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Scouting WikiProject in the Signpost

We'll be in the Signpost on Wednesday, 2 Jan about 17:00 UTC, someone noticed us, be sure to read it, many of us get it, read it on my talk page if you like. — Rlevse • Talk • 02:00, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Sturmtrupp-Pfadfinder

From the to-do list: I created the article (mostly translation of the German article): User:Phips/workshop/Sturmtrupp-Pfadfinder, take I look. Should I move it? Can you please take a look. I also invited Rlevse and jergen. Yours in Scouting-Phips (talk) 20:05, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Japanese name

Hi Chris! I'd like to help to find the name. But 風まかせ is too long for a modern female's given name. And I cannot think of any similar sound name. It rings me nothing at all. The only name I could think of is 風祭/kazamatsuri, but it's a surname. Do you have any information about it? Regards. Oda Mari (talk) 20:23, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Anything. Any clue will do. Oda Mari (talk) 20:39, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Userbox edit

Thanks for the userbox edit --Hydenobuyuki (talk) 03:05, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Please proofread this

Hey, Chris, you have an eye for detail, so please proofread this for me. As compared to Image:London Midland Network ZP.svg I just know there's something that should be found Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 22:52, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

I should have realized that you're an MS Internet Explorer user. To view them larger, you could use the Firefox browser (much more secure, BTW) or install Inkscape just to use as a viewer.

Actually I think they're pretty much the same, except one has "Sagredoville!" Wanna guess which one?  ; ) Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 05:45, 9 January 2008 (UTC) Thought I'd put it up with a comment like "It should be proofed, and will probably need changes. ; )" After all, it won't be linked into the article immediately. And they'll be so happy to get it. Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 07:02, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

haiku?

Hello, were you talking about my haiku on my userpage? Thank you! --Kyoko 17:08, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I don't spend much time writing poetry, but I've read a lot of it. Thanks again. --Kyoko 20:50, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Amazing Recent Activity of the GLab !?

Hello, I posted the question there, do you know the answer ? I'm interested to get it. (Please answer on the linked page) Yug 10:02, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

This is going to get interesting. As you likely know the original graphics lab was the French, but the English is now bigger and growing fast. User: Inductive Load - I hadn't seen him around before, he's certainly good and has a strong background in science somewhere. Also there ought to be a merger with the english speaking lab at commons. Or at least get them on the same page for developments. I keep getting the impression that the French think they should be at the center of it all, and maybe they should, for a while. But that won't last long, as it makes too much sense for the meeting ground (developmental pages) to be either multi-lingual or in English. It doesn't really matter where they're located, although the Commons seems logical. I don't know if this merger of the development areas will go smoothly, or if there will be a big fight. So it's not a time to be an outlaw.

I had some French in high school, but and remember some, but back then it was at about the "See Spot Run," kind of level. When Escondites said his request languished at the French Lab for a month. I used a common French phrase in my response. That's when Yug left a messages on my talk page and the graphics lab page. I really don't have the technical background to do much in the development area either. I also wonder how many at the German Lab might speak English. sagredo2@gmail.com Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 18:44, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Missed that I wasn't signed in above. It would be interesting to see what happened at g-lab if some requested a specific artist. If it were for me, and someone squawked, I'd just take things on my graphics page. (Another artist is already doing it. Her very own, very impressive graphics lab.) Either way it's be too flattering to me to resist! I'd prefer just to stay at the graphics page, unless Yug becomes a pain about me working on the development project. I'm much happier just minding the store. (and seeing us kick french butt!)Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 18:44, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Coat of arms of Nepal, many others

There is just enough there that it should redraw beautifully. But I want to wait until I see how Fvasconcellos does on Harare, Portal:Harare. I have a sneaking suspicion that he's going to do awesome. How many others? Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 04:29, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Read the line:
Article(s): Coat of arms of Nepal, many others
And took it as the title of the section.. It's late. I'm tired. Need my tinfoil hat. Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 04:38, 12 January 2008 (UTC) You're right that I was confused. I was thinking you had many other coats of arms to put in. You break something? Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 04:49, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Ever go here? User:Sagredo/graphics I would want if downloaded, and reuploaded so I don't get hassles about copyright vio's. I would also take requests on my graphics page. With the present situation between the French and English labs, I would move them there to E. lab so they get it for the image count. Doesn't it say somewhere break all rules. . . Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 16:28, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

archiving

You've done everything correctly, all you need to do now is to add the January Entry to the GL Archive Box. (However I am now going to create a page, giving links to all the 2007 archives, and condense the 2007 entries in the GLarchive box into '2007'. I shall put the January entry in so you can see exactly what you need to do for next time. :-)

> Rugby471 ^talk ⚔ 08:21, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Image-World Crest inverse.svg

Image:Image-World Crest inverse.svg

You can take it from there Henryplummer (talk) 17:10, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

A link like this doesn't show any license: [1]

Henryplummer

Family blazons

What kind of arms, and what kind of pages? Do you have an example? -- I. Pankonin (t/c) 09:26, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I was afraid of that. Coats of arms are owned by individuals, not an entire family. This is true everywhere except Poland, where one coat of arms can be used by an entire clan, which may encompass many different family names. So it's never true that everybody with the same last name shares a coat of arms. This is written in Wikipedia at Bucket shop#Heraldic scam, and I can help you out if you want a better source about this phenomenon. -- I. Pankonin (t/c) 10:45, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Kosovo

The above listed project is currently being considered for deletion. Please feel free to take part in the discussion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Kosovo. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 14:50, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Tagging images for the Africa Project

Hi Kintetsubuffalo, I noticed you have tagged a few images with the {{africaProject}} tag. I was wondering if there is any real use in having the project tag on images. I put a message on the project talkpage a little while ago, but got no answers. Do you think you could give your opinion there? Thanks, --BelovedFreak 22:38, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Scouting images

Hi Chris,

You're welcome, I'm glad you found the '37 Jambo pic useful. I have a large photo collection including many on Scouting going back to the 1920s -- just let me know if there are any other subjects you'd like and maybe I could help.

I just got home from a BSA Council Banquet where one Scout received the Hornaday Silver Medal. It is said that only a half-dozen were earned nationwide in 2007. Cheers, Jim JGHowes ^talk - 05:05, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

I have a 5" x 3" group picture of all 12 Region Scout Execs. from 1937, so James P. Fitch should be in it. However, it's just labelled "Regional Executives" and no one is specifically identified by name. I do have a publicity shot of Walter W. Head, so I'll go ahead and add it to his article. JGHowes ^talk - 18:06, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for your congratulate me, Kurisu-san. I don't know why you did it, i thought that you've checked some of my articles, i don't know which one thanks anyway.OgasawaraSachiko (talk) 09:55, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish. . .

User:Sagredo/Escondites Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 20:43, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Reversions

I am aware of no reversions. If there are any, my apologies. The template for the Africa project banner now includes separate assessments for each nation, and indicates which national projects support the article in the drop-down menu. The previous banner, while it did display assessments, never had them result in anything. The current banner will produce automatic updates of the assessments like any other. For what it's worth, most of the nations of Africa will now be using that banner for there own separate projects. There was no intention of reverting, simply adding assessments to the system the most reasonable way. Also, in the event that the articles will deal with more than one African nation, which is often likely, use of the current banner will reduce the banner overcrowding, as it will be able to assess for all nations. If you can point out any reasons to objective to such moves, I would welcome them. John Carter (talk) 01:23, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

The banner has just recently been created. The problem you raised is a real one, but to the best of my knowledge no one has figured out a way to display "subprojects" if the number involved is small enough. Also, some of these articles would seem to cross national barriers. One of the disadvantages it has over the one you mentioned is the fact that it deals with some 40 separate subprojects. Setting up the banner to display them all would be problematic, particularly when dealing with ethnic groups or other features which cross several countries' borders. However, the main project page does list all the subprojects. Also, I think most editors familiar with say the military history banner will know to hit the display button on the lower right, which does display all the related subprojects. They will know this particularly when they see it on all the relevant articles. Like I said, the banner has just been created, and I really can't know how likely it will be that the concern you raise will be a significant one. Certainly, the banner placement could be reverted if it comes to that. I have looked at using the setup of the Australia banner, which does automatically display such menus, but the length would probably be prohibitive for a banner dealing with this many entities. I have contacted a few of the better template men we have to figure out how to display single-three project supports, but right now, I haven't gotten any response. If and when such response is forthcoming, the banner will be changed to accomodate limited numbers of projects. But I do think that given the prominence of the new projects on the main project page, it should be fairly clear that one can/should join the project they find most appropriate. The assessment details should appear on the main Eritrea project page within the next day or so. John Carter (talk) 01:40, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Vietnamese Americans etc in {{WPVN}}

Hi there. Badagnani has added quite a few poker players and other people of Vietnamese descent with the Viet wikiproject and I was wondering what you thought about these being in the scope of the project. My personal opinion is that poker players, Vietnamese American politicians and businessmen shouldn't be in WP:VIET because they don't operate inside Vietnam/none of their notability is related to Vietnam (unless they were notable when they were still in VN). I think Vietnamese language singers, eg Nhu Quynh might be in the scope of the project since they are propagating Vietnamese culture. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:56, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Yuki Shimoda

Please help me remove the request for internal links in the article for Yuki Shimoda. I have wikified the article with many internal links. I read about your ancestor the General and was impressed. I have never been to Japan, but I think you will like Japan. My condolences on the anniversary of your wife's passing.Dr.Shimoda (talk) 04:08, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Returning

After much thought and deliberation I have decided to return. Many wikians contacted me by various means and I truly appreciate the support from all of them. Man, did I need that wiki break! I have learned from it and will use the experience to improve. — Rlevse • Talk • 19:39, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Your announcement

Hi Chris, the link to the newspaper articles is not working. I'd like to see it. Also re New Zealand regions, I think there has been a chnage recently. It is on my to do list. If there are only a few they will still be larger than some UK Counties. Cheers, --Bduke (talk) 08:09, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the link on my talk page. The link to the paper now works but it did not an hour or so ago. I did a small edit on your sub-page. As for NZ, yes, it is far smaller than the UK, but it will have far fewer Scout Counties/Regions/Areas (or whatever). The UK counties (Areas in Wales and Scotland) are smaller than the State Branches in Australia. There are too many to keep up quality on the UK County articles. The NZ situation is quite confused but I have a contact there now. I just need to find time. When are you of to Japan? --Bduke (talk) 09:31, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

May 8. My wife's birthday. That will remind me. Good luck with the move. --Bduke (talk) 09:53, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Michaelrhoover - sock?

Hi there. I wanted to let you know that I removed the sockpuppet tag onMichaelrhoover's user page, as I didn't see that there was any information that he was anything other than a newbie who jumped into the Steve Duplantis Afd after it was listed on the golf project page. If you have any information that he really is a sock of another user, by all means please put it back. If you do, you should subst the template, I left an example in my comment at the Afd.

On a completely different topic, I'm very sorry about your wife, she was very beautiful and I'm sure a beautiful person as well. I've discovered after a three week trip to Sasebo last year that I'm a Japanophile too, and I've been trying to learn the language and take another trip there ASAP. I wish you all the best there. Xymmax (talk) 15:42, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I was there as part of the Navy Reserves. The U. S. Navy base there is the old headquarters for the Japanese Imperial Navy. It was great - I wandered all over the place, took the train up to Nagasaki, visited the Atomic Bomb Museum there, ate way too much, etc. etc. The people were super nice, and put up with my horrible attempts at nihongo. Xymmax (talk) 16:59, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Trumbo_and_Cleo_1947_HUAC_hearings

OK, I uploaded it over top of the last version. Cheers. -YK Times^talk 16:58, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

panamerican jamboree

[2]page 8 thats a somthing that talks about the panamerican jamboree and mexico was selected

• Las Asociaciones Scouts de Colombia y México, presentaron sus postulaciones a ser sede del 13

Jamboree Scout Panamericano, 2009 – 2010. El plenario decidió que el próximo Jamboree Panamericano se lleve a cabo en México, entre el 26 de Diciembre del 2009 y el 3 de Enero del 2010.

The Scout asociations of Colombia and Mexico, present a postulation to held the 13 Panamerican Jamboree and Mexico was selected..etc so well im still looking for more sources see you later --Inauditous (talk) 03:26, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Hawaii/to do

Hi. I'm in the process of creating specific, project-related categories to update this template, but we need to get a hold of a bot like Wikinews Importer Bot maintain it. Do you know anyone who would be willing to do this? The proposed bot would scan the task-related categories of Category:Hawaii articles needing attention (ideally there would be no articles in this category, just sub-cats) and update the to-do template. The articles would appear in the categories after being flagged in the project tag. For example, you just manually added Thrum's Hawaiian Annual to the template for expansion, but this would be easier to maintain by flagging the project tag as "expand=yes". —Viriditas | Talk 09:48, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

I just realized that the CategoryTree extension will suffice, so I'll experiment with that instead. —Viriditas | Talk 09:54, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Navboxes

Ok- I would like to finish this up and no one is giving any input. I would like a consistent look here.

• I did most of these like {{AfricaScout}}, with a group column on the left and the list of links left justified. Centering the links here just did not look right to me.
• On {{Scouts UK Counties}}, the group names would have been way too long, so I just left them bolded and did a line break to the list.
• Other templates like {{IntlScoutsGuides}} did not have a group name, so I left them centered.
• In all the templates, I replaced | with a {{·}}; this automatically adds a non-breaking space so that line wraps are consistent and you don't get a dot at the beginning of a line; this appears to be the more standard way to do this.

Now that these templates have been converted, further changes are relatively trivial Some possibilities:

• Dump the hat icon as used in a handful of templates like {{Scouts UK Counties}}; it is purely decorative and I really think that most readers will not understand what it is.
• Redo all the templates like {{Scouts UK Counties}} without a group column and center everything.
• Some of the original templates had the v·d·e links at the top left and some did not; I kept the original style; this should be made consistent across the line.

So, let me know what you think on this. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 14:32, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Meztitla

I clarified early today the EEAS isue so thanks for the edition look better.lets keep the good work actually im going there this week end il get some pics for the article cheers YIS --Inauditous (talk) 05:00, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Apology

I'm sorry to have offended you; by trying to get to the reason that you weren't editing images, I was trying to help. I apologise for the insensitivity surrounding my joke; I'll try to be more careful in the future. --Seans Potato Business 08:18, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: where are you?

Hi, Chris. I'm fine - thanks for asking. Unfortunately, I have been very busy in the past six months. I moved twice and am now back in Canada trying to regain focus. So, yeah, it's a been a little hectic. If you need any thing from me, let me know. :) Cheers, —Anas ^talk? 02:02, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi Chris!

How are you? Thank you for the invitation. I would be honored to join. How may I join and what would it entail?

Regards,

Bianca Neri (talk) 04:56, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I think I could help with at least one extra language that isn't well represented among the current contributors, as well as various others. I would like, though, to consider it as I do not know how much time it would consume (I wouldn't want to commit without being able to significantly contribute for the long haul). Nevertheless, it would be great to help if this former Girl Scout's humble contributions would be needed ;)

By the way, I see we may have very similar interests, even some surprising ones! Would you consider preparing a short version of this article in Română for the Қазақ тілі (Kazakh) wikipedia? Thank you very much, Chris!! regards, Bianca Neri (talk) 05:53, 4 February 2008 (UTC) Pardon my asking, Chris, but did your receive my message? I am asking because I don't know if I should have replied in my discussion page or yours. Regards, Bianca Neri (talk) 13:02, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know, I appreciate it. I hope all is better now. Do you need help with something I cold assist with? Bianca Neri (talk) 05:19, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

AIDS map

Hey Chris! It's Escondites, I'm asking about the AIDS prevalence map you requested on the Graphics lab, is it OK that way, so can it be used on the articles, or do you want me to change something? Greetings, Escondites. --escondites 17:24, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

And now? --escondites 12:34, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

your question regarding the Iranian Georgians.

Kintetsubuffalo, it is not a tradition to put tags in talk page. Just aska question and I will be glad to answer you. All sources mentioned state that the Iranian georgians are Shiite Georgians and not a single Christian among them. Moreover all anthropological fieldworks testify this statement.--Babakexorramdin (talk) 12:00, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Pearson

This article you listed under new articles says nothing about him being a Scout....??? — Rlevse • Talk • 10:59, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Graphic Lab image

I've uploaded an edit and a comment, see what you think. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 11:18, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Replied

At Wikipedia:Graphic_Lab/Images_to_improve#Map_of_the_Battle_of_Kostiuchn.C3.B3wka. Thanks, --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 17:26, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

???

Hey -- I haven't been around for a week or two and now I see all kinds of unusual activity on the Central Asia project. You don't seem to have taken a side, so could you give me an overview of what happened and where it's at procedurally now? Aelfthrytha (talk) 21:08, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Template:EurScout

See WT:SCOUT#Template:EurScout --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 21:46, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

pictures

Hi Chris, I checked the pdf. It is possible to extract at least one of the pictures but it has a really bad quality (like all of them). Far better quality can be found on the slowakian website on Roma Scouts which has even an english translation: http://www.scouting.sk/romsky/en_index.htm. This site features some picture galleries as well as two powerpoint presentations. All of this seems to be a great source for illustrations, incluing the official logo with the wheel on the teepee. --jergen (talk) 10:42, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Template centering

I fixed {{Scouts in Exile}} for now. This issue applies to all of the navboxes— I have descibed the issue in full and have proposed a fix at Template talk:Navbox#Title centering. I would rather have a fix at the root level.

While thinking on it, would we want to update navboxes to the Scouting color? --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 12:55, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Found a slight spacing bug in navbox, but we still have to pad the title to fix the centering. Let me know if we want to go green and I will implement this fix on all the templates. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 14:28, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Done. See Polish Scouting Association for a good example. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 17:50, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

User:Sagredo/scout

List the scouting stuff here —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sagredo (talk • contribs) 07:49, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Listed for deletion

• Image:Afr edit.jpg
• Image:Allen ludden 3.png
• Image:1999Bolivia.png
• Image:1999Cameroon.png
• Image:Ivorycoastggeu.png
• Image:Tv the muppet show bein green.png

Sagredo^{⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄} 02:45, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Image:White House radio broadcast 1937.jpg

Chris,

I've rescanned the original source photo and processed it as Image:White House radio broadcast 1937 (v2).jpg. Let me know what you think — your monitor is probably a higher solution than my 800x600! Is this better than Image:White House radio broadcast 1937.jpg now at Commons? JGHowes ^talk - 19:02, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:LoNScout.jpg

fixed this one for you. — Rlevse • Talk • 01:16, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

International Boy Scouts of the Canal Zone

I found in my libary an old German book for Patrol Leader, there are statistics and dates of all WOSM members from 1957 included.So there are also the International Boy Scouts of the Canal Zone included. Founded in 1947, recognized by WOSM in 1955, 970 members in 1957.

Michel, Rudi; Reinhard Schmoeckel;Hans Gerhard Rumpf (1963). Der Kornett Heft 5 Pfadfinderbewegung (in German). Minden: Bund Deutscher Pfadfinder Landesmark Westfalen, 50.

Yours in Scouting-Phips (talk) 19:39, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

I also found a lot of badges of Canal Zone Council (BSA) on this page: [3]-Phips (talk) 19:56, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Slovenian Scouts and Guides in Carinthia

I translated the material I found about Slovenian Scouts and Guides in Carinthia. Can you please take a look at User:Phips/workshop/ Should it become part of Scouting in Slovenia or an own article.-Phips (talk) 21:59, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

You have been granted with the rollback permission on the basis of your recent effort on dealing with vandalism. The rollback is a revert tool which can lessens the strains that normal javascripts such as twinkle put on the Wikipedia servers. You will find that you will revert faster through the rollback than through the normal reversion tools such as javascripts and the undo feature, which means that you could save time especially when reverting very large articles such as the George W. Bush page. To use it, simply click the [rollback] (which should appear unbloded if you have twinkle installed) link on the lastest diff page which should appear beside the link to the user's contributions. The rollback link will also appear on the history page beside the edit summary of the lastest edit. For more information, you may refer to this page. Yamamoto Ichiro 会話 23:09, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:--ArabScoutlogo.jpg)

JPG can go, PNG is okay. — Rlevse • Talk • 23:40, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:--EuropeEurojam.jpg)

Fixed. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:46, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:--Japanclearer.jpg)

Fixed. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:52, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:--Kiribatiemblem.jpg)

fixed. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:53, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:--KyrgyzstanScoutChrisFitch.jpg)

Fixed. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:55, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:--NipponGirlScout.jpg)

fixed. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:57, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:--Russia2001MoscowSU.jpg)

fixed. — Rlevse • Talk • 22:00, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:-n-GreenlandKalaalitNunaat.jpg)

fixed. — Rlevse • Talk • 22:02, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:1999spaingg.jpg)

png was about the same here, so this one was okay. — Rlevse • Talk • 22:04, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:1999sudangg.jpg)

PNG was better in this case. — Rlevse • Talk • 22:06, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Imam al-Mahdi Scouts

I found some new pictures from January and February 2008 on the web:

• 19 January 2008: Hezbollah scouts carry a portrait of the supreme leader of the Islamic republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a mass religious procession in Beirut [4]
• 14 February 2008:Shiite Muslim Hezbollah scouts parade during the funeral procession of Imad Mughnieh in Beirut[5] [6]

-Phips (talk) 23:25, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:--ArabScoutlogo.jpg)

this png is okay, deleted jpg. — Rlevse • Talk • 03:38, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:--Japanclearer.jpg)

fixed. — Rlevse • Talk • 03:38, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

German photos

The text on the right side says:

ullsteinbild No. 00805135 Date: 01.01.1937 Credit: ullstein - imagno

Baldur von Schirach with the youth leader of Japan.

Ullsteinbild is a commercial provider of illustrations with mainly exclusive content. I fear that there is no free or unmarked version of this picture. --jergen (talk) 07:39, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Kosovo

Unfortunately there is to little content for an article - I would not start one at the moment. We should also remember that right now Kosovo is not recognized by any country, but this may be subject to changes every moment. I will categorize the redirect Scouting in Kosovo. --jergen (talk) 07:39, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

WP:East Timor

Thanks for signing on to the proposed WikiProject East Timor. However, I'm a moron and didn't realize that it already exists. Perhaps you'd like to sign onto that. – Scartol • Tok 14:52, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Arybarzan

THERE IS AN ARTICLE ITS CALLED Ariobarzanes the guy who fought Alexander the Great on his way to Persepolis, 300 type last stand! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ariobarza (talk • contribs) 22:03, 19 February 2008 (UTC) HEY COULD YOU MAKE A redirected from Siege of Sardis for the article Battle of Sardis I JUST WANT THE SIEGE ONE TO EXCIST, SO TELL me how to delete an article, AND OR TRY TO DELETE BATTLE OF SARDIS CUZ ITS ANNOYING. THANKS BUDDY. Ariobarza talk contrib

THANKS FOR THE ADVICE, BUDD!

Syriac Scouts

I do not know much about them, but can give some hints:

• There is at least one troop of Aramean Scouts within the BSA.
• The Syriac Archdiocese of Zahle and Bekaa in Lebanon links to two Syriac Scout organizations [7]: Syriac Universal Scouts/Universal Syriac Scouts and Syriac Lebanese Scout/Lebanese Syriac Scouts/Scouts syriaques libanais. Following this, Image:-universalsyriacscout.png is not the emblem of the Lebanese organization.
• This page [8] mentions Syriac Scouts in both Lebanon and Syria in the 1920s.

Today, there seem to be Syriac Scouts in

• Lebanon with their own association
• Palestine (the Bethlehem group has about 200 members [9])
• Syria (this [10] displays some pictures of Scouts with the badge of the universal organization (?); this German website [11] says that there are 1,500 Syriac Syouts within the Archdiocese of Mesopotama and Euphrat in northern Syria)
• perhaps Germany (I came across them, but can not find them again)

This is no easy task, since there is a number of different Syriac churches. As far as I can see, all groups or organizations mentioned above are connected to the Syriac Orthodox Church. Connected to the Syriac Catholic Church is the 274ieme Saint-Ephrem in the Association des Scouts du Canada.

BTW: There are some Syriac Catholic Scouts in my district, but we are a Protestant association. --jergen (talk) 10:06, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Scouting in Niger

Did you ever hear of the Association nigerienne des scouts de l'environnement (ANSEN)? I came across them while combing the net for the Syriac Scouts. They seem to have a UN accreditation [12]. --jergen (talk) 10:10, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Yoshinori Futara

Hi クリス! I copyedited the article and moved it per WP:MOS-JP. Hope you don't mind. Happy editing! Oda Mari (talk) 14:42, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the message. I added to the ja WP link too. Click 日本語 on the left side of the page. Regards. Oda Mari (talk) 05:09, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Oops

Sorry about that, I must have gotten my sections mixed up. At first I wasn't sure why it was added, but now I see it's obviously related. -- Ned Scott 05:38, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Welcome

Welcome to Japan! I am glad that you made it! Are you in Tokushima now, or still in the process of relocating? --MChew (talk) 12:12, 1 March 2008 (UTC)\

WOSM

Sorry, Chris, I am going to disagree with you. If there is any doubt, it becomes a disambiguation page. The Scouting WOSM page is just one more click way. I have reverted your last edit and am inclined to protect that disambiguation page, but perhaps I should not. Cheers, Brian. --Bduke (talk) 04:46, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Request of Comment

Hi, I would suggest that a request for comment might be useful way of solving the issue as a start. There are other options too, including mediation, but an article request for comment will get uninvolved experienced editors involved. --Slp1 (talk) 22:41, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, that's the most constructive thing I've heard all day. I appreciate it. I've been trying to cut through all the legalese crap on the other options, without success. Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 22:44, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Celts

The above named proposed project has now been created at that page. Please feel free to develop the page beyond its current rough format. Should you have any questions regarding how to set up the project any further, please feel free to contact me. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 17:58, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Tajikistan

I saw you put up a banner for it on the 2008 energy crisis page (which makes sense), but I'm wondering, is this project still going? It has 2 members, and besides your scouting post, there's no discussion there. I'm a bit hesitant to say anything after the workgroup debacle last month, but you think it's still a viable project? Otebig (talk) 03:32, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I've started a discussion here about merging. I think the intense reactions to the whole workgroup/project issue were partly due to quick actions that caught people off guard, so I'm trying to be very careful to not step on any toes with this idea. Thank you for your input and support! Otebig (talk) 06:32, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi there

Could you drop me an email I'd like to discuss a few things also other than the tags. Hobartimus (talk) 04:41, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Noble House

I'm not sure the plot is so closely based on history as Tai-Pan and Whirlwind; but if you look at this capsule history of Jardines in the 1960s, [13], going public and then the big supermarket deal are clearly paralleled in the book.

I believe some of the big set-pieces -- the fire on the boat, and the landslip, are also closely modelled on real happenings. As you imply, it wouldn't surprise me at all if Clavell had based a *lot* on real events and real gossip of the time. But that's about all I know about Hong Kong in the '60s!

Cheers, Jheald (talk) 22:55, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Meztitla Scout Camp School fdl.jpg

Fixed. — Rlevse • Talk • 16:32, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:PhiladelphiaScout.jpg

fixed. — Rlevse • Talk • 16:47, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject:Celts

Thanks for inviting me! I've been wanting to start something alone those lines myself, and I was pleased to see it already existed. :-) Have we invited Kathryn NicDhàna, NantonosAedui, Cuchullain, etc? There's quite a number of top-notch contributors who I expect would be pleased to join in. Q·L·1968 ☿ 23:32, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

good day, answered your question about gorgon in iranian page

just answered your query about the word gorgon in the wikiproject iran, if you have any other questions dont hesitate to ask. --ParthianPrince (talk) 01:52, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Apologies

Thanks for your clarification on my talk page. I didn't mean to be rude earlier, and I was wrong to assume your edits were vandalism; however, it's difficult to distinguish this unless you cite sources, since verifiability is one of the core guidelines of Wikipedia and blanking of pages is generally frowned on. Regards, Alexius08 (talk) 08:30, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

WOSM-Eurasian Region

You restored back to genitive case where it's supposed to be nominative. Remeber, Russian has mch more word forms, so if in English names in phrases like 'of Eurasian Bureau' look nominative, in Russian they're changed, and have to be changed back before putting in the article. If you'd like a reference, here it is[14]. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 10:36, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Many thanks for your help saving the French Olympic boxer René Dubois! Kind regards Doma-w (talk) 09:23, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

User:24.41.62.208

I've just blocked him for 48 hours after edit warring over an image on the Mic-o-say article. Could you check that image? I just corrected the description. I think it is fair use, but I really do not understand images. --Bduke (talk) 03:09, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Order of the Arrow

You were recently involved in discussions on the article Order of the Arrow. Some of the issues brought up then were not resolved. If you are interested, please participate in the continued discussion at Talk:Order of the Arrow#Safeguarded material. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 13:51, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

MASH Project

Please accept this invitation to join the M*A*S*H WikiProject, a WikiProject dedicated to improving all articles associated with M*A*S*H. Simply click here to accept!

Basketball110 _{Go Longhorns!} 02:12, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Userbox

Good job creating that userbox. I just happened to noyice when I was on my recent changes patrol. Well, back to work for me.--RyRy5 (talk) 05:00, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

My username

Hehe, yeah... I was going to go with "Aoihana" but that was already taken. :P I think technically it's supposed to be midori na hana (みどりなはな), but I'm no Japanese expert. :) I'm no good at pidgin, I can try though. How da Wikipedia doing? I'm a bit curious, where'd you see my username? Happy editing, Midorihana^~iidesune? 05:53, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

M*A*S*H Project Help

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		This barnstar is hereby awarded for creating a talk page template for WikiProject M*A*S*H. Basketball110 Go Longhorns! 16:50, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Also, I'm not sure if the Potter picture is fair use, I'll have to check. Basketball110 _{Go Longhorns!} 16:50, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Museums WikiProject

Hi! You expressed an interest in a Museums Wiki Project and after working in a number of articles and wanting to add a template that didn't exist, I went ahead and launched the project:

I'd appreciate any feedback you have (this is my first project} and any help in project related 'stuff'. Thanks TRAVELLINGCARI^{My story}_{Tell me yours} 16:55, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Wrong invite template used I've replaced it.— Rod ^talk 13:41, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

See

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Hoang_Sa&action=history Badagnani (talk) 08:49, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for you participation in 2008 unrest in Tibet

I appreciate your editing, I really do. Sometimes I feel like the annon, POV and gramaticly incorrect edits are going to take over. Thankfully we have people like you out there. Once again preciate' it.Zethus (talk) 09:06, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

New policy proposal that may be of interest

I'm tapping this message out to you because you were involved at the AfDs of Eve Carson or Lauren Burk. Following both of these heated debates, a new proposal has been made for a guideline to aid these contentious debates, which can be found at WP:N/CA. There is a page for comments at Wikipedia talk:Notability (criminal acts)/Opinions should you wish to make a comment. Thanks for your time, and apologies if this was not of interest! Fritzpoll (talk) 15:36, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

1959 Tibet Uprising (from my talk)

Here you go Far from ideal, but it's a start, and now other users will see that the section is a stub without resorting to HTML comments (how did you notice it, anyway?) Thanks. -Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:41, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Good deal Glad to know that you're looking out for the little guy as well; I'm only familiar with your edits to scouting articles. If you have expertise to bring to Tibet articles, I know I would appreciate it. It's one of those topics I've been meaning to get around to sometime. -Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:49, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Graphic_Lab/Images_to_improve#Pinkerton

I had a go. The string could probably be edited out, but, frankly, I did not feel up to it tonight. The image is actally wedge-shaped, so can't be made square without distorting it. As most Victorian drawings are not, in fact, square.... Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 22:37, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Uploaded an update, but.. not done, obviously Image:Pinkerton_escorts_Hocking_Valley_Leslies_2a.png. I think some sharpening may help out a bit, but this could really use someone with Photoshop as it has some features that would be useful. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shoemaker's Holiday (talk • contribs) 00:33, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Proposals#Berbers

Yes, I'm really interested to see what progress such a project might make! --ANONYMOUSPUSSY 09:41, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I'm glad I noticed the project proposal on the off-chance. I read Brett and Fentress' book The Berbers a month or so ago and contemplated writing an article on Berber history (bits and pieces of my first attempt are here [15]), but I've had my fill of being caught in the crossfire between ethnic POV-warring factions so I lost my enthusiasm when I considered what attacks the page was likely to come under (there's a particularly nasty example of this kind of behaviour from User:Mariam83 on the talk pages of Berber people. Fortunately, she's been banned but it took a lot of effort before the block was imposed by the looks of things). But a good faith project might give us some protection against this. Glad you enjoyed the userboxes. Cheers. --Folantin (talk) 11:24, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

"Underhanded style"

Hi,

You accused me here of being "underhanded" in my nomination of the template in question. As it was visibly broken on about half the pages it was used on, and adds almost no functionality that isn't already present in the image tag, I edited it out of articles as a matter of fixing them. Nominating the template once it was unused was just housekeeping. I'm pretty stunned that this has been taken to be an act of bad faith. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 13:16, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Invite

I've proposed a wikiproject on sub-roman britain, and having seen a few of the things you are involved in, I thought you might like to join. Check it out and join if you like! ---G.T.N. (talk) 18:31, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Your additions to Scouting in Russia etc.

I removed these sections, since this is no formal international network within the Scout Association but a single activity for the Scout Network section within the SA. --jergen (talk) 10:43, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Berbers

We're up and running! Please visit and contribute at Wikipedia:WikiProject Berbers! Thanks! Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 18:28, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, currently I am on a singular project to create Sri Lankan Tamil people into a FA quality article. It takes all my available time. I have given my self three months to complete it. Then I will have time to spend time on projects like Berbers. Personally I dont like editing without academic sources. Right now apart from Sri Lankan Tamils related academic books, I have some on Aztecs not Berbers. It would be appropriate to begin a list of RS Academic sources starting from the latest to oldest as a resource for those who are interested in editing Berber realated articles., just my thoughts. BTW I found your reason for sticking to editing Wikipedia very poignant, we all need a compelling reason to stay the long term. Taprobanus (talk) 18:27, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

images

Please, visit official websites page ZHP, http://www.zhp.pl/index.php?do=standard&navi=0001,0001 . Image, which i added was official logo ZHP. I saw in infobox all scout organisation is official logo this organisation. I think my edition was good and You needn't was doing revert. Sorry, if you no understand this message, but my english is no good ;) --Wyksztalcioch (talk) 19:24, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

hmm...official badge ZHP is Scouting Cross, not fleur-de-lys. From zhp.pl: "Krzyż harcerski jest prawnie chronionym znakiem towarowym ZHP." in Polish "Scout cross is trademark ZHP protected by law". Official site don't have any word about fleur-de-lys like trademark or badge. This is site with offical image scouting cross: http://www.media.zhp.pl/index.php?do=standard&navi=0008,0007 --Wyksztalcioch (talk) 19:36, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

NZ elections

You have apparently renamed my "Kaimai (NZ electorate)" to "Kaimai (New Zealand electorate)" although (NZ electorate) has been adopted as the standard suffix for NZ electorate names. Hugo999 (talk) 00:40, 24 March 2008 (UTC) PS: I was a Scout once, and can claim to be Celtic (Scottish), though more Lowland Scots.

Wrong redirection

Please take a look at 2nd World Scout Jamboree. Someone has made a wrong redirection.Motthoangwehuong (talk) 01:47, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Anne Fitch

Hey Buffalo, I appreciate the comments on the Anne Fitch article, but was wondering if you could give me some examples or clarification on your concerns? As this is in relation to the article, please respond on the articles talk page. Thank, Balloonman (talk) 05:53, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Sera monastery

I'm confused by your request to delete Sera monastery - could you explain what is needed? At the moment it's a perfectly reasonable redirect to a fairly stable article, so I don't see the need to delete. Let me know on my talk page? Thanks! -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 14:42, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Continued on my talk page in the interest of keeping the convo in one place :) -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 21:58, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

RE:Edit war template

Please direct me to the page that I placed the template on, that I way I can direct you to the template in question. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 00:16, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, I am going to take a wild guess and say that it could have been {{pp-dispute}}?

Maybe it is {{uw-3RR}}? Tiptoety ^talk 00:10, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Great! Glad that we figured that out! Okay, first I would start a discussion on the articles talk page and hope to god that the user in question starts to discuss there as well. Leave the article the way it is, no not continue to edit war and for sure do not violate WP:3RR. If they continue to edit war or violate 3RR you can report them and they will be blocked. But remember it takes two to edit war. Tiptoety ^talk 00:21, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:BurmaUBBS.jpg

It's not really better, per se, but it looks a bit more like a photograph now - I'm afraid there is no way that it could be gotten any better than this, given the extreme poor quality of the original, but I blurred it to remove [some of] the JPEG artefacts, which makes it look more like a [blurry] photo and less blocky, and I adjusted the contrast and converted to greyscale. I don't know what you had hoped for, but I'm afraid this is all you can get at this point, if you don't have the original.

By the way, the description of it says it's the "Burma Cub Scouting logo" in the Fair use rationale, which can't be right and doesn't anywhere say what we're actually looking at beyond the arses of a lot of men in uniform. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 04:25, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Noble House miniseries article

Hi, I noticed you've been working a LOT on the Noble House article, and I really think you've been doing a good job. If you could, do you think you could spread some of that out to the Noble House (TV series) article? I'm pretty much the only person working on it right now, but I'm really bad at writing summaries. If you could help me on that, I'd appreciate it a lot. Thanks! LonelyPker (talk) 05:30, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Vampire Princess

Hi there, I see you considered the Vampire Princess page a notable anime. Actually, there's already a page abou this anime - Vampire Princess Miyu. I've already redirected the page Vampire Princess to the original one. Cheers! Victao lopes (talk) 02:45, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

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Sorry for the automated message, the tagging script does it automatically. Anyway, the discussion is at the above page. Kelly ^hi! 04:13, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Scouts

Have no idea whether you would be interested but there is a lot of Zimbabwe Scouts memorabilia for sale on ebay. Stumbled across it now now. [16] Mangwanani (talk) 19:34, 30 March 2008 (UTC)