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 Hi Matt, Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Las Vegas Strip panorama.jpg is due to make an appearance asPicture of the Day on July 25, 2007. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-07-25. howcheng {chat} 00:07, 14 July 2007 (UTC)  Hi Matt, Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:LAPD Bell 206 Jetranger.jpg is due to make an appearance asPicture of the Day on July 7, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-07-07. howcheng {chat} 00:27, 3 July 2008 (UTC)  Hi Matt, Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Los angeles from getty panorama.jpg is due to make an appearance asPicture of the Day on February 27, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-02-27. howcheng {chat} 17:46, 25 February 2009 (UTC)  Hi Matt, Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Lafd ladder truck.jpg is due to make an appearance asPicture of the Day on March 12, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-03-12. howcheng {chat} 23:27, 9 March 2009 (UTC)  Hi Matt, Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Pioneertown california saloon and bath house.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on June 1, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-06-01. howcheng {chat} 23:31, 29 May 2009 (UTC)  Hi Matt, Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Joshua tree np keys view panorama.jpg is due to make an appearance asPicture of the Day on June 10, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-06-10. howcheng {chat} 03:51, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
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Barnstars and the like
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Thank you so much!! Wonderful work. You have made a great contribution to Wikipedia.--Anna Frodesiak(talk) 16:42, 8 February 2009 (UTC) Nice job handling that, additionally, we have blocked the IP. Thanks! Prodego talk 06:56, 8 March 2009 (UTC) 
You certainly earned this some time ago. Thanks again for your help yesterday. :) DurovaCharge! 15:51, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
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"Disruptive Editing"?
What is this? You're claiming on absolutely no basis that I'm an alternate account just because I'm editing something?
Listen: the destruction of the Spanish Armada involved NOT A SINGLE SHIP casualty from combat for the English, while the "Invincible Armada" (yes, due to its amazing victories and towering Galleons, the world considered their navy invincible" was utterly decimated. The English fleet didn't consist of many gigantic warships, but many armed merchant vessels, etc.. They had smaller cannons, much, MUCH fewer sailors than the Spanish, and overall their navy was puny compared to the Armada.
This tiny navy crushed the world's most powerful navy easily. This battle established England's naval dominance and began the steady decline of Spain as a global empire.
I will cease editing the article as it really isn't anything to argue over, but I do think that, judging from the battle results, that this battle would be considered by any historian to be decisive. Also, what about that Charles fellow who keeps removing our edits on the grounds that the word Decisive is "too detailed" (yes, exact quote from him)? Isn't the point of articles like this to be as detailed as possible?
--SuperSmashBros.Brawl777 (talk) 22:47, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
- Ok, I understand your point. I'll discuss this with the said editor. However, the only reason I suspect he's being dishonest about these edits is because it's happened before with the Battle of Monte Cassino article. Though obviously the battle was Pyrrhic for the Allies - other editors agreed - one editor kept undoing my edits, saying they were unsourced. It turns out he was a known edit troll, who had been doing the same thing to other articles, and the administrators had him under suspicion.
--SuperSmashBros.Brawl777 (talk) 23:15, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
re: Cinco de Mayo
Thank you! Mercy11 (talk) 23:48, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
- Hi, the 30-day lock you placed in the article 15 days ago (and set to expire March 23) has been removed by a bot [1] soon a 6-step maneuver [2] by a certain User:Graham87 in what might have been a good faith effort to accomplish God knows what. Can you relock the article? I am not convinced the devils are gone, and wouldn't be surprised if they still lurking around for an opportunity to vandalise article further, and 30 days was about the right "ah, I give up" length of time. Regards, Mercy11 (talk) 02:13, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
- Hi. The page is, yes, in fact, being vandalized again. Can you help? thanks! Mercy11 (talk) 23:53, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
- Reprotected. Mfield (Oi!) 01:31, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Your Las Vegas photo
FYI, I used your File:Las Vegas Strip panorama.jpg photo in a brochure for the Cancer Hope Foundation: [3]. Thanks! howcheng {chat} 16:05, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
City of Glass band
A previous page was deleted on the Vancouver band City of Glass. I was about to enter the information but wanted to clear it with you first to make sure it fits the criteria. The band has had two releases (free for download demo EP and released EP available in stores, on iTunes and CDBaby.com) and has completed several tours with several upcoming, and many reviews/articles to link to. Thanks. www.cityofglassmusic.com www.myspace.com/cityofglass Miccham (talk) 21:29, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Because you've contributed to FPC either recently or in the past, I'm letting you know about the above poll on the basis of which we may develop proposals to change our procedures and criteria. Regards, Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 22:52, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
I love your picture
of the frieze at the Liberty Memorial but that particular bit of sculpture was done by Edmund Amateis and not Robert Atkin. I am reluctant to leap in, but that should be changed. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 03:28, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks my bad, I have changed it everywhere that I can find, please make the same ammendment anywhere else. Mfield (Oi!) 05:07, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
please go to link to support page for deletion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Pit_Bull
Evereadyo2 (talk) 13:39, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
Eye candy
I saw your comment from a while ago at Talk:Justine Ezarik, "Pictures," after I edited the article some (incl. removal of two images). I wonder how long my changes are going to stand, but in the meantime, I enjoyed your commentary. Drmies (talk) 05:34, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
- Well, they didn't stand for long. Did you know that "Ezarik planned to be vacationing in North Carolina when the iPhone 3G was released in July 2008"? North Carolina, of all places! Drmies (talk) 14:19, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
use of your panoramic images for a game
hi! i'm interested in using some of your great panoramic images (as part of a larger set of panoramas), for a little mobile-phone card-game. i'd like to get in contact to you via email, so i can tell you some details and properly ask for your permission. i couldn't find your email adress anyhwere, so could you please reply me to: sirleto -AT- gmx -DOT- net thanks for any mail, daniel / sirleto http://www.gameprogramming.de/
New York Midtown Panarama
Hi Mfield, I love your photo "New_York_Midtown_Skyline_at_night" I want to blow it up and mount it for use in my house as wall art. So... 1)Do I have your permission to do so? (I can pony up a little but nothing like Getty demands-budget is pretty tight) 2) Is the original a larger file - I was thinking of blowing it up to 20 by 50 and need all the resolution i can get (Also looks like you have a couple different versions). If you are ok with this idea please contact me at smarcell-AT-gmail-DOT-com Hope to hear from you soon! thanks for your help.108.56.155.213 (talk) 00:48, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
Author Inquiry
My name is John Bengtson.
I have written movie location books about where the great silent comedians Buster Keaton (Silent Echoes), Charlie Chaplin (Silent Traces), and Harold Lloyd (Silent Visions), filmed their comedies on the streets of Los Angeles 90 years ago.
I am planning to use your Wiki Commons photos of California Plaza in downtown LA for a project I'm working on.
Charlie Chaplin filmed Making a Living, his very first movie, at 4th and Grand in 1914.
Charlie's early films made in 1914 have never been released on DVD. I was contacted on Friday to prepare some "then and now" materials for the DVD, but my deadline is in only a few days.
I live in the San Francisco area, and am not able to travel to LA to take all the photos I need. I wanted to be certain that I have permission to use your photo on a non-exclusive basis. You would be credited at the end of the little program I am making.
I would greatly appreciate your possible assistance. I can send you the Making A Living chapter from my book by email if you contact me below.
Thank you for your consideration, John Bengtson
John@SilentEchoes.net —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.234.208.108 (talk) 22:05, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
Your image is now a Valued Picture
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Turning Ten
On Saturday January 15, 2011, Wikipedia will turn 10 years and people all over the globe will be celebrating Wikipedia on that day. No event is currently planned for Orange County Wikipedians, so I am leaving a message with some of the currently involved editors listed in "Wikipedians in Orange County, California" & "Wikipedians in Southern California" to see if we might want to meet on that day, lunch, dinner, group photo or other ideas welcomed? I will start a "Turning Ten" discussion thread on my Talk page to see if any interest can be planned for and determined. I am located in Old Towne Orange off the circle.Tinkermen (talk) 20:21, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
Images on Tegenaria domestica page are wrong (all four of them)
(Old news, issue fixed; plus I just realized I sounded kind of snotty in my comment and wanted to remove it.) Lady Arachnophile 10:28, 29 April 2011 (UTC)(talk)
*poke* new messages
Happy Tuesday! (haha) I left some novel sized replies on my talk page. Wiki instructions told me to "alert" you if I chose to reply underneath your messages on my talk page rather than in a new section on yours, so here's that alert, lol. This is a funny system... or I guess I'm just not used to it. Lady Arachnophile (talk) 19:02, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
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We're recruiting art lovers!
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Hi! I'm the Wikipedian In Residence at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art and I'm recruiting Wikipedians who are passionate about art to participate in furthering art coverage on Wikipedia. I am planning contests and projects that will allow you access, no matter where you live, to the world's largest collection of archives related to American art. Please sign up to participate here, and I look forward to working with you! SarahStierch (talk) 00:14, 13 June 2011 (UTC) |
Thank you for protecting this article. There was a lot of vandalism going on. -- Luke Talk 23:47, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
I have updated the article largely to cull the NPOV cruft after three long years. Please review it and get back to me. Raymie (t • c) 22:19, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
LA-area Meetup: Saturday, November 19
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New york city at night
I would like to use this picture as the starting point for a cd case for a local band. I'd appreciate your permission to use this image as it is a superb photograph of the cityscape. My email is thecluth@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.29.38.45 (talk) 01:18, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
MSU Interview
Dear Mfield,
My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.
So a few things about the interviews:
- Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
- Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
- All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
- All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
- The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.
Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.
If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.
Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chlopeck (talk • contribs) 04:07, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
GA Thanks
On behalf of WP:CHICAGO, I would like to thank you for your contributions to Lupe Fiasco, which has fairly recently achieved WP:GA status.
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--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:51, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
Invitation
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You're invited! FemTech Edit-a-Thon at Claremont Graduate University
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Everyone is invited to the first FemTech Edit-a-Thon & Roundtable at Claremont Graduate University on October 26 from 3-6 pm. The event will open with a roundtable discussion about feminism and anti-racist technology projects, followed by an edit-a-thon focusing on feminists & women in science. Experienced Wikipedians will be on hand to support new editors. We hope you can join us! Sign up here - see you there! 00:59, 12 October 2012 (UTC) |
Thank You for the Wikipedia Picture
Hello, My name is Duane Hurst and I recently made a free (non-commercial) English web site to share information with people. I added links to your Wikipedia/Wikimedia freeware picture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Galapagos_giant_tortoise_Geochelone_elephantopus.jpg). I also gave credit to you on my web pages for your work. Thank you for sharing with the public. My website is:
http://www.freeenglishsite.com/
I add pictures such as yours to one of the following major sections of my site: 1. World section - contains information and over 10,000 images of every world country and territory. Link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/world/index.htm
2. USA section - contains information and images of every USA state and territory. Link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/world/usa/index.htm
3. English section - "Mel and Wes" lessons in conversation format. Stories are located in various USA states and world countries such as China, England, Germany, Japan, Mexico and Thailand. Each lesson has many slang terms and idioms, which I link to my Slang Dictionary. This eventually will have over 5,000 terms. Currently, it has about 3,000 slang and idioms. I regularly add new lessons and slang terms. Link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/english/lessons/index.htm Slang Dictionary link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/english/slang/Eslang_a.htm
Prior to retirement, I taught English at several private and public universities in the United States.
Please share this free site with your friends. I hope all will enjoy the pictures and find the English information useful. Sincerely, Duane Hurst in Utah, USA
Email address: duanerhurst@freeenglishsite.com --75.162.209.2 (talk) 17:35, 17 December 2012 (UTC)