User talk:The Half Gauntlet

Welcome!

Hello, The Half Gauntlet, 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:

Article openings

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! - Liberatore(T) 16:00, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I have seen you created a number of good articles related to middle-earth. May I suggest to start articles saying what their context is? See for example [1]. This is a standard practice in Wikipedia. - Liberatore(T) 16:00, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I notice you've created and edited a great deal of Lord of the Rings articles. While this is appreciated, I wanted to point out the correct way to begin an article. You seem to name the article and then give the defintion, such as:
Yule
Celebrated by Hobbits.

A correct article should start by stating the object (Yule, in this case) and then state the obvious. That is, assume the reader has no idea what you're talking about. Then you can get down to the nitty gritty of what you're talking about. For example:
Yule is a fictional holiday mentioned in J. R. R. Tolkein's Lord of the Rings saga. Lots of technical LotR stuff here...

If you poke around Wikipedia, you'll see most article start in this fashion. I hope to see more of your valuable contributions! — Frecklefoot | Talk 20:57, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Fivearmies-lee.jpg

Hi. I noticed you uploaded this Image:Fivearmies-lee.jpg and added it to Battle of the Five Armies in the warbox. I was wondering if the copyright information is correctly used. What was the source, his 'Lord of the Rings Sketchbook'? Do you have written permission from Alan Lee to use it?

I'm not trying to give you a hard time, its just sometimes newer editors don't have a grasp on which license is applicable to uploaded works. I'd rather see us work to resolve any problems with the image than have it deleted for copyright violation and have you annoyed because either you did indeed have permission or had tagged it incorrectly.

In any case, I guess let me know. :) --Syrthiss 21:24, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That image was copyrighted for a 1997 edition of The Hobbit. You've got some other images from Lee, the recent movies, and Tolkien himself that are labelled 'free use'. They are probably still usable, but need to be identified correctly. I've re-tagged them with {{film-screenshot}} (some of these might be {{promophoto}} though) or {{art}}. --CBD _☎ ^✉ 02:18, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation

When you create disambiguation pages, keep in mind that they are there to separate two or more different topics, not pointing to only one. A few disambiguations that you have recently created were tagged for speedy deletion. Please see CSD G8. -- King of Hearts | (talk) 21:45, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Page Blanking

On 30-Dec, you blanked Hama (disambiguation). Blanking pages is generally considered a bad idea. I've reverted it so that the speedy delete referred to by King of Hearts can actually take place. Thanks. -- JLaTondre 00:43, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Military history: Coordinator elections

The Military history WikiProject is currently holding elections for project coordinators. Any member of the project may nominate themselves and all are encouraged to vote here. The elections will run until February 5.

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Military history WikiProject Newsletter, Issue I

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue I - March 2006

Project news

An independent military history peer review has been created for the benefit of the project. A number of articles have already been reviewed, receiving significantly more feedback within the project than they did on the generic peer review page.
The project's Collaboration of the Fortnight got off to a great start with Ferdinand Foch and is now focusing on the military history of Spain.
Two new task forces—dealing with warfare during classical antiquity and the Middle Ages—have been created.
An effort to build a catalogue of high-quality maps for use in military history articles is now underway.
The newly-formed translation department is looking for volunteers to help with translating featured articles from other-language Wikipedias.

From the Coordinators

Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Military history WikiProject's newsletter! We hope that this new format will help members—especially those who may be unable to keep up with some of the rapid developments that tend to occur—find new groups and programs within the project that they may wish to participate in.

Please consider this inital issue to be a prototype; as always, any comments and suggestions are quite welcome, and will help us improve the newsletter in the coming months.

Kirill Lok s hin, Lead Coordinator

Current proposals

Proposed guidelines for categories of military people are currently being discussed. A number of issues have already been resolved, but the proposed scheme is still in draft form and further input would be very welcome.

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Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue II

The April 2006 issue of the project newsletter is now out. You may read this issue or change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you by following the link. Thanks. Kirill Lok s h in 18:59, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue III - May 2006

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WikiProject London

Hi,

You are currently listed as a participant in WikiProject London, so you may like to know that the participation list is being update. Contributors are asked to bold their names if they are still contributing to London-related projects. Inactive members will be removed at the end of the month. Thanks for participating, COME ON ENGLAND! DJR (Talk) 15:42, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue IV - June 2006

The June 2006 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. Kirill Lokshin 05:24, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue V - July 2006

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Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue VI - August 2006

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Rudnaya Pristan

Hi, the Half Gauntlet! I have a question regarding the section you recently added to Rudnaya Pristan. The whole "Health issues" section seems to come directly from this website. I was unable to find that the information of the Blacksmith Institute is copyrighted, but I also did not find anything releasing the information on their website into public domain or under a free license. Could you, please, explain, why you think the material you added qualifies for free unattributed distribution? Thanks.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 12:34, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the explanation. I wish copyright-related issue could be handled the way you described; unfortunately, that is not the case. Please also note that it's not the matter of my interpretation, but the way Wikipedia and real world work overall. Any written work is always copyrighted, unless it is explicitly released into public domain or distributed under a free license. Lack of copyright notice does not mean information can be freely distributed.

For more details, which will hopefully be useful to you in the future, I send you to WP:COPY, a Wikipedia's policy, and to Wikipedia:Copyright FAQ, its interpretation.

I will also remove the passage you added, although you are very welcome to re-write it, keeping the main points and facts.

Please let me know if you have any questions. Best,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 00:08, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mailuu-Suu

Nice job on Mailuu-Suu. I had planned to expand that entry, but you did a much better job than I could have. Cosal 15:26, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]