User talk:Pharos/Golden Age of Danish Painting

Harry Potter
According to the ALA, the only controversy involving kansas and Harry Potter up to 2001 (when the article was written) was this one, but it doesn't appear to have resulted in a banning. There are no references at all to any bannings in California or Colorado. "Michigan" probably refers to the Zeeland Michigan school library banning that led to the formation of KidSPEAK!. "Jacksonville" and "Orlando" may refer to this lawsuit threat, though the article does not specifically mention Harry Potter in that sentence and this goes way beyond a "protest." Serendipodous 06:44, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Orion (mythology)
Thank you for adding to the article, which needed it. You have introduced several things I did not know and would not have found.

But do we really need Mueller, that crank-magnet? Septentrionalis PMAnderson 22:10, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Mueller wrote a thousand-page fantasia called The Dorians, which explains all about how the beautiful, blond, strong-limbed Dorians founded civilization. (He wrote in 1824, so this may be ignorance and harmless fantasy, not malice; he did not have modern linguistics or epigraphy.) He happens to be a favorite author of one particular crank, now starring at WP:RfAr, so I may be a little sensitive. You are right, the point is obvious; it may be consensus, in which case we could state it in WP's voice, like the astroniomical interpretation of Side above. (If I run across it in better authority, I'll do that.) Septentrionalis PMAnderson 14:55, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Graves says "makes water"; his African rain-charm requires it. "Whole beef" is the best I can do not to say more than the ancient sources (Graves also says "bullhide"); please do edit to suit yourself. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 15:36, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Victoria Cross
With regards to the FT nom of Victoria Cross do i have to withdraw the nomination of the FT before requesting a review for one of the topics? I do intend to put one of the separate articles up for review but am wondering whether this is allowed whilst it is still a FTC. The WP:FT rules do state that "Items that cannot achieve a high rating due to their limited subject matter have passed an individual audit for quality." As such i will put them up for review with the milhist project. Thanks in advance. Woodym555 12:22, 17 July 2007 (UTC)


 * With regards to your reply on these articles can i please withdraw the FT nom request? I presume it needs archiving by a member of the FT team? Thanks Woodym555 12:21, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Orion lead
You will see that one of the questions at Featured article candidates/Orion (mythology) is whether the lead actually describes the article. I really am too close to tell; could you take a look and redesign it if necessary? Septentrionalis PMAnderson 17:37, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Heads up
The POTD for August 8 is a really wide image, so I cropped a small portion of it, leaving a link to the wide version of it. If I can remember, I will just protect that on Commons since it's a 7.85 MB file.  howcheng  {chat} 00:34, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks.--Pharos 00:53, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Ditto for August 16.  howcheng  {chat} 23:43, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

RFGN
Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 09:26, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Question
Hi, I have a question about a possible featured topic.

Would the topic "Episodes of The Simpsons relating to The Itchy & Scratchy Show" be an acceptable topic, with the lead article being The Itchy & Scratchy Show? Thanks for the time, Scorpion0422 02:04, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Truth be told, doing season 8 involved a LOT of work, and we wanted an FT that would be easier. I think the topic is clearly defined: there are only 6 episodes that you could possibly call Itchy & Scratchy episodes (and none that are grey areas). -- Scorpion0422 01:05, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Lead photo
During Zhou Tong's stint as the featured article, you commented on the poor quality of the lead photo in his info box. I have since then replaced it with a line drawing from his biographical comic book. Tell me what you think of the change. --Ghostexorcist 03:38, 1 August 2007 (UTC)


 * If you put in a request for someone to draw a version of the other Zhou Tong photo I wouldn't object. However, I would prefer that they trace only Zhou Tong and not the other figures. The main focus of the photo is actually Yue Fei. The original drawing comes from Yue Fei's memorial tomb, so Zhou is not the intended subject. I am a pretty good artist myself and could easily come up with a workable picture, but I am far too busy to do so. Thanks for the suggestion. --Ghostexorcist 02:57, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Wiki Help
Hi, Pharos, Seeing that you're an admin, I'd like to ask you for some help. When I first started Wikipedia two years ago, I had no real idea what I was doing, and I uploaded all of my images to Wikipedia itself (I have since deleted the stupid ones). I was wondering if you could help me delete all of these photos on Wikipedia, and have them uploaded to the Commons instead, as is proper etiquette. Thanks, --MosheA 18:55, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Main page images
Hi there. Just wanted to you to know that User:Zzyzx11 has set up something on Commons (see Commons:User:Zzyzx11/En main page, which is cascade-protected) that no longer necessitates the c-uploading of POTD (as well as TFA and SA) pictures. I think it's maintained by script or bot or something. Regards,  howcheng  {chat} 17:07, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Ward3001
Dear Admin, User Ward3001 left me an ugly message on my Wiki page for deleting a and then not properly implementing the source (I had put it in the edit summary, but accidently left it out of the article). Now I have this glaring on my page. I was wondering if it would be against Wiki policy to remove this warning, and whether or not you could leave a message like this on Ward3001's page. I assure you that I am a respectable Wikipedian, and have not vandalized; I would never delete a unless I had the source to back it up, which I did. It was easily ratified, and I believe that Ward3001 just overreacted when it could've been fixed in a few seconds (as I indeed have). With profound respect, --MosheA 18:05, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Apologies re: DYK images
I want to apologize since, having performed a majority of recent DYK updates, I was likely responsible for those failures to upload from common. Circeus 03:24, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Main Page Fair use
In this edit you say "there has to be a consensus to -change the policy on MainPage images". What policy would that be? The Main Page is in the article space, and fair use images are allowed there. Prodego talk  17:14, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
 * However it is just a summary of an article, regardless of what namespace it is in. Would you agree that having the image would improve the summary, and it is unfortunate that this internal(not legal) rule bans it? In fact, I disagree that it is truly banned, as WP:FUE allows for exceptions on a case-by-case basis.  Prodego  talk  20:53, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Kingdom Hearts Featured Topic
Now that we have 2 featured kingdom hearts articles, soon 3, so if you switch from oppose to support, we will have a new featured topic! Judgesurreal777 17:53, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

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how do i make my own userbox?

also
THAT PIC IS NOT ME!!

Enjoy your vacation
Thanks to your patience in dealing with nitpickers, Orion (mythology) is now a featured article!

We can therefore restore the paragraphs to the usual convention of one subject per paragraph. You have more sympathy for the present state than I do; would you take a look at it when you get back? Septentrionalis PMAnderson 17:42, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Berber calendar
Some questions have been raised about the date of 950 BC in your Berber calendar article. Your clarification on your intended meaning and your source for such information would be appreciated; please see Talk:Berber calendar. Thanks.--Pharos 02:14, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Responded at talk page. Thanks Pharos. -- FayssalF  -  Wiki me up®  10:12, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Nude celebrities
Please read the talk page at WP:FFA. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 23:23, 3 September 2007 (UTC)