User talk:Lupo

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Comment re: CSD of Silje marlen something

You're absolutely right. Where should it be moved? I'm getting tired and should stop for today. Sorry for the extra work there. Inter 14:36, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Hey, no problem. Meanwhile, it has been speedied again by CryptoDerk... Lupo 14:43, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Waywardphoto

Cheers for that. Fixed it now. Soloist 22:15, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Telford Taylor

Impressive article. Ground 21:43, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Thanks! Lupo 07:06, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

arthur rackham painting of idun

I was looking for images of the Norse goddess Idunn, and came across the photograph of Arthur Rackham's "Idun." I tried to click on the link for the original website, but my browser could not find the server.

Do you know if this and other Arthur Rackham images are in the public domain? If so, please send an e-mail to: andrew_spencer81@yahoo.com.

Thanks,

Andrew Spencer

Hm—it seems that the source link I had provided back in February 2004 indeed has vanished. Anyway, I uploaded the picture based on the assumption that it was public domain (pre-1923). Then it occurred to me that since Rackham was British, I'd better check when he died, and found out that it was in 1939. Hence, the image might not be PD (his works would be copyrighted for 70 years after his death). Or it might, based on the assumption that the image is a simple reproductive scan. Or not, because the image the scan was taken from would be a derivative work... in short, I don't know. Lupo 19:14, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Mr. Diaper vandal

This is not a ban... all he has to do is behave sensibly the next time he creates yet another account. Bans apply to people, not accounts (see for instance attempts to ban Gzormenplatz (sp?) for apparently being a sock puppet of the banned Wik, even though Gzormenplatz has apparently not done anything objectionable under that name). I'm not blocking him on sight, I'm blocking him because he comes back and does the exact same thing that got him blocked previous times: diaper-related disruption and images (the images don't show up in contributions because they are deleted; otherwise, he just logs in later as an anon and uses the images uploaded earlier for further, harder-to-detect vandalism).

I believe he is Wikipedia-savvy... his last account voted in a Votes for Deletion poll as one of its first actions, not something a newbie would do. So if he wanted to file an arbitration he knows how to do it.

I also don't believe he is doing this because he's misguided and clueless; he knows exactly what he's doing. He seems to be getting at least some of the images from some website (one recent one had an URL printed on it), and one of his sock-puppets vandalized a page about a Ukrainian politician. One anon IP he used (219.77.75.200) is Netvigator, Hong Kong. So this isn't some clueless guy sitting in a trailer park somewhere.

Blocking Sud-Pol for only a month or two wouldn't help anything, because he came back with his "Brother Larry" accounts long before such a 1-2 month ban would have expired.

-- Curps 14:42, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Conor Mcardle is a historical figure Lupo!

Please don't remove the entry from the database. He is a very important figure in Ukranian history. Thank you.

- Assistant to Conor McArdle.

Haha. I've heard better jokes. If he is, write a properly sourced real article about him. Lupo 13:36, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

tiny entries

Dear Lupo,

Tiny entries, as you call them, are just the beginning. I am part of a group that wish to define those terms in depth. My sole resposibility is to put them on Wiki. In a week or so entries will grow. I ask only for a bit of patience.

Above post by 194.249.178.142. Reply on User talk:194.249.178.142. Lupo 08:39, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

personal monobook.js

Please check for and if necesary file a bug report at bugzilla.wikimedia.org . That will get to the right set of people. Jamesday 16:36, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

sex toy images

The sex toy images you listed on IFD weren't deleted because noone else commented on them apart from their creator. My apologies for that, I'll try and keep a better eye on IfD. I do believe however that based on the fact that the other images from the set were deleted too that there is strong consensus for deleting these images. I have decided to rather unusually (and I hope it remains something unusual) list them again. I'll also list this at RfC to avoid charges of foul play, but I think you might want to vote on this. Thanks. --fvw* 02:04, 2005 Feb 4 (UTC)

Thanks for telling me. I've left my comment over at IFD. Lupo 07:45, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Toyslove images

Greetings. You recently voted to delete several toyslove images because they were orphans, the copyright status was suspect, and there was a URL to a commercial site on the images. The URL has now been removed, the copyright status has been verified, and two of the images are no longer orphans. I was wondering if you might consider changing your vote. – Quadell ^{(talk) (sleuth)} 20:38, Feb 7, 2005 (UTC)

Vote on Talk:Gdansk/Vote

Hi Lupo. I am once more trying to resolve the dispute related to names of locations with a Polish/German history. I would invite you to vote on Talk:Gdansk/Vote to settle the multi-year dozens-of-pages dispute about the naming of Gdansk/Danzig and other locations. The vote has two parts, one with questions when to use Gdansk/Danzig, and a second part affecting articles related to locations with Polish/German history in general. An enforcement is also voted on. The vote has a total of 10 questions to vote on, and ends in two weeks on Friday, March 4 0:00. Thank you -- Chris 73 Talk 00:59, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)

Hey

Hey, Who are you to Bully me around eh punk? --Box of Rice 09:37, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Did you finally get bored of diapers? Lupo 09:52, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

Lupo how are people going to 'wiki' this tsunami evidence if you just delete it, for human kinds sake look at it all, post was you feel relevant!

Above posted by 198.53.203.36. Lupo 10:28, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Take your random propaganda for a stray conspiracy theory elsewhere, and don't post copyrighted material. Lupo 10:28, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Lupo, did you even read my 'random' (honestly that such a funny discripion) propaganda, sorry not mine but Joe Vaills Report www.vialls.com/subliminalsuggestion/tsunami.html I hope you did, because otherwise you'd be an quite arrogant narrow minded sheeple, I don't think you are, after all your an admin for wiki, that says something in itself, please for the sake of doing your job properly and without bias please read the above mentioned report.

Also this is not propaganda, or i guess on the technical side, it could be, in your opinion, course I say the same thing about CNN and 95% of private media, you know the media thats owned by all of 6 private corps.

[Link spam for conspiracy theories clipped.] Lupo 11:35, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)

John Driscoll

Conversation with 195.134.12.229:

I just wanted a page for my achievements...

You guys are gonna delete me for sure anyway, so why are you so surprised that I'm whiling away some of the boring hours at work with a little humour... Interviewed by Michael Jackson? Come on, that's so ridiculous it's got to be worth a laugh :)

That's sweet Lupo, you won't delete me :)

I wish there was an actor John Driscoll, but I don't think there is at the moment :)

Hm. There seem to be at least four actors named "John Driscoll" :-) Lupo 12:28, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Anyways I'm going for lunch... If you need an email account anytime swing by www.johndriscoll.co.uk, I'm giving IMAP + Webmail (1GB) for £5 a month :)

Really? Cool :)

Did you also know I lived for a while in this tiny village called Grayshott, in the UK? And it's also the birthplace of Bridget Jones actor Colin Firth? How cool...

Very cool...

Now I need to work out how to apply that stylesheet to my own page! How do I do this? - Ta bu shi da yu 22:58, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

deine nachricht

ich hab gar keinen artikel geschrieben.... hääääääää?????

Above post by 195.93.60.139.

There is a known bug in the software that sometimes shows users who are not logged in the wrong talk pages. Apparently, that has happened for you. BTW, I have no idea what message you are referring to. Lupo 07:26, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Alexander Graham Bell

I am sorry Lupo, I accidently replaced your image of Alexander Graham Bell in Wikicommons with mine. I could add a description but maybe you want to re-upload your image instead. 195.241.105.124 12:56, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hey Jan, you could upload your image under a different name and add a description. And then you could ask Chris 73 on commons to revert. I don't really care (your image is a nice one, too, albeit a bit dark), it's just having an image vs. description mismatch that bothers me. Lupo 13:04, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Then I will not make the effort to set it back. I will change the description. Thanks.~~

Biographical arcticles

C.f. User talk:Porcher. Lupo 13:35, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hello! Thanks for your message!

I figured you should whether use the initials or the whole name, for aesthetical reasons, but I thank you for your advice. I will change and redirect the biographical articles I have contributed on as soon as I can (N. C. A. da Costa to Newton da Costa; W. H. Young to William Henry Young etc etc).

Image deletion

I removed the ifd request, I agree with you.

Moving this around...

Gee, I'm sorry! I moved it from Renato M.E. Sabbatini to Renato M. E. Sabbatini because I thought the title had to be corrected and that's the only way I know how to do it. I was trying to help.

Jesus, of all things I never noticed the "move" tab. Thanks for the warning!

One question left

Now that things are fixed I'd like to ask: Would it be wrong to move the arcticle from Renato M.E. Sabbatini to Renato M. E. Sabbatini and redirect the former to the latter?

You noticed! Yes, that would actually be correct. But then, also make sure that "Renato" and "R. M. E." are changed from redirects to "Renato M.E." into redirects to "Renato M. E.". Otherwise, these will remain double redirects (redirects to a redirect), which doesn't work. BTW, it is customary to sign messages on talk pages. Just add four tildes (~~~~) to your messages; the software will replace them by your signature and a timestamp. Lupo 14:19, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

BTW, if you move the page, the old title will automatically become a redirect to the new title, you won't have to do that manually. Lupo 14:24, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I'll do that and then I'll forget the Sabbatini page, since I consider it to be autobiographical and falling under the concept of vanity page. So I'll just step back. Thanks for your tips once again! Porcher 14:26, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I agree that it's a borderline case. However, he does seem to be noteable enough, and as far as I could verify it, it also is factually correct, so the only flaw the page has is that he wrote it himself. If somebody else had written it (even he himself under a pseudonym or as a non-logged-in user), nobody would question that article. In my opinion, it falls on this side of the line. I prefer having articles about noteable professors than Pokémons or other fancruft about obscure fictional characters in (in-)significant books or films. Lupo 14:31, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Fellow Knowlege Buff!

I'm glad to hear that there are others ... I'll randomly click and fix for hours, or start re-writing something relating to my future education path ( Joint BSCS and BSEE next ). No real purpose to this message aside from 'Hello!'. -- Dbroadwell 17:51, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

the Schillings

I have seen the reference. The two Schillings are often confused, and that's just some statement on a random webpage. The drawings of the Berner+Spiezer Schillings are in a quite different style from the Luzerner one, and this Laupen image is definitely either Berner or Spiezer. I don't have an edition here, right now, but I can find out. (The Zurich one has yet again a very different style, but it is quite inferior in comparison, and assumed to be illustrated by a beginner). The mercenaries image (Luzerner Schilling, compare the style) I found on the web. I was planning on scanning a few images from "Die Welt der Schweizer Bilderchroniken", which I have here, but I haven't got round to it yet. best regards, dab (ᛏ) 09:05, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I do (have background information), but I scribbled it on a slip of paper which I cannot find now :o) give me a couple of days, a friend of mine has a complete edition (not faksimile) of the Luzerner one, and I was going to state folio and all, so that the website I got the scan from would become irrelevant. btw, the Laupen website states "Cronica di Lucerna di D. Schilling, fine sec.XV", which is impossible. Either it's "fine sec.XV" and an Elder Schilling, as I claim, or it's from the "Cronica di Lucerna", but then "inizio sec.XVI"! Seeing this inconsistency, you should just discard that information altogether. Btw, the mercenaries are deserting, on this particular image, they are fed up with some campaign in Italy, and sneak off home (crossing the Alps South to North). As I said, I'll provide exact folio number and context as soon as I can. dab (ᛏ) 09:17, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

ah, re the woman, it's a so-called Marketenderin, a woman on campaign with landsknechts: cheap workforce and sex-worker in combination. The elder Diebold depicts them very ladylike, while the younger gives a very realistic image of hard-boiled, tough women, who could also hold their own when the battle went ill. Btw, [1] has a lot of scans of the Luzerner Schilling, but unfortunately in very low resolution. dab (ᛏ) 09:24, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Apples, Vaud

That's fine — my confusion was stemming from the fact that the "Habitants: Renards" had been there from the beginning, and so I assumed it was genuine. Looking back, though, I realize that the original author was probably the same troll that's been adding nonsense to all Switerland-related articles... — Asbestos | Talk 16:10, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Well, the problem is that the "renard" stuff is even in the original version on fr:Apples, written by the esteemed editor fr:Utilisateur:Greatpatton... I don't quite understand what this anon is doing: obviously, he's trying to import things from fr:, but then he puts in spurious nonsense. Oh, and I'm sorry about forgetting the sig. Lupo 16:14, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Urheberrecht

Ich habe nach den details des Urheberrecht fuer das Bild gefragt, im Stil eines formalen Briefes. Das kommt bei aelteren Akademikern vermutlich besser an, und fuer mich macht es keinen Unterschied (bin auch Akademiker, aber noch nicht so alt, hoffe ich :). Mal schauen was dabei rauskommt. Ansonsten wuerde ich Ihn als ehemaligen chef einer Abteilung der Uni beim wort nehmen, und das Bild stehen lassen. Falls beschwerden kommen, koennen wir es immer noch rausnehmen, und auf seine Edits verweisen. Ach ja, ne andere sache: Ich habe gerade meine zweite Admin nominierung gestartet, Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Knowledge Seeker. Er scheint mir aehnliche Qualitaeten zu haben wie du. Vielleicht kannst du mal einen Blick draufwerfen. Herzliche Gruesse -- Chris 73 Talk 04:15, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)

Of course; I had no intention of removing that image. But from what I can see, it clearly is not PD. It's copyrighted and {{fairuse}}.

As to just accepting his word: maybe. But his actions (and reactions) don't exactly make me confident that he is well versed in copyright issues. At the very least, he should be able to provide verifiable references if he claims things marked as © were actually PD.

Yes, I had seen the nomination and planned to take a closer look. Lupo 07:41, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Well, lets hope I get a useful response. I'll let you know if I get anything. Also, thanks for your vote. Happy editing -- Chris 73 Talk 11:05, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)

Wikifun Round 5

I hope you don't mind... but you haven't posted a new round for the longest time, so I went ahead and made a new round. -- AllyUnion (talk) 11:10, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I saw you doing it. That's fine with me—at first I didn't have the time, and then I forgot completely about it. Good job! Lupo 19:07, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Lupo!

I totally forgot to send you a message! Yeah, I'm leaving Wikipedia - not because of the people (they are an amazing bunch - even the controversial ones) and not because of the project. To be honest it's just that I'm a Christian whose spent too much time on here. I want to get more involved in my church, but I can't also spend large amounts of time on Wikipedia. My church is struggling at the moment (not because of me, of course) and I've burnt a few bridges along the way, but I needed to choose between Wikipedia and Christianity. I chose Christianity. This isn't to say I think that Christians can't edit Wikipedia! It's just I'm a bit of a victim of my own success and I have spent too long on Wikipedia.

So I'm going cold turkey. No more Wikipedia :(

I'd like to thank you for your confidence in me in submitting me for admin candidacy! Your advise and mentorship over the months has been most valuable. Keep up the good work Lupo. I have a lot of respect for the work you do around here! - Ta bu shi da yu 23:03, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks mate :) Of all the people, I'll probably add a message to your talk page every now and then. Just don't tell anyone, k? And do me a favour? Make sure that Everyking, Dr Zen and Netoholic get treated fairly. They can be difficult at tiimes, but they are valuable and not bad sorts. All the best mate. - Ta bu shi da yu 08:13, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

My adminship

Thank you for voting for me for adminship. I appreciate the confidence you showed in me. By the way, I'm addicted to paper encyclopedias too—textbooks also. I remember back before college I'd be flipping to the back to check an answer and getting distracted by a topic in Chapter 28 or so. — Knowledge Seeker দ 08:35, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

monobook.js

Hi, I've noticed that you seem to know a bit about how to construct javascripts, so I'd like to ask you something. On wiktionary, I've tried to create (through my monobook.js file) a script which pastes a block of text into the edit window. Now, what I wonder is: if the block of text I want pasted includes apostrophes, how do I get the script to include them? I've tried with only the apostrophe, with \' and with \\', but none of them works...

I'd need those as part of the usual wiki-markup; right now I use <i> </i> and <b> </b> instead, but that's a bit ugly...

Thanks in advance,
\Mikez 13:57, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Well, most of what I know about Javascript is general knowledge of programming plus a lot of trial and error... I see three things you could try:

• Use the hexadecimal code of the apostrophe, i.e. \x27 or \\x27 (don't know which one might work, if at all).
• Use the double quote " as the outermost string delimiter for the insertTags, i.e. onclick='javascript:insertTags(\" ... \", \"\", \"\");'. Within the argument strings of insertTags, you should then be able to use a plain apostrophe. Though I must admit I would have to look up what insertTags is supposed to do. Why not use document.editform.wpTextbox1.value = document.editform.wpTextbox1.value + "Your text" instead of calling insertTags? And maybe the fact that the whole thing is enclosed in a string already (as the argument to document.write) means that you would have to invert all your string delimiters, i.e. use " for document.write, too, and quote all contained double quotes...
• Take a look at my monobook.js, especially the functions myPortlet and makeactivelink. It does the same what you are trying to do, but uses Javascript to integrate the portlet (or quickbar) properly into the xhtml sent by the Wiki servers, instead of just blasting it out-of-sequence with a document.write. A call like makeactivelink ("test", "document.editform.wpTextbox1.value = '''Hello''';") produces a link named "test" that replaces the content of the edit box by '''Hello'''.

I would have to experiment, too, to figure out how to do it properly within a single document.write... HTH. Lupo 20:15, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the hint. I only had to try the \\x27 – version; it works perfectly :)

Oh, but concerning your second suggestion (well, I haven't tried it yet...) doesn't that add the block of text at the end of the edit box? That's not quite what I need - I want to be able to place it anywhere in the text... But maybe I should try it out before I complain — as you see, I don't know very much about programming... ;)

Anyway, I appreciate your help. \Mikez 10:16, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Phone # vandal

Back as 66.144.13.252 -- John Fader (talk | contribs) 17:22, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hm. Seems to have stopped without having been blocked. I have got to go now, if you see him again, list him at WP:VIP to get some other admin's attention. Thanks for the notification, BTW. Lupo 17:26, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief

About your nomination for Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief as speedy for an ad. I'm not so sure, but I don't know how to categorize someone granted asylum in the US for his role in Iraq. 12.74.168.243 21:15, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I am not sure myself, which is why I tagged it instead of speedying it myself. If you have more (verifiable!!) info on him, please feel free to add it to the article and remove the deletion tag. Otherwise, if this article gets deleted, you might just recreate it with some real content. Thanks anyway for the heads up! Lupo 21:17, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

German Wiki

Pls. stop to change Polish city names. Its not the German wikipedia.

BTW even the German wiki use Polish names :) (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byt%C3%B3w)

Posted by 172.183.143.208, who seems to operate also under other IPs in the 172... range (e.g. 172.181.164.45 or 172.181.97.72).

Answer on User talk:172.183.143.208. Lupo 09:17, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

great work

I, User:Dbachmann, award you with a cheesy Matterhorn image for your egregious contributions to articles about the History of Switzerland.

Wow, every time I check the articles look better. It's time you got some sort of award for your outstanding work (but I didn't dare adding it to your pristine userpage). regards, dab (ᛏ) 12:40, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)