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Hello! Welcome to one of my Archive Pages. This page contains all comments and discussions that took place on my User Talk Page, were inactive for 15 days or more, and have been archived by a robot. If you would like to leave me a new message or revive some old discussion please leave me a note at my current talk page found here. Thanks and All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 17:36, 28 September 2008 (UTC)



Medal V2

What Do You Think of the New Version 2 Medal :)? I apologize for it taking so long with it :(, anyways; I wanted to show you the medal before I added the Ribbon to it, although I am having a bit of a hard time tilting the medal on its side to show how thick it is (I am not sure exactly how to render it on its side like you wanted). But anyways I would love to hear your opinion about Version 2.0 of the Award :). Thanks and All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 18:57, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Nope, it's not what I'm looking for. It shouldn't include any element of the globe award in there. The awards are not supposed to match. What I need is an engraved gold medal. I provided the Jimbo medal as an example only. The medal I'm looking for is a gold medal with a world map engraved in it. The only words on the new medal should be "Wikipedia World Developer", engraved, wrapped, and centered along the inner bottom edge of the medal. Is all that something you can do? The Transhumanist    19:55, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

rfa thanks

Mifter, I just wanted to drop in and thank you for your !vote of confidence at my recent RFA. you may also find my in-depth RFA analysis interesting (comments are welcome). i've also left some templated thank spam below for you. (oh, p.s., I'm on the editors side!) happy editing, xenocidic (talk) 00:09, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

RE:RFA Nomination

Hello Mifter

First of all I would like to thank you very much for attempting to nominate me, and I am glad I have had such an affect on you like the one you stated. At the moment I am refining my edits so a coach would be happy to do exactly that with me, and hopefully one day I will be an Administrator but I need more time to refine my edits and generally build up a good rapport as the selection process is stringent. At the moment I am sadly going to decline because of the above and advice from two Admins I have gone to in search of coaching, but one day in the near-ish future I would love to be able to accept your nomination. Many thanks again. Yours, Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 14:27, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

AWB for editing

I noticed that you use AWB for editing an you say a few words about this tool tx Bodyarmor (talk) 11:59, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi there :), I would love to help you with AWB, but your question was kind of vague, if you could re-state your question so that its a bit clearer, I would appreciate it :). Anyways, here’s the best answer to your question as I currently interpret it :). I think that AWB is a very useful tool that can be used for many practical tasks on Wikipedia such as fixing spelling errors, repairing bad wiki links and subseting templates. AWB is currently limited to editors with over 500 mainspace (Article) edits, the reason for this is because the tool has a huge potential for vandalism and the 500 edit rule helps to prevent vandal use of the tool. I hope that answered your question, and if you have any more questions feel free to ask. All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 00:21, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks I did see the access controls on the AWB page and this makes a lot of sense. You have answered my question on how AWB is used. I will take a look at some more of the introductory material you note in your letter, some of this material I have seen and some I have not. Many thanks Bodyarmor (talk) 08:12, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Huggle

I just found it today -- I think this is the best anti-vandal tool I've come across so far. uɐɔlnʌɟoʞǝɹɐs 13:25, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

50 Metre penalty editing

Hi Can you please explain why you reverted my edit when I was making it correct so that it matches with The Laws of Australian Football....I have umpired for 5 years and have thorough understanding of the 50-metre penalty and I have read wrong information in the article 119.11.89.36 (talk) 13:30, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, Sorry about that, when I first saw your edit I thought that it was mere vandalism, and reverted it, but after taking a second look, I realize that I was mistaken, and as such I have removed the warning template from your talk page and undone my edits restoring your edits :). Thank you for bringing this to my attention, because unfortunately sometimes when I am fighting vandalism, I make mistakes, being that I am human like everyone else, I know that it is inevitable that I will but thank you for brining this to my attention so that I can fix the mistake :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 13:36, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

50 Metre Penalty

Hey mate it seems I do have an account, i completely forgot about it....any chance that the edit can be reinstated as it is incorrect? Tardis142000 (talk) 13:39, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi there :), I have already re-instated your to 50-metre penalty so now the article shows the correct information as you edited it to :). Thanks and All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 23:37, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

RE:Happy summer


You deserve one for dishing all them out. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 20:03, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Rather than clutter your talkpage with another section, I add my thanks here. I love that nice orange bar. Thank you, and happy summer to you as well. Corvus coronoides talk 22:11, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Re: Happy First Day of Summer!

I despise warm weather. But that's very thoughtful of you, so thanks. :-) ~ | twsx | talkcont | ~ 22:26, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Likewise, cheers. · AndonicO Engage. 22:32, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Template problem or is it just me

Just kidding. :-)

Thank you for it, though my subject line refers to my only being able to see "Happy First Day of Summer!" in a thin purple box. See a screencap here. I notice after clicking Edit that I should be able to see pictures, further messages and your sig. I don't have the latest versions of browsers, so is it just me? Balsa10 (talk) 22:45, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Award Center Newsletter

Wikipedia:AWC/newsletter/archive/4 - Newsletter Bot Talk 02:12, 21 June 2008 (UTC) If you would not like to receive this newsletter, please add your name here.

invite

Just a heads up

I thought you might like to know that the Awards Center page has been deleted, along with its newsletter.  :(

So, where do we go from here?

To new and even more interesting projects, of course!

As announced in the newsletter, I've been preparing to co-coordinate a large collaboration/competition called Around the World. It was going to be run at the Awards Center, but since that no longer exists, the collaboration will be hosted somewhere else.

Around the World will begin July 15th as planned - it's location will be announced soon.

It'll be a blast. In the competition, participants will be helping to develop over 200 pages (drafts, which will be moved to article space once they are ready), using advanced tools to edit every single one of them!

This is going to be interesting.

And the event shall have awards which are being created specifically for it as we speak!

If you would like me to keep you informed of this and other interesting collaborations I'll be working on and/or organizing in the future, please drop me a note on my talk page, and I'll be happy to keep you in the know.

I look forward to your reply.

Sincerely,

The Transhumanist    21:47, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Re: June 2008

Please take a closer look at the edit I made to Hard Candy Promo Tour. The material I removed has little relevance in a section titled "Reviews and Reception [sic]". I pared down the Rolling Stone quote to the part that actually constituted a critical appraisal of the performance. 86.1.249.35 (talk) 22:07, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for informing me of that mistake, after taking a better look I do see that the other information is useless and should be removed. I have removed the notice from your talk page and I apologize for my mistake, unfortunately I sometimes make mistakes when I am fighting vandalism and for that I apologize. Once again thanks for telling me about my mistake and All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 22:11, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
No problem! :) 86.1.249.35 (talk) 22:14, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Reverted your page being blanked

Hey I just wanted to let you know that I reverted someone blanking out your page... if you know the person and were ok with them doing that then I am sorry. I just wanted to let ya know :) Sykko (talk) 03:41, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

I need your feedback...

Which of the following medals looks better. This one:

Or this one:

Which one do you like better?

Please let me know on my talk page.

Thank you.

The Transhumanist    21:40, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for volunteering

One of the things we're doing to prepare for the event is some rudimentary work on the page set itself - to give participants a better idea of what they will be helping to create.

On each of the country pages listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists of basic topics, there is a flag and a coat of arms image, next to the table of contents. Their heights are out of whack and they need to be matched up. Malinaccier is working from the beginning of the alphabet, and has gotten through the G's. I need you to start at the end of the alphabet and adjust the heights of the flags and coats of arms to match, until you meet him somewhere in the middle.

For example, adjust each pair that the heights don't match up, like this:

Flag of Taiwan
National emblem of Taiwan

to match up like this:

Flag of Taiwan
National emblem of Taiwan

They take fiddling with, but you'll get the hang of it fast.

Mal has a head start on you, so you better hurry.  :)

The Transhumanist    05:44, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

I did some spot checking, and it looks like the H's through the late S's haven't been done yet. I've done the I's. I've gone over the A's through G's, and fine tuned them (some were a couple pixels off). I'll check the T's through Z's. Please start at the H's, and I'll ask Julian to start at the other end. The Transhumanist    10:06, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Next task

At the top of the Geography section, each page says "x is: a ______". Almost all of them say "x is: a country". That was filled in by a template to save time when the pages were all created, and it's not true for all the pages. A few of these political entities aren't countries (such as dependencies, autonomous regions, etc.). Check each country and fix those. Also, countries made up of islands have their own article devoted to them, so they should be called "x is: an island country". Change those pages too.

Good luck.

Have fun.

The Transhumanist    20:59, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Hint: To save time see List of island countries, Dependent territory, etc. If you copy/paste these 2 pages to a sandbox, with some search/replace magic you can create links that go straight to the pages in the set you need to change. And you can use Linky on those links to open them all in separate tabs (in Firefox), and then cycle through the tabs rapidly by using Ctrl-W to close each tab when you are done with it (and the next tab will be instantly displayed before your eyes).

Juliancolton's task

Julian might need help on his task:

To provide examples for the participants to see what the pages they will be working on are supposed to look like when they are completed, there are about 20 pages we're trying to "finish" before the big collaboration starts:
List of basic Albania topics • List of basic Argentina topics • List of basic Australia topics • List of basic Canada topics • List of basic Ecuador topics • List of basic Egypt topics • List of basic France topics • List of basic Germany topics • List of basic Iceland topics • List of basic India topics • List of basic Indonesia topics • List of basic Iraq topics • List of basic Republic of Ireland topics • List of basic Italy topics • List of basic Isle of Man topics • List of basic Israel topics • List of basic Japan topics • List of basic Macau topics • List of basic Mexico topics • List of basic Russia topics • List of basic Taiwan topics • List of basic United Kingdom topics • List of basic United States topics
What I need you to do is make sure the culture section of each of these pages has image support, and add as many images as comfortably fit in that section. See List of basic Japan topics for an example. The images you select for the pages should be mainstream and/or interesting. Dull and boring is not what we want. Eye-catching and educational are what we're after.
Don't use copyrighted images. All the pics should be GFDL or public domain. You can find pics on relevant articles around Wikipedia, and on Wikipedia:Wikimedia Commons.
I look forward to seeing your improvements to these pages.
If you have any questions, please ask me on my talk page so the alert feature works. Thank you.
Good luck.
Have fun.

We're all working together to get this thing ready, so the various tasks don't "belong" to anybody per se, Julian just happens to be the one I posted the above task to. Feel free to jump in and help. He's got the right spirit, and that's exactly what he did on "your" task!  ;)

The Transhumanist    21:08, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

What is Around the World?

It's a collaboration using advanced wiki-tools. It is sponsored jointly by WikiProject Lists of basic topics and WikiProject Geography.

Using these advanced tools, we are building a profile for every country of the world. These drafts are listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists of basic topics.

These profiles summarize essential information on each country. They are "topic outlines", but at the same time they are so much more, because Wikipedia is a hypertextual environment. Most of the topics presented are linkified, which turns these pages into a sort of site map to material about each country on Wikipedia.

The profiles share a standard format. So rather than tediously working on a single country to complete it, each participant works on all 200+ political entities, completing a single data item or detail across all of the pages. For this they use advanced tools like WP:AWB, Linky, etc. It goes fast, and since others are doing this at the same time, it makes "the World" (the set of country profiles) feel like a beehive, and the participants are its bees.  :) The energy is contagious.

And since you are moving from country to country, the tasks make it feel like you are traveling all around the world, and you get to learn a little about every country as you do so. This approach also allows for greater efficiency, because by the time you've done 30 or so of a particular item, you've figured out how to finish it faster and more effectively (such as where to find the data or how to make adjustments), and this specialization speeds up development - but more importantly it reduces errors.

The tasks are varied, which adds even more variety to the project. Some tasks are look-ups-and-fill-ins, some are copy and paste, some are image hunts, some are maintenance adjustments, some are link fixing, some are blue-linking (creating an underlying redirect so a link turns blue), some are fact checking, etc.

Standing by to help are co-coordinators, who can lend a helping hand to participants, provide instruction and tips on how to use the tools, and help them find what they are looking for. Co-coordinators also use advanced tools to inspect the work of participants, and touch it up as needed, or if a task was done wrong throughout, point this out to the participant so he or she can make the necessary corrections.

Co-coordinators are working on the set of pages right now, to familiarize themselves with "the World" so they can help more effectively by the time the main event starts. But there's still lots of preparation left to be done, and we are looking for editors experienced in advanced wikitools who would like to become co-coordinators.

The Transhumanist    23:26, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Welcome aboard

You've been working on the set of pages as mentioned above. So guess what that makes you? Yep, you are a co-coordinator!  ;) The Transhumanist    04:19, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Problem with a bot removing coats of arms

While I was checking your work on matching up flag and coats of arms sizes on the country lists (thank you, by the way), I came across a problem that you should be aware of. A bot has been coming along and removing coats of arms images from pages in the set.

The bot has hit the following pages so far:

I've written a message to the bot's talk page, informing the bot operator of the problem.

See User talk:BJBot#Your bot is damaging some articles we are working on.

If you should run across any more images removed from the country pages, please contact the bot operator (check the history to see which bot did it), and contact me too, right away.

Thank you.

And keep up the good work.

The Transhumanist    11:15, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Request further explenation

I see you are deleting my article because "it is very short and provides little or no context".

I am confused concerning the wiki publishing process. Is it the title or lack of content?

Maleitch (talk) 01:37, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, What "it is very short and provides little or no context" means is that the article lacks anything to tell exactly what what the subject of the article is (By that I mean the lack of content). Also, there is a page that gives information on how to write an article and what not to do when writing an article. If you have any further questions feel free to ask. All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 01:44, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

deleted page

I was in the process of adding content to the page, when I noticed your deletion message. Creating a wiki page for the first time I was attempting to investigate/resolve whatever violation I had committed and lost my content in the process. Is it common for wiki admins to delete pages withing minutes of them being created?

Maleitch (talk) 01:52, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

WPF1 delivery

I've had a look at that bots page but our system is much to hard for the bot to understand and would need human assistance. Chubbennaitor 16:46, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Buffalo Field Office DYK nom

As I said, the link I clicked on at the cited source only takes you to the main media page, which doesn't give any listing of programs. Perhaps you thought you had the link right but it redirects. The issue isn't the reliability of the source, it's what the link points to. Daniel Case (talk) 16:24, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Alright, I'll take it now. Daniel Case (talk) 16:41, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

FBI Buffalo Field Office

Updated DYK query On 5 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article FBI Buffalo Field Office, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 01:10, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Credits

I notice you've added a couple of hooks to the next update page but you haven't added the credits, ie who created the articles/nominated them. Don't forget to do that. Gatoclass (talk) 03:25, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. You had me a little worried there for a minute :) Gatoclass (talk) 03:30, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Adoption

I would like that. I am mainly interested in translation. I speak several different languages and am fluent in German, Chinese, Russian, and several others. I have been translating German pages recently. I think I am going to stick with that as I have enjoyed it. If you could help me or give me any tips that would be greatly appreciated! Also, please take a look at the pages I have translated, and tell me what you think. If there is anything that I could improve on (which I am sure is a lot of areas), please tell me. I am open to any constructive criticism. I am having trouble creating my templates. For some reason they show up as a fricken link instead of the thing I want to show. That is the one problem I have run into so far, which seems minor compared to all of the problems I could be having =). Thank you again for stepping up and adopting me! Chris Breseman Cbreseman (talk) 20:12, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Adoption

Thank you! Yes, I would like to be adopted. I feel I could use a little Wikiguidance to keep me out of trouble. --SWJS: The All Knowing Destroy All Humans! Nerd(Cortex Scan) 20:13, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Will do! Thanks! :) --SWJS: The All Knowing Destroy All Humans! Nerd(Cortex Scan) 02:02, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thanks, much appreciated! Neutralitytalk 01:34, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

DYK updates

I am taking a break for a while (I felt as if I've become an automated machine) so please take care of DYK updates, if you can. But please make sure non-US hooks are included at very least one per each update. Good luck. --BorgQueen (talk) 08:58, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

When you clear for the next update, please make sure all the credit notifications have been done. This time I've finished the notification job but you actually cleared before I finished. --BorgQueen (talk) 14:07, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
Oh I see. I was just worried because some users new to the job have made such mistakes before. But I am relieved you are familiar with the process. Thanks. --BorgQueen (talk) 14:29, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

yes please adopt me

Yes sir please adopt me --Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 16:41, 6 July 2008 (UTC) (9By the way are you the on who introduced the Law enforcement Barnister?) Lets start my traning fron tommrow morning 10.00am Indian standerd time(P.S I have wikipedia's policy about copyright they are creating a mountain out of mole hillSuyogaerospacetalk to me! 18:25, 6 July 2008 (UTC)


Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Aurora borealis over Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.jpg

Please revert your promotion. You have no right to close your own nomination. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 18:41, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

checkY Done

Sorry about that, I wasn't thinking for a few minutes there :(. Really, I honestly have no idea what I was thinking by closing my own nom :(. Thanks for bringing that to my attention, I have reverted all of my edits and I apologize for my HUGE mistake :(. All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 18:47, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

DKY

I left a possible DYK for July 3, but no one has responded. Could that no one be you? Corn.u.co.pia ♥ Disc.us.sion 02:26, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, there are plenty of editors that work approving/rejecting all the DYK hooks that are submitted, generally, I just look for hooks that have been marked as OK and then add them to the next set of Hooks to go live on the main page. Also, I have just reviewed your hook and approved it, your hook should now appear in the DYK section of the main page within the next day or so, you will receive a notice once your hook is being displayed on the main page. All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 02:34, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the review, I appreciate it. Corn.u.co.pia ♥ Disc.us.sion 02:36, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

DYK credits

I wonder if you could do the credits for this update? Thank you. --BorgQueen (talk) 03:20, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

I've uploaded a new image with the blank space cropped off. And next time you upload C-uploaded copies, please make sure its name is identical with the original commons image. (No "...for DYK" please) We have to archive every update along with the image, and when C-uploaded copies get deleted we only have a red link unless it retains the original name. --BorgQueen (talk) 03:46, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
Ah, ok....... Let me take care of the image then. --BorgQueen (talk) 13:30, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
Would you like to do the credits for the next update? Just asking to avoid edit conflicts. --BorgQueen (talk) 15:06, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
Having three hooks related to sports in one update is not a good idea. I suggest you save the last one for the next. --BorgQueen (talk) 16:51, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
I guess you are offline. I am going to put the last one back myself, believing you wouldn't mind. --BorgQueen (talk) 17:39, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Hello Sir

  1. How did you created that status signal?
  2. And for clean up petrol can I select law enforcement articles? Can you show me one demo of cleanup because for me all articles look perfect
  3. Can you help me with my userpage its total mess? Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 08:17, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi Suyogaerospace, let me answer your questions it the order that you asked them :)
  • First off, you need to put
importScript('User:Misza13/statusChanger.js');

into your monobook.js

Then you need to refresh you cache and then at the top of your screen next to your log out button you should see three new buttons. The buttons will read: in, busy, out, those are what you use to change your status. Then you need to go to Special:Mypage/StatusTemplate and add the code for the three indicators. If you want you can copy the code from my template found here. Then after that's set and saved you should be done, from then on all you need to do is click on of the buttons to indicate your status.

  • Second, yes you can select law enforcement related article to cleanup :). I have found an example of a small cleanup that I requested a few months ago. If you look at these diffs, you can see that all the clean up was was to change a paragraph list to a billeted list using prose and to do some minor copy editing.
  • I'd be more than happy to help you with your userpage, that may take some time though, I'll start thinking of a design for it but if there anything specific that you want or a user's who's userpage you want your modeled after tell me so that I can make the page the way that you want :).

If you have any questions feel free to ask me :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 14:13, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

I dont have any specific design for my userpage i just want a brop box for my user box that enough for me. I am consern abt my user page because its is giving bad impresson of mine. thank you sir have you seen the barnstar that I have created?Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 14:25, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Help me

First off, Clean up patrol is an optional course you don't have to do it and many users have done just fine and they have never cleaned up an article ever, second, could you be a bit more clear with this? :Hello sir its also displaying a icon showing DYK ans rollback rights. I dont know which code to delete?" I need to know what your working on (Although I have a hunch it might be a header for your userpage) so that I can tell you what code to put where. In other news I have finished a first draft of a userpage for you, you can see it at User:Mifter/Sandbox. All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 14:54, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

You are great

  • My user-page looks AWESOME but is has too less userboxes please add more userboxes.I liked the layout of my userpage just see that if you can make my userbox look like this user http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sniperz11 (Victorian look is awesome how did you come to know that I like victorian era? by looking at my sign font??)
  • Next to the status signal there are three more icons
  1. a blue coloured question mark icon her is the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mifter/DYK
  2. a wikipedia logo stating that this user has rollback rights http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Rollback_feature
  3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Rollback_feature Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 15:43, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
Oh thats my userpage header your talking about, if you want one of those I can make one for you, but to update your status just click one of the links labeled: in, busy, or out next to the log out button on the top of the screen and then the script will automatically update your status template. Oh and your userpage is finished :) see User:Mifter/Sandbox to see it :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 15:51, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
what is use of userpage header? and what about this things? {{wikipedia ads}}{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikify/Userpage banner}}
{{lawenforcementmember}} 
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Outreach/WPMILHIST User}}
{{FireServiceWikiProject-Member}}
{{User wikimr}}
{{User_interwiki_infoboard_mr}}
{{WPMILHIST Announcements}}
{{WWF alerts}}

My collage is starting from 21 july by that I want to learn every thing so I will clean atlest to articlesSuyogaerospacetalk to me! 16:08, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I have just added all of those things onto your userpage draft. Also, there really is no "point" for a page header, I simply have it there to inform any passing users that I have Rollback and Accountcreator rights here and to advertise that my DYK has appeared on the Main Page. All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 16:20, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Good night

I dont know what the use of rollback and I was not able to subscribed to DYK so there is no point to creat header for me thanks for user page from tommrow morning I will try to clean few articles Good night its 22:29 in bombay Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 16:59, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Good Night! :)--Mifter (talk) 21:25, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

HELP!

Add some text to my talk page so i can leave messages on it, also remove the image please! God bless you!--I am Th e Great Editor in Chief Who Has Humility, nobility, and a Sense of Honor, So Bow to The Great Editor in Chief or Feel The Ice in The icebox (talk) 21:01, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi, another editor has already removed the Image and I have also posted a welcome to your talk page. If you need help with anything else please feel free to ask. All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 21:24, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. You are trully amazing. Here's a smile  :)Don't woory, I'm Changing My Signature. It sounds so odd.--I am Th e Great Editor in Chief Who Has Humility, nobility, and a Sense of Honor, So Bow to The Great Editor in Chief or Feel The Ice in The icebox (talk) 21:52, 7 July 2008 (UTC) --I am Th e Great Editor in Chief Who Has Humility, nobility, and a Sense of Honor, So Bow to The Great Editor in Chief or Feel The Ice in The icebox (talk) 21:52, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Adopt

Can you adopt me. You seem so smart and amazing. I hope to be an admin like you. --I Am The Great Editor in Chief (talk) 21:55, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Sure I'd be happy to adopt you, just add this to your userpage {{Adoptee|Mifter}} and then check out User:Mifter/Adoption to see how my adoption works, also take a look at your adoption page and fill in your editing interests. If you have any questions feel free to ask me :). All the Best,--Mifter (talk) 22:00, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

P.S. Oh and By the Way, I'm not an Admin :P. --Mifter (talk) 22:00, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi

To be an admin, i heard i need 1,000 edits. Does this includeWikipediholism test or user pages. Need to know. You rock! --I Am The Great Editor in Chief (talk) 22:01, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[1]

Actually there are NO requirements to become an admin, but some general guidlines can be found at WP:Guide to requests for adminship. I hope this answers your questions. All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 22:05, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Guess what?

I have nominated you for adminship.

The Great Editor In Chief would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contactThe Great Editor In Chief to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Mifter . If you accept the nomination, you must state and sign your acceptance. You may also choose to make a statement and/or answer the optional questions to supplement the information your nominator has given. Once you are satisfied with the page, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.
Hi there, while I am flattered and appreciate your kindness in offering to nominate me for adminship I must graciously and respectfully decline your offer, I am currently looking to be admin coached and in a few months when my coach thinks that I am ready, I will probably go for adminship, for the time being though I must decline your offer of nomination. Thanks and All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 22:55, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Hmm

Again, we have three sports-related hooks in one update. Please be more careful since we really need a balanced group of hooks for each update. --BorgQueen (talk) 22:27, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

No Prob

Alright, that's cool. Thanks for all your kindness.--I Am The Great Editor in Chief (talk) 23:51, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Hello Sir

Hi I was not able to clean articles because I am taging Military articles see this I am totely gone mad by reading all this articles. Today I took includeWikipediholism test my score is 79411--I Am The Great Editor in Chieflooks like your puppet socket :p One more thing is is right thing to creat article about gangesters or is it treated as vandelism :P (And how will one provide refrence for gangester articles?!! every info about gangester is unofficial :P) Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 10:38, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Did a user say that I'm a sockpuppet?--I Am The Great Editor in Chief (talk) 20:45, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

  • Yes I said you are sock puppet I am kidding with you because you use toooo sweet language and there is a smell of flattering in your talks don't take it seriously since i am a member of project fun i need to spread smile :P ;) and other big reason is that you dont have a userpage Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 03:43, 10 July 2008 (UTC) enjoy wikipedia

Hi

Can you help me improve an article. It is scholastic.com/news--I Am The Great Editor in Chief (talk) 21:07, 8 July 2008 (UTC) you are one of the best wikipedians ever.--I Am The Great Editor in Chief (talk) 21:07, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Sure, I'll take a look at the article and see what I can do :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 02:11, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

DYK next updating

Mifter, I wanted to let you know you should use the good submissions for DYK that are older; not those on the current day, as they have probably not been vetted and others are ahead in line. Thanks for helping. BTW, I need to be credited for Indy Fire Department being on front page.--Bedford Pray 23:38, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi, about the DYK's I generally don't approve hooks, I simply find approved ones and then add them to the next update set, I won't use new approved hooks unless I absolutely have to because there are no other approved older hooks, also there are a few hooks that are older but have Image recommendations and I generally leave them so that I can place those in the header with there Images so because of that they might have to wait longer to be featured than plain text hooks but otherwise I always use the oldest approved hooks first and then work my way into the newer hooks as necessary :). Thanks and All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 02:53, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
P.S. Oh and congrats on your 100 DYK Medal :). --Mifter (talk) 02:53, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations
Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Aurora borealis over Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. --Hetar 23:47, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Sorry for the confusion, but this image failed to gain consensus and is closed until further review. smooth0707 (talk) 15:14, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you very much! I noticed at RfPP that BorgQueen was taking a break, and looking at the history of T:DYK, I realised how much of a loss that would be!! So I decided to help out where I could, and updated the template from the next update after six hours etc. Unfortunately on my first day as an admin I messed it up, and didn't have the courage to even press "edit this page" until a few days ago! :) Thanks for the note, and happy to help. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 08:48, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

WWW.JBHS.ORG article

Not sure how to really improve this. It's just a description of the website and what people need to know about it for James Bowie High School in Austin Texas.Nonexistentera (talk) 17:21, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, unfortunately your article currently fails WP:N which means that your article might not be notible enough to be included here. In order to fix that you should take a look around the internet and try to find reliable third party sources that have a coverage of www.JBHS.org

According to WP:N

If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to be notable.

  • "Significant coverage" means that sources address the subject directly in detail, and no original research is needed to extract the content. Significant coverage is more than trivial but may be less than exclusive.[1]
  • "Reliable" means sources need editorial integrity to allow verifiable evaluation of notability, per the reliable source guideline. Sources may encompass published works in all forms and media. Availability of secondary sources covering the subject is a good test for notability.[2]
  • "Sources,"[3] defined on Wikipedia as secondary sources, provide the most objective evidence of notability. The number and nature of reliable sources needed varies depending on the depth of coverage and quality of the sources. Multiple sources are generally preferred.[4]
  • "Independent of the subject" excludes works produced by those affiliated with the subject including (but not limited to): self-publicity, advertising, self-published material by the subject, autobiographies, press releases, etc.[5]
  • "Presumed" means that substantive coverage in reliable sources establishes a presumption, not a guarantee, of notability. Editors may reach a consensus that although a topic meets this criterion, it is not suitable for inclusion. For example, it may violate what Wikipedia is not.[6]

A topic for which this criterion is deemed to have been met by consensus, is usually worthy of notice, and satisfies one of the criteria for a stand-alone article in the encyclopedia. Verifiable facts and content not supported by multiple independent sources may be appropriate for inclusion within another article.

A possible solution would be to include the information about the website into your school's article (If your school doesn't currently have one Be Bold and write one!) and then Redirect your article into the section of your school's article that covers its website. If you have any other questions feel free to ask me :). Thanks and All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 17:30, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Bureaucrat

Thank you for considering me for the position of bureaucrat, but due to all of my personal commitments, I'm afraid that I must decline. Most of all I want to thank you for your kind words, you made my day. Take care. Tony the Marine (talk) 19:23, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Admin coaching

I'm sorry, but I don't think I'll be taking any more admin coachees in the near future. I wasn't as dedicated to admin coaching as I hoped to be, and I would be doing you a disservice if I took you under my wing. I'm sure there are many other administrators who would be willing to coach you. Best, Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 19:34, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh, oh well thanks anyways and All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 02:13, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Can...

Can you help me with a certain article?--I Am The Great Editor in Chief (talk) 22:33, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Sure I'd be happy to help you on an article :), just tell me the article and I'll go take a look :). If you have any other questions feel free to ask me :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 02:05, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Great! the name of the article is Scholastic News Kid Press Corp.--I Am The Great Editor in Chief (talk) 12:08, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Hi--I Am The Great Editor in Chief (talk) 22:36, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 02:06, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Why

Any word on my previous questions, you amazing Wikipedian. You rock!--I Am The Great Editor in Chief (talk) 23:59, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Yep I just answered all of them above :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 02:18, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for "Image suyogaerospace"

that thanks was meant for here I dont know how it went to wikimedia once again thanks Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 03:17, 10 July 2008 (UTC) What will happen if i am not able to tag and asset the articles before july?

  • Is is legal to put this tag on my user page? [[Category:1990 births]]
For the Image, I uploaded it to Wikimedia Commons instead of Wikipedia because that is the Free Image Branch of Wikimedia, and for the Category, I would say that you shouldn't add yourself to that category because after looking in it, it seems to be a category for articles not for users. All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 14:08, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
  • got you sir what about tags and assisments? all projects want their articles to be reviewed by end of july. I am incharge of total 220 articles i will be not able to do them by july it will take time will i get imposition for it? or will i be kick out of wikipedia? Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 14:20, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
No :), The directors of WP:MILHIST aren't that evil :P (Actually they aren't evil at all :P), but if you need help finishing your adopted range you can just contact me by or anyone else involved with Tag and Assess 2008 and ask them to help you finish your range. All the Best,--Mifter (talk) 14:23, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
  • NO WAY I AM GOING TO TAG MY RANGE MY SELF thanks fo the help. By the way how to delete an Image? i have uploded a wrong image
  • what do you mean by “ Criticism is something you can avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing "?? should we remain idel on wiki to avoid criticism? Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 05:42, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
If you have uploaded the wrong Image, then the only people who can delete it are administrators but if you want to have an Image removed, you can tag it with {{db-author}} and then a admin should delete it for you. And sorry about the new messages notice, it was a mistake with one of the tools that I used and I immediately reverted my changes so your Image won't be deleted but which ever image you want to have deleted just tag with {{db-author}}. Also, about my little quote at the top of the page, what it means is that the only way to avoid criticism is to do nothing and that means that criticism is something that should be learned from and not scorned because the only way to avoid it is to do nothing and if you do nothing then you will consequently be nothing (That's the best way that I can explain it). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 14:20, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Image:Logo cerne.gif

Dear Mifter,

Alwil software allows anybody to use their logo on a webpage as you can see here: http://www.avast.com/eng/logos.html

Thank you in advance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Omarmalali (talk • contribs) 09:45, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, although they allow anyone to use there logo on there websites, it still meets Wikipedia's Non-free logo criteria and as such must be licensed under Fair Use. If you have any other question feel free to ask me or to take them to Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 14:04, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Update

BTW, thanks for trying to help out with the update earlier today. The reason I reverted your changes is that I could have used those hooks myself, but I was working hard to try and created a balanced update without too many people hooks. What I should have done is put an inuse tag on the page so that people knew I was still working on it, but any time you have doubts, feel free to ask at my talk page. Gatoclass (talk) 04:21, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

????

I found new message notice but no message on my talk page. Page history says different story sir you r going to delete wrong pic :p My friends told me that this pic is very nice [["Image:Fishing Boat kelva.JPG]] and told me that this image can fetch some money so I want to delete this (If i get good amount I will give you 25% of it)Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 14:13, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

As I said above the notice was an error with one of the tools that I use to fight vandalism and to mark pages for deletion. All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 14:23, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
  • Which tool r u using? I have one question what is AWB?? one user helped me with AWB to send message to my state's project memberSuyogaerospacetalk to me! 14:29, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
  • And how to use this talk notice? How to reply in your style? your style is Cool
Oh, I was using Twinkle (The adoption lesson User:Mifter/Adoption/Vandalism 1.1 give some more info) and AWB is Auto Wiki Browser You have to have at least 500 mainspace edits to be approved to use it and it can be used to check spelling on articles, distribute notices, and all sorts of stuff, and I use the {{talkback}} template, for you it would look like this {{talkback|Suyogaerospace}}. All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 15:11, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
Its all your choice, but you should understand the responsibilities that come from using Twinkle before you start using it and exactly what twinkle can do and what it cannot do (Abuse of Twinkle can result in a block :( ) :). If you have any more questions feel free to ask me :). Thanks and All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 01:01, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

MifterBot's welcome message

Would it be possible to have MifterBot subst the welcome message it gives before the notifications about images? –xenocidic (talk) 14:59, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

It should be able to all I'd have to do is change the template that it is using from {{welcome}} to {{subst:welcome}}, I'll go change it now and restart the bot with the new code installed. All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 15:10, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
 Done the bot should now subst the welcome template :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 15:17, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
Good stuff. Didn't make sense to have one bot cleaning up after another =) cheers, –xenocidic (talk) 15:20, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Bot

Hey, I got python programed and all. I logged in. Can you please give me the next steps for what to do for interwiki and something what Mifterbot currently does? Thanks for the help! « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 15:24, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Ok, so now you need to go to "Start" then "Run" and type cmd.exe, then once that opens type chdir\"pywikipedia" (This only works if you have the pywikipedia directory right on your hard drive not on the desktop or in another folder.) Then type login.py and then when it prompts you type your bots password, then after that type hit enter and then type which python program you want to run (e.g. welcome.py (The user welcoming script that Mifterbot runs that on the Commons because they allow welcome bots there :)) and then the bot should start operating. If you have any more questions feel free to ask me :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 15:43, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. For finding if the image has a source (or not), what do you use? « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 15:56, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
Do you have any other python "scripts" that you use? What other tasks are available? Thanks, « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 22:28, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi, well, there are tons of scripts that are out there, some of them are "copyright.py" which is a script that does something like CorenSearchBot does and it checks the contents of new article against a Google, Yahoo, and MSN for copyvios and tags them accordingly, then theres "archivebot.py" which is a archive bot script (Written and published by Misza13) which well archives talk pages, there is "interwiki.py" which is used to add interwiki links to articles, and the list goes on. If you have any other questions about bots or python feel free to ask me :), (Oh, and Mifterbot runs a very heavily modified version of checkimages.py (only about 20% of the original code is still used), I re-wrote most of the code and added a regex to screen depreciated license tags like {{pd}} along with streamlining the code and some other major changes). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 22:47, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

A Driver for Vera

Hey, your bot had a problem with Image:A Driver for Vera.jpg. Could you please explain in human language what's wrong with it, cause I can't see what it is. Lampman (talk) 00:49, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, I just took a look at your image and I realized that the reason that the bot kept tagging it no license is because it lacked a non-free license tag, I have just added on so from on the bot should ignore the template. For future reference all fair use images must be tagged with one of the tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Non-free to state that the image is non free and used under fair use :). If you have any more questions feel free to ask :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 02:53, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
I thought I had left that tag there, but somewhere along the way it must have disappeared. Anyway, thanks for your response! Lampman (talk) 02:59, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

My RFA Thanks

Thank you for your support at my RFA, which closed a short while ago as a success. I shall do my upmost to ensure I keep your support, and I look forward to working with you in the future. StephenBuxton (talk) 22:41, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Autographs

Hello sir I have autograph of many politicians I want to add there autographs to there infobox where should I upload there signatures?Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 09:30, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there. Well, you have two choices here, you can either upload the images here or on the Commons, and then you have to chose a license (Creative Commons, GDFL, or release it into the Public Domain), and then you can just put into the infobox on the politicians entry (A complete list of them can be found here if there currently isn't one on the article and most have a parameter for a signature), and then you can just add in the signature and your done :). If you have any other questions feel free to ask :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 00:20, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Hello Sir I want to go to this this stape explain me this in detail Copyright on a Free Wikipedia Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 09:35, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi, this is not so much a lesson as it is an information page, the purpose is to inform you about copyright (All forms: Images, Other Media, and Text in Articles) which is one of the most important things that you need to know on Wikipedia and then after you read it, just leave a note on my talk page and I will create some custom questions tailored to you, and then I'll evaluate you and give you some recommendations on how you can improve :). If you have any more questions feel free to ask :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 00:26, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Lehi ribbon image

About this image you left me a message:[1]

I have detailed all information needed, as far as I understand:

Lehi Ribbon,

Defense Minister of Israel (author, creator),

http://www.mod.gov.il/pages/heritage/sherut.asp (source)

public domain (license)

what else is needed?

do I need to add the copy right holder (which is Defense Minister of Israel)?

Is there anythingelse needed?

--Shevashalosh (talk) 10:56, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Ok, now its fine :) all it needed was to have a tag to indicate its copyright status which when my bot looked at the Image it was lacking a tag so it marked it for deletion, now it should be fine though :). Thanks, and All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 01:10, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi

--I Am The Great Editor in Chief (talk) 16:06, 13 July 2008 (UTC)Look At This! {{Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/The Great Editor In Chief}}.


I

I just applied for adminshipo. Will I be okay? --I Am The Great Editor in Chief (talk) 17:46, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

  • User has been blocked indef for username in addition to a 3 day block for disruption
Hi, as I see your RfA was closed per WP:NOTNOW, I can say that you will be fine, but being that you have been indefinitely blocked for your username I would recommend if you read this to chose a new name for yourself and then add a unblock template with a request for a temp unblock pending a rename, and then go to WP:RENAME and add a request for a username change which will then be processed by a bureaucrat and once your username change is approved, then you can continue editing normally. If you chose to leave Wikipedia as a result of all of this, then I wish you All the Best in the future and Success for anything you chose to do :). Sincerely, --Mifter (talk) 01:17, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank You - Photo Help?

Thanks for the notice on the photo on Milagro Vargas. As a new user, I must admit I am rather confused by the maze of image standards. So, I found this picture on Google Images (which means it's in the public domain?), and it's on the site americancomposers.org. I didn't see a copyright tag, and I don't see any information about photo usage. Do you think you could help me out? Do I need to take the pic down? Or find another? Sorry!--CercareVerita (talk) 17:59, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, unfortunatly as you found the image on Google Images, we cannot be sure of the copyright status of the Image, and from what I could see the content of the website that you found the Image on is copyrighted so unfortunately, we are probably not able to use it on Wikipedia due to copyright restrictions, for more information on Image copyright on Wikipedia, I recommend that you see here, and , if you have any more questions, feel free to ask me :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 01:33, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Please Read tHis

S. dean Jameson called me a pig! what do I do? --The Great Editor In Chief (talk) 21:52, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

An entirely made-up complaint. --Allemandtando (talk) 22:06, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

lol, that's kind of awesome. In a very sad, sick, mentally troubled way. Beam 22:17, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Hello from Switzerland,

just got your message, that I have to change the copyright for our u-blox logo. But I do not know how to do that.

On our German Wikipedia-Page:

http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bild:U-blox_color_1024x393.jpg&filetimestamp=20071207212047

we also have our logo, but I could not link it.

It would be great if you could help me.

Another question is, that on both of our Wikipedia-pages u-blox begins with a capitalize "U-blox", is it possible to change that into a small "u-blox".

Here is our homepage: www.u-blox.com

My mail is klaus.erlinghagen@u-blox.com

Thank you and all the best Klaus —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.34.89.242 (talk) 13:57, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, if you wish to change the copyright on one of the images that you uploaded to another free license, all you have to do is change the license on the page to another license tag that's all there is to it :), and about changing the uppercase U to lowercase on the en Wikipedia (I have no idea about the de Wikipedia you should probably ask someone there) we have a template that will change the first letter in the name of any article to lowecase, the template is {{lowercase}} (An example) all you have to do is put that on the top of any article and it will change the first letter to lowercase. If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to ask me :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 01:47, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Bot

Do you have the source code for checkimages.py? I can't find it. Thanks! « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 17:21, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Images

Can you please delete the images I uploaded? Spiderone (talk) 13:18, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, I have just tagged all the images that you have uploaded for deletion per your request and now they should now be deleted as soon as an admin can verify that you have requested deletion :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 19:22, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Jemz Black-on-white

Hi. Added the copyright tag. Please let me know if there are further problems, and thanks for your help. Dogofthedesert (talk) 19:36, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, the image should be fine now :), my bot simply saw that the Image didn't have a license tag and as such it tagged it for deletion and now it should be fine :D. All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 19:54, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Your tag of my image

The image you tagged for deletion is a picture taken by myself of myself. I own the copyright, and have released it for use on WP. I'll be reverting your tag shortly, and just wanted to let you know why. S. Dean Jameson 20:11, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

  • Please stop your bot from tagging my photo. It's a personally-taken photograph of myself, for use on my userpage. I've made that clear. I don't know what else I need to do. Please keep the bot from tagging that photograph again. S. Dean Jameson 21:42, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
Sorry about taking so long, I was a bit busy in real life and as such couldn't respond for a while, being that you released the Image into the public domain, all you need to do is add a license tag (Which is why my bot keeps tagging you image for deletion) and if you add {{Pd-self}} to the Image my bot should no longer bother you :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 22:05, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

RfA Thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 90 support, 2 oppose, and 0 neutral.

All the best, Ben MacDuiTalk/Walk 20:25, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:AL size.png

I do not now what to do after your message. i was quite happy after uploading the file, because it was the first time I did it and therefore already not so easy. Now, I am confronted with many more problems, copyright etc. Perhaps you can guide me on this.

The thing is that I only altered an already existing and as I think free image. What I did is simply chopping of some parts, converting to png, and uploading the new file. The original file states that permission is granted to modify the picture. So , I assume I did nothing wrong and the only problem is to mae the correct declarations.

Please tell me, if in deed, I did not violate copyrights. If so, please explain me more clearly what I will have to do. If I violated the right s of the original user, of course, i want to delete the file as soon as possible. Thanks for your efforts and support. Tomeasytalk 21:31, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Do you also read your talk page. I am still waiting for your support as the 48 deadline is approaching. If you cannot react in time perhaps you shold not set such strict deadlines. Tomeasytalk 08:27, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi there, Sorry about that I had something going on in real life and because of that I couldn't reply to your comment, I noticed that you had already added a tag to the Image, but for future reference if you upload a derivative work (Modified Version of the origional) you should generally use the same license as the original (Except with Creative Commons Licenses where you HAVE to use the same license). If you have any other questions feel free to ask :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 22:09, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:Stoves 1200DF range cooker.jpg

Never mind this section. I've solved my own problem. Delete this from your talk page as you wish! BigbluePD (talk) 08:15, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Your bot's shit, make it go away

Yuss, I added a photo to Ian Rankin's page. Said it was me that took it, all that. Get a message today saying that your bot's going to delete it, unless I do some stuff, which it doesn't grant me the courtesy of explaining how to do. I mean, muh? You might be an obsessive Wiki addict to whom all that stuff makes sense, but I'm just someone trying to make the Wikipedia a better place, and I have no idea what it all means. I suggest you give your bot the ability to give some clear instructions when it finds something it dislikes. And go and fix my photo on the Ian Rankin page once you've done that. Unreadablecharacters (talk) 08:34, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about taking so long, I was a bit busy in real life and as such couldn't respond for a while, being that you took the Image you now need to chose a license template see Here for a list, all you need to do is add a license tag (Which is why my bot keeps tagging you image for deletion) then your Image will not be deleted and my bot should no longer keep giving you the notifications. All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 22:19, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

My Misunderstanding

The article that I made(San Pablo central School) and its pictures all come from me. I decided to write it down along with my report about it.Albertdaniel222 (talk) 08:56, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about taking so long, I was a bit busy in real life and as such couldn't respond for a while, being that you took the Image you now need to chose a license template see Here for a list, all you need to do is add a license tag (Which is why my bot keeps tagging you image for deletion) then your Image will not be deleted and my bot should no longer keep giving you the notifications. If you have any more questions feel free to ask me :) All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 22:21, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
I can't find the pictures anymore. How can I find them? Then, how do I add a license tag?Albertdaniel222 (talk) 03:42, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi there, unfortunately your images were deleted so now I recommend that you re-upload your images with a copyright tag (Add {{Template name here}} to the Image to add a license tag) and once you have the Images re-uploaded with the license tags then you should be fine :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 20:40, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Running behind schedule

We're still working on the page prepping.

On each of the country pages listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists of basic topics, there is a flag and a coat of arms image, next to the table of contents. Their heights are out of whack and they need to be matched up.

For example, adjust each pair that the heights don't match up, like this:

Flag of Taiwan
National emblem of Taiwan

to match up like this:

Flag of Taiwan
National emblem of Taiwan

They take fiddling with, but you'll get the hang of it fast.

Various people have taken a crack at the list, and there's not too many left.

The Transhumanist    04:51, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Update: The K's through the R's still need to be done. Your help would sure be appreciated. The Transhumanist    03:05, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
By the way, some of the images done so far have gotten too big. When you are matching up image heights, please be sure to reduce the size of the larger one to match the height of the smaller one.
Thank you.
The Transhumanist    03:08, 18 July 2008 (UTC)


I've just finished the K's. That leaves the L's through R's. Just seven letters.  :) The Transhumanist    03:26, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

User:AndonicO/Membernotice

Small hiccough with your bot

Hi, your bot left a message on my talk concerning Image:Hadad.jpg, which I had uploaded a new version of... It misstated the problem, as the image was clearly sourced... the license tag was simply deprecated. Cheers, --Storkk (talk) 09:15, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about that, currently my bot can't see if the tag it depreciated or if there is no license so it tags both of them the same and uses the same notice, I am currently working on fixing that but for the time being it will tag {{PD}} images with {{nld}} but it still uses {{Image source-bot}} as opposed to a different message for images it has tagged due to the depreciated tag. I appreciate you taking the time to report this bug to me becase this is how I keep updating the bot script as necessary and fixing bugs in the script :). Thank and All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 18:06, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Dhol academy in the dark

I was wondering if you couod help me determine how 2 get the copywrite information for the images you flagged these are my first uploads so i would appreciate the help the link to the images were given to me from the photographer whom i met at the time the photos were being taken please advise Rbarber3 (talk) 18:01, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, after taking a look at both Images, I see that they are both copyrighted and because of that you need to add a Non free use tag to both of them and add a WP:Fair use rationale in order to keep them from being deleted, this is done becuase the only way to use copyrighted Image on Wikipedia is claiming fair use and because of that a few more steps must be taken to insure that all Fair Use Images are appropriately tagged. If you have any more questions feel free to ask :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 18:10, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

your bot and image messages

Recently your bot put 7 "no source" messages here. I notice it used the exact same message for each one. You may consider checking out this page. It isn't a bot script per se, but you may be able to adopt it for your use. If it tags 3 images for example, it will use the full message the first time. After that, it will notice the full message is there and will use an abbreviated message for the last two. Might be useful for you.--Rockfang (talk) 22:13, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip :), I'll take a look to see if I can configure the bot to use the script as to streamline the warnings :). Thanks for the tip and All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 23:02, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

where can burgers be eaten?

Two things, you amazing smart editor. One, can you add content to my talk page. Two, how do I post a message to say post a messag. You rock!--JeWay (talk) 03:13, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Hello Sir

Yes sir I want a custom questions tailored for me in copy right lesson. And tell me how can I release signaturf a politician who is alive? Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 13:07, 21 July 2008 (UTC)I was right this man is mad he got blocked thanks to my law enforcement sixsth sence hahaUser talk:The Great Editor In Chief

Hi there, in response to your question above, I am actually going to make this part of your test for the Copyright on a free Wikipedia section of your adoption program, what I want you to do is ask your question at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions and then once you get a response I want you to come back and tell me exactly how you would upload the image and under what license. If you really get stuck just tell me and then I can tell you what to do, but I think it is important that in addition to being able to ask me questions that you know where to ask questions in general because in case I am ever not around to answer your questions you can still get the help and answers to you questions that you need :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 18:22, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

deleted article

Good day! While I was away from the computer on the weekend, the article Kaede_(band) that I created got deleted, and I didn't have a chance to see the editor's response to my request not to delete on the talk page. I was hoping that you could kindly provide me with the copy of the text that I had there, by perhaps placing it on my talk page? Thanks! Azolotkov (talk) 14:00, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, unfortunately I cannot provide you a copy of the deleted article because I am not an administrator, but if you want a copy of your deleted article you could see any of the users in Category:Wikipedia administrators who will provide copies of deleted articles and if you ask one of them they should be able to give you a copy of the article :). If you have any more questions feel free to ask :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 19:18, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

I do not know where can I write the website. It is from Google. Here is the link to it: [1] ] I can never get a copyright. AND google never needs copyright. --Florence Lau 14:43, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, per Wikipedia policy all Images must state where they came from (You created it, it is under a free license, or its used under fair use) and if they don't have a License Tag then they can be deleted, being that the Image you found was from Google, there is a huge chance that the Image is copyrighted, and unless we can verify that the Image is available under a Free license, then the Image will have to be deleted for copyright violation, I recommend that you read WP:Copyright#Image_guidelines for some more information about Image copyrights and what they mean on Wikipedia. If you have any more questions feel free to ask :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 23:46, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Dhol Academy

Dhol_Academy_in_the_dark2.jpg I was wondering if you could help me determine how 2 get the copywrite information for the images you flagged these are my first uploads so i would appreciate the help the link to the images were given to me from the photographer whom i met at the time the photos were being taken please advise Rbarber3 (talk) 15:05, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there. Well, you need to ask the person who took the pictures what license he wants them to be used under (If he gave all rights to the Photos to you then you can chose any license that you wish), and then once you know which license the photographer (or you) wish to use then you can pick out a template from Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Free licenses and once you add it to the image then everything should be fine :). If you have any other questions concerning Images on Wikipedia or any questions at all for that matter :) please feel free to ask me :). Thanks and All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 19:39, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

My test

Hello sir you mean should i ask this this question " How can I release signature a politician who is alive" at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions--Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 11:56, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Yep, I want you to see how to ask questions to the greater community (On Help Desks like Wikipedia:Media copyright questions you will generally get more than one person answering your question and that might lead to discussion about how certain policy's are supposed to be interpreted), and it is important to know where to go to get answers as to prevent yourself from violating copyright, or making any other mistakes :). If you have any other questions feel free to ask :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 01:53, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

My Test-II

Yes I'll do it sir by in your absence see what I have created this Wikipedia:WikiProject Mumbai and see Mumbai Fire Brigade's logo I have enhanced it using coral draw. I have also uploaded few more photos and I have done Lot of main page editing ;)Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 12:42, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

JMU Wiki Image

Hi,

I am unfamiliar with the proper protocol for uploading images apparently and your bot mentioned that my image was not properly sourced and I would like to know what steps would be necessary to legtimize it.

Thanks, Andy.W.Ellis (talk) 14:03, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, after taking a look at the Image, I see that the Image is copyrighted and because of that you need to add a Non free use tag to to the Image and add a WP:Fair use rationale in order to keep them from being deleted, this is done because the only way to use copyrighted Image on Wikipedia is claiming fair use and because of that there are a few more steps must be taken to insure that all Fair Use Images are appropriately tagged and used according to policy. If you have any more questions feel free to ask :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 20:27, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to be a pedant

Your Bot said "I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear". This was and is untrue. I don't appreciate false allegations from machines. If you were doing the work yourself you wouldn't have said that. Your Bot did correctly note that I had not put a copyright licence thing on some of my photos. I have now amended that. But as a newbie to wikipedia I find it terribly confusing to have a bot tell me something that is untrue. I followed the "upload file" instructions obediently and so my files all specified that I had created them from the moment they were uploaded. Wk 85 (talk) 19:03, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about taking so long, I was on a short vacation in real life and as such couldn't respond for a while, being that you took the Image you now need to chose a license template see Here for a list, all you need to do is add a license tag (Which is why my bot keeps tagging your image for deletion) then your Image will not be deleted and my bot should no longer keep giving you the notifications, also I am thinking about re-writing the Image notification template to make it more helpful but that may take a while :(. Anyways, If you have any more questions feel free to ask me :) All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 20:44, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

I have uploaded twice over the information that my image on the Drummore page was photographed by me and that I have retained no copyright. I am sick of being terrorised by people like you. If I need to do something else you should be a lot more courteous. Deipnosophista (talk) 19:06, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, being that you said that you have released all rights to the photo, you now need to add {{Pd-self}} to the Image's page, and then your Image should be fine to use on Wikipedia and will not be deleted. If you have any more questions feel free to ask me :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 20:44, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Response for RekonDog

Thanks for the info, but since I DID make it (on Paint.NET program). How do I attach the 'fair use" tag onto that pics? I get tired of having my pics deleted because of this bureacractic place.

RekonDog 19:07, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

It's the cover me and my band decided on —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sweetrevenge hardcore (talk • contribs) 16:30, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

It's the cover me and my band decided on and i've made the album cover official.

Sweetrevenge_hardcore 11:38, 25 July 2008

Hi there per this the Image that you uploaded is considered a copyright violation and was deleted, if you wish to re-upload the Image and use it in an article, then you need to add {{non-free fair use in|article name}} on the Image in order for the Image to not be deleted again as a copyvio. If you have any more questions please don't hesitate to ask :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 20:49, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

RE: Admin coaching

Hi Mifter and sorry for the late reply, computer continues to act up. I'm afraid I gave up admin coaching officially as it took up too much time, but I am happy to give you any advice you may need in general when I get back to full wiki-speed. Let me know any questions you may have. SGGH speak! 20:29, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Thats fine, (Sorry to hear about your Internet acting up) thanks anyways for considering my request, I really do appreciate it :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 02:15, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

carcinoid_cancer.jpg

the images I uploaded are neither copyright, nor available on any website. I am a doctor, mostly working in operation room, and I have myself taken these photographs. Biopsy reports confirmed the diagnosis of carcinoid tumour. I also have the photos of secondaries of this cancer. Almazi (talk) 03:03, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there :), being that you took the Image you now need to chose a license template see Here for a list, all you need to do is add a license tag (Which is why my bot keeps tagging your image for deletion) to the image and then your Image will not be deleted and the Image should be fine :). If you have any other questions feel free to ask :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 03:02, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

My Test Result

See Reply over here here--Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 10:48, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your help Miao Miao Qu (talk) 06:05, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there :), what you now need to do is to chose a license template see Here for a list, and then all you need to do is add a license tag (Which is why my bot keeps tagging your image for deletion) to the image and then your Image will not be deleted and the Image should be fine :). If you have any other questions feel free to ask :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 16:16, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Photos in SK articles

Would you kindly indicate what further is required by way of indicating that photos are self-created and that copyright is released into the public domain generally, and specifically for use in illustrating Wikipedia articles. I am a lawyer admitted to practice in both Australia and Canada, whose copyright law is substantially in accordance with that of the USA, I have substantial experience in the practice of intellectual property law, and I cannot conceive of what further I might have provided than I did so as to satisfy the Wikipedia standards as to using one's own photos for such purpose. Masalai (talk) 06:20, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, being that you said that you have released all rights to the photo, you now need to add {{Pd-self}} to the Image's page, and then your Image should be fine to use on Wikipedia and will not be deleted. If you have any more questions feel free to ask me :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 16:20, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Paul Winkler photos

Hi Mifter,

I appreciate what you write but how can I edit the photographs so that the granted copyright is clear? I probably simply forgot to click somewhere when uploading...

Eskimo47 (talk) 13:33, 28 July 2008 (UTC)eskimo47

Hi there :), what you now need to do is to chose a license template see Here for a list, and then all you need to do is add a license tag (Which is why my bot keeps tagging your image for deletion) to the image and then your Image will not be deleted and the Image should be fine :). If you have any other questions feel free to ask :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 16:24, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Template:Rfp

Hi Mifter, I've restored the template to the previous revision per the talk page. It was a good idea, but we don't get enough requests to categorise them in this way. It might become necessary in the future, but it's redundant to the section headers that are already provided. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 14:34, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for the notification, I understand how some editors can see that the additional parameter would be unnecessary :) and I certainly won't go against clear consensus on the talk page that the parameter is not needed. Thanks, --Mifter (talk) 23:50, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Artemis Fowl

Hi there, Mifter. You listed yourself as a member of WikiProject Artemis Fowl, but you have not contributed to any pages covered by the projects since you listed yourself as a member. If you continue to be inactive, your name will be removed from the list of members. Please forgive me if this notice was placed mistakenly, my information is taken from Wikipedia:WikiProject Artemis Fowl/Participants/Table. Thank you! IceUnshattered (talk) 19:50, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for updating the table :) IceUnshattered (talk) 14:06, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

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The Transhumanist    01:56, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

RfB Thank You spam

Thank you for participating in my RfB! I am very grateful for the confidence of the community shown at my RfB, which passed by a count of 154/7/2 (95.65%). I have read every word of the RfB and taken it all to heart. I truly appreciate everyone's input: supports, opposes, neutrals, and comments. Of course, I plan to conduct my cratship in service of the community. If you have any advice, questions, concerns, or need help, please let me know. Again, Thanks! — Rlevse • Talk • 08:48, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Communist California Flag

Thanks for uploading Image:Flag of Communist California.jpeg. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. Even if you created the image yourself, you still need to release it so Wikipedia can use it. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you made this image yourself, you can use copyright tags like {{PD-self}} (to release all rights), {{self|CC-by-sa-3.0|GFDL}} (to require that you be credited), or any tag here - just go to the image, click edit, and add one of those. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

This is an automated notice by MifterBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. --MifterBot (Talk • Contribs • Owner) 15:15, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Article Tables

I have a favor to ask of you. I am trying to create a table for Submarine Squadrons. I am dicking around with one I created at the bottom of my user page. I am trying to get it to look right. I want the header at the top of the table to centered, and the text to appear larger. I also want the word details to be centered. The look of the rest of the table is what I want. Can you help me with this?--Subman758 (talk) 18:34, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Sure, I'd be happy to help you with the article, I'll go take a look at the article and see if I can fix the table :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 16:30, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

MifterBot's talk

If you want all messages for the bot to be left on your page, why not simply redirect the bot's talk page to here? Just a thought. GlassCobra 18:37, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Joseph Neibich pictures deleted

You or rather your bot deleted the pic i uploaded b/c i did not state where i obtained them. I obtained them from a cammera and then uploaded them to a computer and emailed it to my self and then uploaded it to wikipeia. So the sourse is my cammra. I reposted the pictures i beleive i stated the sourse. And i don't want to be seen as a vandal b/c i'm not. so if there anything wrong with my pics can you let me know and give me some time to fix it instead of just deleting them.

Thanks

Nerdypunkkid (talk) 16:18, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there :), what you now need to do is to chose a license template see Here for a list, and then all you need to do is add a license tag (Which is why my bot keeps tagging your image for deletion) to the image if you chose to re-upload it and then your Image will not be deleted and should be fine :). If you have any other questions feel free to ask :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 16:27, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank you


Thank you very much indeed for your help with and commitment to Tag & Assess 2008. May I please trouble you to comment at the post-drive workshop? Your feedback will help us to improve the next drive. Thanks in advance, --ROGER DAVIES talk 10:17, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK image hook

Sorry to disturb you mid-update. What do you think about using this image instead? I cropped it and modified the lighting, so it'll be a lot clearer on the Main Page. Let me know what you think. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 22:59, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

It looks great, the Image is much brighter and the crop greatly increases the clarity :). That looks like it would be much better suited to be on the main page under the DYK :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 01:22, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Next update

Would you mind not promoting more hooks to the update? I put an inuse tag on it already. Gatoclass (talk) 14:26, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

That's fine with me, I apologize for any edit conflicts that I may have caused you :(, I was already in the process of adding another hook and I had already added the hook and saved before I had noticed (You addition of the tag didn't trigger an edit conflict with me because I was editing a totally different section of the page further down than you were.) Once again my apologies for any edit conflicts, and All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 14:29, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
No problems, you just seemed to be adding all people hooks and we try to avoid have too many of any one kind of hook in an update. As it turned out, I was able to use a couple of your hooks anyhow without unbalancing things, so it worked out pretty well. Thanks for your help :) Gatoclass (talk) 14:33, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
BTW, I think I should add that it was entirely my fault we had an edit conflict as I failed to add an inuse tag when I was still working on the update. I just assumed that since the last update had been four hours late, that no-one else was around to contribute. So I think it's me who owes you an apology rather than the other way around. Regards, Gatoclass (talk) 15:50, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
Its fine :), there was no harm done, and arguing over who's fault that the edit conflicts were seems kinda of pointless... :P. --Mifter (talk) 03:16, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Sorry

Sorry about that. Thanks Andy0805 (talk) 22:46, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Mifter, Thank you for the DYK on Mount Saint Mary's Convent and Academy. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:10, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Your VandalSniper application

Good day, and thank you for applying to use the counter-vandalism tool VandalSniper. I am pleased to inform you that your application has been accepted, and you are now approved to use the tool. You are now welcome to download the program - and be sure to read the features guide, if you have not already done so.

Please bear in mind that VandalSniper is a powerful program, and that misuse may result in your access being withdrawn by a moderator. Don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions, and once again welcome to VandalSniper!

Kind regards,
Anthøny 12:47, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks!

Thank you...

...for participating in my RfA, which closed with 119 in support, 4 neutral and 5 opposes. I'm honestly overwhelmed at the level of support that I've received from the community, and will do my best to maintain the trust placed in me. I 'm also thankful to those who opposed or expressed a neutral position, for providing clear rationales and superb feedback for me to build on. I've set up a space for you to provide any further feedback or thoughts, should you feel inclined to. However you voted, thanks for taking the time out to contribute to the process, it's much appreciated. Kind regards, Gazimoff 22:07, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lee Mulhern

Hi Mifter. Just to let you know, I've added sources to the article since you commented. Thanks! Paul Erik (talk)(contribs) 18:13, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

What's next?

24 of the pages have been moved to article space. These will pose as examples of how the rest should be completed.

But...

They're not done yet!

They were moved to article space even though they are not done because they were complete enough to be useful, and to provide the opportunity for more editors to help finish them.

What I need you to do is help complete them.

Here they are:

List of basic Albania topics • List of basic Argentina topics • List of basic Australia topics • List of basic Canada topics • List of basic Ecuador topics • List of basic Egypt topics • List of basic France topics • List of basic Germany topics • List of basic Iceland topics • List of basic India topics • List of basic Indonesia topics • List of basic Iran topics • List of basic Iraq topics • List of basic Republic of Ireland topics • List of basic Italy topics • List of basic Isle of Man topics • List of basic Israel topics • List of basic Japan topics • List of basic Macau topics • List of basic Mexico topics • List of basic Russia topics • List of basic Taiwan topics • List of basic United Kingdom topics • List of basic United States topics

If you don't have Firefox yet, install it. Then install the Linky extension. Then select the above lists (by holding down the left mouse button), then right-click, which will produce a drop down menu. You'll see Linky on there - use it to open all the selected links into tabs (windows within the Firefox window). Then you can switch between tabs using Ctrl-tab (and Shift-Ctrl-tab), and delete tabs with Ctrl-W. It's the fastest way to work on multiple pages when you actually need to see what you are doing.

What needs to be done to these lists? Well...

Check each outline for missing entries

Some of the above lists were developed with an older version of the creation template, and have some items missing. Compare them with template:BLT country to make sure they are complete.

Add images

France and Japan are the closest to being done. See how they are supported with images, and add images to the rest of the lists.

I'm building a tool to help convert redlinks to bluelinks. When it's done, you can use it to help you convert the redlinks in each of the above lists to bluelinks.

A redirect needs to be created for most of the redlinks, that leads to where the information is (an article, or section in an article). If the information exists on Wikipedia, then a redirect needs to be created leading to it. If the information does not yet exist on Wikipedia, then leave the redlink in place. It'll turn blue eventually. (Exception: see "Nones" below).

Missing data

Some items aren't filled in yet, such as:

Population:
Size:
Commander in Chief:
Economic rank:
Currency of x:
(etc.)

Check each page for missing data, and fill it in.

Nones

For those items for which a country has none, "None." needs to be added. For example, most desert countries don't have glaciers. But rather than remove that item (it's standard on these lists), it's better to inform the reader that the country has none. This prevents ambiguity - if we removed the glacier item, then there's no way to tell that the item isn't simply missing (i.e., the list could be unfinished).  :)

Other

I'm sure there are other things I've missed. I'll let you know as I come across them.

The Transhumanist    17:45, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

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The Transhumanist    19:01, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

User:Mifter/Signpost

I believe you should inform the readers that Commons is best suited for U.S. government and personal images that have been released into public domain, with GNU or Creative Commons licenses. OhanaUnitedTalk page 03:21, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

 Done Thanks for the input :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 00:27, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

...for transferring my 01C logo. I don't see the point, as it's a Wikipedia-only thing, but thanks anyway. So glamorous, seeing my name all over the page... 21655 ταλκ/01ҁ 18:52, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Image tutorial

Hi Mifter, I saw User:Mifter/Signpost and thought I would make a few suggestions to help keep the tutorial in line with WP:IMAGES.

You might want to suggest that people actually upload images to the Commons (with the exception, naturally, of fair use images and those not PD in their country of origin) - per WP:IMAGES It is recommended that free media ... be uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons. The final sentence of the tutorial, additionally, includes "[[Image:Your Image Here.xxx|Thumb|Alignment|Size e.g. 100px|Comment]]", which implicitly suggests that image size should be defined (WP:IMAGES directs to MOS:IMAGES, which advises against forcing size, as it overrides user preferences). Finally, as a mere suggestion, you might want to include a link to WP:IUP, which is the actually image policy. Hope this is helpful. ЭLСОВВОLД talk 20:13, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

 Done

Thanks for your suggestions :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 15:56, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Help

I just created the Article Garry Schyman. Could you look over it and let me know if anything is wrong? Thanks. --SWJS: The All Knowing Destroy All Humans! Nerd(Cortex Scan) 02:25, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Picture for groudwater resources in Colombia

Hi Mifter! Thank you very much for leaving the tag on the picture mentioned above. The picture is publicly available in the Colombian Water Ministry web site and I wanted to tag it as publicly available. However, there is only the possiblity to tag the picture if it comes from an American public institution. Could you please assit me on this? How could I tag the picture to make it acceptable for Wikipedia standars? The picture is instrumental for an article I am currently writing about water resources mangement in Colombia. Thank you very much --anunezsanchez (talk) 22:01, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: US hooks

You aren't actually "forced to use all the hooks from August 5 as they were about to expire". Hooks that have already been approved will always eventually be promoted, regardless of whether they are a few days late. The only time this may not occur is when we have a big backlog and simply can't promote everything, approved or otherwise, but that is rarely the case. So for future reference, you don't need to get into a panic about verified hooks below the expiry line :) Gatoclass (talk) 03:19, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

country lists

Please take a look at List of basic France topics.

Do you think you could finish up one of the other country lists (at Lists of basic topics) like this?

List of basic Japan topics is another good example.

The Transhumanist    03:02, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Just wanted to say thanks for cropping the Image:George Na'ope.jpg‎ for the main page DYK. That was very helpful.Nrswanson (talk) 21:17, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for you message about my image. I believe I fixed the problem, but let me know if there's anything else I need to do. Iknowthegoods (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 20:28, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Status report on Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists of basic topics#Basic topics lists for countries

There is only one section left (including its subsections) that needs to be completed before the pages are ready for Around the World:

  • Branches of the government of x
    • Executive branch of the government of x
    • Legislative branch of the government of x
    • Judicial branch of the government of x

There are a few more things that need to be completed before the lists can be moved into the main namespace:

  • Fill in the blanks, and blank [[]]'s
    • Population:
    • Size:
    • "(specific elections)" needs to be replaced by links to specific elections (by year, usually)
    • International organization membership
    • Commander-in-chief: [[]]
    • Economic rank:
    • Currency of x:
  • Blue-linking (creating redirects for) standardized items for which the articles' names are not standardized:
  • Fix other temporary links
  • Material in the lead paragraph(s) that is covered in the body of the list needs to be removed, or moved from the lead to the relevant items in the list.
  • Fill in the External Links section

Moving these lists into the main namespace could have a huge impact on their development, because then each list will fall under the scope of the WikiProjects of the respective countries. That's a lot of WikiProjects that may become involved with refining and maintaining these lists.

The move will be accompanied with the placing of new sections on each of the WikiProject pages, their talk pages, placing banners on the talk pages of each list, and including links to these lists in hatnotes on the relevant articles and portals, and placing section links in the see also sections of relevant articles (Geography of x, Military of x, etc.). Lots of AWB work.

The Transhumanist    00:28, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

The WikiProject Barnstar
For your help with improving future Milhist drives at the 2008 Tag & Assess workshop, please accept this WikiProject Barnstar. --ROGER DAVIES talk 07:39, 30 August 2008 (UTC)


Incidentally, if you're keen to keep your assessing skills honed – despite your wikibonkdness – we are currently very short of reviewers for Milhist A-Class reviews. Broadly, the five A-Class criteria are just beefed up versions of the B-Class criteria and anyone with B-Class experience should have no trouble with them. Also, as a reminder, in the wide-ranging A-Class review, it is not necessary to comment on all five criteria: if you're short of time, you can simply focus on the aspects that interest you most (sources, comprehensiveness, prose, graphic content or whatever). You can track which articles are up for A-Class using this template: {{WPMILHIST A-Class Review alerts}}

All the best, --ROGER DAVIES talk 07:39, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Gvat DYK

I have some concerns over the sources used in the Gvat article. Some of the sources look like blog spaces and are not reliable. I think it was a little premature to move that article over to the next update.Nrswanson (talk) 21:14, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, when I update the DYK template I usually only do a quick overlook involving checking of the hook and the ref for the hook, and after that I trust that the original reviewer did not make any major mistakes, and being that the hook was added to an update by another user and appeared on DYK on August 31st the hook must have been good enough to not be pulled off the main page or arouse any discussion about the article's quality (It has happened before when a bad hook has been accidentally added to the main page), so as the quote at the top of my talk page says, criticism is something to praise and learn from so thanks for telling me of my mistake, in the future I will be sure to do a more through check before adding any hooks to the next DYK update. Thanks for informing me of this and All the Best :), --Mifter (talk) 02:03, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Paulaudenece1977.gif

Thank you. You are right about the copyright note. I asked for destruction of this image uploaded by mistake. Please erase Image:Paulaudenece1977.gif, which is of poor quality and has been replaced by Image:Paulaudenece1977.jpg Thank you --Ambrosius007 (talk) 10:34, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

 Done I have requested deletion on your behalf, so the Image should be deleted as soon as an administrator can get around to deleting it for you :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 02:08, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Summer

16:41, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Motto of the day

Hello, I notice you're using one of the {{motd}} templates, run by Wikipedia:Motto of the day. You may have noticed that some of the mottos recently have been followed by a date from 2006, or on occasion simply "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". The reason for this is that Motto of the day is in some very serious need of help. Participation in the project, which has never been especially high, has dropped considerably over this past summer, to the point we have had several days where no motto was scheduled to appear at all. Over the past several weeks, I've been the only editor scheduling mottos at all, but there aren't enough comments on some of these mottos to justify their use. If we do not get some help - and soon - your daily mottos will stop. In order for us to continue updating these templates for you, we need your help.

When you get a chance between your normal editing, could you stop by our nominations page and leave a few comments on some of the mottos there, especially those that do not have any comments yet? This works very simply; you read a motto, decide whether or not you like it, and post your opinion just below the motto. That's it - no experience required, just an idea of what you personally like and what you feel reflects Wikipedia and its community. If you do have past experience with the project, then please close some of the older nominations once they've got a decent consensus going. There are directions on the nominations page on how to do this.

If you have any questions, please let me know, or post on the project's talk page. I'm looking forward to reading your comments on the suggested mottos, and any additional suggestions you'd like to make. Until then, happy editing! Hersfold (t/a/c) 03:37, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Take a look?

Hello. Just wondering if you would mind taking a look at a collaborative effort I'm trying to start. Any feedback or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! DxNate 17:06, 24 September 2008 (UTC) User-Talk-Contribs

Remove the photographs

Go ahead, remove all the photographs. I should have never put them on Wikipedia, not should I have ever contributed to Wikipedia. Chaos4tu (talk) 12:00, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, I apologize if my bot seemed to be accusatory in any way, my bots only job is to tag and notify any users that forget to add a License tag to the images that they have uploaded so that they can add a license tag to the Image and prevent it from being deleted, and as my bots message says, all you have to do is add a license tag saying that you took the photo and are releasing it under x license for use on Wikipedia and that will be fine, therefore, I apologize if my bot sounded accusatory and hope that my bot has not discouraged you from editing Wikipedia. My apologizes and All the Best, Mifter (talk) 02:36, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

image: Nealsolo.jpg

Your bot has flagged this image as not having copyright information, but it does. Perhaps I'm not understanding exactly what I need to add. Can you help? Thanks! Dave Golland (talk) 15:51, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, your Image is fine now :), my bot tagged your image as not having copyright information because it lacked a License Tag and now that you added {{cc-by-sa-3.0}} to the Image, it should be fine and will not be deleted :). If you have any other questions feel free to ask :). All the Best :), Mifter (talk) 02:40, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Bot malfunction?

Is there a reason why MifterBot marked this image as "no copyright status" two days after the image was deleted? --Carnildo (talk) 07:58, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi Carnildo :), thanks for telling me about this :), what you see there is indeed a bot "hiccup", the bots python code is designed to search the Image upload log for the last few days (To make sure not to miss any images between runs) and as the bot goes through the log, it is coded so that if it sees ANY text in the [[Image:]] namespace (Following the Wikilink from the Image upload log) without a license tag it marks it as no source (Being that the Image namespace is reserved for Images/Media, that usually works fine), what happened is that the Image was deleted, but then User:Lumal added text to the old page, thus creating a page without the corresponding image and because the deleted image's log entry was still close enough to the top of the log as to be checked by my bot, it checked the Image page (Thinking that it was an image) and not finding a license tag the bot added a no source tag, but because there was not the log of who originally uploaded the Image (The Image was deleted, and my bot does not check the history but the box at the bottom of all Images saying who uploaded it on x date), so therefore, it couldn't notify a user, so the bot did nothing and continued checking the log. And at the end of the run, I shut it down as usual not thinking that the bot had made a small mistake in its log patrol. So thanks for informing me of this error, currently I am not sure how exactly I could fix the code so that it should not happen again but being that it this occurs VERY rarely and usually it happens far enough back in the log (Or not in the log at all if the page is created and an Image is never uploaded at all) that my bot should not check it and flag it as no source. Therefore, I do not think that it is critical for a fix to be found, before the bot continues running but I will certainly look into any possibilities from preventing this from happening in the future. Thanks and All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 03:08, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
If you're screen-scraping the image description page, you can look for the phrase "No file by this name exists"; if you're using the API, look for an empty "imagerepository" attribute in an "imageinfo" section. Situations like this aren't that rare: OrphanBot informs me of one or two a month. --Carnildo (talk) 20:11, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Image: Flyin Asnte

Image: Flyin asante.JPG was a picture I took when I went to Eagles training camp. I want it to be released to Public Domain.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Rockyobody (talk • contribs) 22:26, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Hello Sir

Hi I got my First Barnstar for doing Tag and assesment for MiliHis--Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 12:30, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Congrats on your first barnstar :D!!!! All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 21:31, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the Awards Code :D Suyogaerospacetalk to me! 03:08, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

hi

You had a format problem on dyk next , now fixed... you were doing a great job ... want to complete? Victuallers (talk) 20:50, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, My bad about the Image format, I forgot to remove the right alignment when I moved the Image over from the suggestions page :(, anyways, I would love to be able to finish the update, but unfortunately only Administrators can upload a file that is already on commons locally , See Special:ListGroupRights and search for Override files on the shared media repository locally (reupload-shared) and you will see that it is an admin only right :(, when I first started helping out at T:DYK/N I had the exact same discussion of why I couldn't locally upload the Images for DYK with BorgQueen :P. Anyways thanks for fixing my small mistake and All the Best :), --Mifter (talk) 21:28, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

DYK

In this edit http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Did_you_know&diff=next&oldid=236717493 , you removed some items from the Suggestions page that had been approved, but not all went to next update. I assume this was inadvertent? I reverted my Azusa nomination to the Suggestions page, wasn't sure about the others. Cbl62 (talk) 22:00, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, I apologize for that, I had meant to add your hook to the next update but when I had approved it, I had accidentally added the un-approved hook above yours to the next update :(, I have added your hook to the next update, and re-added the hook that I accidentally added to the next update to the suggestions page for approval. I apologize for my mistake (Adding hooks to the next update sometimes gets confusing because the hooks are right next to each other.) Once again my apologies and All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 22:19, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
Having done it myself, I know the cutting and pasting can get mixed up. Thanks for fixing it.Cbl62 (talk) 22:52, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Copy to Wikimedia Commons

Hello Mifter, i copied my images (1,2) to the Wikimedia Commons, i think now somebody should delete the original copies in wikipedia, is there anything else i can do ?   ■ MMXXc.t  07:53, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, thanks for copying the images to the commons, now anyone can use the Images on any project (Although I cam not entirely sure why somone would want to, anyways they are there if anyone ever finds a use for them outside en wiki :)), from what I can see the local copies have already been deleted by a sysop, so everything that me or yo could do appears to be done :). Thanks and All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 00:31, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Article Help

On the Destroy All Humans! article, there is some uncited information that was added that I am unaware of being true, and I'm not sure if it should be changed or left alone. --SWJS: The All Knowing Destroy All Humans! Nerd(Cortex Scan) 21:32, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, I apologize for taking so long to respond to your question, but I've been very busy as of late, and have not had time to properly respond. If the information in the article is unsourced, than according to Jimbo (The Founder of Wikipedia) and per this you can just remove it, but if you wish to, you could try to find a reliable source for the information and then cite it thus improving the article in question :), but if you decide to remove it I strongly suggest that you mention that you were removing unsourced statements from the article in your edit summery, otherwise your edit might be mistakenly reverted as vandalism. I hope that this helps and if you have any more questions feel free to ask :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 17:07, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Warning on User talk:24.171.16.43

Hi. Could you please consider reverting your warning on User talk:24.171.16.43? The editor was attempting to revert vandalism by an earlier editor. Please compare the original vandal edit with 24.171.16.43's attempted repair. Regards. Road Wizard (talk) 00:20, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, thanks for telling me about my mistake :), being as Wp:Huggle only shows the last two revisions when I am doing RC Patrol, it is sometimes hard to see if someone was actually making a constructive edit that could be mis-interpreted as vandalism, I take full responsibility for my mistake, and I have removed the warning and replaced it with a welcome template, Thanks for telling me about this I really do appreciate it, as the quote at the top of my talk page says, the only way to avoid criticism is to not do anything and when you are critiqued; that it is something to praise and to learn from; not to loathe, so thanks again for telling me of my mistake and All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 00:29, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
I stroke out the warning. --Enric Naval (talk) 03:27, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Mifter, thanks for dealing with the issue so quickly, you managed to resolve the problem in the few seconds it took me to refresh my watchlist. Mistakes are always understandable and the situation in this case was a little confused by a well-meaning novice editor who failed to fully repair the vandal edit due to lack of experience.
Enric Naval, you have cited this discussion as the reason for removing Mifter's edit warning at User talk:79.125.181.181. However this is a completely different editor. I have reverted the page to the last version by Mifter to restore the warning.
Mifter, can you review User talk:79.125.181.181 to judge whether the removal of the warning was valid and take corrective action if needed? Thanks. Road Wizard (talk) 07:02, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi there, as you asked I reviewed the warning that I made, and from what I can see, the warning seemed to be justified, because the edit that I reverted, had removed an Image from the article along with changing the words Greece and Macedonia around a bit, which appeared to be minor vandalism. If you would like to take a look at the edit, here is a link to it. If you have any more questions/comments please feel free to ask :). Thanks and All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 17:16, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
Oh... I'm sorry, I got the wrong user somehow :( --Enric Naval (talk) 00:53, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

RfD nomination of Navy of Sudan

I have nominated Navy of Sudan (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:07, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

RfD nomination of Navy of Belarus

I have nominated Navy of Belarus (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 16:01, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

We've been "bluelinking" the Navy of x links in the basic topic country lists, by creating redirects for them, even for the countries that have no navy.

There's been a little controversy over the navy redirects for the landlocked countries (many of which have no navy), as you can see above. But it's all been worked out. Each country with no navy gets a redirect to wherever it is reported that it has no navy, or failing that, to its "military of" article.

The country lists are coming along slowing but surely. It shouldn't take too much longer before they will be complete enough to move into article space (!), but I can still use all the help I can get. (hint hint).

The Transhumanist    20:46, 23 September 2008 (UTC)


We could sure use your help in bluelinking the links in these lists (each link appears in the one of the various country basic topic lists):

If you have any questions, please contact me. The Transhumanist    20:58, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Image:Albion.jpg

Please go ahead and delete that image. It was part of an experiment and was never met to stay on wiki. I thought that I had deleted it already. Iam still a newbie when it comes to images. Albion moonlight (talk) 08:24, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

 Done I have requested deletion on your behalf, so the Image should be deleted as soon as an administrator can get around to deleting it for you :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 23:18, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank again for your help. Albion moonlight (talk) 07:38, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Rough Edges License-less Alert

You can delete Roughedges.JPG - I accidentally uploaded two copies when I tried to correct one. I have kept the second one with its license (Roughedges.jpg) and the first is no longer needed.

I'll delete the notice from my talk page as I had asked about the images deletion in the Wikipedia Albums talk page a few days ago.

Cheers! CycloneGU (talk) 13:56, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

 Done I have requested deletion on your behalf, so the Image should be deleted as soon as an administrator can get around to deleting it for you :). All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 23:18, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

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