Archiving policy
I will remove discussions on here that I feel are done with when I feel like it. I will mark such changes with the following summary:'''archiving''' (see history if you want to put stuff back) If you object, or feel that I've removed stuff I shouldn't, feel free to re-add it from the history. If you then comment on it mentioning that I've removed it, and asking me not to, I won't remove it again. If that kind of stuff gets beyond 32k, I'll move it to archive page(s), each of about 32k in size, and put links to them here. JesseW 09:43, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- User talk:JesseW/good old messages (some barnstars, thanks, etc. mostly from 2005)
The actual page
images
hello
- image:Coleo1(s).jpg
- image:Dessication.JPG
- image:Dune.JPG
- image:Dune1.JPG
- image:Dune3.JPG
- image:Dune4.JPG
- image:Hymenoptere2(s).JPG
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- image:SandwichDanny.jpg
This is very nice to propose your help ! As you can see, several people have helped me to gather some of the deleted already. As far as my memory goes, I had two versions of the hymenoptere, so I do not mind one being deleted. The sandwich was a present for Danny, so I think he will not miss it now (he saw it when it was relevant as a gift). So thank you very much for your help, but I think I do not need it. But I really appreciate. Anthere 23:58, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
You're Welcome
Were you by any chance editing the article on Pope Pius XII, or some other article on the Catholic Church in the twentieth century? That is a very difficult editor I was responding to, but I have an RfAr against him. Robert McClenon 11:43, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
sources namespace
Another option would be to have Wikiversity function as the central Wikimedia project for listing sources and for most discussions of the relative value of sources. Users of Wikipedia, Wikibooks, and Wikinews could cooperatively keep lists of useful sources at Wikiversity, preventing duplication of effort at various Wikimedia projects. Each Wikipedia article's talk page could link to the Wikiversity source pages that are relevant. --JWSchmidt 14:19, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
- I have no objections to that idea, but it's a much larger project than the using of direct quotes that I assume you were responding to. Let's do the smaller work first. JesseW, the juggling janitor 17:57, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
- I was commenting on this effort. I also agree with what you wrote about the utility of direct quotes in references.
Hi!
Thanks for the kind words on my talk, I think before I just forgot how many nice people there are around here! keep up the good work - Martin 10:10, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, it does get hard to remember sometimes. Feel free to drop a note on my page to chat, though. JesseW, the juggling janitor 10:12, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
Mirrors and forks
I found out that you have that "really old" mirrors and forks page. Lack of people to talk about this, is anyone active in that project? I was rather annoyed by some of those sites, but I cannot possibly manage them all by myself. So yeah. I added lots of sites today. -- WB
Cyclopaedia
Finally! Another! :) Thanks for your help. I've been going through the Cyclopaedia, page by page, adding any interesting entries or pictures, but I'm not being nearly as thorough as I should be. The comprehensive list really is needed. — 0918BRIAN • 2006-01-15 14:55
Uncat report
The report is running now, it shold be done sooner or later, and will be avialable here. Let me know if you need anything else. Cheers. --Interiot 08:34, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks! I'm (trying) to load it right now... JesseW, the juggling janitor 18:16, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
wikipedia namespace questions
I said I knew the wikipedia namespace, so heregoes(without checkin the pages):
- All naming conventions can be found on subpages of WP:Naming Coventions
- The variations can probably be found on its discussion page, as is the case with most templates
- (I don't really know wikipedia stuff outside of wikipedia, and I don't really know much about wikimedia either)
- Wikipedia:Username
--Urthogie 19:33, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
- I assume this was in regards to User:JesseW/wikipedia trivia. Good tries; your answers reflect the way things should be, if they were consistent. The actual answers are(I think):
- Wikipedia:WikiProject_Aircraft/Categories
- Category:Internal_link_templates (which sadly contains many other things as well, and has no descriptions)
- Gmane.org, specifically http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.english ; you can search for other wikipedia lists by name at http://gmane.org/find.php
- You were right; Wikipedia:Username#Deleting_your_user_account (Although it was only recently moved from a seperate page with a less obvious name).
If you want to help, making the proper links and/or redirects to connect the actual pages to where you thought they were would be great... Thanks for playing. JesseW, the juggling janitor 19:44, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
- Number 2 I actually got right, because the internal link types are on the template talk for that template.--Urthogie 20:20, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
- Indeed; I forgot to look there. You are quite right. Someone should add descriptions to that list... JesseW, the juggling janitor 20:34, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
- I got number 1 right as well..Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(aircraft)--Urthogie 20:24, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
- Not exactly. The question was about the naming of categories not of pages... ;-) JesseW, the juggling janitor 20:34, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
- Thats my biggest flaw. Impatience. You got me!--Urthogie 21:31, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
- Not exactly. The question was about the naming of categories not of pages... ;-) JesseW, the juggling janitor 20:34, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
URL for .wdb-to-.csv translator?
Is the .wdb-to-.csv translator mentioned in "User:JesseW/wdb format" available for download?
- Thanks for bugging me about that. It is now. I encourage you to ask me any questions you may have about using it; it's still quite rough. JesseW, the juggling janitor 23:59, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Re: Speedy log
I knew about Duesentrieb's CatScan, I just continually understimate it. :) Thanks for pointing out that it could do that. So maybe I'll be able to extend the prod tracker to other areas in a week or two.
Yeah, CSD, PROD etc. are less emotional. But every time we have one of these community crises, I feel like taking a break from the Wikipedia: space for a while. And this time is worse because Radiant! of all people left. Most real-life communities don't seem to have perdiodic flare-ups like this, it would be nice if we could clearly identify the root cause and do what we can to limit its recurrence. --Interiot 05:17, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
- Glad to point out the powers of CatScan. I'm amazed by it also... Re: flareups; my opinion is a lot of it has to do with our growth - I subscribe to the September that Never Ended theory; we're just getting so many more people, more edits, and so on, and the ratios of serious, sensible people vs those who are not, are getting out of wack, and making the good people go regularly crazy. Also, the impression is spreading that "Wikipedia has lots of power", i.e. that "if we allow one bad action to stand for one second, the world will come and cut off our arms". This makes people tense, and more likely to do supid things. We're a victim of our own success. That's my basic diagnosus. Why do I not leave like Radiant has? Because of the GFDL. It's free content, including (most of) the history. Every time we make one small improvement, it'll be there forever (at least as long as someone wants to keep a copy somewhere). So even if the administration is going gently (or not so gently) crazy, the content is still worth it. Sorry for the rant. ;-) JesseW, the juggling janitor 05:26, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
- Ranting in out of the way places is probably a good thing. Yeah, some flare-ups seem to be caused by a "we must fix this now" mentality on the part of a small number of admins. On the other hand, the alternative doesn't seem that much better. It seems like important policy issues 1) take a very very long time to take effect (eg. the no fair-use images in templates or userspace thing), and 2) even as slow as it is, important policy-making is sometimes clearly wrong, eg. the no-meta-templates thing where Brion finally clarified the technical issues. And both are probably caused by the Eternal September, which causes a poor signal/noise ratio. Hrm, so I guess I agree with you. So now somebody should create a userbox, "This user thinks the Eternal September has come to Wikipedia, but the GFDL makes it all okay". ;) --Interiot 19:22, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
- I see no need for userboxes, but I've added that text to my page. I don't really think we're making more bad policy than we ever have. The meta-template one is an aberation, as it's heavily tangled in tehcnical issues - we have more of a chance to get that wrong than usual. (Also, AFAIS, Netaholic has a less than concilatory manner, which doesn't help matters.) Thanks for the discussion. JesseW, the juggling janitor 04:32, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
- Ranting in out of the way places is probably a good thing. Yeah, some flare-ups seem to be caused by a "we must fix this now" mentality on the part of a small number of admins. On the other hand, the alternative doesn't seem that much better. It seems like important policy issues 1) take a very very long time to take effect (eg. the no fair-use images in templates or userspace thing), and 2) even as slow as it is, important policy-making is sometimes clearly wrong, eg. the no-meta-templates thing where Brion finally clarified the technical issues. And both are probably caused by the Eternal September, which causes a poor signal/noise ratio. Hrm, so I guess I agree with you. So now somebody should create a userbox, "This user thinks the Eternal September has come to Wikipedia, but the GFDL makes it all okay". ;) --Interiot 19:22, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
WP indexing
Thanks for your willingness to help in indexing pages. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "topical index"? is this broader than the Wikipedia namespace? or what?
Right now, I am going through Wikipedia namespace pages, and indexing them. This information could be useful to better organize the Help:Contents and other key pages. In the end, people working on Help contents are thinking of a system like Amazon or Ebay, where a smaller selection of key topics and links are on the help page, with subpages that go into more detail for particular help topics. Right now the help contents page is nearly useless to me, with the only way I find things there is by hitting CTRL+F.
Thusfar, I have started:
- Sorting the pages at User:Kmf164/Index, using a somewhat complete list of pages taken from the Jan 25 enwiki db dump. I have posted the list at User:Kmf164/WPindex-a, with the list split up alphabetically. There are nearly 14,000 pages (many are redirects).
- Weeding out all the redirect pages from the list.
- Sorting valid pages by general topic. I was planning on later organizing these general topics, hierarchically.
- Also, using the page_counter variable from the page table. I'm not entirely sure how it's calculated in the db or when/if it's reset), but page_counter gives a relative measure of popularity. Any pages on this list, I am bolding on User:Kmf164/Index and noting the page_counter value.
I don't mind others editing these pages in my namespace, or we could move these into Wikipedia:WikiProject Help. Maybe before continuing topic sorting, maybe it would help more to just weed out all the redirect pages from the list of 14,000 pages. If you can help with that, or have something else in mind that you'd like to help with, that's fine with me. Or if I didn't make myself clear in my explanation, please drop me a note. Thanks. -Kmf164 (talk | contribs) 19:46, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
- You're right about the page_is_redirect. That should work great. I've also looked over the Topical index and WikiProject pages. The topic categories you have look good and useful, and could just be updated, as needed. Thanks. -Kmf164 (talk | contribs) 00:58, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
- The list of pages is great. I can cross check it with my list (run w/o redirect pages), and determine which ones are most visited, by looking at page/cur_counter. This will be important in making the help pages more useful, by listing just these key pages up front. Then, if someone is interested in a topic area, they can go to a help subpage with a more complete list. Thanks for generating the list. -Kmf164 (talk | contribs) 03:36, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
a note from your friend
Howdy doody, yo. Makaristos 01:26, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
- Hidy ho, reed sam... JesseW, the juggling janitor 02:58, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
Wikime
Ya, that was me. How did you even catch that since I had only done a couple of edits on a random article and hadn't created a user page yet? I've been creating accounts at some of the bigger wikis, partly as a preemptive reservation of my user name, and partly because I have been investigating some of the other wikis, seeing how they operate, what sort of growth rate they have, etc. BlankVerse 08:31, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
- Recognized your name on this list. I understand their desire to require an account to view pages, but it's just going to fill their user list with fake accounts (like the two that I've already created that start with fakename). JesseW, the juggling janitor 08:47, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
Your help with the Userbox project
Thanks a lot for your extensive help with the userbox project. I'll give you an appropriate award when I get around to it. :D That said, I see you've gotten a few comments above about the messy HTML code; you may be interested to know that I'm working on regex that will automatically convert the raw HTML into {{userbox}}, like the code below. I think it's somewhat easier to understand; although the parameter names could be more informative, this can be semi-automatically adjusted later if need be. :)
{{userbox |id=<span style="color:#FFF;">foo</span> |id-s=20 |id-c=#000 |info=''foo bar'' |info-c=#FFF |info-s=12 |border-c=#000 |border-s=2 }}
foo | foo bar |
// Pathoschild (admin / talk) 09:39, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
- That looks nice; I hope you use it when you add some more ones to the list. I've just been deleting a few of the unused ones, per my statement on the proposed policy page; one thing I have not touched is removing the ones I'm deleting from the list(s). As the genius who came up with this excellent comproimise policy, could you set an example of how to handle this? :-) JesseW, the juggling janitor 09:44, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
- The regex isn't yet completed and is in the perl form; I'll enlist the help of a few other users to convert it to the .NET regex (which I think the AutoWikiBrowser uses) and the Javascript regex (which could be compiled as a javascript similar to the one you're using). Instructions and code will be provided when these are completed, which should hopefully be sometime within the week. (On a note related to my original comment, I've proposed a simplified syntax for {{userbox}} at Template talk:Userbox#Standardisation proposal.) // Pathoschild (admin / talk) 10:22, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Barnstar
He, thanks for the barnstar. It kind of made me blush. I am not used to getting such "medals". :) --David Göthberg 00:58, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
Request Advice on Rankism Article
Hi, JesseW - in response to your comments on the Rankism article, I started to add to the references. However, I have a lot of references, and it's really time-consuming for me to type these up in Wikipedia template format. Of greater worry is that I will do all that work, and some other Wikipedian with a grudge will just come and revert it. How kosher would it be to work with the people associated with the main web site to create a bibliography there (under their control) and just link to that under references?
Also, it occured to me that I could collect some syllabi where Somebodies & Nobodies has been used as coursework. A quick web search only shows recent courses, and such syllabi are probably short-lived on the web. How should that be referenced on Wikipedia?
Thanks in advance for your help. --Pansophia 00:10, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
- You are welcome to put the material elsewhere first, and merely link to it in the article; if it's a lot more work to translate it into Wikipedia form do that after other editors have had a chance to review it, and state any concerns, suggestions, or objections they may have. I'm not sure of a good way to verifiably reference course sylabi if they were not cached by the Internet Archive. But you might try there. JesseW, the juggling janitor 01:51, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks - I'll see about getting the bibliography page. Good idea about trying to find the syllabi on the Internet Archive. I'm sure some were on the web at one time, though I don't know if there's a way to find the urls. Several are on the web now. --Pansophia 05:01, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
please be civil
Please be civil. The last thing we need is another eruption of centrist egoism. ... aa:talk 07:00, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
- I thought that I was, but apparently SPUI disagreed. What I was trying to find a way to express was my view that the page SPUI was referring to was a classic example of reducio ad absurdum argument, or trolling. Read strictly, my comment was a compliment - "SPUI, you have once again successflly demonstrated your great skill in your chosen profession." But it was meant to suggest that what he had been doing by creating the template was trolling, and that is sometimes viewed as a personal attack, so I have no problem with you removing it. I assume that the mere description of the page he links to is probably quite sufficient to make it clear the validity of his question. JesseW, the juggling janitor 07:10, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks for the Barnstar. Feel free to suggest any pictures that I should consider taking, provided that it is within easy access of where I am right now. Allentchang 02:27, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
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Thank you for the Barnstar
Thanks JesseW, I am very thankful to you for awarding a beautiful and first Barnstar to me. It will help me to keep up the enthusiasm towards the work. Regards, Shyam (T/C) 07:54, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
- Delighted to do it. JesseW, the juggling janitor 08:39, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
Vandalism
No problem, and thanks for the offer of help! -- Vary | Talk 04:16, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
Thank you!
Thanks very much for my barnstar! It's nice to feel appreciated now and again! Cheers, CLW 07:54, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
Userbox barnstar
This user has been awarded a barnstar for their contributions to WikiProject Userboxes. |
- This {{User Barnstar}} was awarded to my in this edit by User:Coolgamer. I assume it was for my work in substituting userboxes. Thanks. JesseW, the juggling janitor 04:01, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
I can't get the external link to open only the cached version. Can you give it a try. I am very slowly working my way through the airports to add the Flight Supplement as a reference for all the Canadian airports. I work at the airport and have the current (every 56 days) edition. The water edition is out once a year. Another better way to check these is to go to NAV CANADA and click on METAR/TAF then enter the ICAO airport code. It will either give you the current weather or tell you that no weather is available but will give you NAVCAN's name for the station. If you enter a wrong code like BCFG it will tell you there is no airport. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 11:26, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
- Great! Thanks, for adding those references. I'll try the METAR/TAF method. I noticed you had added a reference for one of them to the Flight Supplement, I think it was Montréal/Mascouche Airport. I had been trying the NOTAM method, but had great trouble identifying what was a hit and what was a miss. (I am not a pilot, myself.) Thanks for the quick response! JesseW, the juggling janitor 11:32, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
- I not a pilot either, I produce the weather reports and provide airport information to them. Adding the references is slow because even with the AWB it's really boring. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 12:02, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
- No hurry. Thanks for making the articles. JesseW, the juggling janitor 12:04, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
- I not a pilot either, I produce the weather reports and provide airport information to them. Adding the references is slow because even with the AWB it's really boring. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 12:02, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
Image deletion tool
Hi JesseW, thank you for the code. Could you send me the modified framework (or tell me what to modify)? I'd like to try it. Another question: it's the first time I run a semi-automated tool like this, do I need a bot authorization? Thanks again.
- P.S. I tried to send you an email but it bounced back: User mailbox exceeds allowed size.
Mushroom (Talk) 21:26, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for alerting me, I have a tendency to overload my mailbox; wikien-l will do that if you fail to pick things up quickly... I'll send you the modified files. Regarding asking for bot permissions, I didn't because I didn't want the hassle, and I felt that it didn't do anything without first asking me, so it wasn't a bot, exactly. You are of course welcome to ask at WP:BOT if you wish. JesseW, the juggling janitor 00:28, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
I've reverted your changes to User:Dmcdevit, as I think they were supposed to go _below_ the line, not at top of page, blanking some of that user's text. Let me know if I was wrong about where your changes were supposed to go. Shenme 04:35, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
- No worries. Dmcdevit complained about no-one messing with his userpage for April 1st, so I volunteered; I did the blanking intentionally... No harm, no foul... JesseW, the juggling janitor 04:40, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
Re : Nice work on the April Fools PROD change
Glad to hear! Well I only had the time for two practical jokes, other than that it's back to regular work. :) - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 05:18, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
Reed
Hi Jesse,
I was referred to you by User:Dmcdevit, whom I asked about Reed, where I am thinking of applying. He said here that going to Reed was "the best possible decision [he] could have made." I thought I'd ask you for your opinion, if you're not too busy.
Is the reputation for "extreme academic workload, a sink-or-swim social ethic, and a reputation for heavy recreational drug use" (Reed College) accurate? I don't mind a "reputation as politically left-wing," but are other viewpoints encouraged and welcomed? And How did you get your parents to let you go to such a crazy place?
Thanks, TheJabberwock 04:09, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
- I think it is an excellent, if pretty tough school. The workload is still extreme, even if less than it was in past years; the claim about left-wing, like the claim about drug-use, is mainly a myth of past time - there is very little political action on campus, with some varient of libertarianism being probably the most active. The drug use thing is wildly overrated, and overdramatized. That's my short summary of the place. If you have more specific questions, feel free to ask. JesseW, the juggling janitor 19:06, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
NPOV page
I was in the middle of scrunching it down when my computer crashed. You reverted it while I was rebooting. I expect the final version will be about 15-20 lines. Light Orlanu Brecker 00:35, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
- No worries; sorry about your computer crashing. Work up to a final draft either on the talk page, or in your user space, then request comments on it on the talk page, please. I look forward to seeing it. JesseW, the juggling janitor 00:40, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
- I just put the reworked version at WP:NPOVUW. Please check it out and if anyone can scrunch it down more—have at it. The reason I put it is that I ran into someone from a religious cult (per WP less than 1000 people worldwide) who added loads of extremely POV stuff to articles and when people tried to remove it he went bananas. I checked his talk page and he regularly did that. I found the "Undue weight" section by accident but the original discussion about "extreme minority view" is so small almost no one notices it.
- You know what I mean by "target" and "stalk" in the WP community context. Are there better words that convey that without a long phrase? (and won't scare off computer newbies who might think it is referring to the physical world) Light Orlanu Brecker 01:53, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia traditions
Wow, I made that comment on User:TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa's page a long time ago... anyway, I had no idea that {{ref}} and {{note}} were deprecated, thanks for the info! I had seen {{prod}} used on various articles before but never really investigated - I'll keep these in mind; thank you :) — flamingspinach | (talk) 14:27, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
picture Ripped.jpg.
Boy, you really need some more hobbies. The pic in question is me. There is no source bc it belongs to me, and unfortunatley, unlike some on here, I have a life outside this computer, and have better things to do than be a picture Nazi on wikipedia. BTW, have you ever been laid?? Just wondering P.S. - Good job sharp-shooter ;-) I'm sure someone, somewhere appreciates your diligence. Cavell 00:47, 13 April 2006 (UTC)Cavell
- I always have, and continue to. — pd_THOR | =/\= | 06:59, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
- PD_THOR, thanks. As for the original poster - Wikipedia is not MySpace. Take your non-notable self portraits elsewhere, please. And as for the clumsy attempt at an insult... yes I have, as it happens; and in any case, one question mark is sufficient for sane people. Have a nice day. JesseW, the juggling janitor 05:43, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
deletion of article
hi Jesse,
first of all, happy eastern from a nice and sunny amsterdam. I need to know something you might know more about. I found out that an article that i am maintaining has been deleted on wikipedia by you. the problem is that i spend a considerable amount of time in it, and now i cannot even find the backup, so i can make it better according your standards. it was an article about Zirk, which is an group of friend in amsterdam which creates events w/o license or permission, and which represents a community of about 2000 people. We have website, but we cannot have this public since the events will be uncontrolable: for that reason we decided to explain what zirk means in the wikipedia.
Please tell me the reason, since we made it incl. external reference links and picture, and what i must do o get it back.
sincerly,
Dirk
- First of all, thanks for being polite and understanding about this. As it was quite short, I've pasted the content of the article below. The most obvious issue with that content is that it does not claim that many(i.e. 2000) people attend these parties, or that they have been going on for a considerable length of time(i.e. since 1990), or that they have been reported on by major media. Wikipedia is not intended to include events that are only of local interest. Also, posts on web forums are not reliable sources, particularly ones that are not viewable by the public. If Zirk has been had major media stories written on it, it may be acceptable for Wikipedia, but not otherwise. If you wish, you may recreate the article and immediately list it on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion to request discussion by Wikipedians on the merit of having the article in Wikipedia, but I suspect that it will simply be deleted again. And after an AfD, further re-creations are likely to be deleted on sight, within minutes. You might try a site listing Amsterdam dance parties, instead of Wikipedia. JesseW, the juggling janitor 05:54, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
A unexpected psychedelic trance party, appearing in and/or around Amsterdam, The Netherlands, usually shut down by local police forces.
Visitors of Zirk events are neo-hippies that are networked through a closed/secret mailinglist system.
references:
quote from this article:forum article (you'll need to be a user to read this)
RE:Image
I do know the photographer, my cousin in Oxford. I'm not sure if I can speak on his part, but I'm pretty sure he wouldn't mind if it was used on Wiki, or elsewhere for that matter.
- Thanks for responding! That helps somewhat. What is this person's name, and when and where was the image taken? I'm not trying to be hard on you, but we get a vast number of fake, or illegal, or otherwise unacceptable images uploaded to Wikipedia every day, so we do need to be careful, and make sure we have a clear trail about where the image came from. An example of an image with good information is: Image:Cincinnati-fifth-third-bank.jpg. If you have further questions, please ask me, or the nice folks at Wikipedia:Image legality questions JesseW, the juggling janitor 00:31, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
I noticed that you are keen to upload missing photographs in California. As part of a subcategorization of the requested photos category, there is now a category for California articles needing photos - to use it, just add {{reqphotoin|California}} to the article's talk page. I have only added a few articles to the category so far, but if people start populating it, it would be an easy way for people like you to see an extensive list California-related articles lacking photos. I hope you find it useful! TheGrappler 04:25, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Not actually sure where to post this, but wanted to say thanks for unblocking me. Really appreciate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knowmoore (talk • contribs) 10:26, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
- You are welcome. JesseW, the juggling janitor 23:11, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Image:BostonCorbett.jpeg and {{subst:nsd}}
I still believe it should be deleted: from the upload page, the first instruction is "The source of the file [must be listed]" or it will be deleted. Per WP:IUP Rule of Thumb step 2 "Always specify on the description page where the image came from, such as a URL, or a name/alias and method of contact for the photographer. Don't put credits in images themselves."
People get pissed at admins who don't allways follow the rules, and this is one of those places where we need to be consistant. Admrb♉ltz (t • c • log) 00:45, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
Your public watchlists
I have created a template {{Watchlistlink2}} that makes it so you can use a category as a watchlist, instead of only a user subpage. --GeorgeMoneyTalk Contribs 01:27, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
RC farm
Hi,
Thanks for your note. I think that it would be a really good idea - divide up recent changes and send them out to multiple users like a renderfarm. At the moment I'm getting into edit conflicts when I try to do RC patrol (since I don't have rollback, it takes me a lot longer) and meanwhile, some idiocy is creeping through the system.
- If RC patrol is being troublesome, I'd suggest you might find OC patrol(aka Randompage digging)(both terms I just made up) to be more rewarding. This consists of clicking Random article, reviewing the last days changes to that article, and fixing any vandalism/libel/other bad stuff that shows up. You are very unlikely to run into edit conflicts, as the choice of page is random. (I ought to hack up a user script to make this a one-click act... JesseW, the juggling janitor 17:14, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
I've noticed that some vandals are getting better at it - for example, they'll make an incorrect but sensible-looking edit, then a nonsense edit, and revert the nonsense, making it look like they've reverted their own test when the truth is that they've just added a vandalisation. - Richardcavell 02:01, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
- The answer to that trick is to use diff links that show the differences between the state before all the last editor's changes, not just the last edit. It is also useful to view a diff of all the changes in a page in the last day; this tends to make many kinds of otherwise hidden vandalism stick out. Thanks for your reply! JesseW, the juggling janitor 17:14, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
Deny recognition poll
(Note that this is a form notification.)
Hello JesseW. Since you commented on the Deny recognition proposal, this is to notify you that a formal poll has been opened concerning it. If it is accepted, it will be be used as a launching pad to amend other policies such as the deletion policy; that page itself will be marked as historical, not policy. Feel free to reread the proposal and place your vote. // [admin] Pathoschild (talk/map) 07:10, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Reminder + Suggestion
— Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 02:54, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry if I have offended you. Though not an excuse, I have been on autopilot with regards to substing templates, and reminding users to subst. See my contributions for more background information on my subst:ing rampage. I use the template because it saves me time. I am trying to efficiently complete this operation, and {{subst}} helps me accomplish it.
- As for your archiving policy, I suggested archiving because your talk page is currently over 32KB. Maybe I misunderstood your policy when I posted. If you have further questions, or feel that my apologies are unacceptable, contact me on my talk page. — Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 19:52, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
I, too, agree with your opinion about the boxes. I use the said template because it is an established standard/common template, not because I want to -- I was half-suprised (when I first saw the template) to see a box surround the warning. If I were to change it to a textual (if that's a word...) warning, I fear that I may have some backlash. Oh well. Happy editing! — Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 20:54, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for changing the templates! — Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 21:10, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
- Welcome. JesseW, the juggling janitor 21:19, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
Ottoman
Thanks, Proposal was a week old. Only remark was from someone who missed to put the tamarlane under Ottoman Empire. I belive, reason for not getting too many remarks was associated with the fact that the page is a working copy. That is my perception, given the huge set of books related with the lifestyle of ottomans (also about one of the oldest metropolitans of the world). This article is important, as it is about a mixture of east-west, (ps:clush of cultures???). I guess, the initial author wanted to brought some of that content. However, I believe that would be an huge undertake, which explains the working copy point. The content will develop slowly, if there is no palagarization. But for today, there is considerable stuff in it which qualifies it as an individual article. Why do you want to merge an Empire page, which covers so many topics and its lifestyle. If you give me your side that would be helpfull. Hope to hear from you soon. --OttomanReference 13:20, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Chewbacca Image
Hi. You're asking for a lot of information that is rarely if ever actually included in wikimedia photo uploads. Presuming the child in the photo IS myself, I have no interest in being identified.. I have no recollection of what year that photo was taken, probably I was around 12 years old, so one could guesstimate 1991-ish. I have absolutely no idea what kind of a camera it was taken with; the crappy camera I had when I was a kid, no doubt, with that weird telephone-shaped film they don't even make anymore. The guy in the costume is "Generic Disney World Employee". Pacian 15:31, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
Reference subpage?
Hi. I seem to recall you being interested in using subpages for referencing. Can you let us know at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Canada/References what became of the idea? Thanks. Jkelly 17:49, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
It's a good idea to not allow a filename like that, but did you mean to upload a book cover? Pictures like that may or may not constitute creative work on the part of the photographer, but either way, they're not ineligible for copyright. You should probably put a blank image or something there. --Rory096 07:04, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
- Fixed - I had tried to upload the correct image, but there was a bug. I thought it was a cache bug, but apprently it was not. I've (re-) uploaded the correct image now. JesseW, the juggling janitor 04:43, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
California categories tree
Hi Jesse. If you have a recent dump of the database, would you mind regenerating the list at Wikipedia:WikiProject California/categories? Thanks. P.S. It would be cool if the output had spaces instead of underscores. Mike Dillon 14:59, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
- Use m:User:Duesentrieb/CategoryTree instead. If/when the toolserver gets fixed, it provides a much better alternative. Until then... I don't have a recent copy of the database available. I may (but probably not) spend the day+ time it takes to download and parse the database to re-generate the list. Until then, try Duesentrieb's tool. Sorry about that. JesseW, the juggling janitor 04:43, 25 May 2006 (UTC)