User talk:Durova/Archive 68

Announcement
APRIL FOOL, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly. - Ambrose Bierce

April Fool's Day must have started early in certain time zones. My contribution to the merriment is here, Wikipedia's picture of the day for April 1, and I will be spending most of the day contributing content to remedy gaps in Wikipedia's coverage of Africa, beginning with a caricature of Idi Amin (which seems oddly appropriate under the circumstances).

If you have the urge to do constructive work in the spirit of fun, please take this opportunity to contact me for pointers to historic political cartoons and other material that can make Wikipedia a better and more amusing encyclopedia. GIMP is free if you don't have Photoshop and there's no time like the present to learn. Alternatively, if you have access to specialized archives, try improvements to the biography of Jean Desbouvrie so he can run as the April Fool's article of the day for next year. The page is solid B-class, but we really need documentation of his birth and death dates and a bit more to round it out in order to move up to FA. Best wishes all for a safe and productive holiday, Durova Charge! 18:31, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup Newsletter

 * 21:23, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Delivered for the WikiCup by GARDEN  at 21:23, 31 March 2009 (UTC). Queries to my talk.

could you please help out?
Dear Durova, I think you do a lot of searching for Wikipedia images. Could you please find a free Photo of Waris Dirie? Thanks in advance --Taranet (talk) 23:09, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * You could check to see if there's someting on Flickr. The archives I use really wouldn't be a help with a subject this recent.  Durova Charge! 01:21, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Equation for happiness :)
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Happy April Fools Day :) Steve Crossin : Chat  03:24, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Copyright question
Is an image that is in the Italian public domain due to age in the US public domain? Here is a VPC candidate that I have my doubts about copyright-wise. Your input would be appreciated. File:Kalki 03 1948.jpg. ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 04:12, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The United States observes the rule of the shorter term. So if an image was produced and published in another country, and its copyright has expired in that country, then the US accepts it as public domain.  Thanks for asking. :)  Durova Charge! 04:22, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * As always, your expertise are greatly appreciated. Thanks. ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 17:42, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. :) Durova Charge! 17:44, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Another look?
Would you take another look at Featured article review/Dhaka, and check if it fits the bill now? Aditya (talk • contribs) 17:41, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Starting a new article right this moment; will have another look soon. Thank you for your efforts and for following up. :)  Durova Charge! 17:45, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Following up: thank you for the reminder and excellent work. Durova Charge! 23:43, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations!

 * Thank you very much. :) Durova Charge! 21:29, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Your edits
Have you been asked to edit and remove material from ANI at whim os this just presumption on your part? Giano (talk) 21:58, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Permission is not required to manually archive that type of thread. I did a similar one last week and the decision was well received.  Best regards,  Durova Charge! 22:05, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

FAR Dhaka
Hi Durova, I believe all the issues you raised there have been resolved by now. Can you please reconsider your opinion there? If you have any new issues, plesae feel free to list them there, so that we can start fixing them. Thanks. --Ragib (talk) 23:39, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, thank you. Done.  Thanks very much for your hard work. :)  Durova Charge! 23:43, 1 April 2009 (UTC)