User talk:Zhaladshar

Due to moving I will be largely unavailable for the next week or so.

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Username changing

Please change my username to User:Stadscykel. I'm changing the username on all Wikimedia projects. Thank you. Parkstad (talk) 16:32, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

• Done.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 22:04, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

• If you would mind, I'd like a rename from The New Mikemoral to Mikemoral so I can achieve SUL. --Mikemoral♪♫ 23:09, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
  • Done.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 13:01, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

• Thanks. --Mikemoral♪♫ 17:29, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

• I'd like to change my username to User:IIBewegung. This is a global change. Confirmation at w:en:User_talk:IIBewegung. I'm going to start participating in German (de.wik*) projects and my current name is a word or a phrase in German (or in any other language). The change will make my records in Talk and History pages less distracting. Thank you. --Immer in Bewegung (talk) 17:14, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Oops, I realized that I had no contributions in this particular project. I just went ahead and created a new name. Sorry to bother you. --IIBewegung (talk) 17:18, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Autoreviewer

Hello. I am fairly new to this project, but I was wondering if I could get Autoreview. I already have patroller rights which is the equivalent to the autoreviewer bit at Commons, and I also have Autoreviewer rights at the English Wikipedia. Thank you. —§ stay (sic)! 10:42, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

At this time, I'm sorry, but no. The Autopatroller group is for users who have "demonstrated an understanding of policy (especially Wikisource:Policies and guidelines and Wikisource:Copyright policy) and have already created a good number of pages according to Wikisource:Style guide" (from Wikisource:Autopatrollers). Once you've established yourself a little bit more and it's apparent you're familiar with our operating procedures, I'll be happy to give you the permission.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 22:10, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

I need to tell you something

I am the most qualified person to caombat vandals. Why? i was one! I have come here to apologize for my past trangressions and to let you know that I have reformed. I have decided to fight vandals and to be the best member of the Wikimedia community I can be, I will not damage these sites again. I've learned that vandalsim does nothing but hurt this site. Please accept my apology! I love me! (talk) 13:44, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

The Relations of the Advanced and the Backward Races of Mankind

Not sure whether this work ever made it to New Texts. If it didn't it probably can do now as it is now validated. — billinghurst sDrewth 16:09, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! No, it never made it on the new texts list.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 20:38, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

St Francis deletion

So, if Wikisource servers were held outside of America this work could be held? It is only (C) in America yes?B9hummingbirdhoverin'^chittychat 17:47, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Most likely. St. Francis is out of copyright in Canada (and likely elsewhere) and is currently being hosted on Wikilivres, a Canadian repository run by a current Wikisource user to host works that we legally can't.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 13:27, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Index:An Academic Sketch.djvu

All validated. So if you didn't put it into new texts, then you probably can now. — billinghurst sDrewth 15:45, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks a lot!—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 12:12, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Bot flag for BenchBot

Hello! I would like to request a bot flag for User:BenchBot after this discussion in the Scriptorium and a few weeks of operation. Cheers, stephen (talk) 03:20, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi, Slaporte. I've given BenchBot the flag.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 14:06, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Awards for participation

Proofread of the Month July 2010 The Federalist Papers Proofread of the Month August 2010 Elizabethan People Proofread of the Month October 2010 Triangles of life, and other stories Proofread of the Month November 2010 Special: Validation month Proofread of the Month December 2010 The Fables of Florian Proofread of the Month May 2011 The fairy tales of science Proofread of the Month June 2011 The Life of Michael Angelo Proofread of the Month July 2011 Picturesque Nepal Proofread of the Month August 2011 The World's Famous Orations Volume 6

Username Change request

• Your Message : There is an account of the name you wish already on Wikisource. It was created October 1, 2008. Was that not created by you? The account has no edits, so if it's not your account, I will usurp it for you.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 18:45, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
• My Reply : No,the above mentioned account created on 2008 is not mine ,I have created my first account on 1 sept.2009 on Marathi Wikipedia,so I request it to Usurp that account and Make "Prasannakumar"as unified Login account across all projects.

Thank you,Waiting for reply.Wiki Prasannakumar (talk) 04:00, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

• Done.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 13:26, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
• Thank you Zhaladshar,Prasannakumar (talk) 14:21, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
• By the way how to change login to Wikibooks linked to this account,it also need to be changed from Wiki Prasannakumar to Prasannakumar.Please see that too.Prasannakumar (talk) 14:27, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
  • I have no control over renaming on Wikibooks. You need to go to that site and request a name change there.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 14:40, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

content labels

Re: 'without text' I agree, a 'non-empty' page needs its progress noted, the problem is the label notes the proofreading-status. The index is primarily intended to manage text, I suppose, but it functions as a guide to the work-space. And validated is finished according to the coloured ribbon in main space. Finding missing images is a matter of plodding through each page, to see how different editors have used the labels.

I don't discriminate between types of 'content', but I try to accommodate what i see as a cultural view-point on images; i can't win, anyway I mark them causes surprise and distraction :| Cygnis insignis (talk) 14:35, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

It wasn't quite a surprise or a distraction. I was more just trying to keep with the consistency of the index itself, which already had plates labeled as verified when I went through them. It's just a quirk of my editing that I like to see every page verified unless it truly is a blank page. It's no biggie, though.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 13:30, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

ftc

I improved one of the images, the version at gutenberg used small images too, I went to the larger jpeg file at IA.org and created a coherent image. I believe the community standard has been that a transcript is checked by at least one other user before nomination. I would make a couple other suggestions, but I wonder if you checked with the creator before nominating it? He might not consider ready, there are other potential candidates that could be promoted while this one is being polished up. cygnis insignis 22:32, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

It was validated. It's already been checked by two users. Any polishing that needs to be done can be done while it's in FTC discussion, as has happened quite a lot with many of our featured texts. If you know of any other works to promote, nominate them; I'm just filling a void since the month is already half over and there's no definite featured text for September.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 14:44, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

I'll stand to one side, but reiterate that much of it has only been checked by our colleague. I'm not quibbling over some technicality of FT criteria, I have found a lot of problems with the method of transcription. Featuring this invites users to create a bot, create a new text, then validate it. I've strongly objected to the procedure, and spent a good amount of time tidying up broken, incomplete, and ill matched texts - so now I have a strong opinion. The version is not as good as gutenberg's, not the best we can do, and the ability to do the same to another text is limited to a select few. I chose not to air this at FT, I have previously raised objections and the seems to be regarded as invalid. You may as well blank this, I've had my say cygnis insignis 17:00, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Username change request

[1]. Thanks, Rambo's Revenge (talk) 15:32, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. Rambo (talk) 22:10, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Removal from Template:New texts

[2] = can you please add back the removed page, to the lower section for prep to go to archives? Thank you, -- Cirt (talk) 23:22, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! :) -- Cirt (talk) 15:38, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Rename user accounts

Hi!

Could you rename my two user accounts as requested at en.wikipedia? Thanks Helder (talk) 20:03, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Done for both.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 21:59, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Academic papers

Hello, I have uploaded two of my own papers (logic and meaning... and Mapping Information...) to WikiProject Academic Papers. As there did not seem to be a place to put them I created a new category "information Systems". I left them in "Projects Pending" for a while, then moved them to "Projects needing review". I'm new to this and am not sure that I have been following the correct procedure.

Also I am not sure what happens next. The instructions say "mark them as complete when 2 people have reviewed them". What is the review procedure?

regards--Logicalgregory (talk) 04:10, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

PDF mess

I uploaded three papers in txt and hypertext format without any problem. But I seem to have made a mess of things trying to upload pdf files. The files:

Index:Witters1.pdf File:Witters1.pdf File:Witters2.pdf

should be deleted (but I do not know how to do this). What I wanted to upload is at

File:SSM to Information Systems.pdf

I wanted to put it at WikiProject Academic Papers/Projects Pending, but don't know how to get it there.

sorry for the trouble. --Logicalgregory (talk) 10:02, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

DJVU mess

Please delete all files relating to "SSM to information systems: A Wittgensteinian approach". Attempts to enter a scan of this dotmatrix document into the proofreading system have been a complete failure. I have re-typed the paper and want to start again by uploading it directly (as I have done with three other papers).

The paper falls between two stools. It was written using word processing software that no longer exists and can not be converted. The printing is dotmatrix and does not scan well. If it had been produced earlier it would have been well typed and could go scan/OCR. If it have been produced later the files could have been converted. There is a later, better copy, but this is copyright of the publishers.

Sorry for the trouble, but I hope you will bear with me on this. What I am trying to do is find a way to upload modern academic work to Wikisource without breaking global copyright laws. Its not easy, but once I understand the process properly I can recommend that others do the same. --Logicalgregory (talk) 06:04, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

Can you list the exact files to delete? I can't find any related to what you cited above. Thanks!—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 15:23, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Hello again Zhaladshar, I missed your last post and in the interim managed to get the index page and two other pages in the proof reading system deleted using the "rapid delete/upload request" thingy. All that remains is the DJVU files. E.G. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:SSM_to_Information_Systems.djvu/1 this goes on to ...djvu/16. Again sorry for the bother, but it does take some time for us new people to find our way round the system. --Logicalgregory (talk) 13:26, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Oh, it's quite alright.  :) I know there's a bit of a learning curve trying to understand the Proofread system. It seems someone already beat me to the deletions. Do you need the DJVU file deleted as well? If not, I think you're good to go again.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 15:04, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Yes, please delete the djvu files. Then everything is clear, with nothing to confuse me. Thanks --Logicalgregory (talk) 15:44, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

The DJVU file File:SSM to Information Systems.djvu is now deleted.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 15:45, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Rename request

Hi Zhaladshar. Could you rename my account, User:Diego Grez, to User:El Muñeco Shakes It Up, Baby? I have some privacy concerns and I need it to be done as soon as possible. Thank you. Diego Grez (talk) 23:56, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Done.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 15:48, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Hello, I'd just like to draw your attention to my rename request from July :) Thanks, Openstrings (talk) 08:49, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Yikes, sorry about the wait. You now have the Sonia account.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 14:47, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Hi again. The reason for having that awful username is not valid anymore. Could you please rename me back to "Diego Grez"? I doubt I will change my username again. Thank you and sorry to disturb you! El Muñeco Shakes It Up, Baby (talk) 02:53, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Done.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 03:02, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Name change request

English Wikipedia is my home project and I just changed my username there. Could you change the login on this account to "Haymaker" as well? - Schrandit (talk) 09:36, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Done.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 03:01, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Archiving adminship discussions

Hi BirgitteSB and Zhaladshar. I think the adminship discussions are ready to be archived; do you agree with my doing so as follows? Angr unanimously confirmed, Durova & Zyephyrus retired, and Longfellow's nomination declined. —Pathoschild 19:17:10, 02 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi, Pathoschild. I agree that Angr is confirmed, but Zyephyrus should be as well (I don't recall a message saying he has retired his admin position, and he is also still active). Durova and EVula should not be confirmed, and Longfellow's nomination did not pass.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 19:32, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Will do. (I meant EVula and wrote Zyephyrus.) —Pathoschild 19:39:49, 02 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks a lot.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 05:08, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Much of that <div> formatting

A note. Div formatting in class=prose, =lefttext =indented-page no longer functions with transcluded pages (there was some stuff at WS:S about it, though it was not well-announced and explained), though still functions fine in non-transcluded pages. Other classes I don't know. Worse is that when it is done, it hides the top page numbers. We are now meant to have the different layouts through the toggle in the sidebar. — billinghurst sDrewth 02:32, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

That was a change I did know about. When I first tried it, though, without the div tag, the footnotes didn't get formatted with the rest of the text, in any of the layouts. So I kept adding the div tags. It apparently works now, so I will use the preferred method.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 03:10, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Template:Sisterlinks

Do you mind if we look to replace Template:Sisterlinks with the more flexible Template:Plain sister? It is the template that sits underlying in {{header}}. — billinghurst sDrewth 09:52, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Not at all. It's a clunky template and reminiscent of olden times. I'd much rather have the sleeker {{plain sister}}.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 13:45, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, done, and nominated for retirement. — billinghurst sDrewth 16:05, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks...

Will adjust pages accordingly…JamAKiska (talk) 15:33, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

citations and bot requests

I noticed that you have an interest in academic works, as do I (mostly Renaissance and Medieval works). I've mentioned to a few folks on IRC the possibility of developing a citation mechanism for Wikisource that allows for easy citation to the original text without having to go into the pagespace, etc. and would like your thoughts. One idea would be some sort of tool that creates a citation on demand, another would be an annotation of sorts, equivalent to the sort used for legal citations in several electronic research systems (Westlaw, NEXIS/LEXIS, etc) where each page has a line at top of the page "Cite this page as: 21 Foo 37-43 (1927 Bar)". The latter would probably be technically easier to implement but more time consuming as it would require adding text to every page (normally more than one per WS page due to the transclusion of multiple pages of the original onto a single WS page) and would probably need to list at least two different methods of citation. A solution may be available to us in the way page numbers are shown on transcluded text but such a solution would not be something that could be implemented soon as development is at a standstill. Thoughts?

Additionally, when you get to it, Spangineer's Bot and my (DougBot) are awaiting flagging, and maybe EnBot, I can't tell if that one is in a holding pattern or is good to go. I know you aren't around much, I just thought I'd mention it since I'm here and since there have been several requests lately, including my own.  ;-)

Thanks.--Doug.^{(talk • contribs)} 09:18, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

ZSBot

Please see my comment at: User talk:ZSBot#Status? when you get a chance.--Doug.^{(talk • contribs)} 21:38, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Rename user Alexandre.mbm to AlexandreMBM please

Hello!

I don't see pages for local requests for change of names in this wiki. Rename Alexandre.mbm (sulutil) to AlexandreMBM (sulutil) please.

Reason: AlexandreMBM is my SUL account and I want to continue Steward requests/SUL requests#Alexandre.mbm.

Confirmation link: http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steward_requests%2FSUL_requests&action=historysubmit&diff=2440684&oldid=2440589

Thank you.

Alexandre.mbm (talk) 04:38, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

PS.: I am posting copy of this message in User talk:BirgitteSB (the crat other).

I just tried renaming the user. The account AlexandreMBM is already created on this wiki. I just want to know if that is yours or if you need me to usurp the account. If I don't hear confirmation soon, I'll likely go ahead with the usurpation.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 14:00, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

I suspended this my intention. Please do not do anything. Please wait for the new contact. Please do not delete this topic in his talk page. I am preparing a page to explain a special procedure combined with the user fr33kman. But I'm out of time to continue it today. The job requires concentration and continued on my part. AlexandreMBM (talk) 20:52, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Amandla Festival Speeches?

Hi Zhaladshar

I am interested in the content which used to be saved here: Amandla Festival Speeches for educational and research purposes. The speeches seem to be found nowhere else than here... Since you have deleted the page in 2006 you might be able to retrieve the content with the speeches. Would it be possible to send me the content (the speeches) via e-mail? My address is enclosed in this link. Thank you very much in advance for your assistance! Greetings, David. --84.73.35.240 16:45, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

The text added by an IP address in June 2006 and was deleted as being a copyright violation in August of the same year, and there is no indication of its source. Copyright law would seem to restrict the ability of Wikisource to resurrect and provide the text to you. — billinghurst sDrewth 13:01, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Hello. The source is quite easy to determine: If you search on YouTube for Bob Marley's performance at the Amandla Festival, you will find his short speeches during the last two songs "Zimbabwe" and "Wake Up And Live". My inquiry now is to receive the former content of the above-mentioned article for educational/research purposes. With this in mind, isn't it possible to send me the content personally? Thank you for your assistance! David --131.152.178.3 13:49, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Umm, no. You have the right to make a copy for your educational and research purposes, we would have the right for ours. We do not have the right to make a copy for you, in fact that would be a breach of copyright. As I said, there is no evidence with the work of what was the source, you can presume all that you wish on what you suspect is the source, I can only tell you what information is there. — billinghurst sDrewth 15:50, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

I can't distribute the content legally, as it's copyrighted. However, if you really want the content, you can transcribe it yourself from the Amandla concert using the recordings on YouTube.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 16:05, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Has your gmail account been hacked?

Hi Zhaladshar, I just received spam mail from your gmail account. Received headers check out, so no faked sender (unless someone managed a DNS spoofing or tricking the gmail server). Chances are that your account has been taken over by spammers. For reference, here is one of the headers with a timestamp: Received: from mail-ey0-f193.google.com (EHLO mail-ey0-f193.google.com) [209.85.215.193] by mx0.gmx.net (mx014) with SMTP; 10 Jun 2011 21:22:56 +0200.--GrafZahl (talk) 19:54, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

I have no idea what happened; I just got an email from myself. I'm trying to figure out what happened, as I didn't click on anything (wasn't even on the account when they all sent out). Sorry for the problem. I've changed my password, but I don't know if that will help much. Looks like something hijacked, though.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 20:01, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

urget request.

please contact me privately. Matanya (talk) 15:23, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for reply, sending full details in few seconds. Matanya (talk) 15:38, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Rename request

Hello, Zhaladshar, I have been trying to find out where to ask to change my user name on this project and have found your talk page. Could you please rename my account from Moonraker2 to Moonraker? I have made the same change on several projects, including enwiki where my main account is. Please see here. Regards, Moonraker2 (talk) 11:22, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Done.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 18:28, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks. Moonraker (talk) 16:24, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

missing bureaucrat noticeboard on this wiki

Hi. You are listed as a bureaucrat on this wiki, but so is at least one other person. To contact a bureaucrat, in order to usurp accounts and similar, users have to send duplicate messages, rather than post at a single place. Please create a bureaucrat noticeboard of some sort and list it at meta:Index of pages where renaming can be requested. If it already exists, please list it there! Thank you. --Joy-temporary (talk) 11:35, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Wikisource:Administrators' noticeboard and see the 'crat section. — billinghurst sDrewth 14:07, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2010-09#Bot_flag_request_for_Phe-bot

Bing bong. While it has been archived, would you be so kind to review this, especially in light of the fact that this bot is taking over many of the tasks previously undertaken by ThomasBot. Thanks for the consideration. — billinghurst sDrewth 14:05, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Never mind, it has been managed. — billinghurst sDrewth 00:55, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Uploading open-access papers systematically

Hi there, I saw that you had signed up at Wikisource:WikiProject Academic Papers, so I thought I'd ask your opinion on scaling up the import of open-access materials, as discussed at Wikisource:Scriptorium#Scaling_up_the_import_of_open-access_sources. Thanks and cheers, -- Daniel Mietchen - WiR/OS (talk) 12:42, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

In case you want to comment

Apparently one user is reading your lack of comment (over the past 1.5 days - ZOMG) as reason to oppose my proposal at Wikisource:Scriptorium#Authorize_Crats_to_promote_for_all_sysop_rights. If you feel like commenting. . .

• also your page has said that you'd be moving and out of the loop for a few weeks for over one year. ;)--Doug.^{(talk • contribs)} 20:55, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

License?

Can you add a source and license to File:Jacobs - The Toll-House, 01.gif/ Jeepday (talk) 01:47, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Sadly, after five and a half years, I have no idea what the source is. I have no knowledge of when that illustration was made.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 03:39, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Bummer Wikisource:Possible_copyright_violations#File:Jacobs_-_The_Toll-House.2C_01.gif. Jeepday (talk) 01:29, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Aristotle work proofreading

Hi, similar question; was the Posterior Analytics you contributed a proofread work? I was wanting to give it a sign. ResScholar (talk) 08:07, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Yes. I got it from a previously proofread source. It really should be backed by scans now, but it was proofread. Of course, I can't remember where I got it anymore, so it's hard to source (another reason why it should be converted to DJVU).—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 20:04, 20 January 2012 (UTC)