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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Rhodium powder pressed melted.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Maedin\talk 06:38, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You supported the photograph of chlorine in a quartz ampoule and acrylic cube. The nominator has indicated no replacement photograph will be available in the near future, and has instead cropped the original file and uploaded over the top, leaving us with two alternative crops. Could you please indicate which of these you prefer? Thanks. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 16:28, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Lutheran Cathedral Helsinki edit.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Jujutacular talk 18:03, 13 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have raised concerns about your account here. J Milburn (talk) 13:32, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

They think we're sockpuppets!

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AmericanXplorer13 (talk) 15:09, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you, -- DASHBot (talk) 05:01, 15 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I would like the algorithm for the maze generation. I'll see what I can do! AmericanXplorer13 (talk) 19:57, 15 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've searched to see if this was currently a project, but I couldn't find anything. Please let me know if this exists.

Basically, I want to start a Wikipedia Project on converting JPG diagrams to SVG. Too often I see JPG diagrams with horrible JPG artifacts which NEED to be converted to SVG.

I'm not too sure on how to create a project page, but I was wondering if you would like to help me.

Thanks! AmericanXplorer13 (talk) 02:29, 26 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Have you seen this? It seems kind of relevant. Wikipedia:WikiProject_SVG Since that is an inactive project, we might just take over it and focus that project on converting JPG, non-animated GIF, and even PNG diagrams to SVG. Purpy Pupple (talk) 02:42, 26 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • How should we go about doing that? We can't just take over the group, can we? AmericanXplorer13 (talk) 03:18, 26 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Actually, would you like to create a new group, "Project Vector" instead trying to take over the group? The best thing to do would probably just delete the group and start over. It has been inactive since Sept. 9, and that was just fixing a typo. AmericanXplorer13 (talk) 03:24, 26 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please edit this page for the Project Vector. I just copied the formatting from the Copy-Editing project. Please make changes to the following page. When we are done, we will make it live.

User:AmericanXplorer13/Vector | AmericanXplorer13 (talk) 03:38, 26 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Purpy Pupple, Can you see if the license of the maze solution is now ok? Thanks.IvanIp (talk) 04:52, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• That's better, thanks! Purpy Pupple (talk) 05:15, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Junior at Darlington edit.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Makeemlighter (talk) 21:40, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I left a message at this nomination. I need clarification on your vote and how the images are used. Please check it out when you have a chance. Thanks. Makeemlighter (talk) 05:16, 19 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Glass ochem dof2.png, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Makeemlighter (talk) 01:12, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Wishing you all the very best for the season. Thanks for all your help and support this year. Merry Christmas and may Santa be good to you! – SMasters (talk) 04:04, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply] Click to play!

I changed the description, uploaded to different accurate pages, and cropped the gif.

I hope I can count on your support of my creation!

AmericanXplorer13 (talk) 03:59, 26 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Your submission of Biham-Middleton-Levine traffic model at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Orlady (talk) 16:27, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There's one more thing to be addressed at DYK... --Orlady (talk) 14:22, 28 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

[1] I think the article has been expanded quite a bit. Comparing to other articles that we've judged to give sufficient context, I'd say your criterion has been satisfied, but let us know if you wish to differ. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 12:50, 1 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

On3 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Biham-Middleton-Levine traffic model, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Biham-Middleton-Levine model may be the simplest model of traffic flow that has both phase transitions and self-organization? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 14:48, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Bufo periglenes2.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Makeemlighter (talk) 15:26, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just to let you know: I submitted a re-naming request for these on Commons. The new files are at File:Biham-Middleton-Levine traffic model self-organized to a disordered intermediate phase.ogv and File:Biham-Middleton-Levine traffic model self-organized to a periodic intermediate phase.ogv. They needed a more descriptive filename in order for me to create the image pages here for FP tagging. CommonsDelinker will replace all of the old filenames with the new ones across all Wikipedias. Best, Makeemlighter (talk) 06:03, 23 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Lyapunov-fractal.png, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Makeemlighter (talk) 06:26, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Muragl LCD-edit.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Makeemlighter (talk) 01:34, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Your submission of Swinging Atwood's Machine at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Materialscientist (talk) 01:22, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

	The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
	For your awesome rendered diagrams, simulations, and 3D models. Congratulations! InverseHypercube 17:44, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you! InverseHypercube 05:21, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, some time earlier, you commented/voted on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Pythagoras similar triangles proof. The file is renominated at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Pythagoras similar triangles proof simplified with many issues addressed. Your comments about the new version would be appreciated.--Gauravjuvekar (talk) 15:47, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Purpy,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Glass ochem dof2.png is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on July 22, 2012. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2012-07-22. —howcheng {chat} 23:02, 21 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Purpy,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Muragl LCD.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on September 8, 2012. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2012-09-08. —howcheng {chat} 21:26, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Purpy,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Lyapunov-fractal.png is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on September 13, 2012. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2012-09-13. —howcheng {chat} 17:27, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Purpy,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:MAZE 30x20 DFS.ogv is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on September 19, 2012. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2012-09-19. —howcheng {chat} 16:53, 17 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

—howcheng {chat} 23:10, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am requesting a rename on Commons. My current Commons name is username. Purpy Pupple (talk) 01:54, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, yes I am. Sigh, WP:SUL is mildly annoying when it signs me back into my old account when I sign into it on Commons. dllu(t,c) 01:55, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:SLS AMG Roadster.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 04:26, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Before posting this alternative, I thought I'd get your opinion. I substituted planar mirrors and beam splitters, as you suggested. It seemed to me that the the best way to convey the fact that the light is monochromatic was to use colored photons. What other suggestions can you offer? Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 04:29, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Looks better now... it's cleaner. It seems that the (d) quadrant of the image is shifted a bit left compared to the (c) one (actually, (a) and (b) aren't aligned either, by a few pixels). Maybe instead of two dotted lines for the optical path, a single dotted line would suffice. Also, why are the text "source", "mirror", "beam splitter" etc in a different font? I usually reserve fixed-width fonts for code. I think the beam splitters' shade of grey could be made a bit lighter to make it even clearer that they are not regular mirrors. Try adding little arrows to emphasize the direction of light propagation (although, that might make it look too messy). By the way, the SVG markup seems to be failing validation. I really appreciate that you're taking the time to work on nice diagrams for interferometers. My main fear regarding this FP nomination is that some reviewers might not sufficiently understand physics to appreciate this. dllu (t,c) 09:41, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • OK, here is a new version to check out. Unfortunately, I am not an expert in SVG, so I don't know what to do about the validation problem, except maybe post on the SVG help page and wait for somebody to answer. I know how to fix a few simple things like the flow elements bug, but that's about it. Arrows made (a) a bit too busy, and after experimenting around, I left the beam splitters' shading the same. Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 11:57, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• It seems that some of the detectors are a lighter shade of grey than others. Specifically, detector A in (a), both A and B in (b), and C in (c) are a lighter shade of grey than all the other ones. In addition, I have found that the SVG includes use of the Calibri font, which is not allowed (see WP:SVG Help). When I have time I'll look at it in more detail. dllu (t,c) 16:38, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I've converted my text objects to paths, so using Calibri shouldn't be a problem. Otherwise, of course, you never know for sure how the font is going to render. Inkscape is buggy about gradients. I'll change the gradient shading to solid shading tonight. I had tons of issues with the radial gradient shading on Tatoute's original illustration. I couldn't get the light bulbs to match. The detectors seem to be the same story. Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 16:54, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Changing the gradients to solid shading is a good idea. I did notice a few spurious gradient tags in the svg source code. I think the main concern about font copyright is that under font copyright law, "scalable computer fonts [...] constitute a 'computer program' for the purposes of copyright law and hence are subject to protection. [...] A scalable font will generally be protected even though the specific design of the characters is not." But I am not an expert on font copyright law so it is best to ask someone else about that. dllu (t,c) 17:03, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I didn't realize it was a copyright question. On SVG help, I always saw the font issue discussed as a rendering question. OK, I'll go for a safe font. Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 17:17, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• New version here. Detectors use solid shading. After replacing the Calibri font, there were still bogus references to Calibri which I needed to remove with a text editor. I also corrected some flowroot stuff and attributes with trailing spaces. The current version passes Jarry1250's SVG Check tool with no warnings. I won't bother modifying the paths so that they refract properly. :-) I'll do that correction for the Mach-Zehnder illustration with the candle. Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 03:43, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Looks good! You have my blessing :P dllu (t,c) 04:13, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks for everything! By the way, I just finished getting it to pass the W3C Markup Validator tool as well. I removed all the attributes that the tool didn't like, and the image appears unaffected. Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 04:50, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Regarding the markup, it's kinda messy because it seems to have been edited with both Adobe Illustrator and Inkscape, both of which like to spam annoying stuff in the markup. But that's okay as long as the file size is reasonably small and the image looks clean and nice (after all we are not going for Structured SVG). Good job getting it to pass W3C validation! Now let's see if it gets to Featured Picture status. dllu (t,c) 06:03, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Caridoid escape reaction.gif, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 06:03, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You asked LucasVB to make an animation for Tri-star (wheel arrangement), and I replied that I would make it after a few days. Okay, a month has passed, but I finally made it :) . ~Conundrumer (talk) 07:42, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That looks awesome! Much better than what I would have done. Great work! — LucasVB | Talk 12:43, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Very nice! Thanks. The Tri-star (wheel arrangement) article has been significantly improved by the new animation. dllu (t,c) 20:52, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You wrote, "As a side note, maybe consider expanding your namesake article."

Done. See Stigmatella aurantiaca. I hope you find it interesting.

But does this count as WP:COI?Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 06:47, 10 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Very nice! I took a brief look through and it is quite good so far. I will read it in more detail later when I have time. It seems that the "Taxonomy" section is too short, maybe just throw those links into the infobox or something. Also, there doesn't seem to be a lead section... consider putting a summary of "Description and significance" in the lead. I don't think it counts as WP:COI, assuming that you are not actually one or more members of the species Stigmatella aurantiaca, or a paid advocate for them. In any case, consider removing the "significance" part of the section title "Description and significance". It is expected that all articles should be about significant things so it is probably not necessary for them to shout, "I am significant!!". dllu (t,c) 18:20, 10 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]