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Sorry
I went a bit crazy last night and I apologise --
Jubilee♫clipman 18:42, 21 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Welcome back!
I'm glad you came back Mono. I won't bother asking you why. I hope you decide to stay; your contribs are really great! Try not to take things so personally all the time.
Might I also add: there's a little "L:" at the top of your page; not sure if you meant to put that there. Brambleclawx 22:16, 21 May 2010 (UTC)reply
File copyright problem with File:Ft_Lowell_Aspen_Lane.JPG
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Some thoughts: edit counts prominently displayed may lead others to believe you have editcountits. I meant attribution for the images as well (hint: change the width to 99% near the middle). —
fetch·comms 15:03, 22 May 2010 (UTC)reply
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moɳo 01:13, 22 May 2010 (UTC)reply
What exactly did your old deleted image tag use, by-sa 3.0? CC licenses are non revokable, so if you used another earlier, it'd be dual licensed now, unless the other was PD or something, then it's still PD. —
fetch·comms 15:10, 22 May 2010 (UTC)reply
I have undid your clearing of my vandalbox since it goes against one of my rules of what you can do here. Even if you MfD it, you shouldn't blank it. ~
NerdyScienceDude (
✉ •
✐) 21:44, 22 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Images
Uh, for useful, encyclopedic images like
File:TextEdit-screenshot.png or
File:AirPort Utility icon.png which are still in articles, please don't tag it for deletion. Just add a fair use rationale. It makes things a lot easier, and if you don't have time to do it, just skip the image. There is little use in tagging these as it either removes relevant images or makes someone else do the work. —
fetch·comms 01:34, 23 May 2010 (UTC)reply
That is, for non-free images being used under a rational claim of fair use. —
fetch·comms 01:38, 23 May 2010 (UTC)reply
FC is asking if you could add one instead of tag it. It saves work and server space, which you are
concerned about, as it takes one less revision per file to add it yourself instead of tagging it and making someone else do the work. If you're not sure how,
WP:FURG has directions (it states, "Please consider, as an alternative to deletion, fixing the description page, if possible."). I was going to tell you when I saw your contribution log, but frankly, I'm tired of constantly being in conflicts with you. So I abstained. Until now, of course :). Oh, and on MacBook Air, I would use as little Apple refs (primary sources) as possible for anything and everything possible, instead opting for reliable third party sources.
Airplaneman ✈ 02:48, 23 May 2010 (UTC)reply
OK, I'll leave that alone. I've left some comments on MBA's peer review page. Shouldn't
this be on the peer review page as well?
Airplaneman ✈ 03:07, 23 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Cool; wasn't sure. To be on the safe side, I told you :). Kinda like a talkback template. Oh, and again, erm... shouldn't
this be on the peer review page as well?
Airplaneman ✈ 03:10, 23 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Could you fill
this in?
moɳo 02:36, 23 May 2010 (UTC)reply
I added the fair-use rationals on the first image and added the copyright tag on the second image since it looked self-explanatory. You can use
FurMe to add fair-use rationals to images. ~
NerdyScienceDude (
✉ •
✐) 03:07, 23 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Also, you might want to shrink the font size in your editnotice, as it only displays NerdyScien. ~
NerdyScienceDude (
✉ •
✐) 03:26, 23 May 2010 (UTC)reply
I undid your last edit because it is used in two articles. ~
NerdyScienceDude (
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✐) 03:11, 23 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Ummm
The picture doesn't work with the making new section and whatnot (only wikilinks, I think). It's also really big and not disappearing like it's supposed to. And you archive stuff really fast. But anyhow, it's not too hard to figure out where a non-free image comes from. (And I think it's often OK to say "can be obtained from XXX company", as the fair use rationale templates use that sometimes.) Good luck on MacBook Air... I've always been tempted to work on a Mac article, but it's not really my niche. —
fetch·comms 19:20, 23 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Hey Mono, I like the new importance parameter you added to
Template:WikiProject Apple Inc.. One problem: template-, file-, and portal-space pages are now asking for an importance rating, something not done before. I don't think this is necessary; please make it so that only articles have importance ratings (basically, like it was before). I like the links you put there, though :). And I am planning to participate in the backlog elimination drive!
Airplaneman ✈ 21:19, 23 May 2010 (UTC)reply
I really did like the link to the project's assessment section, so I
re-added it. Thanks for fixing!
Airplaneman ✈ 21:35, 23 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Looked broken to me. I'm glad you fixed it; see
WP:APPLE#Backlog.--
mono 21:38, 23 May 2010 (UTC)reply
I see you have a new font in your sig; it's one of my favorites (after Arial, Verdana, and Times New Roman). I commented on
User_talk:Oneiros#Overtagging. As for the elimination drive, what incentives are you going to give participants? What rewards are there :)? How will you track assessments? I considered doing one but couldn't think of a good way to track assessments.
Airplaneman ✈ 21:44, 23 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Oh, I get it: submit the diff to each assessed article. I'm thinking tedious but doable.
Airplaneman ✈ 21:54, 23 May 2010 (UTC)reply
←Head over there and take a look now.
mono 22:25, 23 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Cool! I don't need talkback templates, as I have your talkpage watchlisted :).
Airplaneman ✈ 22:38, 23 May 2010 (UTC)reply
About the assessment backlog: can I assess only the importance or only the quality of the article if that is the only field missing, or do those not count?
Airplaneman ✈ 00:57, 24 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Assess both so we don't have to do it later.--
mono 01:19, 24 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Loldrives. Tb at over tagging thread, and I might just assess some articles for fun. Not as if I didn't do this for
another project already 9_9. Recording diffs takes too long, so I'll forgo the awards :) —
fetch·comms 01:10, 24 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Yeah, I may let that go. It was Airplaneman's idea; seems a little tedious, as he mentioned. I will also change the awards a little; I found the cool pic above.--
mono 01:19, 24 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Hyee! Not to be an idiot, but what is an backlog elimination drive? If it sounds interesting, I'll participate!
Dwayne was here!
♫ 22:47, 23 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Read all about it! Read all about it! Read all about it! at
WP:APPLE#Backlog.--
mono 22:52, 23 May 2010 (UTC)reply
I'm going to recycle this section. I recently signed up for this drive, and I've got a question: When we log our edits, do you have to approve them and update our count, or do we do that ourselves? I was a bit confused upon seeing some of the edits having "completed" next to them, and others not (including your own, which is weird). Thanks, ~
SuperHamsterTalkContribs 00:04, 24 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Any member may approve another member's edits. It's not too important; just to make sure everyone's actually doing work.--
mono 00:06, 24 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Ah, okay. So I'm guessing it's not advised to approve your own. Thanks, ~
SuperHamsterTalkContribs 00:20, 24 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Will clarify on page; if you approve your own you'll be penalized.--
mono 00:21, 24 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Your edit notice
I shrank the font size so it fits longer usernames. ~
NerdyScienceDude (
✉ •
✐) 00:23, 24 May 2010 (UTC)reply
I deliberately set it the original way for a odd impact.--
mono 00:25, 24 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Consistency with other articles isn't really a reason for disambiguation. It should only be used when the target, in this case
Grover Underwood, could reasonably be one or more subjects. In this case, there is only one Grover Underwood with an article, and thus we don't need to specify in the article title that this one is from the Percy Jackson franchise. I'd also like to point out that only two other characters use disambiguation. There's a reason for that.
Tyson and
Annabeth Chase are not specific to the franchise.
AniMate 00:32, 24 May 2010 (UTC)reply
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mono 04:31, 24 May 2010 (UTC)reply
You don't need to give notifications to yourself. :) Regards,
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A descriptive edit summary so that we can easily find this edit.
I requested an account on the ACC account creation interface.--
mono 18:39, 24 May 2010 (UTC)reply
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-- Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (
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Woot you get to be annoyed by me at ACC now :/. A word of advice about that, read up on writing nice messages to new users, and rangeblocks. And get a real IRC client. Oh, and read the instructions of course. Anyhow, my main intent was about the edit notice thing... Why bother 3 people about it? Were you in that much of a hurry to get it created? Is it that important you couldn't even wait for me to make it the next day?... —
fetch·comms 18:45, 24 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Ouch. And the answer to my other question? —
fetch·comms 19:27, 24 May 2010 (UTC)reply
At least it is improving!--
mono 22:21, 24 May 2010 (UTC)reply
...Answer to second question awaits. —
fetch·comms 23:08, 24 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Hey again!
Hey Mono, i looked over the backlog elimination drive. Im still not understanding, am i supposed to help clean up articles or something like that? As long as its not hard or dosen't require a ton of work then i wouldn't mind joining. I want to participate in things in the project to show that i am still active.
Dwayne was here!
♫ 20:55, 24 May 2010 (UTC)reply
All you have to do is
assess (or "rate") articles based on the criteria
here. SInce there are currently 2 unassessed articles, we need to assess (rate) them all based on quality and importance.--
mono 22:20, 24 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Apple Inc. Assessments
Hey Mono. I'm not too sure about two of the assessments that you made for
AnyLogic and
Alpine (e-mail client). In these assessments, you removed the WikiProject Apple Inc. header, which I assume you did because they aren't related to Apple Inc. I looked into both of those programs, and they both are available for Mac OS. Would that make it enough to be covered by the WikiProject? Thanks, ~
SuperHamsterTalkContribs 01:47, 25 May 2010 (UTC)reply
We only want articles that are somewhat significant to Apple Inc. There are thousands of articles that are "related" to Apple, but not in the scope of the project.--
mono 01:49, 25 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Going along with that, I'm guessing that several of the program-related articles I recently assessed should also be deprived of their WikiProject Apple Inc. status. I'll remove them as soon as I've got time. ~
SuperHamsterTalkContribs 02:05, 25 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Any script for this assessment job? Oh, +pings at MacBook Air PR page. —
fetch·comms 02:18, 25 May 2010 (UTC)reply
About Apple software - I always assess third party software as low-importance for
WP:APPLE, or least with
. If you don't want third party Apple software assessed, you should detail that as well in the assessment section.
Airplaneman ✈ 02:20, 25 May 2010 (UTC)reply
←@Fetchcomms: I put in
a request to
User:Drilnoth for
WP:ASSESSOR, a script for this. I've started coding something based on this; I'll post it ASAP. I'll take a look at the PR page. @Airman: I will add that.--
mono 02:50, 25 May 2010 (UTC)reply
So mono, I found a cross-platform software and am not logging it because I
changed it to WikiProject Computing. This is the kind of stuff not wanted in WP:APPLE, correct? (cross-platform software).
Airplaneman ✈ 03:05, 25 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Yes. It is related to Apple Inc. in that it just happens to run on Mac, however it has little significance to the project.--
mono 03:07, 25 May 2010 (UTC)reply
@Fetchcomms: See my reply at PR.--
mono 03:07, 25 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Good, because 21 of 25 of "our" FAs fall under that category. (I've since detagged them.) Also, contrary to popular belief, having a big, colorful banner with icons does not make people want to work on your pet project. It annoys them.
HereToHelp(
talk to me) 04:31, 25 May 2010 (UTC)reply
I was actually surprised to see your reply at
WT:APPLE#Priorities. After what seemed to be a lot of triviality, to see someone else agreeing with me (and citing
wp:dew, after doing just that, but after your self-revert I'll let that go) - was unexpected. My previous comment here, and on the WikiProject talk page, were a little upset and vaguely accusatory; I apologize. We can get to work on
Macintosh - tomorrow morning. Cheers,
HereToHelp(
talk to me) 04:45, 25 May 2010 (UTC)reply
←A file in the article is up for deletion, as the fair use rationale is not in the correct format. See
File:MacOS8.6.jpg.--
mono 04:47, 25 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Hello, Mono. You have new messages at
Drilnoth's talk page. Message added 14:37, 25 May 2010 (UTC). You can
remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.reply
So, uh, fix the problem instead of tagging it. You only needed to add one (1) curly brace that was forgotten to make the template show. Only.
1! If you can't take the time to look over what you're tagging and fix it first, please do the project a favor by not CSDing anything others just have to fix for you later. —
fetch·comms 20:50, 25 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Let's talk on
IRC to avoid EC.--
mono 23:44, 25 May 2010 (UTC)reply
(
edit conflict)Just a note - you
removedmy comment during an edit conflict. Best practice during an edit conflict is to go back and copy your revision to integrate into the current version.
Airplaneman ✈ 23:46, 25 May 2010 (UTC)reply
And I don't object to IRC. Installing...
Airplaneman ✈ 23:46, 25 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Sorry. That kind of proves my point.
mono 23:47, 25 May 2010 (UTC)reply
Need recommendations on which one to use. What channel do I go on?
Airplaneman ✈ 23:52, 25 May 2010 (UTC)reply
I use
ChatZilla, an addon for Firefox. My channel is ##bio; you can click the link above.--
mono 23:58, 25 May 2010 (UTC)reply
OK. I'll have to ponder whether or not to install a separate app, as I am not going back to FF despite the greater compatability and better font for the eyes in the edit window (Arial vs. Courier - I'm still sticking with the polished metal).
Airplaneman ✈ 03:24, 26 May 2010 (UTC)reply
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