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Timeline Thanks

Hi, the error or bug in the timeline software is gone. Now the data on the graphic appear without problem. I put the graphic in this articles: Monterrey and Plantilla:Demografía/Monterrey. Thanks and I hope you had a good vacation.--Eliasjorge4 (talk) 22:13, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

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Best To Reply At My Talk Page. Thanks.

Just Stopping by. Yours Truly, M.H.^{True Romance iS Dead} 15:16, 1 January 2009 (UTC) .

VPC procedure

Resolved

 – ... before I returned. MER-C 11:28, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Just a quick question: is it correct to recreate or simply create an image page in order to place a VP or Fp template on it? We've discussed this at Wikipedia talk:Valued picture candidates, and are unsure. It appears to be fine, as I've seen it done (and done it myself) at FPC often enough. I just thought I'd check and see. See our discussion at Wikipedia talk: Valued picture candidates#Question. Thanks for your time. Elucidate ^{(light up)} 17:36, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

FPC closing wizard

If the wizard still functions with the Image/File changeover, would you mind sharing it? I've been trying, but failing, to keep up ending noms. Without the wizard a successful close takes me 10–15 minutes, and I don't have that kind of time to devote to FPC every day. Welcome back! Wronkiew (talk) 06:38, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I know how annoying it is to do it manually (what I did to minimize the time taken was to promote two or three in parallel to take advantage of copy/paste synergies). The wizard still works, in fact I am doing a large closing run at the moment. I was going to say "email me" but my email account is most easily accessed from the computer with the broken graphics card. MER-C 07:11, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

... and it just died due to a server error. That's a quarter of the backlog gone. MER-C 07:38, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

a question

Hi MER-C,
May I please ask you how many support votes are required to promote an image to FP status? Thank you for your time.--Mbz1 (talk) 16:58, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Four, though I might increase that at my discretion. MER-C 03:43, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you!--Mbz1 (talk) 07:09, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates

Just a note to say that the correct tag for images which have only a description page here but the image itself is on Commons is {{db-f2}} rather than {{db-f8}}. The latter tag is used when the image is uploaded both here and on Commons. Thanks! Stifle (talk) 14:13, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for telling me about that, I wasn't aware the policy had changed back. MER-C 03:38, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Apophysis fractal flame

I don't understand how this closed as no consensus. There were five supports and only three opposes (all of which were weak). Could you please elaborate?  GARDEN  11:34, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

The three opposes were for the same reason and as such I wasn't satisfied that the images satisfied criterion 3. Generally speaking, pictures rarely get promoted with less than two thirds in support. MER-C 12:13, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Oh, that's annoying. Oh well, thanks for closing and the explanation.  GARDEN  19:14, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Well deserved barnstar

	The Working Man's Barnstar
	Having now spent a number of enjoyable months over at FPC, I've come to realize that the place only runs so smoothly due to your expertise and tireless upkeep within the project. In appreciation, here is a well-deserved barnstar and a hearty thank you. ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 04:41, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. MER-C 11:35, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

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