User talk:Swid

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• Archive 1 (July 2004 – June 2006)

Contents 1 Out of all the places you've been in?! 2 Thanks! 3 College Football WikiProject 4 Thanks for Fixing My Page Formatting (Whatever That Is)! 5 Ashfall Fossil Beds 6 Smile 7 {Pinophyta} template 8 Resolution Chart 9 SGSSI Template 10 Battle of the Beams 11 Happy Hour (comic)

[edit] Out of all the places you've been in?!

I saw your travel box thing about where you've traveled to, and I see you've never been to Utah! You really should, it's better than that snobby "Colorado". Just kidding, but seriously, you should come to Utah. Okay, now I have some important questions/comments to ask/tell you:

• How did you do in the National Geography Bee in '94?
• Is it true Nebraska is as boring as watching grass die?
• Even though I have no idea who Henry Clay is, I consider him famous since he has an article on Wikipedia. So, cool, that you're related to him!

That is all...The Runescape Junkie

First off, thanks for finding my user page interesting! As to your questions/comments, here goes...

• One of my goals in life is to visit every state in U.S. I've heard the skiing in Utah is excellent; if you want an excuse to shake your fist at Colorado, blame it for existing between our states of residence.
• I answered one fewer question correctly than the individuals who won the preliminary round I was in.
• Nebraska isn't boring, as long as you manage to visit places that aren't along I-80. That being said, Nebraska is best appreciated for its sublime, understated beauty.
• It's highly probable that I'm related to other famous Americans, as about half of my ancestry arrived in the U.S. during the 17th and 18th centuries.

– Swid ^{(talk | edits)} 20:19, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for the fix to my userpage! I was busy IRL so I didn't spot it. CaptainVindaloo ^{t c e} 22:20, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] College Football WikiProject

Hello, I noticed that you have edited a College football related article. You may be interested to know that there is a college football WikiProject which you can join if you like. We would love to have you!

Yeah, I know it's a form but you can help balance out the glut of Oklahoma and Colorado fans on there. Join us, it'll be worthwile.--ChicosBailBonds 18:26, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for Fixing My Page Formatting (Whatever That Is)!

Thank you! Oh, and I-80 is pretty much boring here too, especially when you go west of Salt Lake. It's just flat and white. On the right conditions it could blind you. Thanks again!The Runescape Junkie 22:17, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and a few more things. First, the Arkansas and Arizona flags are mixed up. Second, it's not only the skiing that makes Utah, well, Utah (besides the fact that on one of the license plates it states that Utah has "the Greatest Snow on Earth"), but it's also in Southeastern Utah that's nice to see here. For example, Delicate Arch, in Arches National Park, near Moab. And there's also a lot more of the little things that make Utah, Utah. The Runescape Junkie 22:23, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ashfall Fossil Beds

Hi, I added the {{citationneeded}} to the Ashfall Fossil Beds item in the Supervolcano article. The eruption is listed among the VEI-8 eruptions, but is not listed in VEI as being a VEI-8 eruption, so that's the fact I was hoping someone could support. Is there a better way I could have marked it to make it understandable to other editors? -- Cjensen 05:27, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Ah, OK, that makes more sense now. I guess it would have been slightly clearer if the note was placed directly next to the Bruneau-Jarbidge text itself, but it's basically a matter of interpretation only.

For what it's worth, here's the only scholarly reference I could find on that particular eruption (from the Bulletin of Volcanology):

Equally, the long-lived Yellowstone-Snake River Plain "hotspot" province (Smith and Braile 1994) has an extensive ash-fall tuff record suggesting that it has experienced many tens of eruptions with volumes in excess of 250 km³ over the past 16 Ma (Perkins and Nash 2001). Volumes of associated major ash-flow tuffs have, however, only been determined for deposits of the past 8 Ma (Morgan et al. 1984; Christiansen 2001). It is likely that several large volume eruptions associated with the earlier stages of the province, between 16 and 10 Ma, remain to be identified.

So, the the Bruneau-Jarbidge eruption that produced the Ashfall Fossil Beds has not yet been assigned an VEI number; presumably it will be if/when someone gets around to investigating the event in more detail. – Swid ^{(talk | edits)} 18:09, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Smile

I'm giving these messages to everyone I know, and it's not the wrong kind of WikiLove (lol)... Cheers!

[edit] {Pinophyta} template

Hi Swid - I've changed this back to how it was before, as the text size of the new format you'd changed to was so minuscule, and the box too wide. If you want to re-do the edits, can you keep the box visually as it is (i.e., 45% page width, with two compact lines of larger text, rather than one long line of minute text) - thanks, MPF 09:00, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Resolution Chart

Jesse, Are you the original author of this resolution chart? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Resolution_chart.svg

I have some questions about this chart, and the description... "It does not accuratly reflect the screen shape (aspect ratio) of these formats, which is always stretched or squeezed to 4:3 or 16:9. The table assumes an average vertical detail loss of .75x due to interlace. The actual loss is variable due to content, motion, opinion on acceptable levels of flicker, and possible success of deinterlacing. 1920x1080i is not included because all common use of 1080i is filtered to 1440 or less."

I don't understand why interlace artifacts are discussed or factored in to this chart. It would seem to be better to reference this as a separate discussion. The resolution of HDTV is identical for interlaced or progressive scan formats for the same signal type (1920x1080 or 1280x720).

I don't understand the justification for the statement "all common use of 1080i is filtered to 1440 or less". 1080i is defined by SMPTE 274M, and is broadcast in the US using ATSC. Neither of these specifications filter the horizontal resolution to 1440. Only HDV uses anamorphic pixels to record 1440x1080 as 1920x1080. Most of the broadcast 1080i material is shot and edited with full 1920x1080 resolution equipment.

This chart has been placed on many different wikipedia pages, and I am interested in working with the author(s) to improve it.

Thank you!

Tom Vaughan Tvaughan1 19:53, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SGSSI Template

Dear Swid:

Yes it would have been natural to list the two island groups separately. I did try originally but gave up; depending on the screen width the result may appear awkward with much space between the two groups, for the text is not necessarily restricted to stay to the right of the picture. Best, Apcbg 22:11, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Battle of the Beams

What was the point in providing links to 'main' articles that actually contain less information that the article in question? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by I B Wright (talk • contribs) .

I placed the Main templates in that article for two reasons: 1) to provide readers with a clearly-recognizable link to related articles of relevance, and 2) as a subtle encouragement for editors to rectify the current situation, where, as you noted, the "main" articles are not as long as the sections in the Battle of the Beams article. I'm not confident enough in my knowledge of either radio navigation systems or of WWII UK military history to pare down the sections, merge into the narrower articles, and write an elegant summary for each of the sections myself.

If nothing else, I succeeded in having at least one person notice the situation you mentioned... – Swid ^{(talk | edits)} 19:33, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

OK. Fair comment. I'd do the job myself except I just don't have the time at present. If someone else doesn't, that may change.

[edit] Happy Hour (comic)

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Happy Hour (comic), 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:Notability). 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:Happy Hour (comic). 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. Fram 11:27, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm glad that's solved then! I have to admit that I was a bit surprised that you would have created this article (it didn't look in line with your other contributions at first glance), but I didn't look at the history more carefully. We'll see if anyone complains in the next week , and otherwise it'll be a good riddance. Fram 15:27, 16 November 2006 (UTC)