User talk:Rappingwonders/January 2008

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Album covers

Hi Marc, I noticed you've been uploading lower resolution covers. 300×300px is acceptable resolution and uploading a lower one is redundant. Also, I restored the more detailed fair-use rationale for Through the Wire. WP:NFCC requires you to give the copyright holder if different from the source. If you have any questions, just leave a message. Cheers. Spellcast (talk) 07:11, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

300×300px is a good rule of thumb based on this. It ensures the resolution is under 0.1 megapixels. Spellcast (talk) 21:57, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, under 0.1 megapixels just ensures the pic is low-res. You can upload covers under 300x300 if you want, but it's kinda pointless if 300x300 is acceptable. Why would you want to go lower anyway? Spellcast (talk) 22:05, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Because, some times a cover image in an article is 300px. However, say I find a version of the cover on the internet that has better colour detail, but is 200px instead of 300px. Get the point? I would want to use the one with better colour detail in a case like that. Rappingwonders (talk) 22:07, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

In that case, I suppose you could go with the lower res but better quality pic. But most covers under the existing 300x300 res wouldn't be better quality. Spellcast (talk) 22:14, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

BISD

actually i saw that cover back in 2006, so we can argue all day but unless YOU hav a reliable source statin that its the cover, it stays down - NJ Rock (talk) 01:31, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:50centselfdestruct.jpg)

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References

Please don't add information to wikipedia which is not references from reputable sources, especially about non-released albums. Wikipedia is not an announcement board. Please see the rules wikipedia:Attribution `'Míkka>t 01:12, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Your settings

You are marking all your edits as "minor". Your edits are not minor. I think you have incorrect editing settings.

Please click "My preferences", select "editing group" and remove the checkmark from the line "Mark all edits minor by default". 01:19, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

No, I don't have it set to mark them all as minor. Rappingwonders2 (talk) 01:23, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Second warning

Please stop adding information without references. Please read the policies: about citing your sources and wikipedia:Verifiability. PLease keep in mind that personal communication, message boards and fan blogs are not valid references in wikipedia. Please ask me if something is not clear. `'Míkka>t 01:33, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

I do have a reference, both Young Jeezy and Akon confirmed it. Rappingwonders2 (talk) 01:34, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Please provide it. Sorry, in wikipedia you cannot believe a word of a wikipedian. Since everyone can edit, references published in reliable sources are the only way to distinguish correct information from bullshit. `'Míkka>t 01:36, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Damn it, I shouldn't deleted that recording from my camera that showed them confirming it in an interview. Fine, leave the album name removed. Rappingwonders2 (talk) 01:37, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

It is bad that the article bootleg album does not exist. And the red link reminds people that someone must write an article. Bootleg record as well. On the other hand the article Bootleg recording exists. And I am making redirect links to it. You could have done this yourself: I se you know how redirects work. `'Míkka>t 01:42, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay, but don't forget what else I said, if you're gonna remove the labum fron Young Jeezy's article, don't also remove that Lil' J is an alias of his. Rappingwonders2 (talk) 01:43, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

In My Ghetto

Then do not put it under albums. Make a different section called Bootlegs and add it. I work in the music industry and IT IS NOT an official release from Akon. I should know! Trimy67 (talk) 21:39, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm afraid you're wrong

The word "is" is supposed to be capitalized, per Wikipedia: Album Capitalization. --Ayoleftyz (talk) 02:44, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, okay then. Rappingwonders2 (talk) 02:44, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Fat-joe.jpg

About the above image, you can only put it under a copyleft license if you took it. Screenshots of videos still fall under copyright and so can't be freely licensed. Do you me to just delete the image? Spellcast (talk) 23:50, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

But it's my image that I took. But fine, delete it if you don't like it. Rappingwonders (talk) 00:28, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Do you mean you took it as a screenshot from a video? If so, any shots from the video is a derivative image and it still retains the copyright. Sorry for this legal hassle, but it's just so you know. Someone else would've ended up tagging it anyway. Spellcast (talk) 00:45, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

No, I took it at a live concert, not from a video. I was actually at the concert. Rappingwonders (talk) 00:47, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

J. Holiday

Sorry about removing the free image, that was unintentional on my part. The revert was due outstanding WP:BLP issues and the resulting semi-protection. Please do not restore any material which is not supported by reliable third party sources. Blogs and the like are generally not acceptable when dealing with biographies of living persons. If you have any questions about this please free free to contact me on my talk page or by email. Thank you, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 04:54, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Just another quick note, the chart positions may need to be repaired again, if you have references available, please take a look and update them as needed. Thank you, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 04:56, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Who?

{{helpme}}

Ask this question at WP:REFDESK. That is where reference questions are best asked. Cheers! - Revolving Bugbear 22:18, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

About your Images...

Please do not ridiculously overwrite someone else's work and replace it as your own. Instead, be more civil. Tag the image you think that is a copyvio if it does not have a fair use rationale. This way, it will not damage history logs. If 2 weeks pass, and it still lacks a fair use rationale, feel free to request the image for deletion and THEN upload an image on a different name. I don't want you to be labeled as a vandal, thanks. 67.167.20.247 (talk) 01:50, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

What images are you talking about? Rappingwonders (talk) 01:58, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Ching-a-Ling

Hi. Regarding your edit to Ching-a-Ling: in accordance with Wikipedia:WikiProject Songs, the "next single" field in the infobox should be left blank because it is Elliott's latest single and another hasn't been announced. Thanks. Extraordinary Machine (talk) 18:21, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, okay. Rappingwonders (talk) 18:22, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Fat Joe

I am going to put the other picture on there again because your picture that you have put up is quite blurry. Not only that, but the other one is ALSO free. It was taken by some guy at a concert, the guy that actually uploaded it onto wikipedia and put it on there.

Then let's use both images. Rappingwonders (talk) 20:32, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay, how would it be vandalism? But yeah, I understand you now, lol, sorry. Kinda cool how we are basically the main two editors of the Fat Joe page, haha. I keep up with some other hip hop pages, as well as many Green Bay Packers pages and their players. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Y5nthon5a (talk • contribs) 20:38, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: A question for you

Hi. Listen, I got something I wanna ask you. You do such a good job with reducing image resolutions. Whenver I tag an image to be resized, you've done it within 12 hours. I think you'd make a great adminastraitor here. So, I was about to nominate you, when I noticed that it said that I should ask you if you wanna become an admin first. So, is it okay if I nominate you? Rappingwonders (talk) 19:57, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Sure, if you want to. I'll probably not make it though, I'm not really the ideal editor (I like, NEVER leave an edit summary, doh) and I think I'm too non-heard-of other than doing images. Also... I sorta can't think of what an administrator can do with images that I can't do as a normal user, lol. That's really cool of you though, thanks. Am I allowed to vote for myself if you're the one that nominated me? (j/k) Melesse (talk) 06:33, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

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I've posted an acceptance and answered the questions, and now I realize I totally don't know what comes next, maybe this was a mistake. :/ Melesse (talk) 02:34, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

What is the template?

{{helpme}}

Hi there, add the template {{ifr}} which will add

Hope this helps! -- The Helpful One ^{(Talk) (Contribs) (Review)} 16:24, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Flo Rida

Read wikipedia policies: wikipedia:Attribution. I dont care what you or yo momma heard. Providing references is the only way to keep wikipedia clean of bullshit supplied by other rappingwonders like User talk:Baller911. `'Míkka>t 21:34, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: All Eyez on Me

Though I'd prefer not to play guessing games right now, I saw there was something with the section headers there but I only glanced... thanks for fixing it though. -- Phoenix2 01:51, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

It was that you remoived the alternate cover. Rappingwonders (talk) 01:52, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of In My Ghetto

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Possibly unfree Image:Fat-joe.jpg

An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:Fat-joe.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the image description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Spellcast (talk) 15:31, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi Wonders, I know this was brought before but I've started a discussion on it. Your input would be helpful, cheers. Spellcast (talk) 15:31, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

But how come those videos show it's from the same place as the pics? Spellcast (talk) 17:26, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I guess someone was filming those while I was there. Rappingwonders (talk) 17:28, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Template:Non-free promotional discussion

Hello, Rappingwonders. Since you recently contributed to the lively deletion discussion for Template:Non-free promotional, I thought I'd let you know that I've continued the discussion about this template at Wikipedia talk:Non-free content#Template:Non-free promotional. The result of the deletion discussion was to keep the template, but there are still some questions about whether the current template serves a useful purpose and how to prevent its misapplication. Please contribute to the discussion if you are interested. —Bkell (talk) 17:54, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

RE:

oops, its the same image, I thought the other one was more clearer, my bad man lol —Bruce Wayne of the Rap Game (talk) 20:08, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Your request for adminship was unsuccessful

I am sorry to inform you that I have closed your RfA early as realistically it was no longer capable of succeeding. Do not be too disheartened - many of our finest admins were unsuccessful on their first attempt. I hope you will take onboard the concerns raised by those opposing and will consider running again in the future when you have more experience. Best wishes, WjBscribe 11:00, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Alright, I understand. I'll try again when I have done more contributuions. Rappingwonders (talk) 21:35, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

January 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Sean Kingston, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Esanchez_{(Talk 2 me or Sign here)} 00:58, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

How is that useful? --Esanchez_{(Talk 2 me or Sign here)} 01:00, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't know how, but it's still true. Rappingwonders (talk) 01:00, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Then it's not needed. Either way, it's more like vandalism to me. Keep it up and I would have to block you. --Esanchez_{(Talk 2 me or Sign here)} 01:02, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Fine, even though it's a true fact. Rappingwonders (talk) 01:03, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Sean Kingston. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Esanchez_{(Talk 2 me or Sign here)} 01:01, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Please assume good faith in your dealings with other editors, which you did not on User talk:Esanchez7587. Instead, assume that they are here to improve rather than harm Wikipedia. Esanchez_{(Talk 2 me or Sign here)} 01:05, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Sean Paul - The Trinty.jpg

You said "No, 300x300px is the best resolution to use." Why, exactly? There is no hard rule on Wikipedia that limits fair use claims to 300px resolution. I appreciate that you are offering your time to help fix images, but reducing something from .16 megapixels to .09 megapixels is unnecessary and a waste of your time and resources. Cheers, ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 01:16, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

No, Spellcast said that 300x300px is the best cover resolution. We can argue all day if you want but the point is that the version I uploaded is the best resolution version for that image. Rappingwonders (talk) 01:17, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

BTW, in response to your message: I am also an admin, please don't give me frivolous warnings. Believe me, I have no wish to argue such a trivial point. However I do urge you to take a look at this discussion to gain a greater understanding of what Wikipedia policies on low-resolution imply. Suffice to say that while the 300px rule is an ok guideline to fall back on, it is not a strict limit. ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 01:22, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay, now another question: Why the hell did you remove the more detailed fair use rationale? Rappingwonders (talk) 01:34, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

My mistake, I've added a templated rationale. If you're interested in album cover and other non-free media maintenance, take a look at User:AWeenieMan/furme. It's a script that helps you add detailed rationales quickly and easily. ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 01:41, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Pics

Because of the reddish/brown color, the cover looked somewhat blurry and different to the original one (which was mostly grey). As for the PUIs, it's not my job to close self-reports. It might take weeks before an admin closes it. Spellcast (talk) 16:57, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

About Image:Curtis (50 Cent album).jpg, I brought it up at Talk:Curtis (50 Cent album) where everyone favors the Amazon image. Please don't revert without discussing there, thanks. Spellcast (talk) 02:38, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Category:Images of rappers

It doesn't matter, see WP:NFCC #9. Unfree pics are only allowed in articles. The fact that there's a few free pics doesn't mean all the pics are allowed. But if they were all free, it would probably be ok. Spellcast (talk) 22:21, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

The 3RR noticeboard

When making reports at the noticeboard, please follow the format listed here. Otherwise your report will be ignored. Thanks. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 22:08, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Your 3RR report

For the record, I did block the IP you reported before I removed your report.[1] I don't want you to think I ignored it just because it wasn't formatted properly; he was clearly being disruptive and I took care of it. Kafziel ^{Take a number} 23:19, 31 January 2008 (UTC)