User talk:Bothnia

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== Erik Laxman & admins ==

I do sincerely apologize for my rude knee-jerk response. I do most of my work on the Japanese-related articles, and the debates about whether to call things by their Japanese names or Korean names or Anglicized butchering of either just really get to me, and as much as I try not to let it bother me, I do find it annoying that we spend so much time arguing over details like that when we could be discussing and perhaps even advancing scholarship. That said, I hope you do not think poorly upon me as a person, nor as an editor. Please remember, we admins here on Wikipedia are not assigned by some higher power to be able to always know the best way to resolve a situation - we're only human, and more or less regular anonymous random editors like yourself. I do my best to help out where I can, and I like to be able to help others; sometimes I just lose track of what I should be doing and how I should be helping. Uther's just being stubborn and obnoxious, like too many editors are. Please don't begrudge all admins for it. And if you ever come across something I can help with - a question on Japanese history or culture - I'd be happy to help you out with it. I'm not the most experienced nor talented at solving disputes, but I'm working on it. LordAmeth 14:18, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Pictures

The former headquarters of the GNTC, from the front.

The former headquarters of the GNTC, from the side.

So, I finally got around to processing and uploading those pictures to the commons, as seen here. The first picture, on the left, is a standard picture from the front. I had to shoot it a little diagonally in order to keep a traffic sign out of the frame, but I think it is basically encyclopedic.

The second picture is shot diagonally, from the side, as seen on the right. I think that it is more aesthetically pleasing, but my widest camera lens wasn't wide enough to get it all from where I was able to shoot, so it might not be sufficiently encyclopedic to use. Enjoy!Ferox Seneca (talk) 13:22, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! I have inserted the pictures in a number of articles on The Great Northern and they look great!--Bothnia (talk) 15:05, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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