User talk:Neurolysis/Archives/2009/May

Editor review
Hello there, Neuro. I had seen that you were unable to support my previous RfA (five months ago), where you had expressed some concerns. I wondered if you could comment on my current editor review. NuclearWarfare  ( Talk ) (How am I doing?) 20:16, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

RfA
Nice work; I like this a lot. I'm thinking it would look better if you made it into 3 columns. But either way, great upgrade. ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 13:26, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * What happens when a user is up for RfA a 2nd or 3rd time? Does the code work for that? Also, some ppl are trying to access the links at WP:RFA rather than the subpage. Think anything can be done about that? ~  ωαdεstεr 16  «talkstalk» 20:31, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

RfA
Can non-admins vote? -- 21:08, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Help with bot archival of my talk page
Hi. I've off and on considered setting up a bot to archive my talk page automatically. Currently I manually cut and paste when things get too lengthy or they seem no longer pertinent. I've looked at bots before to help, but either they weren't very flexible, were so flexible that configuration seemed a nightmare, or they were so similar sounding that I couldn't decide. I noticed that you offered to help an RfA candidate set one up, and I'd appreciate your advice and possibly some help in setting one up for me if you have the time. No rush. Thanks! Oh. It would be especially helpful if the bot was interwiki-compatible (or at least available on other projects like Meta and Commons) since I tend to work there quite a bit, too. :-) &mdash; Will scrlt ( “Talk” ) 06:19, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the suggestion and speedy reply. I have implemented it. Now I will wait and see if it works or not. :-) &mdash; Will scrlt ( “Talk” ) 12:02, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Ad?
Hi. :) Would you consider helping out WikiProject Copyright Cleanup (known affectionately as WP:COPYCLEAN, at least by me :D) with an ad? There's a lot of grunt work with the project when we encounter massive infringements; we're currently balancing two and adding another, and we could use more able-minded Wikipedians. I'd be most grateful. If you don't have time or otherwise can't help out, please let me know, and I'll check elsewhere. (Seeing your talk page preferences, I won't watch here for reply.) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:17, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much! :D --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:39, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I appreciate it. It's not urgent, and tomorrow works just fine. Or the day after even. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:04, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not at all sure what all that means, but it sounds pretty awful. :/ Please don't worry about rushing. This isn't a job that's going away, and it's not an emergency either. I just appreciate the help when you get the time. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:38, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

RFA toolbox suggestion
Chris, do you mind if I add/substitute the SUL utility to the "Wikis with this username present" section in your excellent RFA toolbox? The reason I think it is more useful and even better than the other linked tools is that it tells you whether the usernames are linked up via single-user login (and so belong to the same user). Otherwise, one never knows with a common username whether accounts on other WMF projects belong to the same person. The only information the SUL utility doesn't have that another tool (Purodha's) has is User ID, which tells you whether someone was the first, second, or millionth person to sign up for a project. But both tools give you the date of registration, which is probably more valuable information. Thus I'd suggest just substituting it for the other two tools, but it's your userspace, so it's your decision.--chaser (talk) 19:52, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks. And don't worry; the intention is mostly to keep long conversations threaded.--chaser (talk) 21:00, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Uh.
Confirming the link between this account and the one I just registered at WF. — neuro (talk) 20:32, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, have confirmed you! dottydotdot (talk) 21:13, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Re:Sig
Lol, thanks for that catch. I knew something would go wrong with this name change! Knight-Lord of the Infernal Penguins  01:08, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

deleted file Xfig-screen-image.png
Hello,

I am the author of the screen image that was on the xfig Wiki page (and the maintainer of the xfig software) and I would like to know what you thought was copyrighted about it to have it deleted. I created the image from images that are freely available with the xfig software. Here is the reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Possibly_unfree_images/2008_December_23#File:Xfig-screen-image.png

Regards, Brian Smith Bvsmith (talk) 22:55, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Requests_for_adminship/BQZip01_4
Thank you for your support. — BQZip01 — talk 03:16, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your opinion


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spam in Digital Combat Simulator
Hello. Why do you added advert to Digital Combat Simulator article? `93.175.2.3 (talk) 23:52, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

username
Hi I'm not an automated process. The username I tried to register first "Amplitude" was already taken and I didn't invest time to think of a better one. Changed —Preceding unsigned comment added by Edit.exe (talk • contribs) 01:34, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Royal Society
Your work seems to be concentrated on the medals given out by the Royal Society. Have you looked into WP:FT, or was that your intention the whole time? Sorry if this is a silly question :) Res Mar 18:55, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * That's great. Now if I ever write something about the Royal Society's Medals, I'll know who to call. Res Mar 23:46, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Once I clear my current projects, maybe I'll help a little...no binding promises, though. <b style="color:black;">Res</b> Mar 00:14, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Haughey picture
I didn't upload that Haughey picture. Someone two years ago uploaded it over a picture I had loaded. The picture I had uploaded followed the standard rules that had existed on WP at the time and was not a copyright breach. Wikipedia subsequently changed the rules and then bots began sending messages to users of longstanding accusing them of breaching copyright for not following rules that had not existed when years earlier they had uploaded an image. That drove many longterm users with thousands of articles contributed off the site. (Whatever about telling users that the rules had changed and an old image they uploaded may no longer be allowed, and asking them to review the image, to insist - despite criticism - on sending messages explicitly accusing people of breaking copyright, caused high offence and a mass departure by users.) That, anyway is the background. The image that is there is not the one I uploaded and I am no longer having anything to do with images. I gave up posting to the site when I found that even my own images, I had given to WP were being deemed copyright breaches on account of the fact that the standard codes that are used now to indicate copyright had not existed then and the correct set for the time were used.

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 * Why you have removed those information? I'm administrator in the wikis which I have added in my user page. The information was clear, so why you removed it? Puntori (talk) 13:11, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Advertisement
Hi. :) Just checking back in. Unless I've missed it, I presume that you haven't been able to find time for the WP:COPYCLEAN ad. If it's not convenient, please let me know. I'll be happy to ask elsewhere. We really do have a rather urgent need for more contributors, though. We have far more work than we can handle. :/ --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:18, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * That's great! Thanks! Hopefully it will bring us a few more people. Is it installed? If not, can you install it? I have no clue how. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:16, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you! :D I'm going to be all optimistic and hope this will completely eliminate our manpower problems! --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:43, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

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After the summer?
Good luck IRL, but Wikipedia just won't be the same without you. --<font face="comic sans ms"> Dylan 620  Efforts · Toolbox 21:27, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I just need a break. I appreciate the nice comment, though. :) <font face="Trebuchet MS">— <font color="#5A3696">neuro <font color="#5A3696">(talk) 22:46, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Voting result
I left a message on your meta usertalk page <b style="color:#0000FF;">OhanaUnited</b><b style="color:green;">Talk page</b> 18:19, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

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ping me when you get back... could use some help with template stuff. — Ched : <font style="color:#FFFFFF;background:#0000fa;"> ? 10:07, 26 May 2009 (UTC)


 * sorry to hear about the semi-retirement for the communities sake, you always add so much in such a positive way. But I'll hope it's because you have good things going on in other parts of your real life.  I have a couple templates listed at User:Ched Davis/templates, but don't know how to do the curly brackets and pipes and such.  I just copy and paste, then adapt to what I want to do.  Eventually, I'll get one of the stars merged with the pic., but that may take me a bit.  Any suggestions or links to further my knowledge is always appreciated. ;)


 * also, we're working on something at User talk:LessHeard vanU/rip-template and its corresponding project page, but again, templates are not my strong suit. Only if you're in the mood and up for it though. — Ched : <font style="color:#FFFFFF;background:#0000fa;"> ?  01:14, 27 May 2009 (UTC)


 * OK, let's say I see The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar message ~ How do I get those curly brackets that do something,  and how does that "subst:" thing work?  If I wanted to make say User:Ched Davis/templates/friend a real thing, rather than just "edit" .. copy code, and paste to page. — Ched : <font style="color:#FFFFFF;background:#0000fa;"> ?  01:25, 27 May 2009 (UTC)


 * hmmmm .. well, I guess the User:LessHeard vanU/rip-template is more important, but I don't think we're very far along in getting the wording down. We just started the talk page, so once it's a little further along, I'd imagine we want to do something to make foo=User:some name, once we get down the road.


 * User:Ched Davis/templates/friend, maybe take the image, merge on top of this one - then be able to foo1=person getting and foo2=person giving. Hope I'm using those terms properly ;) — Ched : <font style="color:#FFFFFF;background:#0000fa;"> ?  01:43, 27 May 2009 (UTC)


 * WOW .. that was fast! It would have taken me that long just to get the two pictures into PSP or Gimp, lol.  I'll look through the diffs, and learn how you did it too.  Thank you Neuro, I really do appreciate everything you do here, but especially how helpful you've always been to me! ;) — Ched : <font style="color:#FFFFFF;background:#0000fa;"> ?  02:16, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

People
I really found this a strange thing to say, but someone else's RFA is probably not the place to discuss it. In what sense do you not exist? Groomtech (talk) 21:26, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

from Ched
Neuro, I know that you view an act like this in the concept that it was intended. I know that a copy paste function has little impression on you. I also would like to think that even if this post would drift into the archives of time, that you would take to heart the intent behind it. Your kindness and dedication has not been lost on me my friend. ;) — Ched : <font style="color:#FFFFFF;background:#0000fa;"> ? 06:03, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Your semi-retirement
Have a good break, but don't be gone for too long :( <font style="color:#9999CC;">weburiedoursecretsinthe <font style="color:#000099;">garden  09:55, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Agree with Garden, take all the time you need but come back.--<font face="Bauhaus 93" color="black" size="3">Giants27 (  t  |  c  |  r  |  s  ) 13:07, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

RFA comment
Per your comment on my oppose, you can read this conversation (see his comment above mine) regarding Majorly's stated intent to restrict editors from RFA who oppose candidates for reasons he disagrees with. It's a moot point now, since his RFA is thankfully withdrawn. However, I did not appreciate your insinuation that I fabricated my reasons out of thin air, and I felt I should respond. Cheers, Skinwalker (talk) 23:18, 29 May 2009 (UTC)