User talk:CatherineMunro/Archive7

Talk to me!

I will answer on your talk page, but may copy or summarize here so I remember what we talked about.

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A Fond Hello
If you're an idealist, I'm a cynic. I've recently run into several people on wikipedia that are not vandals but what I feel are a bigger threat to wikipedia, people that truly believe they are right. Anyway, although we've never crossed paths (I stumbled upon your page via the trifecta userbox, in case you were curious) on an article, I enjoyed your user page (although I thought the daily deeds section was a bit spurious) and felt compelled to leave a comment. It's clear to me that you don't think of yourself as a leader, at least not any more than being a mother implies, but to simply refer to you as leading by example doesn't sufficiently capture it. Perhaps it is better put by Ray Kroc when he said, "The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves." Here's my thanks to you, not for raising the standards of articles but of Wikipedia.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Vicarious (talk • contribs) 03:30, 20 February 2006

Your Essay
Hi Catherine. I have loved the essay which heads your talk page. Your style and message reminds me very much of the writings of Beatrice Warde the American writer about printing and typography. She penned the famous broadside This is a Printing Office ... which adorned many hot-metal printing office from the mid 1930s onwards. Like WP it also got translated into many languages. Kind regards Apwoolrich 21:08, 17 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I must echo Apwoolrich's comments. I have taken the liberty of linking to your essay on my user page along with other "Thought Provoking Essays and Neat Links". I hope you don't mind... it's quite good and thanks for sharing it with us all! + +Lar: t/c 22:37, 17 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your thanks. Maybe we ought to be concocting a broadside - This is an encyclopedia...?? In no more word that BW used on hers! Tough assignment, I think. I had better get on write a piece about Beatrice Warde as well. Kind regards. Apwoolrich 07:50, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

I saw the broadside you did on User_talk:Apwoolrich. It's neat in appearance, evoking "this is a printing office" effectively, and very well written. I think I want to nick it if you don't mind (yes, this is a wiki but it's polite to ask). Best regards.  + + Lar: t/c 00:26, 27 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Your broadside is great stuff! Congratulations! How do we get it on the Main Page??. I shall welcome your technical advice, please. In the printed version of BW's text some words are highlighted in red. Is it possible to do this in Mediawiki? The layout of the text on the BW page is as it was printed, but I have to smallify some of the lines to replicate the emphasis she gave to the original. I also have to add a section about her writings. Kind regards. Apwoolrich 07:16, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

wikipedia.org portal
Thought you might like to know since you designed it, the latest issue of .net magazine highlights this page as an example of great design with impact. :-) the wub "?!"  23:03, 17 April 2006 (UTC)


 * It's in their cover feature on how to create sites with impact. They highlight "Ten sites that have instant impact", and Wikipedia is one of them. There's a screenshot of the wikipedia.org portal, and they say "Wikipedia pages aren't much to look at. The collaborative encyclopedia overcomes this with two landing pages. The first is a high-impact splash page with language options, search and navigation, while the second highlights current content." Some of the other sites chosen are Google, Flickr and BBC News Online. the wub "?!"  22:39, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

John Taylor articles
Hi Catherine, I am curious to know about your interest in articles with this name. I have a biography of John Taylor 1779-1863, an English mining enginer and and engineer. I will write a WP piece about him when I have finished with the Beatrice Warde saga. As well as her piece I have had to write more than half a dozen more from scratch to complete the background. All because I read your Essay and thought how alike your writing styles and themes are! Kind regards. Apwoolrich 20:15, 30 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your message, I see there are 34 John Taylors in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, so there is a way to go. UK and N Ireland public library subscribers have just gained free access by logging on with their library IDs. and I can do the same with the online version of The Times. Kind regards Apwoolrich 05:39, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Battle of Kettle Creek
I wanted to thank you for your edits to the Battle of Kettle Creek article and for your nice comments. I have made a number of smalll edits to other article on Wikipedia, but this was my first article that I actually wrote. It is nice to know your work is appreciated every so often. In fact, I have recieve such good response to the Battle of Kettle Creek article thjat I am preparing to do a second. Thanks again and may God bless you! (Steve 03:17, 15 May 2006 (UTC))

Delete request
Hi Catherine -- I found you on the list of current sysops and you're just so darn welcoming, I thought I'd ask you for help! I uploaded a photo yesterday for use in an article on Princess Märtha Louise of Norway. It's the lower photo of her at a book signing. Unfortunately I uploaded an uncropped version first and it's really ugly. I corrected it with a newer version but the old one is still there waiting for a sysop to delete it. Could you? I appreciate the help as I learn the ropes here! Estreya 16:23, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi again! Yes, that was the right photo. Can I adopt you as my personal sysop? LOL Thanks so much! I just hate to have orphaned files out there. I enjoyed reading your user page, too. We do have a lot in common! :) It's rare to run into women who were around at the beginning of the early days of home computing. We're always really cool people, I've found! Do you ever miss that modem dialing sound? :) My girls and I have loved homeschooling (we get a super curriculum from K12. Very advanced and lots of cross-cultural references, which I like). This fall my two oldest girls will be going to a Montessori school. Wow, will that ever be a change (for me & them!). We thought we'd give it a try as it may be even more accommodating to giftedness than what we've had. Check back in October and see how I'm surviving! ;) Estreya 15:35, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Dear Catherine
Dear Catherine, please allow me to apologize for the very belated reply. Just as I was telling some of my friends, I'm a terrible replier these days; my work, but mostly, our activity at the Comanche Nation Center is really taking all my time. Just today, I drove all the way to Lawton for one of the most beautiful Pow-wows I have ever attended; I even took some pics just upload them to WP!

Anyway, I simply wanted to thank you wholeheartedly for the beautiful and kind words you had the other day regarding me and my humble contribs. Coming from one the greatest Wikipedians I can think of and a truly wonderful person, it really enlihtened my day. Even more: have you ever felt like butterflies flying inside your stomach, and a knot in your throat, with the feeling your eyes suddenly become moist? Reading your beautiful words gave me all that... and yes, I am very emotional, I know - but it's not everyday someone I look up to tells me what you did. So, just simply thank you, Catherine. With people like you around, WP will surely live for a long, long time, I hold no doubts about it.

BTW, your work with Duran Duran is simply amazing. I have loved the band since my teens, but I had never, ever read such a beautiful, neutral and objective article about it. Yet one more reason to thank you, and to invite you to drop by my Talk page any time you want. A great, big hug, Phædriel ♥ tell me  - 01:42, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

why you are here
I stumbled upon your page from another user's and read your more or less preface and apologia to wikipedia under heading "Why am I here?", and simply put: Well said! Both poetic, and I feel, very apt. I am also an hopelessly addicted editor, though I mostly work at Vicipaedia. I tell the same thing to my students (I teach middle school latin) all the time, check wikipedia, then check every other source that the article suggests for further reading. By the end of every semester, my students are coming up to me telling me about random articles they have researched and I notice them using wikipedia for research in their other classes. I digress...my main point, again, is: well said!.--Josh Rocchio 21:33, 20 June 2006 (UTC)...or perhaps a better place to find me: Ioshus talk
 * Aha, as I skimmed your talk page, I realized I am not the first to laud your essay...there must be a reason for that ;] --+2 minutes-Ioshus talk


 * Excellent essay, quite refreshing and insightful. -- That Guy, From That Show! 19:16, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

question about how to have admin delete duplicate file
You are listed as an admin and may know how this is handled. The Jessie Mae Hemphill image I uploaded in the past was intended to be between 72 dpi and 92 dpi. I got confused and saw my scan said 92 kb and uploaded it but it's causing problems for the photographer, who intended only a smaller file be allowed. If Wikipedia needs a larger one, they should obtain one from someone else, but to use this particular person's photo it should be the smaller resolution. My mistake since I helped do the scan for her. Can someone delete the extra copies? I also messed up and tried to see how the del/rev buttons work but accidentally reverted to an old one once while checking that out. An 80 kb item is up right now but the backup files need deleting to protect the photographer. Or all copies of the photo should be deleted if this can't be done because she does not want a large copy availalbe since people are downloading it and possibly reposting it without a credit. She doesn't want larger res copies out there without people contacting her for one directly.

Do you know how to delete the larger copy in the photo info page? When you go to the photo page, it has a place to delete the larger one but only admins may do this. This is a matter of adhering to what was agreed to by the photographer which was not a large version. It starts to show up places like the news and so forth. Basically the third from the top in the list of revisions at the bottom of the info page is the right one and the bottom (large) one is the wrong one; the top two are extraneous. The one we have and use should be the 80 dpi file and no other. Let me know what to do. I don't want this sitting out this way any longer, exposing the photographer to problems. We can get a different, larger image by some other photographer if we need a large one but if we want to use this one we need to delete the older versions that are large. Bebop 21:46, 29 July 2006 (UTC)


 * You rock! Thanks, admin! Bebop 21:57, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Sweet dear Catherine
Sweet dear Catherine, how are you doing? I had been planning to drop by and say hi to you for a long long time now, and the same day I visited your page, and actually "borrowed" the quotes table for my Portal, you dropped by mine! :) Do you have some sort of sixth sense?

Catherine, I've been studying your proposal to give a respectful enhancement to Deceased Wikipedians, since I fear my modest designing abilities may not meet such a serious and important request. However, my desire of giving a small tribute these beloved colleagues is stronger than my concern. Therefore I promise you'll start working at my userspace on a design immediately, and before actually changing the page itself, I'll ask for your input. What do you think?

Dear C, I was moved no end by your birthday wishes and your support at my RfA. I felt like falling on my knees and scream "I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy!" You are a model to me in every sense, and know that, at least on my part, you'll always find a friend in me.

I'm off to work on your request - please give me a couple of days, and I'll get back to you with the very best I can possibly make. Take care, and have a great hug from me, Phaedriel  ♥  The Wiki Soundtrack! ♪  - 18:52, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Re:Thank you
Hi Catherine! Thanks so much for your message. As I implied earlier, I've actually read your user page at least 3 or 4 times over the past year. I'll have to make it a point to come back and read it anytime I get frustrated with some of the stuff going on here; as optimistic as we all are, there are still times that the wiki process can get to us.

It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance as well, though I must admit that I have always admired your work from afar. I try to do my best to contribute here, though I think I will always feel like a small cog in this great system. I hope that some year I will be able to come to Wikimania and meet many other Wikipedians such as yourself, but unfortunately it was not in the cards this year. Best of luck in all your endeavors, and please do not hesitate to send me a message for any reason whatsoever, even if you're just looking for a good conversation. :o) Take care, EWS23  (Leave me a message!) 20:42, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Another thank you re: Disambig pages
Hello Catherine. I was directed here by your recent edits to Them, just looking to say thanks for fixing something I had been unable to do about a month ago, and discovered your terrific user page essay. I found it motivating and encouraging, as it appears many others have. Keep up the good work! -- Slowmover 21:45, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Well then...
So you are the author of that lovely poem. (oh and I left my two sents worth at Bootleg recordings). Viridae Talk 07:06, 4 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I have come across the poem on eat least one other userpage. I don't remember going to your userpage before, something my history would seem to confirm. Viridae Talk 13:01, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Cholo. Also picky style Q.
Thanks for the good revisions on the Cholo page.

P.S. Do you think it should be "persuade someone TO" and "convince someone THAT"? Or does it matter to you at all? GeorgeLouis 20:08, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
I just wanted to stop by and say thank you for your kind words on my talk page. I'm not as "tenacious" as I once was. I'm weary of the edit warring and mindless reverts by those with an agenda which seems clearly contrary to presenting factual information. The more I stick around, the more I'm convinced that Wikipedia is a hopeless enterprise. deeceevoice 13:27, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, no more hopeless than the rest of life.
 * Sincerely,
 * GeorgeLouis 15:51, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Of course, I agree with you about the areas on which I've chosen to focus -- and given that those are my primary areas of concern, and they are where I am needed most, I think my appraisal of Wikipedia is pretty much accurate in that regard. The project is hopelessly biased/racist. Peace. deeceevoice 10:52, 11 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi. I won't make a habit of this, but you seem to be a fair-minded person, and you mentioned my editing at "Controversy."  I'd appreciate you taking a look at this and weighing in.  Thanks.  deeceevoice 14:20, 14 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Now that you've gotten a taste of the kind of nonsense I have to deal with on a daily basis, I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't leave any more rosy appraisals re the future of Wikipedia on my talk page. Thanks for trying.  Peace.  deeceevoice 16:25, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Clan Munro
I just thought I'd let you know that to say the Munros were a 'peacable' clan is nonsense. Those who know the facts know that the Munros were involved in just as much fighting as everyone else. Much has been said about the Munros which is not true. There nothing wrong with the Munros being involved in violence it was just the order of the day, centuries ago. To be fair they fought respectfully compared to other clans like clan Campbell. However the Munros were always up for a fight and would fight for people other than themselves. Its interesting now to see how certain people would want to cover these things up. I'm currently researching which battles the Munros were involved in during the contiental wars where Robert Munro led 700 members of the clan in the 17th century. Those details will be added shortly. On average the Munros were involved in military engagments every 40 years or so. 195.137.109.177 18:52, 10 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I don't mean to be rude and I understand your work its just people want to know the exciting things about the clans. Every other book and website just lists the same old profile; crest, pipe music and plant badge etc.... but what does that tell you ? I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the current Munros of Foulis whos line who have changed their names to Munro (the previous Chief's mothers maiden name) and that they do not want so much attention but they really seem to dull down the battles and that sort of thing. Maybe they feel it makes them look bad to be descended from people who killed and used violence. There are many other clan associations who are quite open about there battle histories. It wouldn't be a problem if you want to merge your article infomation aswell. Although the current article is getting a bit long so I moved the stuff about Foulis Castle because that has its own page. The list of Munros may have to go to the Munro (disambiguation) page too if more info is to be added.


 * Thanks, Michael Munro. mjgm84 19:11, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks muchly, Catherine!
Your user page has been like a little island of serenity for me. I come here pretty often just to take a deep breath, especially if I've been wrestling with despair over Wikipedia's future, or bruised trying to make peace among some rather strident people. The last few days on Wikipedia have been difficult, and things aren't going so well at home, so your page meant all much more today; I couldn't go without saying "thank you".

On a happier note, I had a Duran Duran question. I seem to remember a beautiful wooden sailboat in their videos; do you know anything about it? I like beautiful things, and was curious about the sailboat, since its memory stayed with me for so long. Wiki-faithfully, Willow 20:41, 10 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your kind note and the link to the Rio video &mdash; a fun walk down memory lane! I had no idea that they posted videos on the web. I may be missing for a few days...;)


 * Knitting is fun, isn't it? So inexhaustible.  That was a wonderful gift from your friend.  I'm really impressed that you're working on the Kiri shawl after such a short time; it's a beautiful pattern.  I found DPN's really hard at first (I'm a little clumsy and couldn't hold them comfortably) but now I'm working on a DPN project with intarsia (a little tricky, but do-able) for a friend.  Oops! gotta run, Willow 11:17, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

the barnstar
Sometimes I still, even thought I've been on Wikipedia for a while, get quite insecure on what I am doing here. If I am doing any good at all.

Thank you for the appreciation you've shown me today, and for making my insecurity smaller. - David Björklund (talk) 00:46, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Duran Duran articles
Catherine, I'm on the singles updates like a fat kid on candy. Thanks for sorting out the templating, should make the whole thing a lot easier to sort !!

--Feduciary 13:50, 17 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Hey. I just got you message. I'll give a run thorugh of them, when I get back. It looks good so far. Thanks for your contributions to Duran Duran. Human historian 06:20, 18 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Sorry about being so slow in replying, I havent been on the net much recently, would be happy to help, I shall take a look(Khanada 05:40, 8 October 2006 (UTC))

The many faces of John Harington
Hi, I saw your work on battery and then that on The many faces of John Taylor. That tells me you do not like confusion and I see you have a logical way of dealing with it. Maybe we can start by creating a disambiguation page for Harington.. Gregorydavid 08:21, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for the reply. I know one must make an appointment to get specialist help and advice..Gregorydavid 05:25, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Laurence Baxter
I have removed the Prod notice on this article. Prof. Baxter clearly passes WP:PROF. One of the criteria is "The person is regarded as an important figure by those in the same field", and the fact that his university established an annual lecture in his memory and that eminent statisticians have delivered the lecture is ample proof that he meets this. I have expanded the bit about the lecture to emphasise this. Are you content?--Runcorn 17:43, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Nigel Dick
We seem to be working on this simultaneously. I have only just created this article this evening!

I have also left some comments at User_talk:Nigelthedick.

Regards,

Xn4 03:41, 1 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your kind words, Catherine. I've been getting some practice lately on writing biographies for Wikipedia, and there was some good information on Nigel at IMdB and on his own site. It just needed sorting into sections.


 * The one thing I haven't cracked yet is how to add citations linking to notes.


 * Regards,
 * Xn4 04:26, 1 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Many thanks, Catherine. It doesn't seem too daunting, I must give it a whirl.
 * Xn4 23:15, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Interesting Quotes
You might like these -

"Political chaos is connected with the decay of language."

"If you simplify your English, you are freed from the worst follies of orthodoxy. You cannot speak any of the necessary dialects, and when you make a stupid remark its stupidity will be obvious, even to yourself."

GEORGE ORWELL (Essay, 'Politics and the English Language')

Xn4 00:31, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

hemorrhoid Diagram


Hi Cath, No problem. I'll let you know when I'm done (not longer than 3-5 days probably)WikipedianProlific(Talk) 12:00, 12 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi again catherine, sorry it took a little longer than I expected as I've been unusually busy these last few weeks, but its done now. If there are any major problems with it please let me know, and your feedback on it is more than welcome. I haven't added it on the Hemorrhoid page myself as a.) I'm rather busy and b.) I'm not sure where exactly you would like it to go, so feel free to add it to the page yourself. Its been a rather harrowing diagram to draw, being 19 years old its been a stark reminder of just one of the many things I have to look forward to as I age :S If you have any other diagram requests be sure to let me know. I'm a little busy at the moment but I'll be sure to get around to them eventually. Thanks WikipedianProlific(Talk) 12:00, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Haraldskaer Woman
hello Catherine. thanks for you positive remarks on this article. your comment was well founded and i have addressed it as best i could and also beefed up references. hope you will revisit the article and see whether your concerns were adequately dealt with. cheers Covalent 03:08, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Wow!
Did you know that you're just about the only person I've run across online who's actually GOTTEN the reference I made with my username without me even having to drop a single clue?? I am serious. I have it as my Last.fm username, I use it for my Gmail... I use it SO many places and no one seems to get its meaning. Until now, that is. You are awesome. And thanks for the welcome. I've added Duran Duran to a lot of the dynamic song lists (e.g. the List of protest songs one) but have never really gone past the main DD profile because I've thought said profile was perfect. It truly is. It's the best piece of writing about the band I've ever read. I love it to bits and have linked to it numerous times during Serious Musical Discussions.

BTW, you're the same person behind the Timeline, aren't you? If only you knew how many times I've used that site.... It's really been a nearly-endless fount of knowledge from which I've consumed far more than I could ever replenish. Thank you for doing that for us fans. And thank you for dropping by and saying hello. (Krushsister 06:29, 10 September 2006 (UTC))


 * Oh yes, that's actually why I picked the nickname "krushsister" in the first place, i.e. only the Hardcore Fans would be able to get the reference. But I guess I became a bit tired of all that mystery after hanging around non-fans who wouldn't have gotten even a more overt reference, so ta-da, instant sentiment explainer, I guess/hope.  Thanks for the offer of assistance.  Wikipedia sometimes appears to me to be this gargantuan monster being where everything goes against logic, but I'm slowly learning bit by bit, and besides, I've only been here for eight months, and only been registered for six.


 * BTW, I took a major, major step in my Wikistence. Major.  MAJOR.  Currently it's just a submission to a "list of proposed WikiProjects" page, but I'm hoping to garner enough interest to make it worthwhile to actually have such a thing exist.  I'm saying this to you because I know that as a fellow Duran Duran fan, you must be New Wave-friendly.  And as a much more experienced Wiki Editor Being, maybe you could tell me what I could do to improve the page and/or the submission.  That advice would be highly appreciated.  (Krushsister 07:51, 6 October 2006 (UTC))


 * OMG, thank you so much for your support. You are so sweet to lend your support toward the proposed WikiProject.  Huge, huge hugs from me to you!  (Krushsister 06:37, 7 October 2006 (UTC))

WP:WBFAN
Please see List of Wikipedians by featured article nominations. I've updated it to include this past August's entries. -- Rick Block (talk) 04:32, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Pseudoscorpion
I'm afraid I had to fail Pseudoscorpion - It's not a bad article, and may be relatively easy to fix, but it just wasn't quite near enough to put it on hold. Don't worry, though: It'll probably make it next time. Adam Cuerden talk 05:40, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Veterans benefits
Hi Catherine, As an Admin I was wondering if you could help me with one thing. The page Veterans benefits redirects to the US Veterans Administration. But the page should really be about veterans benefits worldwide. thanks for your time, --cda 13:18, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
 * That's the trick I was trying to remember. Thanks Catherine! --cda 11:50, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Tape recorder
It looks like an interesting challenge; I'll try to take a look at it late next week when I have some extra time. I'm totally baffled by the Brezhnev-era Soviet tape recorder diagram; aside from being in such strange color choices and having an excess (and redundancy) in labeling, the entire image looks more like some sort of space-age tricorder than it does a simple tape recorders. I don't know much about tape recorders but I'm sure I can cobble something together. --Fastfission 16:55, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Autofello image vandals
The indef button is pretty much standard operating procedure with those types of vandals, you somehow only hit 24 h on - I figured I'd give you a heads up :) -- Tawker 12:44, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Lol, if only the vandals realized that hitting one of the anti vandalism bots is the fastest way to get blocked... oh well. In any case, indefblock is better for when you indef block a user, I've seen vandalblock used too - it's more or less a personal pref. Pretty much when it comes to vandal only accounts, they get blocked, indef :) - as for the all mightly policy, there's nothing that can't be undone, (well except image deletions) - go with your gut feeling most of the time - it's the easiest way to do it -- Tawker 18:10, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Imbrex and Tegula
Looks a lot better! Clears up most of the confusion that remained in the first copyedit. Only thing is it's still a little hard to visualise how the tiles fit over thhe ones below them - a sketch might help. Still! GA seems well withing reach now. Adam Cuerden talk 10:40, 27 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Ah! Wait, I get it: Was getting a little confused as to which border (horizontal vs. Vertical) was which. It makes more sense now that I'm reading it properly. Suspect it may just be me. Adam Cuerden talk 12:05, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

I am loving
your coyote edits. I started my edits that while doing a live radio show on KLDK of Coyote, wolf and bear songs. You have got us going with that Velvet Underground tune, but we'll have it be the end of the show - i hope. We're still live so, gotta run. Carptrash 03:39, 28 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Don't forget Joni Mitchell's "Coyote". Always been a favorite of mine. Peace! Hamster Sandwich 03:48, 28 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Whooooooooops. I see that you edit [or more?] the Duran Duran article - we just did "Hungry for the Wolf" and didn't really say nice things about it.  Ah life. Carptrash 04:04, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Using images from Wikinews
I want to place some images (listed below) from the Wikinews article "Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras celebrated by 450,000 people" on the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras page. I checked the image and link sections on the help pages but I cannt find anything on linking to these images. I did find one of your pages linked on the Image Help category page. Can you point my in the right direction or add them yourself and I will check the code.


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- Shiftchange 00:53, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Walk on the Wild Side
Merciful. - Jmabel | Talk 06:23, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Rosencrantz…
A good movie, but arguably a better play. Here's how old I am (compared to the average Wikipedian): I read the playscript of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead before it ever had a U.S. production. - Jmabel | Talk 20:54, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Disambiguation Talk Request
This is a form message being sent to all WikiProject Disambiguation participants. I recently left a proposed banner idea on the WikiProject Disambiguation talk page and I would appreciate any input you could provide. Before it can be approved or denied, I would prefer a lot of feedback from multiple participants in the project. So if you have the time please join in the discussion to help improve the WikiProject. Keep up the good work in link repair and thanks for your time. Nehrams2020 21:20, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you; and plea for good ideas/help
Hi, Catherine, how's the knitting going? My intarsia is unfortunately on hold &mdash; I've been too busy! :(

I'm writing to send a big "thank you" and to ask for your suggestions. The happy news is that we managed to bring Photon out of an edit war and to FA status in about six weeks. It was the first physics FA in roughly a year, and I really do think it's a good article, albeit somewhat technical. There were several dark patches along the road, but your faith in Wikipedia sustained mine through thick and thin; the FA would not have happened without you. So &mdash; thanks!

Photon is due to appear this Saturday on the Main Page, and I'm frankly scared silly. An analogous article, Enzyme, is the Main Page article today, and is being hit by vandals every ~20 minutes or so. Do you have any ideas of how we might protect Photon from similar damage? I'm really dreading Saturday, and the horrible waste of time of good editors. Could we maybe lock the article for a day or two? Any other ideas would be really welcome! Willow 15:21, 11 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi, I'm a little less panicked now. ;) My fellow editors at Talk:Photon clued me in that there's a policy against locking articles on the Main Page (which I understand). They also encouraged me to relax and let the vandalism happen, then revert after everything calms down.  Still, I don't want vandalism early in the day to spoil Photon for all the people who visit it later on. :( I suppose I need even more faith, that all will be well and I should just spend Saturday in my garden. Willow 17:01, 11 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi, our messages crossed in the aether &mdash; thanks! It's helpful to get a better and broader perspective on the protection issue, and to realize that it's not just a handful of us fighting desperately against an army of vandals, but a whole community of well-meaning and supportive people.  I'm surprised at myself; I do have more faith. :) Willow 17:23, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

bilborough college
why have you added the out of date thing to the bilborough college artical? Caspar 10:26, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Your edits to Ada Covered Bridge
Thanks very much for your help on this article, your edits did much to improve it and I appreciate your help. This bridge is in my home town and I had no idea it had no article till I checked. Very nice work! Now, if you've some spare change... I've got this other bridge I'd be interested in selling you! :) ++Lar: t/c 22:08, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Simon Willard
Hi, dear wikipedian. I have done some expansion in the Simon Willard article. I would like that you tell me your opinion. Anytime.--AndresArce 01:12, 22 October 2006 (UTC)AndresArce

Lip-Ink International nominated for AfD
Hi. This article (apparently created by you) has been nominated for AfD Articles for deletion/Lip-Ink International. I have to confess that I'm mildly inclined to agree with the nomination, but I would very much like to hear your comments on the matter, given that you are obviously not, like, just some single-purpose spammer or something (to put it mildly). :) Xtifr tälk 12:34, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your input!
Thank you for taking part in my RfA. The RfA was not successful, mostly because I did a pretty bad job of presenting myself. I'll run again sometime in the next few months, in the hopes that some will reconsider.

In the meantime, one of the projects I'm working on is A Wikimedia Administrator's Handbook. This is a wikibook how-to guide intended to help new administrators learn the ropes, as well as to simply "demystify" what adminship entails. If you are an administrator, please help out with writing it, particularly on the technical aspects of the tools. Both administrators and non-administrators are welcome to help link in and sort all of the various policies regarding the use of these tools on wikipedia in particular (as well as other projects: for example, I have almost no experience with how things work on wiktionary or wikinews). Users who are neither familiar with policy or the sysop tools could be of great help by asking questions about anything that's unclear. The goal is to get everything together in one place, with a narrative form designed to anticipate the reader's next question.

A second project, related but not entailed, is a book on wikimedia in general, with a history of how various policies evolved over time, interesting trivia (e.g., what the heck was "wikimoney" about?), and a history of how the wikimedia foundation itself came about and the larger issues that occurred during its history (such as the infamous "Spanish Fork").

Again, thanks for your input on the RfA, and thanks in advance for any help you might be able to provide for the handbook. -- SB_Johnny |talk|books 13:20, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you, I nearly dropped you a message but then thought it might look boastful! I wondered if you would remember it, and being a contributor to it years ago, when I was so new and salad like. What a long watch list/memory you must have Giano 12:30, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Progress of Wikipedia
Hi, Catherine, out of curiosity and procrastination on a thorny FAC, I compared the article coverage of Wikipedia and the Macropedia and got a pleasant surprise. :) Wikipedia seems to cover most of the Britannica topics and, if you browse through them, the WP articles are pretty good and well-referenced &mdash; although the majority are not yet equivalent to the Macropedia article.  Something to work towards!  I was also surprised to see how systematically biased the Macropedia itself was, although I suppose that's because they have to sell it.  My impression is that Wikipedia is already, in many respects, a superior encyclopedia; more topics are covered in depth, and fields seem to be broken up into articles more sensibly; other WP add-ons like Portals, Categories and Article-series boxes make WP that much better.  Judging from our recent progress in science, WP's improvement seems to be accelerating, rather than decelerating, too.  Thinking that WP's progress would cheer you as it did me, Willow 22:56, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Totally Inappropriate Block
Hello Catherine

Admin Glen S has made a totally inapprobriate block here. Please Unblock. There are Two very good reasons. 1- The users are not the same and 2-Just as Important the reason given was evading of block! But the the previous block of 31 hours had already EXPIRED!! 3- As far as I know users do not always choose their ISP address so it wouldn't be intentional (this is moot since these two people are not sock puppets)

Please see time diff: (over 31 hours had pasted even for the sake of argument it was the same IP address user which it clearly was not) [] [] Please unblock User 119.60 and notify/Warn User:Glen_S of his terrible mistake. Thanks

I have reason to believe that Glen_S's block of this user therefore was a pretext and possible racially motivated for attempted contributions to the Michael Richards article, which would be a is a serious violation of WP. Thank you. 71.111.117.65

I keep getting harassed/blanked and reverted by User:NetScott also from my userpage and ANI page. Please warn or block him him. see [] Thanks for your help with this intimidation. Its like a cyber lynching of people who are different or something. It is very unfair. Thanks for your help 71.111.117.65 13:37, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

You also Blocked Assaulthead without telling him and he can't find how long he is going to be blocked! You also ignored him when he is trying to talk to you and communicate nicely.(TougHHead 04:24, 4 November 2007 (UTC))

Image:DuranDuran UK PressKit 2003.jpg‎
Hey CatherineMunro. There is a lively debate about use of promo photos on wikipedia. My name is Jeff and I Do not support the interpretation of WP:FU as implemented by user's like User:Chowbok. They believe that Wikipedia should be free of all promotional photos that are "replaceable with an equivalent" (i.e. an amateur photo from flickr). Their rationale is being debated in many places, and take it a step further believing that all promo photos should be deleted and let someone else deal with finding and uploading a free alternative.


 * WikiProject Fair use
 * Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Fair_use specifically this thread
 * Requests for comment/Chowbok
 * Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment/Chowbok
 * User:Chowbok/Robth%27s_RFU_Explanation
 * Image_Talk:Jennifer Granholm.jpg

And many other places I've no doubt missed.

I and many others who support use of fair use promotional photos have not been successful in changing the actions of Chowbok and rampant deletion and changing of many hundred's of useful images from Wikipedia articles continues. One good example is the Jennifer Granholm article which had a great promo photo replaced by a terrible photo. I seek to raise the profile of this issue through challenging promotional photos on high profile article's like Duran Duran which is a featured article. I'm sorry, really I am, but fair use policy as implemented by Chowbok has left me with few viable options.

I invite you to join the battle for Promotional Photo usage on Wikipedia and the protection of Fair Use concepts. --Jeff 07:06, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Happy holidays :)
Hi Catherine,

Just a little note to wish you Merry Christmas and all. I'm really glad that our paths crossed this year and I hope that everything comes up roses for you and your family in the coming year. Feel free to write about any knitting questions; I'm leaving for the holidays, but I'll try to check in once in a while. Willow 19:35, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Can you delete this for me?
Hi CatherineMunro,

I was looking around on the list of admins and thought perhaps you could help me. I'm an ex-wikipedian and I was wondering if you could delete the history on my user page, talk page, and archive? (I let slip some personal information in the past and it'll settle my nerves if I know no one will ever see that info). :) Plus, I think I'm done with wiki for now.

Thanks!
 * I'm sorry to hear you're leaving us...I'm sure you have good reasons. At least you know WP will always be here if you get the urge to poke your head back in sometime.   Unfortunately, for fairly obvious  reasons, I can't delete a user's pages on the request of an anonymous IP account that could be anyone.  All you need to do is log in to your account, and add  to your pages.  I will add them to my watchlist, and delete them myself once you've asked for deletion through the proper log-in.  Thanks, and have a Happy New Year!  &mdash; Catherine\talk 02:50, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I got in an edit war with another admin and got blocked, unfortunately, so I haven't logged into my account in three months and don't remember the password (I didn't have an email account set up either). :(

Would []- my second to last statement 'archive since I'll be leaving", be enough to justify right to vanish?

If it's not possible, don't worry about it. Happy New Year's to you too!

Thanks for your assistance!! :)