User talk:Tiles/archive

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I moved the link to the Dixie Chicks' full discography to the The Dixie Chicks page. It seems unnecessary to have it on the page of every member of the group. -- Zoe

Hi Robert well I tracked you down so I could follow your advice, but only by scrolling through the entire list. I will have to think about that I want to say about myself. cheers Ping 10:06 Mar 15, 2003 (UTC)

Hello. I noticed that in your "To do" list, you have "Sir Peter Blake (sailor)". I expect this is the same person as Peter Blake (yachtsman); if so, then someone has saved you the trouble of starting the article. It's still a stub, though, so it clearly needs more work. Good luck with it! By the way, we don't generally include the title "Sir" in titles of articles. -- Oliver P. 01:49 May 8, 2003 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Protected Areas

Hi Tiles, I noticed you have made a nice table to be used for national parks. I like it and I'd like to implement it in the articles. The table on your user page has the country and the state/territory included. I think that's better than the table in Dandenong Ranges National Park for example. I noticed there are quite a lot of stubs about Australian national parks, but there are much more countries with parks and reserves for which that table can be used. Do you think the table contains all the information that is necessary? What about including a picture? (I have quite a few of them which I made myself. BTW, I made the picture of the city you live in.) Cheers! D.D. 09:31 9 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Have a look at Organ Pipes National Park. Your opinion? D.D. 10:35 9 Jun 2003 (UTC)

I'm also working at a table with a locater map instead of a picture. The picture could be moved to another spot within the text area (there could be more than one picture). I'll have it ready in a few days. D.D. 21:14 9 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Tiles, glad you liked my idea. On my user page you can see what I mean with a map locater. Of course, everything needs to be organised a little more than what's there now. There must be plenty of possibilities, we only have to choose the best one :-) If you want to experiment a bit with it, be my guest. D.D. 20:48 10 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Tiles, I agree with you that having both the map and a picture in the table is probably too much. We'll have to find another way to include them in the article. As for the map, I took a simple map of Australia, cut out the part that I was interested in, changed some colours and there it was. I made similar maps for Queensland, the Northern Territory, South and Western Australia. All I have to do is place a red dot to show where the park is located. I had some other thoughts about the tables, pictures and maps that I'd like to discuss with you, but that'll have to wait a bit. I have to go off to work now :-( See you later! D.D. 05:41 11 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Hi Tiles, Here are some thoughts/ideas concerning the national parks tables:

It's probably best to include either a picture or a map locater in the table. I have a slight preference for the map locater because it fits in quite nicely with the information given in the table.
If we do decide to have the picture in the table we might choose one that shows the park's most important feature, the feature the park is named after or a panoramic view/landscape. Other pictures could be placed in the text area.
Do we put the map locater (or picture) in the same table row as the park name (as in Kakadu National Park) or underneath it (as in Organ Pipes National Park)
Do we need the heading "Fact Sheet"? As far as I'm concerned we could drop that.
I'd set the state(s)/territor(y)(ies)/province(s) and country location as a table row (see Organ Pipes National Park) instead of above it (see Litchfield National Park on your user page).
What do you think about following this order in the table: Location - Nearest City - Latitude - Longitude - Area - Date of Establishment - Governing bodies - IUCN Category? The first four all have something to do with its location, so I think they should be grouped together (and that's another reason why I prefer the map locater to be placed in the table - it obviously also helps to locate the park).
I also think it's a good idea to put the table in the same spot in different articles (upper right corner?).

I'm curious about your comments and ideas. I'm convinced we can make something nice out of this :-) D.D. 19:33 11 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Hi Tiles, your idea of standardizing the pictures and the map locater is a good one. I'll try to answer your questions this evening (it's Saturday morning here in Belgium now). D.D. 08:02 14 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Hi Tiles, here's my answer as promised. As I said above, I find your suggestion of standardising the map locater and the pictures a good idea. Some thoughts:

One thing we should take into account about the map locater is that countries/states/provinces can have many different shapes (compact, elongated, irregular, ...). That's why I chose to divide Australia into 5 areas which are relatively equal in size (we could do the same with other countries). Of course the width and height (in pixels) of the map locaters of these areas vary. (e.g.: smallest width: 142 (NT), largest width: 235 (WA), smallest height: 215 (SA), largest height 347 (WA).) I think the most important measure is the width. What do you think of not letting it become higher than 300 pixels (the width you chose for the table)? According to the area's shape and relative size both width and height of the map locater can vary within certain limits, but the table width of 300 pixels can never be exceeded.
Since we're mentioning the nearest city to a park I was thinking of indicating that too on the map locater, and perhaps even the state capital or most important city.
The images I contribute are scans of my own slides. I'm uploading pictures of 300 x 200 pixels (width x height). I think these dimensions are OK for the articles, but I'd like to give the readers the possibility to view a larger version (like you have done in Kakadu National Park). How should I do that? Do I have to upload 2 versions of the same picture?

I'd like to know what you think of these things. Feel free to not disagree :-) D.D. 19:17 14 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Oops! I just read your comment on my talk page and I realized I made a mistake in my last sentence. Of course it should read: Feel free to disagree (I must have been thinking of not agreeing and mixed them up. Sorry for the confusion!
BTW, I discovered a Wikipedia:WikiProject Protected Areas where they have discussed a number of things concerning national parks etc... (but nothing has been contributed since October 2002) Have a look at it, it might be interesting. Perhaps we could use it as a base to further work out the articles. I'll copy our talk to that article's talk page. We could centralize our tals there? D.D. 10:41 15 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Hi Tiles, I see you're online at this moment. Please have a look at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Protected Areas. D.D. 20:38 22 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Hello Tiles. Re: your question about Litchfield NP - is this better? I shortened the caption a little, so that it isn't wider than the picture. Another solution would have been to use a line break within the caption, but then it would have become 2 lines. If you have other questions, just ask. I'll be glad to help (if I know the answer, of course...) I have a question too: is it possible to cut off the "annoying" dark line in the top of the picture (or would you like me to do that?). BTW, the project starts gathering some participants :-) D.D. 16:08 25 Jun 2003 (UTC)

User:Tannin improved the image code on Organ Pipes National Park. I copied it here - it's probably even better. D.D. 16:26 25 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Hello Tiles. I noticed you uploaded Image:MapLoc Punululu.JPG. It's in the wrong file format :-( See Wikipedia:Graphics tutorials to see why. I could just convert it for you, but it's not particulaly easy. If you have an original png gif or bmp then you could just resave it as a png then re upload Thanks Theresa knott 05:15 28 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Image replaced with .png version Tiles 04:57 19 Jul 2003 (UTC)

I am having a winter break for two weeks. I'll be in Western Australia catching some sun in Broome and also travelling around the Kimberley region to Purnululu National Park and Lake Argyle. Bye. Tiles 05:32 28 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Hi, I took 2W from your Wikipedia:WikiMoney account because I found the maiden name of Carol Shields. It was Warner. Her middle name was Ann. Angela 04:20, 11 Aug 2003 (UTC)

I've corrected the link now. A google search for carol+shields+warner backs up the info found at the site I listed too. Angela 12:48, 11 Aug 2003 (UTC)

As you requested, I added a blank US locator map linked off of WikiProject_Protected_Areas Let me know if you need anything else. Lorax 04:44, Oct 26, 2003 (UTC)

I have mixed feelings about the image on top. I would prefer the table at top right and images on the left, but there is alot of trouble with images and table overlapping when someone has a low screen resolution. I have yet to see the perfect solution. For some of the parks we may be able to include the image in the table, I don't know how that would look. Lorax 23:29, Oct 26, 2003 (UTC)

My pleasure, only sorry most of my bird articles don't reach as far as NZ. Incidently, my elder daughter is nearing the end of an eight months round-the-world backpack, and the two places she really, really, liked were Thailand and NZ. Jim

Hey Tiles, I changed the largest city in South Africa back to Cape Town. See: Talk:South Africa for more details. WhisperToMe 04:07, 17 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Hello Tiles,

I added a bit about South Africa to the article on Redneck. However since it is based on something you told me about twenty years ago could you check it for me please. Thanks ping 07:19, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)~

Johnny Cash

Thanks re: Johnny Cash (dunno why Media:Links don't turn red if there's no file there....) I've re-uploaded the clip, and it should work now (rather unimaginatively, I believe it is just the first twenty seconds or so of the song). Tuf-Kat 08:26, Feb 19, 2004 (UTC)

If your question is why the external links don't show up right at outlaw country, I have no idea... It can be hard to link to allmusic, sometimes. Tuf-Kat 13:59, Mar 15, 2004 (UTC)

Is LocMap Yellowstone.png GNU FDL? I'd like to copy it into the German WP. Thanks for your answer, Napa 18:13, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Thanks! --Napa 08:08, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Comedy Help

Hi. I'm trying to recruit some people from (or in) non UK/US countries to add to our sitcom and television comedy sections. At the moment they're totally about American or British comedy. if you're able to contribute, please do - I am happy to tidy up after you and it may, at least, get others of your fellow countrymen involved. --bodnotbod 22:53, May 1, 2004 (UTC)

I wish I did know... it seems that everyone I knew 4 or 5 months ago has disappeared. I lost my net connection at the end of last November, and since public access points are pretty useless I wasn't able to keep up with things. I'll have a look and see if I can get in contact with him. -- Jim Regan 08:46, 2 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

More power

On the New Zealand Electricity Market pages, I think the history lacks any of the events that tell the story of why the NZ electricity market is in the sad state it is in today. I'm thinking of the Max Bradford ideals, the trials of First Electric, the problems that Transalta had, NGC/On Energy's demise, the subsequent vertical integration of the retail market and loss of retail competition, the supply problems, the transmission network problems and lack of investment, the lack of self regulation, the events leading to the formation of the Electricity Commission. Its a fascinating story and it deserves to be told, and most of it happened in the last 6 years.

Do you have any ideas about expanding it to cover these things?

Sendervictorius 09:55, 18 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Maori

Hello, Tiles; another Wellingtonian with Scots ancestry! Doubtless we will meet in articles or talk pages from time to time.
In case you're interested: As I've said to some other Kiwis, the reason I've been doing less for the English WP in the last 6 weeks is here: the fledgling Maori Wikipedia, which is mostly my articles at present. I would be pleased if you had a look at its current state; it may inspire something even if you don't speak the language! Kind regards - Robin Patterson 06:10, 24 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Queenstown remarkable photo

FYI, the photo Image:Queenstown - Remarkables 1.jpg has been nominated to lose its featured picture status (on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates) due to its having inadequate copyright info. I can't figure out who actually uploaded the image, but it seems you were the one who added it to Queenstown, New Zealand, so I'm hoping you took it. If so, could you amend the image page with the appropriate copyright tag, and stop by the FP-candidate page to clarify matters there too. Thanks! -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 22:34, 29 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying the copyright status! It is no longer a candidate for removal. - Bevo 14:57, 30 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Unfortunately, Trilobite had raised the issue of license again with this image. I suppose you need to add explicit text to the image's info page saying that you place it in the public domain, or release it under GFDL or whatever suits you. - [[User:Bevo|Bevo]] 15:01, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Jimmie Rodgers

I'm shamefaced. Mike H 02:48, Jul 17, 2004 (UTC)

I checked the link and saw it was from Wikipedia. I'm really sorry about that. I was suspicious of such a good article being started from the beginning. Again, I apologize. Mike H 02:49, Jul 17, 2004 (UTC)

I've seen all that. I was very upset this evening and I jumped to a conclusion. Again, apologies. Mike H 02:54, Jul 17, 2004 (UTC)

Hertz: 120V and 220V

I reverted the change you made to my edit, so as to maintain the ascending sort order that permeates the entire article. -- Tooki 01:49, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)

There is no correlation between voltage and mains frequency. Yes, most countries use either 120V/60Hz or 220V/50Hz, but 100–127V/50Hz and 220–240V/60Hz both exist as well, and in many countries, several combinations of voltage and frequency exist. Please see, for example, http://kropla.com/electric2.htm . -- 69.136.238.202 17:13, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Of course frequency is important outside of household usage -- nobody claimed it wasn't! But 50 and 60Hz power are most commonly encountered by most people as mains power, which is why that makes a great example -- the 50 and 60Hz line item does not need to include every known usage of 50 and 60Hz! Besides, the term "mains power" (I don't know why you didn't like it) does not exclude commercial and industrial usages! Please remember: the examples listed are just examples, and do not need to be encyclopedic in their scope (that's what the links are for!), and that being examples, there is no expectation of the list being an exhaustive listing. -- tooki 02:43, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Purnululu's picture

Hello, how do you do Tiles. I am now writing the article about the world heritage of Australia in ja: Wikipedia. And I saw a very good picture of Purnululu's Bungle Bungle which you uploaded. But because you didn't mentioned the license of the picture - such as {{GFDL}} or {{PD}}, I could not use it in Ja: wikipedia. If you can, please mention it on the picture page. --Ramendra 13:50, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Released under GFDL Tiles 08:13, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I have put the template on it. Thank you very much.--Ramendra 10:20, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Image:Kovallam Beach Kerala.JPG

Could you please state under what license you published this image of yours on Wikipedia? The list of image copyright tags might be helpful... Thanks, Lupo 08:47, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Done Tiles 08:57, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Article Licensing

Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 1000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:

Multi-Licensing FAQ - Lots of questions answered
Multi-Licensing Guide
Free the Rambot Articles Project

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

Option 1

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

OR

Option 2

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk)

Country music

I was addressing you on Talk:Country music. If by "who actually made the edits" you mean who added the pro and con points of view (POVs, George Bush and Aaron Fox), I wrote that. If you mean who originally deleted the text we may never know as it was anonymous and most likely will stay that way. See also my message at Talk:Country music. Hyacinth 04:48, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Wee Wee Frees

Your edit to the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland was a serious mistake. The Wee Wee Frees are not the same as the Wee Frees, as you should have realised if you had read the whole of the article. Read things properly before you change them. PatGallacher 11:10, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)