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Partial solution to rampant deletionism by Jimbo Wales.	Why Wikipedia Must Jettison Its Anti-Elitism by Larry Sanger.
The Great Failure of Wikipedia by Jason Scott Sadofsky.
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To do:
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Contents 1 ARCHIVED 1.1 NASA stuff 1.2 A quick note to say thanks 1.3 Thanks for your work on the Jew template 1.4 Nice work, and thanks 1.5 Defender of the Wiki Barnstar citation 1.6 Steve Dalkowski 1.7 Colditz Castle 1.8 Signature 1.9 User page improvements 1.10 Van Impe 1.11 You have been nominated 1.12 Nice work! 1.13 Wikimania 2006 1.14 St. John's College High School 1.15 Images 1.16 Thanks 1.17 ALF, now with added ALF 1.18 Love Don't Copy That Floppy 1.19 Image:Alkivar-003-TWEAKED.jpg 1.20 Cool 1.21 Paul Oakenfold 1.22 young orphaned images 1.23 Gorgeous Userpage! 1.24 Excellent User Page Award 1.25 Any chance of some help? 1.26 Esperanza User Page Award 1.27 WikiLove! 1.28 Barnstar 1.29 Barnstar 2 RECENT 2.1 i'm back... and i'm madder than hell! 2.2 Audio problem. 2.3 Colditz castle 2.4 The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XIII - March 2007 2.5 Tsk tsk tsk... 2.6 April 1 2.7 Unspecified source for Image:Ceilingjimbobv3.png 2.8 April Fools 2.9 Blocking of Seraphim Whipp

[edit] ARCHIVED

[edit] NASA stuff

I'd be willing to scan just about all of the NASA stuff if it's really only 500 pages or so. Do you want me to send it back when I am done? I was thinking some of the documents might be better OCR'd and converted to wikitext articles, if they are predominantly textual. My scanner can scan up to legal size. For anything larger, I have a hand scanner that scans a path 4 inches wide, can stitch those scans together for larger images. please delete my email address when you are done with it. Pedant 17:54, 2004 Oct 16 (UTC)

pages are in the mail you should recieve them soon. Alkivar 04:18, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)

The package of NASA material has arrived. It appears to have survived the trip well. I haven't opened it yet, will try to start tonight.Pedant 22:34, 2004 Oct 26 (UTC)

I'm stuck for a bit on scanning, the computer the scanner is connected to has had the RAM removed, I'm waiting to get it back from Kingston. They received it on the 22nd of November, so I expect it back in a matter of days. Pedant 07:23, 2004 Nov 29 (UTC)

OK, I have the scanner running, trying to figure out the OCR thing. I uploaded this one file for test purposes. I'd like to convert this kind of thing to wikitext rather than keep them as jpgs, cause they get pretty big. If you know of any resources to help me figure out optical character recognition, I'd be grateful. Pedant 22:12, 2004 Dec 29 (UTC)

all right, I have worked a bit at it,and looks like I'm started. The front page for the archive, at present is at this page on wikisource Pedant 06:55, 2004 Dec 30 (UTC)

EXCELLENT! Alkivar 01:24, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

You been doing any more with those NASA Facts papers? Sorta curious as I havent heard anything in a while. ALKIVAR™ 01:02, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

yes, I have taken a break on that, I'm working on getting a faster scanner, but I will definitely follow through on the whole pile. I'm really busy these days so faster is really gooder... gotta run, let me know when you get back from your break. Pedant 02:18, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

some of this ... seems to be missing, but I don't know why. They've moved a lot of stuff from wikisource to en.wikisource, but some it is missing. I've been real busy, haven't worked on it in like a year? User:Pedant 05:33, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A quick note to say thanks

I just wanted to drop you a quick note to thank you for your support in my request for adminship. It was certainly a wild ride, and I really appreciate you taking some time out to contribute. ClockworkSoul 16:26, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your work on the Jew template

I know it's a bit frustrating now, but in the end I think it's going to be vastly improved, and most of the credit goes to you. Jayjg | (Talk) 02:54, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nice work, and thanks

I just wanted to thank you for coming up with the idea for the The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar, which evolved into the finest (and in my opinion highest) award that we have here at the 'pedia.

Oh, and by the way (for what it's worth) I like your orange sig and the associate image. It adds a bit of flavor to sometimes bland pages. – ClockworkSoul 14:07, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Defender of the Wiki Barnstar citation

Kudos on inventing the Defender of the Wiki Barnstar. Since I think defense of Wikipedia is extremely important, I've edited the DOTWB page to include their citations and supporting evidence. In fact, the only award I can't find supporting evidence for is... um... yours. Could you link it in when you get the chance? Thanks! Alba 00:45, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I dont have one... I never self award. :)  ALKIVAR™ 01:07, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Steve Dalkowski

Thank you for your FAC support and for updating the table, looks good! Is it Hardcore dance music you're into or that horrible Hardcore Rap stuff they play on MTV? There's very, VERY few of us hardcore dance music fans in the US :) Zerbey 18:39, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Colditz Castle

Impressive work on the Colditz Castle. I enjoyed reading the article. StRay 20:39, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Your quite welcome :)  ALKIVAR™ 20:41, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Signature

Thanks for voting in my RfA - but please don't use images in signatures! They are unnecessary server load. See [[WP:~~~~]]. r3m0t ^talk June 30, 2005 20:28 (UTC) (reply here)

What are the size restrictions for signatures, anyhow? I've been considering using one myself. —RaD Man (talk) 1 July 2005 01:20 (UTC)

For the record i've had this conversation with the dev's ... the image is on commons, not on the en server. The server load is therefore negligible. Or at least thats the conclusion we came to. As for the other reasons listed, it neither interferes with line height nor blinks... I think you worry too much :)  ALKIVAR™ 1 July 2005 06:45 (UTC)

Well, I trust the devs. OK then. r3m0t ^talk July 1, 2005 07:07 (UTC)

[edit] User page improvements

LOL! Thank you for "improving" [1] my user page. — brighterorange (talk) 01:17, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Van Impe

Your addition of audio to the Jack Van Impe article rocks my world. - Jersyko talk 03:04, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] You have been nominated

You have made a positive impact on Wikipedia, and I firmly believe sysop privileges would only enhance your contribution abilities. If you do not mind, I have taken it upon myself to nominate you for adminship on this hallowed occassion. Please see Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/nominate#What_to_do_if_you_are_nominated: should you wish to accept, as there have been some changes to the RFA process as of late. Best regards, Hall Monitor 22:42, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nice work!

Hey, dude. Just wanted to say that I really enjoyed reading Don't Copy That Floppy. Nice job, and keep up the good work!--Sean|Black 04:46, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimania 2006

Firstly, enjoy your Wikibreak; come back clear-headed and ready to edit! Second, I noticed you live in New England, and are a DJ (awesome!), and wondered if you've heard of Wikimania 2006, which is happening right here in our fair city of Boston. I know it's a few hours' drive from where you are, but if you could participate in IRC chats, or volunteer to help with Wikimania, we'd really appreciate it. I enjoy working with you, and look forward to seeing you in the future. Happy wikibreak, Mysekurity 02:44, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

P.S. I love the userpage! 02:44, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] St. John's College High School

Fantastic work on the St. John's College High School article, it looks wonderful! Bahn Mi 21:37, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Images

Thank you for the additions of pictures of the Bendix and Thompson tropies! KillerChihuahua^?!? 13:09, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

I dispute your unsourced assertion that you ever sit on your "lazy ass"! If you expect such controversial claims to remain unchallenged, you should not use such a recognizable sig! No one even has to check your contribs to see that is a deliberately false and misleading statement. I am deeply disappointed in you for attempting to push this unsupported minority POV. KillerChihuahua^?!? 13:17, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for fixing my ugly user page! I really appreciate it. I had tried to make it look nice, but I just couldn't figure it out! Thanks!Reggaedelgado 19:51, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] ALF, now with added ALF

Here's a barnstar for converting me to ascii and HTML they are fantastic, thanks. I spent three hours this week trying to find just an ascii version, so I am delighted to have these in user space. Big smile on my face now, thanks. --Alf ^melmac 11:31, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Love Don't Copy That Floppy

Funny shit, I wish I still had one of the posters (the one with a swashbuckling floppy) that they sent out to universities during that campaign so I could up it to commons. Also, excellent work on the many aspects of warez (it's refreshing to see well written articles by people who have a clue). Nice userpage, too, 'cept the whole spiel about being conservative ;-P (at least you aren't a GWB fanboy). --Dragon695 18:48, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Alkivar-003-TWEAKED.jpg

I have a question about the above mentioned picture. You state it was taken by Utopium Photography, yet you claim to be the copyright holder. If this picture was not taken by you, but you are the subject the photographer has to release the copyright to you. Just like wedding photos, the married couple do not hold any copyrights, or infact any rights to the photos. Mike _{(T C)} 23:30, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Dude... you have absolutely no idea what the hell your talking about. In the US, works for hire cannot be registered for copyright by the creator. See this pdf:

Under the 1976 Copyright Act as amended (title 17 of the United States Code), a work is protected by copyright from the time it is created in a fixed form. In other words, when a work is written down or otherwise set into tangible form, the copyright immediately becomes the property of the author who created it. Only the author or those deriving their rights from the author can rightfully claim copyright.

Although the general rule is that the person who creates a work is the author of that work, there is an exception to that principle: the copyright law defines a category of works called “works made for hire.” If a work is “made for hire,” the employer, and not the employee, is considered the author. The employer may be a firm, an organization, or an individual.

Note the section in bold. Nuff said.  ALKIVAR™ 19:27, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cool

Cool userpage you've got! Gerard Foley 01:17, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Paul Oakenfold

I agree that the way I worded it, it sounded like he mixed his own records. I sat there for a few minutes trying to peice together a sentence that would be both grammatically correct and convey the correct message. "Not only did Oakenfold produce records, but he also mixed them." A few too many modifiers. The words but and also are both redundant but without them the sentence is screwed. Perhaps, "Oakenfold even mixed the records he produced for others" or something of the ilk? drumguy⁸⁸⁰⁰ - speak? 02:05, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

By the way, wonderful userpage. Did you develop it or did you copmod a template? drumguy⁸⁸⁰⁰ - speak? 02:06, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

I subst'd some of the templates... and modified them to match the theme (the GFDL only and the Userpage templates) the rest I developed by hand. I'd be glad to give you any help you need developing one of your own if you'd like.  ALKIVAR™ 21:47, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] young orphaned images

I think you were the one who asked a little while ago for a report of young orphaned images? Here it is. Let me know if any tweaks are needed. --Interiot 23:02, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gorgeous Userpage!

Yours is the nicest userpage I've seen, in browsing several hundred. Nice work! Waitak 10:19, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Excellent User Page Award

[edit] Any chance of some help?

I'm a bit disapointed by my photo of a print, it was under glass, no lighting, so the flash is a problem, I tried to photoshop out as much as I could but I wondered if you had a program that could level out the background white as it gets real grey away from the centre. pretty please? :) --Alf ^melmac 22:19, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

I did my best to level out the flash, I also corrected the angular distortion so the frame around the sketch looks square now. I also reduced it to greyscale as color needlessly increased the file size for this image. If this is not what you wanted feel free to revert my changes.  ALKIVAR™ 22:53, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

You run a fast and efficient ship there Alkivar :) I've just been appreciating it high res and zoomed in, that's a great improvement. Thanks. --Alf ^melmac 23:14, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza User Page Award

[edit] WikiLove!

Get it? A chocolate bar for Alkivar? Anyhow, keep up the great work, you've contributed a lot to Wikipedia. :D (another ackward attempt at comedy by TBCΦtalk?)

Thats such a dorky joke... but it made me smile ... thanks for the thought.  ALKIVAR™ ☢ 18:42, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

A well deserved barnstar for you, for your creation of the List of units using the B-26 Marauder during World War II. It helped me get rid of some red links on my own pet project...List of United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons. Cheers--Looper5920 10:25, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

Been meaning to give you one of these for a while now. I think I have agreed with you on 99% of every Wikipedia discussion we have both participated in, even on the really controversial ones that I am often in the minority of. It's good to know someone else in the project shares my views on so many topics. VegaDark 04:34, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RECENT

[edit] i'm back... and i'm madder than hell!

Sees edit summary, comes over, pokes with stick, says "Welcome Back", runs away. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 01:11, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Audio problem.

I've recorded two audio pronunciations. One I did in the standard Windows sound recorder before converting it to .ogg with an online utility. The other was recorded and exported from Audacity. Do you have any idea why my VLC Media Player refuses to play the Audacity-created file? Did I do something wrong when I exported it? - Mgm|^(talk) 09:35, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

What settings did you have Audacity set to when you exported the file? A little more information is needed to ID the problem.  ALKIVAR™ ☢ 19:42, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

• I used the Wikipedia-recommended setup: 44100 Hz, 43 or 45 kbs and mono before I recorded the file. I didn't get any export options. (Please leave a quick note on my talk page directing me here, I almost overlooked your answer.) - Mgm|^(talk) 13:13, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Colditz castle

We have been discussing about the size of the Colditz castle at Talk:Colditz_Castle#New project and we have come to the conclusion that it should be split into several articles (described in the discussion). I would like to know if you agree with the split. I know that you are the main author of this article and that you put a lot of effort into it. Please do not consider this proposed split as an attempt to destroy your work. I think that splitting the article will make each part more readable and make the information they provide more useful. Please leave your comments on the talk page.Cowpriest2 01:45, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XIII - March 2007

The March 2007 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.

This is an automated delivery by grafikbot 18:28, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tsk tsk tsk...

[2]. Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:14, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] April 1

Nice one! When does Jimbo pop up? :-) — Alex^(T|C|E) 09:29, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, removed, darn. :-( — Alex^(T|C|E) 09:31, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unspecified source for Image:Ceilingjimbobv3.png

Thanks for uploading Image:Ceilingjimbobv3.png. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, then you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, then their copyright should also be acknowledged.

As well as adding the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self-no-disclaimers}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Fair use, use a tag such as {{fairusein|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use. See Wikipedia: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 Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 09:29, 1 April 2007 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Yonatan ^talk 09:29, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

 ;) Yonatan ^talk 09:29, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Party pooper! feel free to delete it now... its had its moment of glory.  ALKIVAR™ ☢ 09:30, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] April Fools

OK, you've had your fun. Now please stop.--cj | talk 09:37, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

You'll note i've been reverting myself after about 2 minutes whenever I do an april 1st gag. But whatever... i'll stop.  ALKIVAR™ ☢ 09:40, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Honestly, I think some degree of this should be permitted (even embraced) on April 1, as it is on much of the Internet, but apparently that's not a majority view. The Jimbo image made me laugh :) -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 09:43, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

How kind of you to self-revert your disruptive vandalism. Thanks for stopping. —David Levy 10:11, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Reverting changes made to CSS files has, due to caching, no effect. Any user who visited the site between 9:01 and 9:03 will have to live with unreadable references and pink infoboxen for several days. —Ruud 12:06, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Blocking of Seraphim Whipp

Having seen the Request For assistance on Serphim Whipp's Talk page I had a look through the diffs of both your talk page and that of the Cluck-U chicken AFD page; after having done this I believe you should reconsider the reasons for which you deemed it necessary to impose a block. The reason for this is that your Comment left on the Cluck-U Chicken AFD page did constitute a personal attack as outlined by WP:ATTACK. Therefore it is not unreasonable for an appology to be requested from you. Also Concerning the reverts to your talk page, after having looked at the history, i can see only 3 Reverts, which by my reading of the WP:3RR is acceptable; for it states "An editor must not perform more than three reverts, in whole or in part, on a single page ". Again I further request that you reconsider the reasons for which you blocked her, or at least further outline them, either here, my, or Seraphim Whipp's talk page. Aaron Hugh Brown 23:54, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

And I must agree. Admin tools are not for your personal use in order to get the upper hand. This comment is not acceptable and while Seraphim Whipp shouldn't have reverted your page, you shouldn't have blocked as a violation of WP:3RR. There was no violation. There was also no warning of violating the 3RR. You are welcome to comment, but I'm tempted to unblock. - auburnpilot talk 00:09, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

After much review, I ultimately declined the unblock request as the user was clearly in the wrong to edit war over another user's talk page. - auburnpilot talk 01:43, 2 April 2007 (UTC)