User talk:Simtropolitan/Archive 2

This archive contains all non-image dispute messages from 2011 to 2015.

E-mail
Hey, I just wanted to let you know that your e-mail isn't working. I'll hold off on telling you what I wanted to invite you to something but doing it on a talk page is like telling Wikipedia intimate details of your life. Have fun in the snow today! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 05:48, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Jackpot!
You might be interested in this website which I just stumbled upon yesterday. I don't even think the library knows this information, which makes it all the better! By the way, good job on the building articles. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 06:10, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Heads up
You might be interested in this. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:10, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Something of interest
You may be interested in this. Ben and I are already ambassadors and we're always looking to recruit over there. As of right now, the rules on that are probably going to change as we just ended a weekend summit revolving around that. Essentially, you can help students fix their mistakes and hopefully get them committed to becomming editors. The one thing that I am unsure about is if we will become responsible for a class or continue mentoring a few students. Either one really doesn't involve a ton of work as the articles are usually short and the students don't normally go above and beyond what the professors are looking for. The few that do though have helped make some amazing articles such as Nuclear energy policy of the United States. It is something that you can also place on your resume should you be looking to do such a thing. Eventually, I am planning on starting a program at our school or the other four colleges which would help to increase the usage of Wikipedia on campus and I figured that becomming an online ambassador is useful towards that goal. Ben and I also just attended a summit concerning the use of Wikipedia in higher education and they stressed the need to recruit ambassadors and others to help deal with the projected increase over the years. As you are quite knowledgable in writing, I figured you would be good. You do not have to know everything to be an ambassador, but if everyone contributes a little bit, we can all make the program better. Let me know what you think about it and I would be happy to answer any questions that you might have. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 20:14, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the invite, this does sound interesting and its something I will definitely consider. I'll have to give it some thought though, I still don't have my schedule or credits all ready for the next semester. I guess my one question would be what time commitment would we typically be making each week at UMass or the Five Colleges and also are there any classes or departments in particular that we would be working with or is this focused more on the individual student contributor (moins class)? Muchos gratsiatso--Ken (talk) 00:59, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
 * We have no idea, but it will likely be less than a few hours a week (I put in an average of less than ten minutes a week for my one student). The one variable is whether or not we will be assigned a class or just a few students. One bright side is that a TA at the school, Edward Erickson, has expressed interest in the program. I guess this is a good development and I will keep you updated as the story evolves. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:18, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Sounds good, let me know if you hear anything.--Ken (talk) 23:35, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I just spoke to Ed and our regional ambassador Max Klein and it looks like we will have Wikipedia on campus this semester! Also, did you notice that your article was promoted? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:23, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Persimmon (color) for deletion
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Request
My name is Walter Breitzke and I am the webmaster of a site called "Noted Nonagenarians and Centenarians" (www.genarians.com), which lists people of note who are at least 90 years old. All of the individuals listed have a picture of them which accompanies their listing, EXCEPT for ten people (which is pretty good considering there are currently 666 listings!). My question is this. I saw the illustration you created for Paolo Soleri's Wikipedia listing. It is exactly what I'm looking for. Would you be willing to do line drawings for some or all of the ten "pictureless" individuals? If so, could you please e-mail me at walter_breitzke@hotmail.com so we could discuss details, including have much you would charge? I hope this makes sense. Please let me know.

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New England Wikipedia Day @ MIT: Saturday Jan 18
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You're invited!
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A barnstar for you!

 * You're welcome! I've been OCD about their absence for years, it's an ongoing project. Simtropolitan (talk) 16:27, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
 * What is your source for these images anyway? Town websites? Winner 42 Talk to me!  16:29, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Sometimes, but it really depends. Some town websites, using the Google protocol "Site:[townsiteaddress].org filetype:pdf" for obscure documents. When that doesn't work I'll peruse the Internet Archives for history books but because many of these local governments get butt-hurt when their official seals are listed as public domain, I almost always just credit the town and set the license to fair-use. --Simtropolitan (talk) 16:35, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Interesting! Have you ever had an incident with a town government over the licensing status of their seal? Winner 42 Talk to me!  17:02, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Fortunately never here (though I have had trouble with Mods/Users contesting the legal status of PD seals) but I did email some several years back and they weren't thrilled at the prospect of disclosing them to a random student. I never got the impression they either believed that I was actually using them for Wikipedia, or knew where they had versions of these images bigger than the 100px icons on their homepages. Some don't even have clear versions of their seals because the stamps or photocopies they've used are distorted from repeated copies, but if you look in old 19th century files you can usually find renderings nicer than those they actually use. --Simtropolitan (talk) 17:20, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thank you for adding an image of the beautiful Wakefield seal! =D – Red Sox Fan274   (talk ~contribs)  18:30, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! Glad you like it. Kudos to you on the photo montage by the way. --Simtropolitan (talk) 18:40, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I only took two of these pictures myself actually, but I organized all the others.  :) – Red Sox Fan274   (talk ~contribs)  19:39, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Apologies!
Apologies for the mistake I made on the Maynard, Massachusetts page with your edit. I've corrected the errors I've made. Sorry for any inconvenience! Kevin12xd (contribs) 13:19, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Non-free logos and crests
Hi Simtropolitan. Just thought I should let you know that the current standard size for non-free logos and crests is about 400x400 pixels or less. If you upload a larger image, please add a template at the time you do the upload, and a bot will come along and reduce it for you. Thanks, -- Diannaa (talk) 22:14, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Springville, Masssachusetts
Hello Simtropolitan,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Springville, Masssachusetts for deletion, because it seems to be vandalism or a hoax.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. ubiquity (talk) 19:02, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
 * No questions, it was a typo on my part.--Simtropolitan (talk) 19:25, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

This Friday: Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Cambridge, MA
You are invited to join the Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Cambridge, MA on October 16! (drop-in any time, 6-9pm)--Pharos (talk) 18:29, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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