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[edit] Thanks

-Thanks for your help. I'm still getting used to everything. I've tried to fix the audio files and make them a little louder. I think I might need to get a better microphone. Thanks again for watching out for the pages, it's nice to know other Atlanta people are helping out!--Dr. Ken Carter 19:22, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Sure thing! -SCEhardT 04:16, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Archiving the current talk:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia

Would I be treading on your toes if I were to do this? -- Macropode 00:20, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Certainly not - looks like the page is due for an archiving! -SCEhardT 02:22, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
I saw your response here, but I sometimes (by necessity) work at a rather leisurely pace. :) Cheers! -- Macropode 05:20, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Gatech buzz.gif

Is there a higher-resolution version of Image:Gatech buzz.gif that we could use? Preferably something around 300px wide, or even better, in SVG format. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 07:21, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Nope, I don't have anything like that myself. You might try asking Courtarro - I think he works for the Technique so he might have access to one. Don't forget though that we shouldn't have a logo resolution any higher than absolutely necessary (see {{fairusereduce}}, etc) -SCEhardT 14:45, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
I found what I was looking for thanks to a Google Image Search: Image:Gatech buzz.jpg :) —Disavian (talk/contribs) 17:21, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for welcoming me!

Your exceedingly prompt comment in response to my recording of Politics and the English Language brightened my day! I'm glad you liked it; your notice encourages me to push on and record more articles. Best wishes! --Richardhanstock 16:25, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] E-commerce

Please note that this has been several times this article damaged by the user Cybercrime77, please take appropriate action to prevent this user damage it again! Thanks--Alfeewusy 04:17, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks - I've left a message on the user's talk page. -SCEhardT 00:53, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Can you tell me?

I feel that when I pick an article to record I should put on its talk page that it is in the process of editing or recording. I have seen the box that says that on some pages. How do I do this without messing up a page?

Thanks Ara Pelodi 23:59, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

On the talk page, you can use {{User:Ckamaeleon/Spoken Wikipedia In Progress (no request)|Caninedoubletake|2006-12-09}} Where the two parameters are your username and the date you placed the notice. If you're making significant or frequent changes to the article as you edit record, you might want to also put {{inprogress}} at the top of the article page. Hope this helps! -SCEhardT 00:56, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Will you look at this Talk:Bookplate and tell me if I did it right or there is anything I need to adjust (like location I placed this or I needed to sign my four tildas under the box)? I would appreciate it. : ) Ara Pelodi 01:10, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Looks right to me! -SCEhardT 02:51, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for checking! Ara Pelodi 02:57, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AntiochMarina.jpg

I was wondering why you deleted the marina picture I put up. thanks and have a great day —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hughly741 (talk • contribs) 07:26, 9 February 2007 (UTC).

Unfortunately Wikipedia does not accept content licensed as "for use on Wikipedia only" since one of our goals is to have truly free content that can be used by anyone. Since your image was licensed in this manner, it was deleted. If you took the picture yourself, you are welcome to re-upload the image and license it as {{GFDL}}, {{cc-by}}, or {{PD}}. Thanks! -SCEhardT 13:37, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Josh Hutcherson

Hello, why did you remove the picture of Josh Hutcherson, in the article, about him? Fighting for Justice 03:00, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

The image had an unknown copyright status for over 7 days and was thus met the criteria for speedy deletion. -SCEhardT 22:52, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion

Dear sir,

Like you, I'm a university student. You deleted my upload of a front page of a college newspaper that would have been useful to wikipedia browsers.

That was unfortunate. I can demonstrate beyond all doubt that I had authorization to upload that front page because I am an editor at that paper.

Beyond that, I believe front pages of newspapers belong on Wikipedia and should be considered fair use.

But I digress.

Please get in touch with me, as I have every authorization for publishing a 17,000 circulation daily newspaper front at the University of Maryland.

I would like to see this front page I uploaded reinstated.

Thank you.

Kevin Litten Diamondback news editor littendbk@gmail.com 301-314-8200 (newsroom)

--K-lit 09:25, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Call me anytime after 4pm, Sun-Thurs.

Kevin - The image was deleted because you uploaded it under a license that said it was only allowed to be used on Wikipedia. Unfortunately that does not fit with Wikipedia's goal of being a truly free encyclopedia where other people, companies, or organizations can freely use content from Wikipedia (with proper attribution). This leaves two options for your image:
If you truly have the right to release the copyright of the front page of your newspaper, you can upload it with a {{GFDL}} or a {{cc-by-sa}} license. However, I have serious doubts that as an editor you have the authorization to waive the school's copyrights on part of the newspaper.
The other option, which seems most reasonable to me, is to upload the file under a claim of fair use with the license {{newspapercover}}. You will also need to write a fair use rationale.
I hope this clarifies things; if you have any other questions please let me know! -SCEhardT 19:16, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Boredsilly

I think that it's clear that this account has been created purely for childish vandalism. I'd decided that the next block should be indefinite; I see that you've imposed a temporary block — would you object if I made it indefinite? --Mel Etitis (Talk) 22:17, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

I wouldn't have any problem with the general idea of banning this user, but the technical reason I choose a block rather than a ban is that IP edits and account creation are blocked now. I think that with an indefblock there is nothing done to the IP or maybe only for 24 hours? -SCEhardT 00:19, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I suppose so; I didn't look to see how long you'd made the block, to be honest, which I should have done. Still, forty-eight hours isn't very long. I've no doubt that he'll start again when the block expires, though, and I think that then an indefinite block will be in order. If he opens another account, we can deal with that (he's not exactly a criminal genius...). --Mel Etitis (Talk) 09:26, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I just read Wikipedia:Autoblock and I was somewhat mistaken in how it works. I have no problem with an indef block for this user now or upon further vandalism. -SCEhardT 03:35, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply; I'll keep an eye on him. Next vandalism... --Mel Etitis (Talk) 22:08, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

It didn't take long; as soon as his block had expired he was childishly vandalising. He's now blocked indefinitely. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 23:46, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DNA Spoken Article

Thank you for your comments on the spoken article I completed for DNA. I have now completed the audio information for the DNA.ogg file. I would appreciate it if you could take the time and listen to the spoken article and give me your comments, as it was quite a painstaking process to complete it and I would like it to be as accurate as possible. I recognise that recent changes to the article may mean I need to alter some parts of the spoken article. I think spoken articles are an important part of the future of Wikipedia and I hope to provide additional content for other long and technical articles that other people may find offputting for contributing narrations. CupOBeans 01:49, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Overall an excellent first recording! I've left an assessment at Image talk:Dna.ogg -SCEhardT 22:53, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Centennial Olympic Park

Howdy - Could you clarify what type of image is requested of Centennial Olympic Park? Thanks! -SCEhardT 02:48, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Oops, looks like I forgot to uncheck that option. I have been tagging a lot of Georgia articles and I must have accidentally left that option on. Feel free to remove that or I can do so as well. Just let me know. Thanks.--Roswell native 03:31, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Cool - I've removed the reqphoto and added a request for references. -SCEhardT 03:41, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possibly unfree Image

Hi ! I am writing about the five following pictures which pose some copyright status troubles :

Plaza de Armas de Cuzco (pixinn.net).jpg
Sacsayhuaman (pixinn.net).jpg
Iles Flottantes Titicaca (pixinn.net).jpg
San Francisco de Lima (pixinn.net).jpg
Alpacas Sillustani (pixinn.net).jpg

I am the author of all these photos. If you go to my webpage at "http://voyages.pixinn.net/perou" you can read that all my pictures from South America are released under a Creative Commons CC-BY-ND 2.0 (see : "http://voyages.pixinn.net/perou/licence.htm"). As I know that this particular CC license is not compatible with Wikipedia, I reposted of these photos on Wikipedia using a CC-BY-SA 2.5 license. In order to verify my identity and that I am the author of these pictures, you can see that the pictures on Wikipedia are of higher resolution. So they were not copied from the website. Therefore I think the five pictures don't pose any problem regarding their copyright status. If I am wrong, please let me know : I wouldn't like to see them deleted. Best, -XtoFT - "Christophe Meneboeuf"

Thanks for getting back to me about this! I've removed the PUI listings. To prevent future confusion, please add the following (or something similar) to each image:
This image was uploaded by its creator, Christophe Meneboeuf. ~~~~
Also, your website name will need to be removed from the images (see {{watermark}}). To replace an image, just upload the new image with the old filename and it will overwrite the old one. One final note - since usernames are case sensitive, there is a slight mistake in your signature since it points to User:xtof rather than User:XtoF. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! -SCEhardT 00:30, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spoken article review

I feel I'm being a little remiss in leaving you to do the hard work in getting this set up properly, however your MediaWiki technical expertise clearly outstrips mine by a large margin. Rest assured that I'll continue to devote as much effort as I'm able to to reviewing spoken articles, although I probably should work on being a little less terse in writing reviews, lest I put people off. :) -- Macropode 02:14, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "The How and Why Library"

I'm impressed. 68.39.174.238 07:20, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116

Howdy - please check out Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116. I've reverted your edit at Wikipedia:Spoken articles since it is a serious article. -SCEhardT 22:10, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Lol my bad, am sorry - seemed like a mistake - thankyou for reverting. Cheers Lethaniol 00:01, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] your name

this may seem very trivial, but I'm desperately scouring the net for a tutorial on how to change the font weight and font color in your wikipedia name, as you will see when I sign this it's lookin pretty crappy at the moment so could you just give me a quick tutorial on how you did yours and what codes you used <b>Stevob</b><font color="blue">2008</font color> 21:43, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Sure! In the 'my preferences' menu I have the following code in the signature box:
-[[User:SCEhardt|<font color="blue">SCEhard</font>]][[User talk:SCEhardt|<font color="#3D9140"><b>T</b></font>]]
Also, I have the 'Raw signature' box checked. Hope this helps! -SCEhardT 22:44, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bob Vila

Yeah... sorry about that...I've been awake for 11 hours now so I should have known that Bob Vila wasn't really do-it-yourself...thanks for the catch Thomas Dzubin Talk 21:41, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Sure thing! -SCEhardT 21:53, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Audio problem

I've recorded two audio pronunciations. One I did in the standard Windows sound recorder before converting it to .ogg with an online utility. The other was recorded and exported from Audacity. Do you have any idea why my VLC Media Player refuses to play the Audacity-created file? Did I do something wrong when I exported it? - Mgm|(talk) 09:36, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure - I'd never used VLC to play ogg files but I just checked and mine does work. Are you able to play the troublesome file on other media players (Windows Media Player, for example)? -SCEhardT 14:05, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

I've installed VLC because Windows Media Player didn't play any .ogg files. When you say "I just checked and mine does work" do you mean that your media player plays my pronunciation files? Or that your VLC copy plays oggs? I've had some people record articles and those play fine. It almost seems a size-related problem. How do you set up your program to record files? Do you use Audacity yourself? - Mgm|(talk) 17:05, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Ah, no I didn't check any of your files because for the past 36 hours or so I haven't been able to see any images (or other uploaded files) from the Wikimedia projects. My VLC copy does play oggs, as well as my copy of Windows Media player since I downloaded the codec. I've only made one recording for Wikipedia, and I did use audacity for that. You might want to try asking at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia - I'm not sure I can be of much help :-) -SCEhardT 20:21, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, what's up with the images today? —Disavian (talk/contribs) 20:49, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
No clue - was just thinking of asking you about that. I logged in remotely to a coc machine and it couldn't load images either. Probably unrelated but I can't load weather.com either. -SCEhardT 21:05, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
I think it's a Wikimedia problem, because I'm on campus now and they won't load, and they didn't load this morning when I was at home (using Comcast). —Disavian (talk/contribs) 21:11, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Still no images :-/ I'm going out of town - maybe images will be back when I get back in a couple days. -SCEhardT 02:57, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Where did you download that codec? Whenever I try to play a file that isn't already working in Windows Media Player I usually get a failed to get codec erorr with no information where to find it. - Mgm|(talk) 21:02, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Hrm I'm not sure - been over a year. I'll see if I can figure out what I'm using and get back to you. -SCEhardT 21:05, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Never mind. I ran into the codec by chance. Odd that Wikipedia can help when WMP fails to do what is should be doing - downloading it automatically. - Mgm|(talk) 13:15, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Cool - Glad you found it. -SCEhardT 02:57, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A question completely unrelated to Critical Mass

What does the "no original research" policy mean, exactly? I am a published author on certain subjects. Is it fair game to cite my own published works on, say, Tibet? Should I cite directly the works that I have cited in my publications? (They are many: One of my published works has 532 footnotes, many with multiple citations, in 148 pages.)

And what about, say, constitutional law? Am I free to quote Supreme Court cases directly? Or do I have to find some secondary source that makes the same point that I wish to make?

Andrew Dulaney 01:02, 6 April 2007 (UTC) Andrew Dulaney (whew! I remembered this time).

I don't know all the policy in this area. Rather than speculating, I will direct you to Wikipedia:No original research, which has a section specifically about citing yourself. If reading that page still leaves you with questions, try asking at Wikipedia talk:No original research or Wikipedia:Village pump (policy). -SCEhardT 05:01, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Critical Mass

Well, the central point of my comments about Wikipedia’s article on Critical Mass is the non-neutrality of its description of Critical Mass’s disruption of PEDESTRIAN traffic. I thought that I had made that entirely pellucid, but evidently not.

Any point you were trying to make was overshadowed by your attacks on Critical Mass in general and the other editors of the article. Your point will be more effectively made if you can remain objective.

The article says that “Critical Mass … is largely understood to be an effort to promote alternative (non-motorized) modes of transportation and to raise awareness about the safety issues that face commuters using non-motorized forms of transportation when sharing the streets with motor vehicles.” If “non-motorized forms of transportation” is intended to include walking, that is far from clear.

This is the type of stuff that needs to be removed from the article. "Largely understood," without a citation, is meaningless.

The article says that “[g]enerally, the purposes of the event as indicated by the actions of the riders are meant to oppose the domination of the automobile over our urban culture, or to create something different.” Shouldn’t at least some mention of impeding PEDESTRIAN traffic be made as a way of making that statement more neutral? After all, how does impeding PEDESTRIAN traffic in any meaningful way “oppose the domination of the automobile”?

The article says that “Critical Mass rides typically accommodate and yield to emergency vehicles and often even pedestrian cross traffic ….” That statement is accompanied by no citation to anything. It appears to be based on the author’s (your?) personal observations. So how are my personal observations to the contrary -- based on how Critical Mass has behaved over the years in San Francisco, which is, after all, where the whole thing got started -- any less legitimate?

The article says that “[ I]t has been pointed out that the current prevalent traffic signals have been designed to facilitate groups of motorized vehicular traffic ….” Last time I checked, traffic signals were also designed to facilitate groups of PEDESTRIANS trying to get where they are going.

But in that context, the article says only that “the act of corking also gives the Critical Mass participants an opportunity to talk to … onlookers about what is going on, or why they are being made to wait.” Well, why? What does Critical Mass have to say about impeding PEDESTRIAN traffic other than “too bad for you”?

There are many parts of the article that need to be cleaned, sourced, or removed. Adding additional poor material is not an acceptable solution.

Finally, how is "sycophantic paean" any more objectionable than "propaganda piece," which has been allowed to remain unmolested?

Again, WP:NPA "in a nutshell: Comment on content, not on the contributor."

Andrew Dulaney 01:23, 6 April 2007 (UTC) Andrew Dulaney (twice in a row! I’m on a roll now!)

Hopefully this answers your questions... -SCEhardT 05:17, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

"There are many parts of the article that need to be cleaned, sourced, or removed. Adding additional poor material is not an acceptable solution."

OK, but neither should be leaving in place -- apparently indefinitely -- an article that reads, as another commenter put it before I ever even showed up, "like a propaganda piece". The credibility of Wikipedia's neutrality policy would be enhanced if this article were simply removed (or replaced by a bare-bones version) until it can be brought up to Wikipedia's stated standards.

Andrew Dulaney 04:13, 7 April 2007 (UTC) Andrew Dulaney

I'd suggest you check out Talk:Critical Mass and work with the effort currently underway to place {{fact}} tags on the bad parts and then remove them in about a week if they're still not referenced. -SCEhardT 17:18, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Well done on the Karl Pilkington article

Cheers for getting the ball rolling; appreciate it. ♥♥ ΜÏΠЄSΓRΘΠ€ ♥♥ slurp me! 17:08, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Sure thing! Thanks for the note :-) -SCEhardT 18:41, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:150.101.24.46

Could you please give this guy the perma-block? I just reverted his horse racing vandalism and went to his talk page to issue a warning, but it is clear that he is just to vandalize. --Averross (u♠t♠c) 13:15, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

IPs don't get banned, but I've put a longer block which should hopefully keep the vandalism at bay for a while. -SCEhardT 16:15, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pier Gerlofs Donia

SCEhardt, do you care to help me with a spoken version of the article Pier Gerlofs Donia? I would be very glad when you'd record it fo me, or help me to do it. I'm trying to help the spoken wiki, and I'd like to start with this article; it should be interesting to listen... Because the man is a very interesting figure; he has links to his page all across wikipedia, and has a wiki-commons-section and wikiquote-article; he was a man of little words, and great deeds, but the things he said, became graet quotations later. Consider it, and read the article before okay? I'll await your answer, greetings, from -)-(-H- (|-|) -O-)-(- 15:57, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

It looks like a fun article to record, but I'm afraid that I wouldn't be good with the other languages. If I can help you to record it, just let me know! -SCEhardT 03:19, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

When you'll do the English version, I'll try the Dutch and the Frisian! Okay? I might help you with some pronuncation of the (few) Frisian words\sentences in it. For the rest of it; it i'll be fun to do, as you'd allready mentioned! Thanks! -)-(-H- (|-|) -O-)-(- 06:37, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Warning of the user User talk:213.145.191.174

Hello! I've noticed that you have warned the User talk:213.145.191.174 for vandalism in the past. What I want to say is the user has returned after some pause, and continues with vandalisms, as you can see for yourself in the history for the article Serbs_in_Kosovo. Please, if you feel that some action should be taken, I ask you to do so. Thanx and all the best. --Biblbroks's talk 00:10, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the note! The previous warnings were from quite a while ago so I've wiped them out and put up a new one. If the vandalism continues a block will be warranted. -SCEhardT 16:44, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Image:Four-courts-statue.jpg

Hi. Could you explain why PD-US would apply to this Irish image? Thanks. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 09:39, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry - I didn't see your previous edit summary for the image. I placed the tag based on:
  • The template talk page: "Works published outside the U.S. before 1923, except possibly in the 9th Federal Court District, then before July 1, 1909."
  • Wikipedia:Public domain: In the U.S., any work published before 1 January 1923 anywhere in the world is in the public domain.
It appears to me that on {{PD-US}} we should change "This image is in the public domain in the United States. In most cases, this means that it was first published in the United States prior to 1 January 1923" to "This image is in the public domain in the United States. In most cases, this means that it was first published prior to 1 January 1923" Does that sound correct to you? -SCEhardT 15:17, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply. I really don't know much about international copyrights; I just try to follow guidelines I can find as best I can. If you have questions or think something should be modified, perhaps the talk page of Wikipedia:Copyrights might be good places to start. On Commons the practice is generally to go with copyright law of country of origin, which is why I brought the question up; I know practices here on en:Wikipedia are sometimes different from those on Commons. Hm, I wish we knew more about the origin of that image. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 03:47, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Evolution.ogg

Hi, SCEhardt.

Image:Evolution.ogg

still doesn't have any content. Axl 07:29, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

It is working for me now. Have you tried fully reloading the page (Ctrl+F5 in Windows)? Do any of the previous versions of the file download correctly for you? -SCEhardT 16:24, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
That's odd. It still doesn't work for me. When I download the file, its size is 0 bytes. Axl 19:59, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Hrm; I'm not sure what is causing that... I'd suggest asking for help at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) -SCEhardT 20:55, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for reverts

Just to say thanks for your reverts of vandalism of some of my edits, seems to be related to the external links problem and discussion in Chinese language and related articles. LDHan 04:28, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Sure thing! -SCEhardT 05:19, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kafeel vs. Khalid Ahmed

Hi - I reverted your last change at Khalid Ahmed. If you want to move a page, please use the move button at the top. For more information, see WP:MOVE. If you have any questions, just drop a note on my talk page. Thanks! -SCEhardT 17:09, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes I need a bit of help here... It turns out that the fellow's first name is not Khalid, but really Kafeel. So I want the Khalid page to be Kafeel. What is the appropriate way to do this? The BBC has switched to using the Kafeel name, that's good enough for me!DrippingGoofball 17:14, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

At the Khalid Ahmed page, click the 'move' button at the top. On the move page, change the 'To new title:' field to the correct name. In the 'Reason:' field, put a quick note such as "correcting name". Then click the 'Move page' button and the page will be moved. Let me know if you have any trouble :-) -SCEhardT 17:18, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Sweet. I think I did it correctly now. I didn't know you could do that! Thanks for the tip. DrippingGoofball 17:24, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Looks good! -SCEhardT 17:29, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Harvard Rare Book ILL

I think there is a good chance I have access to Harvard's libraries via ILL. If you let me know the details of the pages you need, I'll drop by my library and see what they can do. -SCEhardT 15:46, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Hello SCEhardt,

I just received your message on my Wikisource talk page. The work is called Die Liebe und die Befehrung, roughly translated "For the Love of Conversion" (that link is to the Commons of the page images I have. The images I have go from page number 4, and skip to page number 6. I am missing page number 5. Further, the last page I have is page 33. I am unable to read German, but I have had native German speakers indicate that the text clearly continues at for one or more pages. The Author should be listed as J. Lichtenstein. I have searched through Harvard's electronic records (previously) and determined that they have the actual book. Here are the Hollis Search Results. I'll need the missing pages (or photocopies of the missing pages) scanned, so I can add them to Commons. Any help you can give me would be truly wonderful. Please send comments to my Wikisource userpage Wikijeff, I'll notice it much faster! I look forward to hearing from you! Thanks. —Wikijeff 18:26, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately it looks like someone will have to go in person to the Harvard to scan the microfilm. I made a loan request and got the following response:
A request you have placed:
Title: Die Liebe und die Bekehrung
Author: Lichtenstein, J
has been cancelled by the interlibrary loan staff for the following reason:
This item is non-circulating.
Oh well, it was worth a shot :-)
If you want to go to the effort of contacting them, you can find some WP contributors who attend Harvard by searching this list for 'User'. -SCEhardT 14:25, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
AKA this list. When you sort by a namespace, it's included in the url. :) —Disavian (talk/contribs) 14:32, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Textual Harassment

Please review our policy on original research before making any more articles. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on my talk page. Thanks! -SCEhardT 21:08, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

wondering why you deleted my page and what i need to do to get it up there so it won't be deleted.-Corey 17:48, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi - I deleted the article because it was clearly original research. As you said, "This phrase was invented by Corey Crawford, on August 2nd, 2007." If you get the term published in a peer reviewed journal, I will not delete it. -SCEhardT 14:13, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

I read that link but I guess what i'm confused about is that this is more like a phrase, similar to "drunk dialing." Did the person who started the page on "drunk dialing" have to get the phrase formally reviewed. If I put the page up as informational like the drunk dialing page, instead of claiming ownership of it, would it get deleted?-Corey 12:26, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

If you can cite (provide a link or book citation) to where the term is used in a reliable publication (not a blog), the article won't be speedy deleted. I should mention however that any editor may still nominate it for deletion if they don't feel it belongs. Hope this helps! -SCEhardT 04:22, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Audio files

I know this may come as random, but I noticed you have uploaded several Red Hot Chili Peppers' songs as OGG files. Seeing as there are no relative songs attributed to the album By the Way, I was wondering if you would, possibly, upload one or two("By the Way" and "Can't Stop" come to mind). If not, don't worry about it. Regards, NSR77 TC 15:55, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes; I'll be glad to do this, but it may be a few days before I have time. -SCEhardT 16:06, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks a lot! NSR77 TC 20:25, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the heads up

Thanks for pointing that out. I'll only provide reference type links moving forward! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jfaris777 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Wikimania bid

A few dedicated individuals, myself included, are putting together a bid to host Wikimania on Georgia Tech's campus. This is an incredible opportunity, so any assistance that any of you would be able to provide will be greatly appreciated. Please read m:Wikimania 2008/Official requirements for bidding cities and contribute to the ongoing bid, located at m:Wikimania 2008/Bids/Atlanta. The deadline for bids is August 30, 2007, so we need to contact and plan quickly. Thank you for your help. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 21:59, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Atlanta Wikimania bid IRC meeting

Hello, The first of likely many IRC meetings to coordinate the Atlanta Wikimania bid is being held tonight (Aug 23) at 7:00PM EST in #wikimania-atlanta on irc.freenode.com. If you can, it would be great if you could log on. If not, I am sure there will be plenty more times to discuss the bid :). --Cspurrier 14:18, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the note, but I won't be able to make it tonight. -SCEhardT 19:30, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
If you can make it, the second of likely a long series of IRC meetings is being held Friday (Aug 24) at 7:00PM EDT in #wikimania-atlanta on irc.freenode.com. --Cspurrier 19:47, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimania Atlanta bid team meeting

Hello, The Wikimania Atlanta bid team meeting is being held nightly on weekdays. This week meetings are starting at 9:30EDT and running for a few hours. If you can make it to the meeting (or at least pop in) that would be wonderful. Meetings are in the IRC channel #wikimania-atlanta on irc.freenode.net.--Cspurrier 21:09, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimaina Atlanta meeting

We will be holding a meeting tonight at 9:30pm EDT in #wikimania-atlanta on irc.freenode.org. For more information about IRC see m:Wikimania_2008/Bids/Atlanta/IRC. Please try to be at this meeting as it is one of the last ones before bidding ends and we still have lots that need to be discussed. --Cspurrier 19:40, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Added rubber mulch picture

Hi, I made a new article, Rubber mulch, which includes pictures of synthetic mulch which you requested at Talk:Mulch. Phasmatisnox 10:06, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Looks great! Thanks! -SCEhardT 15:23, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimania 2008/Conference of the Americas

Hello, As you may or may not know, Alexandria, Egypt was selected to host Wikimania 2008 [1]. So as to prevent the hard work of the many Wikimedians involved in the Atlanta bid from going to waste, we have decided to host a conference for the Americas. This is in no way an attempt to compete with Wikimania or make a statement against Wikimania.

As one of the people signed up to help with the Wikimania Atlanta bid, we hope you will join us at the Wikimedia Conference of the Americas. We will be having a meeting tonight in IRC tonight (Oct 15) at 9:30PM in #cota-atlanta on irc.freenode.org to discuss the conference. For more information about IRC see [2].

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[edit] Multiple Sclerosis organizations

Hallo, I'm curious about your edit here: [3]: why did you delete both additions of that Spanish organisation (under Spanish and International)? Do you know something about it not being worth listing? You didn't include an edit note. PamD 17:19, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi - My edit was one of a series to revert spamming (see Special:Contributions/80.169.79.66). If you think the links belong in the article, feel free to add them back :-) -SCEhardT 18:20, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
I see what you mean about spam - I think the occurrence I found (well one of them, under "Spain") is the one justifiable link, the rest all being spam. I've replaced it. But I agree about all the others! PamD 18:30, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Cow and chicken 4.jpg

{{no fair}}TJ Spyke 02:15, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Fixed that for you. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 03:37, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! All these old images are coming back to haunt me :-) -SCEhardT 06:57, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, I've gotten one notice today, and there are doubtless more to come. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 13:53, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reversion of BetacommandBot notice

I'm just curious why you deleted BetacommandBot's notice on Talk:Nerds (candy).[4] Was there something wrong with it? -Phoenixrod 01:32, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

I fixed the image's fair use rationale, so I removed the notice since it was posted by a bot and no longer relevant. I didn't use an edit summary because I assumed the bot wouldn't get offended, but I guess I should use one so other users can see what is happening. Sorry 'bout that. -SCEhardT 04:43, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Bamschool.jpg

Hi - The tag on this image, {{GFDL-self-with-disclaimers}}, provides a source. -SCEhardT 04:33, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

I've seen the tag and reviewed everything. This uploader has uploaded many images with false tags, that indicates that he is not the copyright owner of this image. Anyone can add images from online and claim they are the owner. This uploader needs to verify to us that he is "Hadi Zaheer" the person's name written under the image. Anyone can claim they are Hadi Zaheer, usually a rightful person would indicate more information example: show personal website, etc. Signs show that he is not the owner of this image, that's for sure and anyone would think this after seeing him upload so many images with false licenses.--Cabin Member 10:39, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

I agree that the source is questionable in light of the other images the user uploaded. However, the tag you have added does not reflect that. Please use WP:PUI to list the image. -SCEhardT 16:32, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] reese's pieces bad

Thanks for catching that. Beta command bot is a pain in the butt. Cheers! --Knulclunk (talk) 23:41, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Sure thing! -SCEhardT 00:51, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] track bike link in bicycle messenger

I saw you moved that link to 'see also'. I was just wondering if you thought it even should be there. There is already a link from the body text. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Buffalo Bill (talk • contribs) 21:04, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it should probably be linked from the body. I looked through the body and couldn't find a link; is there one already? -SCEhardT 21:39, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, but you might have missed it as it is 'fixed-gear bicycle'. Most messengers are riding fixies that wouldn't be track legal. Buffalo Bill talk to me 08:07, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah that's a good point. I've removed the link. -SCEhardT 15:41, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hammacher-Schlemmer

Hi there. Why was the article reduced to a very uninformative size? --SirDecius (talk) 09:41, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

The previous version was largely copied from the company website, which is a violation of copyright. -SCEhardT 12:58, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I think it's possible they themselves populated some of it. I'd really like to make it a more descriptive article as the company does have quite a thick identity in American consumerism. --SirDecius (talk) 23:02, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
I suppose it is possible someone from the company pasted the text there, but we'd need to know for certain that someone with the authority to do so intended to release the text under the GFDL license. There's more info on that here. I don't think a self-history is a very reliable source anyway; information from other published sources would be ideal. -SCEhardT 22:39, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Buffalo Bill

how do I report User:Buffalo Bill as a vandal? Matthewbrownny (talk) 23:01, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Reporting vandalism at the current time would be entirely inappropriate, though if you insist on doing it, the appropriate place is here. You should attempt to resolve the issue on the article's talk page. -SCEhardT 22:24, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Would you prefer I track down his Buffalo Bill's real identity and have him arrested under New York's aggravated harrassment law? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthewbrownny (talk • contribs) 01:06, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Now that's just silly. Nonetheless, read Wikipedia:No legal threats and realize that if you continue, you will be blocked from further editing. -SCEhardT 01:16, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

fine I get threatened and he is allowed to vandalize my contribution real fair —Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthewbrownny (talk • contribs) 01:31, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Air Pollution article needs permanent protection

SCEhardt, the Air Pollution article is badly in need of permanent protection. For example, in the period of January 7, January 8 and thus far in January 9th, every edit (about 10 of them) had to be reverted. In fact, you just reverted one yourself.

This has been going on for quite some time. Would you, as an administrator, please permanently protect the article so that only registered users may make edits? Thank you in advance and I will watch here for your response, - mbeychok (talk) 18:17, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't think protection is warranted at this time. Also, these two edits were kept. The vandalism is unfortunate but (in my opinion) at a manageable level. -SCEhardT 20:38, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] license corrections

Thanks for fixing the license attributes of the spoken articles I posted. It was unclear to me what I should do, where, during the upload process. If you can do anything to improve http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spoken_Wikipedia/Uploading_guidelines to make it more clear, I'd appreciate it.

Could you explain what was wrong with the choice I made? Is the one you changed it to the only allowable one? If so, why is a choice offered? Leotohill (talk) 17:53, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi - The way the license works, as best I understand it, is this: The text of the article is licensed under the GFDL. The GFDL requires that derivative works be released under the same license. Therefore the spoken articles, which are derivative works of the written text, must be licensed under the GFDL.
When uploading a file that you created entirely on your own, you have the choice to pick from several 'free' licenses. Uploading a spoken article is a fairly unusual case, so I don't think it makes sense to change the Wikipedia upload process (or that any such effort would be accepted).
I tried to make the Spoken Wikipedia upload page clear by inserting the comment "This is the license tag. Please leave the license selector blank." However, you're far from being the only one who is still tripped up by the process. Do you have any suggestions to make it more clear? Thanks -SCEhardT 21:57, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] recumbent

if I found a better source, would you be happy to consider a ref to recumbents at the top? Mccready (talk) 16:02, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

We should discuss on the talk page after the block expires. Also, note that I tried to reply to your email but your reply-to address doesn't work. -SCEhardT 20:37, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Windows file associations

Where can I go for help? I've followed the instructions to download and install the Windows codec on an XP PC. I can't get it to associate the .ogg filetype with the correct application. The Iliminable "program" in the Start/AllPrograms menu only has two options: uninstall and 'oggcodecs website' -- I can't find a program called DirectShow. User:N2e (talk) 21:25, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi - This procedure should work to associate the files in WinXP:
  • Place a .ogg file on your desktop
  • Right-click the file and choose Open With -> Choose Program
  • Choose your desired program & make sure "Always use..." is checked
  • Press OK
Let me know if this works! -SCEhardT 22:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks SCEhardt for the help!!! The part I am stuck on is slightly different than what your instructions cover. I know how to associate a filetype with a program inside WinXP. The trouble in this particular case is I have no idea what program to associate the .ogg file extension with. And I could not find it made clear in the "help" instructions that are given on most ogg word pronunciations in Wiktionary; for example, on the word sweet, click on 'help.' It just isn't clear what program did get (or should have been) installed after completing the WinXP process steps, so I don't know what to try to associate it with. I'll follow your reply here to keep it all in a single thread. Cheers, N2e (talk) 15:55, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Ah, I see the problem :-) Direct Show is a class of media player. Once you have the codec installed, you should be able to open the ogg files in Windows Media Player (which is a Direct Show player). The ogg codec gives Windows Media Player the 'key' it needs to decode ogg files. -SCEhardT 16:24, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Voila! That was, indeed, the missing ingredient for me. Once I associated the .ogg files with the Windows Media Player application, it works on every Wikitionary "audio" click I just tested. Very cool. Thanks SCEhardt!
However, if you can understand my confusion, you might want to update the instructions in the 'help' link I mentioned in the 15:55 post above. From reading the talk page there, it appears as if there have been a number of VERY FRUSTRATED Wikipedians over the past year or so with trying to get ogg files playing correctly. Cheers, N2e (talk) 17:51, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Glad it is working now! I see how the instructions would be confusing, so I changed them some. Is the new version more clear? -SCEhardT 01:03, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I suspect that direct reference back to the Player step will be helpful. I guess the real test is user use and feedback. Thanks again. N2e (talk) 10:18, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Self-Published

In this case, as with many others from associated content, the source was inserted before the original source. In most cases, the statements preceding the cites are not actually from the "articles". Thanks for your concern. Stealthound (talk) 16:23, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

I stand corrected there. Sorry. Stealthound (talk) 19:59, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thank You

Thank you for the edits you made to Green Wing (series 1) article and Image: Green Wing (Series 1).ogg file, I followed the method on uploading from Wikipedia but obviously messed up somewhere (still confused as to how to do it for next time!). Anyway thanks once again. londonsista | Prod 00:54, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Certainly - Glad to help! It looks like you almost did the upload perfectly, except for a quirk of how Wikipedia handles uploads. When you uploaded the file for the second time with the correct information summary, it did not replace the file information (that only works the first time). To fix it, all I did was copy your upload summary, click the 'edit' button, and replace the content of the page with what you had written. Hopefully this makes sense :-) Let me know & I'll be glad to help if you run into any snags in the future. I listened to a couple segments of your recording and it sounds good! -SCEhardT 02:11, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] A Favor

Hi, Can you delete my name from your archive. Its currently on page 4, search for 'Alexis' and delete that as well as my second name which i won't repeat. I ask this because when, i search my name in Google it brings your archive, as well as other cheap copies of wikipedia. This is the link where my name is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:SCEhardt/A4 Thanks --Kekek1 (talk) 21:45, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Yep! I think this should take care of it. -SCEhardT 23:08, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks A lot!

Hi SCEhardt! Thanks for welcoming me! Sorry I didn't get back earlier, but I've been really busy! I just finished my page, and I really hope you can read it. Thanks again! Sha721 My user talk page Sha721 (talk) 21:50, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi SCEhardt! It's Sha721 (me) again. I have a question, and I was wondering if you could help me? How do I block people from editing my user page? If I can, will I still be able to edit it? Please answer my question here or in my user talk. Thanks! Sha721 (talk) 20:20, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Howdy! Glad to see you're settling in! Typically user pages are not protected. If you have any specific problems with people editing it, let me know and we can take appropriate measures. -SCEhardT 21:02, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

I would like to protect it, only if I will still be able to edit it. Is that possible? Sha721 (talk) 20:26, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi - There is no protection method that fully protects the page and only allows you to edit it. In the case of extensive vandalism, it would be possible to protect the page from unregistered and newly registered users, but since you're not experiencing vandalism, it isn't appropriate to protect the page right now. -SCEhardT 00:19, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! I'll tell you if there is any vandalism. Sha721 (talk) 01:06, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] A question???

Hi SCEhardt! It Sha721 again. I have a question I can't figure out: In the late 1700s, half of this state (United States) was owned by England. Do you know the answer???? If you don't, do you know where I can find out??? Thanks, Sha721 Sha721 (talk) 20:35, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't quite understand your question, but are you looking for History of the United States (1776–1789)? -SCEhardT 17:43, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
I think it is Maine. Thanks Sha721 (talk) 17:16, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Extremely MAD!!!!!

Hi SCEhardt... Someone seriously vandalized my page. I think they copied everything and made appear twice: User:Sha721. Can I protect it, because I spent a lot of time working on it!!! Thanks! Sha721 (talk) 19:46, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

They also wrote that my page sucks, and other bad things. It's not there, because I deleted it. 141.156.60.243 (talk) 19:03, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

OK; I put your user page at 'semi-protect' which will block all anonymous and newly registered users. You should still be able to edit it when you're logged in. -SCEhardT 00:52, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you so much, SCEhardt. I'm really thankful that you did that, but I forgot my password! I chose it to send an email to my account, but I thought that was kind of funny. Thanks again!!! 141.156.60.243 (talk) 20:06, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

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