Hi – thanks for letting me know. I'll see if I can add more to them in the next week or so (especially the leads). Brighton Forum is pretty much complete in terms of using what's in the source material; hopefully it won't prove to be too short! Park Crescent is quite a "big" topic, and may have some potential for expansion. Must try to finish Carlton Hill, Brighton first though ;) Cheers, Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 12:59, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
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Hey, I was just rummaging through dams in Japan and saw the navigation templates created about two years ago by yourself. A bunch were really helpful but the templates listed below were created by yourself and not listed with articles or links. I believe you were pulling a bunch of dam article stubs from the Japanese Wikipedia but did that project stop? I am not sure what to do with these. Thoughts?--NortyNort(Holla) 10:27, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
I found two new images of the rail lines and land that became Millennium Park and would like to discuss which images to include in the article's Background section - please comment at Talk:Millennium_Park#Images_in_the_Background_section. Thanks, Ruhrfisch><>°° 21:12, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
Burma/Myanmar Division/Region
The changes on the Burma/Myanmar articles from Division to Region that I have seen, for example
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I've expanded it. I'm not sure if there's enough on Castell Poeth for a double nom but if your research finds that there is, then I can work on it tomorrow. --Rosiestep (talk) 06:04, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
Jørgen Brønlund is pretty far along but if you can expand it or jazz it up, that would be good. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:22, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
Just found this, and this. I didn't realize how much Rasmussen and his father were strong influences. --Rosiestep (talk) 13:29, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
Oh bummer that you've had the flu! Hope you're better soon. I'll work on Jauja tonight. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:58, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
No no! I l-o-v-e London. I got sick myself in the last 48 hours and wasn't paying close attention to the articles you mentioned to work on. Now I'm somewhere between insomnia and tired as all heck. --Rosiestep (talk) 11:34, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
I'm glad you're doing better! I'm just achy all over. I had some more I wanted to do with Jauja last night so I'll try to get that done now and then back to bed. --Rosiestep (talk) 11:52, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
Commons help
I'm not an admin so I can't do anything there you can't do - sorry. :( Calliopejen1 (talk) 15:12, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
No, maybe I should have tried to be considering I'm really involved in media, but I've never gotten around to it. I think Durova is a commons admin? Don't know who else... Calliopejen1 (talk) 15:16, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
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I cannot find the template for the message to warn people that an article is undergoing extensive revision. Actually, I have a devil of a time finding stuff that is not in the mainspace, but that's another issue. My students and I are going to re work Celebration of Mexican political anniversaries in 2010, now that the really big one, the Bicentennial has passed.Thelmadatter (talk) 14:44, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
Thats the one! ThanksThelmadatter (talk) 20:51, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan
Hi Dr. Blofeld. Do you speak Urdu by any chance? If so, could you please add the name of Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan in Urdu? I appreciate your help. Tuscumbia (talk) 16:53, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
Don't speak a word of Urdu or any Asian language I'm afraid,♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:59, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
No problem. Thanks anyway. Tuscumbia (talk) 19:02, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
I performed the initial steps by converting the backend of the template, and adding the min/max elevation ranks to the parent template. It appears as though the next step is to substitute it, but I personally would not be opposed to leaving it as a wrapper for {{
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}}, but substitution would work as well. It calls some other templates for the elevation, population, mayor, and area data, which allows for these data to be updated in a central location. Let me know if you have any comments. Thanks!
The two articles could be posted with a single hook. I have added more text to the lake also. We are all doing a free service but also spending our own money to on books and internet time ($ 15 per month)in contributing articles. It pains to see so much of unreferenced stuff and many times unreliable material in wikipedia. My observation was not aimed at any individual but was specific to the status of articles on South Asia.
Dearest friend. I am getting concerned - I haven't heard from you in such a long time and my earlier note to you has been deleted from your Talk Page. Maybe you are just too, too busy with your prodigious contributions to WP? Hope all is O.K. All best wishes, John Hill (talk) 04:44, 8 October 2010 (UTC) (McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, India).
Hi! Appears you've left off the {{AfDM}} template, usw, in the article. My wikicode skillz (sic) aren't up to fixing it :-( --Shirt58 (talk) 09:18, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
Sock-puppet
Note that Ntrpd76 is a sock-puppet of Simon Wakelin. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.144.198.82 (talk) 15:26, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi Dr. B. Translation complete. You may want to tidy the format, but the words are there. Gruß. --Bermicourt (talk) 16:43, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
My return
Aack, sorry. Guess I was more woolly-brained than I thought last night. (And I was up for 22 hours solid, to boot...though surprisingly I didn't crash until near the very end, as I was already on my way to bed.) Good to see you've kept things running in my absence. :-) --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:20, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
We'll see - though I got between ten and eleven hours of sleep last night, so I should be close to normal by now. Though I've got a huge mess of laundry to do over the next couple of days. I'm not sure what I'd like to work on next, though I know there are a lot of Polish and Czech painters who require at least stubs right now. I also might do a little pepping up of Suriname categories - surely it's time for some district categories? --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:28, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
Yes - but don't forget those resort articles I started. Those should be good for a few, at least. Never mind; I'll have a look once I've gotten a load of laundry in. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:33, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
This is wholly unsourced and given the damage that an untrue allegation of Nazism can have on survivng relatives I feel that we cannot allow the page to linger
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It is common practice not to inlcude persons without articles in large lists. It is the only way to make sure that list entries pass the notability criteria. I think it is important to remove redlinks from the article for this reason, and also because the list is already much too unwieldy - it will take too long to source even if it only includes party members with articles. Additional names can always be added as the articles are translated.·Maunus·ƛ· 17:27, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
I've expanded Bailey, but I think it's still short of >5x. I'll look at
Gwichyaa Gwich’in to add to that article, I'll owe you a (photo of a) beer (for your talk page). lol --Rosiestep (talk
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Success; it exceeds 5x! And along the way, it became a pretty good article. And great picture! --Rosiestep (talk) 18:37, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
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Tried to work on Thimphu but it's going through a major edit by someone else so I'll work on it another time. --Rosiestep (talk) 00:42, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
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DYK nomination of Ter Apel Monastery
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Not a bad team effort (including Rosiesteps) so far! It probably needs a re-read to ensure it hangs together though. --Bermicourt (talk) 19:42, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
I have corrected a couple of errors and I think it's probably ready to go for a DYK. Will you nom? --Bermicourt (talk) 05:49, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
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The Thimphu article has failed GA after all that waiting. I thought it was pretty good but i guess it was not good enough. To see the GA review look here,Talk:Thimphu. Spongie555 (talk) 02:44, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi again!
Great to hear from you! I am presently in McLeod Ganj and checking my email every 2 or 3 days. Unfortunagtely, they only sporadically have wi-fi in my hotel so I usually have to take my computer around to a cafe and work there - and it is always slow at best. So, I probably won't be able to get much work done until I get home (to fairly reliable broadband!) but I will try to upload a few new photos from time to time and will let you know when I do. I take it you have already seen the ones I uploaded on Takthok Monastery a few days ago? All best wishes, John Hill (talk) 05:46, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
Mozambique articles
Done. Maps and the photos are not to be found in flickr. With your wide ranging skills, may be you will create one. Double article hook linked to the elephants and tribals could be good theme for the hook.--N.V.V. CharTalk. 18:56, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
Excellent map. I liked doing this article.--N.V.V. CharTalk. 19:26, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Millennium Bailey's Hotel and James Bailey (UK politician)
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Exciting times
Indeed - sometimes I get frightened by the sheer amount of things available. I still haven't decided what I'm going to do next...though I ought to finish those settlements in the USVI. Perhaps that's what I'll do tonight. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 23:21, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
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Hope you're starting to feel better. Thankfully I was sick for just a couple of days. I started on Messalo River last night but Nwchar has done a very good job since. Negomano is really filling out but I'll look at where it's at tonight when I get home from work, as well as Ferzetti. That's too bad about Thimphu; ah well. --Rosiestep (talk) 13:31, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated Lake Amaramba. You may like to post an alternate hook.--N.V.V. CharTalk. 18:04, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
It is strange that some of the Users reviewing articles for GA take a very uppity view and don't even give an opportunity to the authors to reply. It has happened with me four times already and one more time does not matter. This is exactly the reason why I don't want to post articles for GA upgrade anymore.--N.V.V. CharTalk. 21:13, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
I fully share your frustration on the GA issue. Negomano and Messalo River could be posted independently on DYK. I have completed my inputs on both. However, on Negomano you may like to add from the French wiki article on "Bataille de Negomano" if you find it suitable to add. Yes, we did an article on Fort-Liberté some time back. I will now work on the lake article.--N.V.V. CharTalk. 11:46, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
An obvious miss on my part. I have made slight amendments to the text now. You may like to add more. --N.V.V. CharTalk. 13:24, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
Outstanding montage. My knowledge of music is limited to appreciation only. Do you also play the guitar? --N.V.V. CharTalk. 20:24, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
Oh! Wonderful. You are a genius and your pensive pose in the photo also reflects it. Can you put the Egyptian music in some format here so that I can listen to it. --N.V.V. CharTalk. 20:53, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
Yes, wonderful, divine and very soothing. Have you heard the music of the Tamil film "Morning Raga" in which Shabhana Azmi has played the key role?
re: Gabriele Ferzetti
Yep, sure thing. Do you have any good links to sources for his films? Lugnuts (talk) 06:32, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica but didn't get around to transwiki. It also needs an infobox. --Rosiestep (talk
) 04:54, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
Definitely, the list should be its own article.
Note,I created and began populating Category:Alumni of the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica.
The name issue: Seeing current name Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art, I doublechecked the reference I used for the English language name and it's "Arts" not "Art" (though that's not a direct translation from the Italian). See
Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts; this is a merge issue. On the official website, this is the logo: Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica "Silvio D'Amico"; ... and this is on the contact page: Per contattare l'Accademia Nazionale Di Arte Drammatica "Silvio D'Amico"; ... and this is on the bottom of the page: 2004 - 2010 Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico - Tutti i diritti riservati - Web Site Credits: Multiarte Network. I use Firefox and the tab reads: Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. The it wiki name: Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica. --Rosiestep (talk
Silvio D'Amico is coming together; at the least needs infobox. Created Encyclopedia of Performing Arts, of which D'Amico was founder. Needs infobox, transwiki, and more content (I only started pulling in from Conversazione). My thoughts are that the 3 articles, D'Amico, the academy, and the encyclopedia, can be nom'ed together by the weekend. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:54, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Nom'ed. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:58, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
Can you believe the Encyclopedia of Performing Arts has 145,000 entries? Albeit in the Italian language, that's a lot of information that someday needs to make it into wikipedia. Shhhesh, lots of work in front of us. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:00, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
deadlink
Question... a lot of my older articles are getting tagged with "deadlink" as, well, they have dead links. Im reading through some of the pages now about retrieving archived pages and the like. Im not sure I have the patience for working on that. However, is there something I can do with the url's as Im writing content in order to prevent them from becoming dead in the first place? Id have more patience for that, believe it or not.Thelmadatter (talk) 23:21, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Ter Apel Monastery
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Iceland
Have a look at this
Etang Saumâtre is getting ready. Should be able to post it on main space by evening. --N.V.V. CharTalk
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You have snatched my thoughts. Day before yesterday, I requested Materialscientist for merger of two articles of Afghanistan - Samangan and Aybak, Samangan, to start with Afghanistan, (the country I have toured extensively in the 1970s), and eventually end up with Zimababwe. It is achievable between the two of us in the next few months.--N.V.V. CharTalk. 15:18, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for moving the redlinks to another locaation,. Where are they now? One stray redlink was left behind in the list. I would be happy to move it, and perhaps to source and readd some of the names, or to create some of the articles. You seem to have a misunderstanding of what I said regarding notability. Do you disagree with the statement "If a name is not notable enough to have an article, then it is clearly not notable enough to be in the list."? Note that I did not say, as you claimed I said " ALL missing articles are not notable and therefore tshould not be included in a list." In a typical list, redlink entries with a supporting reference are quite appropriate, and those redlinks can be used to keep track of articles to be created. If there is no reference at all to indicate some entry belongs in a list, how is the information verified? What would stop a highschool student from adding his math teacher's name to the list of Nazis as a prank? Besides prank entries, in a "List of Nazis," or "List of child molesters," "List of terrorists," or anything of the sort, unreferenced redlinks are inappropriate since no one could be sure just which individual of that name was the bad guy, and hundreds of innocent persons would be tarred with membership in the list. As for intentions to reference a list, I have seen many stubs which were created, or lists created and left as such for a very long time by well meaning editors who just do not get around to referencing the articles in a timely way. I recall that you created many stubs such as
Photography Museum of Thessaloniki and did not reference them. In fact that article did not even have an external link until someone else added one 10 months later. Edison (talk
) 20:07, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
And your point is? You are accusing me of laziness? When I saw your user name at the AFD it rang a bell but in a negative way as I knew it was somebody I had bene in conflict with previously. I recall now. You were the one who tried to bully me about my Greek museum stubs and ranted on about me as a lousy editor on some forum weren't you? It doesn't matter how much work you do since but editors like you always have to bring up "sub stubs don't you? Well why shouldn't I share the workload? I do a good enough job with most articles I edit. Its time other people started contributing a share. The list is located at User:Keresaspa/Nazi redlinks. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:47, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the response, but you could do to rave less, and indulge in less vilification and sputtering personal attacks about "editors like you" and totally unfounded accusations of "bullying" and instead concentrate a bit more on cooperating in efforts to improve the encyclopedia. I note that StAnselm finally removed the remaining redlink Nazi listing [2]. Where did I say you were "lazy" or "a lousy editor?"? I cannot find where I did. How many unreferenced stubs did you in fact create about Greek museums? Or unreferenced articles about fish like your stub on Green pufferfish? Or unreferenced stubs about countless other sorts of things you found in a list somewhere? That is not an accusation of laziness or of lousiness, just an observation that your history has not always been one of referencing things you add to Wikipedia. I understand your position that it is a benefit to create myriad unreferenced articles which others will then reference. We can agree to disagree about that. Please understand the substance of my request: that we not create unsourced redlink lists of "EVIL PEOPLE" of any sort, which smear innocent persons with the same name as the bad guys. Edison (talk) 04:53, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
You'll find that far more of my articles are sourced than not dear Edison. You keep bringing up articles created ages ago in the "let's create as many articles as possible phase" when yes, wikipedia did need content started enmasse. I, and I'm sure a lot of other people can vouch for it that the majority of my edits to wikipedia have been highly beneficial in terms of addressing systematic bias. So Icreated a lot of Greek museum stubs blue linked from a missing list. What is stopping you or anybody else expanding them? I've done more of my share of "responsible" things on wikipedia.and created more reference decent content that most. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:17, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Can't believe this even went to AfD! I'll look at the missing films of that guy per my talkpage. Lugnuts (talk) 07:13, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Don't we have two very similar lists of important Nazis now? I looked at some of the redlink names, and looked at the German Wikipedia articles, (years since I studied German) and they resolve in their references to non-online German language books. I cite Gotthard Urban as an example. Notable enough for an article, most likely, and worthy of a referenced redlink in the article. I am not comfortable creating an English Wikipedia article with only a book I haven't seen, or an online German book I translate by Google Translate, or a German Wikipedia ,as the reference. A small subset of the redlink names will have some English language book or books online as a reference. Editors who have access to the (offline) German books or who can easily read the online German books are best situated to reference the redlink names and either create articles or add them to the list as reliably referenced redlinks. Edison (talk) 01:26, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Millennium Bailey's Hotel
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) 00:06, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
DYK for James Bailey (UK politician)
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DYK for Lake Amaramba
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Dear Dr. Blofeld, I will translate to page into french, could you or I move the old photo to commons.wikimedia ? Thanks in advance. --Rédacteur Tibet (talk) 22:16, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Dont let the idiots get you down.....Thelmadatter (talk) 15:56, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Laguna de Paca
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) 18:02, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Jauja
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) 18:03, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
Central America
I expanded Alotenango to almost nom ready. Needs an infobox, population, photo, tidy, etc. Don't worry about it if you have other things going on. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:20, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
Yes. I know someone in RL who may have some resources. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:54, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
Anacafé needs work. Can you figure out which of the regions listed in Anacafé corresponds to Alotenango? --Rosiestep (talk
) 21:13, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for figuring out the region. All look interesting but I'll see if I can get a start on at least Jocotenango as it would make a matched pair with Alotenango. --Rosiestep (talk) 22:50, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
Jocotenango: there's more good stuff in the Plan ref if you feel like expanding it further and there's also this. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:01, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
I double nom'ed Jocotenango/Alotenango. I see that Nwc is editing Abaeté River so I'll wait a bit on nom'ing it. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:26, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
It's not just Yemen, either - remember that census data, with list of villages, from Lesotho that I found a couple of months back? I swear that wasn't there a year ago. Things are getting better, slowly but surely. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:10, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
Excellent. I need to eat and get some things taken care of, but hopefully I can do at least a few stubs on Czech painters today; I'd like to get the stub category filled and ready for use. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:16, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
Hellow
Hi, I could help correct these items please. Thank you very much./Hola, me podría ayudar a corregir estos artículos por favor. Muchas gracias.
Thank you very much for your attention.--BeneharoMencey (talk) 23:20, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
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Done. I had just created a bunch of articles last month for dams on Rio Sao Francisco but didn't do this one b/c the power plant's capacity was less than 1000 MW. It worked out though but I didn't add the 600 m base width to the article and removed it from the Tres Marias article. It seemed a little too wide and wasn't covered in a source I would consider reliable or a good translation. The specifications vary for most dams in sources too. I was on a roll and made Marmelos Zero Power Plant as well, pretty interesting.--NortyNort(Holla) 04:01, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
No problem. Just working on further organizing everything. Thanks for the stub, I made that empty cat by accident. There are good resources on the
WP:DAMS page, for dams ~100m high, there is this but I used this Japanese source with the Aburumagawa Dam. That site, by the way, is where I think all of the .ja Wiki articles came from. So it should be a source for all the articles pulled over.--NortyNort(Holla)
08:32, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
I added an infobox and will look to expand it here soon. I also moved it to its official name, Contra Dam. A bit abnormal, but I moved the main image over to the left too. It is quite impressive and speaks to its height. We'll see how it goes with that. Also, I can't believe someone AfD'd it.--NortyNort(Holla) 11:09, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
I've never bungy jumped but I think you are less likely to be hurt doing that than a sky dive. Someone would have to push me off of that dam though. I think the movie is his best too, the video game was even better, one of the best ever. You're right about the end, it kind of dies down and makes you wonder how that situation came about, like how they got control of the facility without anyone knowing. I think it was the best recent Bond film too, the ones after and even the latest were lacking. Casino Royale was good but Quantum of Solace had way too many special effects and not enough Bond motifs--NortyNort(Holla) 10:09, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Once you've seen all the Bond films, you get critical of every one. I am waiting for the new possible one in 2011. My favorite overall was Thunderball. I think Dalton was better than Craig as well. It is amazing how Q as Desmond Llewelyn stuck with the series for so long, must've been great to be such a veteran.--NortyNort(Holla) 10:29, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
There are few things in life that are cooler than an underwater spear-gun fight. From Russia With Love is definitely my second favorite. My favorite Bond girl was Honey Rider as well. I saw her in the first one and my opinion was rarely swayed from that point on. I liked Jill Masterson as well, although short-lived. Before I watched all of the movies, I only saw only those done in the nineties. I got to Die Another Day at the end and was very disappointed, almost turned it off. I wasn't much of a fan of The World Is Not Enough too.--NortyNort(Holla) 10:53, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Hellow
I'll try to do little by little. Thanks for everything.--BeneharoMencey (talk) 09:59, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
The list does not reflect the article name. The list is qualified by the lede. That doesn't seem right. Maybe the article should have sections such as: Influential members, regular members etc. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 14:36, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
Case in point: Schindler. I added him. Revert it if you like. I won't be offended. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 14:43, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
I don't understand what you mean as a list of Nazis means exactly the same thing. If it was a list of regular members without any notability criteria there would be ten million entries!! Its supposed to be a list of notable Nazi Party members who did something of note within the party or were more than just loosely associated with the party. Remember that a lot of members didn't really adhere to Nazi policies but due to the political pressure of the time joined the party. The true Nazi adherents can be rooted out from those who were the "sheep" so to speak, ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:46, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
The problem with Schindler is that he actually saved thousands of jews. A true Nazi member would have had them killed. He is however linked to the Nazis in multiple publications so can be listed I think.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:54, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
"Obscure but important" wasn't aimed at things like Deforestation in Brazil; it was at articles like Thimphu which are high-importance, but which 99% of Wikipedia's readers have never heard of. (Wikipedia has a surprising number of high-importance articles in a really bad state; Information technology is the most glaring example, but even things like Changi Prison—which ought to be one of our most significant historic site articles, and doesn't even have the "not in an English-speaking country" excuse—are an an awful state.)
My problem with the "old" you (I think even you've come to agree, at least in part), was with things like
iridescent
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I am very slow to use sysop tools. I left a note on user Rjanag's page re Kaster as he put the block and I want to hear his thoughts about the oct 24 date before I change the protection level. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:06, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Kaster is semi-protected. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:54, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Well done!
The Barnstar of Diligence
For your outstanding work on List of members of the Nazi Party in the midst of a heated AfD fight. —Carrite, Oct. 17, 2010.
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I did miss the note, sorry. Sure - I'll clean up the list in a minute. Thanks for the help; I just haven't felt like article-creating for a couple of days. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:58, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
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I see you came across Bartivius - I can probably find a translation for at least one of those titles when I get home. I recognize the illustration from the museum. I also may be able to find a photograph of the artist; there are three pages of artists' photographs at the back of my gallery guide. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:59, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Yeah. He was in one of the last galleries, where my interest was starting to flag. Speaking of which...I have a photograph to add to Mikoláš Aleš; he painted the facade of the hotel where I was staying. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 21:06, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
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Good to hear from you again Mr. Blofeld
Who could forget that a**? LOL. What happened to him? Anyways, I am terribly busy with uni and work these days... and therefore Kapoor's FA has been put on hold. :( Don't worry, I should get back to it once I am done with uni. So how have you been doing? Busy creating and editing (new) articles?? -- BollywoodDreamztalk 01:24, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
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Hello again, and once again, thanks for all your good work! I just noticed that some of the recent articles you created, such as Al Hazm District, are missing {{coord missing}} templates. It would be really helpful if you could add these: it would help the process of coordinate generation for these articles go a little bit faster. -- The Anome (talk) 10:11, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply! -- The Anome (talk) 10:52, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
Hellow
Sorry if you upset a lot, but you could check out this new article: 12 Treasures of Spain
Aberdaron. I gave it a minor tidy. I'll work on ref style mañana. Do you think that all the refs that aren't cite web style should be changed over? Quite a few of those... --Rosiestep (talk) 06:51, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
Roma Party of Kosovo without improving the article or even explaining why you think it is notable. Can you please explain this? WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!!
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Ardelve
I have started adding text to
Etang Saumâtre of a FAO copy right violation in the quote. It is our joint article. I don't understand the remark. May be you will be able to justify or rectify it. Thanks.--N.V.V. CharTalk
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I have added a bit on Avi fauna in Ardelve. I hope there is no hurry for Aberdeen since it has a huge reference list which needs sorting. I am also traveling.--N.V.V. CharTalk. 12:59, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the Barnstar. I feel we both have now gone beyond any award stage since we do the articles out of passion for enhancing the knowledge base in Wikipedia. I wanted to do
Etang Saumatre article has passed DYK review. I remember now that I had posted this and the Iceland article when you had taken a wiki brake in protest. I find that Wikipedia is like a government organization and no one cares for what we do or do not do. It is too impersonal a place. I will work on Ataq text soon. --N.V.V. CharTalk
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Hi, I made a wrapper for German districts, see Nordvorpommern for an example, and Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 October 20 for the discussion (it was relisted). I don't think the looks are very different, I suppose your main problem was the map. I would prefer a map of the district within its state, not Germany. As you can see at Nordvorpommern these maps are available in a nicer format. Let me know if you need additional parameter fields. MarkussepTalk 11:20, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Czech painters
Ha, Blofeld! It's nice to see this "online wanderer" on a journey into the Czech cultural landscape. I went through the pages and made a minor clean up. Thanks! --
Nope - just a particularly sticky speedy that I tagged this morning. It's bene around since August, and I'm wondering why it wasn't spotted earlier. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 21:53, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Google scares me sometimes. They even have a street view of my neighborhood posted...it's a little creepy to go through that online.
I'm taking a quiet night tonight, but I'll probably work on some things tomorrow and Sunday - a couple of painters, perhaps, and some composers. (If I get a handful more Spanish composers, and a few more Hungarian ones, it should be possible to clean up the European composer stub category somewhat). --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 05:36, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
Well, yes - but I want to get that category cleaned up a little. Shouldn't take that long, and Czech composers already have a category of their own. :-) --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 15:37, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
Oh, and it's not so much the heat of the office, really...yesterday was fairly quiet, actually. But then, Fridays are usually like that, I've noticed. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 15:48, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
I don't actually spend a lot of time around the California articles; to be completely honest, I lived there once, long ago, and have no desire to read up on the place any more. :-) What kills me is how much we're missing from other states - not just Virginia. I'm sure there are hundreds of little places elsewhere that aren't being written up yet. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:04, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
Well, there are a couple of reasons for that. For one thing, there's no Geograph project for the United States the way there was for the UK, which saddens me; we could certainly do something like that in this country if we put our minds to it. (That's been a huge boon to UK-related articles.) For another, I think it just doesn't occur to people - you know, the "Why would I photograph it? I live here - I know what it looks like!" syndrome. Look at the back-and-forth on the talk page over at Springfield, Virginia; I took that picture, I've lived in the area over twenty years, and yet I don't know what I'm talking about, apparently.
As for unsourced information, I think that comes about because people want to help, somehow, but they don't think about formatting their information to match the rest of the article. A lot of those edits are from drive-by IPs, and while some eventually come back to become full-fledged editors, not all of them do. That's how we get a lot of local history added; you wouldn't believe how industrious some local historical societies can be. Same with mayors, school district information, and information about fire departments, police departments, city councils, and things like that. It's good information; it just needs patience to sort out and clean up. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:35, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
Not really, no - I'm a self-described Southerner, even if I don't have the accent. :-) It just doesn't show up much around here because there are other people who cover the area better, and more in-depth, than I do. I like eastern Europe for the same reason I'm interested in parts of Africa and the South Pacific; I never studied it that much, in my field at least - hence the interest in Polish and Czech art. It makes a refreshing change sometimes.
Derek Walcott puts it nicely in Omeros when he describes
...the interlocking
basins of a globe in which one half fits the next
into an equator, both shores neatly clicking
into a globe; except that its meridian
was not North and South but East and West. One, the New
World, made exactly like the Old, halves of one brain...
Well, my grandmother's family was from Lithuania; and her father was born in eastern Latvia. And my grandfather was probably of Polish extraction, though we aren't certain. Add in the fact that my father was a teacher of Russian for many years, and a Slavophile, and that would explain some of it. :-) --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:59, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
Yep. Census is done - they do one every ten years - and now they're working on preparing the data for release. There's actually been a fair bit of controversy over it. I'm curious how Wiki's going to handle the data - will they replace the old, or merely add a 2010-related update? --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 19:02, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
With any luck, it will. But I'm not sure yet when the data's going to be released...sometime later this year, I'm sure. Collection's about done, as far as I know. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 19:06, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
You, too - I'm going to do a few Czech painters. I'm going to the opera tonight, so I'll be curtailed for the afternoon, but I should be able to manage five or six. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 19:09, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
The ones that aren't there, I'll add; I'll add images later, when I have a little more time to do so. Tonight, once I get home. Excellent work on Antarctica! It should be possible to have the whole continent covered soon. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 19:27, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
I used to do some, when I had a free moment; perhaps I'll pick it up again sometime soon. Right - a couple more painters, then I'll probably be done for the afternoon. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 19:34, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
Sure - I'll work on the Yemeni districts a bit after breakfast, once I've gotten settled for the afternoon. And a few more painters while I'm at it. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:29, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
OK, will do. And I've got my eye on a couple of painters to work on, so I think I know where I'll be focusing for right now. Keep up the good wrk on Antarctica! --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:38, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks - this is a good little book that I found at the Gallery. Nicely put together, and very informative. I did get the e-mails; I've responded. The opera was good...the orchestra was too loud, but I've come to expect that from WNO. Good, strong cast; it was well-performed, and generally well-directed (the best on-stage solution to the ending I've ever seen - she was strangled instead of being crushed). --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:46, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
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There is, I'll look into it. I'm currently busy at ANI.. again.. Phaugh. RichFarmbrough, 19:06, 22 October 2010 (UTC).
Citation bot and reflinks both come up with no-changes. RichFarmbrough, 19:14, 22 October 2010 (UTC).
I'll spend a few minutes on it. RichFarmbrough, 19:15, 22 October 2010 (UTC).
it concerns me that you've made dozens of apparently unilateral changes to the colours in the templates for california. you might not be aware that the colour is representative of the the state's official motto, 'the golden state'. --emerson7 14:29, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
should 'you' be the sole arbiter of what's unprofessional? --emerson7 15:04, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
California
Of course, the California articles are near and dear to my heart. When the census data comes in, there will probably be a mass drive for updating the US city/county, etc. articles, but I assume there will be plenty of editors who'll be up to the task... and maybe the census updating will motivate other improvements. I'll look at
Wales is awesome on google maps! I've created some articles on Calif ghost towns. To me, interesting stuff... steeped in history. Check out Category:Ghost towns in California. I'll probably work on them some more. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:23, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
Expanded Ladislav Žák. Lead needs more content. Then ready. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:39, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
Expanded with whatever I could muster. --N.V.V. CharTalk. 23:41, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
More expansion, and then I nom'ed it. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:12, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Araçuaí River
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Exploring site
Hi Doc, Sorry for dropping off the edge of the world lately. Well, actually I didn't quite drop as such, as there seems to be land off the edge, so I have been up to some exploring lately which resulted in this website: [3]. And well, since it is relevant here, I also posted this request here Talk:Montevideo#Addition_of_external_link. No reactions yet. Maybe if I find some free time I will do with Wikiproject Uruguay what I did with Films once, and maybe some life will be rekindled. Anyway, can you take a look and maybe decide to do or not do what the request suggests? Thanks. HoverfishTalk 01:00, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
Don't worry about the request, it was taken care of. I see Your eveliness is very busy lately, so well, just greetings from one who is back from RIP'ing. HoverfishTalk 11:47, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
Sorry to hear that; there are some nasty bugs going around this time of year! No worries about any of these articles. If you're still interested in improving Cal municipality articles, here's another ho hum one -- Nevada County, California -- one of the most beautiful places on the planet. Hope you're better soon. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:10, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
User-anat
Could you please respond to the suggestion at the talk page that this is a hoax? I'm not suggesting you created it as one, but where does this come from? I couldn't find a source. Thanks.
Hi Dr B. I've done this. I created an initial template for the hieroglyphs which I guess could be widely used no, but it's based on the German one and will need a bit of work to make it user-friendly. I don't really have time to do this at present (and I'm not an expert on templates). --Bermicourt (talk) 15:06, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
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Ecch. Wish I could give you some advice, but the worst I've suffered through lately was a nasty headcold a few months ago. And that didn't last but a couple of days. Maybe you should see your doctor even if it does clear up in a couple of days. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:38, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
Oh, I know. I had a headache myself when I got to the office; fortunately it's cleared up since. --17:16, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
Oooh, I like it. There are a couple of the smaller Caribbean islands missing (Saba comes to mind); I'll slip those in in a little while. I just took a little break and stub-tagged enough Spanish composers to get a new stub category out of them. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 19:57, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
Right. I've given you a tricky one for Papua New Guinea. Kulap should be expandable; there's material available online, but it takes some finding. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 21:20, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
I am busy collecting references and text for this article and related four others for a 5 article hook. I will use my sandboxes for this expansion which may take a few days. I have posted
Glacier Bay for GA. Can you suggest some short stubs for articles in Austria, Australia, Antigua, and other countries starting with "A". I have some references on two articles, one in Algeria and another in Afghanistan, which I will do shortly after I return to India early next month. I want to limit my inputs for only two articles per country. --N.V.V. CharTalk
. 18:23, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
I did add but there was a conflict of simultaneous editing. I will add now. Format is fine. However, we have already covered 32 countries in the past few months including India.--N.V.V. CharTalk. 21:28, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
I have added some text to Fohoren. Tough to find any good text in English. I could not make any sesnse out of this translation [4]. Lafiteau is yet to be nominated.
A-Z; sure; let me start thinking about possibilities. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:48, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
I have completed my inputs to Tanazania articles on Matengo. I have left a message on Rosiestep's talk page. However, if you could muster one or two images it will add colour to the two interesting articles (I have learnt about the 'pit method of cultivation'. This is a stark contrast to the practice of
jhum cultivation practiced in the hills of India which is not as authentic practice for environmental preservation and hence discouraged). These two could be posted as a double article hook on DYK, with an img if found.--N.V.V. CharTalk
. 17:48, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Nom'ed the Matengos. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:50, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
Could you help me expand Tirana County similar to Berat County? Say me what to do and i will help! --Vinie007 22:05, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
I started to read it, and made little changes, i will work further in it and maybe we could take it to same level as Berat County --Vinie007 17:47, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Maybe, you can throw an eye on Tourism in Albania, we can found tonns of information about it. Intresting fact is that tourism growth by 42% (REF) I really don't now how to take this article to a higher level but maybe you could help me a bit with the start. --Vinie007 20:58, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Sory can't get you? My english isn't that good --Vinie007 21:02, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Ok will search it --Vinie007 10:25, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
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Sorry for the late reply. I'm not quite back to full-time editing again. Don't know what happened to Huldra, though she is missed. Happy editing. Tiamuttalk 07:21, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Expanded it. There's more in the 1901 Annales if you get to it. Napolean was linked with Gondreville, Oise in this reference. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:37, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
PROD
Didn't see that the page was vandalized, ignore the proposed deletion. --PuffinLets talk! 11:08, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
OK; I've done a handful, to keep the categories from sitting empty. I think it would be best for me to complete the rest using AWB. I can't do it tonight; think it can be done tomorrow? --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 15:07, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Awesome - I look forward to the results. I did a few more awards-related categories last night; that's going to be one of my long-term projects, I think. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 15:14, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
That's right - you do have that list. It's amazing what's coming online now...I've found things that I never expected to find, even five years ago. And yet I still can't find information on some of those Czech painters. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:06, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Well, Google Street View already showed up in my neighborhood; talk about creepy. Thankfully it didn't come down my street, but still...I mean, I live in a fairly uninteresting area; what interest anyone may have in it I don't know. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:37, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
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DYK for Lafiteau
nominate
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Id Gah Mosque
, Afghanistan
I have tried to expand this article. You may have some book on Afghanistan to add some more text to make it 5x.--N.V.V. CharTalk. 02:39, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
Excellent. Can you please check on reference 10? I have also added some text to Tirana County. However, substantial part of the article is not referenced though the references are listed under the References section; some of them are in Albanian language and I can't follow this language. --N.V.V. CharTalk. 02:38, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
I will probably finish with
Id Gah Mosque and Samangan Province as independent articles on the DYK. Khulm River and Akyab, Samangan (Samanagan and Aybak, Samangan need to be merged) could be made into double articile hook later. --N.V.V. CharTalk
. 18:23, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
I have completed my inputs to Samangan Province and Samangan articles. However, it needs some more referencing to the legend section ( may be yo would like to prune it). I have done it in a hurry. Please edit its as required. Thanks. I will revert to you on Sunday.--N.V.V. CharTalk. 01:48, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
You are invited to the role of Lord High Tea-boy (Lapsang souchong) or any other title you care to pick. RichFarmbrough, 18:35, 27 October 2010 (UTC).
Maybe Tibeti? Oh.. and no shark tanks! RichFarmbrough, 18:36, 27 October 2010 (UTC).
DYK for Achany
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Yes - that will come shortly. I'm varying things up a little by doing categories of award winners. There's a lot of work in that arena that needs doing. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:26, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
Can't say as I recognize any of them from the museum exhibit, but most of them are outside the time frame that was being shown. I may do a couple more tonight, but I've got a couple of other things I want to work on as well...couple of Cuban painters, and Caribbean artists, to pump up the stub tags. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:15, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
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Instead of supporting someone who has long shown to be a strange Abhishek hater, you better help with the guy who keeps vandalising the National Film Award for Best Actor, adding completely irrelevant actors (who have won different awards). He's been reverted by several editors, one of them has started a discussion and keeps at the same. He was already blocked once for his disruptive editing and now he's at that again. Shahid • Talk2me 19:33, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
Okay then! Then go and see the history of this guy who has been blocked by YellowMonkey for his unjustified edits on Abhishek Bachchan's article. See link in which he keeps adding a personal opinion about Bachchan sourcing it to irrelevant sources. That's why he was blocked. He is now back with the expected, just as he did a few weeks ago with his edits in which he kept adding that Bachchan had had 17 consecutive flops, without anything anything particularly vivid to the article. What on earth has criticism given by some art director got to do with his career section? I'm all for fair negative criticism where an actor's acting performances are concerned, but this controversy just does not belong here. I think I've always been fair enough and never given my personal opinions reflect in my work. I see you do not trust my edits, so you are far too quick to revert me. Sorry, wrong number. Shahid • Talk2me 19:49, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
Me too buddy!! :( It must get pretty lonely and boring for you nowadays. -- BollywoodDreamztalk 02:47, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
Shahid, I thought you enlisted Blofeld's support and I was right!! I see you've been bitching about me and ganging up with your buddies. I am not a Abhishek hater, I just believe that bollywood tries its best to bury unpalatable news, pays for coverage/ favorable news (payment can also be in kind, like a star promising to appear on a channel in return for favorable coverage); and all of this goes against free press, is tantamount to cheating the reader/ audience, who pay for the papers/ channels not knowing the news they are fed is false and paid for. Hence, if I find an article too glossy and does not list the actor/actress's failures, I change it to be more balancing. Then, I was new to wikipedia and found the career section on Abhishek overly favourable to him; a first time reader would have concluded that he had had a great career. The write-up was peppered with hits, awards, packed performances abroad. I tried to change it; being new to wikipedia, I did not know all the mores and rules and fell short. Then, as now, you promptly enlisted the support of your buddy 'YellowMonkey', had me blocked and reverted the changes. But buddy, this time I am playing it right and I expect you to counter with logic if you want to revert my edits, no quoting past conviction eh.. A recent research on the decline of wikipedia said ".... Chi also notes the rise of wiki-lawyering: for your edits to stick, you've got to learn to cite the complex laws of Wikipedia in arguments with other editors. Together, these changes have created a community not very hospitable to newcomers." linkGtyagi60 (talk) 05:09, 29 October 2010 (UTC)gtyagi60
Well, the article does say "17 flops" so I'd hardly call that favorable. In fact if it were a Hollywood actor they would have fallen from grace.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:23, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
"17 flops" is something I added after much resistance and thuggish threats of being blocked linklinkGtyagi60 (talk) 11:42, 29 October 2010 (UTC)gtyagi60
How about you write a much improved more detailed version of the article at User:Gtyagi60/Sandbox. Ensure it is sourced and has a BALANCE of praise/criticism from critics about his performances. Then I and/or Shahid willread it and we can come to an agrreement. The career section needs major improvement. More of his films and performances need discussion.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:51, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
Besides failing to understand what qualifies you or shahid to be self-appointed reviewers for anything I write, i think it is difficult for one person to achieve balance. like in most organisations where opposing forces work to evolve a balanced thought/ policy (democratic set-ups etc), articles should similarly evolve through contributions from multiple writers. i added my bit to the abhishek's article and would appreciate if the edits were not unilaterally deleted and please go easy on the threats. a discussion is the civil way and i appreciate the debate on the 'flop' usage, i hope you will await a final outcome of the discussion before making changes to the wording. Gtyagi60 (talk) 12:03, 29 October 2010 (UTC)gtyagi60
You really come across as a piece of work. I am the one who is strongly suggesting that we come to an agreement civilly over content where we are all happy. Fine then, I am a dullard who knows nothing about wikipedia and have no idea how to write good content. Fact is that if you edit the article directly you are highly likely to be reverted hwhich will only cause further ill feeling. Demonstrate that you are a genuine editor with no hidden agenda or issues who genuinely wants to improve content and i am sure Shahid would welcome you. In such cases it is best to write a draft in your user space with several people working on it to avoid edit warring in the mainspace. If not then I can't help you, at some point you will be blocked again for edit warring.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:23, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
my point is that I may not know all to write a comprehensive article on one person, but i know bits and can contribute little to each. on an other point, while categorically stating that I no 'hidden agenda', it does not matter even if I have one as long as what i write/edit is logical and supported by cites and sources. why judge what my agenda is? instead look at what I have written and see if it is valid, pertinent, well supported and should hence stay or not. and if you think it should not stay justify why it should not. Gtyagi60 (talk) 13:56, 29 October 2010 (UTC)gtyagi60
There is a huge problem with
Wikipedia:POV issues with Indian ciema articles. If you actually examine the bulk of Shshshsh's reverts you'll see most of them are completely valid and are mostly reverts from people who say "the film was a super hit" with no source or "considered the greatest actor in India" or something nasty about the actor like "Kajol is a part time hooker". Others have rcially motivated issues and may be anti Hindi and try to push Urdu or whatever and hate Bollywood are try to promote southern Indian cinema. It is often difficult to tell if an editor really has an agenda or not. From personal experience a great dela of edits made to Indian cinema related article shave some form of issue and if not are generall yinclined to give their point of view without keeping in neutral. In this case Shahid seems to believe that you are deliberately trying to disparage Bollywood actors, "putting them down". I cannot comment either way as I really would rather be spending my time elsewhere, may if you added both positive and negative reviews at the same time it would clear it up. ♦ Dr. Blofeld
14:03, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
I told didn't I. Previously he used to add so much unsourced nonsense. If he keeps edit warring, I'll repotrt him at ANI. Shahid • Talk2me 15:55, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
Afghanistan
I just finished doing a bit of work on some of the Afghanistan articles (Khulm River, Samangan, Samangan Province), but I have a sore throat, and have to call it a day. For the same reason, I did very little with Lhasa yesterday. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:45, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
Pupil
Not one of mine. He hit one or two articles Ive been meaning to do.Thelmadatter (talk) 17:12, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
Sanapia
I just saw and was duly impressed. Incidentally these stubs were data from the ANB "recent updates" page. I am amazed they cover people we don't - better coverage I can understand, but broader? RichFarmbrough, 18:05, 29 October 2010 (UTC).
Gratitude?
Bah since when am I grateful for further articles when we have hundreds of indonesian soccer one liner blps created by non englsh speakers ?
Suro
22:40, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
Amazing
Hello there! I stumbled upon your contribution history today, and I must say that I am amazed! How do you manage to compile so many articles in such a short space of time? What software do you use? — Fly by Night(talk) 00:30, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Ladislav Žák
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Hello, Doctor. Can you please change the script you are using to create all the articles about mountains in Antarctica to stop linking to the disambiguation page
Summit (topography)|Peak]] instead. --R'n'B (call me
Hmm I think of things like Jefferson Airplanes white rabbit track when I see your messages:
I'll ask some of the active decent Indonesian editors if they can expand a few. huh?
clearly you dont understand much about the Indonesian project.. we survivie just - but fixing others stuff - you gotta be kidding.
go for the Indonesian soccer one liner stubs if you want to laugh or cry.
We're lucky to see anyone there - like the world economy (british public servants excluded) - most projects are the living dead,
if you hadnt realised.... rivers - if I was sitting in pub, drink in hand I could tell you a big long story about a moron who
was more interested in getting the rivers right on a 1990's map of indonesia than the actual roads or real features....
Youre culturally so off the mark I cannot believe it
Rivers are the latrines of the nation -
The 1965/66 killings they were the main locations of the dead
But hey - enjoy yourself - I could see at least 10 other possible subject areas uncovered that remain untouched in the project -
I suppose the flurry of untagged additions might make you feel ok - thats fine - but...
Suro
12:55, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
Most of the active editors are either personal friends on and off wiki whom I have had gmail or facebook chats over the last five years, I would never cast nasturtions in their nasal appendages,
but as for my cynicism - my grey cat brought in a baby marsupial partially eaten earlier this evening :| - but really, rivers are low on the scale of importance in the indonesian way of looking at things - culturally where you shit, pollute with others things and throw your unwanted dead is not a point of interest, unless you can navigate up in nautical fashion... ships and anything down to canoes... But despite that I can see your point of making sure they are in and mentioned...
Suro
13:07, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
In my wifes study area on the upper side of the now erupting merapi (within the dust will kill you zone on the north west side) they used to try to not take the water from the river for drinking even though there was only one village above them between them and the crater (!!!) throughout java, clean drinking water is an serious issue - if we were sitting in front of the amber fluid of a pub - this can be expanded into a 4 hour rave with extra diversions and digressions -
Suro
13:17, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
Interesting - your use of a rand mcnally atlas as a ref - sort of very james bondish - i like it - none of your electified modern fandangled web based ref - just a good burn after reading item
Yeah well if I was in the same state of financial comfort I was a year or two ago - yeah - but very challenged at the moment so time and things do not support the time needed to tidy up ad get it into some coherent order - anyways thanks for all the fish - im out for the night here in
Suro
13:50, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
DYK for Fohorem
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I've started 4 articles that might interest you, one on an ethno group,
J.P.B. de Josselin de Jong (P.E. djdj's uncle; and a father of Dutch anthropology). There will be either 2 double-hooks or 1 quad-hook. Jump in if you feel like working on these, but no worries if you're busy with other things; I'll leave a note with nvv also. --Rosiestep (talk
) 18:14, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
If your upside down Dutch translation skills are better than mine, Schefold's abridged biography. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:50, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
I have done Sakuddei. You know my views of biographic articles. Still I will take a shot this time. However, let us at this stage limit to two articles for each country. --N.V.V. CharTalk. 04:06, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
Klotok is also done. See if the img I have uploaded is Ok. Otherwise it needs to be deleted. There is nothing much to write on the boat. --N.V.V. CharTalk. 06:51, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
I hope I have done justice to the three Netherlands Bibliographic articles. You are free to edit, if it is otherwise. I may add some more tomorrow morning on Patrick's professional life. --N.V.V. CharTalk. 17:55, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
Klotok -- I've expanded it, and it's ready for nom. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:41, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
I'll quadruple nom
J.P.B. de Josselin de Jong by Tuesday; something like "that of the three Univ of Leiden anthropologists, JPBdjdj, founding father of modern Dutch anthropology, PEdjdj, his nephew, and RS, it was the later who lived among the Sakuddei". --Rosiestep (talk
) 20:42, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
I have completed my inputs to Pawan River and Lamandau River. You may like to supplement the lead section of the first article.--N.V.V. CharTalk. 02:39, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
I double nom'ed the other 2. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:22, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Back active
Hi Dr. Blofeld, I just wanted someone to include in the external links of Montevideo my new Montevideo site [5], but this was taken care of finally. Nothing else helpwise. If your organization ever extends its activities around this part of the world, let me know. HoverfishTalk 22:22, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
I moved to Montevideo end of April. Interest? Well, of the personal kind. HoverfishTalk 12:15, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
Relation. Yes, I'm a sort of globalized Greek in Montevideo. I'm learning Spanish, understand it fairly well, but couldn't contribute beyond basic level yet. I may be developing articles on the various neighbourhoods, museums, buildings of Montevideo, cultural topics mostly and some geography ones. HoverfishTalk 12:26, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
