User talk:Papa November/Archive 3

Radiohead
Congrats on getting Kid A featured. Sorry I wasn't able to get around to offering follow-up comments on the article after my initial comments at the FAC, but I'll try to do that as soon as possible; you can always find ways to improve an FA. I was wondering if you were interested in aiming at getting Radiohead featured. There are currently few members of WikiProject Alternative music actively involved in Radiohead articles (and while I have a pretty broad taste in alternative rock ranging from grunge to indie pop to goth, I've never been able to get into Radiohead) but it's quite close to being featured article material. If you need help with this or any other articles in the scope of the WikiProject, feel free to ask. WesleyDodds 09:20, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Oni 2
Sorry about that, i just found the page was already created but with no text. I forgot about that "articles without broad subject matter" rule. Won't happen again. kudos, --LastmanSAC 12:11, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Radiohead Toronto photo
I've "pd-self" re-tagged the photo. Feel free to add it to the Radiohead article. --Madchester 19:54, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

The Sweet Escape
You had asked to inform. It has a list of Credits now. Luxurious.gaurav 10:39, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Why mark a USGS image with speedy deletion?
You marked the use of a USGS image at Long Valley Caldera with a speedy deletion tag. Why? It's PD. The original is at Commons. I'm completely puzzled by what you are thinking. hike395 00:21, 18 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I see the mixup. You tagged Image:Long Valley Caldera cross section.jpg in Long Valley Caldera for speedy deletion, but you meant the image below it. Now it's much more clear. I'll see if I can dig up the source. Thanks! hike395 07:13, 18 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Now I'm confused again. Image:Schematic long valley caldera.gif did have a source URL -- it was a piped link. I removed the piping. Now is everything OK? hike395 07:18, 18 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh, I see. You put the source link in. Thanks! Everything should be fine now. hike395 07:21, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Public domain pic
I don't understand why you marked this pic for speedy deletion. It is claimed to be a public domain pic, and, due to it's age (140 years), that seems quite likely:. StuRat 22:30, 20 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Everything about the pic, such as it's style and the age of the event, seem to support it being a public domain pic. Considering the lack of any evidence to the contrary, shouldn't we assume good faith and believe the poster when he claims that it is ? StuRat 04:08, 21 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks. StuRat 06:29, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Songwriters
Hello Alex, I am categorizing the musicians from my country Cyprus and since you are a member of wikiproject Music, I would like to ask you something. When someone who is considered composer can be considered songwriter and when not? When someone who is considered lyricist can be considered songwriter and when not? If you know I will appreciate if you answer.--KRBN 20:53, 20 June 2007 (UTC)


 * So all the composers of pop music can be referred as songwriters? Thank you for your answer.--KRBN 10:13, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Your speedy deletion tag placed on Georgiy Starostin
It was removed, but in the future for cases that are likely to be disputed (I'd dispute the deletion), please use the articles for deletion process instead. Thanks.--h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 15:39, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

admin
Hello. i've seen some of your image work around and was wondering if you'd like to consider becoming an admin at WP:RFA. I'd gladly nominate you there, since we are always in ned or more administrators willing to work with images. Let me know of your decision. Wizardman 03:24, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Alright, sounds good. I'll make the nomination today or tomorrow. Wizardman  02:41, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Here ya go.  Wizardman would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Wizardman to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Requests for adminship/. If you accept the nomination, you must formally state and sign your acceptance and answer the questions on that page. Once you have answered the questions, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.

Adminship
Hello, Alex! I am RS2007. I am a new Wikipedian and I joined Wikipedia on July 15, 2007. I would like to support your request for adminship. Can you tell me something about you? If you became an administrator, will you help new Wikipedians like me? Please reply. Thank you. RS2007 07:01, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Your RfA was successful
Congratulations, I have closed your RfA as sucessful and you are now a sysop! Please add yourself to WP:LA. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. Good luck! --Deskana (banana) 11:27, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Congrats! Politics rule 05:28, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Roar! Congrats! --H| H irohisat  Talk 07:32, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Note:The Australian cabal has "conquered" your talk page. this is considered to be humourous. This is a joke. --H| H irohisat  Talk 07:32, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks like I closed it a day early by accident. But given that it was unanimous (except for that one flimsy oppose from a now indefblocked user), I saw no sense in reopening once I realised. :-) --Deskana (banana) 15:00, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Images
Hello. I noticed you deleted an image I was waiting for a deletion on. Could you go to a recent WP:AN/I thread where I have a list of images that need deleting, and delete those as well? Thanks! — M o e   ε  20:48, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, thank you! — M o e   ε  21:04, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Suspected sock puppets/Repda206
Well spotted on the Suspected sock puppets/Repda206.

And comparing userboxes on our user pages, there is quite an overlap there too!--Mendors 11:07, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Transclusion note
Hey. When you transclude the images from here to commons, since you're an admin now you can just delete the picture that's here as opposed to just tagging it as "now on commons"; the commons image will show through in its place. Wizardman 17:00, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I see what you mean. You're certainly allowed to let it sit if you want, I just figured that that was meant for non-admins who wish to transclude images, this way an admin gets a second look and makes sure everything was done right. I'm pretty sure no one will yell at you if you wish to be bold though. (If it turns out I was wrong you can tell whoever I told you to do it :P. I think it's fine since I've done that for months.) Wizardman  23:17, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Administrator incident board regarding Sherzo and TorstenGuise
Hello there. I see you commented on the complaint Sherzo made against me. CR7 did point out there that I had already made a complaint against Sherzo on the same page. I'm not asking you to rule in favor of Sherzo or myself, but I would like the matter dealt with quickly and hope that you can help resolve the matter. Thank you. TorstenGuise 23:51, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

why all these biasing
Why u didn't delete what was written on the discussion if this is not a chat room! —Preceding unsigned comment added by ibrahim999 (talk • contribs)

Delete User:Jet/Body
Hi. Can you delete this page please; User:Jet123/Body but keep this revision for privacy issues. Thank you. Jet (talk) 18:55, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

harm none
Hi, I started harmnone, and I just want to have some time to edit the page and add more references. How do I go about retrieving what I did?

thanks Amarfa

9 without conceeding
wasn't nonsense. It wasn't very good, and needs to be merged, but it falls under no speedy issues. I've slightly improved it and flagged it for merge. --Dweller 15:46, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Whatever! Deletion
Hi, I'm Luis Diego, owner of the page Luis Diego which I must say is an autobiography, and I wouldn't use it as sponsoring myself, i belive that is for MySpace, YouTube, etc. Or I could create my own web page, but no! I'm doing this because, well, someday I'll be famous, I swear, I'm working on my first album, which FYI you deleted, i have written over 200 songs, im in the process of writing a spanish book with Latin title, ive increased my expectatives after all that has happened to me, my father left my mother and me some years ago and even though i make contact with him, many things have happened and still i havent lowered my expetactives of being a singer songwriter, alright? "Whatever!" is really my first album, and i swear im gonna be famous, and please i beg you to don't erase what i do, isn't it the 'free encyclopedia'? Well, those songs, everything of that is real, maybe not yet recorded but soonly, i swear. 190.43.194.155 22:54, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

MAG article
I've tried very hard to find some way to discuss the Mines Advisory Group article, but I am re-directed to a WikiProject page and thence am lost.

I have worked in the NGO sector for over a decade but have never worked in mine action, The article on MAG astounds me - it is entirely subjective, positive and cites not one single reference.

While I agree that all NGOs should be given credit where it's due, I find it bizarre that the other organisations who work in this field (off the top of my head, Norwegian People's Aid, The HALO Trust, Handicap International) are not mentioned. IF the article were to be read by a newcomer to the aid world, and the de-mining sector in particular, they would be under the impression that MAG are at the forefront of mineclearance. This is most certainly not the case, and the fact that the entire article has been created by (mainly) only two users makes me seriously wonder as to its objectivity, in as far as there is none.

Sorry for the little rant, but most other articles concerning organisations that either I or my colleagues work for make some pretence towards balance whereas this particular article is the worst I've read in Wikipedia in the 3 years I've been a member/donor.

Thebigman 18:37, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Pixies images
I was under the impression that fair use rationales, once written, applied to all of the image's appearances. At any rate, removing the album covers from song articles doesn't have wider community consensus, so it would be a controversial move; I would place a notice on the community portal. CloudNine 14:10, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Clarence Dock Student Residence
Howdy - yeah, my old Clarence Dock image can be deleted... was a first attempt and was very basic! I see your image is very detailed! No objections my end! BNC85 18:53, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Image:Prin_logo.jpg
Sorry, I've been told to replace the previous deletion template with db-copyvio, and misunderstood its syntax.

But the claim of Fair use is spurious, because the resolution is too high (the fair use template says “low resolution”). Something needs to be done about it. AVRS 21:50, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Biddulph Grange image
Thanks. I have moved this discussion to Media copyright questions. Anthony Appleyard 22:19, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Neutrality
I note that you've added the "neutrality" tag to Eric Rosse and I believe it's with respect to the material about Colette Baron-Reid, whose husband is currently spamming every conceivable Wikipedia connection to her "psychic"/musical talents. I've removed the offensive peacock paragraph but thought I would leave the "neutrality" tag to your judgement. I'm keeping my eye on the spammer and I think you are too, for which thanks. Accounting4Taste 00:01, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Just a question
I've modified. I'm an italian wikipedian, and so I don't know if it's the right one. Could you check it? Thanks  J  alo   16:43, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

You Can All Join In (Sampler)(Talk)
Thanks for your comment on my talk page- this is a sampler album, each track being by a different artist, most of which have their own pages. A personnel list IMO should contain all known personnel. In the case of sampler albums it would be long and repetitive. Does this rule need to apply for sampler albums? Thanks --Rodhullandemu 09:48, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for looking at my pages - I was wondering if anyone else is doing this? I don't want to bore you, but I am being very productive at present! --Rodhullandemu 21:51, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Fair use disputed for Image:Be Altitude- Respect Yourself.jpg
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Fundraiser 2007 - please help during the preparation
Hi, well, I noted that messages in the village pump apparently are not really read. There are some tasks where we need the help of the community for the preparation of the fundraiser 2007 and therefore I now decided to ask single people directly. There is at least one thing where anybody can help and this is with a photo for the Flickr group. If you feel like adding something written why you love wikipedia or about which other project you love or whatever you feel matches, it would be great, but also the photo itself would be great, since it would show how the community is able to work together. Of course you do not need to put your name under the photo. If you don't want to upload it yourself on flickr you can also send it to me: scretella (at) wikimedia (dot) org. Besides that we are searching for people who can help to create buttons that link to the fundraiser to be used on peoples blogs and websites. Please find further information and examples of buttons on meta. You can see an example of how a button is integrated in a blog on my blog. Thank you for your attention and cooperation! -- 16 September 2007 Sabine —Preceding unsigned comment added by SabineCretella (talk • contribs) 13:56, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Alternative music September 2007 Newsletter
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666 Satan FUR
hey, i have ran into a bit of a problem and i was wantin your input on it Template:666_Satan_FUR, when i added in the 'article' section it caused the title to go haywire, so im curious as to what your opinion... if ya can get back to me when you can that'd be great...  Ancientanubis ,  talk  Editor Review 02:26, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Hello!

I just want to thank you for welcoming to Wikipedia! One quick question: How do you create articles? My user account is Goldenstatewarroirs Please answer as fast as you can.

Thanks!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Goldenstatewarroirs (talk • contribs) 17:41, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi Again!
I have one more question: How do create those boxes that describe what you like or do not like? I will never bother you again. CheersGoldenstatewarroirs 00:01, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Bags Meets Wes.jpg
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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:After Midnight (album).jpg
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Image:Wendi deng murdoch christopher peterson.jpg
Hi. This image was released by User:Christopherpeterson under a cc-by-3.0 license. Christopher Peterson also maintains the http://www.christopherpeterson website linked to as the image source. Although on that website he lists this image under a cc-by-nc-3.0 license, it is still well within his right to release that same image under a less restrictive license at the English Wikipedia and, by extension, the Commons. The discrepancy between licensing is easily explained by the fact that Peterson is a commercial photographer, and may not be inclined to announce on his website that he offers images under a free commercial use license on Wikipedia. ˉanetode╦╩ 23:02, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
 * On the contrary, it takes a leap of logic to assume that he chooses the more restrictive license when the image was uploaded under cc-by-3.0. The source website is irrelevant, the clear source and copyright holder is Christopher Peterson, as User:Christopherpeterson the contributor who entered into a legal agreement by uploading his work under a free license. Further, if we were to assume that this image was copyrighted and unlicensed, it would fail the Wikipedia criteria for claiming fair use. Of course I hope this issue will be laid to rest by Peterson himself, but until then this image should retain the cc-by-3.0 license selected by the uploader. ˉˉanetode╦╩ 00:55, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but by that logic, almost every image uploaded to Wikipedia under a free license would have to be accompanied by an OTRS ticket. Given that Peterson actually mentions contributing to Wikipedia on his website, the identity concern is moot. I appreciate your assumption of good faith and willingness to resolve this, but please keep in mind that there's a difference between due diligence and copyright paranoia. Wikipedia contributors have no right to insist to Peterson that he has to alter any content on his personal/professional website to facilitate the execution of our policies. ˉˉanetode╦╩ 16:41, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Mrs. Robinson
Why did you remove the sample? Ward3001 16:12, 3 November 2007 (UTC)


 * OK, my bad. Thanks for the reply. Ward3001 18:55, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Fwd: Standardizing audio samples
Hi there. I see that you're removing audio samples from a bunch of album articles for fair use reasons. Can I ask you to comment at WT:ALBUM? --PEJL 18:24, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

uploading music clips
Hi there,

I see you're quite the computer expert as well as a music lover, so perhaps you can help me. I am hoping to upload a few sound clips for a biography article about my favorite violinist I've been working on (I have good fair-use rationales) but I'm a terrible klutz with sound files and I don't even know where to begin. I know files have to be in OGG format for the Wiki--do you know of any software that can convert MP3 or MP4 (iTunes format, basically) to OGG? And once I've done that, do you know how to upload a 30-second excerpt of a piece (rather than the copyright-violating entirety?) Thanks, K. Lásztocska talk 19:29, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I'd somehow missed that as I was prowling around in search of information. That should help set me in the right direction; I'll let you know if I run up against any problems. :) K. Lásztocska talk 01:10, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:Acop.jpg and replaceability
Hi, Papa, I was looking over your decision at Image:Acop.jpg. You said "Keep: No free alternative available yet" but if I am reading policy right, isn't the standard "no free equivalent is available, or could be created"? In fact, since A Change of Pace was just recently touring, this seems quite close to unacceptable image usage example 12. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. Thanks. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 02:28, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Luna3 farside.gif
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Radiohead
Hi, I've put the Radiohead article up for a peer review, and would welcome your opinions on it. Thanks. Atlantik (talk) 21:05, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Templates for deletion/Log/2007 November 28
I added an additional item to Template:Advert1/doc (namely Template:Advert1), which you had opined on before the addition. Just to let you know lest you wish to revisit it. SkierRMH ( talk ) 00:37, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for catching the rest of those lingering doc pages :) SkierRMH  ( talk ) 06:54, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Avotakka
Aregue in favour of why this magazine isn't enough notable before you delete nothing and slap warning tags the result of momentary brain farts. There isn't knowledge about that matter in English language, but it doesn't mean that the subject isn't enough notable. --Movedgood (talk) 11:14, 8 December 2007 (UTC)


 * The magazine, which has been published regularly from year 1967 and which has a circulation of over 80 000 copies is unquestionable enough notable. Besides, Avotakka is one of most important interior design magazines in Finland, and publisher of the magazine, A-lehdet is one of biggest publishers of magazines in Finland. They matters, which I described in the first sentence of this message was mentioned also in deleted article. I wonder if someone reads these articles before they are deleted. --Movedgood (talk) 11:47, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Text only field
Hi. I noticed this edit. Can you point me to a discussion or policy backing you up? If you are right, quite a few articles will need to be edited. Please note that I am not saying I disagree with you, just wondering where this comes from. Best, --John (talk) 19:58, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the barn star, and for tagging images and clips that need shrinking! Melesse (talk) 01:37, 16 December 2007 (UTC) 

has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Ncd
Hi Papa November. I have noticed that you worked on this template. Today, I tried to add the feature that the "Image:" in " Image:Name.ext " is optional (in preview mode only). It should work in a similar way as in Template:Duplicate on Commons (see line 4), but I did not succeed. Are you able to do that? --Leyo (talk) 01:16, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll have a look at it tomorrow - I'm not an expert with templates, but I'll give it a go! :) Papa November (talk) 02:20, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

radiohead bear
yeah, no problem. I was considering vectorising it, but I thought that it wouldn't make much difference being only 9kb as a PNG anyway. Just me being lazy ;) - Phorque (talk) 14:21, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * one last thing, take a look at the SVG... the pupils/eyes seem a bit distorted compared to the PNG (they look straight instead of rounded toward the ends). - Phorque (talk) 14:29, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:JohnnyTremainPoster.jpg
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Western Chalukya architecture
Thank you for creating a vector image (.svg files) of the two floorplans in this article. Please do the same for the other two floorplans also. I dont have the tools to do this. Thank you very much.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 01:14, 4 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your contribution.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 14:47, 4 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi again. One of the images in the above article that you moved to wiki commons has an issue and does not meet critera for deletion. Not sure how to deal with it. Can you please take a look at this. (Image:Miniature Tower at Siddhesvara Temple at Haveri.JPG). thanks.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 15:54, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure, go ahead and delete the copy. thanks.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 20:27, 9 January 2008 (UTC)


 * One more favour. In the image--Image:Siddhesvara Temple Haveri.JPG, the time stamp still exists.Is there anything you can do to remove it?. Or shall I re-upload into en:wiki a cropped version without the time stamp?Dineshkannambadi (talk) 19:45, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Radiohead FA
Thanks! and thank you for all your help with standardizing citations. I thought I'd try to get OK Computer to FA, but as I don't have ready access to any print sources (which I hear are quite comprehensive for this album), that might be a bit of a stretch. Atlantik (talk) 02:14, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Your FAC comment
I responded to your comment, at the FAC discussion page. Cirt (talk) 14:59, 14 January 2008 (UTC).

Saw your note
I read your comment at the template:infobox musical artist page. I appreciate the AGF you showed towards the contributions of an anon. I do, in fact, have a lengthy edit history on Wikipedia around 50000 edits... 20000+ as an account... Almost 30000 as an IP I abandoned my user account long ago after seeing a growing "anti-anon" movement and felt that this was totally opposite of what Wikipedia was all about. I decided that if it was the encyclopedia that "anyone could edit"... then an "anyone" was going to do just that. I am a librarian working at an Eastern Canadian University. When I stroll around with a laptop my IP tends to bounce around with the proxies. When I am in my office, like I am right now, my IP is static. I am a rare IP user who has an active user page( simply for storing Barnstars I have never regretted my decision to go anon and have come to embrace the "purity" of editing without an account. (although as my good Wiki-friend Admin Wiki alf says... a static IP is almost better than an account in some ways... I can definitely be found if someone wants to find me) Back to your comment on the template page. There is a strong consensus to rm the logos none of which have anything really to do with the visual cosmetics. It has to do with the fundamental Wiki foundation that "free-use always wins out over fair-use"... and there's nothing more free-use than plain text. As far as separate logo thumbnails go there is also lengthy discussion... buried within the discussion... that thet logos are certainly fair-use if they can be added into the main article content along with some sort of commentary/history as to why the logo is notable.(eliminating the belief of some users that they're all notable.... which they certainly aren't) The logo topic has been discussed before with the talk always centering around how to make them fair-use. And I know for myself I never gave them two looks as long as their was decent FUR included in the image page. When the "free-use plain text arguement" was brought to the table there was a mass 'epiphany' among veteran editors who said... y'know something... that's absolutely right. Wiki is supposed to be built on "free-content-first". It was like everyone suddenly grasping the Wiki philosophy in one big "Wow!". I hope that provides you some more background then can be dug out of the long (and sometimes) confusing logo discussion. Once again I thank you for your IP AGF and I thank you for taking the time to read this long-winded blurb. Have a nice day! 156.34.142.110 (talk) 14:42, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Excuse me there, but:
I think you're the one who deleted the image Image:Dookie.JPG, am I right? I know why you deleted it; it had no fair use rationale. At the time it was deleted, I didn't understand the policies for licenses, sources and/or fair-use rationales, but if I had I can assure you I would have solved the problem in 1-2-3. I don't know quite how to ask this, but do you suppose you could give me a second chance to do so? I mean restore the image so I may add a fair use rationale to its file, and then return the image to the article it originally occupied. Thank you! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 04:13, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Shine.jpg
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Actually, you may delete it again now. I merely wanted to save the image to my hard drive, then upload it as a new version of another file I had uploaded to the article. I can add in the source - I know where it came from - and licensing, and a fair use rationale there. I couldn't do this before now. Thank you for your time! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 00:52, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Apollo 8
I notice that you've brought this article to FAR for review. It's been there since the 5th, but - as I just noticed it - I'll be working on some of the issues you highlight over the next few days. I think I see the problems, but do you have a couple examples of the worst copy you see, so I can get the ball rolling? Thanks, UltraExactZZ Claims~ Evidence 04:32, 27 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I think I've caught all of the missing WP:NBSP's and endashes in the Apollo 8 article; at your convenience, and per SandyGeorgia's request, could you have a look and see if there are any other outstanding issues? We had discussed copy, and I made some changes in some areas, but I'll be happy to work on any other sections you may see that need work. Thanks again, UltraExactZZ Claims~ Evidence 21:21, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Portrait of Ibn Al-Haithem from an old Iraqi 10000 Dinar note.
You have a deletion notice on an image in use on Scientific method, I believe incorrectly. Can you update the provenance in Wikimedia commons, it comes from an old Iraqi 10000 Dinar note. --Ancheta Wis (talk) 07:30, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Happy Valentine's Day!


A short/sweet little message, which I hope has made your day better! Happy Valentine's Day!!! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 02:56, 14 February 2008 (UTC)