User talk:Celestianpower

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cookbook pics
Hi! Photos for the cookbook should go on commons, provided the licensing is kosher. You should also take a look at Cookbook:Policy and Cookbook:Policy/Recipe template to see what sort of formatting/organizational systems we have going. Yay! Kellen T 10:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

RC meanderings!
OK - I tend to keep an eye on RC here & I'm nosy!! Impressive work on the Spanish, hope you don't mind - regards -- Herby talk thyme 10:20, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm a wanderer from another place too! It really is different here - stick around & in a week you will meet everyone!  There are some good people here but their ways are not like WP I promise you. BTW I "delivered" our attempt at community spirit too - input welcome.  Point me to the existing Spanish page (unless it floats past RC you'll be quicker) - equally ask in the Staff lounge (almost everything happens there).  I'll certainly help if I can - it is possible to make a difference here (IMO) -- Herby  talk thyme 13:45, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
 * OK - feeling slightly silly - just realised how long you've been here - but stick around for break anyway  -- Herby talk thyme 14:03, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

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Spanish
Hum - definite content tho (IMO) not as good as yours. I'd try User Talk:Whiteknight probably for an opinion or the staff lounge. Sorry not to be more helpful but feel free to get back to me if I can help in the future. Regards -- Herby talk thyme


 * Hi - happy boxing day (if appropriate) and let me know if you want the redirects from the moves deleted - regards -- Herby talk thyme 14:51, 26 December 2006 (UTC)


 * No problem, I'll clear them now. I have had my additional rights for a very short time compared to you but you do get used to them quite quickly - to be honest I really do see quite why there is a much fuss over them as there is sometimes (tho I am not an admin for  life person, if people use them fine, if not they should be easily removed, now in a perfect world ...!). I do like the "takeover" on Spanish - very neatly done. -- Herby  talk thyme 15:21, 26 December 2006 (UTC)


 * BTW I've left the redirect from the contents page move - more relevant?? -- Herby talk thyme 15:25, 26 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Mind you I always find "Sir" a worrying honourific (well when I use it anyway!). Enjoy the break if you have more to go - sadly work calls tomorrow -- Herby  talk thyme 16:07, 26 December 2006 (UTC)


 * One of the few certainties in life is that I am male! Merely the fact when I use it it does tend to be insulting .  Enjoy the break -- Herby  talk thyme 16:12, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Add all my "bads" together and you would have worthwhile collection. IRC - yeah I keep getting nudged, part of the problem is that some of the time I am online at work and while a bit of vandalism is not that bad a chat with all the people there are might take an embarrassing amount of time. BTW I agree with much of your user page (wp) - the rant particularly but some other stuff too -- Herby talk thyme 18:22, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
 * reset

BTW I have been known to be on IM -- Herby talk thyme 18:23, 26 December 2006 (UTC)


 * AOL, yahoo, msn (via trillian - which is how I really found wp) (yeah I know I could use IRC on that as well - I have some good reasons and some bad ones ) -- Herby talk thyme 18:32, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

IM
Sorry I couldn't stick around - hope to catch you for a chat soon - cheers -- Herby talk thyme 08:33, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Things & the world in general!
Hey - good to hear from you - I hope all is well with you - I haven't seen you around for a while either.


 * 1) Good book status - are you MAD?  Your book is so much better than much of the other content of Wikibooks (I know - I watch RC!).  Honestly I think it should be in "good book" status.
 * 2) Completeness.  Now there is a puzzle.  With fiction (in most cases) there is a beginning, a middle and an end.  For textbooks I think it is unlikely that even a print version will be truly complete in the eyes of the author (or indeed other knowledgeable parties - you study a book, it tells you everything, you pick the next one and it tells you something that was missing from the 1st one??!).  For Wikibooks I would risk criticism and say none of them will ever be complete.  Again your's is far more complete than many other offerings on Wikibooks (many are more notes on the subject than a coherent book).
 * 3) Fragments.  Yes awkward.  Handled fine though, it is clear what they are.  I guess my only thought would be to make "Fragmentos para fusionar" a link to a subpage which had links to the fragment.  Not sure if that gains you much?
 * 4) Interaction - well yes, Wikibooks is a little like that at times.  If you will pardon the obvious flaw, it is driven by inertia at times!  I confess I spend some time on Commons & Meta as well these days (I cannot find it in me to get involved in WP).

I hope the world continues to revolve in a reasonable way for you - there are days when I wonder & days when I doubt it . Slugs are my current enemy (I said in a mail to someone earlier - not quite as low as politicians and armament suppliers but when they eat my asparagus!). Take care -- Herby talk thyme 13:57, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

RFA
Hello celestianpower. I just wanted to drop you a line about your RFA request. A few things: Anyway, let me know if you have any questions. --Whiteknight (talk) 22:02, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) They never go quickly, so don't despair! A decision will be made eventually, and nobody has forgotten about it.
 * 2) User:Withinfocus' comments are not meant to be insulting, although I know that anything that isnt a "support" vote can feel a little like a personal insult. However, it isn't a negative, it's a positive: an invitation for you to be more active on our discussion pages. We can all see the wonderful work you've done on the spanish book, and we want you to share your wisdom with others. As a good suggestion, try adding the various staff lounge pages, the VFD page, and the bulletin board, so that you can add your two cents when a topic comes up.
 * 3) There are only 4 or 5 votes now, we typically like to promote admins when they have closer to 7-10 votes. Of course, there is no firm limit, it really depends on alot of issues.


 * When I was nominated for adminship, a long long time ago it seems, It was because I was highly active on the VfD page. I hadn't written a single line of policy, and I had read about that much. All people want to see is that you are a "community member", and there are plenty of ways to go about being one. --Whiteknight (talk) 22:27, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

You have a message on your WP talk, please reply.-- SB_Johnny | talk 20:55, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations...
You are now an administrator on English Wikibooks. If you're not sure about a policy, just ask me or one of the other admins! -- SB_Johnny | talk 00:38, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * And from me - all the best -- Herby talk thyme 07:05, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Congrats on becoming a moderator! I've seen your work on the Spanish wikibook, and I have to say, you might be the reason that the book reached featured status. Hoogli 21:24, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Re:Featured Books
There are not alot of things that need to be done to make a book "featured". There is no set number of votes, but i've been typically willing to feature a book if it has about 5 support votes and no oppose votes (more oppose votes typically mean we require more support votes to compensate). But there is no firm number needed, it's all up to the judgement of the person who is willing to say "this is enough".

Once the voting is declared, you need to do a few things:
 * 1) List the book title at Featured books alphabetically
 * 2) Create a Featured book template at Featured books/Templates at the top of the page.
 * 3) Once the template has an image and a suitable description, it can be moved to the bottom of the page, alphabetically.
 * 4) After a while, the main page templates can be expanded to include the new book (we typically wait for a few new books, so we can just include a new round into the main page).

If you need anything else, let me know. --Whiteknight (talk) 14:03, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks
& regards -- Herby talk thyme 08:02, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Celestianpower/Spanish table
User:Celestianpower/Spanish table probably belongs at Template:Spanish table header, right? Rodasmith 03:01, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

"Buenas mañanas"?
Is there some region that actually says "Buenas mañanas"? Where? Rodasmith 03:30, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Need es translator
Hey celestianpower, how are you? I'm in need of a spanish translator to post a message on es.wikibooks about the new logo discussions: Wikibooks/Logo and Wikijunior/Logo. The message would only need to be short, an announcement that we are in the process of selecting new logos, we are looking for submissions, and we are trying to get more wikibookians involved. Let me know if you can help with this. --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 16:12, 27 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the quick reply! Frankly, so long as the message gets out, I don't care how readable it is. I just want to make sure that we get wikibookians involved. Here is a basic rundown of what the message should say:
 * Discussion is starting to select a new logo for Wikibooks and Wikijunior on meta. All Wikibookians are encouraged to participate.
 * Basically, it's just a short announcement about the discussion, and the links to the discussion pages. We are probably going to get complaints that the discussion pages themselves aren't spanish-friendly, but there isn't much we can do about that. Thanks again! --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 20:33, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Perfect! Thanks Celestianpower! Barnstars for you! --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 21:00, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

This user needs a block
His only edits so far I reverted because they were vandalism. Could you please act and do something? Thanks, Laleena (talk) 14:04, 12 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I got it already. blocked for 1 week. --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 15:23, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Spanish wikibook
Check out my new vocabulary page at Spanish/Vocabulary/People. What do you think of structuring the vocabulary pages this way? Cilantrohead (talk) 00:57, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * It might be hard to get the words small enough to fit them next to the pictures. I based this on the structure of the Oxford Picture Dictionaries (the 1970's, 1980's and 1990's versions).
 * And yes, I did do the pictures myself. Know any artists who are good with the mouse who can help us? I have new artwork up at Spanish/Vocabulary/Food. Cilantrohead (talk) 00:27, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Spanish Answers

 * The same with Spanish/Exercises/Introducción a la gramática. Akhram (talk) 15:11, 13 April 2008 (UTC).


 * Hi, Celestianpower. I'm very interesting in the Spanish wikibook because now I'm working in the Spanish Language Division at wikiversity. I can revised the format and the translations (I'm Spanish), but as I am not teacher, I cannot add new chapters or so, only new exercises or some vocabulary. If you are improving the wikibook, you can count on me. Akhram (talk) 13:02, 13 April 2008 (UTC).

Hi, again. I added another template, ES-grammar, for verbs-tables. If you have any idea or improvement, go. Akhram (talk) 14:30, 13 April 2008 (UTC).

Inactivity
So you're aware, you're up for removal of your adminship due to inactivity. The request will be placed at Meta in one month's time. Thanks for your service; you're welcome to request adminship again if you return to Wikibooks. &mdash; Mike.lifeguard &#124; talk 21:48, 9 October 2008 (UTC)