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Just thought I'd drop by and leave you a message, so you'd know how the messaging system on Wikipedia works. Your question on the Help desk has been answered! Oh yeah, and don't forget to sign your name when you ask a question (using "~~~~"), or on talk pages. When someone leaves you a message on your talk page, you can leave a reply on their talk page, or can just respond below their message here, it's a personal preference. Good luck! --Commander Keane 06:02, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Image Tagging

Greetings. From the description and use of Image:Turul.jpg, it appears you intended this media to be freely available. I took the liberty of applying a {{GFDL-presumed}} tag. Could you confirm this at by replacing my edit with {{GFDL-self}}? Regards, Dethomas 00:20, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ford Mustang response

Copied from my Talk page before archiving:

Mustang GT question

Are you the final word on all things Mustang GT at Wikipedia? I'm still relatively new here and don't understand the pecking order and decision making policies. Duke53 19:39, 28 April 2006 (UTC)Duke53[reply]

No, definitely not. No one besides Jimbo Wales is, really. Did you have a question or concern? ⇒ B.Rossow ^talk_contr [[Friday]], [[April 28]], [[2006]] @ 19:47 (UTC)

It just seemed to me that you made a change ('Sporty Coupe') arbitrarily and did it with a smartass comment besides. You also removed some pictures that I thought were pertinent to the article. Duke53 05:58, 30 April 2006 (UTC)Duke53[reply]

I don't recall removing pictures in that or any recent edit. "Sporty Coupe" isn't even a real class of car, so for someone to make that change was asinine. It is, by virtue of its very existence, first and foremost a pony car. It is, in fact, the source of the term. A lot of work has gone into that article by serious editors and for someone to "arbitrarily" change the designation to some made-up class like "Sporty Coupe" is just plain wrong. I know you've had some confusion in the past about image removal and who did what (last time, I was the one who actually RESTORED images that you and placed and someone else had removed, if you'll recall) so I'm going to assume that there's some confusion again. If I'm wrong, please point out the edit in question (using the page history tab as a starting point) and I'll try to explain my changes. ⇒ B.Rossow ^talk_contr [[Sunday]], [[April 30]], [[2006]] @ 14:53 (UTC)

Just did some quick research and the only image change I've done in the Ford Mustang article recently was this edit on April 9. In that edit, I put back a picture that someone else had removed. I explained this previously in a comment now archived here. Hope this clears things up! ⇒ B.Rossow ^talk_contr [[Sunday]], [[April 30]], [[2006]] @ 20:49 (UTC)

In your Revision as of 09:50, April 14, 2006 Brossow (Talk | contribs) edit did you remove two pictures? The 1987 is relevant because it was a completely different EFI system and many body changes were made. The 1994 was the last year of the FOX body Mustangs. Duke53 19:22, 1 May 2006 (UTC)Duke53[reply]

Oh, yep -- I removed a couple images there for reasons described in the edit: there were simply too many pictures on the page. (I missed that edit when checking the page history -- oops!) The article is not a photo gallery. If those differences you mentioned were the point of posting those photos, then that should have been stated in the photo captions; otherwise, they're just more photos. And the fact that the '93 was the last year of that body style doesn't mean it has to have a picture. If the article featured photos of every cosmetic or, worse, fuel delivery change made to the Mustang since 1964, there would be dozens upon dozens of photos, which is clearly inappropriate. If one of those photos has to come back, choose one or the other as for all practical purposes they look extremely similar (aside from the obvious convertible vs. coupe distinction). Sorry for overlooking that change! ⇒ B.Rossow ^talk_contr [[Monday]], [[May 1]], [[2006]] @ 19:42 (UTC)

I went ahead and restored the image of the '87, but I'd ask that you add to the photo caption if you feel it's important to denote the differences from the previous year. I'd also like to point out that there's a link to the Commons at the bottom of the page where people can access many more Mustang pics. I'd encourage you to upload additional [non-copyrighted] pictures to the Commons if you like; then you could have as many pics as you like available for everyone without impacting the layout of the main article itself. :-) ⇒ B.Rossow ^talk_contr [[Monday]], [[May 1]], [[2006]] @ 19:45 (UTC)

On a semi-related note, let's try to keep this conversation in one place so it's easier to follow. For whatever reason, your two most recent edits to my Talk page have included a lot of unrelated comments from other conversations that were previously archived. If we could just contain the discussion here, that would be great. This page is on my watchlist, so I'll be sure to see any comments or responses you make. :-) ⇒ B.Rossow ^talk_contr [[Monday]], [[May 1]], [[2006]] @ 21:10 (UTC)

Please quit adding strange formatting to the Mustang article. I specifically said above that if you feel the images are necessary to illustrate differences from a previous model, then point out those differences in the photo caption, not with random bold or italics. Continued edits in this manner could be considered vandalism. Thanks for your cooperation. ⇒ B.Rossow ^talk_contr [[Tuesday]], [[May 2]], [[2006]] @ 19:18 (UTC)

Considered vandalism by who? Using italics for emphasis is common when writing in the English language. I consider your signature far more annoying. As far as guessing what you 'mean' when you write something, well I don't have time for that. Unless you are a boss here, please refrain from telling me what to do ... your arrogance is not cool to some of us. Duke53 02:49, 3 May 2006 (UTC)Duke53[reply]

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 Please quit adding strange formatting to the Mustang article. I specifically said above that if you feel the images are necessary to illustrate differences from a previous model, then point out those differences '''in the photo caption''', not with random bold or italics. Continued edits in this manner could be considered vandalism. Thanks for your cooperation. <font color="gray">&rArr;</font>&nbsp;[[User:Brossow|<font size=4 face="Brush Script MT" color="333399">B.</font><font size=4 face="Brush Script MT" color="000066">Rossow</font>]]&nbsp;<sup style='margin-right:-11px'>[[User_talk:Brossow|<font color="993300">talk</font>]]</sup><sub>[[Special:Contributions/Brossow|<font color="FF6600">contr</font>]]</sub></span>&nbsp;<small>[[<nowiki>Tuesday</nowiki>]],&nbsp;[[<nowiki>May 2</nowiki>]],&nbsp;[[<nowiki>2006</nowiki>]]&nbsp;@&nbsp;<nowiki>19:18</nowiki>&nbsp;([[UTC]])</small>
-Considered vadalism by who? Using <i>italics for emphasis</i> is common when writing in the English language. I consider <i>your</i> <b>signature</b> far more annoying.
+Considered vandalism by who? Using <i>italics for emphasis</i> is common when writing in the English language. I consider <i>your</i> <b>signature</b> far more annoying.
 As far as guessing what you 'mean' when you write something, well I don't have time for that.
 Unless you are a boss here, please refrain from telling me what to do ... your arrogance is not cool to some of us. [[User:Duke53|Duke53]] 02:49, 3 May 2006 (UTC)Duke53