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User talk:Gijs

2011-02-10T14:15:38Z

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= 06/2010: Your Git related edits/deletions =
Hi, why exactly was the paragraph about Tortoise Git removed from the article, without adding it back to the Windows specific article ([http://wiki.flightgear.org/index.php?title=FlightGear_and_Git&diff=21852&oldid=21848])?
Also please note that the windows article that you linked to, is not any longer just about accessing the Git repositories, but specifically about using these together with pre-compiled binaries in order to obtain an updated version of FlightGear: http://wiki.flightgear.org/index.php/FlightGear_Git_on_Windows
Even though this page was initially meant to become the equivalent of http://flightgear.org/cvs.html?
So the scope of these pages seems either currently somewhat ill-defined or some users are making simply pretty unfortunate edits?
--[[User:MILSTD|MILSTD]] 17:22, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
: Hi,
: you are free to add TortoiseGit to the Git on Windows page (somewhere in the "You can use any Git software, however we advise to use msysGit" sentence maybe). I received multiple complains about that software, stating that it did not work well, but if you have positive experiences with it then it would be nice to add.
: The article does indeed only cover how to obtain up-to-date fgdata and binaries; for compiling FlightGear we have [[Building Flightgear - Windows]], which needs an update for Git though. A reference to that article (once updated) should be placed on the Git on Windows article.
: The wiki page is still very young, so there are lots of things that could be improved/added. You and others are free to do so.
: Cheers, [[User:Gijs|Gijs]] 18:58, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

= Your recent Edits =
Hi,
I noticed that you undid my edit to the helicopter page. Perhaps you should look at this page: [[Special:DoubleRedirects]]
I was trying to correct the DoubleRedirct #4. I assumed this would do it but I was apparently wrong. Perhaps you could take a look at it.
Thanks for your help

[[User:Stepfaw|Stepfaw]] 19:30, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
:Hi Stepfaw,
:I fixed the double redirect for you. Take a look at the Recent changes to see what I did. I really appreciate the fact that you try to keep the double redirects to a minimum. Well done!
:Regards,
:[[User:Gijs|Gijs]] 19:36, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

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Hi
Thank you for formatting my new article on the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. This was my first article and I was having a hard time formating it to look like the others.

Stepfaw

: Hi Stepfaw,
: Thanks a lot for creating the article ;) By creating articles and looking at other articles you'll soon learn how to create even better articles!
: Cheers, [[User:Gijs|Gijs]] 04:15, 19 August 2009 (EDT)
: PS, please sign your messages on talk pages with four tildes (~).

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Hi!

We've talked about this before, however I would like to ask you now ''clearly'' to '''please''' stop removing boilerplate contents from wiki pages only because they may not yet be sufficiently populated in your opinion (or anyone else's for that matter)!

You are free to remove whatever references to such pages you may consider unnecessary or annoying at this time and add classifying markup, however removing initial contents (structural boilerplate or not) from such pages or possibly removing even complete pages (regardless of whether they contain contents or not) is definitively wrong and could indeed be considered discouraging and hardly constructive.

Please don't get me wrong, as I've said before: your recent wiki contributions are extremely appreciated, however whoever started a page should clearly be considered the "owner" or at least "maintainer" of the page initially, this applies certainly as long as a page must be considered "work in progress".

There is hardly any point in trying to instruct people how to make their contributions as long as they remain self-contained and do not necessarily affect other people. Unreferenced FlightGear-related pages would certainly satisfy these criteria.

Thank you

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Hi,

I don't know why you're so upset. Since the last time we talked to each other I've removed nothing. I just add some of the pages you (and others) created to the [[:Category:Afd|Article Considered for Deletion category]]. I completely understand your feelings when i've did something that you don't agree with, but please take a closer look before you start telling me what I'm doing wrong. I know I removed some of your category's, but I've removed no pages since the last conversation between us.

The webmaster is the only one who's able to remove pages. Users could only remove content, but that could be reset by any user (including you). With the new category (and corresponding template) we could now consider articles for deletion. The webmaster could remove them if it's not needed or if there's something else wrong. If you're not agree with the (upcoming) deletion of an article in this category you could talk about it at it's talk page. The article may be removed from the category ('''but only by the webmaster!''') when someone has edit it, expand it or make it better etc.

Thanks
[[User:Gijs|Gijs]] 06:03, 9 March 2008 (EDT)

=Citing Wikipedia?=

Hi Giijs,

I saw you used a paragraph from the PBY Catalina Wikipedia entry on the Catalina page here. Normally one should provide the source when quoting like that (I doubt Wikipedia would complain, though). It is better to rewrite the information in your own words. IMHO I also don't find the information about the US military use of the PBY that relevant on our page since the PBY in FlightGear is unarmed, civilian and French.

Cheers,
[[User:AndersG|AndersG]] 10:21, 16 September 2008 (EDT)
: I agree Anders. I will stop copying the information. I thought it would be nice to have some info about the real plane to, but we should write our own as you said. Sorry. [[User:Gijs|Gijs]] 10:59, 16 September 2008 (EDT)

=Contacting you via the forum PM function=
Hey Gijs,

I sent you a PM three days ago about the ground signs. Did you receive it? I just sent another one to test how I can contact you directly. I'm asking because I contacted you via the PM function about one or two months ago and never got an answer either.

Cheers, David [[User:D-79|D-79]] 07:48, 22 August 2009 (EDT)

: Well, I did receive your last PM, but the earlier ones I've never seen. Maybey I should clean up my inbox more often? :)
: [[User:Gijs|Gijs]] 06:20, 23 August 2009 (EDT)

You did receive my last PM, as far as I can see. It's the one with the subject "Test PM" and you answered it.

David [[User:D-79|D-79]] 13:26, 23 August 2009 (EDT)

= problem dowloading livreries =
hi Gijs,
i try download the set of livreries for 737 on your website, but the link is broken there.
please make sure the link work.

: Hi!
: The link is indeed broken, but the package has been moved to a new location: http://liveries.flightgear.org/download/Boeing/737-300.zip Please download it from there and let me know if you manage to set it up.
: Btw, please sign your talk messages at the wiki with four tildes (~).
: Cheers, [[User:Gijs|Gijs]] 15:07, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

:: ok thank for the new link and sorry for sign --[[User:Lolalilo|Lolalilo]] 18:02, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

== User creation log. ==

Hi Gijs,

I think the wiki is the target of a - quite - massive user creation process via robots:

If you look at the following log : http://wiki.flightgear.org/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=newusers&user=&page=&year=&month=-1 you will see that a lot of new users never post and have quite the same way of name creation, eg:

* Bucknermcui
* Tristonsheltony
* Marenawilkinso ‎
* Juniorcfarmerl ‎
* Gavynaburnettw ‎
* Morganqmcgowans ‎
* Blancherhermani

I don't have the IP who has been creating this, but for the same day I would probably say it is the same. Maybe it would be usefull to add a Captcha plugin to avoid this kind of creation even if, for the moment, their goal is quite obscure ?

Cheers,
Oliver
: Hi Oliver,
: thanks for the report. I've send an email to Simon (the wiki admin) to install some anti-spam addons ;)
: Cheers,
: [[User:Gijs|Gijs]] 16:40, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
:: Concerning user creation spam, the solution is over here : http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Spam#Captcha !
:: Maybe you would also have to delete the users with no articles written to have things clear.
:: See u in the air, Olivier 14:08, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
::: After a different addon was intalled I never checked if it included the Captcha (which it didn't) :p
::: It does now. And given the fact that we only had one new user (compared to 18 at the same time yesterday) I'd say it works. The wiki admin might delete those accounts as well. Thanks for the help Oliver!
::: [[User:Gijs|Gijs]] 05:28, 26 January 2011 (EST)
::: PS: Please sign your talk-page messages with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>.

=Wiki issues=
Hi Gijs, happy 2011! I wanted to stop by to point out some issues I noticed on the wiki.
#As pointed out by Oliver, there is a problem with large numbers of unused (spam?) accounts being created.
#There is a problem with many image thumbnails producing a gray screen and the error "Error creating thumbnail: convert: unrecognized option `-set'."
#I want to recommend against the practice of using category pages as articles, such as [:Category:Airbus]. Among other reasons, people can become frustrated when they cannot edit the list.
#<s>The community portal link is broken. It goes to "wiki.flightgear.org:Community portal", but the real page has a capitalized "p", ":Community_'''P'''ortal". </s>
#I am impressed by [[Gallery/2.0.0]]. Perhaps a variation of this can be used for a picture of the day? Since it spreads across languages, maybe just today's date in numbers with an automated screenshot selection.
#Speaking of screenshots, there is a deficit of current screenshots of FG 2.0 (such as of the new clouds/dynamic water). Maybe we could have some sort of a "wiki screenshot upload drive", to boost the amount content available for articles and main page pictures.

Finally, thanks for all your contributions to flightgear and the wiki. Wish you the best in your pursuits. [[User:Fg|Fg]] 15:41, 17 January 2011 (EST)
:Thanks for fixing the community portal! [[User:Fg|Fg]] 15:20, 18 January 2011 (EST)

:: I didn't have the time to write you back yet, so here we go :)
::# We (wiki admin and I) are aware of it. However, I am not the wiki admin (just a moderator), so I cannot install extra levels of security...
::#The same problem comes in here. I prepared a fix, but the admin has to fix it (and apparently he hasn't been online for a while...).
::# I myself do like the "category articles", as they provide an automated list of pages in that category. Manufacturers do not require lengthy articles at our wiki; that's something that should be kept at Wikipedia IMO.
::# That was an easy fix.
::# We had POTD in the past, but it turned out that it isn't that easy to have a unique (and nice) picture each single day. That's why we moved to POTW.
::#I like this idea; we can easily create a topic at the forum to ask people for their support. However, the thumbnail issue should get fixed first!
:: Thanks for your feedback! Cheers, [[User:Gijs|Gijs]] 15:28, 18 January 2011 (EST)
::: Roger that, thanks for looking into these issues. [[User:Fg|Fg]] 15:50, 18 January 2011 (EST)

==3D modellen vliegtuigvormgevingen==
Dag Gijs,
Enige tijd geleden kwam ik op de hoogte van jou als 3D modelleerder van vliegtuigen, via MILO Minderbinder. Ik vroeg me af of je soms geintresseerd bent in het uitmodelleren van enkele vliegtuigen die ik uittekende. Contacteer me indien geintresseerd op vanderpoorten AT gmail DOT com

PS: verwijder mijn e-mail nadat je dit bericht gelezen hebt (tegen spam)
[[User:KVDP|KVDP]] 09:13, 10 February 2011 (EST)

User talk:Gijs

2011-02-10T14:13:35Z

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