User talk:IvoShandor/archive2

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This was archived by A mcmurray 05:04, 25 January 2007 (UTC).

Tip on using multiple references

I took a look at your article Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox and it looks interesting. Thanks for creating it, because I never get up to Bemidji. (And, as it turns out, I have a book, Minnesota Treasures, which contains additional material, so I'll probably add that to the article.) One comment: If you're using the same reference more than once in the article, you can give the "ref" element a name the first time in the article and give it the full citation the first time. Then, if you want to use the reference again, just insert the <ref> element again, giving it the same name, but you don't have to insert the full citation again. This makes editing a bit easier and makes the References section look cleaner. See Meta:Cite/Cite.php#Multiple_uses_of_the_same_footnote for information on how this works. Happy editing! --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 14:12, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

First National Bank Building

You removed this whole article and redirected it to a disambiguation page. Don't do that. -- BillWeiss | Talk 21:59, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Texas ghost towns

First, thank you for your attempts to improve the site. Judging by your contributions list you do have a history of good edits.

That said, one cannot just copy text from copyrighted web pages (in this case, The Handbook of Texas Online) and modify the phrasing slightly. The result would still be a derivative work, which does not mollify it from being a copyright violation. If you would like to rewrite articles on the subjects in question in your own words, that would be great, but we can't use line-for-line restylings of content that has "Copyright © The Texas State Historical Association" at the bottom of every page.

I am in the process of tagging most of these articles for speedy deletion, since the copyright status is clear, you haven't asserted that you have permission to repost the content, and the text is in most cases clearly derivative of the respective pages cited by the articles.

Thanks anyway, happy editing, and if you're interested, you can read more at pages such as the following: Wikipedia:Copyright FAQ, WP:C, WP:CP, WP:CSD, WP:FAIR. -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 03:44, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: Don P. Mitchell

I have replied to your message on my Talk page. --Slowking Man 17:44, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I replie too, but should have done it here. I did not create a vanity page for myself, as Mrs Slowking seems to think. Someone created the page and asked me to fill in details, but I didn't think I should be writing in my own wikipedia entry. My only real concern is that there are links from articles and photos to mypage, which now are left dangling. DonPMitchell 03:53, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

You can contact Pat Hanrahan to get an opinion or check that I am not a crank. A list of my publications can be found here: http://www.mentallandscape.com/Publications.htm. My schooling is in physics and mathematics. I joined Bell Labs Research in 1981, where I worked on distributed database problems for a few years, and then began to work on 3D computer graphics. In graphics, I have mainly worked on the problem of antialiasing and nonuniform sampling. In 1992, I move to Princeton University to work with Pat Hanrahan and David Dobkin (and I got a MS degree in Computer Science). In 1994-1999, I worked in Microsoft Research as lead architect in the Virtual Worlds project, and later I joined the graphics research group at MSR, where my most noteable work was on the ClearType algorithm for LCD display of text. In recent years, I have worked on the history of the Soviet space program. Thanks for taking the time to fix my page.

Speedy delete tags

When adding Speedy delete tags to articles, please just add them to the top without deleting the text, as this makes other users' (and admins') lives much easier when checking to see if the tag is right. In the case of an "obvious vandalism" article, for example, it's not immediately apparent what the vandalism is when you've blanked the page. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 23:41, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Executive Order 9835

Don't worry, I saw your message about the peer review and I'm not ignoring you. I just want to take the time to give your article the attention it deserves, but I'm a WikiGnome, so it's kind of hard to focus on one thing for so long. Looks like you don't need my help though, Mr. DYK? ;) How *do* you keep getting those anyway? Surely some of my articles are fascinating too and I've never had one. Thanks for the offer of returning the favor--if I ever get around to posting my half-finished article on Opal Whiteley, I'll let you peer review that. Katr67 06:32, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, I still haven't given your article a thorough once-over, but I did post a new ghost town article: Austin, Oregon. :) I'd love to find out if anyone actually won the tavern... Katr67 17:24, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Image:David Davis Mansion.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:David Davis Mansion.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

1. Go to the image description page and edit it to add {{Replaceable fair use disputed}}, without deleting the original Replaceable fair use template.
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If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our fair use criteria. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that any fair use images which are replaceable by free-licensed alternatives will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. -SCEhardT 05:32, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Photo Matching Service

Thought you might want to know about this, it has the same goals as Wikipedia:WikiProject Photography, but is better organized. If you have any questions, please contact me on my talk page. --Gphoto^talk 19:20, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Ghost towns

Just to let you know, I've moved the temp project page to Wikipedia:WikiProject Ghost towns. The project seems interesting enough to warrant itself beyond a proposal, and I think this way you might see some more activity with the project. Best of luck. -- Ned Scott 06:53, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Possibly unfree Image:Rockford Armory.jpg

An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:Rockford Armory.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. Please go to its page for more information if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Transfinite 06:35, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

The problem with this image is that the page on Flickr indicates the author does not allow commercial work. I might go take a replacement soon, anyway. Thanks, Transfinite 06:38, 20 January 2007 (UTC)