User talk:Stephenchou0722

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[edit] Bare URLs as references

Hi. I disagree with this edit. URLs in square brackets are fine as references. Bare URLs between ref tags are, however, not fine, as they render as a footnote containing only an ugly URL—not very encyclopedic. If you feel compelled to convert url links to footnote-style references, please at least look up the title of the linked page and put the URL in square brackets with the title as the displayed text. (The {{cite web}} template is an even better solution for footnote-style references to web pages.)--Srleffler (talk) 07:01, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

I agree with you that the cite web template is the best solution, and I will try to use that as much as possible from now on. However, I disagree that URLs in square brackets are fine as references, since they display even less information (only the link number, nothing else). Also, according to Wikipedia guidelines on footnotes, it is more suitable to place all references at the end, which was my main purpose for the edit. Stephenchou0722 (talk) 15:05, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for patrolling

Thanks for your deleting of the broken link to Lawnbott, an article that no one ever got around to writing...however, I have to have written an article on that over at Wikia and I'll import it over here and restore the link, feel free to tell me what you think. - Dan Dank55 (talk) 20:01, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Btw, I apologize, it would have been more polite to re-edit rather than revert, I'm still new :) - Dan Dank55 (talk) 20:23, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
No problem. Reverting in this case is legitimate and is not unacceptable. Stephenchou0722 (talk) 21:03, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mozilla Digital Memory Bank

Dear Stephenchou0722,

I am a graduate research assistant at the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. In recent years we have produced a number of online archives such as The September 11 Digital Archive (http://911digitalarchive.org/) and the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (http://www.hurricanearchive.org/). Our team is currently gathering digital documents related to Mozilla products for the Mozilla Digital Memory Bank (http://mozillamemory.org), and we are in the process of interviewing some of the lead members, former and present, of the Mozilla community.

I recently found your Mozilla/Firefox-related contributions located at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mozilla_Firefox. Given your involvement with Mozilla, we think your voice would be an excellent addition to the archive. If you are interested in having your perspectives added to the record, we can conduct the interview via Skype, instant messenger, or email—whichever method might fit your schedule and preferences best.

I have included below the first three questions of the interview in order to give you a sense of the process. For examples of completed interviews, please feel free to examine the interviews section (http://mozillamemory.org/browse.php?cat=interview) of our archive.

If you are interested in contributing your perspectives on the Mozilla community and its products, you can reach me by e-mail at gcheong@gmu.edu. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions regarding the interview process or the Mozilla Digital Memory Bank.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Best regards,

Giny Cheong
Gcheong (talk) 19:09, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Graduate Research Assistant
Center for History and New Media (http://chnm.gmu.edu)
Department of History and Art History
George Mason University
4400 University Drive, MSN 1E7
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444


Interview Questions

When did you begin using computers? How did you get interested in computers?

What is your education background? Have you had formal computer training?

What’s the first programming project you remember working on?

[edit] Merging the "Aculco" articles

Sorry to bother you but it was a mistake to merge the two articles. One is a town (Aculco de Espinoza) and the other (Aculco) is the seat of the "municpality" (similar to a county) Unfortunately, most "municipios" in Mexico have the same name as the largest town/city. The reason the two had similar information is that my students are writing these articles and we all got confused with the town/municipality confusion. Could you undo the merge and Ill have my student differentiate between the two artitcles? Thanks! Thelmadatter (talk) 23:19, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:MS Word 2007.png

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[edit] Re: Kosovo

Thanks for the welcome. I've been inactive for a while. I know of the revert to my edit since I was the one who did the reverting (as I'm sure you know). The sandbox was not used since the edit for the lulz is meant for the amusement of people like yourself. Good job! And I'd like to welcome you as well to the talk page for Gkmx. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gkmx (talk • contribs) 02:25, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vista Firefox screenshot

Hello Stephen. When you take a vista screen shot for Wikipedia, it's best to use the software Window Clippings to take it. www.windowclippings.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Titan602 (talk • contribs) 16:28, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I personally do not see the advantage of using the said software. Stephenchou0722 (talk) 20:28, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Basically, it looks nicer and easier for others to look at. --Titan602 (talk) 21:35, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
I'll take your word for it. Thanks. Stephenchou0722 (talk) 22:09, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Windows Speech Recognition

Hi Stephenchou0722, very nice job expanding the article! I think the 3rd reference would fail WP:EL though - it's really more of an ad [1]. Bardcom (talk) 19:52, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Also, I replaced the third reference with two other ones, which I believe are better. Stephenchou0722 (talk) 20:05, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] MS Voice Command

I noticed you regularly make edits to MS related articles so I just wanted to say Hi. I usually edit without signing in (221.128.x.x edits are all me). Regarding the Voice Command article, is the Plus! version for WMP absolutely different from the WM version? Also, by chance, do you know which is the last version for WM2003? (I think 1.6 doesn't work with WM2003 but not sure) MS seems to have "forgotten" that they had any mobile OS prior to WM 5.0.

[edit] Granite

Hello - I would encourage you to remove the link you added to Granite - it is about puffins and curling, and adds nothing to the article on granite. Cheers Geologyguy (talk) 16:11, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

First of all, I was not the person who added the link, I merely formatted it as a reference. Second of all, if you even bothered reading the article, you would realize that it contains information on Ailsa Craig, once a major source of granite. Thanks. Stephenchou0722 (talk) 19:51, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] win7 is likely v6.1

please reconsider your modification to the following topic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Windows_7&diff=199756924&oldid=199756846

firstly, the section below has proved that the version number (as of now / milestone 1) is 6.1

second, my point was to try to emphasize that windows 7 is likely a point release instead of a major upgrade. that is why v6.1 is an important indics / proof for this.--Vikizh (talk) 04:09, 21 March 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Vista System Restore.png

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Rationale now added. Stephenchou0722 (talk) 02:56, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Images

Hey Stephen, first of all, thanks for your ongoing work on the computing articles, every bit helps! I have a quick request... when uploading images of Windows Vista or XP, could you do these two things?

  • Put a {{WikiProject Microsoft Windows}} tag on the talk page, like this... "class" of image, and "importance", well, you decide how important you think the thing being pictures is relative to Windows as a whole.
  • Set the category to "Screenshots of Windows Vista", "Screenshots of Windows XP", or "Screenshots of Microsoft Windows" (for other any version), and once you've got the rationale in place, add the "image_has_rationale=yes" attribute as well... like this.

This'll help us keep our stuff organised. Thanks. :) Also, your user page says you're from Ontario.... me too! -/- Warren 05:06, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

OK! From now on, I will do those two things! Thanks for telling me! Stephenchou0722 (talk) 14:24, 23 March 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:XP Display Properties.png

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Rationale now added. Stephenchou0722 (talk) 18:13, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Centering

Hi Stephen.

I'm curious what browser you're using. You added a <center> tag, which is redundant with the table align=center tag. So I'm assuming that tag isn't active for your browser? SockPuppetForTomruen (talk) 23:39, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

<center> 
 {| class="wikitable" , align=center width=640
I am using Firefox 3 Beta 5pre, and the align=center command does not work. I also just realized that the problem doesn't occur with Internet Explorer 7. Stephenchou0722 (talk) 00:08, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image:2008 ROC Presidential Election Result.png

I believe there's a small mistake on this map. 琉球鄉 is part of Pingtung County. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 00:08, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Corrected mistake! Thanks! Stephenchou0722 (talk) 00:38, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to WikiProject Trains

Hello and welcome to the Trains WikiProject! Thank you for adding your name to our project membership list. Our goal is to build the most comprehensive and detailed guide to rail transport on Wikipedia. As a project member, you may add the project membership userbox to your user page if you wish.

If you haven't done so already, please add our main project page to your watchlist and take some time to review the Trains project manual of style where we have collected guidelines and suggestions on notability and style for a consistent representation of rail transport related material. If you're curious about where to start, we've gathered a few suggestions in the Trains project to do list. If you'd like to specialize in a particular area of study within rail transport, take a look at the current Trains project task forces.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask on the project talk page or on my talk page. Again, welcome and happy editing! Slambo (Speak) 10:44, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Eye music

Hi,

Saw your note and tag. Happy to help make it more transparent. What does "remove article" mean in your edit comment? Do you think the article should be killed entirely?


--Shlishke (talk) 20:11, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Oops! Sorry for the confusion! I do not think the article should be deleted. I was merely referring to "article" in the grammatical sense. Stephenchou0722 (talk) 20:46, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Whew! --Shlishke (talk) 00:06, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA...

Thank you...
...for your participation in my RFA, which closed with 85 supports, 2 neutrals and 1 oppose. I'm extremely grateful for all the the kind comments from so many brilliant Wikipedians I've come to respect and admire, as well as many others I've not yet had the pleasure of working with, and I'll do my best to put my shiny new mop and bucket to good use! Once again, thank you ;)
EyeSerenetalk 17:09, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Firefox Windows Theme.png)

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[edit] thanks spam

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 194 supporting, 9 opposing, and 4 neutral.

Your kindness and constructive criticism is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers, Anthony and Acalamari for their nominations.

Thank you again, VanTucky

[edit] Canada Roads WP

Thanks for joining up with WikiProject Canada Roads. Glad to have you aboard!

SriMesh | talk 04:56, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:KIS.png)

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[edit] Requesting an Editor Review

Hi, you opposed my last RFA at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Gary King a few weeks ago. I have decided to open an Editor Review at Wikipedia:Editor review/Gary King so I could receive a new assessment for my recent activity on Wikipedia. I would greatly appreciate it if you could take the time to look over my recent contributions and point out areas where I could improve. Thanks in advance! Gary King (talk) 05:24, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] nice Image on ROC elections...

Dear Stephenchou0722, I have noticed that you have created a nice image on the 2008 Republic of China Presidential Elections. I would like to write articles on former ROC parliamentary and presidential elections in the German Wikipedia. Unfortunately the available images displaying the results of these elections look less professional:

2004 presidential

2000 presidential

1996 presidential

2004 legislative

There are no images showing parliamentary election results before 2004.
I could imagine that you own a template or vector graphics, so that it would be relatively easy for you to recreate these maps in a high-quality version. Could I motivate you to supply Wikimedia Commons with such images or with a .svg template?
Greetings --Furfur 17-May-2008 13:00 CEST


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