User talk:Skb8721

L'image de l'image de Jimmy Domengeaux
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:James_Domengeaux.jpg)

Bonjour, cette image viens de université de Laval au Québec. Tu peut la trouvé sur leurs site, bonne chance ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hypersite (talk • contribs) 09:12, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Acadiana Wiki inivitation
You are invited to add material to the brand new Acadiana Wiki (http://acadiana.wikia.com/wiki/Acadiana_Wiki). Hope to see your contributions there! Falkonry (talk) 01:31, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Jujiro Wada
That deleted picture of Wada that you said was ca. 1900 is actually dated to the winter of 1909-1910. The town is Seward, and there are copies of the photo in the McIlhenny archives. Joseph Svinth 08:48, 14 March 2007 (UTC)


 * You asked if I was sure that was Wada. I'd put money on it, but I can't guarantee it. There were other Japanese in Seward (and Alaska) at the time, and sometimes Wada traveled with them. That isn't C.K. Sunada, who was one of Wada's Japanese buddies in those days. To know for sure, probably we'd have to look in all the Seward and Seattle papers of the day, and unfortunately, those back issues aren't online yet. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Joseph Svinth (talk • contribs) 00:56, 15 March 2007 (UTC).


 * Okay, after going through the history of the scanned image, I understand. You thought the man in the uploaded picture was Wada, and I was thinking that you meant the Japanese fellow off to the left, whose face you can't see, who was cropped out of the uploaded image. The odds are better than 1-in-5 that the Japanese fellow that was cropped out of the image is Wada. Why? Well, Wada had four Japanese with him in Seward on that trip, so it's almost certainly one of them. As for this gentleman, I'd guess Jack Baird, who was Wada's business partner. Joseph Svinth 09:57, 16 March 2007 (UTC)


 * PS. After reviewing my notes and clippings, I've also changed the date to ca. 1912-1913, as that's when Wada was ramrodding the expedition out of Seward for McIlhenny. But, it's definitely 1909-1914. See the upgraded article for details. Joseph Svinth 10:00, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Cajun musicians and French wikipedia
I read your article on Rod Bernard, and wanted to suggest that you consider doing articles for the French Wikipedia at http://fr.wikipedia.org as well, particularly on Cajun music and Cajun musicians, if you are comfortable writing in French. TruthbringerToronto 07:14, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

AMA request
I saw your request on WP:AMARQ. The best course of action is to warn the user (check out WP:UTM), then file a report at WP:AIV if they keep vandalising. Unfortunatly, the IP's are AOL, and they change IP ever few minutes/page loads. If you require any more help, or you don't need any more help, post a responce under your request at WP:AMARQ. -Royalguard11 (Talk·Desk) 22:48, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I've seen your request on my talk page for protection. I'd love to do it for you, but I'm not actually an admin. You can though post a request at WP:RFPP to get an admin's attention. Hope that helps. -Royalguard11 (Talk·Desk) 19:11, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Re:On "Coonass" Etymology
Thanks for letting me know. Seems I read the sentence too fast, I'll try to find some more time to reedit the article. Lucasbfr 15:57, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I read the article again, it appears my edit was unnecessary.. Thanks for the clarification. Lucasbfr 16:03, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Re: Acadiana Missing?
Thanks for restoring the Acadiana article. I had no idea that it was missing. I keep it on my watch list, but have not noticed any recent activity. Aaron charles 17:27, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Lew Walt
Thanks for adding the LIFE magazine information to the Lew Walt article. Do you have access to the article? In particular, could you expand on the focus of the article? &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 23:09, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Great add to the article! Thanks.  I found references to the article, but did not find any online version, so it is great to know what was said.  Is the 1945 Quantico photo public domain?  If so, are you planning to scan it and add it?  &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 23:31, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Lew Walt was promoted from Major to LtCol in 1942; promoted from LtCol to Col in 1951, so in the c. 1945 photo Walt would be a LtCol. &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 23:18, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Walter Stauffer McIlhenny
Great addition &mdash; Walter Stauffer McIlhenny!

Would you add a little more information about history with the McIlhenny company? I'd like to nominate this for WP:DYK, but I think it needs a little more company info. The DYK time-window is very short &mdash; 5 days from creation. I'll revisit it later today.

Thanks. &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 11:40, 11 October 2006 (UTC)


 * The article is coming around. The right-hand side "infobox" is from Template:Infobox_Military_Person, which is part of the Military History WikiProject infoboxes.  (FYI: For USMC articles, we've adopted a guideline for awards to present them in order of precedence, down to and including the Purple Heart.)  &mdash; ERcheck (talk)


 * Congratulations on the DYK (below). I'm glad to see your contribution recognized. &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 22:27, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Carl A. Brasseaux
Great article. It has been needed. I made only slight changes, some AP style, some personal preferences. I added him to the List of UL people. I also notice he could be linked to 5 articles, one if which is a stub I started on the German Coast (I still need to develop that one). Nice to know someone out there with same interest in south Louisiana. I may hit you up for some advice/reviews later on. In the meantime, please see if I did French Louisiana justice. Thanks. All the best. Aaron charles 21:25, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

French Louisiana
Much improved by the strokes of your keys! Thank you. Aaron charles 15:34, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

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 * Added book cover tag.--Skb8721 16:23, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I see that the image was removed 3 years ago. I put one on there that is fine by copyright.  Hope you enjoy.Michael miceli (talk) 05:10, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Johnny Rebel
No problem. While I have a strong dislike for links to blogs, I have yet to find that story anywhere else. Still looking for a better source. As far as protecting an article, that is usually a last resort, a page has to be hit so often that editors can't keep up with it (many times per day or even hour). This looks like we can we stay on top of it. I'll ask that particular editor to explain the constant removal; if they have no reason we should start warning them. Cheers. L0b0t 16:39, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Belay my last. After going through their contributions, I see nothing but vandalism and linkspamming.  If they vandalize again we should file a report.  Cheers. L0b0t 16:43, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Again there is a lot of vandalism. Maybe it should be protected again.--Rediretihw (talk) 17:47, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Richard Tregaskis
I've added the Richard Tregaskis article to the USMC Portal New articles sections. I've also tagged it for the Military history WikiProject's Military historigraphy task force. If you have additional information to fill out the stub, that would be great. I'd like to be able to nominate it for WP:DYK... which only has a 5 day window from creation. &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 00:41, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I've nominated the article in DYK at here. Feel free to make suggestion to modify the entry.  &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 18:15, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 19:22, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: Vandalism Watch Template Request
FYI. I posted another response to your template request. It has been archived at Requested templates/Other. Mike Dillon 19:13, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

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 * 1) "Do you think that I am qualified to serve as an administrator?"
 * 2) "...based on my record?"
 * 3) "I've been active on Wikipedia since May".

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Suggested reading:
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Your current edit statistics:

Total edits	974 Distinct pages edited	257 Average edits/page	3.790 First edit 18:14, 30 May 2006 (main)	    661 Talk	        90 User	        51 User talk	 65 Image	        54 Template talk	 6 Category	 2 Wikipedia	 43 Wikipedia talk	 1 Portal	         1

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Hope this is of some help. Feel free to follow up with further questions. &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 00:03, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Lusitania Find
I think I remember this from a programme on British TV about the sinking and the exploration of the wreck by mini-submarine - sorry to be so vague. You could try Robert Ballard's book 'Exploring the Lusitania' but I don't have a copy myself and can't confirm the reference. Nonetheless, hope this is some help OhNoPeedyPeebles 14:13, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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 * The image LewWaltLifeMag(26May1967)SMALL.JPG can be deleted; I replaced it months ago with another scan of the same image. --Skb8721 03:17, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

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Louisiana Wikipedians
Hi, my name is Cory, and I'm working on a story for the Advocate about people in Louisiana who create and maintain Wikipedia pages, particularly ones about the area and its inhabitants. If you would be willing to participate in an interview for it, could you reply by e-mail?

Thanks, Cory —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cbirdsong (talk • contribs) 17:03, 21 February 2007 (UTC).

Tabasco History
Thanks for pointing my out mistake. I was referring to a very old publication. I should've realized that some of the stories regarding Edward Avery from his own words during his time were embelished such as when he claimed to have rescued author Jack London on an Alaskan expedition. My apologies -- † Ðy§ep§ion † Speak your mind 17:14, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

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Swamp pop
OK. Yes, I went ahead and changed it to Medium rating. Thanks. Aaron charles 22:21, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

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 * I will let the image in question be automatically deleted.--Skb8721 14:27, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

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Picture problem
Hi,

could you please have a look at the discussion on my Commons userpage here. There's a problem with the license of the pictures you sent me a while ago. Thanks, --Carstor 20:30, 26 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi again ... it's not possible to completely forbid any commercial use of the pictures, as every material on wikipedia has to at least fulfill the GFDL-terms. But as someone suggested on my discussion page at commons, it is possible to use a combined license (CC-NC and GFDL) which makes it very impractical to use these pictures in a commercial way. As far as I understand, one would have to provide a full copy of the GFDL-text as well as a reference to wikipedia and your name with the picture to use it. Maybe that's a solution you can live with? (BTW: You can also answer here, I'll check for new answers every now and then) --Carstor 16:23, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * "one would have to provide a full copy of the GFDL-text" -this may change in future Versions of the GFDL, so there will be no warenty ;) Sincerely, --C-M ?! 11:37, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not familiar about intended new versions of the GFDL, but I think it wouldn't be a problem as the picture is licensed under the old version and I don't think there will be an automatical 'upgrade' for every GFDL-licensed content. In other words: As long as the author doesn't upgrade the license to the new version, the old version would still be valid. Or am I wrong here? --Carstor 12:31, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
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 * Carstor, the combined license sounds good. Can you tell me how to do this, or can you do it for me?
 * Also, what if I also replaced the current images with slightly smaller, lower-resolution versions of the same images, which would look no different on a computer screen, but would not reproduce well in a book or magazine?

Sincerely, --Skb8721 16:26, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

I changed the licenses to on the pictures in question. Uploading smaller versions of the pictures wouldn't help as the old, larger pictures would still be available in the file history. There might be a chance to ask an administrator on commons to delete the current versions to upload a completely new file. But as I'm not so familiar with commons I can't help you any further on this. Maybe ask someone there. All the best, --Carstor 19:13, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi Skb8721, the pictures weren't deleted automatically. As far as I see it, one of the commons admins wasn't aware that this combination of the two licences is valid. I could either ask some other admin to undelete the files now, or you could use the chance of the moment and upload smaller versions of your pictures. What do you think, we should do? --Carstor 21:53, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Hello, I guess just using GFDL as the licence would have the same effect. As far as I understand the dual licence with cc-by-nc-sa just gave an alternative way to use the pictures for non commercial users. So for commercial uses the terms would be still the same if you just choose GFDL as a licencse and not GFDL and the Creative Commons licence. --Carstor 06:53, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi, it's me again ... sometimes I just don't understand what the people at commons are doing. I asked them to watch this discussion and wait for a result, but instead an administrator restored the old versions of the pictures. Do you still want to upload smaller pictures? If so, I would ask one of the german commons-adminstrators if it's possible to delete older versions of the pictures after uploading new versions. --Carstor 13:04, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Hello, I am the Commons adminstrator who undeleted your photos. The adminstrator who deleted them thought that it was a non-commercial only licence and therefore deleted them. I believe Cc-by-nc-sa-2.0-dual is a valid licence and would like you to consider keeping the original photos under that licence. Hope this clears things up. --Digon3 talk 14:25, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

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Johnny Rebel
OK, yeah, I guess that rationale will work. I'll put the image back. Corvus cornix 15:43, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

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BarrellwarehouseSMALL.JPG discussion still open
Hi. I've suggested a possible resolution to a the licence dispute question. Please comment there. Thanks, -- Infrogmation (talk) 00:36, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

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An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Warren Storm, was selected for DYK!
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 23:41, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

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Johnny Rebel
Some people just don't get the difference between actual neutral language and unspecified statements of opinion. In fairness, "anti-African American" is much better than "what some might consider to be racist".--Cúchullain t/ c 17:47, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I totally agree, weasel words should almost never be used.--Cúchullain t/ c 03:26, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

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Maunsel White
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Acadiana
Thanks for the support! I knew you would come through. I was, in fact, going to e-mail you. I felt quite alone as all this broke last night. I am disappointed that Wikipedia allows a page that has been edited for years to be moved w/o discussion.

We have the facts on our side. I e-mailed the UL PR dept. last night and asked them to fix the erronous reference on their website that says Acadiana has 8 parishes and ndgp kept referencing. Aaron charles (talk) 20:48, 11 April 2008 (UTC)


 * We just wait a few days for the admins to intervene. I cannot see why they would not revert it. Aaron charles (talk) 23:37, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

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Cajun Country
No problem. Sf46 (talk) 11:46, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

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French language agenda
I love the French language, but I agree this seems to be going too far adding French variables to every Louisiana-related page. There was a debate simply about putting in the Louisiana page. The consensus was that it was okay on the state page. I think we should remove it from the other pages, with some exceptions like the Acadiana article. Aaron charles (talk) 18:11, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I started to remove the edits that were on pages that I am watching, but yes, we should go look at his contributions. In some cases they might be valid? I figure being up front and posting a kind message is not starting an edit war. I would suspect other edits would agree. There is a Wiki standard addressing this already, I just haven't had the time to confirm that. Thanks. Aaron charles (talk) 22:22, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
 * UPDATE Nintala wrote to me "I see that I have caused much more trouble than I had intended. I am in full support for CODOFIL and any aims to increase the visual presence, auditory presence, and de facto and de jure presence of the French language as it pertains to Louisiana and the descendants of the French and French Creoles in Louisiana. I'm not offended by the changes back as I realise that it was in bad judgement and not based on practice as in Louisiana. Vivre la langue française dans la Louisiane! Nintala"

Alexander Hamilton
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Acadiana to Heart of Acadiana?
Shane,

Thanks for the notice. I moved the article back for reasons of no discussion prior to the move. I do not disagree with all of Roy's edits. The article does need a lot more factual and referenced content. Please respond to the Acadiana discussion page about the move and any other ideas you have. Thanks. Aaron charles (talk) 04:06, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

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Johnny Rebel's music
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Tregaskis
See File:Tregaskis.jpg. Do you have a source for this photo? I'd like to move it to Commons and it'd be best to have a source listed. Please respond on my talk page.  — Rlevse • Talk  • 13:36, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
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eTown
I've also wondered about that name. On their website (), they write about the award, stating, "that's what the 'e' in eTown is for," but that didn't really clear anything up, so I looked at their "About us>what is etown?" They are not too specific about the name, but they go to great lengths to explain their philosophy, which I won't try to repeat here. They DO use a lot of e-words: take a look and see if you can make sense of it, or if you prefer, their phone # is (303) 443-8696. I may try to call myself if I have the time on Monday.

Ragityman (talk) 03:08, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

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The Lost Paris Tapes
Hi, I've been working on a category called Albums never on CD.

Did this boot ever get to CD in (more or less) its original form, or was it only those odd bits and pieces that the article mentions?

Thanks, Varlaam (talk) 05:28, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

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December 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
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"Swamp Pop"/"Swamp Rock"
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It is in .svg format which I can't do otherwise I could fix. If it is just the fair use image at the English Wikipedia, File:Tabasco.svg you could have someone in your graphics department upload a newer image to that file page: "Upload new version of this file" under the file history section. That will replace it in the article. The old one can be deleted then. Is it in use in other language wikipedias as well? I should be able to upload to those once I have a copy of the newer .svg file.--Canoe1967 (talk) 01:05, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
 * The file came from http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/logo/tabasco You may wish to contact them for an update fix as well.--Canoe1967 (talk) 01:16, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I bought a bottle, took a picture, cropped it to logo, and uploaded to commons. It shows in the article now. Feel free to overwrite the image page with a better one in .jpg format. Scalable Vector Graphics (.svg) files take a bit of work as they are created digitally from scratch usually. They also can't be uploaded to replace a .jpg file.--Canoe1967 (talk) 19:29, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
 * OK, thank you very much for doing this! I appreciate it as does the company. --Skb8721 (talk) 18:39, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
 * You are very welcome. An .svg artist has since moved the dot and may enter for a gallon of sauce. It seems I don't qualify for that contest as I live in Canada. Condolences on the recent passing as well.--Canoe1967 (talk) 19:32, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
 * The file is in .svg format now. That is probably why you couldn't replace it before. Scalable Vector Graphics or .svg are tricky and complex to make and edit. You can upload a better one to english wikipedia and I can fix the fair use issues in the file. I have email turned on if you wish to click the email thingy on my main page. Special:EmailUser can be used as well. I can upload it and tag it correctly for you then. We did discuss the copyright at commons and since it was first published in the USA before 1923 with no major changes since then the copyright has expired and it is actually in the public domain. Your trademark to it is still protected and doesn't expire if it is renewed regularly, I think. No one can sell other condiments with a similar logo type thing. Trademark and copyright laws are different in this area. --Canoe1967 (talk) 18:30, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks, I'll e-mail you the image. As for the logo being in the public domain, we have changed the logo since 1923, notably but not exclusively in 1927 and 1993. --Skb8721 (talk) 18:36, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

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