User talk:ArthurWeasley
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[edit] Go for it...........
Arthur, Firs and I hereby pass you the wikibaton to nominate Compy.cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 08:28, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
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| For your tons of work on Featured Article Compsognathus, including hundreds of edits and a beautiful image. Thank you so much for your contributions. Firsfron of Ronchester 09:06, 15 March 2007 (UTC) |
Also: is your artwork really going to be on television?! That would be really awesome. Firsfron of Ronchester 09:06, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- I guess you are a man of few words. Congratulations! That is very cool. Firsfron of Ronchester 17:02, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Venus
HI, re the recent anon changing orbital changes to Venus, I didn't get a response to a question placed on his/her talk page, so reversion was the right thing to do. Regards, — BillC talk 21:19, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] RFC/discussion of article sulla
Hello, ArthurWeasley. As a prominent contributor to sulla, you may want to be aware that a request for comments has been filed about it. The RFC can be found by the article's name in this list, and the actual discussion can be found on Talk:sulla, in case you wish to participate. Thank you for your contributions. -- Nick 15:22, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] It is a theory
Since i do not want to break the 3 RR rule I will leave it be but know this, Evolution is just a theory, it has both evidence for it and against it which is why is not fact. So please do not do anything like this in the future. Thank you. --Peace237 22:24, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Archaeopteryx
On your last two edits, it seems that you were trying to add a ref and then accidentally delete all edits since yesterday including two entire sections. ArthurWeasley 00:56, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, luckily Mgig corrected it. I'm not sure what happened, as I wasn't reverting to an earlier version, and wasn't even looking at an earlier version. Might have been some sort of database error. At any rate, thanks for catching it. Best, Firsfron of Ronchester 01:00, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Federer Photo
This image was provided to my website by another contributing photographer. I was wrong to authorize it being added to Commons as I am not the true copyright holder. He has not authorized it's use by Wikipedia in anyway and it needs to be removed promptly from any and all usage other we shall both initiate litigation promptly.Dannyg3332 19:49, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Can you please advise me on how to insert the copyright violation tag ? I will apply it to all the appropriate images.Dannyg3332 20:35, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] RFA Thanks
| Thanks for your support on my Request for adminship, which was successful, with votes of 49/0/0.
Lemme know if you need help on something I might know a little something about....(check my userpage). |
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| cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 14:03, 28 March 2007 (UTC) |
[edit] Adminship?
Hey Arthur,
Has anyone ever asked you if you're interested in requesting Adminship? I ask because I see you often reverting vandalism, so the tools might be useful. Plus, you're a trusted user, and well-liked by the community. If you were interested, I would nominate you in a heartbeat. Just something to consider. Best wishes, Firsfron of Ronchester 20:32, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- Hi Firs, thanks for asking, but no, I do not wish to become an admin yet. Too much work, I think, and I do not feel knowledgeable enough about all the intricacies of wiki policy. Besides, I am still a "newbie" having started editing on August 2006 with just a bit over 3000 edits (you have 10 times more). Cheers. ArthurWeasley 20:56, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- Understood. If you ever change your mind, let me know. I don't think the policies are truly difficult to grasp, eight months of editing has been judged as more than qualifying, and your 3000 significant edits are perhaps more helpful than my 30,000 minor spelling corrections. Still, it's obvious you don't "feel" ready, and maybe you never will. Not everyone wants to become an admin, and that's ok: as you point out, it can be a lot of work. I just didn't want the offer to never have been made, you know? Best, Firsfron of Ronchester 21:47, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you for the compliments, Arthur. I agree with you that these articles would be in bad shape without the "backbone" of editors who have put in so much work: Spawn, Cas, Dinoguy, JSpencer, yourself, and a handful of now-absent editors. It's been great working with everyone. Firsfron of Ronchester 22:19, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- Understood. If you ever change your mind, let me know. I don't think the policies are truly difficult to grasp, eight months of editing has been judged as more than qualifying, and your 3000 significant edits are perhaps more helpful than my 30,000 minor spelling corrections. Still, it's obvious you don't "feel" ready, and maybe you never will. Not everyone wants to become an admin, and that's ok: as you point out, it can be a lot of work. I just didn't want the offer to never have been made, you know? Best, Firsfron of Ronchester 21:47, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks
Thanks for the kind words about the new portal. I'm glad you liked it... :) I did consider creating both the sections you mentioned, but didn't for a couple of reasons - For the "In the news section", you have to have a link to Wikinews, which unfortunately doesn't have a private section for dinosaurs, only science. Dinosaurs aren't in the science section that often anyway, so that would mean we would have to create our own news for the portal - The way I created it was that it needed almost no maintainence whatsoever - the edition of this section would only increase that. Now for the DYK section - We've created all the dinosaur articles on the List of Dinos, & most other subjects have been created also, so I doubt there would be much action in that area. The only option there would be to have a selection of DYKs created for each article, & then have a sort of low maintainence system running much like the selected picture & article sections... Thanks again, your comments are appreciated & I'll see if we can add that DYK section in the future as that would be a great addition... :) Spawn Man 06:41, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Sorry
Please do not put movie screenshots in taxoboxes, especially when you are replacing perfectly valid images like what you did on Mesothelae, Edaphosaurus, Gorgonops and elsewhere. According to the license fair use rationale, these images can only be used for identification and critical commentary on the film and its contents, so they belong to the popular culture section of the article where the apparition of the animal in the film is described. Thank you.
- Yeah, sorry about that. I didn't know because I'm a new user, and I still have a lot to learn. But thanks for telling me anyways. Radical3 15:59, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
