Cleared. See history for older messages.
Glad you did not mind the spelling changes, being brand new here, I felt kind of bold making them, but my fingers were itching to fix it. I also fixed up the other level pages (that I could think of). I think I'll like it here, have started a work list (in the area of perennial plants). Mia Goff 12:43, May 9, 2005 (UTC)
I also want to thank you for the nice welcome message. I'm happy to be here! --DenisDiderot 11:36, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
In your recent edit to Ford GT90, you changed curly quotes (‘ => ‘ ’, “ ”) to straight quotes (' ', " ") and labelled your edit “(removing "smart quotes")”. But lsquo etc. are not “smart quotes”; smart quotes are when you type straight quotes and your word processor automagically inserts the appropriate version of curly quotes. It's also used to refer to Microsoft's proprietary, non-standard codepoints for curly quotes. But lsquo etc. are not proprietary, and not non-standard—in fact, they're part of the HTML standard. I agree it would be nicer to have the correct Unicode character in the text, but en.wikipedia doesn't support Unicode editing, so they would appear as 香 or whatever, which is pretty ugly. So that leaves lsquo as a way of producing typographically appropriate quotes. What's the problem? --Macrakis 14:12, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your response, and your pointer to the style manual. I do agree that the HTML entities are ugly and hard to read. A few lsquo's here and there are nothing compared to topic pages which have continuous text in entities, numerical entities no less, e.g. Greek alphabet. I wonder when we're going to upgrade to a full Unicode system so that these problems go away. It is ridiculous to be using typewriter-level typography in 2005. And I find it a waste to be entering straight quotes when eventually someone is going to have to go through and upgrade them (or maybe someone has good "smart quotes" technology to do it in batch). It looks awfully unprofessional now. But you're right, the style guide currently requires straight quotes. Blech. Any suggestions on how we can push for full Unicode editing? --Macrakis 16:39, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I have moved the two competing move proposals into Talk:Public_Broadcasting_Service please adjust you vote to a support of one one the proposals. --Philip Baird Shearer 21:16, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Adding a second space after a period is a throwback to the typewriter days, used to add clarity to text typed in a fixed-width typeset. According to nearly every style manual, you should place only one space after a period in all text that is not to be displayed in a fixed-width typeset. -Casito⇝Talk 04:36, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Whoops! The stub template must have been removed between my loading the page and my editing it - I went to where the stub-template was on the page and removed a template - assuming it was the correct one. My appologies for this, I'll check closer next time I do some more stub clearing. Thryduulf 21:56, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
Thanks again for helping out with this article. The unfriendly anon is using many IPs to keep deleting all references to pollution or emissions. Page protection should be the last recourse, but it may be required in this case. Any other ideas? Cheers, -Willmcw 14:39, May 5, 2005 (UTC)
You voted once for the policy at Wikipedia:Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point. Despite a 75% support that vote was rejected by the minority. A new vote has been called with a two week limit at Wikipedia talk:Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point. Please take a moment to participate. Thanks. - Tεxτurε 16:56, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
Dear Morven, welcome to the german Wikipedia! I found we have pretty much in common, even our digicams are from the same manufacturer ;-) If you have any questions or wishes concerning the german section feel free to ask me. Best regards -- Stahlkocher 09:13, 16 May 2005 (UTC) aka de:Benutzer:Stahlkocher
Hello, Morven.
Thank you for your message in my user page, which I discovered today. I must say I am still confused with all the possible options to tag a picture. What I would really like to do is :
I am going to read the links you sent me, and try to undersand what I can. Thank you for your help. Gilles Larrain 16:35, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
I wasn't sure where to put this fairly generic question for maximum appropriate coverage of those in the know. Then I thought that you might be the ideal person to ask.
I noticed that Mercedes-Benz C-Class had hp values but no kW values. Since it is German, I researched the official websites and found kW values. I was a little confused that the google matched the official conversion for the US values but not the european values. Then I noticed that the factor was 0.745 on one side of the Atlantic and 0.736 on the other. I had heard that there are different versions of horsepower but I did not know that it was quite so ambiguous within a brand. In my edit summary I put a note to indicate my uncertainty about what was going on and in the text of the article I indicated my belief that the US 'hp' value and the non-US 'hp' values were different. A subsequent editor has attempted to clarify this but I am not sure if the clarification is accurate.
Can you take a look at this for me please? Am I correct in my belief that 'horsepower' is not always the same number of watts? If this is true, then it applies to a lot of articles. We may need to clarify each 'hp' just as we need to do with 'gallon'. If there is a good place for discussing this to get widespread opinion, I would be delighted if you could let me know, or simply take it there and indicate here. I am interested in your thoughts. Thanks. Bobblewik (talk) 10:28, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
(Please continue discussion in Talk:Horsepower) Bobblewik (talk) 01:10, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
You got some awesome photos there, man! Looks like a great day for a Ford fan! --SFoskett 20:42, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for the advice re. tagging without comment. I have added an explanation in Wikipedia talk:Fair use. My concern is indeed applicability to a non-US user uploading a picture originally copyrighted outside the United States, as noted in my edit summary. I hadn't bothered explaining because I thought it would be obvious when flagged. The article makes many exclusive mentions of the US and the international debate was already on the talk page. --Yannick 21:47, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Sorry, I didn't know that, the correct name should be Jičín (there's no English name for the town)
It appears as though L.A. has never had a Wiki meetup. Would you be interested in attending such an event? If so, checkout User:Eric Shalov/Wikimeetup.
- Eric 29 June 2005 00:24 (UTC)
Hi, just to let you know that the list of UK participants at the UK notice board was getting rather long, so I have replaced it with the above category which I have added to your user page. -- Francs2000 | Talk 30 June 2005 20:24 (UTC)
A year or so ago you kindly helped out with developing a policy on this. It's all going pear-shaped and I, for one, would be grateful if you'd take another look. I've raised an RfC or you can go straight to the Project's talk page. Thanks. Chris Jefferies 7 July 2005 16:18 (UTC)
Hi again Morven! Lately, there's been pressure from a few directions to revise the standard specifications used for aircraft - you may be interested in a survey currently underway to help resolve some of the issues. --Rlandmann 00:24, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
Don't forget! L.A's first Wiki meetup is TONIGHT at 7:30 at Philippe's in Downtown. Check out the meetup page for details. See you there! (If you can't make it, come to the next one! - Eric 22:02, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for supporting my RFA. It couldn't have happened without your effort. FeloniousMonk 17:55, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
In a book I'm referring to about some loco's bought by the Midland Railway it refers to "Burnham & Williams & Co's Baldwin Works" Do you know what relationship Burnham & Williams had with Baldwin?Chevin 14:34, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
This image is lacking information on its source. If you could provide the source, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Ingoolemo talk 18:17, 2005 August 25 (UTC)
The question of whether the 'Bird had the first anti-lock brakes came up on a Lincoln board I post on. A very knowledgeable user says: "Several have pointed out that the 1969 Thunderbird brochure lists it. I have never found anyone who has, or knew of anyone who had a 1969 T-Bird so equipped. It stands to reason, that IF Thunderbird had it in 1969, surely Lincoln would have, too--yet, they did not, until Summertime of 1970, so...what was Thunderbird using?" Know anything about this? Thanks,RivGuySC 03:20, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
Greetings! I know you'd volunteered to answer some of the mail in OTRS... we've got something of a backlog, and I wonder if you still have time to do this. If there are any questions you have, you can contact me either on my talk page or on IRC (I'm "mindspillage" there as well). Thanks, Mindspillage (spill yours?) 04:24, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
Hi, welcome to Wikipedia:WikiProject Fair use. As you might be aware, one of the tasks that the project is working on is to rewrite all of the existing fair use image tags. I'm now looking at the two templates above (having taken a look at them, they were better written than most of our fair use templates were, so good job on that), and I have a question for you. The templates say that you had received permission to place these images on Wikipedia. Does "these images" refer to the images that you actually uploaded, or to anything in the collections? Thanks, JYolkowski // talk 01:50, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
special:preferences under files. Though I think that the default should be increased from 180px to 200px. Mine's on 250, 300s a little large. Dunc|☺ 23:26, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
Hello, Jimbo Wales will be in San Diego to attend OOPSLA and has agreed to come by and visit with the San Diego wikipedians. If you are interested, you will find more info on my talk page. Johntex\talk 00:54, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for supporting my nomination, and for participating in the discussion surrounding it. Comments like yours kept me floating through what I felt was a somewhat unpleasant experience. Thanks for trusting me. - Haukur Þorgeirsson 01:49, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
Is the B36 photo illustrating your article a D or a J?
Thank you for supporting my RfA, I greatly appreciate it! Ramallite (talk) 04:01, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
Very much for your kind support of my adminship. I'll do my best to live up to your and my other supporters' expectations. If you have any comments or concerns on my actions as an administrator, please let me know. Thank you! — MC MasterChef :: Leave a tip — 14:33, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
Template:Book reference 2 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#Template:Book reference 2. Thank you. Phil | Talk 15:04, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your recent photography contributions. The Japanese section of the SLR article was particularly good. I noticed you also went through and edited some Nikon articles. I have and use a Nikon FA, and I see you tagged the picture on that article for deletion. I guess I'll have to take a picture or two of mine, though it has seen better days.
Unrelated but I've been meaning to ask someone about it, what's the deal with "multi-licensing" contributions into both the public domain and with the GFDL? If it's in the public domain what's the point of tacking on a license to it? Ziggur 01:14, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
Sorry for the changes. Anyway, I could agree with you if conversions were always given. A question: why don't you like infoboxes? If so, you should correct also EA-6B Prowler which has one. Thanks and good work. Attilios
You added the ((no source)) template to the above image on the 14th. As I mentioned on the talk page of the image, isn't the URL given in the image description sufficient for this purpose?
Further to this, the seven days stated has now passed. Can I safely assume that the image will not be deleted and can therefore remove the template? --TheParanoidOne 22:56, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
Hi Morven,
I'm sorry to hear you think that.
May I ask why?
Regards, Ben Aveling 01:06, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
Hi Matt,
You still have the follow statement at [1]:
I'm sorry to trouble you, but I hope you'll understand that I would very much like you to either quality the statement or strike it .
Thanks, Ben Aveling 03:23, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
Hi Morven,
I have some doubts about the veracity of a paragraph you edited in the Magical Girl article. You didn't seem to know more than me, but if you do, could you take a look at Talk:Magical girl?
Thanks, Benja 23:17, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
Hello, Morven. Your name made me recall majestic opening lines of Vasily Zhukovsky's enchanting ballad:
That is: "Morvena's potentate, mighty Ordal lived in a castle of his forefathers, its crenellated walls soaring above the lake and hill".
Thank you for a pleasant recollection :) --Ghirlandajo 21:05, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
hello Morven,
you have uploaded some very fine images of Penn Station in New York. However there is no source given, did you scan them yourself, from what webpage is this, (even if it is a public domain you still need a source). Image:Penn Station2.jpg
Image:Penn Station1.jpg
I would appreciate a respone, or if you could add the information in. with kind regards.. Gryffindor 03:05, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
Please check Wikipedia:Fair use. Unless there is an official policy that we should limit all magazine covers and all similar fair use images to articles on their respecitve magazines, I strongly object to such removal. Fair use is fair use, and unless the magazine officially objects I see no reason to preemptively remove information that may well be legally permitted here.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 05:49, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
Scott Fisher (talk · contribs) has been indefinitely blocked as a sockpuppet of Scottfisher (talk · contribs). Do not revert the page again. Ëvilphoenix Burn! 04:10, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
LOL! I tell you, the stuff that shows up on this site never fails to put a smile on my face. Thanks for the tip. :) - Lucky 6.9 23:59, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
I was a bit hasty in condemning your edit to SUV becuase I did not see that you had placed the justification on my user:talk page- I think that this should have been places on the SUV:talk page. I accept your contention that manufacturers of SUVs have made efforts to improve stability, but we really need a reference- the existing link was to a generic automotive technology that is not specific to SUVs.
Also- you reverted my entire edit, not the (small) part that you disagreed with. You should build on my contribution by finding some referenced improvements to SUV technology.--Fergie 10:43, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
Morven:
Just wanted to drop you a note to say thanks for supporting me in my recent RFA. As you may know from IRC already (I think you were around when I announced it), I have been promoted to admin. My goal is to conduct myself in such a manner that none of my RFA supporters ever has a reason to regret that support.
All the best.
→ Ξxtreme Unction {yakłblah} 20:58, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
What a sad thing those sockpuppets. Thanks for all your help throughout this spelling débâcle. - Haukur Þorgeirsson 22:10, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
How do I transfer the information from my old user name Dougefresh42 to my new one? TheLateDentarthurdent 22:25, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
Hey Morven! Thanks for your support on my RfA. The final outcome was (57/4/3), so I am now an administrator. If you need help, have a question, or just want to chat (or if I get out of line!), please don't hesitate to let me know! Again, thanks! :D
I thought I was clear enough after correcting the indentation - I support what you wrote. Do you want me to clarify this or has the troll ceased activity? Refdoc 16:32, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
An image or media file that you uploaded, Image:Kawanishi N1K2-J.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. |
I don't understand why you would revert Skinwalker's original listing to one posted by a meatpuppet listed in the RfC! The anon is question has been attacking several editors and engaging in vandalism (under several different accounts), and the registered account (User:Canaen) is currently under a 24 hour block. Please don't revert this again. --Viriditas 23:14, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
That was my next question! Thanks for that, does it still work with the (({1))} parameter thingoes?. :-) AlbinoMonkey (Talk) 11:36, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
I think that you should be informed that you are on the Black List. I wouldn't worry or anything if I were you, just conceal any personal information he doesn't have about you. No need to make things easy for banned users. Izehar (talk) 18:34, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi. Would you care to look at the evidence supplied in my subpage above? It proves ZERO COLLUSION and that they COULD NOT BE the same person. I thought that you might like to look at it. Also note that the arbitrators CAN release CheckUser information upon the request of the user concerned. See: Wikipedia:Privacy policy. In fact, they are obligated to. They have refused to, of course. I just thought that I'd point that out. Zordrac (talk) Wishy Washy Darwikinian Eventualist 14:44, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for blocking my impersonator the other day. I've left a more substantial message on my Talk page, which should be the last thing on the bottom at this moment.Tommstein 04:04, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
I think it was the server -- I was getting extremely sluggish response as I typed (remember the X25 days?), and then I had to try to save twice. But I probably should have checked to make sure that things had worked properly afterwards. Thanks for being on the ball and fixing the error. Zora 23:52, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
Greetings. I've made a new userbox for arbcom candidates to show on their userpages so that visiters will know they're running.
If you'd like to place it on your userpage, feel free. Regards, – Quadell (talk) (bounties) 02:29, 11 January 2006 (UTC)