User talk:Mr. Absurd

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1 Orphaned non-free media (Image:ED-awards logo.png)
2 Editing Biological_classification.svg
3 Rationale
4 Orphaned non-free media (Image:Coldplay.com screenshot of 'prospekt'.png)
5 Cars edit
6 Your recent edit to Engineer
7 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:A Complicated Kindness.jpg
8 Hockey Hall of Fame
9 I-mag teen magazine
10 Image copyright problem with Image:Cover of Tales from Watership Down.png
11 Templates can be set to auto-collapse when there are two or more templates in an article—so this is redundant
12 Dr Seuss
13 Orphaned non-free media (Image:Scotiabank Giller Prize logo.png)
14 {{National elections}}
15 Watcher in the Water GAN
16 WITW
17 Hey
18 Template:C. S. Lewis
19 Four Freedoms
20 Orphaned non-free media (Image:Four Freedoms series.png)
21 DYK for The Seven Lady Godivas
22 On horribleness and {{Penn}}
23 Image copyright problem with Image:Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures.jpg
24 PD
25 Brontee
26 License tagging for Image:Elephant, The White Stripes.png

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:ED-awards logo.png)

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[edit] Editing Biological_classification.svg

Free images on Wikipedia, including this one, are generally hosted on Wikimedia Commons ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/ ) and that's where you can upload any images or changes to images, and they'll be seen on Wikipedia. E.g. The commons page for my drawing is [1] (you can click on the "en" tab on that page to get back to the wikipedia page for it -- It's a bit confusing). Click on "Upload file" on commons to upload your own image. If it has the same filename it will replace the original. Note that SVG isn't always very WYSIWYG when it comes to text and fonts and Wikipedia might render it differently to how you expect. But see how you go. —Pengo 04:08, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rationale

Kindly fix your rationale on this image in a numbered manner. Thank you. --βandβ ^{(talk•contribs)} 07:24, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Oh, sorry for that. It was actually right but it's more readable if you will write it in a numbered manner. Like this. Did i make it clear? --βandβ ^{(talk•contribs)} 07:42, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Why? Was my recent talk non-sense? --βand&β ^{(talk•contribs)} 07:47, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Oh. What i mean numbered is to number all your rationales. Its quite ambiguous because the rationale was written only in one paragraph. What i was supposed to say is to break that paragraph into numbered sentences to make it readable. Like this:

blah blah blah
blah blah blah
blah blah blah

et cetera. --βandβ ^{(talk•contribs)} 07:57, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

--βandβ ^{(talk•contribs)} 08:07, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Coldplay.com screenshot of 'prospekt'.png)

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[edit] Cars edit

142.177.234.115 keeps on adding the same unnecessary edits we ourselves removed. Apparently it's from the same IP sector, but the last six digits are different. I've got a feeling it's the same guy. --Eaglestorm (talk) 02:05, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I think you're right. Mr. Absurd (talk) 02:18, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your recent edit to Engineer

Hi. What exactly were you trying to do with your huge edit to Engineer? The edit summary was really misleading, as your edit was, in part, a substantial content revision. I think I'd agree with many of the specific edits you made, but you also blanked a lot of text, which is not ok without some significant explanation. Because of the blanking and the misleading edit summary, I've reverted your edit in toto. Feel free to make your specific content edits with a proper edit summary; and if you believe that the section you deleted should be deleted, feel free to explain that in the talk page. Argyriou (talk) 01:08, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I wonder if you inadvertently edited an older version of the page? A lot of what got changed was newer additions to the article. Since this appears to be an accident, and easily revertable, no harm, no foul. Argyriou (talk) 01:44, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, that's probably what happened. Mr. Absurd (talk) 02:06, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:A Complicated Kindness.jpg

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[edit] Hockey Hall of Fame

Hey, I reverted your edits. You're not necessarily wrong, but - since it is today's featured article - it's going to have higher IP traffic than pretty much everything else. They won't be able to go into preferences and resize their thumbnails. I know it's not really a policy-based reason for doing so...but it should probably have some discussion before it's done... --Smashville^BONK! 02:58, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I-mag teen magazine

Jackhowson (talk) 19:57, 16 March 2008 (UTC) Why have you requested my article, 'i-mag teen magazine' should be up for speedy deletion? I have put my opposition to that on my talk page. Hopefully you will give me a chance to continue with the page.

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Cover of Tales from Watership Down.png

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[edit] Templates can be set to auto-collapse when there are two or more templates in an article—so this is redundant

Ok-- tell me how. Noone has ever told me, I have only seen what I have done with Template:New Testament people collapsed. --Carlaude (talk) 20:23, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

How do I make 'em a Nav box-- or find the inscructions there to?--Carlaude (talk) 23:30, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

I have made such a Nav box at User:Carlaude/Sandbox2 but I still do not see how I could use it as both collapsed and uncollapsed. I also do not see how to contol the width and make it the size I want.--Carlaude (talk) 14:22, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dr Seuss

Hi,

Whatever the German may have been, "Dr Seuss" is a household name, and has a single recognized English pronunciation. kwami (talk) 19:59, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi Mr. Absurd,

Are you planning to build a better Dr. Seuss ABC page? I'm wondering why you redirected it to the Dr. Seuss main page when there was information on the ABC page. I'm new and still learning how all of this works. --Matthewrpeterson (talk) 23:48, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Scotiabank Giller Prize logo.png)

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[edit] {{National elections}}

It did mess up the headings. If you looked at the page after you made the change, the example template ({{Danish elections}}) had a purple top header bar (as standard), but then a pale grey 2nd and 3rd header bars (rather than matching the top colour). пﮟოьεԻ 5 7 22:26, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Watcher in the Water GAN

A surprisingly good first review! a couple of points:

Why not consider removing the infobox? it seems to add nothing as everything is "unknown".
They should move one of the fair use images so as to avoid sandwiching text between images.
The "literary" section needs to be expanded and rewritten. This character is barely notable so it's important that this section is flawless, as it should be where the character's importance on the Lord of the Rings' universe is established. I would fail the article for this reason alone as it fails to be broad in its coverage (there's no mention on why the fellowship of the ring was there, what was Gandalf trying to do, etc).
Your point 11: References are footnotes, so it really doesn't matter which title they use for the section. And I agree with you, using Amazon as a source is original research, but finding a reliable source that acknowledges the existence of this toys is highly unlikely. They should try and find a convincable and verifiable way around this.

I agree with all of your other points, but remember to be open-minded if some of them get challenged. By the way, you might want to correct typos rather than comment on them, it takes less time and it's not against the GA process to correct minors when reviewing. Anyway, if you have more doubts don't hesitate and ask me or the other mentors. Thanks for reviewing, the project needs fresh and thorough reviewers like yourself!--Yamanbaiia^{(free hugs!)} 09:32, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WITW

I've finished most of what you said and expanded the section (Literature) to make it more notable. What now? LOTRrules (talk) 18:09, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hey

Note: copied from User:Mr. Absurd. Mr. Absurd (talk) 01:19, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Hey Mr.Absurd, I was wondering if you could please stop changing my edits, because i gave factual information in the Template:Rochester, Ny article. Goodbye.

[edit] Template:C. S. Lewis

Hi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:C._S._Lewis&curid=13221780&diff=210064413&oldid=203454731

How about this formatting, which removes that wide gap between the lines of group 1's name "The Chronicles" and "of Narnia" (via the groupstyle) and respaces the lists of links so they don't seem to form a continuous whole:

v • d • e Works by C.S. Lewis

The Chronicles of Narnia	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) · Prince Caspian (1951) · The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952) · The Silver Chair (1953) · The Horse and His Boy (1954) · The Magician's Nephew (1955) · The Last Battle (1956)

Space Trilogy	Out of the Silent Planet (1938) · Perelandra (1943) · That Hideous Strength (1946)

Other fiction	The Pilgrim's Regress (1933) · The Screwtape Letters (1942) · The Great Divorce (1945) · Till We Have Faces (1956) · Screwtape Proposes a Toast (1961) · Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer (1964) · The Dark Tower (1977) · Boxen (1985)

Poetry	Spirits in Bondage (1919) · Dymer (1926) · Narrative Poems (1969) · The Collected Poems of C. S. Lewis (1994)

Non-fiction	The Allegory of Love (1936) · Rehabilitations and other essays (1939) · The Personal Heresy (1939) · The Problem of Pain (1940) · A Preface to Paradise Lost (1942) · The Abolition of Man (1943) · Beyond Personality (1944) · Miracles (1947) · Arthurian Torso (1948) · Mere Christianity (1952) · English Literature in the Sixteenth Century Excluding Drama (1954) · Major British Writers, Vol I (1954) · Surprised by Joy (1955) · De Descriptione Temporum. An Inaugural Lecture (1955) · Reflections on the Psalms (1958) · The Four Loves (1960) · Studies in Words (1960) · An Experiment in Criticism (1961) · A Grief Observed (1961) · They Asked for a Paper: Papers and Addresses (1962) · Selections from Layamon's Brut (1963) · Prayer: Letters to Malcolm (1964) · The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature (1964) · Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature (1966) · Spenser's Images of Life (1967) · Letters to an American Lady (1967) · Christian Reflections (1967) · Selected Literary Essays (1969) · God in the Dock (2 volumes) (1970-1971) · Of Other Worlds (1982) · The Business Of Heaven (1984) · Present Concerns (1986) · All My Road Before Me: The Diary of C. S. Lewis 1922–27 (1993) · Essay Collection: Literature, Philosophy and Short Stories (2000) · Essay Collection: Faith, Christianity and the Church (2000)

Collected Letters	Volume I: Family Letters 1905–1931 (2000) · Volume II: Books, Broadcasts and War 1931–1949 (2004) · Volume III: Narnia, Cambridge and Joy 1950–1963 (2007)

Sardanaphalus (talk) 09:53, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't reckon the size of the template is a problem, as it's automatically collapsed when appearing in articles. I do think it's a pity, though, that the current "standard" settings mean the two observations I made above occur. I'm hoping that someday sooner rather than later these standards may be amended, but in the meantime, if you agree that the template above is an improvement, let's override the standards rather than let them override us (and anyone else like-minded)? Sardanaphalus (talk) 02:14, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

That's generous of you and I'd like to try the above version to see if and how many other people might not prefer it, i.e. to start guaging a consensus one way or the other. Sardanaphalus (talk) 02:19, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
...I see you've also "standardized" Template:Lists by country, another template that happens to be on my watchlist, so I've also restored the spacing there too. It's been like that for sometime (since 29 February, I think) and a number of people have edited it since without making changes to or queries about the spacing. I've also upgraded the linewrapping so the Firefox linewrap bug is handled. Sardanaphalus (talk) 04:46, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Four Freedoms

It appears that you have merged the Four Freedoms (painting series) images. It is my understanding that we are not allowed to alter fair use images. I am going to revert to the original images.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 13:43, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

I was wrong, you are able to crop, alter fair use images. Do you think an infobox with individually titled images looks better? Maybe we could crop each image so that they could be laid out as before without inconsistent whitespace. Also, why are you against so many of the categories.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 14:52, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Four Freedoms series.png)

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[edit] DYK for The Seven Lady Godivas

On 6 May 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Seven Lady Godivas, 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.

--Bobet 10:24, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] On horribleness and {{Penn}}

I wouldn't necessarily characterize my formatting as "horrible." At the very worst, it's a bit crufty, but I'd dispute even that. It's easier to read than the default format, it's more pleasing to the eye, and it fulfills the primary functions of a Wikipedia navbox while only deviating slightly from the guidelines, if at all. Guidelines are guidelines, but consensus is policy, so I've thrown the question out to Talk:University of Pennsylvania to see if a consensus can be reached on the format of this particular navbox. You may also want to respond to this question from the template's Talk page. --Dynaflow babble 06:05, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

I can understand wanting to use Penn's colours, but other than that I see absolutely no reason why all this non-standard formatting is necessary at all. I'm confused how you think it's easier to read—I disagree—and it also looks silly above or below other navboxes that conform to the established standard. I realize that "pleasing to the eye" is subjective, but I just don't see a need for this kind of formatting. There's a reason that Wikipedia has a meta-template and a general standard formatting that's pretty much cohesive across Wikipedia. Can you imagine the chaos that would ensue if everybody just tried to make their navboxes look nice? I think we should just stick to what we're given to work with. Mr. Absurd (talk) 06:17, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures.jpg

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[edit] PD

WTF LAD????? My template was beautiful!!!! --Cokeandpoprocks (talk) 08:35, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Gone cheer up bbz --Cokeandpoprocks (talk) 21:02, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Brontee

Because it is being used in an article where the smaller size fits it. However if you want to upload the larger one in a completely new upload (rather than over the smaller one) then no probs with that. Thanks! - Yorkshirian (talk) 12:58, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

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