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uhh

how does redirecting my userpage to andy warhols page constitute as vandalism? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Laggedbehind (talk • contribs)

Vandlism or not, it is inappropriate. Please edit Wikipedia responsibly; the internet has no shortage of other places for being silly. -- Infrogmation

63.215.29.11

you recently blocked my computer's IP adress. the notice that it was blocked came with the comments: "long time vandal", "insults" and "death threats" (?????). i have no idea what those comments are talking about- i've checked every last one of the editions made on that adress and could not find anything meriting vandalism, insults or, death threats. i also noticed that the adress had no talk page warning that vandalism was happening. is it possible that a mistake was made? if so get back to me and please unblock the adress. thankyou- Ryan shell 01:08, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

As far as I can see, you are mistaken. 63.215.29.11 (talk · contribs) clearly has a talk page, and the reason for block seems quite clear from the edit history. The block is set for anon only; you seem to be able to edit ok while logged in? Can you give info about what institution or company is tied to this ip#? -- Infrogmation 03:28, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

nola central city

I noticed you had some pictures of the projects. I'm kind of curious as to what your experience is in taking pictures in certain areas of the city as far as crime around where you're taking photographs. I've been pretty interested lately in taking some photographs of the magnolia and calliope projects, but don't want to get caught in the middle of something, and have it end up a not so pleasant experience. I've been a mid city dweller for most of my life so far, and not to say we haven't had our fair share of crime, but I know at least before the hurricane I wouldn't have attempted to take photographs in certain uptown and central city neighborhoods. - mike / vexxev

I didn't put myself into places I felt were dangerous, but I guess it's a personal thing. In the months after the storm I felt safe in some areas I probably would have avoided before, and some I might avoid now. However I used to sometimes go to second lines that passed through or by the Magnolia, and even played in one there-- while I wouldn't waunder around there alone after dark, I never got the feeling that it was inherently dangerous going anywhere near there any time. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 14:20, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Millie

I have come to you directly, rather than clog up the article's talk page any further. What a difference The Pond makes! I had not realised that Millie was billed with her surname attached in the States. She is simply "Millie" to us Brits. In fact, the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles - 19th Edition - ISBN 1-904994-10-5, has her billed just as Millie (although her surname is mentioned in the text). Bearing the differences in mind (much more than this one, of course) I rather retract my earlier, somewhat intransient, stance. Perhaps it is wise to see what others have to say on the matter. Of course, her star has long since faded, so we may have to wait a while. Best wishes from Blighty,

Derek R Bullamore 19:01, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:0511.jpg

(Discussion consolodated at User talk:Madmedea)

Louisana Five

Sorry I didn't include that peice you mentioned. All of my info is based of of the sources I provided. As you can see, that part isn't mentioned. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cheif Captain (talk • contribs) 01:13, 15 May 2007 (UTC).

Hello. We would like to publish this image of "New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina: Scene in the formerly badly flooded Lakeview neighborhood. Workers repairing roof" in a Sociology textbook. Would you please contact me at jillenge@yahoo.com for details? I would like to obtain your permission to publish this photo. Thank you. -Jill

Ted Lewis and Little Brother Montgomery

Hello there. Recently you edited Ted Lewis (musician) and Little Brother Montgomery. On the Ted Lewis article you replaced solo_singer with clarinetist in the background field, and on Montgomery's infobox you replaced solo_singer with solo_musician, neither of which produce a color for identification. I am curious to know if I am ignorant of certain practices, as Template:Infobox musical artist instructs users of the musical artist infobox to use one of the following background:

• solo_singer All vocal solo artists (includes lead and background singers, singer-songwriters and singer-instrumentalists)
• non_vocal_instrumentalist All non-vocal instrumentalists
• non_performing_personnel All non-classical composers, producers, songwriters, arrangers, DJs, engineers, and other *non-performing personnel
• group_or_band All groups, bands, crews, or other non-classical music ensembles
• cover_band Cover and tribute bands (same as Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums' color for covers/tribute albums)
• classical_ensemble All orchestras and other classical music ensembles

temporary

What is the purpose of the color schemes, if we do not actually use them as guidelines? Ted Lewis is a singer-instrumentalist, so he should get solo_singer placed in the background field. The same can be said for Little Brother Montgomery. Please let me know what relevant article to read for further instruction on musician infoboxes if I have somehow misinterpreted the guidelines. (Mind meal 14:20, 25 May 2007 (UTC))

Ack. "Background = solo singer" seems inappropriate to put in articles about musicians who did not have a background as a solo singer. If its all about the background of a template color, perhaps more neutral language would be useful. -- Infrogmation 22:06, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi there. Thanks for cleaning up after me so often. Solo_singer is only an indicator for what color the infobox should be, and has nothing to with how involved in singing they actually were. They can be more dominant on another instrument, but if they are a vocalist also then they are marked solo_singer in the background field. The same can be said for non_vocal_instrumentalist in the background field. The background field is there ONLY to designate correct color schemes. I will shortly place these back in their original form on the said articles, unless you have some reason to dispute it. (Mind meal 23:26, 25 May 2007 (UTC))

Bertrand Russell GA/R

I have nominated Bertrand Russell for WP:GA/R due to inadequate referencing. I hope the article gets the attention it deserves during this process to retain its quality rating. Please see discussions at Wikipedia:Good_article_review#Bertrand_Russell. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 16:46, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Dr. Michael White

Disregard. I was confused. (Mind meal 03:05, 29 May 2007 (UTC))

Thanks for the welcome

It is very kind of you to do that for me. (Gjasoccer 01:59, 31 May 2007 (UTC))

Archimedes Plutonium

Rather than simply reverse another adminsitrator's actions, (something which is the beginning of a wheel war), perhaps you might consider talking to the administrator first. Have you considered this? KillerChihuahua^?!? 18:49, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Certainly I consider various actions and what order to take them in. If I think something has been done incorrectly I may try to correct it with a note of explanation to the other party (admin or not). The Archimedes Plutonium article was something of a mess, but it seems to me that the unilateral decision to delete it (IMO out of proper process) made things even more of a mess. I don't see why after the article has existed for several years, on 1 June 2007 it suddenly became imperative to speedy delete it immediately without going through AfD. Process is imperfect, but it exists for good reasons. The attempts to do end runs around process have resulted in the situation being more, not less, difficult. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 16:37, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Kermit Ruffins

Hey infro, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind adding references within references at the end of any text you have gathered. I'm not contesting the accuracy, I only want to have everything referenced. Otherwise it looks as if the material you just added will be found at the reference I provided at the end of that paragraphy. (Mind meal 05:30, 2 June 2007 (UTC))

Narvin Kimball

Response at User_talk:Jeepday#Narvin_Kimball Jeepday (talk) 16:45, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. -- Infrogmation 23:21, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Tipitina's article

Thanks for the additional writing on the Tipitina's article I just started. I needed that! Great. --Sumori 15:06, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Providence, Rhode Island

Editor, I've noticed your contributions to the Providence, Rhode Island article. I've just nominated it for Featured Article status. FA page is here. Your feedback and assistance would be greatly appreciated.--Loodog 04:31, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

How can I delete my Wikipedia account?

Since you're an admin I thought you would know. I don't have much time for Wikipedia and I also am not an expert on anything. Besides deleting my userpage and talk page, I also created User:Dafoeberezin3494/Sandbox which I wouldn't mind being deleted anyway. Probably even List of composers by nationality since I started it, it has the capacity to get extremely large and people on the talk page are already sick of it. Thank you for your time. Dafoeberezin3494 20:47, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

I replied on your talk page, User talk:Dafoeberezin3494. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 00:32, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Image:Four-courts-statue.jpg

Reply left at my talk page -SCEhardT 15:19, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

User:216.204.29.194 - Repeated vandalism

I notice from this users talk page that they were blocked from editing for a month. Please can you look into extending this block, as this user has again vandalised the Train page. Canterberry 17:34, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. Nothing but vandalism from that ip#; reblocked. -- Infrogmation 23:34, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. There is enough to do around here without being distracted by vandals. Canterberry 00:08, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

New Orleans musicians

I hope all is good with you. Listen, I have been wondering for a while about why there is no category devoted to [[Category:New Orleans jazz musicians]] and it really has puzzled me. I was wondering what you think of this, and if you would be willing to help me formulate a way to propose the idea on the jazz project page? It seems almost blasphemous that there is no such category, considering. The category would no doubt become very large over time. Anyway, let me know what you think and if you can help me out. Thanks. (Mind meal 22:27, 12 June 2007 (UTC))

Nevermind! I just found [[Category:New Orleans Jazz players]], which seems almost unknown. Perhaps I will add this task to the jazz project page and ask if people would add the category anytime they encounter an article on a New Orleans jazz musician. (Mind meal 22:33, 12 June 2007 (UTC))

I am sorry to fill your talk page up in such a short time, but [[Category:New Orleans Jazz players]] is for a defunct basketball team. I do see we have a [[Category:Musicians of New Orleans]] category, which is better than nothing. I still would like to see a New Orleans jazz musicians category in light of all this, though. Musicians of New Orleans has musicians of all types within it. So I guess my first post applies afterall! (Mind meal 22:56, 12 June 2007 (UTC))

Heh, I guess the capitalization of "Jazz" in that basketball category makes all the difference! The reason it doesn't exist is no one created it yet. Feel free to create a "Category:New Orleans jazz musicians", and make it a sub category of "American jazz musicians" and "Musicians of New Orleans". Let me know if I can be of assistance. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 23:25, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. I have created it under [[Category:Jazz musicians of New Orleans]]. (Mind meal 23:53, 12 June 2007 (UTC))

Hi again info. I was wondering if you would be willing to add your opinion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 June 15 about someone initiating a proposed merger of Category:Jazz musicians of New Orleans with American jazz musicians and Musicians of New Orleans. This is exactly what I did not want to happen. The person states New Orleans is "sometimes" considered the birthplace of jazz. No, New Orleans is THE birthplace of jazz. Anyway, if you have a moment your opinion would be much appreciated there. Thanks! (Mind meal 02:56, 15 June 2007 (UTC))

No actually your advice was very helpful, and I find the ongoing discussion to be a positive thing. I believe as the discussion unfolds the more support such a category will garner. It seems like a no brainer to me, but leave it to a Brit German (BNutzer) to not comprehend the integral connection between New Orleans and jazz! That of course is me just poking a little fun at him, but it is curious no less. (Mind meal 07:32, 15 June 2007 (UTC))

@Mind Meal: Please note that I am German. Best regards, BNutzer 07:37, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

PD-US

Howdy - Did you see my reply at User_talk:SCEhardt#Image:Four-courts-statue.jpg? I'd like your opinion regarding my interpretation of policy and the possible rewording of {{PD-US}}. Thanks! -SCEhardT 02:01, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Tuxedo's etc

Hi, see my talk page for reply. BTW, I reverted the page in dispute to its revision prior to my input. Its a dispute I'd like to stay out of. Yet, I would still be interested in your reply on my talk page. - Steve3849 ^talk 04:18, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. - Steve3849 ^talk 12:57, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi!

Thanks for welcoming me! yeah i have just arrived here and already loving! regards!Tetraktys-English 04:27, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

User:SFTVLGUY2

Hello. I noticed your message on this user's talk page about blocking him. He is on a wikibreak and has not made any edits for about two weeks. Wouldn't it be better to wait until he comes back? Perhaps he has an explanation. I would assume good faith. It may be that he has some personal photos of CNR that are from the same time period and that he mixed up the images that he had saved to his computer from various sources. I have had many disagreements with this editor in the past, but I never felt that he acted maliciously or that he would purposely violate copyright law. Best regards, -- Ssilvers 14:16, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your feedback. I've made quite a bit of allowance for assumptions of good faith regarding the editor's image tagging and edits over the past few years. I think Wikipedia was very lucky that the apparent actual photographer has been remarkably nice about the whole thing, otherwise it could have caused serious problems. Should the user have something to say about the matter (he was already asked by the apparent actual photographer, and erased the query without response) I'm willing to listen. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 02:57, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

OK, thanks for the response. BTW, if you like musicals, check out the WP:MUSICALS project. It's a small project and has recently come back to life after an 8 or 9 month hiatus. Best regards, -- Ssilvers 04:35, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

New categories for jazz musicians

Hello fellow member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Jazz! I am delivering this message to all members of the project to inform them of a major addition to the evolution of this project. Please see Category:Jazz musicians by genre to familiarize yourselves with the new categories for jazz musicians. Most of the genre categories contain sub-genres in their drop-down menus, so be sure to open them up! I am sending this to everyone to speed up the population of these categories. The sub-genres have been carefully researched to ensure they belong under their corresponding "mother genre"! And please, when in doubt do not categorize something via an assumption. Well, that about covers it! Any help in this regard will be greatly appreciated.(Mind meal 05:20, 25 June 2007 (UTC))

Unblock Request 198.179.147.18

Just to give youy a heads up. You blocked this IP for a month - their appears to be a lot of collateral damage - maybe 100,000 people on that IP. They also do not seem to have been blocked in accordance with the blocking policy. There was no edit after the last warning and your block was 6 hours after the last edit. I'm going to unblock but won't object if you decide to restore the block. Cheers Spartaz ^Humbug! 21:29, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

St. Louis Blues

I was reverting your edits, so I wouldn't be talking if I were you. Secondly, a discussion had already been initiated. Sorry if I'm coming off a little hot-headed, I don't mean to make it seem that way. Bsroiaadn^Talk 02:52, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, forgot to tell you where the discussion was. It was started at Talk:St. Louis Blues (hockey)#Requested move, don't ask me why it's there instead of St. Louis Blues talk page, but whatever. Bsroiaadn^Talk 02:59, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Scott Joplin

Hey again, hope all is well. I noticed this past November you made some comments at Talk:Scott_Joplin#Jazz, and I gave that a response you may be intrigued by. (Mind meal 08:32, 27 June 2007 (UTC))

Image:Four-courts-statue.jpg

Re the above, there is no known source for the image. When the Four Courts was destroyed, the photographic articles in it were also destroyed. Those pieces that did survive were minus any source details as to who took them. (Presumably the documents and the photographs were separated by the explosion.) All that is known is that it is a surviving image, of unknown origin, of the interior. However given its age there are no copyright issues, as the image predates 1922, and is thought likely to date from the first couple of years of the twentieth century. The source who supplied me the image said that he had sought unsuccessfully for dates and photographer details for the images he had salvaged. Their ownership appears to be a case of legal limbo because of the destruction of all details concerning ownership and origins. But in any case, their age means that there are no copyright concerns. Sorry I cannot be more specific. No-one I have been able to speak to about these and other four courts images can offer any help as to their origins, other than to presume that they somehow survived the destruction and must have been found, as some documents were, by passers by.

In any case, as a unique image, there is no other alternative image available to highlight the original interior. Not just the interior was lost but almost all pictorial records of the interior, were lost in the piece of cultural destruction that was the blowing up of the Four Courts. FearÉIREANN\^(caint) 17:54, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

images and such

you asked some days ago about pictures of new orleans i was uploading. i'm a californian, but i was in new orleans on business/vacation this past june. i'm not sure exactly how wikimedia commons works, but i'll include picture descritpions with all images i upload in the future. you have a great city by the way.

Question

I have a question. How do I upload moving gif. photos? RuneWiki⁷⁷⁷ 21:51, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

image of pau casals

if you have an opinion on the current discussion over deleting Image:Munoz kennedy.gif with pau casals, please share it. cheers! --emerson7 | Talk 00:52, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Sockpuppet help?

Hello. Our old friend User:SFTVLGUY2 is editing as User:209.247.22.164 . Today he tried to undo edits to dozens of articles by WP:MUSICALS project members. Is there anything we can do? Can you help us with this problem? Thanks for any help. -- Ssilvers 18:30, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Liner Notes to The Dixieland King

Hi, you started the article on Oscar "Papa" Celestin. Would you be interested for reference in work on the article a scan of the liner notes from Imperial LP 9125 released 1961 by "Albert French and Papa's Band?" They are written by Roger Beck and include 7 paragraphs of biography. If so I can post a temporary external link here, or on that article's discussion page for you. - Steve3849 ^talk 23:05, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

That might be of interest if you'd like to put such info somewhere accessable and you think it appropriate. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 04:13, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Oscar "Papa" Celestin The Dixieland King LP linernotes - Steve3849 ^talk 02:32, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

what did I do

I don't understand what i did for you to give me the warning sign.--Wayne Neptune 03:45, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Look at your edits ("User contributions") -- has anyone else been editing on your account? Please do not make silly nonsense edits. -- Infrogmation 04:11, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for welcome message, and some questions.

Thank you for a kind welcome message on my user page. It seems to me that we have at least some common interests (particularly in music). Also thanks for offering help if needed.

I have a few questions related to copyright issues of "my own pictures". I don't expect answers to every question, but any comments would be appreciated, be it personal opinions, or pointers to rules/guidelines or discussion pages.

1. Are nature scenes always ok? Guess normally yes, but are there exeptions?

2. Are man-made objects ok? When is permittance from designers, architects, producers, owners necessary (and in what form), and when is no explicit permittance needed?

3. Are people ok? When is permittance from persons on a picture necessary (and in what form), and when is no explicit permittance needed?

4. (This also goes for sound and/or video clips:) Is a 'performance' (like singing, dancing, playing, running, working, cooking, fighting, crying, praying, public speech, etc) ok ? When is explicit permittance needed, from performers, songwriters, choreographers, organizers of sports events, theatre or stadion owners, etc., needed (and in what form), and when is no explicit permittance needed? What about other events, like accidents, children playing, spectators at a concert or sports event.

5. About notability of pictures - Are only pictures used in articles ok? What about other pictures, are they welcomed or not? If I upload, say, ten pictures of a mountain and use only one, or ten different statues in a park and use one or two, or ten pictures from a concert, or 'all' items from a museum and use a few of them - would the 'extra' stuff be considered unwanted noice?

Again, comments or pointers would be much appreciated. --Oceanh 21:51, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi. See Wikipedia:Copyrights and Wikipedia:Image use policy for details of policies of much of what you bring up. In short, your own original photos which you're willing to free licence are very welcome. Don't violate someone else's copyright-- for example, if you take a photo of a modern copyrighted poster the copyright still resides with the poster's copyright holder, not you. Songs (unless they are old enough to have become public domain) are usually under copyright. Check that link and related pages for more details. Wikipedia does allow for some "fair use" of copyrighted material under limited circumstances where it is relevent to the article; see Wikipedia:Fair use. Images uploaded to Wikipedia should be directly relevent to and intended for a specific article. However, please check out our related image project, Wikimedia:Commons. For example if you took 10 good photos of a mountain, you could upload them to Commons, then put them in a gallery and/or category (explained there) about the mountain. Images on Commons can be put directly into Wikipedia articles just as if you uploaded them here, plus there are other advantages: images on Commons can also be directly linked in wikipedia projects in other languages-- so an editor in the German or Spanish language version of Wikipedia might pick a different one of your 10 photos to illustrate the article about the mountain in their language Wikipedia. As an example of one of the many articles that have a link to additonal images on Commons, see for example Uxmal (the link to Commons is at the bottom of the page). If you have a fair number of original images you're willing to upload under a free licence, I encourage you to sign in at Commons as well-- it takes a seperate log in, but most users use the same user name. (Note that unlike here Commons does not accept any "fair use" of copyrighted material, because this is not allowed in some other countries.) I hope this helps get you started; take some time familiarizing yourself with the Image use policy and copyrights, and if you have specific questions ask on the article talk page or here. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 22:20, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the prompt and thorough answer, including pointers and examples! Especially the section "User-created images" in "Wikipedia:Image use policy" answered several (although not all) of the questions asked. Also, using "Wikimedia:Commons" might be a good idea. --Oceanh 06:22, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

A question about Wikipedia:Changing username or Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations

Hello,

In light of the possibility of a common password for all Wikipedia projects I have a question for you. I have been a very active user on Swedish Wikipedia since February 6th 2005, I'm an administrator, I'm the press contact for svwp and I'm on the Swedish version of WP:ArbCom, all under the name of Hannibal. I also have an account on Commons under the same name since September 2005. But here, on enwp, there's someone else registrered under the name of Hannibal. This user, apparently, have not made any contributions since November 2003 (see Hannibal's contributions). Now, I have read the guidelines for changing usernames and usurping usernames, and from there it would seem that it would not be possible for me "get" the username of Hannibal. Am I right in thinking that, or would it be possible to make some sort of exception in this case, as this would, potentially mean that I could have the same username on all Wikipedias (at least on the ones I care about, I haven´t actually checked if the Hungarian WP have a user called Hannibal...)?

Since I am asking for a rule to be bent here, I of course am prepared for a 'no', but I would still very much appreciate any thoughts you have on this matter.

Thanks in advance.//83.248.130.186 19:58, 17 July 2007 (UTC) (i.e. sv:User:Hannibal)

I'd just like to kindly remind you of my question.//83.248.135.248 18:37, 2 August 2007 (UTC) (as before)

Hannah Williams (actress)

A {{prod}} template has been added to the article Hannah Williams (actress), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice explains why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you endorse deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please tag it with {{db-author}}. Canadian Paul 18:35, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Replying to your message from my talk page: From what I can tell, there are three points made about her in the article and three possible claims to notability:

1. She performed in Broadway theatre
2. She recorded with Ben Pollack's band
3. She was married to more than one famous person

By themselves, none of these make the person in question particularly notable, maybe not even together. The easiest way to assert notability would be to expand on one or more of those points. For example, there are lots of people who performed in Broadway, recorded with Ben Pollack or were married to a famous person, none of which are particuallarly notable. I don't know much on the subject but if you can expand on at least one of those points (the last one looks the most promising), then it may assert notability. If you find that you cannot expand on any of these points, the person may not be notable.

Of course, you're always welcome to remove the prod notice and, since I have many other little wiki things to do and you seem to want to improve the article, I won't even consider it for deletion for a couple of weeks, so no pressure to get it up to code immediately.

Also, finding out if she's alive or dead may help a bit. If a person can completely vanish without the news noticing, it does not help her notability case.

Good luck, Canadian Paul 15:36, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Lists of blues musicians by genre

Hi Infrogmation. Since you are an administrator and someone I consider well versed on music, I was wondering if you could help me out here. Someone has proposed deleting lots of lists I have compiled to accentuate categories I created. I believe that I am the target of someone, as the lists themselves are like any other list. I don't have the inclination to contest each nomination, as it seems someone wishes to cause headaches for me. Sorry to bother you with this, but these nominations do not seem to be in good faith for some reason.(Mind meal 03:50, 22 July 2007 (UTC))

• List of Electric blues musicians‎
• List of Blues-rock musicians‎
• List of Delta blues musicians‎
• List of Chicago blues musicians‎
• List of Urban blues musicians
• List of Blues revival musicians‎
• List of Harmonica blues musicians‎
• List of Swamp blues musicians‎
• List of Detroit blues musicians
• List of Contemporary blues musicians‎
• List of Jump blues musicians
• List of West Coast blues musicians‎
• List of New York blues musicians
• List of East Coast blues musicians
• List of Boogie-Woogie musicians‎
• List of Slide guitarists‎
• List of Jazz blues musicians
• List of New Orleans blues musicians‎
• List of Folk-blues musicians‎

These list of links have been nominated for deletion by AfD. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Electric blues musicians and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Folk-blues musicians. The creator is paranoid if he or she feels "someone wishes to cause headaches for [him or her]". It's just process, and more than one person is instigating and contributing to the process. Hu 23:43, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the messages. I have added my opinion. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 00:52, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your vote and input. Hope all is well. (Mind meal 12:15, 25 July 2007 (UTC))

Sure You are safe?

Oh, però això no es tot, Mr. Casals a lot of people show you a many proves that he prefered to be called PAU, not Pablo, he was republican exillied of the dictatorship of franco. Mr. Casals was a person who possibilited a hundreds maybe thousand of republican spanish people to safe his/her life from the horror of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)

Could you show us legal documents - passports, contracts... , not magazines, not newspapers... - to demonstrate us that Mr. Casals prefered to call him Pablo? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.22.92.56 (talk • contribs).

1) What is the section header refering to? 2) Casals was famous internationally billed as "Pablo" over a dozen years before the Spanish Civil War, as you would know if you cared to do any research about the artist or Catalan history. 3) The article at present says his birth name was "Pau", and he was often known professionally as "Pablo". As far as I can see, this is a simple statement of historical fact. If you think this is inaccurate, please provide better information. 4)If you think articles on Wikipedia can be improved, you are encouraged to improve them. A very bad strategy for achiving anything useful would include negative actions such as: acting contrary to Wikipedia policies repeatedly after they have been explained to you, trying to impugne the motives of anyone who has a different perspective, trying to make what should be a demonstration of facts into a personal argument, trying to put dubious words in other people's mouths, and blanking or vandalising user pages. (Such strategies would be more likely to result blocks and reverts than creation of improvements.) A good strategy would include: Familiarizing yourself with Wikipedia policies and practices and trying to edit with such guidelines in mind, gathering verifiable sourced facts and presenting them in such a manner that other editors can evaluate them, and should you wish to stick around here, I encourage you to chose a user name and log in. I hope this helps. -- Infrogmation 21:37, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Image Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Hi Infrogmation, this is Sebastian from Germany (de User Nachtagent). I have got a question about the Image ODJBcard, mabye you can anwer. As we don't have the fair use policy at the German Wikipedia, the original copyright-holder must have died more than 70 years ago for we can use the image. So I want to ask you, if you know who the original copyright-holder was and when he died. Greetings from Munich --Sebastian aka Black Moon 07:23, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Louisiana Barnstar
		For impressively uploading oodles and bajiggles of free Louisiana photos to Wikipedia. 70.186.172.75 16:38, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Creole

Hi. Please, take a look at the discussion page Talk:Creole. It has an incorrect redirect. I tried fixing myself, but you reverted my edit. Best regards. --201.9.234.201 17:25, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for contacting. I replied on your user talk page. -- Infrogmation 17:59, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Reverting of of talk page without edit summary

I noticed that you reverted a user's talk page without an edit summary here. Spa toss 16:53, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes, troll/vandal, as anon's other edits show. Thanks, -- Infrogmation 00:08, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

I noticed it too, and it's my page. Nasty tactics to try to stop me seeing a warning about behind the scenes plotting. --Memestream 14:29, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

It makes me blink in disbelief to see Memestream of all people complaining about nasty tactics to try to stop people seeing warnings, 7 minutes after he himself deleted all these good faith edits and warnings on his own page with no edit summary whatever, not even an automatic one. Bishonen | talk 09:22, 15 August 2007 (UTC).

Very good point. Spa toss 23:05, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Notification of discussion: Guideline/policy governing lists

Given your extensive Wikipedia experience, I'd appreciate your input on the following:

User:Sidatio/Conversations/On list guidelines

Thank you in advance for any thoughts you may have on the topic. Sidatio 01:01, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Pablo Casals

Pablo Casals is a Catalan figure, not Spanish. In the same way that Scottish are not called anything else, I would appreciate if Catalan personalities are not called Spanish.

Alexander Graham Bell could be called British but he is not, he is described as Scottish. It is the same case with Pau Casals!

Image at Commons

I've been given clearance to license the image according to Creative Commons Attribution 2.5; as long as the author and license is attributed. I'll modify the image summary now, and you can do what you please with the deletion log. Also, on another image note, I'm not quite sure as to the licensing regarding school yearbook images. There is one available of Frusciante, though I don't know where it would be appropriate (as a Fair Use image or Free image). Regards, NSR77 ^T_C 22:20, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

If you're talking about Image:JFyouth.jpg, it seems to be under a "fair use" argument. I'd presume yearbooks were copyrighted (like most other print publications) unless there is evidence otherwise. -- Infrogmation 01:25, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Indeed that is the image I am talking about. I would also assume yearbooks to be copyrighted, but the question is by whom and to what extent? NSR77 ^T_C 06:03, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

I'd say contact the relevent school and/or the publisher, which should be listed inside the front cover or just after on a title page for information on what copyrights they hold. -- Infrogmation 12:51, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

I uploaded this image previously (but I now wish to upload it at Commons); it was originally posted at Flickr. However, the CC information states it is unacceptable for use at Commons. This image, though, which was originally posted at Flickr here, has the same licensing, but is apparently acceptable. Could you possibly clarify the difference or reason the second image is OK under CC guidelines? Regards, NSR77 ^T_C 21:14, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Please look again. One has "Some rights reserved" which if you click on gives a Creative Commons licence (OK for Commons) while the other has a "© All rights reserved" licence (non free licence). Not the same, big difference for purposes of reuse. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 21:22, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

So the one I intend to use is acceptable or not acceptable for use at commons? NSR77 ^T_C 21:31, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Look on the Flickr page for copyright info on individual images. If it is an original image by a Flickr user in good standing licenced under a Creative Commons licence, it may be uploaded to Commons under that same licence. I belive there is a licence in the Commons upload drop down options for exactly such cases. -- Infrogmation 21:41, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Mid-City

I forgot about GNOCDC! I'm planning to do more with this shortly, and thanks for your help. Being that every neighborhood is listed on the project page, would stubs of similar length to what I've done so far be better than no article at all? I could do that pretty easily for at least a few of them, I think, and provide a starting point. Baronplantagenet 03:01, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your contributions. Sure, decent starter articles are a big step up from no article at all. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 12:25, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Katrina in Mobile

23-Aug-2007: Hi, Wikid77 here. I haven't spent much time on NOLA articles this month. That image of a flooded Mobile parking lot was retouched to move a lamp-post away from the cars to clarify the view. I was near Point Clear, AL during Hurricane Katrina (and near Houston, TX) in Hurricane Rita. From other photos of flooded Mobile, I see the Mobile River flooded both banks pushing hundreds of boats/barges ashore, Mobile's Water Street was underwater 6-ft (or more) for many blocks. Waves in Mobile Bay were often 22-24 feet high (flooding hundreds of 1-storey beach homes), so they closed the Jubilee Parkway (the "Bay Way" elevated I-10 spans); the Battleship USS Alabama tilted in the sediment (but was leveled months later). Thousands of trees were down; the official report said predictions of windspeeds around Mobile Bay were all "too low" and hurricane-force gusts were common. Further east, Navarre Beach (south of Pensacola) had flooded cars in some parking lots on Santa Rosa Island, over 180 miles from downtown NOLA.

I have learned that some areas along Lake Pontchartrain had winds almost as strong as Waveland, MS, but not for as many hours. More could be expanded, but the massive flood deaths in NOLA really need explanation (I recommend a separate article), because Biloxi flooded 30-35 feet and hundreds were rescued. Everyone wonders why not NOLA. Things to ponder.... -Wikid77 17:30, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Do you have the unmodified original image, and perhaps some others, that might be uploaded to Commons?

Certainly there are many details of the disaster that could use significant expansion. Given the scope of the destructuction, if something is surprising I think it is how low the death toll was. Locally, for everyone we know who didn't make it there are so very many more with amazing stories of narrow escape. If the Federal help was delayed by just one more day, I think the death toll would have been massively higher, as so many were at the brink of fatal dehydration. While the Coast Guard crews who did helicopter rescues (against orders) are heros and made great television, the folks they rescued are far outnumbered by those rescued by volunteers, people in the area who happened to have an intact boat-- we could use an article on the heros of the "Cajun Navy" as it was nicknamed. Cheers just before the second anniversary, -- Infrogmation 13:23, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Bonjour ! Julien20

I'm speak french, it's difficult for me.

Hello, my name is julien20, and I'm begin in Wikipedia and wikimedia commons You are blocking me.

Votre compte utilisateur (ou votre adresse IP) a été bloqué.

Le blocage a été effectué par Infrogmation pour la raison suivante : Images from Brittanica with false claim of authorship and false licencing.

Vous pouvez contacter Infrogmation ou un autre administrateur pour en discuter. Vous ne pouvez utiliser la fonction « Envoyer un courriel à cet utilisateur » que si une adresse de courriel valide est spécifiée dans vos préférences. Votre adresse IP actuelle est 84.103.104.74 et votre identifiant de blocage est #7598. Veuillez inclure cette adresse dans toute requête.

Début du blocage : 25 août 2007 à 01:13 Expiration du blocage : indéfiniment Compte bloqué : Julien20.

And I don't know, I don't have a free picture

Please, deblocking me, I not rebegining this

Excuse-me, I speak english a little .

Julien20 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.103.104.74 (talk) 10:51, August 26, 2007 (UTC)

see: Commons:User talk:Julien20, see:Commons:À propos des licences. Because you ask, block will end in 7 days. More copyright fraud, you will be blocked again. -- Infrogmation 13:06, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

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