User talk:Guyzero/Archive 1

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Happy Editing!

No problem. :) I noticed that you are looking to be adopted by an experienced user, and if you'd like, I could "adopt" you. =) –- kungming·2 (Talk) 01:56, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Okay, then! Let us go into this world of Wikipedia together! I've changed my userbox on my userpage to reflect the "adoption" - you can place {{Template:Adoptee|Kungming2}} on yours. Feel free to ask me any questions you might have, and remember to "be BOLD!" Yay! (Cue the fireworks...) =D –- kungming·2 (Talk) 02:33, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

American -> English spelling conversions

Yup, you've just seen what of the most prevalent problems on the English Wikipedia, the dispute between the American and British forms of English. I got into a minor dispute over this, too, when I was new on Wikipedia (I tried to change a British spelling of a word to the American form). According to Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#National_varieties_of_English, use whatever form of English that is prevalent throughout the article. So, if it's written in a mostly British English tone, and someone suddenly changes it to American English, just restore the old version, and leave a nice note on the user's talk page about the issue. Watch out for edit wars, though! According to Wikipedia:Three-revert rule, don't revert back too many times (unless, it's vandalism). I suggest a 2RR rule - if there's edits back and forth both ways twice, just take a deep breath and put a note on the talk page. Everything will be okay in the end! =) –- kungming·2 (Talk) 00:51, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

How's everything?

Just a weekly checkup... How's everything going? =)' –- kungming·2 (Talk) 01:22, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Ozomatli

Thanks for checking on Ozomatli photos. I must say I've become rather discouraged with fair use and my understanding of it. I've since researched photos for a couple artists, but otherwise resolved to only submit those I've taken myself. Regards, Dave C.talk | Esperanza 20:44, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Help request

The image, Ozomatli.jpg was removed. Please see [1]. I have had an ongoing e-mail communication with Ozomatli's management to receive fair use permission for that specific image (I reference the image URL on wikipedia.) Can this image please be restored so that the discussion does not get confused due to broken image links? TIA, regards, guyzero | talk 08:11, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Articles cannot be used on Wikipedia only by permission; it must satisfy fair use regardless of permission from the group. In order for the image to be used on Wikipedia, the copyright holder must license the image for publication under a Creative Commons Share-Alike license (see <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/>) or other free license. —Centrx→talk • 08:15, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
If you want to dispute the deletion, you will have to list it at Deletion review, but that is solely for disputing whether or not a deletion was according to policy (i.e. not to re-argue the case for deleting or keeping). Unfortunately, it appears that the deletion was according to policy so it is unlikely that the decision would be overturned. You might want to e-mail Ozomatli a copy of the image under discussion (or link to it online if it exists online) as a reference. SWAdair | Talk 08:22, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Nice

Thanks for leaving that helpful note on a new user's talk page, User talk:Starofnuit. It's nice to see someone going out of his way to help another user. Cheers, -Will Beback · † · 21:35, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Ditto from me.
BTW: If you want to connect with some fellow Southern Californians, there is the Southern California WikiProject. BlankVerse 10:27, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
If you have any questions abou the SoCal WikiProject pr the Wikipedia in general, or want suggestions on how you can help, just holler. The Westchester, Los Angeles, California article looks reasonable good for a community article, although I'm sure that you can find things to tweak or add. BlankVerse 01:29, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Misunderstanding

Where do I call you ignorant in Talk:AACS encryption key controversy? I did call that other guy ignorant, but I actually tanked you for your great sourcing!. I realize I missed a space, but still, nowhere near that sentence do I call anyone ignorant... talk about grumpy! :P --Cerejota 06:37, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Center for American Progess report

Hi... and no sweat. I included a link to the report itself, but are you saying that the CAP section should give a short summary of what the report states? -- Gerkinstock 19:27, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

I will synopsize the report when I have time, probably later this week. -- Gerkinstock 00:13, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Regarding the last sentence in my contribution to Center for American Progress: the report made no mention of universities or television, and did not address NPR. The report states that "the results are based on an analysis of the weekday broadcast totals for all nationally syndicated and local talk show hosts on the 257 news/talk stations operated by the top five commercial station owners (see page 7 of 40 in the report [2]) and note that this is listed as page 3 at the bottom of the report, even though it is page 7 overall. Thus, my citation would be the report itself, and, specifically, page 7/3. I will add the above passage to the paragraph as my citation. -- Gerkinstock 22:46, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I've been away for a while, so I apologize for the belated response. Did you add the sixth citation to the "Conservative criticism..." section? -- Gerkinstock 03:57, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Mass Effect

Hey. I noticed you're an editor on the Mass Effect page. I'm an admin at the Mass Effect wiki at Wikia, and I wanted to invite you to come check it out and share your knowledge. Cheers. - JoePlay —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.64.128.200 (talk) 21:00, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Re: Anti-Americanism in the United States

I noticed that you put a number of improvement templates on this page. I thought you might be interested to know that I have nominated it for AfD. If you click on the article, you will see the link at the top of the page. Cheers! ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 04:56, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh, bugger! I'd better go have a look. Thanks. ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 05:00, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Mass Effect ban

Hi there, I'm from Singapore. While I don't quite care for the mention of the ban in the article, I think objectively speaking, that piece of news did make its way round globally. For the simple reason that Singapore was the first to react and remains the only known country to ban the game, albeit for the shortest of duratins. So I'm wondering what are your reasons for excluding the information -- I know you said lack of weight and notability, but objectively that does not comport. Chensiyuan (talk) 11:36, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

I see; well I've no intention of reverting, was just curious as to your thoughts. Cheers. Chensiyuan (talk) 12:57, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
No worries at all; here's to a better Mass Effect article in due time! At the moment, none of the articles on BioWare games are Good or Featured Articles, maybe Mass Effect could set a new precedent since its the latest game heh. Chensiyuan (talk) 00:06, 8 December 2007 (UTC)