User talk:John Burkitt

Hello and welcome to Wikibooks!

Big Cats
I encourage you to keep up the brilliant work over at the Wikijunior area. Participation has fallen a bit and some new blood is always welcome. You seem to have made some great edits over there. Just thought I'd say thanks from all of us. -- LV (Dark Mark) 19:40, 16 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your kind words. However, I will disagree with you one one point. It is not just people like me that make this thing run... it is people like me, you, that guy down the street fixing a comma. People like me barely scratch the surface. There are too many people to thank if you really wanted to show appreciation for everyone who has made a difference to Wikipedia, Wikibooks, and the other Wikimedia projects. I guess, publishing can be a tough business at times, and I too love what this enitre project is trying to accomplish. I hope you stick around and continue to contribute. Thank you. And if you ever have any questions, don't be afraid to ask. We won't bite. -- LV (Dark Mark) 15:17, 18 November 2005 (UTC)


 * I had seen your new work over there. It seems to be going very well. The removal of the stuff on the front page is fine. Just keep up the good work. Cheers. -- LV (Dark Mark) 17:26, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

I hope you stick around
Thanks for all your work around this place. I hope you stick around either here or at Wikipedia. We can always use good editors like yourself. If you decide not to, thanks anyway. You have been a real asset to Wikijunior. -- LV (Dark Mark) 17:32, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Work on Big Cats
I'll tell you what. I'll take the Big Cats Wikijunior book and turn it into a PDF file on or about December 10th, for whatever state that it is in. That way we are technically "published" and have something that is a little bit more up-to-date than the current PDF file (that seems buggy to me as well for some reason). There is still much more to do in terms of proofreading, but we are well on our way.

BTW, thanks for all of the work that you have done. This is a huge task and I completely understand why you feel some pressure to get this accomplished. Relax, take a deep breath, and understand that there really isn't a huge deadline to get this accomplished. If we lose the money from the Beck Foundation, that isn't really a problem either. There is more... much more where that came from including some educational foundations that I'm familiar with. "If we write it... they will come" (to paraphrase from an older movie) is more the mantra I'm pushing, and I have no doubt that Wikijunior is going to make some major inroads into the children's educational book market. Let's do quality, not quantity, and try to make this one of the best books about Big Cats that you can find anywhere written for kids. It certainly is quite nice compared to many others I've seen as it is. --Rob Horning 05:06, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Updated PDF File of Wikijunior Big Cats
As I promised, I did deliver. You can now download the revised PDF file for Wikijunior Big Cats. This is as far as we can really get something published except going to an actual printing company and making it with paper and ink. I'm even willing to do that if anybody is interested. Read, enjoy, and share with whomever you think might be interested. And thanks for your work on this project so far. I hope that this is something that we can continue to work on and improve in the future. --Rob Horning 02:51, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Christmas Vacation
Am taking a Christmas break from working on Big Cats. Put in several species today to round out the collection, but am through until Season's Greetings.... John Burkitt 03:54, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your help... Have a Merry Christmas. -- LV (Dark Mark) 14:54, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Editing disputes policy
This policy needs a few more people to take a look at it and vote. Any help would be most useful. RobinH 14:35, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio
Someone has flagged as a copyvio. You flagged it as public domain, expired or ineligible. Could you elaborate as to its status, and why they might hytink they have copyright.Dolive35 18:49, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:Snowcub.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Snowcub.jpg. I notice the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this file yourself, then there needs to be a justification explaining why we have the right to use it on Wikibooks. If you did not create the file yourself, then you need to specify where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page. If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. --KFP 13:35, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The message above also applies to Image:Manulkitten.jpg, Image:Ocelotkitten.jpg, Image:Cheetahcub.jpg, Image:Cloudcub.jpg, Image:Tigercub.jpg, Image:Servalkitten.jpg, Image:Caracalkitten.jpg and Image:Jaguarcub.jpg. --KFP 13:40, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * ...and Image:Panthers.jpg, Image:Swiftcheetah.jpg, Image:Cloudedleopard.jpg, Image:Manul.jpg, Image:Sandcat.jpg, Image:Rustyspottedcat.jpg & Image:European wild cat.jpg. --KFP 21:38, 14 January 2007 (UTC)