User:Dr. Blofeld/August 2011

On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Hi, No problems at all. I'm just doing a bit of background digging on OHMSS at the moment and hope to make a full start on that shortly, so anywhere you want to help on getting it back up to a well-deserved GA Status would be welcome! Cheers - SchroCat ( ^  •  @ ) 10:47, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Inns and things
Hi Dr B. Mostly good news from the last week's photography; I got extra shots of the Mermaid (including a clearer close-up of the inn sign), some of the Queen's Head in Icklesham and one of the Rye Castle Museum's main premises in East Street. Couldn't do the interior of the Old Bell though ... sorry (it wasn't particularly interesting anyway, in terms of having distinctive interior features). Did a few other inns across the district as well, for possible future use if we can find sources for them. Hassocks 5489 (tickets please!) 12:49, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Ghana
I'll take a look tonight; it may have to wait until tomorrow, though. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:25, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Some GARs that I nominated
Could you have a look at these? Hardly anyone commented and one guy thinks everything is fine. He thinks many editors are making up criteria that do not need to be there. If you look at the GA criteria strictly speaking, he is right. However, in my opinion, these three articles do not measure up to the other Indian cinema GAs at all. I also need to know why the sources are not good.
 * Good article reassessment/Anand (2004 film)/1
 * Good article reassessment/Unnale Unnale/1
 * Good article reassessment/Bommarillu/1
 * Also, according to the last point here, sources are not deemed as always unreliable. It goes on a use by use basis. That would seem to make it even harder to say, "yyy is an unusable source". BollyJeff  ||  talk  19:23, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

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Anglesey churches
Replied / acted at Talk:St Caffo's Church, Llangaffo/GA1 and Talk:St Ffinan's Church, Llanffinan/GA1 – and thanks for the straight pass at St Dona's. Much obliged to you. Regards, BencherliteTalk 14:39, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for your reviews and kind words - much appreciated! BencherliteTalk 13:04, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Wildlife of South Sudan
I have completed my inputs to Wildlife of South Sudan article, though there are not many pictures to post. I have also added to Novaya Opera Theatre.-- Nvvchar . 15:22, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Not any more.-- Nvvchar . 01:32, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Black Enforcer
Manual, non-drilled notification. Like your style! :-) TerriersFan (talk) 21:47, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK for The Mermaid Inn
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Tsukabaru Dam
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 00:12, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Spanish Civil War battles
I'll have to say "maybe" to that, I haven't decided when my interest in the SCW will come to a natural end. We'll see, good work on having them there in any case. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 11:23, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Which reminds me - I began working on Ghana but got sidetracked by Antarctica. Antarctica should be finished (*fingers crossed*) tonight, and I'll look at Ghana again after that. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:26, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Yep - I've supported already. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 15:00, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll add it to the pile - we'll see if I can't manage a stub or two this afternoon. Depends on the workload, as always. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 15:03, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure - I've been meaning to for some time, actually. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 15:06, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

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Primorsky Krai
Done. Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 4, 2011; 17:08 (UTC)
 * Your comment would be appreciated here. Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 5, 2011; 18:40 (UTC)
 * I think we've figured it out, but do take a look anyway. The feature Thomas pointed out to me surely looks promising. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 5, 2011; 19:34 (UTC)

Responses...
That Nepal place is cool! Much better with the google earth plug-in than plain google maps. Don't know of any NYC-specific fashion categories... Calliopejen1 (talk) 01:56, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

I have started this User:Nvvchar/sandbox/Miscel.. You may like to add.-- Nvvchar . 08:18, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

RE: Truman
Probably of the 15 minutes of fame variety. Seems similar to Mbah Maridjan (hard-headed older person refuses to evacuate from an imminent volcanic eruption, becomes famous for it, then dies as a result). Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:35, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Don't know if Truman would be considered a "spiritual guardian"... doubt there are many animists around Mt. St. Helens. Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:40, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, Dr. B. Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:30, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Template:Expand language
Hi.

Given your previous discussions about the Expand language I thought it appropriate to inform you about a deletion discussion about it. violet/riga [talk] 15:23, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Piva Monastery
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 00:02, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Piva Monatstery
Oh Dear! Wikipedia does it yet again!

Nobody here seems to think through the possible result of publishing the sort of detailed information about the treasures in a small monastery that you have just taken the care to list. So when the art thieves land in tomorrow, I suppose the monks will drive them off with pitchforks? See New Norcia, Western Australia. New Norcia was done over by total amateurs. However, there are professionals who know exactly what there is a market for, and exactly how to handle it. I have a fit every time this sort of info appears on wikipedia. You may be using the name of a very coniving man, but your actions in padding out the article with info like that are just plain naive. To put it bluntly, your average Wikipedia reader really doesn't give a stuff about a rare printed sheet at an out-of the way monastery. But to a person with a market in mind, the information is valuable, and the artefact is well worth the drive.

Amandajm (talk) 01:22, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Wildlife of South Sudan
Thanks for the nom. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:16, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
 * As per new DYK rules apart from posting on the template, rule II says that "after you have created the nomination page, list it at this page by finding the appropriate date and adding." You may like to do the needful pl since nobody has reviewed the template nomination so far.-- Nvvchar . 12:36, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I mean this .-- Nvvchar . 13:51, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

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Signing Comments
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2011_August_5&diff=next&oldid=443207089

Please sign your comments with ~ on all other pages except for WP:3O.Curb Chain (talk) 10:38, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Thankyou for teaching me to sign my own name, I'm a newbie here.♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:39, 6 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Learn fast, newbie!  Lugnuts  (talk) 16:37, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Ksawery Pruszyński
Thank you for creating this interesting article. When you create beyond-stub articles with inline references, like Ksawery Pruszyński, please consider nominating your work for front page exposure at T:TDYK. Also, please try to add talk page templates (Talk:Ksawery Pruszyński), they allow the use of various automated tools we have at WP:POLAND, such as article alerts. Thanks, --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk 19:32, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Complicated how? Perhaps I could help. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk 19:38, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Sudan
You might be interested in Radom National Park and Lake Kundi. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:07, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Please see references 1 and 2 for UKOT where Anguilla is part of the 14 Islands. -- Nvvchar . 03:50, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Silk Purse Award

 * See this and make any modifications you feel might be better. Thanks.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 05:32, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Sakya Trizins & Ganden Tripas
Hi Ernst, I've seen several articles of yours that seem to be automatically made or imported, with a bot I guess. I saw that many times other people followed to increase these stubs. Now I wondered whether preparing/operating such a bot is a lot of work. As a matter of fact I have seen two lists (Sakya Trizin & Ganden Tripa) that would lend themselves very well as a basis for a series of stubs. I've done the same on nl.wikipedia semi-automatically (with a macro in MS Word), but it gives me to much muscle trouble in my shoulders to do it that way again. Do you think it's something for you to produce these subs on en.wikipedia? Don't bother to say no if you don't feel for it. Take care, Davin (talk) 10:10, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

I wish I did have a bot running but its all manual I'm afraid. In principal I'd have to say that it is better to create articles one at a time as half decent sourced stubs/start class articles, especially biographies. The reason why I often create a lot of factory produced short stubs, particularly geography, even though I detest such articles as a reader is purely for long-term development purposes. Its usually because of the sheer number of articles missing and their matter of urgency. For instance we should have had articles on the Districts of Russia back in 2005 but we were missing well over half of them which combined had the area of several Europes combined. Given that it is my goal to cover the planet evenly and the sheer size of the districts I believed it was worth creating them as short stubs as something to work towards. I can create articles on these biographies as smallish stubs with a source if you like, but it will have to be manual I'm afraid. If you can wikilink the articles in the tables for me I will look into this in the coming week.♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:37, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
 * That would be very nice! Unbelievable that all your many thousands of articles are all hand made. Usually I only believe in stubs when there is a chance that they will be filled in later by someone, and I think this will will greatly be the case by these articles. Especially when there are interwiki links, users may get inspired by the the equivalent in another language (external links, sources, data, etc.). Meanwhile I have updated the two lists, inclusive of the sources that were used to build these lists (they are originally from de.wikipedia). The source of the Sakya Trizins is quiet clear. The list of Ganden Tripas was composed Tripa by Tripa. This was done by Wissling who told me he used Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center using "all in any order" + e.g. "Khri 100", which returns the 100th Ganden Tripa. I guess just mentioning this website will do as a source? Thank you very much for helping out! Best regards, Davin (talk) 12:40, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

I'll make a start on them tomorrow. Thanks!♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:53, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I noticed something I could do in return. English is not my mother tongue, so the article might need some corrections. Best regards, Davin (talk) 17:52, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi Ernst, I replied on my talk page. Davin (talk) 16:59, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Need help
Hi, if you're interested can you help me out in getting this to FL. I have been really working hard in improving the article. -- Commander (Ping Me) 10:29, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Good job, but FL is really not my forte.♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:31, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Blogs as RS
Hi, I'm not sure if you've seen WP:BLOGS, but blogs are sometimes allowed as WP:RS (as self-published sources) if they are written by an expert in the field. -- Beloved Freak  10:40, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

See ref 16 of Indianapolis Museum of Art which I passed as a GA. I know. But I am unconvinced milliblog is a RS. Unless itt can be proved to be a credible source.♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:42, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
 * No problems, I had just noticed the GA review for Ponnar Shankar (film) where it seemed like you were asking for a blog to be removed just because it was a blog. I know you've been doing some GA reviewing, so I just wanted to make sure you were aware. And you are, so that's fine! Not trying to teach you to suck eggs! :) -- Beloved Freak  10:48, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Feel free to investigate the milliblog source and reintroduce it if you feel it is a reliable source. To me it stood out amongst the others as a poor source.♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:50, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
 * That's fine, I'm not familiar with the source, and trust your judgement on that. Honestly, I was just checking that you'd seen that bit of WP:V, I didn't mean to suggest you hadn't been thorough. -- Beloved Freak  11:22, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks
Hi! Thanks for being very polite and understanding throughout the review process. I had no hopes that this article would pass as I had nominated it only to have some experience with GAN before getting into it full fledged. You must have guessed it by the state the article was in 2 weeks ago :) So, are you still game for working with me in an another article? Korkoro received two peer reviews before I nominated it a number of days ago. I know, I am trying to jump the queue. morelM William 11:01, 7 August 2011 (UTC)


 * I will look at it this evening. I have one two or other reviews I'd like to do today first though.♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:04, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your prompt reply. I would look forward to your suggestions. morelM William 11:06, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Will be likely tomorrow evening/Tuesday now.♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:28, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

What?
The film or the article? :) Seen the film when I was a kid. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  17:05, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you
Hello there. I'd just like to say thanks for my barnstar. I've never received one before. It was a real surprise, and much appreciated.  Rubywine. talk 19:16, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

could you check on....
DYK nomination of The Naked Monster: there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath the nomination's entry and respond there. It has been opined without specifics that The Naked Monster needs copyedit before a DYK will be granted. I see the use of some new sort of confusing grading tool for DYKs which pretty much ensure there will be far fewer in the future.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 19:57, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Invitation
You're invited in joining Wikipedia:Why_is_Wikipedia_losing_contributors_-_Thinking_about_remedies. Blackvisionit (talk) 03:52, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK nom for Wildlife of South Sudan
Hi Dr. B, I have reviewed your nomination for Wildlife of South Sudan at Template talk:Did you know/Wildlife of South Sudan and have a few comments before I can pass it. Please reply at the nomination page. Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:30, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Human settlement compendium?
Howdy. I noticed one of your previous conversations regarding lists of settlements in every country. I wanted to let you know the list of villages in Bhutan is ([quite possibly very] temporarily) up to date. The names indicated by the government aren't always helpful, and I couldn't think of a better way to arrange the info without another source. I suck at geocoords, so I haven't tried corroboration that way. I have managed to make geomaps somehow. So for what it's worth, info is there for the picking if you or someone else wants to work with the linked maps and names. I've taken a few shots at the A-Z list of settlements, but I think I've reached a stopping point for now. Cheers! JFHJr (㊟) 08:54, 10 August 2011 (UTC)


 * For the barnstar, thank you, good evil doctor (bow). JFHJr (㊟) 16:08, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Porcelanosa


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hmmm....
Why have you become so sporadic? All's good? Shahid •  Talk 2 me  18:48, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

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inre User:MichaelQSchmidt/Newcomer's guide to guidelines
You are cordially invited to User:MichaelQSchmidt/Newcomer's guide to guidelines as I feel its going live is imminent and I value additional eyes and input.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 00:52, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

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South Sudan
Dr.B - Thank you for the barnstar! I appreciate it. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:17, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

thanks!
As wee as it is, thank you for creating Bagram District. Small for now, but it's the thought that counts. Kingturtle = (talk) 16:17, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

re: Chavs
Hehe, nice work!  Lugnuts  (talk) 18:22, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Sickening amount of them on the news trying hard to "justify" the riots this week.  Lugnuts  (talk) 18:52, 12 August 2011 (UTC)


 * I know you do alot of work on stubs - would you mind taking a look at this? I'm failing to understand this situation. Thanks.  Lugnuts  (talk) 09:17, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

TfD:Template:The Marcoses
Please come and have a look at TfD:Template:The_Marcoses. I have just discovered something which I find extremely disturbing, and I would really appreciate some independent input. As things currently stand, I am intending to lodge a complaint about the actions of the administrator who proposed this template for deletion, and a request that his history of article and template deletion is independently reviewed. Please tell me what you think.  Rubywine. talk 20:47, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your comment. By the way, that guy is not an administrator after all.  Rubywine. talk 21:02, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Shouldn't matter, admins are certainly not superior to any other active contributor.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:05, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you!
for the barnstar. I am now poking around in the Iran templates that you started and filling in the redlinks, see Razavi Khorasan Province. By the way, when will the expand the groups beyond 20, as they have in the Italian wikipedia? Carlossuarez46 (talk) 21:59, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Stub philosophy
Just came across this. I quite agree with what you write there. Press on. Ericoides (talk) 16:32, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Thailand
Sure - I should be able to get to some of that today. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:42, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I just need to put my laundry on and then I'll get started. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:17, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll add that later. Right now I have some recategorizing of French people to do.  Incidentally, it looks like that's the only province worth running AWB on.  I've checked a handful of other provinces, and they don't have more than one or two articles apiece in . -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:16, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Might be best. I'm working on plowing through  at the moment; it's tremendously oversized, and needs paring down. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:19, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
 * No, by profession. We have  and ; I'm adding artists, musicians, and writers for now.  Same as with many other large cities.  There are over 12,000 articles in the main category, last I checked - that needs to be worked on. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:22, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

File:JulioIrigoyen.jpg
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Re: Bull Hotel
Done. You're lucky to catch me online -- in recent days, I'm only here for maybe an hour at most, & usually busy rewriting an article before bailing for the night. -- llywrch (talk) 22:29, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, keep on flattering me like that, & I may get motivated enough to write a new article. ;-) llywrch (talk) 21:20, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

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 * Resolved Sfan00 IMG (talk) 00:40, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Llangaffo
I've expanded it a bit. I'll work on the redlinked marshes later. --Rosiestep (talk) 00:32, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Malltraeth Marsh may interest you. --Rosiestep (talk) 06:14, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

What a beautiful article it's become. A picture is truly worth a thousand words. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:04, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Corsddeuga is a redlink in Llangaffo. I can't find anything about it. Could it be an alt spelling of Cors Ddyga or Cors Degai, which are Welsh for Malltraeth Marsh? --Rosiestep (talk) 02:21, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Filmrationale
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Louis Renault (industrialist)
Thanks for the correction. He was not a race car driver; he once won a bet racing a car. His brother was noted for racing cars and died racing one.842U (talk) 10:27, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Why is he categorized as French racecar driver then? That's probably how Ser Amantio came to categorize him as a sportsperson.♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:33, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Maybe someone is confusing him with Louis Chevrolet. Bahnfrend (talk) 09:24, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Hey
I see you're back. Blof I started expanding the Zinta article. Could you please read the following and tell me if you find it alright or maybe you think there's something to delete?

Here it is:

"By April 2008, Zinta completed shooting for Jahnu Barua's drama Har Pal. In the same year she starred in Deepa Mehta's Canadian film Heaven on Earth, a Punjabi language drama based on the true story of a young Indian woman who, post marriage to a non-resident Indian from Canada, migrates to Toronto and becomes a victim of severe domestic abuse. The film displays magical realism and mysticism through her character Chand's isolation and follows her suffering, as a result of which she creates an alternative reality in order to survive. (When Mehta cast her) Zinta described Mehta as one director she had been longing to work with (I wanted to add: and expressed her belief that the film would fulfull her hunger for "a new kind of acting challenge"). To prepare for the role, she read and watched several books and documentaries on domestic violence. As the film was to be shot entirely in Punjabi, a language that was totally alien to her, she learnt it in a crash course of fifty days. She was emotional during the making of the film: "I never knew a character would effect me so deeply. I've become completely withdrawn and introspective... I can't snap out of the character." She eventually termed it as her most challenging film, as it helped her "shed everything that Preity Zinta was about."

Following Heaven On Earth, Zinta took a two-year sabbatical from movies, later explaining that she had chosen to focus on her work with her cricket team. In 2011 she launched her own production company, PZNZ Media. She is set to star in the first film produced under the banner, Ishkq in Paris, a romantic comedy directed by Prem Soni. An Indo-French collaboration, the film will have Zinta portraying a half-Indian half-French Parisian woman and will co-star several Indian and French actors. Zinta's role required her to learn French and follow a strict diet and fitness regime, for which she hired the services of celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson. As of August 2011, Ishkq in Paris is slated for release in 2012."

The highlighted text is the one I find most problematic. Do you have any comments? If you're busy then don't bother, just let me know. Shahid •  Talk 2 me  15:55, 14 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes, I have seen it. Great work. I've noticed your very recent review for Tooms. I wonder why you've started dedicating so much of your time to GA reviews. Does it interest you more of late? I obviously think your reviews are excellent, but is there a particular reason why you took up this new routine?
 * BTW, I'm a bit sad today: Shammi Kapoor's passed away. :( Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  16:28, 14 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Fair enough. Good job.
 * Really? That's all? That makes me feel quite good as I worked hard on it. Are you sure there weren't any other problems? (Do you think I should remove "Zinta described Mehta as one director she had been longing to work with" too? I thought Zinta's opinion about getting the role would be important.
 * BTW, I was afraid there was some sort of ambiguity in the following sentence: "Zinta's role required her to learn French and follow a strict diet and fitness regime, for which she hired the services of celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson. As of August 2011, Ishkq in Paris is slated for release in 2012." - I mean, she hired Anderson only for the fitness regime, and not the French lessons hahaha!!
 * What do you think about a section title like, "Stage performances and television presenting"? Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  17:22, 14 August 2011 (UTC)


 * What's the purpose behind User:Dr. Blofeld/Stub philosophy - do you plan to do something with and post it somewhere or just place it on your userpage? Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  17:29, 14 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Oh I knew that would be a bit of a problem, that's why I needed the help of a good copyeditor. Heaven on Earth is a magical realism film. When Zinta's character gets physically abused by her husband she starts imagining a better life. She kind of escapes into a world of fantasy (that's why the film is said to be a tribute to the power of the imagination).
 * I'm also a bit concerned about this sentence (which you said it's better removed): "(Before shooting began,) Zinta described Mehta as one director she had been longing to work with and expressed her belief that the film would fulfull her hunger for "a new kind of acting challenge". Do you think it doesn't really make sense or it can be rewritten?
 * BTW, Blof, I'm a bit surprised because generally you do remember it, but did you forget which day is today? Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  11:57, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you, buddy... What about the above points? Any suggestions? Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  12:10, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Well it pains me to say this, but everything is true in a certain extent, except "intolerant", which is clearly untrue... Stop it, help me with Zinta, I'm upset because you said it was "OK"... Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  12:32, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Would you change the part about the magical realism? You said you didn't get it. About the embolded part, is it not well written or structured or just seems redundant to you? If you think it's not necessary so please do tell me (do not be afraid to offend me LOL, you know I don't get offended by criticism). I thought of something like: "Expressing her hunger for 'a new kind of acting challenge', Zinta described Mehta as one director she had been longing to work with." And sorry if I'm badgering you - you know I just want to keep the article in top quality. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  13:18, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay then - will not mention it. Do you have some suggestion for the magical realism part. I'm afraid that if you don't get it, other won't either. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  15:21, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK for The Naked Monster
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Unfounded accusations
I suggest you stop making unfounded accusations. Please assume good faith and stop making personal attacks. Its not becoming of your history of contributions here and its unnecessary. Its quite easy to learn the core Wikipedia policies. Jumping to the conclusion that someone who has bothered to learn the rules before contributing is somehow abusing the system is hardly fair nor is it reasonable. Palltrast (talk) 16:18, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Districts of Iran
Once the village articles are created; there will be enough to templatize (if that's a word) each district. Then we need only include the county templates on the articles about cities and districts, and province templates only on articles about cities and counties. Very hierarchical, like it's done for most US states: the state template is only used on a selected number of articles: usually about the counties and major cities - city status in the US (and Iran) seems to be more liberally doled out than in the UK. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 19:17, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Hotels
I wouldn't say I do a lot of work with hotels, but I can help with at least Pennsylvania. Would this list include notable former hotels as well or just ones still operating? ​​​​​​ ​​Niagara ​​Don't give up the ship 19:33, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Done. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:20, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Translations
Thanks for the Barnstar. I actually translate articles from more than just German. It's amazing what you can achieve with a little assistance from Google translator. Anyway, I suggest you give a similar Barnstar to Grahamec. He somehow manages to churn out a substantial German to English translated article on average at least once each day. And as a German speaker, I can vouch for the quality of his work. Bahnfrend (talk) 09:39, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Madagascar
She went without me??? lol. Madagascar is on my short list of places I must go visit. I'm guessing she's having a fabulous time. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:03, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

It's live, and I thank you
A Primer for newcomers( or WP:NewbieGuide) went "live" a few minutes ago. I hope you will consider sharing it with those newcomers whose paths you cross. Best,  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 06:18, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Linda November
Thanks very much for your time and advice on the good article review. It was a pleasure working with you, and if our paths cross in the future, I would have no hesitation in working with you again. Best wishes, --Elonka 16:38, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

About your essay
I found much of it very sensible. I hope you don't mind that I made a copy edit to it -- I think that's what you wanted to say. And if I may make a suggestion, have a look at Category: User essays; it's a way to get your essay out where people can find it. FWIW, I've read a selection of them, & what you've written is better than many. -- llywrch (talk) 04:26, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * You're preaching to the choir about receiving some form of remuneration for edits -- see my comment here, for example. Even a token amount given on a very occasional basis to active contributors would go a long way towards fixing some serious problems I see at Wikipedia -- & for less money than the latest unwanted MediaWiki "improvement". But to repeat myself, a lot of what you wrote was sensible -- even the parts not about money. -- llywrch (talk) 20:21, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * It's not that the PTB are "pig ignorant". It's that Wikipedia is based on the myth that it's the creation of volunteer -- as in unpaid -- labor, & this myth makes it sounds so wonderful. Of course, certain folks at the top benefit from all of this donated effort far more than those of us who work to actually improve the content of Wikipedia. But the same aren't interested in making changes to a relationship which benefits them greatly -- especially since many of us would do it for free anyway & aren't comfortable asserting on our own behalf. (And I admit I fall into that class.) Then again, I find myself having the time to deal with Wikipedia late at night when I'm tired, & more inclined to give in to my cynicism. So maybe don't listen to me. -- llywrch (talk) 05:39, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * No need to say you're not being lazy: in my day job, I constantly face the issue of some difficult or distasteful task I don't want to do -- & could get out of -- but I do because I know I'm being paid to do it. But when it comes to a volunteer activity like Wikipedia... Right now I know of hundreds of contributions I should make -- photos needing to be digitized & uploaded, statistics needing to be massaged into articles, articles in shit condition needing to be thoroughly rewritten, & yes, arguments needing to be made -- but I'm not going to do any of them. Like you, & like a large percentage of the dedicated core of contributors, I do this for my own satisfaction, & if no one cares much about my contributions -- or is even going to resist my attempts to improve things -- I'll just move on. For example, I've been working on Odoacer as I get time & find information, & if I may say so I've gotten it into pretty good shape. But I'm not going to bother pushing it through GA -- or even get it on DYK although there's several good hooks -- because I'm sick & tired of the usual assholes who are trying to score points showing that they know more than everyone else. I'll just enjoy writing it & making it a great article, & the jerks -- who are no worse than those I get along with at my day job -- can wonder why all of the FA submissions they see are on trivial subjects. -- llywrch (talk) 06:35, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks
Hi Stavro, thanks for the barnstar and your kind words. I know we've had some disagreements, which is perfectly acceptable as long as we can talk about it, or agree to disagree. I guess your explosion last November was caused by other, more serious annoyances than what I wrote to you. Good to see your stress levels back to normal ;-) Markussep Talk 11:56, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

AWB
OK. It may have to wait until tomorrow...depends on how long I spend at the gym tonight. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:33, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure. That I probably won't get to until tomorrow. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:04, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Well
The greatest actor is, well, according to me, Marlon Brando. I've watched plenty of his films. Robert DeNiro and Dustin Hoffman are also favourites of mine. The best living actress is indeed Meryl Streep but she is tied with several other great actresses. Judi Dench is one. I love Shirley Maclaine, who I think is terrific. I think Diane Keaton is an amazing comic talent and she's also quite underrated as a dramatic actress. Have you seen Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Reds, Shoot the Moon, Mrs. Soffel? Just too good. Cate Blanchett is on her way to become the next Meryl Streep. The hottest non-Indian actress of all-time is Sophia Loren, who is also a great actress. From the Golden era, according to me Bette Davis, Joan Crawford are the best (I like the Hepburns too, but not as much). Shahid •  Talk 2 me  17:20, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Hehe I know Veronica Carlson, she was really out of this world, and she actually is my type (I'm not stuck by only one sort LOL!). But Loren was just indescribable. She epitomised feminine beauty according to me. Bogart was excellent, though I didn't like him in The African Queen. He was great in such films as Casablanca. He was really classy. One Indian actor who comes close to this kind of style and is perhaps his Indian parallel is Ashok Kumar, who has often cited him as a role model to an extent. I wish Indian cinema today was like it used to be then, in the 1950-60s. Apart from Rekha, who according to me is the sexiest, and apart from all those exotic looking beauties like Zeenat Aman and Parveen Babi whom we used to discuss to death, one actress from India who was very hot is Dimple Kapadia, and she was also a great actress. See this (watch from 1:30). Try to pause at the second her towel is accidently dropped - let's see if you manage to spot *anything*. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  19:55, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * 4:15. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  10:03, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Well it is, but filmmakers like Raj Kapoor, who had an obsession with showing women's skin (and other parts...) in his films (as can be seen in Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Ram Teri Ganga Maili, Mera Naam Joker) and well, Ramesh Sippy, too, who made this film (Saagar). BTW, Sippy is the one who made Sholay. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  10:32, 18 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Indeed. :) Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  06:27, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

re: Greatest
Off the top of my head, I'd pick Charlton Heston (Ben Hur, Planet of the Apes, Waynes World 2...), Rita Hayworth (Gilda) and George C. Scott (Dr Strangelove, The Hustler). From the living era, Naomi Watts (21 Grams, Mulholland Dr.) and Robert De Niro (Godfellas, Taxi Driver). And World Cinema wildcards to Liv Ullman (Persona) and Isabelle Huppert (The Piano Teacher). List will probably change tomorrow, and the day after that, and the day after that!  Lugnuts  (talk) 17:39, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * And for the legends Jimmy Stewart - "BUT THE MONEY'S IN BILL'S HOUSE!"  Lugnuts  (talk) 17:43, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Just seen your latest comment - are those links worksafe?!  Lugnuts  (talk) 13:09, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Iran
I've tweaked Danesfahan; I'll look at the other shortly. :-) Carlossuarez46 (talk) 21:54, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Fixed, good catch -- too many moving parts: they really ought to set a bot up to do this. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 21:37, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, and thanks for checking the work. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 21:55, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I think the largest city articles in Iran that I've had to create from scratch had 50k-80k in population in 2006. So far, nothing over 100k; I think you got all or nearly all of them already. But I'm expanding those with coords and maps and the census data. We have no end of content for places in the US or UK with 5k people, but virtually nothing on Iranian cities with 20X that many people. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 02:52, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Iran has the habit of combining several existing places to form larger units under a single new name - typically these are villages in the 1-5k range, combined to form a city in the 20k range to be the seat of some new organizational structure (district, county), but we'll hammer them out one by one. :-) Carlossuarez46 (talk) 17:17, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of César Barbosa


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Zyryanka
Done.

On an unrelated note, may I ask when you are planning to finish your work on the districts of Russia? Some of those are a horrendous mess, and need fixing ASAP. Why didn't you ask me to create proper templates for them at least? You know I would have been happy to oblige (witness my earlier collaboration with Starzynka). Right now we have several hundred useless stubs which add nothing of value to what is said on the corresponding "administrative divisions of..." pages, and what little they do add is either incorrect or improperly attributed. This was very disappointing, what you did... Did they replace you with the evil Blofeld from several years ago or something? :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 18, 2011; 17:18 (UTC)
 * Not very nice? Are you pulling my leg or something? Let me say this once again&mdash;we have several hundred stubs which are either incorrect or improperly attributed. Every single one of them needs to be corrected. Every. Single. One. (well, OK, maybe 90%, but still). And until someone actually corrects them, they'll just sit there spreading misinformation. Spending several hours on something like that is nothing to be proud of!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 18, 2011; 17:29 (UTC)

South Sudan
Thanks - just trying to make sense of the subject and recording what I found. It is very complex, sort of depressing, but interesting. WP has huge gaps, and many of the existing articles are very poor. I am gradually getting a sense of what can be trusted, what cannot, what must be wrong... So what has happened to DYK? The rules have not really changed fundamentally, just some tweaks, but it has turned into a rather forbidding place. I have not submitted anything new lately, and see you have not either. Aymatth2 (talk) 17:53, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't know about GA. Most of the articles I start have big gaps because they rely on the limited content available online. I suppose if DYK is off limits, GA is an alternative. I don't think it is worth trying to make DYK articles flawless. WP is the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Wikipedia's newest content is likely to be rough around the edges. Maybe it is good to remind our readers (if they do not know already) that WP is probably unreliable. New editors may be encouraged when they see the fairly low quality needed to get accepted. It certainly encourages me. Aymatth2 (talk) 19:08, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Why do I think I am being backed into a corner? On Adar oilfield you could remove the templates  or repeat the from the following sentence. Anything after one cite is covered by the next cite, including several sentences in sequence, my view. Mongalla uses both "Muslim" and "Moslem" but at least one source said "Mohammedan", which is far from PC. I will fix this. If I know an article is up for GA I will certainly respond to comments.  It might be interesting to launch an article for DYK and FA at the some time, see which wins the race. I have one in mind. Daft stuff. Not really - I appreciate what you are doing. Aymatth2 (talk) 00:22, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mongalla, South Sudan
The article Mongalla, South Sudan you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Mongalla, South Sudan for things which need to be addressed. GRAPPLE  X  22:16, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Good Article promotion

 * I am glad to see that places in England are given their due weight in the GA list. Chard is surely more important than Chad. I wonder if anyone has developed a Cartogram of these articles? Aymatth2 (talk) 15:00, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * No problem with the article list, although it is a bit embarrassing to see all the articles I started, thought "I should add more to this" and then forgot all about... Aymatth2 (talk) 16:02, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Yesterday
First off, please let me apologize for my attitude yesterday. While I still stand by my assessment of the quality of those district stubs, I should not have allowed myself to express it using the language I did. Shouting never helps matters, and since what's done is done, I should have offered some solutions instead of fumes. If it helps you any, please know that I consciously restrained myself from commenting on those stubs, even though I saw them from day one (truth be told, if I didn't restrain myself, I'd probably still be blocked for gross incivility :)) This isn't because I hate my fellow editors, but solely because I am overly passionate about the subject matter, as you probably know. I hope you can forgive me for that incident. I know, of course, that you created all those stubs with the best of intentions.

For now, I just wanted to show you this&mdash;we could have had similar stubs now in the hundreds if only you had asked me for a template in the first place. This is still barely scratches the boundaries of "acceptable" according to my standards, but we know full well how ridiculously high I tend to set them, eh? :) At any rate, would you be willing to proliferate these new templates into the rest of the district articles? A different template will need to be created for each federal subject, so it's going to take some time, but within each federal subject only the actual data will need to be replaced; the refs are going to be the same across the board.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 19, 2011; 16:25 (UTC)
 * Admin tools were the last thing on my mind when I saw the stubs... But you know, it's a humbling experience when you wake in the morning, re-read the latest threads on your own talk page, and think to yourself&mdash;"what kind of fuckhead would write something like this?"&mdash;and then realize that oh wait, that was me :)
 * Anyhoo, I hope we are good. You can use Alexandrovsky District as a template for the rest of the districts of Stavropol Krai, and I'll try to make one template a day for the rest of the federal subjects as well, starting next week. Does that sound like a plan?
 * The list you asked about is done.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 19, 2011; 16:44 (UTC)
 * I thought you'd appreciate the starting point :))—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 19, 2011; 16:57 (UTC)
 * Ah, yes, I forgot all about that; thanks for reminding. When I was working with Starzynka, he would always re-do the "cities and towns" template into one that lists also the districts.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 19, 2011; 17:13 (UTC)
 * I've moved the template and added the districts to it&mdash;that's how we always did it in the past. Should be good now. As for spelling out the numbers, no, I wasn't aware there's a MOS guideline to that effect (can you point me to it, please?). I occasionally copy-edit handouts in my company, and our style guide says to spell out all numbers below 100, which is how I ended up assuming it's what everyone (including Wikipedia) does. Apparently not. I'll make sure to remember this in the future. Thanks.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 19, 2011; 17:26 (UTC)
 * Hmm, OK. But ORDINAL says that ...in the body of an article, single-digit whole numbers from zero to nine are spelled out in words; numbers greater than nine are commonly rendered in numerals, or in words if they are expressed in one or two words ... (emphasis mine). Seems to me that either approach is fine.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 19, 2011; 17:35 (UTC)
 * I've asked Sandy Georgia which she's go with just for a second opinion as she's very knwledgeable about MOS guidelines.♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:45, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * That's fine; it's not a big deal to me at all. The way I read ORDINAL, the choice is more of a matter of a personal preference than anything, and as always with the matters of personal preference, I'm perfectly willing to stick to the choice of the first major contributor, who in this case is you. I've made a correction to the article. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 19, 2011; 17:59 (UTC)
 * Thanks; I'll make sure to go through them and make cosmetic changes where necessary (and create the missing ref templates). By the way, I've just looked at the History section of Alexandrovsky District, and unlike the Economy section, it didn't translate well at all. Too much specialized terminology google translate knows nothing about. Do you mind skipping those sections for now? Ru-wiki is notorious for not referencing them anyway, and usually they are taken from the official websites, where the quality of such information is abysmal.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 19, 2011; 18:34 (UTC)
 * Of course it'd be nice. Writing history sections like this one is the main reason why I stick around, by the way. Problem is, not only it takes time to produce a more or less acceptable result, it also takes time to figure out what's usable and what's not. Ru-wiki articles are mostly unusable as sources, except when they are well-referenced (which is to say, hardly ever).—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 19, 2011; 18:50 (UTC)

Listed buildings
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Indeed it is. thanks,♦ Dr. Blofeld  08:58, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

National Film Award for Best Actor
With all due respect, this is not an appropriate behavior that you jumped from nowhere and reverted my edit when the discussion in between two users is in continuation, I'm not doing the same because I don't wanna to start an edit war, so continue the discussion on my talk page. Regards. undefined — Bill william compton Talk  18:35, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Coedarhydyglyn
Hello there. I've expanded Coedarhydyglyn. Castellau may interest you; its tie to Glamorgan needs help.--Rosiestep (talk) 19:39, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Used this for the coords but couldn't find anything else; can you? I stopped watchlisting dyk articles, so I wasn't even aware there were issues with Wildlife of South Sudan. I figured it just fell through... and until today, no one left me a note stating there were issues. I saw something, maybe it was in the Signpost, about women editors are an extreme minority (4%) contributing to geography articles. I'll keep working on geo articles as I love them, but I won't be noming Castellau because there's too much I haven't read at the argumentative dyk talk page and within the dyk instruction creep. --Rosiestep (talk) 22:35, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Adar
P549 near the top of the page: "... adding them to the list of entities owned or controlled by the government of Sudan... " I am a bit busy with real world stuff but also trying to untangle 1950-1970 South Sudan history which is confused and contradictory even from respectable-looking book sources. This set of articles is very much work in progress. Aymatth2 (talk) 02:17, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Country houses and listed buildings
Hi Dr B. I'll look at the bot request and comment there. I think most of my supporting comments from last time will still apply, although I will suggest using the new National Heritage List for England as the source of the refs rather than Heritage Gateway, which has been superseded since the original proposal was made. On the historic houses, I shall go through Pevsner and add as many as I can find based on the criteria. Are we wanting to add any further info (e.g. location, listed status, short description), or are we just going with a bulleted list at the moment? Cheers, Hassocks 5489 (tickets please!) 07:39, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Adar oilfield GAN
Hi Dr, I've started the initial review of Adar oilfield although I have not finished all the comments yet. Sorry for the wait, I'll work on the rest right now. I'll let you know as soon as I can once I have finished them. Regards Jaguar (talk) 10:18, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I have finished comments and put it on hold - it can be found at Talk:Adar oilfield/GA1. Otehr than that, the article looks great. Once those minor issues have been addressed, I will be happy to award it GA status. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions and I will take another look at the article. Thanks, Jaguar (talk) 10:40, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Up to January 2005, "government" in Southern Sudan was the government of Sudan. "Khartoum government" is a reasonable phrase if you think there is ambiguity. From then until July 2011, Southern Sudan was technically part of Sudan, but had an independent government based in Juba and dominated by the SPLM, formerly the main rebel movement. "SPLM government" would be more common usage than "Juba government". In July 2011 South Sudan became fully independent. Aymatth2 (talk) 12:05, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Well done for the extra work and congratulations - it's been passed. Jaguar (talk) 16:11, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Good Article promotion

 * It was Adar oilfield, Africa again! That's a great article, and useful for those wanting to better understand the news. Thank you. – Quadell (talk) 18:46, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Russian districts
For Zabaykalsky Krai, I've created a template at Baleysky District for your copy-pasting pleasure. By the way, you've missed three districts of Agin-Buryat Okrug of that krai when you were creating them originally&mdash;you might want to take care of those at the same time. This template will work for all the districts of Zabaykalsky Krai, except a note about the okrug will need to be added to those three (the sources are all the same). Thanks,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 22, 2011; 16:48 (UTC)
 * No problem, but just so you know, I wasn't planning on polishing more than three a day (because this task kind of cut ahead of pretty much everything else on my to-do list, and it's more labor-intensive than it seems on surface). I'm obviously not going to tell you how to structure your workflow, but if you change your mind, please let me know and I'll gladly continue creating the templates for you (without stopping my trudging forward with Stavropol Krai et al., of course). Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 22, 2011; 17:55 (UTC)
 * Well, at three a day you can calculate exactly how long they'll stay empty and pace yourself accordingly :) Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 22, 2011; 18:01 (UTC)

Burma progress
Progress report: I have now correlated and cross-referenced the data from our two data sources. I get 37825 settlements from Maplandia, 39380 settlements on the downloaded data file from geonames, and correlating the two gives 37605 entries that appear on both.

However, I have just been exploring the data available from http://themimu.info/Pcodes/index.php which lists the up-to-date official lists from MIMU. It is very detailed and, to quote, "The lists of Wards and Village Tracts were edited according to the Government’s Constituency Lists issued in September 2010 before the General Election. Spellings of Towns, Wards, Village Tracts and Villages in several Chin Townships have been changed according to local names, as reported by agencies working in those areas. As of February 2011, the Union of Myanmar is constituted of 14 states and regions, 67 districts, 330 townships, 64 sub‐townships, 377 towns, 2914 Wards, 14220 village tracts and 68290 villages." The spreadsheets also include a unique P-code for each settlement, as well as township codes, district codes and state codes. I think we should include these.

I am now inclined to use the MIMU list as the definitive data list, adding in information (elevation, population, etc) from the other sources where it correlates. Do you agree?

— Hebrides (talk) 14:38, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Wildlife of South Sudan
Materialscientist (talk) 16:02, 23 August 2011 (UTC) 23 days after creation... Not happy with the hook either, "Could be" is not fact. Sigh.. Did I really select that hook for DYK?? ♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:05, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Merge discussion for Bofosso
An article that you have been involved in editing, Bofosso, has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Killian441 (talk) 17:44, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

William Randolph Barbee
Excellent, thanks. You both have more patience for that sort of thing than I do. Especially given the shaking I've been put through today. :-) -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 00:02, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Will look at this again tomorrow. Created article on his brother Andrew Russell Barbee, Jr.; but it needs a review. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:17, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

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James Bond categories
Thought you might be interested in these discussions.  Lugnuts  (talk) 07:04, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Myanmar Administrative Structure
Looking at the Myanmar Administrative Structure diagram on the first worksheet of the Excel file (I'm actually looking at Myanmar PCodes Release IV_Chin State.xls), it's clear that they are promoting three administrative levels in classifying settlements: Admin1 (brown on chart) are States and Regions; Admin2 (blue on chart) are Townships; and Admin3 (green on chart) are Wards and Village Tracts. Each contributes three digits to the P-code.

We should follow the same scheme, and make these correspond to the subdivision_type1, subdivision_name1, subdivision_type2, subdivision_name2, subdivision_type3, subdivision_name3 in the Infobox settlement. I suggest we set postal_code_type to "MIMU P-code" and put the actual P-code as postal_code.

Is there a Myanmar special interest group that should approve this approach before going ahead? — Hebrides (talk) 08:28, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Myanmar settlements without coordinates
A quick peruse of the Shan MIMU spreadsheet shows 11,673 out of 17,060 catalogued villages have no coordinates :(

Do we really want an article about every village, even those whose location is unknown? — Hebrides (talk) 09:05, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Another reply
HOT!! Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  16:50, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Cause I posted it thrice... :) Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  16:59, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Good. I've also started two articles today, Zinta's TV shows Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega and Up Close & Personal with PZ, although they're stubs. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  12:41, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I just don't know him that well. Blof I just voted keep on the list of US hotels. I hope you don't think I'm stalking you or something, I just always look at your contributions history to see if there are any articles you've created. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  10:58, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ted Frank
The article Ted Frank you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ted Frank for comments about the article. Well done! GRAPPLE  X  13:38, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

county templates
for Iran are coming! check out: Ardabil County. About half the villages are commented out because I have no reliable source for their transliteration. I am still trying to find some. Any comments? Carlossuarez46 (talk) 18:36, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

John Tooley
Many thanks for the beer! I'm a bit doubtful about putting Tooley in the "theatre directors" category, which seems to comprise the Peter Brooks and Sean Matthiases of this world, who actually stage productions and tell actors where to stand. Tooley hired such folk, but was himself only (only!) an administrator. Shall away and raise a glass to you, Doctor. Tim riley (talk) 14:21, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Cheers! Tim riley (talk) 14:27, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Re:Barnstar
Thank you!--Cattus talk 16:39, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I can't access it either. I'll try to find them some other way but I probably won't be successfull.--Cattus talk 17:05, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Cool.--Cattus talk 17:06, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I think I just found a treasure trove of information on Mozambican districts. See this pdf on the goverment portal about the Mecúfi District. They might have one for each district!--Cattus talk 17:11, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Yep, they do. All 128 of them.--Cattus talk 17:14, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll do some too.--Cattus talk 17:57, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

GADYK
Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi. Entirely your fault. Aymatth2 (talk) 19:48, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Seventeen Magazine? I would accept Ladies' Home Journal, maybe. Until then, no way José. Aymatth2 (talk) 01:17, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The above was an obscure comment. My feeling is that there is no shortage of editors willing to improve articles for which Seventeen Magazine is an important source. I prefer to focus on areas that are less well covered in Wikipedia. Aymatth2 (talk) 18:23, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I should be so open-minded. Aymatth2 (talk) 13:31, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

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Looks like he's on the wikibreak he mentioned about a month ago. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:08, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Irene
Seems to have...er, blown over, so to speak. It's a bit windy today, and hot, but sunny and beautiful. I'm going for a walk after dinner down by the creek to see how things look down there. I don't expect it to be flooded, but it should look well-fed. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 19:24, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, we were, yes - all day yesterday. It blew out of here about 6 or 7 this morning, as I understand.  I mean, it was nothing but rain and rain and more rain, but still.  The wind wasn't too pleasant to listen to.  Right now Maine should be feeling the last remnants of the storm; it was huge, about the size of Texas. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 19:28, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Ducie Island
Thanks for the barnstar!-- GD <font color="#273BE2" size="2.5px">uwen  <font color="cyan" size="0.5px">Tell me!  21:11, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Question
Would births and deaths by month make a decent category? Category:Deaths by month, Category:January deaths, Category:February deaths and Category:Births by month in the same manner, would that be a good categorization process? Thanks for taking time out of your day to read and/or respond, 94.8.98.105 (talk) 14:53, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

No. However there might be a case for e.g January 1981 deaths and October 1976 births but doubt there would be a consensus to split year deaths/birth.♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:07, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Naomi Watts
Your suggestions in the GAN for the article have been assessed, feel free to take a look whenever you can.-- <font color="#E62020" size="2.5px">GD <font color="#273BE2" size="2.5px">uwen  <font color="cyan" size="0.5px">Tell me!  17:12, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Blocked
I blocked the IP for a day. Normally I don't really get involved in blocking, but given the maliciousness and BLP issues with the vandalism I think that's a blockable first offense. Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:20, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Next time maybe go to AIV. I'm not sure how long IPs tend to get blocked for, though I know they're reluctant to block for too long because it locks out legitimate users. Those Mozambique district profiles are awesome! Looks like there's one for every district? I might be able to help a bit by fleshing out the articles. I don't really speak Portuguese, but I can generally muddle through based on my knowledge of Spanish and French... Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:28, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Red links
hello,

there are red links on Otis Redding I want to get rid of. I saw your DYKs, and I wonder if you can create some of those articles and maybe earn some DYKs. But please don't touch Monterey Folk Festival ;), which I want to create myself =D. Thanks.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ <sub style="color:#DCDCDC;">Hey <sup style="color:#DCDCDC;">it's me <sub style="color:#DCDCDC;">I am dynamite 11:41, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Unfortunately I no longer contribute to DYK, but I will try to create some stubs to help red of your red links. Good work!♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:48, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

PZNZ
No problem.I'm aware that I may be inclined to the deletionist end of the spectrum, so I try to compensate by responding to any reasonable request for explanation, suggestions or sandboxing (sometimes even restoration!). To my mind this article currently fails into the category of transferred notability, like article about people who are the children/spouses/parents of someone notable, or the articles about albums which rely entirely on being by a notable group, with no other claim why the album is notable. I'm willing to be persuaded otherwise though, since it probably will become notable enough when it's actually produced something <b style="font-family:chiller; color:red;"> Jimfbleak - </b> talk to me?  13:45, 31 August 2011 (UTC)