User talk:Journalist/Archive 16
AC/DC[edit]Thanks for the help and support. Atlantis Hawk 10:45, 29 November 2006 (UTC) Orphaned fair use image (Image:Great Expectations.jpg)[edit]Thanks for uploading Image:Great Expectations.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently specifies that the image is unlicensed for use on Wikipedia and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy). If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Hi, I recently replaced your uploaded cover image with an image of the original cover of the book per User:Chick Bowen/Bad book covers. A recent cover like yours technically would not be acceptable under the "replaceable" clause of our fair use policy, since the books' original covers, title pages, etc. would be free. Thanks, and I was just letting you know that I did this. --QueenStupid 07:02, 4 December 2006 (UTC) I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Philanthropist, 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:Philanthropist. 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. — Sebastian (talk) 03:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC) RE. Hey[edit]Hey Orane, I replied at my talk page, but I just now had a thought. Could you check out The Boondock Saints and give it a quick grammar and style check for me? I've been trying to make this article featured and if you could help me with the grammar check it would really help! Thanks in advance. :D KOS | talk 12:30, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
Thank you concern[edit]Thanks for your work on the Welcome Committee so long ago (greeting me). While perusing deeper into Wikipedia today, I noticed this page. Later, I checked to see how you were doing. It appears the "thanks" creator would prefer "thanks" to not be kept as awards, but to fall into the User Talk archives. Have a good day. JeremyBicha 05:20, 16 December 2006 (UTC) Picture on Celine Dion main page[edit]Hi Orane, is there a chance that you could change the main picture on Celine Dion page? I think the present pic isn't good choice because:
What would you say for this picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Cd6.jpg Max24 03:12, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Image:Saint Ann.gif[edit]Thanks for uploading Image:Saint Ann.gif. 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:
Alternatively, you can also choose to replace the fair use image by finding a freely licensed image of its subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or a similar) image under a free license, 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. —Angr 18:35, 21 December 2006 (UTC) AC/DC audio samples[edit]Hey, you mentioned in your comment on Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/AC/DC that working audio samples into the AC/DC article would be a good idea. I was think of doing this, but I was wondering if there was a page I could go to which would give me all the details on uploading audio content? I'm not entirely sure of how to do it and I'm not sure about any copyright trivials involved. Thanks for your time. ĤĶ51→Łalk 17:24, 23 December 2006 (UTC) Okay[edit]I've seen your work around and was quite impressed. I didn't notice you'd moved it down as it wasn't immediately obvious and Celine Dion is not an article I care to solidly read through, If you believe moving it down is helpful than that is fine. I appologise for my hastyness, but i'll always assume bad faith 99% of the time due to the sheer amount of bad faith edits i find myself constantly dealing with. Perhaps it's a side-effect of working with the articles I do, but i wouldn't change working with those articles for the world (it increases my knowledge and musical talents/scene knowledge). I think i spotted you around on that Tyree article. I believe I agreed with stances taken there by you.--I'll bring the food 04:31, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Writing songs is a skill, not a talent (i'm not saying you said it was a talent tho). The best way to get started (assuming you would like to try writing) would be to get yourself a pirate copy of Guitar Pro (great little music composition program), some guitar pro tabs of your favorite songs, learn about music theory, and start from there with random power chord patterns. It's really easy actually, just a matter of repetition and looking at other artist's work until you come up with something good. It's all learning, thus my skill not talent comment. The talent is in the playing/singing, although if you know your range and write for it you can make fairly good stuff, and if all else fails, vocal range-wise you can wail in falsetto, which a few of the greats do, like Plant, or Axl Rose. Or if you're so inclined, Justin Timberlake (although it remains to be seen if that guy'll become "one of the greats" of R&B) And everyone gets stage fright, the key is creating a fake image, or a persona to hide behind. David Bowie took it the furthest, imo with Ziggy Stardust. Some stars become their persona eventually. James Hetfield had a great Hard Rock persona, although he seems to have dispensed with it when it lead him to alcoholism. On the pop/R&B side of things, Michael Jackson had the gang defying image (beat it), the monster within (Thriller), that whole Cowboy hat stage, and the humanitarian thing which has become rather dire but then that last one seems to have merged into him. But you won't need to take it that far to perform on an open mic night ;). --I'll bring the food 05:43, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Happy New Year[edit]Hi Orane, hope the New Year has gone well so far, and best wishes for a productive Winter session. Take care -- Samir धर्म 21:30, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Osfan Trouble[edit]Whilst it's no secret I've had my share of run-ins with mods, I have to again report that Osfan, has resorted to further cases of harrasment on my talk page. I have not been arguing with him since your last intervention. You can check my history for his ridiculous comments.
Hi Orane, as you know I worked very hard to make all Dion's singles/albums/videos/tours articles. I have one problem at the moment. Could you make your opinion about the "At Last" article? If you look at the history, my last version was from 18:03, 1 lut 2007. It was a short article including Dion's infobox. Unfortunatelly it was removed completly because it's not "notable" enough. The next day the original Etta James version was expanded. My question is: can we add Dion's version (with infobox) not breaking Wikipedia rules? I can agree that many artists recorded their versions, but they weren't released as singles. Dion relased "At Last" as a single in the U.S. and it even charted on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks. She also performed this song so many times during her 2002 promotion of A New Day Has Come and sang it live for 4 years during her A New Day... show. Max24 14:07, 05 February 2007 (UTC) Upcoming releases[edit]Orane, could you add few words about D'Elles and "S'il N'en Restait Qu'une (Je Serais Celle-là)" on Celine Dion main page? It's not a rumor anymore. By the way...could you anwser my quetsion about At Last? Thanks Max24 03:21, 15 February 2007 (UTC) re: Prince and biting newcomers[edit]hey hey! First, thanks. Second, I didnt mean to come off as "biting" as it seems; that particular user made identical edits as an anon IP user a few weeks ago and it wasn't until after I left the message on his User Talk Page that he created his main user page, which gave me a better indication of where he was coming from, so that's why I initially thought he was more of the vandal type (as a longtime editor I'm sure you know what I mean). That said, I will be more careful in the future. See ya around! :-) - eo 06:16, 17 February 2007 (UTC) At Last discussion[edit]Orane, could you take part in this discussion. Big thanks, Max24 13:43, 21 February 2007 (UTC) Your edit summary[edit]Your edit summary here [1], is totally out of order. Following wiki process is not "FUCKING NONSENSE". I felt that the claim should have been cited and added the request. If you have a problem with this I suggest you start a WP:RFC on my actions, otherwise moderate your language. Also stop taking every edit I make as a personal insult. You don't own the article and I am quite within my rights to add a fact request. Any further profanity and I will take things further. You are not above the rules. Funky Monkey (talk) 18:47, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Survey Invitation[edit]Hi there, I am a research student from the National University of Singapore and I wish to invite you to do an online survey about Wikipedia. To compensate you for your time, I am offering a reward of USD$10, either to you or as a donation to the Wikimedia Foundation. For more information, please go to the research home page. Thank you. --WikiInquirer 21:45, 3 March 2007 (UTC)talk to me RFA Thanks[edit]I would like to thank you for your support in my recent RFA. As you may or may not be aware, it passed with approximately 99% support. I ensure you that I will use the tools well, and if I ever disappoint you, I am open to recall. If you ever need anything, don't hesitate to leave me a note on my talkpage. Thanks again, ^demon[omg plz] 20:29, 25 March 2007 (UTC) I've unprotected this page; I can't find a request for protection, nor an explanation for your action, and you'd edited the page before protecting it, so shouldn't really be applying protection at all. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 22:09, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Just a further point: I haven't, of course, been using rollback; I've been explaining why I've reverted edits. It might be a vain attempt at educating editors to use edit summaries and give sources, but at least it's an effort. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 10:03, 30 March 2007 (UTC) I just wanted to know that I've removed the charts you added to the article. Component charts shouldn't be added, even when sourced (see Wikipedia:Record charts). ShadowHalo 18:31, 30 March 2007 (UTC) Pop articles[edit]The articles are besieged by editors, mostly but not only anons, adding or deleting material with no explanation and no sources. They too respond (if they respond at all) with what is essentially "if you want a source, look it up for yourself" — that, though, is not what WP:CITE says. As admins, we surely ought to provide a good example. I've been trying to defend this and similar articles for a while (despite having not the slightest interest in any of the subjects), which is why I haven't protected it — though it would have saved me a lot of hassle to do so. (Semi-protection isn't so bad in my view, but that might be non-standard, I haven't checked. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 10:01, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Removing the Akon top image[edit]That's fine, but your first edit summary only said "rv album cover as display", which to me wasn't a good reason to remove it, which is why I reverted. As for the usage elsewhere in the article, the copyright box says it can be used "solely to illustrate the audio recording in question," and it seems like it's being used that way. --AW 20:05, 2 April 2007 (UTC) Updated Ben Shneiderman entry, created UofMD Human-Computer Interaction Lab entry[edit]With permission, I updated Ben Shneiderman's entry with modified content taken from his online CV. I'm affiliated with his institution, the University of Maryland's Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL). The material is factual and not a copyright violation so I'd appreciate your restoring the updated version. I also created an entry for HCIL, based on HCIL Web site content. What's the procedure for using, with permission, such material to create entries? Thanks... Usualtalk 19:31, 4 April 2007 (UTC) Global warming article[edit]Thanks for your helpful note re bias at the Global warming entry. Could you please post a note at the mediation page? We need to collect support for making the article more inclusive and diverse. Thanks. --Sm8900 14:24, 6 April 2007 (UTC) GW[edit]You seem to be basing your edits to GW on the page saying: "Global warming is happening, we are all gonna die. Oh, by the way, it's not really important, but some people are uncertain." But since the page doesn't say this at all, or anything like it, I can't see your criticism as at all valid William M. Connolley 16:18, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
What you need to realize, Mr Connolley, is that you have no more authority here than I do. Orane (talk • cont.) 21:19, 6 April 2007 (UTC) 3rr[edit]You've broken WP:3RR on global warming. Do please self-revert William M. Connolley 21:40, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Please take some time for reflection[edit]You're about this || close to a block for tendentious editing and provoking others with "I dare you" edit summaries like this.[2] It would be best for all concerned if you take a few moments to gain some perspective. Raymond Arritt 21:50, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
PS: Why am I the only one who was warned in the matter? Orane (talk • cont.) 21:59, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Protection[edit]I'm not keen on 3RR-blocking unless there's real bad-faith editing. I think that protecting the article is more productive, so that everyone involved can discuss the issues on the Tallk page. I'll look in regularly, but not get involved. I hope that that's OK. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 22:08, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi[edit](discussion lifted from the talk page of William M. Connolley, before it was deleted by the editor. [3]). I don't know if you'd accept it, but I'd like to apologize for my behaviour today. I'm not necessarily saying that I'm wrong to try to tag the article. I'm just saying that I (or both of us) could have handled the situation in a more mature manner. I realize that it's your career, and it's a subject that you are extremely passionate about and are very authoritative on. Nevertheless, I hope that you try to understand my opinion, as i have yours, and hopefully, we can come to a compromise. I also hope that you don't get too frustrated with WP. We need devoted and knowledgeable editors like you around here. Anyway, I'm off to bed; I have work in the morning. Orane (talk • cont.) 05:15, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
On other editors' comments, the GFDL, and courtesy[edit]I happened to see this diff go past on my watchlist a moment ago, and I'm a bit troubled by your edit summary: "im sorry, but this is my talk page. By contributing to Wikipedia, you relinquish control and copyright of your contributions. thank you and have a nice day." It contains a couple of misconceptions that ought to be cleared up. First, while all our contributions to Wikpedia are released under the terms of the GFDL, we do not give up our copyright on them. Indeed, the GFDL only works because it sets out conditions under which copyrighted material may be used. This is a common misunderstanding. Second, while all contributions to Wikipedia are released under the GFDL, the GFDL is by no means the only policy governing our conduct and our use of other editors' words. In the thread above, it appears that you've inserted another editor's remarks into a discussion thread without specifying who actually inserted the remarks or where they came from. You have a moral obligation to clearly indicate where the remarks came from, and who actually placed them on this page; otherwise, a naive reader might assume that WMC actually posted that remark here as part of the discussion into which you've inserted it. To do otherwise might be considered disruptive. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 20:01, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
Template:Jwelcome[edit]Something is funny with that template - it's leaking colour down the entire talk page when you used it on my talk. I've nowiki'd it so solve the problem for now, but you might want to look at the template FWIW. WilyD 18:36, 9 April 2007 (UTC) In Response To '5 Octaves'[edit]Well, I once once recorded myself go up to G7, but there were times when I went as high as F8 but that was last year. Right now, my voice is not as great as it used to be and I need lots of rest and warm up to do this. Besides, I have a classmate by the same name as you and he is also from Jamaica.--Mikey 14:52, 14 April 2007 (UTC) re: Asia Nitollano article[edit]Just wanted to tell you that the edit by user Redraf was not vandalism: he was, in fact, removing vandalism. Cheers. --Lmblackjack21 02:09, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
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