User talk:NuclearVacuum

Duplicates
I'm sorry about this, I didn't know of this. It won't happen again. Hail Sean! (Tech can into talkpage?) 20:33, January 11, 2015 (UTC)

Deletion of "Siñal d'Aragón"
Hello, Nuke. I was searching for a flag titled "Siñal d'Aragón.svg" (Wikipedia filename), when I found out that you deleted it as seen here. I was wonder why you deleted it and which file we already have that is an equivalents. Many thanks,

00:46, January 13, 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing that up. I'll use the Catalonian flag instead.

02:37, January 13, 2015 (UTC)

Found this in AH.com
http://www.alternatehistory.com/Discussion/showthread.php?p=10228529#post10228529

http://www.alternatehistory.com/Discussion/showpost.php?p=10228529&postcount=9370

The one thing he should change is that Polynesia should be there.

Otherwise, he might most of the things right.

General tiu (talk) 23:14, January 17, 2015 (UTC)

That's not me. I just browsed it and the map looked familiar so I compared it to your map.

--General tiu (talk) 16:48, January 18, 2015 (UTC)

Brass Nomination
Hello, Nuke. I was wondering if you would be interested in attaining the rank of Brass in the TSPTF. We only have two active Brass and I think we need at least one more. I think that you would be an excellent candidate to fill the role, and if you agree to accept, I will nominate you for the position.

15:06, January 18, 2015 (UTC)

Stuff
Yes, everything is better.

More like the Armenian leader was just there to have a look at it, and not there in any serious capacity. Another problem, can't find another reference to it. My guess would be that it was just him visiting during the talks, and that article being really over-optimistic.

That they had scheduled the referendum already by that point is more telling.

The problem with your scenario, is how the unofficial polls done in Armenia during that one referendum went - almost no one voted, even compared to the other unofficial ones that were done. It's glaringly obvious that no one cared or wanted to vote, and that only some diehards did.

You're going to see a large majority in Armenia in favor of independence.

You're reading more into the Ukraine bits than you probably should - I would imagine that most of the people who did not vote in that referendum were inclined towards "no." A lot of boycotts, especially in western Ukraine. And the two referendums held alongside(ish) it over in that area both had pro-independence results. Would be really curious to know what a support map for the Union referendum would have looked like.

Georgians have long held, at minimum, a special status in the Russian Empire and then the USSR. They held independence much longer than any other "vassal" state, for example, and their nobility was allowed to both keep their titles and marry into the imperial family (the marrying part is significant) And the idea has long held support.

Shevardnadze had everything to do with his opponent being dictatorial, not Georgia being against the referendum or the overall idea. He was, really, the only alternative, politically.

Russian and Armenian troops aided otl. And without the two minority areas, Georgian forces are going to be in a much better spot to fight off any such attempt by Gamsakhurdia to get back into power. May not even need help.

Independence numbers are going to be about the same. Remember, most of the opposition to it is/was in the minority areas... which are gone.

Overall, do not think that either is possible.

Lordganon (talk) 10:36, January 22, 2015 (UTC)

File issue
Hey Nuc, I just uploaded the flag of the Nork navy to the wiki, but it seems like the Korean script on it didn't survive the transfer. I'm not sure whether this is a problem Wikia-side or that my OS doesn't support that script and converted it after downloading, so I would appreciate it if you could look into it. Thanks in advance! --NFSreloaded (talk) 00:46, January 31, 2015 (UTC)
 * One has to look hard to see the differences, so your solution will more than suffice. Excellent work and thanks again. --NFSreloaded (talk) 09:19, January 31, 2015 (UTC)

Duplication Debacle
Alright so I can understand being given guff about the Rio Grande image but the new duplication warning: Thing is this image is not in English so how am I suppose to know if that image had already existed, if I searched for both Sicily and Aragon to make sure I didn't duplicate. More of a search engine for image problem. Also I can't rename it as that has gotten me in trouble for my first duplication warning. So help me, help you bro.
 * File:2000px-Bandiera del Regno di Sicilia 4 svg.png → File:Bandiera del Regno di Sicilia 4.svg

.....  Because I'm Just... Too... SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!!

First of all in your reference to me adding the 2000px, that's BS I didn't add anything, I just found the first image after looking for Aragon Sicily Flag. That file name is the exact same as when I downloaded it. Along with the download it came in a .PNG file not an .SVG. Also I'm so sorry (sarcasm) I didn't look for the exact name for Sicilia instead of just Sicily.

.....  Because I'm Just... Too... SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!!

Listen man the sarcasm bit is what I do, it's to make fun of a stupid situation. Also I'm not harassing you, I' am however joking with you to make this stupid situation lighter. Everything I said before the last sentence was legit. I merely downloaded the file as it was 2000px and .PNG file and all. The point stands though how am I suppose to know that already existed after searching for a good bit of time to make sure to not duplicate an image after the Rio Grande duplication.

.....  Because I'm Just... Too... SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!!

Duplication
Sorry about that, I looked for a similar photo and didn't find one, so I must have missed it. Thanks for notifying me. I will try to avoid it in the future. Daeseunglim (talk)

Favicon
Hey, why do you keep deleting the favicon that I made? I was kind of proud of it. You've deleted it twice today. Benkarnell (talk) 04:50, February 24, 2015 (UTC)


 * It's just the little icon that appears up in the browser tabs next to the page's name. It's a tiny green globe instead of the generic Wikia logo. Benkarnell (talk) 03:35, February 25, 2015 (UTC)


 * I just tried. I don't think it worked, somehow... hopefully I didn't just wreck the whole thing again. Benkarnell (talk) 05:55, February 25, 2015 (UTC)

Template styles
I left a message here - Alternative_History_talk:Templates. Please check it out. Benkarnell (talk) 14:14, March 24, 2015 (UTC)

I beg to differ
http://calculator-converter.com/converter_square_miles_to_square_kilometers_calculator.php

More on commas later.

Bil

This is what I learned in the last century:

Use a comma to separate the elements in a series (three or more things), including the last two. "He hit the ball, dropped the bat, and ran to first base." You may have learned that the comma before the "and" is unnecessary, which is fine if you're in control of things.

Bil

OOPS!
Secondly, you know very well I was talking about commas in regards to thousand separators.

No, I misunderstood. I'll go back and read it again.

Bil

I also noticed that you once again removed a thousands marker from one of my articles. I believe I've already brought this up with you, but a comma is always used to separate a series of three numbers. The only time this is not used is for years and the like, but areas are always done this way. So it should read "2,000 km2" and not "2000 sq km". Please try not to let this happen again. -- NuclearVacuum Flag of Gagaringrad (Venusian Haven) 18:51, April 1, 2015 (UTC)

Okay, I read it again. I was taught that numbers less than 10,000 did not need commas - 9999 to 1000 - in all cases.

I'm sorry that it disturbs you so much. Perhaps English conventions have changed since the 1950's when I went to grammar school.

I can't be doing too badly since I have won the Best Editor Award three years in a row.

I'll try to remember to leave your posts alone.

Bil

EoGuy (talk) 05:42, April 3, 2015 (UTC)

Going
Busy lately. Trying to keep up on paperwork and get some work done, but time is short. Heh. Do always have time to talk to you, though my replies are probably always going to be late, lol.

Lordganon (talk) 11:03, April 6, 2015 (UTC)

Others are getting parts of it done, which is really helpful. Lordganon (talk) 15:38, April 11, 2015 (UTC)

Talk?
Nuke, I honestly had no idea that what I did would offend you. Like I explained - I asked, nobody responded, so I went ahead with my idea with a note saying I wouldn't mind if you reverted/discussed them. Which you did, but you seemed so offended by what I had done that you didn't want to discuss anything - so upset in fact that now you're complaining about me in various places. I'm not sure how a question about borders and colors caused a conflict, but I have no interest in it continuing. I'm happy to drop the matter or discuss it civilly. Benkarnell (talk) 01:39, April 7, 2015 (UTC)
 * I explained why I made the edits and said you were welcome to revert them. Seeing no response made me think you didn't care either way - clearly not the case, but I would hope you can see what gave me the impression. I had no intention of causing offense or starting an argument, something that should be clear by my saying feel free to revert. At this point I cannot control your emotions, but I would love to go back to before the reaction happened and resume the original discussion.  If you're not willing to talk about that, I suppose I'll let the matter drop.  Borders and colors are not worth fighting about.  I remain surprised by your reaction to all this but hope we can move on. Benkarnell (talk) 21:49, April 7, 2015 (UTC)

Pskov
...And I think much the same thing about you deleting the categories that I already had there.

Lordganon (talk) 19:44, April 15, 2015 (UTC)

As noted in that Micronesia section, responding to you while wanting to string that idiot up was not the best idea.

This is more like Konigsberg and Kaliningrad was. Micronesia... that was a case of the category being changed to be the region of Micronesia more than anything, over-complicating things.

The Oblast, aside from the geographic territory and portions of its insignia, has nothing to do with the Republic. Iran and Persia, for instance (and I don't like that someone merged the two categories very much, fyi) aren't like that - the continuity is obvious, and a name change, realistically.

Have a look at Germany - we have categories for states, and former countries, at the same time. That's more the aim.

Nuke, I didn't mean to upset you - remember that, please.

As an fyi - that "former countries in x" batch of categories are a line item in a template, and one I aim to empty at some point, to explain my removing it from these pages/categories.

Lordganon (talk) 10:35, April 17, 2015 (UTC)

The historic states have many articles, images, or the like on here. Needed, more or less.

Micronesia... No articles or images for the overall region, and all the articles are for the country, more or less. Superfluous, at best, to have one for the area. "Micronesia" also being the common name of the country. Something like "Micronesia (region)" would have worked, fyi.

Unless they're virtually the same thing, I've gone with more than one category for things - for example, there is one Bavaria category, one Roman Empire category, and one category for Byzantium/Constantinople/Istanbul, but two for Kaliningrad, and (since I cannot for the life of me think of many) two for the Pskov region.

Way I figure it, site will grow - better to have the differences now, then later. If nothing else (with Pskov) there's different flags/coas people have in place, which justifies it, more or less.

Lordganon (talk) 11:32, April 19, 2015 (UTC)

Well aware that it is not - but it is the common name for the country... Which is the one the categories use. As I said, adding (region) after it for a regional category would have worked. Figured that when that occurred to me late on, no need to piss you off, you know?

B/C/I is the same city, being realistic, with a name change. Continuity, and either the people or the governing state remained more or less the same the whole time. Iran and Persia, same thing. Konigsberg and Kaliningrad, not the case.

Standard, realistically, is to have separate categories. Few exceptions, but those are more or less obvious, I think. Continuity counts, imo.

Lordganon (talk) 10:12, April 20, 2015 (UTC)

The one, I know there is more things for it - just not categorized. Fairly certain there's nothing else for the other names. Lordganon (talk) 23:40, April 30, 2015 (UTC)

Re: Untitled
The file I uploaded was from Wikipedia, and had the original Wikimedia title intact. Why are you replacing an SVG from Wikipedia with a PNG version? Tr0llis (talk) 22:13, May 3, 2015 (UTC)

If you were trying to keep things in sync with Wikipedia, why not leave the file I uploaded, and the various other versions, with their version titles intact? The title I used was the same as Wikipedia; "20140811180530!Raven_Banner.svg" (note it's not the same as Raven_Banner.svg). You're not really keeping things in sync with Wikipedia, considering Wikipedia has this file and others like it. All you're doing is limiting people's ability to use the correct, Wikipedia originating SVG version of the PNG file you have spread. plus the title "Raven_Banner.svg/png" doesn't accurately reflect what is on Wikipedia, that's not even what this is. Tr0llis (talk) 10:40, May 4, 2015 (UTC)

Can I get a response on this? Also what am I supposed to do when I upload the other versions of the file? Are other versions of files just not allowed? Because I planned to use both the outdated file and the current file, and it would be nice if you didn't delete them, especially when I named them exactly as Wikipedia has them. Tr0llis (talk) 20:04, May 5, 2015 (UTC)

I beg to differ on Wikimedia not having the file:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/1/10/20140811180530%21Raven_Banner.svg

Second of all, that doesn't answer my question. I want to use both files, but under your logic I can't, because they have the same file (or did at one point at least). Tr0llis (talk) 20:46, May 5, 2015 (UTC)

So it's been about two months now and you never got back to me. I still don't know what you want me to do, and now that I'm at the point where I need both files I figure you're going to chastise me for duplication. Especially now that is what the file looks like. Can you delete the PNG version you uploaded? Tr0llis (talk) 03:27, July 9, 2015 (UTC)

Um, what? How am I stalking you or harassing you? You didn't answer my questions, neither the one I posed in May, or the one from just now. I want both files on the wiki, but they have the same name; what do I do? And second, can you delete the PNG version of that file? I'm hardly pestering you over and over, this is the second time in two months, that's plenty of time for you to respond. I'm not stalking your activities by the way, I just went on the wiki one day and saw your edit in the recent edits, and then messaged you how to fix your problem. I was just being helpful, if you want to get your font to look like it did before the update then do what I said, else so be it. Not sure why you wouldn't find that helpful, but regardless it's hardly harassing. It was just a single message with the intention of being friendly. And is there really a need to ban me now? Come now, I am just asking you a simple question about duplication/files, and only because you seem to take a deep interest in them, particularly with this one. So if you wouldn't mind just tell me what to do/answer my questions, then I won't have to message you at all. Thanks, Tr0llis (talk) 04:48, July 9, 2015 (UTC)

RE: Duplication
Hello Nuclear. Thank you for notifying me of this issue. I was unaware that such a file was already existent. I sincerely hope that the image I uploaded did not cause any significant disruption to the wiki.

However, there are some discrete differences between the file I uploaded and the National Bolshevik Party file:
 * The circle and hammer and sickle are slightly to the left, reflecting the fact that the original was derived from a flag of the Nazi party.
 * The hammer and sickle emblem looks slightly different, again reflecting the same fact. The emblem is a bit thinner, and the crossguard is absent from the sickle.
 * The red is a bit brighter on the file I uploaded.

While I totally understand your decision to delete my file and replace it with a preexisting one, I just wanted to make you aware of the fact that it is technically not a duplicate. But thanks for letting me know of this issue! &#8213; The  Tim   Man  (Infinite Histories • Galactic Crucibles • The Sims Wiki • Contribs ) 22:52, May 10, 2015 (UTC)

Duplication

Please help delete a photo I uploaded twice my mistake. I can't find a way to do it. The photo/file is named, Aircraft Carrier.jpg.

SopheakSeng (talk) 09:05, May 23, 2015 (UTC)SopheakSopheakSeng (talk) 09:05, May 23, 2015 (UTC)

Albania in VH
The China bit, not so relevant anymore. Thinking on it, TL changes, etc.

While I can see at least communists remaining in positions that they could have power from, moderation is still likely, ala Gorby. SE Europe is the most likely area outside of the USSR for this to occur.

Albania, imo, is much more likely to go the crazy dictatorship route, though not as far as NK.

Realistically, can't see either one propping them up.

Lordganon (talk) 11:37, June 8, 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, isolationism is more likely than not what happens - basically killing any settlements. Can see them sponsoring trouble in Kosovo, mind. Lordganon (talk) 10:56, June 9, 2015 (UTC)

1983: Doomsday
Hi, I would like to contribute in the history of 1983: Doomsday -- Lord Maquiavelo ( Mi discusión ) 23:43, June 8, 2015 (UTC)

Help with templates
Hello NuclearVacuum !

Could you provide me with some information on how to create infoboxes? or direct me to any easy-to-understand tutorial that could help me?

Much obliged

Noobteitoku (talk) 22:58, June 23, 2015 (UTC)

LGBT rights in Venusian Haven
Well, considering the decision, I think in Venus, Kennedy would probably legalize same-sex marriage.

New Florida, the new republic of Reagan, and Hilal are out of the question. They probably won't legalize it, since both New Florida and Reagan are founded by mainly conservative American settlers. Cukursia would be against Same-sex marriage.

Cassini would probably legalize it though. I don't know the position of New Kamchatka ant Tianlin.

General tiu (talk) 15:31, June 29, 2015 (UTC)

Alaskan Presidential Elections in Russian America
I guess, who will replace Atamanenko as President of Alaska?

For the Evergreen Party, their candidate is Loren Leman or Danil/Daniel Sullivan.

For the Peace Party, this could be Mark Begich or Byron/Boyan Malliot. Maybe the latter is called Boyan Malyot or something.

What do you think?

General tiu (talk) 19:34, July 7, 2015 (UTC)

New Union to the Spanish wiki
Hello, I would like to ask if I can translate your story "New Union" to the Spanishwiki. Do not be like you think the idea, whatever the response thank you for your attention. Xalisco (talk) 03:26, July 8, 2015 (UTC)


 * I understood. He asked because the translation project apparently takes several years standing besides that I took some time trying to communicate with the original translator user but my efforts were in vain.


 * Thank you for your attention and advice. Xalisco (talk) 19:49, July 8, 2015 (UTC)

My bad
Hey Nuc,

So I was uploading some pictures of some of the kings of Wessex for my tl,mans I accidentally made a duplicate. I uploaded a few with the titles from wikimedia commons, but one, "File:Ethelred coin.jpg", I uploade but didn't see the there one of the same picture, "File:Ethelred coin.gif". So I thought I'd let you know this since you seem to take care of the pictures.

Again, sorry about this, I am that guy (talk)

Images
Nuclear,

The image does not work, and has never worked as long as I have uploaded it. I meant that the new version I uploaded was working, which it doesn't now because you deleted it.

If you won't let me upload a version that works, then delete the original File:Uprising_in_Cairo.jpg so I can upload one that works.

Respectfully, Nathan1123 (talk) 13:12, July 12, 2015 (UTC)

The image is blank for me, on all browsers both logged in and logged out. Here's a screen shot: http://imgur.com/tKgXjdn

Talking to other people, apparently it must be my computer or something.

So until the matter is resolved, I will leave the invisible image on the page. Nathan1123 (talk) 23:41, July 12, 2015 (UTC)

Yes, if you could re-upload it that would be great. I have already tried refreshing, but I have not tried restarting the browser yet or clearing cache. Still, just in case i would appreciate if you upload it again. Nathan1123 (talk) 01:52, July 13, 2015 (UTC)

about all of the image duplicates
all of the flag duplicates ive posted are all purely by accident; there are numerous flag pics on the wiki and i wouldn't know if someone happened to make an image that is the exact same as mine

--Claus the Mighty (talk) 17:04, July 14, 2015 (UTC)

Hi, I apologize for the duplicate however I'm kind of new to both the site and wiki editing. In the future I'll try my best to keep it from happening, hoewever when I'm creating a page I find it easier to put the file in that I want then copy the file into the source code at the proper spot than to finagle with it aimlessly in the simplified editor.

Can you tell me how to delete pictures so that this doesn't happen again?

Thanks, AltGeschichte

Great White South and Polandball
http://polandball.wikia.com/wiki/Russian_Antarcticaball Bellinsgauzeniaball has been spotted!

General tiu (talk) 16:07, July 18, 2015 (UTC)