User:Dr. Blofeld/January 2013

Kulap
Thanks for nominating Great Mosque of Sana'a and Mount Sage National Park. I have been pretty sick last two days and internet connection in my house is not working. I am writing this from my office this Monday morning. The two usages, 'vintage' and 'vogue' are very common in Indian English, so also Vi-a-Vis in govt. reports and even news papers. Any way, I have noted your observations and will avoid their usage. I have discontinued usage of Vis-a-Vis. As regards Kulap I can not find any more alternate reference. You may be able to find some, add to make it 5x and then nominate. Rosie has completed her inputs to this article. On Mount Sage, there are two other related articles of Mount Cunningham and John Crabbe Cunningham (the Scottish Mountaineer), which Rosie started last week to which you may like to add. Saleh Mosque is still short of a few words.-- Nvvchar . 06:07, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Well taken. As I mentioned I will try to use less of these words. I should get out of my attachment to Indish. I have nominated Mount Jackson (Antarctica). May need some more text to make it 5x. I have added to the Pambamarca. I have also requested for some pictures. You may like to add an Infobox with a map. My laptop is still out of order. If I don't leave a message in the night for the new year, here is wishing you Happy New Year 2013. Tomorrow is a holiday here.-- Nvvchar . 11:04, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

So weird! I looked at a bunch of missing Oceania articles yesterday, i.e. PNG area. Just didn't have the time to start on them. We must get to them in 2013, and their associated landforms (bays, peninsulas, etc.). --Rosiestep (talk) 23:39, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Last day, so I nomed Kulap and Mount Cunningham and John Crabbe Cunningham; please add your name to the JCC nom if you have an opportunity to work on it. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:39, 1 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I had seen the img on Spanish wikipedia, but the image history in wiki-commons does not give any details of its location. If you have doubts, it could be deleted. May be one of your User friend from that region could confirm its location. I have completed my inputs to the article. You may like to nominate it as our first for 2013. I am better today. I am sure our collaboration will continue fruitfully during 2013 as well. Wishing yoבu happy beginnings on the first day of the New Year.-- Nvvchar . 03:09, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Well done on this one. I thought I recognized the title from some time ago... :-) -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:43, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Terang Boelan
Thanks for the congratulations. If you have time you may be interested in Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI, although not as happy a film. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:36, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Well, I started the list of Indonesian films a while back and created some of the first articles on Indonesian movies on wikipedia, I never dreamed that we'd ever have a featured article on such a film, Dutch Indies or not. I've always said that we should striving to cover the non anglo world further back in time, its the weakest part of the encyclopedia, so thankyou for that. I think I'll do some work on settlements in that neck of the woods over the next few weeks. If you have a list of missing notable towns or something that would be good.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  13:39, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I think the capitals of the regencies might be a good place to start — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:52, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Happy new year
You too Jaguar!! May the major produce something better in the new year too hehe!!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  12:04, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Dr B
Mutual respect. 1000 DYKs! second only to PFHLai's 1000 claim to fame. Monmouth and Gibraltarpedia also created over 1000 new articles. I've been looking at the churches too - they are tricky. I was very pleased to see the work you did on the Moroccan settlements Id like to do more there too. A silly waste of energy in 2012 on soundbite politics, hopefully even better progress in 2013. Thanks Victuallers (talk) 01:11, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

You have mail!
Regarding a t-shirt nomination :) Jalexander--WMF 02:43, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Metasonix users
Thanks for the updates at Metasonix. There's a section with names of claimed notable users that I did not remove during a major revamp, but I wonder if we should remove names unless they are sourced? Jokestress (talk) 21:16, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes, that is a bit concerning, but I think it was done in good faith. But I strongly doubt it is regularly used by The Edge and people,if they did use it it was probably briefly.. Remove it if you can't source it. Now, an article on bureaucratic calcification on the Internet and wikipedia is definitely what we need!! I couldn't agree with you more.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  21:18, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Mahabalipuram monuments project
I've started a project page at User:Rosiestep/sandbox/Mahabalipuram monuments project so that we can keep our comments about the project in that one location. --Rosiestep (talk) 00:41, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

I have added more text to Mount Jackson (Antarctica) as required under DYK review. Please see if it is adequate. I am starting to work on Laos articles.-- Nvvchar . 15:55, 2 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Pambamarca is due for nomination today. I have no more text or imgs to add.-- Nvvchar . 05:07, 3 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I have also completed my inputs to Cambodia, Laos and Indonesia articles. I don't want to do Gibraltar article in view of my past expreince with some of their users. I will now concentarte on User pages created by Rosie on Mahabalipuram.-- Nvvchar . 09:56, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Richard von Hegener
Hello! Your submission of Richard von Hegener at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 20:43, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
 * You might also consider linking more pages to this article, such as Action T4. Best, Yoninah (talk) 20:45, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Neville Cardus
Hi, Dr. B, and Happy 2013! If you are minded to look in at the peer review of Sir Neville's article your comments will be most welcome. Tim Riley (talk) 22:42, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Mount Sage National Park
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Nomination of Zhou Jun for deletion
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Happy New Year!

 * One of the aggravating factors speaking: ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 00:02, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Wells Cathedral
Hi, Would you be kind enough to cast your eye over Wells Cathedral. I'm hoping to nominate it at GAN before long and have, in the past, been criticised for my poor prose. I see the editor I normally ask for copyediting help is not being particularly active on wp at present.&mdash; Rod talk 22:50, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Sure, mental note tomorrow must look at Wells Cathedral and Neville Cardus..♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  22:52, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Brilliant. Thank you. I will look at Template:Double image as I've not used that before. Amandajm has promised to look at the architecture when she gets back - so in a couple of weeks we should be approaching GA standard.&mdash; Rod talk 14:22, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Kajetan Mühlmann
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

So interested
In your article on Eric's invention. I just created a stub about the slaver James Clemens. Rich Farmbrough, 01:44, 4 January 2013 (UTC).

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Gwladys Street's Hall of Fame
Happy New Year to you as well. No problems, I'll create some stubs over the weekend if I have time. GiantSnowman 16:52, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I tagged Gwladys Street's Hall of Fame (an article you alerted me to!) because I don't think it is notable; I tagged Tara Bethan because it popped up in your recent contribs and it was in this state which was not acceptable - unreferenced info and didn't meet GNG. I didn't know your MO was to create a tiny stub and then do 25 little edits afterwards; always wondered how your edit count was so high ;) GiantSnowman 18:39, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I wasn't criticising, hence my winky smiley face. GiantSnowman 18:46, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Alas I do not. GiantSnowman 18:54, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Your attention requested at Template:Did you know nominations/Tara Bethan
Hello good sir. I have reviewed your DYK and have found two statements that should be sourced before it goes live. Please have mercy on my poor soul and do not toss me into your volcano. I fear I might be mildly adverse to lava.  S ven M anguard  Wha?  21:22, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * It's ✅ and you're good.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  21:38, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Porta Hotel Antigua for deletion
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Martin's Cave
I'm stuck on the location for this one. Open streetmap has a coord but its in the sea. I'll have to ask a local. Om the plus side i have added stuff (like coords where I can find them) to the batch you did in Morocco. Tricky as I think there are pictures that are indexed against arabic titles. Have we found all that you created? Still like to add more? Victuallers (talk) 23:05, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * (TPS) I think it's all part of Blower's evil "Atlantis" ruse. (Apparently, it links straight into Jimbo's underground treasury). Apologies, Vic. Martinevans123 (talk) 23:13, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I thought that was in Khazakhstan. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:18, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * lolness. sshhhh!! no one knows.. yet. Martinevans123 (talk) 23:22, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * A little late for that — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:34, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * oh, darn it... Here comes the new boss...?? Martinevans123 (talk) 23:47, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, he's sure going to find himself in a real hot spot. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:50, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

LOL, yeah Jimbo's treasury is underneath the city of Astana. My volcano has Martin's Cave in it anyway.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  23:20, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I thought my grotto was getting a bit warm. Good job it's "12th Knight" soon, and all these sparkly wiki-baubles can get packed away for another year, eh? Martinevans123 (talk) 00:04, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * If Jimbo starts to grow a moustache, and start wearing a mankini...♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  12:29, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * "times is been tough, me is now well skint!" Martinevans123 (talk) 15:19, 5 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Martin's Cave and other four articles of Cambodia and Indonesia are due for nomination on 5th January. I can nominate them and do QPQ. Pl let me know. -- Nvvchar . 15:28, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I am sure you will support us till we reach our 1000 mark. Thanks.-- Nvvchar . 15:47, 5 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I have posted all five articles on DYK.-- Nvvchar . 17:56, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

So what? "Go Ahead. Make my Day".♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  18:56, 5 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Martin's Cave] Has been taken off from the Gibraltar DYK section by some one. I don't know why?-- Nvvchar . 19:35, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Probably by Jimbo's Algerian secretary, fearful of Gibraltar and Morocco gaining tourists at their expense, ahem.. Dunno I'll take a look. Was it because it is yet to actually go through DYK or because it only has two sources, both of which are 145 years old?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  19:39, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Nono, it's there. Martin's Cave was moved into the "Gibraltar-related articles that are not yet fully approved for main page" section. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:04, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Hey Martin and Crisco, here is how Jimbo might look on a trip to Astana!!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  19:45, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * "om-fricken-g!" (as all those glitzy film stars might say). You deserve a particularly special barnstar for that one. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:27, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Maybe the one of Jimbo in a luminous green mankini would be pushing it...♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  20:58, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Provinces of Laos
Hi Dr. Blofeld, the fire overhead strikes an accord here with temperatures over 39°C today here. Anyway this is a message to let you know I have started evaluation of Template:Did you know nominations/Provinces of Laos. A number of issues remain, sourcing and hook citation. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 09:49, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Da buildings
These Danish buildings might interest you: St Martin's Church (Næstved) & Vester Egesborg Church & Undløse Church & Kongsdal. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:04, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Nomed James Dredge, Jr. and James Dredge, Sr.. --Rosiestep (talk) 00:48, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Happy New Year!
A bit late, but oh well! Red Hat On Head (talk) 20:28, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Because I'm absolutely shameless...
I noticed that you've got several DKYs where you've indicated that you'll get to the reviews soon. If you're looking for some easy reviews to knock off, I have two: Template:Did you know nominations/Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit and Template:Did you know nominations/Defenders of Ardania, that could use checking. I did do one of yours after all. . Either way, keep up the good work.  S ven M anguard  Wha?  22:10, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Which articles, can't remember which need QPQ.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  09:23, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I can't seem to find them anymore, although I know that they were there when I wrote the above, and I'm pretty sure they were in the 4th/5th area. Whatever though.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  20:00, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Birnbeck Pier
Following your great work on Wells Cathedral, which quite few people are now working on, could I be cheeky and ask you to look at another one I'm working towards GA? If so would you take your copy editing skills to another Somerset landmark Birnbeck Pier?&mdash; Rod talk 22:11, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

I'd be delighted to. Almost opposite me. On a good day I could probably see that pier from Lavernock Point or The Captain's Wife..♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  22:30, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for all work on it so far - I might come back to you later if that is OK?&mdash; Rod talk 11:06, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Tanzanian cinema
Are you into it? If so can you add to Vincent Kigosi? All the best. Rich Farmbrough, 03:40, 6 January 2013 (UTC).

Can't say I'm a regular visitor to the Dar es Salaam Cineplex but I'll look at it later.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  08:00, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Stacking fourths and fifths
Hi Dr. B.

I should warn you not to send me interesting videos! I replied on my talk page about your stacking in fourths video, noting the upgrading of new standard tuning. Fripp apparently doesn't cotton to thirds in equal temperaments, and so prefers to stack perfect intervals: unisons, octaves, fifths,.

I'm trying to restructure guitar chord to start with scales and keys, and discuss the C,G,D major keys and their relative minors as the generators for the fundamental chords. This would be more economical and informative, unlike discussing "CAGED" chords. There's some related discussion at User talk:Hyacinth.

BTW, M3 tuning does allow 6-string major (or minor) strumming by using two fingers at the 11th fret for C/E/G#-major (or 13th fret for A/C#/F minor in first inversion), besides the obvious C/E/G# augmented triads. Kiefer .Wolfowitz  14:23, 6 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Not many guitarists are up on major thirds tuning!!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  14:37, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Believe it or not: There has been a cottage industry of building chords in fourths in the 20th century.
 * I added a bit to quartal and quintal harmony. Please use your guitarist's library to expand the discussion of guitarists like Robert Fripp and Joni Mitchell.
 * Cheers! Kiefer  .Wolfowitz  00:53, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Good job! I'm afraid its a subject I don't find easy to write about! Hehe ironically for Blofeld/Dr. Evil I've been engaging myself in the Alan Parsons Project!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  10:41, 8 January 2013 (UTC)♦  Dr. ☠ Blofeld  10:36, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * The Alan Parsons Project linked disabused me of the belief in your infallible musical taste! ;p Kiefer  .Wolfowitz  17:53, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Nono, its dreadful music. Awful!!! My dad told me to check out one of their songs which featured Spanish guitar on it, but it was ruined by the 80s synth. I looked at one or two of their others and it's the same 80s cheese.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  17:58, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Circle progression

 * of guitar chords

I sketched a bit of intermediate guitar-chords. The Circle progression seems to be the usual way to discuss the centrality of the ii-V-I progression to jazz, so it should be mentioned. I mentioned modes....

Have I sketched the main topics needed for a discussion of intermediate chords?

I still think that a discussion of major scales should be emphasized more in the fundamentals discussion.

Kiefer .Wolfowitz  14:03, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

FYI
a note on numerous myths, please see User_talk:Dwaipayanc.--Dwaipayan (talk) 18:39, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * At least you are saying that the prose is ok, which s reassuring. I am not the principal contributor to the article, just helping out in difficult times! So, I do not have the knowledge about books. Please improve the further reading section, that will be great help. And lots of thanks for the map, my knowledge about maps is zero.--Dwaipayan (talk) 19:14, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Kulap
The DYK project (nominate) 00:22, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

I nominated Abel Schrøder (only Ipigott credited for this one), plus Undløse Church, St Martin's Church, Næstved, and Vester Egesborg Church. --Rosiestep (talk) 00:40, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Excellent. A thought: if you're interested in fodder for article creation for the art of the South Pacific, the Met Museum website is a great place to start; they have a fine collection of art from Oceania.  One of their most fascinating galleries, I've always found. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:48, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

I'll look at all those names after work; bridges too. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:44, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Niiiiice. Perhaps fodder for a future collaboration with WikiProject Latvia? -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:06, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Yep. Thought there was one around here somewhere... -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:31, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Possibly tomorrow - at the moment I'm off to rehearsal. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 22:28, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Pambamarca
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Ways to improve Stefan Janski
Hi, I'm MrNiceGuy1113. Dr. Blofeld, thanks for creating Stefan Janski!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. The lead would be better if it also carried information on the subject's personal data such as birth date, nationality, etc.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse.

It would be better if it was a featured article too, don't you know. Shall I tag it and say "please expand and make this a featured article."♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  16:58, 8 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Ho, ho, ho! But thanks for your stubbing spree. I'll look through the articles and see what I can add (I have a Wexford book called What the Doctor Ordered, though it's a bit vague about dates).  Then it's back to Neville Cardus and Glyndebourne casts from 1958 onwards. --GuillaumeTell 18:10, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Sounds good. I may expand a few with Rosie, help of course is appreciated.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  18:11, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * As it happens, I've seen Down by the Greenwood Side (opera) and somewhere I have a programme... --GuillaumeTell 18:37, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Excellent, you could probably write a plot for it sometime then!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  18:38, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Evelina Aizpuriete
There's actually no section at ATHLETE for swimmers; she competed at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships but didn't make the final in 50m or 100m. WP:NTRACK is perhaps the nearest but she doesn't hit any of those if you adapt them for swimming, from what I can see. Doesn't appear to meet GNG either - I'd say non-notable. Why not create in a sandbox so I can get a better picture? Or just risk it and create it. GiantSnowman 17:25, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Exactly - only 18, plenty of time for her to become notable - no need to rush! GiantSnowman 17:29, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Notability for inclusion for deaths
Hey Dr. Blofeld. :3 I got a question. You know for the articles 2012, deaths are listed as well? I asked a question on the talk page for including Rajesh Khanna, and I got a no, because of the language thing, but I can fix that (Well I hope), but how is notability determined? Red Hat On Head (talk) 23:11, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Yeah I think he's notable enough to list on the 2012 page itself, I'll look into it tomorrow.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  23:14, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks! :D Off to fix the language issues, then. Red Hat On Head (talk) 22:40, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Richard von Hegener
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Ibón de Bachimaña Bajo


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Caspar Diethelm
He has been expanded. All but the exhaustive list of compositions, which seemed unnecessary; I used an external listing as a ref. I was able to find only one ref to add, given in the de.wikipedia article as an external link, and it's a French translation of a programme note that was clearly a major source for the German article. Accordingly, there is peacockery that can be cut back. Note that he was both born and died in Lucerne; I would have noted that in the brackets along with the two dates, as at de., but every time I do that in a bio someone comes along and cuts out the places. MOS apparently advocates birth and death places in prose, although all together in the brackets still looks more encyclopedic to me. Since no cause of death or other private life info is given, right now I've left the death place out, except in the computer thingie that readers don't see. Yngvadottir (talk) 00:40, 9 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Glad you liked it :-) I found my way from there to the list of requested composers and undeleted and plumped up Ulf Grahn. Yngvadottir (talk) 13:02, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Palitana temples
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for In Your Own Sweet Way
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

The Rite of Spring
Thank you for your efforts to mediate in the recent edit war. I note that the other party has not responded to your intervention, and has not edited the article for several days. I propose shortly to standardise the remaining rogue ref formats and other minor punctuation issues. Other than these I will leave all text as it is for now, unless the edit war resumes. Closer to the TFA date I will audit the article's prose and do any necessary "polishing". Brianboulton (talk) 21:55, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Sounds like a reasonable solution, so long as he doesn't kick up an editing war on the day of the TFA or shortly before it!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  22:24, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Great Mosque of Sana'a
Nyttend (talk) 00:02, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Alfie Fripp (RIP) deserves better
Robert Fripp's late Uncle, Alfie Fripp, was the longest serving and last surviving British POW of WWII. He helped the construction of the tunnel "Harry" portrayed in The Great Escape.

Please help improve the article Alfie Fripp before it appears on the main page. Kiefer .Wolfowitz  00:04, 10 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Looks pretty good already!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  17:06, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Stone soup nourishes articles. Kiefer  .Wolfowitz  17:15, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Laos provinces
Looks like 4 of them don't meet the expansion requirement... by a lot. Ergo, there's an ALT1 suggestion which I think you, rather than Nvvchar or me, needs to decide if it's acceptable, under the circumstances. Personally, I'm ok with it, though it's a pity. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:21, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Please see the final review by Graeme Bartlett. The Alt hook is short of 4 artciles which do not conform to DYK Rules. As Rosie also feels we should accept it. You are the right person to do it. Thanks.-- Nvvchar . 04:57, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Please see the...
... second reply of Sitush here where he is talking about his health issues! --Tito Dutta (talk) 04:49, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Phnom Sorsia
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Redlinks
OMG! (you haven't done films in a while...) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:22, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Nah, felt like starting Darah dan Doa.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  14:06, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Curses, foiled again! (There goes my night, that topic needs a decent article) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:14, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * If you don't mind, could I have an hour and a half to work on it before I go to bed? I've got several print sources which may be of use. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:25, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Sure, go for it!!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  14:36, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Alright, I've still got two books which should be of use (lots of sources out there, that's why I've been putting it off). The Mrs is waiting for me, so I'll get back to this... tomorrow night maybe. I definitely won't be editing the article for at least 12 hours. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:38, 10 January 2013 (UTC)


 * About as good as I can get it, unless I can get contemporary sources. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:02, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Looks good, excellent in fact and should be close to GA, but no poster. Maybe upload a screenshot?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  14:05, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Possible, but if you could do me a favour... could you check YouTube and see if there's a title screen (no links, per Wikipedia policy)? That would probably be the best screenshot to use, and it may be free. My connection can't handle streaming. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:14, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  14:43, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I knew where the film was... is just that it's still under copyright, so the link would fall afoul of WP:ELNO. No matter. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:45, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't think it is copyrighted, I vaguely recall it's 50 years for Indonesia?? Template:PD-Indonesia. I think it could be uploaded to the commons as a PD film if it is possible?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  14:47, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, in Indonesia, but in the US... this would have fallen afoul of the UURA. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:50, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I'll ask Milburn.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  14:51, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * WP:ELNO is unclear on the matter and I've posted there too. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:56, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Clifton Suspension Bridge
Could I ask you if you are willing to take on some more copyediting? I've been expanding Clifton Suspension Bridge and hope to get it to GA standard soon. You have already encountered the "quality" of my prose - so any help appreciated.&mdash; Rod talk 22:19, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Attapeu Province
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DYK for Bokeo Province
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DYK for Bolikhamsai Province
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DYK for Champasak Province
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DYK for Houaphanh Province
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DYK for Khammouane Province
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DYK for Luang Namtha Province
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DYK for Luang Prabang Province
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DYK for Phongsaly Province
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DYK for Salavan Province
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DYK for Savannakhet Province
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DYK for Vientiane Province
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DYK for Vientiane Prefecture
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Nomination of Zu, Afghanistan for deletion
I just happened to notice this because the person who nominated it for deletion placed it inside an AfD I'd started. I checked the one source in the article, and it is dead, including the archived version. You might need to check other villages you created with that source. Cheers. —<B>Torchiest</B> talk<sub style="margin-left:-3ex;">edits 06:10, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Killing caves of Phnom Sampeau
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Re:Darah dan Doa
Not necessarily; while the film would clearly be PD in Indonesia, I can't see any reason why it would be considered PD in the United States. On the English Wikipedia, content needs to be PD in the US; on Commons, it needs to be PD in both the US and the source country. If it was PD in Indonesia on 1 January 1996, this would apply, but it seems it wasn't. Otherwise, it's possible that Template:PD-Pre1978 or Template:PD-US-not renewed may apply, but that would require a little research. is based in Indonesia and rather savvy with image issues; he may be able to offer some more specific advice. J Milburn (talk) 16:41, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * That's more or less what I said above. Since it became public domain in Indonesia in 2000, it would have been renewed by the URAA. What about as an external link though? WP:ELNO is unclear on this. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:43, 11 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I've added the title card. Just need to flesh out the plot section and then, boom, GAN. Did you see Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI yet? Nasty topic. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:54, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Phnom Santuk
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Portrait of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
Rather surprised you haven't nominated this at DYK yet. BTW, I think you should cut back on the quotes. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:47, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Agree with Crisco about cutting back on the quotes. Let's give this a couple of days before dyk nom to see if there's international commentary worth adding. As of right now, I didn't see anything else worth adding. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:54, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Er, yes, I was thinking the same thing, bu that's normal with a starter article from me, I'm a lazy sod, what can I say..♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  10:55, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Alaska
Sheep Creek (Juneau, Alaska), Windham Bay, Murder Cove, Kootznahoo Inlet, Taku Inlet, Crystal Mine, and Port Snettisham may interest you. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:11, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Tara Bethan
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Category:LGBT historians
Category:LGBT historians, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Nymf talk to me 09:37, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Guitar tunings: From C to B?
Guitar tunings is bad, but no longer terrible. ;) I think it might be possible to improve the article to B, with little pain.

I think that the open tunings can be shortened to a few paragraphs, with the listings moved to the list.

I'd also like to remove the systematic diagram-use from the regular tunings, and remove the prose of tritone tuning and minor thirds, with the tunings moved to the list, and shorten everything. The summary table can be moved to the article on regular tunings.

Then it might be feasible to upgrade the article to B status. There have been no complaints about my having moved the lists to a proper list, so I don't think that trimming would be minded.

One could legitimately complain that regular tunings receive undue weight, at least to judge by the how-to literature; discussions of alternate tunings seem to give all-fifths/NST and all-fourths due respect. Kiefer .Wolfowitz  14:20, 12 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes it needs to be well balanced I think.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  14:46, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
 * It hurt, but I cut the article, so that it doesn't tell the truth but satisfies due weight. I moved a lot to the list of guitar tunings, which Wikipedia can deal with. It might be possible to get the article towards GA status.
 * Oh, Dr. B. You gender-bended Fripp's aunt, following the bad example of another cite. Fripp's diary notes that's his aunt as a child! :D I fixed it! Kiefer  .Wolfowitz  01:01, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Saleh Mosque
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Minangkabau marriage
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Darah dan Doa (again)
So, what do you think about going to GAC with this? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:54, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Are any more images of the film uploadable? Yes, I think you should nominate it for GA.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  10:20, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * If we had more discussion on the scenes, perhaps under a FU license (owing to the URAA thing). But since it's not free in the US, we don't get to have as much fun as we could. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:38, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Why is the title screen uploadable to the commons then if its not PD in the US? Sorry, I find copyright law a petty business.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  10:40, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * It's a pair of phrases, in plain text. Thus, it's too simple to copyright in US law. Similar to this book cover. (British law, admittedly, requires less creativity than US law, so it theoretically could be in copyright at MI6) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:46, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Certainly creative, the prospect of a 90 year old Indonesian film producer taking wikipedia to court in America for using a few images of an old movie which is public domain in its home country anyway I find rather amusing..♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  11:02, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Ghost, actually. But yeah, policy is policy, and once they've given you the keys... — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:15, 13 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I managed to get Max Tera to DYK-able size. Perhaps Enam Djam di Djogja tomorrow. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:20, 13 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Wow, that's great, all those missing films! Have you DYK nommed Darah yet?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  12:32, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Yep, both nommed. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:35, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Getting worried
Have you heard from User:Red Hat On Head? She hasn't edited since the 26th of November. That was nearly two months ago! I'm a little concerned that she has left. Hopefully its just a short break. She was so supportive and a great editor. Hopefully she hasnt decided to run off. But I'm hoping that you've heard from her. No activity has been seen on her talk page except for all those please comment messages, but none from her. I'm super worried. RaidenRules! (talk) 19:28, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

I noticed too. She's still a kid, I'd imagine school time and friends take up most of her time. Last I heard she was still enthusiastic about Bollywood and wikipedia, I had a New Year message from her a week ago. ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  19:35, 13 January 2013 (UTC)


 * It's okay because I checked on her on the 9th and she replied to my message and Ryan's message yesterday. RaidenRules! (talk) 01:49, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Regolini-Galassi tomb
I plan on improving the article if I can get my reading done for the week, but I was wondering if you might be able to help me out with the coordinates. Would it be appropriate to give the coordinates to Cerveteri? Ryan Vesey 21:47, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Cerveteri coordinates would be fine, not sure you could locate the exact tomb though. ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  22:36, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for the improvements. It's always great when other editors help me expand articles I create, I can't always create full-fledged articles since I'm busy with my studies (now back to reading for me). Ryan Vesey 17:54, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Martin's Cave - thank you
There is a website called underground-gibraltar.com which has just been a) launched b) marked up as cc by sa - lots of very good pictures, its a reliable source as backed by gib museum .... opportunity? Victuallers (talk) 21:54, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

I'll keep it in mind should I need images in the future.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  22:34, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Karkas
The GNS names database finds a Karkas in East Azerbaijan Province, but the Iranian census does not. I am basically working off the latter because the names database has lots of repeats and other anomolies. Could it be Karkaj, which is a large village in East Azerbaijan Province (8000 people or so)? Carlossuarez46 (talk) 22:16, 14 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes, that's why I looked there first when the name didn't get "found". Carlossuarez46 (talk) 22:25, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Gaulden Manor
( X! ·  talk )  · @224  · 08:02, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I agree.-- Nvvchar . 13:12, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you Dr. B. Very thoughtful award.-- Nvvchar . 14:42, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

It would be proper for you to nominate the Duchess article as you started it. I am also not sure if my nomination will be received positively. Rosiestep is waiting for your inputs to be completed before nominating them.-- Nvvchar . 15:30, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

I have added text and an img to this Regolini-Galassi tomb article. You may be able to supplement with more imgs and editing.-- Nvvchar . 18:00, 15 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Added text to Mosconi (restaurant). May like to give extra section heading.-- Nvvchar . 02:03, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Dr. B & Nvv - I think I mentioned I had bunion surgery in Nov on my left foot? Today, I twisted my ankle and broke my right foot. I need to take better care of myself. If you can do me a favor, please nom any of the Alaska articles which meet the dyk criteria; the cut off is today or tomorrow. Thx. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:19, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Filippo Lussana
I don't know about translations... From what I could find, this one seems accurate enough. The Treccani source actually confirms a lot more of the content, so more cites could be added, but I always feel uneasy about using too much from a Treccani article: I feel like I am stealing from a competitor. I quite often put in translations to fill redlinks without worrying too much about how well-sourced they are, as long as they seem neutral and plausible. But making them front-page-ready is a different question. For that, it is easier to just start with a clear mind, assemble what the accessible sources say and ignore the other wikis. Aymatth2 (talk) 02:16, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't have the heart to prune the unsourced material from this one. It is an accurate bio as far as I can tell, but has original research in summaries / quotes from his works.  Cutting that material to meet DYK criteria would reduce value.  The article was one of several triggered from Academy of Sciences of Bologna Institute, which is fully sourced and interesting, but which I am reluctant to feed to the DYK swamp monsters - not worth the aggravation of defending it phrase by phrase.  Aymatth2 (talk) 01:45, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Dr B
Sure, love to do the wikilinking, thanks - i even had a go at some of the stubs you did halfway down Morocco. an you give me an example of one of the stubs so I can find all from your contributions list? It may be tomorrow.... Oh ant interest in caves? I have text and pictures freely license at a site called underground-gibraltar.com I think its all new original text and pictures with a cc by sa license Victuallers (talk) 11:16, 17 January 2013 (UTC) Oh just noticed that I had mentioned the caves earlier - sorry Victuallers (talk) 11:20, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

My first try at an essay/WikiProject -Tell me what you think
User:TheOriginalSoni/Rolling Ball.

Do leave your feedback on the talk page. TheOriginalSoni (talk) TheOriginalSoni (talk) 15:57, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

True, but you can't force people to become volunteers. And we are all volunteers here, a lot of people forget that we owe nothing to wikipedia or showing an interest in its resources and proposals.

Category:Bien de Interés Cultural buildings
Sure - should be easy enough to start, and I'll have time tonight. I'll look at it after dinner and run AWB through some things. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 22:38, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I decided a better title would be . It's in line with what exists in other languages, and it's less exclusive: even "landmarks" will exclude things like stamp albums, swords, things of that nature.  I suppose a  could be created at some point as well. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 02:44, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I agree, it's not perfect, but it's the best thing I could come up with. I'll begin some by-province work either tonight or this weekend; I have to add a lot of articles into the main category, first.  It's woefully under-utilized at the moment. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:56, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I'll start on it later tonight, or possibly tomorrow - I'm out for the evening right now. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 23:30, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
 * OK - I'll take a look once chores are started for the day. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:26, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

Arsenal de la Carraca
I have done some additions to the above article based on transnational of Spanish references and also some books. You may like to verify and further supplement.-- Nvvchar . 08:19, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Can you pl nominate this Regolini-Galassi tomb?-- Nvvchar . 08:30, 18 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I've also done quite a bit on the Arsenal and on the Iglesia Mayor. Both probably more or less OK now. Thanks for your useful inputs to Jammers Minde. Always good to have more than one editor on the job. I changed the Christinas to Leonoras as that is her usual name. If you have any doubts, then change them all to Leonora Christina. Let me know if there are any other important Cadiz articles you would like me to look at. ¡Muy buenas noches! --Ipigott (talk) 22:22, 18 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Think Ved Vejen is OK now. You had already made a pretty good job of it from English sources. --Ipigott (talk) 16:25, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

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Hemenway
Edward Augustus Holyoke Hemenway and Mary Tileston Hemenway and Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition may interest you. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:36, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

I will also try to add to the above three articles. Thanks for greetings for Vimala Temple GA, which you had also kindly edited. My other nomination Vidyasagar Setu is still stuck. -- Nvvchar . 09:00, 19 January 2013 (UTC):


 * I have completed my inputs to the three Mary Tileston Hemenway expedition articles.-- Nvvchar . 16:45, 19 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Mosconi (restaurant) is due for nomination today.-- Nvvchar . 16:48, 19 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Added some text to Zarzaitine which you may like to use for the hook also.-- Nvvchar . 18:28, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Portrait of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
Casliber (talk · contribs) 17:33, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Baicang for deletion
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Reply
Happy New Year to you too my friend! Sorry about the late reply! What have you been up to these days? --  Bollywood Dreamz  talk 00:42, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

Category:Jazz compositions in C major
Hi, I have nominated the above category for deletion. You will note I am in favour of the information added to WP, just not by category. Cheers. --Richhoncho (talk) 11:58, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Would adding a note regarding this discussion at WikiProject Music theory offend you? After all they are the experts and I assume we would both trust their judgement? --Richhoncho (talk) 14:11, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Discussion doesn't offend as much as arrogant people who go out of their way to assume authority and correctness.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  14:30, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I know exactly what you mean. I shall notify the project --Richhoncho (talk) 15:16, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
 * That doesn't even begin to describe what's happening at Discipline Global Mobile. Kiefer  .Wolfowitz  14:45, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Dennis Tinerino
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:47, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Regolini-Galassi tomb
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:48, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

Tabo Monastery
Can you please check how much text is required for 5x expansion so that we can start again on some of the Buddhist Monasteries.?-- Nvvchar . 17:02, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

I suppose that it is now expanded to 5x. You may like to add and edit. It could be a GA candidate. -- Nvvchar . 10:52, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

I've done a bit of tidy work, but it needs a c/e; can't get to it tonight myself. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:17, 22 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I have nominated Tabo Monastery.-- Nvvchar . 05:59, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Ralph Patt's where it's at
I saw your description of your jazz playing. You should go to Ralph Patt's site and see his Vanilla Book (which is indexed by chord progressions) and his 249=3*83 backing tracks for jazz standards. Kiefer .Wolfowitz  00:27, 21 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Looks good, I'll look more into it later. Obviously the category guy knows nothing about jazz as in learning jazz its like learning a language and common to learn pieces in a given key and to steal licks from different pieces into your own "vocubulary". Its all part of the learning process. As it is with learning a piece in a given key and being able to play it in a different key. Robert Conti said so, and I'm sure most jazz masters would assert the importance of learning pieces and recognizing common chord changes and solos you can play over certain progressions when improvising. If categories are deleted there should at least be a list of jazz standards organized by key..♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  11:28, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
 * That's so awesome Kiefer, thanks for that! Just been playing along with Autumn Leaves in B flat soloing over the B flat major 7, E flat major 7, A minor 7 flat 5, D 7 flat 9, G minor 7, C7, F7 type progression. D phrygian dominant works over the A minor 7 flat 5, D7 flat 9 to G minor. And it helped that he had "in B flat" next to it.♦  Dr. ☠ Blofeld  11:46, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
 * It's obvious that instructional materials are written in conformity with the circle progression, beginning with C -> G -> D and then adding other keys forwards and backwards until the guitarist dies.... ;) It's especially obvious that standard tuning is optimized for open chords in those three keys, and its efficacy deteriorates as one plays further away in the circle progression.
 * There are Youtube videos of guitarists playing over Patt's tracks. Then there's this fellow.
 * Somebody should write and publish a discussion of Patt's contributions to the jazz-guitar community after 1975 by being a leading gentleman-scholar online, giving his knowledge away graciously and with self-deprecating humor in discussion groups. Joe Negri is still performing and I think has a new CD out. I assume that others knowledgeable about Patt's professional music life could be found to donate remembrances and media.  Kiefer  .Wolfowitz  13:20, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

youll never get another one ... iddy biddy bong bog in San Fernando
So do you recognise the obscure song? I will mark up the San Fernando articles although they are a bit north for me. I was impressed at the Mayor's residence that you and henchpeople had translated from Spanish. Some articles in Spanish with no English stub/start (but a bit more south) are: So if one or two take your fancy? All the best Victuallers (talk) 14:02, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
 * beach
 * ???
 * Tower
 * nature reserve
 * fort
 * Art Gallery?
 * Acacia Park
 * Theatre
 * Central Terminal
 * Guadacorte town?
 * Los Barrios place
 * place
 * 

DYK for Teresa Perales
KTC (talk) 16:02, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
Thanks for nominating Teresa Perales for DYK. :D  It was a nice compliment to this interview I did with her for Wikinews. :) Very much appreciated. Sorry I've not had time to work on the Australia articles but if you're in Spain, let me know and I'll shout you a beer/coffee/hot chocolate/glass of vino.

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DYK for Mosconi (restaurant)
KTC (talk) 00:03, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Hotels
I've been making some efforts to rejuvenate WikiProject Hotels, and since you're a member of the project, please feel free to contribute there if anything comes to mind. Also, please feel free to discuss matters at the project's talk page. Northamerica1000(talk) 09:02, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Sadly a lot of people ignore hotels because of their commercial aspects on wikipedia but historic hotels for me I find highly interesting. The Leading Hotels of the World contain some really notable historic hotels so must try to work more on them.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  10:44, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Darah dan Doa
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Zarzaitine
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Enam Djam di Jogja
(Yeah, apparently the sources were all wrong). This expansion is pretty much done... few sources on hand... so if you want to do the lede while I sleep, I'll handle the nom in the morning. Otherwise I'll just finish the lede myself tomorrow morning. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:05, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, found PERFINI's logo too. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:07, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Excellent, nice logo too!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  16:57, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Mother India
To Dr Blofeld and Redtiger, guys, I feel it's time we ready Mother India for an FAC. What do you think?--Dwaipayan (talk) 23:13, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Ok, so before we submit this for FAC, we will request at least one of those two editors to have a read. As far as I remember, I read the whole book. Of course there may be more details, often anecdotal and sometimes emotional, and I found the article pretty much covered significant points. Moreover, the article might have some trivia remaining. Will try to comb for that, too.--Dwaipayan (talk) 16:52, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Panda tea


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Nomination of Paróquia Nossa Senhora do Bom Conselho for deletion
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Purang-Guge kingdom
"Oh Doctor, dear Doctor, I'm hurting - there's a pain where there once was a heart" - which is why I haven't been contributing to the WP recently - much as I wish I could be. Unfortunately, it has been an increasing struggle to just keep up with daily matters and get a bit of work done on my books recently. I just haven't had enough good time left over for the WP - which is really a shame as I enjoy and admire it so much. Anyway, I added a blockquote and a Footnote section to this article before I stumbled across the fact that there is already quite an extensive article on Guge, and it occurs to me that, although they were closely connected, these small kingdoms do seem to deserve separate articles on each, as they each had separate existences and histories at times and should, therefore, I believe, each deserve the sort of status and coverage Leichenstein receives in the WP. Of course, it is easy for me to say this, but I am not up to doing it all myself at the moment - though I would be most happy to assist by adding quotes and references, etc. Please have a think about it and let me know what you think. If you do agree - and would start stubs for Purang and Maryul - I will try to add some material. If you feel you cannot do it and/or do not have enough info to hand - but are happy for it to happen - again, let me know - and when I have a better day I will try to establish stubs for them. Hope you are well and happy. Cheers, Big Bad John. John Hill (talk) 01:25, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Strange it may seem, but I started working on the same subject yesterday night and wanted to start on Tholing Monastery after the Tabo Monastery article (nominated today on DYK). I have added some text to the Purang-Guge article from the references I have gathered, which you and John Hill have started. I have left a message on his talk page in this regard to tell me if it is OK to add more text.-- Nvvchar . 07:27, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for jumping in on some of those recent article. Nomed a bunch. Any help with qpq is appreciated. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:19, 25 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I have completed my inputs to Tholing Monastery and also to Guge, which you may like to edit and nominate as a double article hook. Rosie has also added text and done c/e.-- Nvvchar . 15:18, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Kootznahoo Inlet
KTC (talk) 08:03, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Could be an article
Just added this. Lots of images on the web. Maybe of some interest. (Sorry it's not in India or Azerbaijan.) Regards. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:59, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

British villages and country houses are high on my interests, what are you on? Looks like you've done a good job already.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  12:29, 25 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm just on oak-aged tempranillo most of the time. :) Martinevans123 (talk) 12:54, 25 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Not in with the Newport GLC massiv then?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  15:05, 25 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Well, naturally, the odd bottle of BLUE WKD... (with that warm Lambrini chaser). And I do occasionally like to "large it up" with some Budgens "Everyday Value Lager", Martinevans123 (talk) 15:19, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I had some minor qualms about promoting a business. But there can't be many Grade II listed buildings that do B&B, can there? Or perhaps that's already a Category!? Martinevans123 (talk) 18:55, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Grade II? I think there'd be a fair few B&Bs, pubs/inns and hotel which are Grade II listed in the UK.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  19:41, 25 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Obviously, we don't all move in such elevated social circles, sob. Ah well, back to Budgens... :( Martinevans123 (talk) 19:44, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Max Tera
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:03, 25 January 2013 (UTC) No matter how busy I am, I will try my best to reply back to messages. BTW Blofeld would you be able to comment on this when you get the chance? I would greatly appreciate it! :) --  Bollywood Dreamz  talk 02:09, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
 * LOL... I quite like the current image bud! What did you think about this one? --  Bollywood Dreamz  talk 19:59, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Undløse Church
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:05, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for St Martin's Church, Næstved
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:06, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Vester Egesborg Church
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:07, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Maroda
I've been trying to fix up this article and I've been having a heck of a time finding sources. I checked the Census of India and it actually showed five different villages named Maroda in the same state (13 in the country). This village is code 046294 (is that normally included in articles?) In any case, I haven't yet figured out whether I'll find enough to improve the article, but considering the large amounts of Marodas, should the current article be moved to Maroda, Pauri Garhwal and the article Maroda turned into one that says "Maroda" is the name of several Indian villages and then disambiguates them? Ryan Vesey 17:56, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I can find sources like this one with some demographic information, is that acceptable for an article like this where there's really not much? In addition, can wikimapia be used for coordinates? Ryan Vesey 18:16, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Er, even more confusing, when I imagine a village, I think of a rural, sparsely inhabited place. This is a school in the village, and it appears like the "village" is actually something like a neighborhood in a city.  Is that correct or am I confused?  If that is the case, are villages notable in the same way other settlements are? Ryan Vesey 18:19, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Eeks Indian villages, advise staying away from them unless you want a major headache" Wikimapia is fine for coordinates,♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  20:35, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

1000°
Do you know of any search engines that will actually search for 1000° with the degree mark? I keep trying but it treats it as if I just wrote 1000. Ryan Vesey 21:49, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

1000° magazine?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  21:50, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Yep, searches for 1000° magazine and 1000 magazine give me the same unhelpful results. Ryan Vesey 21:55, 25 January 2013 (UTC)


 * You need to use the special "Deutsche Grad Celsius" symbol, haha. But why wouldn't simply translating the wiki.de article be a starting point? Because none of the sources are in English? Martinevans123 (talk) 21:58, 25 January 2013 (UTC)


 * The German article doesn't have any sources either that confirm notability. The first two sources are primary and the third one is unrelated, only referencing the Kreuzer magazine. The only claim of mere significance in the German article would be that they had an online club guide as early as 1996, which is equally unreferenced by secondary sources.
 * In related news, I have also nominated 5vor12 for deletion. It has pretty much the same Problem. De728631 (talk) 22:09, 25 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks. At least we now know that German notability would be just as good (if not better) than English notability. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:24, 25 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Yup, and problems have a capital P in Germany, more important!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  22:25, 25 January 2013 (UTC)


 * aber, nicht bemerkenswert has a capital N, offensichtlich. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:29, 25 January 2013 (UTC)


 * The subject itself is probably still bemerkenswert after all. Like Ryan I had no success for finding proper references doing a "1000°" search on Google. But I just tried a search for 1000 Grad techno magazin (no quotes) at Yahoo and found that the 1000° magazine was actually referenced by Focus as early as 1996. De728631 (talk) 15:57, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

May Day
You may recall that Grace Jones played a henchwoman vs James Bond. You also like to deal with red links and female topics. You might therefore be interested in the list of black fashion models which suggests many lines of development. Warden (talk) 22:22, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Houses...
Good doctor, I don't understand...should this be moved again? I'm on a London house binge, and am disquieted by the country tag. I'll take it to talk if I think there will be much opposition. Gareth E Kegg (talk) 22:41, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Country house is is a certain type of house. London townhouses are not, but there are many country type houses within Greater London that used to be part of Kent or whatever. We could change the name of the London category to something like Category:Stately homes in London but I don't think changing the whole list name and category system just for London is worth it.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  22:44, 25 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Oh I totally agree, its just that the lead seems to include almost any house, suggesting that it is a list of "historic houses". Gareth E Kegg (talk) 21:53, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Port Snettisham
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:03, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Brazil
While I have completed this article Paranapiacaba for your inputs I have added quite a bit of text to Rio Grande da Serra also. Pl see and add.-- Nvvchar . 13:18, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

I've expanded Paranapiacaba, but it needs about +500 ch more. I nomed Ved Vejen with image but the img has been removed; sigh. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:21, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Ugh; can't figure out how to add it once it's been removed. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:51, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Guge
Hi there. Thanks for working out Zanda/Tholing village. Need some help with sorting out two other things. First, see History of Tibet which wl to Guge which is a lot like the article we've been working on, Purang-Guge kingdom. Second, in Tholing Monastery, there are some photos of a White Temple, but we don't mention a white temple/chapel, etc. in the article itself, and I think we should, though I couldn't find any references to a "white" building at Tholing. Maybe you have access to some other sources? --Rosiestep (talk) 15:31, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Yeshe-Ö! --Rosiestep (talk) 16:34, 26 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I have added to Yeshe-Ö, Zanda, Toling Monastery and fixed references to all tags in Purang-Guge kingdom. You may have to add some more text under History section of Yeshe-Ö to complete his history till his death. I will add some text to the article you have suggested tomorrow and then nominate. I am very tired now.-- Nvvchar . 17:46, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

I have nomed Yeshe-Ö, Tholing, Tholing Monastery (piped as monastery), and Purang-Guge kingdom. I'll finish up the QPQs today. Can you please add an img? --Rosiestep (talk) 20:31, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes, it should/would if I had nomed them in one fell swoop, except that I did it the painful way... at 3 different times... each time kicking myself for not originally thinking it through with a multi hook. If you can change the nom title to include all four, please go for it! --Rosiestep (talk) 21:19, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Yay! (QPQs 1,2,3 done). --Rosiestep (talk) 21:23, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Please nominate the two Brazilian articles Paranapiacaba and Rio Grande da Serra as I could not find suitable texts for the two hooks. I have completed my inputs to Tenhemad and John Treadwell (miner).-- Nvvchar . 10:54, 28 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I have completed this also. Brasília National Park. Single Hook would better for the above mentioned articles of Brazil.-- Nvvchar . 18:11, 28 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Nomed Brasília National Park. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:10, 29 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I could hardly find any book or even sources to add to these articles Tesker, Metline and Douz even after half day's google search. Photo do look beautiful. I have completed my inputs to Bermuda cuisine. The sentence i used was paraphrased from the book which says something like this "A sweet potato pie is also popular as it has less fat.". I will upload only two imgs of the Bermuda cusine, which are good, shortly.-- Nvvchar . 13:25, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

The only source used in the existing article Spittal Pond Nature Reserve, Bermuda is. Is it acceptable, as it travel site?-- Nvvchar . 14:23, 29 January 2013 (UTC)


 * You may like to add to this Vale do Catimbau National Park, Brazil.-- Nvvchar . 18:32, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Down Them All
Dr. Blofeld,

Firefox has an addition, Down_them_all, that lets you download all 249 of Ralph Patt's backing tracks at once.

Cheers, Kiefer  .Wolfowitz  19:43, 26 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I was thinking of putting them all on CD, but I saw a kid on youtube playing along to them with ridiculous chops that I got exasperated!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  19:44, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
 * This guy is good. He also revives the old union hymns. Kiefer  .Wolfowitz  10:44, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Not bad, but that's a pretty standard C minor blues/jazz jam. Its D minor flat 5, G 7 aug 5, C minor 7 and the cool part is the D flat major 2-5-1 turn around E flat minor 9, A flat 13, D flat major 7, then up half a step to D minor 7 flat 5, G 7 aug etc and so on. I've got something against people playing jazz on a strat though! I guess it comes from me learning jazz on a strat, I prefer to see it played on some big ass vintage archtop! Benedetto guitars are my favourite, google image them. They're high end though and can cost over $15,000. That Matt guy has a good clear voice though, sounds folky.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  10:55, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

AWB
Thanks for the barnstar. :-) I'll run AWB tonight, once I'm home. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 23:23, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Tenhemad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tenhemad  --Haberneroboy16 (talk) 07:20, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Bristol
If you had the time and motivation would you be willing to do some copyediting (or anything else you think is needed) on Bristol. It's quite along article which I'm trying to nudge towards FA level.&mdash; Rod talk 18:28, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Precious
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Thank you for creating innumerable substantial missing articles, such as Musikhochschule Hannover, Johan van der Meer and John H. Dessauer, sometimes before I even ask - at least that's how it feels, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (18 March 2009, 9 May 2009)!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:35, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

I can't believe that more than a year passed since you got the second award of what grew to be called Precious, here it comes again in br'erly style ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:46, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for St. Peter, Syburg
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Alcatraz and Translations
Hi Dr. Blofeld,

I am glad that you liked the Danish Alcatraz translations. I have been on holiday for a month and first see your comment on my talk page now. The translations were meant as a big "Hail Blofeld!" since I am completely awed by your immense work for Wikipedia.

I have noticed your contributions on Denmark and matters Danish; if I can be of any assistance in that regard or if we could work together on something, please let me know (I am Danish). I also have good access to information on Greenland if that interests you. Perhaps a subject worth of some DYK's?

I have good editing experience on the Danish wikipedia but next to none on the English project.

Ujkiol (talk) 21:35, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Greetings! Glad you appreciate my work! You can find any which take you fancy in translating in User:Dr. Blofeld/DYK, from 1-400 to present, you'll find an eye-popping range of topics, but that's what keeps wikipedia interesting and above all broad and comprehensive. I'd love to see Tsarong or something in Danish, it's an old article though so you could probably improve it with more sources on Danish wikipedia. It would be great to have you working on here on Danish topics. User:Ipigott and one of two other editors work chiefly on Danish topics. Ipigott would love to hear from you I think, go ahead and contact him. Currently we're starting entries of the Danish Culture Canon, latest I did was Ved Vejen. Love Greenland, even have a GA on Sisimiut, Faroe Islands and any of the Danish islands in particular.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  21:42, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Arbir
It doesn't seem to be a very commonly used weapon, at all. Only three or four mentions in reliable sources online, barely any in forums and whatnot, and this suggests it's only used by one group. I am not sure it should have more then an entry in list of weapons, if that. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:00, 28 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I wasn't sure if it was a hoax, that book at least verifies it. Not exactly a kris though is it..♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  23:03, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I lost my interest in weapons after reading about the 7-11 being robbed with a Klingon sword-thingy. Kiefer  .Wolfowitz  23:04, 28 January 2013 (UTC)


 * @Dr. No, it's not. Could it be a misspelling of something, or a pidgin? Halberd -> harber -> arbir comes to mind, although no sources for that. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:08, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * @Kiefer: Coulda been worse. Coulda been a laser pointer. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:08, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Me: Mini, Macro, or Meso Mes?
Kiefer .Wolfowitz  00:00, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Talkback
--Al Ameer son (talk) 04:41, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Talkback
DoctorKubla (talk) 17:33, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Current projects and stuff
Evening Dr B! Yes, I had a photo "session" in Crawley on Saturday, partly because I have some ideas for articles/lists relating to the town. List of places of worship in Crawley was due a revamp, deadlink-fixing etc, so that's the current bit of work. After that, I think I might overhaul Listed buildings in Crawley. Am also researching several new church lists. You may recall our collaboration on The George Hotel, Crawley ... sadly I couldn't get any new pics on Saturday, as the market was in full swing and all the stalls were blocking the view! Time to take a day off work and go up there during the week...! Hassocks 5489 (Floreat Hova!)  23:04, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for James Dredge, Jr.
Lord Roem ~ (talk) 00:02, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for James Dredge, Sr.
Lord Roem ~ (talk) 00:03, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Kreuzschule
Lord Roem ~ (talk) 00:04, 30 January 2013 (UTC)