User talk:Mdd4696/Archive 4

Congratulations!
Congratulations on becoming an administrator! I know that it isn't official yet, but I just wanted to be the first to congratulate you. Use the WikiPowers wisely! _-M  o    P-_  01:03, 7 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Woo woo! Thank you :). ~MDD4696 01:29, 7 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Woot! I'm bringing the champagne. _-M   o    P-_  03:19, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations!
Congratulations! Consensus having been reached, it is my pleasure to inform you that you are now an administrator on the English Wikipedia. Please take a moment to review the Administrators' reading list and the Administrators' how-to guide before using any of your shiny new buttons. :-) If you need assistance or advice, please feel free to request help from other administrators at the Administrator's Noticeboard and Administrator's Noticeboard for Incidents, or to leave a talk page message for me or any other admin. Again, congratulations! Essjay  Talk • Contact 04:50, 7 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Congrats, you deserve it. NSL E (T+C) at 04:54 UTC (2006-04-07)


 * Congrats! You deserve this! -- S iva1979 Talk to me  15:24, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Image Stacking
I see you've been removing the image stacking templates from articles lately, is there any specific reason for doing that? Because some of those articles now have a gaping white space beside the picture, which, to me, is rather unpleasant. deadkid_dk 00:41, 8 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes. I went through all of the articles using the ImageStackRight template and removed it from the pages which (I thought) were using it improperly. The template really should only be used in instances where a series of images belong in a logical group, such as in the Nelson hold, Addis Ababa, or Google logo articles. Otherwise, simply listing the images is sufficient and no template is needed.


 * In a number of articles I also distributed the images to match the specific sections they referred to. There were several instances where there were redundant images or images that did not serve to illustrate any particular portion of the article. Basically, the images were in a vertically stacked gallery. As specified on WP:NOT, current policy is against this. There is a discussion going on over at Wikipedia talk:What Wikipedia is not/galleries about whether galleries are appropriate in Wikipedia articles, and about a proposed wording change.


 * Would you mind linking me to the specific articles you are concerned about? It is difficult to gauge exactly how an article will flow given the wide variety of browsers and screen settings people use, so it would be helpful to me to know exactly what you are referring to. I wouldn't mind if you reverted my changes, if you had a reasonable explanation. I agree that gaping whitespace doesn't look very good, but I had to make some compromises earlier. ~MDD4696 04:14, 8 April 2006 (UTC)


 * As far as I know, Desperate Housewives and Brand Hong Kong, though I see Desperate Housewives was reverted. deadkid_dk 04:39, 8 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, Brand Hong Kong was definately the worst one I did. I don't really know what to do with that one... it wouldn't be a problem if there was more written about the subject. I'm waiting to hear back from Sfufan2005 about the Desperate Housewives article, but it looks like I'll have to let that one be. ~MDD4696 04:47, 8 April 2006 (UTC)


 * OK, I did what you suggested and removed the stack template because you made sense to just list the images. I did not originally put the stack in but it did make the images look very neat and organized. However taken out there was a huge space between words, so I thought putting it back in made it look more professional. Sfufan2005 15:25, 8 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Looks good! ~MDD4696 15:46, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Removing failed WP Candidate
Hallo. I tried to follow your direction to remove my WP candidate: Thousand Year Old Egg. I have to say though that I found the instructions very confusing, and the picture appeared to already be copied over.. Oh, and btw: congratulations. --Philopedia 18:53, 9 April 2006 (UTC)


 * PS2pcGAMER took care of it for you. We'll see what we can do about improving the instructions. Thanks! ~MDD4696 01:39, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Atlas award
Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp only seems to apply to exact or attempted exact copies of a work, would not seem to apply to a low resolution copy of a portion of a single frame of an ad in a comic book. But whatever, I'm not married to the Atlas Award 68.183.79.174 01:41, 10 April 2006 (UTC) (User:Pedant)


 * I'm not married to it either, so I'm really not going to pursue this any futhur. The likelyhood of Wikimedia getting sued for this image is extremely low, but one of the wonders of current U.S. copyright law is that it's so vague and ambiguous that the possibility still exists. Since the ad was published and its licensing has not been explicitly stated anywhere we know of, we must assume that it's copyrighted and all rights are reserved, just to be safe. Copyright applies to a whole work, and any parts of it people might use, so just using a cropped portion doesn't remove that legality. However, the amount of a copyrighted work is one thing the courts take into consideration in deciding if a particular use is copyright infringement. So... who knows, right? ~MDD4696 02:18, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

RE: My sincere gratitude (Is Wikipedia wasting a wealth of materials?, etc.)
I sincerely thank users ~MDD4696 and Fastfission for their very helpful answers. My complaint was deliberately written in an aggressive fashion, in order to provoke a reaction, and I am truly pleased at having gotten intelligent responses, at last!! I apologize if I irritated anyone, but now I have enough study materials to learn, to enable me to correct my mistakes and join this beautiful & gigantic effort with more steady steps. Now I've got a lot of homework to do, after taking due note of your suggestions. Thank you, again!

AVM 22:28, 11 April 2006 (UTC)


 * You're welcome... I think? ~MDD4696 23:29, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Image:Larry D. Welch.jpg
Are you able to see Image:Larry D. Welch.jpg? It's not coming up for me at all - hence why I tagged as missing. —Wknight94 (talk) 20:57, 15 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Yup, looks fine. Try clearing your cache? ~MDD4696 21:01, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I hit ctrl-F5 &mdash; nothing. I even tried in Firefox &mdash; nothing.  I'm using IE 6, how about you?  Have you cleared your cache?  Very odd...  I'm not having trouble with any other image.  —Wknight94 (talk) 21:13, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * And if I add it to my user page and then look at the rendered HTML, I just get a blank   Something happened here.  —Wknight94 (talk) 21:19, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I've cleared my cache and refreshed in both FF and IE6. Maybe you could try logging out, clear your cookies and cache, and log back in? It's definately not a problem on Wikipedia's end. ~MDD4696 22:03, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Tried it on another computer and it came up fine. Go figure...  Sorry to bother you.  —Wknight94 (talk) 23:20, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

POV-ray render
How is yours coming along? I'm about to put up a poll to get a new nomination rolling. Please reply on my talk page, thanks! --Janke | Talk 18:24, 18 April 2006 (UTC)


 * The rendering had slowed to a halt (1 line every hour) for the last week because my computer ran out of RAM and virtual memory (causing it to thrash... constantly reading from and writing to the disk). I stopped it and restarted my computer... now the new rendering doesn't match the old one! Put the poll up whenever you feel like it; the current rendering is at http://bubka.rh.rit.edu/rendering.png so people can use that to judge. I don't want to delay the promotion any more, and personally I think we should upload Deadcode's version over the original. I can eventually link to mine as an alternative on the image page. Thanks for keeping track of this! ~MDD4696 21:33, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

WP:AIV
Nope, you aren't, but they likely are using a dynamic IP, so there will be a lot of collateral damage, unfortunately. Tito xd (?!? - help us) 23:44, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, you're doing everything right - unfortunately he is avoiding the autoblocker by hopping IP addresses or not editing after the block is set, which stops the autoblocker from being triggered. Tito xd (?!? - help us) 23:47, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Hey
Sorry about that, i was just explaining my site and what we do, that is what an encyclopedia does... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by No Limits Resources (talk • contribs) 00:32, 19 April 2006.

Hello
Hi, thanks for posting back about User talk:64.81.253.66 and the tip. Your removal of my earlier links actually drew me in to want to participate more, so thanks for that! I look forward to contributing and expanding the Gashapon relevant sections of Wikipedia. Echuta 03:00, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

WCityMike
Be a good admin and block him for violating 3RR. Ardenn 01:43, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Query
Dropped off a quick question for you on the talk page you commented on, if you wouldn't mind giving me some feedback. Thanks. &mdash; WCityMike (T 02:04, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Mediation
I've put in a request for mediation here. Ardenn 02:55, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Invitation
Fasten 11:24, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

The Ardenn matter
Thanks for your note, and your work as an admin. It is times like this that made me wish WP has a little less "democracy". :-) -- Gnetwerker 01:32, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Oh, so I'm a "matter"? Are you or are you not committed to mediation and finding a solution? Ardenn 02:05, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Closing FPs
Hiya Mdd4696, thanks :-) Do you mind if I close all the outstanding FP cases?  I've written a minibot to help with the job and I'm just culling the last few bugs on the live entries !  Hopefully it'll be OK for general use by tomorrow or Tuesday

Not that I wouldn't mind getting out of having to make the decision on the bear :-). What do you think? ~ Veledan • Talk 22:21, 23 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, after looking at all the votes, I think I see 12 in favor out of 16, or 75% support. Dschwen was all over the place heh. Of the support votes, most seem to support the original or the larger crop, with a slight preference for the edit. I'll have to check out the talk page about your bot... I noticed the discussion, but I didn't look into it. Thanks for your good work! ~MDD4696 22:37, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

BEANS and subpage
Thanks. I was planning on doing that today or tommorrow, wasn't sure if i should have just done it immediately. . .  but i will in the future. Should i go through and clear out his talk history as well, as this is where the subpage came from? The info still exists there. Thanks for the link to WP:BEANS as well, that hadn't occured to me. Haven't looked at that page in some time. . . -- He ah?  06:03, 26 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, delete the appropriate talk pages and then restore any versions that don't contain any sensitive information. ~MDD4696 22:24, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Quick Formatting question
Just a quick question. I like how you used columns in your travels section on your user pages and was wondering if you might be able to direct me to were i can learn that. I cant seem to figure out how to only have columns in one header without throwing of the rest of the page. Thanks!--Gephart 20:27, 27 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Sorry I took so long to respond. Here's an example:

Col-begin Col-break ;Column 1 header * Item 1 * Item 2 Col-break ;Column 2 header * Item 1 * Item 2 Col-end


 * Does that help? ~MDD4696 23:00, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Space Patrol - image reference
Hi there, You recently got rid of a reference to an image that I had attached to the entry to Space Patrol (1962 TV series). The image itself having been removed by a 'bot', because it said it did not know where it came from. The thing was it came from Wikipedia (the Gaelic version). I could not understand the Gaelic, but assumed that Wikipedia was happy with it in Gaelic, so why not English, so I put it into the English version and added details of the Gaelic origin and even the copyright information I had found there. How can I get it back? Moleskin 21:13, 27 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I removed the image because it did not have the proper source or licensing information in English. The image in question is ga:Íomhá:Carachtair Space Patrol.jpg.jpg, which you uploaded to en:Image:Space Patrol.jpg, right? Wikipedia's policy is that images without the proper source and licensing information should be deleted after being tagged for 7 days. If you decide to upload it again, it must have the original source (wherever the Gaelic Wikipedia got it from), and it must be tagged properly. You should also note that it was taken from the Gaelic site, as you did originally. The licensing information must be translated from Gaelic, or else no one can verify the information. ~MDD4696 22:07, 27 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the explanation Moleskin 06:21, 28 April 2006 (UTC) (P.S. You don't speak Gaelic do you?)


 * Unfortunately, no :). I know User:Boothy443 does a lot of Ireland related things, maybe you could ask him. ~MDD4696 19:02, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Closing FPCs


I notice you've been closing some FPC nominations recently. I normally do them myself but I've been too busy with university lately. Anyway, thanks heaps; it may not be an exciting job but it really helps. Raven4x4x 07:54, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Request assistance deleting old talk page
Greetings. two of the Wikipedia Sysops (or whatevery you call them here), refuse to let me delete the content of my talk page, for reasons that go beyond my understanding. Some of the material in the talk page is personal. The page includes rough drafts with mistakes that I never intended to make permanent. Had I known I would not be allowed to delete this material, I would never have posted it in the first place.

You recently archived part of the page, which is fine, of course. I told you at that time that I planned to clear the whole page, as I do from time to time. You raised no objection, and it never occured to me that anyone would object, but apparently these other two sysops do object. I would appreciate it if you could take steps to clear the page. If you want to keep a copy of any material there for your own purposes, please feel free to do so.

For more information, see the message I am about to post here:

User_talk:William_M._Connolley

"Please unblock and delete page."

(I anticipate Mr. Connolley will block my access again after I post that message, so I am sending you this, first.) --JedRothwell 17:23, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

In case Connolley deletes the message I sent him, here is a copy:


 * "I request that you unblock my "talk page" and immediately and permanently delete the contents of it. You are free to permanently block me from contributing to Wikipedia, as I have no intention of doing so in any case. If you would like a reason to block me, or prove that I have violated the rules, you need not preserve the talk page. Here is another deliberate & intentionally provocative violation of the rules -- an old-school personal insult:


 * You are a loathsome, sanctimonious, hypocritical, ignorant twit. If you were in a state of uncontrolled combustion, I would not take the trouble to extinguish the flames by urinating on them.


 * I hope that is satisfactory.

That should do the trick! --JedRothwell 17:29, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi, as was explained to JedRothwell (apparently not clearly enough), he may blank his page after the block expires... which it did... and now he's blocked again for personal attacks. KillerChihuahua?!? 18:54, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Re: RfA Congrats
Thanks for the congrats and also congrats on your recent sysoping. Cheers! --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 10:36, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Source text
Hello Mdd4696. Why are you removing the source text from the Sura articles? --a.n.o.n.y.m t 19:44, 29 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia is not Wikisource. There is no discussion of the actual text that I am removing, so it is cluttering up the articles. Is there some reason it is there? ~MDD4696 19:46, 29 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I understand, but the text does help the reader looking for the Sura. If you feel strongly about this then just leave a source link there so people have reference to a link where they can read it. --a.n.o.n.y.m t 19:48, 29 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, I was being lazy... there are a lot of these articles! I will add the Wikisource link to the rest of the ones I do, but I may not be able to go back to the ones I already did for a while. ~MDD4696 19:51, 29 April 2006 (UTC)


 * You can just leave the link to the text that was already there and add a link for the wikisource later. For example "The text of sura 62 " --a.n.o.n.y.m t 19:54, 29 April 2006 (UTC)


 * The Surat text would be best since all the Suras are listed below anyways. Also I'm adding an external link to the text for them. --a.n.o.n.y.m t 20:16, 29 April 2006 (UTC)


 * OK, I'm done for now. I originally was trying to make the series of articles more consistent, but there was more to do than I thought. Thanks for alerting me about the text... I kind of assumed that someone else would add the proper link or whatever, but now I think I'm doing it "the right way." ~MDD4696 20:35, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm done too. I was adding an external link for the text while you were doing that. Thanks for fixing it. Cheers. --<b style="color:green;">a.n.o.n.y.m</b> t 20:50, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Hey Mdd4696. As I said, I did it to all the articles because usually people don't know how to use the wikisource and an external link section will open up more interest in adding links especially of interpretation of the Suras. However for encyclopedia manual of styles, the wikisource should be there anyway, the external link section is a starter for more links on Tafsir of the Suras. --<b style="color:green;">a.n.o.n.y.m</b> t 23:08, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, heh. Somehow I got confused and thought you were a different user. No problem then. ~MDD4696 23:10, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Threats on Wikinews
Some lunatic threatened to send the Mafia after you over at Wikinews. Thought you should know. --Deprifry 20:42, 30 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Ha ha ha, thanks. It's probably Knifeboy3. ~MDD4696 20:43, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Fair use policy
Hey, that was good of you to post that up for me on my talk page — a display of initative that I really appreciated. Thanks for advising me of how fair use works. Looks like I'll be in the market for a new image... maybe I'll be able to track down Herb Alpert in person. ''' Tijuana Brass ¡Épa! - E@''' 05:04, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

My Signature
Some wikipedians have requested that I change my sig because it's too long. please vote on whether I should change my sig or not. Thanks, -- George Mon  e  y Talk   Contribs 03:53, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

User:Pokiemehard
I'd just like to comment that the above user, beyond being a vandal, also has an inappropriate username. It seems like an indef username block would be appropriate, but that's just my opinion. AmiDaniel (Talk) 01:15, 8 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Already done. ~MDD4696 01:16, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Just saw that. AmiDaniel (Talk) 01:17, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * No, I didn't even know you had blocked him until just know &mdash; I'm OK with your indef block. My apologies. Saravask 01:22, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

My Signature
Dear Mdd4696, I have changed my sig to make it only 3 lines. Can you change your vote at Signature Poll/GeorgeMoney to oppose?

Below is a box that shows how my poll is doing:

.

Thanks, -- George Money  Talk Contribs 02:57, 8 May 2006 (UTC).

Sig
I have nominated someone's signature for a poll. I put it in a different category than my sig. That sig I put under the "Ugly and distracting" category. I didn't put it in the length category.

[ Vote here] to vote to make it less ugly.

Thanks, -- George Money  Talk Contribs 04:12, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

things to watch out for...
Seems some people will stop at nothing to keep their prefered 'found on the web' images in Wikipedia. :( . --Gmaxwell 20:55, 8 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the note. We've had a good system going for the past few months now, and I think we're finally getting most of our images under control :). ~MDD4696 21:27, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Indeed. Massive improvements in the last few months. --Gmaxwell 00:05, 9 May 2006 (UTC)