User:Dr. Blofeld/September2010

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Gares vs stations

You may be (partly) right about the French stations, I have just continued what was already there. I think for the main stations in Paris "Gare du Nord", "Gare de Lyon" etc. are also used in English. If you prefer English translations, maybe you should start a discussion at some wikiproject (I guess WP France, WP Stations, WP Trains). Markussep ^Talk 16:03, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

I started doing these stations because I stumbled on a terrible "translation" by Pumpie [4], and got a bit carried away ;-) About the article titles, best start with WP Stations. Markussep ^Talk 16:21, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

OAX

Sure...I think I'm the only person in Oaxaca on English Wikipedia, so I'd be more than happy to help out. --nsaum75^{¡שיחת!‎} 16:18, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Sí, sí hablo espanol como una segunda idioma...pero mi ingles es mucho mejor :-) The education section should be easy for me to expand...plus I'll see if there is any WP:RS I can harvest from the es.wiki Oaxaca article. --nsaum75^{¡שיחת!‎} 16:39, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I'll work on it when I get home from work this evening. --nsaum75^{¡שיחת!‎} 18:23, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Si si si.. Futbol!!! Actually the Guerreros de Oaxaca, a Mexican-league baseball team, is pretty popular state-wide. --nsaum75^{¡שיחת!‎} 18:43, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

I added a little on sport, but that's not my favorite subject.Thelmadatter (talk) 15:02, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Mine neither...speaking of sports...the last game I went to, one of street vendors was cooking red, white and green salchichas on some sort of cook top he'd rigged up to the exhaust system on his car... I'm not sure what put me off more, my curiosity of what exactly they dyed the hotdogs with, or if you could some sort of poisoning from cooking with automobile exhaust. --nsaum75^{¡שיחת!‎} 01:55, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Education

I tried to expand the Education section using what sourced information I could find from Es.Wiki article as well as some stuff I found on my own. I also added primary and higher education sections, but need to find more reliably sourced info to include. Primary education here in Oaxaca is so fractured (and outside of Oaxaca de Juarez, the title of "Elementary School Teacher" often falls to a 13 year old "graduate" of the same elementary). Anyhow, I'll work on it more later. I'll also snap some pics for the recently-expanded healthcare section too. --nsaum75^{¡שיחת!‎} 01:55, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Chocolate

FYI - I removed the chocolate photo and added a short video I took of chocolate being made in a Mayordomo store. I was concerned that since a branded logo was somewhat prominent in the chocolate photo, it might pose a problem during the GA review process. That said...I'm not really sure if a video belongs in the article. Alternatively, I do have other photos of chocolate being made, I just thought a video might be more informative. --nsaum75^{¡שיחת!‎} 07:09, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Idea for getting development of articles

There are to my eyes two basic impediments to some people developing articles about what might be called "less significant" people, places and the like. One of these is the question of notability. The other is finding sources. Particularly for some areas where English is not a broadly used language, the latter might be a bigger problem than the former. That is one reason why I am slowly trying to go about making lists of relevant periodicals and books for various areas.

There is also another problem, unfortunately. That can often be finding people who are even sufficiently interested to make the effort of creating articles. This may well be the biggest problem in many of these cases, particularly for smaller non-English countries.

There might be a bit of a way going about maybe generating interest for at least some of those articles. I know you are aware of the

We have a rather large category,

If (and that is an if) we could get interest from the 1.0 people and the various other relevant projects and groups out there to maybe create a WikiProject to deal with the articles relevant to hall of fame inductees, significant historical developments included in Timetables of History and other similar sources, and other important matters for areas which aren't discussed by either, would you have any interest in being involved in it? The group could apply a rough general importance rating to each individual "award", and apply the highest relevant importance rating to each article. Being listed in Timetables of History or similar sources might be a generic "Mid" importance rating, for example. Such a group might also be better able to draw attention to less frequently discussed areas, like Oceania and the Baltics. Granted, those areas may not have comparatively many articles or inductees, but it might help bring more attention to them. God knows how low the importance rating given to an inductee into the Purina Animals Hall of Fame as per here, but they could be eligible, as well as stories in the Science Fiction Hall of Fame collections and other such literary awards.

Any interest? John Carter (talk) 17:07, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

For the most part, I agree that most wikiprojects are a waste of time, and this is the guy who started many. Like I said, I myself have found sourcing to be a problem in lots of cases. However,

WP:1.0 is kind of static right now, given the comparatively few articles it deals with. Some sort of expansion beyond the articles currently selected might generate more interest, and maybe more cooperation on those comparatively important articles. And hall of fame inductees are pretty much granted importance of some kind, particularly in national halls and the like. Basically, I noticed your comment about autogenerating the remaining DNB articles, and thought that something like this, which in lots of ways might include individuals in an unofficial "World DNB" might be similar. The one thing it would need is lists of individuals inducted into these halls, and I don't think I myself here in the US can necessarily gain access to all those lists. But you, as a Brit, might have access to similar recognitions there and maybe elsewhere. John Carter (talk

) 17:25, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

I myself have never assumed that my doing a good article would get others to follow suit. If anything, people are more likely to leave the work to the person who did the first article, and go on to other things. But if we could create the lists of sources, which I am slowly working on, and maybe establish notability by listing them as inductees at a notable hall, that would get us closer. But, yeah, right now there are about 2004 projects listed in the directory, of which at least 900 are sub-topical (subnational entities, fictional series, etc.) and about 200 others are music and/or sports related. And, just to clarify, although there are several DNBs out there, they tend to list a lot of people, including several of comparatively little importance even in their own country. This would allow a bit of focus on those who are judged to be of the greatest important people and things from a particular country. Anyway, just an idea. John Carter (talk) 17:45, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

DNB

My posting to Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Dictionary of National Biography auto-generated content:

I am against bot generated content. Over the last year I have created a lot of DNB based content here (eg

WP:CITE "say where you got it". I think it is far better that the articles are created as stubs the list Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/DNB Epitome using {{DNBIE

}}. It does not take days to transfer a page as a cut and past (which is what the Bot would do) it takes minutes. What takes the time is cleaning it and bringing it up to standard, and the bot does not save any time in doing that.

So what I would suggest is

• That a new parameter is added to {{
  DNB
  }} next.
• That a bot is run creating a stub articles, for any DNB articles that exist on Wikisource, based on the topic entry in Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/DNB Epitome list.
• Editors can go through the entries in the category stating that an article exists on Wikisource (created by the {{DNBIE}} stub entry) cut and past them across (easy to do with the link provided by the bot in the template) and modify them by hand.

Of course "first catch youe hare" the entries in

talk

) 01:01, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

My proposal is a sort of halfway house. But I suggest that you notify

I have been looking at this in the background, since discussing briefly with Charles. Keep me in the loop on this. Rich Farmbrough, 14:09, 14 September 2010 (UTC).

I noticed that you created a new article Richard Arnald. Although it is not yet documented the {{

DNB

}}that currently do not use a named parameter.

BTW You will find a complete list of volumes linked to the Internet Archive at the wikipedia article

talk

) 00:50, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

New DNB WikiProject

For information: I have set up Wikipedia:WikiProject Dictionary of National Biography, since the time has certainly come when there should be a place for collective discussion of the DNB adaptation effort. Please come and participate. Charles Matthews (talk) 09:24, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

St Margaret's and Royal Albion

Hi – thanks for doing that; I'll keep an eye on the talk pages to see when the reviews are started. Will tidy up/add more to the articles shortly. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 22:16, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Lithium in Tibet

See this here

Thanks. I am hesitant to intrude in to other Users articles posted for GA and invite snide remarks or deletion of any texts added. I have read the discussions on the talk page of the article Sisimiut. That is why I did not work on the Mexican article. But you have already moved the text on Transportation and Education after parphrasing the traslated text to the main space. Where are the references for the parks for me to work on? -- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 09:51, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

I have added text of three pars to Oaxcaca article. I hope they are adequate on the parks aspects. On the Lithium issues, User: Materialscientist has rightly chanaged the title to Lake Zabuye and improved the article substantially, since many of the references were found to be unreliable. However, he needs the exact meaning of the word 'Zabuye' either in Tibetan or Chinese language. I tried but the reference I have given him may not be fully satisfactory. Can you find the meaning of this word from your source books and confirm to Materialscientist? Thanks.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 14:36, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

If you feel that they will go through the GA process, please suggest which of the six articles

Glacier Bay, Margerie Glacier, Deer Rock, Chilkoot Lake, Chilkoot River and Salmon Creek Dam should I nominate. Of course all are well referenced. You would have to help me in case of too many snide remarks, and I am very pessimistic about GAs, as the last one on Ashokan Edicts in Delhi was a disaster.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk

. 14:49, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the comforting words. I will nominate

Glacier Bay, after I complete the six articles hook on Shannan Province. I should be able to post the first few by tomarrow evening. You would need to add lots of pictures and also add from your book sources on Tibet. I am very tired today working since morning. I will call it a day, but a good day overall. Thanks.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk

. 15:09, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

• I have added a Section on Religion and also on Yagul Monument. Yes, your proposal for the main page is fine. Give me the tutorial to d fix it on my page. Thanks.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 06:19, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

The skin is Monobook. I have not fitted the modified main page that you have designed on my user talk page yet to check the space available. Please see

Shannan Prefecture

to fit the infobox and for addtional text and imgs.

I have both. I will be adding more on Shannan and also posting other five articles in the my user pages in the next day or two.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 10:23, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

I tried the main page insertion as suggested by you but there was a warning that I should consult at Village Pump before proceeding further. Hence, I did not continue. Tibet lakes will take some time as at present I have very heavy office work related to my consultancy firm. I have not been able to complete the Shannan articles also. Bear with me, pl.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 09:57, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

I tried and I got this message. "Code that you insert on this page could contain malicious content capable of compromising your account. If you are unsure whether code you are adding to this page is safe, you can ask at the appropriate village pump. The code will be executed when previewing this page under some skins, including Monobook".-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 10:13, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Burma towns and townships

Yes, cleaning these up has been on my list for awhile. I have finally gotten a hold of the three volume Myanmar Historical Commission Fiftieth Anniversary Conference Proceedings (2005) which, in addition to history and theory, contains some interesting geographic data. I have just barely begun to explore it. When I am trying to reconstruct where certain edits in articles come from, I find the edit summaries in the View History very useful. One thing that would help, is if you could indicate in your edit summaries what you've dealt with. --Bejnar (talk) 22:07, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Asaf Ataseven

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Lots of people are Physicians, but is there anything that makes this gentleman a notable Physician?

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No, but coverage in reliable books does make them notable. Dr. Blofeld 12:18, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Raavan

Sorry I really didn't notice your message!! I have not seen it yet. Have you? How are you? Shahid • ^Talk2me 13:05, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

A little recognition

		The Writer's Barnstar
		Probably you've gotten many of these, and more will follow, but I wanted to express my personal appreciation and gratitude for the hundreds of Balkans articles written, without mentioning the 60K+ articles in Wikipedia you've written overall. You are an example to follow. The knowledge, the enthusiasm, the great attitude, and the love of sharing knowledge and put it in wikipedia so that all can access it easily, make you one of the best wikipedians of all time. In my opinion you are the first hall of famer that this project should have. It's a pleasure and an honor for me to give this barnstar. Thank you! Sulmues (talk) 16:06, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Berat County

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Oaxaca Regions Districts

I can do that. Aymatth2 (talk) 18:25, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

See User:Aymatth2/Sandbox. Municipality names don't work - too long and too many of them. Now I have to find the data... Aymatth2 (talk) 19:49, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

You mean I can't just make up the numbers? Is this some sort of new policy? Time for a beer. Aymatth2 (talk) 20:51, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

There is a discrepancy. The lead says total area is 95,364 km², citing Mexconnect. The table of regions and districts gives a total of 93,967 km², citing Oeidrus, which should be definitive. I believe there has been some dispute over the boundary with Chiapas in the Selva Zoque area, which may account for the difference. Aymatth2 (talk) 02:40, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

The areas in the table add up to the total at the foot of the table. The individual areas and the total both come from Oeidrus, which is consistent as one would expect. I assume the Mexconnect number is incorrect. Aymatth2 (talk) 12:05, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Got it! You were looking at the infobox number: 93,952 km², which is 15 km² less than the Oeidrus number. That is exactly what would be expected if you rounded down the area of each of the 30 districts and then added them up. The table rounds the district areas up or down to the nearest km², adding up to the right total. But the 95,364 km² number, quoted in two places and sourced from Mexconnect, is out by 1,397 km². I will fix and source. Picky stuff. Aymatth2 (talk) 12:39, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Mainpage

Generally, yes - I like the colors and the layout. The only thing I'd do is make the rows of books smaller, so that all four fit across the window; right now they're three to a row, with the fourth one below. But that could be just my resolution. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:58, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

OK. Dr. Blofeld 19:04, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

List of Ukrainian encyclopedias

How is that? Would that work? Hirnycha encyclopedia I translated as Mining although literally means Mountainous. It studies the mineral composition and possible mining resources. Here is a ref, however, it is in Ukrainian ([5]). Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 20:37, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Mining Encyclopedia, nice one:) Good job! Shouldn't be, possibly, Mining Encyclopedia (Ukraine)? What if there are similar ones in English-speaking countries. Than it would look awkward, I think. Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 21:54, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

I do not see it, though, while

Wow! It will be tough to transwikify the whole Ukrainian wikipedia. It is one of the biggest communities out there. Myself, I also sometimes drawing some infos when composing or editing articles. Sometimes also look into Russian, Polish, and German analogues as well to confirm any bias info. Feel free to throw me something to lend a helping hand. Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 22:30, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Just as

See, you were absolutely right ;) Seriously, it slipped my mind, as so far I haven't had an opportunity to use it. Which reminds me, I meant to ask you: if a location is known with some precision, say, off the coast of a specific island, why should we not prefer to use a more close-up map, rather than the Med as a whole? 'Cause there's a couple of articles in my mind, on battles which took place in the Aegean, and on your map, it would be pretty hard to distinguish where exactly they were. Constantine ✍ 21:26, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, given that galley warfare was essentially coastal, it'd be problematic for anything prior to the Age of Sail. It would certainly be great say for WW2 articles, or for showing multiple engagements within a single campaign or expedition... Constantine ✍ 21:35, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Wow, well done! I was looking to find info, but you're damn quick... Hat off to you, Doctor. Constantine ✍ 22:21, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Catalina Lercaro

Could help improve the article, thanks.--83.46.244.56 (talk) 21:45, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Qemal Butka

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Film page discussion

Hi Dr B. Hope all is well in your bunker. For info, your name came up

Thanks for the reply. I've been working on Vittorio De Sica's films. Filled in all the gaps on his director's template and now I'm starting to add the other films he's acted in. Lugnuts (talk) 10:55, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes, def. support that idea! Lugnuts (talk) 11:07, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Good stuff - will comment later (sadly work is getting in the way of WP!). Dipping back into the Olympic fencers, and found this quite interesting article - Jerzy Pawłowski. Fencer and a spy! Some other really interesting articles, esp of Hungarian fencers who suffered in POW camps in WWII. Lugnuts (talk) 11:39, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes, they don't look the best - but at least someone has started them! Lugnuts (talk) 07:42, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Amankila

Right now, the bibliographies and lists of publications for the various topical and geographical projects seems to me to be the most important thing to do. If and when I get done with the list of magazines, etc., the bibliography articles for most subjects should be comparatively easy and quick to make out. Also, it should make it a bit easier for those who want to develop that content to find information to do so. But, given the sheer numbers of serials out there, I have been more gruff than I like in general, trying to get the bloody thing done. Unfortunately. John Carter (talk) 21:21, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Actually, I have been told by some others recently that some of the projects might not want these lists, particularly not if they are incomplete. I have sent some early words to some of the Africa projects and like, and if they don't get any responses I'll just add them anyway. But, yeah, until they're a lot closer to being done than they are now, it probably makes sense to assemble them elsewhere until they're finished. And that site is useful. I've also checked at the local library, and have started to gather together some of the publications that are used on the Gale and Infotrac databases as well. The downside with working on articles myself is, in some cases, the really over the top hysterics some editors show when any changes to their content are proposed or made.

When this gets done, then there should be any easier time getting at least a few editors to be willing to collaborate on developing a broad range of articles, given that they will all have some sort of sources available to them. I actually intend to try to work personally on developing the articles on a lot of the standard books on given subjects. Particularly in the religion fields, there are a lot of trashy books out there, even, to my surprise, in seminary libraries. I think getting together the information on where a given book is considered good and where it isn't might make it a lot easier to develop some articles. Right now, I've got multiple reviews of around 40 books on the Jehovah's Witnesses which I hope to soon transfer into articles, probably in offwiki time. Some of those suckers are in the range of 30 to 40 pages long; I'm not sure if they're actually reviews or separate works entirely. But, with the comparatively few "bibliography" articles I've already started, and with the lists for the projects, I think we should be able to make it easier for more editors to spend more time on the articles than just I alone could do. John Carter (talk) 21:45, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Monastery of Saints Quiricus and Julietta

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Belgravia

Just got back from trip so I'll look at it tomorrow after work. It's not the usual type of article I work on; I'm not sure how much help I can be. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:38, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

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Nomination of La Chiquinquirá Church for deletion

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Shannan Prefecture articles

Please see

User:Nvvchar/sandbox/Saptha Badri. Still short of 5x. May be you can find some more text. If I find time I will add the Gonggar Dzong and Gonggar Choede Monastery articles tomarrow. Gonggar County also needs to be finalised with additional reference given by you. I am sorry my knowledge of the wiki tools is not upto the mark to effect trasnfer the Main Page to my user box. It is there as User:Nvvchar/monobook.js in unfinished format. Thanks for your efforts but it is my failure to do it properly.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk

. 16:01, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

I have made a request to Russavia to join us. But there is no response. Today evening, I may be able to work for a few hours on expanding airport article and posting the Gonggar Dzong and Gonggar Monastery articles. Another issue is regarding the table of administrative divisions given in the Shannan Prefecture artcile. I have not been able to find refrence source for the figures in the table. In respect of the new article suggested by you count me in.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 10:09, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

I have also added more text to the airport and its almost 5x now (1406 vs 7030 pose expansion). Please verify.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 13:52, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Baci is done. You may like to post it on DYK. Can you check from your records if there is a village named Gonggar in Gonggar County, since I am not able to find much information about it? What is the status of Oaxcaca Are you posting it for GA?-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 07:41, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Please see here User:Nvvchar/sandbox/forts. I could not find more text and pictures. May be you have some to supplement. The Gonggar Chode Monastery is also without any photos in flickr. Can you locate it from any other source? I will post the artcile soon but wihtout any photo it will look bland. Since I could not find any useful text on Gonggar Town we have to limite the artciles to five only for the hook. Smoking in Indonesi got good viewer response- 5100.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 09:41, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

• Gonggar Chodey Monastery draft is here User:Nvvchar/Sandbox 1.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 15:57, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

• I have added more text to Shannan and Gonggar County. I have linked the table also made some accetable (to me) changes on the disputed area. I am amazed by the blatant progoganda stuff doled out by official sources. I again tried to get some imgs of the monastery but failed. Another two days, the articles should be ready. -- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 11:01, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

I am not keeping well. right now. I am soemhow managing to sit and type this. Iy Africa artciles can wait a for a few days then I will be ineterested. Shannan still needs minor editing and convesrions. -- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 23:26, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Aberdaron and the parishes

Hi Dr Blofeld. Thanks for your comment. I've left you a reply at my Talk page. Skinsmoke (talk) 22:57, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

C.G. Ellicombe

It needs additional refs and rewording. Do you have access to anything else? --Rosiestep (talk) 01:16, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Nevermind; took care of it. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:53, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

And one more thing, thanks for handling Amankila referencing over the weekend. Well done. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:53, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Amantaka and Baci

At the DYK suggestion page I came across the article you created Amantaka. While reviewing it I was drawn to the part about Sienna Miller and Jude Law staying there. I sort of rewrote that section with what I found to be more notable content. I am running that past you in case you had issues with that. I am also notifying you of the stub I started, Baci, which was inspired by what I found at the article. The subject matter is wholly foreign to me so it won't be that easy. If you don't mind, please keep an eye on is to correct any mistakes I may make, and of course add to the article as you please. Sincerely, --PinkBull 01:47, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

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German maps

Are these on "commons" ?

There are 6 bn people, therefore 1 million entities of size 6,000, Qagang has 5115 pop. If there was no "great firewall of China" we might have the articles nonetheless. Maps will, I think, have to wait. Rich Farmbrough, 13:45, 14 September 2010 (UTC).

Kafka has nothing on this:

Distributed to 49 social security subsidies, total amount of 51,744 yuan; processing card 19 re-employment benefits; handle employment services card 120; to apply for small loans unemployed 4, handle 2 million in loans per household, total handle 8 million in loans; free employment agency 36; training 1,450 landless peasants; labor export 1,700, 650 administrative jobs.

that's a lot of administrative jobs! Rich Farmbrough, 15:08, 14 September 2010 (UTC).

I simply removed all the undefined fields. When we get the population figures or maps we can add back skyline image if we wish. I corrected the problem with the infobox template that was causing the odd display. Rich Farmbrough, 19:50, 14 September 2010 (UTC).

Are those the all the ones that are wanted? It's no problem to add back the info fields 1 and 2, based on the presence of the type fields 1 and 2. Rich Farmbrough, 20:16, 14 September 2010 (UTC).

Like this? Rich Farmbrough, 21:05, 14 September 2010 (UTC).

OK, the ordering and the default parameters are done (including the changes to Quijang after your note), there's some white-space differences, everything else I'm happy with. Example. Rich Farmbrough, 21:51, 14 September 2010 (UTC).

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nominate ) 06:02, 15 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Samuel Eyles Pierce nominate ) 06:03, 15 September 2010 (UTC) Blofeld's Assistant Blofeld's Assistant (talk · contribs) - Any idea who this is? Viriditas (talk) 09:34, 15 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Amanjiwo nominate ) 12:04, 15 September 2010 (UTC) Blofeld assistant Dear Blofeld, wanted to bring this to your notice. This edit does not seem right. — Ganeshk (talk) 12:17, 15 September 2010 (UTC) I think the user must be blocked per Username policy. I suggest you report this to ANI. — Ganeshk (talk) 12:21, 15 September 2010 (UTC) Navboxes Hi, just in case you missed it, I pointed out a css method further up the thread at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Navigation templates. HTH. -- Quiddity (talk) 18:14, 15 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Amankila DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. 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Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:04, 16 September 2010 (UTC) Rajesh khanna u have put very nice picture of leena chandarvarkar in mehboob ki mehendi. io would like u to help in future in fixing a fw images for me in some of the films starring rajesh khanna for which the best looking poster of the film and of khanna are not put in present article of wikipedia about his filmsShrik88music (talk) 14:08, 16 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Amantaka Hotel DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. -- Cirt (talk) 18:04, 16 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Berat County DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. -- Cirt (talk) 18:05, 16 September 2010 (UTC) TB Talk to me! 00:19, 17 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Fort Belan DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. — Rlevse • Talk • 06:03, 17 September 2010 (UTC) Sortable tables Hello, Dr. Blofeld. You have new messages at Senra's talk page. Message added 08:40, 17 September 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Hello, Dr. Blofeld. You have new messages at Senra's talk page. Message added Senra (Talk) 18:56, 18 September 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Nomination of Lake Lobake National Park for deletion Lake Lobake National Park, which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy . The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lake Lobake National Park until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion. You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 21:42, 17 September 2010 (UTC) I've given Lobéké a go but it could use some expansion within headers before nom. I also did some research on Dzanga Sangha Special Reserve, currently a one sentence stub, and I think there's enough material for content expansion >5x so it could be a double nom. Mañana. --Rosiestep (talk ) 04:58, 18 September 2010 (UTC) Good job! I've just touched up Lobéké, and I'm doing a bit on Dzanga Sangha Special Reserve now. What do you think about moving it to Dzanga Sangha Forest Special Reserve? Yes, let's look at making it a 3 way and I'd love to work with Nvvchar, something I haven't done before. I need more coffee. --Rosiestep (talk ) 14:37, 18 September 2010 (UTC) I put them in quotes and checked the ghits. I put the ghit info on the talk page as I see there's already been a redirect or move. This will give others a chance to weigh in. I'll add redirects for the other name variations later. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:06, 18 September 2010 (UTC) Created and working on Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas which ties some things together. Don't know yet if it'll qualify. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:37, 18 September 2010 (UTC) Is there a map already available, or can you create something like Figure 1 of this for Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas? --Rosiestep (talk) 17:55, 18 September 2010 (UTC) It's a start and better than not having one. Yeah, we (errr people like you as I'm no map techie) need better mapping tools so keep your money in technology. Can you insert it into the article, or I will later on? I have to run out for a bit. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:25, 18 September 2010 (UTC) Can you polish off Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, then nom it as a three-way with Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve and Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas? And flesh out Bénoué National Park (see de-wiki article, etc.) so it can be nom'd with Lobéké National Park? Or a 5 way nom if you can come up with something. Right now I'm at a loss for a great hook, except for kleptoparasitism at Bénoué. Thanks. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:42, 19 September 2010 (UTC) Yeah I can only think of a nom for the tri parks. i guess the extras will have to be seperate hooks. I'll try to expand this evening its a Sunday morning here and I'm feeling unusually lazy! Thanks for your edits. I remembered a map I uploaded for my Gabon national park articles ages ago and managed to find one on the CARPE USAID website. Stroke of luck. Dr. Blofeld 09:27, 19 September 2010 (UTC) Completely understand that. Doing family stuff today so I won't be on wiki again until maybe tonight. The only editing I was able to do was added an important bird in the Lobéké article and then nom'ed it. The map looks great! --Rosiestep (talk) 21:14, 19 September 2010 (UTC) I got started on Sirmilik National Park as Nunavut is a passion of mine. Date of establishment is 1999 in some articles and 2001 in others; that needs to be locked down better; I'll drop a line with CambridgeBayWeather. I expanded and nom'ed Batoufam. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:15, 20 September 2010 (UTC) Hope you're feeling better. Saw that Bénoué National Park was done so I nom'ed it. I think that leaves Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve and Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas needing nom'ing? --Rosiestep (talk) 03:32, 21 September 2010 (UTC) Scilly File:Scilly Isles Locator Map.png - is this OK? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:52, 18 September 2010 (UTC) Glad you like it. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 23:31, 18 September 2010 (UTC) Talkback Hello, Dr. Blofeld. You have new messages at Tomobe03's talk page. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Orphaned non-free image File:2006 FINA WorldCup logo.jpg You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media ). PLEASE NOTE: I am a bot , and will therefore not be able to answer your questions. I will remove the request for deletion if the file is used in an article once again. If you receive this notice after the image is deleted, and you want to restore the image, click here to file an un-delete request. To opt out of these bot messages, add {{bots|deny=DASHBot}} to your talk page. If you believe the bot has made an error, please turn it off here and leave a message on my owner's talk page. Thank you. DASHBot (talk) 06:16, 19 September 2010 (UTC) Cinema of templates Hey Dr. Blofeld! I haven't heard from you in a while. I posed a question at the discussion and was wondering if you could respond? BOVINEBOY2008 15:02, 19 September 2010 (UTC) Baci Hi, Sorry for not getting back to you earlier, I was quite busy the last few days. Regarding the removal of content about the teaching of the customs, there may have been a mistake. I did not remove it, but moved it to another section.[6] The Baci article seems to have turned into quite a nice article. Thank you, --PinkBull 17:14, 20 September 2010 (UTC) Hi there Sua Eminenza, just in case you have some time, please consider reviewing Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Albania#Project_2 and considering granting your very very precious help. --Sulmues (talk) 22:25, 20 September 2010 (UTC) ... And "Sua Eminenza" wasn't ironic, but only my respectful "Your Highness" in Italian to you. --Sulmues (talk) 22:30, 20 September 2010 (UTC) Congo articles I have expanded the Nouabale-Ndoki National Park article by more than 5x. Also added a little more in the other two articles of the ri region. May be it is Ok for DYK nomination. You may be able find some imgs. -- N.V.V. Char Talk . 02:22, 21 September 2010 (UTC) Thanks. I could barely manage to expand one artilce by 5x. I am still not well. Age seems to be catching up on me. I hope I will be able work for some more time.-- N.V.V. Char Talk . 16:01, 21 September 2010 (UTC) Not fully. But much better now. I was in Bangalore all these days and I have just returned to Delhi. Sirmilik National Park can be expanded further provided there is time for posting it on DYK. As regards the Baxoi County, I will start today evening after I get back from my office. As regards the siz articles hook It is not clear to me as what you expect me to do further. Is it about citing a reference linking all the six? I have added some text to Sirmilik National Park. I hope it makes 5x expansion now. Yes, I meant the Congo articles.-- N.V.V. Char Talk . 11:01, 23 September 2010 (UTC) Bhutan Im thinking of nominating Flag of Bhutan article for GA. It looks good but i wanted your opinion. Spongie555 (talk) 03:44, 21 September 2010 (UTC) Ya it does look like it needs more work. It was already nominated for GA before but i thought the article was ok now. Spongie555 (talk) 01:03, 22 September 2010 (UTC) Also i see you meet our friend from Russian Wikipedia who is very interested of Bhutan too. Spongie555 (talk) 01:10, 22 September 2010 (UTC) Hi, Dr. Blofeld! I am sorry that I did not answer immediately. I wrote a reply to you on my talk page. --Impro (talk) 10:30, 22 September 2010 (UTC) Cultural monuments Will do. --Sulmues (talk) 13:09, 21 September 2010 (UTC) Excellent! I am confident that your review on Skanderbeg will go smooth. I'll start working on it and the monuments. This week I'll dedicate myself to these two projects. --Sulmues (talk) 15:17, 21 September 2010 (UTC) Moved to English name. Promise I will work on it: it's just that Koste Xhehani is taking all my time. --Sulmues (talk ) 19:11, 21 September 2010 (UTC) To think about it, I'll leave the Albanian names. We'll find more sources that way, and then we can always move to a more sounding English source once that they are launched. What do you think? --Sulmues (talk) 19:15, 21 September 2010 (UTC) Durrës Beach Yes, if u have any more articles please list if u have any more i will work this week on it i think --Vinie007 13:23, 21 September 2010 (UTC) I will work on article, but please contact me when you got that 201 cultural places in Albania template! --Vinie007 13:33, 21 September 2010 (UTC) Yagnob Valley Thank you for your opinion on consensus here on Wikipedia. Please leave the merge template in place until consensus can be reached. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 22:08, 21 September 2010 (UTC) Eulalio Ríos Hi Dr. Blofeld, It was nice of you to have translated from Spanish to English (October 2008) my simple article on Eulalio Ríos. I just wanted to show my appreciation and tell you that I am now in the process of doing some profound updating, since I plan to be contacting his son - the present mayor of Hueyapan de Ocampo. I assume that you got to meet Eulalio. Perhaps you visited Xalapa. I'm sure that you'll want to check on the updates. Cheers, --Wkboonec (talk) 01:26, 22 September 2010 (UTC) Padilla The 4-way natl parks nom was a good thing. I expanded Padilla Bol and added a photo. I put all of the images on the right just to keep them out of my way when adding content but can you check that out and move them around for best viewing? I'll try and get to the town's namesake, M.A. Padilla, tomorrow. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:55, 22 September 2010 (UTC) Manuel Ascencio Padilla could use some attention if it interests you. --Rosiestep (talk) 07:37, 23 September 2010 (UTC) I think M.A.Padilla is almost done but I'll give it a proof read tomorrow; sometimes you can only do so much with an article. I didn't notice all the work you had done on Sirmilik National Park. It looks fabulous! I'll re-read it and then it's bedtime. --Rosiestep (talk) 09:30, 23 September 2010 (UTC) Here. Thanks for handling the Sirmilik National Park nom. I took care of Padilla, Bolivia and Manuel Ascencio Padilla. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:18, 24 September 2010 (UTC Proposed deletion of Södertuna Castle The article Södertuna Castle has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern: I do not believe that the subject of this article is notable. It has been tagged with a notability template since July 2009. Since then, in my opinion, nothing has been done to establish that the subject is notable. I did check Google scholar, and only three hits showed up. Nothing showed up in Google News, and the plain Google hits did not seem promising. While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons . You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{ dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page . Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{ dated prod}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Rockfang (talk ) 20:19, 22 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Lake Zabuye DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:04, 23 September 2010 (UTC) Lhasa Any reason why you completely removed two pictures from Lhasa, instead of moving them out of the History section and into the Gallery? -- XL 何献龙 13:25, 23 September 2010 (UTC) Thanks Being compared to User:PericlesofAthens is very flattering, although undeserved. Thanks for the ego-boost :P Constantine ✍ 15:19, 23 September 2010 (UTC) I agree wholeheartedly with your comments on WP content and sourcing. While I have no problem with the flood of popular culture articles (since I read quite a few of them to be informed on movies, books, music etc), serious content (and even more, seriously researched content) is sadly lacking, especially on topics from outside the Anglosphere. The gross inaccuracies that I found in Byzantine-related articles were what actually got me writing regularly here. Constantine ✍ 15:33, 23 September 2010 (UTC) Well, the problem with the core articles is that they are huge. How do you go about bringing the Loire, or topics like literature for that matter, to FA? The amount of work involved is too much for any one editor, and cooperation between multiple editors (more than two or three) has a tendency of getting nowhere. I was lucky in the Byzantine navy because I had the article essentially to myself, because bibliography was limited, meaning I did not have to go through 30 books to write it, and because I got some great input and supplementary sources from User:Gun Powder Ma, which helped in going the extra bit from good to great. An exceptional set of circumstances, unfortunately. Constantine ✍ 15:54, 23 September 2010 (UTC) Half your colon is missing Well not really, but a semi-colon is; you should separate each part of a declaration with a semicolon, and you have, but it's good practice to bung one at the end as well, viz <span style="font-variant: small-caps; color: #000;">Dr. Blofeld</span> I'll be off now.  pablo 22:43, 23 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Baci nominate ) 06:04, 24 September 2010 (UTC) Berat county Great work on Berat county (really great work), but could you do the same with Tirana County? I even think it's a bit easier because you got plenty of sources. I want to help you but i am not so capapble for doing it on my own! --Vinie007 14:16, 24 September 2010 (UTC) Hi there! Long time no talk.... Could you put your signature back so it includes at least one link? Right now it makes it harder to contact you. Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:42, 24 September 2010 (UTC) No, I've clicked all over it... Am I crazy? I think it's broken. Have you tried clicking on it? Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:49, 24 September 2010 (UTC) weird, now it's fixed... did you do something? Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:56, 24 September 2010 (UTC) Coffee PNG Done.-- N.V.V. Char Talk . 17:37, 24 September 2010 (UTC) PNG replaced by expanded version. Not very enthusiastic about Lhasa in view of such unreliable government references. Will do it in bits and starts if it suits you. Not this week end atleast.-- N.V.V. Char Talk . 22:59, 24 September 2010 (UTC) These two are done Myinmu and Myinmu Town. Could not find more. Exact demographic data has eluded my search. In fact, during my several visits to Myanmar and Mandalay I had not heard of this town.-- N.V.V. Char Talk . 14:15, 26 September 2010 (UTC) Question Does Bhutan have image copyright laws there? Theres alot of images we could use that are good but i dont know if there on public domain. I thought they might not have any beacuse they just started being mordern. Also i uploaded a better image of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, File:Jigme Dorji Wangchuck.jpg. Im hoping to add more photos for the other kings. Spongie555 (talk) 04:41, 25 September 2010 (UTC) Orphaned non-free image File:KingJigmeDorji.jpg You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media ). PLEASE NOTE: I am a bot , and will therefore not be able to answer your questions. I will remove the request for deletion if the file is used in an article once again. If you receive this notice after the image is deleted, and you want to restore the image, click here to file an un-delete request. To opt out of these bot messages, add {{bots|deny=DASHBot}} to your talk page. If you believe the bot has made an error, please turn it off here and leave a message on my owner's talk page. Thank you. DASHBot (talk) 05:40, 25 September 2010 (UTC) Burma State/division - just pick that form the article name? Rich Farmbrough, 21:58, 25 September 2010 (UTC). Incidentally I sorted the categories out, thy were a bit of a mess, sub-catting various "people in foo" cats, etc. ~~ Yangong has - Total 4,348,000 - Ethnicities Bamar, Rakhine, Mon, Kayin, Burmese Chinese, Burmese Indians, Anglo-Burmese - Religions Buddhism, Christianity, Islam I'm reluctant to mess with these without confirmation that I can simply suppress the fields. Rich Farmbrough, 07:45, 26 September 2010 (UTC). Otherwise we are looking at this sort of change. Rich Farmbrough, 07:49, 26 September 2010 (UTC). Er..this sort... Rich Farmbrough, 04:23, 27 September 2010 (UTC). Ok, that's cool. Should be mostly good though. Rich Farmbrough, 13:50, 27 September 2010 (UTC). DYK for Richard Funkhouser nominate ) 00:03, 26 September 2010 (UTC) Randomly Randomness I just happened by here, thanks to the Funkhouser article, and I have to say that your picture arrangement makes me envious...and your name and theme makes me laugh. Well done! Kalmbach (talk) 03:04, 26 September 2010 (UTC) I certainly am familiar with the movies, yes...so I certainly hope that you don't get dropped down a smokestack! Kalmbach (talk) 03:19, 27 September 2010 (UTC) Alba Cathedral I expanded this one, but can you proof it and doublecheck my translation? Will start on Amalfi Cathedral next as I found plenty on it. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:03, 26 September 2010 (UTC) Burma: really important project and I'm glad someone will methodically work it; I'll peak in that direction from time to time. You've noticed I'm trying to do something similar with Nunavut landforms; much more left to do. I've spent some time in Italy, 3 visits in the 1990s, in various places but have never been to the Amalfi coast! Still on my list of places to go. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:47, 26 September 2010 (UTC) Definitely the photos would help... "a picture is worth a thousand words", eh? I'd like to see Nunavut schools get involved; it would be a humungous project for them. 38,000 villages?! I assume you have data to initially stub them. I have been wanting to do the same for Guatemala since July 2009 but have not started yet. So many villages have been wiped out and they deserve a voice. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:13, 26 September 2010 (UTC) The Amalfi Cathedral has a good start but needs a bit more content if you have the time. There is much more info on its interior in the comaconf ref. I haven't translated any of the material from the it wiki article. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:12, 27 September 2010 (UTC) I nom'ed Alba Cathedral; it's fine. Never mind about Amalfi Cathedral; I know you're working on the Burma project. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:45, 28 September 2010 (UTC) Myinmu These two artciles are done now - Myinmu and Myinmu Township. Could not find more. Exact demographic data has eluded my search. In fact, during my several visits to Myanmar and Mandalay I had not heard of this town.-- N.V.V. Char Talk . 14:17, 26 September 2010 (UTC) Kalaymyo is mostly done. You may need to pitch in with your resources to make it 5x. This was the first town where I landed from Rangoon in Burma in 1973 to travel along the Chindwin River by boat.-- N.V.V. Char Talk . 16:59, 27 September 2010 (UTC) Homalin is fully expanded. I will see about the other articles what I can do with large pressure of work in the office.-- N.V.V. Char Talk . 14:43, 28 September 2010 (UTC) Yes, I am aware of the fact that Tamanthi Sanctuary extends to Hkamti also since I have visited this area in 1973 for the Tamanthi Hydropower Project, which is now under implementation. Right now, I am doing articles on India.-- N.V.V. Char Talk . 12:05, 2 October 2010 (UTC) Crawley map I've (finally) gotten around to creating File:Crawley UK location map.svg - uploaded at same time as the main batch. I've also uploaded File:Crawley UK ward map (blank).svg, which will be useful for colouring in for articles about the wards (and presumably local politics articles).--Nilfanion (talk) 20:58, 26 September 2010 (UTC) Equatorial Guinea map Sorry about the map - I have been busy and it just slipped my mind. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 22:11, 26 September 2010 (UTC) Fair use rationale for File:Free-tibetlogo.jpg Thanks for uploading or contributing to fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the file description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale . If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Skier Dude (talk 03:57, 27 September 2010 (UTC) Thanks for sorting out... ...the Crawley map! I'll start adding this to other articles now. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 12:25, 27 September 2010 (UTC) Nice one; that will be useful too. Good stuff. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 12:55, 27 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Bénoué National Park DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:07, 28 September 2010 (UTC) ]]== Page titles and disambiguations don't match == The Kawngkan with two red links should be this and the Kondan page. Enter CBW, waits for audience applause, not a sausage. 13:38, 28 September 2010 (UTC) Man Maw has the same problem. Enter CBW, waits for audience applause, not a sausage. 13:40, 28 September 2010 (UTC) Dude I know!!! It is more efficient if I fix the links after I've got these niggly double villages out of the way. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:42, 28 September 2010 (UTC) Myinmu Township Myinmu Township has not been nominated. I suggest the following hook ...that History of Myinmu Township is linked to the World War II when British General Sir Douglas Gracey occupied the town after crossing the Irrawaddy River? 184 ch only-- N.V.V. Char Talk . 15:06, 28 September 2010 (UTC) Kalewa and Tahan are one and the same. Tahan is a market place in Kalewa.-- N.V.V. Char Talk . 15:14, 28 September 2010 (UTC) There is not much to write about Tahan or Kaleha. I searched. I don't see suuch small towns make it gripping for DYK. Finding a hook is also a problem.-- N.V.V. Char Talk . 01:56, 29 September 2010 (UTC) About 1000 ch added to Homalin Township.-- N.V.V. Char Talk . 17:12, 30 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Dzanga-Ndoki National Park DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. — Rlevse • Talk • 18:05, 28 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. — Rlevse • Talk • 18:05, 28 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. — Rlevse • Talk • 18:06, 28 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. — Rlevse • Talk • 18:06, 28 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Lobéké National Park DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. — Rlevse • Talk • 18:06, 28 September 2010 (UTC) No, this new laptop doesn't have MS Word; also no worries, we'll certainly do some dyks together. I may get my hands on some Burma resources this weekend when I get up to the city for Litquake. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:25, 29 September 2010 (UTC) More Burma I extracted 163 names from the infoboxes and text. Let me know if you see any I've missed an I will look for similar ones. Rich Farmbrough, 19:52, 28 September 2010 (UTC). Yes, the natural language parsing is not great "the capital of Ol' London Town" and "the capital of Ireland" are confusingly similar. There's only a few handfuls in the infoboxen. Rich Farmbrough, 20:06, 28 September 2010 (UTC). And the dab pages you made yesterday... Rich Farmbrough, 20:06, 28 September 2010 (UTC). We missed nominating three township articles of Burma. Yes, one ot two in a month on Burma is fine. However, there are more exciting places in Burma to be covered. I wish to do some Indian towns and villages also now. I have not done any article on India in the past few weeks. -- N.V.V. Char Talk . 14:27, 30 September 2010 (UTC) Hi from McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala! Hi! Hope you are well and happy and busily adding to the store of human knowledge as usual. Well, we have had a fabulous 6 week trip through the Himalayas - very demanding and even dangerous at times but well worth every minute. We actually saw H.H. The Dalai Lama on 6 different occasions near the beginning of our trip - ranging from watching his car pass us churni9ng up the very muddy and slippery Rohtang Pass to receiving a couple of days' teachings in Jispa, a small Lahauli town - so we were most fortunate and felt that our whole journey was blessed. Sorry I have been out of touch for so long but this is the first place with more than very intermittent email contact - most places we have been have had no internet services and only periodic bursts of electricity - if any. I have only been able to get a couple of messages out to close family and friends to let them know we were still alive. Part of the problem (other than the usual difficulties in remote regions of India) is that they have had the heaviest rains in over 100 years in north India, with lots of landslides, etc. It was terribly sad in Ladakh where several hundred people were killed right around the capital, Leh. We watched people frantically searching for relatives' bodies - it was terrible! Also the main power station and communications centre were completely destroyed. In spite of all this - we had a fabulous time in Ladakh (and all along the way) - everyone was so helpful and friendly and accomadating. After we finally got out of the mountains (just in time - as the next day all the roads were cut by new landslides and snow) we made it to the town of Mandi where we stayed in luxury at the Palace Hotel for 4-5 days recovering and enjoying great hospitality from the charming 80-year-old Raja who kept us entertained with riddles and banquets. Then we went to Kangra where we explored the ancient fort - reputedly the oldest in India which contains a small Jaina temple with supposedly the oldes known Jaina sculpture said to have been blessed by Mahavira (the founder of Jainism) himself. Then, the day before yesterday we caught a taxi up here (only 28 km from Kangra) and are thrilled to be "home" again. I have literally thousands of photos which I am now in the process of sorting and editing. It will take me some time to get them uploaded (as I have to access the internet in a cafe) but I do have the photos of the Nyingma Gompa in Ladakh (Thak Thog) that you asked me to get and many others I am sure you will enjoy. We will be staying here in McLeod Ganj until the 5th November visiting with old friends, reading and just taking it easy. Then we return to Chennai (old Madras) for another 10 days in south India before flying home to Australia on 15th November. I look forward to hearing from you when you have a chance to write. All my very best wishes, John John Hill (talk) 08:30, 29 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Gonggar County DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. — Rlevse • Talk • 12:06, 29 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Lhoka (Shannan) Prefecture DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. — Rlevse • Talk • 12:06, 29 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Gonggar Choide Monastery DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. — Rlevse • Talk • 12:06, 29 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Gonggar Dzong DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. — Rlevse • Talk • 12:07, 29 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Lhasa Gonggar Airport DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. — Rlevse • Talk • 12:07, 29 September 2010 (UTC) Fair use rationale for File:Se7ensoundtrack.jpg Thanks for uploading or contributing to fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the file description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale . If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. J Milburn (talk) 14:27, 29 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Batoufam DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. — Rlevse • Talk • 18:03, 29 September 2010 (UTC) Nomination of Hiesville for deletion A discussion has begun about whether the article Hiesville, which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy. The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hiesville until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion. You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Mr. R00t Talk 01:23, 30 September 2010 (UTC) Noosa Film Festival The article Noosa Film Festival has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern: Seems to fail WP:GNG Found only three passing mentions While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons . You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{ dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page . Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{ dated prod}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. The Resident Anthropologist (talk ) 03:06, 30 September 2010 (UTC) DYK for Sirmilik National Park nominate ) 12:03, 30 September 2010 (UTC) Hiesville I expanded it so that it does meet >5x requirements. Regarding the Chateau de Colombières, I found a bunch of good info in French and started work on that, but the references seem to place the castle in Colombières rather than Hiesville so I didn't move forward with that one. I might have mentioned I'll be busy the next couple of days but hopefully can check on things by Sunday night. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:29, 1 October 2010 (UTC) 300 DYKs The Barnstar of International Merit Dr. Blofeld, Hearty Congratulations and Cheers. 300 DYKs is a huge and unique landmark of your global scale contributions to Wikipedia.-- N.V.V. Char Talk . 14:00, 30 September 2010 (UTC) Word automation That's an easy one. Copy the entries starting from "[[ Haka" and ending in "[[Zingalaing" to Word. On the first pass, replace →^p^p← with →^p←. On the second pass, replace →^p← with →]], ^p←, remove the junk from the very end, then copy the results back to where they belong in the template, and you should be all set!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); September 30, 2010; 16:54 (UTC) Yup, that's it. Wordpad doesn't support special characters in search/replace. You need real Word.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); September 30, 2010; 17:06 (UTC) Oaxaca are you aware that I have started the GA review of Oaxaca you nominated? It can be found here:[[7]]·Maunus·ƛ· 02:27, 1 October 2010 (UTC) Heh.. I loved the "written by a non-native speaker" comment.Thelmadatter (talk) 15:19, 1 October 2010 (UTC) Unfortunately, I do not have easy access to book/academic sources either despite working at a school. Pathetic eh? The important thing is that there is a good article for people to read with lots of information that otherwise might not be available in English. Who thinks anything under GA status is worthless?Thelmadatter (talk) 15:54, 1 October 2010 (UTC) Gotcha... While there is some point to that... Isnt one of the main reasons that Jimbo started this project was that it took too long to write and painstakingly vet articles in the traditional way? The GA and FA process are essentially the this and most problems with articles are nitpicking, which take a long time to clear. Just because there are only 14,000 "officially sanctioned by the community articles" doesnt mean there are only 14,000 worth a damn. Oh well.... Ill just keep plugging along creating decent new articles and making shi---- er, lousy articles into decent articles. I learn a lot more about Mexico that way. Im currently working on a rewrite of the Puebla article (slow but sure) and plugging through the list of colonias in the borough of Mexico City I live in.Thelmadatter (talk) 16:06, 1 October 2010 (UTC) I am sorry if you found the review to be too harsh. I apologize for suggesting that parts of the article might have been written by a non-native speaker if that is not the case, but it does have problems with unclear language, strange paragraph buildup and some non-standard sentence constructions in several sections. I also think it is a very decent article and I am glad that there is a place on the internet where readers can find a good collection of informatino about the state of Oaxaca - ity just doesn't fit the criteria in the form it has. I think it is a good idea to check whether the article at least passes the quickfail criteria before nominating - this article could have been quickfailed on the MOS issues alone (list and gallery incorporation and WP:LEAD) making sure that those things are taken care of before nominating saves grief for nominators and reviewers alike. But not being a GA article does NOT mean that the article isn't worth a damn - this article is definitely one of the best sources of information on Oaxaca on the internet.·Maunus·ƛ· 17:19, 1 October 2010 (UTC) ^ "Vietnam Government Overview". Administrative divisions. Global Security. Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Dr._Blofeld/September2010&oldid=1149999337"