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Star Trek depictions

Your artistic renditions of Kira and Sisko are appreciated but how do they help the article? According to WP:Images, an image should be "relevant to the article they appear in and be of sufficient notability (relative to the article's topic)." The images you placed were just fan art done by yourself. I know you are an admin but I still do not see any rationale for fan art done by the user themselves should be on an encyclopedic page. Gdo01 00:58, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

They weren't by me. The reason I included them is because they are free license images, as opposed to the fair use images already present. -- Zanimum 16:54, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Guardian article

I read it yesterday. I posted a response on Talk:Cristina Odone. Alan Pascoe 23:05, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikisource logo for Finnish Wikisource

Hi. Could you please make a Finnish version of Wikisource's logo. The project name would be WIKIAINEISTO. Thank you beforehand. -- Mzlla 15:42, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Nick

Hey Nick, its me your cousin "André"

Just popped in a saw that your updating your webpage --G-mailer 23:27, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Andre! Nice to see you stopped by! -- Zanimum 17:31, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Zanimum

I have questions regarding on the Somali wikipedia. I will wait your response on where should post my questions. My account at so.wikupedia.org is mimursal. Thanks in advance.

- M. I. Mursal-

Post them on my English Wikipedia talkpage, I'll try my best to answer as many as I can. -- Zanimum 16:20, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am a Somali native speaker and a user of so.wikipedia.org (Somali wikipedia). there are some misused pages [1] to be removed and some other translation to be done on the main page. I am not sure if you speak Somali if sow we could communicate in Somali. I would like to volunteer the Administrator/sysop work for so.wikipedia.org. --Mimursal 20:26, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about the delay to reply. I see you have discovered "Requests for permissions". If you need my support, I will vote for you. -- Zanimum 15:09, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Don’t worry about the delay. Thanks for the support offer. I saw that you have indicated your support for me on Requests_for_permissions on meta wiki, but Walter has over crossed that support. So if you are still in the mood, please do it on this Requests_for_adminship page. --Mimursal 09:03, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Marxist sandra l smith.JPG

Thanks for uploading Image:Marxist sandra l smith.JPG. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

Go to the image description page and edit it to add {{Replaceable fair use disputed}}, without deleting the original Replaceable fair use template.
On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace the fair use image by finding a freely licensed image of its subject or by taking a picture of it yourself.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our fair use criteria. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that any fair use images which are replaceable by free-licensed alternatives will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 09:44, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Licensing Images

Hello there:

I saw your note about licensing images on my talk page. But for the most part, to my knowledge I have been using the GFDL/Creative Commons by SA when uploading my pics to WikiMedia, such as this one I did earlier in the week: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:GreenHead01-AltesMuseum-Berlin.png. So I must be missing out on something then; is at an earlier image you are interested in? (or am I missing something when it comes to the GFDL/CC?)

Cheers! Captmondo 22:49, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Great to here you've started! There were a few ones from like two years ago or more, in the TTC and Toronto folders. You're okay with these being relicensed? -- Zanimum 14:38, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, not a problem -- go for it! Captmondo 10:35, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there!

n:Wikinews:Administrators#User:Zanimum.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:03, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thx. I am also an admin for the Inupiak Wikipedia, if that's relevant. Also, my writing stats for Wikinews are actually 105 now, thanks to the Toronto/Brampton/Mississauga election interviews. -- Zanimum 18:25, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:TaraSpencerNairn2.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:TaraSpencerNairn2.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

Go to the image description page and edit it to add {{Replaceable fair use disputed}}, without deleting the original Replaceable fair use template.
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List of longest running U.S. cable television series

I think I'm about 36 hours away from turning User:B.Wind/TV list sandbox into List of longest running U.S. cable television series as I had a particularly fruitful editing session last night. Any feedback you have will be most appreciated (please feel free to edit - the list probably needs a fresh perspective from someone without dyslexia). If it all looks good to everybody, I'll trim the comments and move the rest on Tuesday (November 15) or Wednesday (November 16). B.Wind 11:26, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Virtual classroom

I spotted your message on the VC talk page - thanks for the question and comment. The Virtual classroom is in its experimental stage. If it grows into a valuable resource, then perhaps it can be moved to the Wikipedia namespace in the future. I've brainstormed a potential itinerary in my workshop (accessible from the header of my user page), and welcome your suggestions. You are also welcome to participate in the discussions in the classroom itself. What interfaces do you use to navigate and work on Wikipedia? (Please post your answers in the relevant sections on the VC page. Hope to see you there. The Transhumanist 23:51, 13 November 2006 (UTC) [reply]

Image tagging for Image:Movie_DVD_cover_batman.jpg

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J. R. R. Tolkien

Thanks for noticing that, Kizor. Perhaps a semi-protect is in order, do you think? -- Zanimum 18:29, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes! We're losing. ASAP, please. --Kizor 18:31, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. --Kizor 18:48, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I respectfully disagree. Please see WP:SPP#When_not_to_use_semi-protection. The Main Page Featured Article should not be protected, and certainly not for two hours. savidan^{(talk) (e@)} 20:18, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Featured articles of the day

Please do not protect the featured article of the day for more than a few minutes to clean up vandalism (or perhaps longer in the event of serious vandalism, but we need not spill any beans as to what constitutes that). I have unprotected the page. Thanks. Cowman109^Talk 21:04, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

More replaceable fair use images

Image:Tv nbc joey drea.jpg

—Chowbok ☠ 22:51, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Help needed on so.wikipedia.org

Hello, We need you help on the Somali wiki. Someone (from IP 80.124.149.131) has deleted article links on the Main page of the site. How to get back that information? Here is the linkthat you can check of what he/she has done. My talk page on Wiki SO is so:user talk:mimursal

Thanks in advance, --Mimursal 07:52, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The page has been restored by so:user:baronnet. Thanks to him. --Mimursal 09:28, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please use edit summaries

I have been trying to find edits in the edit history of Template:In the news and you not using edit summaries is quite unhelpful. You should also used edit summaries if you make substantial edits to any other article or Wikipedia page. —Centrx→talk • 07:54, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

1,500,000th article

Hi! You said that the snail article was one of four created at the same time.. out of curiosity, do you remember the other three? Which articles? Regards, Punkmorten 22:26, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm also interested in this matter (probably for the article in the Signpost this coming week). Thanks in advance. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 23:04, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My decision was based on a comment to the main page talk by AmiDaniel: "It's not conclusive yet though--the contest seems to be between Kanab Ambersnail, Hotel Torni, and the one you mentioned. We won't know for sure for some time, so let's just try to stay calm". A while after he made it, there was no decision, so I decided to step in and just choose Kanab on the basis that it couldn't be declared trivial, as it is an endangered species, and that the article could easily be expanded. While the Hotel Torni did show promise, there was no guarantee that there'd be enough interest and easily available information to expand it. Other choices mentioned, like Alonzo Jackson, just seemed really dislikable. As there was no definitive answer, I saw no harm in choosing a symbolic 1,500,000th by making those judgement calls. Let me know if you want to know more. -- Zanimum 18:03, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good. Thanks for your response. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 04:39, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:WikiProject Extinction

Hi. What is the purpose of Template:WikiProject Extinction, and why is it going on about dogs? Thanks – Gurch 00:13, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sherrie Westin

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Sherrie Westin, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at Talk:Sherrie Westin. You may remove the {{dated prod}} template, and the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Demiurge 14:19, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Looks much better now, thanks for expanding it. Demiurge 17:44, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Main Page banner

Can you remove the blank line in Template:Main Page banner? It is causing extra white space to show on the main page. It's the line break right before the noinclude tag. --- RockMFR 17:35, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about that. I just added back in the interwiki link to the Vietnamese edition. -- Zanimum 17:50, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Map factoid.jpg

How was this deleted? Was this listed at PUI or IFD? IMHO, if it didn't pass through those channels I demand that the screencapbe undeleted and undergo at deletion discussion. --Howard the Duck 07:49, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, Ral315 was technically right in deleting it. American fair use law only is applicable when the image in question is used to illustrate in an editorial context, aka the article space. I've undeleted for the time being, but I recommend uploading it to a file hosting service, and just linking to there. -- Zanimum 14:27, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your undeletion of Image:Bob rae posed 2006 campaign.JPG

Zanimum, why did you undeleted Image:Bob rae posed 2006 campaign.JPG? Did you consulted the admin who deleted it? And why do you believe the image is "not replaceable"? Best regards, --Abu Badali 22:21, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

None of the flickr photos of Rae are CC-BY, I've yet to hear back from anyone I contacted, urging relicensing. Because a random Wikinewsie applied to attend a Liberal event early the campaign, and didn't show up, we're unlikely to be able to get into this weekend's leadership vote. Rae will either become the leader of the federal opposition party, and be extremely hard to get a hold of, or he will lose, and disappear into private retirement. Additionally, his campaign manager personally encouraged the image's usage. Until Monday, there's no hope in heck I'd be able to converse with them, to ask them to relicense the image, due to the busy last minute campaigning. -- Zanimum 22:30, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, this means you dispute Quadell's decision to delete the image as replaceable. Don't you agree that going through Wikipedia:Deletion review would be the proper course of actions? Simply reposting the image makes it a candidate for speedy deletion. --Abu Badali 22:38, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright Violations

Since you last warned Lfabre, (and are an administrator) I thought you might know what to do next. He/She has just contributed large chunks of text (or created) The Financier , the Stoic, and The Titan , and copied her/his contributions from [[2]] and [[3]]. I haven't been able to find if and where The Titan one comes from, but it seems a suspiciously similar tone!!! Thanks for your help --Slp1 01:45, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. I've fixed the two you're sure of, by deleting them, then restoring only the edits before Lfabre added content. This way the copyvios don't appear at all in the edit history. -- Zanimum 15:13, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just reviewing things, I've blocked him for six months. -- Zanimum 15:19, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much for your help. I'll keep looking for the Titan source. Slp1 03:32, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image tagging for Image:Movies_ace_ventura_all_rightie_then.jpg

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Marjorie Husted

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Marjorie Husted, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at Talk:Marjorie Husted. You may remove the deletion notice, and the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. UKWiki 20:17, 30 November 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Take a look at my citation for her birthdate. -- Zanimum 20:24, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New Photo Matching Service

Hi there,

I'm contacting you because you listed yourself at Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Photographers. You might be interested in a new wikiproject page that lists photographers and articles that need photos by location. The page is located at Wikipedia:Photo Matching Service or WP:PMS GabrielF 00:12, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is Wikipedia China Really Wikipedia?

Hey Nick, I just noticed you have posted a comment referring perspective readers of the report to Andrew Lih's response. There has been an ongoing discussion at the village pump at Chinese wikipedia. A concerned wikipedian posted a memo of contest to the mailing list [4]. Ktsquare (talk) 06:24, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Nbc al roker pr shot.jpeg

Thanks for uploading Image:Nbc al roker pr shot.jpeg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

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Reply

Actually, it is you that needs to read up a bit, the only comment on that talk page is from me! Secondly, there is clearly no consensus to use the images template, in fact there seems to largely be consensus not to use them. Do not add them back to the articles until the community has decided to do so.

Also, note that not deleting a template does not mean it should be used on articles, for the relevant discussions of no consensus see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Illustrated_Wikipedia, Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Illustrative_comics and Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Wikipedia:WikiProject_Illustrated_Wikipedia. Martin 12:47, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]