User talk:DO'Neil
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Template:VfD-Kosmicheskaya Militsiya
Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia!
In this discussion you mentioned a Russian friend. What exactly did he say? Has he actually seen the show, do you think? How reliable would you say his information is?
This is not to hassle you. I'm interested to find out. But it may well help to decide the page's fate. Andrewa 18:17, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Hideous indeed
So hideous (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Motif_of_harmful_sensation&diff=3263290&oldid=3262886) that i almost turned to stone when you forced me to notice it! [smile] Thanks for the edit. --Jerzy(t) 19:36, 2004 Apr 20 (UTC)
Hello DO'Neil!
I have two questions concerning the image Image:Birdparadise111.jpeg: (1) There is no additional information on the origin of this image. Probably it is your own photo? If yes, do you have a higher resolution version. I would like to use it in de:Paradiesvögel in the German Wikipedia. (2) I am not sure, if your determination of the bird is correct. I think it is Raggiana Bird-of-paradise (P. raggiana), not Greater Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea apoda). Best wishes --Franz Xaver 17:18, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
- Thanks for your answer. Now I think the image may not be used in Wikipedia at all. I have found a website with this image, which might have been your source: [1] (http://www.pngembassy.org/special.html) and there is a copyrigth notice. Probably the image must be deleted, as well as Image:Wilsonbirdparadise.jpeg which probably is from [2] (http://data.acnatsci.org/vireo/paradise/paradise.html). Best wishes --Franz Xaver 19:17, 18 May 2004 (UTC)
- Whoops, I didn't notice that. Thanks for pointing it out; they probably should be deleted. DO'Neil 21:01, 18 May 2004 (UTC)
Hi, DO'Neil,
Not objecting to your edits on the Pius VI article, but the old version wasn't taken from a foreign language; it was lifted from the 1911 Britannica. Complete with the typos in the scanned version that's on the Web, such as Galilean for Gallican (fixed a while ago). Some stuffy old prose there, to be sure. Dandrake 19:38, May 20, 2004 (UTC)
You are now designated the High Priest of the Spoon! and I will call on you if I feel the need for Cortes (yeah, you heard me :) to castrate someone with a wooden spoon. -- Jim Regan 04:25, 24 May 2004 (UTC)
Tenochtitlan
Wow! Lots of changes to Tenochtitlán. Actually, by doing so, you've come down very hard on the side of the hispanistas vs. the indigenistas with respect to the pronunciation of those names (Tenochtitlan and Teotihuacan in particular -- I suppose you have to start somewhere). In recent years there's been something of a movement in Mexico to reclaim the more authentic Nahuatl pronunciation with the accent on the penultimate rather than the (Castilianified) last syllable. For the two sides of the debate, take a look (on the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua website) at what Miguel León-Portilla (indigenista) says here (http://www.academia.org.mx/Consultas/021100.htm) and how Yáńez (hispanista) rebukes him in the last para. It's been a long while since I've heard anyone pronounce it 'Tenochtitlán', but maybe that's just the company I keep.
Dunno. Perhaps you were aware of all that already and wanted to come down heavily on that side. FYI just in case you didn't. –Hajor 14:32, 14 Jun 2004 (UTC)
I wasn't aware that "Tenochtitlán" was viewed as Castilianified. Interesting. However, I'm not preferring that spelling out of any sort of racism (I have nothing against Nahuatl speakers, and why should I?), but from what I've read in books, Tenochtitlán is more common in English. I've seen Teotihuacan a few times, though. DO'Neil 06:33, Jun 15, 2004 (UTC)
And the problem is, when you see them without an accent in English, you're never quite sure whether they're doing it out of conviction or because of house style (or ignorance) whereby accent marks are omitted. Presumably most serious books will be taking their cue from Spanish publications and, if this is a movement, it'll take some time to filter through into English. <shrug> –Hajor 14:02, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Education in East Germany
What a great article. Keep up the good work, don't see many practically Featurable articles after a single edit.--Oldak Quill 12:04, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Why did you move Mikhail Frunze to his name including his patronymic? Do you see Vladimir Putin at Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin? Everyking 07:55, 19 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Also Pavlik Morozov. Everyking 08:03, 19 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- On #wikipedia we decided that patronymics should be used in titles. Others from the period (Lev Borisovich Kamenev, Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev and Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, for example) have their patronymics in their article names. Do you suggest that I should change them back to first name - last name? DO'Neil 08:23, Jun 19, 2004 (UTC)
- It certainly makes more sense to me to title articles according to the most common and basic form of the name. Do you intend to move Putin as well, and Yeltsin, Gorbachev, etc.? I think that would look absurd. Everyking 09:01, 19 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Hmm. I will move them back to first name - last name, along with Lev Borisovich Kamenev, Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev and Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak. It's inconsistent to have Vladimir Putin and Pavlik Trofimovich Morozov, you're right. DO'Neil 09:11, Jun 19, 2004 (UTC)
Our mad little ship
When I have been created stubs, I have been placeing links with info I don't want to deal with/can't deal with on the discussion page for later reference. After we are done doing one per country, I am going to go back and rewrite most of the articles. Burgundavia 09:37, Jun 20, 2004 (UTC)
I was on a site about politicians, and I assumed that the Cyril Smith I found was the Cyril Smith on the website. Whoops, I think we'd best remove it. DO'Neil 17:15, Jul 3, 2004 (UTC)
Guadalajara International Airport
Being interested in all things latin, here is one for you to expand, as it needs it very badly: Guadalajara International Airport. Burgundavia 09:35, Jun 22, 2004 (UTC)
"Secret Swami"
When its just been copied and pasted from somewhere you can list them on Wikipedia:Copyright problems Secretlondon 12:25, 26 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Cyril Smith
Hi there. I don't know where you got the photo of Cyril Smith from, but it looks nothing like the MP! -- Arwel 17:10, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Booth and Leakey????
Your Frederick Charles Booth entry doesn't seem to compute. Are Booth and Nigel Grey Leakey the same person? Moriori 09:22, Jul 5, 2004 (UTC)
Oh, bugger. A mistake on my part, I'll fix it up. I've been copying and pasting quite a bit, I must've mixed up Leakey and Booth's entry. DO'Neil 09:26, Jul 5, 2004 (UTC)
Thanks for your support
I just wanted to thank you for your support in my recent nomination to become an administrator. I really appreciate it. blankfaze | •• (http://www.livejournal.com/users/blankfaze) | •• 14:52, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Television schedules
I've come quite a way. I was going to show you my newest but you had left already. 1990-91 American network television schedule. So now I've done from 1959 to 1991. 33 schedules, I think. Mike H 01:32, Jul 12, 2004 (UTC)
- Thanks oh so much for the star! Don't you worry; it didn't mess up a thing. Mike H 01:44, Jul 12, 2004 (UTC)
Disambiguation of Yugoslavia
Please refer to Talk:Yugoslavia before disambiguating certain instances of Yugoslavia. Thanks. --Shallot 10:53, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Wikistress Level Three
Pretty stressed? Do accept my sincerest condolences. Feel better. :-) Mike H 01:33, Jul 18, 2004 (UTC)
Юnicode
Hi, could you please make sure your i18n edits comply with Unicode. Thank Ю! ←Humus sapiens←Talk 21:03, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)
What time it is
you might be interested to know that it isn't UTC in Berlin, Warsaw and IIRC also Sarayevo and Paris but a hour more (or two during daylight saving time) :-)
Thanks for starting Rudé Právo but I had to correct some mistakes and simplifications there. Ahoj, --Malyctenar 12:42, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Image:Kooikerhound.jpeg
Hi! You uploaded this lovely photo of a Kookikerhound but without any source or copyright info. Would you be so kind as to identify who took the photo and what its licensing status is, e.g., GFDL? Thanks! Would be nice to be able to comfortably keep using the photo. :-) Elf | Talk 03:25, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Sydney
Want to join? I'm still formulating policy. - Ta bu shi da yu 06:09, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Klipspringer
Hi DO'Neil, I found this great image uploaded by you. Could you please give the license so that we can reuse it in the German Wikipedia. Thanks a lot, Baldhur 10:09, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Shoebill licence
Hi there! Was Missing image
Shoebill.jpeg
Image:Shoebill.jpeg
taken by you? If so, under what licence do you release it? If not, I'd be very much obliged if you gave me the source of this photo. --TOR 21:56, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Image:Mexempire2.JPG
User:Diberri/Image tag request --David Iberri | Talk 18:22, Oct 29, 2004 (UTC)
- Would you do the same for Image:Mexempire.JPG as well? Thanks! --David Iberri | Talk 18:27, Oct 29, 2004 (UTC)
Technical limitations
Please limit the use of the technical limitations link to cases where the MediaWiki software (not just it's current English language Wikipedia configuration) prevents the use of a particular title. You can generally test to see whether it is a software limitation by trying to create the page at test.wikipedia.org. Limitations of policy (like use English for page names) or of configuration (UTF8 support at en wikipedia is currently partial) aren't software limitations. Jamesday 21:24, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Image:Avrolincoln.jpeg
Thanks for uploading Image:Avrolincoln.jpeg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much, – Quadell (talk) (help)[[]] 19:30, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)
Napoleon the Little Corporal
There's a question for you at Talk:Napoleon I of France regarding an edit you made to the article on Mar 1, 04. Jay 10:08, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Article Licensing
Hi, I've started the Free the Rambot Articles Project which has the goals of getting users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to...
- ...all U.S. state, county, and city articles...
- ...all articles...
using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) version 1.0 and 2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to the GFDL (which every contribution made to Wikipedia is licensed under), but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles (See the Multi-licensing Guide for more information). Since you are among the top 1000 most active Wikipedians, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles.
- Nutshell: Wikipedia articles can be shared with any other GFDL project but open/free projects using the incompatible Creative Commons Licenses (e.g. WikiTravel) can't use our stuff and we can't use theirs. It is important to us that other free projects can use our stuff. So we use their licenses too.
To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the {{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}} template (or {{MultiLicensePD}} for public domain) into their user page, but there are other templates for 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:
- {{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}
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:
- {{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}
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 at my talk page what you think. -- Ram-Man 17:58, Nov 30, 2004 (UTC)
Unverified images
Hi! Thanks for uploading the following image:
I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GNU Free Documentation License, {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know at my talk page where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much. [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk, automation script)]] 22:36, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)
P.S. You can help tag other images at User:Yann/Untagged_Images. Thanks again.
ALSO:
- Image:Kooikerhound.jpeg
- Image:Ribbentrop.jpg. I've tagged it as {{unverified}} for now. It is also an orphaned image, so maybe it should just be deleted? --MaxPower 18:37, 2005 Jan 5 (UTC)
Image copyrights
Thanks for uploading Image:P cimbalom.jpeg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much, — Edwin Stearns | Talk 18:32, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
image vascodagamma
Hi and happy new year. I would like to use the image vascodagamma on a boat from Vasco da Gama for the Czech wikipedia, but could you tell me something about the copyright status and where it is from? Thanks, -jkb- 08:45, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Edit summary
Hello. Please provide an edit summary. Thanks and happy edits. Hyacinth 18:43, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
National Medal of Science
Heyas, I saw you made a correction to the National Medal of Science by fixing the Theodore von Kármán link. Nice work. I also saw you did this with a whole bunch of other articles in your edit history so I have awarded you the Barnstar of Diligence on your user page. I hope you enjoy it! Great work and thanks for your awesome contributions to Wikipedia! -SocratesJedi 20:58, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Unverified image
Thanks for uploading the image
I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=User_talk:Kbh3rd&action=edit) where you got the image and I'll tag it for you. Большое спацибо, Kbh3rd 05:59, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Review request
Hi :) If you have a few minutes it be great if you could have a look at West Papua and the re-name proposal at the bottom of its discussion page. Any input, edits, or opinions be great. I've always tried to ensure there was an abundance of supporting evidence before adding content, and avoid emotive wording; I welcome different opinions, just wish they would explain what it is they disagree with. All Best :)Daeron 17:14, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Wikimedia Commons
Hi, You have many good pictures uploaded. I have copied two of them to Wikimedia Commons to use them in the german wikipedia. Maybe you can all pictures copy to the Commons, so all Wikis can use them without double uploads? greetings Karrackoo
Friendly Chat
I've seen the edits that you've made to some of the articles I've written. I always check out the person who edits anything related to me and I checked you out. I'm really impressed with your ideals and with the fact that you are facinated with Latin-American topics. I have dedicated all of my energy to the topic of Puerto Rico, which is my specialty. Since you're Irish, I was wondering if you would be interested in writting about the Irish migration to Puerto Rico in the mid 1800's. The Spanish government fearing an uprising from the native Puerto Ricans, encouraged the people of Ireland and Corsica (That's where my descendents came from) to migrate to the island, hopeing that they would be loyal to the Spanish Crown. Even though they adopted the language and the culture, they kept their surnames: O'Neil, Cole, McKintock, Garrity etc. By the way, my grandaughter is half-Irish. So, what do you say? Tony the Marine
- I'd love the opportunity to write about it, and I'll begin Irish immigration to Puerto Rico if I can get enough information on the subject. DO'Neil 05:19, Mar 16, 2005 (UTC)
I really enjoyed reading what you've written so far. I would like you to tell me if any of the following surrnames are Irish. Class, Coll, Bernier, Harrison, Lind, Lowell, Watring, Due, Brinn, Bosch, Brocco, Barry, Cofer or Cole. Isn't it interesting that when a Latin-American is born in Latin America his name will contain accents but if he is born in the U.S.A., its without accents? Write to me in my talk page. Take care my Irish friend Tony the Marine
Cloves
Thanks for uploading the image to clove — I had a "what on earth are cloves?" moment last week, and this picture would have helped! Also, don't forget to add a {{GFDL}} tag to images which you upload that you own the copyright to, cheers! — Matt Crypto 12:22, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Feliz Dia de San Patricio
Happy St. Patricks Day. I thought I would let you know that St. Patricks Day is celebrated in Puerto Rico. Today I'm going to drink green beer with my kids. Have a great day! Tony the Marine
History of South Africa
Hey, its 06.42, but I finally finished writing the History of South Africa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:PZFUN/test) article. I'd appreciate any comments you have about what I wrote! Páll 11:43, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
removing alcohol
I've added another answer to your query about removing alcohol on Wikipedia:Reference_desk#Removing_alcohol Jooler 12:35, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
El Alamein picture
Mind if I move it to commons? David.Monniaux 10:47, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Italian aircraft
Hi DO'Neil - Italian aircraft are sadly a bit neglected here, so thanks for adding another two! I just wanted to point out the new standard format for specifications that's been in use since last August - Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content. I'd be a real help if you could use this layout for your next aircraft articles. Cheers! --Rlandmann 01:20, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Just out of curiosity, why has the table fallen out of favour? I think it looks quite a bit nicer than just having "raw statistics". DO'Иeil 08:05, Mar 30, 2005 (UTC)
- Also, I just created Piaggio P.108 (another Italian bomber!). I used the table because I wasn't sure what to do, I can change it to something else if that would be preferable. DO'Иeil 10:05, Mar 30, 2005 (UTC)
- The main argument against the table was that it's harder for new editors to work with. Furthermore, they were/are vulnerable to changes in the Wiki software - if you take a look around, you'll see plenty of aircraft articles with data tables now in a font that's too small to easily read - this happened because the table was designed before Wikipedia's last "facelift". Finally, a couple of WikiProject Aircraft participants (the prime movers behind the changeover) argued strenuously for text-based specifications on aesthetic grounds. To see an example of the new format implemented for a WWII bomber, take a look at Petlyakov Pe-8. Cheers --Rlandmann 22:45, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Polish articles
They would hardly write about that, now, would they? :> Thank you for your contributions, I see quite a lot of them on my Watchlist recently. OOC, any special reason for your interest in this area? Or just Wiki-browsing? :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 19:25, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Image:Hoxha.jpg
May I ask why you have licensed this image under GFDL? I notice that it wasn't you who uploaded this 1970s image of the Albanian dictator and usually only the uploader should tag an image with GFDL. Regards, Thuresson 04:24, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I found the image at Marxists.org (http://www.marxists.org) which licences all its content under the GFDL. DO'Иeil 08:21, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)
Thank you (Hammer and sickle)
I wanted to thank and compliment you on recording Hammer and sickle for the spoken Wikipedia project. Well done! Demi T/C 21:24, 2005 Apr 18 (UTC)
Reference desk query - Hungarian WWII propaganda poster
If you are still looking for the answer of your query about the Image:Azertis.jpg war propaganda poster: "Azért is" means "In spite of all" in this context - it is an expression of defiance. Either because in the war the tides were turning against the fascists in Hungary -- or, if it is an earlier poster, as an expression of defiance against the unjust terms of the treaty of Trianon (equivalent of Versailles treaty for Hungary) after WWI. The chains might represent the bonds of this surrender treaty. - Marcika 04:21, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Image:Boerboel.jpeg
This image looks like part of a painting, but there's no source given and it's listed as GFDL because "user owns copyright"; can you please add the source (photographer, painter, whatever) to the image? Thanks. Elf | Talk 23:03, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
Airport on Collaboration of the Week
As grand poobah of Wikipedia:WikiProject Airports, I recently listed airport on Wikipedia:Collaboration of the Week. This article is about to fall off the page due to lack of votes, beaten by an article on ancient rome. You know what to do Burgundavia (✈ take a flight?) 22:45, May 13, 2005 (UTC)
Military history of Puerto Rico
Hi, how are you? I submitted the above mentioned article to be considered for featured article status. I would be honored if you could take a look and express your opinon here: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Military history of Puerto Rico, Thank you very much Tony the Marine
Friendly Chat
Hi, I just thought that I would let you know that Linuxbeak has nominated me for adminship. I would like to invite you to participate at WP:RFA if you wish to do so. Thank you and take care Tony the Marine
Spoken Wikipedia
Well done on your contributions to Spoken Wikipedia. Keep up the good work. We need more Aussies. You might be interested in the proposal I have made on Wikipedia:Barnstar and award proposals#Spoken. — Chameleon 14:19, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
Tomorrow (band)
Why did you delete 90% of the articel I put together on Tomorrow (band)? quercus robur 23:52, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
lots of edits, not an admin
Hi - I made a list of users who've been around long enough to have made lots of edits but aren't admins. If you're at all interested in becoming an admin, can you please add an '*' immediately before your name in this list? I've suggested folks nominating someone might want to puruse this list. Thanks. -- Rick Block (talk) 18:00, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
- Rick- it still concerns me that someone could delete practically a whole article (see above re. Tommorrow) without giving any sort of reason or explanation, plus ignore questions about this on their talk page, could be seriously being considered for adminship purely on the basis that they 'made lots of edits' Cheers quercus robur 22:46, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Image:Erwinvonwitzleben.jpg and Image:Interrogationofabritishpilot.jpg
You uploaded these images under the tag Template:Tl. Unfortunately, the wording of the tag was inaccurate, and the images are not yet PD. They may be usable under fair use, although I have my doubts about the second image. Could you check the criteria for fair use, and consider changing the copyright tags accordingly. Thanks, and keep up the good work. Physchim62 13:41, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)