User talk:Chealer/Archive 1
Clarifications neededRedHat is not a free software company anymore, they ignore the OSI decisions and have an internal instruction not to use CDDL code. They do not comment why, so it is impossible to find the reason. SuSe developers seem to believe that they need to add bugs to cdrecord making it unusable for the "convenience" of their users. One of the Mandriva developers reverse Engineered cdrecord-ProDVD in 2001 and created a bad DVD "enhancement patch". Mandriva seems to have problems with the correctly working DVD support in the original. With this kind of Linux distributions users are second class citizens in obscure political games run by very few eople from the distributors. The users are not aked whether they prefer a working maintained and free original before cdrkit. Interesting: people from the same distributors who are not involved in the game do not uderstand why their companies did drop the maintained original free software and know that during the 8 months cdrkit did exist only self created bugs have been fixed to pretend activities. Wikipedia should not become an attendent in this game and wiki should not quote "self verified" claims from people who started a dispute.
You claim that clarification is needed for facts that are well known or easy to prove.
Playing political games in our case is creating bad software on the shoulders of the users that can no longer easily use maintained free and working original software.
Claiming that there are license issues but never verifying this is also playing political games.
If wikipedia becomes an actor in this game and if wikipedia is not neutral (by quoting unproven claims from the initiators of a dispute), wikipedia loses credibility. Make sure that wikipedia does not loose neutrality. is no longer A "snapshot" of its own data center (moved section)Thanks for alerting me to your action. If you feel it has no place in the article, I won't contest your opinion. —Vespristiano 03:38, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC) Re: testingUm, the /releases/ web page is only named as such, its text clearly states "The “testing” distribution contains..." (emphasis mine). Actually I think I wrote that. I'm a Debian developer who had long been the main editor of the English part of the web site. Maybe it needs fixing nowadays, but what I wrote in testing (Debian) is accurate because that's how things are in practice. Debian tests the new distribution to become a release - it is not "a release" like 'stable' is. In fact, heavens forbid that anyone would treat it as a release - Debian had to miss version 1.0 because a vendor treated one such test version as a 1.0 release, and screwed it up. --Joy [shallot] 08:01, 21 September 2005 (UTC) I think that you should complain at debian-www about this conflation of terms WRT "release". As for the word "distribution", it is fairly consistently used in two ways: one is to refer to the whole software produced by Debian, and the other is to refer to individual pieces such as "testing" or "stable" or "unstable". --Joy [shallot] 17:40, 23 September 2005 (UTC) Old discussionsPlease don't make sections like that. Old discusssions should be archived, not put at the bottom of a page. New comments go at the bottom and anything else is cofusing for the readers. pschemp | talk 22:33, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
xterm edit.I believe you're wrong. Both are terminal emulators, and whilst they do not share the codebase, they have similar features. I've therefor restored the link in question. vidarlo 13:38, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Date formatsIt's generally considered polite to discuss changes if you're re-reverting edits from established users.
There's nothing wrong with the September 7 2006 date format, and it reads better for unregistered users than the ISO one does.
Complicated links should be reserved for places where the target is ambiguous; if a redirect goes straight to the target site then it's best keeping the link simple.
Your recent reverts smack of pettiness. Chris Cunningham 09:35, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Comparsion articlesWhy are you removing links to the comparison of linux distros and live distro articles? If nothing links to them then they will be orphaned. They are relevant to all the distro articles are they not?-Localzuk (talk) 11:08, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
Reverts in Advanced Packaging ToolPlease refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly.
If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia under the three-revert rule, which states that nobody may revert a single page more than three times in 24 hours. (Note: this also means editing the page to reinsert an old edit. If the effect of your actions is to revert back, it qualifies as a revert.) Thank you.
It's clear you're blindly reverting to some old version of yours, not even taking into account issues that had appeared settled, edits made by others since whatever version you're using, or any developments in the Talk discussions. DMacks
MedCab caseHi, I'm going to be the mediator for the Advanced Packaging Tool MedCab case. Could I request that you discontinue the edit war to allow the mediation process to commence. Thanks, Addhoc 12:20, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
You removed a bunch of talk page commentary from Linus' article. While you did make the talk page much easier to follow and use, it is generally frowned upon on Wikipedia to remove the comments (however silly) of others from article talk pages. What one can do is "refactor", which generally involves creating an archive page (usually Talk:Article/Archive1, etc), and moving the comments to that page. Please don't misunderstand me -- I didn't revert your changes, and it is clear that your intentions are good. Best, -- Gnetwerker 18:11, 26 September 2006 (UTC) A Hard Day's NightI can't recall where I got the original image from, but many Beatles singles were reissued in the UK in the 1970s, so it's quite possible that that was the cover used. In any case, the second image is the original 1964 release, if I'm not mistaken, so it's best to go with that. Johnleemk | Talk 05:56, 8 October 2006 (UTC) Hi Chealer,
I included the adjectival "open-source" as there's no indication otherwise as to what kind of "Dictators" the article addresses; "Benevolent Dictator for Life" can suggest the kind of title an egotistical country's leader might give (or have given to) themselves...? Regards, David Kernow (talk) 10:03, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi from mikeh0303Hi, i noticed your were editing a page about knoppix linux, i would like to try that linux out but i dont know a good place to download it in english. If you could link me to a page that would be great.
siduxhi! you've edited the sidux-page over again, referring to missing sources,striked it as an advert and that it's not under the gpl!the artikel has been worked over several times now, where do you see the advertising, where do you see the gpl bit and maybe you noticed, it has a future software tag, so it is clear, that the page is going to change soon anyway! what manual are you talking about this time? lots of questions, that i would like to get answered! and please excuse the lingo, i'm not english! :-) tania
gNewSenseDoesn't the reference to the FSF page consitute an endorsement? Reading the page in question shows that interviews with the creators of gNewSense can be arranged via the FSF, which certainly looks like an endorsement. As a friend of Paul O'Malley, I know that the FSF is supporting them financially - he's told me so himself. Autarch 12:45, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Blocked for violation of 3RR on Stanislav PetrovYou have been blocked for a period of 12 hours for violating Wikipedia:Three-revert rule on the article Stanislav Petrov. If you have questions about this policy, see Wikipedia:Revert only when necessary. Your talk page (here) remains unblocked, and if you have questions or complaints about this enforcement, you can post them here. If you feel this block is unwarranted, you can follow the instructions in Category:Requests for unblock (which essentially consists of placing a tag on this page) and request an unblock. I am not entirely opposed to lifting the block myself, but it is imported that the seriousness of Wikipedia:Edit wars is made clear. Maury 12:45, 9 April 2007 (UTC) sigh I have removed the block. I noticed that the edit was longer ago than the block timer. So consider this a belated warning instead. Maury 19:02, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
Debian - udev transition?Hi, in 133354865 you added a note "udev transition" about Debian 4.0. What does this mean?--Chealer 03:00, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
From the history of our page at Wikipedia I understand that you have nominated us for deletion. Several project members (Theforkofjustice, dhalgren_4_lfc and myself) have given our reaction in -- what we hope to be -- the appropriate page. Basically I have two questions for you:
TIA and kind regards, Useresa To answer one question asked in the AfD, what Linux For Clinics should do to keep a presence on Wikipedia is to become notable. One obvious first step to do that for any product is to get a website or homepage.--Chealer 18:25, 10 June 2007 (UTC) Thank you for replying. We used to have a homepage and forums running but due to the fact that these were constantly being hacked (if you like details I am willing to elaborate on this via email). Therefore we have decided, since this was seriously stopping progress, to focus on development of our next release and make use of our registrations at SourceForge, Launchpad and our Wikipedia page as main communication channels. We hope you can understand this situation and are willing to reconsider and remove the "marked for deletion" status. Regards Useresa
Nominations for deletion: More explanation requestedI see you are systematically nominating a number of the lessor articles on linux distributions for deletion. This is a noble, thankless task to be sure; thanks for this service. This is to request that when you make your nominations you also include a better description as to why - specifically what "notable" means and why the article does not demonstrate it. I have in mind just a 1-2 sentence blurb that you cut and paste in at nomination time to give others a bit more guidance about what that means, what "notable" means, and how to demonstrate "notable", etc. Not all of us are well versed in such things, and a bit of assistance in understanding Wikipedia policy and how best to respond would be helpful. (About half of the discussion at OpenPsion was some of us (me in particular) thrashing around until we realized what was required.) You might also state that your action is part of the systematic review you are doing. I note also that Wikipedia guidelines suggest trying other milder approaches first (correct article, merge with other articles) before nominating for deletion. I think I understand the task you are undertaking, however, which may not be amenable to the slower approach. Thanks, Bdushaw 02:37, 17 June 2007 (UTC) I agree in that an improved nomination statement would be appropriate. My suggestion is something on the lines of: "As part of my review of the Linux distributions with articles on Wikipedia, I'm nominated this page for deletion because it doesn't meet the standards at WP:CORP by providing significant coverage in third-party sources." Most of the distros seem to have not attracted much attention, but this might help forestall some needless wrangling. But good job for taking on this task! Thanks! FrozenPurpleCube 02:57, 17 June 2007 (UTC) Your comments come a bit too late since I think I'm done with this broad review now. But I retain the suggestion to link to WP:CORP if I do more nominations. Bdushaw, the approach to correct the article is not useful when the issue is notability. There's nothing that can be done to the article that will increase the topic's notability. Thanks for your appreciation, FrozenPurpleCube.--Chealer 18:38, 17 June 2007 (UTC) AfD nomination of William A. SteinAn article that you have been involved in editing, William A. Stein, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William A. Stein. Thank you. -- mms 00:52, 24 July 2007 (UTC) Your changes to List of Linux Distros
Hey BrosHey, now that we're kinfolk, can I borrow $20? ColdFusion650 11:58, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
Renaming Cell (microprocessor) to Cell microprocessorI don't understand the reason for the parentheses. Lots of people call it the "Cell microprocessor". How is that an inappropriate name for the article? The parentheses seem stupid to me, but I don't care that much, so have it your way. —Keenan Pepper 03:30, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
Yo Chealer. Je savais bien que j'allais te wiki-croiser à force d'éditer des articles de free software. Va commenter sur un AfD Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of software in dyne:bolic. -- Kl4m Talk Contrib 06:53, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
re: CRUXSorry I didn't see your message before. I was utterly mistaken about the copyvio - I could have sworn I saw a GFDL notice in their documentation but I don't see it now. I removed the offending text and also trimmed the marketing fluff out of the article. --Spike Wilbury ♫ talk 05:07, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
Copyright on Stanislav PetrovHi, do you have any evidence for this? The content seems to come from [1] but I see no mention of the GFDL there.--Chealer 01:39, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
Please don't blank a page with a copyvio notice based on a three year old revision. If you'd like the revision deleted from the logs that's fine, but do your best to not disrupt the entire article. Keegantalk 06:07, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
I was acting with my admin hat on. I reviewed the history, I believe that the current version is now substantially different from the violation's entry, and I removed the violation from the visible log so now the article, as it begins, reads nothing like the website's piece. Happy editing to you, Chealer. Keegantalk 19:11, 10 December 2007 (UTC) Copyright on Alpine_LinuxHi I got the GFDL from the copyright holder, and placed appropriate information on the talk page for Alpine Linux and sent email. Please remove the copyright violation notice. --thanks Mikeb0515 15:12, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
KDE4 RC1+RC1+ is a release from code that’s newer than RC1, but before RC2 gets released. The latest openSUSE live CD with KDE is based on code from Nov. 29. As it’s not an official release, it’s correct that you reverted the modification. I just wanted to explain RC1+ :) --KAMiKAZOW 20:58, 3 December 2007 (UTC) RfD for EHUXI have converted the PROD for EHUX to an RfD because of two reasons: a) WP:PROD should not be used for redirects (a minor point) and b) deleting redirects of this kind under the circumstances encountered could be ... complication-inducing. See Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2007 December 31 for an explanation of what I mean. Regards User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 04:10, 31 December 2007 (UTC) ![]() Another editor has added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Jollix, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at its talk page. If you remove the {{prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. BJBot (talk) 10:14, 10 January 2008 (UTC) Patents in GreeceSorry, but I'm not sure how to reply to your question which appeared in the corresponding location in my personal page. You asked about the source of my addition to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patent&diff=119871821&oldid=119740252 about recipe privileges akin to patents in Greece. Unfortunately, that was almost a year ago, and I don't remember the exact source or sources. I have checked the books that I finished reading around that time, and none of them seem likely to have been the source. I'm pretty sure it was related to some research I was doing at work, but that looks like a case where some of the sources I found on the Web seemed to complete the meaning of the original very weak wording in Wikipedia. Though IP is not my primary responsibility, I'm sometimes asked to provide information to people who are dealing with the legal staff elsewhere in the company, and IP issues are common. However, at this time I am unable to say more. Shanen (talk) 07:43, 25 February 2008 (UTC) AfD nomination of Ark Linux![]() An editor has nominated Ark Linux, an article on which you have worked or that you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not"). Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ark Linux and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 15:59, 18 March 2008 (UTC) Orphaned non-free media (Image:Nerolinux3.png)
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 all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 12:23, 25 March 2008 (UTC) Ulteo![]() Another editor has added the AfD nomination of Ulteo![]() An editor has nominated Ulteo, an article on which you have worked or that you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not"). Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ulteo and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 12:59, 1 April 2008 (UTC) Fedora editsHi. I don't understand the necessity behind some of your edits to the Fedora page. The removal of the IRC and forum links seems unnecessary to me. Also, why does the statement about upstream edits require another citation - isn't the citation from the Fedora Project Leader suitable enough? ~~ [Jam][talk] 18:02, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
SFS TechnologyHi. I see an insufficent notability post on the page of the SFS Technology. As described, the SFS Technology is published in magazines and (in Italian) in most site. Times ago I have talked with others users about how to make a good Wikipedia's page and about its notability. I think that there aren't motivations to propose a deletion of a page that likes good. Best Regards Vincnezo —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vincenzodentamaro (talk • contribs) 18:16, 30 June 2008 (UTC) BashHere, it appears that Jörg Schilling removed your edit regarding the heirloom Bourne shell. In retrospect, does that look like advertising to you? Tedickey (talk) 10:59, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
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