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I got back from my conference and drama indeed. Hope it's been resolved. I'm ready to get back to writing. I'll see what I can do with Christiane Ziegler and Nelson Oswaldo Chui Mejía. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 02:13, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
Unless you're three feet tall and have been poking around in ancient burial mounds lately, I'd suggest not going there. -- SarekOfVulcan ( talk) 04:19, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
Yup, Mordor here I come! LOL. You are always most welcome to speak to me as a person Sarek first, that was my concern about you.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:33, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Future Films Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 07:11, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
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I finished up this one and I think the hook could be about the mummies. Yeah it's amazing what you can find when you start digging. (haha, the pun, as she's an archaeologist...) -- Rosiestep ( talk) 17:23, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
And after a little more research, I was able to add a bit on figurine studies to Cambridge Archaeological Journal which could be hookable. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 01:27, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
Yep, I agree entirely. Cheers, Catfish Jim & the soapdish 17:50, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
I've finally copy/pasted them all in! I was bored this morning and had some time to kill. Now eventually I'll clean them all up (like this for Ecuador today). Hopefully none of this new batch gets nominated for deletion, like they always do... They're not perfect but it's way easier to start from a well-researched public domain report than from scratch! What are you busy editing lately? Calliopejen1 ( talk) 19:44, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks Dr Blofeld. Always nice to get an attagirl.... Im in Chiapas this week (Holy Week is vacation for just about all of Mexico including me), so there will be a ton a pics going up starting next week and Ive already started finding information to start Chiapas articles with the re-write of the state article. Ill be hitting Palenque tomorrow. That article is fine as Simon B has most Mayan topics well covered but I should be able to add to the photographic collection and do some better organization. Then its off to San Cristobal de las Casas and probably Tuxtla Gutiérrez, two article which do need more work. After that, its a question of time if I can hit anything else. Thelmadatter ( talk) 01:23, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
I have completed my inputs to this Tomb of Akhethetep. You may like to post it on DYK. I have also added whatever little I could find to Csóványos-- Nvvchar. 06:01, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey, in response to the request over on Commons have uploaded the ones to the right. I personally prefer the district-in-county (with an Inset) to district-in-England, as this means the unitary authorities are consistent with the non-unitary districts - so York and Hambleton can both show where they are in N Yorks, and the inset shows where they are in England. Like I said over on Commons, Bristol is the exception as it is a ceremonial county, if I use the former Avon area as the county that would work though.-- Nilf anion ( talk) 10:26, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
Looks good thanks!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:56, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
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Hello! Nice article, well done. Short and comprehensive. Constantine ✍ 18:36, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
It's good to show where York is within North Yorkshire, but there's a bit of a problem, for me at least: the big red maple-leaf blob designating "York" actually delineates the City of York Unitary authority, which includes a whole lot of villages and small towns that aren't part of York itself. If you get a map by clicking the coordinates, that shows York itself within the ring-road, but the unitary authority stretches quite a bit further in most directions. Any thoughts on this? I'm sure that the same problem may be recurring with other UAs. Best. -- Guillaume Tell 21:13, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
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I found some free ones for the Yukon. Never got a reply from the others and I still have more to look through. CambridgeBayWeather ( talk) 13:39, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
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Isnt it wierd? No article all these years, then a coincidence. There are a few other noted cinemas in Mumbai that need to be covered, so I guess you can move onto the next one and beat me there! BTW Iv left a message on a couple of flickr pics of liberty trying to get one, any other ideas on getting a pic? Around The Globe सत्यमेव जयते 04:50, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Lovely photo; it makes the article pop. Thanks for that. I'll get to the other articles you mentioned but it'll have to be tomorrow as I'm now tired out. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 05:00, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
I am moderately loaded with all kind of copyediting/writing tasks these weeks and thus am undecided on mining. FYI. We've got USGS. It is comprehensive, reliable and PD (can copy/paste nearly anything, just add a tag when pasting their texts). They are also reasonably up to date (with a 1-2 years delay for some low-priority reports). Most reports they write in several ways - brief/extended, US/world-centric, local/regional, and sometimes the brief version is actually more informative. Materialscientist ( talk) 06:37, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I'll be out on a day trip tomorrow, so Thusrday-Friday I should be able to help out. Cheers. Hoverfish Talk 22:11, 19 April 2011 (UTC) 2nd request done, check my talk page. Hoverfish Talk 20:59, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
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I have responded to your question with:
... that Mochtar Lubis's novel Salah Asuhan is considered a prime example of modern Indonesian literature?
- Perhaps. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 23:21, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
- As for who considers it a classic... This paper notes that it is pretty much universal. Phrasing it "... that critics consider Abdul Muis's novel Salah Asuhan one of the best examples of early modern Indonesian literature" seems a bit too wordy. The specific critics cited in the article are red links (even though both are well-known critics of Indonesian literature), so they would not go on the main page. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 23:28, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
Thank you. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 23:36, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
how about "that Mochtar Lubis's novel Salah Asuhan had to avoid themes of rebellion and portray the European characters in a positive light in order to be published?"♦ Dr. Blofeld 06:20, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
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Al Abraq (الابرق) (also Al Labraq) is in Darnah District, see the official list at [1] Darnah = Tuber. So is Al Qayqab, yet in the template they are listed as being in the District of Al Jabal al Akhdar. Any problem with me moving them to the Darnah District template? -- Bejnar ( talk) 17:27, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
Whatever is correct!♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:33, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
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Anthoceros laevis is now more than ripe for nom. I'd have done it but couldn't figure out a hook. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 05:06, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
I've also expanded Mining in Tajikistan and Dragan Velić. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 06:04, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
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Got them uploaded. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather ( talk) 19:26, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for looking in at Seven Sinners (1925 film). I think I'll make it a personal task to create articles that turn the various Lewis Milestone redlinks to blue. The latest is The New Klondike. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 21:58, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
As you might have guessed, many are questionable in proof of existence... Just so you know, I will need your help when building the township list series for anything Tibetan. That means TAR, Qinghai, Sichuan (Garze, Ngawa,
Instead of AFD-ing it, as promised, I have come to you. 29°37′N 98°28′E / 29.617°N 98.467°E is located far to the east of anything under the control of Nyingchi Prefecture, so either the administrative sorting or the coordinates listing is incorrect. I have gone through the settlements at List of towns and villages in the Tibet Autonomous Region and have begun moving several articles that are at "_____, Tibet"; the general spirit of WP:NC-ZH seems to ask for county-level DABbing (i.e. more specific than the province-level) for townships and smaller divisions. --HXL's Roundtable and Record 01:54, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Thought I could be successful in retrieving administrative information for a few moments when I saw "错堆", or "Cuodui", which sounds like "Codoi", near the coordinates you gave. And it seems to be located in Lhari County But apparently, no search of "错堆" is not an admin. division according to xzqh.org or this website, which states that it is a valley ("在嘉黎县境内的麦地卡上部的错堆沟里"). --HXL's Roundtable and Record 02:10, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Completely in the dark. Nothing in Google Earth near the coordinates that sounds (in Mandarin) remotely like Cogo, and my guess that it is somewhere in either Tingri or Dinggye County, and I don't have the time to guess what could sound like "Cogo" on xzqh.org.
Also the same experience with Coka. --HXL's Roundtable and Record 04:45, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
You know that could refer to a person as well? Also, searches of either 下 or 夏 (the two most likely representations of "Xia") on these lists of township and village-level divisions of the counties of Ngari Prefecture reveal nothing: Pulan, Rutog, Geji, Gaize, Cuoqin, Zanda, and Gar. --HXL's Roundtable and Record 04:45, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Dr. Blofeld, I have just deleted the village pages you requested deleted. I tried and failed to find more information about them than what HXL49 found above. (And I do read Chinese if I have to). I hope we find better authoritative sources for Tibetan villages so we can build some reliable coverage. — Кузьма 討論 07:55, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
On 23 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pedro Virgili, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Pedro Virgili, from Vilallonga del Camp, was one of the most prominent royal surgeons of Spain in the 18th century? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to 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. |
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Will do. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 17:07, 23 April 2011 (UTC) Sure; will do. I thought I'd work on User:Nvvchar/Wildlife of the Central African Republic this morning but one of the redlinks, Bamingui-Bangoran National Park and Biosphere Reserve, got my attention, no surprise, so I'm working it this morning. It might be nomable before the day is over. Feel free to jump in. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 17:14, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
I'm getting through it; I should add the construction sign so that I can work it methodically today. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 19:32, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
What do you think about creating History of Barranquilla and then synthesizing the history section of Barranquilla into one paragraph per subsection? It you think that wouldn't compromise the article, would you please do it, or I can if you drop me a note. As is, it is too bulky. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 19:51, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Agree, let's get it through dyk before doing anything major to it. There are some screwups with the refs; I'm going to get them fixed next. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 20:04, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
I've completed my edits to this one. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 21:18, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Re Budic II of Brittany, is this the same person (there are several mentions of him in this book)? It shows 4 children whom we haven't mentioned in the article, and one of them, Tewdrig, has an article of his own but that states he had a different father. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 01:07, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
As I see above you have more experience than me in reference to DYKs so how do you think this looks:
5x expanded by MauchoEagle ( talk). Self nom at 20:21, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
5x expanded by JayJasper ( talk). Self nom at 20:21, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Which ever one you think is better please let me know. maucho eagle 20:21, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
I don't know, the reason being its not a good idea to write articles about the future as nothing can be taken as fact as it hasn't happened yet!♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:31, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
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Along with Qaraoun, Lake Qaraoun could also make a double hook for Lebanon. I have started with the first one where there is an IUCN reference which gives lot of info about the lake. You may like to work on both now. I have nominated Wildlife in the Central African Republic, which would also need your copy editing expertise as I might have missed the obvious.-- Nvvchar. 07:02, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
I've started a GA review on the article. Please do respond to it, thanks! -- Der yck C. 08:31, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
The article Lake Untersee you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Lake Untersee for comments about the article. Well done! Der yck C. 22:01, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your advice, maybe you know a site or something with free pictures? -- Vinie007 14:50, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Sure - give me a little while and I'll work on it. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 19:10, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
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unlikely to meet said criteria in future. Why because its a new short stub? LOL. I'm weary right now but I am pretty certain I'll expand it for a DYK tomorrow... ♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:42, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
I think it also needs a map and a picture (if possible), from a brief look of it. -- Der yck C. 22:19, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Sorry about my previous edit, I am on a Hungarian keyboard but the computer thought I was on an English one, so I missed. I will have a look at this, I cannot promise, you can imagine over this weekend the missus and I are a bit busy, we are arranging to be married, trying to buy the property from the landlady, and I started a new job last week. I think it is said somewhere the three most stressful things in life are getting married, moving house, and changing jobs: actually I haven't found them that stressful but I still have to get used to this Hungarian keyboard, so please excuse my errors.
I will have a look and then tell you yes or no, but please treat this as a courtesz note.
As always, your hulye angol (and hulye magyar)
I cannot find the tilde. It is not on the Hungarian keyboard and I changed to English layout but it still doesn't work. So excuse me for not signing, but I am always,
Yours
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I found it. Your sincerely Si Trew ( talk) 02:43, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
In writing User:MichaelQSchmidt/Paris in Spring (nearly ready for mainspace, I decided to also write articles for the redlinks for Franz Schulz, Keene Thompson, and Dwight Taylor. I'd appreciate it if you might consider stopping in at User:MichaelQSchmidt/Franz Schulz and doing some judicious trimming of the filmography. Also, if you find any suitable additional sources from this search, feel free to add them. I see a nice shared DYK on the near horizon. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 02:41, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks, wasn't me though how added those films to his article!.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:55, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
Could you also add some info on films listed at Rajinikanth filmography and Kamal Haasan filmography released during the 1970s. Lot of films are missing info. -- Thalapathi (Ping Back) 11:09, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
Could you take a look at my most recent creations? They seem to have slight problems, especially when coordinates of a place at some extremity in the province are entered. See, for example, Linyi Airport. The pinpoint is marked too close to the southern border with Jiangsu. Thanks much.
PS: the ones I have created so far are Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, and Shandong. --–HXL's Roundtable and Record 07:30, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Yes, HLJ, Liaoning, and Inner Mongolia (?) should be correct now. Jilin isn't. It places my mark for Meihekou City ( 41°32′N 125°41′E / 41.533°N 125.683°E) right on the western border when it is a rather far 43 kilometres (27 mi) away.
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I found many reliable references for the lake and also for the village Qaraoun. I have completed my inputs. You may like to add and post it as a double hook. The lake could probably be the main part of the hook with the img.-- Nvvchar. 10:15, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
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Found the list, can this be uploaded automaticaly? Because Manually it will take very long!-- Vinie007 14:56, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
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The picture at the head of this page!-- Nvvchar. 09:27, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
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In my research for the article on The Quiet Achiever, the first solar-powered racecar, I stumbled across Sunmobile, the first solar-powered car and wrote up an article on it. I just submitted to DYK for approval.-- Doug Coldwell talk 19:47, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
Will do it tommorow because for today it's to late (22:51), but can you make a script that evrty ( ,SPACE ) is replaced with ( ENTER:* ) than i only need to add , or is that impossible -- Vinie007 20:51, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
I see I missed the translation collaboration... :( Must be faster next time! After it's been up on the front page and the issue of 5x expansion goes away, I may work a bit on copyediting and moving some content to subpages. (It's currently at 84k of readable prose, which is a bit long...) Any other translations you're working on these days? Calliopejen1 ( talk) 22:26, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
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The DYK project ( nominate) 06:04, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Have you ever thought of becoming an admin? Just thought you should go for one :) Mar4d ( talk) 11:38, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
What would I have to gain from it?♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:41, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Neither. I'm a doctor.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:48, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Email me and I'll inform you..♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:40, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
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Thought I'd let you know that your name has come up here Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:Dr. Blofeld since the person who started it didn't bother to inform you. I've lost track of how many times this kind of thread has started and they always miss the point of the good work that you do. MarnetteD | Talk 13:21, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Completed your request of the Villages of Tirana County but some blue links redirect not to the albanian village -- Vinie007 13:38, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Your not suitable tag on N.T. Rama Rao page is difficult to understand. George W' Bush's page has a list of his domestic agenda preferences, Bill Clinton's page has a list of his domestic agenda priorities, N.T. Rama Rao has a list of his movie projects. A well referenced list of his domestic priorities (without any editorialilzing ) seems like a valid knowledge addition to a very notable politician's biography. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.67.137 ( talk) 15:44, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Mr. Rao is not the US president... Was the section well sourced and written? ..♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:48, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Something wierd has happened to your co-ordinates at the top of this page. It's like double vision, I'll let you sort it out :) Bob House 884 ( talk) 16:08, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey, I replied on my talk page. Thanks for looking out for me and I obviously regret trying to make a positive difference to wikipedia but I may have learned my lesson :p If I make it to the 10k edit mark at any point, I'll make sure to start acting like the biggest jerk I possibly can just to take advantage y'know. Regards, Bob House 884 ( talk) 16:54, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, you are of course right :) I guess I'll just privately hope that he eventually gets his cumupence and, in the mean time try to avoid the silly drama parts of 'pedia and this paticular user. (That should be easy since I'm not paticularly interested in Dr. Who, Jewish Studies or ChuckleVision) Best, Bob House 884 ( talk) 17:27, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
A challenge - I like it :P Bob House 884 ( talk) 17:39, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, I did not notice your message ;) - what's up? Shahid • Talk2me 18:56, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey, how's it going? The article has had a few copyedits, and I'm going to try a few more editors. Can you address the clarification tag regarding his illness on the set of Joe Kidd's impact on any production delay? It's pulling from the McGilligan source. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 23:56, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
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The DYK project ( nominate) 00:02, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Dr. Blofeld. I've posted a final comment on the ANI report but I just wanted to apologise to you directly for getting ANI involved. I acted way too hasty and with POV and I can see that now. There was never any malice behind my actions -I guess I'm still a noob sometimes. I've already seen some of the articles have been expanded! I hope there can be no hard feelings. All the best, Martyx
• martyx• tk ct gy 02:26, 29 April 2011 (UTC) has asked you to join him for a nice cup of tea and sit down.
Keene Thompson is now gone live. Look in if you have time. Thanks. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 04:22, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
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The DYK project ( nominate) 12:03, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi! How are you? Can you do one final copy-edit of Tiruchirappalli, especially the "History" and "Demographics" sections. The article failed a GA nom as it did not satisfy the GA criteria at that time. But, I guess most of the issues have been fixed now and I am planning to nominate it again within the next few days. If possible, can you also add some pictures, especially for the "Economy", "education" and "Media" sections.- The Enforcer Office of the secret service 14:01, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Sure thing, and so nice to see a decent article on an Indian city, unlike the tripe that exists for most places...♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:03, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
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The DYK project ( nominate) 00:02, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
Haha, who would have thought that an ill-advised nomination would lead to you and I, Doctor Blofeld, writing articles about royal wedding dresses? Bob talk 10:48, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
Awesome, thanks. Will get around to creating that shortly. Stubbed the wedding dress, will expand that and create the presidential outfit tomorrow, hokay? ♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:49, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
You know, I'm happy to admit when I'm wrong, and my belief in the ridiculousness of Wedding dress of Kate Middleton having its own article was wrong. But I once again contest that the nomination itself was at all "ill-advised". My point that the article was without precedent and thus a symptom of recentism was entirely valid (surprisingly nobody cited the pre-existing Union Jack dress as a non-wedding counter-example), and was proved thus by the fact that all the other wedding dresses articles were created as a direct result of the AfD discussion. I think that proves that the AfD was productive and achieved, in a different way, at least part of my original intention - not allowing the article to stand alone as though Wikipedia believed this wedding unique.
Anyway, I do also want to thank you for going out and researching and creating all those other dress articles, I actually have found them to be a moderately interesting read. - Kez ( talk) 13:51, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
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The DYK project ( nominate) 12:04, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
Filmfare Best Actor Award (Tamil) is incomplete on wikipedia. Tha data is not available for several years. I suggest you to expand it. Even other categories are incomplete. Its very difficult to find sources from internet but am sure book sources wold be available. The data is incomplete before 1970s and some are missing in the 1980s and 1970s. For Bollywood ( Filmfare Awards) a complete list of nomination apart from winners are available in filmfare website itself. But for Filmfare Awards South its incomplete. -- Thalapathi (Ping Back) 14:55, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
I have little knowledge of south Indian film, you'd be better off doing it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:58, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
I've added a comment to the discussion at the administrators' noticeboard -- The Anome ( talk) 16:47, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
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Precisely my point: an obsolete and inaccurate stub about a small business that has been closed for four years. No reason to have an article about it in the past, present, or future, but can't be deleted without effort. Was the point of this to prove me right?— Kww( talk) 20:45, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
No, it was to prove myself right. And it proved me right on two scores. Thanks for that!! I found coverage in three reliable sources so it could have been kept, but it is only worth keeping content which is notable, right? ♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:47, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
The information is accessed in google books which provides snippet views which are not accessible view a direct google book link as with that 1975 source, so it is certainly not a fraudulent reference. I know which hotels are generally notable or not but I was curious to see if anything could have become of that particular hotel, given the very weak claim to notability. 10 rooms is usually an indicator that the hotel is not notable (although there ar emany in UK around that size like old manor houses which have wide coverage and are notable), but I wanted to see if you would do anything with it or indeed prove to me its not notable, which you did. Notable hotels generally have fairly detailed coverage in multiple publications which render them notable... There is often a chance that a place does have local document coverage and sources beyond the web to indicate notability, I have to say though it does look a nice little place though and to run a hotel on a small Carribbean island would seem very attractive, but maybe stressful. Running a hotel has always interested me myself but its supposed to be very stressful... Now Divi Flamingo Beach Resort & Casino is notable as seen here...
As for being anti-sub stubs, fair enough. But it is very disappointing when I see personal attacks on my overall editing and people claiming I am more damaging to wikipedia than positive when I make massive efforts to improve content like this and this. Most of the people who have ever expressed disgust at my wikipedia contributions are usually those who have contributed less in the last two years to wikipedia than I have in the last two hours.. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:12, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
If you seriously wanted to create articles on Bonaire Hotels, your best bets would be Plaza, Divi Flamingo, and Captain Don's. There could even be a decent article written about Captain Don himself. The Sunset Beach could probably be sourced, too, even though it has been out of business since the 80s. There was always enough stink of government corruption about its construction, bankruptcy, and eventual destruction that people enjoyed writing about it.— Kww( talk) 21:38, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
Indeed, incidentally those were the three I had intended to create, which are dictated as the most notable by sources. I'm doing a country/entity thing with a few other editors, so Bonaire needs to be covered... There are a handful of others which could probably be included too but are not as notable, we'll see. Given the amount of countries with no coverage whatosever its probably best to create the most notable few first for each place.. I'll start Divi tomorrow and Captain Don's if I have time. I am always interested in old biographies, I will look into this character, thanks for identifying him.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:44, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
Since it's been closed as a very questionable speedy keep (I haven't made up my mind yet whether to go to deletion review on this one, although this is the first time in years on WP I've felt like opening one) and you are an editor for whom I have considerable respect, I owe you a response here to this.
As I said or implied several times, I most certainly do not think we should say nothing about the dress anywhere. I merely question why it, or any other individual garment worn by a single individual for one occasion, is something to which we should devote a standalone article. By the logic of the AfD, shouldn't we then have an article on Neil Armstrong's space suit? I mean, it was worn by one person once on a momentous occasion, designed especially for that person and manufactured at great expense of unique materials ... what makes it different from the wedding dress? And, why not then have articles on the wedding cake for the same reason? It was unique, artistic, cost a lot of money and definitely won't be used again, either.
I appreciate your concern for the history of costume and your points about the enduring qualities of various historic garments. What I, and several other people at that AfD, would have no objection to would be a list article about royal wedding dresses (and, pace my other comments, perhaps a separate one on other notable single-use garments). Certainly that would be a place to start developing this ... perhaps instead of going to DRV I can bring it up at requested merges? Daniel Case ( talk) 01:14, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
Honestly though I have no intention of really pursuing with many more articles about dresses. It isn't exactly my thing, but a change to write about certainly.... But I think some coverage of individual costumes are fine. I'd be interested in medeival costumes and things like that from other countries which have a lot of coverage but it is not really a major interest.. I know the topic of wedding dresses seems like a "O my god, what on earth is wikipedia becoming" but the staggering amount of sources which exist particularly on Diana's dress make them notable. Jimbo has a point that if we can have nearly 100 Linux crappy stubs then we can certainly have 10 articles on the most notable wedding dresses.. I'd have to agree with you I scoff at a lot of the topics thousands of people think notable and interesting. For instance why does that annoying Bieber kid singing a crappy teeny bop song have over 340 million hits on youtube and a fascinating documentary on Ancient Egypt only having 5000. Same goes for manga and those highly irritating cartoons and comic books which I detest like the plague but many people think them notable, like User:Fram for instance who seems to think comics are more notable than real world villages.. As DGG said we've both taken articles to AFD snd felt exapserated at how it could be kept. One such I remember is Ivy Bean as a biographical article. So wrong... Notable yes for being the oldest user which warrants a summary in both the Facebook and Twitter articles but a biography about her is just way off. Her life is NOT notable, it is a product of social network obsession that we have an article on her. But there was nothing I could do about it. And there is nothing you can do about the fact that a lot of people are interested and even obsessed with the royal family and the overly hyped weddings. They are very popular with people in general and the wedding dresses are talked about as much as the weddings themselves.. Of course you could merge all into an article on royal wedding dresses, I would not object but I think they meet guidelines as separate articles because of their coverage and I think you'd find if you opened a debate on it people would rather have separate articles on them. Obviously if you want to write about say Ferguson's wedding dresses and the lesser royals than a merge might be a better idea.. Personally most of the time I think the royal family is hyped and it unnecessary. But an awful lot of people are highly interested by them. There are thousands if not millions who would be interested in reading about anything to do with Diana for instance... Like somebody tried to also delete the article on Kate Middleton a few years back and also the article on the wedding. It had like 250 k hits on the day, which is massive. They are topics people will look for, I'm sure. And I think the royal dresses will attract a fair number of page views... If Neil Armstrong's space suit actually has detailed coverage in multiple books then it is possible. Regardless of whether everybody will like it or not, if a subject has multiple coverage in books it is almost always notable I find.. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:00, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
There ya go... Extra terrestrial fashion next... I think though that a merger now would be unfeasible look at Wedding dress of Queen Victoria for example. That's a legit article in its own right and a list would be ridiculously bloated. More potential articles here. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:37, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
I'm done with the dresses now anyway!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:58, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
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Added to Plaza Resort Bonaire and also to Wedding dress of Queen Victoria. Hopefully, adequately done. I will to the other one on Wedding dress of Princess Alexandra of Denmark also soon. In India, more than the Queens (Maharanis), the wedding dress of Maharajas is more popular, probably Rajasthan leads the list; of course only after the Moghuls. Let me do some research on this.-- Nvvchar. 10:43, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
Will you be starting an article on this as well? Seems just as doable given how much coverage they had. Nirame ( talk) 12:13, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
Yes I had thought of that. I will start it later.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:48, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, I just noticed your hook in the prep area, and it doesn't make sense to me. Should it be "is" rather than "was"? Should it be "synagogue congregation" rather than "synagogue"? Best, Yoninah ( talk) 18:34, 1 May 2011 (UTC) Well its the former building which apprently no longer exists so was, but the synagogue as an institution still exists in a different building so one could say is. But given that the building no longer exists you can't really say "is".♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:37, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Wedding dress of Princess Alexandra of Denmark at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah ( talk) 20:04, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
Category:List of hotels, which you created, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. After Midnight 0001 20:11, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
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Though you have not touched that page since November, it should be mostly to your credit that I have been even willing to do GAN for nomination. Most mainland Chinese place articles are so sloppy, especially with the education section, and filled with holes that I just lose hope. –HXL's Roundtable and Record 05:43, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I'm sorry to be doing this but I would humbly ask if you could review my DYK, it is titled "2011 New Patriotic Party Primaries". I posted it yesterday but so far no review has been made on it. I have posted the link here [ [3]]. It is my first DYK so I am a little anxious as to how it goes. Thank you very much. CrossTempleJay ( talk) 07:58, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
This reference [4], under section heading "The Cathedral Wedding' needs to be looked into by an expert in ladies dresses so that it could be properly paraphrased without infringing on the copy righted publication. I tried and most terms are strange to me. If this is done the article would be ready for DYK. I have completed my inputs.-- Nvvchar. 08:59, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
I know nothing of women's clothes and fashions, but I no enough to strongly dispute facts in this page [5] The page reads like a babelfish translation, but that doe not explain the errinious facts. Giacomo Returned 12:52, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
I quite agree, if you care to examine the history I did not add this information. Thanks for identifying it, I don't have it on my watchlist.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:59, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
Well I create a lot of articles, those which are likely to attract vandals or POV I tend to put on my watchlist. Haven't got around to expanding the Mary of Teck article yet, I will try to clarify the source for you, cheers.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:10, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
Ah it was from a snippet view which you can view here. It doesn't say which Queen, need to do some detective work on this one! Maybe I do try to work too quickly, there is such an enormous amount missing or that needs to work its difficult to spend too long on one particular article... 1893, I would presume "The Queen" is Queen Victoria but it would seem odd for her to comment. The mother of George was Alexandra of Denmark.. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:10, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
Its not original research though, that's what this book claims. I agree £10 seems absurdly cheap even in 1893 but I can only go by what the source claims. Based on the book title " the clothes of Princess Charlotte of Wales & Queen Victoria" and that the wedding was 1893 "the queen" would almost certainly appear to refer to Victoria... I'm looking to find another source which indicates she didn't like the dress and verify this.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:10, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
From what I gather, it was the fact that the Queen (Victoria) complained about the dress to the makers that they only paid less than £10 for it. I agree if we can't be certain it should simply be removed. Given that the article is very stubby though, its hardly seriously flawed... Its a minor uncertainty at that. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:29, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
My $0.02 would be that it was Mary herself who disliked the dress (it seems to have been chosen by her mother, not her), but I'm afraid I can't verify that for you. On a related note I have explained on the talk page how the editor who added the "unreferenced" info must have become muddled (also, please note that it was referenced, if only in the form of an external link). Cheers, Jenks24 ( talk) 13:28, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, I'm on the case.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:39, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
I already found it and am extracting facts.. I don't rush but I can't work at a snail's pace, that's not how may brain works, I know you like to take weeks writing articles..♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:08, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
Assistance much appreciated, thankyou.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:23, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
Sent. 2 reports from the Times the day after the wedding: - the descroption of the dress is in the extreme right hand column of "The Times, Friday, Jul 07, 1893; pg. 5; Issue 33997; col A" You have to read quite a lot to find it buried away. the secon article seems to be more about the trousseau, but had ab it about makers and the wedding dress itself. Not a lot, but a very relaible source. Giacomo Returned 14:46, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
Cheers for that, I will look shortly. Marvellous, the quote from the Times, which is public domain text anyway by now is a valuable eye witness account.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:48, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
I guess.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:18, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
I tend to work on places I have been and I have a ton of stuff to work with with Chiapas (including the state page) that will keep me busy for a while. Remind me in about a month, if I forget. Thelmadatter ( talk) 17:49, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I saw that you were the translator Article Tenerife Spanish to English, congratulations. I wondered if I could translate some data that appears in the article of Teide in Spanish, but do not appear in English, another time I could the section about the major climbs of this volcano. I wondered if I could translate the sections of History: Classical World, Medieval, Renaissance and Today. Time and Mythology section Guanche and appears in English in Legends. Thank you so much for everything.
Hola, he visto que usted ha sido el traductor del artículo Tenerife del español al inglés, felicidades. Me preguntaba si podría traducir algunos datos que aparecen en el artículo del Teide en español, pero no aparecen en inglés, yo en otra ocasión pude traducir la que habla de las principales ascenciones a este volcán. Me preguntaba si podría traducir las secciones de Historia: Mundo clásico, Edad Media, Renacimiento y En la actualidad. La sección Época y Mitología guanche ya aparece en inglés en Leyendas. Muchisimas gracias por todo.-- 88.24.7.174 ( talk) 19:46, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
Bienvenidos! Hola, que tal? Muchas gracias, I see you are in Tenerife yourself so that's a compliment coming from a native. I will look at this article tomorrow, if you could translate anything from spanish to english on tenerife/spanish topics yourself this would be great, please ask if you need assistance or corrections. We definitely need people improving coverage of Tenerife and the Canaries. Saludos!♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:51, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar | ||
To Dr. Blofeld and Nvvchar: For your ability to ignore a slew of day-after AFD votes (for Wedding dress of Kate Middleton) and introduce a visionary new category of "Wedding dress of..." articles that are well-written, well-referenced, and beautifully-illustrated, I hereby bestow this "What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar". Congratulations! Yoninah ( talk) 20:18, 2 May 2011 (UTC) |
Hello! Your submission of Wedding dress of Grace Kelly at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah ( talk) 21:43, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
No problem if you missed my question. I understand that you are quite busy. Thanks for the help with my first DYK prep, btw. (Cue evil laughter) Enjoy your new flying lava orb guard bot, Doctor. (leaves gift) Crisco 1492 ( talk) 23:23, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
On 3 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Luoji, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in Luoji Township in Yunnan, there are laws against the picking of young matsutake mushrooms smaller than 6 cm (2.4 in) in diameter? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to 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. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 00:02, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
On 3 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wedding dress of Lady Diana Spencer, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the wedding dress of Lady Diana Spencer became one of the most famous outfits in the world and featured a 25-foot (7.6 m) train? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to 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. |
Gatoclass ( talk) 06:03, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
See my replies to you on my talk page: I've cleaned things up further since then, and would appreciate your comments. Looking at the results, I can see that there are a number of district articles that need creating (or spelling mistakes that need fixing?) -- could you possibly look into these? -- The Anome ( talk) 10:41, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
I've uploaded a test map for Camden, I'd appreciate your thoughts on ways (over on the Commons page) to improve the presentation to make it more usable.-- Nilf anion ( talk) 12:00, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
On 3 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wedding dress of Kate Middleton, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that dressmakers working on Kate Middleton's wedding gown (pictured) changed needles every three hours, and washed their hands every half hour? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to 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. |
Gatoclass ( talk) 12:01, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Oh thanks. nice one! Glad it made it, eventually!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:34, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Me too, actually, well I wouldn't say "dislike", but I certainly think they no longer have any significance in the 21st century other than an occasional source of amusement and some of the good charity work they do... But of course they are significant to many people, as was the wedding and dress, so that is the point... I find it difficult to dislike Prince Philip for his humour and risque comments, Prince Charles for his ears and Prince Harry for his fun loving personality... But I actually found it quite interesting I must admit and a topic which we ought to have some coverage of even if less than male geek topics.. Now, onto more aevil things...♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:42, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
DR. B, You seem to have the ESP. I was thinking yesterday night that you might start this subject. There it is on the most topical and extraordinary event. I have added some text. I hope it jells. More info on the building itself may emerge in the next few days.-- Nvvchar. 13:22, 3 May 2011 (UTC) Yes, very interesting.-- Nvvchar. 14:13, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
On 4 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Shaare Zedek Synagogue, Winnipeg, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the original Shaare Zedek Synagogue was the oldest synagogue in Winnipeg? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to 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. |
Gatoclass ( talk) 00:03, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
OK, a bit more detail... for File:Diana wedding dress1.jpg, clearly the website cited as the source [9] is not the actual copyright holder of this image :( Without the actual (c) holder of this pic (and any others from that site - that site this page specifically takes images from here and here and other (c) sites with no attribution) it's impossible to give a "valid" FuR, because without it, there is no backwards-attribution possible. Should have been a bit clearer with that notification, sorry.
And, I hate to mention this, but the image File:Princess Diana wedding dress.png also can be questioned as "no source" because the root directory for the source [10] is dead and a tineye reverse search [11] shows that it's most likely from the official royal site which is under crown copyright and the instructions at their reuse page have to be followed for any reuse of their images :( - you're call on what to do with them - let me know. Skier Dude ( talk) 04:42, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
On 4 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wildlife of the Central African Republic, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that richness of the wildlife of the Central African Republic (gorilla pictured) is reflected in its about 3,600 species of plants, 663 birds, 209 mammals, 187 reptiles and 29 amphibians? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to 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. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 06:02, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
On 4 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dragan Velić, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Dragan Velić is the current President of the Union of Serbian Districts and District Units of Kosovo and Metohija of North Kosovo? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to 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. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 06:03, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Happy 28th Birthday to us!!! :-D CTJF83 11:37, 4 May 2011 (UTC)