User talk:Alfakim/Archive2

[edit] ugly spacing errors?

On Stargate (device) you moved several images to being left-aligned with an edit summary detailing:

rv: images are "left"'d so that the paragraphs dont get pushed down and cause ugly spacing errors (on +1024x768 monitors).

I don't understand. I've resized my browser to be 1024*768 exactly and viewed the previous version of the article (with all of the images right-aligned) and saw nothing that I would categorize as a "spacing error". Nor have I heard of anything like that happening to any other image-heavy, right-aligned article. Could you elabourate on the problem, as it sounds as though its possibly a user-specific error. — THOR ^{| Image:Lfucg-flag.gif} 04:57, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Warned.

I have taken it upon myself to warn the current vandal of your userpage (even though it's an AOL lamer that will probably revanadalise under another IP). - Image:Ottawa flag.png nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 21:04, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Roger Ackling

I got your message and would normally be happy to comply, but the page was a copyvio from this site--I didn't realize that until after I'd deleted it. Can you rewrite it from scratch? Thanks. Chick Bowen 03:08, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

It was exactly the same as the site I gave you except that it had the following sentence at the end:

He recently appeared at the Cambridge Union to debate the role of an artist in the world.

I can't undelete a copyvio, sorry. Chick Bowen 03:22, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stargate Atlantis symbols

Do these constellation glyphs on the gate actually have names or are they just...there? And sorry about the article failing in FAC, I just can't think of anything else to cite! American Patriot 1776 20:05, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

No probs we'll get it next time! ;) ... anyway, i think they are just there. i've never seen them being referred to with names.-- Alfakim --  talk  20:40, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

For the constellation table, try making it wider, maybe 4 collums and 9 rows would look nice? American Patriot 1776 17:38, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I've forgotten Im spoiled with a 19in ;) American Patriot 1776 23:22, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can you create a userbox for me?

your username was listed under people who would do this, so I was wondering if you would create one that said- "This user thinks that the wikipedia is communism vandal is a douchebag" Thanks- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 03:35, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

1. Where was i listed?
2. I don't get the idea of your userbox.
3. It sounds like a policy violation so, no, I can't (lots of people are opposed to making thousands of once-used userbox templates.)
4. I've put something up at User:Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg/Userbox. You can put it on your userpage with {{User:Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg/Userbox}}.

Thanks, you were listed under a link from userboxes.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 12:24, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging for Image:Iris_prop.jpg

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[edit] question about templates

hi, i'm just wondering how to make a movie templates like {Batmanmovies} or Harry Potter. i want to make clean articles for highlander movies and Highlander: The Series and i just wanna know how to make a template for that. thanks. ps: can i borrow some of your "nutshells" templates? they look really cool.HoneyBee 23:32, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Borrow? they're userboxes, I didn't make them, so go ahead borrow. Besides, all info is free and open on a wiki, so no need to ask. As for a highlander template, you'd have to tell me what you want in it before i can make it for you, or even tell you how to make it.-- Alfakim --  talk  14:10, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

I want to make a separate sections for Highlander world: Highlander: The Series, movies, spinoff, anime, animated series, internet series, comics, novels, books, etc. Kinda like Batman world template which has Batman movies directed by Burton, directed by Schumacher, directed by Nolan, comics, animation, series, etc...that usually put at the bottom of the page. e.g BTAS. Can you help me? Thanks. HoneyBee 09:59, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes. but templates don't magically generate themselves if you just write "highlander" in them. you really must be specific about what you want. give me links, give me section titles. draw a picture if needs be. i'm not familiar with highlander. -- Alfakim --  talk  10:06, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

okay, i will give you what you need. shall i e-mail you, or just put it here in your talk-page? thanks. HoneyBee 23:34, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

put it here please. -- Alfakim --  talk  00:11, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

apparently somebody else already made it. ({Highlander}) thanks anyway! :) HoneyBee 05:24, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Templates and general wikiscript know-how

		The Template Barnstar
		xxpor ( Talk | Contribs ) 02:50, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Also, thanks for using all that wiki markup in your user page, I learned a lot and used it on my own user page :) xxpor ( Talk | Contribs ) 02:50, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Awesome! Thankyou. -- Alfakim --  talk  13:31, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging Image:Iris prop.jpg

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[edit] Image:hellcom.jpg listed for deletion

[edit] Excuse your French

Your French on [1] is appalling. "Excusé moi" generally implies a past participle, whereas what you are looking for is "excusez moi", which is the second person plural, as any fool should know. Please put the Fr-0 userbox on your user page without delay. --David.Mestel 20:19, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

You are, of course, correct. Excusez-moi, je suis désolé. -- Alfakim --  talk  13:25, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can't get any Stargate FAs

Hi, I just nominated DNA Resequencer (Stargate) for FA status. It's a complete and utter disaster. People are making false staments/critisicm of the article. They are objecting without valid reasons. One guy even wanted to delete it. This is the thrid time I have nominated a gate article. All three are just as good as any FA but have all met overwhelming resistence (Resistance with no logic behind it). I have seen that you can't get any Stargate FAs either. What is the reason for this. Are people just biased agaisn't gate? Spoo passed. So did TARDIS. We have everything in Stargate (device) and DNA Resequencer that they do in those articles. Why won't any gate articles pass and how do you think we can get them to pass?

Also on another note. One user User:Mark 2000 is the one who wanted to delete stargate from wikipedia altoghther. He was stating that it was so insginifcant that every single gate page should be expoguged from WP. After offering him extrodirary evidence that it is notable and important, he still holds his stance. Every time i try to talk to him he blanks his own talk page. We need to watch out for him. Tobyk777 07:49, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Interessant. DNA resequencer was NEVER going to get FA because its just plain non-FA-notable. It's appeared in about 3-4 SG episodes out of 197 or something. Bad move to nominate it, i could have guessed the reaction from 20 paces. I think we should focus on Stargate (device). I know exactly why they dont like it. 1) we need to trim it down, a lot. much of the detail probably needs to be moved into seperate articles. 2) someone needs to read Stepping Through the Stargate and other publications that DO exist. And then reference them. 3) We need to reference interviews with Brad Wright and J Glassner, and other crew, preferably those from whilst they were setting up Season 1. see gateworld.net. 4) (2) and (3) plus other referencing will give us a nonfiction perspective. 5) (1)-(4) imply a complete rewrite because much of the tone of the article is wrong. -- Alfakim --  talk  13:23, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree that it's not as notable, but I disagree that I can't be a FA. In the past two days I have made Major upgrades to the article. I have more than 50 inline citations. I have sections on the making of, as well as real world, plausibility, as well as a section for smiliar concepts in other fictional works. I think that DNA Resequencer is better than Stargate device now. I strongly sugest you take a look at it and I would apreciate feedback. The one problem I keep having however, is that not all the refs show up at the bottom. I can't figure out why. If you could fix that somehow it would be great. Tobyk777 04:50, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

The refs work fine for me, all 56. Let me know which ones arent showing. As for the article, as impressed as i am about the amount of work you've put in, it has a lot of problems. The main one is that it does, in actual fact, read like Original Research (see especially the "additional factors" section) and has rather a lot of spelling and grammar mistakes. There are a few Manual of Style errors (title capitalisation for instance), the LEAD section needs work, and a few other things. Unfortunately, i cant stress this enough: it simply isnt FA notable. the resequencer has only ever appeared in about 3 episodes, that just ISNT front page material. It's definitely a Good Article, but i'll be very surprised if it ever gets FA because those guys are strict, and this just isnt going to get past them with a whole other million articles that could pass.-- Alfakim --  talk  13:27, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

I fixed the refs. There only are 56. I have corrected a few spelling errors, there are probably more. That can be fixed. You said that it's definately a good article. Right now it's a good article canidate. If you think it's denfinately a good article could you go add it? That would be good, (pardon the pun). You said that the additional factors section is Orgignal research. I reread it. It includes anaylsis, but I don't really see where the orginial research is. If you could point me to that, it would be good. It was my understanding that the topic didn't have anything to do with what can, or can't be a FA. I didn't think that that could be used agaisn't it. Tobyk777 20:05, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup templates

Per your request at CSD talk, Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup. Hope that helps. NickelShoe (Talk) 16:04, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of Kull Warrior and Ancient healing device from WP 1.0 list

Hi, I saw that after I formulated the WP 1.0 list, you deleted Kull Warrior and Ancient Healing device. Why? Do you not think they are important enough, or good enough to go in? Tobyk777 04:40, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Just not important enough. We don't want to give ourselves a fancruft image. WP:1.0 is trying to be as good as Encyclopedia Brittanica. Those two articles are just far too minor and unimportant - both in terms of reality AND stargate - to be in it, i think. I'm sceptical about DNA Resequencer as well, but its a v. good article. -- Alfakim --  talk  14:55, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

I see your point. Ancient Healing device just ok, and only appears in 3 episodes. Kull warrior isn't a good article. But we should keep DNA Resequencer just because of how good it is. Tobyk777 18:18, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] {{Calcadd}} and {{Calcsubtract}}

I reworked both templates Sgeo^TC 20:56, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Tbh they should be deleted or otherwise reverted to the old unary versions for the sake of demonstrating a simple way to calculate in MediaWiki 1.5. -- Alfakim --  talk  21:38, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Template:Calcadd redirects now to Template:Sum (unified templates, fully compatible). Please avoid Calcadd now. 20:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Great changes to Newcomers' help page header

The new format of the Newcomers' help page header look awesome! Very aesthetically pleasing. :) -- Natalya 22:54, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! -- Alfakim --  talk  22:56, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] test by me

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[edit] Stargate barnstar

Thanks for the barnstar! Which contributions did you find useful, the templates or some content? Staxringold 20:21, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

I would like to add my thanks too! It really made my day... -Lady Aleena 21:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you from me also. You made my day nicer ;-) --Tone 21:19, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Hey no problem guys. You guys have been very active, if not now then certainly before, and have continually helped out with everything XD -- Alfakim --  talk  16:07, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks too. It's great to know that someone really likes what I'm doing here. Tobyk777 23:39, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For attention to the accomplishments of others. Armedblowfish 20:22, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Thankyou!

[edit] Signature

.-- Alfakim --  talk 

Now that is a cool signature. Do what I did and make it a template. --Jordan Elder (talk) 05:41, Saturday June 14, 2008 (UTC)

tbh i'm not sure making a template like that is a good idea, it might be agains tpolicy. nevertheless i transclude mine from User:Alfakim/Sig. -- Alfakim --  talk  16:18, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] yay

i like to leave messages it's very fun —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.152.204.26 (talk • contribs) 16:38 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] header

I have the following text in my monobook.js:

var mpTitle = "User:Spangineer"; var isMainPage = (document.title.substr(0, mpTitle.length) == mpTitle) if(isMainPage){ document.write('<style type="text/css"> #siteSub, #contentSub, h1.firstHeading { display: none!important; } #content, #content div.thumb, #p-cactions li a, #p-cactions li a:hover, #p-cactions li.selected a</style>'); }

It hides the title bar from on my user page, but only for me. Everyone else can see it. If you change the pertinent information ("User:Spangineer"), it should do the same for you. --Spangineer^[es] (háblame) 01:57, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. If I change "User:Spanigineer" to "Main Page" and put this in the site-wide monobook.js, it should get rid of the title for all, yeh?-- Alfakim --  talk  11:35, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

The code that hides the Main Page is located in MediaWiki:Monobook.js. RexNL 12:33, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

I simply took the code from MediaWiki:Monobook.js and modified some of the options slightly if I remember correctly, so yes, I believe that changing it to Main Page (which is how it is currently set up in the mediawiki monobook.js), it will disappear for everyone. I don't recommend editing that file without discussing any changes first on the talk page, however. --Spangineer^[es] (háblame) 20:48, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Worry not, I was asking because I wanted to duplicate the effect on my own wiki elsewhere.-- Alfakim --  talk  23:18, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks and Sorry

Thanks for promoting DNA Resequencer to a Stargate FA. That made my day. Sorry if my proposal was illegal/ofensive. I deleted it. Tobyk777 19:02, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Eh no problem. I'm not 100% that is was a policy vio, but vote stacking is certainly frowned upon and ineffective anyway. Besides, I'd much prefer we got an FA because the FAC guys really liked the article! -- Alfakim --  talk  22:29, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stargate-Episodes

Hi Alfakim, like you I am a big fan of Stargate. The reason why I am trying to get in contact with you is that I am searching Stargate-Episode-captures in high resolution. Therefor I searched in the internet and found your article about the episodes. My question is now: Dou you have high resolution versions of the captures you posted in your article? Please send me an answer to this account: jack_o_neill_sg-1@hotmail.com Thank you very much —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.47.140.233 (talk • contribs) 12:56 30 April 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Concerning headset for Sony Ericsson Z500

Since I got this Sony Ericsson Z500 phone, I haven't found a headset that will work properly. I bet I've had about 6 headsets, and they all have problems. Either I can hear and the person I'm talking doesn't, or the other way around. I've had other Sony phones and I didn't have this problem. I'm a truck driver and I need a good headset. Can you please help me? Thank you. My email address is hesston@valornet.com

wtf!-- Alfakim --  talk  13:32, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help: URL Template Breaks at Parameter Substitution

I'm looking for help getting a template to work. The template Template:USPTO Application seems to break the URL it is intended to construct the first time it hits a paramater substitution. The Template:USPTO, on which I based the Application template seems to have the same problem. AmbientArchitecture 03:46, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

What's the problem exactly? -- Alfakim --  talk  12:06, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

No idea. It works fine now. Thanks! AmbientArchitecture 13:29, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Season 11 A definite?

Hi. I saw on the stargate project page you said season 11 is a definite. Thats the outsatnding news, but I would like to know you know that. I would love to see the source. Thanks Tobyk777 03:48, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

I said it was pretty much a definite. I'm afraid no source. i'm judging by the fact that rankings are still high and Season 10 is going to be incredible. -- Alfakim --  talk  16:09, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

It also depends on cost of production. A show with a high cost of production will most likely require higher ratings to stay on the air (so they can charge more for commercials). Not to mention politics between the people who own the channels and the people who make the shows, and the companies who own those companies, changes in management, and all of those annoying things. (SciFi has previously cancelled a number of other shows, often very abruptly, including Farscape[2], which you might remember as it used to run alongside Stargate. Also note that Mitchell and Vala (actors Ben Browder and Claudia Black) played roles on Farscape.) Armedblowfish 21:21, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Aware. Like i said, ratings dont seem to be dipping, and are likely to go up. -- Alfakim --  talk  22:17, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re-DNA Resequencer

I know that it is a minor article. But I thought that the whole point of 1.0 via wikiprojects was to identify quality articles, regardless of importance. Thats what I thought. If this is true I think it should be put back in. For now, it's ok if we leave it out. As for FAs; there is no rule governing the topic of FAs. If its notable enough to be in wikipedia, It's notable enough to be an FA. I still think it has a chance. Tobyk777 01:00, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question about signature

Hello! I have a question about the signature. How can I change my signature form like you signature? I wanna my signature will be in a border and the color will be blue and with a Talk work close it. --MehranVB 09:56, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

goto your preferences, change the "nickname" field to {{User:YOURUSERNAME/Sig}}, then turn on the "raw signature" checkbox. then put your new signature - formatting and all - whatever you like - at this page: Special:Mypage/Sig. -- Alfakim --  talk  16:13, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SGColor templates

Greetings! I see that you applied the {{prod}} tags to a sequence of SGColor templates. However, they are templates, not articles, so they are ineligible for the proposed deletion process. —C.Fred (talk) 03:29, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Deviantart.jpg)

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[edit] Wikiproject

Hi there. I edited the name of the Stargate Award. There is an informal set of rules about the naming of awards on the Awards pages. It has been generally agreed that only those awards that have gone through a vetting process can be listed on the wikiproject pages, and only those on the Barnstar Page can be called barnstars. Right now, the stargate award is listed as a PUA. If you want to upgrade it, I suggest you put the proposal on this page. --evrik 15:21, 23 May 2006 (UTC) Barnstars

Is the barnstar naming thing an absolute guideline? To be honest, unless it is I should quite like to change the Stargate award back to its old name. A significant amount have already been awarded the BARNstar, and it sounds silly just calling it a star. The logo is, like all awards, a variant on the barnstar. The award is evidently a barnstar dammit! Please reply on my talk page. -- Alfakim --  talk  23:15, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

• The guideliens were set up to try and prevent chaos. I would nominate your award on the proposal page to be upgraded from a PUA to a wikiproject award. If you have questions on the process, bring it up on the discussion page and see what answers you get. --evrik 14:51, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stargate award

		The Stargate Star
		Alfakim has been awarded with the WikiProject Stargate's Stargate Award, in recognition of his or her valued and exceptional contributions to Wikipedia's articles on Stargate. --Tone 13:07, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

I realized you haven't recieved one yet... Time to fix that, you surely deserve it! --Tone 13:07, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks ;P! -- Alfakim --  talk  14:31, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] hey great change ^_^

you changed some of the pictures around on MagnaAngemon's page it looked great, before Ned Scott changed it Again. He makes me Mad, I don't know why he can't just accept some change

You've posted on the wrong user page. You meant to post here - i've already moved your comment across.-- Alfakim --  talk  18:27, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tone's RfA thanks

[edit] Template Question

I've been working my up through the template master ranks with a question that, unfortunately, is much harder to answer than I thought. I want to add an image to my template based on the parameters given if and only if the image exists. I also want the image to be only 150px wide. I've run into two problems. Any assistance you can give would be greatly appreciated.

First, I cannot figure out how to check and see if an image exists and then, if it does not, show nothing. I can do it so the image link is always there and it shows something like "SCMap-doton-Charleston.PNG" if the image doesn't exist. But, I'd rather it either show the image or show nothing.

I also cannot add the "|150px" to the template. How do you add a |? I tried |, but that breaks the image link.

You appear to be as high as it gets on the template master's list. I really hope you can give some advice. --Kainaw ^(talk) 02:13, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

I made a template:bar that just returns a |. Now, I can add | with {{bar}} easily. I'm still searching for a way to do "if image exists" though. --Kainaw ^(talk) 02:42, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

1. Please put your {{bar}} template on templates for deletion - there is already a template specifically for this: {{!}}
2. To check whether a page exists (e.g. image) and return different things if it does or doesn't, use {{Exists}} or if that doesn't work, have a look at {{tif}}. Tif only displays a template (given a parameter) if the template exists, and could quite easily be altered to do the same with an image.
3. So do it something like this: {{exist|Image:{{{1}}}|[[Image:{{{1}}}{{!}}150px]]|{{void}}}}

-- Alfakim --  talk  15:46, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

I have just discovered that a new ParserFunction has subsumed {{exists}}. So do it like this: {{#ifexist:Image:{{{1}}}|[[Image:{{{1}}}{{!}}150px]]|}} -- Alfakim --  talk  15:57, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I have it working now. It is a bit troublesome that MediaWiki doesn't come with hardly any of the # templates. So, I have to use the exists template still - but it works. --Kainaw ^(talk) 19:35, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Are you doing this on an external wiki? Wikipedia does have the # functions installed. I dont recommend {{Exists}} unless it's necessary. -- Alfakim --  talk  19:36, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Timeline of Stargate

Hi, when I started, adding to/fixing the timeline, I saw that it said the ranges were millions to 8000 years ago, and 8000 years ago until 3000 years ago. It should be 10,000. They lost the war with the wraith and returned 10,000 years ago. The epiosde, "before I sleep makes sevral explict references to this. I changed it to 10,000, but you reverted my edits. Why? Tobyk777 17:23, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

I said in the edit summary. You are right - it all happened 10,000 years ago. The current year is 2006. 2006 minus 10,000 is 8000 BCE. Common error. -- Alfakim --  talk  17:42, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] spelling

I admit it. I am a terrible speller. Most of the mistakes are not typos' they're just my teerible spelling. I constantly get graded down in school fro spelling. Sorry. Tobyk777 16:56, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

No worries man. I think you just need to be a little more careful when you type, they're all errors like "hlelo" instead of "hello", stuff like that. Where do you go to school? -- Alfakim --  talk  18:51, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Time.

Hello, Alfakim. I'm Daniel. Let's me ask you something because I'm just curious about using time in Wikipedia. But, some of them doesn't understand the way of using times when they send them message. Is time in wikipedia based on England? So, Please reply on my discussion's page. Daniel5127, 03:26, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can't think of a headline

Hi, I just saw that you were made an admin on savethegame.org. I don't really understand that site at all. Is it a whole wiki to save one article on wikipedia? If it only has 14 pages, why does it even need admins? Why have so many people gotten involved with this. Is there some significance which I don't see? I must be missing something here because this whole ordeal about the game isn't making any sense to me. Tobyk777 03:58, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

LOOOOL. man that was funny. you are so right. I'm an admin there because before i was, the site was even worse. I pretty much made it everything it is - and hell, that isn't much. Yep, It's entirely dedicated to saving the one article, and now the article IS saved, it has no point. The stupid idiot who runs it hasnt been taking my advice about how to advance the site, so it's gone to nothing. Dumb. -- Alfakim --  talk  14:41, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for the barnstar. It's nice to be appriciated. --Tango 15:27, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Once again, can't think of a headline

Hi again. I browsed around on savethegame for a few mins just now. The whole think seems really stupid to me. I am laughing as I'm writing this. There are 3 users, all of which are admins. One, the creator of the wiki is the bearecrat. There are still only 14 pages, most of which are completely contentless. Since the article was saved from wikipedia, the sites goal is acomplished. The edit total for the entire wiki is less than 1000! I made comments on the main page talk, as well as a sugestion to the guy who runs it on this page: [3] I'm the IP both times. I just wanted to see if you agree with my comments. Tobyk777 08:39, 4 June 2006 (UTC) P.S. I just noticed that you are the only admin with a userpage. LOL. Tobyk777 08:41, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Of course i agree. The guy who runs that site is a total idiot. it could have been worthwhile but he's a total fool. really annoys me. ---i dont do anything btw, i just helped set it up.-- Alfakim --  talk  19:48, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How did you get so good with the wiki software?

I have notcied that in sevral places you have stated that you are an expert with wiki software. You have made sevral sophistcaed templates, as well as run a very complex bot. I still don't know how to do ultra-complex editing, like portals and templates, or at least very well. I just was wondering how you got so good. Tobyk777 02:45, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Intuition really, just taught myself. Ultimately it's actually just very simple. I have some kind of background in programming languages but not much really, although that helped because all codes share similar things. but really, it was just by using it a lot. -- Alfakim --  talk  00:36, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ambiguous statement

The first thing I'd like to say is that you have created a really clever and useful bot, but I think it contains a slightly confusing statement. When you say "Please manually move the above banner to the top of the page" I believe you mean at the top of that talk page however, some people have moved the banner to the top of the article page (example [4]). If this isn't what you mean, I suggest changing the statement to something a little less ambiguous. Thank you Philip Stevens 07:03, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Sorry it's kind of too late to change the message. If anyone is silly enough to do that (i must admit, i didnt foresee it), then someone less silly can move it back. if this becomes a real problem i CAN go around and do a mass correction but it seems like a lot of work for only a few silly cases. -- Alfakim --  talk  00:31, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging Image:Replicarter1.jpg

This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:Replicarter1.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then there needs to be an argument why we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then it needs to be specified where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then one should be added. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, consider reading fair use, and then use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|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, consider checking 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. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. cholmes75 (chit chat) 19:23, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] STOP! HAMMER TIME!

The latest version of AWB puts your stargate template at the top. --mboverload@ 23:53, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

How?! Where?!?! Who!?! What?!?! Which?! -- Alfakim --  talk  00:27, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Linkspam

Thanks for wanting to include a link to a website, but the problem with it is that it requires a third-party application to view the site properly. This can cause a problem with editors who use older browsers, as they may not be able to view the page. If you can find a link that doesn't require flash to view, then add it, but until then, please do not add the link to any more articles. Thanks. Naconkantari 01:28, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Apologies, didnt realise (i was adding it on request from the project). Would appreciate being unblocked on User:Albotim - i will of course not just start spamming link again! --Albotim 01:30, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry, the entire thing was my idea. See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Stargate#WP:RS_and_official_sites. Please don't blame Alfakim. Armedblowfish (talk|contribs) 04:04, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Linking to Flash-requiring site and Alfakim/Albotim

The following was copied from Naconkantari's talk page Armedblowfish (talk|contribs) 10:24, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Recently, you blocked Alfakim's bot, Albotim for linking to a Flash-requiring site from a number of Stargate episode articles. Alfakim did this as per my reccomendation, see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Stargate#WP:RS_and_official_sites. While I understand that many users have trouble with Flash (myself included, on my primary computer), I felt it was necessary because the external links in said articles could be considered unreliable per WP:RS. (Most of the transcripts are from StargateWiki and fan sites, and GateWorld, while more reliable than the other sites, is still a fan site). While the MGM site (the one Alfakim was linking to) does require Flash (regrettably) it is the official Stargate site, and thus probably considered more reliable. When necessary for referencing, links which have gone dead (meaning no one can access them) can be kept (assuming no replacement link of equal caliber can be found) per WP:CITE, and I hope that this will be too. In any case, those of us who wish to avoid Flash sites can use the other external links (which are not being removed), even if they are considered less reliable. In any case, whether you agree with me or not, I request that you not blame Alfakim for this, but discuss this with / blame me instead. Armedblowfish (talk|contribs) 04:22, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

After reviewing the external link guidelines closely, I found this entry: Sites that require external applications (such as Flash or Java) to view the relevant content unless (1) it is the official site of the subject of the article, (2) the article is about those media, or (3) the site is being cited as a reference.. You said that the link was to the official website, so I'm inclined to agree with you about the placement of the link. I'd also like to apologise if I have upset anyone over this, espically to Alfakim. I have self-reverted all the pages I removed the links from. Thanks Naconkantari 04:33, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Great, thank you. : ) I hope you don't mind if I copy this to Alfakim's talk page? Armedblowfish (talk|contribs) 10:24, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for taking this up Armedblowfish it's really appreciated. I don't get it though... should I now continue to linkspam the official site? -- Alfakim --  talk  13:05, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use debate regarding television screencaps

Currently, there is a debate on Talk:List of Lost episodes regarding whether or not use of a 1/30th stillframe visual excerpt next to a list of audiovisual works (such as List of Lost episodes or List of Stargate episodes) is in accordance with WP:Fair use, and has even resulted in the protection of the page.

If you have any opinions regarding fair use on the List of Lost episodes page, please feel free to express them as I believe these two pages are sister projects.

Cws125 05:04, 6 June 2006 (UTC)