User talk:Aka

Easter Bunny
Please do not think I am criticising your Easter Bunny photo from a photographic perspective. I agree with you that it is not featured image material, but I would like you to know that I have looked at your userpage images, and I think you have a terrific eye. You have more than a few pictures that you could rightfully submit for consideration. Go for it! Denni &#9775; 02:49, 2005 Apr 9 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks ;) -- Aka 08:32, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Pic of the Day
Hi Aka,

Just to let you know that your animation Image:Tower of Hanoi 4.gif is up for Pic of the Day on the 8th May. You can check and correct the associated caption at Picture of the day/May 8, 2005. -- Solipsist 08:33, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Calabash.jpg
Hello

Your Calabash.jpg image, Image:Calabash.jpg seems to have disappeared. Do you know what happened to it?
 * This image now is available as "Image:Calebasse.jpg" (please don't ask why .. ;) ). Do you still know where you have seen this error message? -- thanks for your note, Aka 16:31, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

Hmm... the Image:Calabash.jpg page is still there. I've set a redirect on it to Image:Calebasse.jpg.

Image:Chaffinch (aka).jpg has been listed for deletion
The reason I have nominated this is because it duplicates an image on Wikipedia Commons, so it is redundant on Wikipedia. Steve block talk 11:13, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!
That dragonfly on the main page is absolutely stunning, and I see that it's not alone among your pics, so I wanted to thank you for your contributions. Thanks!

FPC Promotion: Anthomyiidae
Another great image taken by you. Congrats and thanks for your hard work! --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 20:08, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * Oh, thanks a lot :) -- Aka 08:49, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

FPC
You shoudl also explain your actions and close the nomination correctly. -Ravedave 17:32, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I explained it already by now. Please feel free to close the nomination correctly. I did not start them and I'm not familar with the way you handle archiving here. -- Aka 17:35, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Another FPC
Well done Aka, I'm continually astounded by your work. --Fir0002 08:37, 8 August 2006 (UTC)


 * This is to let you know the Featured Picture you uploaded and/or nominated Image:Empis livida (aka).jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the day on October 1, 2006, when it will be featured on the Main Page. Congratulations!  howch e  ng   {chat} 17:18, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations
I noticed today's Featured Picture and followed the photo credit link to find more of your work. Very impressive! Rl 09:52, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Featured picture nomination
Hi, I've nominated your image Image:Osmia rufa couple (aka).jpg for Featured Picture status. Please see for the discussion. Thanks.  howch e  ng   {chat} 00:13, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Featured Picture Habanero photo

 * Congratulations on your Featured Picture Habanero photo (right). Interestingly, your Featured Picture  Habanero photo looks very much like a famous wood carving of a man huddled into an almost cube shape.  Looking at your Habanero photo, the man's head is the dark orange portion near the stem.  You can see his ear reflecting the light.  His back makes up the left side of the Habanero.  His right arm is folded between his back and his right leg.  His face is hidden in his hands by his right leg.  His feet are crossed and he is resting on his bottom.  The green stem may say something about the portability (controllability?) of a man huddling into himself against grief or sadness.  I wanted to add your Habanero photo in a Wikipedia article next to an artwork showing a huddled man, but could not find the huddled man photo.  This is not the wood carving I am thinking of, but its close and does look like your Habanero photo: link.  -- Jreferee 18:25, 14 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi, just thought I would let you know that your picture of the Habanero is being discussed at Featured picture candidates/Habanero delist. The topic of the discussion is if it should remain a feature picture. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 19:42, 14 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your notes. I agree with the delist request. Its one of my oldes images I ever uploaded and does not meet the FPC criteria anymore. I'll create a better image sometime. -- Regards, Aka 11:28, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Your tool
Just wanted to say I've just discovered your tool and I LOVE it! Great work! -- Majorly ( Talk ) 17:20, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Featured picture promotion!
Herr Karwath,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Lemon-edit1.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-02-26.  howcheng  {chat} 18:19, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar
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"PopUp" info for Global Search
Hi - I just came across your Global Search; it was mentioned on Tools/Navigation popups. I thought it would be nice if PopUps showed an excerpt for external links, as it does for articles. Perhaps this can be done? A quick fix would be to create GlobalSearch and put in "This site allows for searching all major Wikipedia sites for articles with the given name, which is useful for building links between these Wikipedias." along with a link. --BenTremblay 22:40, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Featured Picture!
Thanks for another great photo, Aka! --YFB ¿  14:16, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi André,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Plegadis falcinellus (aka) background blurred.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-09-02.  howcheng  {chat} 02:01, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Page History Statistics
Regarding, could you please make your script support GET requests in addition to POST (see HTTP). I was going to replace the old wikimedia history statistics website in Voice of All's monobook with yours. However, with your website, I cannot retrieve individual article histories by typing it into the URL. Could you make it so that I can type an article title in the URL? This will allow me to make the necessary changes to User:Voice_of_All/History/monobook.js. I'm not too familiar with all this stuff, so I asked a friend to explain the whole thing to me, and I hope I've explained my problem to you. Thanks and if you have any questions, please contact me. Nishkid64 (talk) 19:12, 2 June 2007 (UTC)


 * It already supports GET requests. Just use something like http://vs.aka-online.de/cgi-bin/wppagehiststat.pl?lang=en&page=Test. -- Aka 20:11, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh okay. Thanks for the quick reply. I will make the appropriate fixes in the monobook now. Nishkid64 (talk) 20:30, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * :)  Voice -of- All  06:33, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Kiwi aka.jpg
Hi André,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Kiwi aka.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-10-22.  howcheng  {chat} 22:07, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Aka's Page History Stats Tool
Is it possible to modify Aka's Page History Stats Tool so that the "unique editors" indication provides a percentage of IP addresses editing the article. Instead of reading "405 (158 IP addresses)", it would read "405 (158 (39%) IP addresses). Also, for the User Statistics, is it possible to list the total number of edits that user has on Wikipedia? I use Aka's Page History Stats Tool (along with wikirage.com) alot in my page protection work (to contact those with the most edits to a page and suggest that they review the page I just protected). I also use it alot in notifying those with the most interest in the article about a pending XfD. I've used it to give out awards to those contributing to help pages and policy pages and I've used Aka's Page History Stats Tool to post the template:maintained talk page template to those articles that have the most edits. Thanks for such a great tool. --  Jreferee  (Talk) 17:26, 14 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I'll include the percentage of IP addresses editing the article with the next update. The other change is currently nearly impossible to implement, but I plan to move this tool to the toolserver somewhere in the future. Then it can access the toolserver database and find out these things too. -- Aka 14:24, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Tricyrtis hirta - blossom side (aka).jpg
Hi Aka,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Tricyrtis hirta - blossom top (aka).jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on April 20, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-04-20.  howcheng  {chat} 22:23, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Page stats problem
I have been attempting to get a stat history of I Am Legend (film), but I only get this response:

"Cannot handle date (0, 31, 03, 1, 2, 2047) at /usr/lib/cgi-bin/wppagehiststat.pl line 404"

Any ideas? SilkTork  *What's YOUR point? 10:36, 13 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Similar error for me (searching on Mr. Bean):
 * "Cannot handle date (0, 26, 13, 26, 3, 6488) at /usr/lib/cgi-bin/wppagehiststat.pl line 404"
 * EyeSerene talk 11:51, 13 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your note. I corrected the problem already. -- Aka (talk) 13:53, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia Page History Statistics
How about adding a link to each user's Talk page in the list of editors for articles? Gary King (talk) 18:59, 31 March 2008 (UTC)


 * That's a good idea! ;) -- Aka (talk) 07:33, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Also, if an article has  in the title, then your script will only search the article's title before the   (i.e. I tried typing in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords but it searched the history for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.) Gary King (talk) 21:59, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Could you also let us set a default Wikimedia project to use so that it doesn't always default to aa.wikipedia.org? Thanks! Gary King (talk) 06:54, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 * It should store the previously used project in a HTTP cookie, at least if your browser accepts cookies. -- Aka (talk) 14:54, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I have cookies enabled, but when I close and re-open my browser, it appears the the site loses my last chosen option. Gary King (talk) 23:10, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * You can also bookmark http://vs.aka-online.de/cgi-bin/wppagehiststat.pl?lang=en.wikipedia directly. -- Aka (talk) 11:17, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Neato - that will do it! Thanks! Gary King (talk) 07:34, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Inspiration
Hi Aka, just thought I would introduce myself and say thanks muchly for the inspiration you've given me to contribute to wikipedia. Your photo of the has prompted me to include a similar photo of. I'm a long way off yet - but my aim would be to join you in the Masters Guild... one day. Thanks again ~Xytram~ (talk) 21:48, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

POTD notification
Hi André,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Macropodus opercularis - side (aka) edit.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on November 19, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-11-19.  howcheng  {chat} 06:15, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

A request
Hi Aka, I love your page history checker, and have used it a lot. Just one request: would you consider keeping the English WP at the top of the list, so that we don't have to scroll down? Most of your requests are about that, I assume, so it would make sense. Or bolding it would help too. I hope you don't mind the suggestion. :-) SlimVirgin  talk| contribs 22:43, 19 January 2009 (UTC)


 * You can start it with http://vs.aka-online.de/cgi-bin/wppagehiststat.pl?lang=en.wikipedia to preselect a project. -- Aka (talk) 16:54, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Dried mushrooms
Hi, I've nominated an image you created for featured status. Thought you may be interested in commenting. Thanks, J Milburn (talk) 17:36, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/File:Galanthus nivalis close-up aka.jpg
Is up for delisting. Noodle snacks (talk) 00:39, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

POTD notification
Hi Aka,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Werdau - townhall (aka).jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on September 30, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-09-30.  howcheng  {chat} 03:46, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Is Wikipedia Page History Statistics open source?
Hi Aka, I've been using Wikipedia Page History Statistics frenquently in my PHD research about portuguese Wikipedia. I'll need to colect some extra data e I think the best choise would creating a new version of the tool. Is the code available? Or could you tell us something about how the tool works? Thank you very much! Carlos d'Andréa (Brazil). PS - I've no editions in this username (carlosdand) because I only edit in portuguese Wikipedia. Carlosdand (talk) 14:00, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Notification: changes to "Mark my edits as minor by default" preference
Hello there. This is an automated message to tell you about the gradual phasing out of the preference entitled "Mark all edits minor by default", which you currently have (or very recently had) enabled.

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YAMP
Hast Du YAMP mal jenseits der Version 3.3 weiter entwickelt? Die CDDB-Funktion aktualisiert? -- Manorainjan  13:07, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Nein, die letzte Version 3.3 ist sicherlich auch schon 25 Jahre alt und ich habe keine Ahnung, ob die auf aktuellen Windows-Versionen überhaupt noch läuft. Das Programm war mal relativ populär, aber das ist eben schon ewig her. Ich habe nicht vor, da noch irgendetwas dran zu machen. -- Gruß, Aka (talk) 13:22, 5 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Schade. Auf meinem Win7Pro läuft es einwandfrei. Lediglich bei Versuch CDDB abzufragen friert es ein. Du könntest doch im einfachsten Falle eine Version 3.4 machen, in der die CDDB-Funktion einfach nicht aktivierbar ist. Freedb -- Manorainjan  14:59, 5 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Wenn das mit vertretbarem Aufwand gehen würde, würde ich dir gerne helfen. Aber: das Programm ist mit einer Uraltversion von Delphi programmiert (Version 2, wenn ich mich richtig erinnere), die es schon lange nicht mehr gibt. Um das mit einer aktuellen, 25 Jahre neueren Version übersetzen zu können, sind vermutlich mehr als nur ein paar Anpassungen notwendig. -- Gruß, Aka (talk) 15:05, 5 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Ach so. Das wäre eine potenziell NeverEndingStory ;-) lohnt wirklich nicht. -- Manorainjan  15:10, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

File:Lemon-edit1.jpg nominated for delisting from Featured pictures
Please see Featured picture candidates/delist/Lemon. MER-C 16:34, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Graslandfeuerindex
Bitte erstelle oder rege die Erstellung an von Graslandfeuerindex. Ich kann das nich, bin gesperrt. ;-)

https://www.dwd.de/DWD/warnungen/agrar/glfi/glfi_tab_alle_NI.html

Danach richtet sich z.B., ob auf städtischen Grünanlagen gegrillt werden darf.

https://www.braunschweig.de/leben/wohnen_energie_abfall/usbs/parks_und_gruenanlagen.php  Manorainjan  07:04, 22 June 2023 (UTC)