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Star Trek depictions[edit]

Your artistic renditions of Kira and Sisko are appreciated but how do they help the article? According to WP:Images, an image should be "relevant to the article they appear in and be of sufficient notability (relative to the article's topic)." The images you placed were just fan art done by yourself. I know you are an admin but I still do not see any rationale for fan art done by the user themselves should be on an encyclopedic page. Gdo01 00:58, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

They weren't by me. The reason I included them is because they are free license images, as opposed to the fair use images already present. -- Zanimum 16:54, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Guardian article[edit]

I read it yesterday. I posted a response on Talk:Cristina Odone. Alan Pascoe 23:05, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikisource logo for Finnish Wikisource[edit]

Hi. Could you please make a Finnish version of Wikisource's logo. The project name would be WIKIAINEISTO. Thank you beforehand. -- Mzlla 15:42, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Nick[edit]

Hey Nick, its me your cousin "André"

Just popped in a saw that your updating your webpage --G-mailer 23:27, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Andre! Nice to see you stopped by! -- Zanimum 17:31, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Zanimum[edit]

I have questions regarding on the Somali wikipedia. I will wait your response on where should post my questions. My account at so.wikupedia.org is mimursal. Thanks in advance.

- M. I. Mursal-

Post them on my English Wikipedia talkpage, I'll try my best to answer as many as I can. -- Zanimum 16:20, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]


I am a Somali native speaker and a user of so.wikipedia.org (Somali wikipedia). there are some misused pages [1] to be removed and some other translation to be done on the main page. I am not sure if you speak Somali if sow we could communicate in Somali. I would like to volunteer the Administrator/sysop work for so.wikipedia.org. --Mimursal 20:26, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about the delay to reply. I see you have discovered "Requests for permissions". If you need my support, I will vote for you. -- Zanimum 15:09, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Don’t worry about the delay. Thanks for the support offer. I saw that you have indicated your support for me on Requests_for_permissions on meta wiki, but Walter has over crossed that support. So if you are still in the mood, please do it on this Requests_for_adminship page. --Mimursal 09:03, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Licensing Images[edit]

Hello there:

I saw your note about licensing images on my talk page. But for the most part, to my knowledge I have been using the GFDL/Creative Commons by SA when uploading my pics to WikiMedia, such as this one I did earlier in the week: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:GreenHead01-AltesMuseum-Berlin.png. So I must be missing out on something then; is at an earlier image you are interested in? (or am I missing something when it comes to the GFDL/CC?)

Cheers! Captmondo 22:49, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Great to here you've started! There were a few ones from like two years ago or more, in the TTC and Toronto folders. You're okay with these being relicensed? -- Zanimum 14:38, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
In that case, not a problem -- go for it! Captmondo 10:35, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there![edit]

n:Wikinews:Administrators#User:Zanimum.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:03, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thx. I am also an admin for the Inupiak Wikipedia, if that's relevant. Also, my writing stats for Wikinews are actually 105 now, thanks to the Toronto/Brampton/Mississauga election interviews. -- Zanimum 18:25, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:TaraSpencerNairn2.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:TaraSpencerNairn2.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

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I think I'm about 36 hours away from turning User:B.Wind/TV list sandbox into List of longest running U.S. cable television series as I had a particularly fruitful editing session last night. Any feedback you have will be most appreciated (please feel free to edit - the list probably needs a fresh perspective from someone without dyslexia). If it all looks good to everybody, I'll trim the comments and move the rest on Tuesday (November 15) or Wednesday (November 16). B.Wind 11:26, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Virtual classroom[edit]

I spotted your message on the VC talk page - thanks for the question and comment. The Virtual classroom is in its experimental stage. If it grows into a valuable resource, then perhaps it can be moved to the Wikipedia namespace in the future. I've brainstormed a potential itinerary in my workshop (accessible from the header of my user page), and welcome your suggestions. You are also welcome to participate in the discussions in the classroom itself. What interfaces do you use to navigate and work on Wikipedia? (Please post your answers in the relevant sections on the VC page. Hope to see you there.  The Transhumanist   23:51, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image tagging for Image:Movie_DVD_cover_batman.jpg[edit]

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Thanks for noticing that, Kizor. Perhaps a semi-protect is in order, do you think? -- Zanimum 18:29, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes! We're losing. ASAP, please. --Kizor 18:31, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. --Kizor 18:48, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I respectfully disagree. Please see WP:SPP#When_not_to_use_semi-protection. The Main Page Featured Article should not be protected, and certainly not for two hours. savidan(talk) (e@) 20:18, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Featured articles of the day[edit]

Please do not protect the featured article of the day for more than a few minutes to clean up vandalism (or perhaps longer in the event of serious vandalism, but we need not spill any beans as to what constitutes that). I have unprotected the page. Thanks. Cowman109Talk 21:04, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

More replaceable fair use images[edit]

Chowbok 22:51, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Help needed on so.wikipedia.org[edit]

Hello, We need you help on the Somali wiki. Someone (from IP 80.124.149.131) has deleted article links on the Main page of the site. How to get back that information? Here is the linkthat you can check of what he/she has done. My talk page on Wiki SO is so:user talk:mimursal

Thanks in advance, --Mimursal 07:52, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The page has been restored by so:user:baronnet. Thanks to him. --Mimursal 09:28, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please use edit summaries[edit]

I have been trying to find edits in the edit history of Template:In the news and you not using edit summaries is quite unhelpful. You should also used edit summaries if you make substantial edits to any other article or Wikipedia page. —Centrxtalk • 07:54, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

1,500,000th article[edit]

Hi! You said that the snail article was one of four created at the same time.. out of curiosity, do you remember the other three? Which articles? Regards, Punkmorten 22:26, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm also interested in this matter (probably for the article in the Signpost this coming week). Thanks in advance. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 23:04, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
My decision was based on a comment to the main page talk by AmiDaniel: "It's not conclusive yet though--the contest seems to be between Kanab Ambersnail, Hotel Torni, and the one you mentioned. We won't know for sure for some time, so let's just try to stay calm". A while after he made it, there was no decision, so I decided to step in and just choose Kanab on the basis that it couldn't be declared trivial, as it is an endangered species, and that the article could easily be expanded. While the Hotel Torni did show promise, there was no guarantee that there'd be enough interest and easily available information to expand it. Other choices mentioned, like Alonzo Jackson, just seemed really dislikable. As there was no definitive answer, I saw no harm in choosing a symbolic 1,500,000th by making those judgement calls. Let me know if you want to know more. -- Zanimum 18:03, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds good. Thanks for your response. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 04:39, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. What is the purpose of Template:WikiProject Extinction, and why is it going on about dogs? Thanks – Gurch 00:13, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Sherrie Westin, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at Talk:Sherrie Westin. You may remove the {{dated prod}} template, and the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Demiurge 14:19, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Looks much better now, thanks for expanding it. Demiurge 17:44, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Main Page banner[edit]

Can you remove the blank line in Template:Main Page banner? It is causing extra white space to show on the main page. It's the line break right before the noinclude tag. --- RockMFR 17:35, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about that. I just added back in the interwiki link to the Vietnamese edition. -- Zanimum 17:50, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How was this deleted? Was this listed at PUI or IFD? IMHO, if it didn't pass through those channels I demand that the screencapbe undeleted and undergo at deletion discussion. --Howard the Duck 07:49, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, Ral315 was technically right in deleting it. American fair use law only is applicable when the image in question is used to illustrate in an editorial context, aka the article space. I've undeleted for the time being, but I recommend uploading it to a file hosting service, and just linking to there. -- Zanimum 14:27, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Zanimum, why did you undeleted Image:Bob rae posed 2006 campaign.JPG? Did you consulted the admin who deleted it? And why do you believe the image is "not replaceable"? Best regards, --Abu Badali 22:21, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

None of the flickr photos of Rae are CC-BY, I've yet to hear back from anyone I contacted, urging relicensing. Because a random Wikinewsie applied to attend a Liberal event early the campaign, and didn't show up, we're unlikely to be able to get into this weekend's leadership vote. Rae will either become the leader of the federal opposition party, and be extremely hard to get a hold of, or he will lose, and disappear into private retirement. Additionally, his campaign manager personally encouraged the image's usage. Until Monday, there's no hope in heck I'd be able to converse with them, to ask them to relicense the image, due to the busy last minute campaigning. -- Zanimum 22:30, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well, this means you dispute Quadell's decision to delete the image as replaceable. Don't you agree that going through Wikipedia:Deletion review would be the proper course of actions? Simply reposting the image makes it a candidate for speedy deletion. --Abu Badali 22:38, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright Violations[edit]

Since you last warned Lfabre, (and are an administrator) I thought you might know what to do next. He/She has just contributed large chunks of text (or created) The Financier , the Stoic, and The Titan , and copied her/his contributions from [[2]] and [[3]]. I haven't been able to find if and where The Titan one comes from, but it seems a suspiciously similar tone!!! Thanks for your help --Slp1 01:45, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. I've fixed the two you're sure of, by deleting them, then restoring only the edits before Lfabre added content. This way the copyvios don't appear at all in the edit history. -- Zanimum 15:13, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Just reviewing things, I've blocked him for six months. -- Zanimum 15:19, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks very much for your help. I'll keep looking for the Titan source. Slp1 03:32, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I finally found it here [4], and have removed the text from The Titan article. Thanks for your help! --Slp1 14:28, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Marjorie Husted[edit]

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Marjorie Husted, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at Talk:Marjorie Husted. You may remove the deletion notice, and the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. UKWiki 20:17, 30 November 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Take a look at my citation for her birthdate. -- Zanimum 20:24, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies, please can you wikify it :) UKWiki 19:40, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New Photo Matching Service[edit]

Hi there,

I'm contacting you because you listed yourself at Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Photographers. You might be interested in a new wikiproject page that lists photographers and articles that need photos by location. The page is located at Wikipedia:Photo Matching Service or WP:PMS GabrielF 00:12, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is Wikipedia China Really Wikipedia?[edit]

Hey Nick, I just noticed you have posted a comment referring perspective readers of the report to Andrew Lih's response. There has been an ongoing discussion at the village pump at Chinese wikipedia. A concerned wikipedian posted a memo of contest to the mailing list [5]. Ktsquare (talk) 06:24, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]



Reply[edit]

Actually, it is you that needs to read up a bit, the only comment on that talk page is from me! Secondly, there is clearly no consensus to use the images template, in fact there seems to largely be consensus not to use them. Do not add them back to the articles until the community has decided to do so.

Also, note that not deleting a template does not mean it should be used on articles, for the relevant discussions of no consensus see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Illustrated_Wikipedia, Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Illustrative_comics and Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Wikipedia:WikiProject_Illustrated_Wikipedia. Martin 12:47, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Centennial of the City of Toronto[edit]

Centennial of the City of Toronto has been nominated for deletion. Might want to check it out... --- RockMFR 14:39, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Image:Tv the nature of things david suzuki .jpg[edit]

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I have proposed this article for deletion. --Brianyoumans 06:53, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned fair use image (Image:Book anne of green gables.jpg)[edit]

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Hi, I recently replaced your uploaded cover image with an image of the original cover of the book per User:Chick Bowen/Bad book covers. A recent cover like yours technically would not be acceptable under the "replaceable" clause of our fair use policy, since the books' original covers, title pages, etc. would be free. Thanks, and I was just letting you know that I did thisQueenStupid 17:28, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

FYI[edit]

( ) (film) got prodded. 74.109.173.23 02:28, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads up. Sadly, I can't find where I cited that quote from, and so I'm presuming there's no way to save the page. But again, thank you so much for letting me know. -- Zanimum 14:26, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tyler Kyte Interview[edit]

Thanks for the chance to comment on the questions for the Tyler Kyte interview. I'll give some thought to specific questions, and will get back to you in a day or two, unless you need something right away.

I used to do lots of interviews when I was a magazine editor. Two general comments: (1) do some easy lead-in questions as a warm-up, and then go for some open-ended questions that will provoke thought; and (2) find out what they are really excited about - what really engages their interest - and that will give you the most interesting angle for your story.

Thanks again. I'll be back with specifics.

User:JD_Fan

Cool stuff! Eagerly awaiting questions, Zanimum 21:46, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tyler Kyte Interview[edit]

Thanks for asking. How did you manage to get an interview with him. I will definitley be helping out.

User:Musicfreak7676

I just asked him on his MySpace. He I guess just happened to be logged on, because minutes later, he said yes. I guess you never know until you try. Glad to hear you're interested. -- Zanimum 21:42, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That's awesome. I wish I could do that with Alexz. -- User:Musicfreak7676
Well, once Wikinews has a few smaller interviews under it's belt, we can definitely try to get her. I'm try to start small, and build up a track record so we can develop the trust and admiration of bigger stars and their PR people. -- Zanimum 14:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Instant Star images[edit]

I looked at ctv.ca but couldn't find the same imagas. Do you know where in the site they are? - Peregrinefisher 01:37, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, go to here, and then click "browse all shows". Scroll down the list to Instant Star. -- Zanimum 14:49, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Image:William h macy.jpg[edit]

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E-mail sent[edit]

As above. Ral315 (talk) 04:47, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Danny Williams pic[edit]

Hey man - thanks for letting me know why you changed up the photo. Contrary to my original reaction, I now appreciate the work you're doing! Thanks. AshleyMorton 13:40, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Cinemas And movie theaters in the United States[edit]

I notice that you (or your 'bot, more likely) yesterday removed the various Fox Theater articles from the category "Cinemas and movie theaters" and placed them in the category "Cinemas and movie theaters in the United States". Is this going to be an ongoing project to move all American movie theaters with WP articles to the more specific category? At the moment, the category link leads to that page with only the nine Fox theaters on it. I've been adding various theater pages I edit or stumble across to the old category for a while, but if the more specific national category is to become standard then I'll just start using that from now on. Whyaduck 14:37, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Reverting warnings[edit]

The user left three advertising messages on the VP, which I reverted, and left her a message for. The account has not edited since. Another user came along a couple of minutes later and posted a somewhat inflammatory warning, and I reverted that under WP:NPA, WP:CIVIL, WP:BITE, etc. Six hours later you posted an unnecessary test4 warning for some unknown reason. The user had already received one message for her edits, which was enough to make her stop. There was no need for any more warnings, especailly three hours after the event. -- Steel 14:38, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Brampton Airport[edit]

Ah, I see, the coordinates were correct, but 45° 45’ 37” can't be converted to 45.4537 but it should be 45.760278. I'm not sure what type of tag you mean as (aside from one being water and at 1 : 10000 as opposed to 1 : 30000) both show up the same on Google with a tag on it pointing out the feature and the coordinates. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 16:06, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot, here's a link to a coordinate convertor. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 16:09, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speedying articles on WP:AFD[edit]

Please see these comments. In your case I refer to Burnt By The Sun: Yet Another Russian Hamlet and, may I add Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth is awesome. -- RHaworth 18:10, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for Clifted->Clifton in Episode 6[edit]

I guess it has to be Clifton because of the set of cartoons at the far right of User:Greg_Williams. Now if we could just get the respective editors to include a pointer to the cartoon in each article! EdJohnston 20:23, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cool photo, Thanks. GoodDay 21:56, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Tyler Kyte Interview[edit]

I'll try to get back to you on possible questions (I can think of several) by the end of this weekend. I have been super-busy at work (lots of overtime) because of deadlines for projects, and have also been sidetracked by having a Wikipedia article (on a singer) nominated for deletion, for reasons of notability. There is an ongoing debate.[6]

Actually, I got to writing this article because of Alexz Johnson, in a way. One day, I was checking iTunes for her music, and was following the leads to artists mentioned in the "listeners also liked" section. I really liked one of the singers in that list - Alana Grace - and wound up writing an article on her. As an Alexz fan, you might like her too (some songs are at [7]) - another singer/songwriter who combines talent, training, and hard work. She has a CD coming out in a couple of months.

I'll be back to you soon with some suggested interview questions. Thanks for the opportunity to comment.

User:JD_Fan 15 December 2006

I'll have some suggested questions later today.

User:JD_Fan 17 December 2006

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Suggested Questions for Tyler Kyte Interview[edit]

Here's a list of suggested questions. I used to be in the magazine business, and did cover story interviews once every two months, on average.

I found it helpful to think out the questions in advance and to share them with the interviewees, time permitting, to give them a chance to get their thoughts together in advance. You want them to really think about your questions - and the more that they can engage with the questions (and with your general approach), the more time you can get with them (e.g., half-hour interviews would often go to one hour). I used a tape recorder and later a digital voice recorder (DVR) for my interviews, since that helped with getting the quotes right. If it's a phone interview, you can hook a DVR up to your phone easily.

Here are some suggested questions, under various categories, with lead-in and a lead-out:


Acting Career[edit]

- You certainly got an early start in acting. How old were you when you were on Popular Mechanics for Kids with Elisha Cuthbert? (She has played a key role on "24", as Jack Bauer's daughter.)

- Did either you or Elisha ever imagine that your careers would take off the way that they have? (With Instant Star now being shown in 121 countries around the world, pulling in major ratings in big markets such as the USA, you are certainly well-known, and that must be giving a boost to your music career as well.)

- Do you see yourself as primarily an actor or a musician, or a blend of both?

- Do you find that Spiederman fits you well, or are you much different from that? If so, how so?

- Do you get a chance to shape the Spiederman character and some of the situations in which he is involved?

- From Stephen Stohn's postings on the CTV discussion board, we get the picture that it's a real team effort on Instant Star. They certainly are getting some fine performances from the cast, including yourself. Can you walk us through a bit of what it is like there?

- Do you get a chance to shape some of the music on Instant Star? We heard some talk about "songwriting camps", and wondered if you were involved in those.

- Is Season 3 basically a continuation of the characters and story lines, or does it break out into some new directions? What sorts of things can we expect next time around?

- What can you tell us about Cory Lee, who plays the new character, Karma? Will she be some kind of nemesis for Jude? She certainly comes well-qualified, with a 2006 Juno nomination for best new R&B singer. (Note: For your info, Cory Lee's sister, Kim Urhahn, was the drummer for Lillix. Like Alexz, all of these folks are from B.C.)

Music Career[edit]

- We first heard you as part of SME (Spiederman Mind Explosion) on Instant Star, and especially in the "Backstage Pass" show with Alexz Johnson at the beginning of 2006. You sounded great, especially on Another Thin Line and My Sweet Time - nice guitar work! (Note: I have good MP3s / WMAs of the live songs on Backstage Pass - those versions really are very good. If you don't have them, I can e-mail them to you, or can give you (in confidence) the coordinates of my Yahoo Briefcase (basically a mini-web site)).

- Do you anticipate any further Alexz / SME concerts? Will you take some of the Instant Star songs on the road?

- Have you previously worked with the other members of SME? Or did you get together just for the show? (Note: If he did work with them, ask further about Wally, the bass player, and Kyle, the drummer.)

- How long have you played the guitar? Do you play other instruments? Did you also do vocal studies?

- I notice that you are going forward as an independent musician, marketing your EP in part through MySpace. It looks like you are off to a good start: 7,000 fans signed up there, and over 230,000 plays of your songs on MySpace. What does it take for success as an independent these days? What skills and qualities have you had to develop, or are cultivating?


Alexz Johnson[edit]

- In your next EP or CD, do you anticipate that Alexz Johnson might sing on any of the tracks?

- Both you and Alexz have been in both the acting and music business for some time. What are some of the things that strike you in her approach to acting? If she is nominated again for a Gemini award for Best Performance, how would you make the case for the selection committee to give her the award? What scenes would you draw to their attention in making the case? (Of course, he can't say much about Season 3 at this point.)

- Apparently, Alexz has a four-octave range and is opera-trained, in which case we havn't yet heard all of what she can do. Have you heard her over the full range, and are we going to be getting more of that on her solo CD?

- Have you been involved in any of the development of Alexz' solo album? Can you tell us anything about any of the songs? What genre(s) will it be in?


Personal[edit]

(Note: By way of background, Tyler Kyte is originally from Lindsay. If you are from Ontario, you will recognize Lindsay as the centre of the Kawartha Lakes regions - cottage country par excellence.)

For a lead-out, if you have time, I would suggest the following:

- Where do you want to be with your acting and your music, say, five years down the road? Do you see yourself evolving primarily as an actor or a musician, or both?

- Where do you see Alexz going in the same time frame? Do you see her evolving primarily as an actress or a singer, or both? Have you heard about any projects that she is involved in aside from Instant Star and her solo CD?

Google Earth layer[edit]

Just confirming that if you're interested, you can write a Signpost article; I wasn't sure if you'd checked back at the Signpost pages. If you're going to do one this week, please get it in as soon as possible; it'll probably be later than 17:00 UTC this week, but I try to get it published ASAP. Ral315 (talk) 08:12, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I don't think I'll be able to make the deadline. I didn't have much of a chance to deal with it this weekend, hopefully I'll have it by next issue. -- Zanimum 15:24, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Interview[edit]

I would certainly be interested in doing an interview, but unfortunetaly don't have a webcam. - SimonP 15:40, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

hmm... I think she only does via webcam. Though wait, there's an A Channel in Ottawa, so maybe I could convince her to set up a satellite link... dunno. I'll let you know if anything develops. -- Zanimum 15:55, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your removals from Sanger-related articles[edit]

I know he's doing nothing but argue about this co-founder stuff, but he's being civil, neither trolling nor vandalising. Therefore, I don't think that removing his talk page posts is the right thing to do, especially as a member of the Wikimedia Foundation's Communications Committee. I hope you understand. Cheers. yandman 18:30, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

By posting to 50 talk pages, he's trying to start 50 different arguments, and thus significantly up the chances of getting horrible quotes for the media to use next time he woos them into having a story about Citizendium. I've changed the section into a link to the exact same post on talk:Wikipedia. -- Zanimum 19:07, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Radio[edit]

I've done a few radio intreviews over the last year, pretty much all just local Canadian stations. I've also done some television. I was on the Ottawa CBC news yesterday and Global Toronto plans to interview me tomorrow. - SimonP 00:08, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've had a look at the April suggestion that this was a copyvio, and it seems to be true. Can we pass belated thanks back to the person who spotted this? Rich Farmbrough, 19:08 21 December 2006 (GMT).

Oh boy, that's crazy. I'll see what I can do. I'm not a OTRS person now, so I'll have to contact someone else to do it. -- Zanimum 21:04, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OEM article[edit]

Hi, thanks for your reorganization of the OEM entry. I made some further work which you might want to review. I feel that it doesn't need a cleanup tag anymore, but I'd like to hear other editors' opinions on this. —Gennaro Prota•Talk 12:37, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It looks better now. Would you be able to find some references to back up the article? -- Zanimum 15:17, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Hello"[edit]

Dear Zanimum,

"Hello!"

This "hello" was brought to you by,

Users: Psdubow and Cocoaguy

This is a copyrighted "hello" and can not be used by others or redistributed without the express-written consent of both of these users.

If you have any questions or comments about this "hello", please feel free to post a message on Psdubow's and/or Cocoaguy's talk page.

Don't play games. Tell me what the matter is, or I'll block you for spamming talk pages. Your wasting of multiple admin's time is not appreciated. Also, sign your posts. -- Zanimum 23:41, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Point well-made, but ouch.NinaEliza (talk contribs count logs email) 00:55, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sir how is this wasting your time. Cocoaguy (talk)| (Edits) 04:27, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Being cryptic is wasting my time. If there's a problem you want mediation for, just let me hear it. -- Zanimum 14:23, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, Me and Psdubow where acting stupid and for that i am sorry. Cocoaguy (talk)| (Edits) 20:15, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Zanimum[edit]

I'm sorry about my friends above. They're both good guys, and they've helped me tremendously. I think they're just trying to get a bit of attention. Perhaps I can help re-focus them both towards editing. They're both truly good editors. Sincerely, NinaEliza (talk contribs logs) 16:40, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

On a side note, a bit of speculation. I think one or both of them might be worried about an article I'm involved in editing called Decline of Buddhism in India. I'm not entirely sure. In any event, I will try to express that I'm doing my best to hold my own in the situation, and that ultimately I'm not bothered. I have every confidence that in the long run, the situation will be handled - if not by me, then by folks with more knowledge of these issues than I have. Sincerely, NinaEliza (talk contribs logs) 16:49, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Search[edit]

Please see my comment on your edit at Talk:Wikia#Search. Angela. 20:17, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sugababes[edit]

Hello, thank you for your assistance. I have uploaded the pic on Wiki Commons already and it is under the same name. Regarding about the tag, could you kindly explain how does it go about doing it? Otherwise, help me by editing the tag inside to make it clear. I do not upload that many pics so i will be unsure of the proper procedures of tagging. Thanks and have a pleasant week ahead. Stealthusa 10:14, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fresh vandalism on ik:[edit]

Hi Zanimum,

there are tons of fresh vandalism on the Inupiaq Wikipedia for your cleaning-up pleasure. Please have a look at ik:Special:Allpages to see many obvious candidates. Cheers, --217.83.90.95 11:49, 4 January 2007 (UTC) Sorry, forgot to log on, --Johannes Rohr 11:50, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Self-deleted, as the image was not mine to begin with, it was edited to remove a horrible drop-shadow. -- Zanimum 15:31, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Source noted. -- Zanimum 15:09, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Holford/Fuel[edit]

I thought that the Fuel link would enable WP users to see the other sorts of business this Battersea firm engaged in. It hasn't much of a Google presence so far! However, I bow to your advice. === Vernon White (talk) 17:02, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, since removing the reference, I've been batting the whole issue around in my mind. I'm newly tempted to readd it, since they indeed aren't the only Fuel PR firm out there. Perhaps if the reference stated "There are multiple public relations firms name [Fuel]; his firm is located in Battersea." -- Zanimum 17:37, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No. I think you were right first time. Best Vernon White (talk) 22:18, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This "law" about fansites.[edit]

I had just edited back in the links the other night when they were removed, my reasoning being "What's a show without it's fans? Especially a site with the goal of bringing the show back?".

I understand if there were too many of them, and some were offline, but if you want to get down to it the Unofficial ReBoot Home Page is also a fansite.

I did a quick search of popular cartoon 'Code Lyoko', it's main fansites are still there. However I suppose could just be a matter of time before they too are removed.

Cloud S 22:36, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_mirror_or_a_repository_of_links.2C_images.2C_or_media_files
"Mere collections of external links or Internet directories. There is nothing wrong with adding one or more useful content-relevant links to an article; however, excessive lists can dwarf articles and detract from the purpose of Wikipedia. On articles about topics with many fansites, including a link to one major fansite may be appropriate, marking the link as such. See Wikipedia:External links and m:When should I link externally for some guidelines."
I'm not personally a fan of this, but yeah... if the community of editors actively involved in editing the Reboot article can debate which sites are the most relevant to keep, that would be good. Alternatively, if the DMOZ category for Reboot is good, or there's some sort of directory somewhere, by all means, a link to that would be encouraged.
As for Code Lyoko... One site is news related, two our run by people involved in the program, one is production company site, and the other is a true fansite. By that matter, each is warranted. -- Zanimum 15:25, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Removal of Citation in The Links, Incorporated[edit]

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Your opinion about Centiare[edit]

You might be interested to read my comment about your comment about Centiare (as being "wacked and naïve") over here. --JossBuckle Swami 06:19, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(Shrugs.) I'm still standing by my opinion. Everything is either a sentence, copyvio, or Florida. -- Zanimum 14:48, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough. But, I wonder what Wikipedia looked like, three weeks after it opened to the public? All I know is that Centiare's results on Google are OMITTING Wikipedia's results for the same content. You have to "repeat the search with the omitted results included" to even see Wikipedia's entry. Why would any business seeking to be found on Google even bother with Wikipedia's crazy rules about notability, conflict of interest, and such, when they will get better results at a wiki directory that actually welcomes them? Like I said, Zanimum; I just don't think you understand Centiare and Semantic Web. For all Jimmy Wales has done to DISCOURAGE corporate participation in Wikipedia, when a great alternative comes along, you'd think the Wikipedia community would endorse it, not mock it as you have. I think the Google search results speak for themselves; but you say it's "wacked and naïve". Let's check back in at the end of 2007 and see who was more correct. --JossBuckle Swami 13:56, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Greg, as far as we are concerned they are more than welcome to go to Centiare. Wikipedia is not and never has been a venue for advertising, and the fact that you think we would want to attract companies to come here and add themselves indicates, as usual,. your utter failure to understand what WIkipedia is. We are not a business directory, we never were and we never will be. We are an encyclopaedia. We very much prefer articles to be wrotten by neutral third parties and we are perfectly happy if companies rejecte us as an advertising medium, because that is what we are not. I don't think it could be any clearer. Guy (Help!) 09:56, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. -- Zanimum 14:55, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Non-commercial images are not acceptable[edit]

Hi, Zanimum. I tagged Image:Sarah Polley.jpg for speedy deletion, as it's license at flickr is non-commercial and non-derivative, what's completely non-acceptable on Wikipedia.

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As and Admin, please consider deleting. the image if it's still up while you're readding this. Best regards, --Abu Badali 15:53, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable image (and invalid source: imdb.com)[edit]

Hi. Image:Jessica Sara actress.jpg is being used to illustrate a living person, and for such a free replacement could be created. As this image is not unique, historic or otherwise unreplaceable, I'm tagging it for deletion to make room for a free replacement.

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Again, as an admin (and being the uploader), you could speedy this image in the case it's still up by the time you read this.

Best regards, --Abu Badali 16:17, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Image:Tv_hnic_don_cherry.jpg[edit]

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Just a note that I removed the "2006 shortlist" from Academy Award for Makeup as it seems to be OR or conjecture. As I'm sure you know WP:NOT discourages such content. When the nominees are announced, that can certainly be added. David Spalding (  ) 15:18, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Some awards have special committee decided shortlists. I am on the Academy press list, and I couldn't find an online source for their press release at the time I added it. This here is the release. -- Zanimum 15:22, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Belligerent are we?[edit]

I just love how you took it upon your self (I know you're an admin) to be so belligerent on my talk page, I don't recall ever being so hostile toward you. Thank you for showing your maturity by attacking me. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by William Pembroke (talkcontribs) 20:31, 18 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Forget to sign. --William Pembroke(talk) 20:39, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Simon Cowell[edit]

That image you uploaded of him certainly not public domain. -- Zanimum 15:30, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Being that it was on a public site, I don't see how it isn't. --William Pembroke(talk) 20:28, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
First, I'm not attacking you, I'm stating the facts plain, simple, and directly, just like the subject of the photo would. Secondly, anything you create, even your shopping list, is instantly copyrighten under the laws of most "first world" countries, even if you don't put the (c) symbol on. Unless an images is explicitly marked as public domain, GFDL, Creative Commons, etc., presume that it isn't. -- Zanimum 20:59, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Beatrix.PNG listed for deletion[edit]

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That's fine, delete it. It was uploaded a long time ago and servers no purpose. --William Pembroke(talk) 22:57, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Serves, not servers. -- Zanimum 15:28, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is what I was referring to being belligerent. I think it was obvious I didn't intentionally put servers, but you found the nerve to waste time putting that little comment. --William Pembroke(talk) 23:28, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Copyrighten? What about THAT? --JossBuckle Swami 02:31, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Recreation of deleted article[edit]

Hi, just FYI you are probably not aware there already had been an article on the Trump vs O'Donnell feud, which was nominated for deletion and subsequently deleted: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Rosie_O%27Donnell_and_Donald_Trump_Controversy Tendancer 21:36, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(Thanks for tackling clean-up of that monstrous "In The Media" section on Donald Trump by the way) Tendancer 21:39, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Aznavour and Sesame Street[edit]

Hello Zanimum,

yes, you were right about Charles Aznavour not being on Sesame street, I totally messed up on that one, haha. Thank you!

--OettingerCroat 23:53, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No prob. -- Zanimum 17:26, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Avoid removing a delete tag from an image[edit]

Zanimum, why did you removed the {{Replaceable fair use}} tag from Image:Bobrae-premier.jpg before the time? This may be considered vandalism.

I have seen you committing mistakes like uploading non-commercial images, using imdb.com as a source for images, accepting by-permission images and overthrowing image deletions. If you're confused about Wikipedia's policies and procedures about images, you should consider avoiding them at all.

Best regards, --Abu Badali 17:22, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Meta RfA[edit]

Hi. FYI, I raised a question for you about your RfA at:

--A. B. (talk) 21:05, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your reassuring answer and congratulations on your additional new adminship. Thanks for taking this on. --A. B. (talk) 15:46, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jenn Dolari[edit]

For the record, according to the editor's own account, the "accusation" - your mistake - that she's mainly edited her own articles was the last straw of being hounded with WP:VANITY. With her and every one of her works in AfDs, she's left Wikipedia and is bitter and vindictive about it. I'm not saying she doesn't bear responsibility for throwing a tantrum, just... be more careful in the future. --Kizor 12:20, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]