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Natalinasmpf's RFA

Image:WikiThanks.png Greetings Wikiacc,
I wish to offer my gratitude for supporting me on my recent nomination for adminship, which passed with the final tally of 65/4/3. If you would ever desire my assistance in anything, or wish to give me feedback on any actions I take, feel free to let me know. Cheers! Elle vécut heureusement toujours dorénavant (Be eudaimonic!) 09:51, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Various Images

Hi, this is Sean_II, sorry I haven't checked in with my messages in a while. Okay, well you requested the copyright status of the following images: Somalia-Factions 2 Somalia-regions-states Somalia-Puntland 2 British Empire Anachronous 2 CIS-Map 2

  • The British Empire map I created using the original anachronous map which itself was derived from the Image:British Empire 1921.png
  • The CIS-Map 2 is based off CIS-Map.png (so I guess I should put "Made User:Aris_Katsaris, modified by User:Zscout370, further modiefied by User: Sean II" right?)
  • All of those Somalia maps were my attempts to clean up the ones that were there before (and which I believe were also of unknown copyright status), but then all of those images in turn seem to have been derived from Somalia-Somaliland.png. I noticed some of them had to be deleted, again, sorry about not getting back sooner. If you would like I think I have them saved on the computer, so I can upload them again if you like.--Sean_II 2:17 am January 02, 2006
Thanks for providing the information. You may re-upload the images, now that their statuses have been cleared up. -- « Wikiacc » 20:43, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

My Request for Adminship

Greetings, Wikiacc! I wanted to sincerely thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with a final result of 55/14/3. Your support means a lot to me! And I really wasn't expecting anyone to think that I were already an admin. ;) If you have any questions or input regarding my activities, be they adminly or just a "normal" user's, or if you just want to chat about anything at all, feel free to drop me a line. Cheers! —Nightstallion (?) 07:43, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Many thanks for your support on my request for adminiship, I'm sure you'll be glad to know the final result was 92/1/0. I am now an administrator and (as always) if I do anything you have issue with, please talk about it with me. --Alf melmac 11:26, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Iran-related topics

Didn't know where Scouting in Iran belonged in that box, just that it is an applicable topic. Please put it in the categorization you think it belongs in Chris 23:02, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Uncyclopedia

A joke is a joke, but you shouldn't be vandalising any article - totally unbecoming. -- sannse (talk) 00:19, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Ambassorhargeisa

I uploaded ambassorhargeisa but dont know how to label it as my own creation talk back to me —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vital Component (talk • contribs) 13:14, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Use the edit tab on the top of the image description page. Replace the no source tag with a note that you created the image yourself, and add the tag for the license you want to use ({{GFDL}} for the GFDL; full list at WP:ICT). --Wikiacc•§ 20:14, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Article Improvement Drive

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This week History of the world was selected to be improved to featured article status.
Hope you can help…

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Fenice (talk • contribs) 18:10, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Image:Crystal mac.png listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded, Image:Crystal mac.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you.

WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 16:41, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Questions about Wiki Experience from a Newbie

Hi, In December I tried my first minor edits to Wikipedia articles and checking back now, I don't see them. I thought these were bits of information that were commonly known, but the page history indicates maybe they weren't accepted. Is this likely, and why? Should I provide references to verify what I add? Also, I've got a snotty message from some guy about adding a fan forum link, when I see these on plenty of other celebrity articles. What should I think about this? Thanks for the help. Pkeets 01:52, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi Pkeets,
It's recommended that you always cite your sources, even if it seems to be common knowledge. (Some users may think it unverifiable and remove it.)
On the fan forum link: if you see the fan forum links on numerous other articles, mention that in a message on the talk page. If the subject of that article indeed has a large fan forum, and it's relevant to the article, it would probably be useful; however, if you are getting warnings about it, it may be best to first discuss. --Wikiacc 20:41, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Why did you delete my changes/article?

Hi, I signed up for Wikipedia and have made very few changes or additions to any of the articles. However, the one article I actually spent a lot of time writing and adding to was the Heidelberg College article. I see it no longer exists thanks to you. Well, I have tried to follow the tons and tons of rules and guidelines for Wiki, and if you don't think it's good enough, then that's up to you. You should know, though, that your evil-handed and aggressive ways of deleting perfecting good articles will drive away users who only want to help. Also, no one ever emailed me and explained anything or asked me to change anything. What a joke. In fact, you can consider this my last attempt at Wiki as it is too complicated and strict for a casual user like myself. The community-driven, user-friendly farce of Wiki is out of my life! Thanks for nothing! You suck! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Donovanb62 (talk • contribs) 20:31, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Heidelberg College spent over two weeks at WP:CP as copyright infringement. A very conspicuous notice to that effect was put on the article on January 1 by User:JLaTondre, giving you 15 days to appeal. I was not deleting out of process.
Also, email is a rarely used communication method on Wikipedia. It is only used to appeal a block or ban and other communication that cannot happen with talk pages.
Please see the civility policy and No personal attacks. (If the policies seem overwhelming, just see the list of all policies and guidelines.) --Wikiacc 20:41, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Deleted Articles?

After reading this other comment, I did notice that some articles linked to the ones I worked on are now missing, which leaves a link hanging. If you're going to delete articles, shouldn't someone clean up these broken links? Pkeets 02:42, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

It depends on the article. If the subject of the article deleted is non-notable or otherwise not deserving of an article, the links to it are usually removed. If the subject is notable, we usually keep the links so people can find them later and create a good article. (Redirects to the deleted page are always deleted.) --Wikiacc 20:41, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

image tag

Greetings,

I just uploaded the Image:Damadian invention.jpg which is quite useful for two articles that I used it on. However I am not sure if the tag is proper or not, considering the information I have given about the image and its source. Would you please double check that there is no other better tag that I have missed? Thanks.--Zereshk 21:22, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

I changed the tag to {{PD-US-patent}}, which seems more accurate. --Wikiacc 21:29, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history:

WikiProject Military history The Military history WikiProject is currently holding elections for project coordinators. Any member of the project may nominate themselves and all are encouraged to vote here.
The elections will run until February 5.

--Loopy e 04:37, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

the box template thingy

Greetings,

1. About the Univ. of Tehran template, I was wondering that why is it then OK for other schools to be using their school logos on their user boxes? See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes/Education/United_States

2. If they are all wrong as well, then at least can I use this image in the box template? :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:UT1.jpg

and btw, I dont know if it is appropriate to put a fairuse tag on this one, since the emblem is over 1000 years old. No one has a copyright on it, even if it is claimed by Tehran University as a logo.--Zereshk 01:10, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

According to policy, no fair use images are allowed in userboxes. This is violated by quite a few, and ugly things (RFC's, among others) have sprung out of it. The second image should be OK there, as it isn't really copyrighted (old image, reproduction is still PD according to Template:Pd-art). --Wikiacc (talk) 01:14, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
Then I'll go ahead and use the second one. (It's actually more classy). :) --Zereshk 01:15, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Law section

Hi. I noticed that you deleted the Law section from Iran. There is also a Law section at Papua New Guinea, it was recently added. Do you have any suggestions what to do with it? Thanks. --Khoikhoi 00:39, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

The law section there could probably be removed, with the main article linked to from the Politics box or section, as law and government usually fall under Politics. --Wikiacc (talk) 01:01, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. --Khoikhoi 01:04, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Redirect, or not?

Hi, I've noticed that you removed the redirect on the Image:TV-14-V.gif page. the reason why I had it set up that way, is so that it could link to the appropriate article, similar to here. Not only so, but it is used in templates, in a few pages. in the meantime, I'll make a note on the page, while restoring the redirect, and we could work out a soloution. Pacific Coast Highway|Leave a message ($.25)

Iran

Thanks for making me aware of that. I've left a comment over at Wikipedia talk:Copyrights#Copyrighted in Iran, and I'd appreciate your input. – Quadell (talk) (bounties) 23:28, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Re: your oppose on RfR

Quote: Why can't potential rollback-ees just become admins? Adminship is no big deal, is it?

My response: Yes, I am afraid it is. I once asked in the IRC Channel about going for an RfA, someone checked how many edits I had, and I was then told that if I completed an RfA at this point, most people would laugh me off the shelf. I have about 450 or so edits, and I have been told that in order to go for an RfA, I should ideally have about 1000 to 1500. The waiting time more than anything else is the obstacle to adminship, we need something to bridge the gap in the meantime. Rollback is just what we are looking for in my opinion. Thor Malmjursson 13:13, 28 January 2006 (UTC) Talk

Yes. That's part of the problem with RFA as it is now: everyone says adminship is "no big deal", but it is treated as if it were, especially when it comes to editcount and amount of time. I am afraid that RfR is not the solution to that problem; only an overhaul of RfA is. —Wikiacc • ◊ 16:48, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Nazi?

How do you know that making something bold is Nazi. You made a big mistake. Iranians are proud of their heritage and having that in bold does not mean anything Nazi. That is a personal view of yours. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.196.139.250 (talk • contribs) 02:18, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

The Nazi remark was simply a speculation on my part, as the word "aryan" is usually used in the context of Nazism. However, having the Aryan part in bold is not exactly necessary in an encyclopedia article (in fact boldface is used sparingly in most articles), even if it is part of Iran's heritage. —Wikiacc • 20:09, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Architecture of Africa - new AID collaboration

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This week Architecture of Africa was selected to be improved to featured article status.
Hope you can help…

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Dijxtra (talk • contribs) 12:11, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Maintenance of AID

Hi there,

I see you have been updating votes on AID nominations. Maybe you will be interested in my proposal to coordinate such maintenance work on AID: Wikipedia:Article_Improvement_Drive/Maintenance. --Dijxtra 12:31, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Image tag

Greetings,

Im not sure if I put the right tag on this image: Image:Persian art collage.jpg

Please advise.--Zereshk 23:03, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

That's tricky. The image seems to be fine GFDL, with the exception of the painting in the background. I'd suggest finding an older (PD) painting with a similar look, and using that instead. Sampling (especially for artistic purposes) is allowed by copyright law, but would probably fall under fair use, invalidating the purpose of the image.
See what you can find. —Wikiacc • 23:10, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
I can do as you say, no problem of course. But I am wondering: considering that we are displaying it inside the Persian Arts Box at a 150px width, what if I re-upload a shrinked down version of the entire image from its current size to 150 px? Will the radically reduced size/resolution validate its use under a GFDL (or any other retainbale) tag?--Zereshk 23:16, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
...any news on the latter question?...--Zereshk 02:37, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
Sorry for the delay. I'd think if the image was shrunk so that no discernable unique traces of the painting are left, copyright could not be claimed on that part; however, IANAL, so it may in fact still be copyrighted. Ask some of the folks at WikiProject Fair Use, who have more expertise on the topic. —Wikiacc • 20:10, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
Ive just uploaded an improved version, the image is nearly 300 years old. But Im not sure about which tag, so I put both tags up. Thanx again.--Zereshk 20:57, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Your vote on the RFR poll

Hi, Wikiacc, you voted oppose on the requests for rollback privileges consensus poll, suggesting that people who would like rollback should just become admins instead - that being an admin is "no big deal". While I think that in an "ideal" Wikipedia, this would indeed be the case, I believe that over time standards for becoming an administrator have clearly risen. This is apparent by looking at the RFA system throughout Wikipedia's existence - intially, all one had to do to become an admin was just ask nicely, now we have a complicated procedure. A recent proposal on the RFA talk page for requiring at least 30 minimum support votes and a significant number of existing contributions was given some serious consideration. There is frequent talk of "bad admins slipping through the RFA net", and while you may not agree with that philosophy of adminship it is undeniable that the standards have risen.

Because of this, candidates who pass are already very experienced with Wikipedia. While this in itself is no bad thing, it means that for the month or so before they become admins they are not being given the tools an admin has which would help them to improve Wikipedia, by removing vandalism and performing administrative tasks such as moving pages. The qualities which make a good administrator are not determined by length of stay on Wikipedia or number of friends you have, but by personality and character. Time at Wikipedia only gives familiarity with the way things are done here. However, being at Wikipedia for an extra month doesn't grant any special insight into the ability to determine which edits are vandalism and which are not. This is why I believe that we should hand out rollback to contributors who are clearly here to improve Wikipedia but won't pass the RFA procedure because of their percieved lack of familiarity with policy by some Wikipedians. I think that adminship should be no big deal, like you, however I see just two ways to make sure Wikipedians can quickly and efficiently remove vandalism - either by all those who believe adminship should be no big deal involving themselves much more in RFA, or by supporting this proposal and giving out rollback to good contributors who have not yet been here long enough to become admins. We have to remember that our ultimate aim here is to produce an encyclopedia, and we should balance the idealism of "adminship should be no big deal" with the pragmatism of granting rollback to our best non-admin contributors. I would be very grateful if you would reconsider your viewpoint on this issue. Thanks, Talrias (t | e | c) 13:54, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi Talrias,
This issue is primarily due to flaws in the RFA system, along with a recent spate of wheel warring among admins. Adminship, however, should be "no big deal". Creating a separate rollback class merely addresses the symptoms, not the underlying problem. (See also my reply to Tmalmjursson on the same topic.) —Wikiacc • 21:32, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
RFR is not intended to be a solution to the problem of RFA being a big deal. It's intended to be a solution to a much more important problem, that of vandalism on Wikipedia. It helps solve this problem by giving more good contributors access to the rollback privilege so they may swiftly remove vandalism - which helps people doing RC patrol which is one of Wikipedia's most tedious jobs. We should do all we can to make it easier for them. Talrias (t | e | c) 00:51, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

RfA Thanks!

Okay, this is perhaps a bit overdue, but thank-you for your support in my recent RfA! I passed with a final vote count consensus of (82/1/0), which was a lot of support that I really appreciate. I'll try to live up to the expectations; and on that note, if there's ever something I do wrong (or don't do right), please spit in my general direction. Cheers! --PeruvianLlama(spit) 05:31, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Sofia won!

 Thank you for your support of the Article Improvement Drive.
This week Sofia was selected to be improved to featured article status.
Hope you can help…

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Dijxtra (talk • contribs) 23:08, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!

I would like to thank you for your support for my candidacy for the Military history WikiProject coordinator position. I am now the Lead Coordinator, and I intend to do my best to continue improving the project. If you ever have any questions or concerns regarding my actions, or simply new ideas for the project, be sure to let me know! —Kirill Lokshin 00:05, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

images...

Greetings,

The image Image:1(8).jpg is uncertain in its source. Please see.

Also, as to your request for verification about that Mashad tomb image, I remember I did take a bunch of pics from the tomb 2 years ago. Ive been sifting thru my slides but cant find that exact one (so far). If not mine, its an CHN (Cultural Heritage News agency of Iran) image. But I cant find that photo's link either. I uploaded that image quite a while ago.

My solution? Erase it. I'll upload another one of my slides of the tomb from another angle.--Zereshk 00:32, 8 February 2006 (UTC)


This image seems to have permission. What tag would best fit it though? Image:Metallic Parthian.jpg

Thanx--Zereshk 00:30, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

The permission doesn't seem to be "free enough" as it is for non-commercial uses only. We have stopped allowing such images as they may cause legal problems for our reusers (such as answers.com) and for us if we want to release Wikipedia on DVD or another format that would require charging money for purchase. It won't be deleted for now, as it was uploaded before the announcement, but it may, unfortunately, be in the future. Wikiacc ( | ∞) 20:41, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

BJAODN

It seems that we both were trying to fix BJAODN at the same time - I finally got the infobox from Leet to work - mainly by looking at what was originally put in the source, and manually creating what would have been output. – ABCDe✉ 23:02, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Cold War on WP:AID

 Thank you for your support of the Article Improvement Drive.
This week Cold War was selected to be improved to featured article status.
Hope you can help…

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Fireswordfight (talk • contribs) 03:57, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

help needed

Greetings,

I need your help again.

This time, I have a 2:27 minute mpeg (25 MB) video clip that gives a snapshot of Tehran University. I intend to upload it on Tehran University and Higher education in Iran articles. The video clip is made by the Public Relations Office of Tehran University itself. My father worked there. I think the videoclip will be very useful, albeit being very brief and only glancing.

To where do I upload it (is it just like an image)? And what about tagging? Does it need it, and if so, how?--Zereshk 23:28, 21 February 2006 (UTC)


Wikipedia:Article Improvement Drive

Please vote in favour of improvement of History of Iran in Wikipedia:Article Improvement Drive. It requires a massive amount of work. Amir85 11:44, February 24, 2006 (UTC)

Lifting the barrier to 4 votes per week on WP:AID

There is currently a vote going on whether to lift the barrier to 4 votes per week on WP:AID. Since you help maintain the project, maybe you would wish to vote. --Dijxtra 11:34, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

For the record

This is the point where I come back from wikibreak. Wikiacc (?) 16:49, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Wikiproject Iran

Please keep an eye on ths Open Tasks template, and make use of it. deeptrivia (talk) 03:34, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Top priorities Editing /
formatting		 Missing articles Expansion

Sassanids.</noinclude>

  • Parthia gathering more information and adding more footnotes and citations.
  • Amards civilization
  • Anjoman e Payvand
  • Ali Hashemi
  • Doshan Tappeh Air Base
  • Ebrahim Sadri
  • Fereshtegan-e Pishahange Īrān
  • Galeg Morghi
  • Gholam Reza Pahlavi
  • Iranian ceramics
  • Iranian Nationality (ie, laws)
  • Iranian Minister of Culture
  • Iryston
  • Jalil Ketabi
  • Mirza Ahmad Aminzadeh
  • Mohsen Zanjani
  • Manzarieh
  • National Front Party (Iran)
  • Order of Zolfaghar
  • Seyed Reza Akhavi
  • Yusef Majidzadeh

</noinclude>

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Merges Discussions Maps, Pictures, Timelines, etc
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[edit] Recently Updated [edit] Vandalism
Template:Iran Open Tasks/Recentlyupdated

Roma people won!

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This week Roma people was selected to be improved to featured article status.
Hope you can help…

—Preceding unsigned comment added by AIDbot (talk • contribs) 10:49, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Infobox Australia

Template:Infobox Australia has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you.—Preceding unsigned comment added by MJCdetroit (talk • contribs) 20:13, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Fair Use Image

If you have time could you comment on this fair use issue, Talk:Map-territory relation. Many thanks. ॐ Metta Bubble puff 06:39, 10 March 2006 (UTC)


AID

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Problems

Greetings,

There seems to be a bot (or maybe a user?) going around messing up Iranian pages.

Basically what ends up happening is that you see many red links on Iranian articles, where they used to be blue.

It seems to sever links, or moves links, without moving the redirects. Or something like that. I fixed a lot of its errors on the Qom page.

It goes around deleting some articles too. I could have sworn we had an article on the city of Firouzkouh.

Also, someone is going around dumping way too many photos on Iranian pages. I'll attend to that. But the following photos dont have source info or have unclear tags. Please take care of them:

  • Image:Tehran wiki.jpg
  • Image:Tehran03.jpg

I think its the new user User:Arad.

Thanx.--Zereshk 21:44, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Note: One thing I found in many of these errors is that there seems to be some discrepancy going on in converting spaces to %20 or vice versa, or something like that. But that's just an observation. And I may be wrong about it.--Zereshk 22:00, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

That seems to be a problem. I'll see what it was doing at Qom and track it to other pages.
According to Special:Undelete/Firouzkouh (which should show the deleted history, unless Brion turned that back off) there was never an article there. If this bot, however, is deleting articles, that is a huge problem. Wikiacc (?) 20:28, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Image overflow in Tehran

wikiacc,

Im having some trouble keeping the number of images on the Tehran article bounded.

Someone has been uploading images there, and although he claims he took the photographs, evidence suggests otherwise. Consider the following example:

  • User:Behrad18n claims he took this photo: Image:Jordan(Africa) Street, Tehran.jpg
  • A person named "Arash Dejkam" claims he took the same photo here: [2]
  • User:Behrad18n then claims that he also took this photo: Image:Tehran subway.jpg
  • But then on another website, the same photo is claimed to have been taken by the administrator of that image gallery**: [3]
    • Comments by Shahram Razavi - Administrator of image gallery of Tehran pictures at World Is Round Website: I found the image in question (Tehran subway.jpg) at "answers.com" http://www.answers.com/topic/tehran-subway-jpg. And the reason I used it without any reference to the photographer is that the following information about the image was relayed on that website: "This image is copyrighted. However, the copyright holder has irrevocably released all rights to it, allowing it to be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, used, modified, built upon, or otherwise exploited in any way by anyone for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, with or without attribution of the author, as if in the public domain." I thus reject the suggestion here that I should have claimed that the photograph in question was taken by me.



There are other examples too, I reckon. For example: Image:Tehran wiki.jpg Im not sure if it is legally represented. (and behrad18n is uploading stuff all over the place)

If possible, after cleaning up the uploaded images from the Tehran page by this user Behrad18n, please revert back to my last edition, and I will take it from there and try to decrease the number of images by exporting them to other more specific articles, so that we wont have this overflow again.

Thanx again.--Zereshk 00:49, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

That is a problem. I'll tag and/or delete as necessary. Thanks for alerting me. Wikiacc (?) 21:39, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Now he is replacing my images with other images. Can you rectify the change he made to Image:40sotoon.jpg ? The new image is not mine. And he continues to upload copyrighted material left and right.--Zereshk 07:20, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject Newsletter, Issue I

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter
Issue I - March 2006
Project news
From the Coordinators

Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Military history WikiProject's newsletter! We hope that this new format will help members—especially those who may be unable to keep up with some of the rapid developments that tend to occur—find new groups and programs within the project that they may wish to participate in.

Please consider this inital issue to be a prototype; as always, any comments and suggestions are quite welcome, and will help us improve the newsletter in the coming months.

Kirill Lokshin, Lead Coordinator
Current proposals
  • Proposed guidelines for categories of military people are currently being discussed. A number of issues have already been resolved, but the proposed scheme is still in draft form and further input would be very welcome.

delivered by Loopy e 05:53, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Iran

The more pressing point in my opinion, instead of getting the article imminently featured, is the problematic user Aucaman, who continues to vandalize the page, inserting a POV that "Persian Jews are a separate race" (i.e. not Persian).

This user is currently under ArbCom investigation for his obsessive attacks on Iranian articles.

Please tend to this if you can. No official body (CIA, Iranian govt, UN, etc), considers such nonsense ("Persian Jews are not Persian"). Thanx.--Zereshk 02:29, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikiacc,
Youre an admin. I cant keep up with the loads of untagged new images that keep getting added to the Iran page. We're already having a hard time trying to keep the page from losing its credible content and turning into a POV war by different users. Marking the questionable images for deletion is much better than reverting the article to an earlier edition (as I have been doing).
I leave the policing of the new images all in your capable hands. Thanx.--Zereshk 02:49, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Please stay by to handle the rest of the article, though! It's turning into a POV-rant mess! Wikiacc (?) 20:53, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

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Mount Damavand Picture

About the picture Damavand_in_winter.jpg, I do not know whether if Hamed Khorramyar is the photographer or not.

What is obvious is that he uploaded the same picture in http://www.4d.co.ir (a website dedicated to pictures). But in the same website, (http://www.4d.co.ir/hamed/details.php?image_id=1&sessionid=95dc9cabdd1012af7f09e7c45721ae9e) Hamed Khorramyar mentioned nothing about the copyright of the picture and also it's available for download to everyone. I will try to contact Hamed Khorramyar.I will appreciate if you can find his email for me. (King of Kings 19:38, 17 April 2006 (UTC))

By law, it is copyrighted unless it is specifically released into the public domain. If Mr. Khorramyar has made such a declaration, it is usually on the page--otherwise it is copyrighted. Wikiacc (?) 20:53, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Guys:

My name is Hamed Khorramyar and I am the photographer and copyright owner of Damavand in winter picture.

I saw your discussion on Wiki about the copyright. Hereby I declare all my photos in my both websites Photogallery one and Photogallery two can be used for non comercial use at www.wikipedia.org - I am happy to contribute a very small piece to this project. I am new to Wikipedia, so please guide me, should Arad erase the the picture and I upload it again? or how it works? Please reply in my own user discussion place Thanks.

Khorramyar 14:30, 12 August 2006 (UTC)


bug

This one seems to be a bug. It somehow disables images from being shown. Ive already spotted it on 5 or 6 pages. Example:

See: Razavi Khorasan Province

(if you see the 3 side by side images, then the bug mustve somehow gotten fixed.).--Zereshk 00:22, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

I don't see three side by side images in the source--although I may not know what to look for. Can you tell me another page you've seen this on? Wikiacc (?) 00:43, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Iranian Azerbaijan

Hi there,

I just wanted to let you know that user, khoikhoi (MOD) keeps including the very offensive term, "south azerbaijan" on the Iranian Azerbaijan page. We should not let him post this propoganda and false information. That term has no place in an encycolpedia article. It is not relevent to the content. What a few seperatists call that region should not be shown here. If we dont stop this, people will start including the "a#abian gulf" as an alternate name on the Persian gulf page.

KhodahafesDariush4444 (User:Dariush4444) 04:21, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

I digress. The term should be included, if it is mentioned who exactly uses that term, and its relevance in the history of the region. Additionall, Khoikhoi is a respected member of the Wikipedia community, and known as not one to do something without reason. You imply that Wikipedia should take the anti-separatist point of view--we obviously should not.
Additionally, you're trying to incite a "call to arms" consensus-stacking campaign, which is always frowned upon here.
BTW, what does MOD stand for? Wikiacc (?) 19:18, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

I totally agree with Dariush444. It is absolutely and entirely incorrect to use the term "South Azerbaijan" when referring to Iranian Azarbaijan. The term "South Azerbaijan" is politically motivated. And as it refers to land that today is part of the Iranian national state, it would be highly biased to include this term in any information on Wikipedia other than describing the separatist ambitions/movement/activities of those elements / forces who desire to separate this part of Iran from the Iranian national state. It would be comparabe to the usage of the term of "The Basque Republic", or "The Republic of Scotland", when in fact those entities do not even exist. Furthermore, it is also important to point out that while the Azeris of the Republic of Azerbaijan spell "Azeri" or "Azerbaijan" with an "e" after the "z", Iranians spell it as "Azarbaijan" or "Azari" with an "a" after the "z". Thus, whenever we're referring to Iranian Azarbaijan or Iranian Azaris on Wikipedia, it would be proper to use the Iranian spelling version. Thank you. Shahram Razavi.

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Image protection

Greetings,

User:Pecher insists on marking the following two images for deletion, despite their PD status, which I have explained to him/her.

Image:Kalimi mashrutiat.JPG

Image:Kalimi iran.JPG

Would you please see to it that he/she does not delete the images? Pecher is currently engaged in an edit war with several users on the Persian Jews article.

Thank You.--Zereshk 15:54, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue II

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Threats

Hi wikiacc,

This is the second time an anon user is threatening me: [4]

He uses different IP addresses. This is his second time (see the history of my user page for his attacks and death threats).

Thanx.--Zereshk 22:12, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

I've sent a warning to that IP address.
Additionally, I've tracked the address to Lebanon. Perhaps this has some connection to Arab-Iran hostilities? (Just an idea.) Wikiacc (?) 19:36, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue III - May 2006

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WikiProject U.S. Supreme Court cases

I have recently begun reviving the Supreme Court case project since the founder is inactive. You're welcome to drop on by and help us out if you are still interested. There's also a discussion going at the project's talk page. Enjoy your Memorial Day! Interesting info challenge. --Kchase02 (T) 06:36, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

My drawing was deleted

Wikiacc,

Someone has deleted my drawing Image:Anime by nima.jpg for some reason (I suspect for an alleged copyright infringement).

I have explained the pertinent details [5].

Is there a way to restore the drawing? Thanx.--Zereshk 22:02, 29 May 2006 (UTC)


Please Help

I am trying to move St Paul’s Cathedral, Dundee to St. Paul's Cathedral, Dundee, because I do not know how to replicate that character. However, when I try to do this I am told that the original name and destination are the same. But obviously not, otherwise St. Paul's Cathedral, Dundee would not be a dead link. Please help. Carolynparrishfan 14:23, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Obviously, you did manage to replicate the ´ instead of the ', because I just moved it without any problems at all... —Nightstallion (?) 17:02, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
How did you do that? I had to copy and paste to reproduce that character. What is it anyway? Carolynparrishfan 17:41, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Isn't there a WP:MOS rule on the use of apostrophes? (I'm not sure, as I've been inactive for several months.) Wikiacc (?) 21:23, 9 June 2006 (UTC)


Orphaned fair use image (Image:G3logo.jpg)

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Thanks for uploading Image:G3logo.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently specifies that the image can be used under a fair use license. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. —Bkell (talk) 10:21, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

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Maraba Coffee

Hello! As you're a Wikipedian interested in African topics, I'm writing to notify you that the Maraba Coffee article is now a 'Featured Article Candidate'. Please feel free to evaluate the article and write your support or opposition at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates. Thanks — SteveRwanda 15:25, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Taichung City

I am new on WikiProject Cities. I have added considerable content to the first city I am working on, which happens to be the city of my residence, Taichung City. Would you mind taking a few minutes to look it over and leave comments on how you think I can make it better to bring it up to WikiProject Cities standards in a section of the discussion page for the city’s article page that I have set up.

Thank you. Ludahai 03:46, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Oddball barnstar

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Uh, happy Halloween to you too. Wikiacc (?) 01:09, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Flag of Tripoli

From what I know, the city doesn't have a flag, so we are not able to draw one. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 18:17, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Change to Common.css

Per recent discussions, the way in which Persondata is viewed by Wikipedia editors has changed. In order to continue viewing Persondata in Wikipedia articles, please edit your user CSS file to display table.persondata rather than table.metadata. More specific instructions can be found on the Persondata page. --ShakingSpirittalk on behalf of Kaldari 02:15, 25 December 2006 (UTC)