Jobarts

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- Mailer Diablo 21:59, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Re : Sandbox

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Should sandbox edits be marked as minor? Please tell me on my talk page.

Thanks, Jobarts 22:57, Mar 30, 2005 (UTC)

Hi Jobarts,

No, you don't need/have to mark edits on the sandbox as minor. Minor edits is usually reserved for technical corrections only (such as spelling and formatting). Do note that other editors are upset only when an major edit (such as content change) is marked as minor edits. Therefore when in doubt, don't mark the edit as minor, leaving as a major edit is usually fine. Hope that answered your question. :)

- Mailer Diablo 14:57, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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I didn't think you had to, I meant to ask if it's okay to. I was thinking it would be a good idea, since that would avoid cluttering up the recent changes so much. (When people aren't looking at minor edits.)

Also, is it okay to use User:NAME/Sandbox to test things without interfering with others' tests? It wouldn't interfere with the articles, but then the Sandbot wouldn't clean it. (I wonder if that would be hard to change.) Thanks for the help! -Jobarts | Talk 21:09, Mar 31, 2005 (UTC)

• Using User:NAME/Sandbox is perfectly fine, I use it personally myself too! Sandbot will not touch such sandboxes, unless you specifically state so to the bot's author. ;) - Mailer Diablo 04:20, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Re : More questions

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If someone blanks some pages and you list them on the Vandalism in progress page, and then they stop, do you take the listing out, or just leave it to be archived? Also, do anonymous users see the "You have new messages" banner when someone posts to their talk page? Thanks again for the help. Jobarts^-Talk 06:32, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)

Hi Jobarts,

1. Just leave it to be archived. Perhaps just put a follow-up that the person has stopped. Next time, you may want to use the template {{blanking}} on the IP's talkpage instead.

1. Yes, they will be able to see "You have new messages."

I hope I've answered your questions! :)

- Cheers, Mailer Diablo 11:07, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Used of diputed tag without explanation?

Why is the Mormonism and Emma_Hale_Smith page disputed? Adding a disputed tag to the artilce, the disputor should tell on the talk page the reasons why. If no reason is given, the notice will be removed in 24 hours. Would love to address "factual" accuracies, but both pages are "factually" correct and are documented. Perhaps you were thinking of the NPOV tag? In either case, please explain. -Visorstuff 21:36, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

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Other users already have discussions about disagreements on the talk pages. Also, I have things to add to the discussions, but I want to verify my sources first. Jobarts^-Talk 22:02, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

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Look forward to the discussion - very curious about what is factually inaccurate. I'm not seeing anything that hasn't already been cleaned up on mormonism, but I generally think the page can use improvement - perhaps this will spark it. Look forward to seeing your issues. -Visorstuff 22:04, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Viewing Steganographic Images in Photoshop

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You said that the cat image can be revealed with the Apply Image option in Photoshop, but it doesn't seem to have an AND function. (I'm using Adobe Photoshop 7.0.) Could you tell me how you do this? Thanks.

Jobarts^-Talk 03:11, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

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Oh dear! I confused Apply Image with Filtering! PhotoShop doesn't natively support logical operations. Anyways after hours of research here's how to do it:

1. Get a copy of Adobe's free Filter Factory plugin for PhotoShop. It can be found on all PhotoShop CDs above 3.0. However, if you don't have a CD, you can email me and request for the plugin (the email should preferrably be encrypted by my Public Key, as I'm a security freak ;) lol).
2. Open the original image of the steganography.
3. Go to Filters > Synthetic > Filter Factory....
4. Set the Filter Factory as the image below then ok:
5. The picture should now looks like it's all black.
6. Then Auto-Contrast it in Image > Adjustments (I think). Voila!

File:Filterfactory.png

(Click to enlarge)

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--Ukdragon37 18:14, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

To view steganographic images in photoshop, please see My Talk Page. Sorry for answering so late, I didn't you meant to answer on your talk page.

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Thanks! This is neat stuff (if not a bit scary). After following your instructions and doing a bit of experimenting, I was able to hide images, too. :^) I also found out that if you use "(x & 3) * 64" (replacing "x" with r, g, and b), then you can leave out the auto-contrast step.

To hide messages, apply the filter "x & 252" to the cover image, and apply "x / 64" to the image to be hidden. Then use Apply Image (or Calculations) to combine them. Jobarts^-Talk 04:42, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

DoD 5220.22-M

Cross-posted at User_talk:DragonHawk#DoD_5220.22-M

Do you know what page in DoD 5220.22-M talks about data sanitization? Jobarts^-Talk 22:46, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Footnote 4 in the NISPOM article (permalink) cites this. --DragonHawk 16:21, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I didn't notice that. Jobarts^-Talk 21:31, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. Though, as noted in the article, the NISPOM barely touches sanitization. It basically just says it's required. --DragonHawk 22:38, 28 November 2006 (UTC)