User talk:Mkrose

Hey no problem. The info's the most important thing anyway. - Hephaestos 04:33 12 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Perfect; that works great. :) Hephaestos

(top) appearing on your "My contributions" page means you are the last person to edit the page: no one has made any changes to it since you last visited it - the text is the same as the last time you saw it. -- Someone else 06:38 12 Jun 2003 (UTC)
 * No problem. For what it's worth, comments on talk pages are usually added at the bottom. Seems a little backwards at first, maybe, but...  -- Someone else 06:45 12 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Welcome Mike,

You have done a good job so far in Wikipedia (a.k.a. 'Pedia or WP). I can see that you're a serious Wikipedian interested in improving our project. If you stay for a while, you'll discovered that collectively, we're a cooperative and friendly community. We are all here to learn, and hopefully can give something back. If you have questions or doubts of any sort, do not hesitate to post them on the Village Pump, somebody will respond ASAP. Other helpful pages include:
 * How does one edit a page
 * Manual of style
 * Naming conventions

Just keep in mind that while relevant discussions and constructive criticisms and are welcome, anything unproductive and/or destructive in nature is not. More importantly, we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind.

Who knows? Perhaps you'll soon become a Wikipediholic and make it into the list of Most active Wikipedians! :-) --Menchi 07:05 12 Jun 2003 (UTC)

p.s. If you want people to call you Mike, instead of your ID Mkrose. Go to "Special pages" -> "Set my user preferences". Then, beside "Your nickname (for signatures): ", type what you'd like people to call you. Otherwise, you'll be shown as Mkrose, and addressed as Mkrose. --Menchi 07:05 12 Jun 2003 (UTC)


 * You don't have to type your signature out. Just type four tildes: ~ . Then, done! Moreover, it also includes when your message was composed, which is very helpful to the answerers or inquirers to your messages in Talks. --~

Sorry, Mick, I just noticed that I called you Mike two or three times! They obviously are different names. :-) --Menchi 22:17 12 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Hello Mick. I noticed that you uploaded Image:Giza2.gif. It's a lovely image but I hope you don't mind if I give you a couple of tips. Theresa knott 10:32 13 Jun 2003 (UTC)
 * 1) You need to put some info on copywrite on the description page. So if you took the photo yourself, or if the person who took the photo gave your permission to give it to wikipedia say so on the description page.
 * 2) The picture is in the wrong filetype. Photographic pictures should be jpg. By saving it as a gif you have probably increased the filesize by about tenfold.Since the image is monochrome you could probably save it as a greyscale jpg and reduce the file size even further. see How to keep image file sizes as small as possible for further details on how to select the approriate filetype and colour depth for pictures and diagrams.

Yes, Mick, I'm here. What's going on? --Menchi 00:54 14 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Upload replacement
Only the administrators can remove images or documents. You can post the deletion request on Votes for deletion. Within a week, one of the 70 admins will delete it for you.

On a side note, if the image names are identical, down to the file format, replacement occurs (although the old image will still be kept in the history). So if you have a smaller size of the same image, or cropped, you can replace the old using the same file name. --Menchi 01:06 14 Jun 2003 (UTC)
 * Mick wroteHi! Thanks for the tips, I'll try to change the file type to .gif and upload again. But.... how do I get rid of the old file in .jpg? 

As menchi says list it on votes for deletion.

''Also, where is the description page for the image? Do you mean the talk page? I did take the photo, should I write something like "Copyright 2003, M. K. Rose, Used with Permission"? ''

When you click on the image, you go to a description page. It shows who uploaded each version of the image, and what pages link to the image. That is the page where to copywrite info goes. The talk page, got by clicking on discuss this page, it where the image can be discussed. I.e " I think this image is too big, too dark etc" Although your copywrite notice is fine I prefer a more user freindly wording. E.g. "photo taken by user:Mkrose, donated to wikipedia" Theresa knott 09:02 16 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Denver
Can you vote for John Denver on the Article Collaboration Drive? Thanks. Carolaman 19:57, 21 January 2006 (UTC)