User talk:BrianAdler

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[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:James_Lipton's_Arrested_Development_character_-_Warden_Stefan_Gentles.PNG

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As near as I can tell, the image not only has a copyright tag, but it has the correct one. What's the problem? Brian Adler 05:53, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
The person just tagged it with the wrong template. What they mean is that it doesn't satisfy the fair use guidelines. An image like this needs to be a) low-resolution; and b) used for "identification and critical commentary" on the station ID or program and its contents. —Centrx→talk • 06:10, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
I have uploaded a new version of the screenshot at a much lower resolution. As Lipton's Arrested Development character is referenced more than once in the article, there should no longer be a problem. Thanks for your help. Brian Adler 11:02, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Redirects

Hey, when you create new pages, be sure to create a bunch of redirect pages, too. For example, someone might search for Mt. Azuma or Mt Azuma or even Azuma Mountain when they are trying to find the article about Mount Azuma. To help them find it, you need to create pages for all of those alternate names with this text: #REDIRECT [[Mount Azuma]]. That will tell the Wiki software to redirect them to the correct page. Capiche? — Brian (talk) 22:57, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Excellent suggestion, will do. Thanks! Brian Adler 00:21, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photo

Hello Brian! Thanks for your kind message. I surely will not feel insulted, feel free to swap that photos. By the way, your photo looks even greater :). Thank you for your good work and for climbing that "stupid" (I would say "beautiful") mountain :). Do you plan to start another articles about Japanese mountains and volcanoes? - Darwinek 11:16, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Volcanoes/Assessment/Log April 2007

Hi Brian, thanks for trying to fix links on that page, but it is not needed. The notice at the top states, "This is a log of operations by a bot. The contents of this page are unlikely to need human editing. In particular, links should not be disambiguated as this is a historical record." So please don't update links in such logs in the future. The bot will automatically see any page moves the next time it runs, and add a line to the current log about the move, which will have the correct link. Thanks. --Seattle Skier (talk) 04:00, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Damn it. I have to start paying closer attention to stuff like that. - BrianAdler

[edit] Sranan Tongo.

I created the babel box for Sranan Tongo, using the phrase you provided.

The template is

srn Disi sma dya kan taki Sranan Tongo leki wan Srananman


and is located here.

The code is {{user_srn)). Josh 04:34, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you so very much, Josh! Brian Adler 04:07, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
If you can translate Brian, then make the phrase "This user is a native speaker of Sranan Tongo." translating the words native and language name to its native name. I will change the ID for you. -Sox207 21:44, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with this, Sox207. Sranan Tongo is a reletively new creole language and as such has a limited vocabulary and is rife with idioms, making a direct translation tricky (I couldn't find "native" or "speaker" in my dictionary or any online dictionaries, for example), but I think this translation is pretty close - Disi sma dya kan taki Sranan Tongo leki wan Srananman. A direct translatioin would read "This person here is able to speak Sranan Tongo like a Surinamer". This new translation conforms to the Sranan Tongo spelling of words. I let slip by some Aukan spellings before, which I'm more familiar with. Both languages are similar except for a few choice words and spelling. I used my dictionary, A Buku Fu Okanisi Anga Ingiisi Wowtu, 2nd Edition by Evert D. Koanting & Carlo T. Velanti, Printed in Paramaribo, Suriname, copywrite 2000 as a reference in case you need it. I can also work on the translations for the next two Sranan Tongo babel boxes if you'd like (This user is able to contribute with an advanced level of Sranan Tongo) and (This user is able to contribute with a basic level of Sranan Tongo).Brian Adler 06:14, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Lol I put Category:User en there by accident. We no longer use the verb "contribute" on babel boxes other than English because if you think about it it is redundant because you can't contribute to an English Wikipedia in a foreign language. Now we use...let me get it right... speak/hear/write for instance This person can speak/hear/write with a basic level of Sranan Tongo. It is speak/hear/write because those are the three branches of languages, since reading and writing are the same, but it takes skills to both speak and hear a language. For those you can use the conjugated form of the verb for the he/she/it form, or the infinitive. Do you have an equivalent to the -er ending in English? Because then if you had the verb to use you could just put the ending on and blamo you just helped expand your language, thats how we get dictionaries is people adding prefixes and suffixes and making up words. Anyway I will update the userbox. -Sox207 22:52, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Japan taskforces

In order to encourage more participation, and to help people find a specific area in which they are more able to help out, we have organized taskforces at WikiProject Japan. Please visit the Participants page and update the list with the taskforces in which you wish to participate. Links to all the taskforces are found at the top of the list of participants.

Please let me know if you have any questions, and thank you for helping out! ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 08:20, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] user name change

Hi, Brian. I recently changed my user name for privacy reasons. I edited your user page to remove the old name because it was in a format that is easily found with a simple Google search. I hope you'll forgive the intrusion! — Amcaja (talk) 02:12, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

You are invited to participate in WikiProject Scouting, a project dedicated to developing and improving articles about Scouting.
You may sign up at the project members page. 


Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 23:55, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Scout Motto

Can you translate Be Prepared into Sranantongo? Thanks! Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 00:00, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

According to my Sranan Tongo/English dictionary, sete sete means be ready; be prepared. The official language of Suriname is Dutch and all Surinamese learn that language in school, so I doubt there are any Boy Scout Handbooks printed in Sranan Tongo, but I will add 'sete sete' to the Scout Motto page nonetheless. Brian Adler (talk) 10:12, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Thank you! Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 10:24, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hadn't seen you around

Are you okay? Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 04:09, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh yeah. Just been busy. My time here in Japan is winding down and the new school year here just began, so I've had less time to devote to hobbies. But next week is Golden Week, so I might find time to make a few edits then. Thanks for the concern, though! Brian Adler (talk) 22:18, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Aizu Matsudaira's Royal Garden

Updated DYK query On 18 May 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Aizu Matsudaira's Royal Garden, 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.

--BorgQueen (talk) 17:29, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations, BrianAdler! Fg2 (talk) 10:32, 21 May 2008 (UTC)