User:Dr. Blofeld/ArchiveJune2009

It's not a solution
It's very ironic. I felt the same when the dispute happened. I was so sad and stressed, and I was decisive to stop editing Wikipedia. Even after I placed the retirement tag, I saw you were still posting your messages to the admin against me. That was so sad. But after a few days, I accidentally bumped upon Blnguyen's message to me and his message on the Indian noticeboard, which excited me. I understood that it's not worth it. I was still recovering from the shock that you had reported me over something so minor and insignificant. So I decided I'd not talk to you anymore about anything except matters, ie articles we are both involved in, like Kareena at present. You cannot do something like this to a fellow editor and then expect him to return to routine as if nothing had happened. It's not how it works, at least not according to me.

I don't think anything is more important than your own talent and your exceptional ability to edit Wikipedia in your wonderful way. You are one of the greatest editors on here, I think I've always been clear about this. Don't give a damn. Now return because the project needs you, and the FAC cannot be held without your presence. Shahid •  Talk 2 me  11:41, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Reply
I'll respond tomorrow on e-mail. What I ask now is please comeback because you started an FAC which must be taken care of. If you don't intend to do that, then withdraw the nomination. It's so unfair what happpens now. Shahid •  Talk 2 me  20:34, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I also increasingly feel that this project is no longer a wonderful one to contribute to, when everyone tries to recreate problems out of old solved issues, thus preventing progress and improvement. All I know now is that if someone tries to invalidate BOI, I won't be a part of Wikipedia any longer. I'm sick of people trying to screw others' hard work. And I hate that it mostly happens on India-related articles. I feel insulted. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  20:43, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Why don't you get....?
that your intelligence is much ahead of other editors' stupidness?????? This will not be the same place wuthout you, the most prolific Wikipedian. I refuse to accept it. I understand if I leave it's not a big deal cause I'm a big pain in the ass for many POV-pushers whom the community seems to appreciate, but you are the one who made it by leaps and bounds. This is not right. Return. Shahid •  Talk 2 me  14:53, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * What is this about? An oppose on KK or the objection to the RS status of some of the sources?  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 02:32, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Come on, not passing an FA doesn't mean the work doesn't provide anything useful to a reader. People contribute for the readers first and foremost!  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 03:15, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * "I am clearly doing nothing to help improve this site" this clearly is false  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 03:17, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh Blofeld, dont do this again! :( --  Tinu  Cherian  - 07:18, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi Blofeld!
I'm so sorry you're feeling discouraged and upset. If you're really leaving, I'll miss collaborating with you! I hope you'll change your mind. You've singlehandedly improved this site so much--I'm sure thousands of people have benefited from your work. All the best, Calliopejen1 (talk) 15:12, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * You are missed already. I hope that after a wikibreak, you return. --Rosiestep (talk) 00:21, 2 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Ditto. I've missed something. I hope you decide to come back when/if you're ready StarM 00:33, 2 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Thritto. I very very rarely give pause when I see a retire banner pop up.  There are only a handful of wikipedians who will leave a void when they leave the site.  You are most definitely one of them.  This is a darker, less informed, less wordwide-covering website without you, and I hope you return.  Your efforts and dedication to this insane place are not unappreciated. This isn't one of those "oh please don't go" messages thrown out to a wikifriend - it's a please don't go because Wikipedia needs you and is less of a website without you.  Keeper  | 76  03:55, 2 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Quad...ritto? Whatever.  You're an asset - an incredible asset - to the project, and I don't want anyone making you think otherwise.  I do hope you decide to come back. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 13:21, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

What?
What happened here? You decide to leave on my birthday, that's quite the unfortunate gift. Now who am I going to consider the great James Bond villain whenever I finally finish the series (just got through The Man with the Golden Gun). I really hope this is just for a short time (no worries whenever you're ready to return). Hopefully you can spend the time reading up on the Eastwood books and working on the article in a secret sandbox somewhere. In the meantime, thank you for your vast and dedicated edits to multiple areas of Wikipedia, you really have made it better. I welcome your return, whenever that may be. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 06:14, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

I just edited an article. Then I looked to see who started it. You started it and nobody else edited it. Before I saw your name seconds ago, I did not know you. This is proof that your stub is not just on a subject that you are the only one interested in. I am interested in this obscure article. User F203 (talk) 23:33, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Dearest Friend
I am really saddened (even depressed) to hear of your "retirement" and will miss you greatly if you do stay away from the Wikipedia. You have been one of my closest friends on the Wikipedia - full of fun and good advice (and I think we feel comfortable enough with each other to exchange constructive criticism when it is needed - without hurt). I really agree with your points, and, I too, get very tired of all the squabbling (especially when some anonymous person threatens to cut off my hands or to "get" me!), or wasting time deleting graffiti and countering other forms of vandalism. Maybe it you would consider changing your "retirement" into a well-deserved holiday (maybe giving yourself an opportunity to visit some of the many places you have contributed to articles about???), and then come back and help and advise me how to get Wikipedia improved? I know you agree the basic concept is great. It's up to you, of course - but what a job you have performed - and what wonderful and EXTENSIVE contributions you have made! Thanks so much for that. Please don't give up altogether or drop out of sight. You can always send me an email at: wynhill2@bigpond.net.au. I would love to hear from you and catch up on your thoughts. Whatever happens in your life, take care of yourself, my friend, and all my very best wishes, John Hill (talk) 06:12, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Missing you
Just wanted to extend a hand and a thought that I will be missing you as an editor. You are a valued contributor to the 'pedia and I hope you take some time off and then return refreshed. Regards.  MBisanz  talk 11:57, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Whaaa???!!! Gone??? If that's supposed to be a joke, that's one of your worst, Blo. If not, it's not funny either. Please come back.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 13:53, June 2, 2009 (UTC)
 * Please return. You are too valuable for wikipedia to loose. Please return... Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 01:52, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Though I never knew you too well, when I did, it was always when you were adding massive amounts of truly useful content to the Wikipedia, whether it be with stubs or massively developed articles. I hope that one day you will return; you will be welcomed back with open arms :) NW ( Talk ) (How am I doing?) 20:35, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Lyrics
are copyright and shold not be reproduced on wikipedia.

and a second point
It's "Dr" not "Dr." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.128.217.42 (talk) 22:05, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Content contributors
Don't be so discouraged. Yes, content contributors tend to be treated like crap. However, the people doing that tend to be those unable to do anything but sit in forums like ANI and just attack people in general. I know, you know, and all content contributors know that this is our encyclopedia because we build it with our blood and sweat. If you stay gone or bother to return, always remember that you actually did something worth while and those that stood against you probably did nothing at all. Ottava Rima (talk) 03:32, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for all your wonderful contributions. Thanks also for your patience with the trials and tribulations of dealing with the hordes on Wikipedia who make contributing an often trying task. Take care and enjoy yourself. And please come back any time you're so moved to create some stubs or improve the breadth and depth of our encyclopedic coverage. ChildofMidnight (talk) 18:58, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Don't let the bastards get you down
Stay out of the fray (below the radar or by rising above it), but please return and continue your important work here. Bongo matic  12:32, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

You're too young...
...to retire, Dr. B. I had great fun working with you on a couple of things. Uliger and the set of articles we produced from the stub you made on The Misadventure of a French Gentleman Without Pants at the Zandvoort Beach, that was good stuff, and I'd like to think we made a world a better place by getting that DYK, with a picture of a pant-less man, on the front page. If you're really gone, happy trails. If not, I'll see you at work on some completely unexpectedly interesting topic. Drmies (talk) 14:15, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * If you don't fight the fight, that's one less making a stand. I hope you come back someday and stand firm in what you believe is best for Wikipedia. Kingturtle (talk) 19:48, 3 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Agreed. The underdeveloped world will likely remain just as underdeveloped here without your continued input. There are very few people working on a lot of those topics at all, and you are probably one of the best. If nothing else, I think the developing world owes you a debt of gratitude for taking them as seriously as most of the rest of us do articles about Los Angeles, London, the UK, or the US, and I think that they would agree you are probably one of the editors we can least afford to lose. John Carter (talk) 19:58, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I also agree. I have not interacted with you much, but I certainly saw your work and appreciated your very many contributions. Wikipedia has at least a little information, instead of none at all, on many, many topics (especially places) because of your work. Thank you for that, and I hope you decide to return at some point. Lady of Shalott 03:16, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Mexican Federal Highway 9
A discussion recently started regarding the above above article you created, at Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion. I thought you would want to know. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 20:03, 4 June 2009 (UTC)


 * '''I think these articles just clutter the encyclopedia and make it harder to find real articles to improve"'.

This is EXACTLY the sort of outlook by people like yourself that I have decided to leave wikipedia. Even leaving this damn site won't change what people say about it and this outlook continues despite my absence so why should I return?. Whether you were the admin who declined the speedy deletion of such stubs, a national highway in your shallow world doesn't stand a chance of being expanded into a decent article? We have articles on national highways in many countries many of them full articles, why would the same size road in Mexico not be considered a "real article"??? Am I the only one who can see that articles like Mexican Federal Highway 57 (expanded from a similar sub stub could actually become very much needed articles? I hate sub stubs too but I only start articles which I believe are notable or could reasonably be expanded. Given time articles will appear on spanish wikipedia and eventually these Mexican road stubs could be expanded like Mexican Federal Highway 1 etc and even that is a seriously lacking article. You may see such stubs as "contaminating the encyclopedia" but what you are failing to see is that this is a wiki and can be expanded by anybody. Whereas people like yourself see sub stubs or any stubs as pollutants to wikipedia I see them as an initial stepping stone or "planting a seed" to build an article upon by the many people who visit this site and are willing to share their knowledge. I know the frustration of finding a batch of articles which are very short and devoid of any real content but from my outlook we are here to build an encyclopedia of the highest quality and NATIONAL highways of any country are notable and Mexican highways in my view eventually should have full articles on here. ALl of the Mexican national highway articles on here could and should be expanded into whatever people want them to be and if wikipedia is to become a fair and resourceful encyclopedia then you cannot ignore major national highways and pretend they don't exist just because we only have stubs on them. A stub is not the final revision to an evolving encyclopedia is it? Such is the beauty of wiki technology that anybody visiting an article they see as lacking they try to improve it which has and always will be the way in which we develop on wikipedia. It is exactly the same as any of the national highways of the U.S. and if somebody told you that they werne't worth having articles you'd laugh and exclain, these are national highways in which a great deal could be written about them. I'm afraid you aren't seeing the world as it is these are major national highways which have major signifcance in transportation and communications in Mexico and it is a topic we should be covering evne if you think creating initial stubs on them are pollutants. See http://dgp.sct.gob.mx/index.php?id=440. The national highways are clearly notable and if they ar researched properly could be expanded into full articles. Why would you think such an article would contaminate the encyclopedia when potentially it can be expande d by anybody? Its not my fault people don't give a damn about Mexico and developing countries on wikipedia. I'd have loved to have started the highways with more data but I believed one of my Mexican friends on wikipedia would be expandeding them. Sadly he departed from wikipedia because of the same reason I have. Given that I am one of our biggest contributors to wikipedia and a greal deal of people think the work I do is necessary even if sometimes a little too sub stubbish (only because of limited time to start what I feel will be useful content eventually) then the current converstation to nuke such stubs is proving all the more reason not to return and why my efforts to plan and build a framework to build upon in the long term on wikipedia is wasting my time. Few people seem to recognize the long term potential this site has, and why creating starter stubs on things like national roads, universities, municipalities etc now is the first step to building this website up evenly in regards to coverage and achieving its potential eventually. Even as I speak a new Ugandan wikipedian on here is expanding stubs I created in the past and is continuing my work with developing the economic, politicial and geographical articles on parts of Africa. Given that wikipedia attracts a huge diversity of interests, is it not unreasonable that some time in the future somebody may be interested in Mexican road articles? All I ask is for people to stop judging articles by the cover, judging and dismissing stubs and even sub stubs as pollutants and try to think of them differently in practice in the context of the world we live in and how they can be beautified into something greater. I seem to be one of the few people who visualize our potential beyond intitial crappy stubs into the future and who can try to see articles from the viewpoint that the article is on rather than from my own bias as I know precisely how quickly an article can be turned into something resourceful from being useless with a bit of effort, Belgian-Ukrainian relations and Uliger are more recent examples of the same sorts of editors who dismissed them because they were crappy stubs. Now they have been edited people seem to regard them more differently. I ask you to do the same in regards to myself and try to think about why I create articles on wikipedia given the little time I have to begin to work towards our missing topics. Dr. Blofeld      White cat 14:03, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Blofeld
 * Yes we do see them very differently. I do see them as "pollutant" but not for the reasons you foist on me. The words you put in my mouth are not mine and my reasons are otherwise. You see them as seeds. I see them as ciphers; as weeds that keep us from building the garden because we can't find the flowers. If someone is interested in a Mexican road, they build an actual article, with actual content on it. All of our good content, every single well-developed article on Wikipedia—every single one—was not built from collaboration by thousands of different people adding content here and there. That's not how it works. No, fine, reliable, sourced articles are written by a core group, sometimes just one person, sometimes a few, who organize, focus, do research and cite facts, while writing the main content. They are interested in the subject because they are interested based on something in their background. In more cases than not, finding an existing stub and expanding it is not the path that leads to an article, rather a person is interested and sees a gap so they act to fill it; they create the article to fill the missing gap based on their interest without any stub in place, and note that we're not talking about stubs created by people who are interested but don't have strong writing skills. Those stubs aren't of this type. They have real content; it's just not formatted, cited or well-developed, but there's actual material present. Even those are still placeholders, but they aren't artificially created for the purpose of being a placeholder. You think that filling the encyclopedia with blue-links to unfleshed skeletons that are just placeholders for real content invites that space to be filled. I think that red links are infinitely superior. The gap is found because someone looks for something they are interested in and finds it missing. I think they are a net negative. They hinder the building of good content. They actively hurt Wikipedia. We are in a hole now that it's going to be difficult to climb out of. And I'm talking about the long view. That hole is almost 3,000,000 "articles" only about 300,000 of which are worthy of the appelation "article". So here's how it hurts us. Those interested people build from examples. They look at what's here and base their content on that. If we had just the 300,000 decent examples, and were stringent in keeping Wikipedia on the path of good content, we would add real articles to that pool at a hugely faster rate. Instead what happens is people see all the dreck, the advertising, the unsourced stubs, and especially the unsourced haphazard articles (which are many times worse than stubs as examples for them), and so they don't get the right idea. They don't know what we are after for good content, and even if they have some idea, they think we're not serious because if we were, we wouldn't have all this clutter and muck lying around everywhere. The stub you created just adds to the placeholders so that people can't see the forest for the trees. The worst part about this is that half of those who are interested and have the skills to actually build good content, turn away and don't bother writing anything, because they see the mess and don't think it's worth their time. One good article is worth 1,000 stubs. All your comments regarding the worthiness of having an article on the Mexican highway were addressed to a strawman. It has nothing to do with the worthiness of the topic for an article, that formed no part of my assessment of the stub. It's not the topic that isn't a "real article", it's the lack of a real article being written for the worthy topic! And by the way, I am very glad that you are staying because you are passionate about Wikipedia, and I am passionate about Wikipedia, and despite our fundamental philosophical differences, we are both united in our desire to Foster this great experiment. Best regards from my "shallow world"--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 20:05, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm also very glad you see it exactly as I do " It's not the topic that isn't a "real article", it's the lack of a real article being written for the worthy topic! " I agree in part, both of us want an encyclopedia of the highest quality and depth, we just disagree in the ways it is done. I also hate short articles and believe we are seriously under achieving in many parts but given the sheer amount missing I often tend to start articles in batches, sometimes with very little content. iIonly started those Mexican road "skeletons" in the belief that a Mexican wikipedian on here would follow suite and expand them all. However he left wikipedia shortly afterwards so we have been left with these holes. I've expanded a few of them and the subject looks clearly notable to me it is indeed a shame that most editors are not willing to expand them. I disagree though that a good article is worth more than 1000 stubs. 1000 stubs provinding they have some informative content and are referenced will provide much more information than a single good article. Browsing through my Huthcinson Encyclopedia all of the articles in it are the equivalent to stubs on wikipedia and 1000 articles in that encyclopedia in a general sense contains far more information on general knowledge than one good article will on here. Ideally we want 1000 good articles but stubs providing they have content are useful as a start. I agree though that this batch shouldn't have been started until they had more information. It is the sub stub article skeleton that seems to draw in the most criticism and I can understand why because I think in the long term rather than the present. Where do you draw the line beetween what is a mess and what is not? FOr instance you may see Apaxco I started earlier as a mess? I see it as a very useful and indeed a very necessary start which any editor visiting it can expand it fully using the sources given. Such a stub in my view is far more beneficial having it that not and can be expanded within minutes? Do you draw the line with sub stubs vs stubs like I do or do you consider even fleshier stubs a huge mess? I don't know what is more embarrassing for wikipedia, to have small stubs and at least some recognition of these national roads which can be built upon or an encyclopedia which has an article on the tiniest of mills and lists of one off Pokemon characters yet ignores all of the national ghigways, some of the over 1000 km in a major world country. I don't see though how a small stub can hinder development on wikipedia though, quite the contrary in fact. I myself for instance would be far more willing and find it much easier to expand a stub from square one rather than bothering to develop an existing developed article but which is extremely poorly sourced and badly written. For me sorting out an established mess and having to rewrite it all and find which sources add up it a far more demanding task than expanding a fresh new sub stub. When I've visited an article and sene a mess it is usually a more developed article plagued with problems, not a stub. The only mess I see with referenced stubs is a lack of content. A lot of people who used to feel the same way as you now see stubs differently and as a way of encourgaing more and more editors to contribute rather than actively hurting us. Sure it might look ugly amongst more developed articles for some time but it is still the first step towards a developed article, however short. Dr. Blofeld      White cat 20:25, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It's not stubs per se—especially ones with inline citations as the one you created. What I was trying to get across at WT:CSD was how important that inline citation you had included was, how much I believed that took it out of the criterion, but I did a bad job. That makes the stub you created a good example to work from by future expanders—a better example than a stub with a few sentences but no references. And I get crazy when people tell me, "but it meets the SD criterion!" as the user was basically doing upon my decline. Yes, we wrote the criterion to do good, we ignore it to do good as well! It is not a body of law. We can parse it to make sure we have done the best job so that those who are going to apply it reflexively will do right most of the time even without analysis, but people should not be treating policy as laws that you are either meet or don't. I'm not anti-stub and Apaxco is fine, but it's sourced and that's what I get really hung up. People cavalierly treat sourcing as just some aspect of many other policies. It's everything. We are a tertiary source. As one user put it, "Encyclopedia. Say it with me: en-cy-clo-pe-di-a." So I make a big distinction between unsourced anything and its sourced counterpart. Unsourced sub-stubs bother me a great deal and I don't think because they are on a missing topic, that fills a gap and offsets pokemon dominance, because a placeholder is not an article, and if it's going to be turned into a full proper article, that happens regardless of whether it already exists as a blue link or remains red. Unsourced articles, invariably full of errors though, are what give us a bad name, and I think we are in agreement on that. People who read the encyclopedia often don't have a good understanding that they must distinguish between good and bad content and don't know how to distinguish between good and bad content. They may, and often do, read an unsourced article with the same wide-eyed assumption of reliability as a featured article. Anyway, I guess where I would draw the distinction is whether it looks like someone is creating a Wikipedia article and just hasn't got around to finishing it, or whether it looks like a bot created the article as a placeholder. You want to see some frustration that is related to all we are talking about? (and clarifies many of my thoughts on these matters). If you are willing, see this, not just the first section, but where it goes on and on with me trying to explain what references are and how links in infoboxes and external link sections are not references. I was absolutely tearing my hair out. I talked in circles and more circles and I could not get them to understand what I meant for a really long time (note that different sections were added to at different times, so if you just read the first part and see where I was finally satisfied, that was after much discussion that occurred lower on the page).--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:05, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Yeah I understand, indeed all articles do need to be referenced or have a link to verify it. TI generally add a reference or source to evne the smallest of stubs or if I am transwikiying an article from another wikipedia state it has been translated and may provide an external link to support it. I'll try to flesh out my new stubs from now on it is when the workload gets huge and I have limited time that I tend to just blow through red lists and quality and content tends to suffer initially. It's finding a balance between working quickly because of the sheer amount missing and adding enough initial content to make people satisified with it at least as a starter article. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 10:28, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Oh no
I don't know you, but I stumbled onto your page and found that you marked yourself as retired just a few days ago. Someone with that many barnstars shouldn't be made to feel unwelcome. Sad day. - Gump Stump (talk) 23:32, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Sad to see you go
Blofeld, I'm sad to see you leave the project. Hopefully your absence will only be temporary -- the work you have been doing has been immensely valuable, and it would be a pity if you were driven away from doing it by this sort of unfortunate incident. -- The Anome (talk) 07:20, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Nothing is easy...but it will be worth it
Had similar experiences on another encyclopedia; another time, another place. You do have an impact - even when you are completely unaware of it. Maybe try semi-retirement...? Mentor less experienced editors (if you have time) who would be proud to have a fraction of your talent and patience?Ernstblumberg (talk) 07:50, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Good luck and kind wishes
I just noticed your message, and I'm very sorry to see you retire. I agree with you that fun — and the camaraderie of gifted, dedicated editors — is the lifeblood of Wikipedia. I wish you everything good on your next journeys, wherever they take you, and hope that you'll find there the fun and infectious enthusiasm that's gone missing for you here. 'Til our paths cross again, Proteins (talk) 14:44, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

My return may depend upon the changing attitude of users like User:NE2 (Nathan) who emailed not too long ago with "'I don't know what the hell is in your ass, but it's not in mine. Bugger off.'" This is the same editor who proposed to speedy delete all of the Mexican road articles and did this sort of thing I've come to expect from a number of editors here even when I wasn't even here. Nice guy eh? If it isn't me that gets the nasty treatment it will undoubtedly be some other wikipedian. The question is whether it is worth sticking around and encountering these sorts of people. Dr. Blofeld      White cat 15:36, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Hey!
Hey Blofeld, I pretty much finish most of the China county division templates except Hunan and Hubei (although i think Hainan need fixing too), I'm gonna be buy so hope you or someone can fill the 2 left =] [] --Lennlin (talk) 17:25, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

It's so nice to have you back where you belong...
And welcome. Although you've put paid for the moment to my dreams of having the highest edit count on here...

Anyhow, when I get home I've got a little Tibetan sculpture for you, as a welcome-back present. Public domain, too; I took the picture myself last week. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 19:13, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Excellent. Oh - by the way, I'm back from my own self-imposed exile...sort of.  Look what I expanded on my lunch break... --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 19:28, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Surprisingly, yes - there's a great deal to be written about the colonial American artists. Although goodness knows Theus wasn't one of the really great ones - most of his children, for instance, look like slightly overgrown bobbleheads.  Still, he's about all Charleston had for many years, which I suppose works in his favor. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 20:04, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Very nice - I've been at work today. Not writing, mind; but I've got a nice collection of photographs to be uploaded in the near future. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 02:21, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

HURRAY! YOU ARE BACK!
Great news! Baldy's back! Now I can cut down on my Valium use again - life is back in balance! Whoooopppeeee! John Hill (talk) 02:21, 6 June 2009 (UTC)


 * You gave us a shock! Welcome back! You are very good at DYK articles. Focus on those, for example try this Celtic broadleaf forests, an ecoregion of your country. Nevertheless it is pleasing to see you around. Cheers!--Chanaka L (talk) 03:58, 6 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Welcome back! -- The Anome (talk) 09:09, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks guys. My absence though may be extended due to computer difficulties unfortunately. Firefox keeps crashing. Darn it! P.S. Chanakal that tea looks absolutely delicious!! Thanks! Dr. Blofeld       White cat 10:49, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Welcome back
Well I knew the only thing you needed is a bit time to come back. Welcome back, go and do what you're best at - edit and don't give a damn. Shahid •  Talk 2 me  08:44, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Thankyou so much all. If I hadn't have logged in and seen your messages I would not have returned so thanks for your support amigos. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 10:24, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikimedian from Kathmandu
Blofeld, I am a Wikimedian from Kathmandu. Thanks for contributing to Nepali articles.

Cheers! 202.79.40.142 (talk) 14:12, 6 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Also, thanks for creating List of festivals in Nepal. 202.79.40.142 (talk) 14:16, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for the late response, I was having dinner. It is about 9:00 pm in Kathmandu. :-)

You are one of the reasons why Wikipedia is a creditable source. Without you, Wikipedia will be all about Europe/US.

I have talked with you before. My ip address is shared by others. I will wait for your response here. Be well, 202.79.40.142 (talk) 15:16, 6 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks, it is not 10:40 pm, it is about 10:00 pm now! DYK doesn't have too many Nepali articles. This one will make it! =) 202.79.40.142 (talk) 16:12, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Recent pages
Hi Blofeld, not sure if you were planning to add them in later, but a lot of those pages you just created have no population. Just thought I'd let you know in case you hadn't realised. Cheers - Kingpin13 (talk) 16:09, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Cool with me. - Kingpin13 (talk) 16:30, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Nice, the ones I looked at seem good :) - Kingpin13 (talk) 19:02, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Glad you're back!
Glad to see you're back on Wikipedia! It just wouldn't have been the same without you. I've been AWOL myself for a while - I had graduation on Thurs and my parents were in town for a while. Now I'm the proud owner of a very fancy diploma all in Latin. (No idea what it says!) Hopefully I can get to the Bhutan pics eventually. Right now I'm studying for the bar exam so I won't have much time for the next couple of months. Calliopejen1 (talk) 01:23, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Welcome back! :) Viriditas (talk) 08:11, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

re: British film stubs
No problem - and glad to see you back!  Lugnuts  (talk) 10:11, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Moroccan copyright law
Is it a photo? If so, it's 50 years after creation. See http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-Morocco. So anything before 1959 is good. Can you be confident it was made before then? Is it dated? Calliopejen1 (talk) 14:56, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I'm not so sure. There's no real evidence it was published (as opposed to just taken) in Morocco. At the time Morocco was a French protectorate, so there's a non-trivial chance it was published in france. I'd recommend instead going to the library of congress at http://memory.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html and searching for Tangier, Tangiers, or Morocco. There's a number of historical images whose copyright status is clear. In any event that photo you found is extremely poor quality. We're not losing too much by excluding it to be safe. Calliopejen1 (talk) 15:16, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Anglican Church of St. Andrew
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 * I wouldn't have removed the speedy delete myself (read above) however I did add the template for underconstruction, you might try it in the future. Good luck with your article! Hell in a Bucket (talk) 15:30, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

I didn't remove the tag. I copied the version I was writing which overode the db tag. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 15:34, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Oh for the love of Tibet
Thanks so much for the great photo - it brings back many happy memories. Having lived in the Himalayas for a couple of years, and travelled extensively in them, as well as visiting Tibet - I often get "homesick" for them - and that is exactly what the photo evinced. Dear friend, you have got to go and see for yourself and experience why many Indians believe that just sighting the mountains will remove a thousand years worth bad karma. It is SO good having you back with us. Cheers, John Hill (talk) 22:39, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

PS I had a very quick look at what you have done on Nepali festivals - good to have it all there as a solid base to expand on when I have time - thanks. I have been busy writing articles on some rare ground orchid species and newly named genus's and some outstanding people I am privileged to know. Do have a peek at Lewis Roberts (naturalist) and Dan McLeod when you need a break in your hectic schedule. Best, John

Just so you know
I sicced a checkuser on your talk-page vandalizing friends. Glad to see you decided not to give up here, you do a lot of good work. Cheers. J.delanoy gabs adds 02:23, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Did somebody...
...say Blofeld can NEVER leave  this Project? :P Yes, This project is yours as much as ours...:D And Blofeld cannot be replaced here! Good to see you back Doc ! --  Tinu  Cherian  - 04:27, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Dr. Blofeld       White cat 13:49, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * ALL YOUR CONTRIBUTION ARE BELONG TO US Bongo  matic  14:05, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Just like in real life...
We have the good and the bad. Also like in real life, we edit out all the bad and keep all the good. Because that is what really matters. Glad to see you are not leaving (my haphazard activity on Wikipedia prevented me to notice you actually leave but just checking now and seeing that you decided to come back is great news). It is people like you that make Wikipedia the top 10 websites in the world (it will eventually reach top 5) and the best encyclopedia there is. Don't worry about what others say, you do your thing and keep at it. As long as you of course leave time for the real life hehe, then edit all the way! Kind regards. Calaka (talk) 13:26, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Thankyou my friend. And we will get better and better over time! Dr. Blofeld       White cat 13:41, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

i am a bit confused...
At Requests for adminship/Enigmaman 3 you asked for that comment to be withdrawn, so I removed the comment - but then you re-added it? Kingturtle (talk) 18:43, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I think he was asking David Fuchs to remove it.  Majorly  talk  18:49, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

I was. His statement is completely false and completely irrelevant to the discussion. Rather it is the attitude of people like him and unnecessary criticism on unrelated pages as a justification for their comments on something else and cynicism on here that is driving me away not because of one brief featured article candidate that I was upset with. Dr. Blofeld       White cat 18:52, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Glad to see you back
I'm so glad you're back and have decided that editing still is fun. Pzrmd (talk) 22:10, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Miroslav Abelovský
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Re:50 DYKs
Thanks, the award has more merit because you gave it to me. I'm also glad you're back!!!!!! --Caspian blue 01:33, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Oh
You're back. I read your email and thought that you were still away. Jolly good show  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 01:38, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Legoland?
Sorry...would that have something to do with those Greenland articles you linked? Sorry - thought I'd responded. Crazy couple of days. Although I finally managed to write this, which I've been meaning to do for forever and a day. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 13:15, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I remember when the Sackler first showed that painting - "arresting" is the only word I can think of to describe it. It stopped me in my tracks the first time I saw it, and I was hooked.  Sad there's a paucity of information on the guy online...maybe this will change that a bit. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 13:51, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, tell me about it - I was just thinking the exact same thing. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 14:49, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, Lord, yes. That was my freshman year of college; the guy that was killed pumping gas in Fredericksburg was shot the day my parents were supposed to come and collect me for fall break.  I spent about a half a day wondering if they'd decided to get gas on the way down, because that was the sort of thing my father would do.  And the guy that was shot in Ashland was shot in the parking lot of a place where we've eaten dinner before, usually on the way home; and we always stop at the Burger King next door on the way to Williamsburg.  To this day I can't look at a white box truck the same way. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 17:02, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Exactly. My mother still positions herself between the car and the pump while pumping gas, so that she's shielded on both sides.  It was urban terrorism, nothing less. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 17:08, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Speaking of...just another day at the office. The museum's about two blocks away from where I work. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 19:02, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * By all means - I did a check, and didn't find my office listed, actually. Oh...and don't tell anyone, but I may have added a picture of it to an article somewhere around here... --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 19:19, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Responded. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 19:25, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

I think you've got it. Chicago might be the corruption capital of the country, and Miami the drug capital. As to why DC seems different...well, one reason is that it's a lower city than many others in this country. We're the only US city that I know of that regulates the heights of its buildings: Heights of Buildings Act of 1910. On the one hand, I find it creates a certain charm in some neighborhoods; on the other, it's incredibly anal, and somewhat annoying. I can't decide whether I'm for it or against it. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 19:39, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I haven't been to Miami in ages. Although there are neighborhoods in DC where you're likely to see an armed robbery at some point...  Nashville's nice.  I'm also quite partial to Richmond, Virginia; not nearly as big as some of the others, but a charming little city nonetheless.  When it gets its act together, that is... --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 19:53, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Misc replies
With the OTRS verification stuff, you should follow up with an OTRS volunteer. Sometimes that's what it takes to get it recorded properly. They'll tell you what went wrong. You should really do this soon so that the pictures aren't deleted - esp the Michael Crichton one is very good. I'll do chile-writer-stub if I ever make more. For now I was just working off the list Chilean National Prize for Literature because I noticed that none were redlinked in es.wiki, but that project is now done. Not sure about shrinking the template. What would you change? The problem is that I think the attribution thing should be apparent because translations are a copyright violation if they're not attributed, which we should be trying very hard to prevent. And in my view the google link is useful even for non-translator readers to get more info in (bad) english. Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:10, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the birthday wish, I appreciate it. And thanks for returning, I had hoped you would sooner or later and it's good to see that it's sooner. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 17:17, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I saw For Your Eyes Only last and currently have Octopussy in the mail. I'm debating whether to watch Never Say Never Again with Sean Connery or A View to a Kill after that. Now that I kind of like Roger Moore, I'm now dreading heading off to Timothy Dalton soon. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 17:24, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Well now I know I get to look forward to A View to a Kill! For LLD I could have done without the voodoo approach, but the boat chase and villains were quite entertaining. TMWGG had the greatest villain name, and it was great to see where the golden gun got its first appearance after playing the Nintendo 64 and PS2 games that use it. TSWLM, not too sure on Jaws character (surprised to see him appear in the next film) but enjoyed the ski chase and Atlantis hideout. Moonraker was indeed interesting but I could see where a lot of criticism came from for it. I'm guessing its release following the first Star Wars was catching on to the hype of that. I thought it was weird that Blofeld just seemed to show up out of nowhere in FYEO and then was just quickly dispatched after all of the screen time in the prior films. So far I'm glad that I'm catching up on all of these films, and I do enjoy seeing all of the different locations worldwide where the films take place. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 17:48, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Usually they are shown on TV when the new ones are released in theaters. I always see the Sean Connery/Pierce Bronsan ones on but usually come in halfway in (I don't like watching movies like that unless I've already seen it). I rarely see the Roger Moore ones on. Casino Royale is now starting to be shown on the cable channels. For the series, I really enjoy the locations and every cheesy line Bond utters after a crazy death. I just regret that I'll never get to use these sorts of lines in my profession... But hey, that's why I watch these films. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 18:53, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * By the way, are you also having issues with OTRS with the new bot? I've had several images tagged with OTRS needing review for over a month now so I have to resend the e-mails to try and get the permission added again before they get deleted. I'm sure I'm going to be backlogging the system further since I just got an e-mail today from an author that is going to let us use over 40 images of various celebrities (and high-quality ones at that!). --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 18:56, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * A bot tagged about six images and only two of them I need to get the exact wording from the author again. The rest were just never completed. I have a high success rate too, but then, I send out a lot of requests. I think the fact that I link to my permissions page showing all of the images I got permission for so far helps to allevaite any fears that authors may have. This new batch will include Betty White, Cloris Leachman, Charlie Sheen, Kyra Sedgwick, and Craig T. Nelson, among others. I'm about to start the uploading spree which should take a while. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 04:37, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: Barnstar
Aww, thanks. :) I appreciate the kind gesture. Also, it's great to see that you decided to come back! Regards, – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 18:49, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Good to see you
Doing new page patrol good to see you back making new articles keep up the good work. BigDunc Talk 21:00, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

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Re: Actors
Hello Dr. Blofeld. Well, I would like to thank you for commenting on Brad Pitt's FAC, despite the outcome of it. I admit that I thought the article was "there" when I nominated it. Oh, well. I'll probably work on it a little more and nominate it in the future, but not right now. I'm pretty much devastated. The reason I began working on actor's articles was because it seemed easier to do. I still haven't given up, though. I agree, people do seem to pick on the little stuff and make controversy out of them. Thank you, that means a lot to me that you appreciate my work; I appreciate your work, so you should keep that up. Yeah, I'm very proud that I least have two FAs. ;) Like I said, I still haven't given up and have Ethan Hawke and David Schwimmer's article in mind. -- ThinkBlue   (Hit   BLUE)  16:58, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Your return
Given that you'd retired, I was surprised and happy to see your presence at AFD. Thanks for coming back! Nyttend (talk) 17:53, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Deforestation in Cambodia
Hey there. Can you give refs for this edit? The abbreviations also need explanation. Cheers. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 20:47, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Template
Which page is this?  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 01:36, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm
Why didn't you revert him if you found his edits disruptive? Shahid •  Talk 2 me  07:39, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I do have the more recent years, but I wasn't as active at that point of time. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  13:18, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Cyprus stubs
Okay - it took a while but Nicosia district is now complete. I created redirects for almost all old spellings on the list unless they were completely corrupted. I also didn't create articles for a handful of entries, as they turned out to be forest houses, picnic sites and the like. But they rest is now online. I updated the list at WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Places/cyprus/page1 to show what is still missing - I didn't bother to correct the spellings on the list - that can easily be done when creating new articles. I'll finish Kyrenia district next (only 15 or so left). After that I'll probably need a break. Most of the remaining missing places are in Famagusta, Paphos & Limassol districts, with Larnaca district mising only around 30. Passportguy (talk) 00:50, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Kyrenia District is now also complete. I'll leave you to fill the template box as I don't know how dump the town names from Category:Cities, towns and villages in Kyrenia District into the box. Passportguy (talk) 02:12, 13 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Just wanted to let you know that I finished the last of the Cyprus stubs today. Cyprus is now complete in terms of geographical coverage - well in terms of settlements at least. Passportguy (talk) 13:08, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Hello
Hello Dr.Blofeld User:Pastor Theo says you would be a great person to add a picture to Mutumuna Falls. Can you help please? Much appreciated. Thank you.-- The Legendary   Sky Attacker  03:37, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

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Oaxaca
Eep - sorry, hadn't noticed in my eagerness. I'll go back over them at some point today and fix them. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 18:02, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Just thought I'd stop through for a few minutes and add a little - it's been a while since I've done it. Anyhow, I have to run in a couple of minutes; I'll be back more substantially later today. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 18:06, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * OK - in a little while I'll come back and finish up. Sorry - I'm in "drive-by editor" mode this afternoon. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 18:10, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure - I should have the time this evening. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 14:03, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Less time than I thought - there are still fifty-odd to go. I'll hit those tonight. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 13:37, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Right. Don't know what I'll be up to today; busy day ahead. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 13:47, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Indeed. Why do you think I avoid wiki-bureaucracy like the plague?  Anyhow...the last of the Mexico geo-stubs are talk-page-tagged.  And I've another busy day today here, so I'll probably be absent for much of the day. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 13:58, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I've got a few larger things I want to start and fill in - couple of NRHP locations, some other bits of local history, maybe one or two more colonial painters. Hopefully I'll have some time on my lunch break to begin one of them. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 14:07, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Infobox
Replied  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) 02:37, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Tweaked it. ARe you going to work on the Viet distrcits?  YellowMonkey  ( cricket calendar poll! ) paid editing=POV 07:17, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

re:Dutch films
If I get some time, I will, but I'm pretty busy at the moment!  Lugnuts  (talk) 18:16, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

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Why then
didn't you go with your parents? You should have. Shahid •  Talk 2 me  16:33, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

You must be joking!!
Not at all buddy!! :) Why would you think that I am mad at you?? You have done so much to help improve the article and I can't thank you enough. As for Kapoor's article failing the FAC, I have no problem with it. I just felt that the article was nominated at the wrong time. Oh well!!! We cannot always control everything in life!! Well... currently I am not planning to nominate it for a FA but I might change my mind later on. It takes a lot of hard work, time and patience to get an article promoted to a FA. As for the BOI debate, I thought everything was sorted out before... wasn't it??? The discussion can be seen over here!! --  Bollywood Dreamz  talk 18:16, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

hi
check this out! Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:56, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * But bad news I just discovered from fiddling around with it - no translation into English, only out of English. Good for other Wikipedias, but not much help for en.wiki. Calliopejen1 (talk) 21:02, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I think the current title is correct based on google searching. (And also from common sense - just take the stuff before the comma as is, and put it at the end.) Calliopejen1 (talk) 23:16, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed on the multiple names, it is very difficult. Worst of all, you don't know which last name to use in the article. Esp when there are three names - is it a person with two first names and one last name, or one first name and two last names? Even if you know which are the last names, sometimes/usually the first last name is used but other times the second last name is used (esp if the first last name is common, e.g. Zapatero). And since Spanish sentences can drop the subject normally there's no help from the corresponding es.wiki article about what you should call them. (Looking at the es.wiki defaultsort can help determine which names are last names and which are first names though.) My boyfriend is from Spain so sometimes I'll ask him about people and he'll just tell me there's no way of knowing. Re earthquake article - since I just graduated I don't have scientific journal access anymore so I don't think I would have enough resources to be able to get it to FA. Calliopejen1 (talk) 23:24, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Notability
OK, this isn't quite as good as your example, but this place only had one hut and a ghost, making it a real ghost town! Carlossuarez46 (talk) 06:57, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: Deletion
Sorry about that, I accidentally checked the box that said "tag only", and I forgot to revert my notification. *sheepish look* J.delanoy gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds  16:07, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Helloooo
Thank you for your commentaries, I am going to do everything what saying these to me. --Zorydominguez (talk) 18:09, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Ooook!!! Potato!! in Villa Aldama yes!!... Thank you!--Zorydominguez (talk) 18:15, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes i am fron Xalapa!! I wrote Virgen de Guadalupe, because I am writing the own names in Spanish, for example, San Pedro Apostol or La Antigua river. and wait to be able to contribute with wikipedia in the municipalities of veracruz--Zorydominguez (talk) 18:30, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Ví lo que cambiaste en Xoxocotla, te lo agradezco mucho!!--Zorydominguez (talk) 18:38, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Tokelau
Think it can wait for a few hours? I'm sure I can find some things to write up tonight. Shouldn't be difficult. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 19:01, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Right. I've got some more things to take care of here, but hopefully I can stub at least a few locations and politicians this evening.  Shouldn't be that difficult...(famous last words, I know.) --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 19:09, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Awesome, thanks. That's just what I was looking for. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 19:58, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, between you and me we should save this category yet. Between you, actually, the way it's going. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 20:06, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Got it to 70 stubs. And that's without the parliamentarians, even. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 14:08, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * OK - enjoy. I may revisit and do some parliamentarians later, we'll see. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 14:13, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Peniuto Semisi
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Salesio Lui
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Thankyou Lara! May I see your guns or map of some obelisk? Dr. Blofeld       White cat 09:23, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Central America
Perhaps this afternoon I'll be able to do some things. We'll see how the day shapes up. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 13:42, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, here's a starting point for Panama, at least. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 13:56, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah - less so for the other countries, though. Still, I'm sure there's other material out there. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 14:01, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Something else for you to peruse. I'd help, but I've got rather a lot to balance at the moment.  Perhaps after lunch. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 15:24, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * My pleasure. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 16:00, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Indeed...speaking of which, there are a couple of things on Flickr I want to start writing articles around. Ah, well...tonight, perhaps.  It's shaping up to be a funny week 'round these parts... --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 20:12, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I saw what you did there, with all those universities. ;-)


 * Not to continue to be a backseat driver (as penance, I'll attempt some work on one of the other countries this weekend), but don't forget the Metropolitan Cathedral in Guatemala City - I figured the capital would have a cathedral. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 21:34, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks great - as always. Tomorrow maybe I'll start on Nicaragua, or Honduras; not sure which as yet. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 22:57, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

OK - that's where I'll begin tonight. Should be some fodder for it out there. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 00:19, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Congratulations! I'll work on Belize tonight - I think I can bump it up to fifty, at least; there must be ten more out there we can come up with. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 21:25, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh...I see what you did there. Nice.  :-) --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 21:27, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll try to finish it up at some point - there are three or four lighthouses that I can add, certainly. Maybe a couple of other things, too. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 22:55, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Never mind - I see you did those. I might move them to "xxx xxx Light"; that tends to be the policy with English-language lighthouse sites, as I recall. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 22:57, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Don't sweat it - all you need to do is create the stub, remember? Others can come in and fill in more later; I'm sure there are print sources available that we don't have access to. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 22:59, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll see what I can come up with, then. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 00:00, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Precisely why I don't use the stuff - it doesn't help me that much, and it makes the day go by worse than a river of molasses. Anyhow, I've had an image-uploading blitz today; who knew so many members of the Continental Congress lacked portraits? --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 20:42, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't know what I'll get up to tonight - maybe I'll work on finishing Belize, we'll see. It depends on where my whimsy takes me... --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 20:46, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Article creation script
I seem to recall that you have a script for fast article creation (well, obviously). Would you mind if I also used it for a bit? I don't mind taking an email if it's not publicly available. - Jarry1250 (t, c, rfa) 13:15, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Believe it or not I actually don't use a script! Ask User:Bugboy52.40  Dr. Blofeld       White cat 21:37, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion Converted to PROD: List of greatest Boston athletes by jersey number
Hello Dr. Blofeld, and thanks for your work patrolling new changes. I am just informing you that I have changed a page you tagged (List of greatest Boston athletes by jersey number) from being tagged for speedy deletion to being tagged for proposed deletion. The speedy deletion criteria are very narrow to protect the encyclopedia, and do not fit the page in question. Please review the criteria for speedy deletion before tagging further pages. If you have any questions or problems, please let me know. Thanks again! A le_Jrb <sup style="color:blue;">talk 16:25, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 21:41, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Featured picture?
You can try, but I'm not sure it'd fly; I think it's a bit small for an FP, and the colors could use some rebalancing. Pity, because it's a nice shot. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 13:27, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. :-) --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 21:04, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Right - I've got to finish up the stuff I'm doing now. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 21:09, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Indeed - what a pity I can't hardly understand a word of it. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 02:08, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Chitre
I've started translating a bit. The spanish article is actually pretty bad. The history section is mostly just a snapshot of what cultural life was like in town during 1948 - don't think it's worth translating. I'll do a bit more translation in a couple minutes. My travel guide has a few pages on the town but not too much. BTW I don't think the photo has a shot at FP. Probably not high-res enough (meets the technical reqt but generally shots like this you need more) and it's weirdly grainy and the blacks are crushed (underexposed to complete black) in all color channels and the highlights are blown (overexposed to the max) in the red channel. Calliopejen1 (talk) 14:38, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I've just stumbled upon Zawiyat al `Urqub, which--judging by google maps--has a location that puts it in a patch of scrub brush in the desert. No buildings nearby anywhere to be seen... What do you normally do for cases like this? (BTW a search for "Zawiyat al `Urqub" in google maps pulls up the exact same coordinates in the middle of nowhere.) Calliopejen1 (talk) 18:00, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Dear Dr. Blofeld, thank you for creating the Massah, Libya page. It's the place of my ancestors. Moreover, it's good too see a British interested in Libya.--Maher A. A. Abdussalam (talk) 16:41, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. I created a lot of the articles and templates. If you can expand them using sources you have and add any photographs you have I look forward to seeing them develop. Keep up the good work! Dr. Blofeld       White cat 16:44, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Martin Henriksen
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My appreciation
Hello Dr. Blofeld, thank you for creating new pages and stubs related to Turkmenistan. Ýolöten, Baýramaly, nature reserves and many more pages you have created or developed are quite appreciable. That is very kind of You! Thanks a lot for taking local features into consideration such as in Iolotan which is Ýolöten in Turkmen. Best Regards. Looking forward for You wonderful contributions. --Hanberke (talk) 07:15, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree - it's good to see some appreciation being given you for this sort of thing. It's only a start, and there's a lot left to do, but I think we're getting more and more people with better knowledge of the subject on board, and they're starting to expand what's out there.  Looks good. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 19:01, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It's very good indeed. I found a series of dictionaries about various countries published by Scarecrow Press which I hope to be using to add information with in the near future. A lot of the information they include is more "cultural" than geographic, and the books in general aren't always that long, but something is generally better than nothing. If you can find any of them yourself, though, feel free to use them. John Carter (talk) 19:04, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Excellent - I like seeing things like that. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 19:22, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Govurdak
Ah, sure, of the two requests the fun and easy one has already been taken care of, so I get stuck with the one that's a pain in the ass to find! :)

Anyway, I'll try. In the interest of full disclosure, I don't really have any high-quality sources on Turkmenistan, so the bits that follow are basically the dregs I scrounged around from the sources which are not really citable.

To the point now. Russian Wikipedia does have an article on Говурдак, placing it at 37.8°N, 66.05°W in Lebap Province. "Govurdak", or "Govurdag" rather, seems to be the Turkmen dialect name, meaning "sulphuric mountain" ("govur" is "sulphur" and "dag" is "mountain"). Russian occupants, of course, had to butcher the name, so in Soviet times the place was known as Гаурдак (Gaurdak). Incidentally, that's the name under which the article in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia is located.

One thing that's missing from the Russian Wikipedia is the fact that the town was renamed in (or around) 2002. Its new name seems to be Магданлы (Magdanly&mdash;note, however, that this article points to a different province, but that's your problem :)). It definitely has nothing to do with Bereket, which is a different place entirely.

Other interesting facts about the place I've found are that it was founded in 1947 (looks like it was an urban-type settlement from the very start), and that as of 1949 it was in jurisdiction of Charshanginsky District of Chardzhou Oblast.

Hopefully this should be enough to continue your search! Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 14:07, June 24, 2009 (UTC)
 * If I don't get to it today, I'll try finding time next week. Will that work for you?
 * Also, I forgot to ask&mdash;what did you revert yourself on Magdanly for? The province, at least, is definitely wrong (should be Lebap, which is what the navbox at the bottom shows anyway), and the rest I saw no problem with either.
 * And, oh, welcome back! I'm glad folks were able to knock some sense into you after all :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 13:59, June 26, 2009 (UTC)

Shchyogolev
I must say that for me this really isn't an exciting topic to write about, so, since I see that you only wanted me to work on it to address the unreferenced BLP concern, I copyedited the article a bit and provided a link to his bio on the official website of the Ministry. That should be enough as far as formalities go; I'm going to leave shaping the actual article to Mr. Shchyogolev's numerous fan base.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 17:47, June 29, 2009 (UTC)

Iran templates
I'd look for someone that knows the language and go from there; me, I haven't a clue where to begin. I'm fluent in French, and can bluff my way through a handful of other European languages; other than that I'm lost. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 21:00, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I didn't even realize there was Google translation for Persian. Shows you how much out of the loop I've become. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 21:08, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Almost like my hometown is, these days; I take it you've heard about this by now? --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 21:13, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Really? The BBC had something about it on their site yesterday.  It's front page news all around here, of course; needless to say, the whole sorry affair is an unacceptable disgrace.  I've been saying for years that it's going to take a fatal crash for Metro to accept that the system is in need of severe retooling.  Instead, they're asking the feds to give them $3 billion to upgrade their rail cars, when it looks like there were about five other preventable factors at play here that needed to be addressed. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 21:20, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It's more than that, though. Metro's service has always been crap; today's commute was the worst I've suffered through in almost three years of commuting.  They've never cared for the customers at all, they don't know how to handle money, and they don't care about safety.  And this is what happens.  *sigh*  I'm hoping there will be changes, but I'm not going to hold my breath. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla!

Two names, one subject
The fact that there are many ways to transliterate Arabic words in English, led to a problem that there is a possibility to find two (or even more) pages in Wikipedia have difference in names, but talks about the same subject, like Al Burayqah-Mersa Brega Seaport, and Agedabia-Ajdabiya. Do you have a solution?--Maher A. A. Abdussalam (talk) 23:14, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Dear Dr. Blofeld, you've created two pages talking about the same subject, Qaryat `Umar al Mukhtar and `Umar al Mukhtar. I prefer to remove the latter since it refers to the name of Omar Mukhtar. The word Qaryat or Qarya means village--Maher A. A. Abdussalam (talk) 10:16, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Farsi translation
Yeah, I already added it to the Expand Farsi template a couple days ago! It's not super great - I think "alpha" is a pretty good description. Generally gives me a good enough idea of the main topic of a text, but word by word or even sentence by sentence it's not too great. So far I've been using it a lot to translate stuff that's popping up in my facebook feed from Iranian friends! (As time goes on my facebook feed has gotten more multilingual. One friend is always posting stuff in Basque that's a total mystery to me...) One thing I wish it would do (not for wikipedia really but just in general) is also translate transliterated Farsi, because that's what my friends type a lot of the time, and it can't help at all with that! Calliopejen1 (talk) 23:55, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Igor Shegolev
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Source of article?
Dr. Blofeld, could you please address the talk section on the Hail cannon page? The appears to have been copied verbatim from the |Eggers Hail Cannon Manufacturer website, so I wanted to leave you a message to determine if you are the original author of the website's page or if we should retool the page to avoid any issues. Thanks! FerrousCathode (talk) 15:39, 25 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks! I'll look into the topic a bit more... FerrousCathode (talk) 17:19, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Greetings!
Greetings from the Land Beneath Your Feet! I see from your Talk Page your are busy now with a whole slew of subjects which have not yet attracted my attention. But I am glad to see you are up and running and look forward to cooperating with you on new projects (or polishing up some old ones) in the future.

The proofs for my tome, Through the Jade Gate to Rome, (the heavily annotated translation of the 'Chapter on the Western Regions' from the Hou Hanshu), arrived by post a few days ago. It is great to have a "real" book in my hands and good for the ego to see it after all these many years. However, I found too many mistakes in it - both theirs and mine - so have revised it once again and sent the new files to the publishers. (I found 3 mistakes just after I sent them off - but too late!). Soooooo, if the next proof copy is satisfactory (and I expect to have that in 3-4 weeks), the book should be on Amazon.com, etc., etc., within another 2-3 weeks! Best regards, John Hill (talk) 07:28, 26 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi! Am doing much better, thanks. This new medications they have me on block spinal pain - so I am experiencing far less of it (thank heavens!!!!). However, I have to keep reminding myself that just because I am not feeling so much pain means I have to be extra careful not to do anything which my injure my spine (which means just about any heavy physical activity). Oh, the joys of aging! Let me count the ways: 1. I get a pension, 2. I get some discounts on rates, medical expenses, etc., 3. Well that's all I can think of for now - there may be more, but my memory is failing fast.


 * I am also much more comfortable at nights since we bought a new "memory foam" mattress - miraculous stuff!


 * Yeah, I feel sad about Michael Jackson - but I have been feeling sadness (and pity) for him ever since he tried to change his looks and never knew what to make of all the child molestation charges - as I had no way of knowing the true situation. He must have been really unhappy. He sure could dance, though, and he entertained millions, and there are far worse ways of living a life than that! About Sarah, I hardly know of her - especially as I don't have T.V. and we have no movie theatre in Cooktown - but, yes, it is very sad for anyone to die of cancer. Take care of yourself, and keep well, and don't let the bastards get you down. Cheers, John Hill (talk) 07:46, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Michael Jackson
Yeah - there was something in my school's alumni magazine the other day; apparently a bunch of students, faculty, and staff members did the "Thriller" dance on campus not too long ago in an attempt to set a world record. Which they did. (With all the proud history of my alma mater, this is the best they can do these days? *sigh*) I have my suspicions that he did something to himself that led to it. Although perhaps his body rejected his new nose or something... (I'm a bad person, what can I say?) --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 13:50, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure about suicide, but I don't doubt that there was some kind of medication involved. Pity, because he did have a lot of talent.  He just became so self-destructive as to end up little more than the eternal punchline.  Sad. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 14:00, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Nice. Did you ever get Belize up to 60?  Or did you stop at 57? --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 14:14, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Perhaps. Or perhaps there are a handful of monuments or memorials? --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 14:24, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Excellent. I'll be switching gears a bit tomorrow - looks like I'm going out to the mountains, which will give me a chance to get photographs of some Virginia towns to upload. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 16:30, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Pics uploaded
here - didn't think the coffee shop interior was useful so i didn't upload them. there were several duplicates, so only two to upload in the end. Calliopejen1 (talk) 18:23, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

SDPatrolBot's warnings
Hi there, if you like, I can stop running it for ten minutes or so to let you untag these pages, or you can request that the tagger do so (which is what I'd suggest). Cheers - Kingpin13 (talk) 19:54, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Cool, thanks for all your creations (although I know you get that all the time) ;). - Kingpin13 (talk) 19:58, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Aye, a picture is worth a thousand words etc etc ;). Yeah, lots of pages are good, even if they only start out as stubs. - Kingpin13 (talk) 20:04, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Leh
Hi again! Yes, I have taken a quick look at the page on Leh and think I can probably improve it and/or add to it - but I just haven't had time yet. This morning our 4 year old granddaughter is coming for the day and we also have two people coming for lunch (a Chilean musician and a good friend of ours who is arranging the Queensland Musical Festival which will be held here in Cooktown in July) - so I won't be able to get anything done today - we'll see tomorrow. Best wishes, John Hill (talk) 23:26, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (File:KarnakAbujamra.jpg)
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Cloud Gate
I have addressed the concern you have stated at the FAC. If there is anything else that I can do to get your support for this nomination please post it in the discussion.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 00:34, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I appreciate your efforts to improve the article. However, this is the fourth FAC attempt and all previous attempts have failed partly due to the number of images of ths sculpture.  We have reached a compromise on the number of images.  Please return the article to the same number of images.  I would hope that the main images remain.  Choose only one of the omphalos.  The additional one of the construction may be something that can be kept.  I am not sure how the text supports the one with the kid, but if the text supports it.  Please remove all other images. Then note the addition of the kid image on the discussion.  You may want to review prior FACs in this regard.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 11:55, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I think they are an improvement and would tolerate a dozen more, but FAC reviewers are what matter here. We would like to get the article past FAC before making any changes like that.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 11:59, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Make sure the image of the boy is properly licensed and noted in the discussion. Choose the best Omphalos image and make sure it is properly licensed.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 12:08, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Construction images do not count because it was not a copyrighted work of art at that stage. Your second construction image is welcome, but File:Cloud Gate attraction.jpg is in violation of WP:NFCC.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 12:17, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I notice that File:OmphalosCloudGate.jpg is not properly licensed. It needs all the same fair use rationale information that the prior image should have had.  I think it had the proper FUR.  The main images also have similar FUR information.  The image of the kid may need similar licensing although I am not sure what an image reviewer would consider to be the subject of the image.  It is possible that the kid is the subject and a FUR is not necessary.  Please explain yourself in the FAC discussion so that when the image reviewer comes by, he can review accordingly.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 12:23, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Obviously, a Support on the FAC discussion helps us a lot more than you telling me you are "Happy with the article" on my talk page, so please consider expressing yourself on the FAC discussion in this regard.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 12:25, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * For the omphalos, I would copy the FUR from the previous image. For the boy, I would expressly state the issue on the FAC discussion and request advice.  I think the boy image may be acceptable with the sculpture merely being a background subject.  Just state the issue in the FAC discussion.  I think the article may be considered improved with the boy even by contentious image reviewers.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 12:36, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Nature Reserve or Biosphere Reserve
Hello, DR. Blofeld! Repetek Nature Reserve created by You is differently named here. There is also comprehensive information there. Is it possible to get information from that page to this article. I mean is it copyrighted there?! or just indicating the source is possible!? This list also... Best Regards--Hanberke (talk) 07:30, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Re
I never received any e-mails from you!! Are you sure you sent them to me??? --  Bollywood Dreamz  talk 16:08, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I am doing fine!! How about you?? (P.S. I honestly didn't receive any e-mail from you! Maybe you sent it to the wrong person. LOL :P) --  Bollywood Dreamz  talk 16:12, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I missed talking to you Blofeld... It feels great talking to you again. I can't believe you don't like the warm weather. On the contrary, I absolutely love the warm weather. I like it when it is warm and sunny. Last year, I went to the Caribbean and absolutely loved it. I came back with an impresive tan. LOL --  Bollywood Dreamz  talk 17:22, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I went to the Bahamas as well as the Turks and Caicos Islands :) --  Bollywood Dreamz  talk 17:30, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * LOL... I missed your sense of humor Blofeld!!! --  Bollywood Dreamz  talk 17:36, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. Next time I go on vacation, I will definitely notify you ;) LOL :) --  Bollywood Dreamz  talk 17:56, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * When you have time, check your e-mail. --  Bollywood Dreamz  talk 18:44, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Iran
Sure - I should be able to get to it today or tomorrow; I've got a few more images from my Saturday jaunt to throw up, too, and I want to get them done ASAP. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 16:45, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Shenandoah National Park and assorted counties on the way up. Lovely day for it, too. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 17:36, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Reliablity of Tageo
I just have a question if you have noticed any omissions with Tageo. I noticed that some of the cities seem to be missing from, e.g. Bileh Savar, Herowabad, or Germi. It seems to pertain mainly to cities, but it makes you wonder how complete the list actually is. Passportguy (talk) 16:53, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * In addition I have found several faults in their geodata, e.g.


 * Parsabad which is given by Tageo as 37 47' 20 N / 48 16' 39 E but is in reality at 39°38'56"N  47°54'41"E 8according to wikimapia and my large scale map. Now it may be that there is another village by that name in the same district, and they have omitted the city - but this is hard to verify.

Most of the info I can't verify as Wikimapia's data on Iran is only rudimentary and I don't have a good map of Ardabil Province. Do you know of any ones online so that I may check the data before continuing with any further stubs ? or maybe a (semi-) official list of villages & towns ?

Passportguy (talk) 17:26, 30 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Thank for clearing the geodata problems up. So the only question now is : Where are the cities on Tageo ? They all seem to be missing : is there a seperate list for them ? Passportguy (talk) 17:42, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikiproject
OK, good idea. What am I supposed to do?--Hanberke (talk) 11:15, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, that will be great. Waiting for Your inspirations. I'll try my best.--Hanberke (talk) 13:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I have added some information here. But cannot upload the relevant picture. Would you please help me if that is neede there?!--Hanberke (talk) 13:25, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * By the way, i think the picture in T. National Museum of Fine Arts is the photo of Exhibition Palace (or incorrectly translated Exhibition centre)--Hanberke (talk) 13:28, 30 June 2009 (UTC)