User talk:Fastily

Appropriate use of logo

Because of your interest in images, and my lack of expertise, I'd like to make sure I'm doing something right.

I just wrote an article Women's Basketball Coaches Association, and I just uploaded a copy of their logo. I think I understand that our policy is to allow logos in limited situations when they are low resolution. As the logo is the WBCA logo, and the article is about the organization, I think one prong is easily covered.

As for low-resolution, I'm not so sure. I copied the logo from the WBCA site into Paint. I saved it as a .PNG file. The original file was 343 x 375 and 27 k. I opened the file in Irfanview, resized it to 200 x 219. I noticed an image quality option on the save menu, so I dropped the image quality to 29%. Frankly, it's not obvious that did anything, perhaps because it is a logo with solid colors.

I'm very anxious to make sure I comply with the rules, so can you let me know if I've taken the right steps to reduce the resolution appropriately, and if not, how I should proceed (keeping in mind that I only have three tools, Paint, Irfanview, and the ability to beg for help from experts - oh I have Inkscape, but I don't think that will help.) The file is here File:Wbca Logo.PNG --SPhilbrickT 00:26, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi SPhilbrick. I can see no major issues with File:Wbca Logo.PNG. The resolution is fine, and the fair use rationale and licensing tag look good. IMO, I'd recommend using an external link as the source, but "WBCA website" will do the job. Cheers, FASTILY_sock ^(TALK) 07:57, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I did change to use a link - my first time using that template, and I wasn't quite sure what was needed. (You know, for a person on a wikibreak, you sure do get a lot accomplished.)--SPhilbrickT 12:09, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Heh thanks. I'm around anyways so minus well. =P Cheers, FASTILY_sock ^(TALK) 20:46, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Re:Eknath Easwaran courtesy of the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation.jpg

Thank you very much for your help on this. I'm NOT the copyright owner of this image - copyright is owned by the Blue Mountain Center but the image is on their website www.easwaran.org/media and is available to copy and reproduce (but not modify) free of charge with a credit line to the copyright owner. That's why (while waiting for your reply) I looked some more and figured out that I ought to use the non-free fair-use categorization - which seems to fit to me? Am I correct using that?

If so, then hopefully the copyright tag I have inserted now is the correct one:

{{Non-free promotional}}—for publicity photographs of people or events, such as headshots or posed shots, from a press kit

Would you agree with that? And if so would you please let me know if there are any other corrections I should make, and remove the deletion notice?

Thanks again for your kind help on this DuncanCraig1949 (talk) 14:11, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your suggestions & help on this. Hopefully the page is now OK. Best wishes DuncanCraig1949 (talk) 07:26, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Impostering your userid?

Dear Fastily, Please check my talk page, you'd see a message apparently from you, saying I have been blocked indefinitely for use of multiple id's. This was really surprising to me, I followed the page and I saw that someone,- Keysvolume (http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/User_talk:Keysvolume) who has been vandalizing certain pages, that has been restored by me and others had bought a sockpuppet charge against me. I was cleared, as it showed no connection. This made me even more surprised at that block - I checked the edit history of my talk page and found an user with ip address (http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=User_talk:59.92.243.49&action=edit&redlink=1) have left that message. I think this same user has been vandalising exactly those pages that the above mentioned user was doing earlier, till he was blocked temporarily. Please take a look at my talk page, and it would be clear to you.

Also, a previously blocked page - http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=Salwa_Judum&action=history, was edited by someone after a detailed point by point and in-depth discussion in the talk page. These unregistered users are vandalising and reverting without any discussion in the talk page. Could this page be put back to a sem-protect status?

Thank you very much, Vinter-light (talk) 15:42, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I realized that you are on break (or not? :-)), so I asked the assistance of another administrator. Vinter-light (talk) 04:16, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Ampalang Society.jpg upload and copright

Thank you for your notice and I have requested copyright permission from the artist. Kiwibaro (talk) 19:12, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Dave Colburn

Hey I noticed you tagged the image and it may be deleted fairly soon. For TV character images, what it the best way to attain one? We just deal with screenshots really and put in the correct info.. and I know all of those help pages are there, but I'd rather you to explain it if you could, as i can understand alot better from an admin because you know most things. Raintheone (talk) 21:17, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi Raintheone. That was my bad - didn't add the proper deletion tag. What I meant to add was a {{nsd}} tag, noting that the image needs a more specific source. If you could provide a external link or state "screen capture" (only if you took the picture yourself) as the source, that would be great. Regards, FASTILY_sock ^(TALK) 21:34, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Did I forget to thank you? ..

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed nearly unanimously with 174 in support, 2 in opposition and 1 neutral votes. Special thanks goes to RegentsPark, Samir and John Carter for their kind nomination and support. I am truly honored by the trust and confidence that the community has placed in me. I thank you for your kind inputs and I will be sincerely looking at the reasons that people opposed me so I can improve in those areas ( including my english ;) ). If you ever need anything please feel free to ask me and I would be happy to help you :). Have a great day ! -- Tinu Cherian - 04:29, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

unconstructive edits or what-have-you

The reason I changed the page to say "November 25, 2009 - Thanksgiving Eve" instead of "November 25, 2009 - Thanksgiving" is because November 25, 2009 is Thanksgiving Eve, not Thanksgiving. Is that not a reasonable edit? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.175.120.141 (talk) 01:01, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

By the way, this is the page/section: http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/SR-71_(band)#Reunion_.282009.E2.80.93present.29 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.175.120.141 (talk) 01:05, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Zip Guns link in cassandra's dream article

What is the problem with creating the link to improvised firearms for the term 'zip gun' in the plot section of Cassandra's Dream? A search for zip gun redirects to improvised firearms. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.163.62.46 (talk) 01:12, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Ah - My bad. I have restored your edit. Thanks for letting me know. -FASTILY_sock ^(TALK) 01:26, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

User talk:74.160.132.223 requesting unblock

Hello Fastily. You are probably the only person who can answer his question, since his only significant edit was oversighted and I don't know whose block he might be evading. EdJohnston (talk) 03:09, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I came across the same unblock request. Also, since it was a week ago; there is a possibility that the person who committed the singular edit is not the same person requesting the unblock today. Any additional input into this matter would be helpful. --Jayron32 05:26, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

See my reply on EdJohnston's page. -FASTILY_sock ^(TALK) 05:28, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Regarding your reply to EdJohnston; what is the nature of JarAxle's IP hopping? Are they likely dynamically assigned IPs OR are they open proxies? If he is using a large number of IPs, such three month blocks are unlikely to stop him from doing anything, but they will likely stop legitimate users who get assigned the IP at a later time. Do you have any additional input to change my analysis of this? Either these are open proxies OR they are dynamically assigned, and if they are dynamic IPs, then the existing block serves no purpose as there is little to no chance that our Grawpy friend would ever use it again... --Jayron32 05:34, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Well said Jayron. I shall leave it at your discretion to unblock 74.160.132.223 then. If you do...just to be safe, I'd recommend monitoring the edits made from 74.160.132.223. Regards, FASTILY_sock ^(TALK) 05:41, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Will do. Jaraxle/Grawp is so instantly recognizable in his editing pattern that if this is him (which I doubt, he doesn't bother with unblock requests, except as a direct attempt to crash browsers or otherwise mess with people through the unblock request itself), that as soon as it goes all grawpy again, there'll be 20 other admins blocking it instantly. I'll unblock and hope for the best. Cheers! --Jayron32 05:52, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm not vandalizing

I'm not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.110.233.241 (talk) 05:04, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

George Perez article

Why did you revert my edits to the George Perez article? I added references, cleaned up the bibliography, and fixed some of the stilted grammar. If the number of edits seemed excessive it is because my wi-fi connection can get kinda wobbly and I lose contact. Hence the need to save my changes more often than may otherwise be necessary. Mtminchi08 (talk) 05:09, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi Mtminchi08. Ah. Well, if that's the case, my bad. I have restored your edits. Thanks for letting me know. -FASTILY_sock ^(TALK) 05:16, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Skylark (Italian band)

Just trying to figure out what exactly was wrong with User:38.126.225.6's edit here. Q ^{T C} 05:14, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi OverlordQ. I had perceived the edits to be vandalism at first glance but, looking them over again, that is clearly not the case. I've restored the edits and struck out the message on 38.126.225.6's talk page. Thanks for letting me know. Regards, FASTILY_sock ^(TALK) 05:20, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Int Household Income Page

Hey,

As I was editting my page, I forgot to be logged on, but then signed in and finally revised the data. Someone else apparently made up numbers and for no reason. So I simply reverted the figures to where they were before this random person changed them to nonexistant 2009 data. There is no reason for you to cancel the 2004 figures, since it's my page and it's backed by official sources. What you were doing was reverting back to the valdalist figures of 2009.

Sorry for the confusion,

give me an email at stephenking36@yahoo.com if you like.

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