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San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park

Much thanks for getting photos for the historic sites in and around Leon County. When you get a chance, might you get photos of the park above? It's one of the few NHLs in Florida without photos. I was gonna get shots on my recent Easter weekend roadtrip, but by the time I got there, it was 9 PM on Sunday. I'm going to visit it myself at some point, b/c it's a a triple threat (NRHP, NHL and state park). But that prolly won't be until the fall at the earliest. So if you could get there any sooner, it would be great. Keep up the good work, on the photos and the museums list. Now, to upload photos of the Appleton (outside, at least) I took today. Huzzah! :) --Ebyabe (talk) 15:36, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words, Ebyabe. I find myself at San Marcos de Apalache probably about once a year, with camera in hand. Trouble is, I'm always looking for nature pictures rather than structures. And, in truth, the remnants of the old fort are not very impressive or photogenic. I'll probably swing by in the next couple of months, maybe sooner, and will certainly get some sort of photo of the place for the article. (Now, back to looking for museums to add to the list!) Tim Ross (talk) 17:05, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Meetup

Wikipedia:Meetup/Gainesville, Florida - in the planning stages, if you're interested. Yeah, I know, but it wouldn't be during a home-game weekend, if that'll help. :) --Ebyabe (talk) 16:47, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Might be fun, Ebyabe, depending on the timing. The middle of the day works best for me, but I may be able to flex a bit. Tim Ross (talk) 14:58, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Photo of American Beech Tree

Hello Tim, I work for a non-profit and we are interested in purchasing one of your photos. 208.50.113.55 (talk) 15:29, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

I appreciate the compliment. I released the 1,200 X 900 pixel version of it into the public domain, so you can use that at any time, if that is big enough. Tim Ross (talk) 16:12, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Inclusion criteria for List of museums

Hey man, howzit going? Take a look at the inclusion criteria for Talk:List of museums. I changed the criteria on the international list to one similar to that used in the state lists of museums in the United States. Please comment whether you agree or not with using that criteria for the international list or should we use some other criteria? The reason I added this criteria is because museums are being removed from the list so I thought I would try & define an inclusion criteria, but would like to get more comments. Thanks! FieldMarine (talk) 14:47, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

A land snail from Ohio

Hi Tim Ross. Maybe you already looked at these images? Forgive me if we already asked you this, but do you have any idea what this species of land snail is? There are several different shots of it in the series "Ohio nature (Set)" if you browse one way and the other. If we can put an ID on one of the images we can use it on WP. Thanks, best, Invertzoo (talk) 21:58, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/amatuer_44060/1482483153/

It's clearly one of the larger polygyrids, Invertzooo, but I don't feel confident in putting a name on it without some sort of look at the aperture. My off-the-cuff guess is either Mesodon thyroidus or Triodopsis tridentatus. Both are pretty common in Ohio. You're right, though, that it would be a nice photo to be able to use. Tim Ross (talk) 22:32, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:FSM Logo on bumper.JPG)

Thanks for uploading Image:FSM Logo on bumper.JPG. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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categories

Hello Tim, feel free to share your opinion about the theme at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2008_December_11#Molluscofcountry. --Snek01 (talk) 10:53, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the invitation to comment, Snek. I fear, though, that I am still not back to regular editing, and missed my chance to comment before the discussion was closed. In any case, I do, in general, agree with your point of view, and find that Invertzoo's comments are very close to what I would have said. Tim Ross (talk) 19:08, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Flying Spaghetti Monster bumper logo?

Hi, I was wondering where you got the FSM bumper logo. I would like to put one on my car, but I can't seem to find one on the internet to buy. —Preceding comment added by EvilPizza (talk) 05:53, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi, EvilPizza. The FSM website, http://www.vegenza.com/ , has a bunch of items for sale. They also have pointers to other sellers, including, I believe, the one who provides that bumper ornament, at the bottom of their "FSM store" page. I hope this helps you out. Tim Ross (talk) 19:36, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Photo from other version of Wikipedia

I would be grateful if someone would tell me the proper way to use a photo from another language version of Wikipedia. Specifically, I'd like to use "Fichier:MariettaRobusti.jpg" from fr.wikipedia in the English article, Marietta_Robusti. Thanks very much. Tim Ross (talk) 11:40, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Either upload the image to Wikimedia Commons, or upload it locally here to English Wikipedia. Make sure you keep all of the creation and licencing information intact. //roux   12:21, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Templates

Hi. I noticed that when you recently changed List of Florida State University alumni into a redirect, you added the text "{{R all entries in List of Florida State University alumni already in List of Florida State University people}}" after the redirect. Just to let you know, the {{ }} symbols have a special meaning in Wikipedia. They transclude the contents of another page, usually in the Template: namespace, into the page where they are used. The text between the symbols has to be the title of a page; putting random text inside {{ }} doesn't do anything. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 16:45, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi, Russ. I fear I actually made a number of redirects using that same model. I hope I didn't cause any problems by doing it the way I did. Actually, I'm not too experienced at redirects, so went to WP:R to find the proper template, or at least what I thought was the proper template:

"You can and should also give a reason for a redirect:

#REDIRECT [[University of Cambridge]]{{R from alternative name}}"

Clearly I must have misunderstood that advice. Tim Ross (talk) 17:10, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Snow in Tampa pic in Florida article

I agree that the photo looks nice there and personally have no problem with it, but I've seen the fair use police at work. So as I edit here and there, I try to reduce the instances of useful fair use photos since those which are used in "too many" articles often become targets for deletion.

I left it in place for now and brought up the issue on the article's talk page in case you'd like to comment over there. Zeng8r (talk) 16:06, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

I gave a thought to the fair use issue, too, Zen8r. You may well be right. Since this photo is already in several other places perhaps it has been deemed acceptable. I won't cry if it disappears from Florida, although it would be a real loss from Tampa. Tim Ross (talk) 17:09, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

No doubt. Let's leave it on the Florida page for now and see what others think. Zeng8r (talk) 17:56, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Runaway Million

Hi Tim, thanks for helping out with speedy deletion tagging, and you were right, this one was promotional and I deleted it. I'd like to suggest that you try WP:Twinkle (either the full configuration or just the one extra tab that helps you tag for speedy deletion) if you want to do more speedy tagging. It will mark the page as patrolled (currently broken but we're working on it), which makes life easier for the new page patrollers, and give proper notification to the creator, and give an edit summary that lets me know I don't have to double-check your work, and add the proper tag to the page. (Watchlisting) - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 15:38, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the advice about Twinkle, Dan! You may well be right, that I would find it helpful. Oddly, I suspect that I already have it. I seem to recall adding that sort of code a long time ago, but then never being able to find the details of how it worked. My page shows some cryptically named tabs, such as "csd", "rpp", "xfd", and others, which I believe came from that experiment. Is there a comparatively easy way to add a current version, and to actually learn how to use the tabs? (I'm using Safari, on a Mac.) My computer expertise, I fear, is not too great. Much obliged. Tim Ross (talk) 16:12, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

P.S., Runaway Million seems to be back. Tim Ross (talk) 16:19, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

And gone again. If you want just the csd tab, add this to your User:Tim Ross/monobook.js page:

importScript('User:AzaToth/morebits.js');
importScript('User:AzaToth/twinklespeedy.js');

When you click on the tab, it's fairly self-explanatory. - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 17:29, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Got it. That should do the trick. I'll make a habit of using it from now on. Thanks again. Tim Ross (talk) 18:10, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

File:BWalker-TBilabiata.jpg

Just to let you know that I recently copied the above image that you uploaded to Wikipedia over to WikiMedia Commons, the Wikimedia central media repository for all free media. The image had been tagged with the {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}} template. Your image is now available to all Wikimedia projects at the following location: Commons:File:BWalker-TBilabiata.jpg. The original version of the image uploaded to Wikipedia has been tagged with WP:CSD#F8. Cheers! --Captain-tucker (talk) 18:41, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I put a number of my early graphics into enWikipedia, I'm afraid, before I learned to put them in Commons. Tim Ross (talk) 17:58, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Nathalie

Thanks for your questions!

I deleted the map from the infobox because it's a map of Halifax, not a map of Nathalie. I've produced a separate dot map for it, because you're clearly correct in saying that it needs one. As it's at least ten miles from Halifax (if I read my atlas correctly), it really shouldn't be represented by a Halifax map.

As for the population: unless you have specific boundaries for a community, you can't say how many people live there. Perhaps 5,500 people live in a vague area, but where are the boundaries of that area? We need boundaries for verifiability, and Hometown USA clearly isn't the kind of source that would go locally and delineate clear boundaries — not to mention the fact that it really wouldn't be that reliable for determining those boundaries. The only way that we can reasonably get a population figure for the community is to use its ZIP Code Tabulation Area — for a map, go to http://factfinder.census.gov/leg1/38/129914138.gif; you can see that it includes much of northern Halifax County. It's really broad (and might be the source for the 5,500 population claim by Hometown USA), but clearly is far larger than just the community of Halifax.

A "CDP" is a census-designated place. You're from Florida, yet you write about a place in Virginia: are you familiar with the areas around Halifax County? The closest CDP to Nathalie is probably Rustburg, the county seat for Campbell County. You can also look at Category:Census-designated places in Florida by county: nearly every Florida county has one. Nyttend (talk) 12:06, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

That was really helpful, Nyttend. Much appreciated. (And, yes, I'm reasonably familiar with that part of Virginia.) Tim Ross (talk) 13:28, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost — 2 March 2009

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A very large and widespread CopyVio problem!

I want to alert all Project Gastropods staff to the fact that we currently have a very major CopyVio problem which compromises the integrity of the encyclopedia, and opens the door for legal action against Wikipedia. This problem is spread across a huge number of gastropod articles (approximately 800 to 1,000) and it also spills over into the other molluscan groups. I am asking ask everyone who is available to help out with this in whatever way they can, but please do so in an organized and unified fashion so we all know what is going on. It seems that all of the articles in the Category: Molluscs of New Zealand [1] contain a great deal of text that is copied verbatim or almost verbatim from the 1979 book by Powell, New Zealand Mollusca. I have had no experience in dealing with a crisis of this magnitude. Any help that any of you can offer or suggest is more than welcome. Invertzoo (talk) 21:16, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

This is really bad news. Put me down as a willing helper, Invertzoo. I do not, unfortunately, have any sort of ready access to Powell's book, so can't be sure exactly what portions of what articles are the problem. If someone could figure out an easy way to mark those parts of a bunch of articles, I will be happy to dive in and erase, revise, or stubify as needed/possible. (Actually, maybe you can just put double brackets around the offending language, turning it red, as a pseudo-link.) I can work pretty fast. Tim Ross (talk) 21:45, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

P.S. Will be in the field all day tomorrow (Sat.), but can work long hours Sunday. Tim Ross (talk) 21:54, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Update on CopyVio problem

Thanks for your very nice note Tim. Here is an update:

To WPGastropods members and other interested parties:

If you have not already done so, please look at the thread of messages at: A very large and widespread CopyVio problem

And read the message on the Gastropod talk page conversation. from an admin who is an expert on fixing CopyVio problems, Moonriddengirl (talk).

Also please look at/read through the two new subpages created from the WikiProject Gastropods talk page, and listed at the top of [2].

I am sorry but I have to be careful not to type too much, because I hurt my hand and fingers early this week, so rather than attempting to explain the progress so far in detail, I am leaving it up to you to read the messages and work out what is going on.

Thanks so much, Invertzoo (talk) 21:48, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

First sentence is OK in the gastropod articles

Hi Tim, Just wanted to say that you can add the first sentence intact to each article, as it is OK as it is. It is not a CopyVio, as it is in a very different form to the way it is in the Powell book, I am talking about, like this:

"Acteon milleri is a species of small sea snail, a predatory marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae, the barrel bubble snails."

Best, Invertzoo (talk) 16:52, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Species lists are also OK to go in as they are

Since they are just plain information. Invertzoo (talk) 17:30, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Question: Brookula

Hi. I'm implementing your changes to the B articles (great job!), and I wanted to ask you about this one. You indicate in edit summary that "revision not needed". I don't have access to the book, so I have to ask for clarification. Does that mean that you believe we are clear to restore publication? (I'll watch here for reply.) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 16:43, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

That was poor quality work on my part, Moonriddengirl. I wasn't paying enough attention. In truth, the descriptive paragraph in the original, which I failed to notice, is likely copyvio. I've put up a revised version on Talk:Brookula/Temp. Sorry for the slip-up. Tim Ross (talk) 17:06, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

No problem. Going through this quickly is bound to cause some confusion. :) I appreciate greatly the work you've put into this already. I'll go ahead and merge the new version, then. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 17:13, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Calliostoma article

The fancy-sounding phrase was from User:JoJan, not from Powell, so that was good. Invertzoo (talk) 17:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

May I plead better safe than sorry? :-) Oh well, I should have checked. Tim Ross (talk) 20:24, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Peer approval

It's amazing how well your wikiproject mobilized to address the concerns, and the time that you put into helping out is very much appreciated. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 16:10, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

I think we all pitched in, Moonriddengirl, because it was (and is) such an important and easy-to-understand situation. Thanks very much for the barnstar. Your efforts have been pretty stellar, too! Tim Ross (talk) 18:00, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Help request

I'd be grateful if someone would tell me how to determine the revision version number of an article. I've managed to do it before, as in:

{{Translation/Ref|de|Lyman Bradford Smith|oldid= 37950663}}

For some reason, though, I've forgotten the trick. Thanks in advance. Tim Ross (talk) 14:03, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

I think WP:DIFF will explain this - if it doesn't, please ask again or talk to us live --  Chzz  ►  14:05, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

That was what I needed (and I feel a bit silly for having forgotten). Thanks, again. Tim Ross (talk) 14:30, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Liberty University

thanks. I saw the changes and revisions you made last week. I was fine with it, so I never commented or changed anything. --Jim Line (talk) 19:01, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

I appeciate the comment, Jim. Thanks, Tim Ross (talk) 19:08, 29 March 2009 (UTC)