recently sent to Curps and GregAsche. I address the same appeal to you. -- I saw that you protected the George Reeves article. Are you aware of the history of the vandal, given here.

Fred Bauder looked into this guy. But he has not been encouraging; he basically said that since the user is using a range of IPs from the Chicago Public Library there is nothing that can be done. Appeals to WP:VIP and WP:ANI (repeated) have brought nothing. I have written to the library but I doubt that they will be able to help.

Is it true that nothing can be done? I would like a nice long one or two-week block on the entire IP range. I'm looking for someone willing to do that.

I don't think it will help. The persons is genuinely demented and obsessive. He has repeatedly sworn to never, ever give up, and I believe him. However, he may lack the resources to move easily to locations other than the library. I think a one or two-week block will not discourage him, but it might.

Will you do this.

GregAsche who recently protected the 1998-99 NBA season article from the same person.Herostratus 08:05, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Copyvios
When tagging articles as suspected copyvios, always remember to remove the article text. --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 10:27, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Nba
DUDE, DID U BOTHER READING DISCUSSION PAGE 1998 1999? Or like knights you do your own way, then repent? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.107.2.112 (talk • contribs) 20:26, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I have left comments on the talk page, and have read what others have written there. Unfortunately I see no effort on your part to try to resolve the problem through discussion, you have only made accusations. -- AJR | Talk 00:28, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism revert
Good evening, thanks for reverting the vandalism in the article about the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Just an advice, it's always a good idea to check the contributions of somebody who vandalized one article to see whether he did the same in other articles. In this case, the user also vandalized the article about the Canadian Red Cross. It's often tedious to clean up the work of vandals in such a way, but otherwise some vandalism might not be recognized (the vandalism in the Canadian Red Cross article was not found for about 90 minutes). Best Regards, --Uwe 21:55, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

IFRC Revision as of 01:39, 8 January 2006
Hi there AJR,

I just wanted to let you know that that correction was good. I work for the Federation, in the Movement Cooperation division. However, the division will merge with the National Society division in October, at which date it will be good to do another revision. Thanks for checking the IFRC page, however. I will let the webmaster know that the info is incorrect. If you wish to confirm this, my email is [removed].

(after you read this, please erase my email to avoid spam)

Thanks for your interest in the Movement! ;)

Saludos,

Pepe.

217.169.134.4 05:29, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Absinthe Retailers AfD
Regarding your vote on Articles for deletion/Absinthe Retailers, thank you for your input. The article's creator has raised an objection to its deletion that I think might be a valid point, to which I've responded. I would like to get feedback from other editors on this, so if you have the time, you might want to drop by the AfD page and give your opinion again. Thanks! –Sommers (Talk) 18:31, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

2006 Medal Count
Appears as if I didn't revert the anon vandalism far enough, thanks for correcting it. -- light darkness (talk) 00:15, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Wikiproject: countering systemic bias
Hi AJR, I wonder if you might be able to help - I'm writing an article for openDemocracy about the Wikiproject:countering systemic bias. I'd like to get some quotes from Wikipedians about why they're involved, what they're working on and some other general issues. I wonder if you'd be willing to talk to me over email? Mine is [email address removed in case spammers' crawlers have found this page]

Thanks,

David
 * Response sent by email AJR | Talk 21:45, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

The Gadget Show
No problem. I was getting edit conflicts too. &mdash;Wh o  uk (talk) 19:10, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

RE: Template:Africa
Thanks for your note and concern. I generally welcome and invite usage of the talk page for this and that (and hereafter might); at this point, however, I see little need given concise and communicative edit summaries. Moreover, as per prior comments and attempts to organise and equilibrate related articles/content, I see little reason to forego the status quo UN geoscheme – and a fairly |impartial one at that – for one(s) that are arguably more tenuous. Thanks. E Pluribus Anthony | talk | 17:15, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Template Africa
Sorry about that. I'll have to gather some more 'verifiable' backing before continuing the discussion. Blatantly following UN seems POV to me. No 3RR for me, I'll come back to this later. Lycaon 17:19, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Bizare?
Why do you think "An Internet web site whose operators fail to maintain a standard of client relation conductive to donation or sale." is bizare (or do you mean bizarre?) and why would you delete it from a section entitled "Alternative Views" (not "additional views") even if you think it is bizarre???

I think being a member of the Thought Police, especially if you are actually a genuine Quaker would appear to be far more bizarre than defending Freedom of Thought? Or is Freedom of Though not on the genuine Quaker menu?

Please reinstate the above entry.

PCE 04:27, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * (Reply left at User talk:Pce3@ij.net -- AJR | Talk 10:31, 24 April 2006 (UTC))
 * (Follow up to reply at User talk:Pce3@ij.net -- PCE 15:46, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

ko jong-soo
thank you very much for saving that article from being deleted as CSD Luckyj 13:21, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

girard academic music program
I wrote the website that I copied and pasted the information from. I didn't think that would be a problem.

girard academic music program
Hi,

What exactly is going to happen to the article, are you going to use the new one I wrote from scratch or the old one??


 * I have left a note on your user talk page about what can happen next. Basically, is the appropriate permission exists Wikipedia can simply use the text you wrote for the GAMP website.  If you want to use the new text instead, that's fine also.
 * In the first situation (using the text from the website) it's simply a case of reverting the article back to the text you supplied (and then tidying it up to fit the Wikipedia style guidelines, hopefully.) This needs either a statement on the the website saying that the text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, or confirmation by email, but with either of those is quite quick and simple to handle.
 * If your new text is used instead, it needs an administrator to delete the old version (I'm not an admin and can't do that myself) so that the temporary page can be moved into place - usually the "copyright problem" boilerplate is meant to stay up for a week (plus whatever the current backlog for dealing with them is) to allow time for mistakes to be spotted, but given the circumstances there are probably ways to dealing with it more quickly if you want. -- AJR | Talk 01:30, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

re: girard academic music program
since i can't go in and edit it now to add the GNU tag, can you do that, so it can be reopened?

RoHS Directive
I'm not sure if this is the right way, but thank you so much for you're answer.

Red Cross Article
Hi there, I kindly ask you to check today's changes to the article about the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement‎ made by User:Francis Schonken, and the respective discussion on the talk page of the article. I provided a number of reasons why I reverted this changes, and I sincerely believe the reasons to be valid and his reasoning to be based on a lack of insight into the complicated historical and legal grounds regarding the emblem issue. As I don't want to run into an edit war, I would be happy to get additional opinions from other users. --Uwe 15:42, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Cardiff Bus
Thanks for letting me know, will make a comment on the AfD ASAP. Seems like a pretty pointless and unimportant article to me! Abcdefghijklm 07:08, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * The article has now been deleted, thanks for setting up the AfD.Abcdefghijklm 11:48, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Henry Taub
Can you reference the obituary that states when Henry Taub died?

FYI
Just so you know, I now have a new username at User:Seivad. Previously I was known as User::Abcdefghijklm. This message has been left for everyone who has left a message on my talk page. Thanks for your time, Seivad 21:41, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Dsei page
Hi AJR

Thank you for your message, though I couldn't work out how to reply. I too am all for balanced info and note that you have been pretty fair with your re-edit. However, DSEi is not an 'arms fair'. How can it be, when weapons and related systems make up less than 4% of the show? It is like calling the London Boat Show a windsurfing exhibition, or calling the Motor Show a gearbox show.

Also, it isn't too balanced to only have one photo, showing protests - how can I upload a photo of the show?

I appreciate the need to document the controversy and protests involved with the show for Wiki readers, but the stuff about regimes with immoral human rights records is wildly inaccurate, as is always the way with DSEi reporting - not sure we're ever going to change that though!!

One minor point and I don't know how to edit, but it is DSEi not Dsei as appears in the title. I deleted references to Spearhead Exhibitions because it no longer exists.

Apologies that I edited it so brutally yesterday, I am new to Wikipedia and therefore unaware of protocol/procedure - so your message was helpful and informative as well as fair, and is certainly something I will bear in mind.

Best regards

J

Why I can't add myself in wikipedia
Hello what's the problem about adding me in wikipedia can u explain me please

deletion review
Sorry for letting that slip, that was my error. —— Eagle (ask me for help) 04:09, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Your edit to Penis
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