User talk:Altonbr

IP Address to User Account
How do I merge the two IP addresses I have used under my new username, Altonbr?

My past IP's were: 24.235.136.112, 24.235.137.120, 24.235.140.184, 24.235.136.143 & 72.38.56.31


 * Hi. Unfortunately you cannot. You can only link them from your userpage. -- zzuuzz(talk) 23:03, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Image:Typical_ear_candling_contents.jpg listed for deletion
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The problem with an article like this is, essentially, who decides who is "important"? That requires considering the author's personal point of view, in violation of WP:NPOV and WP:NOR. Thanks, NawlinWiki 19:04, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

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NISPOM advertisement
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expert template
Nice template for GIMP -- I had a difficult time (as you can see I failed) getting that whore Photoshop off from that article. I am in the middle of an article about how a consensus of bacteriologists failed in the 1800s and cannot help but think of what an abused word this one particular word is in some places. If 50 or 500 or 5000 people say that the earth is not round, does it make it not round? -- carol (talk) 12:02, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Westinghouse Time Capsules
On February 20 you put a "rewrite" tag in the section 1939 Time Capsule I. The article was featured as a Did You Know article on 8 January 2008. Looking at the section and the article I don't see what parts need to be rewritten (of course I am biased). There has not been any other editors that have made any edits since the DYK except for minor edits. I did make the one image smaller and moved to the right. Perhaps you can make the edits you feel are necessary and remove the tag. Could you be specific, make the appropriate changes, or remove the tag if otherwise you think it is alright? Thanks.--Doug talk 23:52, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

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Is Image:Launchpad-homepage-20080425-ver_1.2.3-build_5983.png free?
I'm pretty sure that launchpad is not GPL or any other OSI licence, but even if it is, I'm pretty sure all the artwork is owned by someone. ff m  14:03, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Ubuntu Links
Hey, I removed the links in the Ubuntu article again. The GA reviewer has requested it. However, you should feel free to add them back in as citations with Template:Cite Web. --Falcorian (talk) 22:56, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Technical template on Swiftfox page
Since you added the template on the Swiftfox page, I've worked to fix the problem and remove it, see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swiftfox&diff=220170546&oldid=218810141

I think the article is simply too specific to be simplified more, so I limited my effort to the introduction. Please express your opinions/suggestions if you disagree. Thanks --Blaisorblade (talk) 16:39, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

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License tagging for Image:Launchpad.net-www-20081102-version_2.1.10.png
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Panama Canal ownership
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Timeline of FOSS
The graphics have been created by hand. I get some practice/experience doing it, but I'm not an expert. The info about release and eol was taken fron Internet. If you need some help creating timelines, tell me, I will try to help you.

The info collected in the timelines is also avaliable in catalan posts (also I have included the certain references)

Best Regards,

--Rbuj (talk) 21:41, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Changing Jaunty, Karmic, etc redirects
Hey, I think those links should remain like they are, pointing to the specific edition and not the main article. As you can see in this quote from the main article, your current method wold create a self-redirect:
 * The current version of Ubuntu, 9.04, was released on April 23, 2009, and the upcoming version, Karmic Koala, is planned to be released on October 29, 2009.

This could easily be fixed, but when I'm searching for new information on Karmic Koala, I'm not looking for generic information on Ubuntu.  [mad pierrot] [t   c]  23:18, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

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