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"Joining" WP:Space missions

Saw your note about joining Wikipedia:WikiProject Space missions. All I did was edit the page to add myself to the list. Doesn't seem to be much structure right now. (Maybe our discussion there will spark some life back into the project?)
I also created a userbox [1] for the project, but it's completely unofficial and probably not done correctly. Chip in and improve it if you'd like.
--3Idiot 19:20, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

I like the update you made to the WP:Space missions userbox. The other pic that came to mind is the engraved plate on Pioneer 10. Isn't that supposed to universally mean something about humans exploring space? Maybe if I ever get motivated enough, there could be a "This user is a member of WP:Space missions and is particularly fond of {insert mission here}" type userbox where one could select the favorite mission and have a corresponding image...
But for now, I agree, Vostok 1 is a good choice.
--3Idiot 16:46, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

STS-115

Thanks for yout note about teamwork on STS-115. I agree. I always know the article has improved when I see the last edit was yours. I hope we can keep some motivation up (and build more) to re-energize the WikiProject Space missions community.
Just a few more days of this mission, then we have some downtime to do administrative stuff and cleanup. Then it's Soyuz TMA-9 time, eh?
--3Idiot 13:28, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Pay no attention to the fact that I can't do math. TMA-9 lifts in about 15 hours...STS-115 lands in a couple of days... So much for downtime...
--3Idiot 13:29, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

More good stuff at STS-115. Thanks! I dropped you an email (via "E-mail this user") with my IM info.
--3Idiot 17:15, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Direct Launch Vehicle

Just to let you know, I've taken Direct Launch Vehicle off of the Space Shuttle template. I left my reasons on the discussion page, but I'm happy to discuss it either there or here. I think that having the proposal on the template gives it more weight, and a more official appearance, than it deserves at the moment. Maybe someday it'll be different, but that isn't for us to decide. MLilburne 21:38, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

You helped choose Universe as this week's WP:AID winner

AzaBot 21:36, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

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You helped choose Black hole as this week's WP:ACID winner

AzaBot 01:35, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of STS-74

The article STS-74 you nominated as a good article has passed , see Talk:STS-74 for eventual comments about the article. Good luck in future nominations.
congratulations on rewriting an excellent article! if you wish to nominate additional article, please don't hesitate to post them on WP:GAN Themcman1 17:09, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

it was a very good article and deserved the award! Themcman1 17:15, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

if you post me when you nominate your other article, i will happily review it! Themcman1 09:11, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Shuttle-Mir Program

I don't know if you had noticed, but Shuttle-Mir Program has passed as a good article. Themcman1 10:41, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

I've copyedited the Shuttle-Mir Program article and made a number of minor changes. There were a few sections that I wasn't sure how to improve. The transition:

resulting in a slow, uncontrolled "tumble" through space.[12][4][29][5]

Linenger was eventually succeeded by Anglo-American astronaut

and the awkward wording of:

The expedition's crew returned to Earth aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis following the first Shuttle-Mir docking during mission STS-71.[16][4][17]

I hope you find my efforts helpful and you get Featured Article status. Aalox 22:32, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

CONGRATS ON FEATURED ARTICLE STATUS! Aalox 04:27, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Inactive Portals and Wiki Projects

From what I've seen, there isn't much going on in wikiprojects related to space, I'm not sure if I'm just not looking in the right places or what. I know there are a lot of active uses given how fast current missions are updated. Aalox 00:48, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

Congratulations! --Guinnog 07:09, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Biography

Hi again! Thanks for your quick input at Template talk:WPBiography#Astronaut bios. Just as a heads-up: at last count (see Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Members), WikiProject Biography had 327 regular members and 28 admin members. (Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.. ;-) (sdsds - talk) 20:14, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

STS-131, STS-132, STS-133

Hi - is NASA's online version of the Shuttle manifest out of date? It conflicts with STS-131, STS-132, & STS-133 pages on WP. See: [2] ... Gekritzl 00:39, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi

Just letting you know that this edit amazed me. I just resized the pic to a pretty smaller version. Could you also explain this edit (the picture's description currently clearly shows that this is a NASA patch). Thanks. Brand спойт 20:32, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Re:WikiProject Human Spaceflight

I would be glad to participate in the conversation, as long as I"m open that day. Thanks, Meldshal42_{Comments and Suggestions}^{My Contributions} 15:51, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm Back

Hey Colds7ream. I'm back from the summer trip and will get back to finishing that Mir article. Will be a bit slow as school's starting up, but I'll do what I can. What's new? Aalox 21:05, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

STS-122 images

If you can, would you please upload STS-122 imagery directly to Category:STS-122. Since many of the non-english STS articles are based on the english one, giving a prime example here should really eleviate all the doubles and "local" uploads in the other language articles. That would also save me the trouble of having to move them there at a later time. Good to see you again on this launch, lets hope all goes well again. :D --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 16:22, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Space missions and Human Spaceflight WikiProjects

Hi, I noticed that you are a member of the Space missions and Human Spaceflight WikiProjects. A couple of weeks ago, I proposed that the Space missions and Space travellers projects, which both appear to be inactive, be merged into the Human Spaceflight project. Whilst this is being done, the capitalisation of the Human spaceflight project's title would also be corrected (ie. Human Spaceflight → Human spaceflight). The projects are all doing the same/very similar things, and in my opinion, a single, larger, project would be more effective than three smaller, and somewhat inactive projects.. In light of very little response to messages on the project talk pages, I am now sending this message to all members of all three projects, inviting them to discuss the proposal on the Human Spaceflight project's talk page. I would appreciate your opinion on this. Thanks. --GW_Simulations_{User Page | Talk} 21:39, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Soyuz T-13 Crew.jpg and Image:Salyut 7 & Cosmos 1686.jpg

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Possibly unfree Image:Salyut_7_from_Soyuz_T-13.jpg

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Fair use rationale for Image:Salyut 7 & Cosmos 1686.gif

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Thank you for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 14:58, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Good grief! I've only just uploaded the thing - give me a chance to write up the rationale! Colds7ream (talk) 15:00, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Americanisation - WP:ENGVAR

In a recent edit to the page Soyuz programme, you changed one or more words from one international variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

For subjects exclusively related to Britain (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. For something related to other English-speaking countries, such as Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, use the appropriate variety of English used there. If it is an international topic, use the same form of English the original author used.

In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to the other, even if you don't normally use the version the article is written in. Respect other people's versions of English. They in turn should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Wikipedia:Manual of Style. If you have any queries about all this, you can ask me on my talk page or you can visit the help desk. Thank you. --GW_Simulations_{User Page | Talk} 08:34, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

A new task force - ESA

Hello,

I've noticed that you are active in the area of space exploration. I just wanted to let you know that a European Space Agency task force has been set up to improve the presently very poor condition of articles about ESA and related topics. If you are interested, please join the task force here. We sure could use your help. Thanks.U5K0 (talk) 11:23, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Salyut 6

Are you going to continue to work on this article? Ruslik (talk) 10:45, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Oxford Wikimania 2010 and Wikimedia UK v2.0 Notice

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Wikimedia UK 2.0 Vote

Hi you signed up as being interested in being a memeber of wikimedia UK 2.0. Just a reminder the that the vote for the inital board at m:Wikimedia UK v2.0/Vote ends next Saturday (September 25th).Geni 03:16, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

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Re: ISS PR

I'll take another look at the article and let you know if I find any additional problems. For now, check the article against the GAN quick-fail criteria, and, if there are no major issues, go ahead and nominate it. There is a month and a half long backlog at GAN, so it could take a while to get a reviewer, and you have plenty of time to make improvements before it is reviewed. Even if it gets reviewed right away, you will still have a week to address any problems the reviewer finds. Wronkiew (talk) 17:35, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

That's very thoughtful of you. Sorry I wasn't able to weigh in on the Good Article nomination before you closed the peer review. I think it is ready. Wronkiew (talk) 17:19, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Wiki UK Ltd Membership applications now invited!

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Re:GA Nom of International Space Station

Hi there. Just wanted to let you know that I intend to review International Space Station against the criteria. Shouldn't take longer than 7 days, at the most. Robert Skyhawk ^{(Talk to me)} 19:23, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks for that - we're all looking forward to seeing how it does! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 20:43, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations, International Space Station has been awarded GA status. Robert Skyhawk ^{(Talk to me)} 20:37, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanking you! Onward to FAN! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 21:13, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't get to look at the article; I haven't been on Wikipedia very often recently. themcman1 _talk 20:24, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Hello.

I was just wondering about the picture containing the flags of nations participating in the construction of the ISS. For some reason, the flag of the UK is included, although later in the article it is stated that the UK did not participate in the construction of the ISS (Nikolasbelmont (talk) 01:08, 26 December 2008 (UTC)).

Hi there! I'd direct you here for an answer to that: Talk:International_Space_Station/Archive 5#United Kingdom and the ISS. Hope it helps! Colds7ream (talk) 12:54, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Wikimania Oxford bid

Some time ago you indicated your support of the Oxford 2010 Wikimania Bid, and it was recieved with much gratitude. I now ask if you could could help support our bid by contributing to the bid page that is located at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Oxford. Now is the critical period for work to continue on the bid as the official bidding period has now started and the jury has been formed.

I do not ask for huge swathes of time, just enough that with eveyrone working on this, it can be completed in time to the high standard required in a bid. For the bid page, an excellent source of information is the travel wiki article on the City of Oxford which is found at: http://wikitravel.org/en/Oxford. The chance of bringing Wikimania to the UK is the best so far and i expect the best chance for many years. With a fresh and stong UK chapter we have an amazing opportunity to put ourselves on the map. If you have any questions, please mail them to the Wikimedia UK mailing list, email me or post a message on my talk page and i will answer as quickly as possible.

I look forward to working with you on the bid page. Many Thanks. Seddσn ^talk 15:13, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

International Space Station

That recent tour of the ISS by CDR Mike Fincke is now on Commons and can be used in the article: File:January 2009 ISS tour.ogg. Thought you'd like to know just in case you missed the notification on Talk:International Space Station. -MBK₀₀₄ 04:51, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Was it necessary to change "program" to "programme" on the article page? The major contributing English speaking country to the ISS is the United States, and "program" is the American spelling. The contributions of other English speaking countries has been minor compared to that of the U.S. - isn't this reason enough to leave the American spelling intact? --Ericdn (talk) 10:53, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

You'll note that the entire article is written in British English, as noted by template on the talk page, due to convention on international space topics. I performed the conversion having realised, following the semi-automatic bot peer review, that they were the only words in the article spelt in the American manner, and as such converted the spelling to fit in with the rest of the article. According to WP:ENGVAR, the type of spelling should not be changed (i.e. British-American) without broad concensus. Colds7ream (talk) 10:57, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Got it! I have nothing else to add, so thank you for your work and prompt reply. --Ericdn (talk) 11:21, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

No problem! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 14:11, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

ISS Copy Edit

I noticed your message on the WP:GOCE regarding the ISS. I'd be willing to give it a once through, but it may take a few days due to the lenghth and that pesky thing called RL. Let me know what you think... Take care, Pax85 (talk) 08:30, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks, that would be fantastic - we're really hoping to get FA this time around, and a copyedit would be very helpful! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 10:34, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Regarding FA - are there still a lot of edits being made at the moment, or is the article pretty stable? If it's not stable, then a copy edit may not be a good idea yet... I was just concerned because I saw quite a few items in the history from the last few days, and was wondering if there is still a lot being done affecting the actual text.

I do look forward to working on this one though! Pax85 (talk) 00:17, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Yep, the article's pretty stable at the mo - the only big change was the addition of the 'Overview' section; the rest of the article's been good to go for a while. Many thanks once again for offering to do this! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 10:03, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

No problem. I've been looking for something to do for WP:SPACE for a bit now anyway... Hopefully I don't mess up all of your hard work too much. :) I will be going through the article later today and into tomorrow... -- Pax85 (talk) 18:35, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Contact hyperthermia

Colds7ream: thanks for the comment. I´m on my way!! I am just watching how it looks like while I am translating, since it is a pretty technical thing.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Azahara09 (talk • contribs)

Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities

I have noticed that you have written that my article about Chairman of Soviet of Nationalities does not cite any sources. In fact, I found the information in the Slovene article about the Soviet of Nationalities. Am I allowed to cite that as a source? The reason why I ask you, is that when I found an interesting detail concerning chess playing in the English wikipedia, I was told that I could not cite that as a source. I hope you can help me.

Best wishes! Mbakkel2 28. february 2008. 19:48 (CEST) —Preceding undated comment added 18:48, 28 February 2009 (UTC).

I'm afraid that we're not allowed to cite one Wikipedia article as a source in another - however, if you can find the original source that was listed in the Slovene article, you can use that as a source in your article. Colds7ream (talk) 20:21, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities

Hello again!

I have now found a source on a Russian web site. So now you can remove the tag.

Best wishes!

Mbakkel2 1 March, 2009. 10:36 (UTC)

Business routes of Interstate 5

I decided to prod this article instead of speedy-deleting it. It's not technically empty, although I've speedied articles that had about this much content before for being "empty", if they were awful. My thinking was: this one isn't nonsense, or promotional, or a copyvio, or an attack; it doesn't make us look bad, and maybe the creators will put in more work on it if they know they're on a deadline. - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 18:09, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Fair enough; thanks for the heads-up! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 18:10, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Your tagging work is very good; thanks. - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 18:16, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Link that didn't work

Thanks I have fixed the link, there was an extra space that was causing the hiccup.l santry (talk)

Speedy deletion of Beth dariti

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Just wondering why this has appeared on my talk page as the only contact I have had with the article was to tag it as part of the NPP? Colds7ream (talk) 20:26, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

I believe that you tagged the page a few seconds after it was deleted, thereby accidentally making you the "original contributor". I then tagged the page for speedy deletion a few seconds after you, and Twinkle duly notified the "original contributor" of the paqes nomination for speedy deletion. Wuhwuzdat (talk) 20:33, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Ah, fair enough. :-) Gotta love Twinkle... Colds7ream (talk) 20:34, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

CSD A3

Hi I see you are doing good work at New page patrol. However regarding this it says "page under construction" so I think you were a bit preemptive their as it has the potential to be a good article. --DFS454 (talk) 20:36, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Fair enough, but I understood the criteria for such a message to be valid requires some other content as well as just the 'under construction' message? Colds7ream (talk) 20:43, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Good point. But I'd give it some time. If nothing's added for a day or so then I think it should fall under an A3, Best --DFS454 (talk) 20:45, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Looks like it was deleted shows what I know :S --DFS454 (talk) 20:50, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Rollback

I have 1 granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe I can trust you to use rollback correctly by using it for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck and thanks. –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 19:12, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks very much - I'll do my best! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 19:40, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Account creation tool

Someone, probably you, has requested permission on the account creation tool using this username. Can you please confirm here that it was you? Stifle (talk) 14:32, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

I can indeed confirm that the request was made by myself. Colds7ream (talk) 20:09, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Your request for access to the account creation tool has been approved. ·Add§hore· ^{Talk To Me!} 12:30, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 12:59, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

ISS grammar...

Thank you for catching that apostrophe, and especially fulfil. I'm normally pretty good at staying with British English, but I seemed to have missed fulfil vs. fulfill. Thanks again. :) I will return tonight (it's morning where I am at now). Pax85 (talk) 17:08, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

No problem - and once again, thanks for the copyedit! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 19:52, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm concerned about the sudden appearance of the new editor on the ISS article. It squeaks like a sock to me. I'm especially concerned with their making lots of changes without discussing them first. I haven't reverted, but take a look at this: [3] -MBK₀₀₄ 00:20, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

I know - I've been restoring some of these edits as he goes; it's quite disturbing to see our almost (fingers crossed) FA article being ripped to shreds by a newcomer, I have to say. Still, I guess we should be careful about WP:OWN :-( Colds7ream (talk) 00:23, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

I've got a feeling that he isn't going to stop until he gets his way (see the talk page and edit history plus his talk page). At least I've gotten him to try and discuss, but I see a block in the near future. -MBK₀₀₄ 00:42, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Ah yes, another brand new editor rocks up, decides that what a page created through consensus between several established editors over the course of several months really needs is their outlook on the world, and begins to rip apart said article with enthusiasm we could really do with if directed in a positive manner... *sigh* What fun... :-( Colds7ream (talk) 00:47, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

I could really use your insight and responses since I've only been peripherally involved with the article. See my response: [4] -MBK₀₀₄ 00:55, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

I've posted a short summary of my view on this - I hope its of use. Colds7ream (talk) 01:03, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

FYI in case you didn't see it: [5] -MBK₀₀₄ 01:59, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Aha! Not the solution I was hoping for; still, better than engaging in a full-scale edit war. Thanks for the help here! Colds7ream (talk) 08:54, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Wow! I am gone for a week or so on vacation, and it seems that some interesting things have happened... I'm a bit confused... A lot has happened it seems... Well, now that I am back, please let me know if there is anything I can do to help...Pax85 (talk) 06:11, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Cheers Pax - yeah, as you can see, we seem to have sprouted loads of issues in the FAC which we didn't have before... Any halp would be very much appreciated. We need citations, MOS corrections and other cleanup, apparently. Colds7ream (talk) 09:51, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Not to worry, the article will have its gold star before you know it. :) Pax85 (talk) 16:59, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Preceding undated comment added 18:48, 28 February 2009 (UTC). :I'm afraid that we're not allowed to cite one Wikipedia article as a source in another - however, if you can find the original source that was listed in the Slovene article, you can use that as a source in your article. Colds7ream (talk) 20:21, 28 February 2009 (UTC) == Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities == Hello again! I have now found a source on a Russian web site. So now you can remove the tag. Best wishes! Mbakkel2 1 March, 2009. 10:36 (UTC)">—Preceding undated comment added 18:48, 28 February 2009 (UTC). :I'm afraid that we're not allowed to cite one Wikipedia article as a source in another - however, if you can find the original source that was listed in the Slovene article, you can use that as a source in your article. Colds7ream (talk) 20:21, 28 February 2009 (UTC) == Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities == Hello again! I have now found a source on a Russian web site. So now you can remove the tag. Best wishes! Mbakkel2 1 March, 2009. 10:36 (UTC)">

A-Class discussion

Hi, we're starting the discussion on A-Class here today, thanks for signing up! I hope you can present your views. Thanks, Walkerma (talk) 07:23, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikimedia UK Newsletter - February 2009 Issue

Summary: The chapter is now up and running, and we have now opened our bank account. We have a new website, and are putting plans in place for the first Annual General Meeting. Meanwhile, February has seen the successful Wikipedia Loves Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum, bidding to host Wikimania 2010 has opened, and the Government's Intellectual Property consultation has closed. We also bring the regular news of meet-ups, and a new feature highlighting press coverage of Wikimedia in the UK.

In this month's newsletter:

1. Chapter formation process
2. Website
3. Annual General Meeting
4. Wikipedia Loves Art
5. Oxford Wikimania bid
6. IP consultation
7. Meet-ups
8. News coverage

Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL.

Delivered by Mike Peel (talk) 20:08, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Userpage protection

Due to vandalism by IP addresses, I have semi-protected your userpage for 7 days. If you would like for me to either remove this protection or upgrade it to indefinite, please let me know. -MBK₀₀₄ 22:47, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks for that - we'll see how it goes for a while; hopefully everything'll quieten down. Colds7ream (talk) 23:20, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

They started up again right after the protection expired. Therefore I have semi-protected your userpage for 3 months. If at some point you want to try unprotection, you can let me or another admin know. Although, I'm inclined to let it stand, and if they start again in 3 months, I intend to indefinitely semi-protect. -MBK₀₀₄ 10:48, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Cheers - obviously I'm doing something right, to be irritating this many vandals... :-) Colds7ream (talk) 16:50, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

I'm thinking they may have seen you edit because the WHOIS on the IPs comes back to Keele University. -MBK₀₀₄ 21:03, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

British English

There is no reason for the ISS article to use British English. Primary funding for the project comes from an American English country. More than half of the books, documentation, contracts and WEB PAGES are written using American English. This article was written using American English originally and was purposefully changed to British English with NO DISCUSSION, NO VOTE, nothing but someone or some small group of people to change it. 70.170.125.247 (talk) 23:33, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

March 2009

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Hizzey. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. Anyone may remove a {{prod}} tag. Once removed, you're not supposed to restore it. I've taken the article to AFD Toddst1 (talk) 17:32, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Fair enough, I wasn't aware of that. My apologies. Colds7ream (talk) 17:33, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

No worries. That's what I figured. You seem to have the best of intent. Toddst1 (talk) 17:35, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikimedia UK Newsletter - March 2009 Issue

Summary: With everything in place for the chapter, other than charity status, we have organised the first Annual General Meeting - your chance to influence the chapter's future and stand for the board. The bid to hold Wikimania 2010 in Oxford is coming on nicely. We also bring you the usual details of meet-ups and news coverage, and details of how to propose a project, and possibly get funding.

In this month's newsletter:

1. Chapter formation process
2. Annual General Meeting and Board elections
3. Oxford Wikimania bid
4. Project funding
5. Meet-ups
6. News coverage

Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL.

Newsletter delivered by Mike Peel (talk) 18:22, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Widecombe primary school

Hi how could you mark this article Widecombe primary school for deletion, while there is an obvious exclusion for schools in this criteria here, (look at the seventh point)?? keeping in mind that I am on your side that this article must be deleted, because it tells me nothing!! :-) Maen. K. A. (talk) 17:24, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

My apologies, I've reverted it. Colds7ream (talk) 17:26, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, even though I agree with you on the deletion tag :-) Maen. K. A. (talk) 17:29, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

NACHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		UR Cool, KICK BUTT! Thenachoman (talk) 23:18, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks very much! :-D Colds7ream (talk) 09:02, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Shuttle-Mir

From intro: The Shuttle–Mir Program was a collaborative space program between Russia and the United States, which involved American Space Shuttles visiting the Russian space station Mir, Russian cosmonauts flying on the shuttle and an American astronaut flying aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to engage in long-duration expeditions aboard Mir.

'The Shuttle–Mir Program' .....'an American astronaut flying aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to engage in long-duration expeditions aboard Mir'

Isn't it weird?? No connection between the fact above and the title.

Maybe Shuttle-Soyuz-Mir program? MachoCarioca (talk) 22:40, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Worry not, I know what the intro says - I wrote it. :-) The programme was technically International Space Station Phase One, and the whole point of it was to allow the Americans to get experience in every aspect of operating a space station - including the Soyuz flight. It's better known as Shuttle-Mir because that was the aspect that was most visible to the public, but in reality the long-duration missions were more important in the long run. Colds7ream (talk) 11:31, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi man, I need a help in the article. This reference [6] Esquivel, Gerald (2007-03-23), ISS Phases I, II and III, is a dead link. I'm translating it to portuguese, could you provide another one or check what happens? Thanks MachoCarioca (talk) 15:44, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Sure - if you look here [7], there's a link to the Wayback Machine copy. I'll get to work on changing the reference in the article itself. :-) Colds7ream (talk) 16:13, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

I can't find tkhe link to the Wayback Machine copy, isn't loading. MachoCarioca (talk) 17:45, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikimania 2010 Oxford bid

Thank you for supporting the Oxford bid to hold Wikimania 2010! We're currently in the final stages of the bid process - the jury will be announcing their decision by the 16th April. We're currently putting together the local team for the bid (who will do what if the bid wins); if you're able to be on the local team, please put your name in the appropriate place on m:Wikimania 2010/Bids/Oxford/Team. We'd also welcome anything you can do to help refine the bid in these last few days. If you have any questions, please let me or User:Seddon know. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 21:38, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Space Barnstar

		The Space Barnstar
		For your contributions to the International Space Station article, and in the hope that it will eventually reach FA status. It seems appropriate that you should be the first person to receive the award that you created. --GW… 23:15, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks for that GW! :-) Here's hoping we also manage to gather another, smaller star! Colds7ream (talk) 10:45, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Automatic processing of your editor review

This is an automated message. Your editor review is scheduled to be closed on 21 April 2009 because it will have been open for more than 30 days and inactive for more than 7. You can keep it open longer by posting a comment to the review page requesting more input. End of line. DustyBot (talk) 03:54, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Space Barnstar

James,

Thanks for your contribution to the Barnstar project. Most of the time, when one is offering up a new barnstar, they discuss both their idea and possible designs at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wikipedia Awards. If you look there, you'll see that editors often make adjustments based upon input from other editors, resulting in greater consensus as well as better all-around Barnstars. I have, for the moment, removed your B'Star from WP:BS, and encourage you to participate in a discussion on it's future on the talk page.

Incidentally, I think it's an excellent idea for a B'Star. Unschool 21:13, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

ISS

I've been a tad absent from the ISS page, because I'm preoccupied at the moment with some Javascript stuff and other issues, but I've seen you have been quite busy. :D --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 09:58, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, you know, just been doing a bit of tidying up here and there... :-) What d'you think? Colds7ream (talk) 10:24, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

I'll try to do an exhaustive look next week. I just don't have the "rest" required to that atm. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 16:07, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Confirm it's you please

Hi,can you confirm it was you who signed up to The Wikipedia Forum. Thanks dottydotdot (talk) 15:38, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

That's me! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 15:46, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, activated! dottydotdot (talk) 15:53, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikimedia UK Newsletter - April 2009 Issue

Summary: Wikimedia UK has held it's first AGM! The AGM included numerous speakers talking about a wide range of topics, ranging from collaboration with the BBC to reaching out around the world with Wikipedia on a DVD! A number of official actions were also taken - including the passing of six Resolutions, the election of the new seven-person Board, and the first new Board meeting! Also this month, an overview of the Chapters meeting in Berlin, of which two of our number were present, and details of the upcoming meetups this month!

In this month's newsletter:

1. Annual General Meeting
2. New Board
3. Chapters Meeting
4. Meet-ups

Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skenmy (talk • contribs) 19:26, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Me again

[8]. Cheers. MachoCarioca (talk) 14:53, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Beautifully done! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 16:01, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

The original was great :-)

Now, I'm waiting for the Orion project and wondering if I'll be alive to read CNN's or BBC's breaking news: Man on Mars!' hehehe MachoCarioca (talk) 20:08, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! And we can but hope! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 20:11, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Template:People currently in space

Thanks for the update. Does it look like the template is set up in a reasonable way to list these events? I suspect that it will need to be tweaked along the way. Vegaswikian (talk) 23:29, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Looks good to me for the time being - may become problematic when six-crew operations kick off though. Still, we'll just have to see! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 20:12, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

re: Edit that removed refs

Yeah, sorry Colds, initially I thought you had over-lapped my edit, and did not realize that refs were already added. I do, however, not think that NASA Spaceflight.com is very 'layman friendly' at all, compared to William Harwood of CBS, or even the NASA status reports themselves. Harwood writes his articles using common language, and fully explains things, as does NASA, and doesn't assume a reader knows what acronyms are. Bergin does not, at all. In fact, he often uses shorthand and acronyms are never not always explained, as can be seen from the link you gave. (“MER 4: Intermittent Ascent Minicam Video: During ascent, the crew-cabin video downlink attempts were made, and the crew reported that there was no video available for downlink,” noted the MER report on L2.) He does not explain what MER is for laymen, nor does he explain what L2 is, for someone just clicking that link to see what happened during the spacewalk and has no idea it is another part of the site. All of that is very confusing to an average reader. That being said, I did not initially realize that you'd replaced the refs with the one from Bergin, and I've added it as a separate, third ref. Don't get me wrong, I'm a member of L2, I think Chris gets very timely news and information, but I do not think that it is a good thing to make his the only reference, when his news reports are never, ever, 'layman' friendly. As for the wording of your edit, I did not make any mention of that, or of your grammar, not sure where that came from ;) I do, however, think that we need to remember that 99% of the people reading it have absolutely little or no knowledge of space, shuttles, or missions, and we should strive to use wording that is less technical than what may be given in reports from NASA or other sites. I was aiming for a balance of information, and common language. To say 'Latch Over Centerline kit installation', doesn't give any information to a common reader, and doesn't mean a thing, which is why I did not re-add that. Also, it isn't necessary to add every single small event done on the EVAs, the tables are for general overview, (just like EVA lists) and feature the major events covered in the spacewalk. I did, however, (upon realizing your edit wasn't a cross-over of mine) go back and link the cameras, etc. ;) Sorry! Ariel♥Gold 21:15, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Ah, fair enough. I realise that NSF is more of a technical nature, but I always think it's more accurate in its reporting than the 'usual' media, who are typically idiots as far as spaceflight goes. :-) I think your solution was a good one, so all is well in that regard. Thanks for the reply! Colds7ream (talk) 21:51, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Oh, I totally agree with you, and for you and me, and others who know a more about the shuttle/missions than the average person, that site rocks, to be sure! However, we have to keep in mind that the average age of the reader of Wikipedia, is something like 19 years old, lol. But William Harwood is by no means an idiot, he's been CBS's sole space reporter since the 80s, and if you watch some of the status briefings, sometimes the managers tell him he knows more than they do, when they can't answer his questions, LOL! Now, Reuters, AP, news agencies that rotate reporters out like a revolving door, yeah, I don't always like those, because not only are they often inaccurate, but those types of sites actually want something horrible, awful, disastrous to happen, and blow everything out of proportion (see the talk page about the dings noticed on inspection for example, lol), which is just really poor form, if you ask me. But, I do think that Harwood strikes a very nice balance between Bergin, and other news sites - his information is the same, (or sometimes more detailed than Bergin, since he often explains things in historical contexts) and he uses language that a normal person understands, which is nice. When I use Bergin as a ref, I try to always also add another ref, just for the average reader, in case they can't follow Bergin. We can put the other stuff, like the latch over centerline thing, into the daily summary, once the news articles come out. :) Ariel♥Gold 22:01, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the star!

Yay! My very first! I'm really glad you liked the gallery. Sorry my reply is so late; I got rather wrapped up in rewriting the Mercury-Redstone 1 article. --Colin Douglas Howell (talk) 07:18, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikimedia UK Newsletter - May 2009 Issue

Summary: Whilst our application to HMRC has not yet been successful, we're after your views on the proposed New Chapters' Agreement, your suggestions for a Wikimedia UK conference next year and your ideas for initiatives to start! We also bring you updates on Wikipedia Loves Art, Other Chapters' Activities, Meet-ups and Press coverage.

In this month's newsletter:

1. HMRC Application Status
2. New Chapters' Agreement
3. Wikimania 2010 (and beyond!)
4. Initiatives
5. Wikipedia Loves Art
6. Other Chapters' Activities
7. Meet-ups
8. Press coverage

Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL.

Delivered by Mike Peel (talk) 20:26, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

ACC

An account you created at ACC yesterday has been blocked. See Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/User_names#Godsyouthministries. Just thought you should know for future reference.Smallman12q (talk) 10:56, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Ah... Thanks for the heads-up; obviously I need to be more awake in future... :-( Colds7ream (talk) 12:51, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

TUSC token c8f60038cd3711e94e7d48bfaa81baff

I am now proud owner of a TUSC account! Colds7ream (talk) 15:25, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

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Re:Verifying my CSDs

No problem :). Best of luck at your RfA. Malinaccier (talk) 00:02, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Human spaceflight portal

Portal:Human spaceflight/Status Would you like me to produce a version of Portal:Spaceflight/Status for the Human spaceflight portal? If so, let me know, and I'll try and do something for you. Good luck with your RfA. --GW… 13:16, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

That'd be absolutely fantastic, if you'd be so kind - hopefully with a bit of work we can make the portal a good one! :-) Also, I'd like to thank you for your words in support of my RfA - they're much appreciated! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 13:19, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

• Done (see right). Works in the same way as the Spaceflight one. The code is: {{Portal:Human spaceflight/Status|width=|align=|colour=|colourname=}}</nowiki>. Width specifies the width of the box (defaults to 238, the width of a standard userbox. Align can be "left", "right", "center" (US spelling) or "none", does what it says. The colour (British spelling) and colourname parameters specify the background colour (colour uses a six digit hexadecimal RGB value, eg "ff0000" for red, whilst "colourname" will accept a text value), the default colour is white (ffffff). Parameters that are not in use should be deleted. --GW… 14:47, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks, GW! :-) Should prove very useful! :-D Colds7ream (talk) 14:50, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Black Arrow

Can you give me any advice for getting Black Arrow up to GA status? Thanks. --GW… 15:03, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

To be honest, I think the article meets the GA criteria in its current form, although could possibly do with some very minor reference tweaking. I'd suggest putting it up for peer review, then go for it! :-) I'll be more than happy to help out with any comments which are made as a result. Colds7ream (talk) 16:05, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks. I've opened a peer review, and I'll keep you posted on developments. --GW… 16:12, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

ACC Suspension

I have suspended your access to the ACC interface due to several inappropriate request closures as "too similar" throughout your history on the tool. Please review Wikipedia:Request_an_account/Guide (especially the "If the account is too similar" section) and then request access again (either via the talk page of a tool administrator or #wikipedia-en-accounts on irc.freenode.net). FunPika 19:28, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

I have restored your access. FunPika 22:18, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 22:23, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

AfD numerology

I gotta give ya credit for not going with (01|>571234?/\/\. ~ Amory (talk) 03:27, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Help

Congrats on your recent RFA. You have just deleted a template that I created and then requested deletion {{CapeBretonNS-geo-stub}}, unfortunatly I meant to request {{Cape BretonNS-geo-stub}} to be deleted, is there any chance of restoring the original deletion and deleting the later. Waacstats (talk) 21:30, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Certainly! And thanks! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 21:31, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Pygon001 and TTopRPG

I received this message in reponse to my deletion of TTopRPG:

Hello Colds7ream.

I was checking the virtual tabletop page and saw that we could make articles for entries, so I figured I would add the entry for TTopRPG, ny app.

If you think it was blatant advertising, I can change some of the wording to make it more informative. I just found it relevant to provide specific information about the application so that users can make an informed decision about which application to use.

Thanks for your consideration.

- Pygon001

My response is below:

Hi there Pygon001, you're right that you can write articles on games and, indeed anything else, but be careful when writing that it doesn't violate this policy, or it'll probably be speedily deleted again. You should also be aware that any articles need to meet our notability policy, as otherwise it might be deleted once again, under WP:CSD#A7. If you write an article which is OK as far as these (and the others) are concerened, feel free to go for it! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 13:12, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks thanks

Thanks for the rocket thank spam!--Abce2|AccessDenied 13:46, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Anytime! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 13:47, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Congrats. Good luck, OtisJimmyOne 13:55, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Yep, welcome to the team! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:13, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Time to mop up the launchpad...--Res2216firestar 14:25, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Congrats! Now for your induction to the cabal, you must delete either the main page, Jimbo's userpage, or WP:RFAR... Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 15:14, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations-good luck! Dotty••|☎ 15:32, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

'Congratulations! and Best wishes -- Tinu Cherian - 15:38, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations! Regards, --Carioca (talk) 20:39, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Deo Volente

My pleasure. Deo Volente, Colds7ream. — Michel Mapaliey (talk) 23:22, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Spaceflight crew

Starting a discussion about Template:Spaceflight crew regarding its aesthetics and whether it's an improvement on the text listing we had before. Please join in. Rillian (talk) 22:37, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Your RfA

Hello, Colds7ream. I have the pleasure of informing you that your RfA has demonstrated the necessary community consensus for you to become a wikipedia administrator; congratulations. You may be interested in the reading the following: Wikipedia:Advice for new administrators, Wikipedia:Administrators' reading list, and Wikipedia:Administrators' how-to guide, among a few thousand other pages. Here is your mop-and-flamethrower™, Category:Administrative backlog is thataway and needs some work -- Avi (talk) 19:22, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

\o/ - Dank (push to talk) 19:24, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict) (thought I would get here first ;D) Many congrats Colds7ream :). I'm sure you'll make a great admin, and it's definitely a good thing that you got promoted. A touch-up (nothing major, generally your work is great) on CSD and you'll be brilliant :). Have fun with the tools *ahem*, use them wisely ;). See you around - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 19:25, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks very much folks! :-) I hope I can do a good job and thank everyone for their faith in me! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 19:58, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations! It was a very pleasant surprise to return from my unplanned wikibreak to see you at RfA (I was intending to nominate you in the July-August timeframe). -MBK₀₀₄ 23:37, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Had I know that, I'd have hung on a little bit longer! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 00:12, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

(belated) Congrats on your adminship! If only I'd noticed your RfA a week ago, you'd have had another support vote. Hope you enjoy your new buttons, and that you make good use of them. Mike Peel (talk) 22:38, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Black Arrow (followup)

Peer review didn't seem to be going anywhere, so I've pushed ahead to GAN. I'll keep the PR open until the GAN closes in case anything turns up. --GW… 08:28, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Righto - I'll keep it on watch and pitch in with anything I can help with! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 15:23, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:JR_Fun_Big.gif

Image File:JR Fun Big.gif did not meet requirements for speedy delete, no one requested more information. --MahaPanta (talk) 03:21, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Deletion review for File:JR Fun Big.gif

An editor has asked for a deletion review of File:JR Fun Big.gif. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review.

Rollback.

May you grant me rollback.I need it to use Huggle.Huggle is the only anti vandal tool that works for my computer please.Thanks! --Comppro (talk) 20:18, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, but to quote Wadester16, "not quite yet; you have less than 50 edits and no evidence of vandal fighting. Go after vandalism the old fashioned way first." Ask someone again once you have some more experience! Colds7ream (talk) 20:23, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

←I noticed that you just granted yourself IPBE, I don't think you need to do this because it is included in the +sysop package along with rollback. -MBK₀₀₄ 20:34, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Whoops! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 20:38, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Deo Volente

Hi Colds7ream, can you help me? — Mikhailov Kusserow (talk) 11:25, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Certainly, what can I do for you? :-) Colds7ream (talk) 16:51, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Can you delete 2 page of my old user name? — Mikhailov Kusserow (talk) 04:46, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Sure, which pages do you need deleting? Colds7ream (talk) 12:27, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Wikimedia UK Newsletter - July 2009 Issue

Summary: This month, we bring exciting news about our Wikimedia Foundation Grant, as well as news on our chapter Initiatives (get involved!) and our opt-out of Phorm. We also talk about Business Cards, a recent interview of our Secretary for use in university courses and Wikimania 2013 - which seems a long way off! We also include our regular features of chapter activities from around the globe, press coverage, and meetups!

In this month's newsletter:

1. Wikimedia Foundation Grant
2. Chapter Initiatives
3. Phorm
4. Business Cards
5. Wikimania 2013
6. Wikipedia in universities
7. Other Chapters' Activities
8. Press Coverage
9. Meet-ups

Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL.

Delivered by Mike Peel (talk) 20:14, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Deo Volente

Hi Colds7ream, can you help me? — Mikhailov Kusserow (talk) 11:25, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Certainly, what can I do for you? :-) Colds7ream (talk) 16:51, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Can you delete 2 page of my old user name? — Mikhailov Kusserow (talk) 04:46, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Sure, which pages do you need deleting? Colds7ream (talk) 12:27, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

My old account: Michel Mapaliey. I do not what I have done is a mistake. Thanks for your help. — Mikhailov Kusserow (talk) 04:21, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

I've deleted the main user page and its associated talk page; if there are any subpages I've missed, please let me know. Colds7ream (talk) 10:31, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your blue box.

I'd like to thank everyone who took part in my RfA, which closed 79/3/6, so I'm now another proud bearer of the mop-and-bucket - hopefully I'll wield them with success! I'd also like to say that I found the process to be welcoming, friendly and supportive, with the support comments encouraging and the oppose and neutral comments offering good feedback, so I had a very positive experience, despite the fact that, from all the comments and discussions, I was expecting something much more negative - thanks for helping to make it a worthwile experience! Many thanks once again,

You're welcome! Colds7ream (talk) 10:31, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your help, Colds7ream. — Mikhailov Kusserow (talk) 01:27, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Shuttle-Mir

Here we are, to all portuguese spoken world [9]in the 40th Anniversary of Neil Armstrong's first step on the Moon. :-) MachoCarioca (talk) 04:47, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

My condolences

It seems that every time you go away for anything, even if you notify them in advance, they don't care about the ISS. FAC #3 was just failed because of inactivity. -MBK₀₀₄ 01:13, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, it's almost as if there's some sort of vendetta here. :-) I'll have a word and see if we can get it reopened. Colds7ream (talk) 00:35, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Cambridge meetup 1 August

FYI, the fourth Cambridge meetup will occur on the afternoon of Saturday 1 August. Wikimedia UK people are getting a message about this, in the interests of general communicativeness. Charles Matthews (talk) 13:55, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Re: International Space Station image issues

• File:ISS configuration 2009-03 en.svg: its source (base) is still pointing to an image link, not the page link.

• The image has been changed to File:ISS configuration 2009-07 en.svg. Colds7ream (talk) 07:54, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

• File:Atlantis Docked to Mir.jpg: I still have doubts about that; it was a collaborative project and considering the nature of the two nations' relationships, it would be kind of hard to think the Russians would acknowledge to be in the employment of Americans. Furthermore, stating "NASA" as the Author of the image is incorrect when the organization specifically states it to be "Mir crew" (Russian cosmonauts). I have sent an email to NASA on this. The wait would be at least 10–15 business days, according to their site.

• Thanks - it'll be interesting to see what their reply is. Colds7ream (talk) 07:54, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

• File:ISS Logo.svg: some of the flags are less than 70 years old and their nations might not have copyright exclusions for state material. The projects have sidestepped the issues of possible copyrighted national flags for a long time. Quite a messy thing to deal with and I have to admit I have yet to check on each nation in the logo, but any help that shows why that nation's flag (for those nations less than 70–100 years old) is in the public domain will be appreciated. Jappalang (talk) 23:00, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

  After looking through the flags, I am concerned about the Canadian Flag (the others are federal public domain material, too simple to deserve copyright, or long expired). This flag could be under Crown Copyright until 2016,[10] although the Canadian government seem to dodge the issue (or perhaps it is a clear explanation) by stating it is covered by the Trade Marks Act without mentioning copyright.[11] The coat of arms, which are also covered by the Trade Marks Act, is copyrighted by the Crown (ref:commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Canadian Coat of Arms Shield.svg). Note that coverage with {{insignia}} is irrelevant; an official Canadian government work is automatically covered by Crown Copyright on creation, which is the issue. Perhaps, there is something else that puts the flag in public domain... Jappalang (talk) 02:54, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

• Pass, but maybe this could be of help: File:Flag_of_Canada.svg Colds7ream (talk) 07:54, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

• "Pass"? The license for that file nor its talk page is not much of a help (ineligible in what sense?); this is likely one of those images that can bring up much argument at a deletion request. Jappalang (talk) 03:05, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

• By 'Pass', I mean 'I don't know'. I can honestly say that I've never seen this issue brought up before - what do you suggest we do to resolve it? E-mail the Canadian Government Stationary Office? Colds7ream (talk) 09:44, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

ISS alt texts

Thanks for working on that. It looks quite good so far. Some nits and problems:

• Stray quote in alt text for the flame comparison.
• The phrase "Early configuration" can't be immediately verified by a non-expert who looks only at the image, and should be removed (redundant with caption's "2001", right?).
• "due to drag" and "reboosted by visiting spacecraft" has a similar problem; surely these phrases belong in the caption?
• likewise for "captured by a long camera exposure"
• likewise for "An astronaut" (in "An astronaut emerges").
• The flow diagram alt text does not describe the diagram well. On the other hand, that thumbnail is pretty much useless in the article anyway, as I can't make out what's in it other than some colored circles and arrows with people in the middle. Perhaps remove the image, or make it bigger? The exploded diagram has a similar problem, but the alt text there is a bit better and the thumb's visual gist (when I look at the image) is more helpful too, so I guess it's OK.
• The pie chart alt text should explain the gist of what the charts mean (not the colors, but the semantics).

Hope this helps. Eubulides (talk) 06:01, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

• PS. For that .ogg file you just use the same "|alt=alt text" syntax that you'd use for an image. The alt text should briefly describe the video. For a short video a transcript would be appropriate (dunno how long this video is), for a long video a brief summary of the video is better than a full transcript (HTML has a "longdesc" attribute for full transcripts but I don't think MediaWiki supports that.). Eubulides (talk) 06:06, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
  • PPS. Can you arrange to have a transcript of that video copied into, or wikilinked from, the File: page, so that (say) a deaf reader can see what it says? This is not at all required for FA status but it would be helpful for the reader, if a transcript is available. Eubulides (talk) 06:10, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

• Right, thanks for the feedback - I'll get working on it next week, when I come back from RNAS Culdrose. Hope all is well! Colds7ream (talk) 10:44, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

RfC

You approved the harassing RfC on me after involved editor wrote you private email. You did not ask for my side and you accuse me of Wikilawyering. I will not respond to this harassing any more. RetroS1mone talk 21:50, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

All the e-mail request said was to look at the RfC. I looked at both sides of the case, including your response to it, before making my decision. I would also suggest that not responding to the RfC is more likely to be detrimental to your case than responding to it constructively would be. Allow the community to have its say, and learn from it! Colds7ream (talk) 10:49, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Cupola location wrong? Should go to nadir of Node 3

Regarding: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ISS_configuration_2009-07_en.svg —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nisse321 (talk • contribs) 09:12, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

According to the latest info from Nasa Cupola should sit on the nadir (earth facing) side of Node 3 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/behindscenes/node3_name_prt.htm http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=16683.0

Otherwise the drawing is very good!

Indeed it should, and I've added the new PLM as well. How's that looking? :-) Colds7ream (talk) 23:09, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Umm, you have the PLM as currently on-orbit... -MBK₀₀₄ 23:41, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Whoops! :-S Colds7ream (talk) 23:52, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

And MRM-1 is going up on Shuttle, with MRM-2 on Soyuz, not the other way around as currently now that I look closer. -MBK₀₀₄ 00:03, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Done. Colds7ream (talk) 10:12, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

I have concern

Dear Colds7ream, Thank you for being interest in my editing on Wikipedia. I am happy when you critique but I have concern, you are making it personal.

• You become invovle after personal request from harassing editor with you outside Wikipedia, you do not contact me for courtesy.
• You approve harassing RfC which does not have recent active problems by 2 or 3 editors that are following me around Wikipedia, months long.
• Blocking threat for disruptive editing, uninvolved editors did not say my editing is disruptive.
• a welcome template to an editor w 3200 edits on Wikipedia, some people can think is rude
• add back the template after I acknowledge and remove, WP:TEMPLAR, WP:CAIN.
• false edit summary, accuse me I added same paragraphs like Tekaphor, I put sources back and not their editing comments, wp:weight.

Pls, i think you are to involve now, i would like pls when you leave me alone or recruit another administrator w more experience and uninvolve with me. Thx RetroS1mone talk 12:36, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Allow me to respond to those comments:

• I did indeed become involved after receiving an e-mail from an involved editor, however, the message merely asked me to take a look at the RfC; it did not attempt to sway my view in any way, and I did not allow it to, instead I formed my own opinion of my own free will.
• I did approve the RfC, as I believe it contained valid comments, which I note you have still not responded to in a positive, constructive way.
• The involved editors may not have stated that your editing is disruptrive, but I believe, nevertheless, that you are on a path that will lead to an invocation of the blocking policy. My comment was not a threat; more a fair warning.
• In complaining about the template, you are missing the point of why I added it. WP:AGF is one of the first principles of Wikipedia you should grasp. The fact that, after 3200 edits, you haven't got the hang of such a basic policy is worrying.
• As for citing policies back at me, please see the previous point.
• Sorry, but I'm going to remain involved in this dispute - I don't believe my judgement is clouded, and stand by what I have said. You need to behave in a more civil manner, end of story. Colds7ream (talk) 14:04, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Just to address a couple of points here from an involved editor:

• In terms of Colds7ream's involvement, I would suggest that anybody following this concern read the sections on Uninvolved Administrators and Admin shopping. As far as I know, Colds7ream has never previously been involved on any affected articles, nor did he know any involved users prior to the request to look at the RfC. His actions are precisely why we have Administrators and are not in any way out of line that I can see.
• In regards to disruptive editing, in the RfC about RetroS1mone, the primary Cause of concern was that RetroS1mone's editing was disruptive. --RobinHood70 (talk) 19:46, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
• There weren't "2 or 3 editors" who either certified or endorsed the dispute, there were 6 (5 certifying, 1 endorsing).
• The accusations that some editors are "following" her have been explained and/or refuted numerous times and don't bear repeating here.
• As substantiated here, most of the concerns cited in the RfC are from June or later (with some dating back further), and as mentioned on RetroS1mone's talk page, the disruptive editing and accusations continue. --RobinHood70 (talk) 19:46, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Thx for comments Colds7ream and RobinHood70. RetroS1mone talk 03:46, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

ISS Alt texts

Thanks for working on that. It looks quite good so far. Some nits and problems:

1. Stray quote in alt text for the flame comparison.
2. The phrase "Early configuration" can't be immediately verified by a non-expert who looks only at the image, and should be removed (redundant with caption's "2001", right?).
3. "due to drag" and "reboosted by visiting spacecraft" has a similar problem; surely these phrases belong in the caption?
4. likewise for "captured by a long camera exposure"
5. likewise for "An astronaut" (in "An astronaut emerges").
6. The flow diagram alt text does not describe the diagram well. On the other hand, that thumbnail is pretty much useless in the article anyway, as I can't make out what's in it other than some colored circles and arrows with people in the middle. Perhaps remove the image, or make it bigger? The exploded diagram has a similar problem, but the alt text there is a bit better and the thumb's visual gist (when I look at the image) is more helpful too, so I guess it's OK.
7. The pie chart alt text should explain the gist of what the charts mean (not the colors, but the semantics).

Hope this helps. Eubulides (talk) 06:01, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

• PS. For that .ogg file you just use the same "|alt=alt text" syntax that you'd use for an image. The alt text should briefly describe the video. For a short video a transcript would be appropriate (dunno how long this video is), for a long video a brief summary of the video is better than a full transcript (HTML has a "longdesc" attribute for full transcripts but I don't think MediaWiki supports that.). Eubulides (talk) 06:06, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

• OK, I've provided a summary of the video in the alt text. Is it OK? Colds7ream (talk) 15:57, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

• • PPS. Can you arrange to have a transcript of that video copied into, or wikilinked from, the File: page, so that (say) a deaf reader can see what it says? This is not at all required for FA status but it would be helpful for the reader, if a transcript is available. Eubulides (talk) 06:10, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

• Right, thanks for the feedback - I'll get working on it next week, when I come back from RNAS Culdrose. Hope all is well! Colds7ream (talk) 10:44, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

• OK, I'm back! I'll get to work on these. Colds7ream (talk) 13:28, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
• Right, I think I've dealt with points 1-4, and changed the image in point 5 anyway. I'm curious as to why the pie chart needs to have its semantics explained, as its simply a visual representation of the data shown to its immediate left - surely writing it up in the alt text is needless duplication? I'll continue working on everything else. Colds7ream (talk) 13:53, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Ah, I didn't see the nearby text. In that case it's OK for the alt text to say just "See adjacent text." or something like that. Please see WP:ALT #What not to specify. I should mention that to save time I typically review alt text with the Altviewer tool, which shows me only images and their captions; you might want to give it a try. Eubulides (talk) 17:27, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for writing all that alt text for File:January 2009 ISS tour.ogg. My main reaction is to ask that it be briefer. I suggest copying that description into the "description" section of File:January_2009_ISS_tour.ogg #Summary, and then working to make it considerably shorter. Imagine that you are a harried blind person using a screen reader, trying to decide whether it's worth following the link to get the longer description and listening to the video, and you want to hear just the gist or pith of what the video is about. Also, you can remove any part of the alt text (proper names, etc) that are not in the video itself (I didn't check for this; I can't easily see the video right now). Incidentally, that video exposed a problem with the Altviewer, which I've just reported at User talk:Dispenser #Altviewer and videos, so thanks for bringing it up (you're kind of on the bleeding edge of Wikipedia, accessibility, and media here...). Eubulides (talk) 16:36, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Nice! It's always good to be at the forefront of the project! Anyhow, I've done as suggested to the video summary, and shortened the article's alt text - better? Colds7ream (talk) 18:05, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

That, I think, is that - all the images now have alt texts; anything else I should change? Colds7ream (talk) 13:28, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

The video's alt text length is much better now, thanks. I can't readily view the video (I'm on a low-quality internet connection) so I haven't verified it against the caption. Some comments on some of the other alt text:

• The "A graph showing the varying orbital altitude" alt text contains unimportant details (e.g., colors), and neglects important visual aspects (e.g., the valley in year 2, and the gradual decline since year 4). It should explain the gist of the graph (what it tells the user). If this gist is already in adjacent text, it should say something like "see adjacent text".
• Some phrases cannot be verified by a non-expert who is looking only at the images, and need to be removed. See WP:ALT #What not to specify. These include "those nations ... participating in the ISS programme", "which is contracted to NASA", "of the Unity node", "into the ISS", "initially involved in the ISS programme", "Zarya", "Unity", "Common Berthing Mechanisms", "the Pressurised Mating Adapters 1 and 2", "PMA-1 connecting Unity to Zarya", "Zvezda", "Progress spacecraft, with Zarya mated", and at this point I stopped reviewing for this problem: please fix the remaining alt text. Generally speaking, there shouldn't be any proper names in alt text, unless it's for something that's obvious (e.g., French flag) or something already explained in the alt text (e.g., the ISS itself).
• Some phrases duplicate adjacent text or caption and should be removed. These include "Four pie charts indicating how each part of the American segment of the ISS is allocated."
• Some phrases describe unimportant detail and I'd remove them. One example is "a cloudy sky above a mountainous region of". Generally speaking, the alt text shouldn't be longer than a typical caption; you might look for other opportunities for brevity.

Hope this helps. Eubulides (talk) 04:38, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

ANI

Hi i am tired from incivil behavior and false accusings, I ask for other admins to help at ANI. Thx RetroS1mone talk 00:41, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Here's the link. --RobinHood70 (talk) 04:54, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the link! Colds7ream (talk) 12:13, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Talk?

Hi, can we have constructive talk about why this happened? When you respond to unblocking admin and Verbal, you do not apologize for timing of block, just length, and you make another accusation of disruptive editing that other admins did not agree. You also do not apologize to me, that is ok i do not worry about my feelings but I want to know, you are not going to treat other people this way as an admin and I want to know, how we will relate in the future. I am taking a break from the article and may be from Wiki bc of this. I will read my talk page for next day, I hope you can respond. Thx. RetroS1mone talk 17:20, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

FYI

Hi there, you don't know me but I am bringing something to your attentions. I think you should pop in here and voice your opinions or something. Everything seems to have ended amicably and even with at least two of the editors in dispute understanding each other better. Your block though is a concern to a few of us and we would appreciate your comments when you have some time. Thanks, I hope to see you around, --CrohnieGal^Talk 11:21, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

List of Delta II launches

You may want to check the edit history and the talk page of this article since it appears that there is an editor exhibiting ownership of the article. -MBK₀₀₄ 02:49, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

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Oops ISS

Didn't intentionally revert your changes. Clearly I need some info on the origins of using non-US spelling on the ISS article. Didn't catch your revert until I'd gone in an additional time to add some links. Apologies. Revert at will, but do point me in direction of rationale for spelling (probably in force at NASA, for all I know!) - Ageekgal (talk) 18:51, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Ah, don't worry about it; you can find the (extensive) discussion here. :-) Colds7ream (talk) 20:44, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Happy Labor Day!

Dear colleague, I just want to wish you a happy, hopefully, extended holiday weekend and nice end to summer! Your friend, --A Nobody^{My talk} 06:07, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

ISS post 128

Dont understand why you replaced the post 128 image I posted with the zenith view, the other version looked better..... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronsmytheiii (talk • contribs) 22:31, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Because the new image shows all the modules fully, and thus is more encyclopaedic. Also, don't forget to sign your posts when you leave a message! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 22:35, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Main page images

Hello! Please do not place images on the main page without first uploading them to Wikipedia (if they're stored at Commons) and protecting them. Otherwise, they're subject to vandalism (as File:ISS STS-128 Zenith.jpg was for 2 ½ hours). Thanks! —David Levy 01:45, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Ah, righto - apologies for that! Colds7ream (talk) 11:11, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Cape Canaveral Lighthouse (2009)

refurbished

Hi,

here's another version of your picture.

Cheers --Liberal Freemason (talk) 00:31, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Ooh, that's much better! Thanks! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 10:39, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Keys to the kingdom

I noticed that you are really into space exploration topics.

I'm currently coordinating the construction of Wikipedia's Outline of Knowledge. It's a tree structure depicting the accumulated knowledge of humankind. And because it's linked, it also doubles as a table of contents or site map to Wikipedia.

I was hoping you would take a look at the space exploration branch of the tree: Outline of space exploration.

Is it structured well?

What's missing?

For more information on outlines, see WP:OOK, WP:OUTLINE, and WP:WPOOK.

For some specific examples of well-developed outlines, see Outline of the United States, Outline of Vatican City, Outline of robotics, and Outline of classical studies. For examples of even more detailed outlines, see Outline of forestry, Outline of cell biology, and Outline of Buddhism.

I look forward to your reply.

The Transhumanist 00:56, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi there, I've got to say the basic framework for this looks great, but I can't help but notice that the Soviet & Russian space prorammes seem to be somewhat neglected in the 'History of spaceflight' section, there seems to be little mention of space stations, and the 'leaders in spaceflight' section could benefit from some extra items from the List of spaceflight records. If you need some pointers, Portal:Human spaceflight has a list of every manned space programme, past and present, in the key topics section. I hope this is of some use! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 11:25, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. You obviously know the subject well. I'm looking for editors who may be intersted in working on this outline. Where (and how) can I find them? The Transhumanist 20:37, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

No problem! :-) If you'd like, I'd be more than happy to help out, and you can probably find other eager editors at Wikipedia:WikiProject Space, Wikipedia:WikiProject Spaceflight and Wikipedia:WikiProject Human spaceflight. Colds7ream (talk) 10:42, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Please do. I'm sure you know the subject much better than I do. Thank you! The Transhumanist 21:51, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Transatracurium. You have new messages at Talk:Integrated Truss Structure.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

-MBK₀₀₄ 18:37, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the note, MBK. :-) Colds7ream (talk) 21:56, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Also, I've seen your note to me on my talk page. Don't think I'm ignoring you, but right now I'm in the middle of a major re-work (Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Maritime warfare task force/Operation Majestic Titan), but don't worry, I do have some ideas for you and will probably get them to you within a day or two. -MBK₀₀₄ 04:32, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

International Space Station

Here we go: First off, thanks for asking for help, as you probably know WP:MILHIST has the most active and renowned A-Class Review system around. I'll be blunt and say that I generally don't think a peer review could equal an ACR because the infrastructure is not extant to allow for it under the guise that I am familiar with the review. Instead of an ad-hoc review, I think of it much like an FAC-lite.

The ideal way to structure the ACR is to have the reviewers ensure that the article meets certain standards. MILHIST's standards are an uprated version of our own B-Class requirements which are thought (by some) to be even stricter than the general requirements across the rest of the 'pedia. The criteria are listed here with an FAQ here. Our reviews look very much like a full-up FAC, in fact we have even begun using the FAC toolbox as our own and also enforce WP:ALT now at the A-Class level to make FAC easier. That fact may seem trivial, but recent statistical research performed by me has proven it: see the Editorial of this project newsletter.

As for going over the article, I'm more of a content/referencing reviewer myself and probably couldn't help you very much in that regard since you know as much as me I'm guessing, but I don't think you hang out at NASAspaceflight.com like GW Simulations (talk · contribs) and I do, but if you want I can give it a go in my usual reviewing style.

This probably isn't what you were expecting to hear, and it is a shame that the ISS doesn't fall under the MILHIST umbrella to allow you to utilize our ACR system. Hopefully I've provided you with some constructive criticism regarding the review process. -MBK₀₀₄ 07:07, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply MBK - it was indeed not the reply I was expecting, but helpful nonetheless - I'll probably just go for a PR-FAC duo again. Nevertheless, if you'd give it a once-over I'd be grateful. Obviously WP:HSF needs a better reviewing structure! Incidentally, I do frequent NSF, under the same username. Can't believe I haven't caught you there! Colds7ream (talk) 16:59, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Deleting duplicate images

Some of the duplicate protein images you deleted recently (File:PBB Protein TNNC2 image.jpg, File:PBB Protein PTP4A2 image.jpg, File:PBB Protein RAP2B image.jpg, and possibly others) are still in use. Could you go through and fix this? --Carnildo (talk) 00:35, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

 Done. Colds7ream (talk) 15:54, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

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3. Charity status update
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ISS

If you need that book, you can download it here: www.filefactory.com/file/a0dde64/n/ISS_zip . The password for the archive is 'Destiny'. Ruslik_Zero 09:20, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks for that, will have a look! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 12:02, 30 September 2009 (UTC)