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Wikifun
Over the course of my Wiki-life, I'm going to introduce some riddles and games users can win barnstars for if they succeed. I figured it would be a good way to make Wiki-friends, so why not try it out?
This month's riddle...
Hey Jimbo. Before I say I say anything, this is one fine website you got here. :) Okay, the question. Well, on your infobox, you have three userboxes. I thought it would be a good idea to put some userboxes in my infobox. However, when I did get around to doing it, all of my ID box content was shifted up, so it wasn't centered, and it created a thick grey line between the info and ID content. Can you tell me why? And, if it's not to much trouble, can you tell me how to fix it so the ID content is centered? Because right now, it looks less than fabulous. Check out my userpage so you can see what I'm talking about. [1]
Thanx for reading, Jimbo. Scrumshus 18:10, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Not to be discouraging, but often times Jimbo isn't able to respond to comments on his talk page (he's a busy man after all). So, if you want, I can fix it for you. -- joturner 19:31, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Actually, I figured it out, I guess I forgot to delete my comment,. thanx anyways. Scrumshus 19:33, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
About the outlines
Joturner, I really like your Userpage layout, so I decided to put a page outline on mine. However, when I did, it didn't outline the enitre page and has a huge blank spot in the middle of it. How do I fix it? I'm only 13 and don't understand WIkipedia's complex stuff for the most part. If you can help me, that would be great. Scrumshus 20:19, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
I tried to fix it for you. By the way, you can link to pages on Wikipedia like [[Wikipedia]]. If you want different text to appear than the name of the place you link to (like this link: my user page), you can type [[User:Joturner|my user page]]. -- joturner 21:38, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks, man. I owe you one. :) Scrumshus 22:25, 15 July 2006 (UTC
You can use {{quotation}}. Type something like {{quotation|To be or not to be}} to get the desired effect. -- joturner 22:43, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
You can do [[School of Rock|<span style="color:red">Dewey Finn</span>]], although I must warn you that red links - like gdkhagkjdshgjksah - tend to indicate articles that don't yet exist. -- joturner 00:52, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Thank you! Why can't more people be as helpful as you? I'm nominating you for an administrator on August 17th. Scrumshus 00:54, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Nice implementation of his page design man. It really doesn't look that bad. The only thing that I would be cautious about it the userboxes. Someone might come by (someday) and try to put them all on a subpage. Regards, Alphachimptalk 19:14, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
LOL. Sure, I guess that would work =D. Alphachimptalk 19:21, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
I award User:Tariqabjotu a random act of kindness barnstar for helping me out on my userpage many times. You earned it! Scrumshus 19:21, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks; it's no problem at all. I added your barnstar to my userpage. -- tariqabjotu (joturner) 19:30, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Show/Hide
Hey Tariqabjotu, not to be burden, but you do know Wikipedia a whole lot better than I do. i was experiementing with those windows that you can 'Click to Show' and 'Click to Hide'. I made a successful one a User:Scrumshus/Userbox mini. However, when I tried to work it into my inofbox on the left side of my userpage, it wouldn't cooperate. I tried working it inot my alternate inofbox, but it didn't work either. If you follow my links, you'll see what I'm talking about. Can you help me fit my Show/Hide bar into my inofobx? Thanx, Scrumshus 17:06, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
I may have fixed the infobox situation. However, you may need to change the sizes of surrounding elements to make your page look okay. -- tariqabjotu (joturner) 23:55, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm not too good at wikisyntax, but I made some changes and it looks like it works now. The userpage does not seem to work well at an 800x600 resolution, however; I'll try to look into this later if I find time. If you need any more help, feel free to ask me. -- Where 04:58, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
Re: This user is also an american idiot
Really? You made that userbox? That is so damn cool. Which leads me to my question. How'd you find my profile? (Unless your userboxes track which users use 'em). And I'd also like to say you have a real cool userpage. It really looks nice. VelocityEX 05:00, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Green Day good article
I really do want to get it listed as a good article again, but I don't think it's ready yet. We still need a lot more citations, cut down on the info for each album (the album pages can be used for that), cut down on POV and fannish writing (which got it delisted in the first place), and so forth, and because of this it would probably be automatically denied if we listed it as a good article nominee. I'll work on it some more in the next few days. WesleyDodds 21:38, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
it really goes in-depth into the songs and other material about the albums that are best reserved for the album pages themselves. For comparison, look at The Smashing Pumpkins, which I've worked heavily on. WesleyDodds 22:36, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Basically we don't need to go in-depth about the individual songs. WesleyDodds 22:54, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Scrumshus, you violated the fair use policy again by inserting Image:Apple Safari.png into User:Scrumshus/Random project[2]. I removed it from the page [3]. I know you know these issues now, let's just be a tad bit more careful, ok? :) All the best, --Durin 16:50, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
D'oh! Sorry, on other userpages it had the Firefox logo, so I assumed that the Safari logo had an open copyright. Should've checked the 'page first. Sorry for the minor error.
A Couple Questions
I have seen you around and I have the American Idiot userbox you created. I was wondering how you got obtained the code {User American Idiot}. I have recently created my own userbox and would like to get a code like that but am not sure if I have to get a template page or what. Also, you have Top 10 Websites on your User page. Are we allowed to have those on there since that could be considered advertisement? I would add one too, but I am not sure if it violates the rules (my page needs a major revamp). Orfen 22:41, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Whats up? Hi, I'm trying to gather some more interest and support for the Wikipedia:WikiProject Punk music. Please check out the topics and lets get our WikiProject to function better. I've taken an interest in the Wikipedia:WikiProject hip hop and I consider that WikiProject to be better developed. Hopefully we can all work together to improve articles relating to punk. Also, I am trying to gather support and opinions concerning the punk house article and specifically the Theta Beta Potata article which is currently in AfD (x2) at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Theta Beta Potata (second nomination). Please check it out and voice your opinion. Xsxex 06:55, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Re: About your signature
What I did was I put User:Orfen/Sig in the signature box in My Preferences using the template {{User:Orfen/Sig}}. I then checked the box underneath it that says Raw signature. It says no templates or whatever but when I saved it and checked in my sandbox it started to work so everytime I type the "~~~~" it will come up as my sig. OrfenUser Talk 00:30, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Scrumshus. Do you know who created theses images and theirs copyright status? The "source information" you provided was only a direct link to a jpg scan of a magazine's page, where no info on it's creator and copyright status could be found.
And please not that the {{Magazinecover}} tag is not appropriate for this images, as they are not magazine covers being used in articles about the magazine issues. Thanks, --Abu Badali 17:00, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
Well, is there an image tag that says something like "This image is in a magazine article" or something? Because the cover thing was the closest I could find. As for the creator, wouldn't the magazine editor be? I'll add that. ScrumshusTalk to me 18:15, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
Being in a magazine article is not a source/copyright info in itself. But magazines usually containg the copyright info on the images it uses. You should check that in the magazine and, if the image is usable on Wikipedia, add the information (and a proper chosen tag) to the image's page.
Also, note that {{promophoto}} is intended for promotional material. If this image really belongs to "Guitar World/Legends magazine" as you told, it's not a promotional photo (as this magazine is not a source for greenday's press kits). Make sure the copyright info is correct and, if there's no suitable fair use claim applicable, the image should go. Best regards, --Abu Badali 21:58, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
Well, this link says that the photographer is Adrian Callaghan. Is he the copyright holder? If so, then what tag should I attach to the image? ScrumshusTalk to me 23:45, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
Attach the {{imagevio}} tag, as Adrian Callaghan works for Retna, a image licensing agency. --Abu Badali 23:50, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
Hey, I just noticed the image at this link is not Image:Greenday_Mud.png nor Image:Aimovie.jpg. Did you mean another one? I've reverted the "no license" for now. Let me know if you need any help. --Abu Badali 11:06, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
The link that I gave you says "Adrian Callaghan" on the side of the photo, and means that he took all of the photos for that article. ScrumshusTalk to me 15:25, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
I believe that reffers only to the image it's attached to. Either way, the image is in need to be deleted :( , as it either a imagevio or have an unkown copyright status. --Abu Badali 15:38, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Image tagging for Image:Green-Day.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Green-Day.jpg. The image has been identified as not specifying the source and creator of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the source and creator of the image on the image's description page, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided source information for them as well.
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Hi. I don't believe we have met before, as I have just stumbled across your signature on WP:GAC, and being intrigued, clicked it. What I was brought to was a masterpiece in User Pages, and I would like to congratulate you on creating such a piece of work, and would like to inquire tw things: 1) Did you create it and 2) Where can I get one? Cheers Kingfisherswift 16:23, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Bar mitzvah
BS"D
I was two weeks later, 9/16, Parshios Nitzavim-Vayelech. --Shaul avrom 01:20, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Re: Userbox
Well, I think I found your userbox when I was searching for some in the gallery. It was so long ago, I can't remember, but I probably found it on some person's userpage. If I find who's it was, I'll tell you. Thanks - TheRSJ 01:42, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
Oh, and I saw your sig. Thanks for the "BORДT" welcome =P TheRSJ 01:49, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
link colors
Hi, its me scrumshus again, all grown up. I was wondering (since you're the most knowledgable person i know on wikipedia) if there is a way to change all link colors in a page. not each link seperatly, but as a whole, because on my page, the blue links dont reflect on the black and gray too well. thnx for reading, Good 'Ol scrumshusTalk to me 23:13, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
There might be a way with Cascading Style Sheets, but I think some of the functions to do it are disabled. There might be another way, but I don't know it. -- tariqabjotu 23:23, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
green day image
You said: "WHY was the green day image taken off its page? it was under promo photo and had the correct license and rationale. U2 has an image like that, yet THEIRS isn't taken off. how is this image replaceable? obviously it sint because they're havent been any"
Please read WP:FU. Did you provide any evidence that it would be impossible to create a replacement image of this band? That is, that the band has broken up? If not, it is a direct violation of WP:FU. Note that the U2 image is similarly marked for removal. Even if it were not, the fact that another image violates WP:FU is grounds to fix that image, not to violate Wikipedia policy elsewhere. --Yamla 23:56, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
There's a history. There's been some hurt feelings. Proceed carefully. You will need powerful Wiki-fu to survive what is to come. :) In a nutshell, "correctly licensed" photos, which were properly uploaded and tagged, are now being reviewed and deleted by a faction which wants to eliminate all fair use of photos, where possible, in Wikipedia. Since every image that can be created can, in some sense, be re-created, it seems the goal of this policy is the elination of all copywritten material (promotional photos and the like) in favor of "free/libre" material, favored by Jimbo, etc. It's a rabbit hole, my friend, but you'll find a whole bunch of us down there, doing our damndest to keep this thing from getting wildly off course. I'm with you - photos I tweaked and licensed have been insta-deleted with no thought given to legitimate rationales as to why they should be kept, much less fairly used. Anyhow .. that's the lay of the land as I see it. Jump in! We need good people making sensible points!
The December 2006 issue of the Films WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. Please also, if you have not already, add your name to the Member List. Cbrown1023 00:53, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanx, man. great idea for a signature book, but unfortunatly, my holidays ended when Hannukah was over, but i appreciate the thought. You are truly a one-of a kind Wikipedian. scrumshusTalk to me 21:04, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I've seen you frequently around the article Green Day and other related articles. Please consider joining the Green Day WikiProject, an effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage and detail regarding Green Day.
If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks that you can help with. Thank you for your time.
You have made great contributions to the Green Day article in the past, it would be great if you would consider joining the project. We might be able to finally bring the article back to Good status or hopefully Featured in the near future. Please check it out if you have the chance. Thanks, and happy holidays! OrfenUser Talk | Contribs 19:25, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
please stop whining
please look at Wikipedia:Userbox migration. userboxes are NOT allowed in the template space, they must be moved to the user space. if you want to fight that, don't come crying to me, cry to the creator of that (Jumbo Wales). Scepia 21:32, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
Green Day images
Please see the talk page for the Green Day article. I have added an introduction to the Related Projects section, so please add Fair Use to the images you added. If this is done then Green Day will be a Good Article again. I would add Fair Use but I am not sure how to go about it, so can you please do it? Thanks! OrfenUser Talk | Contribs 20:42, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
Re:imprtant scales, etc.
I have added my comment to the WikiProject talk page. I think it is a very good idea, however, it will take a lot of work. Unless we can think of an easier way this might be a bit of work. OrfenUser Talk | Contribs 05:05, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Orphaned fair use image (Image:GreenDayProHead.ogg)
Thanks for uploading Image:GreenDayProHead.ogg. I notice the 'image' page currently specifies that the image is unlicensed for use on Wikipedia and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy).
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Corrupted OGG's
Hi there the Green Day samples (1, 2, 3, 4) you've uploaded are corrupted. Please upload a fixed version or they will be deleted. Thanks. --antilivedT | C | G 22:44, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Just wanna check that are you fixing those files? You need to export the ogg vorbis file instead of saving the audacity file or otherwise it won't be an audio file. --antilivedT | C | G 11:59, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello! I just created a new project that I thought you would be intrested in joining. I'm also looking for members who would intrested to be part of the project. There are some things that need to be done on the Social Distortion article, so feel free to join. Just go here. Alex 04:06, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
You should know that the way the adoption process works has changed slightly. To decrease workload at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user on offering adoption please change the {{Adoptme}} template to {{Adoptoffer}} on the user's user page, and this will add the user to Category:Wikipedians having been offered adoption. Users that have already been offered adoption can always have a second or third offer, but by separating out those users that have not had an adoption offer yet, it is hoped that no one will go lacking. Once adoption is complete please use the templates found here on the Adoptee's and your user page.
Furthermore a new Adopter's Area has been created where you can find useful resources and other Adopter's experiences. Please feel free to add any resources you have and if you know of any useful resources for new users / Adoptees then you can add them here.
So I hope you get adopting soon - and if you have any general questions or suggestions about the further development of Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User please bring them to our talk page. Cheers Lethaniol 15:21, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
Unspecified source for Image:Gtmtsya.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Gtmtsya.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, then you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, then their copyright should also be acknowledged.
If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 00:45, 28 March 2007 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 00:45, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
I have decided to leave Wikipedia for good. Thanks for all the help through all these months. Regards, •The RSJ•Talk | Sign Here 05:07, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
Hello WikiProject Alternative music member. WikiProject Alternative music, in my eyes, has proved to be successful "improving the encyclopaedic coverage of articles relating to alternative rock", and improving their quality as well. One specific example I have witnessed is The Smashing Pumpkins article. The page has gone from a mediocre work, to GA status, to FA nomination. Only appropriate, as the Pumpkins are undeniably one of the most influential alternative rock bands on the 1990's and beyond.
This is the stuff I wish to achieve with the somewhat recently ressurected WikiProject Rock music. I hope to also attract attention to rock music articles of all sorts, and hopefully change some to GA or FA status. I invite you to come join us, and not only be a member of alternative Wikipedians, but the rockin' ones as well. Rock on. -- Reaper X 03:05, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
WikiProject Alternative music and sources
As part of the Alternative music WikiProject, we're gathering a list of sources on this page. Could you take a look and perhaps add any written references you have access to? Thanks! CloudNine 09:56, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
Image:ScriA.png
Image:ScriA.png contains the Wikipedia logo (which is not under any free license right now). You might want to remove the Wikipedia logo if you want to keep this image. --- RockMFR 20:07, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Image:WikiHaiku.png listed for deletion
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:WikiHaiku.png, 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. BigDT (416) 02:42, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Your Sig
Hello Scrumshus, I recently noticed your sig is changing the text on pages. It was like this at Template talk:Green Day until I fixed it by adding </span> at the end of the sig. As you can see at this link the </span> seemed to have worked. Just bringing it to your attention! OrfenUser Talk | Contribs 04:46, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
Haha, that is if you don't mind. I put your name on there with a link to your user page. But if you don't want me to use it I can try and make a new one, doesn't matter to me. Yours have always looked really good and my previous ones were nothing to brag about. OrfenUser Talk | Contribs 23:58, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Ok, awesome thanks. I'll keep your offer in mind a couple months down the road when it's time for another change! OrfenUser Talk | Contribs 00:03, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Reply
It's not a problem at all. Esperanza Ortega 02:55, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
WikiPage
i want it like yours but MASSIVE ORANGE —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Duggie647 (talk • contribs) 21:58, 7 May 2007 (UTC).
what do you need to know? Duggie647 22:03, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
ill do it l8r i g2g Duggie647 22:21, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Orphaned fair use image (Image:01 911 For Peace.ogg)
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Fair use rationale for Image:03_Welcome_To_Paradise.ogg
Thanks for uploading Image:03_Welcome_To_Paradise.ogg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. ShakespeareFan00 09:00, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
