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Contents 1 Thanks for the Warm Welcome 2 Quotes 3 Talk:Public_Broadcasting_Service 4 Spacing after a period 5 Audi template 6 Personal water craft 7 disrupting wikipedia policy vote 8 German Wikipedia 9 Public Domain, GDFL, Wikipedia (or is it "creative"?) commons... I am confused, please help ! 10 Horsepower 11 Photos 12 Limited Geographic Scope of Wikipedia:Fair use 13 Move Jičín 14 Interested in an L.A.-area Wiki meetup? 15 Category:UK Wikipedians 16 British county names (again) 17 Aircraft specifications survey 18 L.A. Meetup Reminder 19 Many Thanks 20 Baldwin Locomotive Works 21 Image:B-26 Marauder.jpg 22 T-Bird brakes 23 OTRS 24 {{Otto Perry image}} and {{Robert Richardson image}} 25 thumbnail sizes 26 Jimbo Wales to Attend San Diego Meetup on October 18 2005 27 Haukur's RFA 28 Question for Morven 29 Thanks 30 Thank you 31 TfD nomination of Template:Book reference 2 32 On photography 33 Aircraft 34 {{no source}} on Image:Dcplusplus hublist.png 35 Duncharris 36 Magical Girl - American references 37 Morvena 38 {no source} 39 Fair use and magazine covers 40 User:Scott Fisher 41 Stacy! 42 SUV 43 Yet Another RFA Thank You Note to clutter up your talk page... 44 You've been great 45 Thanks for the greeting and a Question 46 Thanks for your support on my RfA 47 Brunswick/Braunscheig 48 Image:Kawanishi N1K2-J.jpg has been listed for deletion 49 RfC listing 50 f1 template thing 51 The Black List 52 User:Zordrac/Poetlister 53 Thanks 54 Thanks for the fix at ANB 55 Arbcom candidate userbox

[edit] Thanks for the Warm Welcome

Glad you did not mind the spelling changes, being brand new here, I felt kind of bold making them, but my fingers were itching to fix it. I also fixed up the other level pages (that I could think of). I think I'll like it here, have started a work list (in the area of perennial plants). Mia Goff 12:43, May 9, 2005 (UTC)

I also want to thank you for the nice welcome message. I'm happy to be here! --DenisDiderot 11:36, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Quotes

In your recent edit to Ford GT90, you changed curly quotes (‘ => ‘ ’, “ ”) to straight quotes (' ', " ") and labelled your edit “(removing "smart quotes")”. But lsquo etc. are not “smart quotes”; smart quotes are when you type straight quotes and your word processor automagically inserts the appropriate version of curly quotes. It's also used to refer to Microsoft's proprietary, non-standard codepoints for curly quotes. But lsquo etc. are not proprietary, and not non-standard—in fact, they're part of the HTML standard. I agree it would be nicer to have the correct Unicode character in the text, but en.wikipedia doesn't support Unicode editing, so they would appear as 香 or whatever, which is pretty ugly. So that leaves lsquo as a way of producing typographically appropriate quotes. What's the problem? --Macrakis 14:12, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your response, and your pointer to the style manual. I do agree that the HTML entities are ugly and hard to read. A few lsquo's here and there are nothing compared to topic pages which have continuous text in entities, numerical entities no less, e.g. Greek alphabet. I wonder when we're going to upgrade to a full Unicode system so that these problems go away. It is ridiculous to be using typewriter-level typography in 2005. And I find it a waste to be entering straight quotes when eventually someone is going to have to go through and upgrade them (or maybe someone has good "smart quotes" technology to do it in batch). It looks awfully unprofessional now. But you're right, the style guide currently requires straight quotes. Blech. Any suggestions on how we can push for full Unicode editing? --Macrakis 16:39, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Public_Broadcasting_Service

I have moved the two competing move proposals into Talk:Public_Broadcasting_Service please adjust you vote to a support of one one the proposals. --Philip Baird Shearer 21:16, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Spacing after a period

Adding a second space after a period is a throwback to the typewriter days, used to add clarity to text typed in a fixed-width typeset. According to nearly every style manual, you should place only one space after a period in all text that is not to be displayed in a fixed-width typeset. -Casito⇝Talk 04:36, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

My response to that: tough. HTML renders any string of one or more spaces as one space in any case, so there is no difference in the rendered output. Additionally, two spaces after a period renders end-of-sentence markers easier to search for and distinguish from the point when used to show abbreviation. One notes that the tense uses you fixed in CHMSL were your own, by the way, not mine. —Morven 04:49, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Audi template

Whoops! The stub template must have been removed between my loading the page and my editing it - I went to where the stub-template was on the page and removed a template - assuming it was the correct one. My appologies for this, I'll check closer next time I do some more stub clearing. Thryduulf 21:56, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Personal water craft

Thanks again for helping out with this article. The unfriendly anon is using many IPs to keep deleting all references to pollution or emissions. Page protection should be the last recourse, but it may be required in this case. Any other ideas? Cheers, -Willmcw 14:39, May 5, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] disrupting wikipedia policy vote

You voted once for the policy at Wikipedia:Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point. Despite a 75% support that vote was rejected by the minority. A new vote has been called with a two week limit at Wikipedia talk:Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point. Please take a moment to participate. Thanks. - Tεxτurε 16:56, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] German Wikipedia

Dear Morven, welcome to the german Wikipedia! I found we have pretty much in common, even our digicams are from the same manufacturer ;-) If you have any questions or wishes concerning the german section feel free to ask me. Best regards -- Stahlkocher 09:13, 16 May 2005 (UTC) aka de:Benutzer:Stahlkocher

Dear Morvon, just ask, I will help! -- Stahlkocher 17:34, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Public Domain, GDFL, Wikipedia (or is it "creative"?) commons... I am confused, please help !

Hello, Morven.

Thank you for your message in my user page, which I discovered today. I must say I am still confused with all the possible options to tag a picture. What I would really like to do is :

• If somebody wants to use any of my pictures as, for instance, a screen background for his/her personal use, or send it to friends, this looks quite OK to me; after all, the more useful I can be for the community, the better. That is why I want to be sure that there is no commercial use of them.

• That being said, I also depend on my art to make a living, so I would like to be sure that what I put in the public domain are the circa 600-pixel wide reproductions I am uploading here, and not of course the full-sized original themselves. While this seems clear, I am not a lawyer and I hope I am not too mistaken.

I am going to read the links you sent me, and try to undersand what I can. Thank you for your help. Gilles Larrain 16:35, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Horsepower

I wasn't sure where to put this fairly generic question for maximum appropriate coverage of those in the know. Then I thought that you might be the ideal person to ask.

I noticed that Mercedes-Benz C-Class had hp values but no kW values. Since it is German, I researched the official websites and found kW values. I was a little confused that the google matched the official conversion for the US values but not the european values. Then I noticed that the factor was 0.745 on one side of the Atlantic and 0.736 on the other. I had heard that there are different versions of horsepower but I did not know that it was quite so ambiguous within a brand. In my edit summary I put a note to indicate my uncertainty about what was going on and in the text of the article I indicated my belief that the US 'hp' value and the non-US 'hp' values were different. A subsequent editor has attempted to clarify this but I am not sure if the clarification is accurate.

Can you take a look at this for me please? Am I correct in my belief that 'horsepower' is not always the same number of watts? If this is true, then it applies to a lot of articles. We may need to clarify each 'hp' just as we need to do with 'gallon'. If there is a good place for discussing this to get widespread opinion, I would be delighted if you could let me know, or simply take it there and indicate here. I am interested in your thoughts. Thanks. Bobblewik  (talk) 10:28, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

PS/KW issue: In many euro-countries we have slightly different hp-values. The factor 0,736 is suitable for german DIN-hp (or DIN-PS). -- Stahlkocher 15:24, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

Am I correct in believing that most non-UK European countries tend to the German PS standard when quoting 'horsepower', in recent years? In older documents, of course, every nation had its own horsepower standard ... —Morven 15:30, May 26, 2005 (UTC)

I guess so. Probably italy had a different factor, but i have no documents at hands to proof this. -- Stahlkocher 19:44, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

After some research I have discovered the there is a European Directive on this: 80/1269/EEC (and modified by: 88/195/EEC, 89/491/EEC, 97/21/EC and 1999/99/EC).

This Directive harmonises national legislation on the method of measuring engine power that must be used to indicate the engine power of a vehicle type.

Henceforth, no Member State may refuse to grant EEC type approval or national type approval in respect of a vehicle, or refuse or prohibit the sale, registration, entry into service or use of a vehicle on grounds relating to its engine power, if this has been determined in accordance with the Annexes to the Directive.

So perhaps the method of measurement itself has been harmonised in Europe, or will harmonise. I hope that somebody can make something of that.

(Please continue discussion in Talk:Horsepower) Bobblewik  (talk) 01:10, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Photos

You got some awesome photos there, man! Looks like a great day for a Ford fan! --SFoskett 20:42, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, those pictures of that Toyota 2000GT are amazing! Thanks! --Zilog Jones 23:14, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Limited Geographic Scope of Wikipedia:Fair use

Thank you for the advice re. tagging without comment. I have added an explanation in Wikipedia talk:Fair use. My concern is indeed applicability to a non-US user uploading a picture originally copyrighted outside the United States, as noted in my edit summary. I hadn't bothered explaining because I thought it would be obvious when flagged. The article makes many exclusive mentions of the US and the international debate was already on the talk page. --Yannick 21:47, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Move Jičín

Sorry, I didn't know that, the correct name should be Jičín (there's no English name for the town)

[edit] Interested in an L.A.-area Wiki meetup?

It appears as though L.A. has never had a Wiki meetup. Would you be interested in attending such an event? If so, checkout User:Eric Shalov/Wikimeetup.

- Eric 29 June 2005 00:24 (UTC)

[edit] Category:UK Wikipedians

Hi, just to let you know that the list of UK participants at the UK notice board was getting rather long, so I have replaced it with the above category which I have added to your user page. -- Francs2000 | Talk 30 June 2005 20:24 (UTC)

[edit] British county names (again)

A year or so ago you kindly helped out with developing a policy on this. It's all going pear-shaped and I, for one, would be grateful if you'd take another look. I've raised an RfC or you can go straight to the Project's talk page. Thanks. Chris Jefferies 7 July 2005 16:18 (UTC)

[edit] Aircraft specifications survey

Hi again Morven! Lately, there's been pressure from a few directions to revise the standard specifications used for aircraft - you may be interested in a survey currently underway to help resolve some of the issues. --Rlandmann 00:24, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] L.A. Meetup Reminder

Don't forget! L.A's first Wiki meetup is TONIGHT at 7:30 at Philippe's in Downtown. Check out the meetup page for details. See you there! (If you can't make it, come to the next one! - Eric 22:02, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Many Thanks

Thanks for supporting my RFA. It couldn't have happened without your effort. FeloniousMonk 17:55, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Baldwin Locomotive Works

In a book I'm referring to about some loco's bought by the Midland Railway it refers to "Burnham & Williams & Co's Baldwin Works" Do you know what relationship Burnham & Williams had with Baldwin?Chevin 14:34, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

• Many thanks. I just asked because I'm linking to the article from "Derby Railway Works" since the Midland Railway bought a number of locos from them.Chevin 18:58, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:B-26 Marauder.jpg

This image is lacking information on its source. If you could provide the source, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Ingoolemo ^talk 18:17, 2005 August 25 (UTC)

[edit] T-Bird brakes

The question of whether the 'Bird had the first anti-lock brakes came up on a Lincoln board I post on. A very knowledgeable user says: "Several have pointed out that the 1969 Thunderbird brochure lists it. I have never found anyone who has, or knew of anyone who had a 1969 T-Bird so equipped. It stands to reason, that IF Thunderbird had it in 1969, surely Lincoln would have, too--yet, they did not, until Summertime of 1970, so...what was Thunderbird using?" Know anything about this? Thanks,RivGuySC 03:20, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] OTRS

Greetings! I know you'd volunteered to answer some of the mail in OTRS... we've got something of a backlog, and I wonder if you still have time to do this. If there are any questions you have, you can contact me either on my talk page or on IRC (I'm "mindspillage" there as well). Thanks, Mindspillage (spill yours?) 04:24, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] {{Otto Perry image}} and {{Robert Richardson image}}

Hi, welcome to Wikipedia:WikiProject Fair use. As you might be aware, one of the tasks that the project is working on is to rewrite all of the existing fair use image tags. I'm now looking at the two templates above (having taken a look at them, they were better written than most of our fair use templates were, so good job on that), and I have a question for you. The templates say that you had received permission to place these images on Wikipedia. Does "these images" refer to the images that you actually uploaded, or to anything in the collections? Thanks, JYolkowski // talk 01:50, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

They said, if I recall right, they would have no problem giving permission for any image in their collections, however they did ask for a list of the ones I was planning to use. Should be no issue adding others to this list, though. —Morven 05:53, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Cool, thanks. I think maybe I'll rewrite the tags to state that permission might have been given, and explicitly mention in the description pages of the images you uploaded (probably the vast majority of the ones so tagged) that you had received permission (if anyone else uploaded any, I guess they can decide if they want to ask for permission). Let me know if you object. Thanks, JYolkowski // talk 02:22, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] thumbnail sizes

special:preferences under files. Though I think that the default should be increased from 180px to 200px. Mine's on 250, 300s a little large. Dunc|☺ 23:26, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Jimbo Wales to Attend San Diego Meetup on October 18 2005

Hello, Jimbo Wales will be in San Diego to attend OOPSLA and has agreed to come by and visit with the San Diego wikipedians. If you are interested, you will find more info on my talk page. Johntex\^talk 00:54, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Haukur's RFA

Thank you for supporting my nomination, and for participating in the discussion surrounding it. Comments like yours kept me floating through what I felt was a somewhat unpleasant experience. Thanks for trusting me. - Haukur Þorgeirsson 01:49, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Question for Morven

Is the B36 photo illustrating your article a D or a J?

[edit] Thanks

Thank you for supporting my RfA, I greatly appreciate it! Ramallite ^(talk) 04:01, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Very much for your kind support of my adminship. I'll do my best to live up to your and my other supporters' expectations. If you have any comments or concerns on my actions as an administrator, please let me know. Thank you! — MC MasterChef :: Leave a tip — 14:33, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] TfD nomination of Template:Book reference 2

Template:Book reference 2 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#Template:Book reference 2. Thank you. Phil | Talk 15:04, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] On photography

Thanks for your recent photography contributions. The Japanese section of the SLR article was particularly good. I noticed you also went through and edited some Nikon articles. I have and use a Nikon FA, and I see you tagged the picture on that article for deletion. I guess I'll have to take a picture or two of mine, though it has seen better days.

Unrelated but I've been meaning to ask someone about it, what's the deal with "multi-licensing" contributions into both the public domain and with the GFDL? If it's in the public domain what's the point of tacking on a license to it? Ziggur 01:14, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Aircraft

Sorry for the changes. Anyway, I could agree with you if conversions were always given. A question: why don't you like infoboxes? If so, you should correct also EA-6B Prowler which has one. Thanks and good work. Attilios

[edit] {{no source}} on Image:Dcplusplus hublist.png

You added the {{no source}} template to the above image on the 14th. As I mentioned on the talk page of the image, isn't the URL given in the image description sufficient for this purpose?

Further to this, the seven days stated has now passed. Can I safely assume that the image will not be deleted and can therefore remove the template? --TheParanoidOne 22:56, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Feel free to remove the template - however, we now need to know the license of the image, or if we're using it under fair use, the rationale for such. —Matthew Brown (T:C) 23:58, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Duncharris

• I do not consider your part in this to be in good faith at all, so it would behoove you to drop the disingenous act above. You clearly are (as are several others) using this as revenge for previous disagreement with Duncharris.

Hi Morven,

I'm sorry to hear you think that.

May I ask why?

Regards, Ben Aveling 01:06, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

The impression I have gained is that you have disagreements with him that precede this incident that (at least for an uninvolved person reading things) appear to be influencing your judgment here. Am I wrong in perceiving that? You do seem to be very intent on having him punished, rather than trying to attain a peaceful and productive resolution. 04:32, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

I've asked him to be polite a number of times. I have some reservations about the NPOV of the intelligent design pages, though I don't think I've ever made a big deal of them. I've been less subtle than I should have about pointing out bad behaviour of his, which I regret.

I'm not particularly concerned about having him punished. I don't care if he thinks I'm a creationist or a troll. I just want him to be nicer towards people he doesn't like. So far, I don't think he's agreed to do that.

If you are feeling kind, could you have a look at my contrib's and my talk page? Anything to do with Dunc, of course, or Intelligent Design, or Trains, are likely to be places we've met. And especially Benapgar's RFC, which is probably where we first met and yes, we did have some disagreement over that. If I've ever said anything untrue, or reacted unfairly to him, I'd like the opportunity to retract.

Thanks for listening, Ben Aveling 04:55, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. I haven't had much of a chance to run through the history between the two of you yet, but I'll read back on it - probably tomorrow. I agree that Dunc should be more polite to fellow contributors, although reading through the list of complaints in the RFC, I got the feeling a few times he was goaded into it a few times. I've only run into Dunc on train subjects, and have had no disagreement with him personally.

I think that the RFC on Dunc looked like he was being 'piled on' by a bunch of editors with existing differences, which gained him sympathy. —Matthew Brown (T:C) 10:00, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

There's definitely a degree of that. This is the train link I was talking about: Talk:SR Class Q1. Looking at it again, I realise I didn't actually join in that fight. I just watched it, and I made a comment on the anon's page. I don't know if Dunc ever saw the comment, though it's not impossible. I do know he's checked my contrib's at least once because he left a message on my talk page pointing out a spelling mistake in one of my edit summaries. Regards, Ben

Hi Matt,

You still have the follow statement at [1]:

• You clearly are (as are several others) using this as revenge for previous disagreement with Duncharris.

I'm sorry to trouble you, but I hope you'll understand that I would very much like you to either quality the statement or strike it .

Thanks, Ben Aveling 03:23, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Magical Girl - American references

Hi Morven,

I have some doubts about the veracity of a paragraph you edited in the Magical Girl article. You didn't seem to know more than me, but if you do, could you take a look at Talk:Magical girl?

Thanks, Benja 23:17, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

I doubted its veracity too, but I don't know enough about the subject to be sure. —Matthew Brown (T:C) 01:21, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Morvena

Hello, Morven. Your name made me recall majestic opening lines of Vasily Zhukovsky's enchanting ballad:

Vladyka Morveny,

Zhil v dedovskom zamke moguchii Ordal;

Nad ozerom steny

Zubchatye zamok s kholma vozvyshal.

That is: "Morvena's potentate, mighty Ordal lived in a castle of his forefathers, its crenellated walls soaring above the lake and hill".

Thank you for a pleasant recollection :) --Ghirlandajo 21:05, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Why, thank you very much. —Matthew Brown (T:C) 21:20, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] {no source}

hello Morven,

you have uploaded some very fine images of Penn Station in New York. However there is no source given, did you scan them yourself, from what webpage is this, (even if it is a public domain you still need a source). Image:Penn Station2.jpg

Image:Penn Station1.jpg

I would appreciate a respone, or if you could add the information in. with kind regards.. Gryffindor 03:05, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

A German wikipedia user contacted me re incomplete sources for commons:Image:Penn Station3.jpg (I uploaded it). It's a copy of the local Image:Penn Station3.jpg uploaded my Morven, which is presumably from the same source. —da Pete _(ノート) 14:48, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

I responded on User:Gryffindor's talk page, but for clarity I'll repeat here: they are from the Library of Congress photo archive. Note that at the time they were uploaded there was no clearly stated requirement to document sources for PD images, just for fair use claims. I'll see if I can locate the exact records at the LoC website. —Matthew Brown (T:C) 17:26, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use and magazine covers

Please check Wikipedia:Fair use. Unless there is an official policy that we should limit all magazine covers and all similar fair use images to articles on their respecitve magazines, I strongly object to such removal. Fair use is fair use, and unless the magazine officially objects I see no reason to preemptively remove information that may well be legally permitted here.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 05:49, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Good point, mentioning the TIME coverage certainly wouldn't hurt. I think it can be done in captions fairly easily. I am just finishing reading Lawrence Lessig Free Culture and he makes some good points about how people are being made afraid of use fair use - so I want to avoid this on Wiki.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 15:50, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] User:Scott Fisher

Scott Fisher (talk • contribs) has been indefinitely blocked as a sockpuppet of Scottfisher (talk • contribs). Do not revert the page again. Ëvilphoenix ^Burn! 04:10, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Ok great, thanks, keep up the good work. Ëvilphoenix ^Burn! 04:12, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Stacy!

LOL! I tell you, the stuff that shows up on this site never fails to put a smile on my face. Thanks for the tip.  :) - Lucky 6.9 23:59, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] SUV

I was a bit hasty in condemning your edit to SUV becuase I did not see that you had placed the justification on my user:talk page- I think that this should have been places on the SUV:talk page. I accept your contention that manufacturers of SUVs have made efforts to improve stability, but we really need a reference- the existing link was to a generic automotive technology that is not specific to SUVs.

Also- you reverted my entire edit, not the (small) part that you disagreed with. You should build on my contribution by finding some referenced improvements to SUV technology.--Fergie 10:43, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Yet Another RFA Thank You Note to clutter up your talk page...

Morven:

Just wanted to drop you a note to say thanks for supporting me in my recent RFA. As you may know from IRC already (I think you were around when I announced it), I have been promoted to admin. My goal is to conduct myself in such a manner that none of my RFA supporters ever has a reason to regret that support.

All the best.
→ Ξxtreme Unction {^yakł_blah} 20:58, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] You've been great

What a sad thing those sockpuppets. Thanks for all your help throughout this spelling débâcle. - Haukur Þorgeirsson 22:10, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the greeting and a Question

How do I transfer the information from my old user name Dougefresh42 to my new one? TheLateDentarthurdent 22:25, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your support on my RfA

[edit] Brunswick/Braunscheig

I thought I was clear enough after correcting the indentation - I support what you wrote. Do you want me to clarify this or has the troll ceased activity? Refdoc 16:32, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Kawanishi N1K2-J.jpg has been listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded, Image:Kawanishi N1K2-J.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you.

[edit] RfC listing

I don't understand why you would revert Skinwalker's original listing to one posted by a meatpuppet listed in the RfC! The anon is question has been attacking several editors and engaging in vandalism (under several different accounts), and the registered account (User:Canaen) is currently under a 24 hour block. Please don't revert this again. --Viriditas 23:14, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

It's not my "case", it's User:Skinwalker's, and he is currently preparing the RfC in his user space (User talk:Skinwalker/RfC). As for your question as to whether or not it's a campaign, he's posted his request for help on at least four different livejournal blogs [2] [3] [4] [5], possibly more. The call to action is quite specific if you follow the discussion. Canaen's intent to mislead Wikipedia is quite clear and explicit (in that link he asks vgnwtch to lie on the talk page and pretend she is Brazilian with a poor command of the English language. According to her user page, she's an ex-pat Briton living in New Jersey) He does not want any criticism on the page, and he has engaged the livejournal community for help; he's also threatened to edit war. Also take a look at yortikins reply to Canaen. Furthermore, the user has been associated with a group of anonymous accounts who have been actively engaged in personal attacks and vandalism against participants on the Veganism page.-Viriditas 23:35, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] f1 template thing

Also keep in mind that one can subst in content from anywhere - it doesn't have to be in the template namespace. You could do {{subst:User:Albinomonkey/F1sl}}, for example. —Matthew Brown (T:C) 09:15, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

That was my next question! Thanks for that, does it still work with the {{{1}}} parameter thingoes?. :-) AlbinoMonkey ^(Talk) 11:36, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Black List

I think that you should be informed that you are on the Black List. I wouldn't worry or anything if I were you, just conceal any personal information he doesn't have about you. No need to make things easy for banned users. Izehar (talk) 18:34, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Not worried at all; I believe I am well within my legal rights to consider him a nutcase. —Matthew Brown (T:C) 23:39, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] User:Zordrac/Poetlister

Hi. Would you care to look at the evidence supplied in my subpage above? It proves ZERO COLLUSION and that they COULD NOT BE the same person. I thought that you might like to look at it. Also note that the arbitrators CAN release CheckUser information upon the request of the user concerned. See: Wikipedia:Privacy policy. In fact, they are obligated to. They have refused to, of course. I just thought that I'd point that out. Zordrac (talk) Wishy Washy Darwikinian Eventualist 14:44, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thank you for blocking my impersonator the other day. I've left a more substantial message on my Talk page, which should be the last thing on the bottom at this moment.Tommstein 04:04, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

I just added something else that I had forgotten (it's currently at User talk:Tommstein#Blocked User:Tomnstein, no longer the last thing on the bottom).Tommstein 14:28, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the fix at ANB

I think it was the server -- I was getting extremely sluggish response as I typed (remember the X25 days?), and then I had to try to save twice. But I probably should have checked to make sure that things had worked properly afterwards. Thanks for being on the ball and fixing the error. Zora 23:52, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Oh yes, I do remember the X25 days. Thanks and no problem! —Matthew Brown (T:C) 02:04, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arbcom candidate userbox

Greetings. I've made a new userbox for arbcom candidates to show on their userpages so that visiters will know they're running.

{{User arbcom nom}}

If you'd like to place it on your userpage, feel free. Regards, – Quadell ^{(talk) (bounties)} 02:29, 11 January 2006 (UTC)