I'd be willing to scan just about all of the NASA stuff if it's really only 500 pages or so. Do you want me to send it back when I am done? I was thinking some of the documents might be better OCR'd and converted to wikitext articles, if they are predominantly textual. My scanner can scan up to legal size. For anything larger, I have a hand scanner that scans a path 4 inches wide, can stitch those scans together for larger images. please delete my email address when you are done with it. Pedant 17:54, 2004 Oct 16 (UTC)

pages are in the mail you should recieve them soon. Alkivar 04:18, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)

The package of NASA material has arrived. It appears to have survived the trip well. I haven't opened it yet, will try to start tonight.Pedant 22:34, 2004 Oct 26 (UTC)

I'm stuck for a bit on scanning, the computer the scanner is connected to has had the RAM removed, I'm waiting to get it back from Kingston. They received it on the 22nd of November, so I expect it back in a matter of days. Pedant 07:23, 2004 Nov 29 (UTC) OK, I have the scanner running, trying to figure out the OCR thing. I uploaded this one file for test purposes. I'd like to convert this kind of thing to wikitext rather than keep them as jpgs, cause they get pretty big. If you know of any resources to help me figure out optical character recognition, I'd be grateful. Pedant 22:12, 2004 Dec 29 (UTC)

all right, I have worked a bit at it,and looks like I'm started. The front page for the archive, at present is at this page on wikisource Pedant 06:55, 2004 Dec 30 (UTC)

EXCELLENT! Alkivar 01:24, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I just wanted to drop you a quick note to thank you for your support in my request for adminship. It was certainly a wild ride, and I really appreciate you taking some time out to contribute. ClockworkSoul 16:26, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I know it's a bit frustrating now, but in the end I think it's going to be vastly improved, and most of the credit goes to you. Jayjg | (Talk) 02:54, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Heya. Have you seen Wikipedia:Username#Signatures? You're free to use images in your sig if you want to ofcourse, but it is perceived as unpleasant by some people (if you'd already read that and decided to anyway, please ignore this message). ----fvw* 15:43, 2005 Jan 3 (UTC)

Yeah I read that but it said its not official policy as of yet. So I figured this might spur someone to finally get that decision made; Its meant to be slightly annoying yet not too obtrusive. That and the radioactive unicode symbol isnt as pretty ;) User:Alkivar/sig 20:15, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

You're trying to force people to make a strict policy? What are you hoping for, to have it explicity allowed or explicitly disallowed? If the latter, see Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point; If the former: It is allowed now. Making it allowed explicitly in policy isn't going to change the fact that it annoys a lot of people. --fvw* 20:40, 2005 Jan 3 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up on the sig. I thought I had fixed whatever problem the developers made, I might be mistaken. I mean don't they look alright now, they do to me? In any case, I don't think the use of the "Raw" setting will work on the sigs I left already.--metta, The Sunborn ☥ 23:28, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Just dropping by to say your signature makes your username stick out on a page... like a sore thumb. Ashibaka tlk 21:13, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I just wanted to thank you for coming up with the idea for the The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar, which evolved into the finest (and in my opinion highest) award that we have here at the 'pedia.

Oh, and by the way (for what it's worth) I like your orange sig and the associate image. It adds a bit of flavor to sometimes bland pages. – ClockworkSoul 14:07, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Kudos on inventing the Defender of the Wiki Barnstar. Since I think defense of Wikipedia is extremely important, I've edited the DOTWB page to include their citations and supporting evidence. In fact, the only award I can't find supporting evidence for is... um... yours. Could you link it in when you get the chance? Thanks! Alba 00:45, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I dont have one... I never self award. :) User:Alkivar/sig 01:07, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for your FAC support and for updating the table, looks good! Is it Hardcore dance music you're into or that horrible Hardcore Rap stuff they play on MTV? There's very, VERY few of us hardcore dance music fans in the US :) Zerbey 18:39, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for your help in resolving the issues in the article. Greetz, shoutz, and salutations! KC9CQJ 02:25, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the cleanup on Types of Camps - much clearer now. One question - what is IMO ? Regards Oldfarm 04:15, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

an abbreviation for In My Opinion, common netslang.  ALKIVAR™ 04:16, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your support on my RfA... and your bit of livening it up. (For the record, far be it from this lady to protest too much. :-)) I shall attempt to put the shiny new buttons to good use! Mindspillage (spill yours?) 20:36, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Work for me already? I always get myself into stuff like this that sounds good at first and ends up with me being somebody's bitch. ;-) (Sure, you know where to find me.) Mindspillage (spill yours?) 04:40, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Alkivar, I think I remember you mentioning you would be willing to help with the Spoken Wikipedia project because you were an audio engineer. Was wondering if you could provide some hints on what to do about the widely varying audio levels we have in the recordings. For example, the Evolution spoken version is very dim. Perhaps you could help write some hints on using a compressor or normalization of the audio before exporting? Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spoken_Wikipedia#Production_tips Thanks. Fuzheado | Talk 08:53, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I added some data, hopefully this will help. Let me know if you think I need to clarify more.  ALKIVAR™ 10:30, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I'd like to know why you were trolling in order to get me to break the 3rr on the Autofellato page [3] (ohh and By the way please don't remove this message UNTIL you responded ON my talk page) Thank you and have a nice day :)--198 04:59, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Impressive work on the Colditz Castle. I enjoyed reading the article. StRay 20:39, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Your quite welcome :)  ALKIVAR™ 20:41, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Calling for backup. Help save List of incidents famously considered great blunders. A wonderfully useful article and the subject of a number of books and documentaries. Viciously attacked by deletionists. It does have a few supporters, but our voices are being drowned out. Please help save this article! - Pioneer-12 06:48, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. Did I mention that I love your signature? It looks like it's some sort of nuclear weapon. Is there any easy way to contact more people to ask them to vote on the article? I have already listed it on the AIW page. - Pioneer-12 09:25, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Hey, I concede your point on the music and I stand corrected. I don't think the occasional bumper music is "Du Hast" though because I DL'd "Du Hast" and that wasn't it. Might you know what it is?

I'd have to hear a sample of the tune in question to compare it to my Rammstein albums... just so I know which one your referring to. If you can find a way to work that out i'll do my best.  ALKIVAR™ 06:30, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

There is a major debate going on, and I wondered if you might want to chime in. The debate involves how to deal with franchise moves in baseball. The question is whether Montréal Expos should be its own article or if it should redirect to Washington Nationals. All other instances of franchise moves in MLB redirect the old team name to the new team name, and the history of the franchise is covered within the new team name (for MLB, NBA and NFL examples, see here. Some people are confused and think the Expos and the Nats are different teams. Some people don't want to upset Canadian readers.

Indeed, the Washington Nationals are not a new team - the Montreal Expos franchise has moved to Washington, and the old franchise name should redirect to the new franchise name, just like the 20+ instances of this occuring in Wikipedia. For example, Brooklyn Dodger history resides in the Los Angeles Dodgers article. New York Giants history, including the Shot Heard 'Round the World, resides in the San Francisco Giants article.

If you have the time, maybe you could chime in on the conversation there, Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Montréal Expos. Kingturtle 17:23, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

So, here are four possible options for when the Single Convention hits the main page: Talk:Single_Convention_on_Narcotic_Drugs/TFA. There is the opium-harvesting pic #1, the cannabis pic #2, the coca-chewing pic #3, and of course, the ever-popular treaty-signing pic #4. Please let me know if you have any suggestions. Thanks, 205.217.105.2 17:33, 2 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Here is what my friend Tommy said:

hey man- i'm thinking either # 1 or 3 because they seem to go along best with the contents of the article. number 4 is just too hard to make out even when it's been enlarged- and number 2 well- i'm not going to fault you if that's the winner, but i stick by what i said before- now out of those two i like number 1 the best because i think it clearly illustrates part of the reason why this came about- in other words, it's pretty convincing evidence, then again 3 does that too- how decisive i am. this day is not moving along fast enough, but it's almost 2:30, i guess that's good news- alright, later

205.217.105.2 18:24, 2 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

2 or 3 is definately the best choice.  ALKIVAR™ 18:53, 2 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, good call, I gave the lead an overhaul too. See Wikipedia talk:Today's_featured_article#Single_Convention_on_Narcotic_Drugs. 205.217.105.2 21:29, 2 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I thought you might be able to help out a fellow inclusionist on the VFD for bro. It needs cleanup but some people are trying to redirect it to brother. Check out my vote comment. Thanks —Teknic^Talk/Mail 03:24, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Jimbo rules! (And he's pretty wise and insightful, too.) - Pioneer-12 20:05, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for uploading Image:Tedwilliams_and_tomyawkey.jpg. Its copyright status is unclear, so it may have to be deleted. Please leave a note on the image page about the source of the image. Thank you.

Image is a cropped scan of a photo in my grandfathers possession. It was one of my early photo submissions, from before I knew to add copyright tags.  ALKIVAR™ 23:33, 27 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! While I respect your opinion of me, I'd like to say that I've changed since we've first met. I admit to having been somewhat trigger-happy in the past, but I've become convinced that organizing (or adding to) existing content is far more beneficial to the 'pedia than getting rid of sub-par articles that most people wouldn't notice in the first place. Thus I'd consider myself a strong mergist, and please realize that I contributed heavily to WP:FICT (which basically calls for including any and all articles on fiction) and I even wrote a rule of thumb "Do not nominate schools for deletion". Of course that may or may not matter to you, but since we haven't spoken much recently I thought I'd mention it. Oh btw, I presently have about 1700 article edits. Yours, Radiant_* 10:20, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)

• Thank you. Whichever way the nomination turns out, I'll promise to do my best. Radiant_* 11:31, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)

Hi Alkivar - ever thought of becoming an admin? If so, I'd willingly nominate you! Grutness...wha? 08:46, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I think it's time for a renomination. 205.217.105.2 14:21, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

While I'd appreciate the renomination, I still dont think I'd be accepted. Thanks for the thought though guys :)  ALKIVAR™ 22:43, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Okay... let me reword that - would you accept nomination if I put your name forward? There's only one way to find out whether you'd be accepted. Grutness...wha? 23:20, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Yes, yes I would... I just fear once again it will turn into an argument.  ALKIVAR™ 23:24, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hm... it's about two and a half months since your last nomination... I'll wait a couple of weeks until it's past the three month mark, and put your name on rfa. Grutness...wha? 00:27, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I spotted your sig in Wikipedia:666,666th pool and i thought i'd come over and show you some wikilove! :D What's up, man? long time no talk. how come you stopped hanging out in the irc channel? Project2501a 10:49, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Life got real busy of late, have a new gf who keeps me quite busy in my spare time. I've also been trying to get a business with a friend up and running... So as you can understand i've had little free time for IRC :D  ALKIVAR™ 22:45, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

OK, now we've got a peer review request on this one: Wikipedia:Peer_review/Convention_on_Psychotropic_Substances Please leave feedback on that peer review page if you have any suggestions. Thanks, Pravoka 02:37, 31 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Take another look.. featured-article-worthy yet? As for stimulants, we still have mentions of ephedra, as well as a section about stimulants toward the end. Thanks, Remember me 21:43, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

All right, it's been revised. Let me know. CSA 19:05, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Salve!
I nominated W. Mark Felt as a WP:FAC. As you commented on the Deep Throat talk page, I'd appreciate your comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/W. Mark Felt. PedanticallySpeaking 15:43, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

See Talk:Convention on Psychotropic Substances/Pics Percolator 17:40, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

This was pretty uncalled for, considering I was commenting on the vote and whether you had actually made it to the VFD page. Actually it was pretty uncalled for anyway. - Taxman ^Talk 19:05, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for voting in my RfA - but please don't use images in signatures! They are unnecessary server load. See [[WP:~~~~]]. r3m0t ^talk June 30, 2005 20:28 (UTC) (reply here)

What are the size restrictions for signatures, anyhow? I've been considering using one myself. —RaD Man (talk) 1 July 2005 01:20 (UTC)

For the record i've had this conversation with the dev's ... the image is on commons, not on the en server. The server load is therefore negligible. Or at least thats the conclusion we came to. As for the other reasons listed, it neither interferes with line height nor blinks... I think you worry too much :)  ALKIVAR™ 1 July 2005 06:45 (UTC)

Well, I trust the devs. OK then. r3m0t ^talk July 1, 2005 07:07 (UTC)

Ψήσου. I was not on drugs last night. I have this strange desire: I want to throw a wikiparty. Me you and whoever else wants to spin. Wikipedia project: wiki-rave. live editing on screen. wikihoneys taking their wikiclo^H^H^Hrevisions off. Let's work out the details. Project2501a 3 July 2005 12:21 (UTC)

you know you want to.

LOLOLOLOL ... i'm down ... when where ... how we doing this?  ALKIVAR™ 4 July 2005 00:49 (UTC)

Hi Alkivar, I just wanted to say thanks for your support of my RfA :-) Craigy File:Uk flag large.png (talk) July 5, 2005 20:35 (UTC)

Hi - I made a list of users who've made lots of edits but aren't admins and thought I'd left a message on the talk page of every user who's on it (but looking through your talk page history, don't see one on yours - hmmm, maybe I thought since you were on RFA you were clearly interested). I understand your recent rfa failed (bummer!), and I don't know if I'm going to keep my list updated, or if anyone will ever look at it, but I thought I'd let you know I've left the '*' by your name on the assumption you're still interested. If not, please feel free to remove it. -- Rick Block (talk) July 7, 2005 04:24 (UTC)

hokay, now, see... hmmm... Screw it, Alkivar, just pass the bottle of Vodka! LOL :) Project2501a 7 July 2005 19:36 (UTC)