User talk:Neurolysis/Archives/2009/September

Inappropriate use of the "resolved" tag

edit

You marked both Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Computing#TCMP and Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Computing#Napoleon:_Total_War as resolved, even though they weren't. That is, we had not provided answers to the OPs' satisfaction. You were instead using the tag to mean that those are questions we don't intend to to answer. There are other tags for that, such as for medical and legal advice questions.

Your use of the tag for the question Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Computing#Sound_on_MSN was correct. Good job. StuRat (talk) 15:35, 1 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

What tag would you suggest using instead of {{resolved}}? — neuro(talk) 16:15, 1 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
It sounds like you need to create a {{no_joke_questions}} tag and a {{no_prediction_questions}} tag (although that last Q didn't seem like it requires a crystal ball, to me, just an answer as to whether or not they have announced support for that feature). We don't, of course, have tags for every type of inappropriate question that can be asked. But that still doesn't mean that we should mark a question as resolved that hasn't been answered to the OP's satisfaction. StuRat (talk) 14:35, 2 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Smush it

edit

Have you considered using yahoo's smush-it to losslessly optimize images? It's surprisingly good.=DSmallman12q (talk) 17:19, 2 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Nope, doesn't compare to advcomp and optipng :) — neuro(talk) 14:54, 4 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
edit

I noticed you uploaded a version of the Auburn University logo here [1]. I'm trying to include this in the Auburn userbox (Template:User_AUbox), but it has been rejected because your file summary indicates it is a copyrighted logo.

In substance, I think this logo is not copyrightable and is therefore in the public domain under Threshold of originality. That would make it includable in a userbox, as many other non-copyrighted university trademarks are. Would you consider amending your Auburn logo image description page to replace the copyright tag with a public-domain tag (example: {{PD-textlogo}})?

If so, that would be much appreciated. Thanks. BillTunell (talk) 18:38, 3 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

I'm curious.. what exactly is your argument that it's not copyrightable? Copyright is inherent at the moment of creation unless explicitly rejected. → ROUX  18:42, 3 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
See Threshold of originality cited above. Mere letter/font/color combinations are not copyrightable, even if they are trademarks. This is true of numerous other college and university marks. BillTunell (talk) 18:44, 3 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
Neither of us being lawyers, and more importantly neither of us being US-based copyright specialist lawyers, I would leave interpretation of that law aside. Best to err on the side of caution. It's just a userbox; who cares whether the actual logo is there or not? → ROUX  18:48, 3 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
I am a US-based copyright lawyer, actually. I don't care about the Auburn box specifically, but I've been asked to improve a whole list of of college-related userboxes. I could do it unilaterally, I suppose, but I wanted to involve user:Neurolysis as a courtesy. BillTunell (talk) 18:56, 3 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
I am a strong advocate for the use of {{PD-textlogo}}, and often use it when uploading SVGs. However, that logo does not appear to be an appropriate candidate to me. — neuro(talk) 18:51, 3 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
Can I ask why you do not think it is an appropriate candidate? BillTunell (talk) 18:56, 3 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
Because I believe it is on the copyrightable side of the threshold of originality. Nothing specific. If you wish to change the license, please also reupload the SVG -- then if there are further queries concerning the license they won't be addressed to me, since I will disagree with it anyway. :) — neuro(talk) 18:58, 3 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
Understood. I'll leave your image page as-is and see if I can find another copy. Thanks for your consideration. BillTunell (talk) 19:00, 3 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

big stick

edit

I noticed your emergency BN post, as such, I have procured my "keep the sky from falling pole", and propped up my end of the sky here in the US. If you and some of the other globally located wikipedians could follow suit, perhaps we can fend off this impending disaster. ;) — Ched :  ?  23:32, 3 September 2009 (UTC) thought you'd get a kick outta thatReply

And a punch. :) — neuro(talk) 00:56, 4 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Request for arbitration

edit

Consider this not so much a punch... You are involved in a recently-filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration#WP:RFAR/DPP and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—

Thanks, -Stevertigo 17:22, 4 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

source code

edit

hey, can i get the source code for your image resize bot? thanks Tim1357 (talk) 02:36, 5 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Happy Labor Day!

edit

Dear colleague, I just want to wish you a happy, hopefully, extended holiday weekend and nice end to summer! Your friend, --A NobodyMy talk 05:55, 7 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

MuZemike's RfA

edit

Actually I was going to write "an cluefull usre", but that would have been way too obvious :P Jafeluv (talk) 11:50, 8 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Civility cabal?

edit

What are the rules or requirements? :) Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 04:49, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Well, it's kind of like the No Homers club, but with your name in place of 'Homers'. I'm sorry to tell you this, but I just can't let you in. It's just too exclusive of a club, we've got to keep the riff raff like you out. — neuro(talk) 04:53, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
No Homer Simpsons? No Home Runs? No creators of the Iliad and the Odyssey? OK, it's just as well; as Groucho once said, I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would accept me as a member. I'm just wondering what it's about. Do you have to be civil? Or do you have to be uncivil? Either way could work. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 04:57, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
You're making it too complicated. It's pretty much just a bad front for a 'no baseball bugs' cabal. — neuro(talk) 04:59, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
Well, in that case, I'm excluding you and everyone else from my 'only baseball bugs' cabal. That will keep the universe properly balanced. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 05:03, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
Sounds good. — neuro(talk) 05:05, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Comment

edit

There's no call for this. Dreadstar 04:50, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Forgive me, I'm pissed off and it is 6am. I will hold off from further comment. — neuro(talk) 04:54, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
Looks like it's nap time all around. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 04:58, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
Sadly, I just woke up. May have to hold it. — neuro(talk) 04:59, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
You woke up sadly? That's no way to be. You should be happy. Thank Goddess It's Friday, and all that sort of rubbish. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 05:05, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
Not so, I start college today. :( — neuro(talk) 05:06, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
Starting college on a Friday? What's that about? Or is that just to give you the weekend, after one day, to plan your escape? Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 05:08, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
They fucked up something or other and only asked us which courses we wanted on Tuesday. So of course the natural progression is to fuck it up further. — neuro(talk) 05:12, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
A fine start to the semester. That's what happens when you go to a college that recruits new administrators through the want ads. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 05:16, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
Fo sho, me breda. — neuro(talk) 05:17, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
Or as we southerners say in America, "There ya go." Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 05:20, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
Which one of these are you again? — neuro(talk) 05:23, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
The one in the black hat. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 05:28, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for narrowing it down! — neuro(talk) 05:32, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
You were supposed to say, "There's two of them!" and I was supposed to say, "Yes, I'm so angry that I'm beside myself." Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 05:34, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
You're bloody awful. — neuro(talk) 05:35, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
  • Ched thought Bugs was from Chi-town. meh ... I guess it is "south" .... of CANADA! — Ched :  ?  09:01, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Baaaa

edit

I forgots da sortname thingie. Good catch, and thanks for working on the article Neuro. I always wanted to work with you on an article!!! Looks great, I keep tweaking a bit over the next day or two, ... feel free to copyedit anything you see that will improve it. I really appreciate the help, and I added you to the DYK nom as well. Cheers and best buddy. ;) — Ched :  ?  08:57, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Just glad to help. Didn't realise there was a DYK or whatnot. :) — neuro(talk) 08:59, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Rumford Medal

edit

The Rumford Prize FLC is in currently in its second reiitering. As a member of Wikiproject Awards I was wondering if you would please comment/vote on it. Votes are crititically needed as I really wanna squeeze this through before inactivity kills it. Yep I did go with it :D Thank you in advance for responding and have a nice day, ResMar 22:13, 11 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

DYK for 1966 in NASCAR

edit
  On September 13, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1966 in NASCAR, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Wikiproject: Did you know? 00:28, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Pffft. Bots. — Ched :  ?  01:35, 13 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
Gotta love em. :) Ah, my first DYK. :) — neuro(talk) 08:12, 13 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

note

edit

thank you for caring re: my loss. DS (talk) 12:49, 13 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot

edit

SuggestBot predicts that you will enjoy editing some of these articles. Have fun!

Stubs
Wall
Fart
Autumn
Budgens
Los Angeles Community College District
Sky
Exploit
Zebra
FK Zeta
Netto
Sierra Online
Metropolitan Police Authority
Papyrus Design Group
Ghost in the Machine
Batty boy
Eric
Forehead
Jerk
New Year
Cleanup
Sumptuary law
Black people
Bling-bling
Merge
Acne vulgaris
Transvestism
Software development process
Add Sources
Knowledge Adventure
Banknote
GMail Drive
Wikify
Jean Piaget
Marquis Daniels
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Expand
Londis
Lidl
Hawthorne Heights

SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. Your contributions make Wikipedia better -- thanks for helping.

If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please tell me on SuggestBot's talk page. Thanks from ForteTuba, SuggestBot's caretaker.

P.S. You received these suggestions because your name was listed on the SuggestBot request page. If this was in error, sorry about the confusion. -- SuggestBot (talk) 22:08, 13 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Didn't want to ...

edit

Didn't want to bother, sorry. :)
Cheers, Amalthea 22:35, 15 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Doh!

edit

Oops. I was just clicking to the page and hit the rollback link by accident! I've reverted my rollback but thought I'd better say sorry! Pedro :  Chat  22:37, 15 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

As if you didn't have enough to do...

edit

...you're among those they're talking up for re-trying for adminship.[2] This sudden interest in trying to get failed admins to retry is based at least in part, I think, on the "Pastor" Theo fiasco, which I hope was a lesson for all concerned, though I'm not betting the family jewels on it. I figure you're too busy with school, but if you'd care to put your tupence in, there's your chance. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 03:19, 18 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the notification, I've put my two pence in. :) — neuro(talk) 07:08, 18 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
prod → prod → prod. — Ched :  ?  07:26, 18 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
You Neuro, since you've indicated you'd like further review or a weighty nomination before an RfA, I'd like to propose the new, shiny and 100% confidential vetting service. Let me know if you're interested. Cheers,  Skomorokh  17:04, 19 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Re: my RfA.

edit

Thank you for notifying me about the decision - however, I wasn't given the opportunity to answer the questions in live debate. To which I find a little unfair. As I'm sure you can understand, I don't spend my time sat in-front of my computer 24/7 waiting for questions to appear for my answers. Removing the request so soon was in my opinion a little to rapid and unjustified, and thus prevented a fair consensus and debate from taking place. The case has been closed without myself being given the chance to answer peoples queries about my request for adminship. I can clearly see that people have judgements about the amount of contributions I have made, and some of these have been put in question format, but if I were given the chance to answer these in live debate, then people would have seen that in fact I am capable of fulfilling the duties of administration responsibility. The process itself states that it stays a live debate for 7 days before a decision is made - and this seems to have been ignored, and my request removed without the full 7 days even taking place. I would sincerely appreciate if this removal action was reverted, and myself given the opportunity to answer and take part in an open debate for the full 7 day duration. Kindest regards in this matter - Gareth aka Pr3st0n (talk) 19:38, 22 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

I have replied to a similar message on my talk page.  Frank  |  talk  19:48, 22 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
I have replied to your additional comment on my talk page... regards Pr3st0n (talk) 19:58, 22 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
I would sincerely like to add a thank you for reconsidering a hasty closure on my RfA request, and for your support too. I apologise in advance, if any of my comments surrounding the closure came across as abrupt. Kindest regards, Pr3st0n (talk) 20:05, 22 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hi Neuro, I would like to take this opportunity to inform you that I have added additional comments of my own for my RfA request, in the area set out for "questions". Feel free to take a look at these if you like. Regards, Pr3st0n (talk) 20:40, 22 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

The Wikipedia Signpost: 21 September 2009

edit
Read this Signpost in full · Single-page · Unsubscribe · EdwardsBot (talk) 23:45, 22 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Ahoy, matey!

edit

Avast! Have yerself a happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day, me hearties. Ye landlubbers best be a-speakin' the pirate language o'er the next 20 hours or so, else be forced to walk the plank and sent into the depths, ye scurvy dog! yo ho ho! –Juliancolton | Talk 02:29, 19 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

To get in the mood, I was just watching an old Superman episode called "The Jolly Roger". Bods Odkins! We've been boarded! Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 02:37, 19 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
And here's where Buccaneer Bunny meets Dr. Strangelove: [3] Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 02:41, 19 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
Here's the whole thing. A must-see. They don't make 'em this way anymore: [4] Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 02:50, 19 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
The modern swashbuckler: [5] Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 03:20, 19 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
And above all else, never forget the greatest swashbuckler in the history of cinema, who had the distinct pleasure of running-through Basil Rathbone in at least two different films: [6] Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 03:20, 19 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
My physics prof at college was going on about this. Thankfully I missed all but the last hour of it :P — neuro(talk) 21:43, 19 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
And let's not forget The Pirates of Penzance, or an unreasonable facsimile: [7] Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 00:09, 20 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
Arggg! How you be doin my fair mate?Accdude92 (talk) (sign) 16:26, 21 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
Alright, you? — neuro(talk) 17:49, 21 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
Well about to fail a us history test...Accdude92 (talk) (sign) 16:18, 23 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

RfA suspension.

edit

Hi Neuro,

I have left a message in my opening nomination speech on RfA. I would like if possible for this to be read and acknowledged, before my request (also attached to the message) has been carried out. I thank you, and the rest of the team for all the moral support and positive advice given throughout this nomination process. Although I disagree with the edit count, I do agree with the kind words about my communication skills. I hope that others who have read them, will step back, reflect, and learn a lesson from what I have shown. The key to a successful team network - is good communicational skills. I would also like it if we can remain as friends, and hopefully I too can learn a thing or two along the way, to enable me to prepare myself for the next big RfA adventure. I won't allow this to deter me from a future nomination - although I feel the next one won't be from myself, but from someone who has gain trust within me. I've added your name to my list of contacts via User:Pr3st0n/Wiki-Friends, I hope you don't mind me doing this.

With the highest of regards to you and the rest of the admin team - Gareth aka Pr3st0n (talk) 23:19, 23 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

I'm not an admin :) Hope your next RfA fares better. And of course I don't mind. :) — neuro(talk) 12:25, 24 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
I think you should be! Is there any way i can nominate you?Accdude92 (talk) (sign) 13:38, 24 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
The last time didn't go so well. I'm going to have another shot later, but not right now. Thanks for offering though. :) — neuro(talk) 15:35, 25 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

The Wikipedia Signpost: 28 September 2009

edit
Read this Signpost in full · Single-page · Unsubscribe · EdwardsBot (talk) 02:36, 30 September 2009 (UTC)Reply