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Chestnuts on Fir0002 FPC

Hi Chris Hope you can have a look at My Chestnut Photos Thanks, --Fir0002 11:24, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

Charibize thingy

Presently on WP:CP and WP:AN/3RR. The guy just doesn't get it. Radiant_>|< 12:06, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

• I'd say he's perfectly aware of Misplaced Pages policy, because he's already cited a number of them out of context. Radiant_>|< 12:30, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

Dang!

Thanks, dude! I appreciate that! I'll look if i can find better satelite images, but even *that* pic is excelent! Thank you!

Project2501a 21:21, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hi

Hi Chris, I don't want to sound aggressive but I'd appreciate it if you could leave my vote the way it was. I'd like to use this template even if nobody else does. And although the message above it saying that it has been proposed for deletion pains me, I'd like to use it while I still can. --Fir0002 09:59, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

Nishina Stamp

Hello Chris, I am working on a documentary about Japan's Atomic Bomb project, I came across your article about the subject. Anyway, I found this stamp image of Prof. Nishina in your Public Domain page and I'd love to use it in the documentary. Is this picture really in the public domain/expired copyright? User:Daniel.thomson

Hi. Actually, I don't know. The image is listed in my public domain directory only because most of the images in this directory are public domain. The Nishina stamp, however, is fair use, i.e. you can use it for non-commercial purposes. I do not have a PD Nishina image, unfortunately. If you come across one, please upload it to Misplaced Pages. Good luck with your article. Also, if possible sign your comments with ~~~~, which will translate automatically in your signature like this: Chris 73 Talk 18:26, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

Nishina Stamp

Hello Chris, I am working on a documentary about Japan's Atomic Bomb project, I came across your article about the subject. Anyway, I found this stamp image of Prof. Nishina in your Public Domain page and I'd love to use it in the documentary. Is this picture really in the public domain/expired copyright? User:Daniel.thomson

Hi. Actually, I don't know. The image is listed in my public domain directory only because most of the images in this directory are public domain. The Nishina stamp, however, is fair use, i.e. you can use it for non-commercial purposes. I do not have a PD Nishina image, unfortunately. If you come across one, please upload it to Misplaced Pages. Good luck with your article. Also, if possible sign your comments with Daniel.thomson 29 June 2005 14:06 (UTC), which will translate automatically in your signature like this: Chris 73 Talk 18:26, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

Hi again Chris, thanks for your help. Actually its for documentary film, which is considered 'commercial-use'. But I've been in contact with the Nishina Memorial Foundation, who have granted permission and Tokyo Post, who should grant permission with the Nishina Foundation recommendation. So I guess if you want to source your image, there it is. The Nishina Foundatin are very friendly and have lots of pictures of Nishina.

29 June 2005 14:06 (UTC)~

MotoX pix

Hi Chris Hope you can have a look at these. Thanks --Fir0002 June 30, 2005 01:53 (UTC)

Thanks mate

I appreciate your support on my RFA! Lots of people to respond to :-) Ta bu shi da yu 1 July 2005 05:11 (UTC)

To: Chris

Hello, I was not doing any testing when modifying the magic exposure titles.

The purpose of a wiki and of the internet should be to improve life, not hurt the creators of magic effects which are for sale.

This is no different than a company spending millions to come up with a TRADE SECRET formula for a product, only to have the product exposed for free on wikipedia.

Perhaps some magicians do not have the legal power that big companies do, but exposing their products and hurting them from making a living is still very Unethical and should NOT be supported. 216.114.124.5 (talk · contribs)

This information is available freely. The text of our articles is not copyrighted by you. A method cannot be copyrighted. A method could be patented, but then it is still possible to describe the method. bad for you, but this information on Misplaced Pages is available for free. -- Chris 73 Talk July 2, 2005 19:35 (UTC)

Help!

We seem to have a new template that is really screwing with the sites formatting. See Template:TOCright. I have listed it on WP:TFD. To see how it is causing problems, see Daniel Pipes. I think this stuff should be dealt with using CSS. - Ta bu shi da yu 4 July 2005 08:06 (UTC)

Ethnic conflicts in western Poland

Chris, could you take a look at the article linked above? My first reaction was to delete whole "brutality of Prussian regime" paragraph, but then I thought maybe something of this could be npoved and what not. I have not got time for do it unfortunately :( Szopen 4 July 2005 12:09 (UTC)

I am reading through it. I will see what I can do. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 6 July 2005 15:08 (UTC)

Pennine Scenery

Hi Chris,
I was just wondering if you'd seen my adjustment to Image:Pennine_scenery.jpg. I kinda like it. --Fir0002 July 6, 2005 11:29 (UTC)

2005 London transport explosions

Hmm, this certainly isn't 9/11, and it seems to be smaller than Madrid. But go ahead if you're sure it's a good idea. Evercat 7 July 2005 12:19 (UTC)

Little Germany, New York

I translated the page you created in , but I think there is something that is not accurate :
You say that the neighborhood was in ''an area bounded by Avenues A and B and 7th and 10th Sts, but you give a population number of almost 500,000 people. How can such a little area be home to so many people ? I think the number of 500,000 is for the whole Lower East Side, where Little Germany was.
And thank you for this article, it's a very interesting one.--Revas 21:05, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

BTR-70

the text on globalsecurity is itself based on http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/btr-70.htm which is apparently public domain. (User:FarQPwnsJoo)

Hi again

Hi, Chris. I haven't crossed paths with you recently on Misplaced Pages (and I've had to significantly cut back my time here now that I'm out of school), but I just wanted to thank you again for nominating me for adminship. Especially now that I've watched WP:RFA for some time, I see that some excellent editors don't get nominated until they have accomplished far more than I, and I realize that had you not nominated me then, I most likely still would not be an administrator. Now that I'm a doctor, I can't participate in RC patrol and administrative discussions as much as I'd like, but I am still grateful for being able to roll back vandalism and block disruptive users who won't stop, and I'd like to think I have helped defuse a few conflicts as well. A recent experience on Commons where I was trying to stop a rapid-fire vandal made me realize how much I take administrative abilities for granted—I could not keep up with the vandal just using manual reversions. Also, after watching RFA, I have to admit that I'm surprised my nomination passed so easily. Maybe the climate there has changed? I had just 1000 edits and had only been here a shade over three months, and no one even commented on it. I feel like if the climate then were like it is now that I would get at least two or three opposes for that alone. Anyway, I want to thank you again for having faith in me and for drawing me further into this addicting world. — Knowledge Seeker দ 01:10, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

World Community Grid

Hello, before you read on I would just like to say that I have so far only posted this to a limited amount of administrators for consultation. If you have any objections to its wider distribution or suitability for Misplaced Pages please let me know.'

Hi, I would just like to invite you to find out about the World Community Grid Human Proteome Folding Project. This is a purely philanthropic project and supported by a "blue chip" corporation in IBM. There is an ability to join a team once you have downloaded the software and another user has already established the Misplaced Pages team.

I would like to emphasise that I do not want to pressure anybody into feeling obligated and I understand the limited computer resources/access available to some. Feel free to pass this message on and thank you very much for your time, Mark83 21:50, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Significant objections have been raised to this. Mark83 10:25, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Possible copyright violation

Hello, Sorry about this, but the image at Image:Mark_48_Torpedo_testing.jpg is, I believe, under different copyright to what is attributed. It should be under the Australian Department of Defence copyright notice, located at , not in public domain by the US Navy. This unfortunately means that no derivative works are allowed, and copyright is not allowed to be reassigned. The image has been listed on Misplaced Pages:Copyright_problems#July_27 --Nthnl 03:42, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Commons:Administrators RFA

Hi Chris,

Can you take a look at Commons:Commons:Administrators. The voting there appears to be almost inactive, and given that the window for nominations is 7 days, it could probably benefit from a little more attention. -- Solipsist 06:40, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Abuse report

Hi Christ,

Please take a look at the user contribution of 210.213.253.74 to the entry Daniel S. Razon, he edited the entry to defame the personality of Daniel Razon.

Report Vandalism by --Mel Etitis and --Ragib

Dear Admin,

User --Ragib and --Mel Etitis are contionusly vandal the article rohingya. please see it in http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Rohingya&action=history. Such Violaton shall be stop . please keep wiki standard updated .violations would not be accepted by any reader of wikipedia . go to http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Vandalism. please advice. Thanks,--Bobjack 14:25, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

You are spamming lots of admin pages because of TWO DASHES???? Get real. The difference between the two versions is absolutely minor, and anything but vandalism. Accusing people of vandalism when there is only a minor formatting dispute makes YOU look bad, not the others. My advice is to discuss the topic on the article talk page, and also be ready to accept that your preferred version may not be the overall best version. -- Chris 73 Talk 15:44, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

Pic of the day

Hi Chris,

Just to let you know that your photo Image:Onsen in Nachikatsuura, Japan.jpg is due to make a reappearance as Pic of the Day on Friday. I've made several changes to the caption from last time, but you can correct any mistakes/make improvements at Misplaced Pages:Picture of the day/August 19, 2005. -- Solipsist 21:49, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

Hi, Chris:

I have been cleaning up references to the Triangle fire, including redirect pages, to make them consistent. (There were about six or eight different ways being used.)

The standard I have chosen is Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. Even the many redirect pages were not standard; some directed to themselves.

Anyway, if you'd like to 'get on board' this fascinating project (which I'm sure everyone in WikiLand will be talking about in no time), all you have to do is edit your wiki link.

Am I being too anal?

Paul Klenk 22:08, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Hi. Changed the link on my talk page. Usually, all redirects should point to the same thing (otherwise they do not work properly), but the links that go to the redirects are usually not fixed. Anyway, thanks for cleaning up. -- Chris 73 Talk 06:39, August 19, 2005 (UTC)

Chris, thanks for the fix! It's great to do a "what links here" check and see a nice, even left margin with every single page pointing properly. Sometimes one needs a break from writing and research to do something completely mindless and mechanical. Paul Klenk 11:22, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Voting on jonquil flowers

Hi Chris!

Please vote on my latest indecisions! Hope you like them --Fir0002 10:22, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

Typo on your map

Hello. I found a typo on your map commons:Image:Sea of Japan Map.png. "Shikkoku" should be "Shikoku". Could you fix it? --Nanshu 01:52, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Cute kid

Hey Chris, You have a really cute kid.

Thanks, but they are not mine. The pics are from another source. Happy editing -- Chris 73 Talk 12:36, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

Shrimp farm

Hey Chris, i don't know if you have the time or interest to review an article, but if so, could you take a look at shrimp farm. The article is currently up for FAC, but I'm not asking for a vote there—I'm more interested in getting an outside view. One user keeps screaming POV, which I just don't understand. Have I developed a blind spot? (The article may still have room for improvement, especially in the economics section on the micro-economics of individual farms, and the topic of social impacts isn't explored yet, but good sources on both topics are hard to come by. But POV?) Anyway, if you look at it and think it's biased, too, break the news gently on me! :-) Lupo 10:20, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, Chris. I really appreciate your taking the time to reassure me that I wasn't completely off the track. It rarely happens that I let something happening on Misplaced Pages touch me, but Bantman managed it. I think I'll go on with my work as I consider it right. If he doesn't like it, he should edit the article and show how to do better. Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to be interested enough to do so. Lupo 14:41, August 26, 2005 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:ManganeseOreUSGOV.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:ManganeseOreUSGOV.jpg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag, so its copyright status is therefore unclear. Please add a tag to let us know its copyright status. (If you created/took the picture then you can use {{gfdl}} to release it under the GFDL. If you can claim fair use use {{fairuse}}.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know on the image description page where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Otherwise, see Misplaced Pages:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use. Thanks so much. --Nv8200p 17:17, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for bringing that to my attention. When i uploaded the image I added a proper copyright tag. An anon deleted the tag for unknown reasons on February 10. I now simply deleted the image, since I have already moved it to the commons with the same name quite some time ago. Everything should be fine now. Thanks -- Chris 73 Talk 09:37, August 26, 2005 (UTC)

Image:Mark 48 Torpedo testing.jpg

Could you handle the reuploading to wikipedia and removal from commons of Image:Mark 48 Torpedo testing.jpg? As it turns out (per ) that it isn't GFDL or CC licenced, it shouldn't be on commons and the copyright tags here need to be adjusted. Thanks in advance. --fvw* 00:24, August 24, 2005 (UTC)

Oh, and it'll probably have to be defeatured too. A pity, but such is life alas. --fvw* 00:26, August 24, 2005 (UTC)

Opposers of the vote for Gdansk/Danzig

Since I see that you've been involved in the vote for the naming of the city, please do me a favour and have a look at the article for Georg Forster and its talk page, where User:Witkacy, User:Space Cadet and User:Wojsyl protest against the vote, deleting the note without an explanation although it had been added by an administrator and violating the rule in the article. I've just been banned, then unbanned, because of the 3RR thanks to Witkacy so before I can continue, I need some support. Thank you in advance :)NightBeAsT 18:06, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

The vote was a year ago, and its alleged results put Gdansk as different than any other city (with exception of the cities which changed their names, like Kaliningrad etc); example: Vilnius. We have to have consistency in the WIKI! Space Cadet 18:23, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Space Cadet, there's no need to try (mis)enlightening Chris about the vote because I bet you he knows more about it than you do, maybe more than you'll ever do. Bevor ich es vergesse: danke Chris. Wenn du irgendwann mal Unterstützung bei einem Kommentar oder einem anderen Wiki-rechtlichen Schritt gegen Witkacy, Molobo oder Space Cadet suchst, oder bei einer anderen Sache in Misplaced Pages Unterstützung suchst, sprich mich einfach darauf an, denn ich bin nicht unbedingt undankbar, unerfahren oder nicht redegewandt genug. Vielen Dank nochmals =)NightBeAsT 12:30, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Vasco da Gama

An article that you've edited before (Vasco da Gama) is nominated for Article Improvement Drive. If you want go there and vote. Thanks. Gameiro 02:58, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Gdansk and Danzig naming war

If you continue to remove Polish names and replace them with German ones i will report you to the Administrators' noticeboard. Its not the German wikipedia here.--Witkacy 12:25, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Witkacy, obey the Gdansk/Danzig ruling result or get problems with admins. Chris acts according to the ruling, whereas you don't. The rule aimed at stopping such revert warriors as you who think they'd have to push through their idea of the naming. You say that he replaced Polish names with German? No, actually he reverts your deleting of the German names next to the Polish, thus according to the ruling, which I would call nationalism, just not on Chris's side but on yours. If you continue to libel users and intentionally violate the ruling of the wiki consensus, which means that you even compromise wiki rules in favour of your radical views, I'd say blocking might cool your jets. Who do you think you are, Witkacy??? I'd call you a tragic hero if you were acting heroically but you'll end up more like a hateful villain in a James Bond movie with your pigheaded behaviour.NightBeAsT 12:51, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Witkacy

I've also listed the incident on Misplaced Pages:Account suspensions, because of the possibly controversial nature of the block. I'm hoping that Witkacy has the sense to accept the Gdansk/Danzig compromise; I don't really want to see that forest fire flare up again. (Oh, and you're more than welcome to steal any or all of the Adm 1 / Sci 3 etc. boxes; they're at User:TenOfAllTrades/header.) TenOfAllTrades(talk) 15:53, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

I thought as much, Chris. While I believe to have a good personal relation with Witkacy, I disagree with many of his views and he knows it; and I already told him this self appointed crusade of denial of the Gdansk/Danzig Vote resolution could only bring him trouble. Unfortunately, I think it is highly unlikely that the matter will simply end here. The problem is rooted too deeply, and this issue is just a small syntom of it. Although there are many serious editors of Polish heritage who believe in true discussion of History and Politics (like Thorsten1 or Wojsyl), others simply unleash a blind wave of Polish ultranationalism and anti-German fury, and don't even care to hide it (like Molobo or Space Cadet). I'm not against Poles in the least; it's fanaticism of any origin what annoys me, and this is exactly the case, like me and many other editors have experienced in Erwin Rommel, Heinz Guderian or 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend. In fact, my levels of Wikistress have skyrocketed since I first tried to collaborate on the Rommel article, and for the moment, I intend to return to other less stressing projects that I've had on hold. In case I can help on this matter, please let me know. - Shauri 16:37, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

" others simply unleash a blind wave of Polish ultranationalism and anti-German fury, and don't even care to hide it (like [[User:Molobo|" A silly personal attack.I see now that addition of information regarding war crimes of SS is considered hatred and fury. --Molobo 16:04, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Gdansk/Danzig

You might be interested in this conversation: Jayjg 08:41, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

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If you notice, # 3 and # 4 are notr reverts but completely independent edits. Space Cadet 11:30, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

No3 reverted parts of this and No4 reverted parts of this edit. I was blocked for a similar "violation" by Merowinger. You shouldn't always demand consistency, Space Cadet.NightBeAsT 11:57, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Image of "Winnemem Wintu"

Chris -

I have removed the image of "Winnemem Wintu" that the History page indicates you added in November 2004, for two reasons. First, that image is copyrighted, and may not be used without permission. Would you be kind enough to let me know the source of that image, and I will make sure that the source understands that it may not be used without permission. Second, the image is not actually that of Winnemem Wintu. While the two young women are likely indeed Wintu, they are members of the Trinity River band of Wintu, not the Winnemem (McCloud River) Wintu.

Any assistance you can offer to track down your source of the image would be appreciated.

NorCalHistory 05:01, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Chris - I have removed that Trinity River Wintu image from the Winnemem Wintu article again, with the request that it not be reposted in this article. First, as noted, the image is not of Winnemem Wintu women, and so is simply inaccurate to be placed here. Second, I will be looking into the copyright status (I understand your position), and ask that the image not be posted anywhere pending resolution of that status.

NorCalHistory 15:06, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Chris - I have checked the source page for that Trinity River Wintu image, and the source page clearly identifies the image as copyrighted 2001. Please do not repost the image, and I will seek to have the image removed from Misplaced Pages Commons.

NorCalHistory 15:12, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Chris - Thanks for your courtesy on this image. You have tickled my interest on the odd question of what is the copyright status of a work created before 1923, but not published until recently. Under the rules at the time the work was created, unlimited common law copyright rules applied. The work was not published until recently. The New York Museum situation sounds different because I'm presuming those works were created and published before 1923. Thanks again.

NorCalHistory 16:01, 6 September 2005 (UTC)