User talk:Lommer

Bah! thanks for pointing it out. -Lommer | ^talk 01:50, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

DYK Update

WP:CP and WP:IfD

If you know of a URL from which an article/image is a copyvio, you've to follow the instructions in & list the offending article/image in Wikipedia:Copyright Problems, and not Wikipedia:Images and Media for Deletion. Please read the blurb in the beginning of the two pages; the deletion policy specifies different treatment to the two cases (verifiable copyvio & otherwise). Thanks! -- Paddu 18:47, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

BTW I moved Image:1720804 hat300.jpg from IfD to CP. -- Paddu 18:48, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Thx. -Lommer | ^talk 00:02, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

JRM Mars Image

copied from User talk:Consequencefree.

Just wanted to say an enourmous thanks for uploading that image of the mars - I've been looking for a copyright compatible image of the planes for a while now. You wouldn't happen to have a higher-res version would you? Once again thanks! -Lommer | ^talk 00:34, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I think I might have one a bit higher resolution, the currently there is from my summer cabin dock on Sproat Lake. The other one is from right next to the bomber but isn't quite as flattering an angle.. so let me know what you think. For comparison the current version and the higher res version. Now that I actually look at it, they both look pretty low. But I had my digicam set to low res soo what can ya do. As for any other pictures of the current Mars', I know the mechanics =D so I've been inside and have all kinds of pictures (switchboards, cockpit, water tanks etc), all you have to do is ask, and anything that I don't have I can get when I go this summer. [[User:Consequencefree|]] 04:12, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The second picture is great - I've substituted it into the Mars article. While it might not be as flattering a photo, i think the extra resolution and the close-up detail helps. Lucky you for knowing the mechanics - I've always wanted to go up there and see some aspect of the Mars operations (I've seen them in flight and listened to them battling interior fires on the radio, but never been to sproat lake). Thanks again. -Lommer | ^talk 23:11, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Pilot Licenses and Certificates

Prompted by Jguk changing the spellings to UK English, I've proposed a restructuring of these articles. You've contributed recently in this area. Can you comment at Talk:Pilot licences? Thanks. David Brooks 04:59, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for providing the direct link from Talk:Pilot licensing and certification to the discussion. And I hope you weren't too offended by my comments on the spelling: that was originally a message to jguk that he copied, but still I shouldn't have been quite so blunt! The new article Pilot licensing in Canada is almost entirely your authorship, I think. I hope I preserved it correctly. David Brooks 01:44, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

No problems here - I was never offended by any of your comments and I think you've done the pilot licensing articles a great service by reorganizing them. Wikipedia would do well to have more users as polite and communicative as you. -Lommer | ^talk 00:37, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

'preciate it, thanks. I was thinking of adding Aviation Medical Examiner next, so I will also change AME from being a redirect to being a disambig with 3 targets. Does Canada have designated medical examiners, and if so what are they called? David Brooks 00:47, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

In Canada I think they're called Aviation Medical Doctors, so as not to be confused the AME's (which for us means Aerospace Mechanical Engineer). I've also take a look at Airspace and noticed that some of the Canadian definitions are different - what do you think of doing the same thing there as we did with pilot licensing? -Lommer | ^talk 01:00, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Airspace is pretty generic and old, but I thought it was generic enough to still be applicable. I added the expanded Airspace classes and tried to make it encompass the three countries (i.e. not the same as licensing; it's shorter, which helps). What needs changing? David Brooks 23:00, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Oops, I meant Airspace classes not Airspace. I figure I'll just go to it and start changing it up so that the Canadian definitions are accurate - if you notice any problems with the American ones give 'er a shot too. The only thing I don't know as well is the ICAO standards or how Canadian regs derive from them. -Lommer | ^talk 19:08, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Return of the Untagged Image project

You were kind enough to contribute to the Wikipedia:Untagged images project; I beg to draw your attention to part 2 of the project - there are about 12,000 more images in need of tagging. Any assistance you could provide would be most welcome. thanks --Tagishsimon (talk)

I'm willing to tag my own images, but the I'm having trouble determining proper tagging. http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%BB%E5%83%8F:Karakuwa-Miyagi.png is the source for the image http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Karakuwa-Miyagi.png (which I edited highly to update it to the new boundries, but it's still from that original image, really.) Is it public domain? Something else? To be deleted? I'm not terribly sure (which means I shouldn't have uploaded it, I suppose...) William McDuff (talk)

I can't really say since I can't read the copyright info for the source image (it's in japanese). If the original is PD then you could release your image to the PD or try to GFDL it (though that may fall apart in a court of law). If the original was GFDL or some licence that allows derivative works then your new image should be licenced under that. -Lommer | ^talk 06:17, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Hey

Just wanted to say I greatly appreciate your collaboration at Geography of Canada. It's really helpful to have someone who can copyedit my work (especially since English isn't my native language, despite my claims to bilingualism). Circeus 14:07, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)

Twin Otter

Thanks for listing DWTwinOtter for deletion. My bad - I don't know my own aircraft. I have reuploaded it under its proper name, and have written an article to accompany it. Denni☯ 00:39, 2005 Mar 19 (UTC)

Stornoway

Why do you think that there was an RAF Stornoway Airport on Iceland as well as the one at Stornoway Airport on the Outer Hebrides?--JBellis 20:51, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, I vaguely remembered editing that in a long time ago. I've done some digging and I think I got it from the line "They went via Stornoway, Iceland and Labrador to Montreal on the first leg..." which is found in the articles 1948 in aviation and De Havilland Vampire. I guess I mistook the comma for meaning that Stornoway was in iceland, not a separate place (I'm not thoroughly familiar with the geography there). Thanks for finding that interesting mistake! I'll clean it up. -Lommer | ^talk 04:08, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

DYK

Congratulations, Lommer!

Congratulations! It's my pleasure to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator. You should read the relevant policies and other pages linked to from the administrators' reading list before carrying out tasks like deletion, protection, banning users, and editing protected pages such as the Main Page. Most of what you do is easily reversible by other sysops, apart from page history merges and image deletion, so please be especially careful with those. You might find the new administrators' how-to guide helpful. Cheers! -- Cecropia | explains it all ® 02:05, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Wildfire and number conventions

Hello,

thanks for correcting my English on Wildfire. I just have one remark: you replaced the non-breakable spaces by commas on the number, and this is in contradiction with the international standard, see [1] (http://www1.bipm.org/jsp/en/ViewCGPMResolution.jsp?CGPM=22&RES=10). I know this is not the habit in all countries, but I think respecting the international standards is a way to facilitate international exchanges and to respect the NPOV. It thus reverted to  .

Regards

Cdang|write me 08:58, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

Hi, I did replace those spaces with commas, and I winced as I did it. I actually prefer the European system of decimals, etc, but the Wikipedia Manual of Style actually dictates that we use commas to separate groups of three and periods for decimal places. I agree that it's not really NPOV, but wikipedia does have to have some standard for number formats. I will revert the article back to the comma standard. -Lommer | ^talk 00:50, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

OK for your revert. I'll post a message on the Manual of style talkpage about this.

Cdang|write me 08:20, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

ATC

I was wondering what background info was used for modifying the ATC page? What country's operations was it based on... thanx...jvz

Hi, I am a Canadian pilot, so all of my experience is Canadian. Most of my modifications were just for clarity and readability though. P.S. You can can sign your edits by using four tildes, like this: ~~~~. It's useful for talk pages so that others know who left the message and how to get back to you. -Lommer | ^talk 04:35, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. I have much much to learn about this...including all the short-hand that is used in this program. My background is 34 years in the FAA as a controller and retired 5 years ... so I have been away from it a while. I was writing with the perspecive of a U.S. controller and realized that your edits may have been because you were familiar with another country's ATC system. There is a lot alike but there are also differences. This is one of the issues that comes up with an international system I guess. I did go back and discuss what we did in the US system. Hope that doesn't throw a wrench in things...

Ok so I just do Jgvanzandt 04:49, 5 May 2005 (UTC) and this helps people find me? And I thought I was computer literate...

thanx for the reply

Jack Van Zandt

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Thank you

Thank you Lommer. I've always had this dream of adminship, but I really don't believe in self-nomming oneself. I'm kind of tongue-tied right now; I'm still in a state of ecstatic shock. But thanks! →Iñgōlemo← ^talk</font> 03:26, 2005 May 31 (UTC)

Thank you for the tip on moving. Stil new to this Wiki thing. ;) Havok 19:50, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)