User talk:Cordless Larry

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Welcome!

Hello, Cordless Larry, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If 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. Again, welcome!

Djegan 12:12, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Note: If you post a comment here, I'll post the reply here, unless otherwise specified. Cordless Larry 20:44, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Northern Irish Wikipedians' notice board

Hi Larry, just to let you know about the notice board in case you haven't seen it yet. I was looking at your photos on Flickr, have you uploaded any to Wikipedia yet? Some of them would be great for articles like The Crown Liquor Saloon, Samson and Goliath (Cranes), Belfast City Hall, Belfast Botanic Gardens and Charles Lanyon. The mural ones too. Stu ^{’Bout ye!} 09:22, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Great, thanks for letting me know. I've uploaded a few photos of Croatia, but I might add some NI ones soon too. Cordless Larry 14:51, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

'Hands Across the Divide' sculpture, Derry, by Maurice Harron

Frederick Douglass mural, Belfast

[edit] Request

Hi! Your photos of Croatia on Flickr are really cool. Would you allow their use on the Croatian Wikipedia? I think we could use almost all of them. --Zmaj 12:39, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Sure, but I have 124 on Flickr at the moment, so if you let me know if there are any in particular you want to use, I could start by uploading them. Cordless Larry 13:16, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

City photos and buildings are the main priority, I'd say. Osijek and Vukovar have no photos at all in the hr wiki - actually, Vukovar has some old postcards :) I'll take those you already uploaded on en wiki, but we can use 5 or 6, or even all of them - those articles will definitely grow. Pula and Dubrovnik could also use some more photos of buildings. It's great that you want to help. And having worked for an NGO is also something to be proud of. Thanks! --Zmaj 14:05, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, just one more thing: can you upload them on the commons category? --Zmaj 07:01, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

OK, I'm a bit busy at the moment, but I'll start to upload some as and when I have the time over the next few days. Cordless Larry 15:36, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

I'll add the photos here as I upload them:

Sign showing Osijek's twin towns

Urania Cinema, Osijek

St. Michael's Church, Osijek's Tvrđa

St. Peter's Cathedral, Đakovo

Restored wooden building, Vukovar

Main street, Vukovar

Vrelo Bosne spring, Sarajevo

A Jadrolinija ferry approaching Korčula harbour

Rooftops in Dubrovnik's Old City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Arena (colosseum) in Pula, Istria

How do I add them to the Commons category, Zmaj? Cordless Larry 07:34, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, wrong choice of words. I meant to say you can upload them on the Commons just like you upload them on en wiki (you just need to log in first). If you log in under the same name as here, I'll go check it out and categorize your images for you, i.e. put them in galleries under appropriate towns, so you just have to upload them and that's it. BTW, always specify you made them, they're very fussy about copyright over there. You probably know this, but I'll say it just in case: when you upload an image on the Commons, it becomes available to Wikipedias in all languages as if it had been uploaded on them, so you're doing everybody a favor. --Zmaj 11:02, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Great, thanks for the help. Does this mean that it's easier for me just to upload everything to the Commons rather than to the EN version in future? That would save doing it all twice, and the images would still be accessible on the EN Wiki - correct? Cordless Larry 11:38, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Correct. Most people don't do it because they either don't know about it or don't have the copyright sorted out. --Zmaj 20:41, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Once I've uploaded a file to the Commons, how do I place a thumbnail of it in Wikipedia? Cordless Larry 18:46, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

A thumbnail? I don't understand, but anyway, you can use such files in all the same ways as if you uploaded them in Wikipedia. --Zmaj 20:52, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

I meant a thumbnail as in the small picture above. It's working now - thanks for your help. Cordless Larry 20:54, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Now that I've transferred my current photos to the Commons, Zmaj, do you think you could request any duplicates on the HR Wiki to be deleted? Looks like you uploaded them, so they should be easy to delete. I've spotted these so far:

I've also edited the HR Wiki's Osijek page to use the Commons versions of the files, so these should be OK to delete. Cordless Larry 23:55, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

I'll delete them, no problem, I'm an admin on hr wiki :) --Zmaj 11:46, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Zmaj. Cordless Larry 13:37, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deleting your own work

I notice that you nominated Image:Restored wooden building Vukovar.JPG for deletion on WP:IFD. Did you know that if you are the only person who contributed to a page, you can add the {{db-author}} tag to it to have it deleted? It's faster than the regular deletion process and saves you typing a load of reasons. Stifle (talk) 21:15, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Great, thanks for letting me know. Cordless Larry 21:29, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bergen

Can someone tell me why the redirect at the Bergen page isn't working? Cordless Larry 15:18, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

The redirect is working fine. What's happening to make it not work? _{J Di}^talk 15:19, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

OK, it's working fine for me now too. It just didn't for about 20 minutes, so I was getting worried. Thanks anyway. Cordless Larry 15:20, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

No worries. _{J Di}^talk 15:22, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FBiH

Hey, I respect what you are doing. Bosnia and Croatia have pretty much the same atmospheres. (Not as much comparing the coastlines), but in general central and eastern Croatia. Beautiful places in both countries, still rebuilding after the war. I like both countries.

About your question, I will try to find out some info through research and a user from both the bs. and hr. wiki's who has been adding correct info (as my research proves).

So, how do you like the areas of the former Yu.

Thanks and greetins from Chicago, Kseferovic 18:42, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

I like them both, and I've been to Serbia too. Thanks for your offer of help. Cordless Larry 18:45, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article deletion

Why is the article I wrote up for possible deletion? I was just stating facts.

If you don't sign your comment (using ~~~~), I don't know who you are, so I can't tell you why I nominated it for deletion. Cordless Larry 21:40, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ethnicity and Provincialism in Pakistan

Hi, I noticed that you nominated Ethnicity and Provincialism in Pakistan for speedy deletion; thanks for your contribution. The rationale you used "reads like an opinion piece" is not a valid criterion for CSD. If the article is POV and can be fixed, the remedy is editing. If you think the article is hopelessly POV, then please consider nominating it for AfD. --- Deville (Talk) 19:46, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip. I'll list it as AfD. Cordless Larry 19:47, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Sounds great! thanks--Deville (Talk) 14:59, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Daniel Meade

Was there something wrong with the article? I am aware that Ugly Betty haven't debuted yet but I expcect the article to be modified anyway. Robert Moore 00:49 18 September 2006 (UTC)

See my comment at the article's talk page. Cordless Larry 10:07, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

I just read your comments. I'll just go and eliminate that part of the statement. Robert Moore 18:33 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] London edit

I was just about to edit that one! Seems the same person has just edited Bluewater as a 'Super' Regional Shopping Centre and that Dartford is a london Borough! Cheers anyway--Screen42 19:35, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Hi, you wrote me about my article "Žurnalistická etika" from today morning. It was completely my mistake. I was translating "Journalistic ethics" for Czech Wikipedia and I saved it into my favourite English Wikipedia by mistake. I didn't know how to delete an article, but as I see, the problem was solved immediately.

I see you've been to Czech republic, hope you liked it! Paxik 19:37, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

No problem. Now that you mention the English translation of the title, it makes sense. If you create an article by mistake, and you're the only author to have edited it, you can have it speedy deleted by tagging it with {{db-author}}. I liked the Czech Republic, and I'll get back one day because since I went a couple of years ago, I've met friends who live in Prague. Cordless Larry 19:42, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Suchita Chaudhry

Hi Larry, I am not Dr. Suchita Chaudhry. I have created this page as I thought this info will be useful for people doing Dengue virus research. I am not sure what makes you think that Moinjnu is Suchita Chaudhry. Anyhow, I don't know much about wiki policies, can you please explain why this article should be deleted, probably then I can give my explanation. Thanks, Moinjnu

Hi. Sorry for mistaking you for Suchita chaudhry. I presumed that because you created the article, you were her. Apologies for that. The reason I'm supporting the deletion of the article is that I don't think the subject is notable (see WP:BIO), and the article violates WP:NPOV (e.g. "Dr. Suchita Chaudhry is a good scientist"). If you feel that the article should stay, you should edit it to state why she is notable, and to make it more neutral. You then might want to leave a comment here saying that you have done so.

PS: When leaving comments on talk pages, please sign them by placing four tildes ~~~~ after you comment. Cordless Larry 11:48, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UK literature list

Hi Larry. On balance, I still see the OK literature list as untidy and subjective, although the version as last edited by you was better than the one I first opposed. I have deleted it again mainly because I object to Mark Thomas imposing his minority view. Unfortunately that user has a recent history of multiple disrespect for WP:BLP, WP:NPA, WP:3RR and WP:NPOV and I have to admit to developing a bias against him. If you think your last version should be restored, perhaps you could put these thoughts on the talk page. Viewfinder 15:07, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

That's fine. I was just trying to make the list a bit more readable, but you're right - it can stay out until we develop something better. Cordless Larry 15:38, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately the list is back, put back by a likely puppet of Mark Thomas, in the metaphorical sense or possibly even in the literal sense. If other editors think this is an appropriate situation for Whac-A-Mole then I will support them but otherwise I suppose it can stay. Perhaps it can be reduced to more encyclopedic proportions (no more than six in each category, say) but I am not the right person to judge whom to keep and whom to delete. Viewfinder 18:21, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

I have my suspicions about Sarah Williams and MarkThomas. I'd support some kind of investigation. Then again, they could easily just be users who happen to have similar viewpoints - hard to judge. Cordless Larry 18:31, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Prospect article link

Great link! I didn't even know Stephen Oppenheimer had a new book out. His thesis regarding a single migration out of East Africa has garnered many adherents over the last four years. -- Gerkinstock 22:22, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

No probs. I got an e-mail about the contents of this month's Prospect and spotted the article. I thought it might be useful for the background to the [Immigration to the United Kingdom]] article, and then I saw that there's an Oppenheimer article too. Cordless Larry 09:43, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Warren, Pennsylvania

Thanks for removing link spam from Warren, Pennsylvania, however you might want to be careful as you also removed the navigation box for Warren County {{Warren County, Pennsylvania}} (see Template:Warren County, Pennsylvania). I put the navbox back in and found the city's official website and added that as well. You have very nice pictures by the way - thanks for sharing them on WP and Commons! Take care, Ruhrfisch 21:02, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Oops, sorry about that. I was obviously being over-eager to get rid of that spam. Cordless Larry 21:10, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

No problem, thanks again for weeding out the link spam. Ruhrfisch 01:04, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Slbass37

i think that dirty stinkin apes was a very informational piece —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Slbass37 (talk • contribs) .

Right. Seems other people agreed with me since it's been deleted. Please don't create new articles unless you have something constructive to say. Cordless Larry 22:47, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brookfield Community School

Hi Larry. I have just removed the speedy deletion tag on this article, as non-notability is not a valid criteria for speedy deleting an article on a school. If you still wish to have the article deleted, I suggest you nominate it at WP:AfD, however, notability of schools is fairly controversial, and it probably will be kept. JPD (talk) 11:01, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

OK, fair enough. I'll leave it as there seem to be many of these articles and I don't want to pick on one in particular. Cordless Larry 11:05, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] thanks

hi thanks for the welcome message :) there is something you could help me with, I couldn't help but admire your user page, just wondering how to get all those graphics on mine. thanks The big moose 11:50, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Feel free to copy and paste the content from my user page by visiting it and hitting edit. You'll obviously need to modify it to reflect what you want on your own page, but perhaps the best way is just to experiment with it. It's your user page after all, so it doesn't matter if it takes some time to get it right - no one's going to come along and delete it. If you make a start and get stuck, let me know and I'll see if I can edit it a bit myself. Cordless Larry 11:55, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

ok thanks for your help The big moose 12:04, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 3 changes

thanks for letting me know about the three changes rule, is there a page with a list of rules I can look at for future reference? --The big moose 14:07, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

There's not really a single page, but I think the three places to refer to are Help:Contents/Policies and guidelines, Wikipedia:Simplified Ruleset and Wikipedia:List of policies. The list of policies is probably the best place for a general overview of the rules. Cordless Larry 14:22, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tag-springing copyrighting violation

Hi there Larry, I've taken the rules listed in the tag-springing article from a guideline website, however I'm in contact with the person who originally wrote it (hence wanting to help supplement it with the Wikipedia article - should I have wrote it in the references as oppose to linking to it as I did? - and is it practical to write an interpretation of an (I presume) approved set of rules? - if you could give me some advice I'd really appreciate it, as I'd be disappointed if I lose all of my work because of an error.. - Thanks, and you were quite right about the capitalisation. 86.144.22.96 19:35, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

OK. Firstly, there's no need to be worried about losing your work. I've blanked the article for now, but all of your work remains in the article history. As for what to do next, if you want the text to remain as it is, take a look at points 1 to 5 on the notice at Tag-Springing. I think it could do with re-drafting rather than asserting permission to copy it wholesale. That way, it will read more like an encyclopedia article. If you need any help doing so, I'll be happy to assist.

By the way, are you Benjamesthompson? If so, you should probably sign in so that your edits don't appear to be by an anonymous IP address as they are at the moment. Cordless Larry 19:39, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A vandal

I have caught a vandal repeatedly vandalising McDonalds ( 66.244.236.129 ) that is his IP address, I have seen him several times on the recent changes list, is there anything I can do to get him stopped? --The big moose 20:27, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

The vandalism policy is set out at Wikipedia:Vandalism. The problem with IP addresses is that it's hard to tell if the same person is committing the vandalism each time. This IP seems to have a history of vandalism, so I've placed a final warning on its talk page. Cordless Larry 20:30, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

yes I did that myself, the warnings say that "you will be blocked" if you re-offend etc.. but im unsure how to actually block them or get them blocked The big moose 20:32, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

If they continue to vandalise after being given a final warning, you can list them at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Note the policy regarding listing of IPs though. Cordless Larry 20:35, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

I've listed that IP address myself since it seems blatant and persistent vandalism. Cordless Larry 20:38, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I agree

I agree with your comment at User talk:80.6.32.80. A "blatant vandal" template warning for a new editor making what they no doubt thought were good faith spelling corrections is excessive biting. I changed the tag to a more suitable one. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 21:36, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Even if they turn out to be a vandal, I think people deserve a chance when the changes they make aren't obviously malicious vandalism. The only other edit they've made is to add a {{fact}} tag to Universal Media Disc, which is clearly not vandalism. Cordless Larry 21:38, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] James Patrick Dunne

I accidentally removed your {{autobiography}} and {{wikify}} tags from this article, but only because I thought I had added them myself. The confusion arose because there exist two identical versions of this "article," one called James Patrick Dunne and one called James Dunne, and I had added those same tags to the duplicate article -- but thought about it again and replaced those tags with a {{likeresume}}. Feel free to restore your original tags if you wish, or leave the {{likeresume}}. Your call --Rrburke 03:38, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

No problem. Looks like they've both been deleted now anyway. Cordless Larry 08:45, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oklahoma State Reformatory

Hello Cordless Larry,

I am a student at DePauw University. Yesterday I was in the middle of posting an article pertaining to the Oklahoma State Reformatory when the site was suddenly blocked. My introduction that I posted was not complete, nor is the rest of my article. I was wondering if you could unblock the site so that I may complete my article and show you that I have sufficient resources for my information. Once completed, I am sure that you will find my article worthy of being posted on Wikipedia.

Thank you!

Alex Gribbin —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 163.120.73.102 (talk) .

Hi. There's no reason why you shouldn't be able to edit the article. It's not locked (I'm not an administrator, so I couldn't do that even if I wanted to), and your IP address isn't blocked either (by the way, please sign your comments on talk pages such as this by typing ~~~~ after you comment, which saves people having to work out who you are). You should be able to go ahead and edit the article. You should also sign in, if you're the same Alexandragribbin 2010 who was editing the article yesterday. Cordless Larry 15:16, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bosnian War article

Where were you to put the neutrality template when the article said that Bosniaks are serbs and croats? You should become more neutral. Bosoni

Hi. I left a comment on your talk page explaining why I tagged the article for weasel words. I think we both posted comments on each other's page at the same time. If I'd have spotted the claim that Bosniaks are Serbs and Croats, I would have flagged that as POV, don't worry. Unfortunately I didn't see it. I'm certainly not anti-Bosniak, I'm just trying to tread the thin line between competing POVs. Sorry for any misunderstanding. Cordless Larry 13:52, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

I will fix the language to be more suitable, I'll work on it now. Thanks for your help. Yes I know that serb editors will revert, it was they who wrote Bosniaks were croats and serbs in the first place. I will ask for protection. Bosoni

[edit] My userpage

hi could you take a look at my userpage and tell me what you think of my progress? cheers --The big moose 15:53, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Looks like you're getting the hang of it. The layout looks a bit random though. Cordless Larry 16:02, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

true, I'll sort out the formatting once I've got all the content hehe --The big moose 16:03, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject BiH

I think that there already exists a wiki project called Bosnia and Herzegovina. I am wondering are you explicitly asking it to be solely on Bosnia or are you using Bosnia as a synonymous word for Bosnia and Herzegovina. As far as I know Wiki project Bosnia already exists. I do believe that it needs a lot of work and improvements, which would require a lot of daily participation. Pozdrav (greetings) Kseferovic 20:03, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi. I was using Bosnia as shorthand for Bosnia and Herzegovina. I don't think there is a WikiProject already (Wikipedia:WikiProject Bosnia and Herzegovina is a red link). Cordless Larry 20:21, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Sorry dude I thought you were talking about a portal. Yes, I'd be glad to help out with a Wikiproect BiH. Count me in, pozdrav Kseferovic 05:35, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 'Vandalism'

Oh get a sense of humour.

... only kidding, point taken. Just couldn't resist, mate. ;) FruitcakeOfDoom 17:09, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, but you've no idea how many people have made that joke on the UK article and it gets a bit tiring after a while. Cordless Larry 18:55, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Notability tag

Hey Cordless Larry,

I was just wondering what you would like to see me do so that the notability tag may be removed from my article's page.

Thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alexandragribbin 2010 (talk • contribs) .

Hi. I'm presuming you're talking about Oklahoma State Reformatory (you need to state what article you're talking about and sign your comment by typing ~~~~ after it so that I know who you are without having to work it out). To answer your question, you should take a look at Wikipedia:Notability for the guidelines on notability. You also need to format the article in the correct style, as per Wikipedia:Manual of Style. Cordless Larry 16:24, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] new user error

Hi. Thank you for your welcome message. I got one from Nawlins about spamming because I added some links to pages to which I had added information. I am a newbie and just learning the ins and outs of using Wikipedia, so I apologize for the infraction. Perhaps I was misinformed, so I am writing to ask you for clarification. (I tried writing to Nawlins, but your page is more newbie friendly for communicating with you, hence my contacting you . . . and I'm not sure I'm even doing this correctly.)

I do a lot of researching -- and a whole lot on the Internet. I knew of Wikipedia, but had never delved into it and had never considered writing on it. A friend told me I should put some of my gained knowledge to work by adding information to Wikipedia pages. So I did. In speaking with another person, they told me I should add links to the places from where I get information. So I went back in and added the links -- and those links were to commercial sites because those sites were the starting places of the research I did on the information I added to the Wikipedia pages. Are links to commercial sites forbidden even if they are the source of the information added to the topic OR was the problem created because I had added a slew of links to commercial links all at one time OR was the problem created because I didn't put the links to the exact area on the commercial site from where I got some of the information? Alwolff55 16:37, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

It's hard to say without knowing which article you added the links to. Commercial sites are fine as long as the links are there to provide references for statements in the article, but there's a fine line between referencing and giving the impression that you're trying to advertise. If you let me know the article title, I'll take a look for you. Cordless Larry 18:39, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] On holiday

Hi. I'm on holiday until mid-November, so I won't be making many edits for a while. If you leave a comment, you might have to wait a while for my reply. Cordless Larry 17:08, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm back. Cordless Larry 23:08, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please, com and join...

...Wikipedia:WikiProject Montenegro if you're interested in the Balkans. --PaxEquilibrium 20:21, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UK work permit

Larry

It looks like this page has been removed. Do you have any useful compilation of info on this? many thanks

"I have added the UK work permit page, generally as I have one and found it tough to find information on the governments site that made sense and clearly outlined what was required. Actually I had trouble getting info from immgration service companies, they wanted money first than I would get answers."

Vitaly Ushakov

vitaly@clara.co.uk —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 194.203.97.41 (talk • contribs) 13:40, 28 November 2006 (UTC).

The article was removed because it was a copyright violation. I don't really know what you're asking me for - perhaps you could explain again? Cordless Larry 19:51, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Survey

Sorry. I reinserted your edits. /FunkyFly.talk_ 23:46, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

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