User talk:Symode09/Archive1

RE Video (awesome)
WOW...I am impressed...its really awesome!!! I like it a lot...How did you do it? If we can get this WNN thing or a podcast going that would be awesome. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help...GREAT INTRO!!! :-) DragonFire1024 07:26, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Any way somebody can make it on WMV?  Thunderhead User talk:Thunderhead 07:50, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I am in the US...Buffalo NY...hmmm I love the 60 minutes idea...Id totally be into that. Hmm...we should have more country graphics...the scenes of countries can be shorter to have more...Other than that, I like it a lot :) DragonFire1024 08:05, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I love it as well. (I did notice New Zealand was missing through...:P) Was that the Sky News Soundtrack you were using? (it sounds familiar). In case your interested, there is a couple of "wikinews soundtracks" here Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 08:09, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree. (I'm just worried about copyright) we could be nice if someone who's good with music can come up with a good one Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 08:20, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Well we cannot use another news ageny's theme song...but I donno where else to get theme music. DragonFire1024 08:19, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmmm...this is interesting...but no prices: Arrington Music: Music for media. DragonFire1024 08:25, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Excuse me, I meant Windows Media.  Thunderhead  ►  08:26, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Kay, don't make it a priority, though. I can indeed wait for Soapbox registration to open up. I'm a patient man (except on my RFAs)  Thunderhead  ►  08:32, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Either one is fine with me, widescreen preferred.  Thunderhead  ►  08:49, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Agrees with Thunderhead Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 08:51, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * And for your last question, either is fine :-)  Thunderhead  ►  09:10, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

A green screen...Wish we were around the corner from each other...I have a small extra room we could do up. DragonFire1024 07:19, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

No Problem
This was the beta logo for Wikinews, but it is no longer copyrighted by the Foundation.  Thunderhead  ►  09:22, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

AWESOME. VIDEO. PERIOD.
That was AWESOME. I just saw it on the project page. Nice work, A plus material.  Thunderhead  ►  17:01, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I would like to see the video, but I can't because you need to create an MSN account. Could you upload it to commons? — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  17:03, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * here.  Thunderhead  ►  07:28, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Audio track
What format would you like the track in?? WAV or MP3. Also very small point but when adding a new message to a talk page please use the add coment bit so that it gets a new title for the section. Not that important but makes everything easier to read. Thanks --Mark Talk 14:03, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Right will email it to you then. Have seen the blog and i am already on the list of enrolees but carry on your advertising anyway. --Mark Talk 14:21, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Southern part, near the sea :-) BTW you got my email yet??--Mark Talk 14:26, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Sent the files.--Mark Talk 14:35, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * yup Londons a really nice place, but have to agree Manchesters not that nice. Bet Australias a nice place to live all that sun.  Is unknown in England, well not too bad today, sun is out but not that hot.  Global warming may help us on our way though!  --Mark Talk 15:02, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmm so not so good for you but not so bad for us. Looking forward to the new vids.  Well done.--Mark Talk 15:38, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Graphics
Hmm both these links dont seem to work. Will try them again later though. Good work with the new vid. Maybe a blog update to refelct new changes - hint hint. --Mark Talk 15:43, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews Video Blog
Who will get access to the Windows live site? I would like to spruce it up a lil :) DragonFire1024 15:44, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * And what is the link to put it on my MySpace profile???: I have the first one there: http://www.myspace.com/dragonfire1024

DragonFire1024 16:06, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * E-mail is on user page for site access...BTW...I figured out how to link it to my blog :) DragonFire1024 17:05, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Ideas
Yup the vids looking good. Few things about the ideas though - 60 mins is quite a long time and will require a lot of effort - how often is this going to happen. Think thats it for the time, good work. --Mark Talk 16:15, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Ahh thats ok then, not usre if 60mins is here (if it is i havent seen it).--Mark Talk 16:28, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Project Video Wikinews
Hey Zanimum,

Welcome to Project Video Wikinews!

Just so other members know who to contact for certain tasks, are there any specific parts of the project you are interested in? Writing a script? Editing? Presenting?

By the looks of things you are interested in finding a story/ reasearching or, writing the script. If you are, could you start to have a look for a story which could readily be investegated and discussed in much detail. The program will hopefully present stories in as much depth as a 60 minutes story. Don't know what 60 minutes is (the Australian version), it looks into stories at MUCH depth. If you want to see one 60 minutes story, go to http://youtube.com/watch?v=8DWZcf_GLWY

Please look for a story which is currently a major INTERNATIONAL issue or, is a small, local story which is heart-touching.

Thanks --Symode09 16:51, 10 April 2007 (UTC)


 * While this is an admirable goal of quality, perhaps it's a little too much? Most stories that I could see people reporting on are somewhere inbetween. A protest, a local business issue, interviews, a furry convention even. But it's hard to land big stories unless you just so happen to be at their heart. The only international story that hit my hometown was the arrest of alleged terrorists. Otherwise, nothing really world-stage worth has happened in my town of 400,000. --  Zanimum 21:01, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Commons
We should at least upload the second video to commons IMO for easy access Wiki wide. DragonFire1024 00:56, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * On the Wikinews mailing list, they love the videos :) but they want to see it on a more broader scale...aka YouTube and Commons...So we should upload to commons first then YouTube...Yes just the second promo video. If you need to sign up for the wikinews-I mailing list you can here and I wouls suggest setting it up as a bundle.

I had to revert the edit because the links were not working. Sorry DragonFire1024 01:17, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem about IRC :) So how about commons? DragonFire1024 01:24, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * See my recent reply about commons :) DragonFire1024 02:02, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Graphics 3.0
The link on the blog is incorrect...I left a comment...But Nice graphics 3.0 :) DragonFire1024 08:06, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes I did see it :) I was laughing a little because of the interview itself but I like it so far :) DragonFire1024 08:14, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I liked the blue one that was moving...the one that said Thunderhead on it...But Thunderhead's name should be in black IMO. Maybe a LOGO graphic? we have a new one that someone made: . DragonFire1024 08:17, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * ) Kewl :) DragonFire1024 08:40, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * This linky is served with the wrong mime type &mdash; http://members.iinet.net.au/~symode09/1.0 (its text/plain should be text/html. not that I would be able to read the flash anyways, but you still might want to fix that). Bawolff ☺☻ 22:01, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

YouTube
I have made an additional additional promo. Like it? DragonFire1024 10:03, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

. Enjoy :) —Zachary talk 15:59, 11 April 2007 (UTC)


 * It was originally created using a program called FantaMorph, and I just encoded it to the various codecs using VirtualDub. What format would you like it in? —Z<b style="color:#10679f">a</b><b style="color:#084d83">c</b><b style="color:#003366">h</b><b style="color:#0e448d">a</b><b style="color:#1c55b5">r</b><b style="color:#2965db">y</b> talk 16:33, 11 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Ok. I will get it to you later, I'm gonna catch some Zs. —<b style="color:#1780bb">Z</b><b style="color:#10679f">a</b><b style="color:#084d83">c</b><b style="color:#003366">h</b><b style="color:#0e448d">a</b><b style="color:#1c55b5">r</b><b style="color:#2965db">y</b> talk 17:19, 11 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Actually I thought it would take longer to do, but it's done. Enjoy! —<b style="color:#1780bb">Z</b><b style="color:#10679f">a</b><b style="color:#084d83">c</b><b style="color:#003366">h</b><b style="color:#0e448d">a</b><b style="color:#1c55b5">r</b><b style="color:#2965db">y</b> talk 17:28, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah Zarchary beat me to it :) well I sent it in an e-mail anyways because I did not see this first :) Like? DragonFire1024 20:08, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The music is from the music we were discussing on the Yap!. brianmc hooked us up with it and we have about 8 or more tracks to choose from. DragonFire1024 03:18, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Here is the THIRD Wikinews Promo video. Enjoy :) DragonFire1024 05:18, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

How could you embedd a video / insert html code into a page? --Symode09 07:00, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The short answer is you can't (in wikinews. Well actually I lie about that, but the only method currently is a very very bad idea), for really really good reasons. Basically (to do it in a good way) someone would need to create a (php) extention for mediawiki that inserts the code. P.S. DF said something about you having a new media player. what's the stopry about that? Bawolff ☺☻ 05:22, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
 * see MediaWiki extensions. If you're referring to youtube embedation, that already exists but isn't enabled here (for example - mw:Extension:YouTubeTag among others). Basically what it would theoretically look like is similiar to a DPL. something like image:foo.ogg, and the &lt;video&gt; tags would be replaced by whats on this page. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:37, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
 * For the video page, you might want to make the background not repeat. it looks a little strange on high resolutions. Bawolff ☺☻ 19:57, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

RE IRC
Sorry I missed you in IRC. I was out of the room and was not looking at the monitor. How are things on your end :) DragonFire1024 14:57, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
 * You really ought to try a real client. CGI::IRC sucks. Bawolff ☺☻ 02:34, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Embeded video
I agree that we DO need a player, but it does have to be "free" or open sourced...But with that said...I think we need to worry more about getting content and a pilot and an opening theme before we worry about a video player. I hope you are not discouraged. DragonFire1024 11:54, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Ready
All the graphics are done? We still need an opening theme with a theme song? closing credit I can do with a program I have...But I don't see where we are ready unless I am missing something?? Let me know :) DragonFire1024 05:21, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Hello? I am sorry to pester you...but I would like an update/response...I would like to know what needs to be done and what is done... DragonFire1024 02:08, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Candle Light Vigil For Victims of Virginia Tech Shootings
Candle Light Vigil For Victims of Virginia Tech Shootings needs work. --SVTCobra 16:14, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Please respect the editorial process . . . --SVTCobra 16:21, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Your sources section was a mess. I cleaned it up. --SVTCobra 16:25, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: Wikinews Video Project
Hey, thanks! I'm actually not a member of the project anymore, but this page may be of use to you if you haven't seen it already. I would also visit them on IRC as #wikimedia-cpg. I am Pilotguy on IRC as well. Thanks for your interest! —Pilot<font color="#00FFFF">guy cleared for takeoff  12:50, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

take, especially for a newcomer. but u'll have to acknowledge and help fix such mistakes if they're found. it's especially troubling that u give misleading source information. it's a big problem if we cannot trust you to contribute to wikinews and keep to its policies. –Doldrums(talk) 10:16, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


 * i'm not sure u do understand. one article, the Quantas one, remains unresolved and needs your answers. ur edit to the ANZAC article, where you added what appears to be false information and then published the article, remains unexplained. i know u r focusing on other things but we cannot leave the Quantas article as it is. it has to be fixed. u will find it very hard to contribute to wikinews if some of ur contributions look suspicious and you refuse to clarify issues about them.
 * btw, the huge image on ur userpage needs to be fixed. on Firefox2/WinXP, atleast, it blocks access to tabs and other links providing Wikinews functionality. –Doldrums(talk) 11:56, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

IRC
Sorry if you were kicked from IRC earlier...we had a vandal problem and I blocked the wrong set of IPs and nearly blocked everyone :( Its ok now though, so come on back :) DragonFire1024 17:14, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Wikipedia attacked by trusted administrator
Please see my and Brianmc's comment. Bawolff ☺☻ 09:29, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Moved your "Mobile" pages
I've moved your Mobile pages to your userspace while you work on them. The main namespace is only for news articles. —<b style="color:#1780bb">Z</b><b style="color:#10679f">a</b><b style="color:#084d83">c</b><b style="color:#003366">h</b><b style="color:#0e448d">a</b><b style="color:#1c55b5">r</b><b style="color:#2965db">y</b> talk 12:19, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

The Chaser Targets Wikipedia Founder
You must follow wikinews rules. If a user has issues with your article you must use the talk page to discuss those issues. Continuous removal of tags and continuous creation of copyrighted material can get you blocked. And I don't want to see that happen. Please follow the rules. DragonFire1024 08:23, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

applying for grants
i saw this and am concerned about it. pls keep in mind that you do not represent Wikinews or the Wikimedia Foundation. an appeal on behalf of Wikinews, at the very least, should only be initiated after letting a broad section of Wikinewsians as well as the Foundation know about it. i am concerned because i do not believe you are sufficiently knowledgable or experienced to do these things on your own. pls discuss such matters widely in the project (in particular involve those experienced with such matters, for eg. Eloquence or IlyaHaykinson) as well as with the Foundation before approaching an outside agency on behalf of Wikinews. at this point i'd strongly suggest you post a note on cooler and contact the Foundation explaining what you've done so far. –Doldrums(talk) 11:20, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews:Video Wikinews/2.0/Team
Please check the user names and real names on this list. They are mixed-up. You had mine wrong (which I removed completely) and obviously DragonFire1024 should be Jason. Jcart1534 14:24, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Ouch!
That hurt. Stop poking me with hot spoons! terinjokes | Talk 16:52, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Glasgow airport car crash images
Hi,

the images you've uploaded on this topic have been deleted. It's against policy to claim fair use on images when the source of the images are competing news organisations. Please review the Image use policy before uploading more images like that.

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:20, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

New pill to extend human life created
is not suitable for publishing, as i've indicated on the article. –Doldrums(talk) 18:19, 15 July 2007 (UTC)