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Reverting Vandalism

Well, then just do it! Check the recent changes, and look for really blatant things like that. It's also good (as you did) to post warnings, because then persistant vandals will be blocked. Check out WP:VANDAL. Good luck! Dina 23:58, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Well I'm not really a "member" of anything -- I do it when I have some time, because its interesting to me and it helps Wikipedia. After I had been reverting vandalism by hand for a while I applied for the freeware Vandalproof, which makes reverting vandalism a lot easier. If you decide to do it, you don't have to commit to any specific amount of time, you just do it. Dina 00:04, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Looking for members to join Project Boston

I noticed you are from Boston. I am looking for people to join Project Boston in order to clean up and expand wikipedia articles directly reletated to Boston. If you feel like helping out please join up. Markco1 16:39, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikilogos

I've noticed you are a graphic designer, you might be interested in my proposal for Wikipedia use logo variations created by members of the wiki community to mark national and international awareness days, Remembrance Days, notable anniversaries, and observance days. Please comment on Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Logo Variations and on my talk page. Thanks! FrummerThanThou 05:50, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Regarding edits to Dell Axim

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia, Christopher Kraus! However, your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove spam from Wikipedia. If you were trying to insert a good link, please accept my creator's apologies, but note that the link you added, matching rule petitiononline\.com, is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. Please read Wikipedia's external links policy for more information. If the link was to an image, please read Wikipedia's image tutorial on how to use a more appropriate method to insert the image into an article. If your link was intended to promote a site you own, are affiliated with, or will make money from inclusion in Wikipedia, please note that inserting spam into Wikipedia is against policy. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! Shadowbot 12:17, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Contacted bot owner a while ago about this, The PetitionOnline.com Link was already on the page, I just added link brackets.--Christopher Kraus 17:18, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

TikiTag Reader and Tags.jpg

Image Copyright problem

Thank you for uploading Image:TikiTag Reader and Tags.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their license and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 01:39, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Fixed - Added Copyright Tag --Christopher Kraus (talk) 01:47, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

The rest of the fair use rationale still needs to be filled out. Also, I suggest replacing it with a smaller version, since it's certainly not low resolution right now.

To answer your question at the help desk about resizing and repositioning the image, see Wikipedia:Images and Wikipedia:Extended image syntax for some information on that. Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 02:05, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

I am not really sure what exactly I need to write. This is my first time uploading something, and it seems like Wikipedia makes it more complicated than necessary to just upload an image of something to use fairly in it's own article. --Christopher Kraus (talk) 02:12, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, it's somewhat overly complicated to use fair use images in my opinion. You might find Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline helpful to understand how to write a fair use rationale. Also, File:IPhonehomescreen.PNG is a good example of a non-free image with multiple fair use rationales. I'm no expert on Wikipedia's non-free content policy, so if you have more questions about it, ask at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 02:32, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

I filled in all of the fields. Could you let me know if I need to add anything. Again, Thanks for your detailed help with my image upload. --Christopher Kraus (talk) 02:45, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

As others have mentioned below, it still is way too high resolution. You can fix this by scaling it down to more like 300x200 and uploading it again under the same name. Also, non-free images can only be used if they can't practically be replaced with a free version. Is there any reason why you can't take a picture of a TikiTag yourself, and then upload it under a free license? Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 15:33, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

TikiTag Reader and Tags.jpg Help

{{helpme}} I need to know if the Copyright Explanation is all set on File:TikiTag Reader and Tags.jpg --Christopher Kraus (talk) 03:03, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

• Looks good. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 03:04, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
• The {{Non-free promotional}} tag is good. But the non-free use rationale has problems in Low Resolution and Replaceability. Low resolution is required for a non-free image. And couldn't the photo be replaced with a non-official photo? I wrote more about this in the next section. —teb728 t c 09:24, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Need help controlling image size and position

I need help controlling the size and position of the image on the article page TikiTag. Let me know on my talk page what I can do to help. --Christopher Kraus (talk) 01:17, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

The size you control by adding a size parameter to the image code. See Help:Image. The position you can roughly control with "right" or "left" parameters, as well as where you put the image code on the page. If you need finer control, you might need to put the image into a table. If you describe more clearly what sort of control you want, i.e. the exact size and position you want, someone could give you a useful example. --Teratornis (talk) 04:25, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Christopher, I notice that you removed the Notability and PrimarySources tags from the TikiTag article. But you don’t seem to have addressed the issues that those tags identify. It seems to me that the article does not assert the Notability of TikiTag. And all the article references point to the tikitag web site; so they are not considered Reliable third-party sources. I recommend that you address those issues before the image size and position, for the lack of notability, verified by reliable third-party sources could result in the deletion of the article.

The image also has a couple of problems with Wikipedia’s non-free content policy: Its resolution (3,456 × 2,304) is way too high for a non-free image; I think there is a guideline maximum width of 300. Also, it seems to me that the image could be replaced with a free image. Couldn’t you make a photo and release it under a free license? If not, you need to explain why not in image use rationale. Wikipedia does not accept non-free content that could be replaced with free content. —teb728 t c 09:02, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use Image:TikiTag Reader and Tags.jpg

Replaceable fair use

Thanks for uploading Image:TikiTag Reader and Tags.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:

1. Go to the media description page and edit it to add {{di-replaceable fair use disputed}}, without deleting the original replaceable fair use template.
2. On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace this non-free media by finding freely licensed media of the same subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or similar) media under a free license, or by taking a picture of it yourself.

If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our non-free content criteria. You can find a list of description pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that even if you follow steps 1 and 2 above, non-free media which could be replaced by freely licensed alternatives will be deleted 2 days after this notification (7 days if uploaded before 13 July 2006), per our non-free content policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? —teb728 t c 07:16, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Wrong tagging for speedy deletion

Hi Chriskraus1. Thank you for your work on patrolling pages and tagging for speedy deletion. I just wanted you to inform that I declined to delete Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vihar, a page that you tagged for speedy deletion under criterion A7 because of the following concern: A7 cannot be applied to schools or other subjects that are not real people, organisations or web content. Please review the criteria for speedy deletion and especially what is considered Non-criteria. In future you should rather tag such pages for proposed deletion or file them at articles for deletion. Regards SoWhy 23:09, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Swage nut

Hi, I see that you have added two tags to this article. However, I don't believe that they are necessary. First, I don't believe the article can be expanded much, as it's about a type of nut. If you look at some of the other nut articles you'll see that they are pretty short in general. Secondly, there is not introduction to fix, because the lead "is" the article. As such, I believe that both templates should be removed. Please weigh in and let me know what you think. Wizard191 (talk) 16:13, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Replied--Christopher Kraus (talk) 16:16, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Wizard191 (talk) 16:54, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

hello

tried to make regulation of chemicals un-essay like. took off the tag. take a look. thanks. -Shootbamboo (talk) 23:43, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the article update. I'm trying to decide if this article should be tagged to be expanded and put into sections [e.g. by country]. Let me know if you have any input on this. --Christopher Kraus (talk) 15:43, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Expand

Hi. Just a reminder that {{Expand}} is not meant to be used on articles that are stubs, e.g. here and all the other {expand} additions I can see in your recent contributions ([1], [2], [3]). See Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types if you'd like to add the appropriate stub tag. Thanks. -- Quiddity (talk) 21:07, 3 January 2009 (UTC)