User talk:Barte/Archive 1

Thanks for your reply on the talk page, and ...
Vow, this page has no history? It seems your edits are so well-balanced and of such high quality that nobody needs to deal with you directly! :) Anyway, I'm going to abandon my pseudonym account, and I will probably not immediately edit the same articles, so I thought I would say good-bye to you. You are one of the most NPOV and balanced editors that I came across! Keep up the good work! --Merzul 22:29, 29 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Well thank you! It has been a pleasure collaborating with you, as well.  In whatever incarnation you appear on Wikipedia, all the best. Barte 22:36, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

BD / HD DVD
Hi! I don't mind my posts in talk page being deleted. So no worries. I am with you in this. I hate to see some of the article content overlapping, but not sure myself which one to delete/move.--w_tanoto (talk) 20:24, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your help!
Hey Barte,

Just wanted to stop by and thank you for your good work on High definition optical disc format war‎. I certainly didn't expect my little fact to prompt such a flurry of activity, but considering how nicely you cleaned up the references, I'm glad it did :) -- jonny - m t  08:12, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Bodega Bay
Thanks for keeping an eye on Marin County, California. You're right that the town of Bodega Bay is located in Sonoma County. However, keep in mind that the bay itself is split between Sonoma and Marin. Cheers! - Stepheng3 (talk) 22:07, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
 * That sounds plausible. Thanks for looking into it more closely. - Stepheng3 (talk) 04:57, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Pinball
You are invited to join the discussion at. —  SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 17:52, 18 January 2010 (UTC) (Using )

Template:Outdent
Thank you for your note! Yeah it is a kind of "cute" template, isn't it? It looks like it was made up by User:IRP in October 2008. I saw another editor use it on a talk page and made a note of it on the page where I keep track of useful templates and such User:Ahunt/Tags. Feel free to use it yourself! - Ahunt (talk) 19:48, 3 March 2010 (UTC)


 * It turns out that they are both the same template via a redirect to Template:Outdent! So either one works! - Ahunt (talk) 20:34, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Google Chrome OS Security
Thanks for fixing up the para I added, I think your version is better than my original! I thought the article was interesting enough to cite, although one oddity is the mention of the "developer switch". This tends to indicate that the OS will only fully run on specialized hardware as this switch would not be present on any old netbook. It would be interesting to find more on this, as, to me at least, it tends to point towards some sort of attempt to lock in the OS to certain hardware, at least to gain full functionality. I know you have Chromium OS, can the dev mode be turned on some other way? - Ahunt (talk) 13:40, 9 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Well that is how collaboration is supposed to work - someone writes something and then the next editor makes it better (and not worse)! I agree the "dev switch" is odd, and, as I mentioned, makes me think of hardware lock-in. The fact that the article I cited says "The first Google Netbook, expected out later this year, is intended for use by consumers. However, Google is looking at developing a somewhat different version for the enterprise which would have functionality, especially in management, that businesses might prefer" is probably significant and should go in the article somewhere. Do you want to add that or shall I? - Ahunt (talk) 16:15, 9 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your response - okay I will add it. - Ahunt (talk) 20:51, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Joli OS
Hello,

I reverted your revert for Joli OS. I made sure to perform small changes as you can see in the revision history: description, screenshot, additionnal information, etc... My goal is only to correct mistakes and add more information.

The new version is far more relevant and up-to-date but I would be happy to edit what's considered as un-encylopedic language.

Thank you. - DclsBOSS (talk) 11:51, 20 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Copied the above to the article's talk page and replied there. Barte (talk) 16:53, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Matt Mullenweg
Nice job cleaning up this article. Yworo (talk) 19:06, 23 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks! Glad you like. Barte (talk) 21:16, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

Google Chrome OS
We have yet another well meaning person who has changed all the version numbers for Google Chrome OS to browser version numbers and cited the Google browser blog as a ref. The discussion is here. Once again correcting this has been stymied by Google not publishing the current OS version numbers anywhere other than on a Chromebook itself. Even though I have shown that he is citing the wrong refs he won't remove the offending text and I have already done two reverts on this. Can you have a look. An actual listing of Chrome OS versions would be ideal if you can locate it or have access to it, because I don't. - Ahunt (talk) 15:02, 19 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your input! - Ahunt (talk) 16:28, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

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Edit-a-thon tomorrow (Saturday) in Oakland
Hi, I hope you will be joining us tomorrow afternoon at the Edit-a-thon at Tech Liminal, in Oakland. We'll be working on articles relating to women and democracy (and anything else that interests you). It's sponsored by the California League of Women Voters, Tech Liminal, and me.

If this is the first you are hearing of this event, my apologies for the last-minute notice! I announced it on the San Francisco email list and by a banner on your watchlist, but I neglected to look at the San Francisco invitation list until this evening. If you can't make it this time, I hope to see you at a similar event soon! -Pete (talk) 04:40, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

"The Chrome OS"
Hi, I am the one who corrected the sentence "A Chromebook is a personal computer running the Google Chrome OS operating system." to A Chromebook is a personal computer running the Google Chrome OS." I don't see the reason for reverting it back to it's old version. The term "Operating System" in short is OS, so I deemed the redundancy of that sentence unnecessary. I'll reply here.


 * Please see my reply at Talk:Chromebook Barte (talk) 19:08, 19 February 2013 (UTC)\

You're invited to the first-ever Wikipedia Iconathon!
Hope to see you there! :) Maryana (WMF) (talk) 21:41, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Google Chrome OS version history notability
I left some concerns about WP:N and WP:NOTCHANGELOG at Talk:Google Chrome OS version history and I wondered if you would care to comment? - Ahunt (talk) 10:56, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Done. Barte (talk) 14:59, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you - just wanted a second opinion! - Ahunt (talk) 00:11, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

The Noun Project
Thank you for all your awesome Edits on the Noun Project Article, the article looks great! Vibhabamba (talk) 22:52, 30 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks! It was fun to put together.  Barte (talk) 22:58, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Wiknic 2013
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 * Nearest BART: 19th Street
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 * Street parking abounds

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You're invited...
to two upcoming Bay Area events:
 * Maker Faire 2013, Sat/Sun May 18-19, San Mateo -- there will have a booth about Wikimedia, and we need volunteers to talk to the public and ideas for the booth -- see the wiki page to sign up!
 * Edit-a-Thon 5, Sat May 25, 10-2pm, WMF offices in San Francisco -- this will be a casual edit-a-thon open to both experienced and new editors alike! Please sign up if on the wiki page if you can make it so we know how much food to get.

I hope you can join us at one or both! -- phoebe / (talk to me) 18:51, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Splendiferous…
… indeed. ¦ Reisio (talk) 14:32, 20 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Thx! Barte (talk) 14:53, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Article Feedback Tool update
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Chromebook
Not constructive? Please, do tell. I standardized according to pages like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrabook. The fact is the Chromebook page is a mess and it looks pathetic when Wikipedia has less useful documentation than 3rd party Wikis that have nothing to do with the overall scope of the topic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BotOrNot (talk • contribs) 07:02, 19 September 2013 (UTC)


 * (Talk page lurker) - Um, check your edit. You deleted the infobox, the lead that explained what he subject is about, the reflist, all the categories and in fact 3/4 of the article. What was left had no context and made no sense. It looked like the usual sort of VisualEditor style error. - Ahunt (talk) 10:58, 19 September 2013 (UTC)


 * VisualEditor wasn't used; this was a standard-issue source edit. Barte (talk) 13:45, 19 September 2013 (UTC)


 * and more the harder to understand for that! - Ahunt (talk) 18:12, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

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Blanking talk pages
Please do not remove comments from talk pages at your own discretion, particularly as you did not even bother to leave an edit summary as to why you deemed it appropriate to do so! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 00:20, 27 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Apologies--it was unintentional Barte (talk) 00:43, 27 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Fair enough. Accidents do happen. I thought you might have been offended that I was getting a tad (erhem) acerbic towards him/her. Cheers! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 00:49, 27 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Quite the opposite. I felt your pain. ;-) Barte (talk) 06:30, 27 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Don't you hate it when morons start new sections which only serve to distract from the issues at hand... I mean, seriously, what the hell was that codswallop about? --Iryna Harpy (talk) 00:09, 28 October 2013 (UTC)


 * It's the built-in hazard of a forum in which anyone can post. In this case, I don't think you were dealing with a troll, at least a typical one. But even so, it soon became clear: best not to feed it. Barte (talk) 01:17, 28 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Sigh. I know (or should know better). Nevertheless, every now and again, I do indulge in some baiting. It's a terrible habit, but it's the harpy in me wot duz make me do it. Whatever it was, it's gone into hiding. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 04:15, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Re: Inside Llewyn Davis
Thank you for finding an explicit source about the record covers! I always struggle with NOR… Ulmanor (talk) 02:39, 7 January 2014 (UTC)


 * My pleasure. That Rolling Stone photo spread lists a number of real-world parallels within the film. Barte (talk) 02:48, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Nice to meet you at the edit-a-thon :)
Hi Bart. :) I'm really happy to have met you at the Wikipedia Art And Feminism Meetup in San Francisco yesterday. I'm so impressed that you started the Laurie Halsey Brown article for the edit-a-thon. I went back and searched the SFPL's online databases, and there are some sources you may want to use, like a couple of issues of Art in America and a piece in The Village Voice ("Lost and found" by Karen Rosenberg, 12/2001, Volume 46, Issue 50). You can read it online if you have an SFPL library card, and if you don't have a card, you can get a library card if you're a resident of California. Hope this helps. And hope to see you at the next Bay Area edit-a-thon. :) Msannakoval (talk) 00:44, 3 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Nice meeting you too, Anna! And thanks for your help on this.  SFPL seems like a nice resource for this and other research: I'll sign up and take a look at the sources.  Thanks so much. And if you see anything askew in the entry, don't hesitate to fix.  Barte (talk) 02:43, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Ari Hoptman
Great editing to make that Ari Hoptman narrative flow a lot better. I found myself struggling a bit on that article, actually. It wasn't clicking for me.

Snaps for you! :) --Kbabej (talk) 20:26, 18 April 2014 (UTC)


 * My pleasure. Anyone having anything to do with A Serious Man is inherently notable. ;-) Barte (talk) 20:41, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Cite news in VisualEditor
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 * Great to hear--thanks! Barte (talk) 01:04, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

The things you read...
Just browsing through related articles and came across this. That's hilarious. Protonk (talk) 20:25, 7 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Yeah--temperatures were pretty warm back then. But. interesting to note, once I finished, the section on the controversy has stood intact since then. Barte (talk) 21:27, 7 September 2014 (UTC) That is, until now. Which is good: glad to see more eyeballs on the entire article. Barte (talk) 22:07, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Ayyaduari talk page
I separated two thoughts into separate paragraphs for clarity, but you put a comment in between, making it appear I didn't sign the first. I'd appreciate it if you would please move your comment to the space below. Maybe I should have signed both, but if I sign the first one now, it will look like it was changed with a new timestamp. Best wishes, --Zeamays (talk) 00:24, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Oops, sorry. Corrected. Barte (talk) 00:51, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Jolicloud
Hello,

I would like to restore the article for Jolicloud. It currently redirects to Joli OS. But Joli OS is only one of the Jolicloud products. People who are looking for info about Jolicloud as a company are misleaded because of this redirection.

I agree with you that the company situation wasn't clear 2 years ago when the rediction has been made. But now, things are clear: https://www.jolicloud.com/our-story Of course, the article should be updated with encylopedic language.

Finally, no doubt the company is notable. Its product Joli OS is notable as one of the first cloud operating systems. And everyone already agree on that. Its other product Jolibook was one of the first cloud computers alongside the Chromebook. And many articles cover the products Jolicloud Me, Drive and Library released during the past 2 years. Those articles can be used as references to update the Jolicloud entry.

Thank you in advance for your reply. I hope we'll find a solution soon.

Best- DclsBOSS (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 14:22, 24 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Please discuss this on the Joli OS page. I'm not the only editor pushing back. Barte (talk) 14:33, 24 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Ok, I've posted my request there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Joli_OS DclsBOSS (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 14:39, 24 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I've responded there, as well. Barte (talk) 15:07, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

How narrow do we have to be in biographical articles?
Hi, Barte,

I saw your rationale for your revert of my edit to Charles Murray (author), and I see what you are getting at there. But while the article is still far from being up to featured article completeness, what is the harm in adding a sourced quotation about Murray's views, especially in the section of the article that pertains to Murray's views on a closely related issue? Let's discuss on the article talk page. I reverted your kind revert, but perhaps a discussion will resolve our disagreement amicably. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 03:35, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
 *  Barte (talk) 06:00, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

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A kitten for you!
I read the article you wrote for the Japanese trade magazine. Very informative and it still has legs. Funny when they rendered it online they left out a word! Thank you for your wise and humble edits on Wikipedia. Cheers!

...  Checkingfax   ( Talk )  05:08, 15 October 2015 (UTC) 


 * Thank you! I consider that a high complement. Barte (talk) 03:52, 16 October 2015 (UTC)