User talk:Scriberius

Drop me a line:

Hey dude, I don't know how to add a license after I've already uploaded the picture. Sorry, but if you just tell tell me what to do I'd be happy to comply. Thanks.

Brodie319

As no one seems to have extended you an official Wikipedia welcome yet, let me do so now:

Welcome!

Hello, Scriberius, 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:

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Well, thanks! - I'm usually busy @ the German speaking Wikipedia and contributed about 30 articles within a month but nobody has welcomed me so far... Anyway, the English Wikipedia ist much more advanced and I wish to do more here rather then there. --Scriberius 20:50, 2005 Jan 29 (UTC)

Hi, and thanks for your contributions to the Isan article. However, please please don't keep capitalising compass directions- there's no need for this in English! Mark¹ 00:28, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Howdy Khoon Markalexander100! I was pretty shure that there is a regulation (like Thursday) to do so but if you (as a teacher) say so - OK & sorry. I'm going ahead and restore it then. --Scriberius 00:56, 2005 Feb 10 (UTC)

Hi. Re the sede vacante image. It came from the Vatican website. Of course, you can't copyright an ancient coat of arms, so copyright's not an issue, jguk 15:47, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Heya, thanks - that sounds reasonable. It might be older than 70 years. Scriberius 16:40, 2005 Apr 10 (UTC)

Contents 1 Welcome 2 External links of airlines 3 Refaim 4 Your user page needs less Image:Cowbell2.gif 5 Featured article for December 25th 6 stubs in deutscher wiki 7 Hi Matthias 8 New category 9 Washington State University 10 Moving images to the Commons 11 Bundesland-level categories 12 Stubs GE-EN 13 Saints Wikiproject 14 Beer & brewery notability criteria discusion document 15 Category 16 Visa (document) 17 Damage Controlmen 18 WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology 19 Fair use rationale for Image:Ecumenical Patriarchate.jpg 20 Sopade 21 User:Scriberius/Projects/Nakhon Phanom airport 22 Pacific Northwest 23 MSJ = MS in Journalism 24 MSJ 25 WikiProject Munich 26 happy Turkey-Day!!!! 27 WikiProject Munich Photo Gallery 28 WP Munich participation 29 Protection 30 Questions about use of swastika 31 Farmer's Market 32 WP Munich 33 Sakon Nakhon Airport 34 WP Munich membership 35 Missing image?

[edit] Welcome

Welcome to Wikipedia. In response to your changes to Hofbräuhaus, I wanted to let you know about some formatting issues,

• We always use the serial comma when giving lists (no: apples, oranges and bananas; yes: apples, oranges, and bananas).
• Try to stick with the second largest header in articles (that is, use ==Header== instead of =Header=)

Thanks for adding to the article! If you're looking for a project, we are always looking for knowledgeable help at Wikipedia:Wikiproject Beer. --Sean κ. ⇔ 01:42, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your notice. OK, I will follow those formatting rules in the future. Reg. the serial comma: I've had 10 years of English and using a comma after the word and is new to me. The numerational comma replaces the and between elements in a sentence. So "your" way of writing '..., and ... is needless and duplicates the meaning of and. "apples, oranges, and bananas" leads to "apples and oranges and and bananas". Hmm, maybe that's a variant of the US-american English. I'm sure you haven't invented that...but that's just my P.O.V. It's cool that you guys have a Wikiproject for beer - I'll give it a look! Anyway, cheers! Scriberius 12:23, 2005 Apr 19 (UTC)

Very perceptive about the comma... its use doesn't exactly fall on national boundaries. For example, the New York Times does not use that extra comma, but books published by the Oxford University Press do. Really, there is no agreement anywhere. The decision to use that extra comma was the result of a huge argument on this Wikipedia, the final style guide is at Wikipedia:Manual of Style. —Sean κ. ⇔ 14:17, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Alright then :) Scriberius 14:25, 2005 Apr 19 (UTC)

[edit] External links of airlines

Hi Scriberius - I noticed you keep changing airline external links from the main site (eg www.airbaltic.lv to the English version (eg www.airbaltic.com/public/index.html?language=1). I deliberately use the main site as it is substantially less likely to be altered and thus become a broken link. The links you are putting in are very prone to alteration and becoming broken. Also it is easy for the user to switch to the English version once on the site - they may not always be English users. Also in External Links in airlines you also keep putting in "Official Site" rather than the airline name. I don't understand this - surely users know what an External Link is. I'm just trying to keep some consistency as I have added hundreds of airline articles and stubs. Ardfern 20:36, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Howdy, ok I'll keep the URL citation in mind. Reg. the description of a link, I find it useless if www.lufthansa.com in an article is described as Lufthansa - that's for shure anyway. It's better to describe it as an official site. To prevent an edit war, I will not edit "your" style of describing an external link anymore OK?! Scriberius 14:06, 2005 Apr 26 (UTC)

[edit] Refaim

I answered to you at my talk page. Troll Refaim 18:48, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanx! Scriberius 19:35, July 19, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Your user page needs less Image:Cowbell2.gif

You have the image Image:Cowbell2.gif on your user page; this image is copyrighted and used in the Will Ferrell article under Wikipedia:Fair use. The use on your user page of that image is unlikely to be covered by use however, and as such is probably a Copyright violation. Could you remove the image from your user page? Thanks. --fvw* 23:21, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

• Done... Scriberius 03:08, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Featured article for December 25th

I noticed that you have listed yourself as an atheist Wikipedian. You will probably be interested to know that Brian0918 has nominated Omnipotence paradox as the front page article for December 25th. You can vote on this matter here. The other suggestion being supported by others for that date is Christmas, although Raul654 has historically been against featuring articles on the same day as their anniversary/holiday. AngryParsley ^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:22, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] stubs in deutscher wiki

Ich hatte die Antwort seinerzeit durchaus gelesen; und was jetzt in der deutschen wiki passiert...nun, muss ich erwähnen, dass mich das nicht wirklich überrascht? ("Es gibt drei arten, etwas zu tun: die richtige Art, die falsche Art und die deutsche Art"). Ich bleibe lieber hier in der en-wiki. Aber danke für die message. Happy editing --Lectonar 07:46, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hi Matthias

Thanks for your concern about Derafsh Kaviani. I believe Pre-Islamic history of Iran needs more attention. I really appreciate if you could help me expand articles related to Iran (of course if you have interst in it). Best wishes ! Amir85 22:51, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

• I'll give it a try - we'll see... - You really should care about the deletion request @ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests#Image:Sassanid_dynasty.gif though... Scriberius 18:03, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] New category

Of possible interest, [[Category:Wikipedians who are pilots]]. Best regards, CHAIRBOY (☎) 19:00, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Washington State University

I noticed that you put a link to [[de:University of Washington]] into the Washington State University article. I don't know if that was an honest mistake, a horrid misunderstanding, or purely evil vandalism (us Washington State Cougars are not too friendly with the Washington Huskies), but I thought I'd point it out to you. Try not to make that mistake again, OK? :) Have a nice day, though. Happy editing! (Oh, and if you want to put the link in the proper article, you can go to University of Washington.) Matt Yeager 00:42, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

• • • Opps, that's something I regret. I'll fix it in no time... :) Greetz among Matts - GN8... Scriberius 01:25, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Moving images to the Commons

For images with the same name in the Commosn please use {{NowCommonsThis}} or {{NCT}} instead of {{NowCommons}} or {{NC}}. That marks them as "easy" move if there's an admin willing to spend some time to actually delete these images. --Denniss 02:51, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

• Never heard of this, but thanks for the hint -- Scriberius 12:24, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bundesland-level categories

Hello! I see you are listed in Category:Wikipedians in Germany. I have made subcategories for each Bundesland in case you would like to add yourself to the appropriate one. See Category:Wikipedians in Germany for a list of the subcategories (they use the English names, the same as their Wikipedia articles). --Angr (tɔk) 16:17, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

• • Howdy - ...alrighty, we'll see -- Scriberius 16:49, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stubs GE-EN

Hallo Matthias,

wie ich sehe schreibst Du Stubs von Artikeln, die in anderer Sprache verfasst sind. Machst Du dies auch von Englischer bzw. Französischer Sprache in Deutsch? Ich hätte da ein paar Artikellisten. z.B: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Eastern_Christianity-related_topics

Danke und Viele Grüsse AHarnack 17:50 28 Jan 2006 (CET)

• Hallo! Ja, das mache ich massenhaft (de → en vice versa; fr traue ich mir nicht zu), allerdings bräuchte ich mehr Zeit (einem Jahr hänge ich in meiner kompletten Zeit an Wikipedia, aber zum gezielten Ausbau à la Abbarbeitung von Stub bin ich noch nicht gekommen). Ich schau's mir aber schon mal an... -- Scriberius 18:37, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Saints Wikiproject

I noted that you have been contributing to articles about saints. I invite you to join the WikiProject Saints.

Thanks! --evrik 17:20, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Beer & brewery notability criteria discusion document

A discussion document has been opened up. Wikipedia:WikiProject Beer/Notability Criteria. Please put in your views either on the main page or on the attached talk page. SilkTork 18:05, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Okee dokee Scriberius 10:08, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category

Hello. My robot found your user page in a category-redirect—and your user page was already in the category it redirected to! I hope you don't object to my removal of the duplicate category. Best wishes, RobertG ♬ talk 09:13, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Go ahead, thanks Scriberius 10:08, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Visa (document)

I have just moved your additions to this article to the talk page. I absolutely agree that the content needs to be in the article but the language needs tidying up to match the rest of the article before it goes in. Otherwise that section really stands out from the rest of the text. Hopefully, I will have time to do this tomorrow. Please feel free to revert me if you disagree.

PS Most people reading the article will think of a paper visa when they think of visas so I have returned the image of the paper visa back to the top of the article

Cheers

Spartaz 00:16, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Howdy. I looked through the text and I saw a mistake in its first sentence. Now the section is a paragraph an should not have big mistakes... Thanks, though07:29, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey there, I have rewritten the section now to put visa runs into context and included more on applying for extensions. I also tidied up your addition to Passport. Cheers Spartaz 07:39, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank, Scriberius 12:31, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Damage Controlmen

Information can be found here.. usmilitary.about.com/od/enlistedjob1/a/dc.htm 12.149.39.84 19:04, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! Scriberius 20:46, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology

The WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology has just been created. Why not take a look? I hope you can join. Inge 17:20, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Ecumenical Patriarchate.jpg

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[edit] Sopade

Hello. I don't know German, so the basis for this article is a machine translation that I did. Could you please proofread it and make sure it's an accurate rendition of the original? If so, thank you. Biruitorul 23:25, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Scriberius/Projects/Nakhon Phanom airport

Just to let you know that I edited the page to remove it from the 2 stub catagories. Also I created Nakhon Phanom Airport. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 16:07, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pacific Northwest

I'm writing to you as one of the people who contributed to this article. I hope I could contribute to defusing the emotional debate and I would appreciate if you could participate in the new effort of finding a good name for the article. — Sebastian (talk) 22:42, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MSJ = MS in Journalism

jk 06:52, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, that lead me to create a sub-stub...! Scriberius 16:23, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MSJ

Hello,

Thank you for your stub submission. You may wish to note that it is preferable to use a stub template from Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types instead of using simply {{stub}}, if you can.

Thanks!Eli Falk 12:42, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Howdy - I know this Project an the stub sorting categories and I also checked them prior to saving the article. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a prober template like academics-stub... BFN, Scriberius 16:23, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

You might also like to know that the article is up for deletion, and will probably be deleted within a few days. The problem is that it is extremely short, and provides no helpful material beyond the definition. Please see Wikipedia is not a dictionary. If you can add to the article, please feel free to remove the proposed deletion tag. -Patstuart^{(talk)(contribs)} 21:02, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Munich

Why did you remove the Germany category from WikiProject Munich? I don't mind if you want to participate in the project. Just don't going around changing things if you don't want to participate. Kingjeff 18:31, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

By the way, you're invited to participate if you want too at WikiProject Munich. I see you know German. You might want to help out at the Translation page. Anyways, if you're willing to help out at anything you can sign up here. Kingjeff 18:39, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[1] Well, because Category:Germany is redundant to Category:Munich. BFN, Scriberius 19:34, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

ok. I see you're in the Stub-sorting WikiProject. I just finished a pile of templates for Munich-related stubs. Kingjeff 19:37, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

I see you also live in Munich. I'm not sure if you ca ndo this. Would you be able to give us GNU Free Documentation License photos to place in the project's photo gallery? Kingjeff 21:54, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] happy Turkey-Day!!!!

I wish you a very merry Thanksgiving! Hope you and your family have a magnificent day! So, what are you thankful for? Hooray and happy gormandiziŋ! --Randfan please talk talk to me!

Happy Turkeyday! Cheers! :) —Randfan!!

Have a great day! Please respond on my talk page (the red "fan" link in my signature). Cheers! :) —Randfan!!

nice name! Cheers! :) —Randfan!! 17:21, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Munich Photo Gallery

It might be helpful to bring over those photos from commons and the photos that we have and they don't should go over there. I think it'll make everything easier for both Wikipedia and commons. Kingjeff 02:58, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP Munich participation

You might want to start on some Stub-class Munich articles of your interest. Don't forget to reassess the article (If Necessary) if you're able to bring it up yo a B-class article. Kingjeff 19:29, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Protection

Seems to be the custom to leave the FA unprotected when featured on main page. I suppose it's to showcase to newbies this really is a wiki. Not sure I always agree with this, but that's the custom. -- Fuzheado | Talk 03:05, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

well, newbies go from the main page and get a vandalized site presented does not leave a good impression, although they'd get in impression of what Wikipedia has do deal with... Scriberius 03:48, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Questions about use of swastika

Please see discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Hinduism#Same problem with the swastika on Jainism articles. Thank you, IZAK 09:49, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Farmer's Market

Nice add to the Farmer's Market page --DavidShankBone 18:59, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Scriberius 00:09, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP Munich

WikiProject Munich has over 20 members now which should make for a good WikiProject. To help organize the project, please put down some ideas at the talk page. Kingjeff 02:22, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

"k" Scriberius 00:09, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sakon Nakhon Airport

I removed the stub tag from User:Scriberius/Projects/Sakon Nakhon airport as it was listed in Category:Category:Airport stubs and the article exists. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 07:22, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

yepp, Scriberius 00:09, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP Munich membership

I'm giving WP Munich members a choice of being active members, semi-active members or inactive members. Please sign up for the correct one. Kingjeff 23:50, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Missing image?

Hello, I trust I am writing to he who is also known as Mattes, on the Wikimedia Commons. A few days ago, I noticed that an image (David gegen Goliath.jpg) had disappeared from an article (Sling (weapon)). I eventually tracked the image to your gallery #13, where I see you uploaded three images concerned with David and Goliath. Two images remain, one was removed apparently due to lack of a license. I have found another copy of that image on Wikipedia (Image:DavidAndGoliath.jpg) but it is of very poor quality. Might I ask you to upload your version of that image again, with proper licensing?

Thanks! — SWWright^Talk 10:09, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

I guess you mean Image:David gegen Goliath.jpg @ commons (the original pic has gone). The pic ist still in the article. I've put a no source tag into the commons file. Scriberius 13:45, 4 April 2007 (UTC)