User talk:Angusmclellan/Archive 29
January 2012-July 2019
My first (and so far only) edit to zh wiki: https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E6%99%AE%E6%B4%B1%E5%BA%9C&type=revision&diff=38314287&oldid=31191010 uncredited because Google Chrome hates me.
I'm trying to get the above project active again. If you like to participate, please add you name to the project page. Mad Man American (talk) 15:46, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
- Hello. I can't see I'll be having much time over the next few months so I'm not likely to take part. All the best, Angus McLellan (Talk) 17:17, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
FYI
I found the links to Robert Kirk over at User:Angusmclellan/sandbox very helpful, and I copied them over to Robert Kirk (folklorist). Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 11:33, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks. Angus McLellan (Talk) 11:53, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
MSU Interview
Dear Angusmclellan,
My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.
So a few things about the interviews:
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Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at [email protected] (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.
If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at [email protected]. I will be more than happy to speak with you.
Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.
Sincerely,
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Happy Adminship Anniversary
Horror story
I am rather horrified to discover that List of Scottish monarchs still begins with Kenneth MacAlpin. This is the kind of thicko pseudo-history that makes Wikipedia look incompetent as an academic resource. Do you have any suggestions? As far as I can see, most of the experts in medieval history have (unsurprisingly) abandonned Wikipedia, so it is very hard to know who on earth to turn to. --Mais oui! (talk) 04:47, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
- My qualifications for offering assistance are hardly impressive, but here is a suggestion. The distinction between "Scotland" and precursor entities would seem to be a process rather than a single event, so, wherever the list starts the lead just needs to point readers to the List of kings of Dál Riata and List of kings of the Picts with a brief comment and a nod to Woolf's From Pictland to Alba, 789–1070 p. 320ff or similar. Ben MacDui 13:07, 12 May 2012 (UTC) PS Happy birthday Angus.
- Not sure if I can give much more help than this, but it is certainly an issue. I seem to remember somewhere a form of words that indicated that names (and dates) were traditional, which might be a solution, but I cannot remember where. Otherwise breaking the list up, as suggested above, may be the best solution.--SabreBD (talk) 13:56, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Most lists of British monarchs that I've come across list English, and even Anglo-Saxon monarchs, but tend to neglect Scottish and Welsh ones...--MacRusgail (talk) 14:36, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
I think Ben MacDui and Sabrebd have it right. It's not like Denmark and its semi-legendary and legendary and more a case of it depends what you mean by Scotland. Angus McLellan (Talk) 14:32, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Deletion review on Category:Fooian prelates
In regards to
Seasons greetings...
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- Thanks very much! Hope you're having a great day today and wishing you all the best for 2013. Cheers! Angus McLellan (Talk) 23:05, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
Happy New Year
Season's Greetings, Angus, Hope all is well and that you are keeping a tight grip on matters Early Mediaeval! I'm staying well out of it but watch admiringly from a safe distance! All the best for 2013 Eebahgum (talk) 23:57, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
- All the best to you and yours. Hope you are keeping well! Angus McLellan (Talk) 02:13, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
Aldfrith of Northumbria
Just a message to let you know that I've scheduled
- Oh! That's very nice. I shall keep an eye on it. Thanks! Angus McLellan (Talk) 02:12, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
Precious
great learning
Thank you for quality articles on people of the Middle Ages, such as Aldfrith of Northumbria, a king and a "man of great learning", and for quoting "Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions", - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:26, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
- You're too kind. And anyway, I am really a semi-retired Wikipedian these days. But I'll be back! Until then, very best regards Angus McLellan (Talk) 00:58, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
- A year ago, you were the 378th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:04, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
- Three years ago, you were recipient no. 378 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:00, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
- Six years ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:30, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
Nomination of List of papabili in the 2013 papal conclave for deletion
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WHAT???
Are you on drugs? I have not made any edits to
- If you look at the dates of those messages, you'll see that they are from 2007. Quite a long time ago now and, like you said, nothing to do with you. If you don't want to get random messages from the distant past every time you get a new IP address, please consider registering an account. Angus McLellan (Talk) 15:27, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
You are invited to the first ever Glasgow Wiki Meetup which will take place at The Sir John Moore, 260-292 Argyle Street, City of Glasgow G2 8QW on Sunday 12 May 2013 from 1.00 pm. If you have never been to one, this is an opportunity to meet other Wikipedians in an informal atmosphere for Wiki and non-Wiki related chat and for beer or food if you like. Experienced and new contributors are all welcome. This event is definitely not restricted just to discussion of Scottish topics. Bring your laptop if you like and use the free Wifi or just bring yourself. Even better, bring a friend! Click the link for full details. Looking forward to seeing you. Philafrenzy (talk) 10:32, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
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Scottish counties - new user needing guidance
I have tried my best, as have several other editors, but it appears that this new(ish) user just refuses to familiarise himself with Wikipedia guidelines and policy. Could you give them a friendly helping hand? I suspect that their heart is in the right place, but if things continue in the same fashion the conclusion is inevitable:
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'Wally dugs'
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]- Nice! I suspect that the local library in Bo'ness, where my mother (and her one Wally Dug) are, may have some info on them. So I will see what I can turn up. Thanks and all the best, Angus McLellan (Talk) 14:55, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you for the redirect! Any good pictures? We have problems with that. Queen Victoria is not exactly a wally dug, (present picture). We work on the problem, but there is an issue with pict licences. There are some brown dog pictures, but it would be nice to have also some white, classical wally dugs too. Hafspajen (talk) 14:20, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
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Main Page appearance: Áedán mac Gabráin
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Æthelfrith of Bernicia at the Battle of Degsastan. Áedán may have been deposed, or have abdicated, following this defeat, and the annals report nothing of him until his death around six years later. (Full article...)
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And a happy New Year to you!
Hi Angus, Thanks for your seasonal message. We seem to have been here for years! I noticed the programme but didn't hear it 'live': but I'm glad to know that M.C. is propounding his wisdom. And, indeed, that you are. As usual I'm floundering about in domestic worries but I just like to dip in here from time to time with a nugget or two and greet old friends. Wikipedia seems to have come quite a way since I made my first edit in 2006 but bits of it are still recognizable. Sometimes, away from the contumacious highway, one finds oneself still in a cobbled street or on an old cart-track which hasn't been edited for ages, and there is a whiff of nostalgia about it. One hardly likes to disturb the dust! I hope you're in good sorts - all the best for 2014. yours Eebahgum (talk) 01:36, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
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- I had a quick look and couldn't find anything significant to add, so no objection from me. Angus McLellan (Talk) 21:57, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
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Possibly unfree File:Doc.jpg
A file that you uploaded or altered,
Thank you for creating Viscounts and Dukes of Uzès. I'm curious about what prompted you to create this? Would you be interested in creating some of those red links if sufficient information can be found to add in-line references to those articles? Ideally, similar "lists" should be done for all French Dukes... Please reply on my talkpage. Thank you. Zigzig20s (talk) 03:57, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
- I can't recall but I suspect it was simply because it was a red link I stumbled over that existed on the French Wikipedia and I had some time to waste on copying it over. Regards, Angus McLellan (Talk) 02:12, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
Hello,
I recreated a category you deleted way back in 2007 as the closing admin in CFD. Since then, additional articles have been created and the
Thanks, RevelationDirect (talk) 02:37, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
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For auld lang syne
Hi Angus, I owe you a seasonal greeting for old time's sake. I see you are now more interested in sexual dimorphism in spiders than in Mercian Princes, and who can blame you? I trust you are in good sorts, and wish you a hale, hearty and rewarding year of it in 2016. All the best, Eebahgum (talk) 11:31, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
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]- Thanks for that. I have left a comment. Angus McLellan (Talk) 01:02, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
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- Just a head's up, this is a follow-up to a request at RFPP for unprotection on Great Famine (Ireland). ~ Amory (u • t • c) 18:37, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know. Angus McLellan (Talk) 19:09, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
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Wojciech Waleczek
Hi. Could you please help me to move an userspace draft about an award-winning composer into article space? I would appreciate this a lot if you could review it or tell me who could review the article. The draft is about Wojciech Waleczek—a succesful pianist from Poland whose numerous achievements deserve to be celebrated with his own Wikipedia page. He took 3rd prize at the Premio Mario Zanfi competition and was the absolute winner of the 4th Franz Liszt National Piano Competition—to name just a few of his accomplishments. Mr Waleczek already has his articles on German and Polish Wikipedia. Hope to hear back from you. Regards, AngelOfDestiny (talk) 13:42, 9 July 2019 (UTC)