User talk:Someformofhuman

[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!!!

Hello Someformofhuman! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. If you decide that you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. You may also push the signature button located above the edit window. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. This is considered an important guideline in Wikipedia. Even a short summary is better than no summary. Below are some recommended guidelines to facilitate your involvement. Happy Editing! -- LittleOldMe 13:51, 27 October 2006 (UTC) Getting Started Wikipedia Tutorial How to edit a page The five pillars of Wikipedia Manual of Style Be bold in editing How to write a great article WikiProjects Getting your info out there Cite your sources Neutral Point of View Point of View Verifiability Uploading images Image use policy Getting more Wikipedia rules Policy Library Getting Help New contributors' help page Where to ask a question Help Desk Frequently Asked Questions Getting along Wikiquette Civility Sign your posts Wikipedians Conflict resolution Getting technical Cleaning up vandalism Pages needing attention Peer review Utilities Village pump

[edit] Please don't feed the trolls

Thanks for joining in the fight against vandalism, but this kind of thing is what is called "feeding the trolls". Warn vandals curtly, but clearly where needed, clear up the damage they do, but say as little as possible that they'll later be able to gloat over or show to their chums.

Saying less, or more simply, factual and boring statements has the effect of reducing the vandal's urge to return. The vandal is looking for excitement, so making personalised statements gives the idea that the efforts are getting to us. There is a hidden, even stronger sense of fun and pride in not giving the vandals the satisfaction of getting a rise out of you.

Perhaps, if you want to get more involved in vandal fighting, you want to add a {{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}} user tag to your user page. It displays like this:

This user is a recent changes patroller.

Regards

LittleOldMe 13:59, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I will try to be much more considerate the next time round.

Someformofhuman 06:51, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of songs featured in the simpsons

Thanks for your efforts you made on that article, I happened to be the "caretaker" of that article, and I actually thought of this idea a long time ago to have sorted tables, but I do not know how to do it in Wiki format, and finally someone came over to make it worthwhile. :-) Thanks alot!

You're welcome. It was my pleasure helping out. Lately, I've been surfing aroung Wikipedia looking for lists that need some help. I've noticed a lot of people aren't very good with the Wiki formatting and after a while things just start to get hairy. I'll try to finish up the parodies table tonight or tomorrow. Prometheusg 00:50, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MS Paint skyscrapers

Hey man, sorry. I was going to answer but I got distracted, busy and end up forgetting.

Well, my problem with those images is that I saw a lot of gradients and strong anti-aliasing, which is extremely unnatural for MS Paint drawings, especially of that magnitude. The fact the images were poorly-compressed JPEGs didn't help much on this aspect either. (you should consider providing full resolution images on a lossless format such as PNG or GIF)

You're saying now that you've used additional programs for special effects, and some of these can be explained by that. Still, it seems that the largest resolutions available were not the full resolutions of those images, so it just doesn't look pixel artish enough for something detailed and of this scale made in MS Paint. It looked a lot more like some mix between vector and pixel art to me, and that's why I found it hard to believe.

But well, I don't know what to do, really. All Wikipedia has is your word on it, and that's not really verifiable. What I know is that if the link is to be included, it should also mention any of the other tools used. Also, be sure to give a good reason on the talk page of why that website deserves to be on the external links section.

Good luck, and again, sorry for not answering sooner. — Kieff | Talk 02:43, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Maniac

Thanks for creating the page about the song Maniac. This is a useful addition to the article about Flashdance.--Ianmacm 19:21, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

With Pleasure :-) Someformofhuman 02:23, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Taipei 101

No problem, I was starting to get tired of the constant edit warring as well. Only admins have the ability to lock articles, the template at the top of the page is just a marker. You can find more info on page protection here. In general, becoming an admin isn't that big a deal, though you generally have to stick around for a while, while keeping a cool head before people will trust you with the house keys, so to speak. You seem to be off to a good start so far, keep up the good work. -Loren 06:24, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

There was a heated discussion here & in a user's Talk Page in June/July 2007. The Hidden Commentary was added to prevent other users from time to time, unknowingly change its confirmation. Where exactly was the heated discussion? Whose talkpage was the discussion on? I'm just saying this because I believe the consensus made in the discussion held on Taipei 101's talkpage was not to put ROC instead of Taiwan.--Jerry 13:42, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

I get your point. But I believe the consensus was to put Taiwan instead of ROC when referring to the geographical location. Whether Taiwan is part of China or not doesn't really matter in this case. But I personally think that Taiwan isn't part of China either politically or geographically. This issue has been argued since 1990s. Most of the Taiwanese, though, think Taiwan isn't part of China.--Jerry 19:08, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sears Tower

The truth is, any article is somewhat POV. Yes, the Sears article is a bit jingoistic. The Petronas Towers were the 'official' world's tallest buildings from 1998 to 2004, according to the rules then in place by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. The rules basically stated that spires count, antennas don't. End of story.Ryoung122 02:36, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Ha ha "End of story" Agreed.

Someformofhuman 02:43, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

Generally, Wikipedia prefers screenshots and official promo images. As well, the images need to illustrate a key point of an article, which the image doesn't seem to do. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 05:08, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

You don't have to be invited to join a WikiProject, you can just join up with whichever one you like. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 14:16, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Taipei 101

Hi again, I started a new discussion here and no one has replied (possibly means no one cares), do you have any opinion on this? If not, I think I'm going to modify the page (but I'll still leave the hidden comment there).--Jerry 20:41, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Other than the "Taiwan vs ROC" issue, the article is pretty good. The TV networks in China are controlled by the Communist Party if you didn't know, they "make" you think Taiwan is part of China. The statement "Taiwan is part of China" is actually quite disputable and controversial even though it is true that the government administrating Taiwan is called the ROC. Many people, including me, think that Taiwan is actually a de facto nation with the de jure name of the ROC.--Jerry 01:14, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

I've started a new discussion, no one replied, still.--Jerry 23:10, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Hey, if no one cares at all, I'm just going to modify the page and remove the wpchina tag, since I believe that it'll be more neutral and will follow the naming conventions. I mean putting a wpchina tag there is just extreme POV, not even arguable.--Jerry 19:44, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Alright, I believe the sources contain good information, but since a GA reviewer objected the use of the sources as references, I put them under external links. Most of the statements those sources backed up are already supported by another source anyways. Hope that's all right.--Jerry 20:36, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

He is the reviewer.--Jerry 00:45, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

It's here. I don't know why he/she put it on the top...--Jerry 14:05, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

There's been no change in rules, unsourced cultural references sections have always been discouraged. The only reason all of the unsourced ones haven't been removed is because we don't have enough people to fight all of the IPs that would continually readd this "vital" information. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 04:25, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Everything needs a specific source so that things can be verified. It may be obvious to you, but not everyone is familiar with such things. If you can find a source, then it can go back in, but for now, no source. Without sources, we try to only stick to major parodies and songs, because like I said, if we tried to just outright remove the sections, we'd have to battle IPs. And, if you ever see any references that are questionable, then by all means remove them. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 04:46, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chrysler Building GA

If you want to list a building for GA nomination I suggest you got to the WP:GAN page abd follow the instructions there. I hope that answers your question. If you want to, I can review your article according to the WP:WIAGA standards. Reagards, Daimanta (talk) 19:11, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Signature

Please remove the line breaks < p > in your signature. Lara❤Love 04:01, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh my, what's wrong with it? Sorry I'm poor with signature writings... It doesn't display my name when I remove line breaks. Anyway I'll see what I can do about it.

Thanks in regards

04:05, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Signatures shouldn't have line breaks. Use the code below in your preferences: <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS" color="#4C94DD">S'''ome'''f<b>orm</b>of'''human'''</font><font style="font-size: 8pt" face="Tahoma"> [[User talk:Someformofhuman|Talk now!]] | [[Special:Contributions/Someformofhuman|My Contribs]]</font> It will produce: Someformofhuman Talk now! | My Contribs

Regards, Lara❤Love 06:05, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the input. It doesn't matter now, I got it fixed... Thanks

Someformofhuman Speak now! 06:20, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Skyscraper

Hi. I think your reasons for reverting some of my edits (regarding the images) are reasonable, but the only thing that slightly bothered me is that you reverted all of my edits along with it, including the other unrelated additions I made to the History section. I'll assume good faith here and assume that it was an accident on your part, but it would be more helpful if you only revert the specific changes you disagree with rather than all of them. Now that I've got my rambling out of the way, I'm quite happy with the edits you made to the images in the article. Keep up the good work! Jagged 85 (talk) 03:00, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

No worries, I sometimes make these kinda mistakes myself, hehe. By the way, the reason I moved the images around was to fix a problem on Mozilla Firefox where the "edit" options are screwed up, but after comparing it to Internet Explorer, I've just realized that my version causes problems on Internet Explorer. Do you have any idea why the image layout turns out differently on IE and Firefox or how this problem can be resolved? Thanks. Jagged 85 (talk) 03:11, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

• ==Re: Skyscraper ==

Might as well scrap the entire section? That section is good, and it explains how skyscrapers defined a skyline. I've been here long enough protecting that article from further abuse (You should see what it looks like 3 years ago!) and I feel biasness is in the air, and not good for the soul of Wikipedia. Shall we scrap the entire section for good?

Someformofhuman Speak now! 06:59, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

I hope not. I threw a couple of ideas onto the skyscraper talk page. UB65 (talk) 07:54, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Chrysler Building

I live in New York so I got the buzz on the new Bank of America Tower (New York). I could not find a reference (too lazy to look) so I took a photo myself yesterday of the spire, and pointed to it. The spire was finished around December 12. My photo is at www.hyzercreek.com/1200feet.htm Also I reworded your writing because my English is very good.Morgan Wright (talk) 19:08, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This is for you

		The Editor's Barnstar
		For doing a lot of work trying to fulfill difficult requests. You have absolutely earned this one. Regards, Daimanta (talk) 18:49, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		:Not only you've worked tirelessly, but you've also earned this, because of your display of kind and hardworking attitude as seen in the talk pages. 165.21.154.13 (talk) 01:27, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Well thanks, as I far as I can see, you have a Singnet IP, and I guess you must also be from Singapore too. So am I. :) You should probably register and get a Wiki account.

Someformofhuman Speak now! 01:29, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Congrats

		The Original Barnstar
		For all your admirable work on Chrysler Building. ThuranX (talk) 22:13, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Dmoz

Hello. I see your vote at the Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2006_December_15#Template:Dmoz. I agree with you.

Best regards, nejron (talk) 12:47, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi and thanks for your concern. Though that discussion was dated a long time ago, and might not have any effect discussing about my comment at this point of the time. Though I might consider this as canvassing, still, thank you very much.

Someformofhuman Speak now! 14:26, 5 February 2008 (UTC)