User talk:Yann/archive

Hello Yann, and welcome to Wikipedia! I'm glad you're interested in non-violence related topics; I talked one of my friends into starting non-violent resistance, but he hasn't had a lot of time to work on it. If you have any questions, just consult Help and the FAQs. If you're still stuck, ask a questionat the Village pump. Have fun! -- Stephen Gilbert 21:13 Jan 20, 2003 (UTC)

Simple English
Hi, I noticed you have contributed to the Simple English Wikipedia in the past. I am trying to revive it a bit as it hasn't been edited very much lately, so this is just a reminder that it's still there and you are very welcome to come and help! Yours views on what to call the "village pump" are also requested. See. Thanks. Angela 11:57, 20 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Press Release
I see you contributed to the creation of the press release. Might you be willing to follow these steps, and send off the press release? -- user:zanimum

Nonviolence and Wikipedia
Hi Yann,

Nice to see someone else doing work on nonviolence on Wikipedia (mainly in French, I suspect). http://www.non-nonviolence.org looks fantastic, even through the Google translator ;-)

Would you like to have a look at List of nonviolent leaders and thinkers and see who I've left out? I'd really like someone with some knowledge of nonviolence to check additions for relevance, as lists seem to attract some pretty weird edits.

Would also be great if a French speaker did some work on the english version of Lanza del Vasto, as there is not much information about him in English, and I want to know more!

Dirtbiscuit

Wikipedia:Featured pictures
Yann, there is an established procedure for adding images to Featured pictures and Featured pictures visible. I have taken the liberty to move your recent addition to candidates page. - Gaz 12:24, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Aloe picture
Salut! Your picture at aloe is very impressive, but I think it's the century plant, about which the "aloe" article says, "The plant called American aloe, Agave americana, belongs to a different family, Agavaceae." At least it looks exactly like the agaves that grow where I live, in New Mexico, and it doesn't look like the other aloes on that page. So maybe it belongs at the century plant article--or if not, maybe the caption needs to be changed. What do you think? --JerryFriedman 23:54, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Aloe picture
Merci pour la r&eacute;ponse. J'essayerai trouver un botaniste qui puisse nous dire si le photo montre un Aloe ou un Agave. If that makes any sense. --JerryFriedman 19:37, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * Thanks again. I finally got around to moving it to Agave.  &mdash;JerryFriedman 18:48, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Untaggued Images
Yann, I have put a list of the images without cp tags at User:Yann/Untaggued Images.

Have a lot of fun with them, there is only 48655 such ones (at 22/08/2004).
 * -- Looxix 23:53, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)

WikiSource
Thanks for your comments:

"Well, I think it would be best to improve the software, rather that to set up a separate Wikisource for each language. But that is technically much more difficult."


 * If the software is improved enough so that each language can work in its own environment - what is the big difference between that and separate language domains? It really comes down to the same thing.


 * In any case, even if the software could be improved in ways specific to WikiSource, I think it would be dangerous (and unnecessary) to have it grow in ways that are not compatible with the other wikimedia projects.

"I think that the aim of actual Wikisource should be broadened to images and sounds, beside texts, like the project m:Wikimedia_Commons."


 * I agree completely about this. I think some people have added at least a small amount of these things.  The setup certainly allows for it.

Dovi 11:46, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)

Hi Yann. Thanks for your comment at the Wikisource proposal. Is there any place it is possible to read about the work being done on multilingual interface? Or someone specific who can be contacted for information? Thanks! Dovi 03:55, Sep 27, 2004 (UTC)

Gujarati language
The interwiki links you added seem invalid, there is no article at hi and gu about the Gujaarati language. -- Ævar Arnfjörð [ Bjarmason]   17:21, 2004 Sep 12 (UTC)
 * Yes, corrected now. Thanks. Yann 17:23, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)

&#2347;&#2364;&#2381;&#2352;&#2366;&#2306;&#2360;&#2368;&#2360;&#2368; vs &#2347;&#2364;&#2381;&#2352;&#2366;&#2305;&#2360;&#2368;&#2360;&#2368;
So like I said on the Talk:Hindi page, I'm sure that &#2347;&#2364;&#2381;&#2352;&#2366;&#2306;&#2360;&#2368;&#2360;&#2368; is correct. I double checked to make sure before I made the edit, even.

But it occured to me that, according to the rules of Devanagari as I learned them here in America, the word that you are typing would be pronounced differently than the word that I am typing. That is, &#2347;&#2364;&#2381;&#2352;&#2366;&#2305;&#2360;&#2368;&#2360;&#2368; would be pronounced frããsiisii (with a nasalized vowel), whereas &#2347;&#2364;&#2381;&#2352;&#2366;&#2306;&#2360;&#2368;&#2360;&#2368; would be pronounced fraansiisii (with a nasal consonant conjunct). And the then the reason that you find the pronunciation of the word "french" with the nasalized vowel in your french-hindi dictionary is because that pronunciation is closer to the french word français which has a nasalized vowel, and in my english dictionary, I find the pronunciation with the nasal consonant. This could be a reasonable explanation of why I find one spelling and you find another.

By the way, how does your french-hindi dictionary spell the words panjabii? or english? with a nasalized vowel or with the nasal consonant? Mine spells both of those with the nasal consonant = nasal conjunct = bindu with no candra. -Lethe | Talk

"Untagged images" page
Greetings! I hope you don't mind, but I've taken the liberty of making several substantial changes to User:Yann/Untagged Images. My hope is that these changes will encourage people to use the page and tag more images. Let me know what you think. (Hope I wasn't too bold.)   – Quadell (talk) (help)   17:50, Dec 8, 2004 (UTC)


 * I still have major problems with the following advice: "Remember that all images are licensed under the GFDL by default; if someone created an image and voluntarily uploaded it to Wikipedia, it's safe to tag it as . (Obviously this does not apply if the uploader does not own the copyright.)" It is surely not ever safe to apply a GFDL to an image the antecedents of which are not known to the tagger. The whole concept of "by default" is nonsense in the context of people uploading images without any consideration to copyright. I urge you urgently to change this bad advice ... for the time being, I;ve scored thru it, so serious do I think the problem is. Dealt with. --Tagishsimon (talk)

Untagged Images
Can you tell me how often the Untagged Images lists are updated or, what the current state of this project is. A sample of 1 shows it was generated on the 26th August. There is now a small posse of wikipedeans using the lists and, ideally, we'd be working from fairly current lists. Any info you could let me have would be most appreciated. --Tagishsimon (talk)


 * Thanks Yann. I left a message for Looxix so I hope he/she will answer sometime. Thanks for starting the untagged images project, and best wishes for the French Wikipedia. --Tagishsimon (talk)

Article Licensing
Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 2000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:
 * Multi-Licensing FAQ - Lots of questions answered
 * Multi-Licensing Guide
 * Free the Rambot Articles Project

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the " " template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:


 * Option 1
 * I agree to multi-license all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

OR
 * Option 2
 * I agree to multi-license all my contributions to any U.S. state, county, or city article as described below:

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace " " with "  ". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk)

Debian.jpg
I don't know anything about that image. As I told user:Quadell: ''As I said in the summary, I was moving it from its place offsite (which at the time was meta.wikipedia.org--used to be, you had to upload to meta and link from there; there was no upload for en.wiki for awhile). Anyway, no, I don't think there was an upload summary on meta either; I added them to en.wiki whenever there were.'' I can tell you it's certainly been copyrighted; it's rather unthinkable that a corporate logo wouldn't have been, so the 'pedia should claim fair use and move on IMO. Koyaanis Qatsi 15:13, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Untagged Images
All of the images found at Genesis%2788 are copyrighted by User:Wayne_Anthony. All of said images were originally created by him. You can read the history behind them at Genesis%2788. I'm gonna go ahead and speak up for him (since the guy is virtually unreachable these days)and say everything is GFDL. Alkivar 00:32, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Could you suggest a proper image tag for photos such as at Big Ben (horse). I placed a number of similar ones from the Government of Canada such as Victor Davis but can't seem to find a proper tag. Thanks. JillandJack 17:13, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Image:Paris-commune.jpg
What software did you use to make Image:Paris-commune.jpg? Thanks. 119 06:40, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Pencil.

Copyright question on Gandhi's photo
You tagged it as a copyvio. I have a question on copyrights ... how long does a copyright extend? Clearly, the picture was taken during Gandhi's lifetime, so it should be before 1948. It is almost 57 years from that time. How long does copyright on images extend? So far as I know, after a certain time period, it becomes public domain. That's why we can use Shakespear's plays without violating its copyright. Or is it 50-60 years after the death of the artist/photographer etc? Would anyone clarify this please? Thanks --Ragib 17:21, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Cloak
''Hi, I would like to get a cloak. Can you tell at what time and which channel can I see you ? Thanks. Yann 20:54, 20 August 2005 (UTC)''
 * Drop me a note on #wikipedia (/msg FenFen or FennecFoxen). Then proceed to IRC_cloak_verifications. -Fennec (&#12399;&#12373;&#12400;&#12367;&#12398;&#12365;&#12388;&#12397;) 03:17, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

blocage
J'ai été bloqué sur la wikipédia francophone. Je suis 193.51.93.89. Lorsque je veux modifier, je ne peux pas, et il y a marqué que je dois contacter un administrateur. Mais comme je suis bloqué je ne peux pas contacter d'administrateur pour prendre ma défense et demander mon déblocage : on se rend alors compte de l'absurdité injuste qu'implique un blocage. Toutefois en cherchant longuement parmi les administrateurs de la wikipédia francophone quelqu'un qui avait des pages dans d'autres wikipédia que la wikipédia francophone, j'ai fini par te trouver.
 * mon problème

Le conflit est à propos de l'article Émeutes de 2005 dans les banlieues françaises. J'y ai mis des informations sur les manifestations à venir et sur des propos célèbres de Lilian Thuram. . Toutes ces informations ont été supprimées par des administrateurs qui les jugent non neutres. Pourtant ces informations sont vraies.
 * le conflit

Au sujet des manifestations, j'ai informé d'une manif de gauche, mais j'ai aussi informé de manifestations d'extrême droite. On m'accuse de vouloir faire de la promotion politique mais cela est profondément stupide car je ne peux pas être à la fois d'extrême droite et de gauche.

Au sujet des propos de Lilian Thuram, il s'agit là de propos célèbres qui ont été écrits dans les journaux et entendus à la radio.

Dans les deux cas on a exigé que je mentionne des sources, ce qui est un scandale. En effet ça ne devrait pas être une obligation de mentionner des sources sur wikipédia : wikipédia se veut d'être une source et non de répéter des sources. L'intérêt de Wikipédia c'est que comme elle regroupe les informations de tous, elle peut dépasser quantitativement n'importe quel journal ou encyclopédie. Exiger des sources fait perdre son intérêt à wikipédia.
 * sources

Mais admettons qu'il faille mentionner des sources :

D'abord je pense que quelqu'un qui veut censurer les informations devrait faire l'effort au préalable de faire des recherches. Ensuite je constate que beaucoup d'informations figurent dans l'article Émeutes de 2005 dans les banlieues françaises sans que soient mentionnées leurs sources. Je pose la question : pourquoi certaines informations nécessitent des sources et d'autres pas ?

Pire. Après qu'on ait exigé que je mentionne des sources, j'ai cédé et j'ai pris la peine de mentionner des sources. Malgré ça mes informations ont de nouveau été retirées. Tel un caprice, on m'a demandé de préciser encore les sources. J'ai voulu les préciser un peu plus mais j'ai été bloqué, comme si on voulait m'empêcher de préciser les sources.

Les administrateurs qui m'ont bloquée et qui ont censuré les informations que j'ai mises sont des gens partiaux et dangereux au bon développement de wikipédia. Je demande leur révocation.
 * conclusion

J'ai subi leur partialité. Je demande à être débloqué dans les plus brefs délais.

Merci de m'avoir lu. Merci d'une réponse rapide, claire et responsable.

Je dois partir travailler : je ne serais pas sur wikipédia avant ce soir.
 * Post-Scriptum


 * Merci de lire les pages suivantes : Citez vos sources et Wikipédia:Ce que Wikipédia n'est pas.
 * Donc 1)les demandes du/des administrateurs qui ont pris sur eux de vous bloquer ne sont pas des chimères, mais une application des règles. 2) Ils vous avaient avertis très clairement de ce qui se passerait si vous continuiez.
 * Je respecterai donc leur décision. N'hésitez pas à utiliser votre semaine de blocage pour parcourir les pages concernant la façon dont on doit éditer sur Wikipédia. Cordialement,notafish }<';> 15:49, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Donc si j'ai bien compris, on est passioné par le fait qu'il y ait eu 54 voitures brûlées tel jour et non pas 55, mais les propos chocs d'un membre du Haut Conseil de l'Intégration, on s'en fout. C'est brillant...
 * mes derniers propos

J'ai lu sur la page qui explique qu'il faut citer les sources : Quand des sources extérieures sont consultées pendant l'écriture ou au cours de la vérification d'un article, il apparaît indispensable de fournir une liste de références, livres, articles, ou sites internet. 1/Je prends note du fait que les sources ne doivent être mentionnées seulement lorsque les sources extérieures sont consultées pendant l'écriture ou au cours de la vérification d'un article (il n'est donc pas systématique de devoir mentionner des sources, heureusement pour wikipédia). 2/De toute façon j'ai mentionné mes sources, alors je ne comprends pas ce qu'on me reproche.

J'ai aussi lu ce que wikipédia n'est pas, et je me suis particulièrement intéressé à la partie "ne pas faire de promotion", puisque d'après ce que j'ai compris, c'est ce qu'on me reproche. J'y lis : Mais un article peut, bien sûr, rapporter objectivement ce que disent les promoteurs d'un sujet. L'article regorge de citations de Sarkozy et Cie, par contre, Lilian Thuram et les manifestations (qu'elles soient d'extrême droite ou de gauche) n'ont même pas le droit à 5 lignes.

J'insiste, il y a partialité de la part des administrateurs.

Au fait, puisque j'ai l'obligation de mentionner plus de sources mais que je ne peux pas mentionner plus de sources sur la wikipédia francophone, je vais mentionner deux sources supplémentaires ici même : une au sujet de Thuram et une au sujet de la manifestation.

193.51.93.89 18:05, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Semi-protection
I've left this message on your Meta page as well, but I wanted to make sure you got this. At Semi-protection policy, a couple users and myself are attempting to gather consensus about a possible change in editing. So as not to keep the community out of the loop, we've been posting to user talk pages, which seems to have worked. If you can add your thoughts to the talk page, it would be greatly appreciated. We've gone over a few issues, ranging from perception of anti-wiki to time limits, and recycling pagemove code, so you might want to check out #Rehashing to get up to speed. Thanks in advance, Mys  e  kurity ( have you seen this? ) 21:58, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

WikiProject Hinduism
Hi Yann, I noticed that you have an interest in Gandhi and India and saw some of your contributions. You may wish to join the Hinduism WikiProject. Thanks  D a Gizza Chat  &#169; 20:47, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Image:Lakshmi.jpg
I have doubts about GFDL license. You wrote it was 'scanned by you' - scanning does not make you author, so the question is: what is source license? A.J. 14:02, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Invitation and Recommendations for writing articles on Hindi Wikipedia
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 * 17) Please leave no article without an appropriate category. See the list of created categories here; you can also make a new category (pref. in Hindi). Please leave no article without at least ONE off page (like en:) interwiki link. E.g., the user can check the article name (say Apollo) on the finally redirected English page and append to the Hindi article . These interlanguage links will help a bot to update all interwiki links for that article in all wikipedias. The category and the aforementioned link should be typed at the end of the article. If the article is very small, mention it as a stub/substub.
 * 18) Use of templates is welcome. See the list of templates here. If creating a template, name it pref. in Hindi.
 * 19) Use पूर्णविराम ( । ) instead of a period (.) for ending statements. The पूर्णविराम, semicolon, colon and dash (but not comma) must come after one space after the word to prevent ambiguity. Use the international form of the Hindu-Arabic numerals (1,2,3 instead of १,२,३), as used by the Constitution and the Government of India (even for Hindi). There is no need to use the हलन्त at the end of Sanskrit words wherever it occurs. Hence, prefer: संसद over संसद्; अथर्वन over अथर्वन्. Use the proper quotation marks “” from the Insert toolbox, not "". Write dates as 2 मई 2006 (ईसवी or ईसापूर्व). Write time as 3:45 pm. Separate common suffix-words like शास्त्र, विज्ञान, ज्ञान with a hyphen. Thus: रसायन-शास्त्र. For most others, leave both the words of the noun-cluster free. Combine them into one word only if it is very common to do so. Thus: सामवेद.
 * 20) The use of ज़ for the en:voiced alveolar fricative (/z/, as in zoo, rose) is fundamentally wrong. Its nearest counterpart is the en:voiceless alveolar fricative /s/ (as in sea), and not Hindi ज (en:voiced palatal plosive). Hence, it is suggested and recommended that for the sound /z/, whether it comes in English (etc.) spellings (z) for while pronunciation otherwise, should be transcribed as स़ (स with a dot below, available in the Insert toolbox). Hence: Reason रीस़न, not रीज़न ; Roses रोस़ेस़, not रोज़ेज़. But common Hindi words borrowed from Persian/Arabic (so-called Urdu words) are allowed to continue with ज़ spelling. Thus: ज़रा, नज़र, तर्ज़. The en:voiced postalveolar fricative (/ʒ/ as in treasure), inexistent in Hindi, can similarly be transcribed with श़. Thus: treasure ट्रॅश़र. The nukta (dot) available in the Insert toolbox can be combined with various consonants to suggest a more exact phonetic devanagari rendering of foreign sounds. E.g., since phonetically, English Think and this are not equal to थिंक and दिस, a better transcription could be थ़िंक and द़िस. Please take care of the dot below in so-called Urdu words, otherwise the Hindi spelling is deemed incorrect.
 * 21) For the following English vowels met, mate, mat, transcribe as मॅट (short vowel), मेट (not मेइट), मैट (not मॅट, as popular in Marathi). However in contemporary Hindi and here, it is acceptable to use ए instead of ऍ. Thus: अमेरिका is more popular than अमॅरिका. For cot, coat, caught, transcribe as कॉट, कोट, कॉट (not कौट). Transcribe English /t/ and /d/ as ट and ड.
 * 22) Use half-न before त, थ, द, ध, न, instead of anuswaar अं. Use half-म before प, फ, ब, भ, म. Use the anuswaar before all the rest of the consonants (not half-ङ, ञ, ण). If the मात्रा is not above the alphabet, use chandra-bindu, but only for nasalization. Thus: अन्दर, not अंदर ; अन्त, not अंत ; हिन्दी, not हिंदी ; सम्भव, not संभव ; पंचमी, not पञ्चमी ; अंडा, not अण्डा ; कंठ, not कण्ठ ; लैंड, not लैण्ड ; आँख, not आंख. However, both forms are acceptable in contemporary Hindi as well as here; the prec. are just recommendations.
 * 23) When proceded by another vowel, use the pure vowels instead of य (unless the य is clearly articulated while pronouncing). Thus : जाएँ, not जायें (not जावें) ; आएगा, not आयेगा . However, both forms are acceptable in contemporary Hindi as well as here.
 * 24) Please pay careful attention to the masculine/feminine gender (and singular/plural) in adjectives and verbs, else the sentence becomes ungrammatical.

For more information/suggestions/criticisms, please contact any one of the administrators of Hindi wiki here, preferably en:User:Magicalsaumy.

This page can also be found here. Thank you,

Cygnus_hansa 00:01, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

A panel about wikipedia - sister projects
Hi, I am assembling a panel of 5 that will talk about wikipedia in general. I am planing of making of covering it in 5 topics:
 * 1) Wikimedia Foundation
 * 2) Mediawiki
 * 3) Copyrights
 * 4) General info
 * 5) Sister projects

The panel will be a part of a more general Internet conferance that will be held 21-23 December 2006 in Ankara, Turkey.

I am looking for a person to cover the "sister projects" topic. And I was told that you would be an approporate person for the job.

-- Cat out 05:03, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:Ganesh.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Ganesh.jpg. I notice the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this file yourself, then there needs to be a justification explaining why we have the right to use it on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you did not create the file yourself, then you need to specify 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 file 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 meets the criteria at Fair use, 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 files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following [ this link]. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 18:23, 4 January 2007 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Fred-Chess 18:23, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Alonso Vasquez

 * There are some problems with the article on him', which has now being put up for deletion. What is particularly needed are 3rd party sources for his work, to shown that they are recognized as notable. Anything, print or web will help, but at least an encyclopedia article is necessary. This has to be done within the next day or two to do any good. I apologize for not having the time to help   personally. DGG 23:38, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

xml 2 html help??
Hi Yann, I was directed to you by BirgitteSB. I have a query regarding converting wikipedia xml to html without using the wikimedia software suite. I have tried using the perl module Text::MediawikiFormat but it doesnt deal with some of the fiddlier bits of xml. She suggested you had directed her to some code for doing this? any help pointing me in the right direction much appreciated Jennifer 09:47, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Sanskrit Wikipedia
Hi Yann, I see that you are administrator for sa.wikipedia. There are some articles in the sa:वर्गः:Delete now. --Jorunn 16:44, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject France
Hello! We are a group of editors working to improve the quality of France related articles. You look like someone who might be interested in joining us in the France WikiProject and so I thought I'd drop you a line and invite you! We'd love to have you in our project :-) STTW (talk)  10:46, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikimedia foundation board elections.
[Elections] Hi Yann. I am backing you for the upcoming elections, and hope you win. You seem good, and hope you make it. Good luck! Christine118500 16:09, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

[WMF BOD election] Good Luck! I voted for you. Jerry 02:30, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for standing in the election - you're the only candidate I voted for. -- Jeandré, 2007-06-29t09:28z

re: Ghandi chronologies
Sorry, but the articles you references are copied directly from http://www.gandhiserve.org/ as I'm sure you're aware. While repeating a list of basic data (like statistics) would not be a copyright violation, you cannot copy entire sentences written on another Web site. You would have to write about the events in your own words. Thanks! --Spike Wilbury ♫ talk  20:32, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion
Dear Yann,
 * I'm quite surprised by your posting of this particular Wikisource on Wikipedia pages. Don't you see that the consensus is swinging my way? That what we have now is just garbage? Why don't you wait until the dispute is resolved? You seem like a rational person. But you are too quick to draw the gun and pull the trigger. I imagine you to be a cop who shoots first and asks questions later. You blocked me for three days - then you changed your mind (seeing your mistake). I hope this is another case like this. If you are fair - which I think you are because you unblocked me - than you'll undo your posting of this Wikisource.
 * Best to you, --Ludvikus 16:13, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion
Dear Yann,
 * You are still too quick I think. We have not yet established that the Wikisource is in fact this text under this title. Notice the presence of the word "Meetings." That's an important distinguishing feature. Please remove that Wikisource Template until we know with some certainty that the two items are in fact one and the same. Best to you, --Ludvikus 05:52, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Georges Dumas
A tag has been placed on Georges Dumas requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. [Jam] [talk] 10:01, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Christopher Busby
A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Christopher Busby, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Verbal  chat  17:35, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Christopher Busby
I have nominated Christopher Busby, an article you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/Christopher Busby. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Verbal  chat  19:27, 2 October 2008 (UTC)   Verbal   chat  19:27, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Request for help on Eugene O'Neill conflict
As someone who has contributed to the Eugene O'Neill article, perhaps you would be willing to look at the (rather one-sided) discussion on that article's talk page regarding Emerson7's deletion of cited materials, Ah, Wilderness NOT O'Neill's only comedy. I would like to have a Request for Comment process initiated, but must have at least one other editor to have contributed to the discussion before an RfC can be started. Thank you. Monkeyzpop (talk) 20:54, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, I see what you mean, but I don't know this author, so I can't really help. You may have better results contacting the Administrators' noticeboard. Regards, Yann (talk) 23:05, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Helen and Judith of Szony
A tag has been placed on Helen and Judith of Szony requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. StarM 00:08, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Tallahassee flag
Hello, Yann. I believe you recently removed File:Tallyflag850.jpg from Wikimedia as a copyvio. The current file is now stored locally, but still seems to be a copyvio. It's being used in the Tallahassee, Florida article. I recently had this interchange with the author:


 * "Hi, Gatorslayer. I noticed, some days ago, that the Tallahassee flag had been removed from the article by CommonsDelinker for what were felt to be copyvio problems, and that you immediately replaced it. I've finally gotten around to checking a little further, and found that you had uploaded the graphic file. Would you mind telling me where it originally came from? Thanks. Tim Ross   (talk)  21:41, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey Tim, I got it right off the Florida website , I actully forgot the name , it was a Florida website , if I am not allowed to do that , please remove it , I am not to sure , thanks. GatorSlayerFSU (talk) 01:39, 10 August 2009 (UTC)"

I would be grateful if you would take care of this issue as appropriate. Thanks. Tim Ross  (talk)  10:17, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Champs Elysees
To be honest I very much expect that it would fail in its current condition. While the size and resolution are sufficient, it has high encyclopedic value - illustrating many articles in important ways, and it is an attractive image, it also has faults. The dirt and fading in a number of the corners will count against it, as will the fingerprint in the middle. A high standard has been set for such images, and it is expected that they will be in the best condition possible, and this often means doing minor restoration work. I suggest you look at some of the restoration that User:Durova has done. I haven't had the time or ability to do so for this image, and thus have withdrawn it and left it to the side. If you're committed to restoring it, and can download and work with GIMP (a free editing software) or have Photoshop (both tend to require reasonable processing power), then I'd encourage you to talk to Durova. She is often happy to help teach the basics of restoration to users. I hope this helps! Mostlyharmless (talk) 02:32, 19 September 2009 (UTC)