User talk:Storkk

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Notice: I'd greatly appreciate help with some unidentified photos so that I can upload them. I have uploaded them to Flickr. They are currently very small images that should still be identifiable. If you are a taxonomist (or ornithologist, herpetologist or entomologist), or are otherwise familiar with the wildlife of Costa Rica, Mexico, Europe, or the USA, please have a look to see if you can help identify them! On Flickr, they are very low-quality, scaled-down versions under a more restrictive license: This won't be the case for any photos I upload to Commons ... Many Thanks! Storkk 11:50, 9 November 2006 (UTC)


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NB. I will respond on your talk page, unless you request otherwise. I would also prefer if you responded on mine. I annotate conversations that would otherwise be difficult to follow. Thanks! Storkk

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[edit] Star

I moved this from my userpage --Storkk (talk) 15:58, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for working in duplicated images project. Your effort is appreciated. Emijrp (talk) 16:30, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for working in duplicated images project. Your effort is appreciated. Emijrp (talk) 16:30, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] {{tocommons}}

N.B. This conversation pertains to an image that is free, but was marked with {{Non-free software screenshot}} as well as a fair use rationale, which caused the confusion. --Storkk (talk) 11:43, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi, you added a {{tocommons}} tag to Image:Bahro-Cave-1.jpg. Please note that non-free images cannot be copied to wikimedia commons. I have removed the tag. Cheers! --Storkk (talk) 00:28, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Please note the Ubisoft license that "grants anyone the right to use such images for any purpose, including redistribution, derivative works and commercial use, provided the image is attributed to Ubisoft." so it's a standard attribution license and thus free. // Liftarn (talk)
My mistake. Sorry for the confusion. Cheers! --Storkk (talk) 11:34, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
No problem. It's a bit confusing it uses two tags, one free and one fair use. I saw you took care of that. // Liftarn (talk)

[edit] To the opposers in my RfA

NB. This pertains to User:Walton One's reconfirmation RfA. I replied on his talk, reconsidered my opinion, arrived at the same conclusion, and fleshed out my !vote on the RfA page --Storkk (talk) 12:03, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

I would like to apologise for my intemperate comments during the Melsaran affair. I accept that I should have expressed myself more civilly, and should have waited for the ArbCom to explain themselves rather than jumping to conclusions and condemning them. I can honestly say that I regret my reaction.

In my defence, I would like to reiterate that I did not use the admin tools in any way in relation to the Melsaran affair. I am completely aware that it would be a very bad idea to wheel-war with ArbCom, and I can honestly say that I would never do so.

For what it's worth, I genuinely don't dislike the ArbCom. I respect the fact that they have to make tough decisions, and I understand that sometimes these decisions must be made in secret. It is true that I have a natural aversion to authority and secrecy; this is part of my character. But in future I will do my best to treat the arbitrators with more respect and to assume good faith on their part.

I served this community for seven months as an administrator, with very little criticism. I believe that I can continue to help Wikipedia by serving as an administrator. I ask you to look at the beneficial contributions I've made to the encyclopedia; I believe that the good I can do outweighs the problems with my somewhat combative nature.

Please give me a second chance. WaltonOne 13:55, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough, and thank you for your civil response. If I pass (which still seems possible) I will do my best to address your concerns; if I don't pass, I will run again in a few months, and will hope for your support then. WaltonOne 13:02, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfDs for really old people

NB. this concerns a large number of AfDs that BrownHairedGirl created for individual articles on some American supercentenarians. I suggested that it would have made a better discussion had most of the uncontroversial ones been posted as a mass AfD, as the arguments are identical. My comment is found on her talk page --Storkk (talk) 11:43, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your msg: see reply on my talk page. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 16:03, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Over Board (film)

Hi there. I continued to dig around and connect the dots regarding that hoax, but it appears you were much faster. Thanks for the help :) Dalric (talk) 18:33, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Larval food plants of Lepidoptera

Hi, I recently saw your comment on the talk page above, and agree entirely. I'm trying to change them, but am unsure which should remain capitalized. Is "Abelia" a proper noun? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Storkk (talk) 16:27, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

I appreciate the notice; I didn't have the page watchlisted. I'll reply on the linked page above. Cheers, Rkitko (talk) 17:29, 13 December 2007 (UTC)


[edit] AccuCMS

Article is notable. Company is notable. Product is notable. Covered in international media. Story of the development of the AccuCMS product will serve as Content material for curriculum at graduate school of major US university. It is being deleted in a completely arbitrary manner. —Preceding unsigned comment added by QA5Qz (talk • contribs) 22:41, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Editor Review

Thanks a ton for contributing towards my editor review! Of course I went to one of the user pages you mentioned to add a welcome message and forgot to put in the edit summary. Anyway, I appreciate your feedback and will work on the areas you mentioned. Thanks again. GtstrickyTalk or C 21:15, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Image:Vista-file-manager.png

Hi, again, Gurch. I saw that you uploaded the above-linked image (and tagged it GFDL), from the source http://sa-ki.deviantart.com -- I may be blind, but i can't find it on sa-ki's gallery. I have found a number of Sa-ki's images that are licensed under a CC-xx-ND license, which is incompatible with our Free images. Could you please clarify where, exactly you got it from (i.e. the link to the image's individual page), and where we can see the license specific to this image? Thanks, Storkk (talk) 18:31, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

I didn't get it from anywhere, I just uploaded it from Commons so that it could be protected locally, as it was widely used at the time. The image description page at the time I uploaded it was merely a copy of the image's description page on Commons at the time; I hold no responsibility for any subsequent edits to either description page. As the image is no longer widely used (the template on which it was employed now uses a different image), the page can be unprotected and it can be deleted – Gurch 18:46, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, I didn't check the commons: I didn't see any indication that that was what you had done from the image page. It's still widely used here, I think because people subst'ed the template (or they are still using the old one, it's a possibility with the {{archive box}} template). It seems like the original uploader might be the artist who created it, so I'll ask that he confirms via OTRS. Thanks and sorry for the confusion. --Storkk (talk) 18:53, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Musings relative to some AfD discussions

Hi! I've had some thoughts recently, and I thought I'd share them with you in hope of the potential of your input. I've admired your administrative (in the usual sense, not only confined to adminship) contributions to Wikipedia for a long time, especially relating to ArbCom. I am not, nor have I ever been, a member or Wikinfo (though I don't discount the future possibility), but I've seen countless cases on WP:AfD and other fora of notable dissension, where the major issue at hand is the insurmountable problem of Original Research. It has recently struck me that in many of these cases, it might be feasible to defuse much of the tension with a user talk template similar to {{uw-nor1}}... in style, it would be different, and more welcoming (as opposed to the warning template that it is) and would include a link and an invitation message to wikinfo that states its acceptance of OR. I don't know if such a systematic method of diverting unwanted content from wikipedia to wikinfo would be welcomed here, but I think it might be... I also don't know of any policies or guidelines that would explicitly forbid it (i.e. a template that systematically links to an external and, in some views, competing, site).

A similar template might also be applied to systematic NPOV-violators, so long as their POV is "sympathetic" (this would be especially relevant for pseudoscience, etc. articles that are continually invaded by quacks (as I see it) but who would, because of the sympathetic-POV policy of wikinfo, not be violating policy (and infuriating NPOV sticklers) if they moved over into wikinfo's welcoming arms). I'd appreciate your thoughts on this fledgling idea. I anticipate an answer along the lines of "it'll be impossible", but the short time that it has taken me to write this will have paid off greatly if you think it might be possible, and if even only a few of the acerbic discussions might be avoided by a precipitous switch to wikinfo, where they might be welcomed as valued contributors. Thanks for your time! --Storkk (talk) 18:04, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

PS. If you would reply on my talk page, I'd appreciate it. Thanks, Storkk (talk) 18:09, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
In many instances such content could be integrated into Wikinfo, but it is not my place to advance such a self-serving proposal. Fred Bauder (talk) 01:09, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Non-free use rationale

I'm not so busy now. What seems to be the problem? It looks like Quadell tried something to fix it but then reverted his edits. Larry V (talk | e-mail) 05:41, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Still around? That template doesn't look like it's been fixed. Larry V (talk | e-mail) 17:50, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template:idw-pui

Hey, Storkk - was there a reason you removed the autosignature from the template? I've restored it for now. Videmus Omnia Talk 13:46, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I removed the auto-sign, because most templates don't have one (see all the uw templates, for example, or the vast majority of the idw templates). Usage of most talk templates that I have seen, requires signing separately. This inconsistency caused me to sign twice when I used this template, so I changed it for consistency with the others... Cheers, Storkk (talk) 13:51, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
I appreciate the reply - the image deletion user warnings are also used by some monobook javascripts (most notably User:Howcheng/quickimgdelete.js) - the removal was causing the user warnings to not be signed. I didn't realize it until SineBot left a nastygram on my talk page. Videmus Omnia Talk 13:55, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
That it's included in some userspace javascripts is a problem, as I really think it should be consistent with the other warning templates, and javascript tools cannot be edited except by the individual users. I don't yet have a good idea how to solve this. --Storkk (talk) 14:05, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Old humans

My apologies for not replying earlier on the article. ;) Sid (talk) 15:07, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Russian ancestry of Ivan Rebroff?

Hi; I wondered what might be the source of the statement regarding Ivan Rebroff's "Russian ancestry" in the Rebroff article and asked this question at Talk:Ivan Rebroff. I see that it was you who added this information, so maybe you can respond there. Gestumblindi (talk) 22:33, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

It was not me who added this information. --Storkk (talk) 09:22, 7 March 2008 (UTC)