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Guilt in U.S. law

John: I don't want to sound bitchy, so please don't take this that way, but what you did makes the three figures in the 'guilt' article into solid black boxes on my monitor, as the CZ logo was in the Main Page's talk page not long ago. And if you would put them under each other, instead of side-by-side, the full width of the text would fit on my screen and so be readable, which it wasn't the way I had it and still isn't. (On the other hand, I'm the one person in the world who doesn't have any reason to read it.) Anyhow, thanks much for your prompt attention to it, and I leave it in your capable hands, to tinker with further or not as the spirit moves you. -- k kay 00:24, 2 August 2007 (CDT)

PNG images appear that way in IE6.  —Stephen Ewen (Talk) 00:55, 2 August 2007 (CDT)

Only sometimes -- they were already PNG images when I posted them, and I could see them then but spreading too wide across the page for me to read the article text. From the discussion about the CZ logo, it seems to have to do with filling with transparent instead of a color, and Larry Sanger observed that a large percentage of users are using the older versions, and he was the one who figured out what to do so I could see it again. -- k kay 01:49, 2 August 2007 (CDT)

What did he suggest because i note that the main page is still using a transparent version. Should we not be uploading transparent PNG's? Chris Day (talk) 02:04, 2 August 2007 (CDT)

It was on 'Talk: Main Page' on 23 & 24 July; you can get to that part of that page thru my contributions. -- k kay 02:49, 2 August 2007 (CDT)

Thanks, I'll check, I must have missed it first time. Chris Day (talk) 02:50, 2 August 2007 (CDT)

This page looks okay in Firefox and IE7. Not sure what to do here, except put them one underneath the other. John Stephenson 03:43, 2 August 2007 (CDT)

I didn't do nuthin'. I just uploaded the older, working logo. I have no idea why it was working and why the new one isn't. What I do know is that we cannot have PNGs appearing black to large percentages of our users, no matter how much contempt we might personally have for outdated versions of IE (no offense to users thereof). --Larry Sanger 05:10, 2 August 2007 (CDT)

Martial Arts In Culture of Japan

Sure thing, I'll get on writing something for the Culture of Japan. I think I'll write about martial arts in Japanese culture, as judo is just part of it, along with sumo, karate, samurai culture etc. I'm not sure I can place everything in perfect context, as I'm not a resident of Japan, but perhaps somebody else can check on that later. Andrew Chong 03:05, 2 August 2007 (CDT)

Ok, I've added a Culture_of_Japan#Martial_arts if you want to check it out. There's still some overlap between the martial arts and sports sections, and I'm not quite sure yet how to deal with that. Andrew Chong 08:15, 2 August 2007 (CDT)

Samantha Smith newspaper scan

Should i email the newspaper it was from (The Boston Globe)? Would they really be concerned about a scan of a 22 year old page? It should qualify under the United States Fair Use law and the Australian Fair Dealing one. Paul Austin 21:07, 3 August 2007 (CDT)

They absolutely could be very concerned about it. It's the principle of it. And we want to foster really good relationships with content providers. Contacting them and getting permission, and uploading that permission to File:Smithnewspaper.jpg/Permission per Help:Images#Documenting free content releases and images by permission, would be the preferred option. If they decline or want to charge you a fee, you can reduce the image to a thumbnail size, about 25% size of the image currently uploaded, and make a fair use claim, see {{fairuse-author}}.  —Stephen Ewen (Talk) 02:52, 5 August 2007 (CDT)

Martial arts

Thanks, it seemed like Citizendium could use some good articles on the martial arts. Actually, the pitiful state of martial arts articles on Wikipedia and the petty squabbling and plain incorrect views that accompanied those articles are really what set me off to look for an alternative to Wikipedia and led me to stumble upon Citizendium. I'm really hoping things will be different here.

As for the martial arts page, I've been working on an article for a day or two and will put it up soon as a rough outline. I'm not quite sure what category to put it in, though, and I think it might deserve a category of its own. Currently, it falls under sports, but not all martial arts are sports, and some absolutely reject the idea of being defined as such. In addition, should the article be for "martial art" or "martial arts"? I couldn't find any policy on the matter. Andrew Chong 22:23, 4 August 2007 (CDT)

Just to update you, I've added a rough version of martial arts. Hopefully, more people will join in, as even writing the parts that I did has proven to be a rather tasking endeavor. Andrew Chong 00:51, 5 August 2007 (CDT)