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An apology

Hi Begoon, I just want to apologize for what I did about your talk page from the bottomof my heart. It was very unintentional and I really felt sorry about the missing talk box. I am hoping for your consideration and forgiveness. -Nofoolz

I don't think you need to apologise for anything at all. As far as I could see you were just trying to improve the encyclopedia by fixing up a similar thing for List of best-selling albums in the Philippines and you made a mistake and saved the wrong page. Nothing wrong with making a mistake - I make lots of them, and it's all been fixed very easily, so don't worry about it, and enjoy your editing. Cheers. Begoon ^talk 09:42, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Brunei

Would you like to clean up some links on this article? Thanks SirAlexOreo (talk) 19:59, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Instinct

Thanks for this, but hey, at some point I thought that the Simple Minds were like almost on a par with U2. (In fact, I bought Live in the City of Light, which the store owner let me return that same afternoon.) Also, I am guilty of having bought a Handspring. Still, it's appreciated. Drmies (talk) 19:15, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

Heh - you're welcome. I just tell it as I see it. I had an 8 track and an Abba LP, so I find it hard to condemn your taste crimes. Cheers. Begoon ^talk 01:52, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

Oh! Yes--Arrival and a Musik Laden compilation. My father had an 8-track player in his car with some ABBA as well--that awful "Thank you for the music" album. (He was also a big Neil Diamond and Johnny Cash fan, so he wasn't all wrong.) Later, Drmies (talk) 05:12, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

Arrival was the one. Complete with some kind of fake electronic bagpipey choral folky nonsense I seem to recall, although I'd rather not recall too much, or I'll get to "Dum, dum, diddle"... I tried to be "trendy" at the time by professing to "prefer" the brunette lady to the blond one. Happy days... Begoon ^talk 05:36, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

Hi

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I had uploaded a semi completed BSF logo can you add caption to it Perumalism Chat 01:45, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

I'd prefer it if you made requests for graphics work on the workshop page. That way is better for you too, because if I can't do it, one of the other editors at the workshop may be able to, but they won't see it here. Begoon ^talk 02:06, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

ok one doubt which country you are from ? Perumalism Chat 02:19, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

I nominated the BSF logo in for Common deletion Perumalism Chat 15:57, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

owner of the logo is BSF Perumalism Chat 17:19, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

Please read the question properly, and answer it in the proper place - at WP:GL/ILL. If you don't understand the question, then please say so. Thanks. Begoon ^talk 17:21, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

i am going to leave wikipedia i am not good at any language Perumalism Chat 18:55, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

Well I'm sure you're very good at whatever your native language is. You're not the first, and you won't be the last, person who comes here to get quick, easy help converting logos and such to vectors - we've seen that more times than you can imagine, and we fully understand the temptation to get easy help that way - it's a very active graphic workshop we have here.

My offer stands that if you can demonstrate you've done your best to get help on your own wikipedia, and you are really stuck, you can ask me here. I promise, in those circumstances, to help as much as I can.

Please don't take anything I've said too personally - but please also understand that we donate our time as we see fit, and to those we feel will benefit most from it.

I'd rather leave this discussion as closed now - and I wish you all the best. Begoon ^talk 19:00, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

ok have a nice day Perumalism Chat 19:06, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

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A cup of tea for you!

Thanks for all your help! Margaretwmiller (talk) 13:57, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Middleton

Thanks, but the LBJ Library likes the 3/4 shot of him. I appreciate your help and suggestions.Margaretwmiller (talk) 15:32, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

I actually think I prefer that too - more dignified with the desk and in setting. Good choice - just wanted to give you the option. Begoon ^talk 15:35, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Remove watermarks

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Thank you for removing the watermarks. You really saved me... I spent hours searching how can I remove them. Anyway, there are a lot of other images that have the same watermark and since the Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Photography workshop doesn't allow a lot of pictures to be put on the list, I listed only four of them. What should I do about the others? My love is love (talk) 15:50, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

They are quite tricky because of the way they are placed, and the nature of some of the low-res images. Are you going to use them in articles? You could tag them with {{watermark}} but I don't know how quick that would be. That relies on some kind soul coming along to do them. How many is "a lot?" Begoon ^talk 16:03, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I'm going to use them. Maybe about 20. My love is love (talk) 16:35, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Well, provided they are going to be used in articles, we can put them through the Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Photography workshop/Eight Requests which would probably get them done in a week to 10 days or so (we can have more than 8 requests at a time). How does that sound?

If any are urgent I can't see the harm in sticking another batch of 4 you want to use in articles right away in the main workshop.

I'll move this to the workshop, because more graphists might get interested and they won't see it on my talk page. Begoon ^talk 17:13, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

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Barack Obama speeches

Did I do right? I request merger on speeches by the President of the United States. Some guy just made a response about me in Editor review which was removed from WP:editor review months ago. What can I do? --George Ho (talk) 20:31, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Hi George. It's been a long day and I'm just going to bed. I'll have a look first thing tomorrow, but I'd suggest not worrying about it in the meantime, and not doing anything to further any disagreement. I promise the first thing I do tomorrow will be to look at it and let you know what I think. I hope you are feeling well - I've noticed you've been a bit more active lately - lots of good article work and image stuff. Speak to you tomorrow. Begoon ^talk 20:39, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Ok, I took a look - ugh. This is a storm in a teacup. I replied there: [1]. Honestly, it's all a misunderstanding, and best everyone moves on - I can see both sides to the mini disagreement, and it's really not worth any more words. When you deal with stuff that is topical and recent you will run into strong opinions - political articles often have editors who feel strongly about the subject matter, and in this case the editor is rightly proud of the work he has done on the article. I think his reactions were too strong - but I understand why he thought you were being biased, even though I know you weren't. Opinions of Travyon don't have much to do with merging the article, and expressing them like you did can make the discussion heated.

I think enough has probably been said about the disagreement, but I'm happy to talk to you about anything I said that you don't understand - or any remaining concerns you have about it all. Best just to all get on with the good work we do - and if I can help you do that, just ask.

I was pleased to see JBarta managed to get a good result for you on your Golden Girls logo - and pleased to see you are making good use of it. Begoon ^talk 04:43, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Bangsamoro Republik

Hi Begoon, I think you should check about this, should this article available here? Plus the source are only from the Philippines media. Thanks. — иz нίpнόp ^ʜᴇʟᴘ! 11:05, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, not sure really - it looks like some rebel leader has declared a state that pretty much nobody recognises. There seems to be reliable news about it, like http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/08/16/13/philippines-debunks-declaration-bangsamoro-republik, but the article looks like it needs work if it's going to exist in the long run.

I wouldn't personally get too involved with it until the news settles down, and there's a clearer picture of the whole thing. I'm not a big fan of articles springing up while news is developing, per WP:NOTNEWS and WP:DEADLINE, but there are enough people here who seem to think we should be a news source that I predict a shitfight if you tried to AFD it now. I'd give it some time and see what develops, unless you feel strongly about it. Cheers.Begoon ^talk 11:21, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Ok, I think I would just leave it like that at the moment, but I would reverts any of his edits on this article ([2]) because Sabah and Sarawak doesn't have any separatist rebels group. — иz нίpнόp ^ʜᴇʟᴘ! 11:33, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Yeah - that's fair. As you say there if Sabah/Sarawak wanted anything along those lines it would be independence for themselves, not anything like that. We'll see how it goes. Begoon ^talk 11:38, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Different covers of albums and singles

I have discussed this matter in general in WP:VPP. I'm planning either deletion or review on covers of Touch (Sarah McLachlan album), The Kick Inside, and/or ...Baby One More Time. However, would that be forum shopping, case-by-case, disruptive, or what? --George Ho (talk) 21:28, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

To avoid the impression of forum shopping, try to limit yourself to one discussion at a time, and wait until each one reaches a consensus. This will help you in the later discussions because you will already know most of the objections by then.

Try not to respond to everyone who opposes your point of view, to avoid looking like you want to dominate discussions. I know that can be hard, but if you try very hard to make all your points in your initial post, and then only respond again if absolutely necessary, it makes your position look more confident, and stronger, and you don't get dragged into pointless back/forth exchanges.

That means do a lot of thinking before the initial post, trying to anticipate what the objections will be, and addressing them up front. Begoon ^talk 03:36, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

I boldly switched infobox images of Material Girl, Like a Virgin (song), Borderline (song), and Dress You Up. Would that affect my position? --George Ho (talk) 03:56, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

That will depend whether anyone objects to your changes, I guess. Begoon ^talk 03:58, 20 August 2013 (UTC)