User talk:Springeragh/Archive 1

{{Cool-dude-stub}}

This doesn't really belong in the template namespace; you could either copy the code directly into your userpage and not use a template, or move the template to a subpage of your userpage (such as User:CliffHarris/Cool-dude-stub) and include it using {{User:CliffHarris/Cool-dude-stub}}. --Mairi 03:04, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Violin playing

I would like to know what template to put for {{violin-0}}. Any help would be greatly appreciated. CliffHarris 02:06, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

templates vio-2, vio-3, etc.

Cliff, these templates already exist as Template:User violin-2, Template:User violin-3 and so on. With your permission, I'd like to remove the new set you added. Owen× ☎ 17:04, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

• Feel free. CliffHarris 17:04, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Your user page on it.wiki

Hi, on it.wiki we do not like very much anons making changes on user pages, usually we revert the changes but since they are coming from an IP from USA we won't revert this time :-). For the future please make sure to be logged in when you edit your userpage.
Thank you, ciao --Civvi 22:07, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Web-screenshot tag

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia. I've noticed you've uploaded some images tagged with {{web-screenshot}}. This tag is not meant to be used for images that came from Web pages; it's meant to be used for images of Web pages (such as Image:Google screenshot.png, for example). I've retagged the images below as having no license information. Please make sure that Wikipedia has permission to use these images. Then edit the image description pages to include information about the licenses these images are under. You may find an appropriate tag at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags or Wikipedia:Template messages, or if none of these fit you may write a description of the license yourself. You may want to refer to the image use policy. If the use of this image on Wikipedia is a copyright violation, please follow the steps at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion to nominate this image to be deleted. If you have any questions, please feel free to post a message on my talk page. —Bkell 06:22, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

• Image:Img001.jpg

Thank you: I was still somewhat confused over what that had meant. I looked at the copyright tags page to see what there was and was wondering if {{fairuseunsure}} would work? CliffHarris 01:41, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Well, {{fairuseunsure}} reads, "The copyright status of this work is difficult or impossible to determine," and I'm not convinced that's the case with this image. We know that the image has not passed into the public domain automatically, since that only happens many years after the death of the photographer, and the subject of the photograph was born in 1993. (Due to changes in copyright law over the years, the magical date in the United States is 1923; anything published before 1923 is guaranteed to be in the public domain, free for anyone to use in any way. Works published after that date may still be copyrighted.) So the photograph is under copyright restrictions unless the copyright holder has specifically released rights to the image in some way.

So now you get to do a little research. Who owns the copyright? Go back to your original source and try to find a copyright statement. If you're really lucky, there will be some kind of statement that says that the image can be used in a manner that's compatible with one of the free licenses that Wikipedia has a tag for. More likely, there will just be a simple statement of who holds the copyright.

Now you can either contact the copyright holder and ask for this image to be licensed under one of the aforementioned free licenses, or, failing that (or if that's too much work) you can write a rationale for why the use of this image on Wikipedia qualifies as "fair use" under U.S. copyright law. There are four things you must consider when claiming fair use; please read the fair use article and Wikipedia's fair use guidelines for more information. Fair use is usually the easiest thing to claim, but you should be careful not to use it too carelessly. Ideally, Wikipedia would contain no fair-use material at all, because the spirit of Wikipedia is to provide content that anyone can use in any way, subject to some basic guidelines set forth in the GFDL. But occasionally we have to use fair-use material, if there are no alternatives available.

If you decide to tag this image with a fair use tag, you'll probably want to choose {{Non-free fair use in}}, by inserting something like {{fairusein|AnnaSophia Robb}} to the image description page. When you do this, you will also need to include a rationale for why the use of this image in that article qualifies as fair use. Again, I'd recommend reading Wikipedia's fair use guidelines.

If you have more questions, please let me know. —Bkell 05:04, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Once again, thank you. I will check the source and copyright today or tomorrow and let you know; then either I will delete it or it will stay here. :) CliffHarris 20:37, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Having taken this picture from the IMDb, I searched for some time and couldn't find the copyright, so go ahead and let it be automatically deleted. CliffHarris 23:01, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Other languages Q on Main Page Talk

If you scroll down the main page, you should see a template with most of the other-language wikipedias, organized by size. You can also view that "module" via Template:Wikipedialang. Does that make sense? jengod 06:07, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

• Yea, oops...:) CliffHarris 20:38, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:UnderCon.gif

Thanks for uploading Image:UnderCon.gif. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images on Wikipedia is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. You can get help on image copyright tagging from Wikipedia talk:Image copyright tags. -- Carnildo 05:41, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Signature

Hello. I'm not entirely sure how people typically change their signatures, and I still use the boring default. There's an option under "User profile" in your preferences to change your nickname. I'm not sure what that does, but my guess is that it would change what's produced by ~~~ from CliffHarris to your nickname. But I don't think it can give you the "talk" and "contributions" links that you want.

So here's another idea. You can make a "signature template" at User:CliffHarris/sig (or some other name under your user space) with the following code:

—[[User:CliffHarris|]] <-[[User talk:CliffHarris|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/CliffHarris|C]]->

Then you can include this on any page you edit by saying

{{subst:User:CliffHarris/sig}} ~~~~~

The "subst" part of that will make the wiki software substitute the contents of your template before saving the page, so that what shows up is your signature. (If you don't use "subst", then the wiki software has to substitute your template on the fly every time someone loads the page, so it's best to use "subst" for something like this to reduce server load.)

One problem with this method, of course, is that you have to type a whole lot more than four tildes to get your name and the time to show up. Another problem is that you have to include the five tildes after the subst, rather than including them in the template, because if you include them in the template they will be turned into whatever the time was when you saved the template, not the time when you included the template into the page. (There might be a way around this, but I don't know what it is.)

There might be an easier way to do this. You can try asking at Wikipedia:Help desk. —Bkell 18:31, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Check: is that actualy 5 ~s? 66.134.206.66 19:38, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Maybe we should ask OwenX...:P 66.134.206.66 19:48, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Three tildes gives just your name. Four tildes gives your name and the current time. Five tildes gives just the current time. —Bkell 05:34, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Check. —CliffHarris <-T|C-> 18:21, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes! It worked! Thank you. —CliffHarris <-T|C-> 18:22, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:UnderCon

Template:UnderCon has been nominated for deletion. It is orphaned, and redundant (all pages at Wikipedia are under constructions). If you would like to comment, you can join the discussion at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#Template:UnderCon. Thank you. ~MDD4696 20:29, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Go ahead. I don't know why the revamp template is there, but if it gets deleted, OK, if it doesn't, none the worse or better. 66.134.206.66 03:49, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for your words on my talk page! Here's to many more indeed! Nach0king 00:20, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Chopin's Second Piano Concerto

Thank you for posting your question on my talk page. I had never been introduced to Chopin's Second Piano Concerto...thanks so much for introducing me to it, it's a very lovely work. I found a link through Wikipedia to a full MP3 of it (for future reference, you also can listen to it here)...and, you are right. Shortly after the strings play the forte melody, there is tremolo in the string section. There also is a piano tremolo in the very beginning, if I'm not mistaken. I'm listening to it as I type this, and it's so lovely. Again, thanks for asking me, but more, for introducing me to it. It sounds very romantic. Best wishes for your musical endeavors!--ViolinGirl^♪ 01:00, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

• That's only the second movement. ;) And thank you (my friend is attempting to write a piano concerto; he was wondering and has no idea how the wiki editing and wiki format work so he asked me to ask you)...it is among my favourite piano concerti—the others being Piano Concerti Nos. 1 & 2 by Rachmaninov and No. 23 by Mozart. Guten Tag, Buenas Dias, Good Day, or Cead Mile Failte, however you choose to say it (sorry, horrible Gaelic). —CliffHarris (-T|C-) 23:32, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Your page in french

Hello,

just to tell you I really like your page in french, don't change it ! (yes, this is awful french, but everything is understandable !)

--ArséniureDeGallium 15:33, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

• Merci, ami! Please correct whatever is incorrect—and wouldn't you like to see what my page in English (now) says in French? It would be so much improved. —CliffHarris (-T|C-) 23:36, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
  

^{P.S. And feel free to use my talk page to talk to me about anything, any time (that goes for everyone) ;)}

userfying your self-made box

Hi, I'm just letting you know I moved Template:User:CliffHarris/SelfTemp/loquacious to User:CliffHarris/SelfTemp/loquacious. It still works as a template, even with the same code ({{User:CliffHarris/SelfTemp/loquacious}}), but now it's stored in user space, which makes sense since you had it stored under your name anyway. If you have any links to that page, you may want to update them. -GTBacchus^(talk) 08:06, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you very much...after making it I forgot the page (help me God) name that it was on...so I just did the {{userbox|{{{1}}}|{{{2}}}|{{{3}}}}} template...but now that it is brought to my attention, I will make the changes. —CliffHarris (-T|C|E-) 22:24, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Re: Userboxes

I copyed the syntax for the sidebox because I liked that, but unfortunately I also copied all the userboxes, which is okay because many (most?) of them apply to me anyway :-). I am in the process of modifying them, but I don't have infinite time, so it's not done yet. Alethiophile 02:16, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Oh...I was kind of like "what the heck?" at first but now it's good for a good laugh. (I must admit, the young adult one plus the wife userbox are rather funny!) —It's The Cliff! 02:19, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Coffee Lounge comment

Yeah, you're right. Just create the subpage, User:CliffHarris/UBs, copy all your userboxes, etc on that page, save it, and then put {{User:CliffHarris/UBs}} on your user page, and everything should come up with out all that ugly code. When I discovered this, I put about half of my userpage into subpages ;) Anyway, if you do have any trouble (sounds like you won't) feel free to talk with me again. The Halo (talk) 18:13, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

I see on your user page that it went down without a hitch!! Pat on the back for you! The Halo (talk) 22:03, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! I had considered doing it before...but (only) sometimes I'm too lazy to do it. —It's The Cliff! 22:05, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Classical music

All you have to do is go to Wikipedia:WikiProject Classical music and add your name to the list. Just help the project along by following its goals, etc. There seems to be no standard userbox for it, so I made the on on my userpage myself. Sorry for the late reply, I'm on vacation right now. — ßottesiηi ^(talk) 16:27, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

hangman game

Ready for your next guess! EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 13:51, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar

Hi again, CliffHarris. Thanks for the barnstar. It's the first one I've received.

About a month ago I figured out how the "nickname" option works under "my preferences", and I've since changed my nickname so that ~~~~ will put an em dash (—) in front of my signature. I don't know if you've discovered this yet, so I'll try to give a little description, since it's a lot simpler than the template method I described in February.

If you just want to change "CliffHarris" in your signature to something else, you can use the "nickname" field to specify what you want to be called. It's the "Raw signature" checkbox that really holds the power. If this is checked, you can give any kind of wiki code in the "nickname" field, and this code will be substituted when you sign your name with ~~~~. For example, I have my raw signature to be —[[User:Bkell|Bkell]] ([[User talk:Bkell|talk]]), which will produce an em dash at the beginning of the signature and a link to my talk page at the end (but before the timestamp).

If you still want to use the signature you designed in February, you can check the "Raw signature" box and put the following into the "nickname" field:

—[[User:CliffHarris|]] <-[[User talk:CliffHarris|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/CliffHarris|C]]->

Once you do so, then you can just sign your name as usual with ~~~~, and you'll get something that looks like the following.

—CliffHarris <-T|C-> 01:00, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

I suppose you can make really complex signatures this way, but my own personal opinion is that simpler signatures are better. I'm also not a big fan of signatures that cause certain letters in the username to act differently than others. For example, I've seen many signatures where the letter "e" in a username is actually a link to Wikipedia:Esperanza, and some users with two-part usernames make the second part of their name a link to their talk page (like CliffHarris). It seems to me that these kinds of sneaky tricks make it more frustrating for other people to use the links; if you want a link to your talk page, you should make the link text say "talk" (or something similar).

It was good to hear from you again. Let me know if you need anything. —Bkell (talk) 01:00, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

My current signature is a bit different (as it can be seen)…also, the green e is an Esperanza thing. —It's The Cliff! 01:26, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I see now from your other posts that you have a different and more complex signature. I was basing my reply on the simple signature you left on my talk page. So I didn't realize I was directly criticizing your signature when I mentioned my dislike for the Esperanza "e". Maybe it's a good thing I didn't realize, though—it kept me honest… ;-) —Bkell (talk) 10:41, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

That's kind of funny. Also, if you look at something I started in the Coffee Lounge, I'm going to ask an admin (since I think they are the only ones who can change usernames) to change my name to Scherzo on July 30. —It's The Cliff! 15:42, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Well done undone

Nicely said. My favorite haiku came from a mandolin players' listserver: "My mandolin's strings./The drummer helped me/ Count out the syllables." (Apparently, he played a lot of waltzes.) Geogre 03:41, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

green 17 Years....

Hii...

Well, I guess its just because something had to be linked to Esperanza and my original signature was in three parts, Jayant, 17 Years and India. And I used one part for my user page, one for my talk page and the other one for Esperanza. Initially after joining Esperanza, I thought of changing my signature but decided against it so that it'll be different from everyone elses. And also while running though a talk page I can find my posts quickly by just glancing at the signatures. Although, there is another completely different(and kinda stupid) story of my present signature. I'll save it for another day. :-D Jayant,17 Years, India • contribs 21:04, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

At least the 17 Years is green. :P —It's The Cliff! 21:43, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Another signature question

Ok, so if you look at my signature page, you can see I am having a few problems. Basically what I want is everything you see in my signature now, except in the box like the (talk) part of your signature (white background, purple letters) and of course, the same colour as the (talk) part. If you can help, thanks ahead of time; if you can't, at least you tried. (Concept of {{smile}} goes here.) —It's The Cliff! 22:38, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

OK, let me play around with this for you!  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  22:44, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Right, I have left three options for you to examine on User:CliffHarris/sig. The first is my preferred choice as it is the least amount of code at 141 characters. The second incorporates your choice of cursor and some of your link options, which makes it larger at 337 characters. This runs over four lines and may well upset a few users when they go to edit pages that you have signed. The final choice is 434 characters long and runs over five lines! Whoever grinned and bore option 2 will probably chew their lips off when they encounter that little gem :-) I would urge you to read WP:SIG#Length and choose the most economic signature that you can, in order to benefit your fellow editors. Thank you very much for asking for my opinion! I hope that you like some of the options that I have provided. Please feel free to ask any further questions that cross your mind. Bear in mind the time difference, as it is past my bedtime now! Regards,  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  23:50, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

userboxes / userpage

Haha yeah I saw that. I like it a lot :) - Che Nuevara: ^{Join the Revolution} 19:29, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Added archive box

I was bored to hell and was reading Phaedriel's user talk page and noted youre request for an archive talk box. I added one. Note: 2 more headers before archival! Hbdragon88 21:27, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you very much. (I'm not officially on wikibreak until tomorrow, so I can reply to this. ;) —It's The Cliff! 00:48, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Get well soon!

Sorry to hear you're ill- get well soon!

I bought you some flowers, but you probably can't smell them...

Where shall I find a worthy hangman opponent now?

EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 14:26, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Dear Cliff

Dear Cliff, I've read your message to me with great interest, and I must say I commend your beautiful intentions and your reasoning. The list of missing Wikipedians I keep on my userpage contains but a sample of many missing, excellent people - and I must say, I didn't have the pleasure nor the privilege to meet all of them. Yet, I included them for the very same reason you present to add Abigail: the very spirit of making this a better place, and the saddening frustration that comes from a bitter, and usually unfair dispute. Thus, it is my pleasure to add her to my list, despite having been denied the honor of working with her due to my short time here.

I also took note of your request for an Archived talk table, and I see that Hbdragon88 took care of it (way to go, dear Hb! :), but I believe it's better to keep that table as a template located in your userspace (so it can't be accessed directly by other editors who wish to add messages to your talk page) and transclude it here. I've created that template at User:CliffHarris/ArchiveTemp; any time you wish to include a new entry, simply go there and add it. If I can assist you with your first archive let me know, so you can get the hang of it or the future; it's easy :)

Dear Cliff, I also see that you're about to go on wikibreak, and that you're not doing well for health reasons; please, take good care, have a relaxing vacation and get well soon, we'll keep you a seat until you return :) Big hugs! Phædriel ♥ tell me - 20:25, 9 July 2006 (UTC)