User talk:Spinningspark/Archive 4

A couple things

Thanks again for helping with this until I can. Here is a photo of Paul Barrere from Little Feat (with Lowell George to the right-- I have more of him coming soon)-- but Paul has no photo, and so it needs cropping if possible.[1] Julia Zemiro needs to be cropped from this if possible: [2]

And then, these got shrunk: [3], [4], [5], [6] [7] [8]

Is this the right infobox for this guy? [9] Also, there's this guy, Paul Livingston, who has an alter-ego on the media, Flacco. I think the two pages should be merged. You? I put one photo on Paul's page, and one on Flacco's, but...??? And THIS, your guess is as good as mine: [10]-- esp. since we have this: [11]

Finally, something may be wrong with my photo, the infobox, something, but here's a pic for Tom Hamilton, the bassist for Aerosmith. Can you place it there?: [12] Gosh, I had no idea the backlog of issues I'd made uploading about 75 photos. I hope this isn't too much to ask. Thank you. --leahtwosaints (talk) 08:11, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Misunderstanding

I said most jewelry SHOPPERS. Not shops. Most shoppers have never heard of zircon -- they think its cubic zirconia when they hear the name. Do you work in a store? Are you a gemologist?? --24.21.148.212 (talk) 20:17, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Just in case

Seeing that you have an interest in the SETI and Cyclops projects, I was wondering if you know of perhaps have even met Barney Oliver. I started his article a few years ago (geesh, they go by fast) and haven't yet been able to find a free image. Although I've met with him several times (once with him showing-off his Rubik's Cube) I never thought to take a photo of that exceptional man and so the article remains lacking an image. Any ideas? BTW, I'm here and aware of you because of your RD activity :-) -hydnjo (talk) 19:07, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

No sorry, I can't help. As he is deceased, it may be justifiable to use a non-free image. They have several at www.hp.com [13]. They may even release one under a free licence if you ask. There is also one on the SETI biography page [14], again, possibly it could be released. SpinningSpark 19:28, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, that's been the problem: "Well, we're using the image but it ain't ours so don't rock the boat - go away!" I'm thinking that I could get permission from a friend or family member, that's why I asked :-) -hydnjo (talk) 21:54, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Henry Wilde (engineer)

On March 13, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Henry Wilde (engineer), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Royalbroil 04:24, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey, not sure if you have ODNB access? They have a relatively massive article on the man you might like to weave in there. If not I do; mind if I tweak the wiki-article with it at some point? Ironholds (talk) 10:29, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Of course I don't mind, Wikipedia is the encyclopedia that anyone can edit. I was not planning any further significant work on the article myself. It was merely a quick stub plus of a person I had come across in the course of writing my huge masterpiece on the history of analog filters which is unlikely to ever be finished this side of the heat death of the universe. SpinningSpark 10:39, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

I'm writing this monstrosity and wrangling with layout difficulties; trust me, I know how you feel. Ironholds (talk) 10:49, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Re Henry Wilde

Hi Spinningspark, please remove my cleanup note on Henry Wilde as I don't know how to do that yet. I placed it there thinking that there is a standard biography template, but I am not versed with templates, or notice removals. Thanks. Ineuw (talk) 15:07, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Murphy's Law

I understand the rationale not just to list enormous numbers of variations. Did it escape your notice I also tidied up the article quite a lot? So I thought hard whether to include it, and also put it on the discussion page. But nobody ever replies to a discussion page, only when you be bold and actually make the change. Best wishes SimonTrew (talk) 01:43, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Sorry that was probably a bit of a rant. I guess the criteria should be

• Is it found anywhere else on Wikipedia? If not, it maybe should be included.
• Is it funny?
• Does it have a concise definition?
• Can it be cited?

But in any case it could be well argued that this is better off on wiktionary than wikipedia. I have at least tried to get as far as I can with references and citations and clarifying the wording. I am nót perfect I know, but at least I try. And no point saying take it to discussion etc. that only happens after you've been bold and made an edit. I will happily discuss either here with you or in the article discussion page but in practice nothing happens unless one makes a change (DO SOMETHING! or BE BOLD!) Best SimonTrew (talk) 01:54, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Francis Lucille

Hi, Thank you for the valuable comments.You have given earlier. "there is non-trivial coverage in multiple published books (many added since nomination) so I think this meets notability. However, the prose of the article is truly awful for a Wikipedia article. If this was written in a more detached, factual style it would probably never have been nominated here in the first place" As per your suggestion I have rewritten the article.and added many new sources. Could you please take a look at it and give me your valuable suggestions. Appreciate your help. Thanks Amarhindustani (talk) 02:26, 19 March 2009 (UTC)