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[edit] Welcome

Hello (and by the way welcome!), I have moved your comment from top to bottom on the page Leopold II's talk page, with a reply. --Edcolins 22:48, Nov 10, 2004 (UTC)

Welcome! BTW, thanks for helping police the new contributions to Wikipedia, your help is definetly appreciated. -- user:zanimum


[edit] Chicago

Because of your work with the WikiProject Cities I'd like you to take a look at the Chicago article if you have the time & desire. It is currently up for Peer Review (see Chicago Talk) and I would enjoy hearing your feedback to help guide the growth of this article. Jasenlee 01:14, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Your suggested edit to Yasser Arafat

You might not have noticed on the Talk:Yasser Arafat page, but I think everyone agrees more or less with your suggested edit. You might want to go ahead and put it in. Jayjg | (Talk) 20:05, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Male domination

I left a comment and a suggestion. The suggestion was silly, please disregard it, it was not meant to offend. I disagree with your idea that male domination is a bad thing in an encyclopaedia because indeed men dominated history and there is nothing that can be done about that. However, if you are looking for female biographies to expand/improve and perhaps submit to FAC, here are my suggestions: Hildegard of Bingen, Fulvia, Joanna of Flanders, Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, Margaret of Anjou, Joan I of Naples, Isabella of Jerusalem, Urraca of Castile, etc. They were all extremely important. As you may have noticed i am no femininist, but i am interested in history as a whole and that includes of course women. muriel@pt 11:24, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Emma Goldman on Peer review

Hi, Kaldari. You listed Emma Goldman on peer review asking for other people's opinion of how it can be improved, but you haven't shown any interest in the replies. This is discouraging for reviewers. Perhaps you forgot you posted the article on peer review? Bishonen | Talk 06:12, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

No, no, that's fine, I'm glad it helped. Sorry if I sounded a little frayed. Quite a few people have been listing and then actually forgetting about articles on peer review lately, which is terrible for reviewer morale, and there are few enough people doing any reviewing as it is. (Have you thought of reviewing a few of 'em yourself, perhaps...? :-)) Bishonen | Talk 23:35, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] MV Abegweit

Kaldari, usually I frown on deletionism because I see Wikipedia as being the place for all sorts of ephemera that is excluded from other encyclopedias, but in this case, your VfD resulted in the creation of a much better article than had been there before. Thanks for being so reasonable about it. Regards, Kevintoronto 22:07, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] GNU

Hi. Thanks for telling me about the problems at Hierarchpedia. I will have to revert back to the usual. Is there no way I could blacklist certain sites for using articles? As I am very much against these sites that use the hard work of people who contribute to this site for their own financial gain through google ads and what not? I wouldn't want my hard hours of work to be used for the same purpose. --Hierarchypedia 00:51, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Not that I know of. Unfortunately, if you want your content to be available to Wikipedia, it also has to be available to commercial sites. Kaldari 22:10, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Admin nomination

You won't make me mad if you do so. I could live with or without it. I don't have the time for Wikipedia that I did when I was self-employed; in all candor, it's probably one of the reasons that I no longer am.

Also, you should feel free to merger your Mt. Olivet Cemetery with my Mount Olive Cemetery; I should have looked up your abbreviated version first before starting my own article. (BTW, excellent list.) Your interests are interesting, too; I'm probably a lot more interested in anarchism than most non-anarchists, esepcially Spanish anarchism as a result of early exposure to For Whom the Bell Tolls and especially Hommage to Catalonia.

Regards, Rlquall 22:05, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mayors of Nashville

Are you interested in going back into the old municipal government? There are portraits of all of the 20th century mayors of Nashville in the auditorium at the old Howard School building, with terms of service. I guess that I hate to see Beverly Briley in the sucession boxes as the first mayor of Nashville, even though he was certainly the first Metro mayor, but it could be quite a time-consuming project. What do you think? Rlquall 01:21, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

(Great job on the cemetery merger!)

Can't think of a better place to start on mayors than the downtown library. Wish that I could get down there more. Rlquall 01:30, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for your support on WP:RFA. – ABCD 02:31, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the heads up...

...on Rlquall's RFA nomination. I'm surprised at how petty so many people are about edit summaries. Kevin Rector 22:00, Mar 31, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Geronimo's Skull

My facts were a bit off, but reverting them because you simply didn't want to do the research is ludicrious. Ned Anderson, the Apache Chief, publicly forced a meeting with Jonathan Bush, in which he was presented the only skull they had in their possession. It was impossibly small for an adult male and Anderson claimed that the skull was not the one of the Skull And Bones mythology. This is not a radically obscure story when researching the Skull and Bones..I suggest you try it sometime .[1][2][3][4][5] These are just the first five articles that showed up on Google when "Geronimo's Skull" and "Skull and Bones" are looked up, all of them referencing the Ned Anderson incident.

[edit] Copyright allegation

The vast majority of photos I upload were either photographed by me, or the organization I work for.

If you see any images I have uploaded without tags and info, please bring it to my attention so I can tend to it.--Zereshk 22:29, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Centennial Park

Hope that you can add some good pix. It deserves it! Obviously, Tennessee Central engine, old airplane, etc. could be added -- this is a starting point. Thanks for your comments. Rlquall 22:54, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nashville Articles and Template

I hereby award Kaldari the Tireless Contributor Barnstar for his work on articles pertaining to Nashville, Tennessee. -- Riffsyphon1024 23:56, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)
I hereby award Kaldari the Tireless Contributor Barnstar for his work on articles pertaining to Nashville, Tennessee. -- Riffsyphon1024 23:56, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

I am amazed at the level of contribution to all things Nashville you have performed. Your template is great for getting those last few landmarks their articles and there is now much ease to commute between them on Wikipedia. It makes me appreciate Nashville even more.

And for your relentless work on the subject I present you with the Tireless Contributor Barnstar. -- Riffsyphon1024 23:56, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Yowza

I just wanted to say, good work. Kevin Rector (talk) 01:10, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] U.S. Highway 70S

No, West End Avenue is officially U.S. HIghway 70S; Charlotte Pike is U.S. 70 (formerly, U.S. 70N). East-west routes like U.S. 70 often fork into North and South alternates, just as north-south ones frequently fork into "E" and W". (Example: Dickerson Road is U.S. 31W; Gallatin Road is U.S. 31E). Hope that clears it up!) Rlquall 10:54, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Your Interestate analysis is generally correct – with regard to them. The only exception that comes to mind there is how I-35 splits into I-35E, which goes through Dallas, and I-35-W, which goes through Fort Worth. Rlquall 23:50, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] You done good, young'un!

You've done very good work on the Nashville articles. In particular, the top-quality photos of local landmarks are a great addition. You deserve your barnstar, and there couldn't be a better award for us hillbillies! :-) RivGuySC 01:21, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] What's wrong with Nashville

What is wrong with the Nashville article that you keep fixing? It looks fine to me on several different computers. Must be yours. Zpb52 18:52, May 31, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Okay, you were right

I wasn't paying attention to the article as a whole, I was paying attention to my section. I thought you were implying that I was screwing with the page.

Just one more thing, though. If you kept reverting, why not take my edit and put it into the reversion while you were worrying with it? Zpb52 20:06, May 31, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nashville neighborhoods - proposed project

As a major Nashville contributor, I wanted to ask if you had any interest in working on a Nashville neighborhoods project. As you may have noted, I have done some of the largest ones (Antioch, Bellevue, Donelson, Green Hills, and Hermitage) much in the style of CDP's, which they are not. Before doing any more, I wanted to ask if whether you, along with some of the other major Nashville contributors (Ichabod, Riffsyphon1024, Kevin Rector, and RivGuySC come to mind immediately) would be interested in working up some of the smaller 'hoods, i.e., Englewood, North Nashville, Parkwood, Haynes Heights, Bordeaux, Flatrock/Woodbine, Paragon Mills, Horton Heights, etc. If so, wouldn't the format need to be almost like the New York City neighborhoods, minus the borough, so that the titles would be styled, "Inglewood, Nashville, Tennessee"? It would be wrong to imply that these neighborhoods are separate towns (I'm somewhat bothered by this about the articles already created, even). Or is this even worth pursuing? There has been a long list of neighborhoods in the Memphis article for several months now and all but about three or so remain red links. So, what do you think? I'm not interested in undertaking this all by myself and even if I were time available would never allow it. Thanks, Rlquall 03:18, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I knew that I could count on you for valid input. I will certainly attempt continued improvement to the Nashville main article, as time permits. What I really didn't ever want to see is it to have an extensive list of redlink neighborhoods, as Memphis does. Rlquall 22:12, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Your suggestion works for me, and I will make the project suboridnate to further improvements on the Nashville article for the time being unless lots of the other people want to jump on it. Rlquall 00:41, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fossils FPC

I have changed the copyright status to GFDL - which is what it should have been and all my other pictures are - don't know why it was shown as fairuse - an error! Kind regards A curate's egg 17:08, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nashville Media

Good idea. I'll get to work on that tonight. Kinda busy with other stuff right now. So, just leave it alone for now and I'll work on it when I get a chance. Zpb52 21:25, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)

Feel free to edit however you like. Zpb52 01:02, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Alfred Kinsey

Heyas, great work running down the correct story on the Kinsey child interviews for the Alfred Kinsey article. -SocratesJedi | Talk 18:31, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] gripe

Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit...until Kaldari finds what you've done and changes it.

[edit] Shelby Street Bridge

Thanks for the compliment. I've gone back and cites my sources. I found it all with a Google search. Kevin Rector (talk) 18:25, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry

Sorry about the categories on the Tennessee page. I was trying to add the category to Tennessee State University but edited that page by accident. --Cswrye 07:02, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Bentley badges

Would you please reconsider your vote? CC-BY-SA is quite acceptable for featured pictures; cf. Image:Sake barrels.jpg, which is featured and uses that license. — Dan | Talk 03:28, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] More Ultramarine

I see that Ultramarine has been pushing a POV on his expert qualifications as a social scientist in Anti-Globalization, he has also been doing so on Democratic peace theory. Please have a look, and get back to me. Septentrionalis 15:26, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nashville sit-ins?

The article doesn't exist...let me see it before I vote on it! Zpb52 02:36, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

Nashville sit-ins is now the Southern Collaboration of the Week! Mike H (Talking is hot) 03:06, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center

Took me 2 hours to write, but I finally got an article up for Gaylord Opryland. I want you to take a look at it and change anything necessary. Also, if you have some pictures (or want to take some), feel free to add them. Pictures would make that article so much better. Thanks! Zpb52 02:05, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

You showed support for the Spanish Translation of the Week. This week es:Joaquín Torres García was chosen to be translated to Joaquín Torres García/Translation.
Cast your VOTE to select next week's translation!

Nominate a good Spanish article

[edit] List of Nashville Media

doing a little grandstanding here...take a peek at the new look of List of Nashville media ---------Zpb52 00:53, Jun 27, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Memorial Gym as landmark

I would say it is... a lot of SEC sports fans identify our city by that building and that building alone...but you're the template-maker, so if you want to delete it from the list, go ahead. By the way, it is right next door to Vandy Stadium...in fact, if you're sitting in the visitor's section at Vandy, you can go up to the top row and literally touch Memorial Gym...the stadium & gym connect.

[edit] Another Barnstar for Kaldari

I hereby award Kaldari the Photographer's Barnstar for his outstanding photography of Nashville-area landmarks. --Zpb52 June 28, 2005 06:45 (UTC)
I hereby award Kaldari the Photographer's Barnstar for his outstanding photography of Nashville-area landmarks. --Zpb52 June 28, 2005 06:45 (UTC)

Enjoy the barnstar, sir. You deserve it.

[edit] MAIN PAGE!!!!!

A watermark day for any Wikipedian is when his/her article makes the front page. Thanks to your suggestion, the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center link made it to the Did You Know? section!!!!!

Thanks Ryan! --Zpb52 June 29, 2005 11:48 (UTC)

[edit] 5th Congressional District

Hey Kaldari, I found them by tracing it back on the Political Graveyard. According to this page, Nashville was in the 6th District until the 1930 redistricting, when it became the 5th District. It became the 6th District again in the 1940s redistricting, and then back to the 5th since the 1950s redistricting. It's hard to trace, I know ... am going to do my own set of congressional district pages soon showing how congressmen's district numbers changed with redistricting. See for yourself: [6] Blueboy96

[edit] Re: Mayors of Nashville

Thanks for correcting those mistakes. --tomf688(talk) July 3, 2005 03:49 (UTC)

[edit] Pics on San Antonio Texas

Hi. I just finished uploading 6 or 7 pics onto the San Antonio, Texas page tonight after receiving permission to upload and display them on wikipedia. Im not sure what tag to put on them.--Zereshk 6 July 2005 23:56 (UTC)

When asking for permission, I specifically told them I would use the pics on wikipedia. I gave them the wikipedia link. They knowingly gave permission for the pictures to be used.
If u still think the pics are problematic, I can contact them for further clarification.--Zereshk 7 July 2005 08:10 (UTC)

[edit] Signpost article

I just wanted to thank you for all your work putting a story together on the bombings article. The story obviously needed to be covered, and I saved a lot of time and effort from knowing that somebody else was working on it. It's great to have people step up and help out with The Signpost. --Michael Snow 07:58, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Eras

This is the third discussion on this issue. In the time this proposal was raised, at Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/BCE-CE Debate, almost half the people voting expressed the opinion that BC/AD violates NPOV. Any attempt to make it acceptable under Wikipedia policy amounts to an attempt to create rules which violate NPOV. NPOV is one of the Five Pillars, and Jimbo has described it as "non-negotiable". This vote attempts to give material which violates NPOV official status, and that violates the idea that NPOV is non-negotiable. Similarly, several of the people who voted against the proposal expressed the opinion that BCE/CE was POV. We really need to resolve the underlying issue (although it appears intractable). Introducing this material into policy without resolving this issue would violate 5P.

I raised concerns on the original Eras discussion. These are not new issues. Guettarda 03:17, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Not to prescribe what you should do in your vote, but trimming other's comments that have already been made is going to create a great deal of resistance (or vocal violence). It would be better just to politely remind to keep it short rather than cutting it out yourself so that the purpose of the proposal is not derailed. siafu 15:13, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] sep11.wikipedia.org

The September 11th wiki came into being as an offshoot of the encyclopedia when some people objected to in depth coverage of the events of that day and the subsequent international effects. The memorial pages are only one part of it and will hopefully be a gradually smaller portion over time. Wikibooks, which came later, isn't appropriate because it isn't intended to be a book. It's supposed to be an encyclopedia of everything related to the events. Jamesday 17:21, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Starwood Amphitheatre

I started a page for Starwood Amphitheatre. If there's anything you feel should be added, feel free. --Zpb52 19:31, July 24, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The campaigner

I was intrigued by your comments on the Talk: Fu Hsi page. You mention trolling by Jongarrettuk. Do you have any evidence of behaviour by him that is contrary to Wikipedia's aims? Sooner or later someone will have to stop this man's crusade. Any evidence of violation of Wikipedia policies could be useful. Sunray 04:31, July 27, 2005 (UTC)

I see, I didn't realize that you didn't know about his former name. He has been on this campaign since December 2004. It may be trolling, or it may be a deeply held conviction. At time he seems like the boy with his finger in the dyke--trying to hold back the tides of change. There is almost a sense of desperation about his tone and actions. Clearly the world will fall in on him if he doesn't manage to hold it back. Sunray 04:26, July 28, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Adminship

Sure. In the interests of getting my pronouns correct when I nominate you, male or female? --Michael Snow 02:50, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

It's posted now. I take it you know the drill. --Michael Snow 04:14, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Arrow Cross / Cross Star

I've noted that you uploaded a arrow cross (also called a cross star or crosstar) with a colour background and labeled it "fair use". Quite frankly I think that this symbol is too ancient and generic to be a trademark or a copyrightable image of anything [7]. I don't think just changing the colour will entitle someone to say it is a different symbol [8]. The history of this symbol is well documented and I can't imagine who would be suggesting that they own the copyright to this image. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] I would be interested in your opinion. — © Alex756 02:26, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

In response to your posting on my talk page I have no idea what kind of distinctiveness you are talking about. I don't think adding a line to a drawing shows any originality. I don't see how it differs "at all" from the Hungarian image. Please explain, you cannot have copyright unless you have originality. — © Alex756 02:10, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

[15] Anyone seeking to challenge the copyright/trademark may do so in the US District Court of the jurisdiction of the copyright/trademark-owner (in this case, the Southern District of Mississippi). Or, if the copyright/trademark is violated or infringed, a lawsuit against the violator(s) can be expected (and damages can be significant). In the Matt Hale case, damages were $200,000.00 plus $450,000.00 attorney-fees. (posted without attribution by user:crosstar at 13:37, 6 August 2005).

Actually it is the infringer that must file suit. The only thing successful registration (and btw what is the registration number at the copyright office) does is shift the presumption and the burden of proof to the alleged "infringer". Of course there can be no infringement of a work that lacks originality and creativity. As stated in PrimeSource v. Personnel Resource, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13150 (D.N.Y., 1998) "there remains a narrow category of works in which the creative spark is utterly lacking or so trivial as to be virtually nonexistent." Feist Publications, 499 U.S. at 345, 359; see also id. at 363 ("copyright protects only those constituent elements of a work that possess more than a 'de minimis' quantum of creativity").". — © Alex756 04:39, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
Kaldari, regarding your statement on my talk page, "Regardless of whether it is copyrighted, however, it can still be used under fair use" I think even User:Crosstar would agree this is not accurate (by using the name Crosstar on Wikipedia the author has released "Crosstar" under the GFDL license and therefore anyone complying with the license can use it anyway). If it is not copyrightable "fair use" does not apply because "fair use" is an exception to the protection afforded under U.S. copyright law, but I know what you are trying to say, that even if it is copyrightable it would be allowable under fair use. Also it is not an infringing use of a trademark because it is not being used for the same purpose as the "use in commerce" by its owner and I doubt if it would pass the "distinctiveness" test. I suspect this is someone who is trying to get free publicity. BTW do you think that the statements on the crosstar web site [16] are libelous against J. Wales? If so perhaps this will end up in court. — © Alex756 04:39, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
Here are more references to the "victory" over Wikipedia that user:Crosstar has posted, [17]. -Willmcw 09:02, August 6, 2005 (UTC)
Here are two images that I created on a photoshop-type program based upon the ancient arrow cross symbol. I decided the widths of the lines and the colours, both the black and white version and the colour version (red, white and blue). Thus if anyone has the copyright over them I do:
As I released them into the pubic domain, anyone can use them, anywhere, anytime, even those who have released their name into the GFDL. Let them take me to court. I'll fly to any U.S. District Court in the country, it is called freedom of speech. I can use the publicity too. — © Alex756 04:59, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Three Crosstar images have been processed through the "copyvio" and have apparently been deemed legitimate "fair use" exemptions. We don't need all three. How shall we proceed? -Willmcw 05:21, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Admin vote

No problem. This was just the first time I heard of asking someone to nominate you. For all I know, it could be common. I apologize for attacking your nomination method. :P Good luck with the rest of the voting. You appear to have it in the bag now. Ryan 09:49, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] ASINs

I'm removing ASINs for a handful of reasons -

  1. Half the time, usually for modern books, they're actually ISBNs; changing them to ISBNs means that we can use Special:Booksources with them.
  2. They have a tendency to vanish at the whims of Amazon, especially for out-of-print books - there was a question on WP:RD this afternoon which is what prompted me to notice this part.
  3. They're closed; it's not a real "standard" despite the name. The only people who use ASINs are Amazon - indeed, they're the only vendor who can, because they control the standard. Having ASINs is implicitly endorsing that one vendor, which is something we don't want to do (for a whole variety of reasons)
  4. Further to the last point, even with Amazon they're not very helpful. By the time you've figured out it's an Amazon(.com/.ca/.co.uk/wherever) code, and put it in there, you'd have spent about as much time and effort simply going there in the first place and searching on the title given.
  5. For finding the material through anything other than Amazon, an ASIN is worse than useless - it offers no help in bibliographic control, and can mislead people into thinking it does.

I hope that answers your question. I honestly feel they don't add anything to Wikipedia that isn't provided for by standard bibliographic details - author, title, publisher and date if possible - and actively detract in some ways... Shimgray 00:23, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

I reiterate - the ASIN numbers are only useful if a) you know what an ASIN is (and I can't remember seeing any linked to ASIN yet) and b) you then use Amazon. And even that depends on Amazon not having decided to pull the entry from their public database, which happens surprisingly often. I think you may misunderstand what the ASIN is - it's simply an internal reference code used by Amazon, nothing more than that.
I've halted the edits for tonight, pending discussion, but don't intend to revert unless I see consensus against the removals - if nothing else, I don't have rollback, so I'd be up until four...
On the matter of WP:VIP, I'd appreciate it if in future you tell editors you've listed them on it - I only discovered by accident, as I checked (out of curiosity) to see if you'd reverted any of my edits! Shimgray 00:43, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
No problem with VIP - you were the first person I'd noticed objecting, and I stopped from then to reconsider. I was, I suspect, being overly hasty to get stuck into the problem... I've put a page at User:Shimgray/ASIN, and left notes about it on the Village Pump and a couple of other pages to collect comments on the deletions so we can try and figure out a consensus - would you care to add some remarks? Thanks. Shimgray 01:08, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
Just to prod you again - I've gone through the page of comments, and the thread on wikien-l, and written a revised version of the guidelines addressing a couple of other concerns in detail. Thought you might want a heads-up. Thanks for your patience, here.
Also - congratulations on adminship! I haven't been paying as much attention to WP:RFA this last fortnight as I usually do, so I'd missed your candidacy - pity, I'd have liked to support it. Such is life. Shimgray 23:40, 10 August 2005 (UTC)