User talk:Neurolysis/Archives/2009/September

Inappropriate use of the "resolved" tag
You marked both Reference_desk/Computing and Reference_desk/Computing as resolved, even though they weren't. That is, we had not provided answers to the OPs' satisfaction. You were instead using the tag to mean that those are questions we don't intend to to answer. There are other tags for that, such as for medical and legal advice questions.

Your use of the tag for the question Reference_desk/Computing was correct. Good job. StuRat (talk) 15:35, 1 September 2009 (UTC)


 * What tag would you suggest using instead of resolved? — neuro  (talk)  16:15, 1 September 2009 (UTC)


 * It sounds like you need to create a tag and a  tag (although that last Q didn't seem like it requires a crystal ball, to me, just an answer as to whether or not they have announced support for that feature).  We don't, of course, have tags for every type of inappropriate question that can be asked.  But that still doesn't mean that we should mark a question as resolved that hasn't been answered to the OP's satisfaction. StuRat (talk) 14:35, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Smush it
Have you considered using yahoo's smush-it to losslessly optimize images? It's surprisingly good.=DSmallman12q (talk) 17:19, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Nope, doesn't compare to advcomp and optipng :) — neuro  (talk)  14:54, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Auburn Logo
I noticed you uploaded a version of the Auburn University logo here. I'm trying to include this in the Auburn userbox (Template:User_AUbox), but it has been rejected because your file summary indicates it is a copyrighted logo.

In substance, I think this logo is not copyrightable and is therefore in the public domain under Threshold of originality. That would make it includable in a userbox, as many other non-copyrighted university trademarks are. Would you consider amending your Auburn logo image description page to replace the copyright tag with a public-domain tag (example: PD-textlogo)?

If so, that would be much appreciated. Thanks. BillTunell (talk) 18:38, 3 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm curious.. what exactly is your argument that it's not copyrightable? Copyright is inherent at the moment of creation unless explicitly rejected. → ROUX   ₪  18:42, 3 September 2009 (UTC)


 * See Threshold of originality cited above. Mere letter/font/color combinations are not copyrightable, even if they are trademarks.  This is true of numerous other college and university marks.  BillTunell (talk) 18:44, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Neither of us being lawyers, and more importantly neither of us being US-based copyright specialist lawyers, I would leave interpretation of that law aside. Best to err on the side of caution. It's just a userbox; who cares whether the actual logo is there or not? → ROUX   ₪  18:48, 3 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I am a US-based copyright lawyer, actually. I don't care about the Auburn box specifically, but I've been asked to improve a whole list of of college-related userboxes. I could do it unilaterally, I suppose, but I wanted to involve user:Neurolysis as a courtesy. BillTunell (talk) 18:56, 3 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I am a strong advocate for the use of PD-textlogo, and often use it when uploading SVGs. However, that logo does not appear to be an appropriate candidate to me. — neuro  (talk)  18:51, 3 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Can I ask why you do not think it is an appropriate candidate? BillTunell (talk) 18:56, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Because I believe it is on the copyrightable side of the threshold of originality. Nothing specific. If you wish to change the license, please also reupload the SVG -- then if there are further queries concerning the license they won't be addressed to me, since I will disagree with it anyway. :) — neuro  (talk)  18:58, 3 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Understood. I'll leave your image page as-is and see if I can find another copy.  Thanks for your consideration.  BillTunell (talk) 19:00, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

big stick
I noticed your emergency BN post, as such, I have procured my "keep the sky from falling pole", and propped up my end of the sky here in the US. If you and some of the other globally located wikipedians could follow suit, perhaps we can fend off this impending disaster. ;) — Ched : ?  23:32, 3 September 2009 (UTC) thought you'd get a kick outta that
 * And a punch. :) — neuro  (talk)  00:56, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Request for arbitration
Consider this not so much a punch... You are involved in a recently-filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Requests for arbitration and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—
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Thanks, -Stevertigo 17:22, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

source code
hey, can i get the source code for your image resize bot? thanks Tim1357 (talk) 02:36, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Happy Labor Day!
Dear colleague, I just want to wish you a happy, hopefully, extended holiday weekend and nice end to summer! Your friend, --A NobodyMy talk 05:55, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

MuZemike's RfA
Actually I was going to write "an cluefull usre", but that would have been way too obvious :P Jafeluv (talk) 11:50, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Civility cabal?
What are the rules or requirements? :) Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 04:49, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, it's kind of like the No Homers club, but with your name in place of 'Homers'. I'm sorry to tell you this, but I just can't let you in. It's just too exclusive of a club, we've got to keep the riff raff like you out. — neuro  (talk)  04:53, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * No Homer Simpsons? No Home Runs? No creators of the Iliad and the Odyssey? OK, it's just as well; as Groucho once said, I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would accept me as a member. I'm just wondering what it's about. Do you have to be civil? Or do you have to be uncivil? Either way could work. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 04:57, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * You're making it too complicated. It's pretty much just a bad front for a 'no baseball bugs' cabal. — neuro  (talk)  04:59, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, in that case, I'm excluding you and everyone else from my 'only baseball bugs' cabal. That will keep the universe properly balanced. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 05:03, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. — neuro  (talk)  05:05, 11 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Actually, there is an AGF Cabal. Does that count? — Ched :  ?  08:58, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Comment
There's no call for this. Dreadstar ☥  04:50, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Forgive me, I'm pissed off and it is 6am. I will hold off from further comment. — neuro  (talk)  04:54, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks like it's nap time all around. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 04:58, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Sadly, I just woke up. May have to hold it. — neuro  (talk)  04:59, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * You woke up sadly? That's no way to be. You should be happy. Thank Goddess It's Friday, and all that sort of rubbish. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 05:05, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Not so, I start college today. :( — neuro  (talk)  05:06, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Starting college on a Friday? What's that about? Or is that just to give you the weekend, after one day, to plan your escape? Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 05:08, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * They fucked up something or other and only asked us which courses we wanted on Tuesday. So of course the natural progression is to fuck it up further. — neuro  (talk)  05:12, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * A fine start to the semester. That's what happens when you go to a college that recruits new administrators through the want ads. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 05:16, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Fo sho, me breda. — neuro  (talk)  05:17, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Or as we southerners say in America, "There ya go." Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 05:20, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Which one of these are you again? — neuro  (talk)  05:23, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * The one in the black hat. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 05:28, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for narrowing it down! — neuro  (talk)  05:32, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * You were supposed to say, "There's two of them!" and I was supposed to say, "Yes, I'm so angry that I'm beside myself." Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 05:34, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * You're bloody awful. — neuro  (talk)  05:35, 11 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Ched thought Bugs was from Chi-town. meh ... I guess it is "south" .... of CANADA! — Ched :  ?  09:01, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Baaaa
I forgots da sortname thingie. Good catch, and thanks for working on the article Neuro. I always wanted to work with you on an article!!! Looks great, I keep tweaking a bit over the next day or two, ... feel free to copyedit anything you see that will improve it. I really appreciate the help, and I added you to the DYK nom as well. Cheers and best buddy. ;) — Ched : ?  08:57, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Just glad to help. Didn't realise there was a DYK or whatnot. :) — neuro  (talk)  08:59, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Rumford Medal
The Rumford Prize FLC is in currently in its second reiitering. As a member of Wikiproject Awards I was wondering if you would please comment/vote on it. Votes are crititically needed as I really wanna squeeze this through before inactivity kills it. Yep I did go with it :D Thank you in advance for responding and have a nice day, Res Mar 22:13, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for 1966 in NASCAR

 * Pffft. Bots. — Ched :  ?  01:35, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Gotta love em. :) Ah, my first DYK. :) — neuro  (talk)  08:12, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

note
thank you for caring re: my loss. DS (talk) 12:49, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

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Didn't want to bother, sorry. :) Cheers, Amalthea  22:35, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Doh!
Oops. I was just clicking to the page and hit the rollback link by accident! I've reverted my rollback but thought I'd better say sorry! Pedro : Chat  22:37, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

As if you didn't have enough to do...
...you're among those they're talking up for re-trying for adminship. This sudden interest in trying to get failed admins to retry is based at least in part, I think, on the "Pastor" Theo fiasco, which I hope was a lesson for all concerned, though I'm not betting the family jewels on it. I figure you're too busy with school, but if you'd care to put your tupence in, there's your chance. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 03:19, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notification, I've put my two pence in. :) — neuro  (talk)  07:08, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * prod → prod → prod. — Ched : ?  07:26, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * You Neuro, since you've indicated you'd like further review or a weighty nomination before an RfA, I'd like to propose the new, shiny and 100% confidential vetting service. Let me know if you're interested. Cheers, Skomorokh  17:04, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Re: my RfA.
Thank you for notifying me about the decision - however, I wasn't given the opportunity to answer the questions in live debate. To which I find a little unfair. As I'm sure you can understand, I don't spend my time sat in-front of my computer 24/7 waiting for questions to appear for my answers. Removing the request so soon was in my opinion a little to rapid and unjustified, and thus prevented a fair consensus and debate from taking place. The case has been closed without myself being given the chance to answer peoples queries about my request for adminship. I can clearly see that people have judgements about the amount of contributions I have made, and some of these have been put in question format, but if I were given the chance to answer these in live debate, then people would have seen that in fact I am capable of fulfilling the duties of administration responsibility. The process itself states that it stays a live debate for 7 days before a decision is made - and this seems to have been ignored, and my request removed without the full 7 days even taking place. I would sincerely appreciate if this removal action was reverted, and myself given the opportunity to answer and take part in an open debate for the full 7 day duration. Kindest regards in this matter - Gareth aka Pr3st0n (talk) 19:38, 22 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I have replied to a similar message on my talk page. Frank  |  talk  19:48, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I have replied to your additional comment on my talk page... regards Pr3st0n (talk) 19:58, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I would sincerely like to add a thank you for reconsidering a hasty closure on my RfA request, and for your support too. I apologise in advance, if any of my comments surrounding the closure came across as abrupt.  Kindest regards, Pr3st0n (talk) 20:05, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi Neuro, I would like to take this opportunity to inform you that I have added additional comments of my own for my RfA request, in the area set out for "questions". Feel free to take a look at these if you like. Regards, Pr3st0n (talk) 20:40, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

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Ahoy, matey!
Avast! Have yerself a happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day, me hearties. Ye landlubbers best be a-speakin' the pirate language o'er the next 20 hours or so, else be forced to walk the plank and sent into the depths, ye scurvy dog! yo ho ho! – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 02:29, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 * To get in the mood, I was just watching an old Superman episode called "The Jolly Roger". Bods Odkins! We've been boarded! Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 02:37, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
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 * My physics prof at college was going on about this. Thankfully I missed all but the last hour of it :P — neuro  (talk)  21:43, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 * And let's not forget The Pirates of Penzance, or an unreasonable facsimile: Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 00:09, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Arggg! How you be doin my fair mate?Accdude92 (talk) (sign) 16:26, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Alright, you? — neuro  (talk)  17:49, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Well about to fail a us history test...Accdude92 (talk) (sign) 16:18, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

RfA suspension.
Hi Neuro,

I have left a message in my opening nomination speech on RfA. I would like if possible for this to be read and acknowledged, before my request (also attached to the message) has been carried out. I thank you, and the rest of the team for all the moral support and positive advice given throughout this nomination process. Although I disagree with the edit count, I do agree with the kind words about my communication skills. I hope that others who have read them, will step back, reflect, and learn a lesson from what I have shown. The key to a successful team network - is good communicational skills. I would also like it if we can remain as friends, and hopefully I too can learn a thing or two along the way, to enable me to prepare myself for the next big RfA adventure. I won't allow this to deter me from a future nomination - although I feel the next one won't be from myself, but from someone who has gain trust within me. I've added your name to my list of contacts via User:Pr3st0n/Wiki-Friends, I hope you don't mind me doing this.

With the highest of regards to you and the rest of the admin team - Gareth aka Pr3st0n (talk) 23:19, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not an admin :) Hope your next RfA fares better. And of course I don't mind. :) — neuro  (talk)  12:25, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I think you should be! Is there any way i can nominate you?Accdude92 (talk) (sign) 13:38, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * The last time didn't go so well. I'm going to have another shot later, but not right now. Thanks for offering though. :) — neuro  (talk)  15:35, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

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