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My username (User:TKD)

It's actually neither my initials nor an abbreviation for taekwondo. Long story, but it's actually shorthand for triskaidekaphobia. I'm not phobic, but it was a nice long word :) — too long, in fact: Someone on another site suggested a long time ago that I shorten it because it would be hard for people to remember how to spell. As it turns out, people still occasionally botch the order of the letters, perhaps because there is a company called TDK. — TKD::Talk 17:31, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Fair use for PGP images

Change to Real-time clock

In Real-time clock you changed system clocks to system clocks. But you've changed the meaning dramatically, and inappropriately, in my opinion. The system time article does in fact discuss real time (something measured in seconds or something like it e.g. BOGOMIPS), but the link should point to a system clock, (one which is governs the timing of components and doesn't relate to any sort of time.) If you missed the meaning I intended when I wrote the sentence, then others very probably will too. I'm going to reword the sentence and change the link back. Let me know what you think. Codeczero 03:24, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Your edit in "real-time clock" is fine. However, I think there should be some link to "system time" in the article somewhere, because the two are related concepts. So I simply added a "See also" section. — Loadmaster 21:42, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

User exit == callback?

I've just noticed your edit to the callback article. I don't agree that a user exit is the same thing as a callback. I've started a thread on the discussion I would be interested in your thoughts. Thanks. --Bleveret 11:39, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the doing the mods, I'll try to expand the user exit article if I have some time --Bleveret 19:24, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Archimedes Plutonium

• Archimedes Plutonium (AfD discussion) (2nd)

Please revisit the discussion. Uncle G 10:44, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

• Archimedes Plutonium (AfD discussion) (3rd)

AfD: Ctime

FYI, I've nominated ctime for deletion. — Loadmaster 15:12, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

→ The result was Convert to disambig.Cúchullain ^t/c 16:22, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Quest Software

Are all the pages in Category:Quest Software simply product advertisements (spam)? — Loadmaster 22:17, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Some seem to be, but not all. I have deprodded TOAD (Software) as it has a long history of editors and certainly hasn't been totally pro-Quest Software.--Michig 08:13, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough. But I don't think most of the "articles" about the company's products meet the same standard, and should be removed as adverts. — Loadmaster 14:36, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Image:DavidClennon1.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:DavidClennon1.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 that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

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Rephrasing and summarizing:

You can:

1) choose to replace the fair use image by finding a freely licensed image of its subject,

2) requesting that the copyright holder release this (or a similar) image under a free license, or

3) by taking a picture of it yourself.

I don't have the time lately for (1). (2) also takes a lot of time, as you can see from the email chain for other images of people I have uploaded (e.g., here, here, here, and here). I live in Texas, so (3) is out of the question. You cite that an image of Clennon can be found elsewhere, but I did not find one in my initial search before I found the one I uploaded. If you can find a better image, by all means do so. — Loadmaster 21:48, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your note. I don't have the time for (1) either. I understand that (2) takes an amount of time. I live in London, so you have a better chance of (3) than I do. If I was really interested in doing all this I would obviously have done it. The point is that Wikipedia should be as free as possible. The image is not as free as possible. Therefore it has to be removed. (Quentin X 22:38, 19 April 2007 (UTC))

I uploaded another image: Image:DavidClennon2.png, which is derived from a talent agency promotional publicity headshot. I believe this meets the requirements of Wikipedia:Publicity photos. — Loadmaster 16:32, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm afraid it doesn't. I thought the same thing when I uploaded a photo of Esther Hall last year but was told there had to be a specific agreement by the photographer who took the image. I don't even think that David Clennon can give the OK, unless it was he who took the picture. If you look at Christopher Meloni you'll see the kind of image that is now being allowed. It's a pain, but it keeps Wikipedia free. (Quentin X 17:11, 20 April 2007 (UTC))

Having said that, I've just noticed that even that has gone. I've asked the user who uploaded it if they know why it's been deleted. Now I'm confused...(!) (Quentin X 17:17, 20 April 2007 (UTC))

Both images Image:DavidClennon1.png and Image:DavidClennon2.png have been deleted.

Why?

Why did you change the Belfast Royal Academy page? We worked hard to get it right
(unsigned comment by JustAnotherBombtrack, 2007-05-17)

All of your edits are meaningless drivel. If you don't stop such nonsense, you will be blocked from Wikipedia. — Loadmaster 21:35, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Okok. Can I edit it meaningfully about Brendan Harkin (if you went to our school you would know hes the single greatest contributor) — (unsigned comment by JustAnotherBombtrack, 2007-05-17)

Based on your contributions today, I doubt that you can. — Loadmaster 21:47, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Go Away
Your a disgrace. Its my school i can do what i want to its page go away. Mind your own business — (unsigned comment by JustAnotherBombtrack, 2007-05-17 16:08:17 UTC)

Cheers! So did I. Tsumo^@ 22:28, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Nootka Convention / History of British Columbia

...didn't exist in 1775. bobanny 21:01, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

I reverted this edit to History of British Columbia because it looked like mindless vandalism by 142.22.120.2, based on other edits he did around the same time. If it's not a valid revert, feel free to restore it. — Loadmaster 21:34, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

I suspected the same when the edit was made and verified the date then. Judging by the user's contributions and talk page, it's probably a high school computer terminal used by cranks and normals alike, as so many vandal IP's are. Kids today... bobanny 22:11, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Wow I just came here for the same reason I think. Just tell you that the Spanish sovereignty in Nootka Sound ended in 1795, not 1775. The people that have been repeatedly changing the date from 1775 to 1795 were right. They were correcting my own mistake when I wrote that section. If you read the text, it's illogical to think that it ended in 1775, if you think that Fort San Miguel was built there in 1789. Onofre Bouvila 23:48, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

USS Wyandot

Glad you liked the article. I was on USS Rankin (AKA-103) from 1961-1963. In 2003, I met some other guys from that time online. One thing led to another, and we now have a very large reunion group. (See http://www.ussrankin.org). All that stuff led to an interest in other AKAs, which Wikipedia has allowed me to indulge. I probably know more about more AKAs than any man alive (just guessing, though); it's become a minor hobby. Through it, I've communicated with your father, and have his name on an AKA mailing list. Some of the guys I knew on the Rankin had also been on the Wyandot, which in those days was going through some changes. BTW, it's pleasant, but the tiniest bit disconcerting, that some time ago I met one Tribble, and now I've met a second one. I understand from The Trouble with Tribbles that I may shortly be encountering them by the dozens. ;-) Lou Sander 22:50, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Clichés

On-screen clichés was a redirect to Film and television clichés (must have been moved as there was no edit history), which was AFD'd at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Film and television clichés. --Steve _(Stephen) ^talk 23:11, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

And now List of clichés found in science fiction literature is being considered for deletion. — Loadmaster 15:42, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Nice new cat

Nice new category (Category:African American rock musicians), but I was wondering can we change the name and use black instead of African American because some of the artist you said aren't from Africa and denoting all black people African-American is not really true, and a lot don't like it.--Migospia†♥ 23:33, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

But some of them do. I've heard both sides of the argument, and neither one is better than the other. A friend of mine told me he prefers to call himself "African-American" as a cultural identification, as opposed to being called "Black" as a racial identification. He would disagree with your assertion that all black people are not from Africa (his parents are from Haiti), since all blacks do have ancestors from Africa. On the other hand, I would prefer the term "Black" for probably the same reasons as you, since it covers all possible coutries of origin, and "African-American" implies a person or his immediate ancestors are from Africa. So I guess I'm neutral on what title to use — either one seems appropriate to me. If Black/A-A people as a group can't decide on a single "best" identifier for themselves, what can we do? It's apparent that whichever we choose, we can't please everyone. Are there any WP guidelines on this kind of thing? — Loadmaster 16:48, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

BTW, I copied this discussion to Category talk:African American rock musicians (Category:Black rock musicians), in case we get more opinions on the issue. — Loadmaster 16:53, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

→ The category was renamed to Category:Black rock musicians. 15:38, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

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