User talk:Yummifruitbat/Archive 1

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Thanks for the welcome! I've actually been a regular Wikipedia user for nearly two years but hadn't really got involved in contributing until earlier this year. Yummifruitbat 23:32, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

Skills other than languages

I saw your post on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Babel#Skills_other_than_languages

I think it's a great idea. I'd like to create something like this for hobbies, sports, etc.

One could create template such as User_Sports_Football, User_Sports_Fencing, etc.

Are other people interested ? I'd like to contribute Gsch 23:37, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Language template help

Hello. Sorry to bother you, but your post at Wikipedia talk:Babel#How does one create the graphical template for lesser known indian languages seemed both helpful and knowledgeable. However, I failed to understand the example shown well enough to be able to create other templates "the right way" for other languages and skill levels.

Can you help me create (or create yourself) the following templates and categories?

• eo-4 (Almost-native Esperanto but not actually born to it) in the English Babel (See the suggested text in the text part of my user page).
• eo-4 and en-4 in the Esperanto Babel. (Or should I first ask somewhere if level-4 language ability is valid in the Esperanto Wikipedia?)

(Apparently level 4 is so recent that it hasn't yet spread everywhere.)

Tonymec 06:24, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your answer on my user talk page. Apparently "someone" went on and created the eo-4 template in the English wiki shortly after I posted the above request. About the xx-4 templates in the Esperanto Wikipedia, apparently none of them exist yet (in any language). I'm waiting to see if they "get into fashion" or not. (Esperanto is special of course, in that its native speakers are only a minuscule minority, even the natives have also at least one other "native" language, and the language norm is not set by the natives.) -- Tonymec 00:18, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

Working on User instruments templates

Hello, there. I've been using some of the stuff under Category:User languages. (I added User organ, and I'm using it on my user page.) Recently, CyberSkull contributed some templates to Babel, which automate some of the formatting. Inspired by this, I did some work of my own for User instruments. I've notified everyone using the User instruments Babel stuff in their user pages that I plan to rework the templates. I thought I would tell you too, even though you're not even in any of these categories; you did, after all, start the thing if I'm not mistaken. So take a look at User:Ddawson/User instruments and feel free to comment. Ddawson 21:21, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Image review (Chambord)

Hi, you gave some good comments on my image peer review (Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Chambord). I've now uploaded the original image for your tips on postprocessing :) Stevage 10:00, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Featured picture promotion

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your edit of image, Image:Chambord pano.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution!

~ Veledan • Talk 09:38, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Speaking of which, is it possible to now move this image back over the one I originally uploaded? Image:PanoChambord2 yfb edit3 downsampled.jpg is a pretty awkward name :) Or perhaps even simply reupload it as "Chambord façade.jpg" or something? Then presumably it would be ok to move the FP star to that version, and point to it from the FP list wherever that is. Just wanted to check that was ok with you before going and doing it. Stevage 18:17, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Done --Yummifruitbat 09:31, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Image:Immature fir cone.jpg

Hi Yummi - very nice pic, but it is a Japanese Larch pollen cone, not a fir cone :-) MPF 09:57, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Glad to help! PS I'm not the owner of the AdV website, they just host a lot of my photos (haven't got a website of my own) - MPF 00:59, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Hummingbird Hawk-moth FPC

Hi! You supported the Hummingbird Hawk-moth FPC (like everyone else who commented), but HighInBC uploaded an edit that absolutely no-one commented on. I can't promote the image without knowing which version to promote, so now I have to ask everyone which version they prefer. Would you mind specifying which image you are supporting? Thanks. Raven4x4x 09:29, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

New collaboration

. The current WikiProject Carnivorous Plants Current collaboration is Heliamphora. Please contribute

Wanna step aboard and make the CP-project move again :) ? Denisoliver 21:46, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Featured Picture

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Hacha grande from papagayo pano.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.

Congratulations, and thanks for taking it for us. Raven4x4x 01:46, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

This is to let you know the Featured Picture you uploaded and/or nominated Image:Hacha grande from papagayo pano.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the day on October 4, 2006, when it will be featured on the Main Page. Congratulations! howcheng {chat} 17:25, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Pi Unrolled

You commented on this animated GIF's Featured Picture nomination. I'm considering a redesign to incorporate concerns raised but I need more clarity. Please see User talk:John Reid/Pi/Unrolled#FP?. Thank you. John Reid 08:44, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Arge Bam

Hi, Thanks for your comment. I've answered you comment on the FPC page. No offence was taken and I'm glad you took your time to vote. Thanks again Arad 14:46, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Not sure if this helps since I'm seriously not sure. The camera was probably, (not sure) a Canon AE-1 with lens mounted. contact me if that helps. Arad 18:13, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Featured picture nomination

Hi, I've nominated your image Image:Ford fiesta mk5.jpg for featured picture status. Please see Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Ford fiesta mk5.jpg for discussion. Regards, howcheng {chat} 16:52, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Re:Panoramas

Hi Yummifruitbat,
Glad that the advice was useful to you. Yes Arcsoft is a very good program, although there are some problems for a more serious photography. It's got no manual control whatsoever and doesn't support multi layer segment stitching. That said though it does an impressive job in fully manual and can handle some pretty hairy panos.
I like your image, and the stitching is pretty much perfect. The lighting/atmosphere is very good and I personally like it (certainly more than the other image you comapred it with), however it suffers from the eternal problem - artistic vs encyclopaedic. I honestly couldn't say how it'd go on FPC if that was what you had in mind. If for the article, I woudl lean towards using yours. --Fir0002 21:36, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Oh the FSM nom! No I wasn't having a bad day, I was having a good day (strange as that may sound!). I was just in the mood to strike a chord and put a little zest into my oppose vote. Don't get me wrong I do feel that it is a tasteless defamation but I'm not all that put out about it or anything (like I'm not going to vandalize the FSM page under an IP address! :-) I just don't think it's suitable for FP and felt like expressing myself. Thanks for your concern though! --Fir0002 23:14, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

EXLANATION: Not promoted image : +6/-3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/Image:Ciudad_de_las_ciencias_noche.JPG --> The image was not promoted despite the vote was in favour of it. +6/-3. ONLY BECUASE YOU OPPOSED and closed the nomination. I want an explanation. Thank you. Arad 23:36, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Explanation provided at [[Talk:WP:FPC]]. Please don't shout. --YFB ¿ 02:15, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

I didn't mean to shout, i just got a little angry. Anyway, you did your job by closing the nomination. And if you think user QAZ and Babayi are my socks well they are in a way. They are my friends who try to reflect my opinion around wiki just for fun. I understand it's not nice and because I know them i removed their vote from FPC. I don't know if this categorises as Sock puppet but i think neither you or me likes such things to happen in wikipedia. Please don't say they are MY sock puppets just ignore their vote if necessary.Arad 21:34, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

(copied from Arad's talk page) Arad, please do not remove votes, or comments made by others, from FPC nominations - you have been asked not to do this before on [[Talk:WP:FPC]]. My reading of this situation would be that, if these comments are being made by other users 'to reflect your opinion... just for fun' then this is, at best, meatpuppetry. This is unacceptable and removing the votes or suggesting that the closer can ignore them does not make it any less so. --YFB ¿ 23:54, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

I never said it makes it any less or it's acceptable. And if you think those are my meat-puppets then I have the autorithy to remove the comments made by me. If it's someone else's (which it is) then the comment is not made by a meat puppet controlled by me. I just don't want to be called a master of sockpuppets which aren't really mine. Arad 01:31, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

If it's controlled by you, then no, you do not have the authority to remove comments you made, as this can hide evidence of your behaviour. If you wish to retract these comments, you may strike them through using <s></s> but it is unacceptable to do this to others' comments/votes as you did with Staxringold's on the Mount Rainier nom. If it's not controlled by you then you do not have the authority to remove the comments, or to strike them through. Either way, you are exhibiting behaviour which makes it look very, very much like you are using sockpuppets to try to force your nominations through. --YFB ¿ 01:40, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Ok now i get it. Sorry again. Thanks for the explantion. I hope i didn't made you angry. And if that is a sort of soulpuppetry, then I'm again sorry. I appreciate what you do for wikipedia community by trying to keep it clean. Arad 04:13, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks much for your help

I appreciate your help on my help desk question. My 12 hours of fumbling yesterday you solved with one quick note. Many thanks. After your note, I had the image uploaded and nominated in about 10 minutes. I hope the world likes it. I know it's a common subject, but the lighting and strong colors had everyone on the street stopping and staring when I shot it.

BTW, I like a lot of your images, and am a big follower of Clapton. I'm a major Mississippi Blues junkie and have works by Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Wilie Dixon and all the others that Clapton credits as his inspiration and whose songs he plays to this day.

Take care, John

JohnKolter 18:57, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

It's true

It's true about the barn star. About Firefox, well then, what can I say, I'll try to fix it, but then Firefox has many other problems with many websites. I have a feeling your watching everything I do.Arad 20:51, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Is the problem fixed now? Arad 21:06, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Basque Music: Maitia Nun Zira

Aupa Yummifuitbat, I can speak basque no problem and Im prepared to give you as much help as possible. Do write me your lyrics and I will try to write it back in the way you would pronounce it, if I make myself clear. Worst case, will give you my phone number (Brighton) and you can call me and I will read it to you. Now, about the piano thingy, will ask my dad and see if he has it, alright? and good luck with it! ;) By the way, im Usogorri in the Basque encyclopedia, but you can otherwise leave a message in the txoko there! Usogorri 19:00, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Right, got hold of the correct lyrics in the internet and im waiting for an english friend to write them phonetically as I would read them. Maybe today or tomorrow, waiting to see how busy he is. When do you need them? Usogorri

oh, no, no, misunderstanding here. Lyrics are correct, is just that the words are sometimes grouped together incorrectly, let me copy here the words for you (see "edit this page" for the column arrangement!!!!!)

Maitia, nun zira? Darling (or dear one)where are you? Nik etzutut ikusten I can not see you Ez berririk jakiten Or know any news from you Nurat galdu zira? Where are you lost? Ala kanbiatu da zure diseina Or your desire has changed Hitzeman zenereitan You swore to me Ez behin, bai birritan Not once, but twice enia zinela That you were mine Ohikua nuzu Im the same as before Ez nuzu kambiatu I have not changed Bihotzian behin hartu Once I took you in my heart Eta zu maitatu And loved you. Aita jeloskor batek dizu kasatu A jelous father has married you (to someone else) Zure ikustetik From seeing you Gehiago mintzatzetik Or taking to you Hark nizu pribatu He is preventing me. Well, more or less that is the translation! Now, the song is basque but from the french border (im from the "spanish" side) hence all those ü letters, which are pronounced as per french! Usogorri

Yeah, is well different. ü is pronounced like... oh, god, this is hard. I trully dont know how to explain it! will try to see if i can find something than pronounces that kind of sound in the net! ay! Usogorri

Hey mate! hope is all well. Took some friends to the pub last night and made them write down in english what I was reading in basque to them. Is not ideal, but then I dont know anyone that actually knows how to write in the phonetic language, so this will have to do. You can also find some information in basque pronunciation here and may be able to download the song for free here, although I have not tried it myself. There is also a cut version of it in LimeWire to download, a version by Kepa Junkera for one of Almodovar's films (beware that the lyrics in this one are slightly different, though!)

Because in english (not sure about welsh) there is no soft "r" sound, we have decided to change it for "d" sounds, but you can try to pronounce soft "r"s if you can. The italic letters is where the entonation of the word goes:
Myeetia noon sida
Neek estutoot eekoosten
es bereedic jakeeten
noorats galdu sida
Ala canbeatoo da soore disenya
Eetseman senedaitan
es bein bye bereetan
eneeya seenyela
Try with that, see how it goes and if you like the idea I will ask someone else to write the second paragraph! And by the way, my dad says you may be able to find all the music writting you need in Eresbil. Good luck! Usogorri

Sorry for the delay, work has been manic for a while and by the time I get home sitting in front of the computer is about the last thing I have in mind. Finally I have managed though, to finish the song, so here is the rest I was missing. Have skipped the italics letters, since the entonation will be as the paragraph before (and as the music sentences dictate!)

Oytooa nooso
Enoosoo kanbeatoo
beotzseean bein artoo
eta sou mytatoo
iyta jeloskorr batek disoo kasatoo
surai ikoostatick
gayagoo meentsaatzetick
ack neezoo preebatoo
Hope that is enough. Will be rather busy this week again, but if you need any help and want to find me easier, try <email address removed to prevent spam> and I will try to reply promplty, ok?? take care and best of lucks, brake a leg! Usogorri

No need to mention me in any program, no worries!! and thankyou ever so much for my star, you have just made my day! (and it was pretty bad till now!) Usogorri

YFB, told my dad what we were up to and he has managed to found a mp3 of the Easo Choir, with same lyrics, interested? how do i upload it here? do you know? im rather new in here! :) Usogorri

Microorganism

No worries! Just glad I happened to be there to catch it. :-) Cheers, Dar-Ape 02:35, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi!

Yeah, those two have been at it for some time now, and have more or less exhausted everyone's interest I think. Their talk pages happen still to be on my watchlist, and so it's starting to annoy me again. You must study/work just over the road from me! -Splash - tk 23:02, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Republic page

• hey, thanks much for watching so closely (dont know how you pick it up almost immediately) and doing the reversions. i know who's doing it, but i cant prove it. Stevewk 01:38, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

User:Wanderingscribe (talk) (contribs)

Hi Cherry blossom tree, thanks for your comment on Wanderingscribe's talk page; you mentioned a lot of things I should have included. I'm wondering whether this user warrants an RfC regarding his/her username, as it seems to be a single-purpose account created solely to push POV against the blogger of the same name. I'd appreciate your comments as I'm not sure where this stands with respect to WP:Username. Cheers, --YFB ¿ 23:42, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

It does appear to be a single purpose account. I'm not really sure it's worth taking any further action at this stage, though. The disruption is more or less under control. Hopefully the user will either come to work within the relevant policies or get bored and give up fairly soon. The username could possibly also imply that they have some connection with the blog. If the user stays around for a longish period then it might be worth changing but probably a waste of time if he/she leaves soon. I think it's probably best to give it a bit more time and see what happens. Thanks. --Cherry blossom tree 09:49, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi again, can you help at all with this?

• Schonken guilty of knowingly filing false 3RR/sock puppet report

for the full story on Schonken's menacing behavior, see

(link commented out, breaking my talk page for some reason) and note well...administrator's note that Schonken's report is "bogus." then see this article's History for his latest refusal to civilize up, by filing yet another amateurish reversion. Stevewk 16:17, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

POV in Gevalia?

Thanks for your recent edit to Gevalia. The writing is more compact and smoother now. I was puzzled by your edit summary, though: "rv POV". What point of view were you removing? It mostly looked like wordy writing that fell under your ax. Perhaps there was a subtle POV that I missed (and therefore would seek to avoid myself). Thanks, Mmccalpin 12:20, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Ah, yes. I lost the POV in all the more general copyedits. I should remember not to try thinking (and certainly not posting) before the second cup of coffee. Thanks again. Mmccalpin 02:35, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Schonken restarts it

• YFB, check the Republic and its talk page. there he goes again. i'm not backing down, so it might be a good idea for you to protect the article...after the previous version is restored. Stevewk 15:26, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Popius

I blocked him. It seems that all of his article vandalism has been fixed, but he uploaded a lot of images. I am visually impaired so I cannot see if they are at all useful, so do you think they should be deleted? Academic Challenger 23:41, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, they're an assortment of gay pornography, not all of which may be legal. Urgent, speedy delete. Thanks for stepping in. --YFB ¿ 23:43, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Wise words from the Bunghole

Do you have any TP? TP for my bunghole? I am a gringo! I want all your 'crappucino'! "The streets will flow with the blood of the nonbelievers! M-heehee, M-heehee, yeah that's cool, M-heehee, Come out with your pants down! I'd hate for my bungholio to get polio! Español? Es-bunghole! M-heehee —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.9.69.110 (talk • contribs).

Thanks for that. Very helpful. --YFB ¿ 00:17, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

The bunghole does not vandalise, the bunghole is a guiding force that will lead ultimately to TP! Yes TP. TPTPTPTPTPTPTP. A man is not a man without TP for his bunghole! Do you have TP?

Welcome to VandalProof! 1.3

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Yummifruitbat! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page and please note this is VP 1.3 not 1.2.2 see this for the approved list. Betacommand ^{(talk • contribs • Bot)} 12:37, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Please dont add your name to the approved list. the list you changed was for 1.2.2 1.3 has a seperate list and if you would look down by the awaiting approval secion you would see the link. Listing users is automatic when approved thanks and I hope you enjoy VP 1.3. PS if you can get on IRC we have 2.0 in beta if you want to use it. irc://irc.freenode.net/vandalproof Betacommand ^{(talk • contribs • Bot)} 16:13, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Translation request (s)

Carl Roman Abt Thanks Yummi, I'll look at the translation ASAP. There are other articles in the rack railway and mountain railway groups yet to be translated. BTW, your talk page does not center properly.

Cheers, Peter Horn 03:03, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Getting back to translations from German

(Congratulations, your page now centers properly.)

For the following, the English language versions do not yet exist.

Austria

• Achenseebahn, Tyrol de:Achenseebahn
• Erzbergbahn, Styria de:Erzbergbahn
• Gaisbergbahn, Gaisberg (1887 - 1928)

More info needed?

• Kahlenbergbahn (Verkehr), Kahlenberg , Döbling, Vienna

More info needed from the German original.

• Schafbergbahn, Upper Austria de:Schafbergbahn
• Schneebergbahn, Lower Austria de:Schneebergbahn

Germany

The following do not yet exist in English.

• Wendelstein Railway de:Wendelsteinbahn
• Zugspitze Railway de:Bayerische Zugspitzbahn

Switzerland

The following do not yet exist in English.

• Bergbahn Rheineck-Walzenhausen (RhW) de:Bergbahn Rheineck-Walzenhausen
• Chemin de Fer de Martigny au Châtelard (MC/TMR) fr:Chemin de fer Martigny-Châtelard de:Martigny-Châtelard-Bahn
• Chemin de fer Martigny-Orsières [:de:Transports de Martigny et Régions]]
• Dolderbahn (Db) de:Dolderbahn

More info needed from German (?) or French (?) original

• Chemin de fer Montreux-Glion-Rochers-de-Naye fr:Chemin de fer Montreux-Glion-Rochers de Naye, de:Transports Montreux-Vevey-Riviera

Similarly there are missing articles under Mountain railways.

Peter Horn 04:00, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Gustav von Schönberg Translation request

Hi Jreferee, I've translated Gustav von Schönberg from de:wiki per your request. I hope it's helpful - I'd be grateful if you'd look over the article and let me know if I've made any mistakes. Best wishes, --YFB ¿ 02:56, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

• Thank you for the translation of Gustav von Schönberg. I wrote the article Umberto Meoli that cited to Gustav von Schönberg. However, based on the posting of Friedrich Gustav von Schönberg (1839-1908), Ökonom at Schönberg, I'm wondering whether Schönberg's name has Friedrich in it some where. I initially listed my link in the Umberto Meoli article as Gustav (Friedrich) von Schönberg, but changed it to Gustav von Schönberg per your posting. The translation reads well. I tried figuring out what Gerichtsassessor means. In Paul von Breitenbach, it reads From 1873 he was "Gerichtsreferendar" (Assistant), from 1877 "Gerichtsassessor" at the civic court in Berlin, but that wasn't much help to me in figuring out Gerichtsassessor. An internet search didn't help either.-- Jreferee 03:40, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Hello Yummi,I hope the following observation is going to be of some use.

"Gericht", of course, means "law" (or "justice") and "Assessor", well, means the same thing in English. So the literal translation would be "law assessor" or "assessor of law(s)", in other words someone who would assess what civil(?) law(s) would apply to any given case as it comes to court. I don't know if "law clerk" would do, probably not. The problem here may be that there probably is no equivalent functionary in the courts of the English speaking world. The foregoing is an educated guess. -- Cherio, Peter Horn 16:49, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

• In the US, two opposing lawyers prepare written documents to tell the judge what law applies to a given case. These written documents are read by the Judge's staff, such as by law clerk. Gerichtsreferendar seems to describe an assistant to a Gerichtsassessor. Law clerk's have secretaries to type letters and file. Does a Gerichtsassessor opinion have any legal authority? The terms Magistrate and Special master may be relevant here. This site says Gerichtsassessor is a legal official. Gerichts assessor may be a court assessor. Is there such a thing as a public prosecutor for civil law in Germany (Staatsanwalt)? That would fit best. -- Jreferee 18:19, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

• I've translated the German article on Gerichtsassessor, although I wasn't entirely sure of the intended meaning of some parts so it could definitely do with checking by a native German speaker. That article, as I read it, seems to mean that the role would be similar to a judge or public/federal prosecutor but presumably in a sort of "apprentice" capacity until they'd satisfactorily completed their year's service. I can't guarantee to check back especially soon as I should be doing university work! All the best, --YFB ¿ 04:37, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Re translation requests

If you dont have time to do any of those translations, which is understandable, perhaps you could transfer the whole "kit and Kaboodle" to the requesr for translations from the German bulitin board, or tell me how & where to do that in the Wiki system. "Word's" "Copy and Paste" will make that job a cinch.

P.S. Did you see yet what I did to your Carl Roman Abt translation? I noticed that you did not translate the particulars about the auctioneering firm that sold off the coin and art collection, may be I'll do it some time ot another

Cherio, Peter Horn 16:03, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "in the Wiki system" - presumably you're familiar with WP:GTIE?

I've seen your edits to Carl Roman Abt; thanks for tidying things up for me - I was looking for another word that didn't imply his collection were forgeries but I couldn't think of one! I deliberately omitted the auction listing as I couldn't really see how to include it in the article tidily, or what useful information it added. Feel free to put it in if you think it's relevant. Best regards, --YFB ¿ 04:44, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

user page format

Hi - I changed the layout of your user page a bit, based on your WP:HD request. Hope this helps. If not, please feel free to revert it if you dislike it. -- Rick Block (talk) 19:15, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Rick, that's much better, thanks! I think I did something almost exactly like that earlier but I missed out the |'s on the end of the lines containing the formatting... oops. Thanks a lot for helping out, much appreciated. --YFB ¿ 19:23, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

I wonder if you can help me again - for some reason there's a big gap between the intro text box and the three columns of contributions, which my table editing skills don't seem to be up to fixing. Would you mind having another look for me? Thanks =) --YFB ¿ 21:42, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Looks fine to me (Safari, Mac OS X). What browser and OS are you using? -- Rick Block (talk) 21:47, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

WinXP with Firefox 2.0 - it looks the same in IE6. The tops of the three contribs columns are roughly (not precisely) level with the "Countries lived in" row in the Babel column. --YFB ¿ 21:51, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Not sure why it was doing that. Better now? -- Rick Block (talk) 22:51, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Seems to be, thanks again! I'm beginning to dislike tables... --YFB ¿ 22:57, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

New Photo Matching Service

Hi there,

I'm contacting you because you listed yourself at Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Photographers. You might be interested in a new wikiproject page that lists photographers and articles that need photos by location. The page is located at Wikipedia:Photo Matching Service or WP:PMS GabrielF 00:12, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Announcement

Announcement The "Help name my baby" Poll has closed :). Greta Annette was born 12/12/06. She weighs 6lbs 14oz and is 19inches long. Mother and baby are both doing fine. Thanks for all the suggestions! To keep this slightly Wikipedia related I have started Adopt a State, so adopt your state article today! -Ravedave (help name my baby) 04:06, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Yummifruitbat! | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

May you and your family have a Merry Christmas, as well as any other Holiday you may celebrate. I hope that warmth, good cheer, and love surround you during these special days. May God bless you during the Holidays. | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

File:Julekort.jpg

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User:67.94.88.131

Thanks for staying on that link spammer. Good job! —— Eagle 101 ^{(Need help?)} 04:52, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

No problem - thanks for the encouragement :-) --YFB ¿ 04:56, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Most definitely. That kind of thing is much appreciated. :) Side note, the old warning tags are being deprecated in favour of the new ones listed at WP:UTM. Cheers! --Brad Beattie (talk) 06:28, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Great job on that. Apologies for the late protect - I'm still figuring out how to use that particular tool. I'll probably lift it tomorrow just to test the waters. Thanks again for keeping up with the bot! Kuru ^talk 06:37, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

VandalProof

Done, you are approved. Prodego ^talk 03:22, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

"I am the Edison Phonograph."^ⓘ

Thanks so much for helping finally give my little idea life with a first nomination for FSC. Here's a priceless antique in gratitude (still operational).--Pharos 07:44, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

FPC

Ah crikey, I'm sorry. I somehow failed to notice those instructions, and just did the most obvious ones. Thanks for bringing it to my attention before I screwed it up too much. Trebor 22:49, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Right, I've corrected everything I can think of (hopefully not ruining anything else in the process :-/). Thanks for your help. Trebor 23:32, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Mothercare

Yes, I have seen that Guardian article--it tells only that Mothercare did very bad sales in Christmas 2007. I do not see how a stub that looks like it was written by a company is anyone's hard work. I am going to AfD it. I will post this on your talkpage also so you will not miss the chance to vote if you still disagree.-MsHyde 22:10, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Moving on

What you are trying to do is erroneously conflate a specific instance with a general practice, which is not the case. At this point, I think you are condescending and hectoring, on false grounds, and it is serving zero constructive purpose. It is also absurd because it is 1) a dead issue 2) the article was complete crap, not someone's "hard work." The self-righteousness implicit in your "hard work" accusation, and your persistence in what I see as pointless arguing lead me to believe that you are simply concerned with "being right." You are not right, no one cares, and it is past time to move on.-MsHyde 19:55, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I cannot reconcile what you have said above with the comment (which you deleted) that appears to have prompted it: [1]. You seem to have no intention of accepting that prod is not for controversial or potentially controversial deletions. I only mentioned "hard work" once, it wasn't specific to the Mothercare article, and you are misrepresenting my comments by banging on about it. I have no intention of following your line of discussion into personal attacks and I have already said that I consider this matter closed - whether you think I'm right or not is immaterial to me. Anyone who cares to read your talk page will see who is "on false grounds". --YFB ¿ 20:10, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

MsHyde has been blocked indefinitely as a sockpuppet of a banned user. --YFB ¿ 06:39, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks your for responding to my concerns.

I appreciate you taking the time to respond to my concerns about using a different computer. I have just seen so much feuding lately and being a newbie with difficulties learning things here, your response really did help me. So far I have only been brave enough to post to one article and the rest of my postings have been on talk pages. I have been fortunate though to have a lot of very nice and helpful people help me try to learn things and understand my disabilities. All help from anyone is always a welcome to me. --Crohnie 20:25, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

NPA thing

I reread your message, sorry for the confusion. At first I thought you meant my nomination was a dilebrate joke, and that it was a sarcastic nomination, but you seem to have commented on incivility in general. Cheers. — Selmo ^(talk) 22:41, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

VPL

Thanks you for offering to stitch up my photos. I was googling last night on the photomerge function. I was able to get fairly decent results. I tried shadow/highlight to try to fix the light problems, but that as you can see wasn't flawless.

I am now sending the pics to you. Agian, thanks for offering to fix up my first attempt at a panorama. — Selmo ^(talk) 16:31, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi, thanks for catching this. :) --KFP (talk | contribs) 21:36, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

• No probs :) --YFB ¿ 21:40, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

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