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Hi! Haas needs a picture if he's to stay at the top of DYK on the main page. Review the rules within the edit page and in DYK talk for more detail. Thanks. jengod 00:34, Apr 6, 2004 (UTC)
There are now two non-members who have volunteered for ballot counting/inspectors of election, for the AMA; namely you and User:Jwrosenzweig. Thank you both for coming forth to help us out. If you guys could decide amongst yourselves on an election procedure and let the members know what you have decided on receiving ballots that would be great. Alex S also volunteered, but as he is a member of AMA you might decide that he is not needed so he can vote without any issues of impartiality effecting the election process. You might also want to consider the issue of secret balloting (i.e. only the two of you know who voted for whom) that has been discussed a bit (I am personally in favour of such an approach, I don't think Ed Poor has expressed an opinion on it and I think Sam Spade would rather have an open election). Usually if some one person requests a secret election that should be enough reason to have one. In any case, since we only have me as a de facto interim coordinator and I've been nominated for coordinator I leave it to you guys to coordinate any discussion about that. — © Alex756 15:55, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)
You should be getting an email from me presently. +sj+ 11:44, 2004 Apr 20 (UTC)
Maybe I'm just experiencing a caching problem, but when I go to Image:HalleBerry.jpg, I can still see the image at ... Lupo 15:57, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)
What's the rationale for moving Hamlet (legend) to Amleth? The article is about Hamlet not Amleth, he just happens to be one of Hamlet's precursors, and naming policy would seem to favour the more familiar "Hamlet". 144.138.194.119 12:56, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Hi, I put this stuff in Talk instad of User_talk zanimum. I dont think it that much of a problem, but here is my reply never the less:
We can rotate though his works every so often, although unless there is reason I think the origional dusk image from the article's founder should remain unless you have a reason otherwise."
Shaun. You are not the founder of the article on William-Adolphe Bouguereau by any sense of the measure, as three people worked on the article before you.
Even if you were, you have no more authority over the article than any other logged in or IP-only user of Wikipedia. Every user has the same amount of power in how an article should look; even Wikipedia's founder, Jimbo Wales, is no more powerful than anyone else. Even though I and 140+ others are "sysops", we have no more say than anyone else.
You have no more justification to have Dusk on his page, than I have to put The Knitting Girl. However, The Knitting Girl is clothed; although nudity is full allowed in the project, whenever avoidable, avoid. There is no written rule that says this, but it makes common sense, if both works are of equal quality, which they are, than why not have the image that most people would feel comfortable looking at?
Besides, as much as I love the works that Bouguereau painted in his career, your gallery page is inacceptable. Unless there is at least a paragraph of unique text in each of the articles, it stands the chance of earning a place on Wikipedia:Votes for Deletion. However, I'm not the one to put it there. --
If you could get even 50 unique words on each painting, their significance, their technique, whatever, it would be perfectly acceptable and encourageable content. Right now, it's nothing. -- user:zanimum
-- "See this for inspiration... Nymphs and Satyr. -- user:zanimum"
Good article, I did a few too a short while ago, first 8 or so up to Cupidon on the William-Adolphe_Bouguereau list of paintings. The rest of the images are uploaded for the entire list but i may have to reupload them all since I used too short / common names for them. The website were I got the images, released under the GFDL, is here : ( http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bouguereau/ ).
If a large scale effort to document a large portion of artists is going to be undertaken it might be a good idea to put it as a Wikipedia:WikiProject so the articles could be standardized, like the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums project.
(Painting's Name) (Artist's Name) (Date of Painting) (Peroid in Art; impressionism etc.)
I'm not sure what else should be on the list. I'll see if any people would be interesting in creating / running / helping or giving ideas for a wikipedia art/painting project. --ShaunMacPherson 05:48, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I believe that, given the current vote totals and the number of eligible voters, we can certify the election at this point. Are you comfortable with that, or do you have any concerns we should discuss (via talk page or email) first? Where will we announce the result? And should we announce a vote total, or merely a winner? Let me know: thanks! :-) Jwrosenzweig 15:57, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Although original content is nice, is text from NASA pages, like at http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/factsheet-text.html, considered fair use or public domain, for use on Wikipedia? -- useR:zanimum
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelines.html
NASA images generally are not copyrighted. You may use NASA imagery, video and audio material for educational or informational purposes, including photo collections, textbooks, public exhibits and Internet Web pages. This general permission does not include the NASA insignia logo (the blue "meatball" insignia), the NASA logotype (the red "worm" logo) and the NASA seal...
NASA emblems should be reproduced only from original reproduction proofs, transparencies, or computer files available from NASA Headquarters. Please be advised that approval must be granted by the Public Services Division (see above information for address, numbers, etc.) before any reproduction materials can be obtained.
Any questions regarding application of any NASA image or emblem should be directed to: Bert Ulrich Public Services Division NASA Headquarters Code POS Washington, DC 20546
Tel: (202)358-1713 Fax: (202)358-4331 Internet: bert.ulrich@hq.nasa.gov
All works of the United States Government are public domain. anthony (see warning)
Hello! I put back the sections you took out in Control of Communicable Diseases Manual (oops! I really meant Encyclopedia of public health, sorry! AlainV 01:10, 2004 May 4 (UTC))because in addition to having made what I intended to be a good encylopedic entry (or the start of one) for an important, "classical" book I also meant the article to be used as an example of one possible form of template (one exploiting the existing automated table of contents, or TOC, feature as opposed to a permanent infobox or a minimalist variation of the IBSD) for Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books. I hope you will have the time to go read that page and its talk page, and perhaps also read Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels and its talk page to get the background.
I have also done two more articles in a variation of this TOC-exploiting form: One for a famous cold war era juvenile novel David Starr, Space Ranger and one for another important and relatively famous reference work the Control of Communicable Diseases Manual. This evening I will (if time permits) be putting up two more examples of important works in this style, the Cabinet Maker and Upholsterers Guide, which is a famous antiquarian book and reference book and non-fiction work all in one and From Bauhaus to our house which is a famous or notorious example of 20th century non-fiction from an equally famous or notorious 20th century author. Together, they should cover the template "genres" or "styles" which are of concern in Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books.
Tomorrow (I hope) I will start putting up 4 or 5 other solid examples of another style of template (which is rather minimalist and does not exploit the automatic TOC) for encyclopedic articles in the fiction, non-fiction, reference, and antiquarian "genres" or "styles" or "types". All of them will be (like the TOC-exploiting ones) based on a Wikipedia-oriented variation of the ISBD. I would be very pleased if you would suggest changes to these template styles, or other template styles (or voice criticism as to the failings of any form of template) before or during my creation of these examples, or any time in between. AlainV 01:07, 2004 May 4 (UTC)
I'll be forever curious why you made a redirect about a not-very-prominent drug (Lescol) to a - then - non-existing article (fluvastatin). That's why I was wondering... what prompted you? :-)
(Several other statins are now in place, including simvastatin and rosuvastatin.)
JFW | T@lk 14:02, 5 May 2004 (UTC)
Fine, there's a rational explanation then. I was not expecting many Wikipedians to be on statin drugs... Good of you to create plenty of redirects. Most patients do not know the generic names of their medication, unless they're oldtimers (one of my patients referred to metformin, his anti-diabetic drug, as metmorphine...)
JFW | T@lk 14:23, 5 May 2004 (UTC) - PS Thanks for supporting my admin vote.
Hi, I'm just raising a question about the articles you wrote relating to Canadian real estate. Someone approached me about it, concerned that you seem to be advertising. I looked at a few. CountrySize seems to be quite pointless, and I'm listing it of deletion. The articles on housing developments seem only slightly more encyclopedic. Anyway, while it doesn't really seem like you're advertising, you might want to reconsider whether these things belong in an encyclopedia before creating any more. Isomorphic 06:53, 13 May 2004 (UTC)
In the scorpion article, the picture Image:Scorpion.png is not a photograph of a real scorpion but rather a model - not clear whether origami or computer graphics. The image was downloaded by User:T. Ho and credited to him.
Hi Maroux, good vandalism control out there. However, Manimal was an easy rewrite, not a speedy delete. -- user:zanimum
Is that the best category name? Might not Sesame Street do just as well? Dunno. --Tagishsimon
My impression of you is bleak at this point. You enjoy using the thesaurus, and possibly a book of obscure idioms, to hide the fact your terribly long winded, overly-scarastic, and even incoherent at times.
Okay... let's see here.
First off, I believe you're saying that I should have discussed the naming and creation of the Sesame Street categories. Dear fellow, do you see that happening anywhere else? I believe Wikipedia's tech mailing list quoted a few thousand categories. If even 5% of them had any serious discussion, I'd be stunned.
Yes, I had major concerns over the space that these category links were going to take; if not for others beating me to the tech mailing list by about an hour, I was planning to be the whistle-blower.
If you're having doubt on the validity of any of these Sesame Street characters, check out muppetcentral.com's forums; the Sesame Street thread is viewed by anywhere from 29-56 readers at any given moment. Also, I write for Suite101.com, a family entertainment column to be exact, and so I have full access to the Sesame Workshop and PBS press websites.
Unlike Middle Earth, Wikipedia's Sesame Street articles are pretty much written by me and anonymous users. Rarely does anyone else ever input their two cents. That's the reason the development hasn't been as fast as you'd have hoped. Therefore, you're completely haisty in saying that my actions are "possibly downright unfounded."
** People associated with Sesame Street ** Sesame Street places ** Sesame Street books ** Sesame Street specials and videos ** Notable Sesame Street segments ** Characters from Sesame Street ** Characters from Sesame Park ** Characters from Sesamstraat ** Characters from Sesamstrasse ** Characters from Alam Sim-Sim ** Characters from Plazo Sésamo
Yes, there are puppets, and "actors in fluffy costumes", as well as human actors, as well as traditional and computer animated characters. It's a show set on a fundemental pillar of diversity, so a community of furry happy monsters,
While I may be in "enhanced senior level english" at high school, I honestly don't care for Dickens on talk pages, keep that in mind.
I find it odd that someone who thinks they're the heir to Charles Dicken's throne would concern themselves with a kids show they've never seen. Yes, the show was banned by the beeb despite high demand, and didn't start airing until the mid-80s, but seriously here.
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