User talk:Truthdowser

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I'm not sure if you saw it, but I tried to give you a clearer answer at the New Contributors' Help Page. Let me know if you have other questions. -- Nataly a 14:06, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like a good plan. And don't worry, everyone has to start out somewhere, and if you make a mistake, plenty of people will be happy to help you (or, at least they should be!). Just remember, Wikipedia encourages you to be bold! -- Nataly a 13:42, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Zundapp Janus

Feel free to remove my  comment on this page if you have evidence. A bit of history may help: Category:MR layout cars was originally a list, List of MR Cars, but the list was AfD'd and consensus was to make it into a category. I did the conversion by hand, and placed a comment whenever the article didn't mention that the car had an MR layout (hopefully eventually encouraging better sourcing eventually). To prevent future doubts, it may be a good idea to make sure that the article's also in Category:Rear wheel drive vehicles and Category:Mid-engined vehicles. --ais523 10:00, 26 August 2006 (U T C)

"Mr. Deity"

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An(other) contributor(s) established an article later... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Deity truthdowser (talk) 00:20, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ladonia

Hello!

Thanks for the accurate coordinates in the article. I suppose they mark the position of Wotan’s tower? Do you know where exactly Gene is and can you give me the exact coordinates? Thanks --Quilbert (talk) 20:01, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

the coordinates 56.2878N 12.5394E in the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladonia_%28micronation%29 was merely a point amongst the coastal structures as first found on medium resolution Swedish aerial photos (and confirmed by Lars Vilks), (now visible on Google maps).truthdowser (talk) 00:33, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Boulwar

Good job. I've moved it out into mainspace. DS (talk) 15:04, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Didn't think it quite ready for prime-time but thanks... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemuel_Boulware truthdowser (talk) 00:07, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

3D rendering

Hello,

remembering your excellent rendering of the RQ-170 Sentinel, do you think that you could find the time to reiterate your achievements with the Sukhoi PAK FA?

Cheers! Rama (talk) 10:16, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rama; Firstly thank you for your esteem. Secondly this is a gracious request from someone who originally illustrated the RQ-170 article. I am not finished with the RQ-170 model/illustration yet; I am desperately trying to get a copy of the February issue of Combat Aircraft Monthly which has a new series of exclusive photos of the vehicle, and I know my representation falls a bit short of what I believe to be Wikipedia standards at this point. The Sukhoi_PAK_FA looks exponentially more difficult to model. Your faith in my skills flatters me. The article of course ideally would have an illustration soon. The image in the article at this time seems clearly copyright infringement. (I am quite sure a model derived from various copyrighted images and rendered from a different angle is not copyright infringement or original research, as almost anyone can look at the model and the images and see that they clearly resemble each other.) I am wondering if the PAK FA is significant, it looks highly derivative of the F-22 Raptor which itself has been in development for two decades and has all but been canceled. truthdowser (talk) 21:54, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I notice that the photo used for the Russian language Wiki on the Sukhoi PAK FA is from the manufacturer's own publicity for the aircraft. http://www.sukhoi.org/news/company/?%20id=3142 Would that not be considered fair use? truthdowser (talk) 22:25, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes it would, but the core of the matter is precisely to replace Fair Use images with Free ones. The non-Free policy states "Non-free media may be used in articles only if: (...) It's used for a purpose that can't be fulfilled by free material (text or images, existing or to be created)" (my emphasis). A replacement is thus not only desirable, but required by the policy.

It seems that there is enough documentation available for an isometric view to be created, I'll give it a try as I did with the Sentinel, maybe with more accuracy this time. This all reinforces my long-frustrated desire to achieve some proficiency with Blender. Thank you and cheers! Rama (talk) 12:11, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		In recognition of your excellent work in illustrating the RQ-170 Sentinel‎ and the consultative way in which you have carried this out. Nick-D (talk) 01:43, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sent you an email...

Hi Truthdowser...sent you a message through the email address you have listed...want to talk about using your images and how you want to be attributed. Thanks! AKRadecki^Speaketh 22:21, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of David Brody (correspondent)

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RQ-170

Hi Truthdowser, just noticed your models of the RQ-170. Great stuff and very useful to wikipedia. In case you have time to do some further models for wikipedia, it could be very useful to some pages. I specifically have some UFO pages in mind, where there are good indications of the sighted craft, but no free pictures. If you ever have time, energy or interest in these, please let me know. JMK (talk) 12:27, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

RQ-170

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Is there still a way to get ahold of you? A certain student wants to ask you about your RQ-170 model. Your Yahoo email account seems to have been disabled or discontinued. Mark Schierbecker (talk) 00:34, 20 February 2014 (UTC) (Marcus Qwertyus)[reply]

Larry Erickson subpage

Hi, I was just going through some cleanup and I found User:Truthdowser/Larry Erickson and User:Truthdowser/Shaker peg which seem to be a stale drafts. The Erickson one has nothing to work with but Shaker peg could be created with a bit of cleanup. Just wanted to check in. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 22:34, 15 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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CS1 error on Kempower

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Kempower moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Kempower. Unfortunately, it is not ready for publishing because it needs more sources to establish notability, it is promotional and reads like an advertisement and see WP:SOLUTION. Your article is now a draft where you can improve it undisturbed for a while.

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"promotional and reads like an advertisement"?! I've contributed to Wikipedia for over 2 decades, have zero connection to Kempower, including zero financial interest and this is an up and coming European company now building public infrastructure in North America. I put significant effort into creating that article just to have it deleted. No wonder Wikipedia doesn't have enough quality editors. Forget it. truthdowser (talk) 12:34, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Kempower (October 7)

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Your draft article, Draft:Kempower

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:12, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]