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Thanks

Just thought I'd drop by to thank you for the present. God bless and have a merry Christmas. The C of E. God Save The Queen! (talk) 17:33, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, too, and a side note - please make sure there's a bot-readable timestamp in the note - or the archive bots will never pick it up... T. Canens (talk) 18:10, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks C of E, the same to you :) Apologies Timotheus, you're right, I should have thought of that. Merry Christmas :) Acather96 (talk) 18:30, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the presents! I'm working on the assembly=) Sumsum2010·T·C 18:43, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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The December 2010 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive Needs Your Help!

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The December 2010 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive is almost complete. Please help, as the backlog has begun to climb back up. Already exceeding 20,000 articles! The backlog was down to 19,275, let's try to put it back down there by the end of the drive! We're going to need all the firepower we can get, so please remind your friends to help as well.Thanks for all your help thus far!

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Merry XMAS (2010)

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Armbrust is wishing you a Merry Christmas! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Yuletide, Litha, Eid, Mōdraniht, Diwali, Hogmanay, Wren's Day, Hannukkah, Kwanzaa, Lenaia, Festivus, Jonkonnu, or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone! May this find you in good health, good spirits, good company, and good finances. If any of these be missing, may God see fit to restore you in good time. Best regards! Armbrust Talk Contribs 20:03, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Merry Christmas to you too :). -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:07, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Merry Christmas to you too. Many thanks for the gift, I think at least two will be acted upon :-) NtheP (talk) 22:30, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! I'll definitely look into working on those lovely gifts. Take care! Omirocksthisworld(Drop a line) 10:49, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Merry Christmas to you, Acather. Very clever gifts :)) --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 10:52, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank you and a Merry Christmas to you too. Beloochee (talk) 4:00, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Hey, thank you. A Wonderful Christmas to you too and a Happy New Year! :-) JCAla (talk) 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Merry Christmas to you as well! :-) Wrelwser43 (talk) 04:46, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks everyone :) Acather96 (talk) 06:40, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

WikiCleaner installation

Hi, I answered on User_talk:NicoV/Wikipedia_Cleaner/Documentation. --NicoV (talk) 17:50, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

OK, I will respond ASAP. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 06:40, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the gift

What a clever idea.

Hope you had a great Christmas as well.--SPhilbrickT 13:06, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, and have a great new year :) Acather96 (talk) 06:41, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Happy new year

Happy new year.S711 (talk) 21:16, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

And the same for you :) Acather96 (talk) 06:42, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Belated Merry Xmas

Sorry, I only just noticed your message on my talk page, no idea why a new message indicator didn't flash up for it! Anyway hope you had a good Xmas and have a good New Year and don't worry, I will get round to those articles that have been given as pressies :) --5 albert square (talk) 22:56, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

I hope you had a great Christmas and best wishes for the New Year, may it be prosperous and a time of joy. —Ancient Apparition • Champagne? • 3:44pm • 04:44, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
Thank you :) Acather96 (talk) 06:42, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

inappropriate

I thought this message of yours was inappropriate and I think you should revert it. (I tried reverting it myself, but an edit filter stopped me). The poor guy is getting hassled enough already, and while you may have put a lot of effort into making the christmas card, slapping the transclusion template onto his usertalk with AWB took basically zero effort on your part and so you should not feel entitled to a claim on his attention from it. While gestures like the Christmas card can be nice in some situations, they can also come across as spam, or as attempts to turn Wikipedia into Myspace. You should certainly not try to insist on any particular reception to what was basically a bot edit. 67.122.209.190 (talk) 08:54, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

With respect, I disagree. Some of Weiterbewegung's messages to me have been quite uncivil or inappropriate, but I let it slide and responded trying to tone the situation down, to which he continued to be rude (I can provide diffs if you wish). I decided it would be nice and a good way to try and improve relations with him by including him on my list. And it definitely was not 'zero effort', it took hours of messaging, emailing, form-filling, negotiating, designing, testing, uploading, and finally delivering. Giving out Christmas cards is a normal and accepted practice on enwiki, and is not spammy or myspacey. Above this thread you can see an abundance of thanks, none complaining. I'm not demanding he re-instate it, I'm just asking for some kind of explanation. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 09:02, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
I don't think he owes you an explanation, and your asking for one is just more hassle for him. It's quite common for new Wikipedia editors to bring (sometimes uncivil) interaction styles with them from other parts of the internet, until they get used to the way we do things here. So WP:BITE would seem to say that when a newbie is uncivil, you should at most just explain to them that we try to maintain a friendlier style here, while being civil yourself. I've had fairly good luck with that approach (example), though it requires putting yourself in the right frame of mind, which isn't always easy.

As for your christmas card, the effort of creating it is completely separate from the effort of delivering it (an AWB template splat), and you should (by definition) not expect a new editor to be cognizant of "normal and accepted practice on enwiki". Also, he didn't complain, he just removed it, just like I throw away the physical cards I get from various companies I do business with. I don't mind getting them--they're nice cards--but I know that they're printed in quantity and spewed to a mailing list and are not really personalized gestures, so they don't exactly set my heart a-flutter (and the sender knows better than to expect them to). Of course if you had made up a special card just for him and it was clear you had done so, you'd probably have gotten a more appreciative response. 67.122.209.190 (talk) 09:42, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Fair enough, you've convinced me :) I'll revert the message now. With regards to your advice on civility, I do think that is what I done, see his comment, my civil, restrained response and his reply.The last diff seems to show his reluctance to accept help, and the arrogance that he sometimes portrays as evident in the diffs provided at ANI. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 09:47, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
Your new message is much better, thanks! We have probably lost Weiterbewegung, and it looks like he was already pretty fed up when he wrote those messages, so we won't ever know whether things might have gone differently. Wikipedia interaction is like a dialect that takes a while to learn, so you shouldn't expect anyone to change their style too quickly. It's certainly true that some never change it at all, but one can always hope. 67.122.209.190 (talk) 09:59, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Your christmas cards

Hi. As your signature in your christmas card is on the template, no archiver bot will be able to archive them. Please substitute your transclusions (or re-sign outside the transclusions) so that archiver bots can archive them. Thanks in advance. HeyMid (contribs) 15:01, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

OK, I'll try and do it using AWB some time, though to be honest, I'm not sure if its worth it, it doesn't take much effort to drop it into an archive manually. But then again, it is annoying, I suppose. Acather96 (talk) 07:39, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks for the Christmas card and presents

Hi Acather96. Thanks for the Christmas card and presents. That was a nice surprise. I'm just getting back to Wikipedia after being on a wikibreak, so sorry for the late reply. Happy holidays and Happy New Years. -      Hydroxonium (talk) 16:07, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

X-mas

Thank you so much for your X-mas wishes and for New Year's as well. I hadn't logged in till today and thanks so much.Carmaker1 (talk) 08:22, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Christmas Card

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Again Safe Holidays and Merry Christmas. -- DQ (t) Merry Chrismasand a Happy New Year! 20:11, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Cillit Bang EP

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Recent FURing

Hey. While I'm certainly one who considers adding FURs an important job, adding copy-paste FURs to a large number of files is somewhat counter-productive. None of the FURs for the images in Johann Mouse explain why the screenshots are needed, and they're full of vague language. As for the FUR you added for File:John & Yoko.jpg; it is used in an article about a protest, not an article about the film in question. J Milburn (talk) 12:31, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi J Milburn. First of all sorry for the late response.You're right that some of the FUR's I've added are a bit vague, (or in the case of the last example), blatantly incorrect. I've recently been mass-adding logo furs after Courcelles mass-nominated hundreds of them for deletion, while most of them are easy to write using FurMe, it seems I got a bit careless with some of the images you nommed. I apologise, I will try and fix them. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 12:19, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

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Churchill Machine Tool Company

Thanks for tidying up weblinks etc in the above entry. I deliberately did not include the company logo or details of its website because there is some confusion surrounding the relationship of the present day company to that which is the subject of the article. It could even be that the full name of the present day company is something like "The Churchill Machine Tool Company (2011) Ltd". I noted this issue on the article Talk page, along with an anecdotal explanation of sorts.

You are clearly more experienced than me with WP but I am a little concerned that the present day company might find something legally and/or commercially challenging about the article as it stands. I would much prefer to somehow get a note of the anecdotal points into the main body of the article (even as a link to my point on the Talk page) but cannot be sure whether this is possible or even sensible. What are your thoughts? Best wishes, Sitush (talk) 19:33, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi Sitush. While we can't directly link to threads on talk pages, I think the info could possibly included in the article, on two conditions:
  • That it can satisfy WP:V - we can back up what we say with reliable sources.
  • It does not constitute original research - we should be careful if unsure, that we don't try to draw our own conclusions.

If you find out the logo or web link could cause problems, tag the image with {{Di-orphaned fair use}} and remove both from the article. Thanks :) Acather96 (talk) 17:33, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks for the advice. Now it is time for me to read up the policies you refer to! Much appreciated. Sitush (talk) 01:15, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

I never thanked you for the Christmas card, so thanks for brightening my holiday. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 17:56, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

MACH S.a.r.L

Hello - thank you for your comments about my MACH S.a.r.L article submission.

I did try to keep the content as commercially and technically neutral as possible, but maybe can you suggest what I need to do to get this subject approved editorially?

MACH is a significant organisation in the world of telecommunications clearing house technology, so I hope it would be of sufficient interest for the Wikipedia readership to be worth having an article. www.mach.com

Thanks, Ben Bannister BenBannister 14:55, 7 January 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by BenBannister (talk • contribs)

Hi Ben. The article was originally declined because it was a copyright violation. If you are going to submit another one, please be sure to write in your own words. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 07:46, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Help with tagging a film promotional still

A film promotional still I'd uploaded-- File:How people got fire tish.jpg -- has been deleted because it wasn't tagged correctly. It was pretty easy to find, at http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/images-gallery.php?id=57017. However since I am relatively new at this, I do not know how to determine what information and tag is needed, or if I can re-instate the image.

It would be good if people explained things. Can you help? Trilliumz (talk) 00:23, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi Trilliumz, I am busy today but will explain tomorrow. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 19:18, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, first you need to make a request at Requests for undeletion. Then when the image is restored, you need to add a non-free use rationale, or if you like, leave me a message and I will write one for you. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 19:39, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
Great, thanks for the link. Trilliumz (talk) 01:27, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
I've restored it (through WP:REFUND, by coincidence I was also the deleting admin) to give you guys 24 hours to come up with a rationale. Please remove the deletion tag when you're done. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 03:55, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the assistance! Figured there must be a screenshot template, but didn't find it. Trilliumz (talk) 14:55, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
FYI, the image wasn't actually deleted because it had an incorrect copyright tag, it did not explain how it qualified under fair use and met WP:NFCC. In short, it lacked a fair use rationale. I've added one now though, and as long as HJ can't see anything wrong with it, then it should be fine. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 15:09, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

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Andrew Mensaros

Thank you for your kind additions to the entry on Andrew Mensaros. You seem to be aware of where he was educated. Debrett's Handbook of Australia says University of Budapest Vienna but this doesn't seem to be correct. I had a teacher once (now deceased, he's mentioned in WP) who claimed to have a PhD from the University of Budapest. He did an MA at the University of Melbourne which was conferred in 1954, and wrote a book on immigration to Australia. He went to Canada and died there about ten years ago and it was claimed on a web site that he left Hungary in 1956, which clearly isn't correct. I suspect Hungarians say University of Budapest because it is easy to read in English rather than the lengthy name in Hungarian.

Thanks once again. I think Mensaros is an important person in WA and I hope more will be added to his entry.

Pestbuda (talk) 09:33, 16 January 2011 (UTC) 16 January 2011

Hi Pestbuda. If I'm honest, I have no knowledge of the subject, I was on new page patrol and decided to help categorize the article. While your probably right regarding the name of the university, the alumni category at this moment in time is under the rather lengthy name, and while the article can use the English term, I can't change the category. If you think you have a good case for renaming, you can submit a listing at WP:CFD (here's how to do it). If you get stuck, leave me a message and I'll get back to you ASAP. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 18:31, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Acather. I'd prefer to use the Hungarian term. I don't want to change it. I spoke to one of my Hungarian friends today about this but he didn't seem to know, as he left Hungary in 1956. I think the Hungarian name is better (even with spelling problems)than the term that seems to be used in English. A lot of Australians like to say they went to university in Sydney or Melbourne without saying which one, and outside of Australia no one would know. Hungarians who did undergraduate study in Budapest may be in the same category. I do not know, and don't wish to denigrate anyone. I think the subject is best left alone, at least by me. Pestbuda (talk) 09:22, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

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Uploading a screenshot from Who Framed Roger Rabbit to the Elmer Fudd article

Hi. I got your message and Bkell's other message about the screenshot I was trying to add to the Elmer Fudd article. Specifically what was wrong with it? The fact I got it from a Youtube.com video clip from the movie, the fact I drew a circle on it, or the fact it wasn't a better quality resolution? Why is it illegal to show screenshots of movie clips from Youtube.com? I'd like to upload another screenshot from the movie and add it to the Elmer Fudd article- how should I do that? I don't have a DVD of the movie and I don't know to make screenshots from DVDs or VHS tapes. Other people have screenshots of cartoons they added to the article. I also keep trying to provide links to sources to verify his appearance in the movie-why does that keep being edited? Can you please help me out? Thank you. Mavericker (talk) 01:57, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

I have replied at length to essentially the same question asked at my talk page: User talk:Bkell#Uploading a screenshot from Who Framed Roger Rabbit to the Elmer Fudd article. —Bkell (talk) 03:39, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

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Hi Denniss, it appears you have made a mistake. A valid source is clearly visible, another editor has already reverted the deletion tag. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 13:58, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Steenberg Vineyards

Thanks for the multi-CSD tagging. I was too lazy :-( Simon-in-sagamihara (talk) 13:57, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

That's alright, happy to help :) Acather96 (talk) 16:33, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

File:Non-self-governing territories administring powers.png

Hello, I don't know if you are an administrator, but I see that you tagged File:Non-self-governing territories administring powers.png for copy to Commons. It was pointed out at my talk page that the filename should be changed, and I agree with that. I can't change it myself, so if you can, please do it - or forward this to someone who can. Alinor (talk) 16:02, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi Alinor. While I myself can't directly change the name, I can - like any other editor - make a request. Just place the {{Rename media}} template on the file page, and an admin will rename it soon. Hope it helps :) Acather96 (talk) 16:35, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you! Alinor (talk) 16:41, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks, much appreciated :) Acather96 (talk) 19:24, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Bedfordshire

Hey Acather96 :) I've decided to wander back on to Wikipedia after a long while away, and wondered if I could be of any assistance with the WikiProject Bedfordshire that you were trying to get going again? Leave me a talk message if I can be of any help :) Joe O'Dell (Vie ascenseur) - :) (talk) 07:52, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Hey Joe - glad you came back :) WikiProject Bedfordshire is getting better, we can now prioritize articles, and I have created an assessment page, a welcoming page, and a new member guide as well. I've also created some boilerplate templates to speed recrutiing up, and we have a new version of the WikiProject Bedfordshire Barnstar. Please have a look at the pages, and make any changes/suggestions you feel are necessary. I think the project's main problem is simply a lack of editors - I'm planning to try and see if the Signpost would like to run an interview, and maybe post a message on the Community Portal, or on our sister/parent projects? FYI, I rated the article you submitted for assessment as Start-Class. It has quite a few issues, so I suggest (and hope) you put it up for review :) Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 19:36, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

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I know the template is redundant, but I just wanted to let you know that your efforts there are still noticed and appreciated. We have recently had some good SCV contributors reduce their time on the project, and it helps keep me plugging away at WP:CP when I see the dedication of others at the work. So, thanks. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:55, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks :), much appreicated. I'm going to try and finally reign in SCV's week-long backlog thats been going on since Christmas, and also have a look at the equally neglected Category:Articles with improper non-free content. Thanks :) Acather96 (talk) 20:59, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank You!

Thank You for my presents! Have a great one! Fumitol|talk|cont 18:03, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the thanks, you too :) Acather96 (talk) 21:12, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Refer back to the talk page, also substantial evidence of non infringement has already been sent to the proper department. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Daniel_Ra — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abablitz (talk • contribs) 09:19, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

OK, that all looks good. Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia :) Acather96 (talk) 21:12, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Sigrid Rausing Trust

OK, you deal with it as and how you choose, life is short. Opbeith (talk) 09:51, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind words of support. When I'm trawling through copy-vios, its really encouraging when I take the time to leave a nice, detailed, friendly message - not just using a generic template like I easily could have - and get such a positive response. </sarcasm> Acather96 (talk) 21:16, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the Christmas card!

Hello! Thanks for the Christmas card, may I ask you something. Can you write me an article? Farizluqman (talk) 11:54, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi and thanks for the thanks :). What do you want me to write about, I'll give it a go! Acather96 (talk) 21:19, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

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Compliant fair use rationale for KAZQ - thank you!

It has been awhile since I had been on Wikipedia, so I did not see the notice that the logo for KAZQ was up for deletion until tonight. I see that you have updated the fair use rationale to comply with current standards. (The FUR I had supplied way back when was standard-compliant at the time.) Thank you! dhett (talk • contribs) 02:18, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Thats alright, thanks for the thanks :) Acather96 (talk) 21:12, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Glenview Creek images

Hi, the images I posted are all mine. I took them with my own camera.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Burke, Tom (talk • contribs) 17:36, 1 February 2011

Hi Tom and thanks for contributing to Wikipedia :). You need to pick a licensce to release the images under, and then indicate that using a copyright tag. The GFDL, Creative Commons or simply the Public Domain might be good choices - see Wikipedia:File copyright tags for more info. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 17:40, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

How does it look now? I inserted the

copyright tag on the three images I uploaded.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Burke, Tom (talk • contribs) 18:02, 1 February 2011

Yep, thats all good :) Acather96 (talk) 21:12, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi Acather96.

I read your most recent comments about copyright images. I have the written permission of Joe Piersen to use the three images (two photos and a map) scanned from his book. They were scanned so that future copies would be of little value to others.

I did not see a copyright section that includes where we have permission of the author to reuse the work.

Tom — Preceding unsigned comment added by Burke, Tom (talk • contribs) 14:37, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi Tom. The problem is, even though Joe wrote the book, he did not take the photographs or make the map, so does not own the copyright. Therefore, his permission is somewhat meaningless. :( Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 16:08, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Where is this message for me?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ANasa-verve&action=historysubmit&diff=411806542&oldid=411480163 Nasa-verve (talk) 22:02, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi Nasa-verve. Sorry about that, I messed up the talkback message :o - the message was actually at Talk:Explorer 14#Copyright problem. My fault :) Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 19:06, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Orienta (album)

Please clarify why you have removed text from this article. The material you removed consists of the following:

  • Two brief quotes from the Space Age Pop web site totaling approximately 30 words as follows: While the album includes "hi-fi effects such as sirens and dropped ball bearings and a range of exotic percussion" to create humorous vignettes. ... However, one later account noted that "Fried really intended the album to be something of a satire on the then-current craze for musical harem-haunting." These brief quotes include quotation marks and citations to the Space Age Pop web site. Is it your contention that a 30-word excerpt from the publication exceeds the limits of fair use??????
  • Three quotes taken from the album's liner notes, each of which is in quotations and directly cited to the liner notes. You state that the quotes are from a web site called 317x.com, but that is incorrect. The quotes are actually from the album's liner notes, i.e., a written set of notes issued by the music label to accompany the album. It appears that the only "infringement" may be by the 317x.com web site which has quoted the FULL text of the liner notes without citation. In preparing an article about a historically significant work of music, it is my understanding that selective quotations from the liner notes is consistent with fair use rights. Such material is also of critical importance in conveying the artist's purpose/intentions with respect to the work. Do you contend that none of the excised material from the liner notes is proper???? Is there a word count (or percentage of word count) limit that you have used in making your edit?

Please let me know your thinking on this so that appropriately cited and quoted material may be restored to the article.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Cbl62 (talk • contribs) 04:11, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi Cbl62, and first of sorry for the late response. Wikipedia's non-free content criteria permits use of non-free copyrighted material when it is well cited (which in fairness, your addition was), is used sparingly and adds significantly to the reader's understanding of the subject of the article. A whole paragraph from the album's liner notes is - I believe - to be excessive, especially when the text in use is somewhat promotional and vague. Again, with the second paragraph, it doesn't really add much to the article, and the quote could either be shortened to one sentence or expressed originally - the same with the first quote. I'm open to discussion, and if you feel that we can't reach an adequate conclusion here, it might be worth taking it to a higher forum. Thanks :), Acather96 (talk) 19:29, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Harbison State Forest

Hi Acather. Thanks for your work on this article. You correctly recognized the encyclopedic potential of the topic, and you did clean up instead of simple pasting {{db-g12}}. Thanks for that. Have a good day. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 20:06, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Thats alright, thanks for the thanks. :) Acather96 (talk) 19:30, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 7 February 2011

may i know which of the article has been removed?????? Karthikndr (talk) 05:05, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Yep. I've had South Indian Education Society deleted, as it was an unambiguous copyright infringement of http://south-indian-education-society.co.tv/ and http://www.siesce.net/, and removed content from SIES College of Arts, Science, and Commerce that was from http://south-indian-education-society.co.tv/ (removal here) and lastly, removed content from SIES College of Commerce and Economics that was from http://south-indian-education-society.co.tv/ and http://www.siesce.net/ (removal here). Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 16:36, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

SIES

yup fine no problem will help for the betterment of the written article Karthikndr (talk) 05:51, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Hedgemon Lewis

Hi, on the Hedgemon Lewis article, which part of the text does the potential copyright violation refer to?86.164.82.90 (talk) 00:21, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi, it's alright, I've removed the tag. On second thoughts I was probably wrong. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 09:00, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 14 February 2011

Thanks for the Christmas card!

Hello! Thanks for the Christmas card, may I ask you something. Can you write me an article? Farizluqman (talk) 11:54, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi and thanks for the thanks :). What do you want me to write about, I'll give it a go! Acather96 (talk) 21:19, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

I want you to make an article about a Linux operating system. can you? theehee http://simplelinux.my can you help me... sorry fold a veryyyyyyyyyyyy old response Farizluqman (talk) 17:29, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi Farizluqman. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if the OS meets Wikipedia's inclusion criteria, meaning that I couldn't find any reliable sources which could make the software notable. Sorry, and if you can find any sources, let me know. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 19:36, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Re:Copyright problems and Translating pages

Ah, I didnt known that. I dont think it is a big problem though. There are only a few I translated word for word. Most of the other times I just use the other wikipedia article as a source, rather than really translating the whole article. I will add the template to the two articles I know I translated though. Cheers Ruigeroeland (talk) 07:50, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Good to know, thanks :) Acather96 (talk) 15:24, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Bacon Challenge 2011 coming to a close

Dear ever-so-valiant Bacon Challenge 2011 participant:

Almost a year ago, the Bacon Challenge 2011 kicked off for the third year in a row with the annual mission of expanding and bettering Wikipedia's coverage of bacon. We are almost at the end of this year's Bacon Challenge, which ends on March 1st. I am pleased to say that, during this time period, Bacon Challenge participants have done a great job. Ten new pages have been created. Two articles have been granted the status of being good articles. Over one hundred reliable sources have been placed into articles, and over 7,500 words have been added. Six articles have been featured on Wikipedia's main page under the "Did you know..." section. These are all excellent results.

The Bacon WikiCup has also been exciting to watch. Contributors have been racking up more and more points as the deadline approaches. As I post this message, Devon Worm That Turned is in the lead, with Belgium Cirt in second, and United Kingdom Acather96 in third. Belgium Cirt currently has created the most new pages, while Devon Worm That Turned has done the most work in expanding articles and achieving DYKs. United Kingdom Acather96 has done the most work with image uploads. Remember, while the Bacon Challenge is ending in just a few days, it's not too late to make any last-minute contributions to get a few more Bacon WikiCup points. Everyone who contributes at least something will earn a virtual commemorative medal, so if you haven't contributed anything bacon-related to Wikipedia, now's your chance. Contributions can be submitted up until the end of March 7th, but only for contributions that were done before the beginning of March. The extra week is provided for participants to report any last-minute contributions, and to allow for any contributions that require a timely process (such as a good article or DYK nomination) to go through. At the end of the event, scores for the Bacon WikiCup will be completed and re-checked, and prizes will be distributed. Thanks and good luck! ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 04:11, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you from removing vandalism from my user page! Zakhalesh (talk) 15:35, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

That's alright, thanks for the thanks. Acather96 (talk) 17:19, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

February 2011

Yes, that was a mistake. I'm tired of reverting vandalism on earthquakes pages, and as that article did not have any source I though it was fake. Anyway, that is not notable and doesn't need to have an article, in my opinion.--Andres arg (talk) 21:51, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi Andres arg. In future, if you see a problem with an article - for example, if it is unreferenced -, you can add a cleanup tag to the page instead. You can find a list here. And if you really are convinced the article shouldn't belong here, you may wish to either add a proposed deletion tag, or list it at Article's for Deletion. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 17:25, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Hobson Lake Wells Gray.jpg photo

Permission from BC Parks to use this photo actually dates back to the mid-1990s so it predates Wikipedia. I have published the photo in my books and used it numerous times in public slide shows. I can ask BC Parks for permission specifically for Wikipedia. I don't understand what "self-cc-by" means (since I'm a new contributor). After I get this permission (probably by email from the Wells Gray Park superintendent), what do I do with it? Thanks for your help. Roland Neave (talk) 04:16, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi Roland Neave. Photos on Wikipedia must be licensed under a free license - e.g they can be freely re-used and modified by anybody in the world. And while I'm not doubting you have permission, that permission only extends to Wikipedia - and henceforth the file isn't 'free'. The 'self cc-by' is shorthand for a file that was released under the Creative Commons Attribution License, and created by the uploader - and thats the tag on your image. But as you've said, you haven't created the image yourself, and you would need to get permission from BC Parks to release the file under the Creative Commons Attribution License (see here). That license is irrevocable, and does mean that the image can be used an modified by anyone in the world, without royalties - under the condition that the creator was sufficently attributed. Thanks, and if you've got any questions, just ask :) Acather96 (talk) 17:44, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 21 February 2011

Question

Why do you keep deleting that paragraph in Joey Jordisons Wiki page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by XentiksF (talk • contribs) 12:31, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Please read the message on your talk page, that should explain things. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 12:36, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Question

I'm wondering if you possible could help me. I left Wiki in 2007 (personal) and I have an account that I would like to keep, however, I no longer have the e-mail my Wiki account is linked to, nor do I remember my pw. I really don't want to loose my account as I have articles that I have created. I'm on Aol and it is proxy so, I stand a chance of being blocked at any given minute. I've seen this IP's talk page, not good lol. Any ideas? 63.3.3.129 (talk) 13:06, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Do you remember editing any page in particular? --Addihockey10 e-mail 13:59, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
Furthermore, do you remember the name of your account? I've got an idea that might work, but I would need the account name. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 14:24, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
OK. What you can do is, first of all create a new account. It doesn't really matter what you call it, as you will only have to make one or two edits with it (hopefully!). Then, head over to Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations, and file a request, asking to usurp Planetary Chaos. You'll have to explain the situation in detail, and you might have to find some way to prove that you are the same person. Hopefully, your request will be approved, and your new account can be renamed to 'Planetary Chaos'. You will then be 'in control' of your new account. Hope that helps, and if you need a hand, leave a message on my talk page :). Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 15:12, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks! I will try that. 63.3.3.1 (talk) 09:10, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

The February 2011 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive Needs Your Help!

Please help!

The February 2011 Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive is almost complete. Please help, as the backlog is still very large. Still exceeding 20,000 articles! The goal is 18,000 or less. Lets see if we can do it! We're going to need all the firepower we can get, so please remind your friends to help as well.Thank you for all your help thus far!

Regards,

Guoguo12 (talk · contribs), Mono (talk · contribs), Nolelover (talk · contribs), Sumsum2010 (talk · contribs), and WikiCopter (talk · contribs).

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