User talk:Djr xi/Archive 2

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• Archive 1 - August 2005 – February 2006
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• Archive 2 - February 2006 – March 2006
• Archive 3 - March 2006 – January 2007
• Archive 4 - January 2007 – January 2009

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Greetings

Greetings on India’s 57th Republic Day. --Bhadani 08:42, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Arctic Monkeys

Sorry about that one Arctic Monkeys revert (somehow I managed to copy the wrong text for pasting), but you didn't need to revert my capitalization correction later ;D Saaber 18:20, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry - I saw the first bit and figured you'd just rv'd to the wrong revision... I didn't bother checking in detail. Deano (Talk) 18:22, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mardy Bum

Hello.

A friend who's other half works in music journalism says that they've been told Mardy Bum will be a future single, though not necessarily the next. Regards. Mjefm 23:52, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

United Kingdom

Kudos on that edit, I support it all the way! Robdurbar 00:06, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Most referenced articles

Hi - I was taking a look at Wikipedia:Most referenced articles and it said to ask you if you'd like something extra done. I've seen you're very busy with other things, so this can go bottom of your to-do pile, but I was wondering if you could do a new list for Jan '06, excluding US Census data... the latter skew results (IMO) unfairly.

Sorry to be a pain, Deano (Talk) 23:12, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• I think the thing to do to avoid a million very-similar-but-slightly-different lists is to sort the list by topic: United States, Countries of the world, Cities, Political parties, Decades, Dates of the calendar year, etc. I'm pretty sure I can do this automatically by looking at what categories the articles are in. I will give this a try sometime, though probably not soonish, since I don't have much free time right now. Thanks for the suggestion, Beland 07:38, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

== P:L pictures ==

Hi Ham,

Just thought I'd say thanks for your contributions to the Portal's showcase picture section - I like the gallery format you have introduced at Portal:London/Pictures/Wikipedia featured pictures. However, for some reason, the National Gallery image is not being shown... I don't really understand why - the HTML seems ok... perhaps you know better?

Cheers, Deano (Talk) 15:06, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Don't know, sorry - it works fine for me. Ham 15:12, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

no euro

Thanks for your message - yes shove it over to me by all means if you are willing - many thanks --Smerus 12:38, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use violations User:Djr xi/User soccer am

Please do not use fair use images in userboxes. See WP:FUC. I note you have been warned about this already. So treat this as a final warning. If you cannot follow the policy, then please do not put images in userboxes or userpages at all. Further violations may result in blocks. --Doc ^ask? 14:28, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, my mistake - I apologise unreservedly. I mis-read the correspondance above, and assmumed you had been warned. (My strong reaction was becasue many people are ignoring such warnings). Re-reading it, I now see you were in fact fighting the good fight, and this must simply have been a good-faith mistake on your part. Sorry - I need to be more careful in future. Thanks. --Doc ^ask? 17:43, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ericsson vs Sony-Ericsson

I'd reverted your edit [1]. S-E is independent company that just inherited part of name and the old Ericsson keeps part of its stock. If anythingm S-E would be rather part of a broad Ericsson category.

The split happened because production of phones at Ericsson caused massive losses with even more bleak prospect for the future. Management and most of responsibility was given to Sony. Pavel Vozenilek 18:11, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I see... fair enough - thanks for letting me know. Deano (Talk) 18:32, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Recreation of deleted content

You're free to use whatever content you wish in your own namespace, assuming it doesn't violate Wikipedia policies. However, note that user subpages which are intentionally transcluded as templates (see edit 39723996) are governed by the same provisions of Wikipedia policy that govern templates. As such, the userbox subpage templates you created will soon be deleted under criteria for speedy deletion G4 (recreation of deleted content) as well as the original deletion reasons. All instances of the templates will be substituted before deletion. This message will be crossposted to the administrator's noticeboard (incidents) if you'd like to comment. // Pathoschild (_admin / ^talk) 22:08, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Signature name

Hi Deano, I prefer to see user signatures which are identical or closely related to the real user name. Would you consider changing your signature to something more obviously attached to Drj xi ? —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-02-16 12:44Z

Hi Quarl,

Thanks for your message. Hopefully this is an improvement... Djr_xi was an email address so it was an obvious username, but I generally assume people like to know my real name - hence Deano. Anyway, I've changed it to just DJR. Thanks for contacting me! DJR (Talk) 13:26, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Deano, yes, I like that! Thanks! —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-02-16 18:40Z

Fix You

Hi,

You removed the link to the radio station WAVF from the Fix You page, saying tha that it was a minor station. However, WAVF was the sixth largest (of 24) radio station in Charlestown, a city with a metropolitan area populated by over half a million people, as of summer 2005. Why is it a minor station?

Cheers,

Acegikmo1 22:56, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again,

Thank you for your reply. You make a good point about Charlestown being less renowned than the other cities listed. However, when I added the brief list of stations playing "Fix You" in the US, I was trying to show where the song's major airply was coming from in the US, regardless of how well-known the locations were.

I am actually from Boston, one of the otherm more well-known cities listed. But in fact the station supporting "Fix You" in Boston, WFNX, actually reaches a smaller audience (by a factor of ~4) than the station in the less-known city of Charleston. The reason I included both is that they are both used to calculate a song's position on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, where Coldplay singles generally perform best, and because both are among the 100 laregest metropolitan areas in the US. I agree that stats more important UK stations like Radio 1, Xfm, Virgin Radio, etc. should be included, but I'm simply more familiar with the US data, and I feel that all the stations I listed, which gave 20+ plays/week to "Fix You", are reasonable choices for inclusion.

Cheers,

Acegikmo1 05:50, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please check your WP:NA entry

Greetings, editor! Your name appears on Wikipedia:List of non-admins with high edit counts. If you have not done so lately, please take a look at that page and check your listing to be sure that following the particulars are correct:

1. If you are an admin, please remove your name from the list.
2. If you are currently interested in being considered for adminship, please be sure your name is in bold; if you are opposed to being considered for adminship, please cross out your name (but do not delete it, as it will automatically be re-added in the next page update).
3. Please check to see if you are in the right category for classification by number of edits.

Thank you, and have a wiki wiki day! BD2412 T 04:13, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

arctic monkeys

Matt and alex met at high school. they both attended Stocksbridge high school. they didn'tmeet at college...just went there together, i know alex did media, i think they both did something to do with music too.

New runway at Mangalore

From what I last heard the new runway at Mangalore was supposed to be commisioned in April. But I do not know what the current status would be. When I travelled to Bombay last July, I could see (from the plane) that the new runway which is at an angle to the current runway was fully laid across a couple of hill tops. However the sides of the runway that fall between the hills (ie to say in the valley sections) had yet to be built up.

Also I could not see any construction going on taxiways to join it to the current runway. The Airbus 319s that are now using the current runway belong to Kingfisher Airlines. From the press release it seems that this aircraft doesn't require the full length of the current runway at all;-)

See Concreting of new runway at Bajpe airport completed

PS: I have given my support to you. PremKudva 09:43, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Meanwhile I have read recently that Air India will be flying to Dubai from Mangalore. See Air India to fly from Mangalore? and also seeAirbus A-319 Trial Flight Lands at Bajpe. You come to Mangalore often? I had replied earlier, but it was on my talk page, I understand that for you to read this it has to be on your talk page. --PremKudva^Talk 10:37, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Typo on your user page

Hmmm, did you leave out a "not" when you said "US copyright law annoys me, but that does justify its violation on Wikipedia." ? FreplySpang (talk) 17:06, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good Laugh! :)

Greetings,

This has nothing to do with my weak oppose on your RfA (I'll be happy to support next time, as I said.) Having skimmed your political opinions, I find it amusing that you support the independence of Tibet and Kurdistan, but oppose (tongue-in-cheek, I hope) the American Rebellion. How adorable! :) Best wishes, Xoloz 18:23, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mr. Jefferson, in his rough draft of the treasonous instrument, felt similarly. Of the British, he wrote:

We must endeavor to forget our former love for them, and to hold them as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends. We might have been a free and a great people together; but a communication of grandeur and of freedom it seems is below their dignity.

(teary-eyed) Best wishes, Xoloz 18:44, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

POV thing

Hello! Having voted for your RfA and read your user page, I thought I'd pop in and add my support to your views on the whole POV, NPOV, userbox thing. Your user page puts it very very well, and I hope people are persuaded by your arguments. Waggers 11:03, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:SIG

Hey, thanks for the message. As it is, WP:SIG is only a guideline, and not a Wikipedia policy. It is, therefore, a reccomendation for conduct, but violation of these guidelines are not against Wikipedia policy...they're sort of just unwritten rules. Here's the section on images:

There are several objections to having images in signatures. In particular, they are said to cause server slowdown, and to serve no purpose in an encyclopedia project other than vanity in addition to making pages more difficult to read. There have been some calls for banning them entirely; some people have objected to such a ban, arguing it would stifle creativity.

I'm in the second group there. I don't think the images in my sig really drag the server all that badly, and I think when people see the U.S. and German flags next to each other, they know better with whom they're dealing. Please feel free to respond in my talk page. Thanks, JHMM13 (T | C) 23:13, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not a problem. Incidentally, you have some very nice images on your user page, although I've got to say the Big Apple is the best city in the world :-). Either that or Bruchsal, Germany :-D. JHMM13 (T | C) 23:23, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

alter script on my user page

Hi Cyde,

Thanks for your alterations to my page... I have no idea what you were talking about when you explained it but I'm sure you're right. Just to check, can I {{subst:message}} and then alter the message as I had done previously? Or will this mess with the javascript thingy or whatever it is...

Cheers, DJR (Talk) 23:23, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, you can subst message and edit it as you want. The problem with what you were previously using was that it was using the usermessage class which is specifically only supposed to be used for the "You have new messages..." display at the top of the screen. {{message}} is more flexible anyway ... you can subst it and then change the colors to your heart's desire, whereas the colors of the usermessage class are hardwired in. --Cyde Weys 23:25, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And for the same reason the link to your userbox thing isn't working. To me it displays as "You have userboxes (changes)", because it also uses the usermessage class. I'm not too worried though because this isn't really an essential functionality; being able to post new messages at the top of talk pages, however, is very useful. --Cyde Weys 23:26, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Award

I award this Barnstar to you for creating your own userboxes which I think is really cool!Great going, mate!--Victoria Eleanor 12:56, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Easy.jpg

Why have you tagged this as public domain? It is clearly a copyrighted work. If you claim fair use, please make sure it is only used to illustrate its article, and not outside the main namespace (such as userboxes). ed g2s • talk 14:30, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Could you put a copy of the email on the image talk page?

That would be best. It seems unlikely that such an image would be created free of copyright, but if it is confirmed, it should be tagged as {{CopyrightedFreeUse}}. ed g2s • talk 16:49, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stuff

Hi Deano, hope you are well. I have added my support to your RfA. Some civility issues have been raised, and yes, you might have made one or two mistakes in the past, but you seem to have accepted this and moved on, as have those others involved. We all make mistakes, including administrators, but as long as people admit to them, I think that's fine. I don't see your userboxes as an issue at all, and I certainly don't think it's any reason to oppose someones RfA. I am sorry you have had to deal with so many opposes simply because of your userboxes. For the record, I'm not a particular userbox fan, to be honest I find them rather unsightly, and using a one-sentence statement that might have been written by someone else is probably not the best way to state your views on things. I do, however, think it's important that editors state any affiliations to particular points of view they might have, so others can take these into account when reviewing their contributions, and userboxes have become the easiest way of doing this. I also, as you state (on one of those userboxes), oppose the categorisation structure that groups editors of those points of view. If your RfA is not successful this time, that shouldn't discourage you from applying again in a few months. I have no doubt that your intentions are good, and if you take on board those comments from this discussion that you think are valid I think you will be successful next time. The userbox issue might have died down a bit by then too..

On other, unrelated (more important), matters, I think your idea of a List of Soccer AM guests(?) is a good one, but I'm not sure where we could find that information from a reliable source that would conform to Wikipedia standards. The Soccer AM World site lists guests for each show, but official sources might include TV guides (which would be a lot of work, and wouldn't include any guests that didn't turn up). I can't really think of anything else, seeing as this isn't detailed on the official site, maybe an e-mail to the show? We would need to establish the copyright status of any list that was obtained either directly or indirectly from Sky though. I've added the guests for this week, and amended the previous entry, to the temp page. What do you think of that change? The last two weeks' Soccerettes have slightly confused things.

On another matter, I've have noticed that Bouncebackability has been deleted as a "repost of deleted content". I was going to bring this up with you anyway, because I saw that you did some work on this page. The article was originally deleted via Afd on 25 October 2005, but the main reason was that it was a dicdef. The article was recreated at some point, and I had it on my watchlist for a while (I was going to add a few bits, but then you said everything I would have done, so I left it). I don't believe this should have been speedy deleted as a repost, because, when I last saw the article, it clearly wasn't just a dicdef, but included other contextual information. I hadn't noticed the previous speedy deletion on 19 February 2006 (as CSD G4 by Cryptic (talk · contribs)). It was recreated after the original speedy deletion, but it should have gone to DRV really. I plan to take this to DRV, but I just wanted to make sure I've got my story straight (as I didn't actually see the original original deleted (via Afd) content). I am presuming the additions you made were not reposted pre-Afd text? Sorry, just thought I had to confirm with someone before I nominated it for undeletion.

All the best mate. - Nzd (talk) 15:40, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Time to throw some stuff out there...

One. I am disgusted by the way your RfA was denied by voters who blatantly ignored the RfA time rules. I truly hope you succeed on your re-run, on which I have voted support.

Two. London is, indeed, the best city in the world. While I do not live there any more and I am usually otherwise engaged, I would be happy to help out where I can in the maintenance of the London Portal.

Three. I love your userboxes. I can foresee a time when the EU becomes similar to the US in that its so-called "member states" will all simply become subservient states to it. In fact, we are all under EU law above national law anyway, and so this is similar to the US law system where state law is overridden by federal law. (And I don't want GB to have the same political status as Texas...)

Four. What did you study at Pembroke? (Am considering applying to Oxbridge soon and am still relatively undecided about what to study or where my life is going)

See you around. haz _(user talk)^e 21:24, 26 February 2006

@Three: I agree completely. —Nightstallion (?) 12:15, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

t'Arctic Monkeys

Hi, 'The View From The Afternoon' IS the new Arctic Monkeys single, out about 1st May (not confirmed yet). Check out <www.newuksinglereleases.co.uk>, it's the best single release dates resource I know of. Mjefm 22:21, 2 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Crossing flags

Please do not cross flags on your user page. This may offend others and is even considered a crime in many countries. I am sure you are able to express your valuable opinion in a respectful way. May I ask why you dislike a union you do not even belong to? Imagine someone crossed the flag of your country - also a union. ROGNNTUDJUU! 21:12, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your views on the subject - I will consider them. The flag of the European Union is not a national flag and therefore has no jurisdiction as a symbol in any part of the world. With regards to disliking "a union you do not even belong to", I think perhaps you should do a bit more research into the history of the European Union... indeed which country were the last holderes of the Presidency of the European Union. Finally, under several European laws including the ECHR, there can be no law in a EU country forbidding the freedom of expression with regards to the Union, notwithstanding crossing out a flag. Crossing a flag is merely a symbol of the opposite of the flag - it does not constitute offence like a burning flag. Finally, if someone crossed the flag of my country, no one would notice! DJR (Talk) 13:12, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

While I accept that some people may feel represented by the flag, I do not accept that the crossing of the flag represents "vilification". It simply represents the antithesis of the subject for which the flag represents. I would suggest, however, that if you feel strongly about this then you nominate the said image in WP:IfD. It is only used on user pages so its ultimate deletion would probably provide the solution you desire. However, I would personally disagree with its deletion out of principle - crossing out a flag in no way undermines the flag itself. DJR (Talk) 13:29, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please just show some respect and find a way to express your opinion without offending others. I am sure you would agree had a national flag been crossed. Some people even feel more represented by the union than by their individual country. ROGNNTUDJUU! 13:37, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I second the above, and would also ask you to refrain from deleting messages posted on your talk page. It generally suggests that you are trying to hide the messages people are requesting you to consider, and is extremely frustrating for people who come back only to find their original topic deleted. It is also highly disrespectful for users who took the time to contact you regarding your contributions to Wikipedia. DJR (Talk) 17:13, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is laid out on my talk page why I copy discussions to keep them together. If you do not like it we have to agree to differ. The user whose post you restored on my page deleted my comments from his page himself. I always reply and I expect you to respect my decision. ROGNNTUDJUU! 17:16, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Userboxes/Education/United Kingdom/University of Oxford

• Wikipedia:Userboxes/Education/United Kingdom/University of Oxford

Hi, thanks for creating this catalog of templates for University of Oxford colleges. I've taken the liberty of moving it out of the main namespace (which is reserved for articles) to Wikipedia:Userboxes/Education/United Kingdom/University of Oxford. I've updated all links so that they point to the new location. --Tony Sidaway 00:02, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image Tagging Image:GLAMap.PNG

This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:GLAMap.PNG. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{GFDL-self}} to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, please read fair use, and then use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. 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 unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Shyam ^(T/C) 13:05, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings

Holi greetings. --Bhadani 10:53, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi...

Hi there...well how's everything going with you?? I'm surprised though that you aren't really affected with your doomed RFA! That's the spirit (ofcourse you aren't the type to get doomed over something as trivial as this!!) but frankly speaking, I think we need an administrator as outspoken as you! And yeah as Holi's approaching(my friend told me) I wanted to wish you a

~*~Happy Holi~*~

Victoria Eleanor 15:07, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template talk:User United Kingdom

Just thought I'd draw your attention to this discussion, assuming you hadn't seen it already. I think you'll agree with me, but even if you don't, I'd appreciate your input as the creator of the userbox. Cheers, Hayter 14:50, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Bham crest new.png

When I uploaded this PNG file, I used the same copyright notice that was on the JPEG file it superseded. I'm not sure if that copyright applies any more as the shield has been around since the university was founded in 1900. What do you think? RupertMillard 22:38, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Mufc shirt.jpg

G'day there Djr_xi,

I notice you've uploaded an image of the current ManU home shirt, and tagged it as GFDL. However, there's no source for the image. Did you take it yourself? If so, can you please say so on the image? If not, how do you know the image is GFDL? Thanks, fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 04:32, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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