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Request to participate in University of Washington survey based on ideas gathered during the Wikipedia focus group you were invited to attend

Hello. Back in March, you expressed interest in attending our Wikipedia focus group sessions but were unable to attend. The goal of those sessions was to gather feedback to help design an embedded application that could quickly communicate useful information about other Wikipedians. We have now created a few images that we feel represent some of what our participants thought was important. We would appreciate it if you took a few minutes of your time to complete an online survey that investigates whether or not these images would be useful to you.

To take the survey, click this link.

Please feel free to share the link with other Wikipedians. The more feedback, the better! The survey is completely anonymous and takes less than 10 minutes to complete. All data is used for university research purposes only.

Thank you for your interest in our research! Commprac01 (talk) 21:48, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Three Chute Falls

I have nominated your picture of Three Chute Falls to become a Featured picture. Click23 (talk) 20:42, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the kind words of your nomination. Best wishes, Walter Siegmund (talk) 22:34, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I know those guys are tough, but with the only opposition that it is not sharp enough is a complement to your work. Click23 (talk) 18:16, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I haven't participated in enwiki FP for a year or more. It seems much the same. I appreciate your comments and it is always a pleasure to see my images used by other editors. Best wishes, Walter Siegmund (talk) 18:33, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I see that you have been to Bandelier National Monument, what a interesting place. I stopped by there last year while I was visiting Cimarron, NM. I would move out there if my wife would let me. Click23 (talk) 20:14, 19 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Photo request: Alaska Airlines headquarters

Hi! Do you have time to photograph the Alaska Airlines headquarters by SeaTac airport? WhisperToMe (talk) 19:43, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I can try to do that in the next few months. It appears to be badly obscured by horticultural plantings so I'm not sure that a decent image from the ground can be obtained.[1] Someone with a wideangle lens may be more successful. Walter Siegmund (talk) 20:20, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You could try parking in the lot and seeing if you can get a good shot of the building itself; if the building has Alaska markings on it, then it will be sufficient. If not, the horticulture will be more of a challenge (as you'll have to include the sign in with the building) WhisperToMe (talk) 20:50, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RE: American Beaver

Thanks for your comments. I disagree that his comments cannot be interpreted as a personal attack, if not a gross hyperreaction, since H. first removed my refactoring of my support despite edit summary (which I believe is very improper), and his subsequent comments arguably painted me as someone who is falsifying the discussion thread when clearly I did not. This also has the potential effect of discrediting the argument by discrediting the editor. H. then harped about it at the admin notice board, but continued to maintain that I falsified the thread, even when another administrator first suggested H. "let it go". Nonetheless, under insipid/juvenile threat there of being blocked for disruption, which gives me pause about the decision-making abilities of said administrators, I have withdrawn from the discussion, and will hereafter avoid said administrators and unpleasantness. Bosonic dressing (talk) 04:37, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm relieved that you are both putting the matter behind you. Thank you. Walter Siegmund (talk) 04:52, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Brazil nut

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

I cannot review your source without registering, but it sounds like an editorial. The term is not ludicrous. It may be offensive and politically incorrect but applying the term ludicrous is POV even if its in the Wall Street Journal.--Weetoddid (talk) 21:42, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I quoted the context in the footnote and on the talk page. I'm sure that the full article is available in many libraries since the Wall Street Journal is a major global newspaper. "The neutral point of view is neither sympathetic nor in opposition to its subject: it neither endorses nor discourages viewpoints. As the name suggests, the neutral point of view is a point of view, not the absence or elimination of viewpoints. The elimination of article content cannot be justified under this policy on the grounds that it is 'POV'." (Wikipedia:NPOV#Neutral_point_of_view} Isn't this what you are attempting to do (in violation of a core policy of Wikipedia)? What am I missing? The source does not support "offensive and politically incorrect". If you can find a source supporting your assertion that it is not "ludicrous", please do so. Otherwise, it is WP:OR. Walter Siegmund (talk) 22:11, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The last two comments above were copied to Talk:Brazil nut.[2] Walter Siegmund (talk) 22:17, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Alaska HQ

Thank you very much! Next time you see Terry (if you do), give him the URL of the Alaska Airlines page and he'll understand why the picture was so important. Companies need to have their headquarter images on here so people know what they look like. BTW it's a coincidence since I just got permission (relicensing) to upload a photo of the British Airways headquarters from Flickr. WhisperToMe (talk) 22:14, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My pleasure. Walter Siegmund (talk) 22:42, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I found out that Alaska subsidiary Horizon Air seems to have a separate office facility. I found http://web.archive.org/web/19981201225853/www.alaskaair.com/help/contacts/html/email.stm which discusses a "19521 Pacific Hwy South, Seattle, WA" - Using Google Street View and moving to the south towards the intersection with South 196th Street, I found that the facility has Horizon Air markings on it. From the street view I can tell you can get a clear shot of the building with the Horizon markers on them. Would you mind trying to get a photo of that building at some point? Thank you WhisperToMe (talk) 03:38, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think I see it (looking southwest).[3] I'll attempt a picture the next time I'm down that way. Walter Siegmund (talk) 15:43, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Alrighty! Thanks in advance :) WhisperToMe (talk) 22:01, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
By the way, in addition to the Horizon offices, would you mind getting photos of:
SeaTac City Hall (4800 South 188th Street) and SeaTac Police [4] [5]
Fire Station 45 (2929 South 200th Street) [6]
Fire Station 46 (3521 South 170th Street) [7]
Fire Station 47 (3215 South 152nd Street) [8]
Sign indicating Angle Lake Park
North SeaTac Park (sign) and SeaTac Community Center (13735 - 24th Ave. S.) [9]
Riverton Heights Post Office (15250 32ND AVE S)
Chinook Middle School (18650 42nd Avenue South)
Bow Lake Elementary School (18237 42nd Avenue South)
Madrona Elementary School (20301 32nd Avenue South)
McMicken Heights Elementary School (3708 South 168th Street) (If the old facility still exists at that point - There is a new facility that will begin construction in fall 2009: http://www.hsd401.org/ourschools/elementaryschools/mcmicken/)
Valley View Library (17850 Military Rd. S) [10]
If you want, any other signs indicating parks in SeaTac, listed [11] here]
Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 05:30, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Calypso

Many thanks for the Calypso image.
It is now - duly credited in the description - part of a video sequence to accompany a Gentle Calypso which I wrote from guitar solo
I hope you like the result:
A Gentle Calypso
Kind regards
David
Dwsolo (talk) 08:51, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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