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Hey I just used the links you gave me and set up a full template thing (the first one I made by myself - well, i coppied the code, but I PUT THE IMAGES AND TEXT IN!!!!!), thanks a lot for your help!! Danielfolsom 01:39, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:All uncategorised pages

I understand that I am not voting and that I am not limited by the original nomination. When I looked at the category, there were 3 articles in it. I realized that you mentioned that they were likely to be moved during the course of the nomination (that's actually why I went and looked). I also realize that a merge of an empty category generally works the same as a delete. I'm not sure what wasn't clear about in my previous comment. I am comfortable with my Merge opinion in this case. ~ BigrTex 21:14, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Firstly, I don't understand what you're suggesting we "merge." I'd already explained that the category was unused (and only contained those articles because of a technical glitch). Now the category is literally empty, so a merger is impossible.
Secondly, I'd already explained that the category (when it was active) served the purpose presently served by Category:Uncategorized. The nominator mistakenly believed that it was an active duplicate of Category:Category needed and proposed merging it with that. You've expressed agreement, but if a merger were needed, it would be with Category:Uncategorized. Of course, a merger isn't needed (given the fact that there's absolutely nothing to merge). —David Levy 21:48, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Did you know persian food is good? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vaydeem (talk • contribs) 06:36, 12 January 2007

NRC Region categories

Hi BigrTex, sorry for my rudeness in not replying more quickly ... but I have just replied at User talk:BrownHairedGirl#NRC_Regions to your clomment there. It may be irrelevant now (sorry!) :( --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 17:45, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Space Pirates

It's not meant to be a webhost, just an information page.

I didnt mean it was an official webpage for Space Pirates, just the only page with this depth of information on it.

Wikipedia is for information, and that's all this is used for. Information on the concept and characters.

Regarding Space Pirates deletion.

Im not yet sure how to "discuss" a topic, so this is my best shot at keeping my page from being deleted.

Just tell me what needs to be deleted on the page to make it acceptable for Wikipedia. This page is a necessity, I have to have at least the information of the characters and plot, and pictures of the characters.

Anything else that needs deleted can be. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Space Pirates (talk • contribs) 03:59, 13 January 2007 (UTC).

A temporary request.

Alright, I understand that I shouldnt use Wikipedia as an information site for Space Pirates.

I have a request, though. We've just started up, and the situation with the concept is that it's under consideration at Adult Swim for a new program. It's been given to the submissions committee, and we're awaiting approval or denial.

My request is that we get a few weeks to keep Space Pirates here. I know it's not allowed on a general basis, but it would be a great help if we can use it temporarily until we can put together a website.

Obviously I cant begrudge you deleting it anyway, this is merely a request.

Just a few weeks. Either until we get an answer from Adult Swim, or we get a website for Space Pirates.

If you cant do it, I understand, and thank you for taking the time to hear me out. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Space Pirates (talk • contribs) 05:58, 13 January 2007 (UTC).

Alright, we're go for deletion.

I moved everything to a Wikifarm, BluWiki.

Thanks for all the info, we now have an official website for the Space Pirates information.

Image

Hello,

You talked to me about an image. I suppose we could let it be deleted, or delete it already. It was used, on Fifa 06, but I believe it was changed. Thanks :P Dreyesbo 22:02, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

deletion

don't delete the ericmareajakkie picture I put it on my userpage is that freaking ok!?--Chikinpotato11 22:13, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Images for Deletion

Thanks for the heads up. As far as the Real World: San Francisco images, it seems that someone capriciously removed them from that article back in November, without any reason given, and restored the badly-cropped ones that were there previously. I restored those. As for those in your second message to me, those were replaced by other images or the articles have otherwise evolved without them legitimately. Thanks :-) Nightscream 23:39, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Mistaken identity

In relation to Image:Pic 001.jpg I was not responsible for its upload and am therefore not responsible for its maintenance. I had never seen it before until you provided me with that link. --Candlewicke Consortiums Limited 18:17, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Space Pirates discussion

Here you go. Hope it helps. Jinian 02:52, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Space Pirates Discussion ==

There are three rules for articles on Wikipedia:

  • WP:V (Verifiability) - The information should be published by reliable sources so that if another editor has a question they can go and confirm it. This is the basis for the notability guidelines.
  • WP:NOR (No original research) - My interpretation of this overlaps a lot with verifiability. This also is the basis for WP:NFT (Wikipedia is not for things made up in school one day).
  • WP:NPOV (Neutral point of view) - We need to present both sides of an argument. This is the basis for our guideline on autobiographical material (don't start/contribute to articles about yourself or your creations).

There is a lot of overlap between these. They are also for material in the main space (i.e. Space Pirates) not the User space, where the information now appears. My advice if you want to try to keep this material is to move it to the Space Pirates page, and include links to third party coverage (websites, media, etc). Try to make it sound 'encyclopedic' - like a newspaper article about why Space Pirates is different and remove first person pronouns and requests for support.

I haven't gone out and looked at your myspace page, but it seems like the content that you've posted here would make a lot more sense somewhere like myspace or geocities, and you could include a link to that page from the article here.

The underlying problem is that Wikipedia is not a medium for advertising new things, it is a place for information about reasonably well-known things. When Space Pirates there will be fans coming out from all over to create an article for it here and there will be more leniency about keeping it, but until it is well known, the community is leery of it.

There are bands who started this week. The first thing they did was to create a myspace page and a Wikipedia article. If they break up next week, myspace doesn't care. Their myspace page will still be there 5 or 10 years from now. Wikipedia would rather not have their article today because we're confident that when they go on their first national tour in 5 years, they'll be notable enough to meet the notability guidelines for a Wikipedia page, and any verifiable information from this weekend will still be available then.

I hope that this helps you understand. If you want to keep this as a User page you can participate in the discussion, just go to Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Space Pirates click the edit button at the top, add a bullet (*) to the last empty line at the bottom and present your case. ~ BigrTex 06:11, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Websites ==

Wow. I hadn't realized that I was working on that post for an hour. It's not up to me whether or not your page is deleted. If there is a consensus in the discussion after a period of time (I think it is 5 days), then an administrator will delete it. You can provide your side at the discussion.

I would recommend that you go ahead and create a website now. There are plenty of places online where you can get a domain for $35/year and host a website for another $5-10/month. There are also places (like geocities and myspace) where you can create a website for free.

If you're more comfortable with wiki markup than html markup, then there is a List of wiki farms some of which are also free, and most of which are less stringent about acceptable content than Wikipedia.

I wish you the best with your endeavor. ~ BigrTex 06:20, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Ziller House image

Thank you for the recognition. I appreciate it. I've driven by the house several times to try and get a picture, but either the light was really bad or they had some tacky Xmas lights up. Sunday was finally a beautiful day, the sun was at a good angle and they had finally taken down those nasty looking lights! -Regards Nv8200p talk 03:10, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

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Dr. No image

The orphaned image has been replaced with a clearer image Image:DN-Annabel-Chung.jpg which is now being used on the article List of James Bond henchmen in Dr. No -to identify a character. I wasn't aware someone had repalced my more blurred screenshot with another better one. Please delete Image:007 Freelance Doctor No.jpg.my more blurred image asap. CheersErnst Stavro Blofeld 11:01, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

User pages

Did you know you can also use WP:PROD on user pages? >Radiant< 16:45, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Objectification photograph

Actually, that white space on the side is of a wall. The models were in an alcove that was roped off. I'll try to do some edits to it to improve its quality. Thanks for the constructive criticism. --DavidShankBone 18:19, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Orphan images

Delete away. TimVickers 14:52, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Image:Greg Flynn Berlin Cross.jpg

Re your query - Photograph of Greg Flynn was taken by me on 26 October 2005 on the corner of Kimber Lane and Little Hay Street, Chinatown, Sydney NSW, Australia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Barkerpj (talk • contribs) 23:39, 29 January 2007 (UTC).

Redundant images

Hi BigrTex, thanks for considering me for asking these types of clean-up. As far as I know, for redundant images you can simply tag the images with {{Redundant|Image:Image name.ext}}. Regards, Shyam (T/C) 06:02, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for directing for the link about the discussions held previously regarding this. Yes, go ahead and list mass-nomination. Thanks again, Shyam (T/C) 17:06, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Drawings by TimVickers

I've skimmed through the pictures and got the following ideas:

  • MM curve.jpg - if this graph quality is acceptable then incorporate into Reaction rate. Otherwise delete.
  • Quin active site copy.jpg - keep and incorporate into Active site
  • DFP reaction3.jpg - incorporate into Enzyme
  • Hexokinase ball and stick model, with substrates to scale.png - incorporate into Hexokinase
  • Phenylalanine hydroxylase.jpg - incorp as suggested before
  • HIV protesase with ritonavir.png - incorporate into protease
  • Nucleosome with DNA as ribbon.jpg, Nucleosome with spacefill DNA.jpg - incorp to Nucleosome or related articles

The others could be deleted, either due to possible plagiarism, unknown utility or improper filename. --Deryck C. 00:21, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Sexual objectification

I submitted a photo to sexual objectification of women in panties heels and nothing else vacuuming; it's of a fashion show by Imitation of Christ, a well-known label. Several editors want NO images on the page, but I think this one is pretty clear: at a fashion show, these topless models vacuuming in heels shows women objectified sexually. Could you interject with your opinion please? Talk:Sexual_objectification#Request_for_Comment--DavidShankBone 04:08, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

My orphaned images

Hello thanks for notifying me of these orphaned images. The reason they are orphaned is because I haven't added the relevant parts to the article Mind, Body & Kick Ass Moves. The pics relate to points in the series which I haven't had time to add to the article, I am currently working on completing the article so the images can be added. I will remove the tag from the images so they are not deleted and will add them to the article as soon as the relevant info has been added.--NeilEvans 19:55, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

after reviewing the article and images I realised that the article already is covered by the images on the page, and the images were ones I uploaded but to put them in the article would cause too much clutter, so I reverted the tags and they can be deleted. Sorry.--NeilEvans 20:18, 6 February 2007 (UTC)


Interstate sign images for deletion

BigrTex, you've listed a bunch of interstate sign images for deletion today that were already listed on February 10. See here. You may want to de-list them and place your comments on the previous listing. TomTheHand 21:08, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Images listed for deletion

This is the second time they were listed for deletion, and since there are already better versions of all of them, go ahead. I'll wait as long as I have to. DanTD 21:42, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, lost my temper!

Sorry about that. let me defend my point a little more civilly. Could the intrepretation of satire on feudalism be replaced by more general terms about organized violence? I accept that the comment on fuedalism, which seemed a truism to me, does not actually follow Wikipedia guidelines. But the chances of finding its source seem to be pretty small, and the general point of containing satirical content is a point I don't want to see lost altogether. Cuvtixo 20:16, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Willing to do research.

My curiousity has been piqued about Bad Sir Brian Botany and I'd rather research and perhaps start an entry (or stub?) on this poem, if the story is accurate. A Texan friend of mine introduced me to the Bunny Foo Foo song, in German!

 I didn't realize it was sung in English in the US at all!

If BSBB pans out, I'll come back to Little Bunny Foo Foo.Cuvtixo 22:55, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: BJBot - IfD work

Great ideas! I have zero IfD experience so I wasn't really sure what the bot should be doing. I will be adding the features in the next few days. BJTalk 06:42, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

I have added the first few of your ideas, tells if the image is orphaned or not in the IfD listing and warns uploaders. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bjweeks (talk • contribs) 13:38, 18 February 2007 (UTC).

California county route signs

BigrTex, I see we have been working in parallel. (Great minds think alike!) I have made a mass nomination of all California county route signs at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2007 February 16#California county route signs. I apologize for duplicating some of your work. I did not realize that I was until I was double checking all of the images. I have not tagged all of hte images, but I did notify the two uploaders, User talk:Kamlung and User talk:Gateman1997. --Iamunknown 06:56, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

I just wish I had AWB or some other tool to make tagging all those images a bit easier --Iamunknown 17:14, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

reply

Thanks for the comments on my talk page. I just want to state two things briefly:

  • People are expected to use category talk pages before CFD, to show courtesy. I know I do, and I know many others who do as well. There's nothing wrong with using them, and they actually allow a conversation to occur with less pressure.
  • Users at Wikipedia are actually encouraged to be bold (but not reckless) , so it seems like if my action encourages them to be bold and also think things out as I did, that's a good thing. This seems like you're doing the complete opposite of what the Wikipedia policy page suggests.--Urthogie 04:06, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Question: AB

Thanks for pointing out the Glossary. I never noticed that was there. Shows you how observant I am! -Nv8200p talk 02:17, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Why are my pictures up for deletion?

You left me a message that some of my pictures will be deleted. May I ask why Image:Dutchess County Route 33 NY.PNG and 37.PNG will be deleted? I don't recall asking them to be.

Thanks! Crispy1995 21:15, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Winnie the Pooh on my user page

Thanks for removing image of Winnie the Pooh, I did not know that use of some images is limited. --ja_62 09:27, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Image:Snowsig.JPG

I am fine with this image being deleted if it has been orphaned because of the uploading of a similar image. Skudrafan1 22:57, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

My images

I do not want people notifying my talk page about my image deletion. Please, delete my images without notifying my talkpage.--DarkTea 03:30, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

deleting 2008 in New Zealand

I don't know what you did, but I can't find a way to start a discussion about this proposal. Can you help me? Because giving three days for debate is only useful when there's a page for it. Kripto 07:22, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

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Tits

Hello! You tagged Image:Now that's a great pair of tits.jpg for IFD, but forgot to give a reason for deletion on the IFD discussion page. Please do so. —xyzzyn 00:10, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. —xyzzyn 17:07, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

New NRHP Collaboration Division

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How've you been!

I've been going along well, and I was just stopping by to wish you a happy St. Patrick's Day! -- Shindo9Hikaru 03:49, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the tip Buddy. --♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪ walkie-talkie 06:40, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

KY highway page

I'm currently cleaning up the page. Please do not edit it. Thanks. --TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 22:20, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Your first barnstar!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
I hereby award BigrTex the tireless contributor barnstar due to his outstanding amount of high quality edits. Shindo9Hikaru 01:47, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Images

Hi BigrTex - thank you so much for the help with uploading photos. I've now got the thumb right, but if you look at my last image (Mapungubwe National Park) I still can't get it positioned in the right place. Any suggestions? I love Wikipedia and have used it for research for quite some time now so I feel it's my turn to give something back. Thanks for the welcome.Laura SA 18:58, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks again

I really like the gallery option - I'll certainly try that as I have loads of images. You've been a great help.Laura SA 21:53, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

References

I'm sorry, but I never seem to be able to get to the bottom of my queries. When I edit with new information, where must I record my references? Thanks for your help.Laura SA 14:12, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Image:Turkmenelimap.JPG

You placed an {{ifd}} tag on Image:Turkmenelimap.JPG yesterday, but did not complete the nomination process. The image has now been autolisted at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2007 March 22#Image:Turkmenelimap.JPG, could you point us to the original image to support the copyvio allegation that you made on Image talk:Turkmenelimap.JPG? ~ BigrTex 15:29, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Here is the link to the page he got it from, he just darkened or drew in the outline on this map and called it his own work.

[1] --D.Kurdistani 18:27, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Image Tagging for Image:Cavallino-Stemma.png

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May 4 2006

Image uploaded before May 4, 2006? You added this to the images below. Can you explain what this has to do with anything? The images are copyright under EU law and held copyright by Ullstein Bild Germany. It is known that free, public domain images illustrating each subject exist. Therefore im going to revert back to Jkelley's edits now. Im just wondering what your cryptic edits are supposed to mean.

Image:Von Manstein 01.jpg Image:Speer portrait.jpg Image:Dietrich 2.jpg Image:Keitel 01.jpg Image:Raeder color1.jpeg

Thanks Dee Mac Con Uladh 12:12, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes no stolen images since 2005 under that ID. Today I listed some 'GeneralPatton' stole from David Irvings site some of his last copyright violations under that ID. Notice that 'GeneralPatton' claims the images are public domain, yet for two of them the copyright holder details are clearly listed on the pages he stole them from. The other two are clearly taken by journalists.
While im glad 'GeneralPatton' ceased uploading images (under that ID), I do wonder about the suspected sock who merrily carries on deliberately obfuscate image copyright status much like 'GeneralPatton' did. Even now that his suspected sock has been made aware of the copyright violations he just continues uploading images lol.
I'll skip addressing why enforcing the letter of the policy rather than the spirit is a wrongheaded, foolish concept. If you had expressed any concern over blatant copyright infringement I might have been inclined to take your thoughts on the matter more seriously. It is also worth mentioning that no admin is above the law, but following from your comment I will report my suspicions and see what lies at the bottom of this. Dee Mac Con Uladh 15:05, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Yes serious charges against an admin but an admin is not Christ resurrected. An admin is someone with a lot of time to waste and extra weight to throw around. Expertise in subject areas isnt even required to get the job. So tell me, if I wade through hundreds of diffs to establish the same modus operandi between smith & patton would it be wise of me to trust the ranks of admin to address such a problem? As you already hinted, the chances of the ranks closing and seeing no problem are much more likely. However for copyright holders, of which I am one, the root problem of this persons copyright theft would remain.
smith2006 was caught redhanded stealing images (over 20 sourced so far on Jkelly Talk), he has not been removed from the project. The copyright holder of the Frentz images, UllsteinBild, had previously threated to sue wikipedia over hosting their material. When Ullstein threatened legal action every Frentz image was removed from every wiki within 24hrs. Compare that result to the hours I have spent trolling policy hoops policed by casual amateurs. Compare my time wasted in this process to the time an unidentified thief called 'smith2006' took to scan and upload the work of other people and "donate" it to the world as if he had a hand in its creation. Clearly, the process is a joke.
As I am reluctant to waste anymore of my time, I will in future email respective copyright holders CC'ing the WWW nerve center of Wool, Wales, and Wikia. When the WWW "we wont tell/we didnt know" defense evaporates (as it did with Ullstein previously) results can be expected within hours, not weeks. Dee Mac Con Uladh 16:41, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Image:CA118.JPG

I've responded to the IFD. It is no longer orphaned.  V60 VTalk · VDemolitions 23:04, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Its cool man...

So I was a little ticked about the picture getting removed at first, but I guess I should have checked the policys. :(


Bubble 94 is bringin' the JE££¥! 22:56, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Adminship

Wizardman would like to nominate you to be an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Wizardman to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/BigrTex. If you accept the nomination, you must formally state your acceptance and answer the questions on that page. Once you have answered the questions, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.
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