User talk:Glaurung

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Partition of India

You voted for Partition of India, this week's Collaboration of the week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article.

InterWiki Minor characters in Tintin

Your bot should not link minor characters in Tintin with fr:Séraphin Lampion. Isn't there a page on the french wikipedia which is dedicated to minor characters in Tintin? I moved the inter wiki link inside the article. Glaurung 11:20, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

We have an article for each character. I removed the incorrect interwiki on fr: :o) Hashar 22:42, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Blank page at Category talk:Australian ODI cricketers

Apologies for removing your blank page notice on Category talk:Australian ODI cricketers. Some templates are routinely put on discussion pages even though they refer to the article. e.g. the {{Featured}} template. Since the category page was blank too, I thought it was one of those. Drew Devereux | Talk 06:24, 18 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No worries Glaurung 09:45, 18 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Les helvètes

I know. I didn't want to muddy the waters our inexperienced Manu is swimming in by mentioning that the term is sometimes used as a jocular synonym for the proper "les suisses" even in current news reports in the francophone region. For a recent example, see [1]. The same happens, as you are surely aware of, with "die Eidgenossen" in news reports in the german-speaking cantons. I think I've seen this use mostly in sports reports. Lupo 11:04, August 25, 2005 (UTC)

I understand what you meant, but I am not sure he did. Anyway I pointed him to the constitution, and whether it convince him or not is not my problem : I do not want to waste my time with him anymore. Glaurung 14:11, 25 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re: B-2 Bomber

Bless you! Your place in heaven will be high. It takes a truely great person to try and fix a problem rather than just let it accumulate. Thanks for the help.

Also, I owe an especially big apology, since my outburst was largly over you comment. I'm not normally so...violent...I guess this was just the straw that broke the camels back. I'll try to be more calm in the future. TomStar81 10:31, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

CFF logo replaced

Hi, I've replaced the JPEG logo of SBB-CFF-FFS you uploaded (Image:Cff logo.jpg) with a PNG version (Image:CFF logo.png). I've listed the original for deletion—hope this is OK. –Mysid 08:03, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, no problem Glaurung 17:50, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/DrugChart

I just wanted to comment on your vote opposing Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/DrugChart, to let you know that the image being voted on is the one containing the text, not the blank background. --Thoric 23:43, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I took your suggestion and made a full size image of the chart with the text as a single large graphic, and made sure it looked good as a thumbnail. Please check it out and let me know if it is acceptable. --Thoric 18:27, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I am more than happy to add my support now. Good work. Glaurung 14:15, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Adventures of Tintin

I moved the page to a title with a correct spelling. I apologize for any additional confusion this created, but I don't really see any sense in having a page with a misspelled title to make things easier for some bureaucratic process to take place. Assume some good faith please. (ESkog)^(Talk) 08:34, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I was gonna write a note about the talk page my self, but didn't want to act too needy so it was nice with a little team play :) I'm just glad it was done quickly. Poulsen 14:36, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/Mourne Mountains

Regarding your comment that "The mountain is the subject of interest but represents only about 5% of the image surface". The title of the picture makes it clear that the mountain range is the subject of the picture. However I agree it is probably too distant even then, thanks for your comments. Mark83 09:01, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Expo.02 and financial problems

Your sentence about Expo.02 and taxpayer money has been removed for the second time on the Neuchâtel article. It is POV and does not belong to that article, so please stop adding it. However, you are welcome to edit the Expo.02 page and give us a little bit more information about the financial scandal side of the exhibition. But try to remain objective and cite your sources. I've already written a phrase or two on the subject, and if you have any precise figures, do not hesitate to share your information.

Howdy, Glad someone watches carefully that NO OPINION is expressed. Don't go too far ! I'm afraid this belongs to a new social disease called "politically correct at any price", a behavior that can, in some instances, produce disasters. To the point: I would agree that the original phrasing was not appropriate. However, it is a fact that the event in 2002 did cost a large amount of TAX MONEY. Pointing this out enclines maybe some readers to start a mental process ... If you have a good link on the topic, why not add it ? I will think about phrasing it another way. Take care, Filou.

Even if I agree with you about the financial aspect of Expo.02, sentences like the one you introduced are not proper material for an encyclopedia. This is not really a question of being politically correct. But point-of-view statements do not belong to the aticle's pages, which must remain completely neutral on a subject. Unfortunately, I am not an Expo.02 expert, and don't have any precise figures to give nor any source, but it sure would be interesting material for the article. Glaurung 07:14, 23 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good morning Glaurung, thank you for replying. Look at the present way to phrase the issue. I believe it is now factual ONLY ! Take care, Filou.

Removal of info from The Adventures of Tintin

While a seperate for each main character is a good thing, the complete removal of all info on the main characters from the main article serves no purpose, as you loose a big part of what captures the reader - to read the article it is necessary to care, and without any mention of the characters at all, it becomes a dull article on fictional countries and merchandise. Worst of all - the article is a featured article, such blanking of vital information makes the page sub-standard for FA status. Also, if the characters truely deserves individual articles, they'll have plenty more info, and the sections in "Adventures" are good summaries. I'll revert your edit, and reinstate the info that made the article featured. Poulsen 13:11, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I do agree with you. The reason I removed the info is because User:All Poofed Up created separate pages for every characters. It is important not to have the same information on two pages, for it will not be possible to keep them up to date. If a user edits the main article page with info on, say, Tintin, he/she will probably not add his/her edits to the separate character page, which will lead to a giant mess. So, should we turn the separate pages into redirects to the approporiate sections of The Adventures of Tintin? Glaurung 13:16, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Perhaps a shortening of the entries on the "Adventures.." page to the most basic, and then hopefully the individual pages will grow to include much more info in time, so the two entries will be less alike? Poulsen 13:26, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - I think this might be a good idea, beacause for now the main article doesn't have more information than the section on the Adventures ... page. We could shorten the entries on the Adventures... page just to give a quick overview of the main characters. Glaurung 13:28, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Quality is going down since FP appears everyday on the main page

You might want to join the choir at this page. :-) --Dschwen 06:12, 11 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kowloon_Walled_City

Is there any reason you 'restored' the picture on Kowloon_Walled_City? I belive the edited one looks much better. -Ravedave 06:04, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I have explained my reasons on the FPC page, which was maybe not the most appropiate place to do so... The edited version improved saturation and contrast, so the thumbnail looks way better. However, at full size, there is an important loss of details. It looks like a kind of impressionist touch filter was applied to the photo. The original pictures already lacks details, but the edit does not arrange that matter. I thought the original picture was more encyclopedic. The edit is better cropped however... Feel free to revert if you think the edit is really better. Glaurung 06:13, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your Vote on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hippo pod

Hi Glaurung,
Could you please specify which version you support in Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hippo pod? Thanks, --Fir0002 08:23, 25 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Infrared Tree

Please update your vote at: Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/Near_Infrared_Tree to indicate which version you prefer. Thanks! -Ravedave ^{(help name my baby)} 17:10, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done Glaurung 05:59, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]