User talk:Cavebear42
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[edit] Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/Lake_Tanganyika
Hi - this image is currently being nominated for featured picture status, and you had complained about the JPEG artefacts. Just thought I would let you know I uploaded a much less compressed version where this should no longer be a problem. You asked if there was a much higher resolution version available - if you meant resolution as in sharpness, then the less compressed version may be what you were looking for, but if you meant a larger version, then the 700x462px version is the largest I'm uploading for now, although I may upload a larger one at a later stage. Worldtraveller 22:58, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
[edit] OA Ranks
I think that there should be one page devoted to the three OA ranks/awards/levels/honors/membership clasifications. Xtreambar 22:00, 29 Nov 2004 (EST)
[edit] The Humungous Image Tagging Project
Hi. You've helped with the Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Syntax, so I thought it worth alerting you to the latest and greatest of Wikipedia fixing project, User:Yann/Untagged Images, which is seeking to put copyright tags on all of the untagged images. There are probably, oh, thirty thousand or so to do (he said, reaching into the air for a large figure). But hey: they're images ... you'll get to see lots of random pretty pictures. That must be better than looking for at at and the the, non? You know you'll love it. best wishes --Tagishsimon (talk)
[edit] Gun safety POV
I can see your point about the "should"s. But I'm not certain "is taught" is correct either because that assumes that gun handler are undergoing gun safety training. Is there some way we can express the meaning as "according to gun safety, the handler should" without having to repeat that much for each "should"?
--J-Star 23:00, 2005 Jan 13 (UTC)
[edit] Eagle Comments
When an African American young man attains the rank of Eagle, it is noteworthy indeed. It is a rarity for anyone to attain this rank, especially black inner city kids. The efforts of these young men should be included on the Eagle page. Either that or a separate page created with a link to it. The Court of Honor link shows the public what can be included in this important ceremony. It depicts an example of an Eagle Court that was well organized. This is especially helpful to anyone in the process of planning such an event. Therefore, it should stay.
Lastly, I removed names from the List of Eagle Scouts who are criminals for the reasons listed below:
This section should be reserved for those individuals who have attained scouting's highest rank, the Eagle Scout award. Listing the name or names of serial killers and pedophiles is a disgrace to the badge. Anyone who has earned the Eagle award as a youth, then later becomes a serial killer, rapist, or any other type of criminal, forfeits his award or the right to claim name to it. That person is a disgrace to the others who behave in law-abiding ways and uphold the honor of the badge. I was appalled to see the name of a serial killer and pedophile listed here. So to get the attention of the Wikipedia community, I feel it is necessary to add this statement in defense of the Eagle Badge. I will only identify myself as the proud leader of an Eagle Scout. I would like to see the badge's good name upheld. I am sure that every Eagle Scout and Eagle family would agree with me. If I see another criminal listed, I will remove his name in order to PROTECT THE DIGNITY AND HONOR OF THE EAGLE BADGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please respect this very unique badge and list only those individuals who are living up to the standards of an Eagle Scout, both in the past and especially in the present!!! Please help to uphold the dignity and honor of this distinction by keeping Arthur Gary Bishop's name off of this privileged list! This also goes for any other criminal!!! According to the BSA, only those who are living up to the high standards of the Eagle rank have the right to claim name to it. Criminals do not even measure up to God's standards so you know they don't measure up to scouting's!!! --Sistertina 15:47, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- this discussion now on Talk:Eagle Scout Cavebear42 08:53, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Image:Orion.jpg
Hi, I see you've uploaded the image of the Orion Nebula which was deleted. It's not PD, unfortunately - copyright for APOD images remains with their creator - see here. So unless we have permission to use it from Robert Gendler, it will have to go again, unfortunately. Worldtraveller 09:32, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Angelina
If that was the problem, somebody should have posted about it on the talk page. But no problems. I will just go find some promotional material. --Sn0wflake 01:42, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- I changed the image, but that was not necessary. Have you ever read fair use? It is a bit extreme to rely solely on PD. If we can use something better, why not? Fair use is not for "educational and such", but rather "to scientic and artistic development".--Sn0wflake 01:51, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Re: message on my talk page. You said you changed the picture here [1] but I didn't take that to mean you uploaded a picture here: Image:Angelina Jolie.jpg. The diff shows the file didn't change. Might want to be more specific in your summary (see linked diff) as all you apparently did is resize the image. Cburnett 23:47, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Dear sir, while surfing wikipedia today (3/27/05) I saw the new messages box on top of the screen and clicked it I recieved this message:
Wow, how many times do i need to state that this is not a vessel for personal promotion or other forms of vanity. I am an eagle scout. I feel that it is a huge achievement. I am not notable nor deserve mention in an encyclopedia. Please, please, please stop adding such things to any article. You are spending time doing things that will be inevitably removed when you could be otherwise helping with this project by adding valuable content to pages. please contact my talk page if you have questions, I'd be happy to discuss anything with you. Cavebear42 07:36, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)
clicking the message button multiple times showed many messages like yours above. It is true, I have been intrested in enriching wikipedia, however I have never actually done so, or even modified anything... I belive there is some mistake, perhaps unknowingly I did something. If so I would like to ensure you this was totally unintentional and done unknowingly. Please e-mail me at ajpav@aol.com to resolve the issue further... thank you. -Pav
[edit] E. Urner Goodman
I noticed that we did not have an article on E. Urner Goodman, so I created one. It is missing key facts such as the date of his birth, and the date/place of his doctorate. I didn't find these in a Google search. I may have to order that biography... I look forward to the improvements my Wikipedian brothers will make over time. Johntex 16:12, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] G-string
Good call on G-string. I was just sitting down to do the same thing. Cheers, -Willmcw 22:01, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] CafePress
It was part of the Wikipedia fundraising effort. If you can find out who took the picture, or who organises our merchandising I'm sure you'll be able to secure a PD license. No idea who that might be. - Ta bu shi da yu 02:16, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Your opinion, please
Hi! We welcome your opinion, or participation on Wikipedia:WikiProject Sexology and sexuality/WIP-image-guidelines where we are attempting to develop useful guidelines to help solve a variety of problems. Atom 15:06, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
