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Found Plagiarism

I have found some plagiarism on a article. its the exact same information as the website i had found it on has.

i need help. seeing as this is my first time acctually discovering this kind of evidance i need to know what to do next. who should i talk to about this how can i contact them and last but not least how can i help fix it if its possable?

thanks Maverick423 15:28, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

If it's just the same information, but not worded the same way, that isn't plagarism, so you don't need to do anything. But if it's worded the same way, then you can just remove it yourself, and you don't need to do anything more. If the entire article is copied from another site, then put on the top of the article {{db-copyvio|[the webpage it's taken from]}}. -Amarkov ^blah_edits 15:32, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Actually, in the case you're talking about, it's appropriate. Answers.com uses Wikipedia articles all the time, and that's fine, as long as they don't hide where they are taking it from. -Amarkov ^blah_edits 15:33, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

==Please Use Edit Summaries==

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Ard0 ^{(Talk - Contribs)} 17:15, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Image sizing - your query on the Village Pump

Hi! I see from Talk:Haegemonia:_Legions_of_Iron that the job's already done, but WP:PIC and WP:IMAGE are good places to look for all the details, if you need to do something like that to another image in the future. Cheers, Tonywalton  | Talk 17:27, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome! Tonywalton  | Talk 23:03, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: Noah Benton Markham

Hello, thank you for your creation of the Noah Benton Markham article. However, please revise the page to meet wikipedia's standards. Thank you! Viperphantom 22:56, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

LOL belive me i wasnt intending to create it

I was requesting that it be made however i think i made a mistake on the proccess. well i guess there is nothing to do but fix it up heh i was writing it as if someone was ganna read a suggestion

ill get to work on it in a bit i need to go somewhere though Maverick423 22:59, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

If you created a page in error and want it to be deleted you can tag it for speedy deletion with {{db-author}} or {{db-g7}} (which is the same thing), if you like. Of course, if you want to fix it, go right ahead :-) Cheers, Tonywalton  | Talk 23:07, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

well ok i might as well fix it lol no use letting it go to waste Maverick423 03:35, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

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Re: Ok

It should probably be more specific than that; most of the minigames are either solving a puzzle or some sort of action game. –Llama man 00:33, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Request!

Hey guys

well basicly I want to make a request on radiation Poison

i have read the articles however there is one problem yes the symptoms are stated and all but does anyone know how it FEELS to be in the proximity of radiation or to touch something radio active. in other words do you feel heat from something radio active? do you feel a weird nausia feeling while you are reciving a radio active dose (regardless of its potency) what does a person feel before the symptoms arise and when you are acctually reciveing the dose is what i want to know Maverick423 18:31, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

This would be a great question on WP:RD. Xiner (talk, email) 19:03, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks so much i have posted it =)Maverick423 19:07, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Runescape

ok guys well like i said we were getting out of topic up there ^^^ anyways we should start a team on Runescape itself and chat there as pals and whatnot. we can keep up with updates and eachother this way

add your runescape name here if your intrested in a runescape wikipedia team or just basicly haveing more runescape friends!!!

RS Name: Maverick4230 Maverick423 16:44, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

RS name: p00rleno → p00rleno (lvl 81) ←ROCKS^C_RS 20:50, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

RS Name: Laras_Friend.....User:Laras friend

RS Name: Quino Kataya DiscordantNote^Cntrbtns 21:23, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

RS Name: Hildanknight. --J.L.W.S. The Special One 14:38, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Keep your name on the list above

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the RuneScape article. This is not a forum for general discussion about the article's subject. Exarion 23:29, 24 January 2007 (UTC) :As Exarion pointed out, if you want discuss the game, go to a fansite forum. This is where we discuss the article, and how we can improve it. This is not the place for casual conversation. Nishkid64 23:57, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Please be sure that all activities on Wikipedia comply with WP:NOT--Ed ^{¿Cómo estás?}Reviews? 01:11, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

This is exactly why im doing this my friends. i noticed lots of people straying from subject (myself included) and saying the user name of their RS. so i figured lets get it over with place the names real quick and not post them again on the forms. it was all under good intentions sorry Maverick423 14:20, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

If we reveal our RuneScape usernames, and add each other as friends in RuneScape, we can discuss about RuneScape on RuneScape, and about it's article on Wikipedia. I joined Wikipedia because I figured it's a writing community where I could make friends with similar interests. --J.L.W.S. The Special One 14:38, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

I have moved the above to here from Talk:RuneScape - wikipedia isn't a discussional forum, this topic is better in the user talk namespace.

cyanide poisoning

Oops - I meant to write 'there is not much pain' and not 'there is much pain' - quite a difference - luckily someone who knows more about how cyanide works spotted it - so it isn't that painful.83.100.183.48 23:18, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Ooo ok thanks much for the update! so then the shows about cyanide are true then when they say its painless Maverick423 19:55, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

reference desk

science still hasnt proven or showed how ,that pleage that moses used to kill all the first borns, occored or anything to explain the weird reactions that the pleage had on only targeting the first born and passing over the ones that had blood on the doors. (even though im a man of science seeing things that cant be explained makes me just wonder)

--just in response to this, have you ever considered that these plagues never actually happened, but it was a mere story in order to propagate the idea of a god? Not all sources of information are necessarily true.

Yes i have as a matter of fact i remember seeing a program once that stated " A God cannot exsist with out people making him exsist" which makes me think is this just us making a god rather then him being real. but then again if this was the case then where did the first "creators of god" start with the whole god thing? very complicated battle between non belivers and belivers as for me im just stuck in the middle. Thanks much for your help Maverick423 20:41, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, obviously there is no definite answer as to where the people who thought up the idea of a god got their ideas from, but I think it goes something along these lines. In order to explain what was happening around them, a moving ball of fire in the sky for example, they tried to come up with theories. Since there would have been very little theoretical physics around at the time, they sought justification via another means, maybe they the sun was a living creature in the sky, obviously then the people would worship the sun as it brought warmth and comfort to many, so they effectively saw the sun as a "god" of sorts. Then the idea could have spread through word of mouth, many other gods would have been thought up, and the story goes from there. As to reasons why there are still theories of a god today, it could possibly be a desperate bid at a justification of a meaningless existence, so some people find comfort in religion. Also it might just be another way of controlling people. Whatever the explanation there will never be a certain answer, it is all mere speculation. I hope this at least helps to answer your questions.

Hmmm

I'm gunna go out on a limb here and guess that you're not very popular with your local jewelry stores. ;-) Friday (talk) 16:08, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Not at all and i acctually have a chipped fang from biting a dimond (hard) and yea it was real lol Maverick423 16:12, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

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Number 9, February 4, 2007

The Hurricane Herald

This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list."The NHC is the official basin for the Atlantic."^[1]

Storm of the month

Cyclone Clovis approaching Madagascar

Cyclone Clovis was named late on December 31 near to Tromelin Island. Clovis strengthened as it moved to the southwest reaching its peak the same day with 60 knot winds (according to Météo-France). The JTWC intensified Clovis more slowly, and assessed that it reached its peak with 65 knot winds on January 2, as it was nearing the Madagascar coast. The JTWC maintained this strength until it made landfall on the island on January 3. The resulting floods damaged a number of structures in Mananjary and about 1,500 people had to be evacuated.^[2]

Other tropical cyclone activity
The only activity during January was in the Southern Hemisphere, with a total of 5 cyclones existing throughout the month.

• Dora, the second cyclone the Southwest Indian Ocean formed late in January well to the east of Réunion; and reached tropical cyclone strength at the start of February.
• The two storms in the South Pacific, Zita and Arthur followed very similar tracks to the east of the Dateline. The JTWC estimated that Zita reached its peak on January 23 and Arthur briefly had hurricane force winds two days later.
• Cyclone Isobel formed between Indonesia and Australia late in December and headed south, making landfall in Western Australia on January 3 as a minimal Tropical Cyclone.

New articles and improvements wanted

• Articles are wanted for each of the tropical cyclone breakpoints (see this list).
• An article is wanted for Tropical Storm Debbie (1965).
• The Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons articles need splitting into the 3 component basins.
• This sandbox for Typhoon Durian badly needs completion, please help.
• Large chunks of the project's imagery needs proper categorization.
• The number of stubs has markedly increased in the past few months, please improve them.

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

The January member of the month is Chacor, formerly known as NSLE. Chacor joined the project in November 2005, and has contributed to a wide variety of articles across the project. Recently he has generally focussed on the West Pacific and did most of the work on the first Good article in that basin: Typhoon Ewiniar (2006). He has also started the much needed process of splitting the Southern Hemisphere seasonal articles. Finally, Chacor is probably the user who maintains the quality of the most visible part of the project, the current activity.

Main Page content

• Hurricane Juan appeared on the Main Page as Today's Featured Article on January 29.
• Entries from 3 articles: 2000 Sri Lanka Cyclone, Hurricane Ignacio (2003) and Hurricane Bob (1979) appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during June.

New and improved articles

• The WikiProject has its first Featured topic on Retired Pacific hurricanes.
• New Featured articles: Hurricane Ismael, Hurricane Juan and the Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Delaware and Maryland and Washington D.C..
• New Wikipedia:Good articles: 2000 Sri Lanka Cyclone, Hurricane Iwa, Hurricane Alice, Hurricane Kenna and 1936 Atlantic hurricane season.
• New articles include: Hurricane Ignacio (2003), Hurricane Cindy (1963), Hurricane Isaac (2006) and Chris Landsea.

Storm article statistics

Grade	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb
FA	16	19	23	25
A	7	6	2	2
GA	48	57	74	75
B	83	78	71	76
Start	210	200	193	195
Stub	11	15	16	16
Total	375	375	379	389
percentage Less than B	58.9	57.3	55.1	54.2

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If you don't mind me asking, what area do you think you'll be contributing to? Talk to you later, good luck, have fun, and I'll see you around. Hurricanehink (talk) 20:20, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

My contributions will be mostly US and Japenise (as i tend to keep informed with japenise happenings) the area i will contribute to most though will be stroms in the Gulf of Mexico since i live right by that area. i will talk and inform about current conditions as the storm approches as only a first hand experiance can offer. in other words i will help out alot! Maverick423 20:32, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Cool. I'm curious, do you plan on working with modern and active storms, or older storms? There are tons of people working on modern or active storms, leaving less room for writing. There is a very strict format for modern articles, specifically modern season articles, which tend to get a little crazy. Older storms have much more freedom, though ultimately there is a point when there's not enough information. I personally do mostly older storms; by older I mean anything before the current season. Do you plan on writing actual articles? Contributing to existing articles? The reason I am asking is because I like to get to know the new members, and see if I can help them out. Hurricanehink (talk) 20:44, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Im intrested in both acctually historic and modern. i think i can give more info on modern since it is happening while im alive however i do tend to do reasearch when im bored lol its kinda a curse as my friends say but hopefully it will benifit here Maverick423 21:42, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

OK, cool. Just be sure to be careful of your spellings, and every time you add something to Wikipedia, be sure you add a source with it. Hurricanehink (talk) 23:46, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

RE: Nice job

Nice job in that anime you drew! its cool like i said im drawing my own but its hard at times cause of the shadowing and shapes. ya got any tips to make it easier for myself so that my stuff can come out sometime this century? =P well in anyways just awsome pic man i cant wait to see it moving and stuff. also what program do you use to create your anime on the computer? Adobe Premier? Flash? anyways its good to see someone that acctually does the same thing as i do =D Maverick423 18:51, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Shading kills me, I really need how to learn to do that properly. Anyways, in reality, I'm not all that great at drawing freehand. So the way I'm practicing is to first get a source photo/drawing/etc. (so I have something to refer to) and draw to copy it (not trace) as accurately as possible. Then, I use my pencil sketch as a souce for redrawing (again, not tracing) it into Macromedia Flash MX using my Wacom tablet. So basically, I'm practicing emulating before doing original works. That perticular drawing I'm working on is really is based off of a composite of source images. Main sketch was from a panel in the manga, coloring was based off of the colorized back of the manga and scenes from the anime. Clothing is going to be worked in from another sketch and finally John (her pet ferret) is hopefully going to be worked in as well somehow. Since it's really all for my own practice, I've poured way too much enough into it, and I've spent hours just tweaking out the little details.--SeizureDog 20:52, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

It's not how to shade that gets me, it's where to shade. Like for ruffled clothing for example. If you don't have the right spots darkened/lightened, it can throw the whole thing off. Pain in the ass, but makes a huge difference in terms of how it looks.--SeizureDog 21:31, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

RS Ques.

ok guys is anyone by any chance experianceing sound problems with their speakers while playing runescape? as far as i know i can hear the ambeint sounds and special effect sounds but no music even though i have the music option on. is this a problem due to the beta if it is happening to others? Maverick423 21:29, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

This is not a forum for RuneScape. Also, this is a fairly common problem even before the beta. Anyway, try posting in RuneScape's tech support forum. Pyrospirit ^{Talk Contribs} 21:32, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

thanks much pyroMaverick423 22:31, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Info Request

In the United States, $100,000 would equate to $2,089,750.83 in 2006, according to the Consumer Price Index (from 1800 to 2006). Morphh ^(talk) 15:07, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Fair-use images in userspace

Please stop. Fair use images are not allowed on userpages. Continuing to re-add them to your user page will result in a block. – Chacor 14:49, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Starting out by letting you know that I am an administrator here, and I stand behind the policy that Fair Use images cannot be used on user pages. But that aside, I'm not here to join the fight, but to try to offer an alternative. While I cannot help you with the Runescape image, I can point you towards a possible alternative for the anime images. Wikipe-tan is an anime style reprsentation of the project itself. The images of her were generally created for the project, and given licenses that are fully compatible with all parts of the project, including user pages. And since she's drawn very much in the anime style, any of the images of her could easily serve as a generic "I love anime" type image, which appears to be what you are trying to do. - TexasAndroid 15:19, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

^.^ thanks much now i can express myself and people can get off my back =D Maverick423 15:32, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

If the image is licensed with the GNU license, or the Creative Commons licnese, then you are totally good to go for using it. A random check of Wikipe-tan images that I just made showed all the ones I checked to be licensed by one or both. I would suggest that you check the licensing yourself on any that you want to use, just by clicking on the image on the Wikipe-tan page and scrolling down to see the license banner. If you see the GNU animal logo, you're good to go. And given jsut who/what Wikipe-tan is, a representation of Wikipedia itself, I would be surprised if any of the images of her were not licensed that way. Anyone who would draw an image of her would likely be someone who would contribute such images to the project in such a format. So double check them yourself, but these should be a good way to let you express yourself on this issue, at least. - TexasAndroid 15:38, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

The original artist for many of the Wikipe-tan images is User:Kasuga. If you want a new image of her, he would be the one to ask. I have never interacted with him, and have no idea if he does custom images, if he charges for such, etc. All I can do is point you in that direction. Posting on the Wikipe-tan page like you have done is also a good step. - TexasAndroid 16:27, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

RE:Flipsy

Thank you for telling me but personaly i do not care. Still thank you for telling me Cocoaguy ここがいい _contribs^talkTodays Pick 00:45, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

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Request assistance

i request help form a admin

recently the images from salor moon have been edited and no longer show the anime versions which the article is based on. how or what can i do to revert these vandel like edits? click here. to see his edits. thanks for your time Maverick423 20:36, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Fair use. Images on Wikipedia must be under free licenses, except under special, explicitly defined circumstances. —Centrx→talk • 20:52, 1 March 2007 (UTC)