User talk:Blah0401

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[edit] Help

{{helpme}} On the Acura Integra article if you scroll down to the type r section all of the the 'edit' buttons for each section are for some reasoning apperaing in the middle of the paragraph there, i know its not a big deal but i think it looks sloppy, any help is appreciated. Thanks

Argh... That is strange isn't it? Thanks for letting us know, I'll have a play with it — Deon555^talk_desk^{sign here!} 04:58, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

I've fixed it temporarily by removing all the [edit] links from the page... I'll work on something a little better when I can — Deon555^talk_desk^{sign here!} 05:02, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

User:Werdan7 fixed it, much better than I could or did :). Thanks for letting us know, — Deon555^talk_desk^{sign here!} 05:10, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ok, but can you tell me what I can do?

I did never mean to use my userpage for a blog. But I wanna know what can I do to my page instead? I want it to have info about me, but how can I do it without having it as a blog? I never really meant to have it as an blog, honest. TheBlazikenMaster 11:28, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your VandalProof Application

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Hi there. I recently received a talk page message from you stating a problem. Since the message above has been posted, am I correct in assuming this problem no longer exists? Thanks. —Xyrael / 21:31, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks and a request

Thanks for closing the case - would you please remove my email address and NewtonFallsLeader's real name and address from the emails you posted on the AMA page. I do not want my email address posted on Wikipedia (spam and other concerns). Thanks again for your work on this - sorry it didn't get resolved. Ruhrfisch 00:55, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi Blah0410!

I am the creator of the U.S. climate map. Go ahead and label it, I guess, under author releases all rights. I grant permission!

-StrongBad1982

[edit] help

{{helpme}} On the Milton S. Hershey while looking for a picture to use, i did find a picture of his wife. My problem is that i'm not sure if I can submit the picture to be used because of copyright issues. His wife died in 1915 so the picture had to be taken before 1923 and be in the public domain but, the picture is hosted on the Hershey company website and i'm not sure if that means that a new copyright would take place. So can some one who knows more about this issue help me out? The image can be found on this website. Thanks in advance for any help.
Blah0401 08:40, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

The company hasn't created a "new" copyright by publishing it on their website unless that's the first time the image has been published. Works are in the public domain if they were first published before 1923. Unfortunately, I have no idea whether that was the case. By the way, the Hershey Trust's website includes a more complete, though smaller photo of her. (The original photo might not've originally have that sepia tone to it.) – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 09:57, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Hi there

Well, the "Nguyễn" article gives the IPA pronunciation, but I'll try my own explanation: The Ng is like the first ng in "sing-along". When you pronounce "sing-along" normally, there isn't a hard g sound, and likewise there isn't a hard g sound in Nguyễn. Also, notice that there isn't a n sound anywhere in "sing-along". It's hard for most English speakers to isolate that ng sound, so you can probably get away with sticking a brief ə in front. Now try pronouncing "əng-wee-in", pronouncing "wee" and "in" as you would the English words. (Take care not to insert a hard g sound.)

That's the word nguyên in Vietnamese, and in the context of saying someone's name, I think you'd be fine there. But nguyên means "whole", so to get that tilde (~), you have to get the tone correct. Say "əng-wee-in" again, but this time as if you were asking someone that incredulously. ("Nguyễn?! Nguyễn, you say? Hah!") The last touch is to insert a glottal stop just before the "in". It's like the unwritten sound that comes out before the vowels in an emphatic "uh-oh!"

Anyhow, that's the northern pronunciation; you can listen to another Wikipedian's southern pronunciation here. It's pretty much the same, but the tone is completely different, so there's no glottal stop. Hope this helps.

 – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 09:41, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and I should note that many Nguyễns will go by "win" or something similar (I've heard things as egregious as "nwig-win" and "en-guy-en" before), so you probably don't have to stress about it, unless you want to impress them. :^) – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 10:13, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:AMA member?

Are you a member of AMA? You may want to look at the membership list at WP:AMA. --CyclePat 04:22, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:MiltonHersheySchool.gif

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[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Aventuralovehate.jpg

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