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Converting JPEGs to PNGs

Hello, Alex. I've noticed that you've been busy recently replacing some JPEG images with PNG versions (such as replacing Image:...ButI'mYourTeacherCover001.jpg with Image:...ButI'mYourTeacherCover001.png and several scouting images). While I appreciate the effort you've put into this, I feel that these replacements have generally not been improvements. The replacement PNG images seem to have been created by magnifying the JPEG image, perhaps applying a blur filter, and saving the resulting image as a PNG. Not only does this result in an image which cannot possibly be of a higher quality than the original JPEG, but it also increases the file size of the image dramatically. The JPEG algorithm introduces compression artifacts into the image, which improves the effectiveness of JPEG compression; but these same compression artifacts greatly decrease the effectiveness of PNG compression. Hence, if a JPEG is converted to a PNG, the resulting file size will almost always be much larger.

If you would like to improve the images in Category:Images with inappropriate JPEG compression, which is an important job that unfortunately is currently being neglected, I would encourage you to find replacement images that were originally saved as PNGs, GIFs, or even BMPs (converting GIFs and BMPs to PNGs before uploading) rather than converting the existing JPEG images into PNGs. Converting JPEGs into PNGs really doesn't improve matters, because the JPEG compression artifacts will still be in the image, and because the resulting file size will probably be much larger.

Please let me know if you have questions or need any help. —Bkell (talk) 23:02, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

I am sorry for expanding them. For some reason the software I use does that. I will stop with that because the artifacts are not being removed. Alexfusco⁵ 17:31, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

RFA

Thanks for participating in my RFA, which closed successfully with 40 supports, 13 opposes, and 4 neutrals. For those of you who supported my RFA, I greatly appreciate it. For those who did not, I'm also thankful for your constructive criticism. If you need some advice or have some pointers for me, you know where to reach me! A special thank you to Majorly for all his time and effort he has placed in my nomination. Once again, thank you all for your helpful comments. Now off to new admin school! Cheers, Icestorm815 • Talk 01:15, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Gail Sheehy article

The Gail Sheehy article is an unrelenting series of attacks, with no balancing discussion. It is not appropriate as a Wikipeida article. It should either be deleted or balanced with a serious effort at biography.

Zweibieren (talk) 18:13, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

See WP:DELETE, WP:CSD, and WP:AFD for how to propose deletion Alexfusco⁵ 18:15, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Marines

That was spam copyright violation from a British recruiting website. Please don't use newbie templates to "warn" me.--Goon Noot (talk) 01:49, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

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		For your wonderful contributions to helping keep wikipedia safe and sound (Not to mention beating me to a revert a whole lot of times). I User:Tiptoety hereby award you this Barnstar :p Tiptoety talk 01:56, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for the barnstar Alexfusco⁵ 01:59, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Welcome :p Tiptoety ^talk 02:00, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Also Good luck on RFA I would have never guessed you were not an admin if I hadn't read my userpage Alexfusco⁵ 02:07, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

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I wasn't vandalising

I was trying to speak to him —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.153.210.70 (talk) 21:57, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

How?

Who are the templates who you use to report vandalizing to the vandals like This is the latest advertising (or something else). --MisterWiki da ya think i'm sexy and ya want to speak me?, come on sugar let, come here! I am like a Prayer, do you really want to hurt me, because i am together forever with any body, i'm not a dancing queen but (play that funky music, now), if you want my body, and you think i'm sexy, come on sugar let me know, also I imagine there's no heaven, you may say i'm a dreamer, please give me one more night whenever you need somebody, MisterWiki never gonna give you up, let you down, run around and desert you, but hit me baby one more time, oh, yes, what a wonderful world, but she wants to dance with me right now, I say to she, i will not dance when i fall in love, i say hey Jude!, but she dont speak, now someone are saying nas ne dagoniat, she feels im too sexy, now i'm living on my own, because i want to break free but i see a building saying YMCA and i enter, in the building i think what i am owner of a lonely heart, i exit from the building and go to the disco, playing the safety dance and sexy movement. I will survive to everything i do saying and now i'm sleeping now that you're gone. - 02:04, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

They are not templates (although they could be created with little effort) they are hard coded into huggle.If you would like I can create them in my sandbox Alexfusco⁵ 02:07, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

02:48, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Changes to Southern Leyte Landslide?

Wondering why my changes to the Southern Leyte Landslide were reverted. Both changes were made because of good reasons.

Change #1: Edited the official death toll of the event to a modern record by the Red Cross. This supersedes a report made a week after the event by a source which does not allow the general public to view its reports.

Change #2: A section entitled "Comments" states to the contrary of most of the article without any citations. It is opinion unless verifiable.

I am not a registered user but a University student who is writing a paper on the event. I am trying to make changes as I come across them to help update the article. I do not see how the edits are not constructive. Opinion was removed and a more up to date figure was used. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.97.226.151 (talk) 02:52, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry 'bout that. Please use the edit summary next time Alexfusco⁵ 12:11, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

^^I did use the edit summary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.97.226.151 (talk) 17:42, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Then its my fault. I misread your IP and missed your edit summary my mistake. Sorry again. Alexfusco⁵ 21:19, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Powersurge

An article that you have been involved in editing, Powersurge, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Powersurge. Thank you. Welt^anschaunng 08:33, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: RFA?

Thanks for the nomination offer! Unfortunately, I do have a nominator already, and I plan to run around March 15 (ish). However, you can always co-nominate or just vote "Support" if you want. Tell me what you think. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 20:14, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

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AFL

Hi Alex - you reverted my edit to American Football League with the comment that "it appears to be unconstructive". I believe you were hasty with this - that edit was the result of an ongoing conversation [[1]]. We had agreed to split the section off into four separate articles, and a previous editor left these instructions in the article: Please keep this section until all four articles are created; then remove. Which I did. So thank you for your diligence, but I believe your reversion was unwarranted. I won't change it back myself as I don't want the perception of an edit war, but one of the article's other editors might. Just wanted you to know. SixFourThree (talk) 21:35, 29 February 2008 (UTC)SixFourThree

"unconstructive" at Talk:MainPage

Hi, the recent edit you made to Talk:Main Page has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thanks. Alexfusco⁵ 23:03, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

How is that "unconstructive"? --199.71.174.100 (talk) 23:10, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

It 'appeared' to be unconstructive because it edited another users comments. Alexfusco⁵ 23:12, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm... Where? I didn't edit anybody's comment. I just posted my response at the bottom and updated the section heading. May I un-revert, please? --199.71.174.100 (talk) 23:15, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I meant it appeared to because it edited the section header for a comment that you did not originally post. It is my mistake and feel free to make the edit again Alexfusco⁵ 23:17, 29 February 2008 (UTC)