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Re: Submarine Escape Immersion Suit
Thanks for the notice about the "Did you know" article for the Submarine Escape Immersion Equipment. You might want to change the wording slightly, referring to the U.S. Navy. The SEIS is actually used by several Western navies, not just the U.S. Navy. In fact I need to update the article to explain that. ●DanMS • Talk 00:40, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for rewriting the blurb
Your revision of the Eurosia DYK got the blurb on the front page, which wouldn't have happened otherwise. Thank you for the effort and generosity in helping to correct my work. I'm still kind of new around here and am grateful for all you and the other people at the DYK have done to help he along. Thanks again. John Carter 14:23, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Kuppalli DYK
Can you please look into this? Thanks. - KNM Talk 04:38, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
- I don't think there were any objections to this DYK nom in particular; it's just that we had too many from 12 March that we couldn't use all of them, that's all. Also, it doesn't help that this excess happened on a weekend when there were fewer people to do updates. Really, there were only three updates in the last 24 hours, when there should be four (I happened to do them all too, and I gotta sleep sometime). Sorry yours just didn't get picked. howcheng {chat} 05:54, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks. But is it too late to be still considered for the next-update? I believe, not. Can you please put into next-update? - KNM Talk 06:00, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
- According to the rules, it's too late now. Your expansion on the 13th was not five-fold. If it had originally been a stub and you expanded it a lot, I would say yes, but ... I feel bad because two of the ones that are on the Main Page now were my own noms (please note I didn't move them into the Next Update page myself), but if I put it up now, others will complain that it's too old and that it's taking the place of another nom that should be getting its chance. Sorry. howcheng {chat} 06:20, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
- Hmmm...okay. :(
- Thank you, anyway! :) - KNM Talk 06:26, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
- According to the rules, it's too late now. Your expansion on the 13th was not five-fold. If it had originally been a stub and you expanded it a lot, I would say yes, but ... I feel bad because two of the ones that are on the Main Page now were my own noms (please note I didn't move them into the Next Update page myself), but if I put it up now, others will complain that it's too old and that it's taking the place of another nom that should be getting its chance. Sorry. howcheng {chat} 06:20, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks. But is it too late to be still considered for the next-update? I believe, not. Can you please put into next-update? - KNM Talk 06:00, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Characters of Final Fantasy VIII
Replied on the template talk page. — Deckiller 17:28, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Hook
- I hope you don't mind, I fixed my "hook" on DYK and consolidated the comments, but left a note that I was using your alternate one. Thanks again! Yours, Smee 18:06, 18 March 2007 (UTC).
DYK
I think it was wrong of you to change today's picture slot of WP:DYK because of copyright concerns regardíng Image:Муромцев.jpg. The photo was taken more than 100 years ago, and has been in the public ___domain for many, many, years. I'd like to ask you to revert your change. Camptown 19:24, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
- Sorry, but per WP:IUP all images require a source and a license. Without a source, there is no way for us to verify that the picture is what it says it is and that the license is valid. How do I know that this image isn't from the 1950s for example? I'm not about to put an image on the Main Page where the source and/or licensing is uncertain. howcheng {chat}
Wikiproject Actors and Filmakers
Hey see my proposals at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals and the main WP Film and Biography talk page. Know anybody who is interested? Actors and all film people articles need a body on wikipedia to upkeep them asthey need more focus -it would be a part of Biogrpahy and Film. If you are interested or know somebody who would be, please let them know and whether you think it is a good progession for the project or not. Please leave your views at the council or biogrpahy main talk page. THanks ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 14:48, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
WP:FP
I am not a photographer. Do I have any images at User:TonyTheTiger/Photographs that may be WP:FP worthy? TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 21:18, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
- If my question was a little unruly I could limit my request to Image:IMG 0837.JPG, an early construction photo of Trump Tower Chicago and Image:20061022 Cornell Stone Hyde Park.JPG, a photo of the Paul Cornell (Chicago) stone. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 21:50, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
- Sorry, but I don't think any of your photos has FP written on it. The Trump Tower shows the windowsill of where you are standing in the lower left, and the stone is kind of boring (besides having a distracting background). FPs are not easy to do, unless you are an accomplished photographer or very very lucky. I think out of all the photos I've ever taken, only a few are even possible FP candidates (and even then, they're all on film so I'm not nominating them here). howcheng {chat} 22:48, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
- I presume you mean the black triangle in the lower right. Couldn't that be cropped out without much loss? TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 00:19, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
- Not really. If you draw a horizontal line starting at the uppermost portion of the windowsill across the picture, you'd lose a lot of the building. howcheng {chat} 01:31, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
- I presume you mean the black triangle in the lower right. Couldn't that be cropped out without much loss? TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 00:19, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
- Sorry, but I don't think any of your photos has FP written on it. The Trump Tower shows the windowsill of where you are standing in the lower left, and the stone is kind of boring (besides having a distracting background). FPs are not easy to do, unless you are an accomplished photographer or very very lucky. I think out of all the photos I've ever taken, only a few are even possible FP candidates (and even then, they're all on film so I'm not nominating them here). howcheng {chat} 22:48, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
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Did you know? was updated. On 20 March, 2007, a fact from the article Noah Lottick, which you recently nominated, 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. |
--Smee 02:43, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
- I know, I had written the initial nom, but you helped fix it, so thank you! Yours, Smee 02:43, 20 March 2007 (UTC).
Flickr licensing
I have become increasingly uncomfortable with my personal photos being available under a free license, thus I have changed the Flickr default. I will license pretty much any Flickr photo of mine under any free license someone wishes, the exception being photos of people I personally know. If it is a photo of a non-human subject, you can assume that it is available under GFDL and CC-By-SA without having to ask. Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 21:26, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
NRHP collaboration
Template:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places current collaboration IvoShandor 06:40, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
DYK Bodawpaya
Thanks Howard. Is Bodawpaya in the Guinness Book of Records , I don't know? I just wondered. Wagaung 08:19, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- I searched the Guinness World Records site for Bodawpaya but didn't find anything, so I'm guessing probably not. howcheng {chat} 16:52, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
AfD
I was in the midst of adding Catalina cruz to the AfD for Catalina Cruz when you closed the latter. Is there an easy way to either add it to the existing AfD or should I speedy it? Thanks! --Mhking 15:38, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
- You can't G4 it because it's somewhat expanded from the first time I speedied it (it was a one-sentence article at the time: "Catalina Cruz is a porn star"), and I don't know if it's A7-able either. The way it's listed now as a 2nd nomination AFD works just fine. howcheng {chat} 16:14, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
- I finally figured it out. (rolling eyes) Thanks for the heads up.... --Mhking 16:20, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you...
... for your nom suggestion. I hope you don't mind, I incorporated your suggestions directly into the nom, and credited you for your helpful advice. Thanks again for your time! Yours, Smee 21:13, 23 March 2007 (UTC).
- Not at all. We've been lamenting the lack of really interesting hooks lately, so I've been making an effort to spice them up where I can. Glad to have been of service. howcheng {chat} 21:22, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
FPC reshooting
Please revisit Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Timothy Blackstone Bronze Plaque and reconsider your vote. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 14:22, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
Just to let you know I have tagged Riverside Hotel (Reno) for speedy deletion as a copy of http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/nevada/riv.htm. Pan Dan 17:12, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- Tag removed as it has been explained the source material is in the public ___domain. Pan Dan 17:24, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
U.S. Roads Inactivity notification
You have been declared an inactive user and your name will be removed from the newsletter distribution and the projects you were a member of. If this is in error, please contact me on my talk page. Do not restore your name to the list. Regards, Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 21:05, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
Updating DYKs
Thank you for the help with that. Don't forget to leave messages on article's talk as well as notify the creators/nominators to spread good feelings all around :) -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 06:26, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- I know, I sometimes can't get to it right when do the Main Page updates. For instance tonight, I was getting my kids up to bed and I planned to do the notifications afterwards, which isn't until now. howcheng {chat} 06:32, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
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On 25 March, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Eilley Bowers, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page. |
--Carabinieri 09:35, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey Howcheng, I noticed that the Agassiz picture is up for PotD next week, so I cleaned it up, something I wanted to do but never got around to during the FPC. If that's a problem feel free to revert. Btw, good choice for April 1, I hope it comes with an appropriately trumped-up caption... ~ trialsanderrors 05:11, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
POTD notification
Thanks for telling me. I'll look into the caption soon. · AO Talk 16:15, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Okay thank you, I'll do that one too. Is there another for me to check? ;) · AO Talk 16:24, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Do you think this sentence sounds a bit awkward, or is it just me? The scene is of a busy street, but because the exposure time was over ten minutes, the city traffic was moving too much to appear.
- Maybe "The scene is of a busy street, but the city traffic does not appear due to the ten-minute long exposure time."
- It wasn't moving too much to appear because the exposure was long. At least that's how I read it. · AO Talk 11:54, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Dipute settlement in the WTO
Hello Howcheng,
Is there any reason why the DYK nom on Dispute settlement in the WTO is not getting selected for the next update?
I had nominated this several days back (22nd March, to be specific), and just before it was about to get moved to next update, Bondkaka had commented on that hook, for which I responded back the moment I saw that comment. The article was still within 5 days of its creation, and certainly deserves DYK featuring. Can you please look into it? - KNM Talk 16:56, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- By the time I did the next update, this was already in the expired section (in fact, that was done immediately after your response). Seems like an important article to have on DYK, so I'll move it into the next update. howcheng {chat} 17:08, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you! - KNM Talk 17:15, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
I have responded to your comments regarding this DYK nom at the suggestions page. Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 19:29, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Looking over the comments I wrote there, they seem a little.. well, rude and uncivil. So sorry about that. And thanks for this! Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 20:10, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Re: DYK
For all you've put into DYK
- Moved to user page
Haters DYK
- (DYK)...that the Hilary Duff song "Haters" is rumored to be directed at actress Lindsay Lohan?
No big deal, and maybe you're just the person who puts these up and not the person(s) who select them, but reporting a rumor as a highlight of supposedly encyclopedic content might not be such a great idea in the future. 75.18.208.221 01:29, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- Well, the rumor was adequately cited in the article. The whole idea of the "fact" (or "hook" as we call it) is to try and get people to read the article. As long as we're not making stuff up ourselves, it works for me. howcheng {chat} 06:30, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Killer whale FPC
Hello. A Featured Picture Candidate you commented on, Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Killer whale mother and calf, is now in the section for "Older nominations requiring additional input from voters." Contributors have tried to improve it after you commented, and your opinion is welcome as to which, if any, of the available versions deserves promotion. I am sending this message to everyone who participated in the FPC. Thanks! Kla'quot 06:27, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey Titanic Wreckage FP
I was wondering if we could reschedule the Titanic featured pic, for april 14, rather than May 2nd. It seems more logical to put it on a date that has significance to the subject
- Done. howcheng {chat} 18:26, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi...I was wondering whether or not this article was actually chosen for DYK?...it was deleted from the pages for consideration but is not listed on Recent Additions. If it hasn't, I'd like to relist it since it is still eligible for another day. Thanks. Chubbles 13:55, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks! Chubbles 17:12, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Asahi Shimbun controversy
Hi - I'm looking for an administrator that can read Japanese, which you seem to be. Can you weigh in on Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Asahi_Shimbun ? --AnonEMouse (squeak) 17:11, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
DYK:Cebeci Asri Cemetery
Hi Howcheng! Thanks so much for your contribution. Happy wikiDYKediting! CeeGee 18:36, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
I replied at DYK page; I believe the article should be featured. Most of the content is new, and in my two years of DYK creations I have expanded various articles to DYK status, with and without splits, and never heards such an objection. Thank you, -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 02:17, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Dear Howcheng, For further verification of copyrights, weather existing or not, I wrote the following letter to the Memorial to the German Resistance [1]:
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, in der englischen Version der Internet- Enzyklopädie „Wikipedia“ habe ich mir erlaubt, einen Beitrag über Rudolf Christoph von Gersdorff zu schreiben. Dabei habe ich in Unkenntnis der Rechtslage die auf Ihrer Website verwendete Photographie desselbigen verwendet. Ich bin nun von so genannten Administratoren dieser Enzyklopädie darauf hingewiesen worden, dass es unbedingt erforderlich ist, einen zweifelsfreien Beleg dafür zu liefern, dass die Photographie rechtlich einwandfrei dort platziert werden darf. Ich denke, dass Sie mir prinzipiell zustimmen, dass von Gersdorff dort seinen Niederschlag finden sollte und dass zum Abrunden eine bildliche Darstellung nicht fehlen sollte. Da Sie diese Photographie in Ihrem Internet-Auftritt nutzen, können Sie mir sicherlich Auskunft darüber erteilen, wie ich mich richtig zu verhalten habe. Um eine derartige Auskunft möchte ich Sie hiermit freundlichst bitten. Hochachtungsvoll und mit freundlichen Grüßen signed Montréal, Qc, Canada 1-Apr-07
As soon as I receive any reply I shall inform you. Best regards --Dionysos 09:02, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I wonder if you'd consider Tillamook Cheddar (dog) for a DYK article--or should I wait until I get a photo or two in there? Badagnani 20:45, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Looks good to me, but it can't be marked as a stub. Add it to the list of candidates at T:TDYK so that others can get a look too. howcheng {chat} 22:56, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for putting my article up for the next update! Her owner is excited. It will be up on the main page, I presume, early on Friday morning, for all to see. I'm very appreciative. Badagnani 06:55, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Flocabulary in DYK
An image which is freely licensed (for Wikipedia only; third party usage is still fair use) is now available for Flocabulary. I just wanted to let you know that this can be used if it is needed for the DYK, although you may not need it, or may object to it because it is still fair use for third parties. Either way, just an FYI. --Brandt Luke Zorn 04:36, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
- Wikipedia-only use is still fair use as far as we are concerned, but thanks for the note. howcheng {chat} 06:01, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
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On 2 April, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Battery Chamberlin, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page. |
Vandalism Warning
Please don't delete discrete and applicable links to article Jesus within WikiProject:Christianity. Thank you. ClaudeReigns 07:49, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, but are you actually calling this edit "vandalism"? Funny, how it hasn't been reverted yet, even though there have been nine edits since then (including one by you). And then you have the temerity to ask me that? Let me cite some relevant policies: WP:AGF, WP:NPOV, and WP:OWN. If you want to accuse someone of vandalism, be sure it actually IS vandalism before you do so. howcheng {chat} 16:07, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you for reverting with link to Jesus. ClaudeReigns 20:00, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your message on my talk page and the nomination has given me future direction in Wikipedia. Thanks againRaveenS 16:35, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
Mexican Wolf POTD
Hi Howcheng,
I just happened to be browsing Noclip's talk page and noticed the POTD notification for this image. I'd really appreciate it if in future you'd make sure that the creator of the promoted edit (in this case, me) is also notified of the promotion and POTD date - it's always nice to see your work on the main page (even if just an edit) and I almost missed this one. Please don't take this as a complaint; it's meant as a friendly request of a favour more than anything else. You do sterling work on POTD which is very much appreciated :-) All the best, --YFB ¿ 23:51, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
- It hasn't been my policy to notify people are responsible for edits, but I suppose I can add that step. howcheng {chat} 01:44, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
- Fair enough, I wasn't sure if it was something you routinely did already; I had a 'your edit was promoted' notice from Veledan a while back, but for 2 subsequent ones (the Mexican Wolf and the Ypres 1917 image) only the nominator was informed. In some cases, though (I'm not suggesting this is one of them, particularly) an editor may have contributed more actual 'work' to a nomination than the nominator, especially where the original image isn't Wikipedian-created. I appreciate that this creates yet another task for the already over-burdened nomination-closer/POTD-compiler, so I'll leave it up to you. Thanks for considering it. --YFB ¿ 02:32, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
Kupa Synagogue
Thank you. --Poeticbent talk 13:56, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
DYK
Thanks for sorting out the Next Updates and updating the Main Page template recently, but, um, did you forget to do the user page notifications for this update? I'll do it now. -- ALoan (Talk) 09:02, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
- Ah you're right, I did forget. I got the article talk page updates, but not the user talk pages. Thanks for picking up my slack. howcheng {chat} 15:53, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
Requesting License Info
Hi I saw your message on my talk page about licenses needing to meet a CC-BY or CC-BY-SA requirement. Before anything is done, I have looked at http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/, which does not say wikipedia is limited to these restrictions.
Before I upload anymore images, can you let me know where or how that is interpreted. The reason why I am asking is because I can easily fix the tag syntax. Otherwise, this is a cryptic info that no wikipedian would have guessed. A "hangon" sign has been put up on the images talk page for the time being. Thanks.
Milton Balkany
Thank you Howcheng! But I dont see it on the main page - where should I be looking? David Spart (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log) 08:24, 6 April 2007 (UTC)