User talk:PiccoloNamek/Archive 1

Great article!
I hereby award to thee the Rotating Barnstar Award for thy most excellent Spira article. Out of all the Wikipedia articles I have viewed, Spira is truly my favorite.→ Jarlaxle Artemis   03:22, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Re: Pictures
I definitely think the pictures should be added next to their entries (as thumbnails of course). The painting of the Thunderplains is spectacular. → Jarlaxle Artemis   02:10, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Image source
Thank you for uploading Image:The childe.jpg. Its copyright status is unclear, so it may have to be deleted. Please leave a note on the image page about the source of the image. Thank you. BrokenSegue 19:33, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Image:K2-big.jpg
Hi. You uploaded Image:K2-big.jpg which I believe is based on the image now on Commons →. Since that image was released under GFDL, I assume that your enhanced version is also released under GFDL? If so, I will also copy it to Commons. Thanks. RedWolf July 9, 2005 07:30 (UTC)

Hey I won
Go me.

Improvement of Spira (using images)
Hi, great work on the Spira article, but could you edit your image files so they are placed in Category:Final Fantasy media? Just put anywhere in the description. Cheers.. and the article is greatly improved. — Cua HL   08:16, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Actually, I had JUST reminded myself to do that. I'll get right to it.PiccoloNamek 07:55, August 10, 2005 (UTC)


 * Ooops, sorry about my coding mishap earlier, and Spira could definately be FA soon. I'm thinking about starting a peer review within the WikiProject so we could start with that — Cua HL   08:16, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Which I went and did... — Cua HL   09:18, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Nice. I hope they like it. I'm sure most of them have seen it already, and there aren't any complaints on the improvement pages. At any rate, it certainly sets the standard for "Final Fantasy Locations" articles. The only thing I worry about is that some people might not like the fact that it includes a summary of the backstory. Personally, I think it's concise and accurate, and compliments the Final Fantasy X article (which includes a summary of the "frontstory") well.PiccoloNamek 09:23, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

Skull pictures
Could you please provide more detailed reference to the source of these pictures? The current discussions and reverts likely won't move any ahead otherwise. Pavel Vozenilek 00:53, 15 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Yes. Please put the URL to the description of the image. Pavel Vozenilek 17:06, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

Jima
He's Jima in Geneon's English-language release, right? WhisperToMe 01:22, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Monarch butterfly
Look at the article! jimfbleak 12:37, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

My humblest apologies
Blaise-- I think we got of on the wrong foot, and for that I apologise. I understand what you are saying about photography and photoshop. My comment wasn't meant to be a slam on PS itself, but really everything that doctors photos. I don't have a problem with photoshopped pictures in general. I just don't think that photoshopped pictures should be called "great photos". There have been many, many unbelievably stunning photos that didn't have any doctoring, CG or otherwise. I'm sorry if what I said came off as a personal attack. I didn't mean to start a big fight. I was just commenting on the almost ironic state of photography. I hope I didn't offend you. See you around. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark) 13:25, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed... here, have a cupcake. :) --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark) 16:26, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Mahou no Sakura
Yatta yatta! Yahoo wata-shi-wa kattaze!

Gallery?
Hi Piccolo, I was wondering if you had a gallery... --Fir0002 09:32, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

Image deletion
Listed under Images and media for deletion/2005 September 21. Thunderbrand 01:01, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Re: Beetle
Hi, The beetle you sent me is Passalidae - Bess beetle. Check this site for more info. I do not know Passalidae well, they looks all similar and ID is possible almost only with studying genitals. -- Goliathus 07:51, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Image deletion
Listed under Images and media for deletion/2005 September 23. Thunderbrand 19:36, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Featured pic promotion: Dandelion seeds
Gratz Piccolo! I don't think this is your last one this morning either :-)


 * ~ Veledan • Talk + new 10:27, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Featured pic promotion: Chinese Mantis

 * ~ Veledan • Talk + new 10:57, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Hi there
Hello Piccolo

I want to apologise for the tone of my original comment on your hornet pic. I should have learned better by now than to make judgments or cast votes after getting home from the pub; I really didn't intend to be an arse, and I'll pay the penalty now by being embarrassed every time I see that I managed it nonetheless, at least for the next 12 days. Sorry

On another note, you mentioned having trouble brightening this morning's mantis without washing out the highlights and I can see on the new annoying image metadata tables you use PS CS2. I wondered whether you've tried using the Image > Adjustments > Shadow/Highlight filter for that? It was a new tool in CS1 I think that does something very clever with Levels.

I realise I'm offering a suggestion fairly inappropriately here because I know absolutely nothing about photography and you obviously know an awful lot, but from my experience in prepping online albums I've found I get a lot of positive feedback when I run people's photographs through this filter :-) It's not useful quite so often for printing images (where I think you need darker colours to make the print more vivid) but it does always seem to bring out lots of colour detail on computer screens.  The default setting just reduces shadow without touching highlights, and that's normally enough to make things look better lit on screen.  I used it on the Hajib pic currently under debate and it got the fawn pic through FPC a couple of weeks ago and here's a link to the effect on your wasp and mantis.  Please don't be offended at my attempt if it's just that I have my monitor set wrong :-)

Anyway, I've waffled enough. Cheers for uploading excellent pics, I'm very envious of your talent ~ Veledan • Talk + new 22:48, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Pic of the day
Hi Piccolo,

Just to let you know that your photo Image:Photos-photos 1087592507 Energy Arc.jpg is up for Pic of the Day on the 1st October. As this will be a weekend, it will also appear on the Main Page. If you get a chance, you can correct and improve the associated caption at Picture of the day/October 1, 2005. -- Solipsist 08:30, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Re: Question
Hi Piccolo, Sorry for not being able to reply to your message before you decided to take the jump (School time :- but I like the photo, and if it was mine I certainly would put it up as a candidate. The blur is a bit of a problem - maybe a little unharpening in Photoshop? Anyone great photo, and great photos. Keep up the good work! --Fir0002 12:27, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Hi, Thank You for removing the vandalism my user page. Also can I borrow this form you user page? It looks like it may be of some use to me now and in the future. Blue520 08:59, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Featured Picture Promotion
I would like to congratulate myself on this:

^_^PiccoloNamek 05:24, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Quick question for ya.
Piccolo, I wanted to drop you a line to ask if you'd be interested in voting on my admin candidacy. I've seen you a lot in voting on FP's and thought you might have a somewhat good or positive idea of me and what kind of work I do. I might have been wrong about the whole featured diagrams issue that came up, but figured you might still have a good view of my contributing otherwise. I'm kind of having a personal tiff with a certain user right now and would appreciate your vote if you feel i'm qualified enough. I also answered the usual questions at the bottom of my nomination form you can read if interested. I'd jut like to get the change to make wikipedia even better and I think this would allow me to do so. Just thoguht I'd see if you'd help me out with it. Thanks and I'll see you around the FP's I'm sure. --ScottyBoy900Q ∞ 23:33, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

FFVI articles.
I request that you do not make attacks on a Wikipedia user. Thank you. - A Link to the Past (talk) 00:36, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

You had no basis to claim that any single AfD I created on these FFVI characters is a bad faith AfD. On what basis do you believe that I am AfDing these articles out of hatred for them? I guess I must not have copyedited some of FFVI's article. Quality of an article is not a reason to keep. If the character is not notable enough to warrant an article, they should not get their own article. - A Link to the Past (talk) 00:41, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
 * May I also assume bad faith on the FF community after you attacked legitimate AfDs, Hibana tried to get the AfDs removed and Hibana tried to spam the AfDs on a talk page that will obviously attract people who would vote keep. I can also assume bad faith on this simple fact - I cannot trust that you are voting on the overall worthiness of it having its own article, but you vote on what kind of article it is; an FF article. - A Link to the Past (talk) 00:43, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Ah, I see. So wonderful to know that the Final Fantasy editors focus more on protecting their articles than improving Wikipedia. Also, it's nice to know you're not below stating your opinion as fact. So, because you like these articles, I have to like them too? More notable characters than these have been VfD'd. And of course, you voted Keep on Umaro. I guess lack of backstory, personality, and almost the entire thing being GAMEPLAY doesn't matter to you, because it is a Final Fantasy article. Status > quality in your eyes, but in Wikipedia, we don't just let every single article exist. If you don't like that there are legitimate AfDs on your articles (Yes, they ARE legitimate, because your word is not the word of God), tough cookies. And it IS bad to spam people to vote keep on the articles. That's a blockable offense. If I made an article called Donkey shit, and it went to the AfD, are you saying that it's okay for me to cheat the process? Grow up. Preserving the quality of Wikipedia holds precedence over your wants. - A Link to the Past (talk) 00:55, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Ah, finally. Took you a little longer than usual to make baseless accusations. Did I say the articles were bad? No. Quality of an article =/= important. Notability. Kefka is not playable, and you admitted Kefka does not deserve an article. Same with Leo.

If I had a superiority complex, I would skip the AfD, as I would be arrogant and disregard your opinion (which you feel is the word of God). But I did not, I put it up on the AfD. Congratulations, I gave you a chance to spam your friends into voting on this. Also, do you even need proof that trying to cheat the AfD process is a blockable offense?

It isn't so crazy based on the fact that you called them good articles and said that is why the AfD was in bad faith. That is stating opinion as fact. Wario isn't in the Brittanica, but it is kept. Give me one good reason why Umaro deserves an article. What, is it his deep personality? His exciting backstory? The two paragraphs that do not have to do with how he plays?

Also, I would like to think that I am not a rabid deletionist (as I rarely ever nominate anything for AfD). Of course, that fact is irrelevant - AfDing your favorite articles makes me one. - A Link to the Past (talk) 01:23, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Wait, am I to believe that I am a rabid deletionist because I nominated many relevant articles? The point is that you don't think my reason for nominating them is in bad faith because you don't agree. Whoo. - A Link to the Past (talk) 01:50, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Nice job making up stuff. I never said you were WRONG about anything. I said I disagreed. - A Link to the Past (talk) 02:03, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Also, you ought to consider just moving them to Wikibooks. You could actually expand upon the characters there. - A Link to the Past (talk) 02:04, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
 * And, you did a good job on Spira, so here. - A Link to the Past (talk) 02:06, 15 October 2005 (UTC) [[Image:Original Barnstar.png|right]]

I accept your apology. - A Link to the Past (talk) 03:53, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

New featured picture
That's quite a collection of FPs you've taken. Congratualtions, and well done. Raven4x4x 10:17, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Plasma Lamp picture technical details
Love your plasma lamp picture, which I've used on a number of pages to illustrate plasmas. Any chance of providing some technical details? I've tried my own plasma lamp pictures without success, so I'd be interested to know whether the image is film/digital, exposure times, flash, etc etc. --Iantresman 11:21, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Beetle-Bessbug.jpg
Hi,

I wanted to make sure you knew I tagged Beetle-Bessbug.jpg with a 'no source' tag so you could be sure to tag it before someone deleted it. Beautiful pic.

Thanks - Tempshill 22:42, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Copyright problems with :Image:Fucking austria small.jpg
An image that you uploaded, :Image:Fucking austria small.jpg, has been listed at Copyright problems because it is a suspected copyright violation. Please look there if you know that the image is legally usable on Wikipedia (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), and then provide the necessary information there and on its page, if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Very funny image, but I'm concerned we don't have permission to use it. -SCEhardt 03:38, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Oops. Done!  -SCEhardt 13:17, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Images and Commons
Please use Wikimedia Commons so that other projects could profit from your images. I've uploaded (or will upload) some of them to Commons, especially cloud images.--Saperaud 23:51, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Pic of the Day
Hi Piccolo,

Just to let you know that your Image:SakuraHealed.png will be up for Pic of the Day on Sunday. As this will be a weekend, it should also appear on the Main Page. If you get a chance you can check and improve the caption at Picture of the day/November 6, 2005. -- Solipsist 16:00, 4 November 2005 (UTC)