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Re: clouds

I deleted the Gwen Stefani nonsense. Your subsequent edit reinstated it. 80.193.211.68 18:57, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I have been using "Mike's Wiki Tool, and it has been doing weird things like that (if you look at the comment above yours on my talk). I think I am going to stop using it or double check and make sure it doesn't do anything stupid.----eskimospy (talk • contribs • count) 19:40, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Geronimo page vandal

You gave the warning and I saved it...now the page has two histories for one edit. http://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=User_talk:64.83.41.254&action=history LOL. --Cyril Thomas 02:11, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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John Hersey High School / Beatbox Contest

Hi. I noticed you restored content on the John Hersey High School page about a "Beatboxing Contest" that had been removed by another user. I can easily understand how you would believe that it was vandalism (page blanking, after all, is pretty obvious vandalism). However, the section in question is a fake section that is being posted by a group of members of the high school. I just figured I'd mention it in case it came up again. Thanks for your understanding. Aschmitz 03:04, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Abstractopera.JPG

I'm sorry, but this image is a derivative work of Image:OperaLogo.png. As such, the makers of Opera retain rights to the image. Your image takes a copy of the Opera logo and superimposes it over a background. This does not release Opera of their rights to the original image. You have rights to the background, but they retain rights to the logo. If this were not the case, then anyone could take any corporate logo, superimpose it over a background, and sell t-shirts with the new image on it. Your creation does not transfer rights from them to you. Thus, I've retagged your image, removed it from the userbox it was used on, and labeled the image as an orphaned fair use image. This means it will be deleted in seven days unless it becomes used in an actual encyclopedia article. If you have questions about this, I'd be happy to answer. Thank you, --Durin 13:30, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Durin, thank you for your clear and polite message regarding Abstractopera.JPG. You said the image was OperaLogo.png, but pasted onto a different backround and I can understand why you think that; it looks very similar. However, if you take a closer look you will notice that it is not. First of all, I would like to say to keep in mind that both "O's" are the same size when comparing distances.

In operalogo.png (lets call that "A" to save time) the space in the hole from the first appearance of red to the second (vertically) in the "O" is 278 pixels (approximately).

Abstractopera.JPG (lets call it "B") is only about 263 pixels.

In "A" the width of the space in the hole (first to second occurence of red again) is 104 px.

In "B" it is 114 px.

In "A" the width of the area where the light is most abundant in the top left of the "O" is about 7.6 px

In "B" it is around 10 px

The most major difference between the two images is that "A" has (towards the bottom left section of hole in the "O") a thickness of 11 px

Image "B" has a thickness of 50.2 px

Thank You.--eskimospy (talk • contribs • count) 01:09, 15 May 2007 (UTC) [reply]

The differences you note are miniscule. If I were to make similar adaptations to say, the logo for Coca-Cola and then make a million t-shirts for sale around the world, the lawyers would be on my doorstep faster than I could put one of the t-shirts on. --Durin 01:14, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Geometry WikiProject

I'd recommend that it would be much easier to create a four dimensional geometry task force of Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics -- TimNelson 11:50, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like there is a proposal for a Geometry WikiProject. If that is created I will make a task force under that, if not, I will make it under Mathematics.--Eskimospy 15:23, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your sig

You really shouldn't be transcluding your sig, as you did here, per WP:SIG#Transclusion_of_templates. --ST47Talk 19:21, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Goldiesmoon seeking adoption

--Goldiesmoon 08:41, 6 June 2007 (UTC)Hello I have alot of Different Interests and I have been having a very good time finding my way around Wikipedia, but i sure could you some Help. i am looking to be Adopted. I See that You Live Seattle and I am assumming that means Washington. I live in California. If You were to adopt Me, at least we would be in the same time zone, which would be nice. Looking forward to hearing from you. Roxanna aka --Goldiesmoon 08:41, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Another newbie on your doorstep

I've just begun contributing and could benefit from adoption. At this point I'd expect to edit in math, sci, music, language, ... and to generally clean up grammar, spelling, &c all over the place. These last are a particular strength. I'm fascinated with how much structure and culture there is WRT maintaining the site, eager to learn what makes a well behaved contributor, but a bit put off by how much there is to learn! I feel an absolute imperative to defend and build accurate and helpful content in order to make the record as useful and correct as possible. I'm on the East Coast of the US, but I travel on business a lot. Feel like taking me under your wing? PaulTanenbaum 18:55, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Unusual Adoption Request

Hi! Im an English teacher in Toluca Mexico (west of Mexico City). My Advanced B classes will be contributing to Wikipedia as the focus of their English course for Fall 2007. I am looking for people who would like to mentor my students (who will be working in groups) as they do the following assignments: Edit and article (adding a citation), writing a stub with a citation, translating an English language article for Spanish Wikipedia and for the final project, writing a full article for English Wiki (they can expand on the stub mentioned previously). What I would like to do is put a list of "mentors/adopters" on my talk page as a kind of short cut for my students, who have limited time to get things done. The semester begings Aug 6, but the real Wikipedia work wont begin until the beginning of Sept. If you would like to add your name to my list, please go to my talk page and add it there, perhaps with a short introduction, if you like.

Thank you!

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Good luck!

I have protected your user page as requested. I am sorry to see you leave and would like to thank you once more for your nomination that lead to me becoming an admin. Good luck in your future life. TerriersFan 23:47, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Mideast Minute

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Edit to Lynnwood, WA

Hi! The edit you made to Lynnwood, WA was probably in error. The Weird Al song was about Lynwood,_California, not the one in Washington. Just letting you know :) --Hdt83 ^Chat 23:35, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings

A little while ago you thanked me for a picture on Ecole Rockingham SChool. I was just wondering how someone living in Israel has a connection to Rockingham - I'm wondering maybe you grew up in Halifax or something. I went to the school myself, and now I live in Toronto. Thanks for starting the Page in the first place! (Yohowithrum (talk) 23:09, 12 December 2007 (UTC))[reply]

I went from Primary to Grade five which was from 1996-2001 I believe. I had Mr. Little for about half of that time until we got a new Principle Named Ms. Rowe. I believe she is still there and has since got married. Anyway, it is always very nice to meet someone who went to Rockingham! Its also neat to meet that person on Wikipedia. Cheers! (Yohowithrum (talk) 00:51, 17 December 2007 (UTC))[reply]

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Maddox

Some anon (Panelgets) reverted your revert saying "(reverting edits by eskimo, discussion is taking place on the talk page" - I think something is going on in the Maddox talk page.. [1] WhisperToMe (talk) 13:59, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

[2] - The reverters are still at it. Should this page be protected only for admins? WhisperToMe (talk) 01:49, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe, it should be semi-protected at first.--eskimospy (talk) 04:49, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:CFD Category:Former Bahá'ís

I've begun a CFD discussion on this and wanted to alert you. MARussellPESE (talk) 19:21, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright problem with Image:Flames.ogg

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How Do I Add Your Image That I Modified?

Hi, eskimospy. I modified your image on white americans to make it look clearer. However, I'm new at this and I don't know my way around completely. I already uploaded a modified image of yours to wiki. I have the image's address, but when I attempt to add it to your article on White Americans, I don't see it come up. How do I add an image to an article? The image is located here: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/White_Americans.png

Please let me know... Thank you! 68.173.95.177 (talk) 06:19, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

update needed

Hi Eskimospy ! ,please can you update the map Image:White_Americans.png to reflect the independence of South Sudan, and according to [3] 2010 census 2nd page I believe more yellow is needed !! "Sub-Saharan African entries are classified as Black or African American with the exception of Sudanese and Cape Verdean because of their complex, historical heritage. North African entries are classified as White" best regards , Salman — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.96.123.171 (talk) 04:09, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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