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[edit] Hi there. You've reached my talk page.

gd-0 Bha Gàidhlig aig seaneairean agus seanmhairean agam.

As they say down home,

Chan fhiach cuirm gun a còmhradh. *
* A feast's no good without talk.

Unfortunately, I can't talk right now. To leave a comment, click here.

  • If you're starting the discussion, I'll reply to it here.
  • If I left a comment on your talk page, maybe you'll be kind enough to reply to me there.

Thanks. It's easier for me to follow the conversation when it's all in one place.


Hello, OtherDave, and welcome to Wikipedia! Hope you like it here, and stick around.

Here are some tips to help you get started:

Good luck! Renata3 18:42, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Congresses

Looks good to me, that will be good stub information for now. The members list is available, we just have to arrange it from other sources. I'm guessing the modern format is better to replace the format on the older congresses. --Golbez 23:09, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

re: WikiProject U.S. Congress
Thanks for the hello, User:OtherDave. Great work you're doing, and it's fantastic to have other people slogging through Congressional articles. Check my note here about capitals. --Markles 17:14, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] anns a' Ghàidhlig

Tha mi gu math, tapadh leat!

Is toigh leam an "template" agad :-) Mendor 06:57, August 18, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use

Thanks for leaving a note on my user page! It's helpful :) Might you be interested in dealing with copyrights on Wiki? We have a huge problem with images... And there is so much to do about it. See, User:Fastfission ceated this WikiProject about fair use (see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Fair_use). You could start from there!

As for my question about fair use, it dealt with a Lithuanian source. It's super cool maps with a university copyright. So I wondered if it would be possible to use those maps under fair use. And it looks like not... But we will see :) Renata3 02:31, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Science collaboration of the week

You voted for Human genome to be improved while it was listed on WP:IDRIVE. This article is now nominated on Wikipedia:Science collaboration of the week. Please consider supporting it with your vote. --Fenice 13:19, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Gd0.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Gd0.jpg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Thank you. Shyam (T/C) 08:15, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Otherdave, I am really sorry for being deletion of the image file. Userboxen are the derivative work of a template. But if you upload it as an image file, then it should have its copyright information. Its really not understood to me, what is the need to upload such kind of files. It can be generated as a template work. I may be wrong, if you think this kind of work really should be there. Thanks, Shyam (T/C) 15:57, 30 March 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Waulking

You're right, I didn't know that! It's interesting - I wonder how the change occurred? Time for me to go and read up on the clearances again! I'll add that to Waulking song. Thanks for sharing! Oh, and it is my eternal shame that I don't speak Gaelic, so I have to wonder what you said! Ruaraidh-dobson 22:20, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Thanks! I've made some quick changes to Waulking song to reflect the info you gave me. It's not brilliant prose though; I'm not exactly a fantastic writer so any help you can give me would be much appreciated. Ruaraidh-dobson 22:46, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Excellent! We've got a good article on the go now - I think whisky's in order, to celebrate in the spirit of things! Ruaraidh-dobson 23:41, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Oh, and I just watched the video you sent me. It really makes me want to go and take part in a milling frolic - I'll have to go to Cape Breton some day! Ruaraidh-dobson 23:43, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Hmm... reading various articles (now I'm back looking at traditional Scottish culture) has made me realise how deficient wikipedia's article on Puirt a Beul is. I'm going to look around for information to add, but maybe you know a bit about it? Any help is much appreciated, as always! Ruaraidh-dobson 23:55, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Congressional session dates

Dates are better formatted the way they had been before you recently edited a few recent Congresses. I know that many of the other Congresses weren't the same, but the way I've copied below is a lot clearer. I suggest that all Ordinal Congress articles be formatted this way:

Example which I think is better (from 106th United States Congress):

Two sessions, roughly paralleling the calendar years 1999 and 2000:

Furthermore, after 1800, mention of the city is pointless as Washington, DC has been the capital since then.

—Markles 21:13, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Logo confusion

Hallo Dave, you are right...The sentence about the logo is the only part which was already in the stub: anyway, shame on myself! Actually, there are several version of the coat of arms of this rione. In another one, the angels stands on a devil who is on the ground. Anyway, I will update the article according to your note.

Many thanks,

alex2006 11:55, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Alessandro, no problem. These angels keep dropping their tools and symbols. I just thought I'd make a note about what confused me. I certainly couldn't say which logo was correct. — OtherDave 13:13, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Personally, I prefer an Angel who slices fish, working as fish monger, to another one who loses his/her time waving a palm branch... ;-) .
alex2006 13:37, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
The symbols often matter, but at least for human saints (as opposed to angels), carrying a palm branch was a sign of martyrdom. Usually, though, they carry some more specific symbol, like the sword of St. Paul or the gridiron of St. Lawrence. Angels can't be martyrs, though, so I guess in his (her?) case it's just handy to praise God when He walks by.
A lecturer at Chartres Cathedral told me that you can tell which saints carved on the building are apostles, because their feet are bare. (Isaiah 52:7, "how beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good tidings.")
— OtherDave 13:44, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
This is quite interesting. I read the meaning of the palm branch in this case, but I have to check at home where, since I don't remember it anymore. When I'll find it, I will tell you. Thanks for the copyediting, I changed it a little bit, now i think that should be OK. And, BTW, if you appreciated (besides the italo-roman-english) my article, you can read also this one here... ;-)
ciao and many thanks,
alex2006 11:00, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Alex, I'm happy to work with the Italo-Roman-English. My knowledge of Italian and Roman is zero, but I can manage English. Please let me know if I seem to get the meaning wrong. (Hey, does this mean I have to work through all the rioni?) — OtherDave 14:09, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Covering all the rioni? Ehi, it's a great idea, all together they are only 22 (and the historic ones are only fourteen)! It would have been much worse if I had decided to write one article for each roman church (only in the centre there are more than 200 of them), but unfortunately ;-) someone already did it...
Anyway, back to work ;-). Yes, Augustus demolished part of the Circus, most likely to build the theater of Marcellus. What remained at the end was the square that you can see in the picture representing a small part of the mythical Plastico of the imperial Rome by Gismondi which I put in the article.
And yes, in the theater were played mostly tragedies and comedies.
But you MUST visit Rome! If one is interested in art and history, it is definitely the address number one (at least on planet Earth) ;-).
alex2006 14:44, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Puirt a beul

Thank you; I have no idea why I did that! Ruaraidh-dobson 20:35, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

  • I don't know - when I did music at school it was always puirt. Then again, I don't know gaelic. Ruaraidh-dobson 22:21, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Parties in Congress

I contacted congress' website about it and they gave me answers. it's something like 5 senators and 20 congressmen. Pellaken 14:27, 5 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Alasdair MacMhaighstir Alasdair

By all means re-write to your hearts content. Pretty much the entire thing was stuck together and translated from a gaelic bio him so its no surprise that it doesnt read as well as it could do. Its good to know somebody else has taken an interest in improving the article. siarach 18:53, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Althing

Thank you for your note. I'm afraid that I may have fallen into taking a somewhat severe line in these matters, against the various nationalisms that would insist on our using Nuernberg and Roma and Firenze. (Oddly, none of the foreign Wikipedias seem to have any trouble spelling London in accordance with their speechways.)

I do distinguish between usage in English, and use of an Icelandic word cited in English (in italics, for example). But it is true that almost all Icelanders speak very good English. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 02:04, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Ft. Belvoir and retreat

Hey O.D.--

You flatter me by supposing that I have a ton of experience in this matter. I don't, unfortunately. However, I do know brilliant people that do and am awaiting a return email from them with an educated answer to your query. I'm sorry you got caught up in this whole mess; I had been happily involved with the Military Brat project early on, but it was folks like that that turned me off of the project and I haven't been back since yesterday. Meh. --ScreaminEagle 17:58, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

An educated response, as promised:

"Anyone on a military installation who can hear the sound of Retreat is supposed to stop what they are doing and render honors to the flag as it is lowered. I don't recall being on Ft. Belvoir when that happened but I would guess that anyone who was near the headquarters building at the proper time (I think the Army sticks with 1700) would at least hear a recorded version played over loudspeakers. As you may know, only one U.S. flag ("The Garrison Flag") is supposed to be flown on an installation, in front of the HQs building, and it would be in that vicinity that you would likely see this custom observed. Belvoir is a big place and is divided into North and South post and there are other parts that are off on their own. This makes it very difficult to have everyone observe the correct procedure. On the Henderson Hall Marine Base they lower the flag at sunset and you had better believe that traffic comes to a halt and people get out of their cars. Belvoir may have slipped into the "office park" mode and maybe they don't do it there, but tell the guy who says they don't do this anymore not to be on Ft. Bragg or Ft. Hood at 1700."

Hope this helps! --ScreaminEagle 22:54, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

And I know the moment has passed, but my father chimed in with his response as well, so with respect to him I'll still include it in this discussion:

"My recollections are rather dated I'm afraid, since I haven't been on a military installation at retreat for many years. However, my recollections are as follows. On those occasions when I was on an Army base at 1700, everyone who was able to hear the music, or, who observed other vehicles whose occupants heard the music, did stop their cars, did get out of the vehicles, did face the sound of the music and rendered proper respect. They saluted if in uniform and held their hands over their hearts if they were civilians or military not in uniform. I think I saw that on several occasions when on Air Force bases as well, but it definitely made more of an impression on the Army bases. I know that while I was a squadron commander at Whiteman AFB, we held formal retreats each Friday for the flag lowering ceremony, with each squadron on the base forming up in proper formation, complete with the old saluting the Base Commander and stating 'All present or accounted for, sir!'"

Good times, I'm sure. I also find it interesting in that the university I went to was particularly anal about retreat. Loudspeakers broadcast the National Anthem across the campus and everyone had better stop, face the direction of the flag at the front of campus, and render respect, or risk being stared down as a communist. Intersting, no?
Yeah, I worked on the Military Brat thing to get it approved for GA status. By the time it went up for FA, I had so many problems with it I didn't vote for it. I tried to help, noting many, many cases of broad generalizations and confusing language, etc., but when I brought it up to the main editor he got very defensive (which was strange since we had been on such good footing prior to that) and then refused to make the changes. It's changed even more since that time and I don't particularly care for it. I'm not going to throw out insults and such because I honestly believe the article has potential if all the crap got cleaned up, and I still like the idea of it, but what's there now is not what I had ever envisioned as FA quality stuff. Shame.
And it took me a while, but I have two answers to your question. The first memorial to FDR was actually the dime. The second memorial, erected in 1966, was largely based upon instructions FDR himself had left: "[P]laced in the center of that green plot [in front of the National Archives in Washington D.C. should be] ... a block about the size of this (putting his hand on his desk). I don't care what it is made of, whether limestone or granite or what not, but I want it to be plain, without any ornamentation, with the simple carving 'In memory of....'" Learn something new every day.
And now a quiz for you: what is the only state capital that does not have an airport? --ScreaminEagle 16:43, 4 May 2007 (UTC)