User talk:Quadell/Archive 10

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This archive page covers comments 451-500, from roughly May 22, 2005 to August 6, 2005.

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Some of the images that you tagged

Hi, you tagged the following images GFDL in Feb-Mar 2005.

What I am asking is whether you got the permission of the author to tag it like that or not? I couldnt find any reference on the talk page of the uploader. ---Spundun 08:03, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

Stubsensor award

Aquificales genera incertae sedis

"Aquificales genera incertae sedis" is just Latin for "Aquificales genera of uncertain place". In other words, it's the list of unclassified genera from the family. You might want to think about merging it back into Aquificales. Gdr 18:26, 2005 May 27 (UTC)

It looks to me that User:Statkit1 just copied out the data from [1] without really understanding it. You can see on that page that "Aquificales genera incertae sedis" is not a family, it's an unnamed and unranked group of organisms that share some genetic features. Hence the name. Gdr 20:09, 2005 May 27 (UTC) P.S. "incertae sedis" (or "inc.sed.") is standard jargon for groups whose affinity is unclear.

Thank you for fixing this. Gdr 22:18, 2005 May 31 (UTC)

Substituting templates

Don't forget to substitute templates such as {{idw}} when you put them on talk pages - it reduces server load, and prevents accidental borking of the template. Thanks, Alphax ^τεχ 23:58, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

Template:PD-Germany

You seem to have permanently protected this template. You might note that it has been marked for deletion [2]. --Henrygb 14:48, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Also 'semi-permanent protection of a template' (as you say in the log) is not something we usually do. Unless there's reason to suspect the template being vandalized, it should be unprotected. Radiant_>|< 14:51, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
- Ah, thanks for pointing that out; I had checked cat:protected and there weren't that many templates in there. I guess the cat is a bit out of date. Radiant_>|< 15:06, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
  - The problem with the template is that it doesn't conform to actual German copyright law. WP:CP and WP:IFD have been informed and will take a closer look at the actual copyright status of the tagged images. It seems likely that the template will be obsolete after that, but we should keep it around until we're sure. R adiant _>|< 21:39, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)

Image:Skandinavism.jpg

Hmm...well, I'll ask the uploader. Thanks, Beland 19:16, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Images and media for deletion/Unverified orphans

FYI, The thread is a little stale but I just replied on that subject. --Gmaxwell 05:44, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Malformed ISBN references

A report you have previously requested has been regenerated from a recent database dump. Check User:Topbanana/Reports/This article may contain a badly formed ISBN reference if interested. - TB 12:47, 2005 Jun 13 (UTC)

MV Tampa

Hi, Quadell. Any specific suggestions on what should be done with MV Tampa? (I'm not as active in following policy formulation &c. as I once was). Cheers, Slac speak up! 04:53, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

GFDL-presumed

You asked a while ago for comments on your Template:GFDL-presumed. I dislike it because it removes images from the unverified/untagged list without us really having copyright information about them. Presuming GFDL is not a legal defense. We ultimately shouldn't have any images we don't know for certain are free. This will just delay some unfree images from being found and deleted when processing unknown image lists. I don't have a problem with giving uploaders a chance to tag these images as GFDL. I would even accept giving them a one month delay to act on the warning to tag this kind of image. However, that tag is not a solution. Superm401 | Talk 19:12, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

Ethnic Cleansing in Croatia Image

You posted a while back with a request to create this map: Image:EthCleanCroatia.JPG. Well I did, and you can see the final version at Image:EthnicCleansingInCroatia.jpg. The only problem is that I didn't know which article referenced the image. I put a copy of it in Ethnic cleansing, but feel free to put it where you wish.

Red link recovery project

Howdy, Topbanana here, back after an extended absence. I've decided to round up a few of my more useful reports into a project with the goal of converting as many "red links" (links to non-existant articles) into "blue links" (links to real articles). As you've been active in fixing similar things in the past, I thought I'd let you know in case you're interested in joining up. If not, I won't be offended - we've all got lots todo here :) - TB 11:38, 2005 Jun 23 (UTC)

purported maps of ethnic cleansing in .hr

Please see Talk:Demographics of Croatia and the edits I made on that article. --Joy [shallot] 15:16, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Century images

It could be argued that the various images that you're adding to the century articles are POV. --Brunnock 23:15, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)

Copyvio images on commons

Just a quick FYI (wikipedia is on and off ATM), the follow images on commons are copyvio and I'm in the process of removing them: Image:Hiker_drinking_water.jpg Image:Woman_in_Lotus_pose.jpg Image:Girl_with_braces_in_for_checkup.jpg Image:Hand_holding_a_tablet.jpg Image:Bicycle_rider_with_helmet.jpg Image:Girl_with_braces_in_for_checkup.jpg Image:Physical_therapy_exercise.jpg Image:Family_playing_wiffleball.jpg Image:Old_man_reading_in_library.jpg Image:Ambulance_in_action.jpg Image:Old_couple_reading.jpg --Gmaxwell 28 June 2005 03:30 (UTC)

Copyright page

Hi, I'm an admin over at Wikisource, and I was wondering if I could take your copyright page and copy it over at Wikisource. It's a very comprehensive list and is quite excellent, and with the amount of copyright issues we deal with, a reference like that would be very much needed. Of course, you'll get full credit for it. :) Please reply here. Zhaladshar 29 June 2005 15:42 (UTC)

Thanks! Yeah, I'll let you know if I get any new information so you can keep your page updated. Zhaladshar 29 June 2005 18:09 (UTC)

I just saw this at Wikipedia:Copyrights#Comments on copyright laws by country--in Russia, copyright is Life+70. Zhaladshar 29 June 2005 19:08 (UTC)

dual licensing

Please read the objection at this page and see this article. I think it is wrong to apply the current Cc-by-nc-sa template to images that are dual licensed under GFDL such as Image:Drosophila egg.png. --Memenen 1 July 2005 14:01 (UTC)

I might put a qustion on a wrong place

Hello. Could you take a look at User talk:Quadell/copyright and give me a comment? You might be aware, but I feel I wrote on an inappropriate page and perhaps you don't know the existence of my asking... - Marsian // talk 2005-07-02 03:25:13 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. All right, I understand that this is a difficult case... Please give me a time to consider. I'll ask about this problem again on ja.wp. Thanks. - Marsian // talk 2005-07-03 05:15:12 (UTC)

Ancient Rome picture

You created the graphic in the Ancient Rome article that shows the Empire at various stages of its history. It is an excellent addition to the article; however I have looked at it on threed different PCs and two of them could not distinguish the red from the orange in the map (they both look red). Is it possible you could make the orange, say, blue, and resubmit the image? If this is just a problem I am having fair enough but I think it may be more widespread. Batmanand 4 July 2005 22:01 (UTC)

Thanks for your message. The change does not seem to have made any difference unfortunately - on the PC I am on currently the orange is fine, on the one I use at other times it is still not distionguishable from the red (I checked). Absolutely do not know why - assume it cannot be a graphics card/driver issue cos both PCs are relatively new and not "modded" or anything that would make them succeptible. Dunno what to do for the best (maybe not make the orange blue, as I suggested yesterday - only just realised how stupid that would be). Maybe see if anyone else complains, and then change if necessary. Sorry for all the trouble. Batmanand 5 July 2005 13:50 (UTC)

Naming conventions

Hi Quadell. I undid your move of Volta-Congo languages to Volta-Congo language, as longstanding Wikipedia practice is to pluralize language families. See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (languages) and its talk page for the convention and its rationale. Kind regards, — mark ✎ 7 July 2005 20:32 (UTC)

It's ok. I see you're on the Red Link Recovery team. I fixed the Baka pygmy article which contained a link to Volta-Congo language. — mark ✎ 7 July 2005 20:39 (UTC)

Flags

Image of flags are not in public domain.

Why do you think that? – Quadell ^{(talk) (sleuth)} July 8, 2005 17:44 (UTC)

Abu Qir Bay

Hi - accident is the reason. The characters must have been put in in browser-unsafe form. I didn't actually touch those characters - all I did was change the stub - but for some reason some browsers break non-unicode characters. The MW1.5 upgrade was meant to have changed that, but it didn't unfortunately. Normally I notice and change characters over to a safer form but I didn't notice this time (it's usually charatcers like ð and Š that are the problem.

BTW, the previous poster is right - images of flags are not PD. I am a frequent poster to the web's biggest flag directory (www.fotw.net), and copyright issues are a big problem for us. The flags themselves are PD, but all the images you see online or in books are created by someone. Some can be claimed as fair use if taken from government websites and similar, but images of them taken from websites and books are definitely not free use. Grutness...wha? 00:23, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Sol LeWitt

Hi Quadell,

My thanks, that picture's a much nicer example of a LeWitt. The one I had there previously was perhaps the most disappointing picture I've uploaded to Wikipedia - perhaps I can get it deleted now :) -- Solipsist 23:23, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Greetings back -- and about Watermelon

Hey. :) Thanks for stopping by my talk page.

I think you're being oversensitive, Quadell. In reading my response, I don't see anything whatsoever "snide" about my response. You were incorrect in your observation that no one was pressing for the removal of the text. Should I have said you were "mistaken" instead? Would that have been more palatable? Certainly, no offense was intended -- and I don't think my language was offensive in any way. Sorry if you feel that way -- and thanks for your earlier kind words. Peace 2 u. deeceevoice 22:15, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Your userpage

Just wanted to let you know I've listed the user vandalizing your userpage on WP:VIP. Pak aran 01:45, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Greetings, Quadell! About time I said hello. You're quite welcome, and keep up the good work here. Antandrus (talk) 02:17, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

You're very welcome :). I figure the reason I was made a sysop is to deal with idiots like that. Pak aran 02:19, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

As per the above. Always willing to help a fellow wiki-defender. Best, Meelar (talk) 03:54, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

A troll

Hello, Quadell. If the article about Spermdumpster, and the user pages Quadello and QuadelloJello are supposed to be funny, I don't find them so. Who's idea was this, and Who do I talk to about getting the offending entries off my watchlist? Michael 03:21, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Strangely enough, as a random person interjecting, I can say that, the user pages Quadello and QuadelloJello, and a few other user pages, somehow came into my own watchlist. Seeaxid 15:46, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, he probably moved a page that was on your watchlist (such as my user page, perhaps) to one of those pages, and then someone moved the page back. In those cases, the Trolling page ends up on your watchlist. – Quadell ^{(talk) (sleuth)} 16:32, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

So, I read... Listen, who do I tell about this? This troll is pissing me off, and this is the second time I have found about it! Michael 15:06, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Your image up for deletion

I just want to notify you that I put Image:Aclu.PNG up for deletion because it has been replaced by Image:Aclu.png. —Mar ka ci 2005-07-16 T 03:54:22 Z

Fair use

Okay, permission is not needed for a fair use, but the first point I made on Image talk:Thierry Henry headshot.jpg was I didn't believe fair use didn't apply in the first place: from the context the photo is in [3], it's not stated that the shot is a publicity shot for the purposes of redistribution by others, like a publicity photo should do, if it is to come under fair use. All that picture is a straightforward reproduction from the website, and an unauthorised one at that. Qwghlm 12:01, July 16, 2005 (UTC)

You don't seem to have got my point: In my opinion, this reproduction is not fair use. Now please tell me why you think so. Qwghlm 13:03, July 16, 2005 (UTC)

I've discussed why I don't think your rationale for fair use stands up at: Image talk:Thierry Henry headshot.jpg#Fair use rationale Qwghlm 15:43, July 16, 2005 (UTC)

Your userpage -> simple english

Hi Quadell, I clicked the "simple english" link on your user page. I don't think you wrote what I read there.

Quadell, I've reverted the vandalism by 64.12.117.9 [4] --Viriditas | Talk 13:13, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

I'm wondering, how does one create a page in the Simple English wikipedia? 152.163.100.7 19:42, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Just go to the Simple English wikipedia and create a page the same way you create one here. Another way is to take a page on the (non-simple) English Wikipedia, and add [[Simple:Article name]] to the bottom (but replace "article name" with the article's name). When you save, you should see a Simple link to the right. If you click on it, you'll be editing the Simple Wikipedia page. – Quadell ^{(talk) (sleuth)} 19:46, July 18, 2005 (UTC)

Talwinder Singh Parmar

Hello Quadell,

The Babbar Khalsa group has been identified as a terrorist group by many organizations. You may take a look at the article if you wish. That is why I modified it in Talwinder Singh Parmar. The original article specified "terrorist", but it was changed (one of his many POV changes) by Thetruth who is currently in arbitration. I didn't mean to sound POV - just stating the facts! :) --Vivin Paliath (വിവിന് പാലിയത്)

Ford

MyQ! I was searching the web trying to figure out how to pronounce Zbigniew Brzezinski and I came across Talk:Zbigniew Brzezinski with a comment from you... and it turns out, in fact, to be MyQ... It's a small world (but I wouldn't want to paint it)... Ford 2005 July 19, 18:45 (UTC)

votes for deletion on list of white supremacists

Hi Quadrell. I noticed that you have contributed to some articles on race-related matters, and wondered if you'd be interested on weighing in on Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/List of White supremacists. Take care. NoahB 18:29, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Yuor moves are incomplete

Yuo should make sure any double redirects made as a result of moves are dealt with as part of the move process. What links here on Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah shows that most pages will not now go directly to that page, please resolve them. MeltBanana 19:45, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Re: Louisville

Hi! Thanks for the award! The Louisville page is looking quite good. It's been interesting reviewing info for the history and such. I myself, have been in Louisville for a little over a year now, in the St. Matthews area. I am working as a Post-Doctoral researcher at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center. Came here from Richmond, Va. Cheers! Dr. Cash 02:49, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Image:KofiAnnan-StateDept.jpg

I've listed Image:KofiAnnan-StateDept.jpg on Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images. It appears the same image as on this page. Evil Monkey∴Hello 03:26, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Hornfels

Hi - I have reversed your recent action re: Hornfels. Hornfels is the singular (although it looks odd to a non-geologist perhaps) and the commonly used form. From the article: Most hornfelses are fine-grained ... - The article is a 1911 text, but the term as used in the article is valid and remains current. Just thought I'd let you know, Vsmith 03:53, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Lost password

Quadell, Michael 23:09, 27 July 2005 (UTC), here. Listen, How do I get a copy of my present password? I had it written down, then lost what it had been written down on! Gad, us absent minded professors!!!!! Can you put me in touch with an administrator who can help me, please and thanks? I really have to find out what that password is! You can also get it to me via e-mail, too. Just send me a new message and we can arrange to exchange it via e-mail... Michael 23:09, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

I don't have access to any passwords, but I forwarded your request here. – Quadell ^{(talk) (sleuth)} 01:04, July 28, 2005 (UTC)

Quadell, the reason I asked is that I want to use Internet Explorer to access My online account here, and I don't know what my present password is. That's what the convo was about...

Michael 14:47, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Okay. Peace Out. Michael 14:54, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

IDRIVE

You showed support for This week's Improvement Drive.
This week Lhasa was selected to be improved to featured article status.
Hope you can help…

yaaa

thanks for your words on talk:anti-racist math. I and many others have been confused. I understand it a little better now. Kzzl 21:30, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Let me add thanks to Kzzl's. Lately I've been trying to embark on a new career as a math teacher in Oakland's public schools, and I've been puzzling over just these questions that you so well explained. --Eric Forste (Talk) 07:27, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

DYK

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Brown Hotel, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently-created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article The American's Creed, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently-created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Flags

Images of flags are not in public domain because usually the law does not determine exactly how the flag must be, making the work of drawing such a image a creative process. Sorry, I cannot speak in English very well. --200.96.127.53 06:54, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

BioCOTW Project

You voted for Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, this weeks' Biography Collaboration of the weeks. Please come and help them become a featured-standard article.--Falphin 18:19, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Hello, I'm fairly sure that {{Arabic}} is mainly of use to editors, not readers, and as such belongs on the talk page of articles. I've thus standardized it to the talk page format and have begun moving them to the talk pages. - SimonP 19:09, August 1, 2005 (UTC)

Arabic tags on scientist pages

Hello,

Ive noticed that you have put the Arabic tag on many Iranian scientist biography talk pages requesting adjustments be made to their names.

However, if you will, can you please take them off, since the issue you are pointing to (their Arabic names not being mentioned in the paragraphs) is a popular misconception:

Although the person is recognized in the west by an Arabic name, he was not an Arab. Especially the ones on the List of Iranian Scientists page (which I myself compiled). Westerners tend to lump all middle easterners together in one group, which is incorrect. Neyrizi, for example, was Persian, hence the name al-Nayrizi is incorrect, even though he is known by that name in general, perhaps even in his own time, as Arabic was the lingua franca used by all Persian (an every other muslim) scientist. But the correct name is Neyriz, which is Persian. Not al-Nayriz, which has been adopted in Arabic. I saw a few dozen such cases from the List of Iranian scientists page that you have marked.

I would take the tag off myself, but I cant since I have very limited wikipedia time, and a very bad modem connection. I'd appreciate if youd help me out and clarify this misconception by noting this, or optimally, taking the tag off, since it doesnt belong there.

Thank You.--Zereshk 21:57, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Persian is indeed (almost) written in Arabic script (Persian has 4 extra letters and alot of indigenous vocab). The difference between Arabic and Persian is hence something like the difference between German and (say) English: Same script, different language.

When I wrote many of those biography pages, I thought it would be best to name the page as the person's name appears in Arabic, since that would be the official name according to the lingua franca they wrote in (and the name someone would find in references), but write the rest of the article according to the Persian name, to stress the correct form or spelling of his name, according to his mother tongue.

Thus, for example, if Neyrizi had written something in Persian, he would have signed his name as "Neyrizi", instead of "al-Nayrizi". I think that as long as we keep the title arabic, we're safe. Most Arabic speakers recognize that names like Neyrizi indicate the non-Arab origin of the nameholder.

It's like calling a German by the name Matthias, as Matthew. Or Adolphe as Adolf. Neyrizi was known as al-Nayrizi, because one would publish work in Arabic in the olden days. The spellings are a tad bit different.

Im not sure if this helps.--Zereshk 23:33, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Your user page

I've locked it due to constant vandalism. Hope you don't mind! Unlock if you need to. - Ta bu shi da yu 03:19, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

S'ok... heavens only knows why they've decided to target you :( Ta bu shi da yu 04:18, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanx for the barnstar

Much appreciatted ;) --The Brain 00:18, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

ETA

I see you added {{Arabic}} to Talk:ETA. I can't imagine why. They are a Basque paramilitary organization. I am reverting. If I'm missing something here, please elucidate. -- Jmabel | Talk 01:57, August 4, 2005 (UTC)

Question about sleuthing

I am interested in getting into copyright issues with Images, and I'm wondering if there is a good page or two that explains it. Let me know, seems like something that could be interesting. Thanks MicahMN | Talk 02:53, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

Your evil twin

User:QUADELL has been blocked indefinitely as an impostor of you. FreplySpang (talk) 13:05, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

Hey, is this another one? User:Quådell FreplySpang (talk) 20:22, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

I have dozens. Seriously. Lucky me. – Quadell ^{(talk) (sleuth)} 20:29, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

I've noticed that about you. :-) Just wanted to make sure the account wasn't created by you (as vandal prevention) before blocking it. Oh look, Joy Stovall is beating me to it. FreplySpang (talk) 20:31, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

Fair use?

Aloha. Skawave (talk · contribs) has claimed fair use for photos he has uploaded, but he still hasn't provided a source. I've already asked him twice. Could you take a look at his contribs? Thanks in advance. --Viriditas | Talk 05:22, 6 August 2005 (UTC)