User talk:Michael Barera/archives/2012

Invitation to join the January 2012 Move to Commons Drive
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 * You forgot to add yourself to our logs page, and it would be boring to get nothing for moving thousands of files.   Ebe 123   (+) $talk Contribs$ 12:26, 29 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the tip: I've already taken care of it! Michael Barera (talk) 23:59, 29 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for getting me addicted to do this! Although I think that I have already messed up in that the file you helped me move was not used elsewhere...what do I do with files that are used? How do I make sure that the pages have the new link to commons? MichChemGSI (talk) 04:53, 8 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Actually, it is great that you are moving files that aren't used on Wikipedia or other projects: here, they're called "orphan files" and are essentially useless, but once they are moved to Commons they can be categorized and indexed, which is how they become findable and useful for future purposes. Files that are used on Wikipedia articles are treated no different than ones that are orphaned; the only difference is between files that you transfer under the same name and those you rename.  For files that you upload to Commons under the same name, just use the "Now on Commons" template (with timestamp), which looks like this:




 * For files that you rename, you need to include the new file name in the template, like this:




 * If you don't rename the file, an administrator on Wikipedia will delete the Wikipedia version, and because of how Wikipedia can display images from Commons, any pages that use the file will automatically show the Commons version. If you rename the file, an administrator will delete the Wikipedia version only after that administrator or a bot has replaced all the Wikipedia files with their Commons equivalents.  In short, administrators will take care of all the page usage issues as long as you use the "Now Commons" templates correctly as I've described above.  Hope that this helps, and happy editing!  Michael Barera (talk) 19:30, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Post pic of Dave Brandon and Brady Hoke
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dave_Brandon_and_Brady_Hoke_Pointing.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_football#Brady_Hoke_.282011.E2.80.93present.29

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgowiki (talk • contribs) 01:12, 13 January 2012 (UTC)


 * ✅ Michael Barera (talk) 04:29, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Your First Set of Trivia Questions
Thank you for taking care of that so quickly! Great category, great questions. I will follow suit and create a sandbox with a few sets of trivia questions.

Aupif (talk) 13:49, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Here are my questions: User:Aupif/sandbox4. I think I've outlined a logical format for non-picture questions. Aupif (talk) 22:07, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

March 2012 Move-to-Commons drive
Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of WikiProject Images and Media at 07:40, 29 February 2012 (UTC).

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks, Cloudbound! I'm happy to help.  By the way, nice work yourself! Michael Barera (talk) 23:26, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Hey, thanks Cloudbound! I wasn't expecting this, it's a really nice surprise!  Michael Barera (talk) 23:23, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Leaderboard award

 * Thanks, Cloudbound! I really appreciate all your hard work in finding and thanking those who participated in the drive!  Michael Barera (talk) 21:33, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Marshall Fredericks
Heya Michael - thought you might enjoy to see this, courtesy of your photo. Hope summer is going well,   A rbitrarily 0    ( talk ) 17:15, 1 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Hey, that's really cool! I'm glad to see that a photo I took when I was 13 has finally come to some use on Wikipedia! My summer has been going fantastically so far, and I hope you have been enjoying yours as well.  It is great to hear from you again, too!  Michael Barera (talk) 20:16, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Queens of Noise
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

In response to your feedback
Yunshui 雲&zwj;水 13:43, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

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 * Thanks! I've actually been around since 2006 under various account names (and for about 10 months under this account, my real name), so I'm not exactly a textbook newbie.  But I thought I'd have some fun with the Feedback Dashboard feature after getting a DYK a couple days ago!
 * PS: I can't seem to figure out how to permanently disengage it (every time I log in, it is in the top left corner - I really don't need it, so I wind up disabling it (almost) every time I log in).
 * Michael Barera (talk) 13:47, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Mercury Records logo
Your edit to the Mercury Records article was reverted because your design of the Mercury Records logo is of an extremely poor design and does not reflect the flowing script design of the Mercury Records logo used over the decades. Steelbeard1 (talk) 20:00, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, but do you think you can vectorize the logo that has been reverted back to? I can see that the text is indeed different, but it is still a textlogo that could/should be converted to SVG and then transfered to Commons, no? Michael Barera (talk) 21:02, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!
Michael, thank you for helping at the University of Michigan workshop! You rock. :) JMathewson (WMF) (talk) 17:59, 20 September 2012 (UTC)


 * It was my pleasure, Jami! It was also great to meet you! Michael Barera (talk) 02:51, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Hows it going?
Hey Michael et al...just letting you guys know that I'll be back next week once I finish my paper. Looks like you've been doing great work with the images and the new article on Operation Fluid Drive. See you next Thursday! Adam Kriesberg (talk) 01:13, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey, you've got to let Arbitrarily0 know too: he's the one who created it and did all the hard work! Take care and have a great weekend! Michael Barera (talk) 01:17, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK reviewing
Thine Antique Pen's advice (01:37, 12 November 2012 (UTC))
 * The standard new enough, long enough, 5x expansion done (iff it is an expansion) or 2x for BLP, the hooked fact is included in the article, and the article is fully sourced
 * I also check for copyright violations by comparing the sources with the article. ~dcoetzee/duplicationdetector/ is a good tool to use for this
 * I finally check to see if the article is written neutrally and is free from adverisments

Field Hockey "RESPONSE"
Dude,

I wasn't at the meeting today, but I got your message! I will be following this page and may just be the guy to edit it in the future!! It's going to need to results of this year's NCAA tourney, where we lost to Old Dominion 1-6 (I think). I'll need help with some of the code...

Actually, the pencil was used at least 5 times. interesting where these things pop up!!

All's cool for now!

Tyrael123 (talk) 02:26, 16 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Nice! Hey, the article is in the DYK queue right now, and looking at the upcoming schedule it will likely be on the Wikipedia Main Page on Saturday morning. And please do feel free to edit and expand it: we just need to make sure we have everything properly cited. Take care! Michael Barera (talk) 02:30, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Michigan Wolverines field hockey
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:04, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey, thanks a lot! I'm starting to love the DYK process! Michael Barera (talk) 02:20, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Cultural partnerships-l
Hi Michael! Congratulations on being the new Wikipedian in Residence at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library! You probably will want to apply to join the Cultural Partnerships mailing list that Wikimedia runs. That's for people like you and me who do insider work at cultural institutions. You can talk with other WIkipedians in Residence, too. You can find information about it here (tell them I sent you ;) ). Good luck, and congrats! SarahStierch (talk) 19:41, 14 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Sarah! I can't wait to get started next month! Michael Barera (talk) 01:16, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

RE:A cookie for you!
13:40, 20 December 2012‎

Wikipedia Class Assignment
Thanks for everything!!!! Susulee (talk) 19:08, 21 December 2012 (UTC)