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[edit] Project Invite

Hi there! Thought you might be interested in WikiProject Notability. We're currently recruiting help to clear a massive backlog (5000+ articles), and we need your help! If you have a spare moment, please join and sort an article or tell your friends.

P.S. We can also really use some admins to go through this backlog too, thanks! Diez2 16:36, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] F.Y.I.

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Controlled demolition hypothesis for the collapse of the World Trade Center (3rd). TheOnlyChoice 22:17, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WTC in film and media

Where was this community consensus? There were no comments on the talk of the addition of it. I thought it was an interesting addition. The "Film and Media" section was not added by me, just the table of sightings. I showed my addition to several other wikipedians who thought it was a cool idea. I'm a little offended but if I see this consensus and you explain why, maybe I'll understand why you didn't feel it fit in. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Erica D. Hart (talk • contribs)

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Trade Center in film and media. This was a spin-off, subarticle on the topic. See summary style for more about subarticles. A list is really not suitable, IMHO. Lists can be endless, with so many films shot in NYC. But, if you can provide sources that attest to the significance of a few most notable or relevant films and write in prose form, that might be okay. I'm thinking of films like King Kong (1976 film), with the Empire State Building in the original film and the WTC in the 1976 version. --Aude (talk) 03:52, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your comment on foundation-l

Hi AudeVivere, I just read your comment on the mailing list. I agree that there is a huge demand to draw maps for Wikimedia projects. I want to point out that German User:Dschwen is working on a dynamic map tool called "WikiMiniAtlas". He uses some free coastline data and mixes it with the geodata available on English and German Wikipedia for cities, points of interest etc. He even has integrated free Landsat satellite photos from NASA. What is needed is current data on country borders. He told me he has data from about 1990, which he thinks is too outdated to be used (it does not take into account the disintegration of the Soviet Union, German reunification or the separation of Ethiopia and Eritrea etc.). You said you have advanced mapping skills. Perhaps you could help to provide such a current dataset of country borders. This could be a huge step forward for dynamic mapping in Wikipedia. I admit it is a lot of work, but perhaps then it would be possible to create a "screenshot tool" to easily create custom maps. Perhaps you could contact user:Dschwen for exchange of ideas. Greetings from Germany, Longbow4u 13:14, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

I will contact Dschwen. Should be able to find more current data for international borders. Some kind of mapping tool for users should be possible. It will need to make use of area/polygon data and lines, in addition to points (and imagery). --Aude (talk) 19:38, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ,,,representative

Thanks for that all edits were vandalism as well -SatuSuro 02:52, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Quantum GIS

Hi,

why did you remove the QGIS image?

Bumbulski 16:40, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

It had been deleted, and was a red link.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Image:QGIS_-_Quantum_GIS.png
If you want to re-upload a screenshot image, it should be uploaded directly here to Wikipedia and not to Commons. For licensing, pick "Software screenshot" or "Windows software screenshot". --Aude (talk) 17:07, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request for Map of Jamestown, VA in 1607

Map of Virginia (and Jamestown) as described by John Smith, 1606
Map of Virginia (and Jamestown) as described by John Smith, 1606

Hi, I'm an avid contributor to the german language Wikipedia, mostly on american history and protected areas. I talked to User:MONGO occasionally, and he pointed me to you with my latest question. I got the job to brush up our german language articles on Jamestown and related topics in time for the May 2007 anniversary and I could use a decent map of Virginia and Jamestown in 1607, without modern day cities, settlements, roads and the like. For the close range, there are excellent maps by the National Park Service (as such in the Public Domain), but I couldn't find any free maps that show the whole of James River and the southern part of Chesapeake Bay. Can you help? I don't need too many details, just a map to use on de-Wikipedia, where the average reader is not familiar with the east coast of the United States. It is not urgent, sometimes February or early March would be fine. TIA --h-stt !? 13:55, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Not exactly sure what you have in mind? But, there are old historic maps in existance that might be suitable. Or, do you want something original, in the style of thematic maps by National Geographic? [1] or something else? If you want something original from that time period, here's one based on John Smith. The map is oriented with west at the top of the map. It depicts the Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River (Patanomick?) and the James River (Powhatan), where Jamestown is. If you want something else, let me know and I'll try to help. --Aude (talk) 19:11, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I know the historic map by John Smith and will use it. But in the de-Wikipedia I write for an audience, that doesn't know about US geography, so I need a map of the region, they can use to identify the place. Basically my idea was to have a schematic map of James River and the southern Chesapeake Bay, with a marker of Jamestown and maybe one of Richmond too, and an small monochrome insert in a corner with the whole east coast and a small red frame showing where the events of 1607 took place. But I am open to any better idea by you or someone else. Think of an audience who knows a map of the world and of the USA as such, but who has no detailed knowledge where Virginia is and has never even heard of a place like Chesapeake Bay. How would you try to explain it to them? --h-stt !? 19:28, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Good points. Shouldn't be difficult to create something, given that the map/GIS data for the U.S. is available and unquestionably in the public domain. Though, I am running out of hard drive space. In the near future, I will get a new drive where I can store more GIS data, and will then be able to help. --Aude (talk) 20:14, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Sounds good. And as mentioned, it's not urgent. Sometimes in February or early March would be fine. Is that a reasonable time frame for you? --h-stt !? 18:49, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] help

help

Hi, i need your help

One of your admin, Doc glasgow , is threatening me and blocking my account. We have a dispute in the definition on living person.

Please contact me for more information.

Thanks

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[edit] Newyorkbrad's RfA

Thank you for your support on my RfA, which closed favorably this morning. I appreciate the confidence the community has placed in me and am looking forward to my new responsibilities. Please let me know if ever you have any comments or suggestions, especially as I am learning how to use the tools. Best regards, Newyorkbrad 19:49, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] links to video interviews

Hello. I have a query. I don't see why the links to recent and exclusive video interviews with personalities such as Hans Blix, Niall Ferguson, Francis Fukuyama or others are considered to harm the articles in question. They were posted there to enrich and enhance the quality of the article as a whole by providing new information. I was careful to post links to video interviews only directly related to the articles in question. Never was this done with the intention to create spam or any other malignant activity. If, for instance, you take the article on Niall Ferguson, I don't see why the link entitled "Video of Niall Ferguson lecture at Vanderbilt University, Sep 12, 2006, on "The War of the World" " should be considered to have any more relevance to the article than the interview I posted - let alone the fact that the link I posted was considered to have no relevance at all since it was removed immediately. Also, it is a pity that readers of wikipedia can no longer take advantage of the video interview with, for example, Hans Blix (which is an important source of knowledge for those interested in his work); it is the only serious video interview available but now this, too, has been considered spam. Finally, it is not because I posted links to interviews and articles which happen to come from the same website, that I have a secret agenda of promoting that website and creating spam instead of seeking to provide readers with more information about the topics concerned. I hope you understand my point, and should you consider my posting of links to this website and any other detrimental to wikipedia, I will of course immediately cease to post any new information on wikipedia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Taleinfo (talk • contribs) 19:02, 26 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Thank You

I just wanted to say THANK YOU for catching the vandalism to the Langston Hugehs article. Thank you so much.TonyCrew 03:47, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting the Bronx article after I transformed much of the overly long intro to a new History section. Surprised that no one had done it before, as it was both easy and useful. Yours in good housekeeping. Bellagio99 00:20, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright violation in Pettus, Texas article

Hello Aude. I need an admins help on something. I spotted an obvious copyvio in the Pettus, Texas article. Anon User:69.150.59.162 added the material here. If I attempt to revert, a bot will most likely revert the removal due to the bulk of text removed. Can you revert and protect it so that the anti-vandal bots leave it alone? Thanks. JungleCat Shiny!/Oohhh! 22:44, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Would the anti-vandal bot really revert? Has that happened before to you? There are many valid reasons for removing large portions of text. You are an established editor, and a bot shouldn't revert your edits. Try removing the text and if it doesn't work, I'd be happy to help. I'm going out but will be back later. --Aude (talk) 22:56, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
I'll give it a shot and see what happens removing those paragraphs. Thanks JungleCat Shiny!/Oohhh! 23:23, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
So far, my revert is ok. I learned something new from this. I wiped out what looked like more than 50% of the article (text there since September) without the vandal bots fighting it. I need to be more WP:BOLD. JungleCat Shiny!/Oohhh! 01:00, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nice photo

After seeing your photo here, I just had to contribute one of my own. I had a college interview in Adams Morgan immediately after... my protests signs made for an interesting conversation-starter. If the article gets a bit longer, perhaps I'll contribute more. -- tariqabjotu 03:11, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Your photo is very nice too! My main reason for going was to see how many 9/11 "truthers" showed up (not many), to tag along with the other protesters, and what they were up to. The rest of my pictures that cover that aspect of the protests are on Flickr. --Aude (talk) 04:32, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photo

Hi,

I work for a Canadian public relations company based in Montreal and we would like to use one of your photos for a Canadian company's annual report. Under the license it seems as though this isn't a problem but we would like to verify with you. We would also like to know how to properly attribute the photo. Please contact me at lylar@rppelican.ca and let me know how you can be reached or to give us confirmation.

Thank you! January 31, 2006

[edit] Setting up User page

Hi AudeVivere. I'm just getting more active with WikiProjects, over at WP:ORGZ, and I desperately need help bring my user page up to speed. I'm wondering if you know of any tutorials or other useful tips/tricks for getting your user page up to snuff. I'm thinking particularly of whatever program you used for your contributions box. Tre` cool. Thanks in advance!Oldsoul 16:06, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

A simple userpage is just fine. See Wikipedia:How to edit a page for details on wikimarkup. You can also add .css to tables, text, ... See [2] [3] for information on styles. Beyond that, if you want to see summaries of your contributions, try Interiot's edit counter or one of the other tools available. These won't give you anything to put on your userpage, but might provide information you want. --Aude (talk) 17:18, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:IE5-scienceportal.png)

Thanks for uploading Image:IE5-scienceportal.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. 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 fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. —Remember the dot (t) 16:59, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Deleted. --Aude (talk) 17:07, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:IE5-sandboxportal.png)

Thanks for uploading Image:IE5-sandboxportal.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. 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 fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. —Remember the dot (t) 17:01, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Deleted. --Aude (talk) 17:07, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] U street is not part of Shaw.

How can you say that it any less a part of Cardozo?

None the less nothing stays in a vacum and UStreet is a place of and into its own if you live here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by NelsonJacobsen (talk • contribs) 19:10, 4 February 2007 (UTC).

The Cardozo Shaw Neighborhood Association defines the neighborhood boundaries, inclusive of the U Street Corridor, as:
  • 16th Street to the West
  • 8th Street to the East
  • S Street to the South and
  • Barry Place to Florida Avenue to W Street to the North
This is consistent with how the DC Office of Planning (OP) defines the neighborhoods. If anything, perhaps the Shaw article should be renamed as Cardozo-Shaw to be consistent with the neighborhood association and OP definitions. --Aude (talk) 22:00, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
P.S. Your comments "into its own if you live here" border on disrepectful in tone. In the future, please tone down your comments towards other users, per code of conduct policy. Thanks. --Aude (talk) 22:00, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
P.S.S. We who live here, pay taxes and send our kids to school tend to be abit prickly about our District. Sorry for the lack of love --NelsonJacobsen

I recently noticed that in the *Georgetown, Washington, D.C. section in the education section that St. Albans is listed and unless the someone moved the National Cathedral it is still part of Cleveland Park, Washington, D.C. It is located at the corner of Mass & Wisconsin.--NelsonJacobsen

You are absolutely correct. Feel free to change the wording or make whatever changes you think are needed. Cheers. --Aude (talk) 02:07, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks

Actually upon revisiting the education subsection of the page I also noticed that it listed National Catherdal and GT Prep which is in Montgomery County Md. The whole section need to be rewritten. Which then begs the question -- schools from an historical prespective or now there? --NelsonJacobsen

I recently noticed that in the *Georgetown, Washington, D.C. section in the education section that St. Albans is listed and unless the someone moved the National Cathedral it is still part of Cleveland Park, Washington, D.C. It is located at the corner of Mass & Wisconsin.--NelsonJacobsen

You are absolutely correct. Feel free to change the wording or make whatever changes you think are needed. Cheers. --Aude (talk) 02:07, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks

Actually upon revisiting the education subsection of the page I also noticed that it listed National Catherdal and GT Prep which is in Montgomery County Md. The whole section need to be rewritten. Which then begs the question -- schools from an historical prespective or now there? --NelsonJacobsen

If you don't mind, I suggest we discuss this at Talk:Georgetown, Washington, D.C., in case others want to weigh in. I'll reply over there. --Aude (talk) 16:59, 9 February 2007 (UTC

[edit] Hey

Thanks so much for fixing the about wikipedia web page. I will look at it today! - WikiBlue

Glad to help. I think the page still needs substantial work to make it more succinct. --Aude (talk) 19:44, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 9/11 Guilt

I had no idea the article was a recreation. Though sometimes things become more notable, this DVD hasn't. Anyhoo.--MONGO 19:36, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

I've been too busy in real-life to do anything about it, but intended to nominated if for AFD at some point. Glad you put it up. --Aude (talk) 19:37, 12 February 2007 (UTC)


[edit] 911CD

Can you please explain your removal of the 911cd template, it seems perfectly related to the article. Thank you. --NuclearZer0 13:17, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

There is a small summary section on 9/11 conspiracy theories, including controlled demolition. Per WP:NPOV#Undue weight, nothing more is needed in the main article. --Aude (talk) 14:33, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Is that because you believe the majority of people do not believe in the 9/11 conspiracy theories or alternate theories to the official account? Undue weight says we should give something equal weight or not too much if its not widely believed. I think there is a poll that meets WP:RS that says over 40% of people believe in 9/11 CT's, would that illustrate to you that more weight is needed in that area? If not what would? Thank you. --NuclearZer0 17:14, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
The Zogby poll was sponsored by 9/11 Truth, and with questions loaded to try and elicit certain responses. Anyway, the 40% question asked is the "US government and 9/11 Commission are covering up" -- covering up what? covering up their incompentence? it doesn't specifically refer to controlled demolition at all. --Aude (talk) 17:30, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Do you have proof of that? I would like to read an article about the poll. Can you please also answer what would make you believe that more weigh is needed to the topic. Thank you. --NuclearZer0 18:11, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
[4] And sorry, I don't quite understand your question. --Aude (talk) 18:19, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I dont get it sorry, you stated the questions were loaded, are you accusing Zogby? It clearly states they had final say over the questions. --NuclearZer0 18:44, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reversion

I noticed you reverted citing the ACooper2 link not having to do with Silverstein. I pointed out in my summary that it was never used to justify or cite anythnig Silverstein stated. When I write soemthing I source it well, since its stating the beliefs of a group, its required that we cite it back to somewhere, and so I sourced the statement. It was pobably an honest mistake or just a misreading on your part. Also you are not really suppose to revert a section and 4 sources over 1 source, it probably would have been better if you felt a source did nto cover the cited information to put a {{cn}} tag on it or ask the writer, me in this case, for a better source. --NuclearZer0 18:44, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

I'll respond on Talk:Larry Silverstein. --Aude (talk) 15:02, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome

I would like to welcome you to Nepal Bhasa wikipedia. I am the sysop there. If you have any questions or suggestions for the wikipedia, please feel free to contact me. Thank you. --Eukesh 14:53, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

I really don't know any of the language, but maybe small things I can do to help. It might help us if you weighed in on this AFD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kathmandu University High School (second nomination) Some people here are having a difficult time finding sources in English or judging it's notability. --Aude (talk) 15:05, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Failing

Hi. I appreciate you probably undeleetd Wikipedia:Wikipedia is failing out of good motives, but we have a pressing problem with an editor asserting ownership and steadfastly refusing to allow their views to be challenged, which is a problem in Wikipeida terms. Please see the thread at [{WP:AN]]. Thanks. Guy (Help!) 10:20, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. --Aude (talk) 22:08, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Background of 9/11

Hi Aude, well, I've moved it into the talk pages as a draft, though I expect it will go more or less verbatim into the article after gaining consensus. (Otherwise WP is in serious trouble.) I'm not sure if you've also been deleting the stub of the subarticle. That seems like an overreaction since a stub on that topic is certainly justified to allow editors to add what they know. Or is it because a similar article already exists?--Thomas Basboll 23:20, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Replied on article talk page. --Aude (talk) 22:08, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] About Wikipedia

Hey Aude, this is sandy from the Wikimedia Foundation. I have edits that I would like to add to About Wikipedia page (linked on the nav. bar) and was wondering if it would appropriate to lock that page in the future? (I have the edits on paper and will be adding them this week to the online version). Hope you are well WikiBlue

What do you mean "lock"? Right now the page is semi-protected, which means that anonymous IP editors and those with new accounts (less than I think four days) can't edit it. That drastically cuts down on vandalism. With semi-protection, there have been a few instances of vandalism in the past ten days (see changes here and list of edits), but doesn't look so bad to me. Those are generally reverted very quickly, with many Wikipedians watching the page closely. We generally try to avoid full protection (it's "anti-wiki"), but if vandalism gets to be a bad problem on that page, it can be fully protected so that only admins can edit it. --Aude (talk) 22:06, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your comments

... in the discussion about "Wikipedia:Articles about ongoing enterprises should be official policy." The goal is to protect Wikipedia's reputation as a neutral encyclopedic resource, and protect Wikipedia from civil liability. The consensus appears to be that WP:BLP should be modified to include ongoing enterprises. What do you think? Please add any additional comments to the existing discussion on this page. Dino 12:12, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fuzzy Zoeller edit controversy

Hello, there. As you may or may not know, the Miami Herald recently revealed that professional golfer Fuzzy Zoeller has filed a lawsuit against Josef Silny & Associates, Inc. for adding false statements to his Wikipedia biography.

For data gathering purposes, an SRS of 20 administrators has been created, you being one of them. I would like you to comment on this situation and its possible implications to Wikipedia, the accused company, and the general welfare of the community in general. (To what extent will this impact Wikipedia? To what extent will this impact those who use Wikipedia often? To what extent is the company guilty? Who do you believe is at fault?) Feel free to comment however you wish. I ask that you email me your responses via my emailuser page so as to reduce bias in your responses. (Again, don't post your responses on my talk page.)

The following are articles from various news agencies that you may use to inform yourself about the situation: Miami Herald, Herald Tribune, Web Pro News, The Smoking Gun.

I thank you for taking your time to express your opinion. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at any time. └Jared┘┌talk┐ 18:21, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More attacks on the page you spoke on

World Trade getting more attacks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.143.3.205 (talk) 19:51, 23 February 2007 (UTC).

You missed this user, WTCGUY, too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.143.3.20 (talk • contribs)

They are blocked. --Aude (talk) 20:14, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My edits to European Union

Well luckily for you you dont have to live uder the corruption and dictatorship of the EU. Today the EU attempted to destroy the United Kingdom Independence Party because we are uncovering the true agenda of the EU. I see there is no way to improve this article. Everything on there is lies and corrupt. Democracy and civil liberties are being eroded day by day. 80% of Britains laws are made in Brussels. So dont tell me to improve it, the EU is doomed, like all unions it is doomed to failure. Its attempt to destroy the party has backfired. Im just annoyed there are europhile like you around. Freedom is'nt free 10:38, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Advice requested

I've been attempting to overview and tidy up the geography cats which involve the places where people live. From the top level down to local neighbourhoods. There has been some overlapping and various mis-routings. It's been interesting looking at it all. However, there appear to be two useful ways of doing it - by region, and by size. And these can operate side by side quite usefully. The by region isn't a problem. But the by size has become difficult because User:Hmains wishes to use the term settlements to cover all sizes of communities, and has altered dictionary definitions [5] to fit his own understanding of the term - [6]. Community appears to be the term used most often to describe the places where people live, regardless of size. This is the definition of community - [7]. I did some sorting, placing the cat Human communities under Human geography. Human communities splitting into Urban geography and Rural geography. And those splitting into appropriate sized communities - cities, districts, neighbourhoods, villages, settlements, etc. Hmains has reverted much of my work, and insists on settlements being the term we should use - basing it on this decision, which was a declined proposal to rename Settlements by region to Populated places by region. What do you think? Is settlement an acceptable term for covering human communities ranging from well established cities down to refuge camps. Is Human community a viable alternative? Are there other choices (apart from populated places of course!)? I have started a discussion here and [8], with the above wording, but no response as yet. Am I doing the right thing? SilkTork 19:11, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

I have not been involved in these discussions and not familiar with these issues, so I'm not able to comment on this particular dispute. It would be helpful I think to have discussion centralized in one place. Perhaps Wikipedia:Request for comment would help as a way of getting broader input from Wikipedians. --Aude (talk) 19:28, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your comment. Discussion taking place at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (settlements)#Settlements SilkTork 11:33, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

No problem, it was the edit summary that threw me off, I understand now. John Reaves (talk) 21:24, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ahadzadeh High School

I haven't heard it's name before. I just created an AfD for that article on persian wikipedia. I'll put a link to the AfD on english wikipedia. Maybe someone knows something notable about that high school. Regards. Hessam 21:14, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] removing link

Please note that the link added does not violate any rules it is a community site it is the same as craigslist so if craiglist is on wikipedia then i believe that ebii3 should be, FYI it is the first community site in Tunis, i understand that your are an administrator but i believe also that in order to decide what to include someone should have some basic knowledge on the matter specially when we are discussing about countries and peoples.

i m sorry if this will appear a  rude comment  but it is the truth,
a better screening process could be implemented by creating a more diversified screening borad where the people with best knowledge on the matter are  included .

Thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.73.17.123 (talk) 03:15, 26 February 2007 (UTC).

Craigslist is not okay either. It's also an advertising site. Wikipedia is WP:NOT a link directory. --Aude (talk) 03:32, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WTC

Just as the 9/11 Commission article is important I believe 9/11_conspiracy_theories reference in the WTC article is important, see also section in any article is to include, other articles that might interest the reader that is related to the subject, your justification for removing it in your edit summary rv conspiracy link, we have a page for that, can be applied for the entire see also section. If you have any other reasons to remove it from that section other than what you mentioned in your edit summary please explain. ŇëŧΜǒńğëŗTalk 17:29, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Actually the 9/11 Commission link doesn't need to be there either in the see also section. --Aude (talk) 17:35, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Would you mind elaborating why? right now I am confused ŇëŧΜǒńğëŗTalk 18:19, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
The September 11, 2001 attacks is the main article, which covers and summarizes the topics. It includes links from there to 9/11 conspiracy theories and 9/11 Commission. The number of "see also" links here needs to be minimal and there is no need to duplicate these links here. --Aude (talk) 18:30, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Minkowski?

What does Minkowski space have to do with a City block? It said you put that link on the article.. Blakeops 00:42, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

One type of Minkowski space is sometimes known as "city-block space", with distance measured as Manhattan distance. Another type of Minkowski space is Euclidean. (as the crow flies) The terminology is seen sometimes in geography, urban planning, cognition, and other topics. Taxicab geometry talks about this some, though I think that article needs some work to make the concepts more clear, as does Minkowski space to explain it to non-mathematicians. --Aude (talk) 01:09, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] An article which you started, or significantly expanded, 10048, was selected for DYK!

Updated DYK query On February 28, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 10048, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 21:53, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello Aude

Hello Aude. In the past, I have enjoyed working with you on the execution of Saddam Hussein, and have noticed your great contributions to gun violence in the United States. You are an excellent contributor to Wikipedia. I recognize your commitment, and have come to respect your opinion. However, I am disappointed you chose to delete my subpages, Aude. I feel that you misunderstood the complex situation (the one of which Raymond Arritt has spoken about). I think you have misunderstood my purpose and intent. There is a grave situation in which I have chosen to be involved. My commitment here is for the betterment of Wikipedia, and this is something I think you have misunderstood and ultimately only caused to hinder. ~ UBeR 19:01, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

I hope now, with the uncovering of the scandal involving Essjay, you can fully appreciate my commitment to building a Wikipedia fostered on truth, trust, and accountability. ~ UBeR 19:21, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
I suggest that request for comment is the way to go. --Aude (talk) 19:57, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Essjay

Do you think it would be worth starting a formal RfC on the Essjay situation? That might be a better way to gauge community opinion - Let some of the more eloquent members of the community describe their opinion, and then others can weigh in with "Endorse", to help see where consensus is. --Elonka 15:25, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm not opposed to RFC, but think this situation falls outside of normal protocol where community consensus carries weight, since decisions regarding this ultimately are up to Essjay and Jimbo. So, I think a petition format is the way to go, with people registering their opinions in one single place rather than the many talk pages and mailing list (and probably IRC too). --Aude (talk) 15:39, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Recent edit

removed someone's else's endorsement. Presumably this was due to a software bug. I've taken the liberty of adding it back in. JoshuaZ 06:23, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for restoring it. --Aude (talk) 06:26, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Survey Invitation

Hi there, I am a research student from the National University of Singapore and I wish to invite you to do an online survey about Wikipedia. To compensate you for your time, I am offering a reward of USD$10, either to you or as a donation to the Wikimedia Foundation. For more information, please go to the research home page. Thank you. --WikiInquirer 03:45, 4 March 2007 (UTC)talk to me

[edit] NYC

Why did you revert my copyvio warning in the NYC article?

--Ricardo Ramírez 22:35, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Please raise concerns on the talk page. --Aude (talk) 22:36, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
No, I won't. This is a copyvio and this can damage seriously the Wikipedia Project.
--Ricardo Ramírez 22:41, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NYC

OK. Don't worry about this copyvio. I will send the report to the Wikimedia Foundation.

Thanks,

--Ricardo Ramírez 22:45, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

P.D. You will be inside of this copyvio report.

Please use the talk page. I can find no book called "The Great Apple" Can you provide an ISBN number or at least attempt discussion on the talk page? --Aude (talk) 22:52, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stacy Schiff

Please advise what WP:BLP concern you have, if any, with this article. Thank you, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 02:10, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Replied on article talk page. --Aude (talk) 02:15, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My user page

You realise you just reverted my page back to a vandelism don't you?

Back to back vandalism is not good. Should be okay now. --Aude (talk) 14:10, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Layout Problem in Your User Page, Aude

Perhaps it is a problem with my Firefox 1.5n browser, but your Contents box is overlaid with the intro statement of I may/may not respond to you -- don't be rude (paraphrase). I can make each out, but it is really ugly. Bellagio99 14:24, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Not at all rude. Thanks for pointing out the problem. Hopefully it's fixed now. --Aude (talk) 14:59, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] City block, Minkowski space

Your recent (February) edits to City block were good. I don't understand why Minkowski space shows up under "see also," though. If an unregistered user had added that link, I would have removed it already, but I'm guessing you have an unmalicious reason. --Officiallyover 07:13, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

See above #Minkowski? A google search [9] also provides some indication why the two pages are related. Even if an anon. added it, I suggest trying a google search or something to see if the addition is valid. --Aude (talk) 12:56, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alignment

Nicely done; that's what I wanted to do, but didn't know how. Tom Harrison Talk 14:24, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

I've had lots of problems with many other templates like the {{sep11}} template, but this hack helps with that too and fixed the American Airlines Flight 77 page. It really shouldn't be that complicated, though. --Aude (talk) 14:26, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
I think templates should probably only have the formating they need internally, and should not try to position themselves on the page. But, there may be reasons I don't know about for why they are set up as they are. Tom Harrison Talk 14:30, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Architecture wikiproject

[edit] WikiProject Architecture

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  2. List of tallest buildings in San Francisco promoted to FL on 11 October 2007. Rai-me 19:55, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
  3. Buildings and architecture of Bristol promoted to FA on 23 October 2007. — Rod talk 09:04, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
  4. List of tallest buildings in Dallas promoted to FL on 8 November 2007. Rai-me 03:18, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
  5. List of tallest buildings in Detroit promoted to FL on 8 December 2007. Rai-me 07:39, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
  6. List of tallest buildings in Dubai promoted to FL on 21 December 2007. Cheers. Trance addict 19:31, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
  7. List of tallest buildings in Cleveland promoted to FL on 7 January 2007. Rai-me 00:12, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
  8. List of tallest buildings in Tulsa promoted to FL on 7 January 2007. Rai-me 04:25, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
  9. 5th Avenue Theatre promoted to GA on 20 January 2008.--Skotywa (talk) 05:41, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Block of 207.165.188.20

Please note, this is a school IP address. See reverse DNS info:

20.188.165.207.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN   PTR     sepproxy.se-polk.k12.ia.us.

And the message a top the Talk page. I don't know how to add the "this is a school IP" message box at the top, but it would be nice if you could also do that. Oh, and at least the vandalism was humurous. :/ --Otheus 19:25, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

I've added {{SharedIPEDU}} to the page. To add these, just use that template like
{{SharedIPEDU|[http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/ Heartland Area Education Agency]}}

Sometimes the school webpage will have somewhere the school's "computer use policy" and I will link to that if possible or name of contact for reporting abuse of that policy. --Aude (talk) 19:33, 12 March 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Blocking

Please be careful when blocking, I notice that you've left the 'Prevent account creation' option checked in your 'George bush is a terrorist' username block. Username blocks should just about never have that option checked. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 17:32, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Okay. --Aude (talk) 17:33, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] US Criminologists

Dear Aude, Thanks for introducing the American Criminologists to the Wikipedia. Nice to see you here. Warm regards, --Cyril Thomas 12:24, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism of Egypt

Dear Aude,

Thanks for the reminder on consecutive edits. I've been doing my best to look out for these - it's been a busy day so far. Thanks for catching the one I missed. AlexTiefling 16:04, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

It's always busy on a day when kids are in school. They sometimes do sneaky things like that. Cheers. --Aude (talk) 16:05, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Duplicate SharedIPEDU boxes

FYI - For 205.124.225.250 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log), your bot left a duplicate {{SharedIPEDU}} box. [10] I suspect this is because the existing SharedIPEDU template was substituted. Not sure if there is a way for your bot to check for that and remove the substituted template and leave just the one? Regards. --Aude (talk) 19:56, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

You are exactly right that it is because the old one saw subst'ed. People have mostly stopped subst'ing the {{SharedIP}} templates but there are still a few old ones around that get hit every now and then (once or twice a month out of ~5000 edits). It keeps a permanent record of all the pages it's edited, so the bot should never revisit that one. Thanks for cleaning it up. --Selket Talk 20:06, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] One more thing...

When I manually place these templates, I will almost always link the name of the school. With the bot, I don't really need to manually place them anymore.

But when I did, instead of:

{{SharedIPEDU|Utah Educational Network}}

I might link (if lazy) to our Wikipedia article:

{{SharedIPEDU|[[Utah Education Network]]}}

However, 90% of the time I will link to the school's webpage:

{{SharedIPEDU|[http://www.uen.org/ Utah Education Network]}}

If possible, I will make the link go to the school's "computer use policy" which is sometimes available on school websites and easy to find. Ideally, to deal with vandalism, it would be excellent if we had a list of contacts for abuse of those policies and could actually contact them if vandalism was really bad. Maybe your bot doesn't have to do any of these links, but when we leave subsequent warnings, we can add these links. That's a good first step. --Aude (talk) 20:15, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Is there a consensus somewhere that this should be done? If so I can look into implementing it. The first link could be done through the template. The second style of link could be done also, but I would need a list of schools and the URL to which you would like me to link. If you provide me such a list and can form a consensus at Template talk:SharedIP or Template talk:SharedIPEDU, I'd be happy to add it to the bot's functionality. -Selket Talk 20:20, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mideast

Hey, I just wanted to thank you for completely revamping the Middle East article. I had rearranged it and added the Mahan stuff back in January, but it still looked somewhat like a copy/paste job. Thanks again and good luck with the 9/11 stuff, Joshdboz 21:05, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Your edits were a big improvement over what was there before. I do intend to come back and do more with it, as needed and when time permits. In particular, the economy section is very inadequate. --Aude (talk) 22:00, 17 March 2007 (UTC)


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  1. One Bayfront Plaza promoted to GA on 3 October 2007. Rai-me 23:17, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
  2. List of tallest buildings in San Francisco promoted to FL on 11 October 2007. Rai-me 19:55, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
  3. Buildings and architecture of Bristol promoted to FA on 23 October 2007. — Rod talk 09:04, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
  4. List of tallest buildings in Dallas promoted to FL on 8 November 2007. Rai-me 03:18, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
  5. List of tallest buildings in Detroit promoted to FL on 8 December 2007. Rai-me 07:39, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
  6. List of tallest buildings in Dubai promoted to FL on 21 December 2007. Cheers. Trance addict 19:31, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
  7. List of tallest buildings in Cleveland promoted to FL on 7 January 2007. Rai-me 00:12, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
  8. List of tallest buildings in Tulsa promoted to FL on 7 January 2007. Rai-me 04:25, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
  9. 5th Avenue Theatre promoted to GA on 20 January 2008.--Skotywa (talk) 05:41, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
  10. List of tallest buildings and structures in Manchester promoted to FL on 19 February 2008. Cheers. Trance addict 02:11, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Nice work

This looks good...nice work.--MONGO 05:09, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Now I think a background section and subarticle are entirely unnecessary. One less article to deal with is good. --Aude (talk) 06:41, 20 March 2007 (UTC)


HI...thank you for the new picture...looks like things are starting to happen.[11]--MONGO 14:24, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

I have more to post when I get a chance, but am on the road now. In NYC on Monday, home briefly yesterday, and on the road again in western Pennsylvania, so essentially on a "wikibreak". Just got a new camera, and now learning how best to use it. --Aude (talk) 16:42, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Have fun with the new camera...I hope to get some lightning shots in the next few days myself.--MONGO 00:23, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] World Heritage template

Hi! I created a template for World Heritage Sites: {{Infobox World Heritage Site}}. Since many of the protected areas are also recognized as World Heritage Sites, I thought that it will be appropriate to forward this template here, and hopefully, for the community to help improve the template. Someone mentioned that the footnotes are unclear (i.e. why the need to emphasize "official" there). It's because the official name (or the name as inscribed on the List) is different from what we usually know. And the Region also has footnote to tackle specifically the classification of those regions which may fall ambiguously between two continents (e.g. those in Russia, Turkey, Cyprus, etc.). In addition, I think that the info provided in the template is much like a jargon for most readers since it box is more of use for internal references in the World Heritage program. I hope that the community will help improve the template and make it more relevant to the readers of wikipedia in general. Thanks. Joey80 13:49, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RFA

Hi Aude, thanks for supporting my RFA! It was successful. Cheers SGGH 20:31, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Uh oh, now he's armed! :-) Bobanny 05:36, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template for deletion

Thought you might want to weigh in on the discussion underway to delete the template you created for policing by country. The discussion is here. Bobanny 05:36, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of fallen US policemen

Hi. I've noticed you're active in police related articles. I'm not sure if this would be a project you are interested in, or if there is one already started (if so, could you please direct me to the people heading it?). Many international police forces have a list on Wikipedia of their fallen police officers, the US however, does not. There are several complete lists obtainable through various reputable sources that contian the names and circumstances of all on-duty deaths since 1775. Would you, or anyone you know, be interested in adding a page dedicated to these fallen officers? Thank you, 66.76.72.25 19:30, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Don't think it will work here, since the number of officers is high - nearly 18,000 [12], making it time consuming to create the lists and maintain them. I think it's better to leave it to other sites and put our effort towards improving more general articles on police agencies and law enforcement topics which are in need of significant improvement. --Aude (talk) 00:20, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:Daketchupman57

I saw that you rv'd their edits @ World Trade Center. Can you please consider putting a template warning message on their talk page? It's better if different people do it, & I already left one... maybe consider a level two: {{subst:uw-vandalism2|World Trade Center}} or level three?: {{subst:uw-vandalism3|World Trade Center}}, I dunno.. ;~D Grye 22:43, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

While the edits are clearly not tests, they seem to have stopped. If vandalism resumes, they will be blocked. I tend to have zero tolerance towards blatant vandalism. --Aude (talk) 00:54, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Seeking your help

Hello, Aude. I've read the 'How to archive talk pages', but I'm still having trouble (instructions are difficult to follow). Could you archive my talk page for me? I've never archived before. GoodDay 19:29, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Official Government Conspiracy Theory Delusions

Take a look at these two photos: [13] [14]

Now... do you actually think the towers "collapsed"? Where's the hundreds of tons of steel beams? On top of that, where's the thousands of desks, chairs, bookcases, computers, xerox machines, water coolers, filing cabinets, doors, sinks, toilets, etc?

The towers did not collapse. They were pulverized. Any sources used in wikipedia's articles that says the towers collapsed are therefore NOT reliable, since there's is no evidence that they collapsed.

How could you continue to protect the government's absurd story? And how many more soldiers need to die in Iraq for you to wake up?

Take a look at this photo. Half in, half out. No break in the building between engine and fuselage. The media broadcasted a cartoon.


Complete Truth 22:11, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

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