User talk:ScottyBoy900Q/archive 2

USCGC Morgenthau
Thank you for your article on this cutter. My Uncle was the CO during her Nam tour. My only complaint is, you beat me to starting it;> WikiWiki and Bravo Zulu--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 06:21, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

RA
We get paid barely the amount of our rooms. Where I live, we aren't required to do a meal plan, but if I lived in another res hall, they'd pay just enough to do the meal plan, too. We don't get any extra stipends or tuition anything. Mike H (Talking is hot) 06:51, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

My RfA
Thanks, Scotty Boy, for your support of my RfA! I promise to do a good job using the keys to the janitor's closet. >: Roby Wayne Talk &bull; Hist &bull; E@ 01:52, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Bah
The Big East conference decided to postpone the game until DECEMBER 3. :( Mike H (Talking is hot) 06:18, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

recent additions of naval photos
I am concerned that some of your recent uploads are not necessarily licensed correctly. Such as are all listed as being and from www.navsource.org  When checking those images none of them clearly state to be USN photos. And while there is probably a good chance that they are not copyrighted, that really isn't definative evidence that they qualify under this license.
 * Image:USSSouthDakotaACR9.jpg
 * Image:USSMarylandACR8.jpg
 * Image:USSWestVirginiaACR5.jpg
 * Image:USSMontanaACR13.jpg

Also Image:USSRaleighC8.jpg and Image:USSNitroAE2.jpg are clearly stated on their respective navsource pages that they are from the NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) which holds a different tag of.

And the last thing I'd like to bug you about is that I would like to ask you to include the actual URL you took the image from when you upload a file. For example http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/acr9.htm for the South Dakota image, instead of putting "Photo taken from NavSource (www.navsource.org)." It makes the back checking for people like me, much easier. -- Malo 04:33, 26 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Malo, you're correct that they are not actually credited as us navy images on navsource, but i remember having this discussion with someone several months ago and it was noted that given the time period the images were taken (for the most part) it is highly unlikely that anyone other than an active duty sailor would be able to have taken the particular images in question do you think this should prohibit them from being uploaded....Usually on navsource if the image is actually copyrighted to an individual instead of the navy or an organization, the © is actually present. Part of the disclaimer on the site reads: "Images contained on this site that are donated from private sources are © copyrighted by the respective owner."  Since most of the images were obviously taken from past sailors who hapened to be taking photos while on duty, most of them would be considered public domain.


 * as far as not listing the exact weblink...that was done because of navsource, the links tend to change from time to time. I don't have a problem putting the actual address in the summary, i just thought due to the sometimes changing links, it would be easier this way.


 * i'm open to thoughts/suggestions though. i obviously am all in favor not uploading from navsource if the group consensus is other than my reasoning. --ScottyBoy900Q 13:42, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Just got back...
...and saw your message. Looks like I was too late to help. Sorry. --Jumbo 06:59, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Pic of the day
Hi Scotty,

Just to let you know that your photo Image:Baltimore Washington Monument.jpg is up for Pic of the Day on 17th Novemeber. If you like, you can check and improve the caption at Picture of the day/November 17, 2005. Actually I had a little confusion with this one, as the actual Featured Picture would seem to be Image:Converted.png, but it would be better if similar edits were made to the larger version on Commons and then re-uploaded there. -- Solipsist 16:21, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Rich Rodriguez
Just wanted to let you know I took a look at it. IMHO, it was better than many of the articles on coaches I've seen. :)   — Dale Arnett 03:03, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Big East Conference
Two people is not a consensus. User:Zoe|(talk) 04:00, 1 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I have yet to see any argument that changes my mind. "I like them" is not an argument.  Maybe we should raise the visibility of the discussion by taking it to the Village Pump?  User:Zoe|(talk) 04:07, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

WVU Mountaineers
That's fine. I had seen USC and Texas and all those others having sports pages so I thought my WVU team should have one too.

If you could, (I am often busy so I might only get to edit a few times) please if you know enough about WVU sports include such greats in each sport as Major Harris and Sam Huff or Jerry West. I'll end up editing occassionally too though.

Thanks.

Yeah, me and my dad are big fans. He usually clues me in on the history and such. If you need any info on past sports stars just call me up.

Sarge

Thanks, I'll check it out and update you on any edits.

Sarge 21:29, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

I added some Memorable basketball stars and some football stars.

If you get the time, though I'll be doing this alot, we can make some pages to fill in all those red links. (If you get what I'm saying, make the pages about the b-ball and football stars that there aren't any of)

Sarge 21:57, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

I created the Fred Schaus page to add to the Notable players for basketball. I see you have changed the title, thanks.

Sarge 23:50, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, keep up the good work.

Sarge 03:31, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

I added the Mountaineer pic to the Pageantry section. If that looks tacky or too much change it and just do what you please.

USGov images
Please do not put two templates to the images. For example: PD-USGov-Military-Navy-NHS is just fine, there is no need to add PD-USGov template. Thank you and happy new year. - Darwinek 14:52, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

West Virginia Candidate for US Collaboration of the Week
Hey ScottyBoy! I've added West Virginia's main article to the list of candidates for US Collaboration of the Week. It's in much need of reorganization and lacks a lot of information. I was hoping that with some extra exposure and some wiki teamwork we can get the article up to par with other U.S. state articles. Please voice your comments and vote at the US Collaboration page. Thanks! --Caponer 18:42, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Cmadler 14:25, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

An Esperanzial note
As I remember, the last spam that was handed out was on the 20th of December last year, so I think it's time for another update. First and foremost, the new Advisory Council and Administrator General have been elected. They consist of myself as Admin General and FireFox, Titoxd, Flcelloguy and Karmafist as the Advisory Council. We as a group met formally for the first time on the 31st of Decembe. The minutes of this meeting can be found at WP:ESP/ACM. The next one is planned for tonight (Sunday 29 January) at 20:30 UTC and the agenda can be found at WP:ESP/ACM2.

In other news, Karmafist has set up a discussion about a new personal attack policy, which it can be found here. Other new pages include an introductory page on what to do when you sign up, So you've joined Esperanza... and a welcome template: EA-welcome (courtesy of Bratsche). Some of our old hands may like to make sure they do everything on the list as well ;) Additionally, the userpage award program proposal has become official is operational: see Esperanza/User Page Award to nominate a userpage or volunteer as a judge. Also see the proposed programs page for many new proposals and old ones that need more discussion ;)

Other than that, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and wish you an Esperanzially good new WikiYear :D Thank you! --Cel e stianpower háblame 16:57, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

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West Virginia Mountaineers Table
This is the table. It is modelled after the Arizona Wildcats table, and as you can see it is missing much of the info. I couldn't find any of it, so if you can and you would like to put the table on the page do so.

Also, seeing as how WVU plays additional sports from Arizona, you could add that too. If you need me to help, i'll be more than glad too.

Sarge

Okay, thanks that sounds good.

Another Esperanzial note...
Hi again Esperanzians! Well, since our last frolic in the realms of news, the Advisory Council has met twice more (see WP:ESP/ACM2 and WP:ESP/ACM3). As a result, the charter has been ammended twice (see here for details) and all of the shortcuts have been standardised (see the summary for more details). Also of note is the Valentines ball that will take place in the Esperanza IRC channel on the 14th of February (tomorrow). It will start at 6pm UTC and go on until everyone's had enough! I hope to see you all there! Also, the spamlist has been dissolved - all Esperanzians will now recieve this update "newsletter".

The other major notice I need to tell you about is the upcoming Esperanza Advisory Council Elections. These will take place from 12:00 UTC on February 20th to 11:59 UTC on February 27th. The official handing-over will take place the following day. Candidates are able to volunteer any time before the 20th, so long as they are already listed on the members list. Anyone currently listed on the memberlist can vote. In a change since last time, if you have already been a member of the leadership, you may run again. Due to the neutrality precident, I will not vote for anyone.

Yours, as ever, Esperanzially,

--Cel es tianpower háblame 09:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

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Brewster SB2A Buccaneer image
Hi, isn't that an image of the previous Brewster SBA, not of the later SB2A Buccaneer? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BrewsterSB2ABuccaneer.jpg

Maxs75 15:01, 18 February 2006 (UTC)Maxs75

Image Tagging Image:Five Good Emperors.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Five Good Emperors.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use GFDL-self to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, please read fair use, and then use a tag such as or one of the other tags listed at Image copyright tags. See Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stan 12:36, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Image Copyright Question
Scott, now see bottom entry. Also preceding discussion. Hope this works! -- Mccomb 18:25, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

re: Fort McHenry
I can see your point. I have been adding the templates with standard maps to all protected areas and the standard, if you link off my userpage to most of my article stubs, you see that all protected areas have the template infobox and a locator map. Also, take a look at the forts listed on this page, as I just finished in the past couple of days, adding the protected areas infobox and locator maps there too. It's just a standardization really to have them all somewhat uniform, but I am not adverse to you removing the map and adding the image in the infobox, just that the maps are a lot easier to do than locate public domain images for every fort. I prefer the locator maps and then having the image near the top of the article page on the left. If you put the image there, I won't revert you. Appreciate you contacting me about this issue and let me know what else I can do to help.--MONGO 03:19, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

We discussed it here and there really wasn't anything that made the issue locked in stone one way or the other. I have no objection ot putting the image in where the map is, but as I said, it is very difficult to find enough good images to rely on this form in a standard, and we lose the locator map which is integral with the template design. If you prefer the image, I won't argue the point of course. One National Park article that I know of uses a much better map...Acadia National Park courtesy of User:Kmf164, but since few of us have the ability to make such excellent maps, I prefer the simple locator map in the template and images and more detail maps elsewhere. No biggie though either way....oops, I see Kmf164 has put the loc map back in and put her map down lower...well, whatever works.--MONGO 09:22, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

I placed the image you uploaded at the top right of Fort McHenry National Monument and sized it to be the same as the infobox, which still has the locator map...how does that work for you?--MONGO 06:31, 17 March 2006 (UTC)


 * FYI, see recent replies to you post at the infobox talk page. &mdash; Eoghanacht  talk 13:47, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:CatherineColeman.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:CatherineColeman.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then there needs to be an argument why we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then it needs to be specified where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then one should be added. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the GFDL-self tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, consider reading fair use, and then use a tag such as or one of the other tags listed at Image copyright tags. See Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, consider checking that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Image legality questions page. Thank you. Shyam ( T / C ) 06:57, 29 March 2006 (UTC)