User talk:Dpendery

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Hello, Dpendery, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! We're so glad you're here! Jim1138 (talk) 08:19, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Marking edits as minor
Please only check the Help:Minor edit box if the edit is superficial. Spelling corrections, commas, spaces, etc. Thanks for the edits on Machine de Marly. It's a fascinating bit of history. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 08:19, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Licence
I notice that the licencing section on File:MarlyIslandsLinked.jpg has not been fully filled out. The "]" entry is missing your name/user name. I would suggest filling it in or it may be deleted. Cheers [[User:Jim1138|Jim1138 (talk) 16:18, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Script to fix French citation templates and parameters
If you want to look into running AutoEd, start by reading this discussion.

Then look at AutoEd, User:Jonesey95/vector.js, User:Jonesey95/AutoEd/core4.js, and User:Jonesey95/AutoEd/unnamed.js. You'll need to create/modify files like those in your own user space. It helps to have some basic understanding of how regular expressions (regexes) work. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:28, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Machine de Marly questions
Machine de Marly mentions that the fountains consumed more water than was used by Paris. Any idea how much water this was? Were the fountains operated continuously or occasionally? Also, the 2002 cite states $100 million in 2015 dollars. This seems inconsistent.

It would seem that there should be an article Fountains at Versailles. Thanks Jim1138 (talk) 07:42, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

Wonderful graphics
You did this yourself? They are amazingly detailed. How much time did it take you? Thanks for sharing them! Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 22:29, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
 * (copied reply from my talk page to here) Jim1138 (talk) 20:36, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your kind comment about the graphics on the Machine de Marly page. Yes, they are my work. I've tried to include as much detail as possible, thanks in large part to several sets of measured drawings done in the early 17th century of the machinery. I first started doing 3D CG about 45 years ago (mainframe computer, drum / pen plotter) and got involved with Pixar / Renderman about 25 years ago doing photo-realistic rendering. Work on this particular project has been on and off for almost 10 years, and I haven't any idea how much time I've put into it! Animating it was particularly tricky. Dpendery (talk) 19:54, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
 * What software did you use? Jim1138 (talk) 20:36, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

FPC nomination?
I would like to nominate your graphics on WP:FPC for a featured picture candidate. One can nominate a series. Would now be a good time, or would you want to work on them a bit? Can you supply a larger image or is the detail insufficient? Jim1138 (talk) 20:30, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Videos
One can add videos to articles. Would you want to put your animation onto the page? Videos. Jim1138 (talk) 20:30, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks
I'm still working on this material, so perhaps when I'm further along it could be a FPC. Including videos does interest me - I'll check the articles. Dpendery (talk) 14:29, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

Conversations
Please try to keep conversations on one page. You can add along with a signature ~ and that will wp:ping me, letting me know my name was mentioned. The signature tildes must be added at the same time or the ping fails. I'll copy your response from my talk page to here. Jim1138 (talk) 20:34, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I am wp:watching this page, so pinging me is only necessary if you want more prompt attention. And, pinging me is preferred, as I am interested in your project here! Jim1138 (talk) 20:37, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! Does this appear in any particular place?Dpendery (talk) 10:15, 17 September 2015 (UTC)