User talk:BorisFromStockdale

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Please, if you post something to my talk page, be constuctive and state your suggestions clearly.

THINK BEFORE YOU POST! --BorisFromStockdale 20:02, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

==Hello Boris! Boris, how are you? I think you should go to the SSP reunion!

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[edit] Zen and the Art of Hacks

Why did you revert this? Seems to me that the User:Z.Spy person was being... well... themselves, and there was an anony user stating what was, er, acceptable. No reason to delete them. Right? Avriette 07:15, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

I did not revert anything! What are you talking about?? --BorisFromStockdale 15:31, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Er, I am on drugs. Sorry. Avriette 03:11, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
OK... no hurt feelings...--BorisFromStockdale 20:56, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging Image:Stockdale High School.jpg

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Thanks for uploading Image:Stockdale High School.jpg. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the image, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created the image yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the image on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the image yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the image also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture then you can use {{GFDL}} to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the image qualifies as fair use, please read fair use, and then use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

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[edit] FBI profiling image

Did you notice the one that was put up as a possible replacement. As you can see from that edit it was deleted in favor of the FBI mugshots. I can't comment on the accuracy of the five groups so i have not pushed the issue but I do agree that the FBI one is in poor taste. David D. (Talk) 06:12, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the nice image at rotation. And a tip, the edit summary is your friend. :) Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 05:33, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

And you need to go to Image:Rotating Sphere.gif and specify a licence, otherwise the image may be deleted, per the policy. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 05:34, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Torrent links

I've removed some you posted. See Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Torrent_Links for more. Christopher Parham (talk) 21:55, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Contributions

You can check out my varied and extensive contributions at Special:Contributions/BorisFromStockdale

You can check my extended statistics at wikimedia tools

[edit] User:66.122.0.126 Page

Hello there, I have noticed the above page which you have contributed a lot of image files to. Unfortunately this is generally against wikipedia's guidelines. What Wikipedia is not gives good guidance as to what is and is not allowed - your image uploads on the IP user page all fall under WWIN section 1.5, "a mirror or a repository of links, images, or media files". The various items you have posted there are in no way useful to the enclyclopedia, and so in accordance with policy have been nominated for deletion. Please feel free to comment on the deletion nomination at the Nomination Page. I hope you understand the reasons for this nomination and I encourage you to read through the Policies and guidelines pages so you are fully aware of the do's and don’ts of WP (in regard to this, and your posting of torrent links dealt with above). Best wishes.SFC9394 00:28, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Yo, you guys contribute stuff to your user pages, why can't I contribute to the User:66.122.0.126 user page. In my oppinion this is not an article, so I have more freedom to do stuff to that page. I also understand your side of the argument. I will not upload more images to that page, But can it be kept the way it is for now? PLEASE? --BorisFromStockdale 06:15, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
Three points Boris.
  • 1. A user generally should only be editing his/her user page, not another users page.
  • 2. IP user pages (as opposed to signed up user pages) are pretty much not meant to be used - the only stuff that should be on them is a notice to other editors to say if it is a public IP that hosts many users, or to note if the IP belongs to an institution (and the talk page of the above IP page already has such a notice).
  • And 3. Even if all the stuff was on your page, not on the IP page, it would still be breaching policy. It is probably worth your while reading Guidelines on User Pages - that lets you know the do's and don'ts. Generally the stuff on your UP should only be giving an introduction to yourself, your interests and hobbies etc. and/or things useful to WP work, such as WP shortcuts, a sandbox, current articles that you are writing etc. Normally a good deal of leniency is given on what is in a UP, but it should always connect into the work you are doing here in a fairly obvious manner (your user page is not a personal homepage) - uploading and posting scans of homework solutions is definitely outside the boundaries of what is ok. As I said above, you are most welcome to comment on your deletions at the nomination page, but I can't see any reason why they are needed for an online encyclopedia. I hope you can continue to edit WP in a positive manner - Best Wishes.SFC9394 11:40, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your edit at Pi

Please be more careful with your edits. Putting 1,000,000 digits in that article was a very bad idea, and there is a comment before the digits: "Please do not expand this without explaining why on the talk page". -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 21:08, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Sorry dude! I was just testing it out. I will be more careful next time...(I probably sould have used a sand box)--BorisFromStockdale 23:43, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Okay. Just remember to make experiments in a sandbox (you can create your own sandbox if you'd like), and not to make major edits (such as deletion of large parts of an article, adding controversial information, or adding 1MB of text to an article) before discussing it first in that article's talk page. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 07:12, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Browser?

So, as I wondered at User talk:72.36.198.186.... what browser are you using that inserts these backslashes all over the place? Melchoir 00:20, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

As I told you in the User talk:72.36.198.186, I am using a normal I.E. 6 browser through a hideus.com proxy. I do not know what it is doing, but I can stop if it is disrupting Wikipedia operation. By the way, that proxy should probably be blocked in the wikipedia no proxies policy.
Oh, so it's not the browser at all; I missed that. Yeah, I'd personally appreciate it if you could avoid using the proxy, since it causes work for other people to clean up the backslashes. Technically, it should be blocked, but we don't have to raise a fuss. The talk page already identifies it as a proxy, so if someone starts vandalizing on it, it can be blocked then. Cheers, Melchoir 00:59, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 66.75.209.76

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:T-55_icon.jpg

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I think that I resolved the problem here: Image:T-55_icon.jpg--BorisFromStockdale 06:19, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Signing your comments

Just wondering, how do you sign your posts in talk pages? Are you using ~~~~? I'm asking because your signature doesn't include a link to your user page. Is that on purpose? -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 17:01, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

I am using the default signature button under the editing menu "your signature with time stamp": --~~~~? It is not on purpose; I will investigate this further... --BorisFromStockdale 19:58, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
The raw signature was checked under my preferences window... This removes all auto links... I unchecked it.--BorisFromStockdale 20:13, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

I figured it would be something of this sort... Perhaps you would also be interested in adding a link to your talk page by checking the raw signature box and putting something like:

-- [[User:BorisFromStockdale|BorisFromStockdale]] ([[User Talk:BorisFromStockdale|talk]])
-- [[User:BorisFromStockdale|BorisFromStockdale]] [[User Talk:BorisFromStockdale|☎]]

-- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 10:07, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Cool! I will try this out...--BorisFromStockdale 19:32, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

I replied on User talk:67.49.215.31. If you like, go to Talk:Golden ratio and make a case for including the link. If you need a place to host it, maybe we can work something out. Anyway, I'm going to bed, so if you want to put it up again and see what people think of it, I won't take it down before tomorrow afternoon. Best regards, Tom Harrison Talk 04:06, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How did you make this picture?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Complete_Map.jpg It's very cool it's my desktop. I assume lots of screenshots pasted together.

I took a complete map screenshot. I think it's (Ctrl + F12) --BorisFromStockdale 20:14, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Age3 gameplay.JPG)

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[edit] Image:Laet1.jpg listed for deletion

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[edit] Your recent edits

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[edit] Coverflow

I reverted it because it is a crappy picture. Who the hell is Ackbbe\ogkbjfnsdr?--Cartman005 (talk) 01:06, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

To reply to your racist comment: Akvarium.--BorisFromStockdale|Discussion|Contributions 02:33, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Ya...Its racist because I don't live in Russia and have never heard of them. I think we should have artists that people have heard of in the screenshot.--Cartman005 (talk) 02:40, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
It is racist because of Ackbbe\ogkbjfnsdr... Anyway, I disagree with you:I think you we should have an image that would raise the least copyright concern...--BorisFromStockdale|Discussion|Contributions 02:42, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:SSP Header.gif)

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[edit] Image source problem with Image:WRTBwlog 1.gif

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[edit] WRTbwlog

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Took the text from [1]--BorisFromStockdale|Discussion|Contributions 20:05, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Complete Map.jpg

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[edit] Image:Gleeson_head.jpg listed for deletion

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