User talk:Vespristiano

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[edit] Image:Akhenaton.jpg

I see you went through and gave tags to images that were untagged previously, which is a good thing. But I don;t get where you came up with the idea that Image:Akhenaton.jpg was PD. The original poster claims it is uncopyrighted, but then he claims that of everything he uploaded, largely under the incorrect belief that anything from a website that didn;t have a copyright notice on it is uncopyrighted. That's bad in iteself, but he actually provided a weblink to where he got it from this time (which is unual for him) and the page very clearly claims copyright on all contents. The photo is of a three-dimensional image, so the legal argument that recent photos of two-dimensional objects that are older than 100 years doesn't apply here. DreamGuy 04:31, Mar 21, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Alfa Romeo 158

I don't get this; the article's about Alfa Romeo 159. Should it be moved? Eixo 07:03, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Well, I don't really know much about cars, that's why I left it to you to decide what to do. If it is 159 then the page should be moved, if it's 158 then the page should be edited back to that. A quick internet search gives 2,340 for "158" and 112,000 for "159", so it seems the correct thing would be to move the page? Eixo 08:10, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Auto infoboxes

Thanks for adding the info boxes! It's nice to have another person who finds them useful. I made a few edits, but welcome your future contributions! In short, I moved the boxes to the top (they look better this way) and integrated any existing photo into the box itself. I also used "wagon" for the body style rather than SUV which is more of a market segment or class. Next, I used the non-breaking spaces with the proper units (L) for liters. And I removed any empty fields. And I've about given up on the "automobile series" junk - it's not useful really. Anyway, don't take this all as a negative - your contributions are welcomed and these articles would not have had an infobox if not for you! Come on over to Wikipedia:WikiProject Automobiles for more car stuff... --SFoskett 15:10, May 31, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "Logoitis"?

Hey man, what's that logo adding spree all about? :-) I don't know whether you got the (attempt at a sobering) message from my reverting one of those additions a couple of days ago ('twas an article on some piece of IBM hardware), with an edit summary text that in fact commended your adding a logo on the more general article (List of IBM products). Have you discussed the logo inclusion matter with other Wikipedians? (if not, let me point out what I intended to say in my abovementioned edit summary: IMO, logos on general articles and list articles are not only OK but great---an asset to WKP---but logos on each and every article connected to some company or organisation having a logo is a patently Bad Thing™; it just clutters up the article layouts). Please have no hard feelings, I just had to voice my opinion of genuine concern. --Wernher 00:44, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for diagnosing my "logoitis". I wasn't aware of any response from anyone, including yourself. I have not discussed the logos with other Wikipedians. There are no hard feelings. This is what Wikipedia is all about. In light of your opinion, I will now stop the "logo adding spree". —Vespristiano 00:55, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
And to you: thanks for your lightning-fast response. :) I hope we'll be able to come to some kind of concensus in this matter---I honestly wouldn't like to 'overrule' other Wikipedians' contributions as a result of my expressing my meanings in an overly forceful way. Anyway, as I said above, I absolutely see the advantage of having the logos displayed in the list articles; it gives the lists a kind of 'instant recognition' look. Another good example is the List of Intel microprocessors one. I also have a suggestion that would let us add the admittedly nice 'logo factor' to many product articles without being intrusive. I'd make a case for including a small logo in the heading of some of the relevant 'list boxes' (implemented as templates); these two I think would be typical candidates for a one-liner logo*. --Wernher 01:28, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
(* or two logos, actually; a Motorola one to the left and a Freescale one to the right---we only need to find the basic versions of the logos, i.e. the versions w/o blurbs attached... )
I agree with your suggestion. (I admit I haven't taken time to educate myself on Motorola and Freescale, but wouldn't using one logo or the other be better than using both?) By the way, I spent a month in Norway two years ago, and I was exceedingly impressed. —Vespristiano 01:44, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The reason I suggested using both logos for the Motorola chip listboxes was that 1) the industry knows these chips to have been developed and marketed by Motorola since the late 70s/early 80s and up to the spinoff of its semiconductor division into Freescale (a sad move, if you ask me...) and 2) now that the chips are sold by Freescale, the listbox should reflect this too. I think two smallish logos can be placed in the box's heading quite 'low key'-ish wrt layout. Let me have a go at it and then tell me what you think (just give me a some days to get it done; I should really go to bed now, it's 4am+ over here...).
BTW, cool to hear you've been to Norway. We do have a nice country, yes, particularly our steep mountains and deep fjords. A little chilly in the winter, though, but many of us even enjoy that; we go skiing a lot. I have lots of relatives in the U.S. (in FL, MD, upstate NY, OH, WI, CA) and am looking forward to go see them within the next couple of years. I have this grand plan to get a flight to D.C., go visit my cousin in MD, then go by train from D.C. to NY-->OH-->WI, and then to Chicago and fly back from there. :) --Wernher 02:05, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I have now included a small Intel logo in two templates. I'm not totally satisfied, however; I'd like the logo to be centered vertically, but that would probably require a small amount of image cropping to make the logo image itself be centered. --Wernher 05:07, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] KTVX

You have received this message because you have edited a Salt Lake City media article in the past. We have recently had an edit war regarding the wording and inclusion of a paragraph on the KTVX article. In hopes of resolving this I have put together an informal survey. If you are interested, please stop by Talk:KTVX and add a vote. Thanks, A 09:11, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Important WikiProject Automobiles Discussion

Hello! As a Wikipedia:WikiProject Automobiles member, I just thought you might want to input your opinions on an important discussion we're currently having about whether articles regarding similar vehicles should be merged into one or split by brand. If you would like to comment or read further, please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Automobiles#Articles of Similar Vehicles. Thank you in advance for your thoughts and feedback. Airline 23:54, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please check your WP:NA entry

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Thank you, and have a wiki wiki day! BD2412 T 04:34, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userbox Public Transit

According to Wikipedia:The German solution, here’s a a tip for you: {{User:Olve/Userboxes/Public transport}} (in lieu of the blanked template:User Public Transit). -- Olve 22:52, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] XPLANE marked for deletion

Hi there, I believe you are the person who originated an article in Wikipedia about XPLANE (Much appreciated!). In any event I wanted to let you know that the article has been flagged for deletion because the company is deemed "not notable." Since you are the originator of the article (please let me know if I am mistaken), I thought you might want to enter your thoughts on why you found XPLANE notable enough to include. I would appreciate your thoughts, either privately or publicly. My email is dgray@xplane.com and my Wikipedia username is dgray_xplane. Thanks. Dgray xplane 00:35, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject Automobiles Notification

Hi Vespristiano, you were on the list of members at WikiProject Automobiles and we are introducing a new way of listing members, as the old list was becoming too long. Our new method involves having all of our members in a category.

To add yourself to the category just add the userbox to your user page by putting {{Wiki Auto Project}} where you want the userbox. Alternatively if you don't like the userbox you can add [[Category:WikiProject Automobiles members|Vespristiano]] to your userpage.

If you no longer wish to be a member of the project, simply don't add the userbox or category, there's no pressure. Thanks for your time, James086Talk | Contribs 04:36, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Center for Responsible Nanotechnology

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Center for Responsible Nanotechnology, 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 "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. RJASE1 Talk 03:51, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notability of Future Technologies Advisory Group

A tag has been placed on Future Technologies Advisory Group, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert notability may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is notable, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page (below the existing db tag) and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. RJASE1 Talk 04:02, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

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