User talk:Gadfium/archive11

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Contents 1 Re:The weather in London 2 Re: Congratulations 3 NpGallery 4 Remove Commercial Link? 5 Wikinews block 6 please respond 7 Re:Anniversary 8 Thanks 9 Re: Portal:Oceania 10 Image copyright problem with Image:TF IcoddelosVinos.png 11 Trans-Tasman one-upping in progress 12 WP:AA 13 WP:CBB 14 Award 15 Tuvalu and Kioa 16 Portal:Papua New Guinea - wikinews 17 Argentine wine 18 Free vs. open source

[edit] Re:The weather in London

Thanks for the history lesson. I would have used something like Wikipedia:Example of a red link for that purpose, but I suppose it doesn't matter. --TantalumTelluride 19:31, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Congratulations

Yes, you've been very succesful with the NZ Portal - it'd probably be successful at WP:FPCAN straight away. Unfortunately, the Aussie Portal hasn't had much interest from anyone other than myself (although ITN is sometimes updated by others (which reminds me - thanks for updating that when I was on WikiBreak), and Clarkk helped some before he left). Now that you've implemented the queue system, you're pretty much set. ITN and DYK will be the primary concerns, but so long as they do not fall behind more than 2-3 months (per criteria), all should be fine. I'd happily help maintain if others neglect to (but I doubt I'd need to, given P:NZ is more frequently updated than P:AU). As for the edit link, I prefer them to be discrete (and am fine with how they presently appear). But I wouldn't have a problem with you changing the header colour, or repostioning the edit link (like on P:AU). The link to the picture archive is probably necessary too.

Other than that, you might consider arranging a topic list like that on P:AU or P:L. I'll set up an Associated Wikimedia box as well. Good luck.

Oh, by the way, I was considering setting up a Portal:Oceania as a link between P:AU and P:NZ and Portal:Geography. Would you be interested? --cj | talk 04:57, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NpGallery

Can I assume by your edits that you consider this Spam?Pschemp | ^Talk 08:15, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

My edits were a response to your request for assistance. I answered one of your other posts.-gadfium 08:17, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I see your reply now. Thanks!Pschemp | ^Talk 08:17, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! There are about 250 pages with the link on it! Nationalparks 08:23, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Sorry if I went a bit nuts with the request for assistance. I just didn't know for sure who reads what how often. Pschemp | ^Talk 08:25, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

You can see all the pages that have the link here. Nationalparks 08:27, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

I'll tackle the rest of them tomorrow. It's bed time now.-gadfium 08:43, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

I have begun removing the links as well. Don't worry, it won't be just you. Nationalparks 08:43, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Wow, there have been quite a few edit wars over these links. Nationalparks 08:55, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

All done! (I got the rest of them) Pschemp | ^Talk 09:45, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Um, these links ARE NOT link spam. And Pschemp IS NOT an admin, nor qualified to remove them. These links have been on Wikipedia for a long time. This is clearly a case of two users and one admin abusing their authority. Where do I complain about this? Npgallery 20:04, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Remove Commercial Link?

Wikipedia has rules against commercial links, Gadfium? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Npgallery (talk • contribs)

[edit] Wikinews block

Yes, I knew it would expire sooner or later, and obviously that request was reasonable only for the duration of the block. Thanks for replying though. Greentubing 04:38, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] please respond

I'm terrified of what happened. I need to talk to you, but have no idea how to contact a wikipedia user in private. adam_10_28_81 05:04, 12 February 2006

I have no idea what you are talking about. This is the first contribution your account has made, unless you've made edits to articles which have since been deleted. If you want to contact me privately, please use the E-mail this user button. You will need to have enabled your own email.-gadfium 18:30, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Whats going on that could be so horrible on wikipedia? I saw only on thing posted on his user and talk page. Must be petrified. --Calvinsupergenius 18:45, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

He emailed me and explained the situation. I can't comment on the details.-gadfium 05:18, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, was it personal,Or did it have to do with wikipedia? --Calvinsupergenius 20:27, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Anniversary

Thanks for that :) Not sure whether I'm still going as fast as I was - it took me a lot longer to move from 50 to 60,000 than the previous ten. I think a lot of the fast bit was re-stubbing work (you can munch through a hundred of them in a sitting if you're "on song"). As to the portal, no, I didn't know about that - then again, I haven't done as much work as I'd hoped on the subject - a few geography and buildings stubs and that's about all. I'll see what I can do though! Grutness...wha? 05:44, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for your response to the proposal that I submitted to the Village Pump yesterday on how to attract older, experienced conributers. I really appreciated your kind remarks.

By the way, my proposal is still there on the discussion page ... at least as of a few minutes ago. Somehow, it got submitted twice and so I deleted one of them. mbeychok 16:38, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Portal:Oceania

Thanks for starting discussion on this. I'll comment as time allows (I'm presently without home internet access after moving). Regards, --cj | talk 15:49, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:TF IcoddelosVinos.png

Thanks for uploading Image:TF IcoddelosVinos.png. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Thank you. nixie 07:53, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trans-Tasman one-upping in progress

Hi G - Thought you might be able to offer a bit of advice about what's going on over at the Pavlova talk page. There's been a bit of friendly trans-Tasman rivalry there for a long time, understandably - but it's threatening to get out of hand. I've tried to calm the waters, but it doesn't seem to have done much good. Short of deleting any new comments that go too far, I'm not quite sure where to go with it from here. Grutness...wha? 10:26, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I thought that was probably the best solution, but I'm still a bit chary about removing other people's editorial comments. Grutness...wha? 22:41, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:AA

Thanks for your addition to Wikipedia:Article assessment/Natural disasters - you do have until midnight UTC, but as it's the first week I wanted to get everything sorted quickly (and am hoping for an early night!) violet/riga (t) 22:57, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:CBB

Respekt for laconic entry ;) Renata 05:43, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

I saved the gushing for Portal talk:Oceania!-gadfium 07:21, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Great job, BTW. Good luck. Renata 14:30, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Award

Thanks Brian, much appreciated.-gadfium 18:53, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tuvalu and Kioa

Thank you for your kind words. I wish I had more time to devote to Pacific topics in general. As time goes on, I will certainly think of things that could be included on the Pacific Portal and let you know. Thanks! David Cannon 09:16, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Portal:Papua New Guinea - wikinews

Done! I have set up a portal on wikinews for Papua New Guinea (see n:Papua New Guinea) Brian | (Talk) 21:55, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Argentine wine

Thanks for correcting my engrish! Good wiking, Mariano(t/c) 07:47, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Free vs. open source

Please see my replies at User_talk:Zero0w#The term Free vs Freeware is not clear. Let's move this discussion to Category_talk:Free_software#Free vs. open source. --Karnesky 01:12, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

The specific inclusion of @mail was a mistake. It is proprietary with source included. --Karnesky 01:26, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks.-gadfium 01:28, 27 February 2006 (UTC)