User talk:Watersoftheoasis

Image copyright problem with Image:Burlington High School.jpg
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Designer and Rate entries
I've noticed you placing entires under "Designer" and "Rate" in firearms articles. Designer is intended for a person, not a company. Companies are to be listed under Manufacturer. Rate is intended for cyclic rate of fire or to detail Please refrain from these type of edits on manual and semi-automatic firearms. I'm going in to clarify these on the infobox template page, however I do understand they are confusing. Effective rate of fire can be included in the text, if you desire, but it must meet a high standard of sourcing and verification. It's HIGHLY subjective. --Asams10 (talk) 02:53, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Alright, thanks for the information. I'll make sure to make note of this for future reference.

Orphaned non-free media (File:ScreenShotofRedDragon.jpg)
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Fair use on userpages
I removed the image File:Chicago Bears helmet rightface.png from your userpage because it is marked as a fair use image. As such, it can only be used on Wikipedia under terms of WP:NFCC. In that policy at #9, it clearly notes that fair use images may only be used in articles. Your userpage is not such an article. You reverted my removal, and I've once again removed the helmet image. Now that you are aware of the policy, intentionally violating it would constitute vandalism. Please do not re-instate that image onto your userpage or place any other fair use images on y our userpage. Thank you, --Hammersoft (talk) 17:52, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Non Free Images in your User Space
Hey there Watersoftheoasis, thank you for your contributions! I am a bot alerting you that Non-free files are not allowed in the user or talk-space. I removed some images that I found on User:Watersoftheoasis. In the future, please refrain from adding fair-use images to your user-space drafts or your talk page. See a log of images removed today here, shutoff the bot here and report errors here. Thank you, -- DASHBot (talk) 04:43, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I have reverted your shut off of the bot, and also re-removed the non-free image File:Chicago Bears helmet rightface.png from your userpage. This is not the first time this image has been removed from your userpage . The policy on such use is very clear, and you've been directed to it before via edit summaries twice, and by DashBot above. By WP:NFCC #9, you may not display non-free images on your userpage. File:Chicago Bears helmet rightface.png is clearly marked as being copyrighted and non-free. If there is something you are not understanding about this policy, ask. Simply reverting these removals and putting such images back on your userpage in violation of policy will result in a block of your editing privileges. Please stop. --Hammersoft (talk) 17:08, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Warriors
I see you've doing a bit of editing on Warriors-related articles. If you happen to be interested, you can join WikiProject Warriors.  Bramble  claw  x   19:05, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmm... I'll consider it. I haven't been a part of a wikiproject before. Thanks for the invite. ^^ Watersoftheoasis (talk) 19:15, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem; I'm always on the look out for more recruits!   Bramble  claw  x   19:16, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Hey, just to check, my deletion of the italicized "Original" in original series was correct, wasn't it? Watersoftheoasis (talk) 19:19, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah. Original series is just a name most of the warriors community uses to make clear that they mean the first story arc, as opposed to the whole series.  Bramble  claw  x   19:21, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Alright, well when I get around to it, I'll see that the italics are cleared out of all the articles. Thanks. Watersoftheoasis (talk) 19:22, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * OK. thanks,  Bramble  claw  x   19:26, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
 Bramble  claw  x   22:07, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Watch it.
""We the People of Burlington High School, in Order to form a more realistic Wikipedia, establish Chaos, insure domestic Violence, provide for the common Assailment, promote the general Merriment, and secure the Hatred of Wiki Nazis to ourselves and our Posteriors, do ordain and establish this online Constitution for Burlington High School." --Watersoftheoasis (talk) 14:16, 27 April 2010 (UTC)"

Don't be a jerk - which includes 'posting stuff like this'. DS (talk) 13:51, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

How is this being a jerk at all? Watersoftheoasis (talk) 14:36, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
 * There are various elements of that remark that aren't appropriate. Suggesting you're going to establish chaos and insure domestic violence is bad taste, but the part that really puts it over the line is the reference to "Wiki Nazis". Surely you realize making comparisons with the Nazis is not OK, even as a joke. I think that's essentially what Dragonfly was getting at. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 01:18, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I love how people can't take any sort of joke. Wiki nazi is a common internet term. Besides, considering how often people from this IP address vandalize things, the editted preamble was fitting. Watersoftheoasis (talk) 12:19, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Edit justification
I deliberated saying anything at all about you entirely reverting dozens of my edits in Dungeons & Dragons Online, but it seems possible you will be with Wikipedia for some time, and there is advice a professional writer and editor such as myself often gives professionally.

Complicated language is not "more formal", and is often a disservice to readers. So the original text read:


 * "...was developed by Turbine, Inc. over the course of approximately two years. The initial prototyping and concepting..."

1) "Concepting" is not a word in Webster's 3rd. 2) Units of measure are, by nature, inexact. It would be surprising if development happened in exactly two years, so using "approximately" adds nothing. 3) "Over the course" is a cliche. It adds nothing to the meaning. 4) The phrase "initial prototyping" -- speaking as someone who has worked on major software projects -- has no meaning in the software development lifecycle. I've never heard "prototype" applied to projects that I worked on.

Chances are the writer only had a vague idea how long it took, and what was done -- as far as I can determine, they're just blowing smoke. As professional editor I would change the language to something akin to:


 * "...was developed by Turbine over two years. The initial prototype and concept..."

A matter of opinion? Well, not so much. In companies where I've worked with several other editors, the work is handed back and forth. It doesn't make much difference who does it, and it's very rare there's strong disagreement between editors.

It may also help to understand that the formal language of an encyclopedia is not simply a transcription of the spoken word. Nor is formal language a mimic of verbose marketing language on DDO official sites.

Finally, you reverted many changes that are contrary to the Wikipedia Manual of Style. I won't go into them, because essentially everything I changed was according to the Manual of Style. (Changing "2" --> "two", replacing American-style dates in an American product, removing trademark symbols, etc.)

I hope some of this is of use to you. I wish someone had told me in High School. I would have gotten better grades in college. Cheers, Alpha Ralpha Boulevard (talk) 18:46, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Warriors role call
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