User talk:Ke4roh

Welcome to Wikipedia!

Hello Ke4roh, welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for all your contributions. Here are some useful links in case you haven't already found them:

If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian!

—Noldoaran (Talk) 00:12, Dec 12, 2003 (UTC)

Fair use

Thank you for the message about Image:Les Misérables program.jpg. I try give as much information as possible on image description pages. I've added the fair use message. Since this is a fairly low quality (and small) scan, I think it should be okay. --Minesweeper 12:48, Feb 17, 2004 (UTC)

Burj al Arab

We indeed have permission to use both photographs on the Dubai article. WhisperToMe 02:55, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Ansari X Prize

Duly moved, per request. Since it was just a plain redirect, you or anyone else could have taken care of it with the "move" command -- although I quite understand that you were leery if you've never done that kind of stuff before. Done, anyway. 73s, –Hajor 23:42, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I tried and got an oblique error message (which I didn't write down, of course). Likewise when I tried to move Estee Lauder, Inc. back to Estee Lauder some months ago, but everyone is happy with that redirect now. Thanks! -- ke4roh 23:50, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Olympic flame photo

Thanks for the inquiry about details for Image:Olympic flame.jpg. I've added the name of the specific Cincinnati suburb, North College Hill, since there's an article for it, and added the date, but I only remember that the runner's name was John.

I took the photo, so if I can tell you anything else, please let me know. Rdikeman 14:58, Jul 5, 2004 (UTC)

Saturn diagram

I disagree. Those were original NASA diagrams from the time of the moon landing or before. I believe leaving them as they were gives a feeling of the time. Rusty 01:04, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)

The cleaned up drawings do look better. Linking to the original is also a very good idea. I like it. Carry on. :-) Rusty 14:02, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Tower Bridge

Re: your comments on Image:Fog-towerbridge.700px.jpg. I've added that the photograph was taken looking south across Tower Bridge. It must have been at about 8pm, roughly. I'd finished work at 6pm, and because the weather was so atmospheric, went for a walk around the city on my way up to a party in Islington.

As for where the people were going, I really don't know. I seem to recall that most of the people out that night were tourists... but where they were planning to see in the New Year, I can't guess. London doesn't really have a formal New Year celebration - people often congregate in Trafalgar Square, but the Police don't much like it, and there's nothing to see there (though if you're in the centre of the square, you can just about see the Clock Tower that contains Big Ben). - MykReeve 16:56, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)

RFA

Hi, i've nominated you for an admin, you can accept it by going to Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship --GeneralPatton 22:21, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Thank you, GeneralPatton, for your nomination. I'm honored to be nominated for adminship, though I think I'll have to agree with blankfaze's objection that I haven't been here quite long enough. So far, the only admin thing I've wanted to do is rename pages — I'm already on the lookout for vandalism that I can fix and image copyright problems. I'll be quite happy tinkering with captions and space articles for the next few months, and perhaps in December we can revisit the admin question. Again, many thanks. -- ke4roh 02:49, Jul 11, 2004 (UTC)

Then, I look forward to nominating you again in a couple of months. I hope you shall carry on with your great editorial work.--GeneralPatton 13:58, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Hi Ke4roh, Are you formally withdrawing your nomination for now? I don't want to remove it unless you explicitely are. Thanks, -- Cecropia | Talk 15:33, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Yes. I removed it. Thanks for asking! -- ke4roh 16:56, Jul 11, 2004 (UTC)

Howdy. blankfaze here. I don't want you to get discouraged because of my lack of support. A month or two and 750-1000 more edits and I'd very likely support you. Keep up your very good work. :-) blankfaze | (беседа!) 19:08, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I'm not discouraged at all, just as busy as I can be (and then some) without extra powers and responsibilities, plus, I can see your argument and wouldn't want to be too bold with admin powers - I'm already rocking the boat enough with Wikipedia:Captions. (Hey - if you want to jump on that bandwagon, you're welcome! I'm planning to write up a Wiki project page for it and recruit people to write captions - but I have to stop writing captions for articles visible from the front page long enough to write it!) -- ke4roh 03:15, Jul 14, 2004 (UTC)

Good. Keep up the good contributing. blankfaze | (беседа!) 03:18, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Captions

I replied to your comment on my talk page. Brian Kendig 04:02, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

The photo of Asheville

(re: Asheville Photo) Hey man. :) I went back to the archives and found that it was taken January 8th, 2003 at 11:39 am, which i've updated the photo info for. Hope this helps! zen 02:43, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Japanese funeral pictures

Hi. I added some more comments on the image pages. However, I am not japanese and can't read japanese, so i couldn't answer all of your questions. Hope the little info helps. Happy editing -- Chris 73 | Talk 13:18, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Rosetta Stone

Nice job on the re-arrangement of the Rosetta Stone page. I stumbled across it and had to add some more history, you cleaned up the page. Wizzy 17:12, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Captions project

I've started a new project Wikipedia:WikiProject Writing Captions, and I invite comment on it before linking to it from the usual places. -- ke4roh 05:31, Jul 18, 2004 (UTC)

It is a great idea, I’d be happy to support it. --GeneralPatton 05:36, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)

A fine endeavour, my friend. I'm surprised we don't have something like that already. Glad to see you being bold and leading the charge. I think it's a great project and I might just join in myself sometime... if I ever have the time :-/... blankfaze | (беседа!) 21:39, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)

- I think Caption Project is a good idea and would be happy to join the effort.

I see you are also a member of the WikiProject Space Missions. Is that still an active project? I've been trying to update various space missions to reflect the project recommendations. If it is still active, I would like to join this project, also. Rusty 03:12, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Certainly! Just sign your name on the list of participants at Wikipedia:WikiProject Space Missions and you're in. Then you can update that page to help track what needs help. -- ke4roh 04:16, Jul 19, 2004 (UTC)

Caption issues

I had a look at the project page - good stuff. I'll keep an eye out for poorly-written captions and fix them as I edit articles. I do want to raise a couple of warning flags, however:

Sometimes in turning a caption into a sentence, you introduce subtle meanings which weren't originally intended and which might not be correct. For example: "Stormtroopers on parade near X during Y" refers to the photo of that action, while "Stormtroopers parade near X during Y." has become an assertion, since the verb becomes an intransitive. In this particular example your assertion happens to be correct, but if the parading stormtroopers were not a recurring event, your edit would have introduced an inaccuracy. Another (hypothetical) example might be changing "Bob Hope appearing at the Academy Awards" to "Bob Hope appears at the Academy Awards" which can be misinterpreted as an untrue statement (he's no longer alive, so he doesn't still appear there).

Some of the captions you've added, though friendly, sound a little like editorializing. For example, saying (in Epcot) that the giant golfball "welcomes" visitors, and (in Magic Kingdom) that the statues "greet" guests - neither technically true because they're inanimate objects. Welcoming is an active verb, so I was concerned that people might think the giant golfball somehow takes an active role in welcoming people in (no, it just sits there).

Also, some of your captions make points which I feel would better have been made in the article itself. For example, in Wind turbine: Bigger is better. Construction and maintenance costs are similar for large and small turbines, so utility companies build the largest feasable turbines. That sentence doesn't describe the picture at all, and "bigger is better" sounds like an oversimplification of a more complex issue. Your caption on a line graph in Christianity is a nice succinct point which I feel belongs in the article itself.

I guess my own opinion is that captions should succinctly describe the images to which they're attached, and leave everything else to the article itself. I do approve of your effort to make the captions more detailed and put them into full sentences, and I'll help in that effort. Please don't be discouraged by my suggestions, I think you've got a terrific effort going in a great direction - just, don't go overboard! - Brian Kendig 15:58, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for your support and comments! It looks like you've seen the worst of my captions — especially since I haven't been to Disney World in 10 years (I'll be there in 2 weeks, though!).

About things that belong in the article, we went 'round and 'round on Heavy metal umlaut about the Spinal Tap caption when I first moved the entire description from the article to the caption - not a good idea, then I kept trying to add something informative to the caption not in the article, and it kept finding its way back into the text. We decided that the caption shouldn't bring new information except in flushing out context for the picture, but it should lead the reader to the article. (The Spinal Tap picture doesn't lend itself to a good caption.) There is a bit in Wind turbine about the benefits of larger turbines (and limits thereto) which inspired my simplification special for the caption. I didn't read through the Christianity article to see if it contains that bit of information I contributed, though the ichthys article does include the details.

I don't worry too much about active verbs for inanimate objects - gargoyles guard, statues watch and greet, and buildings shelter. I'd think the special case of Disney Magic introduces some potential for confusion. -- ke4roh 16:38, Jul 18, 2004 (UTC)

Ke4roh, you've made errors, of grammar and of fact, in editing a few captions. Please be more careful. 81.168.80.170 21:31, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I'm sorry about that. Yes, mistakes happen, especially when I tread into areas with which I am less familiar and try to craft a meaningful active caption where there was nothing. (It's worse with time pressures.) In fact, it was that process that started the now resolved row on Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, though I'm happy to report that my errors didn't last long and the captions look great now. -- ke4roh 22:41, Jul 19, 2004 (UTC)

Hi Ke4roh, thanks for your comment on my talk page. A number of interesting points were raised above. Maybe we should move some of these discussions to the project talk page? Cheers, Deepak 16:17, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Captions on Opentask

Hello. I just wanna say that adding the "Captions" line on "Opentask" was a great idea.
Cheers ! :-)
-- PFHLai 05:43, 2004 Jul 19 (UTC)

Atomic blast

Hi, I could not find the picture either :-(

My guess is that they have restructured their web site, and removed weapons-related issues. I could only find a black and white image of a bomb blast. As the source for that image appears to be gone, I'll check out DOD for a replacement. --Magnus Manske 09:38, Jul 19, 2004 (UTC)

Update: I found "our" blast image here. Maybe they know the original source... --Magnus Manske 09:51, Jul 19, 2004 (UTC)

Captions Project

Thank you for welcoming me to the Captions Project. After some reflection, it appears that complete sentences are in many (or even most) cases worthwhile. -- Emsworth 15:21, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Rainbow image

I'm sorry, I know nothing about the image except that I originally found it on Wikipedia, and renamed it so as to avoid a clash with an image that I uploaded. It was originally titled: Rainbow.jpg, and was uploaded by some anonymous user on 20 July, 2002. On 19 January I uploaded a similarly-named file, unaware that it overwrote this one, and when I discovered that, I renamed it Rainbow1.jpb. As I am not the one who originally uploaded it, I cannot vouch for its PD-status. There is no information available with it, so I presume it to be PD. I'm sorry I can't give you any more help than that.David Cannon 01:22, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Comments on captions project

Hi, Noldoaran, thanks for your welcome some months back - the links have been useful. I thought I might ask you for feedback on Wikipedia:WikiProject Writing Captions before I link to it from the usual places. I'd certainly appreciate your comments, and I'd be honored to have you as a participant if you're willing. Thanks for looking! -- ke4roh 05:26, Jul 18, 2004 (UTC)

Very well done! I would be honored to be a participant. I know of some images that need better captions (a few of which are my own). —Noldoaran (Talk) 16:03, Jul 20, 2004 (UTC)

(BTW, I like to repost the comment I was repling to so people don't have to jump between talk pages to follow the conversation)

Thanks for your kind words about my caption on the Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak. I'm not going to formally join the Wikiproject - I've already got too much to do! - but will be keeping an eye out and may dip into the project page from time to time to see what needs to be done. On that note, would you mind having a look at my caption for Rock, Paper, Scissors? I've marked it as done but now I'm not sure it's all that great. -- ALargeElk | Talk 10:26, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Captions on Opentask

Hi, I have restocked the standbys for Captions on Template:Opentask. My selections were random. Please feel free to re-stock to serve your Wikiproject's needs. Thanks. -- PFHLai 02:28, 2004 Aug 6 (UTC)

Thanks! I pulled some off the list since they didn't have pictures or didn't need much help (in which case I just fixed them up as long as I was there). I don't suppose there's much use in keeping a long (>5) list of articles in the queue because the project is sufficiently dynamic and we only knock off one or two a week from opentask, anyway. -- ke4roh 03:32, Aug 6, 2004 (UTC)

Actually, there is a reason to have a long list. I keep many standby items of various lengths (number of letters). With different replacements available, it's easier to keep the length of each line on the Template:Opentask more or less the same [for esthetics reason ....] :-)

I also try to have topics from different fields of study active at the same time.

-- PFHLai 10:10, 2004 Aug 6 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Image:TrangBang.jpg

Please go here: Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Image:TrangBang.jpg and add a comment if you could. I'm trying to get this out of wikipedia ASAP, and your comments would help. — マイケル ₪ 17:52, Aug 7, 2004 (UTC)

Captions project

Thanks for the heads-up about Wikipedia:WikiProject Writing Captions. I'll certainly give due consideration to the advice set out on those pages when captioning photos — and then maybe if I get into the swing of the thing I'll formally sign up. Here's an URL that you might find of use (largely oriented towards the newspaper industry, but there's some rescuable info there). Re your absence from Current events: hadn't noticed, I was away for most of last month (but Current events is def. a good place to take a break from if you don't want the stressometer rising too high). Got a heck of a Watchlist to work my way through... Best, –Hajor 03:14, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Captions on Opentask

Hi Ke4roh,

Many items on the Captions line at Template:Opentask have been there for many days already. I don't know which ones are done to your satisfaction, which ones need more help, etc. Shall I "refresh" the line ?

-- PFHLai 15:09, 2004 Aug 20 (UTC)

There's no magic to it. Just check if the captions are full sentences. If not, they need work. Only one of the articles (Foundation Series) had full-sentence captions, so I replaced it with another.

I wonder if we aren't getting more captioning activity from opentask because people think "1965 Ford Mustang" is a grand caption beneath a car of that type. Though if they read Wikipedia:Captions, they'll get ideas for more. Thoughts? -- ke4roh 17:06, Aug 20, 2004 (UTC)

I'm afraid I don't much captioning activity from the Opentask. Perhaps it's the topics. I can refresh the line every now and then, and put in different topics taken from the list on your WikiProject page. Hope this helps. -- PFHLai 17:49, 2004 Aug 20 (UTC)

Emacs caption

Hi,

I saw you took emacs off the Wikipedia:WikiProject Writing Captions list because you'd seen a caption the day before. I had just put emacs back on the list because I wrote the caption but it had since gotten moved into the article body. At least I think that's the order of events. Would you please take a look at the caption and re-do it if you think appropriate? I don't see anything wrong with leaving the text in the article body as well, but I'll leave that to you too. Thanks. --Kop 20:40, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)