Wintermute314

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User page templates?

I see that some users have userpages with all kinds of tables and even maps of their home location. It suppose that there are templates for this but I can't find them on the help pages on User pages. Can somebody point me to some more information? TNX a 1.0E6

You can add images to your userpage much as you would to an article. Take a look at some articles with maps, like Poland, Congo etc. Essentially your userpage isn't very important, just write a sentence or two about your interests. When you gain some experience in WP you will understand map and image placement (eg Wikipedia:Images).--Commander Keane 16:44, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

welcome to the crypto corner

W, I think you've chosen a name of great distinction, though more would be, of course, better. Anyway, welcome aboard the crypto corner. We have done some good work, but there is, as always, more to do, and your help will be appreciated by all us cryptiacs, and probably the curious Average Reader, as well. You may also find yourself with an opinion on one of the great teapot tempests of our time, the cy v ci debate. See the Project page at cypher v cipher. Perhaps you too would like to chyme in? As a Belgian, your perspective is likely to, at least, different.

Glad to have you helping out with our great project of talking over the world by telling everyone about crypto.

Regarding your curiosity about how such a thing as WP might work, I can commend much of the crypto corner to you as an example of quality work (eg, Enigma and its close relations), and can suggest (with pinched nose and at arm's length) Diabetic ketoacidosis as a counterexample. You may have some impulse to pitch in there. I certainly have, but in the absence of professional qualification, I \'ve been hesitant to do so much more than around the edges. ww 17:16, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

MUMPS

W; On another point entirely, can you tell me whether MUMPS (or M for those dislike the full name) is used in Belgium in medicine? Hospitals, clinics, etc?

There are some alternative implementations, some fully open source (from Sanchez Associates) some experimental and open source (from Kevin O'Kane and students in Iowa) and others purely commercial (eg, Cache from Intersystems). I expect that some of those might be used in your area, though the odd name history may confuse. Am I right? ww 23:12, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

I know that Cache has quite some following, usually from people who converted from MUMPS. There are a few notable new sales wins for Cache but not all that much. MUMPS is still in use in older systems. E.g. the University of Ghent still uses an old SMS (now Siemens) Hospital Information System that is largely based on MUMPS. 10-15 years ago Lab systems based on MUMPS were actively marketed in Belgium. Probably some of them are still in use. --Wintermute314 08:24, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Grave of Henri Curiel.JPG

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Grave of Henri Curiel.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you.  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 23:18, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Copy of my reply on the PUF page...

I assumed Belgium as it says "Made by Bart Van den Bosch, Belgium on April 22, 2006" on the file page. Both France and Belgium do not have FoP - some more info can be seen at commons:COM:FOP. Copyright protection expires 70 years after the death of the original author, so old graves are OK (looks like most of those on the page are >70 years old - unlikly to know the creator, so the date of construction has to do), but this one is dated 4th May 1978 - Only 33 years ago. Also if the memorial stone just had text, then we could use {{PD-text}}, but a picture has been included, which prevents that usage.

It's not the landscape that's an issue, it's a photo of something that has copyright - thus it can be a 3D artwork (sculpture or ornate memorial - plenty of decorative carvings) or 2D artwork (images, etc). Once copyright has expired then images can be taken and published. If a piece of copyright material is accidentally included and is only quite a small part of the image (and not the main focus of the image), then it is ignored - thus a overall photo of a cemetery, with one or two new headstones is not an issue. Hope that makes some sense.  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 20:28, 23 December 2011 (UTC)