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Murfreesboro

Hi Huntster, thanks for your offer of assistance. I'm writing an article about the Murfreesboro mosque controversy (see User:Prioryman/Islamic Center of Murfeesboro for the draft to date). I was wondering if you might be able to take some photos of the Islamic Center - preferably both the old building at 862 Middle Tennessee Boulevard and the new building at the intersection of Bradyville Pike and Veals Road? It would be most excellent if you could manage this. Prioryman (talk) 07:52, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

By the way, I believe the mosque is due to open tomorrow. I don't know if there's going to be any kind of opening ceremony but if there is, it might be worth seeing if it could be captured for the record. Prioryman (talk) 07:58, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

The draft article is pretty much finished now - if you have any views on it I'd be interested to know what you think of it. Do you know when/whether you might be able to get any photos? Prioryman (talk) 10:54, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Adam Steltzner

Hi I left a response about the NASA images thanks. Green Cardamom (talk) 15:20, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

smiles

Thought you might get a chuckle out of this. See "Cydebot" at [1]. I was going to drop a {{uw-3rr}} on its talk page .. but I wasn't sure if WP:DTTR counted for bots too ... LOL. How ya doin there Huntster? — Ched :  ?  22:53, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Same Name

I know this has Absolutely Nothing to do with wikipedia, but as I was looking at Talk:2012 Aurora shooting I noticed your name (Huntster) on some of the threads. So, I figured that your real name is Hunter (which is also my real name). And, one of my nicknames is also Huntster. I clicked on your user page and discovered that you are currently living in Murfreesboro. I am in Murfreesboro alot because I live in DeKalb County (near Smithville). I just thought that was weird that we have the same name and live in pretty much the same place. United States Man (talk) 05:20, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Hey, great to hear from you. My last name is actually "Hunt", but close enough. I'm always surprised at the number of Huntsters I come across on the Internet, some of which have taken my username before I can register it on a given site! Oh, the humanity! lol. Also, weather is cool, for purposes of solidarity, and tornadoes are fun to watch, though not to be in. :) — Huntster (t @ c) 06:08, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

<runs screaming from the thread> "Outing, Outing"!! — Ched :  ?  02:23, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

You're in Tennessee

So who are you to dictate Australian spelling?
Keep your cultural hegemony to yourself. Varlaam (talk) 17:28, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

You're not Commonwealth. So don't lecture us on how to spell our own tongue. Varlaam (talk)

Such vitriol and moral superiority, I expect better from an editor who has been around as long as you have. You obviously are not getting the point that this is a direct quote from the website, using an accepted spelling variation of 'travelled'. Even if it is not standard Australian English, it is still valid English. This is not a [sic] situation, as there is no misspelling. — Huntster (t @ c) 22:24, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Evanescence Group Pic

Hey Huntster. I feel like I'm having a lapse in brain power this evening. A photo was recently uploaded to the Evanescence page that I believe is a clear copyright violation. A Google Images search finds many references to Tumbler, and one post on a blog called ImmortalEvanescence cites the image as being taken in October 19th in Paraguay, but seems to originate on the Evanescence Buenos Aires Facebook page. So I doubt this user is the copyright holder since the dimensions are exact to Facebook's shrunken size.

ANYWAY. I can't seem to figure out how to flag a commons image for a copyvio (or even to do something as simple as notify the user on their talk page). Could you help me out with this when you get a chance? Thanks. =) ~ [ Scott M. Howard ] ~ [ Talk ]:[ Contribs ] ~ 00:01, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Hey Scott, sorry for the delay. I've flagged the image on Commons as a copyright violation. On the image page, you can simply click the Report Copyright Violation link on the lefthand sidebar, note the link the image was taken from and hit submit. You can see my report, assuming it isn't deleted before you look at it. — Huntster (t @ c) 08:54, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

JSTOR

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Orphaned non-free media (File:Orion hyperspace (No Man's Land).jpeg)

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Hi

Hi Huntster, I know it's been ages since we spoke. But I do need to say that I can never look at a wikipedia page without thinking of you. If it weren't for you .. I wouldn't be here, and I need to let you know that. I'm sure there have been a lot of times I've said things on wiki that made you do a *facepalm* or *headdesk* .. and I'm sorry for that. No matter what happens in your life, know that you touched another person's life and made a difference. Guess it's too late now to stop being stupid, but I wanted you to know what a good person you are. All my best always. Ched — Ched :  ?  09:45, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:Huntster/Sandbox/1

User:Huntster/Sandbox/1, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Huntster/Sandbox/1 and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:Huntster/Sandbox/1 during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Magioladitis (talk) 17:37, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

In case you need to keep the page for further processing I 'll withdrawn the nomination. The nomination was more a heads up for, most probably, an old version of an article hidden somewhere in your subpages. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:56, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

WP:CITE and Amy Lee

Regardless of the depth of your Amy Lee fandom, if you cannot cite references for the collaborations, put a "this article has insufficient inline citations" tag on it, or back it out and call it a day. Police dispatcher? That means they trust you with a badge and a microphone, but prefer to leave actual policing to those who are more qualified. I'm not impressed. Dkendr (talk) 11:49, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Regarding your revision on Liqian (village)

Yes, the connection between Huns and Xiongnu it is theoretical. You seem to have the Huns and Xiongnu mixed up, though. The former are the people who sacked Rome, the latter were the nomads in east Asia. Read the article in question, Battle of Zhizhi, fought between Xiongnu and Chinese/Han. The source actually has "Hsiung-nu" in brackets. With something written way back in 1941, they seem to have mistakenly written "Huns" as the english version. --chinneeb-talk 10:02, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Bigelow Expandable Activity Module

Hello, Huntster. You have new messages at Talk:Bigelow Expandable Activity Module.
Message added 14:57, 18 January 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Hi Huntster. You've worked previously on the Bigelow articles and you are a master of using images on the Wiki, so please take a look at the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module article and see what you think. Cheers. N2e (talk) 14:57, 18 January 2013 (UTC) N2e (talk) 14:57, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your contributions to the article! N2e (talk) 18:45, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

http://www.readabilityofwikipedia.com/score Eustace the Monk

I tested the Readability score on Eustace and it was very high. If it still stays that high I would have no objection to the change. It is almost identical anyway and should not matter. Looking for it right now through my maze of "stuff". Thanks Mugginsx (talk) 12:50, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Ooh, I've never seen that site before...nifty. My primary concern was that the first sentence of that paragraph made very little sense...I had to read it a couple of times and parse it out. I think the simple readability is better now, though I'll probably go over the article again with fresh eyes in a couple of days and see if anything else needs modifying. — Huntster (t @ c) 12:56, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

I just ran it with your edits and it still looks good! Results for provided text

Submitted text

67 / 89% / 66% *

And, yes I find it very helpful to check an article I am working. It is a useful tool!! Mugginsx (talk) 13:12, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Another hint is that using "bigger" words sometimes gives you a lower score. Wikipedia is designed to attract many readers, not just scholars. In fact, scholars would have very little use for Wikipedia since they have their own books and methods of researching Mugginsx (talk) 13:17, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

The words "Compelled" and "forced" mean the same thing: http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/compel and http://www.thefreedictionary.com/compelled and I would disagree that Louis gave it up WILLINGLY. You are correct on distrain. I thought it to be a mispelling. Mybad. Mugginsx (talk) 14:22, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Edit Conflict

Thanks for your message, and ya it seems edit conflict occured. भास्कर्bhagawati Speak 13:20, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

revert

re: this. First, it is so great to see you about. I'll think about this for a bit and see if I can come up with a more optimal wording. My thoughts here are: 1) per item 2a in that the word "discover" leads a person to think along the lines of "previously unknown". Once something is "discovered", can it be undiscovered? Maybe "most recently observed would be more accurate? I understand the subtle nuance to the word, so I will think about it for a bit and try to come up with something there. OK .. the second part though I absolutely disagree with. The asteroid was not discovered at the observatory, the asteroid was in space. It was discovered by the people who were at the observatory, yes. Guess you want me to read up on this subject a bit and actually do some constructive editing to the 'pedia huh? LOL. OK, I'll do some research and try to help improve the article. If you have any good links not already mentioned, please let me know. Always a true joy to work with you buddy. :-) — Ched :  ?  19:28, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Yes, you're definitely right about the second part. My brain was filling in 'by researchers at the observatory', so "by the" is certainly better. My concern about the first part is that an observed asteroid or other body can become lost (this happens rather frequently) when the observer loses track of it due to lack of adequate orbital data and other circumstances, but is later independently "discovered" one or more times; sometimes the astronomers can determine that the rediscovered object has previously been seen, sometimes not. That's the case with 274301 Wikipedia...It was found, lost, found, lost and found (and that's just the documented and correlated sightings). "Most recently observed" makes it sound like Andrushivka is the last group to have laid eyes on it, rather than the first group to definitively identify this object and characterise its orbit. I really don't know what the best solution is going to be :/ — Huntster (t @ c) 23:12, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Hmmm .. I'll think on it a bit. I like the way you explained the "definitively identified" vs. having been previously sighted. If I can think of something I'll drop a note on the talk page of the article. — Ched :  ?  01:45, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Enterprise (space shuttle)

Thanks for your help! Glad to see the infobox got sorted. I'm the author of the National Register nomination and was excited to update the wikipedia page. 161.11.130.247 (talk) 18:48, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Help

Please help me find my way back Huntster. I get so damned pissed off at the stupidity, and I honestly want to step in and try to fix things. I'm an old man that wants to help ... I want to make a difference ... and I find myself being that "get off my lawn" kind of guy. I try so hard to fix things .. and it seems that the harder I try, the worse it gets. sigh .... sorry .. just venting I guess. — Ched :  ?  04:20, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

Ched, understand that I stay far away from the politics of Wiki, so I don't really know what the situation is. If it is a problem in "Wikipedia:" space, then please heed my advice and stay away. I know you want to help, and I know there's a lot of people who appreciate that help, but if it is getting you down, then it's not worth it. If the problem is a conflict in article space, perhaps there's something I can do to help. Let me know. In any case, getting back to the basics of editing and writing and cleaning up always works for me. Personally, there's nothing better than diving into an article with messy citations and making them all look nice and neat. YMMV of course. You can probably tell from my contribs that I've not been very active on en.wiki for a long while. I focus most of my energy on Commons, cause I like the pretty pictures. — Huntster (t @ c) 04:41, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

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Talkback

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Contacting a company for images

Hi Huntster. Since you are knowledgeable in the ways of wiki-images (and I've personally just never decided to expend the time to get up to speed on all that arcana), and you've helped edit some of our spaceflight related articles, I'm touching base with you on this. Well, that, and because you've always been very helpful.

I'm trying to get a company to upload some appropriately licensed images so that they can be used by various editors on Wikipedia, nothing more than are already in their press packages, but just with the licenses fixed so we can use them. (UPDATE: 13 Apr 2013: by email, they have responded positively and indicated they would try to release some of their images with an acceptable Creative Commons license.)

Is there anything I should watch out for? Any minefields? I was figuring if the company just uploads some appropriately-licensed images, and Wikipedia editors do or do not use those images, we'd be okay relative to WP:COI. But this is the first time I have contacted a company like this so thought I would ask for your guidance in the process.

Cheers. N2e (talk) 22:03, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Yep ..

... And I had a hard enough time getting used to Windows 8 and a 'Droid OS ... sigh. I'm gonna miss that little orange banner, but hey ... I guess now I kin haz plausible deniability — Ched :  ?  12:12, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Plausible deniability? I thought the correct route was to simply ignore everything? :D — Huntster (t @ c) 12:23, 1 May 2013 (UTC)