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[edit] Asterix and Cleopatra
Will do. Unfortunately, a synopsis from the back of the book actually can't be added here, as it is a copyright violation. But I will fix up the content there now right away. Thanks and welcome. Christopher Parham (talk) 06:46, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
- It looks alright to me now. Christopher Parham (talk) 06:51, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
- The main problem with the copyrights, as I understand it, is that the license used by Wikipedia, the GFDL, allows for free modification of the content. We can't assume that the publishers of the book have released the content of the blurb under this license or an equivalently acceptable free license; indeed, they probably haven't done so, since they would want to protect their text from undesirable or unflattering parodies, etc. Reasonable quotes from the blurb would be admissable but certainly not the entirety of it. I am not a lawyer, however; see Wikipedia:Copyrights for more detailed information. Christopher Parham (talk) 07:03, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] India related links
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Please use edit summaries and Show preview button more often, Welcome!! --Gurubrahma 04:17, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Greetings
Holi greetings. --Bhadani 11:39, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sukhdev
Re. your changes in this articles, google says that Saunders was not a Superintendent but an Asst Superintendent. The superintendent and the person who was responsible for the death of Lala Lajpat Rai was Scott. Tintin (talk) 11:09, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hello from a junior
Hello. I don't think I know you, but I am currently pursuing B. Tech at Nirma. What year did you pass out? - Aksi_great (talk) 17:12, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
- Also noticed the nice edits on Ahmedabad. Please continue and also try to add more information to the article. Some things which are lacking are noted on the talk page of the article. - Aksi_great (talk) 17:24, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Morituri te salutant
I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Morituri te salutant, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Importance). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:Morituri te salutant. If you remove the {{dated prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. --24fan24 04:40, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- I'll change it to a afd tag so we can let the community decide.
- Please share your opinion on the article here
[edit] Asterix languages
I'm revert your last change to Asterix - While some have been translated into Latin (22) and Ancient Greek (actually Attic Greek - the modern version of Ancient Greek -- only has 4 volumes translated), the languages mentioned as having "most" albums translated (including modern Greek) have at least 30 (90%) of the albums translated -- several other languages have more than 22 translations btw ... I will add esperanto (5) to the first list though, as one to show the scope of interest ^_^ ... --Invisifan 23:30, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
- you need to be careful editing large articles, depending on a number of factors (apparently aggravated by the Google toolbar if you use it) the article can be cut short accidentally ... As to the actual edit -- better ... I really don't think moving Latin, etc to the bottom of the paragraph is the best though ... "Some of the albums are also available in ... " could include about 60 languages and there's really no reason to pick one over another -- where it was it indicated the vast diversity of the translations (essentially dead languages dating to the period the stories are set in, through modern artificial languages)... Also (while I understand the desire) including hindi (6 albums) essentially opens the door for every modern language a few albums have ever been translated too: Turkish (30, Korean (24) & Farsi (8) have as good or better claim ... My criteria for the language list was more than 90% (ie. 30 albums) so Turkish should probably be in it (I'll add it actually -- Indonesian has the same number) ... Think about it.--Invisifan 10:28, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- Okay, I think the original placement is best, but I see your point about the wording .. I've changed that slightly for clarity - does that make more sense? --Invisifan 11:23, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Asterix templates
First point: the template INCLUDES the category, so I'm reverting your separations of the two -- it's redundant. Secondly I'm not sure I agree about splitting the template in two ... for one thing the films that are not strictly based on single books like Asterix the Gaul, Asterix and Cleopatra and Asterix in Britain all have "book of the film" albums, and therefore still belong in the template - for another it seems divisive to have multiple Asterix temples - why not one-stop shopping? give the books options of checking the movies & vice versa --Invisifan 10:51, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
- The only films without novelizations are Asterix the Gaul, Asterix and Cleopatra and Asterix in Britain which were adapted closely enough that no novelization was required... (they also have no articles other than the Albums as well). I can modify the template to put things into that correct category, that's not a problem, just a bit of work -- I'll do it later today. Your category goes to edit because there's no actual page reference for it even though things refer to it... --Invisifan 17:29, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Asterix recurring images
with them the way they were all 3 Main characters were consistently thumbnails ... when they aren't thumbnails Asterix' & Obelix' images are not transparent (as the rest are) and Obelix' image is much too big.--Invisifan 22:44, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Asterix' & Obelix' sizes look better (but you made Dogmatix larger - and in GIF format he won't resize well - particularly smaller). The transparency issue with Obelix is that his image has a background (white, so not everyone will notice, but not everyone uses white as a background colour). I don't really care where the image comes from, just that it's representative of the character. Paint is inferior, but there are many options without going to overpriced options like Photoshop -- in any event I can fix it if you like, I'm just hesitant to replace most existing images unless I feel really strongly about it. by the way I'd leave the pirates as thumb - for 2 reasons: (1) they have backgrounds, so the border is more appropriate, and (2) it allows a caption so you can indicate who's who.--~~
- explaining it... well, there are 2 ways to do it, and it only really works for GIF and PNG image formats... you can mark a colour as transparent in the image when you save it (GIF or PNG) -- it's crude, but effective enough if the image is sufficiently clean (Irfanview (a freeware image viewer) can save like that and even PAINT is adequate to do clean up (though it can be tedious) ... the better method (PNG only) is to use alpha-channel transparency but you need good graphics software for it (Photoshop does it of course, but Paint Shop Pro is more affordable, or the GIMP is free, and there are others) ... Anyway there are dozens out there on the web or I can make a custom one in a few minutes (I just, as I said, hesitate to replace existing images)--Invisifan 10:02, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
