User talk:Terrillja/Archives/01/2009


Re: AIDS Symptoms

Hi. I was just editing this page, I noticed from a quick websearch that it was a copyvio of this page - thanks for knobbling it anyhow :) Thor Malmjursson (talk) 01:31, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

No problem, I figured it was a copyvio of somewhere, since it had all the refs in it a plaintext, [1]stuff[2]more stuff with another ref[3], etc, but it was redundant anyways. --Terrillja talk 01:34, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

RE:January 2009

Yeah, I know I need a reason. I'm getting to that. But first, I'm seeing the guidelines that it should meet. Thanks for the reminder, though.BTC 06:12, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

OK, just wanted to make sure you didn't forget, a lot of people put a hangon and never provide a reasoning. As for my reasoning for the CSD, the band does not appear to be signed to a notable label or meet the other criteria of WP:BAND.--Terrillja talk 06:14, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Oops, sorry

I thought the link was suitably applicable to Dax Cars as DB replicas is strongly associated with them. But I can see your point of view, and how easily this could get out of hand. Regards. Dave. P.S. i haven't got a clue wghether this reply is posted in the correct place as the instructions are as clear as mud.

DB Replicas (talk) 16:41, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Right place to reply, and I'm glad you understand, for instance if we allowed every retailer that sold macbooks to place a link to their company, the encyclopedic value of the project would be lost. Anyways, have a good day and happy new year. --Terrillja talk 19:06, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Whitney Stevens

Can you close this AfD, nomination is withdrawn. Thanks, --Jmundo (talk) 06:39, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

 Done If you need anything else feel free to ask! --Terrillja talk 06:48, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Axamenta

I just wanted to let you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Axamenta because it did have some assertion of notability (two records released). It still may not meet the regular Notability guidelines, so you may want to AfD it. Karanacs (talk) 18:04, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

OK, I'll take to AfD since it doesn't appear to meet any of the criteria of WP:BAND. Figured with how many redlinks there are and how it doesn't meet band, speedy seemed logical, but AfD is fine. --Terrillja talk 18:19, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, thanks for moving it to there. It was in the speedy deletion bin for a long time, so that was a good move. I'll continue to work on the page. BTC 20:22, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Re: Park Point at RIT

As a current resident of Park Point, i didn't see why the entire deleted. Do you monitor all pages? If so, please advise a proper way to inform people about the problems that do exist at Park Point. I believe that in order for people to get a complete view of something, they have to see the good and the bad. Thus by deleting the little segment on the Problems at RIT, you chose to eliminate that aspect of Park Point, one which people may want to know before choosing to moving in.

P.S. How would i be able to get back what i posted (what you deleted)???—Preceding unsigned comment added by Drom296 (talk • contribs)

What you entered was deleted because it is unsourced, that is to say it doesn't have reliable secondary sources that prove what you're saying is true. Wikipedia is not a forum for discussion of topics, nor is it a place for unsourced complaints.
What you entered can be seen here [1], but please do not readd it without proper sources. Dayewalker (talk) 01:58, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Wes Lucas

Hello Terrillja and thanks for your kind assistance in fixing problems with Wes Lucas. I was incapable of attending English Wikipedia 'cause I'm busy in Tagalog Wikipedia for the few past days and luckily you helped User:Information.relocation. Again, thanks!!! Kampfgruppe (talk) 09:27, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

your post to me about the link on Worcester page

I have added references and hyper links to the wiki article on Joseph Skinger that you noted. Can I add it back now to Worcester? Also I have had trouble uploading a scan of a photo. It says no .jpg but it is a jpg and has that at end. Any idea? Also I have read up the the "orphan" status and think that adding the refs, hyperlinks and some cross linking should help. Is it just a matter of time before that goes off the wiki heading at that site? Artfornow (talk) 04:19, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Now I see what the problem is, you had Joe Skinger and the article is under the title of Joseph Skinger, and there was no article at the first spelling. I have created a redirect so that this spelling will now redirect to Joseph Skinger. Well now that that issue is resolved, I have fixed the entry in the Worcester, MA article, since there is now something to link to.
As for the image, .jpg images are allowed, could you specify where you saw that they aren't? For instance the image on my userpage is a .jpg image. You should be able to upload it unless you are looking at something different from me.
Orphan status means that few articles link to an article, essentially it is a dead end. Things like categorizing it, linking it to other articles, such as museums, famous people from Worcester, etc. I will try to help you out on the article, if there is anything that I mistakenly link, feel free to correct me, I don't know anything about the guy or sculpture, but I'm willing to help where I can.
So overall:
 Done Creation of redirect
 Done Added to Worcester, MA famous people
 Additional information needed for the image, you should be able to upload .jpg images, need to know what you are seeing
 Doing... cleanup of article on Joseph Skinger
--Terrillja talk 04:45, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Joseph Skinger site

OK understand your time constraints. Also I have figured something out that should allow me to get going with my second question. I realized a bunch of things I was having problems with image wise are PDF's not jpgs. I will try to use photoshop to convert them. I see some people like to do this under microsoft Paint aslo.

Still leaves my first question on the permission to use the portrait photo. Artfornow (talk) 14:04, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Re: Template:multiple-accounts

Hi Terrillja. That is a great template. I think you should go ahead and have that moved into wikipedia space asap, and it wouldn't hurt you to speak to AzaToth about having that listed with twinkle. I think people like myself who watch the User creation log would have a field day with that one! Thor Malmjursson (talk) 17:04, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday, Terrillja/Archives/01/2009, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

Willking1979 (talk) 14:08, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

User:Terrillja_temp

I confirm that this is my account, for purposes of showing that it is a reputable, established user requesting the usurp. I created the temp account so I can keep this one. --Terrillja talk 16:41, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Queen of Swords

i have photographed a picture from a dvd french box set that I would like to add to the wikipedia page but am I infringing the rules and how do I do it. The link is in my contributions page. thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by REVUpminster (talk • contribs) 19:37, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

You need to add a non-free use rationale, which is explained here: Wikipedia:Non-free_use_rationale_guideline, and the image must be used in an article. One example of a good fair use rationale is here: [[2]]. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask away. --Terrillja talk 20:13, 2 January 2009 (UTC)


I have had a go and could you check it for me. It is on my contributions page, and if ok how do I move it to the article.REVUpminster (talk) 00:48, 3 January 2009 (UTC)


Queen of Swords
200px

I want to put the thumbnail image in the box of the article but can not do it. I been practising but no good.REVUpminster (talk) 21:41, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Fixed it here, sorry to take so long to get back to you, just had to use a wikilink rather than the url path. --Terrillja talk 00:33, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I tried all ways. Have just added the picture.REVUpminster (talk) 10:13, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

i did not realise you can not leave pictures on talk pages where I was practising. But at least it's still on the article. Thanks againREVUpminster (talk) 09:51, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

User talk:Mbassoon

Don't you think a final warning was a little harsh? He only created the page twice, and it looked ike he was trying to create a userpage. Usually, I find it best to go through the progressive warnings before threatening with a block.

I saw 4 a7s (loking back, 1 was a duplicate somehow), and I had already transferred one copy of it to his user page, so I took it as him continuing to try and recreate it. Admittedly, I probably should have left a message telling him to simply edit the copy on his userpage after I moved it, but I felt that when it was created 3 times (under 2 different spellings), it was beginning to get a bit questionable what his intent was and wanted to try and get him to stop. --Terrillja talk 21:48, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

WTF

what do u think you are saying to me. do u know who i am? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Slappydangler (talk • contribs) 02:03, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Nope. All I know is that you vandalized the article. If Jimbo Wales had done the same I probably would have warned him too. --Terrillja talk 02:06, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

your post to me about the link on Worcester page

Thanks so very much for your help. That's really helpful.I like what you did. So I guess at some point the orphan note goes away.

On the picture upload problem. There are two problems in fact. The first I did not describe before. It is about a b&w portrait of Joe Skinger that I tried to upload two years ago. Some box I checked when uploading (I was brand new to wiki then) caused that photo to be put in some sort of permanent limbo for my use. I then contacted the photographer was given permission by the photographer to use it but I didn't enter all that info in- in the wiki way -because I had already uploaded it without the permission- and it was then taken off and blocked for my use. Everytime I tried to upload it after that it was blocked. I have an email from the photograher Peter Miller from 2 years ago giving me permission to use it and link his site. Yesterday I copied all the wiki- formal language on this subject and emailed it to that phtographer to have him give permission on the wiki form. I will then submit that to wiki and hopefully they will then stop the block on use of that photo. If you think I can just submit the two year old email from him to wiki- in case he his flummoxed by the form I sent yesterday please let me know how.


2nd photo upload problem, which is what I described yesterday: It is a scan of a photo. When I scanned it I did a save as jpg. On a copy of the scan, using photoshop- image size, I put resolution in at 200- so it is small and prepared for web. When trying to upload, I select browse and it travels to my scan where it is loacted. I select upload. then a red message comes up saying is does not have the suffix .jpg.

When I click through the long address on the photo location in my browser- to check the name I saw it had two suffixes .jpg.jpg. So I go into my browser and rename it so my name of file does not show .jpg- because somehow it is alreday named that with out my seeing it. Still either way I get same red message after I select upload. I have 80 scans of sculptures to up load, and fear I may have the same problem on all of them. Artfornow (talk) 18:04, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

OK, well I will try to work with you on that. I'm busy right now, but hopefully within a week I will be able to try and figure it out. --Terrillja talk 04:55, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
Now that I finally have some free time, I have been able to look over the problems you are having. The first image sounds like it is being blocked because it was deleted before and it is an identical file. For that issue, I'd suggest WP:OTRS, they can likely help you better than I can. The second issue, that sounds like the way you are saving it in photoshop. There is likely a checkbox when saving that says something like "hide extension", so it hides the extension that you are saving it as, then you enter it with the extension, getting a double extension. For example, you save the image as picture.jpg, but then photoshop adds another .jpg, so you end up with picture.jpg.jpg Is that what is happening? --Terrillja talk 22:55, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Paul Watson

Actually, the source DOES meet WP:RS. It is about a legal matter published in a national periodical of general circulation by an organization dedicated to researching legal issues whose founder and leader recently had his autobiography published by the American Bar Association. On what basis do you think this publication does not meet the requirements of WP:RS? Would a local newspaper police blotter have greater credibility? Watson's wife probably wears her arrest record like a merit badge. Mervyn Emrys (talk) 16:08, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

PS: And Robbie Cox was re-elected President of the Sierra Club in 2007. Does that make him a reliable source again? Mervyn Emrys (talk) 17:33, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
It isn't a mater of credibility. The problem was that the source was obviously biased. The sources that you changed the citation to are much better. Thank you. --Terrillja talk 22:40, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Maine Coon

Hi there, Terrillja! I just wanted to stop by to thank you for helping the article pass the GA process and for your thoughts on the discussion page. I really appreciate it! – Ms. Sarita Confer 22:19, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

No problem, I just did a few (controversial) things, you did all the heavy work. When you get ready to make the push to FA, drop me a note here and I will try to help where possible. --Terrillja talk 22:41, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Civility

Why don't you stop giving orders and START trying to be civil? I'm looking for an acceptable word, and some jackass keeps getting nasty about it. Suggest a better word? Your contributions are not at all constructive. Are we to assume that only descriptive terms such as "pablum" and "mush" are acceptable in Wikipedia? For cryin out loud, Watson describes HIMSELF as "radical" and "revolutionary." How about a little AGF? Get off your high horse and say something constructive for a change, please. Mervyn Emrys (talk) 02:49, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

All I said was let the facts speak for themselves. There is not need for an "appropriate" word, just leave it as is, users can draw their own conclusions.--Terrillja talk 02:51, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
Actually, you said quite a bit more on my talk page, in a pretty nasty, dictatorial tone. Don't play innocent when you are not. Are you now Paul Watson's personal body guard? You seem to have a rather proprietary interest in this particular article. Do you own it? Stop with the edit war or I'll report it. There are a great number of not very flattering things that could be said here about Watson with impeccable reliable sources. You keep this up, maybe you'll get a chance to challenge all of them. Mervyn Emrys (talk) 03:04, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Cloud computing

Thanks for helping out with Cloud Computing spam. I've added uw-coi too. -- samj inout 12:10, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

No problem, I came across that edit after the user spammed another one of my watchlisted articles. Those articles on computing tend to draw in the spammers like mosquitoes to the bug zapper.--Wigglesoinkswaddles 20:30, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

redirects

To the dab page, since there are multiple meanings that are possible for the redirects. I already requested more likely redirects to article pages previously (yesterday). These handles the rest of the combinations, and are less likely to be a particular institution in all cases, so more likely to be one or another, so the dab page serves better as a target. 76.66.198.171 (talk) 07:33, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Friend

Friend I am not sure if you realize this, but I believe on the Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation/Redirects something is going wrong when you use that "subsct: afc accept" template. --24.184.206.83 (talk) 23:46, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, how so? I am using a script, so perhaps there is a problem with the script.--Terrillja talk 01:53, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
I am not sure buddy, but for some reason instead of the template. it shows {{subst: afc accept}} as if you used the nowiki thingy --24.184.206.83 (talk) 20:50, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Hilton Removal

{{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}} The material added was completely referenced, and the sources were wikipedia itself, eonline, and BBC world news, as well as from a documentary. Secondly the sex tape and inheritance issue have both been added to wikipedia but it seems as if whenever details that have been widely published through other outlets are included for a better grasp, they get deleted, it is apart of who she is, so what is the problem? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ninjawarriordex (talk • contribs) 05:35, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

The Sex tape and inheritance are both on wikipedia, and the sex tape itself has it's own article, which is sourced on Hilton's article, so what's the problem.

ALso why does a Sex tape have it's own article, that's a waste of space.

Starting off, please add your comments below any other content here. As for the sex tape, it is notable regardless of how stupid the whole thing is.
As for the bulk of your comment, I'll split this into the 2 parts.
Sex tape: Looking at it, you referenced wikipedia (2) times, imdb, which only says there was a video, and is IMO a poor source anyways since anyone can submit changes, E onlone blog (2) times. With the (marginal) exception of IMDb, none are a reliable source. So you have WP:OR and WP:BLP.
Inheritance You have well sourced information about the fact that he is donating it, then you go on to say "It was so speculated" which means original research or crystal ball, trying to extrapolate the meaning from what written.
Please read up on these policies, if you have any further questions, feel free to post here. --Terrillja talk 05:52, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Okay whatever, I don't care anymore. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ninjawarriordex (talk • contribs) 06:36, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Paul Watson

{{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}} I did explain my reason in the edit summary, and I will do so again. If you have a WP:RS reliable source for this information, that explains why it is important to the context, by all means provide it. If you do not, you are close to WP:3RR. As is, it appears like you are merely expressing your personal opinion or original research, which is not permissible in WP encyclopedia articles. Using WP templates doesn't changed that, or make your POV pushing any more acceptable. Mervyn Emrys (talk) 03:45, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

*looking at above comment* Hmm... Noticed you're having some trouble on the Paul Watson article. I've decided to lend a helping hand. – Ms. Sarita Confer 04:49, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

RedRose 333

RedRose 333 is still disruptive editing as they did with Sonny Bono, ignoring threats of blocking. They also may be sockpuppeting as Rosie, Queen of Corona. Just FYI —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.176.191.234 (talk) 05:41, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

RedRose333 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) continuing disruptive editing on other pages, even after further warnings threatening blocks. Jg01 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) (no user page, recent registration) making similar edits on Mary Bono entry. Not sure if related, but similar. Hoping I have done this right this time. Bella (not allowed to log in at work) 24.176.191.234 (talk) 07:10, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

I have looked over both users contribs, and don't see anything that looks malicious. Redrose's edits were more about screwing up infoboxes, which Jg01 hasn't touched at all. I'll keep an eye on both, but they look OK for now.--Terrillja talk 16:11, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

klittlenobody

Massive thanks for the wikipedia-en-help IRC help channel link, everyone super helpful and hopefully starting to resolve issue kind regards --Klittlenobody (talk) 23:04, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

No problem, glad you got the problem resolved. --Terrillja talk 01:04, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Maine Coon

Thank you very much for you comments as regards my edits in the Maine Coon article. Your critism of my edits is that "adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to Maine Coon, is not consistent with our policy of verifiability" Well, have a good look at what the section of the article says:

"The generally-accepted theory by many breeders is that the Maine Coon is descended from the pairings of local short-haired domestic cats and long-haired breeds brought overseas by English seafarers (possibly by Captain Charles Coon) or 11th-century Vikings.[8] The connection to the Vikings is seen in the strong resemblance of the Maine Coon to the Norwegian Forest Cat, another breed which is said to be a descendant of cats that traveled with the Vikings.[10]"

So, because the Maine Coon cat looks like Norwegian Forest Cats, they must be related. Seeing as there is NO historical or archaeological evidence to prove this notion, the above sentence is invalid. What I attempted to do by introducing the sentence "As there are no historical sources supporting this, the link between the Maine Coon and the Norwegian Forset Cat is just as likely a result of Scandinavian immigration to the North Americas in the mid 19th century." is to add some balance to the article. However, if you can prove that there is a link between the Norwegian Forest Cat and the Maine Coon, then I accept your criticism whole-heartedly. As for verifiability, who on earth is George Eigenhauser of CARSON COMMUNITY CENTER, Community Halls A, B & C, Three Civic Plaza Drive, Carson, CA 90745??? A famous cat historian? --Grumpy444grumpy (talk) 09:44, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Terrillja, don't worry about this. I've taken care of it by adding two references and explaining that the article does not state the connection between MCs and the Vikings as a fact, but a theory. I don't even know why this user came to your talk page instead of mine. ::shrugs:: Hope the start of your weekend is going well! – Ms. Sarita Confer 15:26, 30 January 2009 (UTC)