User:Blackwatch21/Archive 1

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Your recent uploads

Your images recently uploaded which you claim were created by you have all been tagged as copyright violations. Professional sports logos cannot be self-made and cannot be owned by a user. IrishLass (talk) 21:55, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I have deleted the images that you uploaded as they are copyright violations as noted above.
On a side note, I noticed that you tried to add yourself to Wikipedia:WikiProject Television participants. I've added the category for you onto your user page. I realize that as a newcomer to Wikipedia, that things have been quite confusing. If I can be of any assistance, please feel free to contact me. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 22:12, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, it's kind of confusing. Blackwatch21 (talk) 22:15, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
I added the box which gives you automatic categorization to the project, it also links you straight to the project when you want to go to the project page and not just a list of members of the project. IrishLass (talk) 22:21, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. Blackwatch21 (talk) 22:25, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Do you know how to line up all the the participant boxs on the right going down? Blackwatch21 (talk) 22:39, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
I'll tell you how I did it. I found a page where I liked their box, copied it and then switched out the tags. Like you could copy my page. You do that by hitting "edit this page" and then copy the table. Just make sure you don't save or make any actual changes. IrishLass (talk) 22:45, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks I got it.--Blackwatch21 (talk) 22:54, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Thought you should be warned, the sports logos on your page are not permitted. You should remove them. KellyAna (talk) 21:18, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Who are you and how did you get my page? .Blackwatch21 (talk) 21:17, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello? Blackwatch21 (talk) 22:03, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
I replied on my page. I work with Gogo Dodo on Survivor pages and IrishLass on Days or our Lives pages. I saw your post on IrishLass' page and was wondering who you were. I clicked, saw the pictures, and thought rather than repoorting you, I'd just tell you they should be removed. I didn't think you'd want to get in trouble a second time. From the looks of your page, you've been warned by Gogo Dodo and then repeated the action, that's grounds for a warning. I just tried advising you. I was only trying to help you avoid trouble.KellyAna (talk) 22:32, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Tom, get rid of the logos, not allowed on user pages. Also don't spend your time dealing with KellyAna/Irlishlass, its funny how you've been a member for three days and the first thing they both do when they return at the same time, is send you messages. They must of seen your name on my contributions. SORRY --DJS24 (talk) 22:30, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
I wouldn't flatter yourself. He's been on the Las Vegas talk page and IrishLass' page. And defimation is a personal attack and not allowed. If you look, you'll see neither of us tried to hurt your friend but rather help. Your comments are personal attacks. Blackwatch21, you would do well to look up a couple of things before emulating bad behaviour or listening to personal attacks. You seem to be trying, and I certainly haven't done anything wrong in telling you what's not allowed. It wasn't even a warning, it was just some advice since it's the first thing you see when you click on your name. And what do you mean "both return?" I never left, I was just in Daytona and forgot my laptop. Rolex24. Looks like IrishLass has been here too. So what's with the "just return" comment? KellyAna (talk) 22:35, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
I see that you two have some history and I wouldn't want to get involed in that. Best wishes. Blackwatch21 (talk) 22:27, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Probably a good idea. What I would advise you to do is take things at face value. I told you about the logos so you wouldn't get in trouble. I was actually trying to help you. KellyAna (talk) 23:03, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
I suppose you could say that. --DJS24 (talk) 23:03, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

It's About Time

I see you finally took my advice and made a username. Have fun on Wikipedia. Let me know if you need any help. Regards DJS --DJS24 (talk) 23:15, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
I know. I messed up a couple of times with some sport logos. I didn't realize people are right on top of that kind of stuff. Best wishes, Blackwatch21.Blackwatch21 (talk) 14:17, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Hey, when you make the 360 userbox, send me one. I also saw the page you were working on. DJS--DJS24 (talk) 22:43, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
You got it. Blackwatch21 (talk) 23:08, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Wikiprojects

Re your message: Sure, I can help you with that. Documentation on how to make a userbox is available at Wikipedia:Userboxes. What I would recommend is to find another WikiProject's userbox that you like and then fashion yours after that. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 22:30, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll try that. Thanks for the help. Blackwatch21 (talk) 22:27, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Re your message: There is not much else you can do besides what you have done already. One thing that I suggest you do is coordinate with Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 21:35, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll try that. I appreciate you helping me. --Blackwatch21 (talk) 23:03, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Blackwatch21

KellyAna, Can you please stop involving me in my brother and yours conflict. I have nothing to do with it and you are making it seem like I do. I saw that you said my brother and I live in the same house. That is a false assumption. You are making my name look bad and I do not appreciate you doing that to a new user. Best wishes. Blackwatch21(talk) 20:12, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Category:WikiProject user templates

What you did to this page counts as vandalism, none of that content belongs on that category page. 76.16.188.239 (talk) 01:31, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't realize that I did anything wrong.--Blackwatch21 (talk) 02:40, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Wikiproject Xbox 360

Copyrighted non-free images such as product logos and promotional materials may not be used outside of the article namespace. You may link to these images by including a colon before the image name, as in [[:image:image.jpg]], doing this will prevent the image from being rendered. For more information on non-free content and why it can't be used on WikiProject pages, please see Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria exemptions and the more general WP:NFCC guidelines.

When using photographs of consoles or console accessories, bear in mind that you can only use free licensed imagery. Replaceable images from press kits are not allowed anywhere on Wikipedia. Luckily, there's a treasure trove of free images you may use from the Wikimedia Commons. These are located at commons:Category:Xbox 360 and commons:Category:Xbox.

Since the images used in the 360 wikiproject violate Wikipedia policies, I have removed them or replaced them with free alternatives where available. I've also removed the Microsoft logos from the relevant userbox. If these were duplicate or orphaned images, I will delete them. You are welcome to create copyright-free replacements for any deleted image, provided that they are not derivative works or trademark infringements. Please let me know if you have any further questions or if you need help with procuring free images. Regards, ˉˉanetode╦╩ 04:25, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

The same goes for Image:P1290340.jpg. Don't do this again. ˉˉanetode╦╩ 05:36, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: Free image

Sure, I'd be happy to make something for you! Do you want the logo to be the console itself? David Fuchs (talk) 01:41, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

It doesn't matter, what ever you think would look best. We're looking for a logo for our project. Thanks --Blackwatch21 (talk) 01:45, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Xbox360front.png

Here's the rough of the image. Is that along the lines of what you were thinking about? Also, I see you've uploaded several images which are definitely not your work. Don't do that, please, there are plenty of free alternatives (like this!) David Fuchs (talk) 22:05, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


Offer of services

Would you mind if I try my hand at designing the portal for Wikiproject Xbox 360? I have worked quite a bit behind the scenes in portal:sony playstation, and I have some experience with the various area of making a portal. Thanks. Thingg⊕⊗ 04:33, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: Xbox 360 portal

Ok, so what are we thinking here, like, put the boxes at the top of the page? or where did you think they'd go well? ~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thingg (talk • contribs) 16:09, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

I want the box you had about Xbox and 360 info at the top. I also want the news and things do to box on the right side, under the infobox about the portal.--Blackwatch21 (talk) 16:13, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Then I want my featured articles towards the middle to bottom area, with your boxes design at the top. Thanks for your help--Blackwatch21 (talk) 16:16, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
I did my best to implement your requests, though I was not able to do exactly what you wanted with the "News" and "Things you can do" boxes because the "box-header" template only allows rectangles and doing exactly what you requested left a gaping hole on the left side of the portal above the "Featured game" section. Also, I couldn't figure out how to get the "Infobox VG" to align to something other than center (I was thinking that I would add an additional box called "About this portal" to house that info, but as I said, I can't get the template to align to the center. I tried <center>, <div style="float:center;">, and <div align="center"> to no avail.) For the present, the code for the infobox is commented out on the portal page. Any ideas on where to put it? Also, all of the actual content on the page is now in subpages like Portal:Xbox 360/Featured article or Portal:Xbox 360/Xbox 360 news. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I made shortcuts for both the Wikiproject and the portal. They are WP:XB and WP:XB360 for the project, and P:XB and P:XB360 for the portal. Believe me, it's much easire to type "wp:xb" than "WP:WikiProject Xbox 360". ;-) So, is the present portal satisfactory? or do you have any changes you would like me to make? Thingg⊕⊗ 18:43, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
I like it. Good work.--Blackwatch21 (talk) 18:46, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
I really like it, great job. We need to find a site to get sourced news on Xbox 360, to fill in that gap. Any suggestions? DJS--DJS24 (talk) 18:49, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, Also, why don't we try doing the discussion on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Xbox 360 so we can keep all sides of the discussion together. I'll post there. Thingg⊕⊗ 18:55, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

February 2008

Please do not add copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder{{#if:|, as you did when uploading copyrighted logos owned by Microsoft. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. For more information, read over WP:NFC. ˉˉanetode╦╩ 05:51, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

I understand you think you are the chief of the image police and that you don't worry about messing up pages that are under construction and that by the way is vandalism. All the images we get are from other Wikipedia articles so if you are going to delete ours, delete theirs as well.--Blackwatch21 (talk) 20:23, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
You may not use non-free images outside of article space. When you uploaded the X360 logos for use in userboxes and the WikiProject, you were violating policy. Please stop. I have nothing against your project, but I regularly monitor Wikipedia uploads for potential copyright violations. I understand that your attempts to illustrate the project page were made in good faith, but if you are going to be dealing with non-free images, you need to familiarize yourself with the WP:NFCC. Bear in mind that enforcing Wikipedia image use policies is not vandalism and the equivocation fallacy does not justify borrowing images from articles for use in WikiProjects. Thanks, ˉˉanetode╦╩ 23:56, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: Blackwatch21

If you are referring to Image:28jjj.jpg, it was deleted as blatant copyright infringement of the intellectual property owned by the Black Watch Premier organization. You can't claim copyright on a photograph of someone else's intellectual property. Further, according to WP:USER, you may not use non-free content to decorate your userpage. Before you upload any more images, read over copyright infringement and Commons:Derivative works. Wikipedia takes copyright laws very seriously, so if you continue violating Wikipedia non-free content policies, you will be blocked from editing. Let me know if you have any questions, ˉˉanetodeUser_talk:Anetode 03:18, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

I play for that organization. We are going to Nationals in 2 weeks pal. I didn't claim that as my own. I claimed the picture I took of it mine.--Blackwatch21 (talk) 03:28, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Kudos on your userpage picture it is nice. Unfortunately I am going to need to see some info about it or I will put a speedy deletion on it. Let me know if you have any questions.--Blackwatch21 (talk) 03:34, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Blackwatch, you do realize Anetode is an administrator/former admin for Wikipedia. You could be blocked or banned for your uploads, people are trying to help you. Threatening them isn't the best way to go. KellyAna (talk) 03:46, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks KellyAna, and I'm a current admin, as far as I know :) Congratulations on making it to the nationals, Blackwatch. You have to understand that my only interest here is to enforce policy, any other admin would do the same. You can take this personally and feel the need to reciprocate with immature threats, or you can take heed of WP:MASTODON. I really am trying to help you here, I don't want to resort to blocking or other drastic measures. As for the image on my userpage, it's a modified version of a piece of free art currently used as an illustration of the Droste effect. You can find information on its source and licensing at Image:Swirlyclock.png. ˉˉanetode╦╩ 04:05, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Sorry Anetode, I was a little confused by your categories on your page. I didn't want to make assumptions so I tried to cover all bases. I do stand by what I said, you seem to be helping and threatening you probably is a bad idea. KellyAna (talk) 04:10, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
No problem. And you're absolutely right, threatening any user on Wikipedia is a bad idea. ˉˉanetode╦╩ 04:55, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
LOL, look who returns, KellyAna your input isn't needed here. Anetode, your not an admin, I suggest you look at the admin list. So please don't threaten me with your non - existing admin status. I will change my picture without the logo so it fits the rules, and change any image on Wikiproject Xbox thats needed to be changed. I'm very upset however, that you took it upon yourself to delete every image without discussing or even asking us to take them down. Instead you deleted them and ruined our entire Xbox page several times. Also, if you want something removed from MY userpage, you ask/discuss before you edit or delete something on my page. KellyAna I'm glad you felt the need to respond to this issue, I suggest you don't do that again. --Blackwatch21 (talk) 04:24, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Blackwatch, maybe you should talk to DJS24 before being so hostile. Also, I think you should know that only admins have the power to delete images so since Anetode was able to delete your images, he is an admin. People are trying to help you. You should accept the help when it's offered. Talk to DJS, he'll clarify some stuff for you. KellyAna (talk) 04:50, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Don't take my comments as threats, they are merely warnings. I understand how my edits to the WikiProject might have upset you, I didn't mean to offend you or screw up the formatting of that project page. However according to WP:OWN, you can expect any wikipedia user to mercilessly edit any page in a good faith effort to improve it or enforce policy. BTW, you might want to brush up on how to check a user's sysop status. ˉˉanetode╦╩ 05:00, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
All the images on the page are now free-licensed images. I got them from Wikimedia Commons. I realize Anetode you trying to help but next time can you please tell me first before you delete every single image because it messed up the whole project when it was under construction and as for DJS, he standing right next to me as he is visiting my house for the weekend. Best wishes.--Blackwatch21 (talk) 05:12, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Good. Tell him they blocked Robin for 4 days and if she does it even once again she'll be blocked for longer. KellyAna (talk) 05:15, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

{{xboxp}}

please see the WikiProject Xbox talk page and comment. Thanks. xenocidic (talk) 20:29, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Need Help?

Let me know if you need any help with the EA Games Project. I know a lot about their games from The Sims to Command and Conquer. --Noah Baurer (talk) 17:13, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm in the middle of making the templates.--Blackwatch21 (talk) 17:15, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: EA games logo

My apologies for not getting back to you sooner, I somehow missed your note. Yeah, I'll be happy to help out with a logo. It may take me a little while, but I'll get one up soon. Thingg⊕⊗ 19:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I appreciate your help. You make very good logos.--Blackwatch21 (talk) 19:49, 18 February 2008 (UTC)


Comment

You are doing an amazing job with Wikiproject Xbox. Its grown to 19, and if we keep this up, who know what we can accomplish! Anyway, expect more logins by me in the future.1yodsyo1 Talk! 21:04, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Seinfeld.

Hey! You may not remember but you did sign up to this project. Joelster, me, Inkquill and Gprince007 are hard at work here. Two questions: Do you still want to do it and why? Answer me on my talk page. I expect an honest response from you. Johnnyauau2000 (talk) 12:44, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Question

Why'd you repost it up there, theres no clean up to be done, and its up for GA status, you didnt explain why you reverted. NimiTize 02:34, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Well if you want to, I'll fix it up, and you can help (Thats if you want to), before it gets reviewed. NimiTize 03:13, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:455308619 01fbaa0cb7.jpg)

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Re:WikiProject Xbox

Sure. Though I'm not the best at making ads, I'll be happy to do it the best I can. Awaiting details, ♠TomasBat 21:40, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Y Done → Image:Qxz-ad132.gif
Name Image:Qxz-ad132.gif
WikiProject Wikipedia:WikiProject Xbox
Ad number 132
Version 1.0
Author(s) TomasBat and Thingg (image created by this user employed; see "Image(s) employed")
Upon request by... Blackwatch21
Licensing Public domain per release by author and ineligibility for copyright of image employed in it
Image(s) employed Image:Wikiproject Xbox logo.png, by Thingg who released it to the public domain since it was ineligible for copyright
Number of slides 2
Slide duration
  • 1st slide: 300 1/100 s
  • 2nd slide: 500 1/100 s
Notes The logo didn't look well with a grey background, so I added it on a white background and I added borders dividing the white part from the grey part, and I henceforth ended up adding borders to the whole logo for it to look better (a thick border line in the middle and no border lines all around didn't look well). Also, I couldn't find the exact font used at Image:Qxz-ad31.gif, so I used Arial (if you know what font it is than please tell me and I'll change it). If there is anything I did wrong or that you think should be/could be improved, then please tell me and I will make the changes and upload a new version.
♠TomasBat 02:54, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Housekeeping

A tag has been placed on Template:Work Xbox, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

criteria G6 housekeeping as this has been supplanted by the argument needs work yes on xboxp

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as an appropriate article, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is appropriate, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. xenocidic (talk) 18:59, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Templates Talkpage BW21, BW21 Talk, Userpage BW21, User time BW21, User date BW21, User co-creator

Do these really belong in the Template namespace? Couldn't they be moved to your userspace and subst'd from there? xenocidic (talk) 19:16, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

You've created single-use personal templates. See Wikipedia:Template namespace for what templates are supposed to be. Do you want me to go ahead and make the changes I'm proposing? xenocidic (talk) 19:56, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
I double checked with an admin and it seems they didn't belong in the template userspace. He fixed it all up for you. xenocidic (talk) 22:29, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Sure you can change the colour. Just edit the subpage. Those kind of things dont belong in the template namespace. xenocidic (talk) 02:03, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Template problems

Since it's not in use, should we CSD it for housekeeping? xenocidic (talk) 19:30, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Just FYI, I tagged Template:problems for speedy deletion as it's not in use. xenocidic (talk) 12:42, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Template Problems WW moved

...to Wikipedia:WikiProject Xbox/Problems WW per WP:UBM. xenocidic (talk) 14:49, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Template WWXSidebar moved

...to Wikipedia:WikiProject Xbox/Sidebar per WP:UBM. Just FYI, you shouldn't create single-use templates in the template namespace when they would function just as well as a subpage. xenocidic (talk) 20:23, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Invite

Please accept this invitation to join the Kansas City Chiefs WikiProject, a WikiProject dedicated to improving all articles associated with the Kansas City Chiefs. Simply click here to accept!

Kimu 00:40, 23 March 2008 (UTC)



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Re: Xbox 360 Portal

ummm.. what did you want me to do? Thingg⊕⊗ 18:53, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Xbox Articles

We need to start going through Xbox articles and rating them as to what ones need improving. I noticed we're getting low with articles that need improvement and I sure there are tons of articles that need work. NOAH! --Noah Baurer (talk) 14:44, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Can you take care of that request? I suggested putting it on the project talk page to let other members contribute. Also Tom, can you switch the feat. article. That needs to be changed. --DJS24 (talk) 15:23, 30 March 2008 (UTC)