User talk:JamesA/Archive2

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Being an Administrator (or Sysop)

Hi Chicken, one thing that I advise you of is that you hold back on wanting to be an admin (or sysop as it is also called) considering that your edit count needs to be higher and you need more general experience. Don't take this personal though, I can't stress that enough and anyway I need alot more experience too.

Try using the Wannabe Kate tool by going to my userpage (thanks for the compliment with it), and then click to show my userboxes. Click on the one that shows my edit count and you will come to Wannabe Kates tool. Then click the go back button and type in these three names.

Sarah

VirtualSteve

SGGH

Those numbers are the ones that you need to be an admin. (Sarah and SGGH are admins)

Anyway, even though it is great to be an admin, it is not important. They are basically the law enforcers of Wiki. One Wikipedian once said: "Companies have bosses, Wikipedia has janitors". So don't worry about it for a while, just enjoy Wikipedia, let your edit count rise and play it by ear. Thanks Harrison-HB4026 12:06, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Don't forget to provide an edit summary, earlier this month Steve gave me a stern word which taught me good :)

Yeah, an administrator is really just a user with more tools (and more responsibilities) - the janitor metaphor is pretty spot on. The RfA process for selecting admins, moreover, has gotten a bit ridiculous these days - it takes about 3 months to prepare for it, we've found from experience. What I suggest doing is what I did - get friendly with a few admins and then if you need admin stuff done you've got people to call upon. As you see the sorts of things admins can and can't do, and how they handle a range of situations, you gradually get a feel for what you yourself would do - I was lucky to have some fantastic people to call on. I became an admin after nearly a year of editing with about 9,000 edits and considerable participation in AfD debates. Orderinchaos 07:28, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The extinct template in fossil taxoboxes

Hi Chicken,

Thanks for your contributions to some articles on dinosaurs. However, I've reverted several of your changes: there are around 1,000 dinosaur articles, and we are going for a standard "look" for all of the articles. Thus, when you change the template on four of the pages, it makes them look not so standard. Either they all need to be done in the same style, or none of them do. Best wishes and happy editing, Firsfron of Ronchester 08:41, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also, "EX" refers to those species or animals that died out recently (within recorded history), such as the dodo or Caspian tiger, whereas "fossil" refers to prehistoric organisms, such as Glyptodon or trilobites.--Mr Fink 15:38, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your understanding. Firsfron of Ronchester 22:26, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned fair use image (Image:Donut-eaten.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:Donut-eaten.jpg. 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).

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Im Back

Hi Chicken. I am back. How is everything going? Harrison-HB4026 09:45, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Melbourne logo.jpg)

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Orphaned non-free image (Image:Googlesnow.gif)

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Userpage

Hi Chicken, what do you think of my user page and the subpages? I have finished them, and I am really happy with them.

Harrison-HB4026 07:09, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Wikia.png

Hello Chicken7, an automated process has found an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, such as fair use. The image (Image:Wikia.png) was found at the following location: User:Chicken7/User page. This image or media will be removed per statement number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media will be replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. The image that was replaced will not be automatically deleted, but it could be deleted at a later date. Articles using the same image should not be affected by my edits. I ask you to please not re-add the image to your userpage and could consider finding a replacement image licensed under either the Creative Commons or GFDL license or released to the public domain. Please note that it is possible that the image on your page is included vie a template or usebox. In that case, please find a free image for the template or userbox. Thanks for your attention and cooperation. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 07:21, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Simpsons-santa-teacher.jpg)

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Signature

YAY!!! I got my new signature working! Chicken-7 03:16, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lyrics

Hey Mr Chicken. Thanks for asking about the song lyrics.

Unfortunately we can't have lyrics for songs like I Am Australian because they are still under copyright. The lyrics for Advance Australia Fair and Waltzing Matilda are much older and their authors are deceased, so the copyright has expired and we are therefore able to publish them. I noticed in our article on Advance Australia Fair, it says that the Federal Government has copyright on the official version of the song, but that the copyright on the original lyrics by Peter Dodds McCormick has expired since his death in 1915. The lyrics we have in the article are the original, out of copyright lyrics, so that is why it is okay them to be in the article.

We have an article (it's just an article, not a policy) on Copyright expiration in Australia if you want to read a little about it, but basically, don't post lyrics for songs (or anything else like poems, images, text from books, etc) unless you are 100% sure that the copyright has expired or that it has otherwise been explicitly released by the author into the public domain or under a licence compatible with the GNU Free Documentation License that Wikipedia operates under. If you're 100% sure the copyright has expired, make a note in the edit summary, and on the article's talk page as well, explaining that the lyrics are in the public domain or are otherwise unencumbered by copyright in Australia and state your source for this, such as a link to a website that confirms it. If you aren't sure about the copyright status of something you want to use, just give one of the Australian admins a yell or post on the Aussie noticeboard and someone will help you work it out or suggest someone else better able to help.

Also, Chicken, while I'm here, the other day I was sorting through new pages and I noticed your new article on the Australian Newsagents' Federation. Can you please take another look at this article because I'm a bit confused. I thought the Aus Newsagents Federation was a trade union, similar to the Australian Nursing Federation but for newsagents, rather than a chain of newsagents. I looked through their website which describes the ANF as "the peak industry body representing newsagents" I think they represent newsagents, rather than actually being a company or chain and I don't they own any newsagents themselves, though their members do. Also, you state that Mark Stone is the "owner". Again, because it's industry body, I don't think it has an owner or anything like that. Rather, it is governed by a board. I can't work out who the Mark Stone you refer to is, but an internal search of the ANF website brings up zero hits for his name. (direct link here) There is a Mark Stone who is CEO of Parks Victoria, but I don't know if that is who you are thinking of or not? I'm going to move the article into your userspace here: User talk:Chicken7/ANF so that you can have a look at it when you get a spare moment. There's no hurry if it is in your userspace but we can't have it in the mainspace if it is not accurate. I hope you understand. If you would like some help with researching and writing the article, please don't hesitate to ask.

Thanks Chicken. All the best to you and your family, Sarah 10:55, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to do this Chicken, but the Parks Victoria article has similar problems. I'm going to move it here: User talk:Chicken7/Parks Victoria. Parks Victoria is a state government department that manages the state parks. They don't own the parks. And Mark Stone is the CEO, not the owner. Please don't fee discouraged because it won't take much for us to fix them up.

Okay, no problems, I just got your message. I think it is worth working on them and trying to fix them up. I will leave them in your userspace for now and we can work on them later. If I get enough time, I'll try to have a look over the weekend. Sarah 11:19, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, your assignments are much more important. Drafts can sit in userspace for as long as is necessary so there's no hurry and don't worry about it at all. And as I said, I'll also try to help fix them up.

I'm not Catholic, but by "St Peter Symbols", do you mean like the Cross of St. Peter and the Ring of the Fisherman? If you need help, and you're talking about Catholicism, you could try asking at one of the Catholic projects, such as Wikipedia:WikiProject Catholicism or Wikipedia:WikiProject Saints. I'm sure they'd love to help you if you're having problems finding what you need. Sarah 12:01, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I also noticed there is a section here: St_Peter#Religious_interpretations which talks about keys being symbolic of St Peter and also mentions the Fisherman's Ring.Sarah 12:01, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]