User talk:Tempshill

Discussion from 2003 through end of 2005 moved to User talk:Tempshill/2003 to 2005.

Thanks for input

i appreciate the advice...i fixed what you asked me to fix & i hope it's o.k. now. please let me know if things are alright...i enjoy editing pages here and i hope to be adding more things. this site is wonderful!! i use it all the time!! Adomono 21:43, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Date links

I see a two year old comment from you about date links at Wikipedia talk:Only make links that are relevant to the context. There is a survey there. You may wish to vote. There is also a discussion about it at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (dates and numbers), you may be interested in that too. Regards. bobblewik 15:20, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note about the overlinking guideline vote. Could you point me to the actual verbiage that's being voted on? Thanks - Tempshill 18:18, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Holy crap, I can't believe so many of those are blue links. Tempshill 18:19, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yup it is amazing what can be linked. As I understand it, at Wikipedia talk:Only make links that are relevant to the context you 'support' or 'oppose' all that is at the project page Wikipedia:Only make links that are relevant to the context. If you are in doubt, feel free to ask on the project page. Please also add your voice to those in the live discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (dates and numbers). bobblewik 19:40, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kirby Puckett

You seem to be acting like I'm blatently adding copywrited photos just for the heck of it! Do you actually believe I can tell the difference between what's copywrited and what isn't? Besides, I always add the links just in case something goes wrong or unwarranted.User:TMC1982

I don't have a problem if you tell me that wikipedia can't accept copywrited photos. But it offends me that you need to tell me in a forceful (as if you're shouting at me) fashion!User:TMC1982

I've only been on wikipedia since about April of last year. When I started I didn't even have any idea about how photos got placed on their. And why were you on my talk page in the very first place anyway!?User:TMC1982

Date links

Since you have taken an interest in links. Please be kind enough to vote for my new bot application to reduce overlinking of dates where they are not part of date preferences. bobblewik 20:34, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sports Pictures

Hi, could you tell me why sports picture don't qualify as fair use? In all or most of the pictures I've uploaded I've included source, page where they are located, who's the photographer, under who they are copyrighted. Hit me back with that info. Take care. Thief12 01:12, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know

I just wanted to say that this website is helping me alot. I have been using this webite for my SS.

205.206.207.166 21:15, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fair Use

Thank you for pointing out the errors I made. I was trying to post an image for Shawn Springs but it was the first image I've tried to post. I'm only a teenager and never realized all the guidelines and laws involved in this process. I'll just leave it to the people that know what their doing. :) jmfh3733(skinsfanh)

EwellPCorgan-03

Hi there - when I uploaded it i said that no rights were reserved and that the image could be used in whatever way anyone wishes. It was taken by a chap called Richard Blanch. I think that I will re-upload all the images with copyrights superimposed at the bottom.--RichardHarrold 19:34, 10 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yet another date links proposal

Hi,

You contributed to a previous debate about date links. You may wish to see the proposal at: Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_(dates_and_numbers)#linking_of_dates. Thanks. bobblewik 08:54, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

hey. Just fyi, i copied your comment at Bobblewik's talk page to the link he mentions above. (i'm trying to keep all relevant info to that discussion in one location). thanks :) --Quiddity 03:09, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Beiserebatedor.jpg

I don't think I'd be able to find the specific image back, but it is from http://www.radiobras.gov.br/, which says "Todas as matérias poderão ser reproduzidas desde que citada a fonte", which as far as I can understand means, free to use provided source is acknowledged. - Andre Engels 14:46, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I gave the copyright holder and the license, isn't that enough? I mean, if I put my brother's photograph on Wikipedia, will it also be deleted if he hasn't put it on the web? - Andre Engels 21:54, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Columbine Citation

Hello. Just wanted to let you know that I added the citation you requested to the Columbine massacre article. Please check it out to see if it's exactly what you wanted. Thanks. -- SmthManly / ^ManlyTalk / ^{ManlyContribs} 23:19, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, I'll look into finding one where the lawsuit is unsuccessful, but i'll also keep the bbc ciation, as they're a credible news source (but also because adding a second ciation will bring the notes section to an even 40) ;). -- SmthManly / ^ManlyTalk / ^{ManlyContribs} 23:27, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, I found one and added it. The article was actually written in the Rocky Mountain News (Denver's main newspaper), but the website it's on is the daily camera. -- SmthManly / ^ManlyTalk / ^{ManlyContribs} 23:37, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Do not mark AfD nominations as minor edits

The policy is quite clear; it says "please do not mark the edit as minor." But you marked this as minor [1]. Monicasdude 23:04, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

VHS backup...

Yes, I would definitely like to write an article about the VHS data backup systems, but I'd have to do some more research on the topic, since I've only found a small dearth about such on the internet. I'd have to hit up the public library and glean through the old back issues of Radio-Electronics (where I vaguely remember seeing ads about these systems) or PC World/PC Magazine/Byte/etc. (proving once again that libraries still do have their place :) ) But yes, I'd definitely would want to write up an article about this, it's something that would fit nicely in the vast pages of Wikipedia.. :) misternuvistor 21:21, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jerald terHorst/Ron Nessen

Just so you know, the "permanent" on terHorst's successor was not ignorantly redundant, though I acknowledge it was a bit clumsy. When terHorst resigned, Nessen did not assume duties imediately. terHorst did have an interim successor for a few days, and thus, Nessen was the "permanent" successor. I'm okay with leaving it off if you still feel it best, but I wanted to make sure that the decision was made in light of all relevant information. Unschool

re: tag

thanks, that's the tag i was looking for. Shamrox 07:35, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cuba Baseball

Re: [2]. I believe it to be fair use due to its relative historical importance. I noticed there are many other (higher quality) copyrighted sporting images under the of much less significance. What is your reasoning for dispute? I still have to write the text for the article, so hopfully this can get sorted out (for better or worse)in time. Thanks, Myciconia 07:37, 9 May 2006 (UTC) [reply]

Image editing

Note that Image:Boxing080905 photoshop.jpg is a significantly edited version of a published photograph and is about to be featured on the main page. See the discussion. I can understand it if you feel that medicine-related images and certain other images should not be altered. I'd suggest that this proposal be made into a guideline page, assuming there is concensus. Shawnc 04:39, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I understand your concern. The WP:NOR clause, however, states "Pictures have enjoyed a broad exception from the no-original-research policy... Wikipedia editors have always been encouraged to take photos or draw pictures and upload them" as long as the images do not "distort the facts or position being illustrated by the photo". So I think non-controversial enhancements to images are ok? Shawnc 06:17, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The sentence "Even noted as having been manipulated, they should not be used to illustrate articles in the main namespace" may be contradicted by the community's practice. Image:Water drop animation enhanced small.gif is another synthesized Featured Picture (the sequence of animation did not naturally occur). I suppose one can argue based on those wordings in WP:NOR that it should not be featured. Digital editing does happen a lot so I'm under the impression that "distortion" may be interpreted to mean something like "photoshopping John Lennon into a picture of Castro" and then use it to state that the two met in real life, to quote someone from the discussion of the boxers image. If there is concensus, maybe WP:NOR can be updated to reflect the current practice of allowing certain images, such as when the majority has allowed an image to be featured? Shawnc 01:24, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Monobook

You may wish to make use of a 'Dates' tab in edit mode that will help with unlinking unnecessary date links. Simply copy the entire contents of User:Bobblewik/monobook.js to your own monobook. Then follow the instructions in your monobook to clear the cache (i.e. press Ctrl-Shift-R in Firefox, or Ctrl-F5 in IE) before it will work. It also provides a 'Units' tab. If you know what you are doing, you can copy and modify the subfiles as you wish. I just thought you might be interested. Regards. bobblewik 20:01, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]