User talk:Smurrayinchester/Archive 8

Contents Team Rocket "19:23, 17 June 2006 Smurrayinchester (Talk | contribs | block) moved Team Rocket (Pokémon) to Team Rocket (anime) (There is already an article about Te WIkipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award Smurrayinchester, thanks for signing up for the Esperanza User Page Contest. The judges have received the fifteen entries, and are ready to start judging. The judges will take a week to complete the judging process, and they will contact all the participants when the judging is done. Please drop by the contest page for contest updates and questions. Take care, and good luck! May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 10:04, 20 July 2006 (UTC) Medical Star How do you feel about bold action? Wikipedia:Barnstar_and_award_proposals/New_Proposals#Medical_barnstar --evrik 14:19, 20 July 2006 (UTC) Can you clean up the image? --evrik 21:55, 27 July 2006 (UTC) I've got nothing to do I've got nothing to do right now. Please plunk any random tasks here, cheers —M inun Spiderman 18:55, 21 July 2006 (UTC) User:Misza13's pile! Thank you for contributing the impressive the pile of supports gathered on my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 0x0104/0x01/0x00. I'm happy that so many people have put faith in my abilities as an admin and promise to use the tools wisely and do my best not to let you down. If I ever may be of assistance, just leave a note on my talk page. Misza13, the rouge-on-demand admin wishes you happy editing! NOTE: This message has been encrypted with the sophisticated ROT-26 algorithm. Ability to decipher it indicates a properly functioning optical sensor array. Thanks Thanks for the barnstar! Despite being on holiday in sunny SoCal, I've also managed to find time to make the following bugfixes, just to let you know: Hash/URL anchor symbol (#) bug replaced. No longer parsed through to history pages, etc. Caction links on redirected pages now point to the correct page (not the redirect page) If you find any more, let me know, although I make no promises of fixing them while soaking up the sun! Thanks!!!!!! haz (user talk) 00:29, 23 July 2006 Thanks for the corrections Hi, Thanks for making the necessary corrections to the Synopsis for "The Simpsons" episode "She of Little Faith". Sometimes, in my hurry to finish the synopses, I forget to proof-read. Take care, --Rahul 03:46, 24 July 2006 (UTC) Charizard again Thank you for supporting Charizard's last FAC which resulted in a failure. The article has been re-nominated here, so please take part again, cheers —Minun Spiderman 18:46, 26 July 2006 (UTC) Pokémon Mansion Can you speedy delete Pokémon Mansion, i've moved it to my userspace for a while for maintenence after creating it —Minun Spiderman 12:59, 28 July 2006 (UTC) Languages Hi There! Can you translate my name in what language you know please, and then post it Here. I would be very grateful if you do (if you know another language apart from English and the ones on my userpage please feel free to post it on) P.S. all th translations are in alpahbetical order so when you add one please put it in alpahbetical order according to the language. Thanks!!! Abdullah Geelah 19:30, 30 July 2006 (UTC) You are a ray of sunshine! For brightening my day with your return, you have been likened to a ray of sunshine! Smur is back. Vg. Highway Return to Oz... 18:14, 1 August 2006 (UTC) *finally manages to crawl to Smur's talk page without new message coming up* Is it the bigger the page, the more people like dumping messages? Thank you for the music thing, I will do it, if I can sit for a minute. And you poor thing, you look like David Dickinson? *Horror flashabck from centrefold David Dickinson* That was a well placed teddybear. XD You have good taste in music, we're kinda similar. I put on All American Rejects when I saw it on your list. I was helping at the school library today and ended up zapping books and singing very loudly to The Beatles... oh well. Highway Return to Oz... 18:28, 1 August 2006 (UTC) I have a Ringo Starr t shirt! XD Highway Return to Oz... 19:15, 1 August 2006 (UTC) Enjoy. Highway Return to Oz... 19:37, 1 August 2006 (UTC) WIkipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award Greetings, Smurrayinchester. The judges would like to announce that the winner for the Esperanza User Page Contest has been chosen. Congratulations to Kylu for winning the contest. The winning entry can be found here. If you'd like to participate in the contest again, check by the contest page in a few days and sign up. See you around. May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) Constellation Award Congratulations. Your design for the Constellation Award has been approved and placed in Personal User Awards. --Ed 18:57, 3 August 2006 (UTC) I award this Barnstar to Smurrayinchester for being bold in creating the Constellation Barnstar.--Ed 18:57, 3 August 2006 (UTC) Barnstar I’ve realized it might be a good idea to get rid of my political and religious views from my userpage. Apparently that won’t put me in good stead to being an admin some day! This has ruined the layout of my userpage as a whole. Will you edit the barnstar you gave me so it spreads across the entire page in its current location rather than being on the right? Thanks a lot. Miller 20:01, 3 August 2006 (UTC) Thanks for the advice. I’ve set my user talk page up to automatically get rid of messages posted more than two months ago and I’ve moved all those irritating OrphanBot messages to their own page too. Miller 15:31, 6 August 2006 (UTC) UK DYK Just to let you know that your article M4 Toll has been featured on the did you know section of the United Kingdom Portal. the wub "?!" 20:38, 6 August 2006 (UTC) DYK On 7 August, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article M4 Toll, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page. *hides in suitcase* Hi, Hercules (thunderbolt on user page, never mind), could you perhaps have a quick word with user Zappernapper (talk · contribs), I reverted changes he made, generally because it was full of OR and factual errors, at Quilava, and then I put a wikibreak sign up, and he's kinda gone...angry. He seems to be shouting at himself at Talk:Quilava, could you maybe calm him down if you have the time? I'm leaving tomorrow morning, and I've still to pack, so I'm too busy to get around to it. Sorry about this, and cheers. If you're too busy ask Natalya, she's always kind. Thanks again, Highway Return to Oz... 11:11, 8 August 2006 (UTC) Thank you, I'm not sure it did that much help. Highway Return to Oz... 17:15, 8 August 2006 (UTC) If you have a way of letting HighwayCello I'm not mad at him (nemore, i cooled down) and to check his talk page when convenient, i'd appreciate it. Zappernapper 07:44, 9 August 2006 (UTC) Re: Your userpage Hmm... I use the "alt text" tag so that there are no borders around the pictures - I didn't know it made some things wierd, too! Thanks for letting me know, though I'll probably leave it how it is, since I like them border less. -- Natalya 18:50, 8 August 2006 (UTC) Oh! I totally didn't get how that worked! I thought you had to put in "alt text" - I'm glad it can be any text, thanks for enlightening me. :) It's happily fixed now. -- Natalya 19:00, 8 August 2006 (UTC) Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Iloveminun Just to letyou know that Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Iloveminun has just closed. check the link for details. -- Drini 03:10, 13 August 2006 (UTC) August Esperanza Newsletter Program Feature: To-Do List The Esperanza To-Do List is a place where you may list any request, big or small, for assistance. If you need help with archiving your usertalk, for example, all you need to do is list it here and somebody will help you out. Likewise, if you need help with some area of editing on Wikipedia, list it here! Again, any matter, trivial or not, can be placed on this page. However, all matters listed on this page must not be of an argumentative nature. You do not need to be a member of Esperanza (or this program) to place or fulfill requests on this page. 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There is a page for discussing the front page redesign. Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 05:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC) Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List. Happy First Edit Day!! File:Wikiballoon1.jpg Happy first edit day, dear Smurrayinchester/Archive 8!!! Keep up the great work and happy editing! Take care -- Imoeng 21:12, 17 August 2006 (UTC) Congrats! Where's my ballon! ;-) --evrik 10:47, 18 August 2006 (UTC) I know its a little late, but Happy First Edit Day Smurrayinchester/Archive 8! -- Underneath-it-All 03:15, 19 August 2006 (UTC) Islamic Wikiproject Award Would you be so kind as to go to the discussion about the Islamic Wikiproject Award? This has been a proposal that has lingered for donkey's yonks. I think the image is acceptable as a WP:PUA, but don't think the image is in line with most of the images at Wikipedia:Wikiproject awards. The design is not well supported, and right before I was going to archive the debate for lack of support, someone else moved it to the Wikiproject awards page. The current discussion is going on here: Wikipedia:Barnstar_and_award_proposals/New_Proposals#Another_image. Your input is appreciated. --evrik 10:47, 18 August 2006 (UTC) Happy Belated First Edit Day! Happy First Edit Day, Smurrayinchester/Archive 8, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Michael 05:10, 19 August 2006 (UTC) Happy first edit day, Smurray! Where's my cake?! --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 10:13, 19 August 2006 (UTC) DYK On 20 August, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Handbridge, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page. Nice expansion! -- Samir धर्म 06:19, 20 August 2006 (UTC) A vandal to monitor Hi Smurrayinchester. I was wondering if you could perhaps monitor a persistent vandal I have found, and block them once they vandalise another page. It's User talk:86.11.112.53 and this user has been adding totally inappropriate comments to articles, mainly those of BBC journalists. Thanks for your help! Wikiwoohoo 18:00, 23 August 2006 (UTC) Plus I've just noticed they vandalised my user page but it was reverted. :S Wikiwoohoo 18:02, 23 August 2006 (UTC) Don't worry about that, it all seemed to sort itself out fine. I noticed I'm one of your WikiChums, cheers! :) Wikiwoohoo 15:34, 13 September 2006 (UTC) No problem! Wikiwoohoo 16:02, 13 September 2006 (UTC) Equation I think some time ago I asked if you could create some equations using the Wikipedia math syntax; which I don’t know how to use. If you can then can you please provide the code for these three equations: Image:Equrough.jpg. Thanks. Miller 18:55, 25 August 2006 (UTC) They’re perfect! Thanks a lot. They are for the article on oxidative phosphorylation. If I need some more in the future can you create them? Miller 20:19, 25 August 2006 (UTC) Wikipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award Smurrayinchester, thanks for signing up for the Esperanza User Page Contest. The judges have received the fifteen entries, and are ready to start judging. The judges will take a week to complete the judging process, and they will contact all the participants when the judging is done. Please drop by the contest page for contest updates and questions. Take care, and good luck! May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 15:09, 26 August 2006 (UTC) Humorous Thanks for the note. I thought about adding the ref to the consensus to the edit summary, but a) it makes the edit summary terribly long and b) I do other things with AWB while trawling through a Google list of the misspelling I am targetting. I compromised by providing a link to the discussion on User:Spellmaster. If you missed that, then others may have as well. I may have to rethink it again. I am currently changing "honourary" to "honorary" on a similar basis and have so far received no comments, good or bad. My theory for why these variants (which are rare in the world outside Wikipedia) have survived so long here is that they look like UK/US variation, and we are all so attuned to leaving regional variants in place that we assume that is what they are. Thank you for caring enough about spelling to leave the message you did, and for your courtesy. Best wishes --Spellmaster 19:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC) Wow I think you are the only Wikipedian I know who has a different signature for every day of the week. —$ΡЯΙNGεrαgђ (-¢|ε|Ŀ|T|♪-) 22:46, 30 August 2006 (UTC) Replied to your VP query I've replied to your question at the village pump, and as it was quite a while ago, and that page is hardly "watchlistable", I thought I'd let you know. If you have any followup, feel free either to contact me directly, or on the VP page (provided it doesn't get archived in the meantime). Alai 00:29, 31 August 2006 (UTC) Wikipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award Greetings, Smurrayinchester. The judges would like to announce that the winner for the Esperanza User Page Contest has been chosen. Congratulations to Misza13 for winning the contest. The winning entry can be found here. If you'd like to participate in the contest again, check by the contest page in a few days and sign up. See you around. May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 09:33, 7 September 2006 (UTC) ktip images Hey, just wanted to let you know that Image:Crystal Clear Ktip.png has been replaced by Image:Crystal Clear app ktip.png and you will probably want to update your pages/templates. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 23:43, 10 September 2006 (UTC) Ash Ketchm Could you please consider locking this page from new editors, there's been dozens upon dozens (even more than Pokémon) of edits in the vain of vandalism, and editors are literally swamped. If you could have a look, it'd be great. Hope you're well, Highway Daytrippers 17:12, 16 September 2006 (UTC) Charizard FAC I've replied to your comments, at the FAC page. Cheers, Highway Daytrippers 15:27, 18 September 2006 (UTC) Barnstar proposal I've noticed you've proposed and designed a few barnstars awards, and was wondering if you would be interested in this? —  $PЯINGεrαgђ  16:28, 18 September 2006 (UTC) P.S. Sorry my purple doesn't mesh that well with the green on this page. :) Thanks! Thank you very much! I hope for that one day too, but I don't think it's this FAC. How exactly was it becoming a hall of fame, I'd noticed it'd been deleted, but didn't know why. Cheers, Highway Daytrippers 22:10, 19 September 2006 (UTC) September Esperanza Newsletter Program Feature: Barnstar Brigade Here in Wikipedia there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go unappreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go unnoticed. As Esperanzians we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. This is where the Barnstar Brigade comes in. The object of this program is to seek out the people which deserve a Barnstar, and help them feel appreciated. With your help, we can recognize more dedicated editors! What's New? September elections are upon us! Anyone wishing to be a part of the Advisory Council may list themselves as a candidate from 18 September until 24 September, with the voting taking place from 25 September to 30 September. Those who wish to help with the election staff should also list themselves! Appreciation Week, a program currently in development, now has its own subpage! Share your good ideas on how to make it awesome there! The Esperanza front page has been redesigned! Many thanks to all who worked hard on it. Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter. The last AC meeting (full log) The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage. The September 2006 Council elections will open for nominations on 18 September 2006. The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006. If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself! The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it! TangoTango has written a script for a bot that will list new members of Esperanza, which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly! Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 04:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC) Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List. Image:1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane.PNG listed for deletion An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane.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. Fritz S. (Talk) 09:37, 23 September 2006 (UTC) Image:Fluoroform structure.PNG listed for deletion An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Fluoroform structure.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. Fritz S. (Talk) 09:37, 23 September 2006 (UTC) Artic Monkeys I did some preliminary cleanup, I'll look into it further. First of all, there's quite a few facts in the intro which could do with citing. I don't know if they are cited elsewhere in the article, but I'd think it'd be good if they were cited there too. (Sorry if they are and I've missed it). Also, the logo lacks a source of fair use rationale. Highway Daytrippers 11:11, 30 September 2006 (UTC) Have you voted in the Esperanza elections? It's just that they're nearly over, and I thought you may have forgotten. Happy editing, Highway Daytrippers 22:01, 30 September 2006 (UTC) It's fine, it's so nervous! I would stay up and wait for the results, but I'm so tired. I'll just keep trying to get a Porygon instead. Highway Daytrippers 22:06, 30 September 2006 (UTC) I'm going for the old approach, buy them. But I've been collating all my Pokémon to Ruby, so I'm trying to use all the Pokémon I caught in the Unknown Dungeon to battle Bikers. Cheers, Highway Daytrippers 22:10, 30 September 2006 (UTC) It'll take a while to get used to, but I think it's cool. Maybe a diff colour, it's kinda hard to see. Highway Daytrippers 22:42, 30 September 2006 (UTC) Does it sing a song too? :D (If so, make it sing this, with ations XD) Highway Daytrippers 22:51, 30 September 2006 (UTC) Elections Esperanza elections Thanks for supporting me in the September Advisory Council Esperanza elections. Although I wasn't elected to the Advisory Council, I am very happy with the response I received from my fellow Wikipedians. I was shocked at the support, and was touched by it. Hopefully I will re-apply in March and try again for the job. Thanks again, Highway Daytrippers 23:46, 30 September 2006 (UTC) Re: Userbox Thanks for pointing that out, Smur!  :) -- Natalya 17:19, 1 October 2006 (UTC) EA Elections Thanks Hi Smurrayinchester :) Thank you so very much for your kind vote. I hope that I can live up to the high standards set by others AC members, and help continue Esperanza down it's wonderful path. All the best, Thε Halo Θ 11:59, 3 October 2006 (UTC) PS: I just love Mortal Wombat ;) Working Man's Barnstar and Barnstar of DiligenceWorking Man's Barnstar and Barnstar of Diligence Hi! evrik suggested I contact you since you're associated with WikiProject Awards. After some discussion about changing the name of the "Working Man's Barnstar" to something gender inclusive, we realized that there is not much distinction between "Working Man's Barnstar" and the "Barnstar of Diligence". In order to avoid an overly-PC rename of "Working Man's", and given that there's not much difference between the two anyway, I thought it'd be best to conflate the two awards and have only "The Barnstar of Diligence." Your opinion on the matter would be much appreciated! The discussion can be found here. Cheers! -- Merope Talk 17:44, 10 October 2006 (UTC) Couple of pages Hi again. I have a couple of user space pages that I no longer need and would like deleted. Would you be willing to delete them for me? They're two talk page archive pages here and here and - I realised too late that I could simply have renamed them! Wikiwoohoo talk 21:09, 11 October 2006 (UTC) Well they've been replaced, you can see the new ones at User talk:Wikiwoohoo/Archive 1 and User talk:Wikiwoohoo/Archive 2 (Don't delete them though!). The two I asked you about are clear to be deleted. Thanks for your help! Wikiwoohoo talk 21:17, 11 October 2006 (UTC) Actually...NO! Please don't delete! Wikiwoohoo talk 21:18, 11 October 2006 (UTC) Re: AWB Requests Hey, Just to let you know, ive completed those requests for you. 40 Articles now with {{Relevance fallacies}} in [[Category:Relevance fallacies]] and subcategories If you have any more similar things you want doing, dont hesitate to drop me a message on my talk page, and i'll get it done for you =D Reedy Boy 20:06, 16 October 2006 (UTC) No Problem. Anytime =) Reedy Boy 20:25, 16 October 2006 (UTC) Barnstar Thanks Hi Smurrayinchester. Thanks for the barnstar. It's much appreciated. It is somewhat depressing that not that many admins enjoy quality content...which is the main point of WP....sometimes the DYK gets stalled for 30+hours on the weekends, as neither Samir (The Scope), Petaholmes, nor myslef are active during the weekend, so it seems....Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:36, 25 October 2006 (UTC) Octagon Certainly eight is integral to the concept of an octagon, but the question is whether a link to eight has value. Is it likely that a reader wanting to know about an octagon will be unsure of the meaning of the word 'eight'? I think one of the relevant links there (Octahedron) ought to be added to the 'See also' in Octagon, but otherwise I can't see the value of the link. Colonies Chris 12:09, 27 October 2006 (UTC) My new strategy When a conflict reaches boiling point, don't go into rage, dump it on someone else! :D Could you have a look at Talk:Mudkip#As a meme? There are various users, I don't know if it's one or 4 to be honest, that are trying to prove the notability of the meme, "so i herd u like mudkips", created on a fan forum. I have tried to asses notability, which was thrown back in my face, with a smattering of, "uhh... all pokemon should be deleted, but more people would come here to read the meme than actually about the pokemon!!!" Le sigh, thanks for having a look, I know you have that soothing tone I'm still trying to master. ;) Highway Grammar Enforcer! 18:42, 27 October 2006 (UTC) Fake Barnstar I just wanted to tell you about an interesting occurrence on Uncyclopedia. A user, Orion Blastar, has been insulting me for the past day or two on my (and his) knowledge and understanding of evolution. Amongst other delightful things he effectively told me I was an uneducated idiot at a crap university. My defense of my knowledge of biology was my barnstar on Wikipedia. The most recent comment he made was accusing you of being my sock puppet! He accused me of faking my own barnstar. This has no bearing to Wikipedia, I was just so disgusted that he said it I had to tell you to gauge your response. If you want to read some of the things he said to get an idea of his appaling manners Check out these two pages: [2] [3] . Miller 22:26, 31 October 2006 (UTC) Wiktionary Logo Hello, If you are creator of the new Wiktionary logo, my congratulations on success! But I'd like to suggest that a Korean letter on the image(at the top right) should be changed to this letter 말, which means 'language' in Hangeul. -- 아흔(A-heun) 12:36, 3 November 2006 (UTC) Furthermore, I'd consider it *EXTREMELY* important to avoid mishaps like those the current Wikipedia logo suffers -- wrong characters, improper characters, and so on. Could you make sure that the characters you've picked for your logo are appropiate? (Most likely by asking native speakers of the respective languages about it.) Thanks! —Nightstallion (?) 13:54, 3 November 2006 (UTC) Just to mention it here, the change suggested above by A-heun (a native speaker) should definitely be made, he's explained it on my talk page. —Nightstallion (?) 18:46, 4 November 2006 (UTC) Thank you for going the extra mile, Nightstallion and Smurrayinchester. I am sure that your efforts will be recognized in future. As for an appropriate Japanese letter for the Wiktionary logo, I have my opinion and have no problem expressing it on Meta-Wiki in English, but my opinion may not represent the vast majority of native Japanese speakers. Since there are a lot of monolingual Japanese editors who can only voice their opinion in 日本語 (Japanese, nihongo), I would like to make an announcement on 日本語版 (the Japanese Wikipedia, nihongo-ban). While I support multilingualism and multiculturalism and don’t mind if someone post his/her thoughts in his/her native language including non-Latin script based languages on m:Talk:Wiktionary/logo, in reality, I don’t think there are enough translators to keep the process moving forward in a timely manner. Is it possible to make a page on Wiki-Meta like ”Talk:Wiktionary/logo-JA” where monolingual Japanese editors can post their opinions in their native tongue? (I don’t not if this is a viable option or not. That’s why I am asking you here.) I promise you that I will consolidate their opinions and report them back to you in English in a timely manner. I wish I can do the same to other languages but don’t understand Devanagari, Korean, Arabic, Greek Cyrilic, Chinese and Hebrew. Thank you again for listening. --Californiacondor 16:50, 5 November 2006 (UTC) I've created a image here. The font of a letter on the left side is Adobe Myungjo (명조), that on the right is Gungsuh (궁서). I prefer Myungjo to the others fonts. But for slogan "The Free Dictionary" in Korean translation, I'd like to choose Gungsuh (궁서), which is a calligraphic font. -- 아흔(A-heun) 18:11, 7 November 2006 (UTC) "The free Dictionary" should be translated into "말과 글의 누리" in Korean. I think I've already proposed it in Meta:Discussion on the logo votes (section Wiktionary, ko). Is the font you've found Myungjo명조? -- 아흔(A-heun) 17:53, 9 November 2006 (UTC) Hi A-heun and Smurrayinchester – it's probably only me, but I somehow don't really like Gungsuh fonts (especially at small sizes, for example in a logo), so I was going to say I'd like you to have a look at some alternatives (1·2·3·4) in case I can change your mind – but then I just read this and I understand it was a concious decision to use those fonts in the logo, which I accept since it's A-heun who runs the project almost single-handedly. Anyway, I'm glad to see both of you have done a very nice job with the logo and its Korean tagline! Wp./Wp./바퀴 2006-11-10 Hello Smurrayinchester, thanks for your effort. How lovely the image is! I've been also afraid the Gungsuh font in small size would take somehow diffuse effect, as 바퀴 said. The slogan "말과 글의 누리" seems to need more sharpness - not grey, but black. I think this has to be equally applied to logos in English, Russian, Hebrew. -- 아흔(A-heun) 16:48, 10 November 2006 (UTC) Would you please create a "favicon" in Korean? I'd like to use it as soon as possible. As you know, the image should be uploaded in the Commons. Thanks -- 아흔(A-heun) 20:15, 13 November 2006 (UTC) I am sorry but it took longer than I thought. Surprise, surprise, surprise. I made an announcement at the Japanese Wiktionary, and its editors said they like ウィ, the first letter for ウィクショナリー（Wiktionary）in Japanese katakana. I would never come up with this idea by myself because ウィ appears as if there are two letters. However, in fact, ウ and ィ are inseparable in this case, therefore it is considered as one letter. It is always nice to ask other people’s opinion. As for the Mah Jong style main logo, they will be fine if you use シ or ウィ. Thus, you can continue to use シ if you want. Meanwhile, is it possible to use ウィ for the Japanese favicon? This is the opinion of editors who actually make contribution to the Japanese Wiktionary (its traffic is very s-l-o-o-w, and there are a very few active editors up there, though), and I would like to support their opinion. (I posted the same message at Metawiki.) --Californiacondor 03:00, 14 November 2006 (UTC) Thanks! For helping me pass my GI subspecialist exams [1], I award Smurrayinchester this barnstar. Thanks for your HD assistance! Samir धर्म 06:46, 4 November 2006 (UTC) A bit of an unusual barnstar, but you helped me with a question on the HD four days before my subspecialty exams in gastroenterology (which I've passed, woohoo!). Wanted to say thanks so much! -- Samir धर्म 06:46, 4 November 2006 (UTC) November Esperanza Newsletter Program Feature: Admin Coaching (needs coaches!) Admin Coaching needs coaches!!! If you are an administrator, or even a generally experienced user, do consider signing up to be a coach. Admin Coaching, now being coordinated by HighwayCello, is a program for people who want help learning some of the more subtle aspects of Wikipedia policy and culture. People are matched with experienced users who are willing to offer coaching. The program is designed for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins. What's New? The Tutorial Drive is a new Esperanza program! In an effort to make complicated processes on Wikipedia easier for everyone, Esperanza working to create and compile a list of tutorials about processes here on Wikipedia. Consider writing one! A discussion on how Esperanza relates to the encyclopedia has been started; please add your thoughts. Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter. The last AC meeting (full log) The list of proposed programs has been updated, with some proposals being archived. There is now a new program: the Tutorial Drive! Consider writing a tutorial on something you are good at doing on Wikipedia. The suggestion of adding a cohesive look to all the Esperanza pages is being considered; join the discussion if you are interested! In order to make a useful interlanguage welcome template, those involved in translation projects will be asked what English Wikipedia policies are most important and confusing to editors coming from other language Wikipedias. A discussion of Esperanza's role in Wikipedia is being held, with all thoughts of all Esperanzians wanted! Shreshth91 informed everyone that he will be leaving the Esperanza council as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, HighwayCello. Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, The Halo, Shreshth91 and HighwayCello 20:33, 1 November 2006 (UTC) Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List. Finnish Wikibooks logo Hi! Can i ask you to make a finnish version of new Wikibooks -logo. The text should be WIKIKIRJASTO and the slogan AJATTELE VAPAASTI. OPI ILMAISEKSI. Thank you beforehand! --Jääpingviini, 7 November 2006 (UTC) I can certify that in fi wikibooks main talkpage kahvihuone has been decide that you are the best translator for the new (and great) logo. --Tigru 16:18, 7 November 2006 (UTC) Barnstar You may be interestwed in this discussion Talk:Barnstar#Straw_poll. --evrik (talk) 15:23, 9 November 2006 (UTC) DYK On 15 November, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Funeral train, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page. --GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 00:06, 15 November 2006 (UTC) Fan death An article that you have been involved in editing, Fan death, has been listed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fan death. Please look there to see why this is, if you are interested in whether it should be deleted. Thank you. --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 06:32, 15 November 2006 (UTC) Just to thank-you Can I say your tutorial on signatures on Wikipedia has helped me out a lot. Now my signature is: Richard n 17:57, 17 November 2006 (UTC)! Thanks for helping me out on it!!! Richard n 17:57, 17 November 2006 (UTC) WikiProject Awards News There are several issues that the WikiProject needs to address. Do we need a coordinator (or more than one) to coordinate our efforts and act as an arbiter? Please place your thoughts here. Could someone work on archiving the talk page Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject Awards? Do we need to develop better guidelines for the Wikipedia:WikiProject awards? Finally, could you please weigh in on the following discussions so we can move them to conclusion: LGBT Barnstar Islamic Award Working Man’s Barnstar. Sincerely, --evrik (talk) 02:12, 18 November 2006 (UTC) JS reviewer I removed center/centre (and also color/colour since they appear often in templates, tags, etc.) and also removed the quotes before checking for certain terms. Thanks for the feedback! AZ t 20:15, 19 November 2006 (UTC) I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That) Hello. Thanks for your comments at Wikipedia:Peer review/I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That)/archive1. You're practically the only non-bot to respond. I've tried to address your concern by cutting down the description o fthe video, and have moved the SpiceWorld reference [4] to a slightly better place (someone would just add it again in a 'trivia' section, or something). I'm thinking about submitting it as an GAC -- do my changes address your concerns? The JPStalk to me 20:00, 26 November 2006 (UTC) A Series of Unfortunate Events Join the Discussion! Hello, Smurrayinchester/Archive 8! As you are a member of WP:ASUE, I hope you will join in the project discussions on the project talk page. The other members and I would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions. Cheers, Clamster5 00:50, 30 November 2006 (UTC) Featured list candidates - Canadian provincial elections Thanks for you comments on List of Saskatchewan general elections' featured list nominations page. You may be interested to know that the Alberta, Manitoba and British Columbia equivilants are currently Featured List Candidates, and I would welcome your input. Tompw 17:48, 1 December 2006 (UTC) FAC for Bacteria An editor has made some major changes to this article, could you please return to the FAC and provide some feedback on whether or not these are an improvement? TimVickers 21:14, 2 December 2006 (UTC) Did you know? On 13 December, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Grosvenor Bridge (Chester), which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page. --GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 01:04, 13 December 2006 (UTC) ASUE December 2006 Newsletter The A Series of Unfortunate Events WikiProject Newsletter Issue I - December 2006 Project news A Series of Unfortunate Events has been nominated for WP:AID, a weekly cleanup drive. Please vote for it as it will both help improve the quality of the page, but also it will get more Wikipedians editing ASUE pages. Member news The project has currently 35 members. From the Members Welcome to the first issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do. We would encourage all members to get more envolved and if you are wondering what with, please ask. Clamster5 18:55, 19 December 2006 (UTC) Pages Needing Cleanup A Series of Unfortunate Events The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events) V.F.D. The Littlest Elf Sugar bowl (A Series of Unfortunate Events) Current Debates On the project talk page, there is an ongoing debate on how to best organize characters, especially minor characters. Additionally, there is a debate on how to organize and label information on Beatrice (A Series of Unfortunate Events) and Mr. and Mrs. Baudelaire. Newsletter Challange Many of the ASUE pages are plagued by basic spelling and grammar mistakes. Try to fix 5 mistakes this month. Clamster5 19:14, 19 December 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 01:56, 25 December 2006 (UTC) Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Smurrayinchester! | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC) May you and your family have a Merry Christmas, as well as any other Holiday you may celebrate. I hope that warmth, good cheer, and love surround you during these special days. May God bless you during the Holidays. | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC) File:Julekort.jpg Untagged image An image you uploaded, Image:North Tacoma Flag.PNG, was tagged with the {{coatofarms}} copyright tag. This tag was deleted because it does not actually specify the copyright status of the image. The image may need a more accurate copyright tag, or it may need to be deleted. If the image portrays a seal or emblem, it should be tagged as {{seal}}. If you have any questions, ask them at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. -- 13:26, 30 December 2006 (UTC) ASUE Hello, Smurrayinchester/Archive 8 On, WP:ASUE, your username, as well as all other participants' names, have been moved under Inactive Participants. If you are still are an active member, please move your username to Active Participants. Thanks! <3Clamster 22:49, 6 January 2007 (UTC) Vietnamese Wiktionary Hi, is there currently anything holding up adoption of the new Wiktionary logo? At the Vietnamese Wiktionary, we've had an announcement about the logo up for a few months already, but the old (bland) logo's still there. Our "Wiki.png" file is operational, so if you could customize the logo for Vietnamese (W, Wiktionary, Từ điển mở), I can update wikt:vi:Hình:Wiki.png and the new logo will be visible immediately. I don't think it'd be controversial at all at that wiki, since two of our main contributors voted for this logo and other one abstained, in effect saying "the vote has taken so long that the logo probably won't ever change". Anyways, if you have the time, please consider customizing it for Vietnamese. I would customize the logo myself, but I don't have access to an SVG-capable program right now. Thanks. – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 20:33, 15 January 2007 (UTC) Thanks for your help! I've updated the Vietnamese Wiktionary logo with your image, and it looks great. (I had to scale it down to 128×155 px so that it would fit in the logo box.) By the way, m:Wiktionary/logo makes it sound like 말 is the preferred Korean character for the logo, instead of 한. Is this still up for debate, or will the customized versions all get updated with 말 sometime in the future? – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 22:51, 15 January 2007 (UTC) Also, I've transferred m:Image:Wiktfav smurrayinchester.png to Image:Wiktsister en.png, for use with "sister project" boxes such as {{Wiktionary}}. – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 04:44, 17 January 2007 (UTC) Equations again I asked you a while ago to convert some of my crude equations into proper Wikipedia math equations. I’m planning to completely rewrite the oxidative phosphorylation article (like I did with the photosynthetic reaction centre article). I have started a “rough” copy of the information regarding the electron transport chain here. Would it be possible to change my text equations into Wikipedia math equations? If you like you can have a quick skim through what I have wrote so far to check the accuracy of what I have written. Thanks for your help. Simpsons contributor 14:45, 17 January 2007 (UTC) Thanks for that. Simpsons contributor 15:44, 17 January 2007 (UTC) Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria FAC Hi! Today I've nominated the article Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria for a featured article, believing it meets all criteria. This is the article's third nomination (see the previous ones), and because you voted or commented on one of the previous nominations, I'd like to invite you to voice your opinion about the current state of the article, be it as a vote or a comment, on the article's nomination page. Thanks! :) Todor→Bozhinov 16:47, 20 January 2007 (UTC) Orphaned fair use image (Image:130 Gyarados shiny.png) Thanks for uploading Image:130 Gyarados shiny.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it 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. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy). If you have uploaded other unlicensed 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. This is an automated message from BJBot 19:22, 3 February 2007 (UTC) List of Pokémon Remarkable! --Cat out 16:53, 5 February 2007 (UTC) Something is wrong with it though. "Evolution" field does nothing. And several diamond and pearl Pokemon lack a # (I do not own the game so I am curious why). --Cat out 16:56, 5 February 2007 (UTC) So far the game is only available in Japan, and since I've not yet seen any comprehensive online Pokédexes for the new Pokémon, I can't yet number them. As for the evolution column, I myself am not completely sure as to its purpose; someone else added it at a later date. The list probably won't be complete until the US/European release of Diamond and Pearl, when the English Name and number columns can be filled. Laïka 17:30, 5 February 2007 (UTC) I am looking at sites like http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-dp/493.shtml ... The last column is for diamond and pearl and Sinnoh no is left blank there too. I am not certain but the player probably acquires national dex before being able to acquire or see the unnumbered species... This should be clarified on the list. Much like how it is on Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald --Cat out 18:20, 5 February 2007 (UTC) Um, yeah. I already said that below. And, there is already clarification on the list. Right in the intro it says “the fourth generation combined some (for the first time not all) of the 107 new creatures from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl with a number of the old ones to form the new regional Pokédex (of Sinnoh)”. --WikidSmaht (talk) 19:03, 5 February 2007 (UTC) I generally don’t intrude in other people’s conversations on the wiki, but I feel a need to make an exception here. The brilliant idea of the sortable list was Laïka’s, but I am the one who actually merged the lists and implemented the table. I created it using the old List of Pokémon by National Pokédex number and then spent several days adding the rest of the numbers. I am also the one who added the “Evolution” column. It doesn’t do nothing! It sorts Pokémon by evolution! Honestly, I thought that was pretty fucking obvious, but clearly I was mistaken; you guys are not the only ones who have had trouble figuring it out, so don’t feel bad. What it does is insert new evolutions and pre-evolutions in the list below and above the original Pokémon, so for instance when you sort by Evolution, Pichu is before Pikachu, Crobat is after Golbat, Elekid and Elekible are respectively before and after Electabuzz, etc.. Perhaps the problem is that you don’t scroll down far enough after clicking the sort button. The first 24 Pokémon have never gotten extra evolutions or pre-evolutions, so there really is no difference from the National numbering system until you get down to the Pichu-Pikachu-Raichu line. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask them at Talk:List of Pokémon, where we are trying to solve the issue of getting people to understand the Evolution column( not on my personal talk page, please). Oh, and to answer the question about D/P Pokémon not having numbers: For the first time, several of the new Pokémon in D/P are not included in the new( Sinnoh) regional Pokédex, and obviously they wouldn’t be in the Johto ’dex or Hoenn ’dex, so those species only have a National Pokédex number. --WikidSmaht (talk) 18:10, 5 February 2007 (UTC) Here, have another one For your work in general but especially winter service vehicle! Dan100 (Talk) 17:42, 9 February 2007 (UTC) cliff at the desk reference hey there!!! the picture was in the way of a bit of info...yet dont you like the idea of cliffs picture up there???...i thought it somehow the appropriate image for the page...Benjiwolf 15:37, 10 February 2007 (UTC) Looked for this in the history On 11 February, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of world's largest wooden ships, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page. Laïka 13:05, 11 February 2007 (UTC) and archives, but I cannot see that it ran. Did it?--Filll 03:46, 12 February 2007 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Winter service vehicle The article Winter service vehicle you nominated as a good article has passed , see Talk:Winter service vehicle for eventual comments about the article. Good luck in future nominations. Fvasconcellos 16:50, 13 February 2007 (UTC) No problem... It didn't need much reviewing :) Keep up the good work. Best, Fvasconcellos 17:39, 13 February 2007 (UTC) An Automated Message from HagermanBot Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You may also click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you! HagermanBot 19:00, 13 February 2007 (UTC) Images in winter service veh. article I notice you adjusting several of the images in that articlea nd adding some new ones, which is all well and good. While I feel that it is difficult to make and article have too amny images, it is also good to have a gallery, which you have made up nicley. The only thing I wanted to point out was that the imagea of the grader and the backhoe were placed there by me since they directly referred to text in the same paragraph. Now, you have to scrool all the way down to the bottom to see the pictures, which (IMHO) is kind of annoying. Anyway, just my thoughts. KeepOnTruckin 00:25, 14 February 2007 (UTC) DYK Hello Smurrayinchester, and thanks for your work in DYK. In case the burden of notifying both talk and author talk pages is too much, Doc_Tropics (talk · contribs) previously expressed an interest in helping with the clerking so to speak. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:14, 14 February 2007 (UTC) You around Got a question about BS stuff. --evrik (talk) 23:56, 22 February 2007 (UTC) Can you drop me a line? There are some issues with the BS pages that need to be discussed and it may be sensitive in nature. --evrik (talk) 15:35, 23 February 2007 (UTC) WikiProject Awards There are three proposals which need some comments. Please weigh in: Moving the LGBT Barnstar Changes to The Editor's Barnstar New_Proposals - Neuroscience_Barnstar Two of the three are sensitive, and thuglas is taking the whole process personally. Finally, there has never been a standard for how much support is needed for the creation of a barnstar. The LGBT star went up with seven votes, and thuglas is threatening to post his star when he gets ten supportive votes. Thoughts? --evrik (talk) SFT Back to work Sunday evening. Will get a shot of it in the garage while at work. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 00:03, 24 February 2007 (UTC) DYK On 27 February, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bird control spike, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page. --Yomanganitalk 22:21, 27 February 2007 (UTC)