User talk:Aschmidt/2012

January 2012

Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you recently tried to give Luis Palmer a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into another page with a different name. This is known as a "cut and paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is needed for attribution and various other purposes. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

In most cases, once your account is four days old and has ten edits, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page. This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other pages that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Cut and paste move repair holding pen. Thank you. Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 22:52, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for contacting me, Escape_Orbit. You are right, I copied Luis Palmer to Louis Palmer because I could not move it there. At Louis Palmer there was already a redirect pointing to Luis Palmer. However, his real name is spelled "Louis". I am not that much used to the procedures in English Wikipedia. This is why I could not find a template for speedy deletion of the redirect.

Could you please help me and move Luis Palmer together with the version history to Louis Palmer and then delete Luis Palmer? This would be great indeed. Thank you very much in advance! --Aschmidt (talk) 22:58, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

See requested moves. The problem was caused by the well-meaning editor who created the redirect that now lies in the way. This will need to be deleted first in a non-controversial technical move. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 23:01, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I am trying to find help on IRC first. If this fails I will try requested moves.--Aschmidt (talk) 23:04, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Done. Thanks, again, to everyone involved! :) --Aschmidt (talk) 23:08, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Yep, done - Escape Orbit, if you have any moves that need doing - feel free to let me know as well, I'm usually online during the evenings on IRC (I'm in the GMT timezone). Best, The Helpful One 23:12, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Your input is needed on the SOPA initiative

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HighBeam

Just wanted to thank you for the promotion work you're doing. It is really helpful and important. Thanks! Ocaasi ^{t | c} 20:12, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome. And thanks a lot back to you for arranging the cooperation with HighBeam! I gather that it is not easy to come this far. It's an important next step for us after the Credo accounts which I still find quite helpful for editing.--Aschmidt (talk) 20:18, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

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Please let me know if you have any questions, thoughts, comments, concerns, ideas, or otherwise. Awesome to have your help! Ocaasi ^{t | c} 17:42, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, Ocaasi, for providing the template. Today, I have notified four more communities, viz. the Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic, and Russian Wikipedias, which was possible thanks to Google Translate :) ---pls. cf. the links I have added to our promotion page. I gather you will probably announce the project on Foundation-l sometime. I think there is little more we can do to get the message across to as many Wikipedians as possible.--Aschmidt (talk) 20:07, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Deja Vu

Hi Aschmidy, I just saw your comment on Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Muhammad images-- you say exactly what I used to say: This isn't a job for us, this is a job for the browser. NOTCENSORED is sacred.

I just wanted to tell you what changed my mind to think we need to "meet users halfway" with javascript.

Experience working with novice users has shown me that, inconceivable as it is, most users do not know how to turn off images. Nor are instructions generally successful at "talking them through" the process of changing their browser settings.

The first thing to realize is that we editors are very different than our readers. We live in a world of literacy and computers. But our readers are a very different population. Computers are new to them, English is often new to them, and in some cases, literacy may be somewhat new to them (compared to people who learn to read at age 4 and never stop).

The ideal answer is the one you gave: Turn off images in browser. But in practice, that answer just plain hasn't worked. There's just too many barrier.

This makes it a lot harder to defend NOTCENSORED. Waves of readers show up to ask for fewer images or smaller images, and all we can respond with is technobabble. Honestly, there's something a little sadistic about the thought of making elderly people learn about browser customization just to read an article.

Is there some way we could give new users this functionality? If the hatnote isn't your thing, how about at topnote or a sidenote? Or perhaps adding the feature right into the user interface?

There are a lots of reasons people want to view imageless pages, and not all of them involve NOTCENSORED. People who are reading in public for example, want this functionality too, even though they don't want the images deleted, they want to be able to hide them sometimes.

I agree that this should have been a job for IE-Firefox-Chrome-Safari-Droid-iPhone. But in practice, we're the only ones in a position to solve this problem for our readers. And we can do it AND still be NOTCENSORED.

That's my pitch. :) See whatcha think. :) either way, thanks for reading all this and participating in the RFC. :) HectorMoffet (talk) 11:14, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

I don't want to dwell on this for a long time, so here is my brief answer: Those using the internet in Muslin countries are the well-educated better-off part of the populace. They know how to eat, how to dwell, how to pray, how to clothe themselves according to their religious believe. If they don't know already, they will also learn how to configure their browser so as not to encounter pictures they do not want to see. They don't need our help for that because they are competent people just like we are.--Aschmidt (talk) 11:22, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

okay. Not dwelling :). But just to clarify-- there's no way my grandparents could follow text instructions on turning off images in their browser. They have a hard time with sleek user interfaces like a cellphone or a GPS navigation system. And they've lived their whole lives in a modernized world. There just comes a point where what seems _utterly easy_ to you or I is somehow impossibly difficult to some people. I can't quite explain why it's so difficult, I just know that no matter what instructions we give, people aren't going to learn how to turn off images in their browser. Call it an age-related learning disability if you want to, but we all know it exists. And I bet it's even worse when you add language barriers. --HectorMoffet (talk) 11:54, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

In this case it's quite the opposite. As I said, it's the well-off, well-educated and rather modern part of the population in Muslim countries, they know very well what to do and what not to do, it's not our parents or our grand-parents we always have to teach how to use that tech stuff correctly. :) Perhaps it is also a Western hybris to think that we have to tell people from other parts of the world how to use our media. They use it already, and they use it that good that they have brought about an RFC in en.wp. That stands for a lot of technical and cultural competence. He that comes to far can also learn how to switch off images in his browser without our help.--Aschmidt (talk) 12:02, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Hello, have a look at Help:Options to not see an image#Go to the mobile Wikipedia site (en.mobile.wikipedia.org) and disable all images and Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Muhammad images/Functional hatnote demo#Thoughts and Questions on OfferToHideImages. BTW, AFAIK there are no muslims on this RFC (am i mistaken?). IMHO, it's more "political correctness gone wild" to cater "for" muslims, with a hint of "image filter advocacy minus porn". ;-) --Atlasowa (talk) 13:05, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Well, you never can tell who is behind a username, but I think, too, that the majority of those that have taken part up to now are American.--Aschmidt (talk) 13:35, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Well, you can be American and Muslim. Let's try to be really, very careful about cultural stereotypes of Americans, Muslims - and Germans. ;-) --Atlasowa (talk) 13:50, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Now that you say it… :)--Aschmidt (talk) 13:58, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Feldmann

Liest sich flüssig dein Artikel. Den kapere ich mir mal für Michael.--Symposiarch (talk) 09:39, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Danke! Bedien' Dich gerne.--Aschmidt (talk) 09:52, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Schaust du vielleicht noch mal drüber Michael Ebling, merci d'avance--Symposiarch (talk) 20:38, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Done. :) Ein Link funktioniert leider nicht mehr, den habe ich entfernt. Ich füge noch die boxen zu den WikiProjekten auf der talk page hinzu, und dann kannst Du den Artikel bei den neuen eintragen, wenn Du das möchtest.--Aschmidt (talk) 21:02, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Hast ihn ja vorhin schon eingetragen, sehe ich gerade... okay. So, let's call it a day. :) --Aschmidt (talk) 21:15, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Ich danke dir. Als ich 2005 angefangen habe in de:wikipedia dachte ich Englisch kann ich gut und habe mehr in fr:wikipedia editiert. Aber ich sehe schon, das muss sich jetzt ändern. Ergo bibamus--Symposiarch (talk) 07:29, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Wie gesagt, ich helfe Dir gerne. – Was ich kurios finde: Wie lange Du den Artikel hier so halb fertig im ANR stehen lassen konntest! :) Das hätte in de.wp wahrscheinlich zu einem Schnellöschantrag geführt. :) – Zu en.wp/fr.wp: Ich habe in der letzten Zeit damit begonnen, mich auch in diesen beiden Projekten mal umzutun, finde es sehr interessant, was hier genauso abläuft wie in de.wp, aber es läuft eben auch vieles ganz anders. En.wp ist sehr viel effizienter als DE, der IRC ist sehr hilfreich, es wird gut nachgearbeitet und weniger herumgestritten – die Unterschiede sind schon deutlich. Übrigens habe ich Peter Feldmann als Did you know nominiert, mal sehen, ob's klappt. :)--Aschmidt (talk) 11:52, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Ja, ist schon aners hier.--Symposiarch (talk) 17:32, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Peter Feldmann

Hello! Your submission of Peter Feldmann 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! Dahn (talk) 18:02, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for notifying me. I have answered your questions underneath the nomination's entry. Is you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact me.—Thanks.--Aschmidt (talk) 19:22, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Applications for free, full access, 1-year accounts from HighBeam Research officially open

The applications for 1000 free accounts is now officially open until April 9th. I have the account codes in my email box and we are ready to go. This week's main goal is promotion. Several editors have already done a great job of getting the word out, but there is still time to make sure people don't miss out on the opportunity. Please tell your Wikipedia friends, WikiProjects, non-English Wikipedias, and anywhere else you think people would benefit from knowing. You can record your progress at WP:HighBeam/Promotion where we're keeping track of all of the notifications. Thanks so much for your help! I'll keep you posted. Cheers, Ocaasi ^{t | c} 20:46, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, Ocaasi! I've reminded the German community twice of this opportunity, posting to the WP:Kurier and to WMDE's public mailing list, as documented WP:HighBeam/Promotion.--Aschmidt (talk) 21:19, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Peter Feldmann

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Template:User Uni Frankfurt

Hallo Aschmidt, ich habe das Logo wieder entfernt. Dieses Logo enthält eine Grafik mit Goethes Porträt und ist daher kreativ genug, um urheberrechtlich geschützt zu sein. Das ist auch der Grund, warum sie hier auf en.wiki nur mit Free Fair Use Rationale gespeichert ist. Laut WP:Userboxes#Caution about image use dürfen wir nur Grafiken mit freien Lizenzen für Userboxen verwenden, daher mein Revert. De728631 (talk) 20:26, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Ach so, da steht das... Danke! Ich hatte wegen dem Bearbeitervermerk in der Versionsgeschichte bei WP:NFCC gesucht, aber nichts gefunden ... Habe jetzt ein großes F eingefügt, wie es die Heidelberger auch mit HD gemacht haben...--Aschmidt (talk) 20:58, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:04, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Alexander Mitscherlich (psychologist)

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:04, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

How could Wikipedia do without them? They are now also featured on Portal:Germany! If you have other DYK related to Germany, feel free to place it there yourself. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:07, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks very much, Gerda, for nominating the two articles! We could add to Portal:Germany my article on Peter Feldmann who has just taken over the office of lordmayer of Frankfurt and was a DYK back in April. But those listed there now are more recent, so I would refrain from adding him there. Indeed, there are still lots of biographies and much, much more topics on Germany that should be featured in en.wp. Too much we could write about, but too little time to do so! :) --Aschmidt (talk) 09:21, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Done, I missed him, remember a long discussion ;) - Perhaps you can help me with the Portal DYK, I look for "German" in the suggestions and watch them, sometimes not successfully, see above, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:37, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

I'd be glad to help you, will have a closer look at the DYK nominations from now on.--Aschmidt (talk) 11:03, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Precious

	German people making history
	Thank you for introducing influential German people who made history, such as the Mitscherlichs, to the English project, - you are an awesome Wikipedian! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:28, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Now, this is so kind of you, Gerda! Thank you very much for this lovely award, it's my first one on enwiki! :) Keep up the good work.--Aschmidt (talk) 09:42, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

A year ago, you were the 172nd recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:20, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

Credo Reference Update & Survey (your opinion requested)

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Dear Ocaasi, thank you for inviting me to help with the Wikipedia Library. I am sorry to say that due to a case of illness in the family I cannot join you this time. I have also had to restrict my contributions to German Wikipedia. Again, thank you for your hard work for the community. Please do not hesitate to contact me at a later point of time if you think I could be of help to you.--Aschmidt (talk) 14:39, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

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Link

Thanks for the link, I don't know how I forgot to add that. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 20:18, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Your're welcome. It's a wiki. :) – Thanks for your report. I'm following events in the Education programme as I am myself taking part in Wikimedia Deutschlands programme for schools and universities. Keeping fingers crossed for the RFC.--Aschmidt (talk) 20:27, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

I'm glad it turned out well! It was more difficult to write than I thought it would – there has been a lot of discussion surrounding the program. Remember that you are, of course, free to leave your comments in the RfC if you would like! Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 05:42, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Well, it is a decision by and for the North American community in the first place, so, frankly speaking, I would like to leave the decision to them.--Aschmidt (talk) 08:40, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

That is true, but you can always give your views on the topic. :-) Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 01:26, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

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