User talk:Wolf530

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Happy editing, Isomorphic 06:21, 10 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Duplicate articles

Hi, I removed the table again from Wikipedia:Duplicate_articles. Please see Wikipedia_talk:Duplicate_articles for my justification. Thanks. -- Taku 08:56, Mar 26, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Welcoming committee

Thanks for joining the welcoming committee. Glad to have the help. Just so you know, it's probably not worth your time to welcome most anonymous editors - it's a nice touch, but there are far too many of them to keep up. Most will only edit once or twice, and won't know how to find their talk page anyway. The exception is that if you see a static IP that's clearly a single user who's been editing for a while, go ahead and welcome them and suggest that they get a user account. Isomorphic 05:58, 30 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Public domain

Hi, your User:Wolf530/Welcome message-copyvio page states all text used on the site must be public domain. This isn't quite true. All text needs to be GFDL, not public domain. You might want to change it to avoid confusing the people you give that message. Angela. 03:22, Apr 2, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] New York Subway template/category

I saw your comment on the Village Pump about needing a template/category for the New York Subway. Until such custom templates are possible, how about using a system like I've set up for the Washington Metro? Check List of Washington Metro stations and Red Line (Washington Metro) for examples. I'll help out with New York, I'm a huge subway junkie as you can probably tell. ;) I don't think a category would be useful, but a dropdown, etc. might, in the future if they implement that. Until then, I think making a list page of stations and lines, and linking from that, is the best option. What do you think? --Golbez 15:52, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Misery law

I removed your misery law from the list of eponymous laws. I suggest you look up the meaning of the word eponymous, if it was not blindingly obvious from the context of the page. You're doing an english degree? I fear for you. --Tagishsimon (talk)

You can deal it out but not take it, eh? That's a bit pathetic. --Tagishsimon (talk)
I didn't blow a gasket. You're merely over sensitive. Go and take a lie down. --Tagishsimon (talk)
No. You blew it. You're happy to lash out in your response, whilst suggesting that I should have been more polite. Go look up double standards. --Tagishsimon (talk)
You shouldn't let your feelings get in the way of evaluating whether Riciometreapoline is a valid article or vandalism. Stalking me without applying your brain isn't going to get you anywhere. --Tagishsimon (talk)
Dipstick, check out Swishguy2000's talk page again. You'll see that I;ve already cited to him a link for rice writing. I'm absolutely sure that Riciometreapoline is vandalism. He's just admitted as much on my talk page. his other edit was vandalism of the M240 article. Now, exactly what is your problem? --Tagishsimon (talk)
Or at least, you would have seen that admission had some other user not come along and deleted it. Sigh. Check the history if you can be bothered. --Tagishsimon (talk)
For the same reason as you are intent on seeing things that are not there. Where is the "nasty little remark" in "Go on - don't start your wiki career with vandalism, eh? Your rice~ article will never fly"? --Tagishsimon (talk)

[edit]

Thanks for the kind welcome. I've really enjoyed Wikipedia so far, and I look forward to contributing more Pedro Picasso 20:48, Nov 30, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Minor edits

In recognition of your dedicated use of the minor edit, I award you the Minor Barnstar ClockworkSoul
In recognition of your dedicated use of the minor edit, I award you the Minor Barnstar ClockworkSoul

You and the rest of your team have been making excellent and much needed minor edits. In recognition of your dedication, I offer you my sincere gratitude, and this Minor Barnstar. -- [[User:ClockworkSoul|User:ClockworkSoul/sig]] 07:15, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!

Posted on User_talk:ClockworkSoul

Holy cow! I'm so honored to receive a barnstar! Thank you for making my day! :) --Wolf530 14:22, Dec 2, 2004 (UTC)

  • You deserve it! Now, post it with pride! -- [[User:ClockworkSoul|User:ClockworkSoul/sig]] 15:39, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] The Humungous Image Tagging Project

Hi. You've helped with User:Sietse Snel/Fix common mistakes project, so I thought it worth alerting you to the latest and greatest of Wikipedia fixing project, User:Yann/Untagged Images, which is seeking to put copyright tags on all of the untagged images. There are probably, oh, thirty thousand or so to do (he said, reaching into the air for a large figure). But hey: they're images ... you'll get to see lots of random pretty pictures. That must be better than looking for at at and the the, non? You know you'll love it. best wishes --Tagishsimon (talk)

[edit] Romanticsm in the 18th century.

If it's okay to do a modernism nav on 20th_century, then it's okay to do Romanticism here

That's poor reasoning. All of the links in the Modernism nav panel have something to do with the 20th century. Most of the links in the Romanticsm nav have to do with the 19th century. All of the content in the 18th century should be relevant to the 18th century.

In any case, the 20th century article is a mess and shouldn't be used as a model for the other centuries. - Brunnock 11:35, May 18, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Portal

I need help in The Lord of the Rings portal. . . . It somehow looks different from the other portals. -- 69.212.71.72 05:47, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

I'm not really talking about the background color. For example, the featured article seems to have a "set" height, and there used to be an edit link for the intro, and the top margin was different so I changed it to 0. -- 69.212.71.72 05:53, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
Also, More about The Lord of the Rings didn't come with the template. -- 69.212.71.72 05:57, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] I ♥ Little Rock

I hope my comments in Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Little Rock restaurants didn't cause offense. I didn't mean to imply to Little Rock people are obstructive or anything. It's just that VfDs are always getting blocked because the the article is a matter of regional pride, or of extreme interest to a small-but-vocal group of people. Thank you for being more objective! ----Isaac R 23:42, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Little Rock

In future it would be preferable if you looked at changes before reverting them. My edit was to add the new Category:Little Rock, Arkansas to the page, which you have now removed. This new category is a subcategory of the three that were there previously, making them uneeded. In the same edit I thus removed them, which is standard procedure. - SimonP 22:21, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Hendrix_small_shield.png

Thanks for uploading Image:Hendrix_small_shield.png. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images on Wikipedia is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. You can get help on image copyright tagging from Wikipedia talk:Image copyright tags. -- Carnildo 18:29, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Hendrix small shield.png

FYI, fair use images are not allowed on user pages. As such, I removed it from User:Wolf530/warrior and have deleted the image. Regards, howcheng {chat} 21:42, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Fair use criteria, specifically item #9. Thanks. howcheng {chat} 23:42, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
Just to pipe in with: Totally correct. Fair use is often applied liberally but it's actually quite narrow, and user pages really don't fit.
  • It's the law and just as any one person doesn't make a difference when they vote, the cumulative effect is what counts.
  • I know it can be disconcerting, and it can seem like we're being rude on purpose sometimes, but over half of all images on wikipedia ar either tagged as fair use or are believed to be fair use. Every inappropiately used fair use image is a liability risk.
  • While it's tempting to say "Get lost! no one is ever going to sue over :Image:Hendrix small shield.png!" It misses the point: if someone does sue over :Image:InsertNameofImageHere then our entire treatement of images will be called into question.
Hope this helps,
brenneman{T}{L} 01:10, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WWII edit not minor

Hi :-) Just a friendly note ... you deleted Italy switched sides in late 1943 in your minor edit, which I think is a pretty significant change, not minor. In fact, it's going to cause an editwar, not with me, as I don't care, but there is an editor out there that keeps inserting Italy switching sides into the intro. Anyway, just a friendly note of objection to calling the edit minor. I see that you have a star for making minor edits, so I'm sure you probably forgot the deletion when marking the edit minor, or marked the edit then added the deletion and forgot to change the minor box. I just like to complain, lol. Drogo Underburrow 02:07, 8 April 2006 (UTC) I left a reply to your comment on my talk page. Drogo Underburrow 03:00, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unspecified source for Image:Fisher-a-thumbnail.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Fisher-a-thumbnail.jpg. I notice the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this file yourself, then there needs to be an argument why we have the right to use it on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you did not create the file yourself, then you need to specify where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the file also doesn't have a copyright tag, then one should be added. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Fair use, use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Fritz S. (Talk) 13:19, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh, yeah, sorry... I didn't realize the license tag already gave the source. --Fritz S. (Talk) 10:18, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bot editing userpage

That wasn't a stupid edit. Before it was deleted, wikifying redirected to Wikipedia:Glossary, and the bot correctly bypassed the redirect to point the link directly there. --Rory096 18:18, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, that's news to me. Last time I checked, wikifying went to the old equivalent of Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wikify. --Wolf530 18:26, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
The deletion log entry (08:16, June 9, 2006 Bookofjude (Talk | contribs) deleted "Wikifying" (cross namesapce redirect, content was: '#redirect Wikipedia:Glossary')) says otherwise. --Rory096 18:47, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
Okay. Not a big deal anyway... Thanks for bringing the change to my attention. --Wolf530 18:49, 28 October 2006 (UTC)


[edit] AIV

Just because something is put on AIV does not mean it will receive a block. I did block most of the accounts listed on AIV, but I decided that the IPs did not deserve a block because they have not edited in many hours. I generally block IPs only if they are caught within a reasonable time after their last edit . Academic Challenger 03:28, 3 November 2006 (UTC)


You are right, that IP is definitely a problem. The other blocks were quite a while ago, so I did not give out a really long block, but I did block that IP for a week, and then will give another month block the next time it vandalizes after that block expires. Academic Challenger 03:48, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Continued from the Village Pump

Since you brought it up I did a quick check using Interiot/Tool2. It's true your "Total" edit count would be considered a bit low, but your Mainspace numbers are quite good. If you stay as active as you've been the past week, it won't be long at all :) --Doc Tropics Message in a bottle 07:47, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

...continued on my Talkpage. --Doc Tropics Message in a bottle 08:09, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Smiley Improvements

Thank you for the improved code for the Random Smiley Award - I had been trying to figure out how to remove the frame around the graphic, without success. Also, the template idea was something I had been trying to figure out for some time. Thank you!Pedia-I Project Jesus

Arevolutionofone 04:20, 5 November 2006 (UTC) I hope I did that right. Thanks. I will do what you suggest before I do any more editing. Thanks again.

[edit] Danke schön

For reverting "vandalism" on my userpage - thanks so much! :) riana_dzasta 08:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You've got mail, re:Admin school (eom)

The Transhumanist   17:09, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcomes!

Hey Wolf!

It's my own template, hard-coded to my name. You are, of course, welcome to use it but you'll need to do a couple of things.

First, visit User:Redvers/Welcome and click edit. Copy the code.

Second, go to User:Wolf530/Welcome (or similar of your own choice) and add the code. Then change every reference to Redvers to Wolf350 (I like helping new users... but not all of them! :o)

Save up, and you've got your own welcome template. You can, of course, make other changes as you see fit.

Third, find a new user (we usually welcome people after their first edit rather than just when they register, but the choice is yours) and put:

{{subst:User:Wolf530/Welcome}}

on their talk page (not their user page - a mistake all of us have made, believe me!). The subst: bit is important - it creates a copy, rather than just leaving a server-murdering repeatedly updating link to the original. Remember to sign with the four ~ as usual.

If you vandalhunt in your spare time, something popular to do is to use your welcome message on a new (named) editor and attach the testing warning afterwards. All of us were new once and this helps ease people into the wikiway: the majority of vandalism is not vandalism, it's new users unable to believe the tremendous power they've been given!

Hope this helps! Questions about welcome, the template or anything else are welcome. Drop me a line again if I can help. ➨ ЯEDVERS 21:37, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deleting usernames

Besides asking Brion why, not really. He gets to say what is coded and what isn't, as he is CTO of Wikimedia and Lead Developer of MediaWiki. Titoxd(?!?) 05:29, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandal template/blocking policy...

I'd be up for working on a draft with you if you're interested. --SB_Johnny|talk|books 13:02, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Hey, sorry for the belated response... last week turned pretty busy and I had too many projects going at once ;-). I was also under the impression that the full gamut was required, or at least new warnings after the previous blocking, but after reporting a few that had been recently blocked and were at it again, it seemed that the application of the rules is more on the "block the vandals" side than the "keep warning the vandal again" side :). For my own part, I might just empty my watchlist every few weeks or so, so that it won't bother me so much. I think I can be more useful cleaing out the copy-to-wikibooks categories anyway, since there's very few of us who can use the import tools. --SB_Johnny|talk|books 00:52, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your input!

Thank you for taking part in my RfA. The RfA was not successful, mostly because I did a pretty bad job of presenting myself. I'll run again sometime in the next few months, in the hopes that some will reconsider.

In the meantime, one of the projects I'm working on is A Wikimedia Administrator's Handbook. This is a wikibook how-to guide intended to help new administrators learn the ropes, as well as to simply "demystify" what adminship entails. If you are an administrator, please help out with writing it, particularly on the technical aspects of the tools. Both administrators and non-administrators are welcome to help link in and sort all of the various policies regarding the use of these tools on wikipedia in particular (as well as other projects: for example, I have almost no experience with how things work on wiktionary or wikinews). Users who are neither familiar with policy or the sysop tools could be of great help by asking questions about anything that's unclear. The goal is to get everything together in one place, with a narrative form designed to anticipate the reader's next question.

A second project, related but not entailed, is a book on wikimedia in general, with a history of how various policies evolved over time, interesting trivia (e.g., what the heck was "wikimoney" about?), and a history of how the wikimedia foundation itself came about and the larger issues that occurred during its history (such as the infamous "Spanish Fork").

Again, thanks for your input on the RfA, and thanks in advance for any help you might be able to provide for the handbook. --SB_Johnny|talk|books 13:25, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Virtual classroom lesson #2

Well, we've moved on to our second lesson in the Virtual classroom, though each lesson is continuous so I hope you will join in on the interface share and compare discussions as well. The current lesson focuses on "stubbing," with a short course to kick things off provided by our resident expert on the subject, Grutness. Please feel free to add your expertise and questions.

To help keep track of what's going on, here's a template you can place at the top of your userpage or talk page:


Tutorials
Introduction to Wikipedia
Introduction to editing
Scartol, on template use and design
Dweller, on Featured Article Candidates
Yuser, on fighting linkspam
Learning the ropes
Elaragirl, about deletion and deletionism
The Rambling Man, on vandalism
Grutness's guide to stubbing
External interfaces - let's compare
Internal interfaces - what do you use?
Getting an article to featured article status
Basic dispute resolution
Adding citations
Reporting and dealing with vandals
Fundamentals of editing

Hope to see you at the Virtual classroom again soon.  The Transhumanist    14:17, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Renewable Energy cat

I'm not so sure I agree with the change of category on Category:Wikipedians who support the development of Renewable Energy. Why is "Politics" more relevant to this discussion than simply "interest"? --Wolf530 (talk) 17:05, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

I think if you take a look at the "politics" category and then at the "interests" category, you might have a better idea why. (Keyword: support) - jc37 17:11, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Replace "Editing help" with "Cheatsheet" link

Per your previous interest, here's a link to the updated proposal: Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Replace "Editing help" with "Cheatsheet" link. Please comment/support there. Thanks :) --Quiddity 21:06, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merging Actual_cash_value with Cash_value

Hi, Wolf. You wrote the Actual cash value article, and I have suggest it be merged with Cash value. See Talk:Cash value for discussion. 2*6 06:43, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:The Real World: San Francisco

Hi. It seems we have a possible edit war on the The Real World: San Francisco article. If you could respond to the post I made on its talk page, it would be appreciated. Nightscream 05:02, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Portal: Nontheism

Are planning to continue working on Portal:Nontheism? I would like to get it up and running. —David618 t 22:16, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

I'll do what I can. —David618 t 22:26, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re: Hazel Bryan

Thanks for your message; you're absolutely right of course; I've restored it pronto. Sorry about that. Cheers and happy editing. Lectonar 14:20, 27 September 2007 (UTC)