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[edit] Welcome!

Hello Brian, and welcome to Wikipedia. Re: the encyc. Frobozzia : more Zork information is a good thing! But it should be in the form of neat, structured encyclopedia articles, not random links to original sources. It will be excellent to have the original in Wikisource, and to have articles about Encyclopedia Frobozzia, the Zork Universe, etc.

That is, if someone searches for "Belwit" or "Belwit Flathead", they would automatically be redirected to the actual entry about Belwit Flathead in the Wikisource EF article

Redirection to original content is not our goal. When someone searches for these terms, they should not find a stub-article, or an original-source article (Wikipedia is not the place for original content), but a contextualized discussion of, say, Belwit Flathead. That would not be in an article devoted solely to B.F., but in a broader article with enough depth to mature into a good read, and with internal links to other Zork and EF content.

Cheers, (and looking forward to a wikisource update) +sj+ 20:28, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar-eraser.png listed for deletion

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[edit] Your signature

How'd you do that? nedargehtnistercesruodeirubew 16:46, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Cool, thanks. nedragehtnistercesruodeirubew 17:49, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Gar, how'd you get it not to subst it as you save it? with the z? nedragehtnistercesruodeirubew 17:57, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

No luck... does it work on Firefox? nedragehtnistercesruodeirubew 18:16, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh! The button's there, but it's substed the time ¬¬ nedragehtnistercesruodeirubew 18:18, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

And it's gone again. Oh well. nedragehtnistercesruodeirubew 18:31, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Better Source-discription

Have you for commons:Image:Eichmann trial news story.ogg a more specific source descritption? Then i can choose the right license. I found this video only one time on an obscure pay-website. --Franz (Fg68at) de:Talk 17:52, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] POTD notification

Hi Brian,

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[edit] Talk:Shipwrecks of the 1913 Great Lakes storm

Please take a look at this. Best regards. 7&6=thirteen (talk) 14:00, 13 April 2008 (UTC) Stan

[edit] A couple of misplaced ships from the Big Blow of 1913.

[edit] John A. McGean

This wreck is listed as being proximate to Sturgeon Point Light. However, I found this on line, which indicates that it sank near Harbor Beach, Michigan.^[1] 7&6=thirteen (talk) 19:52, 13 April 2008 (UTC)Stan

I've personally concluded that the McGean went down just east of Harbor Beach, Michigan. See what I wrote at Sturgeon Point Light, which contains references. I respectfully suggest that this be cleaned up in this article.7&6=thirteen (talk) 00:24, 14 April 2008 (UTC)Stan

[edit] Isaac M. Scott

Isaac M. Scott wreck is listed as being proximate to Sturgeon Point Light. However, the location of the wreck as described in the following article seems to contradict that.^[2] It states that mariners made certain assumptions about the likely direction of the vessel, and had wrongly guessed where it went down. It states: "In 1976, the wreck of the Scott was discovered at 175 feet about six to seven miles northeast of Thunder Bay Island. The vessel is upside down and half buried in the mud." 7&6=thirteen (talk) 19:55, 13 April 2008 (UTC)Stan

I've personally concluded that the Scott went down 7 miles northeast of Thunder Bay Island. See what I wrote at Sturgeon Point Light, which contains references. I respectfully suggest that this be cleaned up in this article.7&6=thirteen (talk) 00:25, 14 April 2008 (UTC)Stan

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[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the comment on my talk page - especially coming from someone who has written so many DYK articles! :-) --Grimhelm (talk) 21:14, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your entry on WP:FACE

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[edit] Image:Barnstar-lightbulb3.png

Hi, please see Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Barnstar-lightbulb3.png, as I have proposed a new design. --Kjetil r (talk) 19:51, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Update is five hours late, if you'd like to post it. Gatoclass (talk) 13:56, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Never mind, done. Thanks anyhow. Gatoclass (talk) 14:05, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] MfD nomination of Wikipedia:List of non-admins with high edit counts

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[edit] RfD nomination of Acheri

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[edit] Merger proposed

I'm proposing a merger on an article you worked on. Since the shelf clouds and roll clouds are subset of the arcus clouds, they should be integrated into the later article. This would make a more complete article instead of splitting the information among three articles. Anwer in Talk:arcus cloud.

Pierre cb (talk) 04:41, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bias in ITN?

The fact that it has the capability to attack Israel is the main reason for it being newsworthy. weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 21:22, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Right, I'll check for sources and stuff for that, cheers. weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 15:58, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] wikt:User:Brian0918/Hotlist

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[edit] Sand Martin

Hi, I removed the pic because it got two opposes almost straight off the bat and I didn't think it was worth continuing with it. Do you think I should stick it back on?-- Seahamlass 12:52, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Respect Thread Conversions

I'm looking for folks to help convert Respect Threads to wiki formatting on Project Fanboy: WikiFans. Respect Threads, showcase scans of feats performed by comic book characters and have gained an audience on several comic book message boards. A few other wiki editors and myself are trying to convert them from the unprofessional look of a bunch of posts on a message board to the formatting common with WikiMedia wiki's. To view an example of what we're doing, here is a link to Respect Silver Surfer.

I was wondering if you might have time to contribute your comic book knowledge and/or scans of comic book characters performing feats, and help us out with our Respect Articles project?Millennium Cowboy (talk) 02:24, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Along the River During the Qingming Festival

I just want to delist the nomination and delete the image and start all over again because everybody that voted did not all vote for the same version which is not fair. Also I do not like how when you look on commons it says there are like 4 different versions of it. I just want there to be one version, the original version, and I want it to be under my name so I get credit for it. Daniel Chiswick (talk) 23:26, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Qingming

Well can you help me? I really want to see this picture featured but I am screwing this up and I need some help because I have never nominated a picture before. Daniel Chiswick (talk) 14:05, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] CfD nomination of Category:Battles of Quantrill's Raid into Kansas of the American Civil War

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[edit] TfD nomination of Template:Campaignbox Quantrill's Raid into Kansas

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[edit] Spammy DYK update/housekeeping-type notice

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[edit] Proposed deletion of Gallery of 1913 Great Lakes storm images/Cleveland images

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[edit] ITN, AIG, and POV (TLA hell)

Noting this change, how is Fed "rescues AIG from likely bankruptcy" POV? I based it on the NY Times' description. I don't intend to revert this, I'm just interested in sharpening my understanding of NPOV. Cheers.--chaser - t 19:40, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Gallery of 1913 Great Lakes storm images

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[edit] All faiths united are involved edwardcares83@msn.com

Hi, i am Edward Pavelka;

I was over in Germany and visited most of the concentration camps. The ground i stood on was gravel like material but was bones of the living flesh of the final solution.

I actually cried when i saw the devistation, and the stench was still evident in the air and in the chamber courters.

For all the humans that indured the unthinkable, their souls are more at peace than any of our souls will ever be. When my time comes to pass on, i hope to meet these blessed souls.

edward pavelka United States Marines 87 battallion unit screaming eagles 1985-2005

May God bless the redeemers that helped the living, become free again

God Bless the British,American,Scotish soldiers that recieved many blessings for doing so.

thank you

edwardcares83@msn.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.95.76.22 (talk) 15:51, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

stop deleting important articles!!!!!!!!!! ##%#@@#$@$%$%$#@#$@#$#@ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.172.116.211 (talk) 17:30, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Graphs at "Norman Borlaug"

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[edit] Obesity

Recent study that addresses your question:

http://www.medicalpost.com/therapeutics/nutrition/article.jsp?content=20080818_121920_25640

--Doc James (talk) 14:01, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wyatt Earp#Life after Tombstone

Please, replace his photograph by the better one http://www.azadventuretours.com/images/wyatt_earp.jpg.

Offered image is the same photo, but larger and has bigger resolution.

Sorry, for disturbing you, but i can not do this myself. Minchenko Michael (talk) 22:00, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] FPC Result Template

Hi Brian,

I see you were instrumental in creating Template:FPCresult.

Just a question you may be able to help with. On the talkpage Template talk:FPCresult it says "The bot will assume that anything without the leading keyword Image: means that the picture was not promoted". I'm not sure what the bot mentioned actually does, or even why the template is necessary, so perhaps you can provide some information.

With the change of pictures to have the lead word File rather than Image, how should they be closed? Will there be any problems with discrepant names being used, or a problem if people close using File rather than Image?

See for example Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Alstroemeria aurantiaca.jpg, where File:Alstroemeria aurantiaca.jpg has been closed with {{FPCresult|Promoted|Image:Alstroemeria aurantiaca.JPG}}, or conversely Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Dakota, 1890 where the closer has used the File leader.

Thanks for any input you can give, --jjron (talk) 14:57, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks anyway. AllyUnion hasn't edited since a single edit in November and before that not since May, so I'd tend to say he's MIA, which is why I thought I'd try you first. May have a bit more of a look into it. --jjron (talk) 11:10, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

I just ran across one of our old haunts and I figured I would drop in and say hello! Cheers! – ClockworkSoul 01:05, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Rand

I just wished to clarify that I wasn't conceding that her position could be justified as plausible, no matter how we interpret it. I'll try harder to refrain from calling her crackers and what not. I can do it. I can stop calling Rand bonkers in the interests of civility. I vow to no longer distract from the discussion by calling her bonkers, crackers, and the like. It's hard, but I realize that it's inappropriate. CABlankenship (talk) 19:46, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] CfD nomination of Category:Battles for Jackson's Operations Against the B&O Railroad of the American Civil War

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[edit] NAS

Long ago you made the first version of the List of members of the National Academy of Sciences, as a table. I now want to do the same for the National Academy of Engineering. Did you prepare it manually or use a template of some sort? I'm prepared to do it by search and replace in an external editor from the sectional lists, but I hope there's an easier way. DGG (talk) 09:41, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] Military history WikiProject coordinator election

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[edit] FP Delist nom

A featured picture you nominated, Wrightflyer.jpg, has recently been nominated for delisting. Please feel free to weigh in on the discussion. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 16:36, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia background image

Hi! I was wondering, where did you get File:Headbg.jpg? I see you were the initial uploader for that file, could I ask about your source? If you remember that long ago(!) Anxietycello (talk) 03:34, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed deletion of Alphos

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Alphos, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:

I own several unabridged dermatology texts and cannot find a reliable secondary source for this content.

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[edit] File source problem with File:Kermit0918.ogg

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[edit] Orphaned non-free media (File:Haskell Logo.jpg)

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[edit] Image copyright problem with File:BroochAquamarinePlatinumDiamonds.gif

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[edit] NowCommons: File:Infocom logo.png

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File:Battle of Fort Sanders.png is now available as Commons:File:Battle of Fort Sanders.png. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 07:54, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] Fair use rationale for File:Terry Gilliam Elephants.jpg

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[edit] Lupin's popups

I am trying to find out if I can use Lupin's popups on Wikia, and if someone would be able to help me out with it's install. Lupin is away, and you were listed as one of the helpers. Any help you can give me would be appreciated. 68.226.0.35 (talk) 01:52, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Unattributed use of your photo

Hi Brian! Today in a coffee shop in Somerville MA (Bloc 11) I saw some drawings obviously based on your caribou FP for sale without attribution. The artist is Peter Rubijono. I'm not sure if you care or not. I took a digital photo of one of the drawings and could email it to you if you want. Calliopejen1 (talk) 23:21, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Norman Borlaug

I have nominated Norman Borlaug for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:23, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed deletion of Ceroma

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[edit] Proposed deletion of Cessor

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[edit] Articles for deletion nomination of Ceroma

I have nominated Ceroma, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ceroma. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.
Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Sophitessa (talk) 19:01, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Talkback

I've marked this page for WP:PROD. It was a redirect to Knight-errant, but the two words are unrelated. SimonTrew (talk) 11:37, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] FAR Review

I have nominated Arrested Development (TV series) for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. --Torsodog^Talk 19:25, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Nominations open for the Military history WikiProject coordinator election

The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process has started; to elect the coordinators to serve for the next six months. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 (UTC) on 12 September!
Many thanks,  Roger Davies ^talk 04:24, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Delist nomination

Hi, just to let you know that the an image you previously nominated to Wikipedia Featured Pictures is being nominated for delisting, at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Plunging bronco, Bar Diamond Bar range. Mostlyharmless (talk) 04:43, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for File:CleeseChapman1948Show.jpg

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[edit] Military history coordinator elections: voting has started!

Voting in the Military history WikiProject coordinator election has now started. The aim is to elect the coordinators to serve for the next six months from a pool of sixteen candidates. Please vote here by 23:59 (UTC) on 26 September!
For the coordinators,  Roger Davies ^talk 22:09, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free image (File:GOB on stage.jpg)

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[edit] Templates for deletion nomination of Template:"

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[edit] AMAZING!!!

Wow. You're a Master Editor?! That must have taken YEARS to accomplish (5, to be precise :) ). I hope I might someday be as accomplished as you! However, all your awards and barnstars all seem to be so serious, so...

		The Oddball Barnstar
		Awarded to you for your many serious accomplishments, and for providing a reason for pursuing the Master Editor Award.

Thanks!--Jakkinx (talk) 00:00, 23 October 2009 (UTC)|}

Now, I also would like to ask for your help with a little project of mine, called Create Barnstars, basically, it is a page designed for Users to display Barnstars they have made themselves, talk about Barnstars and about making Barnstars, and make special Barnstars that are made just to look cool, fun, awarded personally by the User who made them. You can check out the page if you are interested here. Thanks again!

[edit] Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Bison skull pile

Hi, apologies for not delivering this notice sooner. You seemed to be nearly inactive. A featured picture you nominated in 2005 has come up for review. You may wish to participate. Durova³⁵⁷ 03:59, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Whoops!

Feel free to edit out my offer from the Barnstar above. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakkinx (talk • contribs) 00:01, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] FP delist nom

Just so you know, I have nominated File:Oceans.png for delist. Feel free to leave a comment. upstateNYer 22:01, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed deletion of Clancularii

An article you created, Clancularii has been proposed for deletion. ✤ JonHarder ^talk 15:02, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Lock icon.gif

Hi Brian0918. Back in 2005 you uploaded File:Lock icon.gif . It is not clear from its image description page if you are the author of that image, or just uploaded it as a copy since it is the lock icon used by the Wikimedia projects. And in case you didn't make that image, how did you know what license to put on it?

The reason I would like to know is that I am going to copy that image to Commons, so I would like to have the right data on the image description page there. (I use that image in the {{sec link auto}} template. And my templates tend to be copied to many of the other Wikimedia projects, so the image needs to be available on Commons.)

If/when you have answered or simply updated that image page, could you poke me on my talk page?

--David Göthberg (talk) 05:33, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion nomination of Robert Aldred

You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles. See the Article Wizard. —Thank you.

A tag has been placed on Robert Aldred requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, individual animal(s), an organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Abductive (reasoning) 05:33, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] The Water Cycle Image

Is it possible for me to use this image (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrosphere)and adapt it to my language ( Irish Gaelic) for use on the article which I have started to translate on http://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidrisf%C3%A9ar Eog1916 (talk) 15:17, 27 December 2009 (UTC)