User talk:Green-Dragon

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An image behind the text, that makes sense, but I have no ideas of these sort of technical workings... I used to play a lot at D&D some times ago... Cheers! Santa Sangre 19:27, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

It's a fun game, and thanks for helping. --Green-Dragon 19:28, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Image text

Hello, I am not sure there is a way to do that unless you were to edit the image with the text that you want with your software and then upload it. I have done that but that may not be what you mean. I might suggest that you take it the Village pump assistance [1] where a greater range of users might see and have the answer. I hope that helps. I added you welcome also. Thanks.--Dakota ~ 19:40, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

You are welcome.--Dakota ~ 20:02, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Holy water

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did in Holy water. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. -- ReyBrujo 21:44, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Okay. Did you get rid of it, or should I? --Green-Dragon 21:45, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
I have already done so. When adding links, try to discuss first in the talk page of the article to see if anyone objects. Massively adding links to articles trigger several alarms, which may get you blocked for 24 hours. Thanks for understanding. -- ReyBrujo 21:46, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
No problem. --Green-Dragon 06:21, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SVG??

Is it possible to upload SVG files, and have wiki automatically convert it on the fly to png? If so how do I do this, when I tried to upload an SVG it said it was not a recommended format, I did not see a way to force it to go. I noticed in the uploaded files area you have a couple that are .svg.png. Also, could you please resond on my talk page? Thanks. --Green-Dragon 06:31, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I have no idea. Bubba73 (talk), 06:33, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Well, .PNG is I guess the native format, or at at any rate one of the usable formats, for The Gimp, which is the graphics editor I use (it's free). I don't know what an .SVG file is, I don't think any of my files are .SVG. I don't think you can change from one type to another on the fly as you upload, you have to save the in the format you want. Herostratus 06:34, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I really don't know much about the picture formats. I didn't even know that the ones I uploaded had SVG (or what that means). Sorry I can't be of more help. You might try using the Help option to post a question. The people who answer them know their stuff. CRKingston 06:40, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
asking questions try the help desk. Good luck! CRKingston 06:44, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
I would recommend searching for a picture converter website. They allow you to upload your picture. Then it will change the format and you can download it again and upload it to Wiki. -Nationalist 06:43, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Regarding your request for help, anything I did in the past to overcome this problem was probably accidental. What I know I have done is open gif or other files in the "paint" program that comes with Windows and save them as jpg. Then, while uploading, I add the .jpg extention to the new filename. I don't know if this is helpful; I suspect it won't be (sorry). House of Scandal 06:44, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello. I'm afraid I don't know much about the subject - I was just lucky, I suppose. May I suggest WP:VPT? Biruitorul 06:45, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi, sorry but I don't know much about it either. FreplySpang 06:46, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks guys, I guess I will just convert it outside of Wikipedia. Thanks for all the feedback. --Green-Dragon 06:49, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello, want to say off hand that I'm not an image expert and there are many more qualified than I to answer image questions. However Commons:SVG indicates that WikiMedia accepts the SVG format as a native format for uploading files and gives some help on how to do this. It indicates that MediaWiki uses rsvg to convert SVGs to PNGs for display. *nix users can use rsvg-view to preview how their SVGs will look when rendered by MediaWiki." It's a good bet that the users who helped write the Commons:SVG article will know more than I do how to answer the question. Every article in Wikipedia has a history tab indicating who contributed to writing it. Looking at this tab I see that User:Linuxerist and User:Arnomane are two of the folks who helped write the Commons:SVG article. Why not ask one of them? Best, --Shirahadasha 06:51, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
I can see that Shirahadasha gave you some good pointers on where to go for some answers — much better than I could have. I hope this works out for you. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 04:40, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How to vandalize a wiki

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing. However, unconstructive edits, such as those you made to How to vandalize a wiki, are considered vandalism. If you continue in this manner you may be blocked from editing without further warning. Please stop, and consider improving rather than damaging the work of others. Thank you. Also, please note that Wikipedia is not for how-to guides on any topic. --Metropolitan90 07:20, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Uh, why is that vandalization? It was a Help page! Deletion was not even discussed? This was "Speedy Deleted? Why? Please explain why this happened, as I dont' think it is OK to delete that article without discussing it when it is not deliberate spam. --Green-Dragon 08:22, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
The official reason given for deletion was "how to", but my original reason for recommending that it be speedy deleted was "pure vandalism" under Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion, criterion G3. But if you think that the deletion of the article was improper, by all means feel free to bring it up for reinstatement at Wikipedia:Deletion review. --Metropolitan90 18:07, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
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