User talk:Xamian

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Please always cite sources of the photos/images you uploaded. Even if you drew them yourself. Thanks. --Menchi 04:09, Aug 19, 2003 (UTC)

I mean Image:HiroshimaPrefecturalPromotionHall.JPG and Image:Martov 2.jpg. And I also meant Image:Mary jesus icon.jpg before you added the source. If you didn't take those photo yourself, draw them yourself, or have not obtain the original artist's permission, please list them on Wikipedia:Votes for deletion or drop me a note @ User talk:Menchi, then they'll be gone easily.

Don't worry about this, new Wikipedians often make these mistakes unintentionally. And please don't hesitate to be bold in the future. Wiki is a place where mistakes can be fixed with ease -- non-troll mistakes, that is.

Well, here's what you deserve...

[edit] Greetings

Welcome Zoltan,

You have done a good job so far in Wikipedia (a.k.a. 'Pedia or WP). The Hiroshima photo is absolutely encyclopedic. It is a very suitable illustration. I can see that you're a serious Wikipedian interested in improving our project. If you stay for a while, you'll discovered that collectively, we're a cooperative and friendly community. We are all here to learn, and hopefully can give something back. If you have questions or doubts of any sort, do not hesitate to post them on the Village Pump, somebody will respond ASAP. Other helpful pages include:

• Wikipedia:How does one edit a page
• Wikipedia:Manual of style
• Wikipedia:Naming conventions

Just keep in mind that while relevant discussions and constructive criticisms and are welcome, unproductive and/or destructive insults are not (see Wikiquette).

Who knows? Perhaps you'll soon become a Wikipediholic and make it into the list of Wikipedia:Most active Wikipedians! :-) --Menchi 02:45, Aug 22, 2003 (UTC)
p.s. Simply type four tildes (~~~~), then you can sign you name and date like I just did with mine. And please always do so after your post in Talk/discussion pages and Village Pump.

I replied at User talk:Menchi#Comments on Image Copyright. --Menchi 04:08, 17 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Re: Hawaii and the UN in 1999. That is a weird factoid; What is UN Article 73? - Marshman 04:30, 22 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Thanks for info ! - Marshman 06:05, 22 Sep 2003 (UTC)

(Note: for people who read the direct above, please see reply on User_talk:Marshman - Xamian 13:21, 22 Sep 2003 (UTC)

There's a question at Talk:Charles Schulz about one of your additions to the article. —Paul A 03:28, 6 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Oops ... corrected my error ... thanks for pointing it out. - Xamian 07:02, 9 Oct 2003 (UTC)

It would be a good idea to read "fair use" provisions and Copyright before you list an image on the image deletion page. You don't know what you are talking about and it is not helpful to raise issue unless you know the facts. Your fellow Canadian USER: Alex, is a qualified lawyer. You should have taken the time to read things, including what he has written. NightCrawler 22:08, 20 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Hey there .... I think you are taking this the wrong way ... I said "Is that a valid "fair use" provision? I wouldn't think so. What do you guys think?" It didn't *look* right, so I asked the question, which I think was a fair question. I looked in the "fair use" page before, and it didn't seem to answer the question. And it seems that the comment has started a lot of questions on Wikipedia:Possible_copyright_infringements, which shows that I am not totally out to lunch.

I didn't mean for you to take it personally, and if you have, I apologize. If you look above, Menchi told me once to be bold, and I didn't mean anything by it. If you think I should have approached this a different way, please let me know. Xamian 21:40, 21 Oct 2003 (UTC)

I've moved the two images you listed to Wikipedia:Possible copyright infringements. What I always say about fair use images is that even where they're permissable, they may not always be desirable, so I encourage you to try to get explicit permission (wikipedia:boilerplate request for permission) or find a replacement public domain or GFDL image if you can. However, if no replacement is available, then we may wish to keep them. It's a balancing act. Martin 22:23, 20 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Thanks for your response to my query. Much appreciated. Xamian 21:47, 21 Oct 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Hawaii plebiscite

Can you provide

• an exact date,
• a UN document # or title, or
• which of the bodies within the UN is meant by "the United Nations"

in the following?

In 1999, the United Nations declared that the plebiscite vote that led to Hawaii's statehood was in violation of article 73 of the United Nations' charter.

--Jerzy 08:21, 2004 Feb 13 (UTC)

This information had been removed from the page before I had gotten around to looking into it. I have a feeling the source for this reference was "lacking" in any case.

Xamian 12:41, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Hello.

Hello,

I was pondering writing a NETCOM (9th US Army Command) article, but I am not sure what this entails, since there is one in Netcom. I am a new user, and was wondering if you could offer me any guidance in this regard.

Well ... from what I know, the information you are looking for is at Wikipedia:Disambiguation. I would suggest moving the current "Netcom" page to a document called "Netcom On-line Communication Services" and make "Netcom" a disambiguation page. Please let me know if you need help with this ...

If you leave your username in a comment (using the ~~~~ wiki markup) I will be able to help you quickly :-)

-- Xamian 04:15, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] "Lord Byron"

All British peers except Dukes are known as "Lord Such-and-such", and it was agreed a while back that it would be silly putting "commonly known as "Lord Such-and-such" on every article about a peer. How about starting the fourth sentence with "Lord Byron's fame" instead of "Byron's fame", which gets the same point across without being overly redundant? Proteus (Talk) 13:04, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Lesya Ukrainka

Heya, I happened to stumble across Lesya Ukrainka in the course of RC patrolling. Very nice, I think it deserves a . Keep up the good work! &#0xfeff; --fvw* 09:22, 2004 Dec 19 (UTC)

Hey there.

Thanks for the comments on Lesya Ukrainka. I thought it was funny that I just started it, and already I've gotten a comment :-). Much appreciated. By the way ... what is RC patrolling?

RC patrolling is Special:Recentchanges patrolling. Those of us who have nothing interesting to write about patrol the list of recent changes to prevent bad information being inserted, and pretend to feel useful.

All chocolate chip cookie donations would be grately appreciated, but I should say it won't do well for my middle aged physique, which is declining at a rapid rate now that the Xmas holidays are getting closer (sigh).

I know how you feel, my early-twenties physique doesn't respond well either. Still, I'm dogmatically clinging on to the fact that alcohol dries out the skin and prevents acne and hoping this christmas will balance itsself out.

Xamian 09:41, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

&#0xfeff; --fvw* 09:51, 2004 Dec 19 (UTC)

Well, it's not a cookie but here's something big and bright:

 :) 68.81.231.127 12:19, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

No, I just let you know. :) It looks like you have User:Rossrs to thank: [1]. If you have any suggestions, feel free to add them to Wikipedia talk:Recent additions, or even be bold and update the template yourself (the rules are on that page, too). 68.81.231.127 07:39, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Hi res

the hi res version came up as pixilated on my browser 'cause i didnt realize i had wrong technical settings and it was compensating for a problem that wasnt actually there. my apologies - i have reverted to your version. PMA 04:28, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Icon of Mary and Jesus, Please put some info please so I can keep it in Christian Art

Xamian, please update the image of Mary and Jesus. I really want to keep it on the Christian Art node. It's a good example of iconography with metal. It has an engraved metal frame around the Virgin Mary. Although there are better examples out there of fuzing iconography with metal and yet not makeing a sculpture (which isn't allowed in Orthodox Christianity), this is the only one on wikipedia.

[edit] Image Tagging Image:DaveAllen.jpg

This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:DaveAllen.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{GFDL-self}} to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, please read fair use, and then 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 media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Pagrashtak 05:02, 8 March 2006 (UTC)