User talk:Zscout370

Note: I have been busy IRL, and it will only get worse in the near future. If you are looking for time sensitive help, please seek someone else that could help you. If time is not of the escene, then I could still try and help you. Thanks for your understanding. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 13:47, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

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Fair use of Images

You seem to know something about images. I do not. I saw your post at [1] and edited there, spelling out similar images by the same user which have been uploaded here onto Wikipedia. Terryeo 03:55, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I will look later. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 05:34, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Fair use images in lists

Hello, I see you have contributed your thoughts to Wikipedia talk:Fair use/Fair use images in lists. It's been dead for a while, but I have archived it and taken a new fresh start. I hope this time we will be able to achieve something as I have summarized the main points of both sides (feel free to improve them) and I call you to express your support or oppose on the concrete proposal that I have formulated. Thanks, Renata 02:20, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Template

Hola Zach:

I remember I have seen somewhere a yellow template that says something like "there is an user currently working on this article [...]", which main prupouse is to let others know some work is going on and prevent editing conflicts. I have been expanding the article of the city of Monterrey a lot, adding pictures, info and maps and I've had this problem. Can you help me out? I need to find out what template that is, I was unable to find it. ¡Muchas gracias por tu ayuda! AlexCovarrubias 11:27, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

{{inuse}}? --Gwern (contribs) 14:53, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, inuse is it. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 17:38, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the help. I have another quick question. Do you know how to modify your signature? I have seen some signatures with colors and little images. I'd like to make signature that looks like this:

AlexCovarrubias ^{( Let's talk! )} 00:00, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

I mean, I know how to produce it, I'd just like to make it happen automatically. Well, thanks for you help in advance. AlexCovarrubias 12:19, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For your incredible work with the ribbons. Good job! Sharkface217 23:31, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Ribbon Numeral

Will you be able to create ribbons with numbers on them anytime in the future? I am starting to rack up a few of the same type of barnstar.

Sharkface217 00:15, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

I will create the ribbons, but Cool Cat is taking care of the numbering. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 03:24, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

copyvios

Hello there. I have some more articles for you to check up:

• IISCO
• Essel Group
• Kirloskar Group

My username is User:Vedant_lath.

Oh, and email me if you want to contact me. I rarely login in Wikipedia. 59.93.130.67 08:32, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Kirloskar is clean, from what I can find, need to check the other two. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 17:38, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

IISCO is clean, Essel was a copyvio. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 17:43, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

It's hard for believe that IISCO is indeed clean. Thanks for checking the articles. Keep up the good work! 122.50.225.9 16:36, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

St Paul's School, Rourkela is a copyvio from the site http://stpauls-rourkela.org. 122.50.225.5 16:49, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Your utilising the "block" button

Hey Zscout370! I noticed that you indefinitely blocked a user for soliciting users for votes on a WikiProject Australia COTF (I was one of the users spammed). It seems rather extreme and inappropriate given the circumstances. He was previously blocked for spamming barnstars, and you indefinitely blocked him without warning for spamming votes on a COTF. I assume this was just a mistake, so I'll ask you to lift the block and rather explain to the user why spamming votes goes against one of our core ideals (consensus). Thanks in advance! hoopydink^{Conas tá tú?} 06:06, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

I'll do it in 24 hours. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 06:10, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Image:Barnstar of Humour3.png

Mind ribbonifying? --Cat out 09:44, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Ujjwal

OK, I would not put any personal info of myself but there are others who have put personal information of themselves and they are under 13. --Ujjwal Krishna 11:09, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

I know there are Ujjwal, but the reason why I altered yours was because it was brought to my attention. Plus, the CHILD policy is brand new and going through some dispute resolution. Thanks for cooperating. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 17:51, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

The CHILD policy is also not a policy as it has not been accepted, so should things really be deleted based on a proposal? --Rory096 16:58, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

I looked at the page, I looked at how CHILD was worded. Using my descretion, I decided that this is too much information posted about a person who is aged 10. I have used this before once when I had to delete a page about a gal who is only 11, from New Zealand, who pretty much listed her school, schedule, name and other information. Also, this is not the first time, nor last, that anyone used a proposal to make stuff happen, such as RBI and DENY. However, I feel CHILD is important, since I kinda do not want a blood of a child on my hands because of my inaction. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 22:04, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

That is perfectly fine then. But I really did not get the "blood of a child in my hands" part. --Ujjwal Krishna 04:58, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, if a child dies due to my inaction, I would feel guilty as if I pulled the trigger or held that person down. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 17:35, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Your block of User:Sharkface217

Don't you think an indef block is a little bit harsh? I understand that he shouldn't be spamming talk pages, but to me he seems to mean well and has been a productive editor. Please consider reducing this block. Thanks. - Mike | Talk 13:48, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Just noticed your not above, seems reasonable. Thanks :-). - Mike | Talk 13:56, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Lifted now. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 17:58, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Rollback Question

Forgive the newbie question, but on another page you mentioned the "rollback" function that admins have. It's pure curiosity and the desire to know more about how WP works (and there's something to be said here about a cat, I think) - but if you have a second, would you mind pointing me to where I can find more information on that? (I can't find a WP: article or guideline or the like, but I'm sure there must be one. All I've found is a definition of the rollback function in database management - I'm sure that's more or less the same thing here, but is there something about it as it relates to WP?) Thanks for your help.--TheOtherBob 06:27, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

When checking out page differences, if you are a common user, then you see the current edit, and the previous one. If you are an admin, there is a link called "rollback." It is a quick way to revert vandalism, or to revert edits by the same editor in a row (for vandalism, ArbCom violations, sockpuppetry). But, what InShaneee did was using the rollback feature when he was not supposed to. He not only did this once, but 5 times. A rollback, for your information, looks like this: # (diff) (hist) . . m Wikipedia:Wikipe-tan‎; 07:43 . . Zscout370 (Talk | contribs | block) (Reverted edits by 218.186.8.13 (talk) to last version by The Joker). I hope this helps. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 06:30, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

It does - that's what I was wondering about. Thanks!--TheOtherBob 13:37, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

National emblem of Belarus

Greetings Zach.

Thanks for your message. I began writing this before you sent your note, but I was in the middle of a copyedit, so I wanted to finish that first.

I noticed your post to Inge's talk page, so I hope I may join in for a few comments?

• Do you know who created the current symbol? The article only lists the creator of the 1950s symbol (btw, please standardize if this symbol dates from the 1950s or from the year 1950.)
• Is "People's Artist" the official title for the artist creating the 1950s symbol?
• You mention the year 1366, but the article on Vytis mentions 1386/87, the years of the Union between Poland and Lithuania. The article about Pahonia also mentions 1366. Do you think you could find a source and add a clarification about the first year?
• Do we have any documentation for when "Pahonia" became an independent symbol? What I mean is, was it e.g. used by Russia in parts of Belarus conquered from Poland-Lithuania or was it only used on the Polish-Lithuanian side of the border? Smolensk was conquered by Russia back in the 17th century. As I read the text, it was first used by the Russians following the partitions of Poland-Lithuania. Now I'm splitting hairs, sorry, but does this mean the third partition (1795) or the first partition (1772)? Just curious.
• Would the inclusion of a blazon of the former Pahonia arms be an idea? Unfortunately, I can't write it myself but someone from WP:HV might be able to help.
• I find the reference to Article 10 in the law about the (current) arms a bit odd. Would you mind rechecking it?
• I am a bit confused regarding the sentence about the use of the symbol on ballot boxes and "mailings". Did you mean "mail-in votes" (please bear with me, I am not a native speaker).
• Is "Workers of the World, Unite!" the standard translation used in English? I would have expected "Proletarians of the World, Unite!" I am no Marxist, but in Danish, this slogan goes Proletarer i alle lande, foren jer!. The same is the case in German: Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt Euch!
• I didn't understand the following sentence: "Ten years before, the base design was adopted, but the letters at the bottom of the emblem said "С.С.Р.Б" instead of БССР." Would you mind rephrasing it and does it mean that the second Communist symbol actually dates from 1927?
• Now I'm treading where caution is needed, but do you know of any (neutral) publications indicating of the current popularity of this symbol? My own information on that matter is - well - sketchy.

Sorry that this became a pretty long list. This is all I can think of, I promise. I'm sure you know the image showing a crane removing the Pahonia arms from the front of the Belarusian Parliament building and it would have been wonderful in this article, but alas, this image must be copyrighted. (If you don't know it and wish to see it, just say the word and I'll mail you a copy.) I hope you find my copyediting satisfactory, if you don't, please edit away. All in all, I found this a pretty interesting article on a subject I knew way too little about. Regards. Valentinian ^{(talk) / (contribs)} 00:42, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Btw, I just realized that one of your sources listed is an article by Vitali Silitski. I'd sometimes wondered what had happend to him, but it looks like he is safe in the United States. I'm glad to see it. :) Regards. Valentinian ^{(talk) / (contribs)} 00:59, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

No problems about the length. I have seen the photo you speak of, but it is copyrighted. Now, down to your list.

1. The current designed of the arms is not known and has not been officially released by the Government. The same is said about the state flag. 2. People's Artist is an official award given by the Soviet Union. I would need to clarify it. 3. Look at that now. 4. I would need to dig deeper 5. Yes, I can include a blazon. 6. Fixed that 7. Camapign mailings, such as "Vote for me!" 8. I always heard it as "Workers of the World, Unite" but I could be wrong 9. Fixing that now 10. There is no website that lauds the symbols, except for the official websites and maybe Belta.by. The other sources deal with unpopularity of the symbol. The same is said for the State flag and anthem.

Thanks again for taking a peek at the article and giving it much love.

User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 01:10, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome and I'm glad you could use the input. Your edits to the article look good. Thanks for the explanation for the word "mailing", I have never seen it before. Regarding the current designer, it might be an interesting point to add that his / her name is not known, and perhaps a small clarification about the comparision to the Nazi symbols, which is probably due to the use of these symbols during World War II. Just my thoughts. Regards. Valentinian ^{(talk) / (contribs)} 02:03, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar poll

You may be interestwed in this discussion Talk:Barnstar#Straw_poll. --evrik ^(talk) 15:23, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

And given your response on that page, you might be interested in a similar discussion/poll on Talk:Esperanza. Ral315 (talk) 05:39, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Responded to both polls. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 15:57, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Great work!

Flag of the US Episcopal Church.svg

Thanks for creating and uploading this nice vector graphic in response to my request. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 11:23, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Welcome. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 15:56, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Bullying and Stalking

Perhaps you don't know the history behind his actions and his coercion. But these are not things you should be emulating and perpetuating. I am asking you to no longer post to or edit my talk page. --A green Kiwi in learning mode 23:31, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

And for that, you just earned an indef. block. If your not going to let users communicate with you, then you have no reason to be here. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 00:05, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Arbitration case

Some created a RFAr against you and didn't bother informing you of it. So I guess I am officially notifying you of it. semper fi — Moe 04:28, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Never mind, the user and the case was reverted. :) semper fi — Moe 04:31, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

It was GoodCop, who I blocked for making threats against users. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 05:01, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Good Catch

Nice work reverting the vandalism at Talk:Flag of Canada. I can't believe I didn't backtrack after I caught the one in the main article...D'oh! --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 07:08, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

No problem. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 07:11, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Threats?

"For making threats against Cool Cat and others"?   What threats? – SAJordan ^talk_contribs 02:20, 14 Nov 2006 (UTC).

You created an account on the Commons to do nothing but to harass, threaten and troll an administrator. The other admins wanted you to be blocked, so I will not be lifting it any time soon. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 03:10, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I have not threatened anyone, on- or offline, here or there or anywhere else. The allegation above is false. When you block me based on an accusation specifically of "making threats", I think that creates a moral obligation to answer my question: What threats? ← (That links to my entire contrib history on Commons; but no threats.) – SAJordan ^talk_contribs 03:54, 14 Nov 2006 (UTC).

I already did. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 04:33, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Where? – SAJordan ^talk_contribs 04:41, 14 Nov 2006 (UTC).

First response. Plus, from looking here, you posted the same message to me to the people who supported the block on the Commons. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 05:12, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Nowhere above have you answered: What threats? You have only repeated the explicit and serious accusation you made against me on a public page, after preventing me from uttering any defense or denial in the same place.

If all three of you agree publicly that I'm guilty of "making threats against Cool Cat and others", surely at least one of you can specify what threats I am purported to have made; a quote, a cite, a diff, wherein I have uttered threats against someone. But I have asked each of you, What threats?, and none of you have named any.

Have you gone through my contrib history and looked for threats I have made? If not, why not?

I invited you to make that search because, I repeat, I have not threatened anyone, on- or offline, here or there or anywhere else. The allegation above is false.

You have made a false (and public) accusation against me, and blocked me on that basis.

I have asked you repeatedly to support that accusation with specifics: What threats? You have not done so.

I have asked the same question of those who supported your action. They too have not answered it.

At what point will you admit, at least as publicly, including in the same place, that I made no such threats, no threats of any kind, and that your accusation was false?

I would really, truly, sincerely like to know. – SAJordan ^talk_contribs 06:16, 14 Nov 2006 (UTC).

Edits on El Dorado County, California

Sorry, Zscout, I think the alignment problems may have been my fault, as I was right in the middle of a Preview cycle during changes, and my 3-yr old daughter needed attending to. After that, I couldn't get back to the article for three days straight, as my work-a-day demanded my 110%. I'm currently in the middle of "set-aside-time" for these articles, as far as realignment and additions, ElDo County is my first stop...Edit Centric 02:16, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Edit Centric, I wasn't trying to affect your edits. What happened was that a company was trying to link-spam Wikipedia, and one of the articles they hit was El Dorado County. I just removed their links and that was it. If anything else changed, then go ahead and change it back and accept my apologies. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 02:22, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Awards News

There are several issues that the WikiProject needs to address.

1. Do we need a coordinator (or more than one) to coordinate our efforts and act as an arbiter? Please place your thoughts here.
2. Could someone work on archiving the talk page Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject Awards?
3. Do we need to develop better guidelines for the Wikipedia:WikiProject awards?
4. Finally, could you please weigh in on the following discussions so we can move them to conclusion:
   1. LGBT Barnstar
   2. Islamic Award
   3. Working Man’s Barnstar.

Sincerely, --evrik ^(talk) 02:13, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

In reply:

1. I pass on the cordinator
2. Page being archived by Werdnabot for discussions older than 2 weeks.
3. I do not think any guidelines will help at all.
4. I have no problems with the first 2 barnstars, but I would like the name to stay the same for the Working Man's Barnstar. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 02:25, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Your old buddy under attack

Check this out. I could use some kind words from an old Wiki-friend. -Husnock 17:05, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

I looked at the situation and some suggested that I should mediate. I will. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 19:01, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the mediation, best of luck. I will be happy to provide info I have about images and try to update them when I can. Despite that others seem to have gone over to the other side about this, Durin really scares me. I feel he stalked me, hounded me, and made unreasonable demands. But, for the purpose of mediation, my main concerns are:

1. Demanded an unrealistic level of personal contact information about the source of some images. The final straw was wanting to talk to my ex-finance and the former girlfriend of my late grandfather.
2. Asking me for explanations about image sources and then, when I provided the information,declaring it wrong, false, or stating it was not good enough. The final point of this was when Durin stated that JAG officers attached to CNFK and CNFJ didnt know what they were talking about.
3. Completing dismissing that I am on a military deployment, demadning answers to queries within 12-24 hours after posting and putting 7 day deletion notices on images when I could not possibly have the matter resolved in that time.

I have no proof that this person is attempting to contact people in the "real world" about me and my images but he did mention that an e-mail way sent to Corpus Christi city employees about this. An unrelated contact I have also stated they recieved an e-mail using my last name and asking if I worked for Wikipedia and how to find me. Very scary.

Thanks for mediating. I'll try to stay in touch. We kick up ops after Thanksgiving and my Wiki time might drop sharply. -Husnock 11:23, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Alexander Litvinenko

The photo of Alex is mine, taken by me three years ago at the book launch for AP. AP have the rights, but I am aloud to use with justification. Please revert the picture deletion. Furthermore I created an article on Bellerusian Jews, please can you contribute and wikify. Thanks! Chavatshimshon 20:17, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

The problem that if the AP has rights to the photo, then we could not use this photo now. The AP is using the photo and is selling them to other news organizations. If we upload the AP/your version to Wikipedia, people will be getting the free version for news reports instead of buying them from the AP. That violates the 4th tennant of the US Fair Use test. A couple months down the road, maybe we could add the picture in. As for the Belarusian Jews article, I'll take a peek at it as soon as I can. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 20:23, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Belarus peer review

Glad to help - let me know if you want me to take a second look after the changes. I did not look at the second half as carefully as the first. Take care, Ruhrfisch 15:15, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

I mostly began to add sources and removed that "neighboring countries" template and put it in writing. Most of the issues at the last FAC were of grammar (which, according to those guys, I suck at) and some updating in the economy section. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 16:29, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Siberia Wiki

Siberian wikipedia thanks you for your vote in our support. Unfortunately, many votes in this voting http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_Siberian_Wikipedia are alleged to be falsified. We need you to verify your vote. There are two ways of doing it: you can confirm it right below this request or you can do this by adding to your user page a link to your meta account (like this:[2]") --Ottorahn 18:40, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

My Meta account is at m:User:Zscout370, which links to every account I hold on Wikimedia projects. And yes, I do authorize the vote I placed for the debate on the RU-SIB Wikipedia. To note, I also have an account on RU-SIB wiki. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 23:46, 22 November 2006 (UTC)