User talk:Guest818

USC Talamban pic
Hi! Can I use your University of San Carlos Talamban picture in the University of San Carlos article? How to use it since it is in Netherlands version. Please help. What other pictures do you have of Cebu and Bohol?--Guest818 04:18, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi, I have uploaded the picture to commons, using the same name. This means you can just include it in the article by using  [[Image:University of San Carlos Talamban.jpg]] . I have many photos available of Cebu and Bohol. A couple of them are already uploaded to either the Netherlands version or commons. You can find them on this page. When the picture is on the Dutch wikipedia, you just have to upload it to commons. All of them are Public Domain, as far as I remember. Magalhães 15:36, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you...I did try to do that, but it did not seem to work. Thanks for all the pictures.--Guest818 17:02, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

do I know you?
I hope you don't mind me asking, but you do not happen to live (or used to live) in San Francisco and are about 42 years old? I did meet somebody from Philippine origin living there about three years ago, when I was on holiday in the Philippines in 2003 and I see that you live in California... Anyway, the changes are enormously small ofcourse... Magalhães 20:39, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
 * No, that wouldn't be me. Filipinos are all over the place, though. --Guest818 23:22, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the barnstar
Wow, thank you. I'm glad to have been able to provide what little assistance I have, and of course I'll be happy to help any time. Thank you for your recognition. It is much appreciated. SWAdair 00:56, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi again! I was fixing my userbox today, and only noticed your fixing it. Thank you! Indeed, the barnstar is well-deserved by you, with all the extra attention on my "neopedia" activities, including the nitty gritty! I've been getting side-tracked with little articles/ stubs, I haven't done really much with the early ones I was working on, like HNU and the other SVD Schools. But it will be good to get your expert and honest opinion on the ones I've worked on or contributed, especially the: Philippine Tarsier Foundation, Philippine Tarsier, Chocolate Hills. Best regards! --Guest818 10:31, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
 * You humble me. You have done a truly amazing amount of work creating and fleshing out these articles.  All I do is come along and do some MOS tweaking, things that you are rapidly learning on your own.  You are the one who deserves the Philippine Barnstar, not I.  I have to go offline for the day, but I wanted to let you know I just finished going over Philippine Tarsier Foundation.  What wonderful creatures, and what a great article.  I look forward to having the time to peruse the other articles you've been working on.  Happy editing!  SWAdair 11:42, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Hello! Thanks for your edits on the Philippine Tarsier Foundation. I am not too keen on the "standards" yet. It's good to have somebody double check. Unlike the other articles, there are only few editors on this article. If there are still other things you think I can improve, especially on the content, that will be good too. Best regards.--Guest818 05:06, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Paraphrasing
You said "If there are still other things you think I can improve, especially on the content, that will be good too." Hmm...  there is one area that I see could use a bit of work -- paraphrasing. Although you aren't lifting large sections of text from other websites I noticed that almost every time you add a reference, you copy verbatim a small section of text from that reference. That is cutting it very close to the legal line on copyright and fair use issues. It might be a good idea to reword things so that you paraphrase the reference rather than quoting it. Copyright and Fair use explain the extreme limits of what is allowed, but it would be best to stand far back from the extreme limit. For example, in Chocolate Hills where it says "The world-renowned cone-shaped Chocolate Hills is Nature's expression of beauty, mystery and romance. Unique in the world, the Chocolate Hills is the province's signature attraction" you might instead write "The beautiful, romantic Chocolate Hills are the province's main attraction. There is no natural formation like them in the world."  Not as flowery, but at least it contains the same information but in different (i.e. legally safe) words. In fact, the fewer superlatives, the better for an encyclopedia article. It might be best to call them either beautiful or romantic, but not both together -- at least for the article. Other than paraphrasing, I think you're doing a fantastic job. From the amount of time and effort you are putting into these articles it is clear that you enjoy improving them. Your enthusiasm shows in your work. SWAdair 07:15, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Chocolate Hills
Message for SWAdair: Hi! My appreciation for your expertise. I am overhauling the article. --Guest818 02:22, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Pictures
Just checking on how the upload of other pictures of Philippines and Bohol is coming along? Please don't forget to update me. Thanks. Best regards. --Guest818|talk 05:54, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I have a lot of photo's but do not know whether they are really interesting enough to upload. Also, I do not know the name of some of the buildings that are on the pictures. I will try to do a couple this weekend. I am extremely busy, because I am changing job and buying and selling a house. Magalhães 21:16, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * They might be needed in any of the articles in List of Bohol-related topics. --Guest818|talk 19:32, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Philippine Tarsier
Message for UtherSRG (talk): Hi! Just checking with you on how the Philippine Tarsier peer review is coming along? What needs to be done now? Please enlighten me. Thanks. Best regards. --Guest818|talk 05:50, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Note and address the comments at Peer_review. - UtherSRG (talk) 11:57, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Noted. Will spare it sometime soon. --Guest818|talk 19:55, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Responded on my talk page. SWAdair 00:48, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Gallery
Message for UtherSRG (talk): Hello! I now have several free images on the Philippine Tarsier in Commons. Are you open to putting a Gallery section the article? Pls respond in my talk page. Thanks .--Guest818|talk 19:54, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

10 more pictures taken on Bohol
I have uploaded 10 more pictures taken on Bohol. I hope you can use some of them. You can find them in Category:Bohol on commons. Magalhães 10:10, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
 * A very interesting link for finding more pictures about Bohol (or other places in the Philippines or elseweher) is this link. Please be aware that not all pictures can be uploaded to Wikipedia. You will have to check the rights, whether they are Public or Creative Commons (e.g. CC-BY-SA or some other forms allowed). Magalhães 11:04, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year. SWAdair | Talk 04:27, 22 December 2006 (UTC) 

Re:Infobox Philippine High Schools
Not necessary for stubs unless more information can be added to the infobox. The previous infobox used only included the location of the school which could be easily found on the lead sentence of the article. But if detailed information (eg. complete the fields of the infobox) can be added, then an infobox is more than welcome to be placed on the article. Merry Christmas. ^_^ --Mithril Cloud 05:43, 25 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Good to give stubs a head start though. This means that it would be good to include an infobox even if it's still under dev't. That way, people will see that it needs more collaborative effort for it to grow. { PMGOMEZ } 17:48, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

your edits in changing Filipino people to Philippines
You seem to have changed all articles involving Filipino people to Philippines. Please explain your rationale why, or fill out edit summary as best as you can. IMHO, the edit is not minor. Also, the correct wiki link is Filipino people, not Philippines. Unless you can give a valid rationale for your edit, please revert all your previous edits or they will be reverted for you. --Guest818(talk) 07:29, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Distinction between the people of the State and ethnic Filipinos all over the world
I admit I ought to have filled out the summary fields to give my reason for the changes. I hoped, particularly in the case of politicians, to make it clear that these people were answerable to the Republic of the Philippines, whose people voted them into power. These public officials are necessarily tied to the State (the same goes for government technocrats), and thus I found it logical that “Filipino” in those instances would link to Philippines. The articles about Kim Jong-il, Junichiro Koizumi, etc. do the same. The changes I made were not arbitrary. I hope you understand. —Lagalag 10:52, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Haller
Thanks for the compliments. I'd like to return it by saying your contributions on Philippine-related articles are appreciated and commended.

Gamay ra ang akong kibaw-an sa pagsulti sa Bisaya. o.O Haha my mother helped me with that one. I was going to say gagmay lang kasabot ko sa Bisaya. Berserkerz Crit 17:50, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Age category
Hello! If you are receiving this message, that means that your user page is in a specific year category. Per a recent user-category per deletion, all specific year categories are to be deleted. If you wish to continue using year categories, you have two options: If you wish, you may do both. Hopefully, this change in categorization will be quick and painless. Happy editing! --An automated message from MessedRobot 12:35, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Using an age group category, such as Category:Wikipedians in their 30s
 * Using a decade category, such as Category:Wikipedians born in the 1970s.

Fair use rationale for Image:Logosvd2.gif
Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Logosvd2.gif. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.  PxMa 23:46, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Chatto.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Chatto.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 19:49, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of List of academic programs of Holy Name University
I have nominated List of academic programs of Holy Name University, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/List of academic programs of Holy Name University. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Madcoverboy (talk) 16:56, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Survey
Hi Guest818!

I have put together a survey for female editors of Wikipedia (and related projects) in order to explore, in greater detail, women's experiences and roles within the Wikimedia movement. It'd be wonderful if you could participate!

It's an independent survey, done by me, as a fellow volunteer Wikimedian. It is not being done on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation. I hope you'll participate!

Just click this link to participate in this survey, via Google!

Any questions or concerns, feel free to email me or stop by my user talk page. Also, feel free to share this any other female Wikimedians you may know. It is in English, but any language Wikimedia participants are encouraged to participate. I appreciate your contributions - to the survey and to Wikipedia! Thank you! SarahStierch (talk) 05:13, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:30, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Europe 10,000 Challenge invite
Hi. The WikiProject Europe/The 10,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like Germany, Italy, the Benelux countries, Iberian Peninsula, Romania, Slovenia etc, much like The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. If you would like to see masses of articles being improved for Europe and your specialist country like WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon, sign up today and once the challenge starts a contest can be organized. This is a way we can target every country of Europe, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant and also sign under any country sub challenge on the page that you might contribute to! Thank you. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 08:58, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Women in Red World Contest
Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

April 2021
 You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for violating copyright policy by copying text or images into Wikipedia from another source without evidence of permission. Please take this opportunity to ensure that you understand our copyright policy and our policies regarding how to use non-free content. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. MER-C 16:44, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

Nomination of List of SVD missions for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of SVD missions is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/List of SVD missions until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. MSG17 (talk) 00:58, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

User category proposed deletion
You may be interested in Categories for discussion/Log/2021 August 21. It is proposed to delete this category. SpinningSpark 16:24, 30 August 2021 (UTC)