User talk:Karl Marx
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Hi Karl, welcome to Wikipedia. A few tips for you:
- Peruse Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers and associated pages
- Sign talk page entries with ~~~~, which is automatically converted to a name and date
- Ask questions on Wikipedia:Village pump
Just a warning: some people might not like your username. If enough people are offended by it, this innocent looking talk page could suddenly turn into a circus of politics, polling and lengthy pointless discussion. Don't say you weren't warned. Read Wikipedia:Username.
-- Tim Starling 07:05, Oct 27, 2003 (UTC)
Thank you. I can assure you the name is meant ironically.
Karl Marx 07:15, 27 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- I second Tim's remarks. I suggest considering a variation like Fan of Karl Marx or Rabid Marxist or something that doesn't give the impression that a major historical figure has risen from the grave to grace our pages. Note that there is no user:Saddam Hussein either. --Uncle Ed 16:01, 28 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- Or you could parody our disambiguation practices and call yourself "User:Karl Marx (ironic)". -- Cyan 00:49, 30 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- I disagree. This would not be a problem if the content of the contributions, rather than the name was paid attention to. Its sad that he/she is forced to put a disclaimer on the user page. A philospher's name, whether you agree with his ideas or not, is not offensive as the example of the mass murder given above is. --Dejitarob 20:57, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I just see you uploaded Image:Mikhail.bmp. It is good to add pictures to articles, however BMP is not a good format for pictures on the web - it is not supported by all browsers (especially when it comes to non-Windows browsers), and it does not compress well either. For photos you should use JPG instead, and for any other graphic PNG is the preferred format here. See Wikipedia:Image use policy for more details. Also note that it is a good idea to add where that images comes from, because we cannot accept copyrighted images. If that photo is from e.g. a news agency they will certainly not be amused to see it here. Well, and the finally the name of the image isn't good either, as there are probably more people called Mikhail :-) andy 09:18, 27 Oct 2003 (UTC)