User talk:Bawolff/archives/2

stylesheet: some gratuitous opinion
i think the contrast b/w the white text background and the dark blue margins is too much. a slight blue-gray or blue-green background for text? Doldrums 06:58, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
 * hmm, I kinda like the contrast. I might try some different backgrounds later. Thanks for the opinion. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 07:02, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry I misread your comment. I might try that, the problem is many templates are designed to work with white backgrounds (colored slightly offwhite, etc), I may try it though. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:28, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Stylesheet
Where can I see the old v. new stylesheets? On the links you provide I can only see the old??? maybe I am mistaken? Jason Safoutin 18:37, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm not entirely sure what you mean. Can you rephrase that? In firefox its view&rarr;Page Style&rarr;Datrio+MrM. By old do you mean standard monobook? Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:45, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I got an e-mail from you about the redesigns you are doing...I recall seeing a layout for articles?? something [fancy... http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Custom_skin#Large_screenshots]. The so called "old version." I see the old but where's the new above it? :) I rather like the old one but the headline should fill the grey or blue space or have the "breaking news" across there. Jason Safoutin 00:01, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I would assume monobook...but for some reason in the past with the roll back button, before becoming an admin, I could not get it to work. But I also could have done it wrong. Jason Safoutin 00:02, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Nope, Custom skin is a seperate, dead project that I have nothing to do with. I Just propose changing the CSS. I could change the CSS for you to my version to show you what I mean if you want. (Also go on IRC to discuss too) Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:04, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Aww dead? I was thinking of more along the lines of a regular use in articles...Would that be possible? Lets bring the dead to life ;) Jason Safoutin 00:08, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't have the necissary skills to develop that type of skin (also tried to get it to work on my own mediawiki install, but failed misrable. CSS for that is missing as well) I'd love to do that if I had a clue what I was doing on that front. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:11, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * And I have to admit as well I also have no clue how, or the tools to do it. I just think that the white background and same style just get kinda boring...is there any easier way to do it? Jason Safoutin 00:13, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * As for tools, its just php for that and you can do it in notepad, unfourtanatly I don't know PHP. Could I set your user account to use my CSS to show you what I mean for a CSS redesign? Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:16, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: CSS
hi, will try it out. btw, there appears to be a glitch with the page footer (with the copyright notice, "Wikimedia" and "Mediawiki powered" thingies - its background turns white on mousover, and reverts to its normal translucant blue when the mouse is moved off (on Firefoxes old (1.0.7) and new (1.5.0.6)). Doldrums 04:59, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, thats intentional. Should I kill the effect? Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 18:58, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * oh? what is it for? Doldrums 09:17, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
 * To look cool (: Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 21:57, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Infoboxes
Great! Didn't know about those, glad to see they are already quite popular! --Fastfission 14:44, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

DPL
Yeah... but that doesn't seem to be the case, now does it? ;) irid:t 04:46, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Smart-1 probe ends 3 year mission by crashing into the Moon
Thanks! I was working on it till 4 O'clock in the morning. Yawn... Nice to know you like it :D --Errant 09:01, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikinews User Statistics Image
Hey Bawolff, NGerda here. The image was created by me from the Wikimedia official internal statistics data, so I'd assume it was fair game for Wikinews, but it really doesn't matter, since it's over a year old now. Best of luck to you! -- NGerda 06:37, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your response. If you created it from the statistics data, then its whatever license you choose for it, as only presentation can be copyrighted, not data (I think. IANAL don't quote me on that). So anyways, if you could tell me what license you would put that image under, that would be great. Happy editing. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 19:55, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Public Domain is fine. :)  -- NGerda 00:12, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Thankyou. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 05:17, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

"Cat food"
Nice edit summary. —     05:22, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
 * You know thats the second time I've done that, and someone's pointed it out. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 05:24, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Lol. I just noticed that now. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  00:43, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * Thank you very much. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 07:11, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

date template
good job!... now let's see what people have to say about it. Doldrums 12:06, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm glad you got my message!
I'll be seeing you around hopefully. :o) Rubikfreak 14:23, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi Admin
Could you delete Extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis strain emerges in South Africa per copyvio, and replace it with the new Extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis strain emerges in South Africa/Temp? Thankyou!--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:00, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
 * no problem. done. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:12, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I really hope you don't mind... [[Image:Smiley.png|15px]] think it was slowing computers like mine here, plus it took like forever to Show preview...--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:24, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, I don't mind. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:24, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: Wikinews Canada Logo
Please make a better one because I didn't do a very good job. Mabie you can make a better one. F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  20:40, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

ok
Sorry about article didn't know I had to use my own words.
 * Don't worry, Its your first article. Everything has to be original, if its not a quote. Happy editing, and good luck with your article. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 04:15, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

css
It was ok. One thing I could not stand though, is the repeated logo in the background. To tell you the truth, I come here very rarely, so I just removed it because I only wanted to try it. notafish }&lt;&#39;;&gt; 22:45, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay thanks for trying it. By the way, Datrio is basicly this minus the background. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:41, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

RFA
Just want to draw your attention to the current admin nomination vote. Crimson 21:16, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Admin Alert
Please visit this, there is a dispute that this user is webhosting his stuff. It says on top "THIS IS A SELF MADE SITE TO SHOW MY WEBPAGE". Anyways is there a wikinews template message in relevance to be placed in his page? Zer T 23:02, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Mathematics
You seem to be consistently misspelling "mathematics" as "mathamatics". The following pages need to be moved from Category:Mathamatics to Category:Mathematics: And then, in my opinion, Category:Mathamatics should be deleted. - dcljr 23:31, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Distributed computing discovers largest known prime number
 * Particle accelerator reveals long-lost writings of Archimedes
 * Russian mathematician declines Fields Medal
 * Singapore Exam Board sets mathematically-impossible question
 * Two hundred digit number factored


 * articles in cat:mathamatics have been fixed. am nominating the category for deletion. Doldrums 08:43, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for fixing my spelling. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 22:01, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Doldrums' main page
hi, saw ur comment in the redesign page. have since then unhidden a leettle more. i'd appreciate it if u could take another look and comment (perhaps here). thanks :), Doldrums 08:30, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Admin vote
Thanks for supporting my successful admin nomination! I will try to live up to the confidence that's been shown in me. Crimson 17:17, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

RE: wireless talk thingy
I do, however, I don't know anywhere I can upload PNG files. If you can find a place, I will... Thunderhead (talk) 23:20, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

There you go! Thunderhead (talk) 23:50, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Apologies
Hey Bawolff!

TimLee90 here, my apologies for violating wikinews policies. Thank you for informing me!
 * Don't worry, we all make mistakes. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:22, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Amgine can not de-admin himself
See this "Stewards are the only users who can remove administrator privileges." on the administrators' page. MrM wanted to be taken off the admin list and Eloquence said "No; not unless he was deadmined by the Stewards."70.50.76.118 00:40, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * No, you don't know what you are talking about. MrM wanted to hide that he was an admin, Amgine IS NOT AN ADMIN. Stewards removed his admin privs. you can go talk to them if you don't  believe me.  Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:43, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Please be helpful and provide the link showing the Stewards stripped him of his authority. Messed and you have been wrong more often than not. 70.50.76.118 00:46, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Edit removal
NO! Cspurrier said edits must be left; see here where he put this personal attack back.after someone removed it. 70.50.76.118 01:04, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * These are two different situations. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 03:07, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Re:Block.
I have no problems with his block length being reduced, and agree that an indefinite ban might have been harsh. I do ask, however, that his user-page (the one on which he was spamming) not be undeleted. Thanks. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) 07:44, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree that the user page being deleted is a good idea. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 01:43, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Categories on Commons
Would you mind sending me some cats on Commons? Thunderhead (talk) 21:18, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Although it does seem like i'd actually look at the main page. :P Thunderhead (talk) 01:49, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

RE: Snow in Iraq
You know, I didn't really think about that. So much for my trust in Google. You would think that 'American Embassy in Iraq' would bring some reliable results. Let me see if I can find another. Thanks! Thunderhead (talk) 01:07, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I actually would never thought of that either, it was the anon that brought it up, then I noticed RCMP outside the building, and that just seemed odd. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 01:13, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * yep and the anon is the guy they keep blocking; me. 70.50.78.136 01:16, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Messedrocker is Amgine; here's the undisputable proof
"...so I restored his talk page history and replaced it with a notice. —  [[User talk:Messedrocker|<font "

 

Abba 12:33, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * And you are neutralizer as well as being full of it. Look at the dates. MessedRocker restored Amgine's page on the 5 (As noted by special:log/delete - put user talk:Amgine in the title there). Then 5 days later (on oct 10) Amgine screwed arround with his page, as he can do if he whishes. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:24, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * See my response on Eloquence's talk page. —     23:26, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: Radio
That was on MessedRocker's talk page. I knew about Wikinews Audio, but I didn't know if I could compile those or not. Thunderhead (talk) 03:42, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Hey Bawolff, thanks for the welcome message. I am indeed the same Khoikhoi from the English Wikipedia. Khoikhoi 02:45, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Thats good. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 04:56, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Tamil wikinews
Bawolff, thanks for leaving message at my user page in tamil wikipedia. glad that u took steps for the prelaunch pahse of tamil wikinews..but i don see a mention of it in http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_language_pre-launch ?? - w:ta:user:ravidreams--82.139.86.83 08:27, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I actually don't know any tamil (or any other language for that matter other then english), so I can not start anything in the pre-launch phase as I don't know the language. I just put it there as its definitly ready to start translating stuff. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 19:05, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Image:Wikimania2007TaipeiBanner.jpg
Thanks Bawolff for your help on this image. However I'm not sure if Jerome Chen will agree to let this image to be fair used. I will call Jerome Chen by phone to have some double check for copyright issue later.--H.T. Chien / 眼鏡虎 (Discuss|Contributions) 16:48, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I think we're legally allowed to use any logo under fair use if its the logo of something thats the subject of a story. (IANAL, so I proablly don't know what I'm talking about.). I have also emailed him. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 19:07, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Re:Anon
Thanks for letting me know. That was me, but it was one of my wireless IPs. Thunderhead (talk) 06:53, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, Just wanted to make sure that it was you. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:31, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the concern. Yep, then I edit alot from Lab at school, so I'll try to login @ school. Thunderhead (talk) 00:39, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: WN, WN:A
Sorry about that! Hey, worst that can happen is not get accepted, right? check WN:A Thunderhead (talk) 22:41, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I think you proabblly will. Best of luck. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 22:45, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'll probably need it. I think I destroyed my fingernails when I tried for AR! :P Thunderhead (talk) 22:47, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 * WN:AR is harder then WN:A. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 22:51, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 * So I could tell. I'm glad though. My doctor advised me not to do WN:AR for a while. Thunderhead (talk) 22:57, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Portal:Football
I am interested in doing the "Today's Matches" section on the Football Portal. Ross-1 17:21, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Excellent. Basiclly what you have to do is just create a page for everyday, and what matches are on that day, and it will automaticlly rotate through them. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 22:14, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
 * In more details, what you have to do:

 
 * Create a page of a date, like Portal:Football/Fixtures/2006/February/1. Format:

01, February 2006

 * Arsenal v West Ham, kick off at 20:00
 * Aston Villa v Chelsea, kick off at 19:45
 * Blackburn v Man Utd, kick off at 20:00
 * Liverpool v Birmingham, kick off at 20:00
 * Man City v Newcastle, kick off at 19:45
 * Portsmouth v Bolton, kick off at 19:45
 * So for today it would be on the page Portal:Football/Fixtures/2006/October/19
 * If there is no games (e.g. Portal:Football/Fixtures/2006/February/7) use format:

07, February 2005
No football games today.   < 2006 | Football 
 * For days with games, transclude it into the month page
 * See Portal:Football/Fixtures/2006/February for example
 * Should use this format (note the artificial line doesn't need to be there as subpages has been enabled in Wikinews now.

February
  Every year, make a new year page. see Portal:Football/Fixtures/2006 for details.  Note none of this is set in stone, If you think anything would be better another way, feel free to be bold and change it. This is just how its done before.Bawolff ☺☻ 22:47, 19 October 2006 (UTC) 

Oink?
Were you slightly ebrious when you posted this?


 * user:Stevenfruitsmaak is an admin!!! He will weild the mop and bucket like it never has been before, we will enter a new age of enlightenment!

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 00:28, 20 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, now you know that people read it, and I promptly added it to my watchlist [[Image:smiley.png|15px]]. I already added the word elsewhere in the wiktionary, but for your courtesy I've created, for the first time on wiktionary, a new entry: ebrious.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 20:04, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm glad your reading it. And to answer were original question, no. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 20:06, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Re:Poll on Cat:Israel
Thank you for offering to cast a vote on my behalf. I have since been unblocked and have responded to the poll. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) 03:56, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Mars rover engineers build test sandbox
Hi and sorry for late reply, I don't come here very often. I know it looks like a valid question, but this user has been leaving this message on many projects; see for instance fr.wikipedia, en.wikiversity, meta.wikimedia. He has also left it on Commons and en.wikipedia, but it's too difficult to search the logs. guillom 14:40, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
 * See also --Cspurrier 18:18, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I've been told that about that by a number of people now. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:21, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Test-finished-newsroom
What is this for? Thunderhead (talk) 00:45, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
 * See Dragonfires recent edit summary, and talk page. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:48, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Alrighty. Mind putting Template:Nopublish so it won't show up in Developing Stories? Thunderhead (talk) 00:49, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Well the entire point was to have it show up in developing stories. Actually we could proablly delete it now. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:55, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'll take your word for it, administrator! Thunderhead (talk) 00:55, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

RE: My CSS
Yep, that's what I was trying to do. Course I've always been bad at anything other than Wikicoding and Javascript. I've never really understood CSS. Thanks for your help. Thunderhead (talk) 01:55, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Glad I could help. I've always been bad at js (slowly learning), but love CSS. You know you can edit your Javascript at user:Thunderhead/monobook.js too. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:33, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
Your welcome. congratulations. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:31, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

CSS
Your CSS file:

I tried to use this, and It worked in the preview, but when I saved, it didn't. Mind being Tech. Support? Thunderhead (talk) (Check out my RFA test) 00:19, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Never mind, it just kicked in. Great work! Thunderhead (talk) (Check out my RFA test) 00:21, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Glad to hear your trying it - Also, theres a couple of other ones you can try as alternate style-sheets (In firefox View->page style->selection, in other browsers something else, in Internet explorer nothing 'cause IE sucks. might not work though if you have other stylesheets and stuff in special:mypage/monobook.css). Yeah you generally need to wait a while or do a hard refresh (ctrl+R depending on browser) to get it to work. So, what do you think? Bawolff ☺☻ 00:31, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Also check out Skins. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:35, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Awesome work! Everthing is great, except for the tabs, which are now capitalized. Good work on that, but it takes some getting used to. Thunderhead (talk) (Check out my RFA test) 00:38, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Glad you like it. I personally never understood why the tabs were all lowercase - I always thought you capitilized the first letter on a title... but If you like it better lowercase, there is a line you can add to your monobook.css to make that happen. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:43, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Nah, I love your design, it just takes a while to get used to. Thunderhead (talk) (Check out my RFA test) 00:47, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Glad you like it, but I can't take all of the credit. It was mostly pl:wikireporter:Datrio's and MrM's work. I just put them together. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:01, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: Wikinews capitilization in Mediawiki:Sidebar
How do I get capitalization in the sidebar when using IE? — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  02:22, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Basicly a slight variation on what you did. You added a different redesign/css thingy I did to your monobook (Thats also included in the stylesheet you need however as well. see User:Bawolff/Sandbox/MessedRocker based main page redesign. I added the correct one. do a hard refresh (ctrl+R . If using AWB then I don't know if that keystroke works or not).
 * Nice design! It just takes a while to get used to. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  02:34, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Glad you like it. know if only I could convince people to make it the default.... Bawolff ☺☻ 02:44, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Image:Logo collage.png
Did Wikispecies change thier logo? I remember that there was a poll to change it from 3D to 2D. Thunderhead (talk) (Check out my RFA test) 02:04, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes the collage is outdated. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:34, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: CSS
Absolutely not. Got for it! --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 19:00, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Baghdad story
Can the Baghdad story be published yet? Sugarpine 00:01, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
 * responded on articles talk page. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:08, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

AWN
Sure you can put the numbers on the front page, just need to set my alarm earlier so i can have enough time to record. terinjokes User Page / Talk 03:42, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I guess I have to update it now :) If anyone wants to help out, please leave a message on my talk. terinjokes User Page / Talk

RE: Review
Hey, Bawollf. Thank you for the comments on my Peer Review, but what do you mean "this page"? Thunderhead (talk) (Check out my RFA test) 21:30, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

speedy dpl
thanks for catching that! shld've looked myself, i guess. &mdash; Doldrums(talk) 08:45, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:49, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Adminship thanks
Hi there! I'd like to thank you for your support to become an admin, it's greatly appreciated! -- Zanimum 14:26, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

google
Google ruined my life, because I was listed in their search results! I'm forever doomed! terinjokes User Page / Talk 17:46, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
 * umm, okay. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:21, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

The Cabal
Actually, I meant for that to seem like the "cabal" had marked that out. I have changed the link to Special:Cabal so that it is more clear. Thanks for the concern, though! Thunderhead (talk) (Check out my RFA test) 08:02, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * What cabal? Bawolff ☺☻ 00:28, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Exactly. By the way, thanks for the island. It is freezing down here :) Thunderhead (talk) (Check out my RFA test) 04:37, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Your welcome, Happy Birthday. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:44, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Image:Ubuntu-ku.jpg
I answered your question regarding the picture in my talk page Towsonu2003 04:05, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Venezuelan Rally Photos
No, I received permission from the person who took them.
 * Okay. Could you Please put who you recieved permission from, their exact words, how you recieved it (EMail, in person written etc), and if the picture is avalible online, where online on the image description page. (What would also be really great is if you did this but that's a little complicated and not required, but it would make it so all wikimedia projects in all languages could use that picture) thanks. Bawolff ☺☻ 07:58, 26 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I am not the author I have had emails with him, and he didn't mind. I deleted the e-mail I cna e-mail him again if need be, but he is a busy blogger and might not check it for a while.
 * If you look at the articles's sources they are right there at as the bottom source.


 * Just delete it then, I know his e-mail, but he is extremely busy on the campaign trail and this is a small reason to bother him. If you still need the e-mail just ask me. The 13th 4postle

Revamp Main Page
I propose that the front page be revamped to display more articles at any one time and should displya categories like any news site. In order to sustain people's interest in the project, we need plenty of updates all the time and that featured main page stories be categorily arranged. Please check normal news sites such as googlenews for an idea on what I am saying. The revamp would include the following changed.


 * More stories on the homepage.
 * Bigger Picture for main story.
 * News Categories
 * Change title fonts back to Arial.
 * Change logo to resemble Wikipedia's main logo.

Please discuss this matter. TownCrier 01:24, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Tea
thanks! i always enjoy a cuppa :) &mdash; Doldrums(talk) 08:51, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Your welcome. Bawolff ☺☻ 08:08, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of images
Hello Bawolff, sorry for troubling you. The google is not responsible for the copyrights. The uploader on picassaweb has their own copyrights. I have contacted the uploader, may be he could clarify the copyrights of the images. He claims the gallery as public album. May be they could use as in public domain once the uploader confirms the copyright. Regrads, Shyam  ( T / C ) 08:56, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes google is not responsible for the copyrights in any way. its all the author. However public album definitly does not equal public domain. Could you perhaps forward me his responses to you contacting him? Thanks. User:Bawolff / 24.65.46.10 09:04, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Commons-I
Bawolff, I am not that guy. Yes, you are correct. Someone else is using my name to spam the commons mailing list. I did not subscribe the commons list, so I was not aware of it. Very thanks to you for letting me know. Could someone warn/ban that user? Shyam ( T / C ) 06:55, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm sure they already have. (I have no idea how that works on mailing lists). I just thought you proablly wanted to know what was happening. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:39, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

free culture
I replied with another link regarding Lessig's free culture on my talk page Towsonu2003 07:26, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

User notice: spam2
Excellent work with your Monobook file! I love the live spell check, and the templates at the top are perfect. We bow down to you, O Modifier! Thunderhead - (talk) 03:28, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Don't have the slightest clue what you're talking about. But it's impossible to put a live spell checker in css, you'd have to use JS for that. have you updated to Firefox 2 recently? Bawolff ☺☻ 01:34, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, that I did, Bawolff. But I'm just telling you what I saw on the skin. Toolbar. 68.187.184.167 02:15, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Boy, I feel stupid for not adding  to the interview. I was caught up in the moment. Thunderhead - (talk) Congrajulations to Kat! 02:18, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Don't worry. Everyone always forgets that. Bawolff ☺☻ 02:27, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

On subject of modifications to the skin: Well, I didn't do it. Firefox 2 includes an inline spell checker. Whats on the toolbar? (I didn't notice anything new, so I'm curious as to what you are refering to). But thanks for the nice words. Bawolff ☺☻ 02:27, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

PD image
Image:1971 surrender.jpg may not be PD. &mdash; Doldrums(talk) 07:39, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh sorry, I could of sworn the version I read said PD. Bawolff ☺☻ 20:54, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

 * Thanks. Merry Christmas to you too. Bawolff ☺☻ 20:57, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

 * I'm just going to say ummmm, to this. Merry Christmas Bawolff ☺☻ 21:01, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

P.S. What about Festivus (you seem to list every other holiday)? Bawolff ☺☻ 21:01, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * It's ok if you didn't think that it is funny. I got the story from Uncyclopedia, anyways. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  21:40, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I think Santa is more likely a Liberal or an NDP. (he lives in Canada after all, despite whatever North Pole, Alaska may say.) (: Bawolff ☺☻ 23:57, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Do they even have polling stations in the North Pole? I think he would vote for Frosty the Snowman or mabie Mrs. Claus. lol. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  02:43, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Special ballot. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:22, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! Wishing you all the best for the forthcoming year. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:17, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Merry Christmas to you too. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:01, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!
Here's wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Zeest(Talk)(Newpages) 03:10, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Merry Christmas to you too. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:20, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Temporary adminship
There was no sysop seeming to be present at this moment, so, after having seen vandal's contributions and his former blocks, in order to stop the vandal IP, I requested help on IRC channel #wikimedia-stewards (irc.freenode.net). One of the steward, knowing me well and being sure that I would clean everything in a few minutes, has chosen to give me temporary rights of sysop to help, as it happens sometimes for other projects when it's needed, and he removed those rights when it was no more necessary. Hégésippe &#124; ±Θ± 04:05, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
 * okay, Just was wondering what was going on. Glad you were there. We've seen to have had a lot of vandals arround today and yesterday, and most of the regurals have not been here. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:51, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

P.S. you don't show up in that log when I put your name as the title. only when its set to all entries, I looked there and didn't see you. Really glad you were there. Thanks Bawolff ☺☻ 05:51, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Sometimes, when there are for example little waves (or "tsunamis"...) of spam or vandalism on "small" projects without sysops (and there are a lot), a steward can also give adminship for him/herself (after having created his own account, at this time where single user login is not ready), delete or revert what has to be and block who has to be, and then remove his/her temporary adminship. In another way, Anthere (steward and chair of Wikimedia Foundation) gave herself adminship on some French projects for working on the MediaWiki message about the current fundraising. The log of rights, on Meta-Wiki, is full of this kind of "technical" temporary adminships. Hégésippe &#124; ±Θ± 14:22, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Kicked from IRC?
Why was I kicked from IRC? 65.78.87.120 05:37, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

image uploads
Thanks for the tip. I didn't see the particular licenses in the drop-down, so I went without. It wasn't even clear to me whether I should label them as the right CC or as Grant of License. Of if they would even be allowed past breaking period. - KeithTyler 20:25, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Well honsetly our image use polcy is very lax and allows almost anything under GoL (Unlike the drop-down menu), so I personally think the most important part is to make sure they're labeled. user:BAwolff

I'd appreciate your feedback:
on my latest post on WN:AW.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:59, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

User:Terinjokes/AW.rss
Please convince my local RSS reader (erm, Opera) as well as some of the online RSS readers ]. They all display correctly (it is just raw text...)
 * I don't think Firefox will for text/x-wiki. (checking) Bawolff ☺☻ 17:49, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * well look at that, it worked. I swear that didn't work six months ago. Bawolff ☺☻ 17:54, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Still not the best practice to send things with a wrong mime type though. Bawolff ☺☻ 17:59, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Half the web still sends out the wrong MIME type for half the stuff they send... terinjokes | Talk | Come visit the WikiBistro 18:03, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Perhaps, but this is really thew wrong mime type. Not even remotely close to the correct one. Bawolff ☺☻ 18:11, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews contest
Hi, I believe you owe me a Gmail invite for my friend. But I cant think of any friends who don't have Gmail (and would use it). And if they wanted a Gmail invite then I probably already gave them one because I have a Gmail account already. So I don't really need your prize of a Gmail invite, sorry. --Nzgabriel | Talk 19:57, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * yeah I thought so. Bawolff ☺☻ 08:30, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Main page experiments test redesigns etc
Talks for the feedback on the audio and for rmv the cats, completely forgot about that: obviously the test wasn't very succesful...--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 22:06, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * your welcome. Bawolff ☺☻ 08:31, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

CommonsTicker: Ticker Trouble
Hello

As you may have noticed, there have been some problems with CommonsTicker lately:
 * first, the toolserver was down. After it was back up, we had to wait for fresh database dumps.
 * also, many updates where failing because ticker pages where growing too large. Updates that went through half-way somtimes also caused entries to be posted multiple times, making the problem worse.
 * when I tried to improve performance, I introduced a bug that caused the ticker to post trash sometimes. I disabled the ticker again when I was told about it, and I have fixed all effected pages yesterday (I hope I didn't miss any).

To sort this out completely, I have to rewrite parts of CommonsTicker. For now, I will enable the ticker again for most wikis, but not for the ones that where having most trouble - namely de-wikipedia, en-wikinews, eo-wikipedia, es-wikipedia, fr-wikipedia, ja-wikipedia, ru-wikipedia, simple-wikipedia and zh-wikipedia. I'll have to investigate those more closely.

So please keep an eye on CommonsTicker in the next days - if there is any more trouble, please tell me, preferrably on meta:User_talk:Duesentrieb/CommonsTicker.

Regards -- meta:User:Duesentrieb 13:39, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

''This message was posted automatically by the CommonsTicker bot. For feedback and discussion, please go to meta:User talk:Duesentrieb/CommonsTicker'' -- CommonsTicker 13:39, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

new here
I´m new here, can I ask why you reverted my edit?
 * Responded on your talk. Bawolff ☺☻ 09:10, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi
As you may know this wiki is being mismanaged and will have to be dismantled if it can't interwiki with the big sister. A new mainpage design hasn't been selected and most new members lose their resolve after one day, like me. Please let me know how we can go about sorting out the new main page and then we can talk about the sense of purpose. TownCrier 05:55, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry I'm a little tired, so I might be misunderstanding you, but we play fine with Wikipedia, wikibooks, wikispecies etc. We obey all wikimedia global policies (that I am aware of). Weather its mismanaged is in the eye of the beholder, but it certainly isn't getting dis-mantelled anytime soon.


 * Anyway, in regards to the main page, well their have been some changes, and that has resolved quite a few peoples problems with it. Currently there is nothing so seriouslly wrong with it that so a new version would have to be significantly better to take over. All the centralized efforts to replace it have failed so far, but there is some that are no longer active but say what is needed in a main page. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:08, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

P.S. Have you considered going on. its a lot easier then talking on talk pages. (Avalible at or #en.wikinews on irc.freenode.net on your favourite IRC client.
 * I would use the wikinews chat to generate interest but i don't want to do that. as it seems to me, less then 5% of members who opened accounts actually participate here because of the right with WP current. What is worse is that the readership level is much less than the editorial level in comparison to WP. This is what i meant with the lack of interwiki, they can't coexist, wikinews either has to be a template within WP, or WP current has to #R to WN. Its really very simple and this proposal was talked about with no consensus to its regard. I don't want to start a conversation in public talk when i don't know what response i will get, i want to start a lobby to bring to meta wiki to bring up these issues. about the main-page its not good, especially with the font choice for the headlines. the MPs of all WMF wikis need to look like the MPs of all the sister wikis, period. i think WN has a great future if it sorts out the interwiki issue as i put it above. Are you interested in joining the lobby? Sleep well. TownCrier 06:48, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, so you want all the wikimedia wiki's to be in one wiki, (like and friends), or at least merge Wikipedia's current events. Well I disagree with you on quite a few points there. We are doing well in my opinion. Ever see Wikipedia in its early days? it was not anywhere near where it is now. We are currently just bit over two years old. We are doing well. If only 5% of people registering accounts here edit, you should see the number of accounts at wikipedia versus edits. As for chat, I don't mean to try and get support for your position (especially considering that this time of day only me and Doldrums are online) I just find it easier to understand what other people mean in an instant chat as oposed to a talk page chat. Happy editing. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:59, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

P.S. heres a previous discussion page, that might have some ideas on it if you're intreasted. Main Page redesign. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:49, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

newsletter idea
Hi, (I hope you don't mind this general message, I'm just randomly contacting people from my talk page)

I've had an idea after reading User:Kinnerc/WhereToWikinews? that might make people more aware of what's currently going on on this site, what discussions are being held, where help is needed etc. I've designed a little signpost-like box that I would like to introduce as a newsletter to post on user talk pages. Of course, the majority is copied from the Newsroom, which I think people don't visit often enough. Oh yeah, and the title should probably change :-D

I would appreciate some feedback on the idea, and also I'm interested to know if you would subscribe to such a newsletter. Please go to User_talk:Stevenfruitsmaak/Goings-on.

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:49, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

The Fruitsmaak Goings-on Selection
{|
 * style="border: 1px solid #FFFFFF;padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; width:60%; vertical-align: top;" |

Wikinews community

 * style="width:40%; border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; background-color: #f0f0ff; height:1%; padding: .5em 1em 1em; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"|

Collaboration requests
Post new request  category=Ready addfirstcategorydate=false count=25 suppresserrors=true namespace=Main   category=Stub addfirstcategorydate=false count=25 suppresserrors=true namespace=Main   category=News with items needing expansion addfirstcategorydate=false count=25 suppresserrors=true namespace=Main 
 * International interviews/poll on climate warming

Flagged discussions
 category=Flag suppresserrors=true </DynamicPageList>
 * }

Dan100 history
Dan made close to 20 edits on January 5. Now his edit history only shows three. What's up with that? -Edbrown05 03:54, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know what your talking about. he has 29 by my count on his contrib page . Bawolff -)(-: 04:04, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Please Bawollf link to Dan100's history page. I know sometimes my route to something is rendered differently than anothers. -Edbrown05 04:09, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Sometimes that happens to me too. :D .See messedRockers talk page (I have problems spelling that word, and I don't want to look it up again). Bawolff -)(-: 04:11, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 
 * yes. try special:contributions/Dan100. Bawolff -)(-: 04:19, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: UFOs
"However I just want to make sure I am correct in the assumption its not ready to publish." Very. we don't know how old the reported statements are. all we have is "some were made in recent moonths", so not sure this is news. plus i've raised npov concerns. &mdash; Doldrums(talk) 06:51, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, just wanted to make sure. Bawolff -)(-: 07:06, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh look I'm getting popular. 3 (at least) vandilizations of my page in about a week (And its the first three times too). Intreasting. Bawolff -)(-: 07:06, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Well what do u expect, when you go against the vatican and ETs? :) btw, ur arbcom comment hasn't been signed. &mdash; Doldrums(talk) 07:21, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Well that was the mumfum guy who did it last (presumably because I blocked him) and the guy before had no apparent reason that I can think of. oh well shows that we're growing as a site (:thanks for reminding me to sign. Bawolff -)(-: 07:34, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments
Hi, I can't see the comments tabs at the moment, if they are there that is. --Nzgabriel | Talk 05:25, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Try doing a hard refresh (proablly ctrl+R depending on which browser you use) (I made a screw up with the JS, that sort of made everything in mediawiki:monobook.js stop working. (RSS, no main page title, comments alt stylesheets etc for a short period of time.[which makes me feel really stupid. for some reason when I edited it, it randomlly deleted some lines] ) you may still have it in your cache of your browser. user:Bawolff

copyright
dear Bawolff

this is not a simple copyright violation. I work at a newspaper and am perfectly capable of knowing about plagurism. Our newspaper pays the AAP (and reuters for that matter) to supply us with stories. these stories have no copyright if we have paid for them. we publish dozens of these stories everyday. I do have premission. Everyone at my newspaper does

thanks

Symode09 23:15, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

RE: Infoboxes
No problem at all! You mean the Template:Weather news infobox? Sure! Thunderhead - (talk) Congrajulations to Kat! 06:49, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
 * okay, good. Bawolff -)(-: 23:05, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Your Wiki Check
Thunderhead                                                       January 16, 2007 123 Wikinews Ave. Wikiwiki, WN 94541

PAY TO THE ORDER OF Bawolff                                 $1,000.00

IN THE AMOUNT OF One thousand dollars and 00/00 cents

Memo: ©opyVio                          X ~ Thunderhead - (talk) Congrajulations to Kat! 09:43, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I love recieving $1000 checks! However, I'm not really sure what this is for... Bawolff -)(-: 23:21, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Remember the Copyright violation payment I owed FWN? I gave him $1,000 for the infrigement, and I'm basically bribing you... Thunderhead - (talk) Congrajulations to Kat! 23:28, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

copyright
I have spoken to my company lawyers and they essentially said that it was alright to publish stories as long as the company is paying a subscription however, to play it safe and to comply with some other overseas laws, the story should still be credited to the origional Journalist

thanks

Symode09 00:57, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
 * You are aware that by publishing it here, you are agreeing to let eny other website/newspaper/whoever to re-publish, and do whatever the crap they want with it, without paying for it? (just want to make sure) Bawolff -)(-: 01:16, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

No seriously, I think we should get over the whole copyright thing, it is two difficult to be involved in this debate everythime I insert a story so, I shall just write it, it shouldn't be to hard

thanks anyway, it is mainly my fault I should have just given up because it is not worth it

Let's mov eon and focus on improving wikinews

thanks Symode09 06:34, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Philippines article
hi, can u take a look at Upcoming elections in the Philippines may be violent? needs some pov work i think, and have done my share of unpublishing and commenting (not actually editing, though:. would like to see some more views, thanks &mdash; Doldrums(talk) 07:49, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Prof shot in front of students and Philippine partylists announce nominees for upcoming elections are copied from a source which has a "Permission is granted to reprint or redistribute the articles, provided the author/s and Bulatlat are properly credited and notified.". i don't think the notif. requirement is compatible with our license. i sent an e-mail requesting permission and haven't got a reply yet. any ideas on what to do? &mdash; Doldrums(talk) 09:42, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * hmmm, I geuss we'll have to remove the articles from wikinews, if they don't respond. I'm fairly certain that you're correct in saying that their license is incompatible because of notification. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:23, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

tabs
Oops, I just clicked on edit section and deleted the section. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 11:09, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, I did a similiar thing too, a bit ago. Bawolff ☺☻ 19:54, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm not making wrong informations
Hi Bawollf i see that you reverted my edits to the verison of the wrong ones and you could just use your and you could do good edits and the five edits. —Daisy&#39;s Gamer 00:26, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Series of earthquakes hit Korea, Indonesia, Turkey and Norway
In the page there only times on the clock on wiki means five and zero because it has the hand on the time line. —Daisy&#39;s Gamer 00:37, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Reply
I have replied to the message you left me on my talk page on my talk page here.

Image
Yes I took it. I work in Russell Square House (you can look it up on a map), my Camera is a Canon Powershot A300. If you would like proof that I work there, please email me using the "email this user" form. - w:en:User:Francis Tyers

wikipedia images
Are not always okay here. We have different policies then they do (Specificly, If the image is fiar use and from a news organization or blog, it is not okay, and everything needs to have a url on it if its from an online source). Bawolff ☺☻ 01:12, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I know :) I think you're talking about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dinkfuneral2.jpg - It's public domain as specified in its page... Towsonu2003 01:22, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * yes, And that one is okay, I just wanted to make sure you knew that as a general rule, that is not always the case. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:29, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * On a similiar note, Image:Masum.gif met speedy deletion criteria. Bawolff ☺☻ 02:10, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know / remember what that is. Towsonu2003 04:28, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * It was an image from an online newspaper. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:32, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * looks like some cops, poking at some dead guy on a bench or something like that. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:34, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh yes, that should be the pic for the pic for Turkish homeless man burns to death after being neglected -it was a breaking news item, than I just forgot about the pic... Towsonu2003 06:11, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Well we're on the subject of images, just to confirm, you took Image:Linux sreenshot.jpg yourself? (and if so, what theme was it using (specioficly a free or not free one)? and are there any proprity programs runing)? Bawolff ☺☻ 00:10, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * You're strict, aren't you :) No, it came either from commons.wikimedi or wikipedia... don't remember... keep in mind that This is a screen shot. It is believed that screen shots may be exhibited on Wikimedia projects under the fair use provision of United States copyright law. Use of the screen shot here does not imply endorsement of the software by the Wikimedia Foundation, nor does it imply endorsement of the Wikimedia Foundation by the software authors.
 * thanks Towsonu2003 00:36, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * okay found it (w:Image:Linux sreenshot.jpg) . thanks. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:42, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * wow good work :) I looked for it myself and couldn't find... Towsonu2003 00:50, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * lol. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:53, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: Burlington map
I copyied the source info from Wikipedia. I guess they will have to change it to Crown copyright too. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  01:28, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * yes, sometimes wikipedia lies. But the important thing is that its all sorted out (On wikinews, I can't make heads or tails about what your supposed to do with that on wikipedia). Bawolff ☺☻ 01:31, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Image HrantDink asassin
I have left a comment on the talk page here and would appriciate your help. Cheers --Markie 15:06, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

UFOs
i don't think UFOs belong as a Space topic, at best, this is partly true(meteorites) or disputed, at worst, simply appears to lend legitimacy to a what is labelled as a Pseudoscience topic on WP. &mdash; Doldrums(talk) 20:37, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Well its (potentially crazy) people believing aliens are coming from space. It probably isn't true, but its directly linked with space. where else would you put it? Bawolff ☺☻ 20:40, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * sorry for the late response. i would do the following - use cat:UFO whenever there's a claim. add cat:Space to article if there's a suggestion/claim that the event is a astronomical one, use cat:wacky if it seems so. i would make subcat UFOs under Science/Tech - whatever the explanation for the event - it is going to be a natural or manmade event; rather than make it a subcat of Space - that wld be claiming that the explanation is of extraterrestrial origin. sounds good? &mdash; Doldrums(talk) 04:37, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
 * ok, sounds good. Bawolff ☺☻ 08:13, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

template specialPublish
I see you are working ahead of the curve for sorting MainPage news stories from Portal pages. I am a bit of a stickler for naming conventions. I also believe that the 'Comment' tab suffered for a lack of a good naming convention. With certainly, some news stories will not make to the MainPage. The tag name to make that so must be suitable. -Edbrown05 09:07, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I am a little tired right now, so if I misinterpret something you say, please tell me. I'm assuming you mean specialPublish is a crappy name for the tag, which it is, but currently its not really used (as we're small enough, that every story needs to count), but if it is ever is, it should probably be renamed (if you feel like it, you can rename it now, just make sure to make everything in portal:quaker work). As far as the comment tab thing goes, that was one of the main issues with it, but its very hard to express the difference between discuss and comment (and add comment) in less then a sentence. Bawolff ☺☻ 09:14, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Smiling, and thinking too, that's all I had to say right now. -Edbrown05 09:20, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Sort of thinking Category:PortalNews is accurate, fair, and neutral. -Edbrown05 08:18, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * That sounds good, or maybe something like category:Local publish (to go along with category:Local only) maybe. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:51, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Local only news
Note the correct category for local news is category:Local only (ussually acompined with something like template:specialPublish). However I disagree with Discriminatory job ad by Central Bank of Turkey asks for men only being considered local only. I think, especially at this stage in wikinews development, that it is intreasting enough for a global audience. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:50, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure how to go about this. I added this "local" tag to it because of the discussions on having single non-english sources... so I used that local tag to show that that news item was not subject to the single source non-english issue... I don't want it to be seen as "local only, don't read it!". Rather I wanted to convey the message of "this is local, I can't find english source"... Here's the discussion I have been dealing with about foreign sources. Towsonu2003 09:48, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * hmm, somehow I don't think that will solve the underlying problem though (If its not english, no one else canread it, so they can't verify it). Bawolff ☺☻ 09:54, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Help?? Yes!
I was trying to make it work with an optional second parameter, but it didn't seem to work so I had to settle for a "name=" parameter. Could you make it work with just ? It should work I think, maybe I just didn't look hard enough... anyway works now too and is explained. I ocasionally try to show some template skills but usually reach my limits pretty fast :-D --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:30, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * How's it look now (You need to purge the cache ( http://en.wikinews.org/w/title=template:commons&action=purge ) to make the template update if its included on its own page. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:33, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah yes... I refreshed but of course I should've purged... thank God for the computer-gifted! Thanks.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:37, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * your welcome, glad I could help. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:40, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Re:Santa image
I found the source but I'm not sure about the copyright :( Please help... — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  17:00, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * sure, just I can't look at it today (just checking my messages right now, don't really have time to do anything at the moment). Bawolff ☺☻ 21:51, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Hey, thanks for fixing these mistakes and leave-outs i've been making. It's 3:05 in the morning here, and honestly, my mind is cloudy. Haven't been getting much sleep latley with school and all. I'll try to be more aware in the future, and attempt to change my edit / sleep habits :) Thunderhead - (talk) 08:05, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * your welcome. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:51, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Image:Olympic rings.png
I honestly don't remember. Replace as desired. Ral315 (talk) 03:09, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
 * okay, thanks. Bawolff ☺☻ 08:12, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

HELP
Please help me, O' Lord computer-gifted Bawolff. I was removing the deleted firefox image off User:RossKoepke's user page but I got a notice saying:

Spam protection filter From Wikinews, the free news source you can write! Jump to: navigation, search The page you wanted to save was blocked by the spam filter. This is probably caused by a link to an external site.

The following text is what triggered our spam filter: ross.servebeer.com

Return to Main Page.

I removed the links so I could remove the image but now it won't let me re-add the links. What should I do? — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  02:25, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * You can't reinsert it linked (without somehow getting it off the spam blacklist), however you can replace it with ross__dot__servebeer__dot__com or something (if you omit the http:// it might work). Bawolff ☺☻ 04:32, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Briefs
ah! so that was the problem. &mdash; Doldrums(talk) 07:55, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * btw, what do u think of the Shorts idea? &mdash; Doldrums(talk) 07:56, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

RE: Bulladelah photo
Hey, I've added the email. Sam doesnt want his address published though. Cheers - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 10:02, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 10:48, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews RSS Feed
Thanks for your kind words about my rss feed. I was just getting to much dos on my rss and had to shut it down. Once I pulled the feed I was getting this every day.

Analysed requests from Thu-01-Feb-2007 00:00 to Fri-02-Feb-2007 00:47 (1.0 days). Total failed requests: 343,181

Happy editing to you as well Inic 05:54, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Appointment to Wikinews Arbitration Committee
To whom it may concern.

Following the elections of January 2007, the Wikinews Arbitration Committee Appointment Committee (WNARBCOMAPCO) hereby appoints you, Ma'am or Sir, to a seat on the Arbitration Committee (ARBCOM) for a term ending on January 31, 2008. The WNARBCOMAPCO congratulates you on your election to this esteemed committee and wishes you the best of luck for your tenure.

Yours sincerely,

--+Deprifry+ 03:26, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Head of the Wikinews Arbitration Committee Appointment Committee Board of Managing Directors (HOTWNARBCOMAPCOBOMD)
 * yipee, another year of being on the cabal, err, I mean arbcom. TINC! Bawolff ☺☻ 03:32, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * On a serious note. I wanted to say thank you for everyone who voted for me. I hope to continue to serve everyone well as an arbitrator. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:32, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * You deserved it! — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  03:33, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * thank you. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:35, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Downsizing
How long ago was this poll? Mabye time for a new one... Club2007 00:34, 4 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Okay, I won't argue. I looked at the poll and there were only about 60 votes. Time for a re-vote?

TAGHeuer
Yeah sorry about that. To be honest i didn't check the source on 'peida so it's my fault and yes it should have been deleted. Thanks--Markie 12:43, 4 February 2007 (UTC) Also related to this i would like to upload http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Catania_violence.JPG from 'pedia but does "SkySport" count as a competing news source??--Markie 13:26, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think that image would be allowed. That tv station does news too, and its proably from their news broadcast. 21:00, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Image:Adultswimlogo.png
No problem, sorry about the confusion. I think I might also have found an image on Commons that could have superseeded (sp?) that. Can't remember the file name, though. --Thunderhead - (talk) 15:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I highly doubt that, as images like that are not really allowed on commons. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:01, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Soccer results/fixtures moderator
Hi

I saw you are in need of moderator for soccer results/fixtures section. I could provide you with (free) accurate XML feeds with results/fixtures for over 600 soccer competitions world wide.

Please contact me if you are interested: arjen@globalsportsmedia.com
 * I'm currently discussing this with someone. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:19, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi Bawolff, have you already decided about this one? As said, we could embed our results/fixtures data for over 600 leagues inside Wikipedia.

"Shrinking Cities" Image
Thanks. --Elatanatari 19:23, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Do you know how to get the article on the Culture & Entertainment list of the North America Portal?
 * It is there currently. Usually you just add the two categories (category:North America, and Category:Culture and entertainment). Bawolff ☺☻ 23:19, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks again.--Elatanatari 16:48, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Removal of title tag
Thanks for the title tag tip... it worked! :-) --user:jgladding
 * your welcome, glad I could help. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask (just not on w:Talk:Main Page as that's actually the wrong place) Bawolff ☺☻ 06:02, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * yeah, I figured as much, but I'm still learning Witiquette... it's so hard to follow all the "rules" around here. ;-)
 * yes, well around here (wikinews) its a lot simpler. On wikipedia its complex due to the extreme amount of people there. they have to have lots of rules, or stuff would become over-run. Bawolff ☺☻ 08:58, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

photos (animation) thingy
Good job with the photographer thingy for Annie awards. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:46, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Any sort of pre-planned event in a major metro area, I'm willing to try and get professional photographers to come out to it. I didn't expect many people would want to take pictures of people that are only famous within such a narrow community, but it's amazing how much interest that I got, just through a single Craigslist posting. --  Zanimum 16:05, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I just think that it is really cool. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:06, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

fur story
How does it qualify as an interview? Bawolff ☺☻ 03:30, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * See this revision - Zanimum was the person who decided to add that to the article. I'm not a regular at Wikinews, so I don't know what qualifies as an interview. It wasn't exactly one-on-one, but there were more board members than people attending the meeting. GreenReaper 04:22, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Well that's slightly pushing it, but I think its okay. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:31, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * p.s. do you want me to revert the crap on this page? Bawolff ☺☻ 03:30, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * It is history. Let it remain. :-) GreenReaper 04:22, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

GFDL images
can't be used, i take it. place a note to that effect on WN:IUP? &mdash; Doldrums(talk) 07:23, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * WN:IUP is not reflective of current practices. The correct answer is they sort of can be used &mdash; Category:GFDL images. They should (in ideal world) be at commons. However they are allowed here because people got pissed at commons a while back, and its a slippery slope from there. Also by the same logic, we'd have to remove all CC-bY, PD CC-BY-SA, and other free images as well (which we should do eventually). Bawolff ☺☻ 07:28, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * See also Wikinews talk:Image use policy. Actually I just made a post to commons-l, discussing how wikinews and commons have sort of drifted apart (IMHO) Bawolff ☺☻ 07:35, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * hmmm...i still haven't figured out the answer to the question i has in mind - whether i can use Image:Al aqsa moschee 2.jpg (GFDL licensed on Commons) in the Al Aqsa mosque article, there does exist a CC alternative - Image:Al_Aksa_Mosque,_Mount_of_Olives.jpg. &mdash; Doldrums(talk) 07:59, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, yes you could use it. We can use a lot of variations in image licenses, we just can't use GFDL text in the article. Anything on Commons we can use (unless it has a speedy delete template on it, then it ight not be okay) Bawolff ☺☻ 08:02, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * thanks, will do. (note to self: ask the right question to get the right answer.) &mdash; Doldrums(talk) 08:15, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Images
If you look at the history of these pages i didnt actually add the licenses as i admit they confuse the hell out of me but Doldrums added the licensing info for me. I don't add licensing ifo because im never sure which it is so i leave it to others such as Doldrums. Any chance of a simple guide to which one to use. Also please feel free to change the licensing to the right one as i have no idea about them.

Thanks--Markie 10:43, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Accredidation
No need. I should be thanking you for spuring me to figure out how that worked. Thanks--Elatanatari 02:18, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * By the way, if you want a better edit counter, try http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits (gives you a bit extra info, for example here's mine) (slightly outdated (about a month) for the english wikipedia, everything else is about a day and a half behind). Bawolff ☺☻ 03:21, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Missourced images
Image:Hospitality Club - Brussels 2004 meeting.JPG and Image:Hospitality Club - Monnai camp 2005.jpg were both taken from (which unfortunately is now answering 403) along with the licence text that I put under the photos. The authors (which I both know personally) have given their consent that the photos be used in the context of a news story but retain copyrights. From there on you know the policies better than I and it's up to you whether you keep or delete them. --70.80.2.41 04:48, 11 February 2007 (UTC) (w:User:Valmi)
 * Thankyou for responding. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:59, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

images, images
are the images here and here fair game? the copyright statement is a restricted one. &mdash; Doldrums(talk) 11:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * found (and used) from here instead: . &mdash; Doldrums(talk) 12:30, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * They're (all of them) are probably okay as fair use - publicity (but free-er images are preferred if available). Try clicking on the validate xhtml link at the bottom of the first site you linked. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:50, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, sorry about that, wrong pic.--Elatanatari 19:27, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

renaming ok?
is this way out of line:
 * 11:34, 12 February 2007 Doldrums (Talk | contribs | block) Disgraced Ted Haggard paid settlement and will leave area moved to 'Completely heterosexual' Ted Haggard reaches financial settlement with church (so sue me.)

original headline aws considered pov. &mdash; Doldrums(talk) 06:07, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Umm, if its in quote marks I think it'd be okay. I'm not really sure though. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:09, 12 February 2007 (UTC)