User talk:Jeff Dahl/Archive 5

Move to Commons
Can you move these 2 wonderful and certainly legitimate images to WikiCommons: Image:Deir el-bahri temples.JPG and Image:MerenptahOfferingtoPtah.JPG Jeff? The uploader just placed them on Wikipedia. There is no 'move to commons' sticker on them so I don't know how to do it. I gather one is supposed to copy all the information including the license when they re-upload the image onto Commons. (it was easier when there was a move to Commons tag!) Leoboudv (talk) 06:40, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
 * There is a move to commons helper available: User:Krimpet/CommonsHelper Helper. You just need to install a script to enable a new tab to show up on your wikipedia window. Once you click on the "move to commons" window, you can use the tool to automatically make the move. It is a little fussy though, but it is a lot easier than doing it manually. Once you are in the upload window, you need to verify your commons account to the tool by creating a new password (just for the tool) and use that to log in inside the window. Then, on the upload form, click the box that says to use the commons upload bot to automatically upload the image. At first, it may seem tricky but once you get it figured out it's not too bad. I did the first image, but I will leave the second for you to try. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 13:34, 16 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Dear Jeff, Thank for sending the first image to Commons. When I click edit on the second image file, I can't find the link for 'Move to Commons' link. Do you know which button it is? BTW, I've contacted a flickr owner of and he has changed the license from 'copyright' to CC by sa 3.0. Unfortunately since he also placed a No Commercial use tag, I have to contact him again and see if he will remove this restriction for Commons. Regards, Leoboudv (talk) 01:33, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I get it a little. I'm supposed to type in some code into a script page. Unfortunately, I don't know where my script page is. Leoboudv (talk) 01:35, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I can never remember how to find this, I think it is called your monobook.js page. I know I did find it once but then I forgot how to do it again. This seems like a good question for the help desk. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 22:44, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

POTD notification
Hi Jeff,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Tablet press animation.gif is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on September 1, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-09-01.  howcheng  {chat} 23:28, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Arabic Graphic God!
I know you must be busy, but when you have time, we still need the Arabic corrected on the emblems below. The text has been provided, or the emblem is sufficiently large to allow you to work, now. Please when you get a chance!


 * Image:Iraq Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Council 2004.jpg *جمهورية العراق
 * Image:UAEgg.jpg *الفتيات الكشافة | كوني مستعدة
 * Image:Egyptian Girl Guides.png * م م | كوني مستعدة
 * Image:Kuwait Girl Guides.jpg *م ك | الفتيات المرشدات
 * Image:Scouting in Lebanon Cedres.jpg *جمعية كشافة الأرز
 * Image:Yemen Scouts and Guides Association.png

Thanks, Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 00:06, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Pharaohinfo box
Dear Jeff, The article for king Neferhotep I has a pharaoh infobox whereas the articles for his brother Sobekhotep IV and the earlier 13th dynasty king Khendjer does not. This does not seem consistent. Most 13th dynasty kings don't justify a pharaohinfobox since we know almost nothing on them but these two are the exceptions, I think. Here is an image you could place in the infobox for Khendjer if you wish: Image:Khendjer-souterrains-herses.jpg I'm afraid I am not 100% familiar with the infobox system. Sorry, --Leoboudv (talk) 22:05, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Vithoba
Hi. Please would give your comments about the article on the article talk? Your input in the peer review of Matrikas had helped the article improve a lot. Like Matrikas, Vithoba is a Hindu deity and may have similar issues like jargon as you pointed out in Matrikas. I have tried to avoid such issues, but still some may be left out. Thanks. --Redtigerxyz (talk) 12:39, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:KMT magazine spring 2008.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:KMT magazine spring 2008.jpg. You've indicated that the image is being used under a claim of fair use, but you have not provided an adequate explanation for why it meets Wikipedia's requirements for such images. In particular, for each page the image is used on, the image must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Can you please check


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Permission to use images
(Sorry if this is in the wrong place) Dear Jeff

I hope you are well. I really enjoy your images have made about Egypt.

I was wondering can I please use them in a self publish book I am writing and publishing about Ancient Egypt. They would make a wonderful addition to the book and a great place to show case your wonderful work. If so what licence can I use for them, instead of the GDFL.

Thanks so much, hope to hear from you soon --Ajwatson82 (talk) 11:50, 24 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Glad you like the images. You have my permission to use them in your book, just make sure to cite the source. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 02:36, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * thank you very much for that I am very grateful, cheers. :) --Ajwatson82 (talk) 06:21, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Ancient Egyptians should not be colored any color
To avoid taking any side or POV, I think you should not color in your drawings because there is a lot of controversy over the race of ancient Egyptians. Currently you have them portrayed as black which is a radical POV. By that I mean I think you should draw them but not fill in the drawings with any colors.
 * I don't know what the problem is with your sketch of the pharaoh. Your drawing shows the pharaoh as BROWN, not black as the anon IP complained...which is historically accurate. Zahi Hawass, once noted that Tut was not black and your portrayal is historically accurate except for the Kushite era when they were assuredly black. I reverted it here and gave my reasons:
 * By the way, could you please create a Pharaohinfobox for Sobekhotep IV? The geneaological and royal name data for his article is spread everywhere. Moreover, there is already a Pharaohinfobox for his brother Neferhotep I. He merits a Pharaohinfobox as one of the most powerful rulers of the 13th dynasty too. What do you think? --Leoboudv (talk) 06:36, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Done. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 15:00, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

There's nothing wrong with the colors in the drawing, so, Anonymous IP, if you want it sans color you can feel free to download the drawing and remove the color yourself, and then upload it under a new filename, making sure to cite the source. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 15:00, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks Jeff. The article is a work in progress but the king surely merited an infobox. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 19:18, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Hieroglyph edit
Did you see this edit on Ramesses II: I don't think he knows the hieroglyphs are in the infobox...perhaps because he is Bulgarian. Interestingly, he is listed as an 'inactive' member of the WikiProject Ancient Egypt site: I guess he became 'active' again. Perhaps you may wish to revert the edit. Its your call. Cheers, --Leoboudv (talk) 06:35, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * PS: Here are 3 articles I made on obscure AE temples in Nubia: Beit el-Wali, Amada & Wadi es-Sebua If someone was not willing to freely license the flickr pictures, I wouldn't have bothered to write them. I hope you like them. --Leoboudv (talk) 06:41, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Can you help me?
Dear Mr. Dahl, Sorry for disturbing you, yet I cannot seem to be able to display my name onto the Ancient Egypt portal page? Do you think you can help me make it visible. Rhnk you, and I hope that I did not take too much time away. Zuzzerack 19:59, 16 December 2008 (UTC) PS: I like your Egyptian god pictures, they are excellent! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zuzzerack (talk • contribs) 19:59, 16 December 2008 (UTC)


 * the page I am trying to edit is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ancient_Egypt/Members, of which I added my name, yet it did not appear on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ancient_Egypt page on the participants page for some reason, thank you for your help, and sorry, I am not and expreienced editor. Zuzzerack 21:54, 16 December 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zuzzerack (talk • contribs)
 * OK, I see your name on the first page but not on the second. It should show up, I don't know why it doesn't. This sounds like a question for the Help Desk. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 23:33, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for helping and refereing me, I hope that I did not disturb you too much. Zuzzerack 02:11, 17 December 2008 (UTC).

Editing Ancient Egypt articles
Hello, Jeff

I'm a new user, so I'm not sure to whom I should report within Wikipedia's hierarchy, but since I've seen you are also interested in Ancient Egypt I'm asking you, so if there is another person I should be consulting, I'd the grateful to know.

Well, you must know there are many problems concerning the First Intermediate Period of Egyptian's chronology, and in the article for the ninth and tenth dynasties, the name of the known kings seem to be wrong, at least according to my reference (Sir Alan Gardiner, Egypt of the Pharaohs, Oxford University Press 1961). So, as these articles don't have any reference at all, I'm editing accordingly to Sir Gardiner's book, since I believe it's better to have at least one reliable source of information.

I'd like to know if this is the better course of action concerning uncertain subjects.

Thank you, --SamaraDyva (talk) 08:56, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikiproject Ancient Egypt Milestones
Help our Wikiproject improve! Recently we have been asked to set our milestones, in which we will strive to gain our goals (which could be number of FAs or such). Please join in the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ancient Egypt
 * Thanks,
 * Zuzzerack (talk) 01:06, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

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Suggested Update for Tablet Press Animation
Your tablet press animation is great! One change I would suggest is showing the material entering the die as the lower punch is pulled down. The animation makes it appear that die fill is due to gravity alone, but the suction created by the lower punch pull-down is important. A nice article on the importance of suction is referenced below.

S. Jackson, I.C. Sinka, A.C.F. Cocks, The effect of suction during die-fill on a rotary tablet press, European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics 65 (2007) 253-256.

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File:Egyptian Federation for Scouts and Girl Guides.png
Finally got a larger version, would you be willing to take a gander? Thank you! Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 15:42, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

A well deserved Barnstar

 * Thanks very much! Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 18:11, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Ancient Egypt template
I now agree with you that the color for the Ancient Egypt topics template is too yellow, but I don't know the codes for the color I prefer. On File:Sand Palette.png, I was thinking of the color in the center, or the color to the left of it if that seems too dark. Could you tell me what codes they use? A. Parrot (talk) 22:19, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * OK I put the color codes on the template talk page. Either of the middle ones seem like good choices. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 23:02, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Tablet Press Animation
Hi Jeff,

I'm new in Wikipedia. In fact, I only joined so I can ask you this question.

How did you make the tablet press animation? Is there a software out there just for making these kinds of animations. You'll have to excuse me as I do not have a programming background. But if you just send me in the right direction, I might be able to figure it out myself.

I'm thinking of doing something like it for work except to be done for other types of equipment as a way to train colleagues.

Thanks, Cristina —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cincocri (talk • contribs) 10:20, 24 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Cristina, I put together the animation using photoshop's counterpart called Adobe ImageReady. The animation consists of something like 7 frames that repeat. The way you can do it is to prepare the start frame and end frames, and there's a command called Inbetweening or "tweens" that creates the intermediate frames between the start and finish position. See the article on Inbetweening for more on the basic principle. Tweening is the core technique of this kind of animation, and the key is to produce good start/end frames. For animations that need to change directions multiple times, set up additional key frames to tween between.


 * Since I wasn't that familiar with the program, to get the animation I wanted I had to do some rather elaborate object manipulation that probably could have been done easier a different way. Since my version of ImageReady is quite old, there is probably a newer product that would be easier. I haven't tried it yet, but Adobe's Flash Animation looks promising. The basic idea for animated .gif is to make a set of frames and combine them, so you could draw each frame individually in a vector editor like inkscape, my personal favorite, and then combine the individual .gif into an animated .gif. Inkscape also offers an interpolate command, similar to tween, that can also morph shapes to prepare individual frames, which is very powerful. Hope that helps, good luck, and please stay and edit some articles! Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 22:50, 24 July 2009 (UTC)



Hi Jeff! A request...
First of all, I absolutely love your vector images. They are kick ass! I have already used one of them in an article I've recently rewritten completely: Ancient Egyptian literature. As you are very well aware, this article is one of the branch articles of that fine FA article of yours, Ancient Egypt. I was wondering if you wouldn't mind taking a look at Ancient Egyptian literature and perhaps do a little copyediting or make some suggestions on how to improve the article. Any help or advice would be appreciated! Thanks.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 09:17, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi again, Jeff. Great advice! I will certainly take it to heart. You reminded me of several things I most certainly need to do, such as include a brief note about the Narmer Palette. Yet you've also given sound advice on how to specifically restructure the article, a much more thoughtful assessment which demonstrates a careful reading of the text. ;) Thanks! And feel free to visit the article's talk page to voice additional ideas, where User:A. Parrot has already given some useful tips on how to improve the article. Cheers.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 18:30, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * After mentioning the Narmer Palette in the first section, I think the first thing I shall do is create a section on the legacy of Egyptian literature and its impact on other cultures (ancient and modern). Also, good point about linking things over and over, although Linking says there are a few exceptions to the rule that one item should not be linked more than once.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 19:18, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I think there is a two-pronged compromise that can be made in regards to naming different scholars and their credentials throughout the article: (I) only mention a scholar's name when he is directly quoted; (II) I can create separate articles for these scholars, so that the information about their credentials (i.e. professor of such and such department from "X" or "Y" university) can be moved elsewhere and not distract or digress from the reading of the prose. Sound reasonable?-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 21:04, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Jeff. I've not only begun the process of delinking items which are linked on multiple occasions (and some that shouldn't have been linked in the first place), but I've also included that brief note about the Narmer Palette and created a Legacy section. However, I'm having trouble finding additional sources to beef up the legacy section. Could you perhaps be of any help? Simply pointing out a good source on the subject would do, if you know of any. Thanks!-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 13:59, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * And, while we're at it, I think you deserve this:

Thanks very much. I had some additional ideas about legacy, especially how it impacted the classical writers like Herodotus, and Manetho, but I don't know any specifics offhand. It's also interesting that ancient Egyptian literature wasn't directly readable by modern scholars until the decipherment of hieroglyphs in the early 1800s. Digital Egypt for Universities (http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/) usually has a lot of references. I'll think about it some more and look through my offline research materials to see if I have anything more specific. I'll definitely put any updates or further thoughts on the article talk page. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 17:31, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

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