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? Exmoor map

Hi again & Happy New Year. In the past you've very kindly done some great maps for Somerset articles for me. I've (with others) been editing Exmoor (part in Somerset & part in Devon) and have now put it up for FAC. One of the reviewers (see Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Exmoor has requested "Is there a map of the park you can provide as a visual?". As you know this is beyond my skills & I wondered if you would be kind enough to consider doing one if you have the time?— Rod ^talk 20:24, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

We also had a request as part of GA review of South West Coast Path to have a map of the route - which passes through Exmoor so if you were able to consider that one as well that would be great.— Rod ^talk 21:19, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks see Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Exmoor. Just one comment "Is there a map of the park you can provide as a visual?" but doesn't seem to be a major issue for most reviewers. BTW I've also asked User talk:Steinsky about these maps & on 9 Jan he said "I've put those maps on my medium priority todo list, but it may be a while before I get to them, so if anybody else offers first, don't wait for me!" so I don't know if you two want to liaise to save wasted effort?— Rod ^talk 11:37, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Rantin Rovin Robin external link

Dear SFC9394,

Thank you for your advice concerning the 'Rantin Rovin Robin' external link i had put into the Robert Burns page. I realized I had linked to the wrong page and had updated the link to show the reviews and information about the book. I believe it may be of some use to folk who are interested in Burns (as a Burns fan I am always on the look out for new stuff!! :-) I hope my undoing of your edit was not seen as inapproprate (apologies if it was!), as I am sure you know, this was the first time I tried to put something in!

Any and all advice is greatly appreciated, Kind regards,

Pictmatrix —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pictmatrix (talk • contribs) 11:58, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

RE: Rantin Rovin Robin external link

"as I am sure you know, this was the first time I tried to put something in". No it wasn't - you put the same link in 4 days ago and I removed it then [1] - along with spamming the link to multiple other articles. It is an obscure website, attempting to sell things, and it is no coincidence that it is being edited in just before Burns night. It adds nothing. Please don't spam the site to any more articles. Thanks. SFC9394 (talk) 13:11, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry you missunderstood my comment about this being the first time I had tried to put something in. What I meant was that putting this particular link in was my first attempt at including something in Wikipedia. I found the Rantin Rovin Robin website due to a leaflet given to me at a recent Burns Conference at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow. I think the website may seem obscure due to the fact it has only recently been published on the web. I do not understand why you think I am spamming with this link as the book is not offered for sale! I have only found it for sale on another website (World Burns Club) but have been told that it is out of print at the moment and they cannot tell me when they will get new stock in! The only coincidence that I have included the link at this time is due to the fact I was invited to provide information on this particular subject at the aforementioned Burns Conference. Again, I appreciate your time with this and I hope I have maybe cleared up any misunderstandings. Thanks again. PictmatrixPictmatrix (talk) 21:10, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Rantin Rovin Robin external link again!

Hello again!

"I do not understand why you think I am spamming with this link" - contribs. of the IP (which I presume is you) which first added it: [2] - added to articles: Robert Burns, Burns supper‎ , History of Scotland, January 25 and Scotland all in 12 minutes (no other contribs. from that IP). "as the book is not offered for sale!" - the website you link to says differently [3]. SFC9394 (talk) 21:20, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I stand accused of spreading the word of an interesting book which is not for sale at this time. One link. Which does cover the subjects of Robert Burns, Burns Suppers, The History of Scotland, Scotland (since I work in a Tourist Information Centre) and of course the Bards birthday: January 25th (my own birthday as well!). You are quite right about the book not being offered for sale on the website. My mistake! Does it still count as spamming when all it is is an honest offer of sharing information? I am assuming you have an interest in Robert Burns and may, like some enthusiasts always be on the look out for new and fresh books on the Bard. This was my only desire in spreading information on the book. Have you read who wrote the reviews??! Look forward to hearing from again. Kind regards, PictmatrixPictmatrix (talk) 22:01, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Scotland map

Hi, I've just been admiring your map of Scotland on the Aberdeen page. Any chance of doing one for South Africa? regards Rotational (talk) 09:13, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

You're right - the browns of Traditional Galloway have a more African feel..... that would really look good! cheers Rotational (talk) 21:17, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

That was quick! I like the clarity with which river systems stand out on your maps. Have a look at http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-33.980556,23.559167&spn=0.3,0.3&t=p&q=-33.980556,23.559167 This is a portion of the Southern Cape. What is good about it is the ease with which one can visualise terrain - ideally it behaves like a plaster model of the landscape with the source of light coming from somewhere at the top of the page - to understand relief maps one always has to rotate them so that the lighting does come from the north. If you look at photos of the moon's craters and the light source is not from the north, then the landscape becomes difficult to grasp and craters appear as bulges. This is really getting off the main thread, which is that simple relief maps are aesthetically and logically satisfying. Can one break away from the altitude colour differentiation and have the map in a monochrome? Wouldn't it be simple to use the google map as a base and to enhance it so that the detail shows more contrast? Rotational (talk) 20:47, 2 February 2008 (UTC) I also did some fooling around with your image at http://img186.imageshack.us/my.php?image=topoexampleig00at0.jpg I used PhotoPaint to convert it to greyscale and pushed the intensity way up. What do you think? Rotational (talk) 21:56, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

no prob

Thank You, I deleted it twice but it was reverted by Wikipedia. They told me I was committing "Vandalism". Take care —Preceding unsigned comment added by Krayziegunts (talk • contribs) 01:58, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

216.100.95.90

I've blocked this IP for 390 hours, or 16 days and change, per your report at AIV. That'll keep them from showing up at the exact same time of day to pick up where they left off once the block expires. The next one will be for a month or more. Thanks for the report, UltraExactZZ ^Claims ~ Evidence 21:57, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Spam on Walter Lewin and related pages

Thanks for monitoring and fixing those--that IP-hopping spammer is persistent and annoying! I've flagged the website in question for auto-removal by one of the utility bots, so it should get automatically reverted ifwhen it gets added in the future. Could go for a strict blacklisting of that site if it becomes a further problem, but will try less severe approach first. DMacks (talk) 18:20, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Scotland

Hello SFC9394. I'll admit, in my cozy little world Edinburgh, Scotland & London, England, became Edinbugh, United Kingdom and London, United Kingdom in 1707 & have remained as such since then. However, I'm not 100% against 'naton' being in all four UK components (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland). Yes, I'm a stickler for consistancy among 'related' articles (call it a weakness). I'm just trying to end the 'edit warring' on that article; I've no political agenda up my sleeve. GoodDay (talk) 21:59, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

I feel, editors should be involved in as many articles as possible. We must not allow group ownership of any articles. For example, if the editors who usually edit at England decided to make Scotland a similar article & visa versa, both groups of editors would have that right. Please note: I've only made 'one revert' in the current discussion & I've requested page protection while nation was in the lead. GoodDay (talk) 22:30, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Malarious edited out 'nation', without discussing it first? That's is something I don't appreciate. Malarious should've discussed it first. GoodDay (talk) 22:44, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Steve Davis

Hi, do you wish to comment on the SD talk page re what I've written there? If I'm wrong, please say so! All the best, bigpad (talk) 21:23, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey, glad to read what you wrote at the talk page and yes, I'd love for you to help us track down some of those more difficult citations! Also, some way of understanding all the various names for the various competitions (via sponsorship) throughout the years - it's very confusing to a non-expert who isn't really aware that the same competition could have several different names down the years! Feel free to get in touch with me if you'd like to discuss where we're going further. All the best. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:56, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Removal of comment regarding Edinburgh as a financial center.

My point for removing the quote that edinburgh is a major Financial center in Europe is that it is an exgeration, the article it cites as reference is in relation to the use of Edinburgh for in managing funds, there are number of reasons I felt uncomfortable with this.

i. The line is leaping to a conclusion drawn from one statement, the website referenced cites Edinburgh as 'Europe's 6th Largest Fund Management Center', Fair enough, it however says nowhere however that Edinburgh is 'one of Europe's largest financial centres' as the article says, this is in my view very misleading given that you simply cannot saying that edinburgh is a leading center from that one line.

ii. The main article sites an article from a clearly promotionary website 'www.edinburghbrand.com' that I feel would be biased and so not in the spirit of an independent encyclopedic entry

iii. A center for managing funds, and placement only in 6th in Europe does not, and im speaking as a proffesional economist employed within Funds here, qualify the city to have recognition as a 'Leading' financial center, simply because of the global, fluid nature of funds, of the money they (funds) make, very little of it would be brought back to Edinburgh itself where it can be argued it is simply a domicile, most likely due to tax incentives, for the fund rather than the actual 'home' if you will of the fund, as for example the substantial number of Funds managed out of Dublin, Ireland does not in anyones mind make it a leading financial center. If nothing else a city 'which ranks as sixth amongst European centres of managing funds, europe initself an over all very distant second to the United States and has no other claims to be in any way influential in finance through perhaps a stock exchange, banking (except for RBC being based there little else of global importance) center or comodities exchange.

iv. If nothing else, in terms of aesthetics, the comment seemed out of place within the opening paragraph and should of at least have been moved to perhaps a paragraph about Edinburgh itself, not in the opening paragraph. Also oddly, despite Edinburgh's supposed prominence as a financial center in Europe I was surprised to see it was not mentioned in the paragraph about Scotland's Economy on the main page, and in the Article about Scotland's economy the statement that Edinburgh is sixth largest financial center in Europe is not referenced at all.

I apologise for not leaving a reason as to why I removed the comment, I haven't edited a page on Wikipedia before i was simply unaware! I hope this justifies the removal of the comment from the page, until at least some stronger evidence is produced to back the statment up. But upon reading the comment it seemed very misleading overly promotional and not at all in keeping with what a great resource like wikipedia should be, unbiased and honest. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.43.174.127 (talk) 21:56, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

I have started a discussion on the Scotland talk page, as this could do with some wider input. I agree that to some extent you have a point, but at the same time there is likely a better compromise outcome by working the text a little. SFC9394 (talk) 00:21, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Not me...

Just a note that Special:Contributions/81.153.147.71 is not me, or anybody associated with me. -- Jza84 · (talk) 00:36, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

I thought that unlikely. Much more likely is that it is User:Mallimak, the same old harasser who, in reality, should have been permabanned (along with all their socks) long ago for harassment and abusive behaviour. SFC9394 (talk) 00:41, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Possible Conflict of Interest

JayJaySmo editing [FieldTurf] article. See JayJaySmo's YouTube Profile for evidence. --66.193.5.226 (talk) 15:37, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Scotland

Hello SFC. I've contaced Administrator Deacon, concerning the 'map's accuracy. While I'm trying to AGF, I'm growing concerned about the article in general. Rightly or wrongly, there seems to be eagerness to seperate Scotland from the UK, as much as possible. GoodDay (talk) 19:18, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

An admin makes no difference - they are just the same as everyone else. SFC9394 (talk) 19:20, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

True, but it doesn't hurt to have an Adms opinon. GoodDay (talk) 19:24, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

I've asked the editors at England, Northern Ireland and Wales, if they'll consider unshading the rest of those articles maps (to match Scotland's map). GoodDay (talk) 19:49, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Please, don't make this personal. Who has more knowledge about Scotland, isn't important SFC. GoodDay (talk) 19:58, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

It is important that the article is accurate. I'm afraid, GD, that you are incorrect in your assumption that all 4 UK CC's (a made up term anyway) are the same. They aren't. A very quick and timely example, plenty of news generated today about the "bank holiday weekend rush" for good Friday Easter Monday bank holidays - only good Friday isn't a statutory holiday in Scotland - Scotland have differing holidays, taking extra days at new year and St Andrews day (amongst others). A silly little example, but one that all adds into a big snowball when you add in health, education, law, media, culture, history, sport and current affairs. A very large amount of things really are different. Of course there are similarities as well, but very many of those are common to western culture generally. The UK is broadly an invented, artificial, structure. Beneficial to all parties (including Scotland) at various times and for various reasons, but it is not a single culture - and this is a view not held by fringe nationalists, but by pretty much all mainstream historians. Any "cultural one'ness" that is assigned to the UK tends to basically be English culture, as the 10:1 ratio insures there is only one dominant voice. I have stated in the past, I have no views on what the other articles wish to use - but you really will have to try and deal with the fact that differences are there - this is not some neat and tidy "four into one, each taking a quarter of the pie, each representing an identical part to make something four times the original", each article not only can different, but should be different - because each is different. SFC9394 (talk) 20:12, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

You still haven't answered my question. Is Scotland independant? GoodDay (talk) 20:29, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

It is a straw-man question and you know it. Please don't troll my talk page. SFC9394 (talk) 20:31, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

I understand fully. GoodDay (talk) 21:00, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Didn't mean to offend

I admit, the statement was badly worded. What I meant was: Should we fail to come up with an amicable solution to the problem, we should take it to UK Geogr. Please, accept my apology for any offence caused. There were also other things you could have noticed on my pages...for example my babel boxes. One stating I speak scottish English, the other saying I speak scots... --Camaeron (t/c) 10:38, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Mediation for Scotland article

As an agreement between editors at Scotland seems ever more unlikely, some users have decided to contact mediation. However, mediation require the acceptance of all involved parties. Would you be willing to accept? Thanks for your compliance...--Cameron (t|p|c) 18:40, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Working ideas

If you re-read the text at Talk:Scotland, when I said "they are just working examples/ideas" it actually pertained to some work in my sandbox, not anything to do with the Scotland article. I think you've got that mixed up and misunderstood some of my actions as trying ideas out on the Scotland article, an article I haven't editted for months. --Jza84 |  Talk  22:37, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Rhinns

Yeah, I see a lot of maps today spell it Rhins, but honestly, I have always come across it as "Rhinns", though this is history books of course. Also, the Gaelic has two Ns, originally reflecting a different sound. I don't know how the locals pronounce it today, but my guess would be the nn rather than n sound (I see you are from there, if your football team is anything to go by). Surveying google for modern use, I see both. Can you point to an authoritive source that uses "Rhins"? All the best, Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 15:09, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

For authoritative sources I would say the OS would pretty much hold sway on place names, and they always list it with one n. I have updated the article to include the double n as an alternative, because it does get some usage - I think following the Edinburgh Gazetteer would be fine [1] - principal spelling with one n, note that two is also possible. Regards, SFC9394 (talk) 18:47, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

That seems fair enough. Since you are a local, can I ask, do you pronounce the word the same way as you would "rinse"? The way I've heard it {from non-Galloway folk at least) is like Rhin-nis with the i almost imperceptible. You may also be interested in btw Kingdom of the Rhinns, though I'd urge you not to change the spelling here as Rhinns is standard for some reason in history texts. Regards, Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 18:54, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

GIS Data for Somerset Coal Canal

I'm interesting in getting some of the data you used to create the Map of the Somerset Coal Canal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Somerset_Coal_Canal_Map.png

I'd like to combine the canal route with a geological map to illustrate an article on William Smith (the canal's surveyor and a principal in the development of geology) to be published on the NASA Earth Observatory: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/

Do you have a shapefile (or other geolocated format) with the route of the canal? The resulting image would be public domain, so it could be re-posted on wikipedia.

thanks

Rsimmon (talk) 14:35, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello, unfortunately due to the way I made this map (traceovers on 1890 PD OS Mapping) this map was drawn in a graphics package rather than in GIS software, so I don't have any data in a geolocated format. The lat. and long. grids should be correct (as they were imported and marked from GIS software) so you should be able to reverse engineer the map to enable geolocation, though I don't know what formats NASA EO require so I couldn't suggest any more than that. If you require any further info just let me know, SFC9394 (talk) 18:54, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Snooker simulation based PC game

Hey dude !

your snooker video is awesome ... i'm looking for a PC game with that kind of rendering + physics quality ... did you make that video out of a game? if yes which game it is? ... if no ... how did you make it?

take care ... FHIsmail (talk) 01:58, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Hello, thanks for the kind words. I didn't make the video with a PC game, it was all done myself - the table was modelled and the physics reactions calculated using 3D rendering software. If you are wanting a PC game that has good snooker rendering then I would recommend the Codemaster "World Championship Snooker" series [2] - the last one was 2007 I think. If you want any specific renderings or videos from my setup then let me know and I will see what is possible. Regards, SFC9394 (talk) 18:59, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

United Kingdom or Scotland

Hello SFC. I recommend you visit the discussion at both or either articles. It seems another possible storm is approaching. Your input, may help stabilize things. GoodDay (talk) 18:13, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

There's also Wikipedia: Mediation Cabal/Cases/2008-06-22 United Kingdom, if you're interested. GoodDay (talk) 20:54, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Nevermind, it's closed. GoodDay (talk) 19:29, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

question

my friend is an admin and you are not - hence, (but) could you please help me with some assistance on the relevant page? I am relatively new to editing Wikipedia. Cheers, buddy - ! 89.240.115.218 (talk) 01:40, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, you'll need to be more specific. What assistance on what page? SFC9394 (talk) 10:12, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Scotland

You're acting in very good faith, and I agree with the cause, but the comments recently removed are those by Yorkshirian-troll. He's double indef-banned. The relevant policy to remove his contributions is at WP:BAN, specifically, "Banned users sometimes return to Wikipedia using another user name. Obvious reincarnations are easily dealt with—the account is blocked and contributions are reverted or deleted", and "Any edits made in defiance of a ban may be reverted to enforce the ban, regardless of the merits of the edits themselves. As the banned user is not authorized to make those edits, there is no need to discuss them prior to reversion". --Jza84 |  Talk  22:05, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Looks like we just cross posted! CheckUser evidence is on the way. In the meantime, you may want to review my edit history for the last 24 hours, as well as Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Yorkshirian#Yorkshirian_banned, Category:Suspected_Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_Yorkshirian and Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive460#Yorkshirian. You may recognise Yorkshirian-troll as User:Fone4My and User:The Cavendish, both former Scotland edit warriors, and both his confirmed socks. --Jza84 |  Talk  22:09, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

I would prefer (and think it should be a guideline) that checkuser evidence is presented before blocks - not after. That is a bit too "detention without trial" for my liking - the comment on the Scotland article was a civil and valid view (I couldn't care about the shield debate either way - so have no opinion on whether it was "right" or "wrong"). I see no reason why it should have been removed - especially without checkuser evidence. SFC9394 (talk) 22:17, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

You're right. But WP:BAN does mean comments can be removed on sight. Once you've fought a couple of hundred of his socks, things do get a little blurry I have to say... but Wikipedia is not a democracy, if Yorkstroll would only stop, there would be no friendly fire incidents, we could get on with what we're suppose to do. Incidently, it wasn't me who blocked Shellycoat... --Jza84 |  Talk  22:22, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Snooker animation

Hello!

Which program did you use to make that snooker animation? It's very nice. Did you use Blender?

Best regards,

Ari Pitkänen Finland

arip@oululainen.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.248.122.233 (talk) 12:52, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the compliments, unfortunately I didn't use blender, but a propriety piece of modelling software, sorry. SFC9394 (talk) 20:48, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Dominik Diamond

In The page of Wikipedia about Dominik Diamond, it was refered that he had Aspergers Syndrome, when I searched google, there was no Authentic evidence of Domonik being Diagnosed with Aspergers, I went to the link that was suggested about Aspergers and there was no mentions of him. (La convivencia (talk) 23:33, 26 October 2008 (UTC))

Map

Please see:

• Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Scotland#Proposed_change_of_base_picture_on_Location_map_Scotland

Cheers. --Mais oui! (talk) 12:37, 14 December 2008 (UTC)