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-SpuriousQ (talk) 02:19, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Miami Image

Thanks for the heads up, you can go ahead and fix it. Sorry, I'm not logged in, I'm at work. -- 63.251.157.162 18:49, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clough's pic

Just curious about why you removed it from the Modern History section of the Georgia Tech site, since it does mention a few words about Dr. Clough. —Gintar77 23:13, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Someone added a picture of the campus there, and his picture no longer within the section. I'm thinking of going back and moving the new picture somewhere else in the article; perhaps a panorama at the beginning of the campus section would look nice. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 23:18, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Okay, how's that? We now have a nice panorama on the "campus" section and Funk Masta G. Wayne is back where he belongs. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 23:39, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

By the way,

I see that you're a student at Georgia Tech! I thought I'd let you know about WikiProject Georgia Tech, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Georgia Tech. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks and related articles. Thanks! —Disavian (talk/contribs) 23:41, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GT Navbox Template

Didn't know who to ask about this, but I know you're really involved in WP:TECH, so I'll give it a shot. I noticed that the Georgia Tech pages do not have a generic navigation box for the university, and I decided to try my hand at developing one. I just don't know where I'd go about asking permission to place them on all the appropriate GT pages. Right now, I'm testing it out in my sandbox. Would love to hear any suggestions/comments and what I should do next. Thanks!—Gintar77 10:34, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

I'd be the one to ask :) It looks good, but you can't use the institute seal on it, because it's considered "fair use." Beyond that, I'd also like to include History of Georgia Tech, List of Georgia Institute of Technology alumni, List of Georgia Institute of Technology faculty, and maybe even Georgia Tech in popular culture. I'm not sure what category they'd fit into, though. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 14:01, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

I think you meant it violates "fair use". But why? Wouldn't it qualify as fair use for the same reasons you state on the image page, especially since the nav box would (and should) only be used on a GT-related page? I removed the logo for the time being, though.

Also, I included a new category, "People and History" where I put the links you suggested. I moved Funk Masta G. Wayne down to this section and added Georgia Tech traditions to this section as well (had it on before, but got lost in one of my edits). —Gintar77 17:14, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Okay, maybe "violates" isn't the word I was looking for. Fair use images are generally discouraged on en-wiki, and I'd prefer to avoid using one in a template on a lot of articles if I can avoid it. It would make/will make featured article promotion harder on the articles where it is transcluded, because you have to provide a very detailed fair use justification for each page. If you really wanted to use an image, there are several cc images that would work just as well to illustrate the institute. You could even draw a rendition of the "shaft" logo and use that (see {{Dukeschools}}). Aside from the image, I really like it so far :) —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 17:23, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough. Now what? How about a name for the template, say {{Georgia Tech Navbox}}? I'll let you place the template on whatever pages you feel is appropriate. Also, could you review the categories at the bottom of the code to ensure they are correct? Thanks! —Gintar77 17:40, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

I went ahead and edited the categories and then copied the template to the name you suggested. I'm not sure I'll use it just yet, (aside from the core pages) because I'm writing something for the 'Nique, and have a test tomorrow. But I'll be thinking about where I want to include it. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 17:48, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

I see that you're poking the schedule present in 2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team. Anything I can help with? —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 00:06, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Er... was I not supposed to fiddle with it? I didn't really change anything substantive. I only converted from the wikitable format to the template used for the 2006 schedule. This will make it much easier to update when the season rolls around. I also added the fact that the Army game is HC. I'm going back to the roster on the GT home page so I can update all the new signons from February. Hope you don't mind. How's that studying coming? :-) —Gintar77 00:33, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Eh, I finished the article for the 'Nique, my paper's deadline got pushed back, and I decided to not study for my Internet Law test until I got home from Technique deadline. Which... will be sometime tomorrow morning :/ Oh, look at the 2006 football page, I ghetto-hacked some references (Nique articles) onto it. I haven't finished going through the season, but it looks pretty good already. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 00:49, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

LOL, yeah, it is ghetto-hacked! But it looks good on screen. :-) BTW, I noticed going through the roster that at least one person (Eric Oetter) no longer shows up. Do you know anything about this. I'm pretty sure he was on the team last season, but I don't think he played. Did he quit/get kicked off? He still technically has a page, although so does Calvin Johnson who's going off to the NFL. —Gintar77 01:04, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Radar

Hi,

In the radar article you have changed the caption to "Storm front on Doppler radar screen (NOAA)". This is not a Doppler radar display (velocity) but a reflectivity (intensity of precipitation). It is an american media error to subtitute Doppler to Weather radar. Weather radar can be Doppler but a Doppler radar is not necessarily a weather radar. Sorry but I have to correct. Pierre cb 13:27, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Although the Norman radar from 1985 was a Dopplerized research radar, calling it a Doppler radar as NOAA and the american media are doing is completely misleading. It implies that the reflectivities seen on any TV weather report in the States has something different than the ones coming from a non Doppler radar. Only in US there is this confusion between Doppler radar and Weather radar and I don't think that perpetuating a misnomer in wikipedia is right since it does not add anything. The only reason to indicate that any weather radar image is from a Doppler radar would be to show a velocity image. Pierre cb 03:02, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Agent ---> employee

Hi Gintar77. I have seen you edit a lot in CIA article. I almost agree with your editing, but I still wonder why you have changed most of "agent" to "employee"? Can you explain it to me? Thanks. Apple•_•w••o•_•r••m•_• 14:54, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

BTW, I want to promote CIA to good article. However, it still contains trivia section which is suggested to be avoided in a good article. Could you help me to classify and put each piece of information to somewhere appropriately? AW 16:45, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I see now. What a big misconception! Thanks for your clarification. About the CIA article, don't be worry and wish you have a good holiady. Give my best regards to your family members. I'm also busy some days and we will collaborate later. Cheers. (p/s:I sent you message nearly the same time you sent me. How strange.) AW 16:56, 6 April 2007 (UTC)