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Orphaned fair use image (Image:SuperCollider icon cube bw.png)

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Thanks Shyam, please see comments here: Image talk:SuperCollider icon cube bw.png --mcld 16:41, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

I am not sure whether the image available on commons is free. It could be deleted from commons as well. Becuase there is missing essential source and license information. I would say to use the image which was uploaded by you. Please provide fair-use rationale to the image as well and why to you think it could not be replaced by a free image. Regards, Shyam ^(T/C) 16:50, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

The "fair-use rationale" is already listed on both of the images' pages - the use is to illustrate an icon of a piece of software. In addition: The icon is specifically designed for, and distributed as part of, a GPL-licensed piece of software, so perhaps (although I am less sure of this) the icon comes under the GPL license itself and is therefore free. Any guidance? --mcld 20:07, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

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Hypersonic effect

Greetings. As the original author of the wiki entry on the hypersonic effect (and rather nicely done too, if I may say so), you might be interested to join the discussion at hypersonic effect. Cheers (KrodMandooon (talk) 15:48, 13 October 2009 (UTC))

Removal of PROD from Just another Gibbs sampler

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Celine Dion "Voice" edit by user

Yeah, it's getting quite frustrating. That said, I honestly don't buy it that they aren't checking their talk page, or are blissfully unaware that what they are doing is damaging the article. As we know, Wikipedia posts a bold message on the top of which is unmistakable to miss. Personally, I think the user is ignoring everyone. I just don't see any other way. If they don't stop, I might have to contact admins to see what can be done. It's not up to me or anyone else to make sure they check their talk page, though. BalticPat22Patrick 20:00, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

This guy does not care to engage us so was thinking of asking for a block,,,hes reverted 4 times today. Moxy (talk) 17:26, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

unclear

RE: your edit, what is unclear?JeepdaySock (AKA, Jeepday) 10:54, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

The wording of the article. I tried to understand it but still find it confusing. Some more writing to set the definition in context would be good. It feels like the word "edit" might be being used as a technical term here, having a meaning that might need to be spelled out for the general reader.
(Please sign your comments btw.) Thanks for checking --mcld (talk) 15:31, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Ok will see what I can do. JeepdaySock (AKA, Jeepday) 10:54, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Message at Talk:Medically Unlikely Edit, JeepdaySock (AKA, Jeepday) 16:32, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Notability: Biomusicology

Hey Mcld, thanks for the input on the article. I have done some quick edits and shortly argued for notability at the talk page. Best, Morton Shumway—talk 18:25, 17 January 2011 (UTC).

Co-creation

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You're the one who tagged Co-creation as confusing. I see how it's confusingly written myself, but do you have any suggestions to improve it? You didn't leave anything on the talk page, and although it's been over a year now, I want to know your reason for it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.85.251.146 (talk) 16:09, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

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No worries. I was just afraid it was a case of self promovation; that you referenced an article, that you had written yourself. Carstensen (talk) 14:51, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

tf*idf

Hi, I did a quick search through Google Scholar and found a lot of papers writing this as "tf-idf" or "tf × idf", but no "tf*idf". Was this based on a more thorough literature review than I did in half a minute or a simple (ab)use of the asterisk as multiplication sign? Cheers, —Ruud 15:00, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi - ah, good point, maybe "tf × idf" is the better choice. I don't have a lot of experience with it but I have seen it around, and rarely with the dash, that's all. --mcld (talk) 15:44, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

From what I saw "tf × idf" was mostly used as a formula and "tf-idf" as the name, but I'll look more thoroughly first. —Ruud 16:05, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! I won't be offended if you revert me ;) --mcld (talk) 16:17, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

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Tristimulus (audio)

Hello, I'm working through the backlog at CAT:NN. This article has been tagged for notability for 5 years. I was wondering if you, the creator, could look it over and help? Thanks, Boleyn (talk) 20:54, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Well, tbh I don't know if I'd call it notable. It's used sometimes. You think we should delete it? --mcld (talk) 13:21, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

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February 2014

Constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, but a recent edit of yours to the page Hugo Chávez has an edit summary that appears to be inaccurate or inappropriate. Please use edit summaries that accurately tell other editors what you did, and feel free to use the sandbox for any tests you may want to do. You did more then remove remove weasel-word "reportedly" with this edit; you also marked it as minor. LGA _talk^edits 22:15, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

Sorry but what do you think I should have done? I ticked the box marked "this is a minor edit" because I believed it was. Did you want me to type into the edit summary "This is a minor edit"? As phrased above, your feedback doesn't seem to make sense to me. Are you simply saying I shouldn't have ticked the "this is a minor edit" box? Or are you genuinely suggesting that ticking the minor-edit box is something that needs to be mentioned in the edit summary? Please expand on what you mean. --mcld (talk) 09:55, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Firstly your edit summary should have reflected the insertion you made as this was the major part of the edit. Secondly have a read of Help:Minor edit, you will see that you should not use the Minor edit flag when you are "Adding or removing content in an article". LGA _talk^edits 19:59, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

WOAH I did not insert that sentence at the end of the paragraph. There must have been someone else editing at the same time! On the other matter, fine, I'll not use the "minor edit" box, although what I INTENDED to do was simply to remove literally just one adverb, so it definitely felt minor to me!--mcld (talk) 08:41, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

entropy estimation article - i'd like your feedback.

Greetings! I noticed you were the a big contributor to the article entropy estimation.

I've recently found a paper that appears to me to give an analytic solution to both the expected entropy and expected variance of a categorical (or multinomial) distribution.

I'm thinking it would be a good thing to add to that article. I'm sure people going to the article might very much like finding it.

But I wanted to get other people's thoughts/opinions before just plopping it in.

See my note at the bottom of talk:entropy estimation.

Thanks! Kevin Baas^talk 13:27, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

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Hi. I am unable to use the "move" tool that you recommend, because there's already a page at the target location. Please, since you did the undo, would you tell me what the correct course of action is. --mcld (talk) 18:13, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

I would have already moved the page for you myself, but I noticed that the page was moved to its present location as the result of a request received via OTRS in 2015. It was OTRS team member user:Ukexpat who performed the move. I suggest you contact him and find out why the page had to be moved before proceeding any further. — Diannaa (talk) 18:41, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

If you read any of the references cited as the origin of the term in question, you find the spelling is the one I fixed it to. I will contact Ukexpat and ask them to comment here. mcld (talk) 19:15, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

I will try to find the ticket and respond further.--ukexpat (talk) 17:21, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

For those with access to OTRS it is ticket:2015071610022791. I have asked the original emailer to join the discussion here. Not sure what else I can do as the contents of OTRS tickets are confidential.--ukexpat (talk) 17:29, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. If the ticket refers to any public sources that use the alternate spelling, I'd hope they can be shared. My search hasn't been exhaustive but I went back to the main Krause sources to see how he spelt it; also I work in a related field and I know of no consensus on the alternate spelling. mcld (talk) 18:34, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

PS I just found a public forum post, apparently by Krause (unconfirmed), in which he says the term was "corrected" recently to how it currently is in Wikipedia. That may or may not be true (and is the spelling really under the direct control of one person? that would be unusual), but either way we need documented sources to justify the Wikipedia entry. The Wikipedia entry, of course, should probably have a note about how the spelling is "evolving" if it is. mcld (talk) 19:01, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

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Thank you for your attention to detail --mcld (talk) 07:38, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

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Vogelbescherming Nederland

Hi thanks for creating this article. When we translate or borrow from other language wikis it’s a requirement to acknowledge the source. The best way to do this is to include it in your edit summary (e.g. “translated from nl.wiki”) and there’s also a translation template you can add to the talk page. If you can confirm whether material for this article was translated I’ll add the template to the talk page for you. Happy editing and please leave a message on my talk page if you need any help Mccapra (talk) 12:44, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

Thanks. The only part translated from NL wikipedia was the infobox. Is there a clear way to indicate that? Oh, and I used information from the NL page about the previous old society, but I rewrote it in my own words, and cited it. Again, if you can suggest a good way to make that clear, I'd be grateful. mcld (talk) 15:44, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

ok thanks I’ve added the template to the talk page. Even if it’s just the infobox there needs to be attribution. All the best Mccapra (talk) 16:15, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

Thank you! mcld (talk) 16:54, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

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