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User talk:Synthetik

Hello and Welcome! I hope you like the place. --mav

No problem synthetik- it happend between me going to bed and getting up again so I wouldn't even have realised if you hadn't told me!

Cheers quercus robur 10:49 Feb 8, 2003 (UTC)

--- Sythetik,

Thanks for the complement on tempura page. I've enjoyed bouncing japanese food pages back and forth between us.

Feel free to edit tempura page with abandon. I did my best, but it really was only a first pass (for me, anyway), after all.

Yours, Arthur 21:01 Feb 8, 2003 (UTC)

- Hello. I have stumbled upon this web site, which may be of your interest, though it is proprietary. Tomos 06:43 Mar 18, 2003 (UTC)

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/yomidas/local/local.htm

 * Tomos, thanks for the link I will use it to cross check my resources. --synthetik 03:51 Mar 19, 2003 (UTC)

Regarding list of cities and counties, Synthetik, if you think the format in Chiba is good, I would like to add such a list to the rest of prefectures in Japan. What do you say? -- Taku 05:50 Mar 22, 2003 (UTC)

 * We should have a look at the stuff done on other WikiProjects like WikiProject Chinese provinces and define a format first. I'm still collecting information about the various prefectures and a lot of the pages have not been created yet. So if you agree we can start something like WikiProject Japanese prefectures with clear outlines. --synthetik 06:01 Mar 22, 2003 (UTC)

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Nice picture of Kobe Port Tower: the page is now infinitely more interesting. No luck with a photo for Osaka on your recent visit? --David Stewart

 * Thanks, I have some more pictures from Kobe but the wheater was not that great on my photo-shoot day and I have to check if one of 'em passes the quality test.
 * I did not have too much time in Osaka and could only take the sun statue at the expo park in Senri-Chuo. I'll upload it once I get around to it.
 * cheers, --synthetik

About wikiproject japanese prefecture. Do you have any decent reason to translate gun as district instead of county? According to recent additions on them, it seems a county is better wording. What do you think? About phots in Kansai. Yeah, it would be nice that if you got pictures. Good luck! -- Taku 01:05 May 6, 2003 (UTC)

 * Taku, most of the english versions of the prefectural pages I looked at when coming up with the convention mentioned districts as the sub division between prefectures and municipalities. Hence I choose to use it. District and county are both ambigous terms in the sense that they can mean the same or something totally different depending on the country or the context they are used in. The example stated in the county article does not take into account context sensitivity when it states that district collides with 丁目.
 * Take for example:
 * "The city of Kyoto has XX districts."
 * "Kyoto prefecture is divided into 12 districts."

 * I think used properly there is no reason to convert every district to county since it should be perfectly clear within the context to what the district releates. Also I don't want to state edict as the almighty source for Japanese translations, but searching for 丁目 returns:
 * Matches in edict:
 * 丁目 （ちょうめ） (n) district of a town; city block (of irregular size); (P);

 * cheers, --synthetik 10:24 May 6, 2003 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. I agree with you. I will put this to somehow for further reference. -- Taku 23:08 May 8, 2003 (UTC)

There's a highlighted map for Kyushu but not for Honshu, Shikoku, or Hokkaido, i went to the website you listed, but I cant follow it (being in japanese). Also, i've tried to find a usable picture for Tempura but no luck so far. Its always good to provide the biggest picture possible, and then make a smaller version, rather than simply providing 1 in between (i mainly mean this for .jpgs not pngs).

-- user_talk:hfastedge

 * The resources I listed in the map are only a reference from where I got the outline for the Japanese prefectures. From there I did a some editing and added the colors. I also uploaded the original gimp file under WikiProject_Japanese_prefectures/Images just in case someone wants to do their own version or wants to improve the images.

 * I'm not quite sure about the tempura pic I can try finding one on the net but usually I only use pics I have shot myself just to make sure the copyright is ok (I know I'm overly paranoid).

 * Can you clarify about the picture size ref. you made. Are you refering to images I uploaded or are you asking about how to do proper image processing? cheers, --synthetik 13:56 28 May 2003 (UTC)

Awesome. I thought it odd that the article didn't exist yet, but we've got some gaps in our coverage still so I didn't think much more of it. Koyaanis Qatsi 10:25 11 Jun 2003 (UTC)

 * No biggie, I read about the subject a couple of days back and remembered :). --synthetik 10:41 11 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Synth: Maybe it's just because I'm a 'merkin, but I've never heard of anyone leaving "station" uncapitalized in the name of a train station. (I think that even the limeys would say "Victoria Station" and not "Victoria station.") I'm just wondering why you constantly de-capitalize station names and cite "caps abuse," because I wouldn't consider that to be caps abuse. Sekicho 06:10, Dec 19, 2003 (UTC)

Swiss cuisine
Hi there, I've started a stub on Swiss_cuisine. I've seen that you are interested in this area, so maybe you'll enjoy correcting and expanding... Kokiri 09:27, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Japanese National Diet Building
Hi Synthetik, I've done some Photoshop work on your photograph of the Kokkai Gijido. Rotation, levels, highlight/shadow contrast control, sharpening filter, upsampling. With your permission, I'd like to post it. Fg2 05:54, Sep 26, 2004 (UTC)

Article Licensing
Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 1000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:
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To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the " " template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

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OR
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Image licensing.
I'm assuming that 'copyright-free' means public-domain. I've been working on untagged images, and have been tagging a few of yours, including the following. If you don't want me to tag them like this, or want to use a tag other than 'PD-user|Synthetik', let me know and I'll get right on changing it.
 * Image:Kobe tower night shot.jpg
 * Image:Mb sharp zaurus pi-5000.jpg

WP:JCOTW
こんにちは. Aphaiaです. お時間がありましたらWP:JCOTWの投票にご参加くださいませ（化けて編集画面で読みにくいので英語でも書いときます） If you have an interest, pleaee visit WP:JCOTW and vote, thanks. -- Aphaea *  04:45, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

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Orphaned non-free media (Image:PrefSymbol-Kagawa.png)
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AfD nomination of Tourism in Japan
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Image:PrefSymbol-Nagano.png
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File source problem with File:PrefSymbol-Saga.png
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Talk:Alternating-current electric power

Shouldn't this be merged with the already-existing article Alternating current? --Nate 09:29 Jan 27, 2003 (UTC)
 * I do not believe so. This article is on the practicalities of electric power generation, transmission and distribution, while [Alternating current] is only about the waveform that is used. I feel that there is a missing overview about the whole topic of Electric Power.

 * Well, oops; I saw these two articles and decided to merge them without noticing this talk page. Sorry I didn't bring it up here first. I think that as things currently stood, merging was the right thing to do; both articles were talking about different perspectives on the same thing. If anyone wants to un-merge them, feel free. Bryan

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Telemark skiing

Telemark skiing is a skiing technique that combines elements of Alpine and Nordic skiing, using the rear foot to keep balance while pushing on the front foot to create a carving turn on downhill skis with toe-only bindings. Telemark skiing is named after the Telemark region of Norway, where the discipline originated. Sondre Norheim is often credited for first demonstrating the turn in ski races, which included cross country, slalom, and jumping, in Norway around 1868. Sondre Norheim also experimented with ski and binding design, introducing side cuts to skis and heel bindings (like a cable).

19th and 20th centuries
In the 1800s, skiers in Telemark challenged each other on "wild slopes" (ville låmir); more gentle slopes were described by the adjective "sla." Some races were on "bumpy courses" (kneikelåm) and sometimes included "steep jumps" (sprøytehopp) for difficulty. These 19th-century races in Telemark ran along particularly difficult trails usually from a steep mountain, along timber-slides and ended with a sharp turn ("Telemark turn") on a field or icy lake.

Telemark skiing (colloquially referred to as "tele skiing" or "tele-ing") was reborn in 1971 in the United States. Doug Buzzell, Craig Hall, Greg Dalbey, Jack Marcial, and Rick Borcovec are credited with reintroducing the style after reading the book Come Ski With Me by Stein Eriksen. Telemark skiing gained popularity during the 1970s and 1980s.

Telemark skiing today
The appeal of Telemark skiing lies in access: long pieces of synthetic fabric, known as skins, can be attached to the bottom of the skis to allow travel uphill in the backcountry. With the invention of light-weight alpine touring (A.T.) skis, however, telemark skiing has decreased in popularity in the backcountry.

Telemark skiing uses a specialized type of equipment. Generally, Telemark skiers use flexible Alpine skis with specially designed bindings that fix only the toe of the ski boot to the ski, thereby creating the "free heel". Oftentimes the heel is attached to the front of the binding by a hinged cable, which holds the ski boot firmly in the binding. These bindings are often non-releasable.

Releasable Telemark bindings
Rottefella created releasable telemark bindings and called them NTN. NTN is an acronym for "New Telemark Norm". The NTN binding is considered by many as a revolution in telemark bindings providing:

1. Superior edge control for the skier. 2. Improved safety with a sideways release system and optional associated ski brake. 3. Ease of manual binding release when inverted (e.g. in a tree-well) compared to conventional, heel-release systems, enhancing self-rescue in potentially life-threatening situations.

Telemark racing
Originally made popular as a mode of backcountry transportation, Telemark skiing is now a World Cup sport focused on carving. At its core, the Telemark discipline combines elements of Alpine racing, Nordic skate skiing, and ski jumping. World Cup Telemark is offered in a number of race formats, including Classic, Sprint Classic, and Parallel Sprint. A typical Classic Telemark race involves a jump that must be landed in a lunged position, a series of gates, a skate section, and a 360 degree banking turn known as the reipeløkke.

Telemark Racing was governed by the International Telemark Federation (ITF) until 1995, when Telemark skiing was officially recognized by the Federation International de Ski Telemark committee (FIS). The first FIS Telemark World Championships were held at Hafjell, in Lillehammer, Norway.

Today, Telemark Racing is organized by FIS and by national sport committees such as the United States Telemark Ski Association, and the British Telemark Ski Team.

Olympic bid
The FIS Telemark Committee have announced that their proposal for Telemark Parallel Sprint and Team Parallel Sprint is to be included in a FIS proposal to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The proposal was approved by the International Ski Federation (FIS) at the Congress held in Costa Navarino (Greece) May 2018. However, in a July ruling, the IOC voted not to include the Telemark Parallel Sprint in the 2022 Beijing Games.

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Morgedal

Morgedal is a village in Kviteseid Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located in the mountains along the European route E134 highway, about 6 km to the northwest of the village of Brunkeberg and about 9 km to the northwest of the village of Kviteseid.

Skiing
The village is notable because it is considered to be the birthplace of the sport of downhill skiing. Morgedal was home to Sondre Norheim who is often called the father of modern skiing. It was also home to Torjus Hemmestveit and Mikkjel Hemmestveit, two brothers who created the world's first skiing school in Christiania, Norway in 1881 before emigrating to the United States in the late 19th century.

Olav Bjaaland, another skier from Morgedal, journeyed to the South Pole as a member of Amundsen's South Pole expedition. Bjaaland skied at the front of the expedition party so that the sled dogs had something to run after.

The Olympic Flames for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo and the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, and the flame used in the national torch relay for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer (which was later used as the flame for the 1994 Winter Paralympics), were all lit at the Øvrebø farm in Morgedal, the birthplace of Sondre Norheim.

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Talk:January 28

Blizzard
How is this "*1977 - The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977, which severely affected and crippled much of Upstate New York, but Buffalo, NY, Syracuse, NY, Watertown, NY, and surrounding areas were most affected, each area accumulating close to 10 feet of snow on this one day. " considered vandalism? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.59.147.224 (talk) 21:04, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * It's not vandalism, but it shouldn't be included on a Day article, as it is only notable in the US. Day articles are only for internationally notable events. Jim Michael (talk) 08:58, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Rwanda
What is meant by "Republic of Rwanda established"? declared? independence from Belgium? I did not find any reference to this date in the article History of Rwanda. --zeno 10:01 Jan 27, 2003 (UTC)

Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
I think we should add this one to the Main Page exhibit, to put in a more recent event. Kitch (Talk : Contrib) 13:33, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Super Bowl results
I don't see how these are notable. Any thoughts? -- Borameer ™ 14:09, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * They are not notable enough for a Day article. Many sports fans wrongly believe that the sport / team / sportsperson they are devoted to is of massive importance. If we let people add scores on here, every page would be crowded with hundreds of results from various sporting events. Jim Michael (talk) 08:58, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Gandhi's assassination?
I think Gandhi's assassination would be important enough to place here, correct? 99.252.59.196 (talk) 19:22, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It certainly would be important enough, if it actually happened on this date. It happened on January 30.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 19:32, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

The Goons.
According to this, the last Goon Show was broadcast on 28th January, 1958.

However, the Wikipedia’s on list of Goon show episodes says otherwise.

Is it possible to get some form of clarification on this, please? Cuddy2977 (talk) 12:03, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Births and deaths
I've removed entries for a number of people who have few or no articles in other language wikipedias and thus not internationally well known. This makes the section more manageable. See Days of Year Project talk pages. Deb (talk) 13:03, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Also, those that have been removed have been transferred to the relevant Year in Topic articles, where possible. Deb (talk) 16:21, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Mel Pricthard
The article was redirected so I removed it. Sikonmina (talk) 03:30, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Sure, but next time please add an appropriate edit summary. See WP:ES. Kiwipete (talk) 18:04, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

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Talk:Andromeda Galaxy

Discovery of the M31 [OIII] emission arc
Added a new section, based on a new discovery associated with M31. As more is known about it, this will likely spin off onto its own page, but am adding here now as a placeholder. Is exciting stuff, and a great time to be alive.

Barred galaxy?
Andromeda is classified as SA(s)b on this page, which is correctly cited to NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE. But doesn't that mean it is an unbarred spiral? If so, the first sentence on this page should be changed, as it conflicts with this information. Juicebox87 (talk) 18:36, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

 * The Andromeda Galaxy has a bar structure in its central region, though it is not as conspicuous as it is small and surrounded by a more prominent, boxy bulge (see this paper). SkyFlubbler (talk) 17:00, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Distance from earth is wrong
is approximately 30 billion light years (source exoplanet app) << this is wrong. Its 2.537 million light years according to -> https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/galaxy-next-door/#:~:text=At%20approximately%202.5%20million%20light,Milky%20Way's%20largest%20galactic%20neighbor. Vivaxe (talk) 07:08, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Lead image
In regards to Jackarrr's edit warring, I wanted to urge them to revert their edit warring and start a discussion if they continue to believe the other image is superior. For broader context, there is discussion here already, and the previous user who insisted on edit warring over the image is now banned from editing this page. Cerebral726 (talk) 16:12, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

 * @Jackarrrr, discuss with me here. I'm the one that made the original proposal for the image. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 16:19, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello.
 * I was looking at the history logs while I was just editing Andromeda galaxy, and I noticed that the new image by Daviddayag  was such a high quality image, so I thought it over, and just thought it would be more appealing to new readers on Wikipedia.
 * Ive read some other peoples reaction's, and I understand where some peoples opinion stands.
 * Thanks!
 * Jackarrr Jackarrrr (talk) 18:27, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Also, after reviewing some comments, I understand that some people are very strong with where they stand, but Daviddayag 's image captured by his 11' telescope is not that different from ESA Hubbles image of Andromeda. Jackarrrr (talk) 19:42, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Just for the record, I have no preference either way, just wanted to see a discussion on a major change to the page. Cheers, -  FlightTime  ( open channel )  — Preceding undated comment added 20:18, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * My main rationale for this picture is consistency. The processed images certainly do look great, but they are infinite ways of mixing and manipulating the color channels that I felt that it is not a image of a real object. Conversely, there's only one true-color version of Andromeda and is also the color that you will see if you have a clear filter in the telescope. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 01:54, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * if you say that about you image, then wouldn't it be okay if your image was somewhere else on the article? With the original image, the description says he used Halpha to capture his Andromeda image. Its not like he just said it was captured by a normal telescope. He presented what he used and wasn't misleading.
 * Sorry if this comment sounds pushy. Jackarrrr (talk) 14:14, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hey
 * Just a question, but why do you stick with the new Andromeda image.
 * Also, why do you revert me or others every time we try to put the original image back?
 * Best regards Jackarrrr (talk) 01:30, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @Cerebral726 Jackarrrr (talk) 01:31, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Lack of consensus to change the image, as I explained originally. There was a discussion, and the user who was banned from editing this page tried to edit war for its inclusion. If it's going to be changed, it needs to be with a consensus first, rather than forced in through edit warring. Cerebral726 (talk) 01:59, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

I have fully-protected the article for 24 hours, to forestall any further edit warring and ensure an agreement is reached here. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  15:20, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

 * For an image choosen to represent the "true" color of the Andromeda Galaxy this isn't the right choise, as the galaxy appears brownish in color cameras and in the choosen image it looks blueish. This image IMHO is a better representation of the galaxy. --C messier (talk) 07:14, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

 * Can you please protect the article again, logged out users are still forcing their preferred version. -  FlightTime  ( open channel ) 16:21, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I'll wait and see if there are any further reverts past the ones today, if that's okay. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  21:13, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

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