User talk:Sherool/3 Jun 2005 - 30 Nov 2005

Hei Sherool. Eg reknar med du kjenner til Nynorsk Wikipedia? Det hadde vore kjekt å ha deg med på laget der! :) BjarteSorensen 10:02, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)  Hello. :)  I was looking at the pictures and I have two questions. Well, one is better posted on the talk for Drowtales, but the other... where did you upload the pictures to use them for the wiki? I've got a couple for the race descritons, but am uncertain of how to place it into the page. -_-' I admit I'm being a little lazy and not looking it up myself, but I need to sleep, and I'm not going to have much time until sometime next week. -_-' Frost Indri 1 July 2005 04:09 (UTC)
 * Reply posted to users talk page. --Sherool 1 July 2005 08:35 (UTC)

Not Categories - Index
Thanks for your note. But it's not the category sorting that bothers me (I use the pipe method myself) but our index is appalling. The Wiki design, and the conventions that rose from it, make gathering useful information from the index very difficult for newby's and our random user. This is particularly true on biographies, where spelling and name usage of historical figures differ. If the user does not know the article's exact title, the information is unobtainable. It would be nice if the programmers would consider an easy way to flag surnames and use a "Soundex" sorting system for English pronunciation to compensate for spelling problems. But that seems an unlikely priority. WBardwin 1 July 2005 17:26 (UTC)
 * Ah ok, sorry about the mix up. I agree that those categories can be a handfull. I rarely stray outside the realm of categorised articles myself, so I had completely forgotten about indexes when I wrote that message :-0 --Sherool 1 July 2005 17:50 (UTC)

Cfd date sections
created page (hope I'm not doing anyting wrong, acording to server (and local) time it's the 23. now. Nominated Category:Bolero)


 * Nope, you didn't do it wrong, you just beat me to it :( Most people add the date to the previous date on accident, you made a new page, so that was correct. Thanks.   &infin; Who ? &iquest; ?  04:22, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, good to know :) --Sherool 17:45, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Thwog
Anyone can make a mistake. It was my pleasure to help out. If you want to avoid such a thing in the future, I recommend, you put on the tag first. - Mgm|(talk) 10:54, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

Writer stubs
A reasonable idea to share the task. Don't know how soon I'll get to R, depends on whether something comes up. I do hope we start encountering more Russian writer stubs. It would simplify things to not have to pigeonhole them as Europeans or not. The wierd thing is how many Croatian writer stubs I've encountered, 19 so far. If this keeps up, Croatia-writer-stub is a real possibility. Caerwine 08:48, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

I just finished up through Q. What follows is an abbeviated list of my count, with groups that have less than 25 stubs so far moved into a larger group if available, and the stubs I intend to propose
 * 61 - Africa Africa-writer-stub
 * 25 (62 total) - New World (Americas)
 * 37 - South America
 * 14 (220 total) - Asia
 * 58 -- Middle East MEast-writer-stub (with a pic of cunieform chars and a heiroglyph)
 * 55 -- South Asia SAsia-writer-stub (with a pic of some Devangari script)
 * 2 (93 total) East Asia EAsia-writer-stub (With a pic of some Chinese brush strokes)
 * 38 - China
 * 53 - Japan
 * 40 (133 total) - Misc. Europe Euro-writer-stub (EU flag)
 * 32 - Benelux
 * 4 (29 total) Eastern Europe
 * 25 - Russia
 * 32 - Ireland
 * 65 (162 total) Central Europe CEuro-writer-stub (blackletter perhaps)
 * 68 - Germany
 * 29 - Poland
 * 39 (93 total) Nordic Nordic-writer-stub (Nordic Council logo)
 * 29 - Finland
 * 25 - Norway
 * 2 (136 total) Southern Europe SEuro-writer-stub
 * 19 (46 total) Balkans
 * 27 - Croatia
 * 8 (45 total) Iberia
 * 37 - Spain
 * 43 - Italy
 * 11 (58 total) - Oceania Oceania-writer-stub
 * 47 - Australia

Of course, since names have been not been equally distributed through the alphabet, it is quite possible that R-Z could revise my recommendations. I am currently not favoring giving German writers a stub of their own due to the fact that assigning pre 20th century German language writers more precisely than Central Europe is fairly arbitrary. Please let me know what you think and what progress you've made. Caerwine 05:33, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

Tak :)
(I think one Scandinavian (Swedish) way of saying thank you is "Tak se miket" (not sure how to sp.)) Thanks for adding a cat to Richard E. Kim. At first I didn't know the Korean-Am writers cat existed, I'd only seen Korean writers, though that's quite small. My family's partly Swedish so I feel some small connection w/ Norwegians as well :) Bis später. --Dpr 15:39, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Reply posted on User talk:Dpr

Wellingborough
SHEROOL - Why did you delete my entry on Sir Christopher Hatton School and the ghetto? It's all true! (preceding unsigned comment by 81.156.21.252 (talk &bull; contribs) --Sherool 16:32, 22 September 2005 (UTC))
 * Let's just say that the comments about infestations of chicken pox carrying leprecauns and replacing the picture of the school with a picture of buckingham palace seems to suggest otherwise. --Sherool 16:42, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Image:Ngari.jpg
I'm afraid I don't know anything about the copyright status of this image. As stated on the image page, it's a JPEG I converted from a BMP uploaded by another user User:Umrao. Nothing links to it, and I will not be offended if it is deleted; I suspect it's copyrighted anyway. -- Wapcaplet 22:55, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, then I'll just list it for speedy to get it out of the way. --Sherool 22:59, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

User :Satpersian
Sorry, I missed your action on this, and blocked him to force him to explain himself (I indicated I'd unblock if he did). I'm happy to rescind my block, if you'd rather give him one more chance. But since his main crime is not-explaining, I wonder whether that is likely to be effective. As I say, sorry for missing your action, and I'll lift the block if you think that best. --Doc (?) 17:46, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Reply posted on User talk:Doc glasgow.
 * Safe to say the images were uploaded for bandwidth freeloading and should be speedied without hesitation. Look at the HTML frame source at http://satpersian.tk/ to find the links to the Wikipedia server. Femto 18:21, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing out that site. I've listed all of them on speedy now, citing WP:NOT pointing out his use of the images on his site as reason. Hopefully the next admin to check the speedy category will agree with us and delete them without further ceremony. --Sherool 19:26, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Pictures message
Hello, you recently left me a message about copywrites on pictures I have posted. I am currently in the process of acquiring those permissions. I guess I didn't read into the rules as much as I should have. Hopefully, I'll have the permissions of usage within the next couple of days. Thanks. ClintFord 20:28, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Reverting a vandal
I have taken the liberty of reverting what looked like vandalism of your userpage - hope you don't mind :) --inks 02:07, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Reply on User talk:Inkypaws.

Image:Rakghoul.jpg
This image is official concept art for the game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. If we are not allowed to use concept arts, delete the image. Otherwise, please tell me what template should I tag it with. - Sikon 02:26, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Reply on User talk:Sikon.

Category Marked For Deletion: Uniterranism
I would suggest that you give the category of Uniterranism a chance. It's good you've noticed that it's not the same as Unitarianism, and thankfully so. Also, aren't ALL holidays invented at some point? The fact that All Faiths' Day was invented is no reason to single it out, as you seem to do. As new as Uniterranism and All Faiths' Day may be, it is still a valid and separate religious system that deserves respect and it's own category. Much thanks to you. Mirlin 05:42, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Reply on User talk:Capike.
 * == Category Marked For Deletion: Uniterranism ==

True the All Faiths' Day Article does need work, and isn't that the beauty of Wikipedia, that anyone can edit it, and I can add more later, and you can add more later, and other members of the church can add more later. Your estimation of how long it has been celebrated and when and where it was celebrated doesn't make it any less credible. Everything has to start somewhere, and who knows, 20 years from now, the article might be 20,000 words long.

As for the category, well more and more articles WILL be added. Not only by me but others who profess the faith. Starting the category now will ensure they have a place to put them, but if you and others insist upon weeding it out now because it is not large enough yet, then you have that power. How many times will we have to create the category only for you and others to mark it for deletion because you feel there are not enough articles? 10 times? 30 times? 3000 times? I suppose editing 2,800 some odd articles does have a way of making you feel powerful, powerful enough to quash something that perhaps you yourself may not fully agree with, but like I said, that is your power. I can only humbly submit whatever is decided. Mirlin 08:11, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

ISBN template
I noticed you created ISBN which includes a link to the experimental service at xISBN. Unfortunately the result is rather cluttered, which you can see here (no, actually you can't because I've altered it, sorry :-). I don't know whether you were aware, but the regular ISBN system uses Special:Booksources which includes a link to that service already. I have commented out the external link in the template. I would rather people use the existing ISBN system to insert ISBNs: I think that introducing a new template makes things more complicated and incidentally adds further work for the servers which is not necessary. HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 09:11, 7 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Reply on User talk:Phil Boswell.

Monkey
Sherool, what is going on? That image is a perfectly correct fair-us image and has a source. The one you replaced it with did not show a monkey in a laboratory and therefore did not replace it. Please leave it alone. SlimVirgin (talk) 23:48, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Reply on User talk:SlimVirgin

Monkey
Hi Sherool, sorry to take so long to get back to you. Thank you for the reprieve on the monkey image. Cheers, SlimVirgin (talk) 22:50, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your work replacing images with free ones. Justinc 21:13, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the thanks :) --Sherool 21:37, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Image:Soccerball.png
Finished. Finally. phew, that was a LOT of links. &laquo;&raquo; Who ? &iquest; ? meta 14:23, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Reply on User talk:Who.

Fair use of logos
Is there any formal stipulation for image resolution and fair use? After seeing your comments at Images and media for deletion it got me thinking "what is low or high resolution"? For me, a high resolution logo would fit 7016x4961 pixels. I know that's rather precise; that is an A4 sheet at 600dpi. If I was after a low resolution, I'd plump for 1754x1240--the same at 150dpi. Now, I'm guessing for an online encyclopaedia (like Wikipedia) the standards will be different! But I then started thinking "if the Fair Use laws (of which I know very little) say we can only use low resolution images, surely there must be a definition of low and high resolution somewhere". So I started looking...

To cut a long story short, I didn't find one. But I did find the following at Logos:

Reasonable diligence should be taken to ensure that the logo is accurate and has a high-quality appearance.

Suddenly my thinking was thrown off course. Is this saying that for logos (and logos only; this does not relate to any other form of fair use) we should actually be looking for high quality--therefore high resolution--images? And regardless of that answer, I'm still troubled with the definition of high and low resolution!

My reason for contacting you is simply because I assume you have some knowledge in the area. I would be very interested in your thoughts. :-) --Throup (talk) 17:56, 24 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Hi, I'm afraid no formal definition exist (as far as I know). Some fair use templates mention "web-resolution" wich I take to mean something that looks good on screen when used in an article, but the policy pages just mention "low resolution" wich I agree is too vague. I raised the issue at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Fair use, and I suggest we take the logo size issue there as it seems to be the place to discuss all things fair use.


 * I didn't know about Logos, I see your point. However I still think 200-300 pixels is more than enough to qualify as "accurate and has a high-quality appearance". That section goes on to say "Common sense says that a logo displayed prominently on the corporation's own website should be OK to use, because it represents that company's wishes about how the logo is presented on computer screens at typical screen resolutions". So screen resolutions, and last I checked the Windows logos did not take up 1800 pixels on the Microsoft website, but then it also says "Avoid resizing a logo". I'll mention the logo issue under Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Fair use, and see if anyone else will weigh in on the matter, I suggest we continue the discussion over there. --Sherool 21:44, 24 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the prompt reply. I must say I had not discovered WikiProject Fair use whilst I was researching!  I have now added the talk page to my watchlist.  Incidentally, don't feel concerned about causing a "dispute".  If anything, your reaction on Images and media for deletion has led me to develop an interest in this area.  I look forward to seeing where this discussion goes.  All the best.  --Throup (talk) 23:24, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Fair use-firefox
Template:Fair use-firefox has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at Templates for deletion. Thank you. --Sherool 16:27, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the notification, I have made comments on the page. You may want to take a look. ;) -- Cool Cat Talk 20:15, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Miami Springs picture
Sorry about removing the tag, I was copying the tag to use for another picture and must've accidentally removed it. Once I get a camera, I'm gonna go around the local schools to take pictures, so it won't be long until it gets replaced. PRueda29 09:34, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Reply on User talk:PRueda29.

Templates and such
Thanks for the info. Believe you me, it was not ill-intentioned of my part! I will get to it shortly. --Liberlogos 05:02, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

What the hell are you doing nominating used templates off main pages for deletion. I'm reporting your actions as vandalism. FearÉIREANN \(caint)  21:13, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Reply on User talk:Jtdirl.

Template:Irish Republic infobox
Hi, Just wondering about this - it's certainly not much used, but offhand I'd have thought it of historic interest. Do you actually want to have it deleted or is there some misunderstanding? Dl yo ns 493  Ta lk  21:50, 5 November 2005 (UTC)


 * OK I've now found the discussion at Templates_for_deletion and see what's actually being suggested.


 * Yeah, I'm basicaly just saying that it should be merged with the one article that use it (little point in a template that's only used in one article). No information would be lost and the article would look exactly like it looks now, except the infobox would be part of the articles wikicode rather than a seperate template. --Sherool 22:17, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Adminship
Hi, I noticed you put marked a bunch of images for speedy deletion. You seem to be pretty active in maintenance work, you've been on Wikipedia for quite a while and you seem to know your way around, and as far as I can see you have a good history of edits. Would you be interested in becoming an administrator? :) Coffee 12:12, 10 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Reply on User talk:TheCoffee.


 * Here you go: Requests for adminship/Sherool. Just follow the instructions at the bottom of this page. Good luck! Coffee 15:19, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Heraldry-stub
Hi - thought you'd like to know that there are now separate Heraldry-stub and Flag-stub templatess, and I've just sorted all the stub articles into the two separate folders! Grutness...  wha?  08:04, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Cool :) --Sherool (talk) 14:59, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the picture of the number pad 5 key. PrimeFan 22:51, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
 * No problem, it wasn't the hardest request to fulfull :) --Sherool (talk) 02:34, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Fair use images - Apologies
Apologies for the problem with the images. I naively thought that bigger was better (it is generally!) but I'll stop now. Sorry! :) Wikiwoohoo 16:27, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Adminship
Congratulations, you are now an administrator! If you haven't already, now is the time to the Administrators' how-to guide and Administrators' reading list. All the best, Warofdreams talk 01:04, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Congrats!!
Welcome aboard the AdminShip, we've been looking for a cook for quite some time, now I'll have the lasagna. ;-) R  e  dwolf24  (talk)  Attention Washingtonians!  02:28, 19 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Same here. I am still shocked that you weren't one: when I first saw that RfA, I thought I had slipped into alternate timeline where you were not an admin :). Anyways, good luck, good day, and I'm confident that you'll use your superpowers for good, rather than evil. Congratulations again!--Sean|Bla ck 02:38, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations from the land of -33C. Hope you're warmer than us. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 02:50, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Heh, yeah quite a bit warmer, only a measly -2C here :) --Sherool (talk) 02:53, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations, well done. :) Coffee 04:48, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Congrats. Can we give a whoop whoop Sherool! lol Knowledge Of Self  |  talk. 04:59, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations, and you're quite welcome! --Merovingian 07:19, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Ditto from me - you'll do fine. Grutness...wha?  00:54, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations. I'm sure you'll do great. See you around. &mdash;thames 00:58, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Mickey yanai
Please restore the history of Micky yanai. Kappa 14:43, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Reply on User talk:Kappa.

Tagged orphan fair use
Thanks for your advice at User talk:Gmaxwell. I've deleted a couple, although at the moment I'm going to leave anything which has a link to a user page. I've stolen your edit sumary, hope you don't mind. Would you mind checking my logs just to make sure what I'm doing is okay? I've posted this reply at User talk:Gmaxwell for thread integrity, not sure where you want to reply? Steve block talk 17:02, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

Reply posted on User talk:Gmaxwell.

Jimmy Connors
Sorry. I was new here at the time. I substited a cover from Time. Attilios
 * Reply on User talk:Attilios

Image:015.jpg
I've got a query you might be able to help with. Image:015.jpg has been tagged no source since 28 June, should be a no brainer, but it looks like it's two images: with neither user having contributed since the summer. Any thoughts? Steve block talk 19:53, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
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 * eve block]] talk 19:53, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Posted reply on User:Steve block.
 * Ta, have done as you suggested. Steve block talk 22:01, 30 November 2005 (UTC)