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[edit] Sesime Street

No Richardkselby 02:36, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP in the Press - new source

Hi there, I saw that you are a major contributor to Wikipedia:Wikipedia in books so I thought I should tell you...

I would like to draw your attention to the fact that there is no link to Wikipedia:Wikipedia in books from the "as a topic" (Rather than "as a source") page Wikipedia:Wikipedia in the media. There is a link to webcomics, to the press, to radio...but not to books. Why is that? Can you add it (I don't want to be that bold in case there is a reason for this.

Also could you add the Thomas Friedman book The World is Flat to the "as a topic" section of Wikipedia:Wikipedia in books. In my 2006 edition he has a whole sub-chapter entitled "Wikipedia: Community-Uploaded Content" in the chapter entitled: "Flattener #4 - Uploading." He also says in this section that he has used WP as a source throughout the book.

Cheers, Witty lama 14:20, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Now we just need a 12 step program book for Wikiholics for those who wear T-shirts that say I'd rather be editing Wikipedia WayneRay 21:43, 11 July 2006 (UTC)WayneRay

[edit] Inupiaq permissions

Hi Villy... on Meta, you approved my request to be an administrator of the Inupiaq language Wikipedia. However, I don't seem to have admin priviliges yet. -- en:user:zanimum

Sorry, there must be some mistake, I didn't approve aníthing. I am an ordinary user myself, so I don't think I could approve anything if I wanted to. hu:user:Villy
Never mind, I do actually have access. Some else activated my sysopship. I thought had you were a bureaucrat. -- Zanimum 2006. június 1., 01:52 (CEST)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Sesame street bert and ernie nose.JPG

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[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikisource logo

I nominated this for deletion. I just do not see such an article belonging here. I would invite you to put together a news article about the subject at s:Wikisource:News as I do not think most people understand exactly how things happened.--Birgitte§β ʈ Talk 13:22, 1 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Image Tagging Image:Movie eo lucas jackson coppola.jpg

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[edit] Wikipedia:Meetup/Toronto

IMO, Instead of a huge conference sort of thingy, a gathering of 3 to 4 people chatting and get to know each other is a better a way to spark meetups. Balancing the schedule of 4 people is easily than that of all Category:Wikipedians in Toronto. Send me a email if you are interested. I sent this message to User:Zanimum, User:Unforgettableid, User:Tyciol because they were most active at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Toronto. I.H.S.V. (talk) 05:41, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Zehrs and Brampton

I removed your readdition of Zehrs (and the footnote), and added Loblaw Companies Ltd., which is what's located in Brampton (and which includes Zehrs). OzLawyer 21:24, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Oh thank you, I didn't realise that all of the Loblaws chains were headed from Brampton. Thanks! -- Zanimum 12:53, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Francesca Dani image - not fair use

Hi there. Just thought I'd say, I've removed the image of the model Francesca Dani from the Bangs (hair) page, as it is certainly not fair use of a copyright image. It'd be fine on a page about the model herself, but not about the hairstyle she happens to be sporting. Also, I note from the edit history that this removal had been done before, by User:MattKingston, so I'm not entirely sure why I have to do it again. Do you have a reason by which we could use that image? Or just a dislike for the licensing laws? -- (James McNally)  (talkpage)  02:05, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Logo contests

Hi! Since you are one of the people who proposed very well-designed logos over here, I thought you might be interested in the contests for a meta:logo for Incubator and a meta:New logo for Wiktionary. I'd love to see some proposals from you. =] Looking forward to your participation! —Nightstallion (?) 06:02, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] batzarro

u thought I have vanished did ya mate?

128.250.6.247 11:08, 12 June 2006 (UTC) (Batzarro)

Um no. -- Zanimum [[image:Wikipe-tan face.png|20px|Wikipe-tan]] 15:05, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

I'm humbled to have a place on the main space. Mercy buckets (with apologies to my French colleagues).--BradPatrick 02:30, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
No prob, comes with the territory. -- Zanimum 12:33, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kurów

Could you please write a stub http://ik.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kur%C3%B3w - just a few sentences based on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kur%C3%B3w ? Only 2 -5 sentences enough. Please. Pietras1988 17:48, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

I'd love to, but sadly we only have one speaker of Inupiak so far as a contributor, and they're just an anonymous user. Sorry. -- Zanimum 18:00, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
OK. Pietras1988 TALK 18:09, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Tv 30 second to fame south africa.JPG

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[edit] commons:User talk:Zanimum

Hi, please see your Commons talk page, I just left a note there about the permission for the Time 100 video pictures. Thanks, pfctdayelise (translate?) 09:21, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arikasikis

Hi, Im trying to contribute in building the Pangasinan wiki, but I dont have enough priviledges to translate the buttons. Thanks.

The buttons, as in the "Main Page, Community Portal, Recent changes..." along the side? -- Zanimum 15:34, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism on ik:

Hi, a vandal has been vising ik: today. You might want to delete his legacy and block the user. --Johannes Rohr 12:19, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. Do you have a special notifier to tell you when IK is updated, or do you just have the Recent changes page bookmarked? -- Zanimum 12:32, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Actuarial Outpost

Hello. I'm afraid that your edits to the article more resembled wholesale evisceration than skimming 8-) . If you feel anything in particular is nonsense, I would be glad to discuss it with you on the article's talk page talk:Actuarial Outpost. Thank you. -- Avi 19:31, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

I see your point to an extent, especially about the lead being too detailed, and have revised the article in a way I feel is much more NPOV, while retaining the information. What do you think? -- Avi 20:44, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nature "study"

You do realize the study in Nature that you tout was debunked as shoddy envangelism that wasn't even done by a scientist? Say what you want about the future of Wikipedia, but it's just delusion to hold up its science articles as equals to those of Britannica.

Yes, I do realise that. But do you realise my user page touts the fact they mentioned Extreme Ironing in the press, not the actual study? -- Zanimum 13:50, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] jojo

it's licence-free image isnt that the correct licence that i chose?

you know wha i'll just used the wikipedia pictures. thanks Abdelkweli 15:54, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

aight thanks bro Abdelkweli 15:57, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Redundant Image

What was the point in uploading that Image again. Now you just made a redundant Image. There is no point in a "descriptive title", because users can click on the Image if the want a description, they don't need a "good" title. — The King of Kings 16:19 June 30 '06
I deleted the old file. 98poster.jpg is not a good title, since there are thousands of posters made in the years 1998. Heck even 1898 they were making posters. Images should have file names that are unique and unmistakably their own. Wikipedia:Image_use_policy#Image_titles_and_file_names -- Zanimum 16:22, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yes...

Did you know that you could actually upload this to commons.wikimedia.org, so that all Wikipedias can use the image? -- Zanimum 16:08, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

...but it's easier for me as a concentrate to work on this wikipedia solely. If there are any specific desires (Thy wish, perhaps?) I will have no problem in wrapping it up right now... --HolyRomanEmperor 19:24, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
You seem to have misinterpreted my comment. I wasn't suggesting you add it to Commons, and then place the image on every single language's project. I was suggesting you upload this or any future free image to Commons. Once on Commons, any contributor from any project can use it at any time in the future, without directly uploading it to their own project. It takes the same amount of your time as uploading to Wikipedia directly, but it saves time for other users on other projects. -- Zanimum 19:28, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
Aha, understood! Sorry for expressing lack of intelligence. :) --HolyRomanEmperor 19:45, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sesame Street FAC

I'm going to be out for a few days; I'll try to comment late next week. --Spangineer[es] (háblame) 20:27, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

I have no objections for Sesame Street becoming a Featured Article as it is now. Let me know when you re-nominate it. —D-Rock 01:25, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

It is now, actually. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Sesame Street -- Zanimum 13:41, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair Use Image on Main Page

Image:Knox Johnston Golden Globe.jpg falls under fair use, and so theoretically, it should not be on the Main Page or the dozens of user pages which transclude the Main Page. Perhaps a free image, like Image:Joshua001.jpg...

...should replace it. joturner 16:36, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Changed. -- Zanimum 17:26, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
Am I missing something? The image hasn't been changed. joturner 17:48, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
To late now, the article's off the front page. However, someone did at least temporarily change the front page image, I believe. -- Zanimum 01:23, 2 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Tv poster sex and the city.jpg)

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[edit] Possibly unfree Expo 67 girls holding merchandise.jpg

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[edit] Sesame Street Live

Hi, Zanimum,

You recently made this edit. I wanted to point out that not all of our live shows are written by Luis Santeiro or directed by Nancy Sans. In fact, we have several different directors each year for the various shows, and they're usually not from Sesame Workshop. Thanks. :) kmccoy (talk) 23:29, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh wow, you work from VEE? Cool.
It seems the article was suddenly marked FA, without me fixing the changes suggested in the latest nomination yet. Funny how FA works.
I had originally ignored the 150 cities fact you presented, thinking you were just a random person finding it on a random site. Has the tour actually been slightly shrunken since my press kit was made? I've eliminated the sentence about Sans and Santiero. The press kit made it sound like that was who they had for every production.
BTW, as a long-time sysops and Wikimedia communication committee member, I personally don't think that you editing stuff about SSL would be against WP:AUTO. It's simply to avoid people making . Suppose the National Enquirer released a story saying that a serial killer was playing Elmo, and the article referenced it, and you yanked it, to try and save your employer's face. Or if you went into the existing article, and started changing it to say "Sesame Street Live is the most fantastic stage presentation in the history of man-kind." That's basically the type of stuff AUTO protects us against. But pure factual errors like I made are totally free reign. How many shows SSL puts on the road is its equivalent to the "marital status, current employer, place of birth, and so on" mentioned in the "If Wikipedia already has an article about you" section.
Would you happen to have any photos of SSL, either during a production, a rehearsal, or even some of the performers of stage? (but still in costume of course) If you, or anyone on the tour you know, would mind donating an image or two under a free license, we do need to start replacing publicity pics and screenshots as much as possible. -- Zanimum 13:10, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
I have tons of pictures. I'm working 16 hour days putting together the upcoming tour -- when I'm actually out on the road I'll go through them and find some to upload. One concern that has stopped me from uploading them in the past is that I want to be very careful about copyright. I am normally careful about it anyway, and if I upload a photo on Wikipedia of SSL that isn't legal or appropriate, it could jeopardize my job. I'm not sure what the copyright issues surrounding a photo of the show or a photo of one of the characters are. I may post on some of the various image copyright pages for advice. Let me know if there're any SSL or VEE questions that you have. kmccoy (talk) 17:27, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
I didn't presume you would put any inappropriate photos up, it's just I've seen so many photos from Sesame Place and other (non-VEE) touring shows like that, on various websites. Copyright-wise, as long as you acknowledge that VEE created the costumes, you're A-OK. The only restriction is that you can't upload to Wikimedia Commons technically, since it includes a copyrighten work within the image. Mind you, they haven't complained about the Oscar the Grouch puppet in the Smithsonian, or the Sesame Park (Canada's Sesame Street) puppet image, both of which are on Commons. Might be best to ask, still. Just to let you know, the article is set to be main paged sometime next month, so the sooner the better. -- Zanimum 15:17, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moving school articles

Please stop moving school articles, such as what you did to Erindale Secondary School, Lincoln M. Alexander Secondary School, and Tomken Road Middle School. (Are there others you've moved???) Instead, please visit WP:EiC and come discuss your proposal at WT:EiC. Moves like this which change the structure of the articles are rarely a good thing to do without discussing it first. --Stephane Charette 17:20, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

The whole point behind Wikipedia:Requested moves is to prevent people from incorrectly copying-and-pasting the text of the articles, thereby losing the edit history of entire articles. You obviously knew that there was a WP:RM in progress, since you voted against it at Talk:Lincoln Alexander Family. Now I see that to make things worse, you've gone and copied the entire article text into the proposed (original) article location over at Lincoln M. Alexander Secondary School. I don't know if you did this on purpose, but it really doesn't help things!  :( Your actions towards Canadian school articles lately has been disruptive to Wikipedia, and it has taken several members from WP:EiC quite some time to revert some of your changes. Again, I would like to ask you to please come discuss what you plan on doing over at WT:EiC -- this is a very active wikiproject, with many members. We'd love for you to help out as there is a seemingly infinite amount of work that remains to be done. For now, contrary to the edit comment you left here, I have reverted your change until the WP:RM has gone through. Hopefully they can move the article back to Lincoln M. Alexander Secondary School, thereby freeing up Lincoln Alexander Family for you to do as you wish. --Stephane Charette 15:36, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed Georgia Move

As a past participant in the discussion on how to handle the Georgia pages, I thought you might be interested to know that there's a new attempt to reach consensus on the matter being addressed at Talk:Georgia (country)#Requested_Move_-_July_2006. Please come by and share your thoughts to help form a consensus. --Vengeful Cynic 04:18, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] birth

why not add your birth date to your userpage? --Ysangkok 08:41, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

I'd rather not, as I do already reveal a large amount of personal information on my userpage, and want to avoid setting myself up for identity theft. -- Zanimum 17:51, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ITN

Hey there, Zanimum. Thought I'd give you and a few other regulars a heads up about this straw poll which concerns a possible name change for "In the news." Your feedback would be greatly appreciated. The Tom 00:50, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of Canadian writers

awwww the CanCon barnstar is such a nice one tho, There are a few more out there and I see your point, but maybe I'll put it on the Talk page. Thanks for the note WayneRay 21:38, 11 July 2006 (UTC)WayneRay

Yeah, it killed me to do it. A maple leaf/flag at the top is fine, and we could find interesting pictures of a few of the authors. The talk page inclusion is definetly fine by me, though. -- Zanimum 21:53, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Encyclopedia Dramatica

Why are you editing a protected AfD article in violation of policy? rootology 16:39, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

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Your admin button supercedes policy and the fact it's protected? This is abuse of priviledge and has been noted on the talk page of the article and the AfD, and I have notified the protecting admin to revert your inappropriate and unauthorized edits. This is vandalism and has been noted all over the place. rootology 16:54, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
How is it not abuse? Your edits CANNOT BY CHALLENGED BY ANY OTHER EDITORS BECAUSE YOU ARE ABUSING YOUR ADMIN PRIVS. I have filed an AN:I and if you do not stop I will make note of your actions for abusive editing in an RfC. rootology 17:17, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Zanimum: Please discuss here, thanks much. Rootology: get a grip on yourself. You're over-reacting. KillerChihuahua?!? 17:20, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Summertime (song)

I'm not entirely sure what you added to Talk:Summertime (song) but I removed it. I'm guessing it's a list of all the artists who have covered the song. I moved it to User:Zanimum/List of artists who have covered Gershwin songs. —Viriditas | Talk 13:36, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Open Directory Project

Please refrain from removing content from Wikipedia, as you did to Open Directory Project. It is considered vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. --Brat32 14:40, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I've replied on the talk page to the article. -- Zanimum 16:10, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] The Register : Skutt High School

Not sure if you have seen this, I noticed you quickly corrected the 'Canada' issue today. [1] GameKeeper 16:45, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I saw it sadly. I hadn't bothered to really look at the template, I didn't think that the template would bother to include that detail. I hope that all of Wikiproject Education takes this template. The current one used with US high schools is so dull and incomplete, that's why I made the mistake of using the Canadian one. Anyway, it's the register, doesn't really matter too much, unless it gets in the mainstream somehow. -- Zanimum 16:52, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
I am of the opinion all publicity is good, even if it is spun negatively, as in increases awareness of wikipedia. The template is a nice one, it still needs a bit of work to 'de-canadianise' it a bit more. It definitely improved this article would be good to see it elsewhere. Keep up the good work. GameKeeper 16:59, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Well, yes and no. Too much of a bad thing is bad. At least the suit is only between the two other parties, not us and them. Anyway, yes, if the template is to be a permanent replacement, I do see the Canadiana that needs replacing too. -- Zanimum 17:15, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Bulbasaur

You do realise that article is on the Main Page, right? The article was only vandalised 3x in the hour before you protected it. In addition, shouldn't it be tagged as protected if it is, especially since it is on the Main Page? Guettarda 18:46, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

These are the only edits the aritcle has recieved over the last few hours. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bulbasaur&diff=66390198&oldid=66371959 Everything essentially has been vandalism and cleanup. Even when anons try and fix grammar, they actually make it worse. -- Zanimum 19:01, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, but that's pretty much par for the course with Main Page articles. That isn't normally seen as reason to protect them, since it's important to show people that yes, they can edit, and their edits will show up, immediately. Guettarda 19:06, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] CBC TV Interview

I heard you were the one CBC Newsworld filmed a segment on, albeit one that didn't air in full due to technical difficulties. How was the interview? -- Zanimum 19:56, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, frankly, a little nerve wracking. But I suppose its related to my own "greenness" with regards to appearing on TV. I think, if I could magically go back in time and redo it, I could be more articulate and thoughtful. Oh well, if it ever comes up again, I'll be prepared :) (It didn't help that I got back from vacation the day before, my mind wiped blissfully blank by copious amounts of lobster) joshbuddy, talk 20:43, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
I presume it was your first interview for Wikipedia? Did you catch the small bit of the segment that aired? Do you know if they're sending you a tape? I was thinking of talking to whoever the show producer is, asking if they could donate a copy of the segment to Wikimedia for the Foundation's private records. -- Zanimum 14:14, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
No, I didn't see any of it. Not only was it my first interview for wikipedia, it was my first interview for anything. joshbuddy, talk 14:49, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Logo for Slovene Wikisource

Hello! Could you, please, make a version of your Wikisource logo with Slovene text "Wikivir" instead of "Wikisource", so that we could use it on our Wikivir? --romanm (talk) 04:21, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, of course. I'll try to get this to you by Friday. -- Zanimum 18:56, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lets get together!

I think we should all sit down and drink and eat and what not. I propose a meetup at Future Bakery, on the corner of Brunswick and Bloor, on Wed. August 16, 2006 @ 7pm. Lets discuss it. joshbuddy, talk 15:07, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry. Sadly I can't attend nighttime Wikimeets, as I'm in Brampton, which doesn't have GO service past the afternoon, thus getting home would take at least three hours on two transit systems. However, if I could get the one press outlet to attend, would anyone attending object to that, on the condition they aren't intrusive or abrasive (aka they don't ruin the night)? I'd like to try to get City/Global/CFTO interested in doing a little piece on Wikipedia, with this as the example. -- Zanimum 18:55, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Re-uploaded deleted image

Greetings Zanimum, not sure if you were aware of it but the Image:IMG 3006 crop.jpg you previously deleted has been re-uploaded. I've made efforst to re-tag the image as {{nsd}} and {{db-repost}} to no avail as the uploader keeps reverting me. The source is being cited as "Clare K." ... which obvious isn't a source. Perhaps there's something you might be able to do to either get the image properly sourced or deleted (again)? Thanks. (→Netscott) 07:49, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Harvey for Board of Trustees

See User_talk:MakeChooChooGoNow#Respect.

I realise I'm being nasty, but I want Wikipedians to know what kind of person Harvey is. He has been abusive to myself and friends of mine, and has placed at least one other bogus order besides the one he placed with me [2] purely for kicks, tying up inventory and thumbing his nose at us. Even if he was qualified, he would not be the sort of person I would support for such an important position. RoscoHead 03:08, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] holdon!

Okay, you can delete the PDF but please give me five minutes....

I am at UCSF library and they don't allow webmail logins so this is the only way I can get the file on my server.

I have it now so please do delete; thanks. LossIsNotMore 20:24, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Re: supload.com --- oooooh! thank you!!! That will come in handy on my next trip to this silly library. LossIsNotMore 20:34, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikisource controversy?

So, what is the Wikisource controversy you were involved in? Glancing over the contrib list for wikisource:User:Zanimum doesn't help much. ;-) The meta:User:Zanimum gives no dice, either... Were you just making it up, or was it on a mailing list, or what? Inquiring minds want to know... Thanks for all your work, in any case. JesseW, the juggling janitor 09:28, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh, he he. Um, I designed the new logo for Wikisource more than a year ago now, uploaded it to the project, asked whether anyone wished to replace the ugly photo with a vectorized version of the image. That sparked a whole 9-month or something competition to design a new logo, which was completely fair enough from my perspective. But a couple of months ago, the German's got peaved at how blasted long it was taking the English Wikisource to vote on the process, so they did a quick strawpoll, for or against my logo solely, and put up my logo as their new logo. Because every language for each project has to have the same graphic identity, everybody else was forced along to use it, which of course peaved everybody who was against my logo. (In all honest, even if the vote did go through on en, the board doesn't have to follow the vote, and could have used any of the logo submissions.) -- Zanimum 14:24, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What I meant

You can't issue a standard {{test4}} warning message if its the first warning. Should you want to give someone a "last warning" that is also their first (if its profoundly serious enough), use {{test4im}}. Thanks --Dane Coulson 15:56, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gisele Bündchen

Hi, Zanimum for the good work checking sources for the Gisele article. And thanks for updating the info on Image:Taxi2004.jpg. But still about this screenshot, I'd like to hear your opinion... do you belive the Gisele Bündchen article needs this unfree image? The image doesn't seem to add much information about the movie... it's just an image of Gisele, and we have lots of free images available for Gisele. Don't you think we can get rid of it? What's the role of this image in the article? Thanks, --Abu Badali 15:39, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't know. It is a different aspect of her life that isn't portrayed in any of our free images. I'd personally keep it for now, but keep a strong hand on any other images uploaded, since we do indeed have a surprising wealth of Creative Commons images available to us. -- Zanimum 15:44, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
I see. But what bothers me is this use of unfree images when we have lots of good quality free ones. The "movie career" is undoubtedly something that deserves mentionning, due to its peculiarity, but I don't see how what that image adds any new information. It's just "Gisele". And we already have so many "free Giseles". Would you have any objection if I remove the image? --Abu Badali 15:53, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
I don't have any objection to you removing the image, and I'll personally deleted it as a fair use orphan if you do. However, it does show she's "not just a pretty face", but can emote, something not really seen elsewise. Perhaps ask for another opinion on the village pump. -- Zanimum 15:57, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
If you don't really object that, I prefer to be bold and remove the image. This article is so a perfect example of how good we can get only with free content... sadly enough, I have seen too many people here o Wikipedia showing disbelief on that... I'll do that. --Abu Badali 16:21, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Joan

[edit] Joan Ganz Cooney

How does this bio look, so far? I've not got into the main bulk of Joan's career, and I've only been working from one interview with her (albeit about four hours long), but it's a pretty good start, I hope. I'd like advice on what to do with references, as it is indeed so mono-sourced. -- Zanimum 18:45, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yannismarou

I do not think I can help you much about the references. But I'm sure that in Internet you'll find material and other links to books, interviews etc. Reading the article, it is clear to me that more sources are necessary. This will also improve the prose and the coherence of the article. Some minor remarks, mainly on style:

  • You end the article in 1968. You say you've not got into the main bulk of Joan's career, so I expect more information to be added and some wording about her whereabouts nowadays. What is she doing? How did she end her career? What is going on with her business? Is she an active businesswoman?
  • I do not like the Trivia sections in general. But this is maybe a personal peculiarity. I just think that trivia should be incorporated within the other sections. As it is now this section seems to me like full of scattered information.
  • Many users do not like one-sentence paragraphs. If you ever go for GA or FAC you should take care of that. I am one of those who believe that it is nice for the style as well for the better interconnection of the material to merge one-sentence paragraphs.
  • Can't you find at least a photo? Rich photo material with good captions is highly recommended. You'll see that there are also some nice infoboxes for bios and famous persons. You could use one of this and add a photo.
  • You have to expand the lead section (WP:LEAD), especially if you enlarge the article.
  • As it is now, the "Childhood" section seems gigantic to me. Keep a good balance between the sections. If you add, of course, more sections and the article becomes bigger, then this section might be ok as it is now.
  • I donot like too many red links within an article (for instance One of these things). You can create yourself some of these articles as stubs.

That's for a start. I hope that I was helpful and that we'll soon have a more consummated image of the article with the information you want to add.--Yannismarou 11:11, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gisele Bündchen

Excuse me, I was wondering if you were the one who keeps reverting the trivia on the Gisele Bündchen page. If you are can we please talk on the Gisele Bündchen talk page? Thank you. loulou 17:23, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

No, I'm not. All I've done was incorporate the information into the article, what ultimately should be done to most of the trivia. You can, of course, look in the edit history, see who has been removing the content you speak of. But of course all information should be properly referenced, or else it is fair game for removal. -- Zanimum 17:26, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Actually, my problem was that it was the other way around! Someone keeps putting trivia that is longer than the page itself, and I keep editing and deleting it. loulou 17:29, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Okay, that's good that you're one of us, not on the dark side. Thx! -- Zanimum 17:37, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Myspace

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[edit] Myspace templates

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[edit] WikiBureau Canada

Hi, would you add your name to Wikinews:WikiBureau Canada, to help us get a team going there. I hope you don't mind. FellowWikipedian 13:48, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Will you give me a responce? FellowWikipedian 21:08, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, I didn't see this until now. I've added my name! -- Zanimum 15:00, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Wikimania 2007

I don't think there is much reason to put in a bid for 2007. I doubt they will select two North American cities in a row, and I personally feel that next year's should return to Europe or perhaps go somewhere in East Asia. I do think Canada should try, and would have a good chance at, winning the 2008 conference. - SimonP 19:59, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Okay, that's was my opinion also. Thanks! -- Zanimum 14:56, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 16 August 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Simply Mad About the Mouse: A Musical Celebration of Imagination, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

[edit] Back in the archives - Louise Sauvage

Some time ago, you edited Louise Sauvage, which has had no references throughout its existence. Would it be possible to dig up reliable sources for the information in the article? Thanks. Captainktainer * Talk 05:21, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Do the external links I've added count? They're not <ref>'d into the article, but there's nothing too specific. -- Zanimum 14:32, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
That'll do fine, thanks. I don't think there's any point to doing the ref style when an article's a stub, anyway. Hurrah! That makes two down in the last 24 hours. Now only 1,300,000 or so to go... Captainktainer * Talk 19:35, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Notable editor welcome

Howdy, just fyi, I mentioned you (and you might have some feedback for the thread) at Wikipedia:Village pump (assistance)#Probable notable-editor welcome procedure.3F. Thanks :) --Quiddity·(talk) 18:11, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

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This image was originally on Wikipedia as a large, almost poster-sized image. I reuploaded it small. -- Zanimum 13:49, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for noticing Sesame Street source

I hated seeing that {{facts}} template without a citation for the featured article. The pdf came up on the second page of a google search. Just a footnote on the bottom mentions it, but I figured it's enough. To be honest I didn't actually read the pdf at all, just that small section. :) -Hyad 21:05, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Boston Tea Party

Howdy, I noticed that you and I seem to post in one or two articles dealing with progressive issues in political science/sociology. There's currently a debate beginning in Boston Tea Party as to whether the article should include the category [3]. It meets definitions set in the articles Terrorism and Definition of terrorism, however, there are several self-proclaimed patriots who watch BTP who refuse to recognise the fact. The simple criteria for terrorism generally seem to be intimidation or destruction of property in order to change public policy or public opinion while a state of war has not yet been declared. Some users would rather use recent acts of terrorism as a yardstick, rather than using a firm definition, and hence lose their ability to discuss matters calmly. Would you be able to pop in to the Talk page and join in the discussion? Thanks much, samwaltz 05:45, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shoppers World, Brampton

I excised a chunk of text from this article you created that I suspect is vandalism. The contributor (205.250.191.7) has a vandalism notice on his talk page, and I cannot confirm the additions as true even though I have lived in Brampton all my life. If you have other information confirming it, feel free to add it back again. └ OzLawyer / talk ┐ 13:30, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

My parents substansiate the suggestions, so I presume they are true. I might be able to confirm this with the management at some point, but until then, I've put {{fact}}. -- Zanimum 15:26, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Wow. I don't have the greatest memory, but it must really be failing me now. I was born in 77, so I would assume I'd remember waterslides up until "the late 1980s". └ OzLawyer / talk ┐ 15:30, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
I've posted the email I sent to the article's talk page. Did you go to Shoppers regularly, or were you a Bramalea resident? It might only have been for a few years... -- Zanimum 15:37, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
I dont know how regularly I went, but no, I didnt live in Bramalea. Probably still went to BCC more often, since Shoppers World was pretty grungy back then. It could very likely be that my mind is screwing with me, and there were waterslides (and maybe I even played on them once or twice)! =) └ OzLawyer / talk ┐ 15:45, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 26 August 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article the Robinson family, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Zanimum, I really enjoyed reading this article. I guess I was part of the early part of the television-as-a-babysitter generation, but I never realized how much of a role model a character like Gordon could be. I tweaked the tagline a bit, hope you don't mind. Many thanks for the contribution -- Samir धर्म 06:54, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you so much for tweaking tagline. I had to head somewhere a few minutes before I typed the DYK, and I didn't know what to write, so I just wrote randomness. I agree, it's amazing the thought that went into creating Gordon.
I recently had my pet article, Sesame Street, featured on the main page. Someone linked to an essay on the early years of the show, regarding how the "Commission for Educational Television" in Mississippi was trying to blockade the series from air. That essay, that I had missed until then, provided an amazing look at the series, and how it connected with the civil rights movement. Thanks for selecting the article for DYK! -- Zanimum 13:54, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks...

Hello there. I just want to say thanks to you for making the Ladysmith Black Mambazo article a Good Article. Oh - and here's a smile for you! --LBM | TALK TO ME 01:18, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

LBM has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

Thanks for the smile! No prob, it's a pretty complete, well written article. Best of luck to you and it. -- Zanimum 14:10, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Rating You Gave to Emily Osment

I noticed that you rated the article Emily Osment as B-Class on the Assessment Scale. I think that it is over-rated. You also did not leave any comments, so I did not see any argument for this opinion. The article for her friend Miley Cyrus is much better. bibliomaniac15 21:07, 29 August 2006 (UTC)'