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Wow! Barnstar awarded by Morwen 14 Jul 2004 for work on English districts.

I, V. Molotov, hereby give you this Working Man's Barnstar for work on Hurricane Ophelia. Take care, Molotov (talk) 18:51, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Java Earthquake

If this entry is added to today's Current Events page, then I can immediately put it up on ITN. Thanks. --Madchester 08:03, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Oh, ok... you did it while I was posting this message. --Madchester 08:03, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Oh don't worry about the procedure.... I don't tinker with the adminisrative duties of the main page myself, either. :-) --Madchester 08:06, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Council Make Up

Keith, I'm not sure what source of information you are using but I notice your recent edits have set Gosport to be Con control and Portsmouth to Lib Dem. This incorrect as both are NOC, as confirned by United Kingdom local elections, 2006 full results and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/region_99999.stm. I have not checked other edits you may have made Nuttah68 12:31, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure what terms should be used, but I still believe your edits give undue weight where it is not merited. In both cases I have given they imply the party named has the ability to change things on their own. Living on the south coast I can assure you that on both Portsmouth and Gosport councils the largest party is not in control but has formed a ]minority government' that relies on support to carry out its functions. Taking Portsmouth, the executive is given to the party with the most seats, regardless of whether that is a majority or not, but the executive has to pass any significant decisions through the full council. Nuttah68 13:27, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Re. the mayor or chairman. These come from the councillors (unless directly elected), so if they are from largest party it means they are one vote down unless the mayor votes. So in cases such as Gosport or Portsmouth where the mayor is from the party with half of the seats it does not tip the balance if they vote.

I'm still not comfortable with using the word 'control' where no one party holds a majority. For anyone not well versed on UK Local Government this equates to power. Nuttah68 14:08, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

That seems a reasonable compomise between brevity and notlosing detail for the majority of users who are not UK based.

[edit] Spurious text in entry for town of Rushmoor - can you correct?

Keith: I noticed what seems like spurious text in the entry for Rushmoor in the frinal paragraph. It sounds like you know some things about towns in the Hampshire area, and thought you might be able to confirm or correct the entry.. The spurious text would appear to be (my italics for emphasis) "...The Connaught School, Munchkinland in Oz ."

[edit] Thanks

For that last edit on 2006 Pacific Hurricane SeasonO-TOWN'S AT 06:38, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unspecified source for Image:Azores Central Group.jpg

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[edit] Possibly unfree Image:Avro York.jpg

... and many others!

[edit] Commons images

I've noticed you have uploaded a number of images to commons without source info (check your commons talk page). Can you provide it? Thanks.--Nilfanion (talk) 15:58, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Florence pictures

May I ask why you're changing Hurricane Florence 2006.jpg back to TS Florence 07sept 2006.jpg in the Hurricane Florence (2006) infobox? The hurricane image is more recent and at/near peak intensity. Also, the TS image is immediately below the infobox, illustrating the storm history. TransUtopian 22:13, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree. KEEP the newer image. Good kitty 22:45, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I produce a complete new infobox from a spreadsheet any time, for speed and (I thought) reliability - and I hadn't noticed there was a new image. I'll get it right next time.--Keith Edkins ( Talk ) 06:15, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

I copied your reply to me in case Good kitty or anyone is curious and doesn't want to follow two talk pages. That's quite all right. I thought it might be semi-automated since it was puzzling to me why you kept reverting to the other image during infobox updates without explanation. No harm done. Ta. TransUtopian 14:09, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Images/Error cones

Uh, might I ask why you uploaded Image:13E.Lane Cone (2006).gif when there was no harm in using (and uploading over) the old Image:13E.NONAME 5-day track.gif? – Chacor 09:40, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

No, I've already tagged the old image for deletion. Not sure if it's really necessary to standardise it, though, although I do see something wrong with the old image name - there were also 13E.NONAMEs last year, the year before, etc. In the Atlantic right now they're using "TD8atlantic2006" or something for Helene's track, aren't they? I don't think it's a major problem, as long as it's clear which storm it is in what year. – Chacor 10:02, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

No, not a problem. – Chacor 15:44, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please be more careful with updates

Now I know you are using a spreadsheet, but you are still reverting images back to old ones. There was a new Gordon image that's been there since yesterday afternoon and you reverted it back to an old NRL one. Now someone's uploaded a duplicate of that image. Maybe you shouldn't include the image part in your spreadsheet. Good kitty 15:33, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gorgeous Cat 3 hurricanes duet image

Image:Hurricanes Gordon Helene 2006.jpg

Gorgeous and descriptive. ("This duet thus catches a glimpse of how storm appearances change as a hurricane matures.") I hope it finds a place in the main article or one or both the eventual Gordon/Helene articles after the Azores warning is past. TransUtopian 12:28, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Image:Hurricanes Gordon Helene 2006.jpg

Sorry. I had been trying to upload them all at the same scale. Its mostly important when there is landmass involved because the borders really stick out when the resolution is low. As far as the broken image goes, I've found that the size of the image really has nothing to do with it. Sometimes they seem to break when you upload a new version of the file into an old one. Other times there is no reason, except that Wiki hates Photoshop. I think the problem with your upload was the latter. If you have Gimp, you should open the image with that and save over the one you have. Uncheck "Optimize", "Force Baseline JPEG", and "Remove EXIF data" (which says the wrong information anyway). Save at least 90 percent of the quality. This works 95 percent of the time. Photoshop-created images break a LOT. I've managed to fix a bunch of images by doing this. Good kitty 21:13, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

I hope you have noticed that raw NASA images fail frequently enough. I've uploaded another massive version over the top, it should work now (its twice as large though :/). Don't have a little fight on that image, it takes too much effort to clean up after you :P--Nilfanion (talk) 21:24, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

FYI, I rarely get a failed image download for the scale down version (my prefs set to 1024x768 max on descrip pages). On the rare occasion it doesn't download, I refresh and it has always loaded.

The yooge NASA images sometimes overload my browser cache/512MB RAM, so when I see a 6MB image I want to see, I right-click to save to disk. TransUtopian 02:29, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:TD82006atlantic.gif

I reverted Image:TD82006atlantic.gif as your last upload was 0 Bytes. Agathoclea 16:54, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hello. I created a baby stub for the article benzethonium chloride.

Free free to jump into the contributions with this benzethonium chloride stub. Good Luck. BenzethoniumChloride 06:39, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ACE

I just added 0.12 straight to 70.9, and got caught in that edit conflict. Go ahead and input the correct rounded value. – Chacor 15:03, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tags for deletion

If they are past tracks, delete them. They won't be needed anymore. CrazyC83 18:28, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brézé

Hello ! I noticed that you just created Brézé about the family of that name. However, there's an as-yet-untranslated stub at fr:Brézé on the commune in Maine-et-Loire from which they took their name. I don't know whether it would be better to rename your article, or to call the translation of the French one Brézé, Maine-et-Loire. Best regards, Angus McLellan (Talk) 13:36, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] EPac ACE

Hi there! It seems that you might have missed adding one the best track values to your spreadsheet. The best track for John reduced the ACE by 0.0625 from the operational value. Thanks! --Ajm⁸¹ 06:57, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Aviation Newsletter delivery

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[edit] Image:Hawker_Fury_(Yugoslav).jpg listed for deletion

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[edit] Proposed constituency maps

Hi there, I notice you made a number of these a while back (June '05 looks like). I'm thinking of putting them in vector form, but did you ever get round to making one for Greater Manchester, Greater London, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire or Tyne & Wear? I can't seem to find those ones currently on the wiki? Richard B 20:21, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your current storm info script

Hey Keith, could you please make grammatical adjustments to your script? Since the wording used is "as of TIME", the following should be in present tense ("is estimated", "has", "is moving" etc.) rather than in the past. Cheers! – Chacor 14:07, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

One more thing, about images... when uploading them please crop out the NRL header and footer if possible. Also, VIS images are much preferred over infrared ones. Thanks. – Chacor 09:14, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Flossie's ACE

FWIW I think it might be better to consider the final NHC advisory as being in the CPac, as it is operational for 12Z (and not 15Z) and at 12Z it was still in EPac. – Chacor 15:46, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Uh. Big typo. I must be asleep. Sorry. Final advisory as being in the EPac, not the CPac. – Chacor 15:54, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CPHC forecast/advisories

Hey Keith, when updating Flossie's storm information for 03Z you put down the position accuracy as 20 nm. However, the 03Z position accuracy was to 5 nm - it was the eye diameter that was 20 nm. Please be more careful next time, given the sensitive nature of current storm info. Cheers, – Chacor 12:27, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Current storm info on 2007 AHS

Hey, I know you use a script to update the current storm info, but could you spell out the cardinal directions in the current storm information section? Abbreviations aren't necessary since they're already abbreviated in the infobox. --Coredesat 02:25, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

I hate to be a pain, but can you ensure that your script doesn't remove hPa? Both the infobox and current storm information should have mbar (hPa; XX inHg). – Chacor 02:13, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sat images

Can you please not use sat images with those ugly yellow pass lines? Just use regular or MODIS visibles. – Chacor 13:05, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Author (biology)

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[edit] Image:2007 07L 5-day track.gif

Could you please upload further instances of this image into commons so that there is no duplicity and also other languages can use the image? Thanks. --213.155.231.26 11:56, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] English District Populations

Hello! - I recently noticed on the Manchester page that the infobox uses ONS statistics to display the population, whilst the text uses accessable references. It seems now the two hae a significant difference. The content shows Manchester's population as 452,000 (using 2006 mid-year estimates) and the infobox states 441,200. I was wondering whether you could update the population on, what I think is the template we use, Template:English district population. Regards, Onnaghar ^{talk ! ctrb ! er} 12:59, 29 September 2007 (UTC) P.S - I was directed here from another user, see here

[edit] Local government districts of England

Hello Keith Edkins,

Just thought I'd bring to your attention that a Template:Infobox England district is being constructed (finally!) to aid in the standardisation and improvement of the districts of England articles.

The aim is to replace some of the pink "faux-infobox" tables as seen at articles such as Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. I've seen your name on some of the sytax of related templates and thought you might want to take a look at this early stage and make any changes you feel might be necessary. -- Jza84 · (talk) 12:58, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] FAR National parks of England and Wales

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[edit] Templates

Hi, just contacting you as you appear to be maintaining the templates such as {{English district population}} for UK district statistics. I was wondering if there was a template that gives the reference for the information produced that could be used in articles rather than hard coding it into the articles and then it be wrong when the template changes. Thanks Keith D (talk) 21:10, 27 April 2008 (UTC)