User:SemperBlotto/Talk2004

Guild of One-Name Studies

Wasw quite interested to see your entry for the Guild of One-Name Studies - I am also a member of that organisation... -- Graham ☺ | Talk 13:31, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Please don't copy and paste text from other sites. Copyright violations can get Wikipedia shut down. Rick K 07:27, Oct 31, 2004 (UTC)

Copyright status of image

Can I just check the copyright status of the image used at Knaggs? The image, I believe, comes from the Surname Atlas published by Archer Software; the CD Rom itself clearly states on the back "© Archer Software, 2003", and the census information they use is Crown Copyright and therefore not fair use. Do you know what the copyright status is for the image? I'm noit trying to make your ewxperience hard at wikipedia, I'm just trying to make sure wikipedia doesn't get sued. -- Graham ☺ | Talk 02:48, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Excellent news! -- Graham ☺ | Talk 21:38, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Knaggs, VfD

VfD is part of the deletion policy, and you can read details there. Basically at this point an admin who has not voted on the article will review the discussion and decide whether it should be deleted. Since there are 6 keep votes, and 4ish delete votes, there's no danger of deletion (it requires a "rough consensus" usually interpreted to be ~2/3 majority to delete). Sometimes the review process lags a bit, since VfD is such a huge process, so eventually an admin will get to it, review it, archive the discussion, and remove the VfD notice from the page. If it doesn't happen within a few more days, you could probably ask an administrator if they could do it, since its a pretty straightforward keep. Anyways, happy Wikiing in the meantime (: —siro χ o 09:03, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)

Nettleden

Nettleden used to be a hamlet in Buckinghamshire, bfore becoming a village in Hertfordshire. Please stop adding it to Category:Villages in Buckinghamshire. -- Graham ☺ | Talk 18:08, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Bias

I'd like your opinion at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration. Thanks. Chameleon 12:24, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Adam Margolin

I disagree that the above article is a speedy deletion candidate. Unless I'm mistaken, nowhere on the CSD page does it say that notability can be a reason for speedy deletion. TBH, I don't know anything about this person. Glancing quickly, I would probably say that he is notable, since so many books have been published under his name. However, if you still have reason to believe that he is not notable, you should add him to VFD. Thanks. -Frazzydee|✍ 05:08, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Stamp images

Hi, some great stamp pics you're uploading! BTW, after some agonizing, I decided I went the wrong way in scanning stamps on white background; although the effect of a physical stamp on the page next to the text is appealing, thin black frame seems to be the universal standard, and the perfs become invisible if the paper is very white. See Labuan for my first scan in the new way, see how it compares. Stan 21:25, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Colston

Ah, beautiful stuff on Edward Colston, thanks very much. I am now putting it in...I was lacking somewhat in the specifics of his life and that's just what I was looking for. Will acknowledge you in the update comment.

Wikifun round 4

Hi, I noticed that you competed in a previous round, so I just wanted to tell you that Round 4 of the Wikifun trivia quiz is now running... -- Eugene van der Pijll 22:41, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Willie Copp

I have listed this page on WP:VfD. Could you please sign your entries in the future? Thanks! --timc | Talk 19:25, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

delete template

Heya, just a tip: Instead of {{delete}} you can use {{del}}. Similarly, {{db|reason}} instead of {{deletebecause|reason}}. --fvw * 23:01, 2004 Nov 27 (UTC)

International style

Hello Knaggs, Yes, I got it from E.H. Gombrichs' The story of Art , which is fairly authoritative. It's mentioned just before the Wilton Diptych if you've a copy to hand. It's refered to in that book as having a captial "I" unlike the international style you are refering to. Here's another reference: http://www.bartleby.com/65/x-/X-IntlstylArt.html

International style, continued

Your right there already is a link, I'll through what I have in the "International style (art)" into "International Gothic" . I've seen the "International style" used to refer to "International Gothic" enough times though, I reckon, to justify the reference on the Disambiguation for "international style". I'll put "International style (art)" as a redirect. I'm new to wikipedia, so is what I've suggested appropriate?

Page clearance

Sadly, if the IP that vandalized your page is blocked, it will hit a lot of other people (like me). Such is life. All we can do is monitor the IP and try to prevent the corruption spreading elsewhere. Noisy | Talk 12:21, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC)

Chemistry

Both of those pages were essentially valueless duplicates; they're now both redirects to decently written articles. -- Seth Ilys 19:22, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the additional [Hot Air Balloon Festivals] Link :) weide 22:01, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)

WikiThanks

Here's a little flower to say WikiThanks for all the speedy deletion tagging I've seen you perform. Keep up the good work. Mgm|^(talk) 09:33, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)

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 1000 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 "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" 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 [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

OR

Option 2

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|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 "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". 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)

Good effort...

...on the Garston categorisation. The article was barely 10 mins old! (And I should have though of it myself). Icundell 18:08, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)

CSD

Please read WP:CSD. NPOV is not a SD criterion. --fvw * 08:30, 2004 Dec 20 (UTC)

Also, surprisingly "not in english" isn't a CSD either, just stick a {{notenglish}} on it (Not that it was a problem in this instance as there were sufficient other reasons for it being a CSD). --fvw * 22:53, 2004 Dec 20 (UTC)

OK - thanks for pointing that out.

And also thanks for pointing out <nowiki></nowiki>

Jeff Knaggs 22:57, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I did? Gosh, aren't I wonderful today? *grins* --fvw * 22:59, 2004 Dec 20 (UTC)

Posting on my blog isn't a CSD either I'm afraid. --fvw * 13:12, 2004 Dec 29 (UTC)

Fischer projection for D-threose and D-erythrulose

Wish granted: Threose, Erythrulose.

so long,

Delta G 03:42, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)