User talk:Duk/Archive2

head (hydraulic)
Thanks for getting in touch. Well my impetus was to make sure that when somebody typed head they'd most likely get what they were looking for, and in the meantime I noticed lots of links to the disambiguation and tried my best to fix them. As I don't know a lot about hydraulics and steam I'd be happy to leave the details of that area to you. I've just got through editing about eight pages of links so I'm in need of a rest. Thanks. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 19:57, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

DYN
Gear pumps is on the Did You Know now. -- user:zanimum

Re: copyright status of Image:Blackburn rovers crest.png

It was originally used on the Blackburn Rovers football team page. Now it's an orphaned image and can be deleted. Motor 15:57, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

RobertATaft
I clearly indicated on the Image page where it came from, not only the image itself but the page it came from. RickK 09:28, Jan 20, 2005 (UTC)

Greenhouse gas
And thank you for maintaining consistency in supporting the policy, rather than supporting a view, in light of new information. I respect this. &mdash; Cortonin | Talk 19:36, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

30-06
Nice, and you even fixed the dimensions! iMeowbot~Mw 00:13, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Return of the Untagged Image project
You were kind enough to contribute to the Untagged images project; I beg to draw your attention to part 2 of the project - there are about 12,000 more images in need of tagging. Any assistance you could provide would be most welcome. thanks --Tagishsimon (talk)

Linkage (mechanical)
Really nice article, well done! Only problem - under Grueblers equation (should be Gruebler's, I've changed it) there is inconsistency between the labels on the diagrams and that given in the formula. I don't know which is the more standard labelling but it ought to be sorted out. I've left a note on the article talk page. Thanks! --VivaEmilyDavies 17:29, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for replying - I have left a comment on the talk page for you --VivaEmilyDavies 18:18, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 Did you know has been updated and a fact from the article Linkage (mechanical), which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you have another interesting fact to submit, then please suggest it at the section's talk page. Warofdreams 11:20, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Jimbo/Angela
You didn't blend the background on Jimbo's head to the black in your version, and there are cutout areas visible. I can't see and green in the face at all. Anyway - just trying to help, but it was your idea, so do what you like, I'm not really bothered. ed g2s •  talk  04:58, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Same edit, you might not be able to see it on your monitor but if you increase the brightness on the image you'll see what I'm talking about. ed g2s  &bull;  talk  16:17, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

User:Vaoverland - administrator
Thank you for supporting my appointment as an administrator. I appreciate the pat on the back this represents. It felt nice to read the comments during the voting. Please let me know if you see something I should be doing as admin, as I intend to be fairly passive unless it is clear I should do otherwise. Thanks. Mark in Richmond. Vaoverland 20:06, Mar 6, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks so much for doing some of the image deletion! – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 19:30, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * There's actually no difference anymore. If you delete an image, the image description page goes as well. And if you delete an image description page, the image is deleted as well. It doesn't say this anywhere in the help. Perhaps it should - it's useful information to know. – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 19:50, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)

Image:Chicago Skyline at Sunset.jpg
Stitched per your request. This image is slightly lower resolution than Image:Chicago Skyline at Sunset.png. Were the pre-stitched files you uploaded the same ones used to make the .png panorama? Duk 10:10, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes they were. Do you think you can try for a higher res version?  It looks perfect and I would nominate it for a Featured Picture but only if it was a better res. -- AllyUnion (talk) 07:17, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * It seems very grainy. -- AllyUnion (talk) 07:27, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I tried the autostitcher. Works very nice.  I uploaded a new version of the png to the Commons.  Thanks again. -- AllyUnion (talk) 13:16, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Also, it is being well received at Featured picture candidates. Thanks again! -- AllyUnion (talk) 22:52, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Z machine.jpg
Fine by me. Thanks. -- BRIAN 0918  16:27, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism by VANdal
Hi. We both blocked this new vandal at the same time. My block had an expiry of 24 hours, so I thought that you'd like to know that, just in case it does actually expire in 24 hours (I'm not sure which block has precedence when this happens, the most recent or the shortest). The spurious articles are prime candidates for speedy deletion, but unfortunately I have to leave soon, tearing myself away from Wikipedia yet again. Cheers, Fire Star 15:05, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * As we found out on nl wikipedia recently the shortest .... Waerth 04:50, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

That image
Well, some people are of the opinion that the site doesn't actually own the copyright on the image, even though they claim to. There are probably a lot of people who have put a lot of effort into defending the image, so they are hesitant to believe it really is a copyright violation after all. There are some pointed emotions about the whole affair, as you have no-doubt noticed. – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 20:48, Mar 27, 2005 (UTC)

Viscounts of Arbuthnott
Oops! Okay, I took care of these now. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 12:49, Apr 1, 2005 (UTC)

Unverified orphans.
Well that depends. If it's obviously only available under fair use, I'd list it on WP:IFD as a "fair use but no use" image to get deleted after a week. If you're pretty sure it's a snapshot taken by the uploader but not tagged, then you could tag it GFDL-presumed if you wanted. Otherwise, I've been listing these on WP:PUI, and I think that's the best place for them. It gives everyone a month, and it deals with the central issue. Thanks, – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 11:25, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)

Image:Laminar shear flow.PNG
Picture was just intended to illustrate definitions of rate of strain and shear stress. It's not any particular geometry. Hope that helps Cutler 10:26, Apr 5, 2005 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for supporting my adminship &mdash; I vow to use my super powers for good not evil. Mel Etitis ( &Mu;&epsilon;&lambda; &Epsilon;&tau;&eta;&tau;&eta;&sigmaf; ) 09:23, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

RfA thanks
Thank you for the vote at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Henrygb2. It has made my week. --Henrygb 01:57, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Copyvio matter
I'm looking for an admin (or other) who is knowledgeable about wikipedia copyright violation issues. The situation is that user:DickClarkMises posted text to Stephan Kinsella and marked the edit (dump of auto-bio from stephankinsella.com). The referenced website has a copyright notice (since amended) which appears to me to be at odds with the GFDL. The subject of the bio has appeared (he says he is not the original editor) and claims that the text, which he wrote, can be used by Wikipedia and he claims that his copyright is GFDL compatible. Furthermore, he has repeatedly removed the {copyvio} tag. There has been some impolite discussion at Talk:Stephan Kinsella, and I've started a new stub at Stephan Kinsella/Temp. Any suggestions for how to proceed? Or another admin to ask? Cheers, -Willmcw 23:37, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC) (also posted to User talk:Infrogmation, but he appears to be busy).
 * Thanks, I replied on my talk page, user_talk:Willmcw -, Willmcw 03:47, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)


 * FWIW, I don't think that either myself or the other editor actually violated the 3RR. Our fourth reverts came just over 24 hours after the first. Anyway, water under the bridge. Thanks again for your help. Cheers, -Willmcw 19:40, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)


 * Sorry to bother you, but this had me laughing and I thought you might enjoy it too (well, at least you're the only editor who'd get it). The most unusual copyright statement I've ever seen. Cheers, -Willmcw 22:25, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)

Autofellatio2
I would prefer that you didn't just remove my posting from ifd without at least trying to speak to me first. Also do you think you need to use such phrases as "you need to do some more homework"? I find that quite demeaning and a little aggresive. Perhaps something like "can you try to provide some further evidence" would be better. I will be reposting the image in due course, although not for Copyvio reasons. TigerShark 18:46, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Duk. Thanks for your response. No offence taken. Cheers. TigerShark 19:00, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Duk - Thanks for letting me know. I've provided links for future reference to the relisting and my comment. Demi T/C 20:37, 2005 Apr 10 (UTC)

PUI
That's fine, I think. I wasn't sure of the correct place to file them, so I appreciate the help. Incidentally, how could I go about clearing the status of these images? It would be nice to have some guidelines as to what I can use from the Biographical Dictionary. Thanks for the indulgence. Yours, Meelar (talk) 01:00, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)

Star Wars copyvio images
Thank you for removing that image on Tatooine. I believe the anon is doing the same to various other articles, posting images that are copywrited or have no tags. -- Riffsyphon1024 04:05, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * I have posted the No Source code on most of his uploads. He/she is persistent in uploading low quality crap that has no source other than Google images. For the two I posted the Imagevio on, I stil have trouble getting the code to work right, to where it displays the URL in the box. -- Riffsyphon1024 04:35, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * No worrys on the miswording of the code. I put copyvio down alot. I've fixed any that do read copyvio, however, and changed them to imagevio, plus applied the url= part. :D -- Riffsyphon1024 18:00, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)

Body Language
I wrote that piece such a long time ago. I don't know how someone wrote a piece that is very similar to my own because I understand that some sentences are either exactly the same or very close, so I don't want to have any disputes about the article. If it is so close to that other piece then please go ahead and delete it because I don't want to get into any disputes with the person who wrote the other website. --TracyRenee 12:43, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thx
Thanks for taking the effort to notify me. I am on foundation and wikipedia-l so I saw your comments. We will see what way it goes. I will not discuss to heavily though, am a littlebit tired of discussions. The nl.wikipedia is going through big growing pains, and am trying to convince people there that a good arbitration/negotiation process etc. is needed as we grow, instead of having these huge discussions all the time while the trolls run free. Waerth 17:42, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Carlos Martínez (actor)
''Hi Quadell, you wrote a replacement stub at /Temp for this article. The article can't be deleted because of block compression. Is it alright to replace the main article with your re-write and leave the copyvio stuff in history? --Duk 17:39, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)''


 * I think that would be fine. – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 18:56, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)

Changing the copyvio template
I've re-worked the copyvio template to address some problems users have mentioned to me. Please take a look at User:Feco/Templates/copyvioDRAFT and tell me what you think. I also posted more detailed info to Template talk:Copyvio Feco 21:24, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Next time, when you welcome new contributors who still have a anonymous IP address instead of a user name, please type. Thanks. Zzyzx11 | Talk 00:58, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * is designed for new users who have just created a username. The major difference with is that it basically invites new contributors without a user name to create a  new account. Zzyzx11 | Talk 01:05, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Death Cab
Oh, OK. I thought we weren't allowed to have copyvios in the history. Thanks again, Meelar (talk) 16:12, Apr 16, 2005 (UTC)

Eugen Dühring
Why are you going to delete Eugen Dühring?? The Encyclopedia of marxism is copylefted, you can copy it as long as you give the source.


 * The page about marxists.org is all written by me; and August Willich is copied from them (also by me). --145.94.41.95 17:25, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks for your support on my RfA! I shall attempt to put the shiny new buttons to good use. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 20:15, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Bowles Hall photo
I've gotten permission from the photo taker and put it back up. You can check it to make sure it complies with proper wiki copyright format. Thanks. Wodan 18:33, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)