User talk:Vidarlo/Archive1

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  Karmafist 16:34, 28 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No Problem

Thanks for returning my welcome, just one thing, you should put four tildes like this ~~~~ after your comments on talk pages, so people can respond to you easier. Karmafist 16:46, 28 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Roger Toll

I found a source for the Roger Toll story so it's not your basic attack page. Please note, that you don't need to add extra categories when tagging them. Articles with deletion tags are automatically categorized. - Mgm|^(talk) 13:07, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• You could always reword it in a more neutral way. - Mgm|^(talk) 13:12, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/DrugChart

Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/DrugChart was submitted as a diagram including the links (as stated in the submission). Of course it is meaningless without them. --Thoric 03:57, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at your recent vote on Single-phase transformer, I find your opposition to the drug chart a tad unfair in comparison. I would say that the Single-phase transformer diagram is less stunning, and less meaningful without the article. --Thoric 01:27, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I know Thoric has spoken to you about this already, but I've been trying to decide whether to promote it or not for a few days now. You were opposed partially because the image was meaningless without the overlaid text. Have you seen Image:Drugchart.png? This image includes the text, so I was wondering what you thoughts are on this new image. Thanks. Raven4x4x 05:59, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cool. Thanks for replying. Raven4x4x 00:24, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Spoiler Warning

Hi, thanks for signing up. I have not been active with it lately, but the idea is still valid. We need to identify articles that have professional-level content worth publishing. If you happen to see any, please add them to the list! Theorectically with time the number of articles that are worthy of being published will increase. Finding them is a challenge. --Stbalbach 17:12, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Newcomer contribution

Hi. "Port 80" is a newcomer's first and only contribution and it's not self-serving vanity. In the future, please be kind and not use words like "unencyclopedic", "a lot of nonsense", "I don't think this page should exist on wikipedia." It would be nice if we appreciate the time the guy spent composing his contribution. Regards. -- Perfecto 15:03, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

FSF Screenshot Template

First, forward the email you received to permissions at wikimedia dot org for recordkeeping. There are instructions for creating a template at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Creating new tags or sub-category. You could call the template {{FSF-screenshot}}. It should say something like "The FSF will permit the use of "screenshots without restrictions" of programs they own the copyright of. This does not include all programs licensed under the GPL or LGPL." I would ask on Wikipedia talk:Image copyright tags before creating the template. If no one objects, you can create it and list it on WP:ICT. It should be listed under Any purpose copyright, but probably not in GNU licenses. Superm401 | Talk 21:23, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kosebamse

There's a word or two about me at User:Kosebamse/stuff. "Kosebamse" arose as a reminescence of an amorous involvement with a Norwegian; it's long past, but the nick stuck with me. And what's Vidarlo, by the way?

WikiProject Military history:

The Military history WikiProject is currently holding elections for project coordinators. Any member of the project may nominate themselves and all are encouraged to vote here. The elections will run until February 5.

--Loopy ^e 04:37, 23 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Participant alert regarding Wikiproject on Advertising

The Wikiproject No Ads, created as a backlash against the Answers.com deal, has served an important function in providing a space for users to express their disagreement with the Foundation proposal. While the current controversies about userboxes raise questions about political and social advocacy on Wikipedia, there should be greater flexibility regarding advocacy about Wikipedia in the Wikipedia namespace. Reported and linked by Slashdot and other press sources as a unique and spontaneous occurence in Wikipedia history, it has apparently had some impact as, despite being scheduled to begin in January, not a peep has been heard about the trial and proposed sponsored link since the deal's controversial announcement months ago. Currently, however, there is an attempt to delete the project or move it off Wikipedia altogether. Since the Foundation has provided no additional information and has not attempted to answer the specific questions that participants in the project raised, it is unclear if the Answers.com deal has been abandoned or simply delayed. Until the situation becomes more clear, I believe the group should still have a place in the Wikipedia namespace. Sincerely, Tfine80 00:13, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Military history WikiProject Newsletter, Issue I

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue I - March 2006
Project news An independent military history peer review has been created for the benefit of the project. A number of articles have already been reviewed, receiving significantly more feedback within the project than they did on the generic peer review page. The project's Collaboration of the Fortnight got off to a great start with Ferdinand Foch and is now focusing on the military history of Spain. Two new task forces—dealing with warfare during classical antiquity and the Middle Ages—have been created. An effort to build a catalogue of high-quality maps for use in military history articles is now underway. The newly-formed translation department is looking for volunteers to help with translating featured articles from other-language Wikipedias.	From the Coordinators Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Military history WikiProject's newsletter! We hope that this new format will help members—especially those who may be unable to keep up with some of the rapid developments that tend to occur—find new groups and programs within the project that they may wish to participate in. Please consider this inital issue to be a prototype; as always, any comments and suggestions are quite welcome, and will help us improve the newsletter in the coming months. Kirill Lokshin, Lead Coordinator
Current proposals Proposed guidelines for categories of military people are currently being discussed. A number of issues have already been resolved, but the proposed scheme is still in draft form and further input would be very welcome.

delivered by Loopy ^e 05:53, 30 March 2006 (UTC) [reply]

Reply to "Your UNIX-category image" on Commons

It took me a few minutes to figure out what image you meant, but I finally figured it out. ;) Now, about the GPL comment- here is why I do that. In Section 3, Part A of the GPL 2.0, it is stated:

Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code

I realise this requirement is met in itself, but some older text editors refuse to edit SVGs. Thus, I inlcude the source just in case. I will edit the page to no longer include the "must include" part. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. ~Linuxerist E/L/T 02:20, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Do you think that I should simply remove the code instead? I guess I could, as not many people you text editors like Notepad for Windows 2.0 anymore. ~Linuxerist E/L/T 10:07, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, i guess I will remove it. When I first tried to make SVGs in Inkscape, I thought of SVG as a type of graphic that could be scaled, and nothing more! ~Linuxerist E/L/T 10:35, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am still getting used to Inkscape myself, as I have been using The GIMP for about 8 years, though just horrible drawing at first. I have mainly gained SVG knowledge merely by expirementing. I once had a weird idea to open up an SVG in pico, and sure enough saw it was an XML file. ~Linuxerist E/L/T 11:03, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh sure. ;) I guess I should have noted I recently switched to emacs, so don't get me wrong there. I hadn't realised about xpm's before, though I guess it makes since. Also, a quick read through the Inkscape tutorials will allow you to do enough to make the basics. ~Linuxerist E/L/T 11:17, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue II

The April 2006 issue of the project newsletter is now out. You may read this issue or change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you by following the link. Thanks. Kirill Lokshin 19:02, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: RV on pH[1]

I have posted a reply on my talk page. — Edward Z. Yang^(Talk) 00:07, 7 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have posted a reply on my talk page. — Edward Z. Yang^(Talk) 21:55, 7 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

shortcut

I removed the shortcut because none of the other portals have shortcuts listed at the top. When navigating from portal to portal, only the technology portal's content is shifted down because of the shortcut box at the top; shortcut boxes are more appropriate for project space than content pages like portals and articles.--ragesoss 19:18, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue III - May 2006

The May 2006 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. Kirill Lokshin 05:18, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WikiLove!

Here's a pizza for you! Pizzas promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving something friendly to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Make your own message to spread WikiLove to others using Template:smile! Happy editing! ~Linuxerist (talk · contribs)

Thank You! (You're Welcome too!)

Thank you for the barnstar, and you're welcome for the words and pizza! It feels great to be recognised with a barnstar. Anyways, happy editing. With WikiLove, ~Linuxerist E/L/T 18:33, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism?

Thank you for experimenting with the page Sarah McLachlan on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. --Yamla 15:13, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This was a simple mistake from my side. I checked an article I watch (pH) and found the image Image:Sarahvulva.jpg in that article. I checked other articles edited by the same IP, and looked for the image in them It was in the Sarah McLachlan aritcle. However, I must've waited until some other fellow had removed the image, and then pressed edit, and removed the first image line I saw. Sorry for not checking better, but it was not intentional harm. See this diff for more information. vidarlo 11:23, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue IV - June 2006

The June 2006 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. Kirill Lokshin 05:18, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]