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Non-free Scout logo

When you remove {{Non-free Scout logo}}, you are also removing the category. Please place those images into some category so that we don't loose them. ---— Gadget850 (Ed)  12:10, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

You also need to change the rationale from non-free. And they should be marked for move to Commons. ---— Gadget850 (Ed)  12:12, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Nice to hear from you! Okay, I will find a good category. Some are ready to move to Commons, some should be improved before we kick them out of the nest. I will make sure we don't lose them, and they do us proud.

Also, you have several ZHP images marked ZHR. They are separate competing orgs, just the name is close in Polish. They should all be ZHP.--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 13:19, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Tag any that need to be renamed. ---— Gadget850 (Ed)  17:14, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Capital letters

Are scouting and guiding words that should always be in capitals? Just interested, could you point me in direction of reference to this? I can rename the reqphoto tags, just will take me a bit of time to get round to it. --Traveler100 (talk) 13:48, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi! Yes, per Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Scouting/MOS#Capitalization, thank you!--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 13:53, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Yakusugi

I am a little unclear on the article if it is a specific tree or about the type of tree cryptomeria_japonica. Just wondering if one of the images on this link will do for the article?--Traveler100 (talk) 14:53, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

I believe, based on the wording, that it is the type of tree, not a specific one. You do great legwork!--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 14:56, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

JohnCD (talk) 09:08, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Scouting/Article incubator/German-speaking Scouts in Namibia

Hello Kintetsubuffalo. I've come across your tagging of this page and would like to remind you that {{notenglish}} should really only be used for articles in the article namespace. If you would like to have it translated, please list the page at the "Cleanup" section at WP:PNT with a short explanation. It has to go there because the "Pages for consideration" section is reserved for articles, and pages listed there have a deadline of 14 days. If you have more questions about translations, please ask them here, I'll watch your page. Regards, De728631 (talk) 20:43, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

I've gone ahead now and translated the titles and quotations on that page; but only because I remembered to have look at it, not because it was marked at "Pages needing translation". The "notenglish" template does not automatically list the page at WP:PNT, that's why there is an instruction on the template tag. You have to do that yourself after tagging a page. That said, good luck with future Pfadfinder articles. De728631 (talk) 19:25, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

That's wonderful, thank you so much for your help! Also thank you for the legwork, I don't know everything, so it's nice that others know things I don't! :) --Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 06:53, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Graphic Lab interview at The Signpost

Hello Kintetsubuffalo. You seem active at the Graphic Lab, so I wanted to invite you to participate in The Signpost's interview of the project. The report is being written by Rock drum and will be published September 13; this is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Please stop by and answer some interview questions here. Thank you,  â�³ono 

Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of Mono at 03:20, 17 August 2010 (UTC).

Shisa face

Hi, sorry to hear that. Anyway i have a backed up copy of the file. Regards Fιηεmαηη 05:34, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Scout emblem - inquiry at WP:UKRAINE

• File:Scouting and Guiding in Ukraine regional organization.png
• same top, different bottom
• same bottom, no top

It does not look like a Ukrainian COA. It looks one of the towns of the former Ryazan vice-royalty, Russia - see commons:Category:Coats_of_arms_of_cities_and_villages_of_Ryazan_Region. The towns of the southern frontier of the former governorate are now not in Ryazan Oblast but in Lipetsk Oblast, Voronezh Oblast etc. and some were abandoned or downgraded to villages. The upper half (Ryazan ) is easily identifiable, although the sword is curved, not straight as it should be (there are two options for this part - either sword, sheath and hat in upper half, or just the hat in a small escutcheon like here). Bottom half - which identifies the town - ??? East of Borschov 19:15, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

• Got it: It's Yegoryevsk, Moscow oblast. Contemporary COA has only the dragon in red field, but the historical COA was topped with the symbols of Ryazan (see here .). East of Borschov 19:30, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you so much! I have looked for this information for five years! Thank you thank you thank you!--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 00:49, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

3rd World Scout Jamboree.svg

Hello! I've just got a message that the File:3rd_World_Scout_Jamboree.svg file I uploaded for your request on the Illustration Workshop has been nominated for speedy deletion. So you might want to use it in an article so that it can be valid as Fair Use, or maybe use a {{hangon}} template and provide a reason. Regards, -- Orionist ★ talk 05:49, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you, I totally didn't see that this was done, I am sorry for the delay.--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 11:17, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Union of Burma Boy Scouts

Sorry, Chris. I'm in a worse position than Hybernator. I can't even get the Unicode Burmese font work! Wagaung (talk) 22:47, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

File:Deluxe logo.png

I cropped it a little - does it look better now? – ukexpat (talk) 20:17, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Much, thank you!--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 06:19, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

File:Rhodesian Army recruitment poster Bush War 1976.jpg

Hello. The file above has been tagged to be uploaded as a PNG but in my opinion any conversion will have little positive effect. What do you think could be done about this and similar files? Hugahoody (talk) 21:16, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages supports change to png for lossless compression and so on. I appreciate the hard work you've done thus far!--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 06:21, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome! I'll upload this and similar photos to PNG. It's just that I can't see where changing it from JPG will achieve much as it's a dated photograph. Hugahoody (talk) 18:42, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

BLPPROD

I think you already read this at AN/I, but just in case, please remember that you can't de-BLPPROD without adding sources. Thanks. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 16:27, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Lupin Musical

I left a note on WP:REFUND. If you send me an email through wikipedia I can respond from my gmail account w/ the file as an attachment. Just be sure to include the url in the body or subject so I remember what file we are talking about. :) Protonk (talk) 20:27, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Goodbye

I currently have more on my plate than I can handle, so I'm retiring from Misplaced Pages today. Go to my user page if you would like to read more about my retirement. I might return next summer, but until then, goodbye. The Raptor /_{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 13:30, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Jack Horkheimer article

I have started a Jack Horkheimer article per the discussion on the Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer talk page. I am cordially inviting you join in adding to the article. Or to just watch over my shoulder and correct my mistakes. I will be working on the article over the next few days. Thanks for your time - Hydroxonium (talk | contribs) 15:48, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

I've finished the work on the Jack Horkheimer artcile that I wanted to do. It'a a good start on the article but it needs copy editing and clean up. If you have some time, could you review the article and make any necessary changes? Thanks very much. - Hydroxonium (talk | contribs) 09:34, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Your userpage in a category

Your userpage User talk:Kintetsubuffalo/Archive 6 has a category, and so appears in Category:Typography.
As the guideline on userpages describes, this is undesired. It is suggested that you edit the userpage to prevent this showing. It can be done by adding a semicolon (:) before the word Category, like this: ].-DePiep (talk) 12:25, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

• I can't find it, if you can fix it, run with it.--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 12:28, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

The Talkpage had an emoticon-like thing: {{:)|devil}} by User talk:Gadget850 16:16, 12 November 2009. This thing sort of copiesd the whole page Bracket into the Talkpage. That introduced the (three) Bracket-categories. Workings are unclear to me. But I made the code nowiki, and now it's solved as far as I could check.  Done -DePiep (talk) 13:16, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Work Done and Really Sorry!

I have completed the requests you made in the Graphics Lab. Really sorry about it being late. I had some exams and was a lil' busy! Fιηεmαηη 09:00, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

No problem, I really appreciate your help and the great work you do!--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 11:15, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

You have new messages

Waiting for you at the Help Desk. Warm regards. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ 17:07, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Truk

Hi! I translated the map you requested. Let me know if you are happy with it. It is basically as good as I can do without drawing the map from scratch (which I am not eager to do). bamse (talk) 08:07, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Out of retirement

I thought I would let you know that I've decided to return to Misplaced Pages, only in a semi-retired state instead of completely retired. Life has somewhat settled down for me, and since I'm ditching pre-calculus I'll have a little more free time on my hands. The Raptor /_{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 01:05, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Request comment at Wikiproject Old West

As a listed member, your input would be valued at this discussion on the coverage of fiction for WikiProject_American_Old_West. Jason Quinn (talk) 09:38, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

File:E-tripartite-pact.jpg

Can I ask why you think this is the work of the UK Government? I may be wrong, but I strongly doubt there were UK Government photographers at the Tripartite Pact. The fact the IWM has a copy of the photo (or even the original) does not mean they own the copyright. J Milburn (talk) 15:28, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

It's got "Imperial War Museum" stamped on it, all others I have seen on Commons (and had removed as watermarking) are tagged thus. I don't know why they do that, maybe they had observers or spies? But they seem to have laid claim to the thing.--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 15:33, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

They may owe the original, they may own a copy, I don't know. Doesn't mean they own the rights; I'm gonna remove the PD notice (and, for what it's worth, having both a PD and a non-free notice is rather bad form). J Milburn (talk) 15:19, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Belgian Scouts and Guides emblem

Misplaced Pages email won't send attachments, nothing but text. If you like to send me your real email address, I'll send you the PNG as an attachment - I have downloaded it. You mentioned "the earlier blue-and-white version" - actually, it's the most recent that is blue and white, there are two earlier multi-coloured ones. JohnCD (talk) 21:05, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

French fries

Forgive me if I'm missing an earlier issue with this editor, but I just went thru an unpleasant interaction with an IP (who had to be blocked) on this article. I see where your first action was a rollback, whereas I understand it can be a close call as to whether to use rollback or undo, perhaps undo might have resulted in the editor taking less offense since his edit would not have been labeled as vandalism. VMS Mosaic (talk) 04:55, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Understood, but the IP came loaded for bear in their edit summaries, they were looking for a fight by the time I saw them this morning. Rolling back a miscapped and contentious editor who favors misspelled screeds makes sense to me.--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 05:15, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Germany

You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{GL Photography reply}} template.

Your opinion

Hi Chris, I'm not very familiar with what the scouting project considers notable enough to be on Misplaced Pages and was hoping you could take a look at SFVS - Slieve Foy Venture Scouts if you have a free moment. It would be much appreciated. Thanks, Shep 22:56, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, the Powers That Be are quick this morning!--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 00:31, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the help, Shep 18:50, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Also, Misplaced Pages:Graphic_Lab/Photography_workshop#Falun_Gong, Sadads (talk) 01:28, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

You've been blocked

I regret to inform you that you have been blocked for 24 hours because of your edit warring at Japanese place names. Since you've been here a while, I imagine you know all my usual spiel about consensus, dispute resolution and appealing blocks, so I won't repeat it here. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 11:08, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, and thanks for taking the side of the deletionists. I was the one who brought the edit war and improper behavior to your attention. Meh. That's why this place is going down the toilet.--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 06:42, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Your accusations are hollow. I blocked the anon for exactly the same amount of time as I blocked you. I've taken no sides here except the one against edit warring. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 07:02, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Didn't know blocks were all around, for that at least I thank you. Still it's improper to remove images during a deletion discussion, trying to shoehorn the answer they wanted by forcing POV changes here. That should have been considered-contentious editors brought the fight over from Commons, I didn't, I was fighting bad removals. Anyway how much time is left on this turkey? I don't want to jump the gun and get in more trouble than I already don't need.--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 08:01, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Your block is for 24 hours. In a future situation like this, after you have reverted twice, notify the administrators noticeboard, and then leave it be. If you understand that edit warring about that image isn't the best way to deal with this type of situation, and wont re-instate that image again, you can be unblocked now. John Vandenberg 08:25, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Agreed, sounds good, let's shake on it! That seems a better way to cover myself.--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 08:28, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

I've unblocked you. Have a good evening, John Vandenberg 08:34, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

You too, and thank you for the good faith. The pink box is still showing up.--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 08:37, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Should be fixed now. John Vandenberg 08:48, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

"Restored" article?

Curious as to your decision to restore the "List of foreign place names in Japanese" but having it as part of your sandbox. If my memory serves me, after I had started the article, a decision was made that it would be better for this type of article to be housed at Wiktionary instead of at Misplaced Pages, it was deleted in Misplaced Pages, but also not created in Wiktionary. Since its deletion, the Japanese article has been beefed up, as have the German article. CJLippert (talk) 00:36, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

I'm not planning to use it "as-is", I need the information from it for a local placename etymology article. So nice for everyone to question me on this undelete request.--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 06:42, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

As the article was never transwiki'd to Wiktionary, if you know how do it (as I don't), would you mind doing that while you have the page there with you? CJLippert (talk) 12:15, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

I don't know how to do it either.--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 02:40, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

File:Duke and Duchess of Windsor meet Adolf Hitler 1937.jpg

So often with these images, it's very hard to tell. I'd say there's about a fiffty-fifty chance it's PD, but it's gonna be hard to prove. We really need to know who the original author is, or, failing that, when/where it was first published. The current "source" is not so useful in that regard. J Milburn (talk) 16:02, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Organ transplantation in the People's Republic of China

I have posted a GA reassessment at Talk:Organ transplantation in the People's Republic of China. Please feel free to comment. Axl ¤ 09:52, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Please comment here. Axl ¤ 08:59, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Scouting#Girl_Scout_National_Center_West_expansion_help

See this. Gave you and I both credit for it. — Rlevse • Talk • 02:38, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for cleaning it up, DYKing it and the heads up!--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 02:39, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

User:IBen/TB THENEWMONO 03:25, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

-Arbitrarily0  04:24, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Bob Farrell.jpg

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Bob Farrell.jpg, has been listed at Misplaced Pages:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Martin H. (talk) 19:16, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

German-Japanese relations

こんにちは。;) Over the past year or so I've been working on gradually expanding the article on German-Japanese relations. I've recently discovered the pictures of the Hitlerjugend visiting the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo that you've uploaded. So far I've hastily implemented one of them in the article, but I'd like to ask you, if you could elaborate on that visit (and/or similar ones during these years) in a short paragraph at approximately the place the image sits now. Thanks :) Gliese876 (talk) 08:46, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

I will do my best.--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 08:49, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Girl Scout National Center West

On 12 October 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Girl Scout National Center West, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 18:04, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Jodhpurs v. Jodhpur Breeches

I would appreciate your views to my rationale on the talk page Talk:Jodhpurs. Regards. (Lobsterthermidor (talk) 16:12, 18 October 2010 (UTC))

BBW

Hi, I refomatted your comment slightly on the BBW talk page to try and help construct some consensus Talk:Big Beautiful Woman. Please check it to ensure I've understood your meaning. Cheers Clovis Sangrail (talk) 01:00, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Close, and thanks for the heads up.--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 01:03, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

"Crap edits"

Please watch it with the edit summaries -- I know you don't make a habit of it, but good to avoid anyway. Thanks. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 17:00, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Nope, that was very intentional on my part, and said exactly what I needed to say. I appreciate your sentiment, but sometimes softness won't do.--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 17:02, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:WikiProject Southern United States

Template:WikiProject Southern United States has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Kumioko (talk • contribs)

Marxist MIR and FPMR guerrilla groups

I wonder if you can help with the Spanish page dealing with the Marxist MIR and FPMR guerrilla groups in Chile in the 70s and 80s: ] . There are two individuals bent on sweeping their crimes under the carpet. I don't think this is fair, for I have provided reliable sources. There are many lies propagated by the left, like the belief held by many ill informed Chileans, that 200,000 to 1 million were exiled and the vast majority of the armed forces personnel, that appear in their roll of honour, were in fact killed at the hands of their superiors. This is an insult to their families. In reality their were a handful (about a dozen) that were court-martialled and shot, although over a hundred were jailed or exiled. I strive to separate fact from fiction, but instead get penalized for it.--Breitkopf (talk) 23:08, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I don't speak Spanish. :( Lo siento mucho.--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 23:25, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Akira Suzuki (media)

The article Akira Suzuki (media) has been proposed for deletion because under Misplaced Pages policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't take offense. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Misplaced Pages:Referencing for beginners or ask at Misplaced Pages:Help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Epbr123 (talk) 17:38, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Akashi Domain

Hi, you added the {{wikify}} tag to Akashi Domain, but I could see no need for wikification so I removed it. Did I miss something because I don't see what needs to be done. -- Whpq (talk) 18:02, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Ah, I meant the sources need to be, uh, sourcified.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 01:19, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

November 2010

I noticed the message you recently left to 99.231.241.146. Please remember: do not bite the newcomers. If you see someone make a common mistake, try to politely point out what they did wrong and how to correct it. Thank you. This is especially considering your comment at Talk:Sriracha sauce, where you said "I feel no need to justify myself to an IP". -- Bk314159 (Talk to me and find out what I've done) 02:18, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

I wasn't biting him because he was new, I was biting him because he was contentious, also explained on that page. Look at my history, I also welcome IPs. I just don't welcome fights.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 02:21, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

And the accusation of antiJapanese racism was over the top, you can also check my edit history for that one, I love everything about this country.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 02:24, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Changes to Template:Infobox family name

Your edits adding more picture parameters to the Template:Infobox family name infobox is apparently now causing the same image to appear twice in the infobox, as found on Phelps (surname). -- btphelps 17:18, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Ah, crud. Okay, I'll undo it, please read the talkpage for what I want to do, is there any way this is possible?--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 23:19, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm no expert, but I tried adding image2 ... image3 and using those names as parameters and no duplicate images are showing. I checked two other pages that use the template and all seems fine. If you want to change a parameter name to "coatofarms" or "familyshield" feel free. -- btphelps 05:26, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Just tried it, the second image shows but not the third.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 05:34, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Tried adding num to image_size paramater. Try it again. -- btphelps 05:45, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Nothin' yet.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 06:03, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Burmese seals

Hi Chris, I thought you might be interested in this: User talk:Stepshep#State seals of Burma. You may want to make back-ups to save locally if they end up getting removed from Commons. Shep 20:02, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the headsup, that's a pity. Right now I am proudly on a week block at Commons for fighting the crapocracy, but I will comment when I am back.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 23:56, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Congratulations on fighting the good fight. -- btphelps 05:27, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, that's refreshing to hear, in the climate this has become lately, I appreciate it. Shame what happened to Randy.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 05:36, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, have been steering clear of administrivia and adminisdrama. I see his account is gone, deleted, like he never existed. He left or was encouraged to leave? -- btphelps 05:46, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

He got accused of plagiarism for actually oversourcing an article. Admins eat their own, which is why I never wanted to be one. They're a necessary evil, in equal measure. See http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Misplaced Pages:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=395463652#Right.21_What.27s_going_on_with_RLevse.3F and http://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/Vanished_6551232 .--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 06:06, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

NCSHP

I think it was referring, as the paramilitary article says, that the NCSHP train as a specialized section and have different training from other police agencies in the state and the ranking is like the military. I am not sure that other citation is needed. Big Roger (talk) 16:08, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

WPMOS

You use the abbreviation WPMOS on your request on the Graphic Map Lab Misplaced Pages:Graphic_Lab/Map_workshop# Antartica. What does it mean? Wereldburger758 (talk) 07:28, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi World Citizen! It stands for Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 07:51, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Flag of New Spain

A lot of articles use File:Flag of New Spain and now the file is missing. You must arrange it. Thanks. Durero (talk) 18:32, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Please see http://commons.wikimedia.org/File_talk:Flag_of_New_Spain.svg .--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 02:33, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Scouting & Asia...

While I have interests in both scouting and Asia (I was a scout, am an Alpha Phi Omega historian, lived in Taiwan for two years and Alpha Phi Omega also exists in the Philippines), the area where I am most comfortable is filling in tables of events like National Fraternity Conventions and Jamborees. The information on jamborees for the Interamerican Zone seems fairly complete, to the point where I wonder if User:Inauditous got the rest from a single site (which should be referenced). BTW, the phrase "Even today, the Interamerican Region exists more for the benefit of countries south of the Rio Grande, as evidenced by the website being only in Spanish; consequently, the United States and Canada do not participate as vigorously in regional activities as do other national organizations around the world." seems inappropriate for wikipedia.Naraht (talk) 18:28, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

It could be written better, but it is factual. The other regions function as a whole (Jp, SK, ROC, Ph, Indo seem to be the big dogs, but even Iran and Kiribati have a say). BSA makes sense to me, kind of like the US at the UN, it pretty much does what it wants, size and power-but then Indonesia is so much bigger and they play ball. Canada I can't explain, but they aren't as active in the Region as other countries. Have you suggestions?

Ps-how was Taiwan? Everyone suggests to go there, it's friendly but humid, apparently.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 18:43, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

It may be factual, but it is completely unreferenced, even the website isn't identified. There are both English and French speaking islands in the Caribbean, I wonder if they are equally excluded. Unless it is referenced, I think it should be deleted. BTW,I don't know if Iran still is a member of the Asia Pacific, I know their scouts were nuked after the Revolution.

I liked Taiwan, definitely humid. It is about half way between Miami and Havana in Latitude I think. It has been 20 years since I was there...Naraht (talk) 01:31, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Lethal Weapon Film Series

Hiya! Just please be careful with your reverts on Lethal_Weapon_(film_series) - though I understand your intent and reasoning, sadly, the 3RR/war policies don't allow breaking them for such justification. If you need a hand, let me know. The article is on my watchlist, so I will keep an eye on it, and I will also drop a note on the other editor's talk page imploring they raise discussion on the article's talk page. Best, Rob ROBERTMFROMLI | /_CN 22:23, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Philmont Ranger

I'm glad that you've been going to Philmont since before I was born, and I've no doubt that such historical knowledge might be useful in discussing how the Ranger Department has evolved over the decades. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Owen1985 (talk • contribs) 19:04, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Austria-Hungary

P. S. Burton (talk) 21:48, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Restoration of Aaronic Priesthood

Hiraga Gennai

P. S. Burton (talk) 11:01, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Frenzel

I'm sorry that the name I used for the file imported from German Misplaced Pages was not acceptable to you. The original title on the German Misplaced Pages was just "Frenzel klein", which was even worse, I'm sure you agree. Powers 13:03, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Puzzling 3RR report

Please see my update at WP:AN3#User:Thunderbird L17 reported by User:Kintetsubuffalo (Result: ). Do you know how to open an WP:RFC? It is quite unclear as to what the dispute is about. A more focussed discussion between you and the other parties might be able to resolve this. EdJohnston (talk) 14:38, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Re: Scouting in Yugoslavia

No problem. This made more sense to me because the SCG page now described a comparatively minor part of the complete history. The main question now is how much of the SCG page was generic, i.e. how much of it also applied in the 1950-1991 period too, not just 1995-2006. Those parts should be moved to a higher header level. --Joy (talk) 20:05, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. Well, it'll be pretty straightforward to work on this for someone who actually knows anything about these guys. I have no idea about scouting, I just did this to help clear out the obsolete category Category:Organizations based in Serbia and Montenegro :) --Joy (talk) 20:11, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

You deserve a more complete explanation.

When I first starting deleting PRODs, I checked to make sure that the original author was notified (some exceptions, e.g. original author not active). However, when I ran across my first PROD with no notification, and contacted the editor, I was informed that notifying was encouraged but not required. I thought we should notify, so I attempted to tighten up the language here, but as you can see, I failed to persuade.

That left me with limited options. I couldn't insist that notification occur, and if I just abandoned those without notification, someone else might come along and delete without adding the notification. I adopted my own personal rule. If I saw a PROD where I thought notification was warranted, I would do the notification myself before the deletion. To be sure, only seconds before, so it doesn't provide enough time to contest the deletion, but it does provide notification so the author could request userfication or other remedies. If you have a better approach, I'm all ears.

(As an aside, kudos on the scouting work you do. One of my regrets in life is that I stopped at Life, but I was part of an active scouting family.)--SPhilbrickT 12:47, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Main page

I don't know how often you check out the main page, but you should check it out today. On the chance you see this after the main page has changed, the FA of the day is The Scout Association of Hong Kong --SPhilbrickT 21:39, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for reverting vandalism.

I hadn't noticed that comment in my page. It was a bit funny. Nonetheless, thank you for reverting it. Best regards.--MarshalN20 | 02:12, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

File:Delphine LaLaurie.jpg

Thank you for adding a fair use rationale to this image. However, it is tolerably clear from this site that the image was painted in recent years, is still under copyright, and holds no claim of accurately depicting its subject. I have amended the image's description accordingly, awaiting its pending deletion. - DustFormsWords (talk) 04:01, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Didn't know that. From the site, it looks like the top image was painted from a life photo. Any ideas how we can find that one?--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 04:05, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

No, but all the editors working on Delphine LaLaurie would be deeply grateful if you managed it! (All the relevant results on Google image search trace back to Haunted America Tours or Pustanio.) - DustFormsWords (talk) 04:05, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

FYI

Hi Chris! As for Interwiki sorting order, please take a look at this. En WP uses this order. Oda Mari (talk) 04:48, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I know...

Just to let you know there's a note on my user page that explains nothing at all if you're interested.

(And yes, I know, you sent me an email - would you believe I accidentally deleted it in a purge before reading it, although I do know I received it ? Well, I did... Go figure that which is me, if you like...)  Begoon•talk 18:43, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

I've missed you and I look forward to your return!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 22:49, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Ásatrú Scouting and Guiding

Are you sure that this organization really exists? I couldn't find anything except the ebay offer by a spanish ebay trader. It could be a scam; the fleur-de-lis was taken from Misplaced Pages. Is there any other proof of the existence of these groups? --jergen (talk) 21:21, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

That the fleur-de-lis was taken from Misplaced Pages is what drew my attention to it-somebody does read us! ;) It is too elaborate to be a hoax, with the attention to detail; in addition, I have known that seller for 18 years, he's (or was) head of the International Badgers Club Spanish Tejones, so while I don't have proof, I am taking it on good faith. Mostly I was impressed that someone chose to use our design.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 00:22, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Could you ask the seller for further informations? An organization with such elaborate ranks should have some written-down rules for advancement or some bylaws. And the seller should have some contact closer to the organization.

I didn't bring his contact info with me to Japan-I will do some searching for it.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 23:23, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

BTW, the depiction of Sleipnir on the "Knight of Odin" badge is not correct, the designer included some ornaments between the legs, that aren't part of the horse, but are shown on the Tjängvide image stone. The Valknut was taken from File:Valknut-Symbol-triquetra.svg and the Valkyrie from File:Valkyrie.jpg. I'm not really convinced that a real-world organization practicising Asatru would take most of its symbols from Misplaced Pages or Commons.

Not so fast-anybody practicing that religion might know those symbols-I would argue the triangles and the little gold effigy one you pointed me to could be gotten from any source. You know way more about the religion than I do-I didn't even know what to call some of those, but it doesn't follow they got those here-a Google search would do.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 23:23, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

It's also unclear how there should be enough members in Sweden to form a Scout unit; the largest group in Sweden, Swedish Asatru Assembly, has about 300 members all over the country; there is no local structure for Malmö , but one comprising the whole south of Sweden. The Norwegian no:Foreningen Forn Sed - the largest organization in the country - has only 100 members, mostly in Oslo and Trondheim ; how can they run a unit in Stavanger?

That is a good series of questions and I appreciate your legwork on this. It could also be that there are believers who are not registered with a church or org-I am that way (different religion though), so probably I am not counted as a member.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 23:23, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

And why is there a separate organization in the US with BSA accepting Asatru units (eg former Troop 1239; Great Salt Lake Council)? --jergen (talk) 09:33, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

That's a question for Egel-that was not information I had, and I don't know if that counts as Scouting.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 08:20, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Do you have a source for the Salt Lake troop? That would be worthwhile to add to the article.

I'll do my best, thanks for your hard work!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 23:23, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

ps-Jergen, do you know what the really complex red one is? I wanna take a look at that. To me it doesn't look like anything similar to the other ones.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 13:34, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Here is a source for Troop 1239

Merry Christmas, Happy Holydays and Happy New Year. Yours in Scouting-Phips (talk) 12:09, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Shisa face

Hi, I have uploaded it as you asked. It is over here. Regards — Finemann (talk) 06:13, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

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Conversions to PNG

Hello, since a lot of images tagged for conversion to PNG are your own, is there any way you could convert the originals from your collection and upload them in PNG form? Hugahoody (talk) 14:07, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

I'm 6,000 miles away from the originals, having moved to Japan.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 23:13, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Moldova

Hello,

I noticed that you are a fellow active member of WikiProject Moldova. Some time ago I created a new userbox for the project and proposed that it become official. Since no responses have been made as of yet, I am hoping to spark a discussion at Template talk:WikiProject Moldova User on the matter.

Mulțumesc,

Lothar von Richthofen (talk) 16:54, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

ShouldBePNG on photographs

Hi, Kintetsubuffalo. I see you've placed a {{ShouldBePNG}} tag several times on the file description pages for File:Vietnamese Scout Association LangBian Dalat.jpg and File:Union of Burma Boy Scouts campout.jpg. I don't understand why you think this is a good idea:

1. These are photographs, for which the JPEG format is the most appropriate choice; see Misplaced Pages:Image use policy#Format.
2. It is true that the PNG format provides lossless compression, but for photographs a bit of lossiness in compression is acceptable because it is unnoticeable by the human eye (unless the compression is too high, in which case the {{Overcompressed JPEG}} tag would be appropriate).
3. The compression algorithm used by the PNG format, while lossless, performs much more poorly on photographic images than does the JPEG compression algorithm, so a PNG version of a photograph is almost always many times larger than a JPEG version.
4. Moreover, in the case of File:Vietnamese Scout Association LangBian Dalat.jpg, I am sure that the original file, created by a digital camera, was saved in the JPEG format (and is perhaps even the exact file that was uploaded here), so the only way we could get a PNG version of that image is to directly convert a JPEG version to PNG—but the compression artifacts from the original JPEG compression will still be there (PNG compression is lossless, but the information was lost before the PNG compression algorithm ever saw it; the PNG image will be identical to the JPEG image, pixel for pixel, including the JPEG compression artifacts), so we haven't gained anything in image quality, and the resulting file size will be many times greater.

I am going to remove the {{ShouldBePNG}} tag again from these images. If you still feel that the tag should be there, please explain why, because I can see no reason for it. —Bkell (talk) 00:25, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Again...

... and talkback once more. -- Orionist ★ talk 14:50, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

... You guessed it, another talkback! -- Orionist ★ talk 15:41, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad Kotohira Line and Shido Line.

I Came back to Misplaced Pages English edition. I Wrote Kotohira Line and Shido Line. Please expanding it. --御門桜(MIKADO, Sakura) (talk) 14:35, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you so much!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 02:44, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

AN/I and TPH

I'm not 100% sure if your comment was directed at me or Paul Erik (or possibly both of us), but I do want to point out that I did not bring up TPH's edit-warring, even though I noticed it, because as I said at AN/I, my intention is not to get TPH blocked. I think the more AN/I threads he starts about Hullabaloo while simultaneously edit-warring and making insults elsewhere, the more likely it is that an admin is going to get tired of it and block him, which is why I think it's in his best interest and everybody's just to be a little more diligent with these AfD nominations and stay off HW's talk page. That's not an unreasonable suggestion, is it? 28bytes (talk) 05:57, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

In itself it's not, but why is no one suggesting doing something about HW? TPH doesn't go out of his way to insult people, HW makes it an artform. There's a double-standard there, the level of good editors getting frustrated and leaving has increased while the scab-pickers are coddled. If you honestly are trying to watch out for TPH, thanks, but... making it TPH's issue doesn't address the underlying problem, it just says "look in the mirror". Sometimes that's the case, sometimes it's not. I try to avoid editors I dislike, but sometimes they get in my face and won't stop. My sister played the same game when we were kids, I was patient to excess, until she crossed the line and I threw a punch. Of course I became the bad guy and was punished, which is what she wanted all along. It's the same thing. (my sister and I are fine now, 30 years on, thanks) Somebody needs to step in and be dad and send them both to corners, something like a contact ban.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 06:16, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm familiar with that childhood game, and yeah, I do see iterations of that around here from time to time. :) Like I said, I think the best way for TPH to avoid HW is to avoid putting up really dodgy XfDs that HW can pounce on, but I've said as much there, so I suppose he'll take that advice or leave it. Anyway, I'll bow out of the AN/I discussion and leave it to the admins to decide what to do. Best, 28bytes (talk) 06:27, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Best to you as well. I've been here 5+ years, I wonder if it's time for me to just burn out. I've seen a lot of good people go, and I feel like this is still my baby, but I am so tired of the daily crap. Jimbo has to be feeling the same.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 06:33, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Nah, no need to burn out... there are plenty of relatively untouched areas of the 'pedia where one can edit in peace. I'm relatively new as an active editor, although I popped in a couple of times in '06 and '07, so my hat's off to anyone who's been able to keep at it for 5+ years straight. 28bytes (talk) 06:57, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Amen.Naraht (talk) 12:11, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

talk at Commons discussion

hi Kintetsubuffalo,

could you maybe point out to me who you mean? Gryffindor (talk) 14:55, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for pointing that out. Gryffindor (talk) 02:52, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Graphic_Lab/Illustration_workshop#rendering_error

I've fixed the rendering problem per your request. See my comments there. Let me know if there's any further problem. Cheers, Makeemlighter (talk) 02:53, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you so much!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 02:40, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Flag of Tibet

Hi Kintetsubuffalo. Could you add a note to the 3O section on the talk page of this article? I have some questions regarding Quigley's note but would rather wait until you've had the chance to state your position. Thanks. --rgpk (comment) 14:19, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Done, and they're still at it. I'm begging everyone I can to lock this down until 3O is resolved.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 02:39, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Graphic_Lab/Map_workshop#wine

Hi. I think I've completed your request. The names are tricky, though, so take a look and let me know if it's good enough. Makeemlighter (talk) 12:37, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Mono no aware

so, what exactly would a photo of an abstract aesthetic concept look like? --Gwern (contribs) 21:43 24 January 2011 (GMT)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Coat of arms of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg

I can't participate in the discussion, but in case you are interested and haven't checked, this statement (the bold part of it)...

"This file is the EXACT DUPLICATE of the image made in 2007 by User:Reisio, who tried to reupload it many times after it's deletion for copyright violation. --Flad (talk) 13:36, 24 January 2011 (UTC)"

...is absolutely false. I never once tried to reupload it. In fact I personally listed every single instance of other people reuploading it for deletion, and was even opposed for doing so some of the time. I made sure no wiki was using it except de., which has its own rules. ¦ Reisio (talk) 22:30, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks man :p I'll stop buggin' you now. ¦ Reisio (talk) 15:27, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Just FYI

Vandalism only account applies only to named accounts, not IP's. We can indefinitely block named accounts, but rarely an IP. Dreadstar ☥ 05:29, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, but if that's all they're here for, they should get more than a hand-wringing "oh, they don't have enough warnings yet". They're vandals just the same, they steal moments of my life and yours that we don't need to be cleaning up after them, yet we have to. They should feel that somehow, even just a day block. Otherwise it's just a waste of time to continually warn them.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 05:43, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

I agree; and it depends on the 'quality' of the vandalism, in severe cases a jump in warning level or even a block on no-warnings is warranted. Depends on the situation and the reviewing admin. Dreadstar ☥ 17:03, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Fringe theories

Kintetsubuffalo, that edit was written after reading many books on the subject. I can provide supporting quotations from the following texts, if you wish.

• Breen, John (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0824823634. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• Inoue Nobutaka, ed. (August 10, 2004). Shinto: A Short History. p. 240. ISBN 978-0415319133.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
• Kuroda, Toshio (1981). Shinto in the History of Japanese Religion. Vol. 7, No. 1 (Journal of Japanese Studies ed.). Society for Japanese Studies. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Nishiyama, Shigeru. "Research on Shinto - 2. History (Middle Ages) Research". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Kokugakuin University. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
• Sueki, Fumihiko (2007). Chūsei no kami to hotoke (in Japanese). Tokyo: Yamakawa Shuppansha. ISBN 978-4-634-54320-1.
• Mark Teeuwen and Fabio Rambelli (Editors) (Dec. 27, 2002). Buddhas and Kami in Japan: Honji Suijaku as a Combinatory Paradigm. London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 978-0415297479. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help); Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)

The following article is online, and contains all important points of the theory. Please note that is an extract from Monumenta Nipponica.

• Dismantling stereotypes surrounding Japan's sacred entities by Fabio Rambelli, Japan Times, July 15, 2001 excerpted from Monumenta Nipponica, 56:2

These are not fringe theories, but come from respected books by famous scholars. "Kami worship", jingi shinkō in Japanese, is the term used by scholars for pre-Meiji kami beliefs. Frank (Urashima Tarō) (talk) 06:47, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Your edit summary here explains that you are uncomfortable with an edit. May I suggest that you follow through with the impulse to pursue the underlying questions. This kind of "dispute" (for lack of a better word) is precisely the sort of thing which ensures the quality and clarity of our collaborative work. IMO, you can feel free to press Urashimataro vigorously.

IMO, the two opening sentences are roughly equivalent, but with nuanced differences.

In this diff comparison, it appears that your concern is limited to one sentence -- in fact, it seems that you find only four words problematic. WP:Burden offers policy-based support for further inquiry. In other words, IMO, it is reasonable and proper to insist respectfully that Urashimataro explain and defend the difference between the two sentences. An implicit aspect of that burden of persuasion is to demonstrate that the four words are not WP:Synthesis. This requires good judgement and fine parsing skills. Compare

• Talk:Shinto Shrine#Revert
• Talk:Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū#About the Shinbutsu Bunri+1219 assassination+Museums
• Talk:Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū#Top three shrines

IMO, even though there is disagreement about four words, I construe this as a context in which both Kintetsubuffalo and Urashimataro and I are all "on the same page". Do you take my point? --Tenmei (talk) 14:10, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you Tenmei. Being Shinto myself, I am uncomfortable with this seeming rewrite of Japanese culture as it has been understood for so long. I take umbrage at Urashimataro's claim that I know nothing of the subject, and so no, we're not on the same page after all.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 14:37, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Please consider the analysis and opinions I have posted here --Tenmei (talk) 17:47, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Please permit me the liberty of creating hyperlinks for the presumptively noteworthy scholars of Shinto in Urashimataro's diff at the top of this thread. --Tenmei (talk) 21:05, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Apologies

Kintetsubuffalo, my apologies for having been rude. I took the liberty to modify my post into what it should have been to begin with. Please understand however that those word were written in anger. None of your three posts were particularly friendly. Needless to say, I never meant to attack anybody belief system. I was trying to improve Misplaced Pages's reliability.

We both work on Shinto, and we have to get along. I believe I have always done good and reliable work. Every sentence I write comes from something I have read, and I am careful about the material I use. The next time you have a problem with what I write, please talk directly to me: you will find me receptive, polite and ready to compromise. Frank (Urashima Tarō) (talk) 23:17, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Kintetsubuffalo -- I wonder if it makes sense to speculate that you and Urashimataro are alike in wanting your contributions to our Misplaced Pages project to be like a kind of "bridge used by everyone"? --Tenmei (talk) 20:24, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Graphic_Lab/Illustration_workshop#Bleimor

I changed the colors for you. I uploaded over the original file. I can revert and re-upload under a separate name if desired. Cheers, Makeemlighter (talk) 21:40, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Girl Scout cookies in popular culture

Kentetsubuffalo, you voted to merge into Scouting in popular culture at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Girl Scout cookies in popular culture. If merge is the conclusion, I fully intend to do it. Could you please read thru the article and tell me which items listed are encyclopedic enough to keep? Thank you, D O N D E groovily Talk to me 16:16, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Feb 2011 Newsletter

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Misplaced Pages:Graphic_Lab/Illustration_workshop/Archive/Jan_2011#Emblem_of_India

http://en.wikipedia.org/File:Seal_of_Mizoram.svg User:Zscout370 05:08, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

About Yasuhito Endō nickname

Hi Kintetsubuffalo!
I notice you've reverted an edit I made, which is of course just fine. The original addition of "Mr Cool" as nickname was hereabouts. Is it common knowledge, but just waiting for a reliable reference? I've had a little look around and can't find anything that conclusively puts 「遠藤保仁」 together with 「ミスター.クール」.
じゃね! --Shirt58 (talk) 11:01, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

How fascinating I am

Re , thanks, heh, it seems I think so too. But my user page now seems a little narcissistic to me. Not to mention that, with all the enemies I'm making with my AfD work, I should probably remove real-world identifying information. Maybe I'll just leave the two quotes at the top. They are basically about my take on Misplaced Pages: it really is a hierarchical top-down organization, not some anarchic Wild West -- but with not so much at the top, and with (mostly) rational discussion about what properly constitutes an order, sir. The history of Auftragstaktik suggests that excellence in strict hierarchies is possible. Alas, it also suggests that their weakness is in how they are so often shackled at the top to powers that can become arbitrary, self-deceptive and demagogic. Misplaced Pages looks like an almost-mathematical existence proof that such shackles aren't necessary. Occasionally I sit back and marvel: how cool is that? Other times, though, I want to check the proof again: maybe a crucial step is wrong? Yakushima (talk) 12:26, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Images

Hi, I tried to fix the fair use stuff for File:Chief Scout's Award (The Scout Association) (pre 2003).png on Scouts (The Scout Association). There is a similar need to do it for File:Chief Scout's Silver Award (The Scout Association).png on Cub Scouts (The Scout Association). The problem has been flagged on their talk pages. Could you please take a look. We need to to the merge pf the Progressive Award Scheme, but I am tied up. That will then need all these imgaes looking at again. Cheers, --Bduke (Discussion) 08:07, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Got it-the bot isn't recognizing that these names were corrected about a year ago. At some point we have to go through all Scout images and correct the names in the articles, but Ed and Jergen and I are fixing them as the bots catch them. This has been happening a lot the last month-it's a bot error.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 11:51, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

I think the problem is different. First, the talk pages say that there is no justification for fair use. For File:Chief Scout's Award (The Scout Association) (pre 2003).png, I added a section for Scouts (The Scout Association), but there is now some big red error stuff. Second, I noticed that the earlier justification says the image is used in the infobox, but it is not. I tried to alter it. I then stopped, but justification for File:Chief Scout's Silver Award (The Scout Association).png on Cub Scouts (The Scout Association) is still needed and the current justification says it is in the infobox of Cub Scouts (The Scout Association), which is not correct. I seem to forget more about images than I remember! --Bduke (Discussion) 21:21, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

WP:AOW

Hi, I'm a new member of WP:AOW. I've noticed that the stub templates have been proposed for rename ... no problem, but the stub categories have also been nominated for deletion. Could I get your help to oppose the category deletions (here: Misplaced Pages:Stub_types_for_deletion/Log/2011/February/15) --Hutcher (talk) 17:21, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Interac (Japan)

I'm trying to improve this page. As it is, it's a mash of rumor, misinformation, and stuff from the General Union. I'm more than willing to get sources to improve the page quality so that it makes it into the Japan Project and the Education Project. I'd appreciate any helpKeroroGunso (talk) 01:02, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

For me it's a topic of interest but I'm not an employee, so I don't know what I can do, but I will help.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 11:08, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Regarding

I thought editors were permitted to remove blatant and obvious WP:SOAPBOXing from article talkpages... unless I am mistaken? Comments that are WP:FORUM material and are not contributing to the project are usually removed, if I recall. -- 李博杰  | —Talk contribs email 13:54, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

They are, if the edit in question is disruptive and trolling. HXL49, however, makes a point to troll, editorialize and POV back both in talkpages and with his summaries. Hence the revert-it wasn't an AGF removal, it was snarking for the point of snarking.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 13:59, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

WP Japan in the Signpost

"WikiProject Report" would like to focus on WikiProject Japan for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Other editors will also have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 04:07, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Rollback in a content dispute

Regarding your AN3 report please understand that using rollback for edits that are not vandalism (or one of the other allowed purposes) is not acceptable. I'm not going to take it away from you, because, honestly, you do a lot of good work with it, but another admin might choose to do so. If you would discuss the changes in question rather than to revert them using the vandalism revert tool and template the user with warnings, there is at least a chance that a mutually agreeable decision could be reached. If not, Misplaced Pages has plenty of dispute resolution processes available and it's not like Libya-related topics are wanting for editors right now. You could start a discussion on the template talk page about the appropriate topics for inclusion and post a neutral notification of it at Talk:Libya and probably get multiple eyeballs on it. But whatever you decide to do, revert warring using rollback isn't a very good option. --B (talk) 13:59, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Old West stubs

Hi - there seems to be a bit of confusion as to what I was actually proposing here - hopefully my latest comments have explained things a bit better - could you have a second look, please? Grutness...wha? 23:37, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

You should not force a move that has been rejected twice and does not follow the guidelines

Hi!

I think you should not force a move that has been rejected twice and does not follow the guidelines.

• (Move log); 12:49 . . Kintetsubuffalo (talk | contribs | block) moved File:Troop beverly hills poster.jpg to File:Troop Beverly Hills.jpg (5. Correct obvious errors in file names (e.g. wrong proper nouns or false historical dates))

If you look at Misplaced Pages:File_mover#What_files_should_not_be_renamed? it clearly says that you should not make cosmetic changes. --MGA73 (talk) 20:02, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

WP:BOLD, but I get it. --Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 12:33, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

I've looked through your move log and see many other cases which are inappropriate. Please do not push the boundaries with this new tool. John Vandenberg 20:25, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the pile-on, dripping with AGF.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 12:33, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

File:2011_Libyan_uprising_Voice_of_America.ogv

This video is quite a find! I didn't realize VoA had such interesting videos on their website, and free for us to use nonetheless! Do you need me to do anything to the file by the way? Regards, -- Orionist ★ talk 14:18, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Not the video, but the Libyan Scout emblem, if you can-the flag behind the leader is deeper green, can you give it an svg?--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 14:48, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

I have so little free time these days, and most of it I'm far from my home computer (where my graphics software are, that's why I've done very few requests in the last couple of months.) I'm hoping I can get back to working on requests (and restart work on the emblems) in a week or two. Regards, -- Orionist ★ talk 13:21, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

No worries, take your time, take care, busy here in Japan too. Thank you!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 13:24, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

File:Alexander Adams (Hawaii) 2.jpg

Just a not to say I gave a shot at this request: Misplaced Pages:Graphic_Lab/Photography_workshop#Alexander_Adams_.28Hawaii.29. --RA (talk) 13:41, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Baseball

Given your name, should I assume that you're a follower of baseball in Japan? If so, do you know very much about the history of baseball there? What articles would you recommend I study? I'm asking all these questions because I'm trying to develop a list of professional teams' ballparks in Japan, and in order to do so, I need to understand the history better. And also to know if such an article already exists, so I won't be re-inventing the wheel. Thank you! ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 15:01, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for pointing me to that article on Japanese baseball! It took me to Japanese Baseball League, which appears to have a complete rundown of the teams that were in that league during its existence from 1936 through 1949 (minus 1945). After that, the Central League and Pacific League replaced that single league. I had seen some of this info a day or two ago, and was having a bit of trouble getting my head around it. I started with List of baseball parks in Tokyo, but was not happy with the way that was going. I think what I really need to do (unless someone else has already done it) is to make a list of all the teams and their timelines (as shown in Japanese Baseball League) and sub-head each one with a list of their ballparks. Then I can combine the two to produce a list of ballparks and the teams that played under them. I would then rename List of baseball parks in Tokyo to List of baseball parks in Japan or something like that. Talking strictly professional so as not to get too broad a scope. I also like to include ballparks' locations, and I have no clue how street locations are specified in Japan, but that's not a show-stopper at this point. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 15:40, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

I have completed a rough draft of the article I talked about, which is currently at User:Baseball Bugs/sandbachs. I wonder if you would mind looking it over and see if I made any mistakes or omissions. The style may not be to your liking, but it's my way of organizing the data. :) At the very least, some of this could be added to the team infoboxes, which are inconsistent. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 18:14, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

OK

I went ahead and created the article List of baseball parks in Japan. When you get a chance, could you look through it and see if I made any gross mistakes? Thank you! ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 23:09, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Graphic_Lab/Map_workshop#Japan

– Kerαunoςcopia_galaxies 05:15, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Graphic_Lab/Photography_workshop#Raymond_Chandler

You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{GL Photography reply}} template.

– Kerαunoςcopia_galaxies 00:48, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Tom and Jerry

Hey, I could use your help over at Tom and Jerry - that IP vandal you reverted earlier is edit-warring on the article - I've already reported (at 5 reverts so far) and warned him, but he shows no sign of stopping... MikeWazowski (talk) 15:38, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your welcome

Poindex (talk) 01:47, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Gov. Sato

Ok, thanks for letting me know but I have nothing to add as yet...andycjp (talk) 07:15, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Union of Burma Girl Guides

Sorry, I don't know what the name was. But I'll ask around. It may take some time. Hybernator (talk) 00:24, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Non-aligned Scouting

You're welcome! I'm active within the Spanish wikipedia but just wrote a very few articles about Scouting there, my main work is involved with the Viking Age, old peoples and tribes related to celtic and norse culture and heathenry (neopaganism) over all. Assyrian and Ásatrú scouting links were easy to find. Take care! --Gilwellian (talk) 13:59, 12 May 2011 (UTC)