User talk:Alison/Archive 54

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Zac Δ talk   20:34, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Steve Benson (cartoonist)
Hello,

Any chance you might consider renewing the semi-protection on this article? It has been the subject of nasty defamatory vandalism both historically and recently. Your previous protection expired in June. During the AFD the community pretty much promised the article subject that we would keep it semi-protected in future, and it does look like the article is still an attractive target for vandals...

Cheers,

Thparkth (talk) 03:29, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I've gone ahead and semi-protected it for another six months. I've also suppressed a number of edits which made unsourced allegations of a serious nature - Alis o n  ❤ 18:41, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Golden Gate Bridge pic
We're really trying to keep a lid on new pictures in this article, as there are a lot of such pictures. The link to Commons near the end of the article suffices for most. Do we need this picture in the article? Is she notable? Is she notable relative to the Bridge? - Denimadept (talk) 05:32, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * She's not notable herself, no. However, there are no bridge pictures in the article from the opening day, or anything earlier than the 21st century, from what I can see. It also illustrates the older steel pedestrian railing as it was then. Given that it's opening day, I'd consider the image historically significant, encyclopedic and highly relevant to the article. It's not exactly the average holiday-snap-from-Sausalito - Alis o n  ❤ 05:38, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The very next picture in the article is an OGG of opening day. :-> - Denimadept (talk) 05:48, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Well yes, a movie! xD (which, coincidentally, doesn't want to play for me) - Alis o n  ❤ 05:49, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I suppose the movie might depend on your browser. OGG support works okay for me in FireFox, for instance, but I don't know if it might cause trouble elsewhere.  Note that I didn't simply remove your image.  I wanted to discuss it with you before I took it anywhere. - Denimadept (talk) 05:51, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it's not working in Safari 5.1, but I kicked over to Firefox 6.0 and it is :) Silly Apple! Still, now that we've discussed it, I guess it's over to you for the next step, whatever that may be. Talk page RfC? I think I've stated a reasonable case for its inclusion here - Alis o n  ❤ 06:01, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I've brought it up. It's your posting, so I figured you might want to be aware of the issue, in case someone ELSE removes it.  It's too borderline for me to just yank, IMHO.
 * There's an image I've been looking for, of the 1987 (50th anniversary) Pedestrian Day with the bridge deflecting under all the people, which I have not found in a while. I know it's in a particular book by Henry Petroski, and I asked him, but he doesn't know where he got it.  I hope to find it in a reference in the book, but I've got to find the book first. :-/ - Denimadept (talk) 06:18, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

&larr; Thanks, yep :) I'm here in the South Bay, as it happens, and I may know some people with personal pics of the event - similar to this one - I'll put the word out and see what comes up ;) - Alis o n  ❤ 06:21, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Lambon and Tar baby
Hello. Just an explanation to your question about why the reference to Rep. Lambon's usage of "tar baby" was reduced to a footnote on the tar baby entry. Over the last few years several politicians (e.g., Mitt Romney, John Kerry, etc.) have used the phrase, each time sparking a minor flurry of press notices. Were we to itemize every instance the page would eventually grow to incorporate a lengthy list not central to "tar baby" itself. To avoid this, we simply note that various politicians have employed the phrase to public censure, and include the citation so that the reader may track down each individual case should she wish. This could change, of course, should a future case prove remarkably notable (e.g., a candidate using it in a presidential debate, an instance in which a given usage created a media firestorm, a figure having to resign, etc.) Cheers. ThtrWrtr (talk) 17:52, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

IRC!
Hi! I just wanted to let you know that we have created an IRC channel for women and Wikipedia: called #wikimedia-gendergap. I hope you'll join us. (And if you need any IRC help, just let me know!) See you there! SarahStierch (talk) 22:31, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Request for userfication of deleted article
Nevermind, all is well :) --Jdechambeau (talk) 00:59, 22 August 2011 (UTC)