User talk:Kbolino/Archive 2

Phi vs.varphi

Is there a way, instead, to make phi in sans-serif to look like "regular" phi? The standard symbol for latitude is regular phi (see Vincenty's formula (PDF)). ~Kaimbridge~19:36, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Moved it to my talk page: See my reply. ~Kaimbridge~15:30, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Pseudo-devices

Hi Kbolino! I see you didn't like my contribution to Device node#Pseudo-devices. Could you tell which standard of Unix-likeness you are applying there? Even if all systems don't happen to have /dev/tty... and /dev/pty... they are still important and commonly-used as far as I know [1]. --TuukkaH 06:28, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

About your change to Template:Communism2

I reverted your change of the image to the *.svg version of the Hammer and Sickle. I felt that the one I had before is more "even" looking and is more pure than just the way it appeared on the Soviet Union flag. This template represents Communism; not the Soviet Union! --NicAgent 00:32, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Image:Mozilla-cokie.png

Hi. Thanks for uploading a new version of this image. I fully agree that the HTTP cookie article is better with the image from the newer and currently more used browser. However, it seems to me that the name Image:Mozilla-cokie.png is misleading for this image. Can I ask you to re-upload it as something like Image:Firefox-cokie.png (and change HTTP cookie to point to it?) I guess the old image could be possibly of some use (maybe in the Mozilla article, or somewhere else). Thank you. - Liberatore(T) 18:49, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! - Liberatore(T) 23:59, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Linux

I thought you might be interested. Best wishes, Samsara (talk • contribs) 17:53, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Are you an Icon maker?

I need a new User Box Due to the fact I was looking at the history of the Wikipedia "Icon"-article page today, I was on your User Page. I thought I'd contact you because I'd like to find someone to make a new User Box. Personally, I have no experience or expertise/knowledge for attempting to make one myself (not an artist at all).

I'd like to see a User Box for: "users who enjoy Cross-Country Skiing" As you may guess, these are pastimes that some of us in the North enjoy, and I believe there would be others with User Pages who also enjoy this recreation/sport [2] and might put the Box on their page.

Thanks for considering my request. Joel Russ 16:17, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Windows XP

Windows XP is discontinued and in the Extended Support phase of Microsoft's lifecycle. Its successor Windows Vista has been released and is now Microsoft's current version of windows. Windows XP was released on October 25, 2001 and as of 2006, five years old. Microsoft states on its lifecycle web page [3] that it offers a minimum of ten years support five years mainstream support, and five years of extended support. Windows XP has reached the seasoned age of five years and is therefor in the extended support phase. |64.126.42.123 01:40, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Just an FYI, this anon IP has been causing problems for a couple of months; for quite a while he was changing the History of Windows template to indicate that Windows CE 6.0 was released,[4] and doing other things like inappropriate changing captions on images[5][6], repeatedly trying to argue that Windows 2000 hasn't been discontinued,[7] (and he linked to a page from prior to Windows XP's release as their sole proof that Windows 2000 is not discontinued, see Talk:Windows 2000), likewise with Windows 95[8], Windows 98 is abandonware?[9], and so on. Not a single useful contribution yet, so far as I can tell! -/- Warren 20:12, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Orphaned fair use image (Image:Marque du Gouvernement de la République Française.gif)

Thanks for uploading Image:Marque du Gouvernement de la République Française.gif. I notice the 'image' page currently specifies that the image is unlicensed for use on Wikipedia and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BigDT 01:54, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Risk nations table

In a Pocket PC PDA (for example) tables are rearranged by default as a list of rows. (And yes I know how to change this setting, but it introduces other reading problems.) So, for example the table you created at Risk (game) reads as follows in such a device:

North America (5)

Europe (5)

Asia (7)

1. Alaska

2. Alberta¹

3. Central America

4. Eastern United States

5. Greenland

6. Northwest Territory

7. Ontario¹

8. Quebec¹

9. Western United States

1. Great Britain

2. Iceland

3. Northern Europe

4. Scandinavia

5. Southern Europe

6. Ukraine

7. Western Europe

1. Afghanistan

and so on.

If the table is actually multi column data—for example comparing six models of a car, side by side—there is no good solution. But in this case the table is really just six lists. Keeping each list in its own single cell of the table prevents the problem. As would using divisions to wholly replace the table, but I believe Wikipedia would rather we not do that because it is too hard for most users to edit. —MJBurrage • TALK • 17:46, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Re Linear equation

Hi Kbolino. I've replied on the talk page. Regards Paul August ☎ 16:50, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Spaces vs. commas

Regarding your edit to SI prefix, I believe the use of spaces rather than commas is not actually part of SI, but rather is an ISO standard (sorry I don't know which one). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gerry Ashton (talk • contribs) 21:29, 5 February 2007 (UTC).

I didn't mean to suggest the SI prefix article should be changed from spaces to commas, only that SI is silent on the issue. --Gerry Ashton 18:05, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Unicode punctuation space (U+2008))

I noticed you replaced spaces within numbers in the SI prefix article with Unicode punctuation space (U+2008)). Can you explain the properties of this space? In particular, what is the width of this space compared to a normal space. Also, is it a non-breaking space?

One concern I have that anyone who edits the article may not be able to distinguish the space from a regular space, and may not edit the article correctly. --Gerry Ashton 15:16, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

I found some more information at Space (punctuation). If that article is correct, there does not seem to be exactly what we need, a non-breaking half-space. The space you selected is a breaking space. It seems to me the most desireable space would be U+202F, the Narrow No-Break Space. After all, we really don't want numbers to be split across two lines unless the number is exceptionally long. --Gerry Ashton 16:00, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Invitation to join WP:LGBT

Are you interested in joining the LGBT WikiProject? Take a look around, and if you are, sign up — all the cool people are :) -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 04:35, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to WikiProject LGBT studies!

Hi, Kbolino, welcome to WikiProject LGBT Studies! We are a growing community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to identifying, categorizing, and improving articles of interest to the LGBT community. Some points that may be helpful: Our main aim is to help improve LGBT-related articles, so if someone asks for help with an article, please try your hardest to help them if you are able. Most important discussions take place on the project's main discussion page; it is highly recommended that you watchlist it. The project has several ongoing and developing activities, such as article quality assessment, peer review and a project-wide article collaboration, all of which you are welcome to take part in. We also have a unique program to improve our lower quality articles, Jumpaclass, so please consider signing up there. If you have another language besides English, please consider adding yourself to our translation section, to help us improve our foreign LGBT topics. If you're planning to stay, have a square in our quilt! You can put anything you want in it. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the talk page, and we will be happy to help you. And once again - Welcome!

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by SatyrTN (talk • contribs) 14:14, 10 April 2007.