User:Dr. Blofeld/March 2013

Palais Leuchtenberg
Thanks. Fram (talk) 11:03, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

De nada, gracias for the coordinates, surprised such a fine palace was missing. I wonder if I should create a pin map for Munich hmm. Do you understand German? this mentions something in 1837 and 1839, but it gives the dates as 1816-1820 for construction.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  11:07, 26 February 2013 (UTC)


 * It looks as if the palais was the inspiration for the "umbau" (renovation) of a tract (Section? Wing?) of the Munich residence of King Ludwig I in 1837; and in 1839, Queen Caroline of Bayern gave her daughter Elise (yep, a "Für Elise") a drawing of the Palais; presumably this drawing had been used in the 1837 renovation. Fram (talk) 11:24, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Can you add this, seems interesting?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  11:29, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi: The story about the painting and relationship to the Residenz is in the 4 hits in this book, but it looked like a somewhat unreliable source to me. What needs to be clearly explained is that the palace and the Odeon were designed as part of an ensemble, identical exteriors flanking another mansion that was Kunze's own residence - this may be what the Finance Ministry page means when it refers to 3 almost equally elegant facades, giving the impression of a freestanding palace. This page explains it in pictures and text, but has all the names in every caption, presumably to maximise Google hits, and its text draws on de.wikipedia, so I didn't make it an External link. However, this ensemble thing needs to be clear in all 3 articles - Odeon, Odeonsplatz, and I've briefly put it into Palais Leuchtenberg. This pdf looks good. Yngvadottir (talk) 17:36, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Yeah a lot of the sources are in German which I'll need assistance from!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  17:47, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm willing to expand the Odeon article and fix up the Odeonsplatz and Ludwigstrasse articles (in addition to expanding Gloria-Palast Cologne), but I absolutely must finish my current project first. So other than swooping in to make corrections to Palais Leuchtenberg, I'm going to have to ask for at least a day, possibly 2 (got stuff to do offline in a few hours and you wouldn't believe my watchlist even after I had to take one article off it because apparently Pending Changes won't accept my edits (!)) Yngvadottir (talk) 18:34, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

I have contributed to this Palais Leuchtenberg. My inputs to Mahabalipuram articles is done. You may like to add edit before Rosie finalises them.-- Nvvchar . 13:33, 27 February 2013 (UTC)


 * I will update it tomorrow now that I have completed the Mahabharata articles. I have posted Mount Jackson (Antarctica) on the GA page but could not post it on the talk page of the article in spite of repeated efforts. Pl see.-- Nvvchar . 16:45, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Project now in mainspace; needs a fair amount of noodling still (further refs to 2 books with inadequate or no indexes, a pdf dissertation, umpteen external links to evaluate) but I can now turn my eye to Cologne and Munich in what time I have. However, I am now going to bed. Yngvadottir (talk) 23:40, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ved Vejen
The article Ved Vejen you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ved Vejen for comments about the article. Well done! Tomcat (7) 18:04, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for encouraging me to help bringing it up to GA level. And congratulations on one more GA to add to your list!--Ipigott (talk) 18:48, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Continuing on Mother India
Yes, I did check JSTOR; and I think Redtiger checked Highbeam.--Dwaipayan (talk) 18:57, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Morro Solar
Morro Solar may interest you.--Rosiestep (talk) 06:21, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Talkback
 smaro jit  (buzz me)  03:10, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Rio Grande da Serra
Carabinieri (talk) 08:03, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors
I've had a look. It is a long way from my areas of expertise, such as they are, but in truth it strikes me that GA is about right for the article. I shouldn't care to try to field any queries at PR, and my feeling is to leave it pretty much where it is. Tim riley (talk) 14:28, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
Thanks for the help. I have completed my inputs to Morro Solar and also to Palais Leuchtenberg.-- Nvvchar . 16:56, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Mother India and Hyderabad
Yes, we definitely could nominate it on St David Day. It would be like one aspect of Indian culture, in which new things are started on an auspicious moment as dictated by the almanac (Panjika). I am game, will have to tell Redtiger. I will go over the article and the PR once more tomorrow, and see if the current reviewer (Mark Arsten) is done.

Now, regarding Hyderabad, India: in the last failed FAC, you mentioned the lack of description of notable landmarks. Now, some stuffs have been added. Would you please have a look? It is under a new subsection called Landmarks.--Dwaipayan (talk) 23:18, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

School districts afd
Actually, i did know about this mass afd. i was thinking that adding a few separately would bring more eyeballs, and dont we sometimes decide to not mass afd, but list separately? (god, what a lot of work to separately afd all of these). I decided to not list any more, out of respect for the article creator who might feel ganged up on, and also as i am focused primarily on Bay Area related articles, in which few of the districts are located. Dont know why they are so upset about this afd. I think most will end up staying. its not like any of us critical of the articles have the unilateral power to remove them. Unless, of course, you are THE Blofeld...in which case i want to be the first to welcome our new island-fortress based overlord (you ARE the island fortress guy, right? of course, i could look that fact up, maybe there's an online encyclopedia which would tell me) :)Mercurywoodrose (talk) 02:34, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Upset? Why do you think I'd be upset? I just think its sad that the "keep" votes are seeing it as an anti content thing rather than a procedural effort for cleanup and try to get them recreated with proper articles without errors.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  10:50, 28 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Dr. Blofeld, I respect your opinion and have left a message on the talk page for TMLutas, expressing general support for the creation of these school district articles, but also expressing concern about the quality level of the stubs. As I told that editor, I have no expertise in bots and automated procedures for creating articles, and I know that such automated efforts have been controversial in other contexts. I am an old fashioned guy, and I write, reference and expand articles slowly, and in a very personalized way. If, though, better bots can be programmed that produce better, more useful, more accurate stubs by extracting information from databases, I do not object. So, I encourage TMLutas to shift from quantity to at least minimal levels of quality, and I would feel far more confident with an effort that produced 500 decent starter articles than 5000 miserable, inaccurate stubs filled with errors and garbage. So, perhaps, we are not so much out of agreement here. It is just that I don't believe that mass deletion of the articles created so far is the optimal solution, as I know that at least a few of them have already been improved.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  04:59, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. It's not that I disagree with you on working towards school districts. I can see the argument that they are notable (although I have my doubts on some) and non notable schools can be directed to them but the whole point of the AFD was not to be a killjoy and curb the growth of wikipedia.I mean if we had good well sourced articles on every school district in the world naturally we'd be far better off as a resource. But I disagree that these empty stubs with basic errors are the most productive way to trying to achieve it.They're a mess and the reality is few people are going to actively edit them all to get them up to an acceptable state. The editor has the intention of creating all 12,000 and I'm not happy to have 12,000 articles on here in that state. The point of the AFD is to try to clean up the mess and constructively work with Lutas towards recreating them with proper sources and content. This sort of thing is much better done from scratch with a coded bot or at least started off with creating data tables like List of school districts in Alabama. The reality is that it would take years to get them all of to scratch manually and meanwhile our readers who come looking for information find no information. In terms of providing information we'd be better off a]Converting all lists to table with basic data. b] Coding a bot (because the articles are so generic and have the same data it is more efficient) to generate worthwhile new entries on the articles which have been checked for errors and approved by BAG in which no cleanup work is needed and the articles are of some use. The very few editors working on schools can then add to what has been started, and the problems are solved and nobody has to wildly have to go through them all manually. That's my feeling on this anyway.

DYK for Tukgahgo Mountain
Materialscientist (talk) 08:03, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Peter Planyavsky
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:03, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Talkback
We will nominating Mother India for FAC tomorrow as per your suggestion. A draft of the FAC nom text on the dwaipayanc' talk. Your suggestions are welcome. Redtigerxyz Talk 19:14, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Featured article candidates/Mother India/archive1. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 15:34, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Have a look at this ...
de:Albaufstieg (A 8). This is the Drackensteiner Hang section of Bundesautobahn 8 (which badly needs some love itself). You'll note that some of the individual bridges there have articles, and so do several of the other bridges I mention in the Reichsautobahn article, but I thought the geographical aspect of this one might appeal to you. It could easily be written under the name of the crag rather than the stretch of motorway. Just sayin' ... Yngvadottir (talk) 22:39, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

I think Bundesautobahn 8 should be translated from German wiki before we work on any sections!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  11:35, 1 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I think it needs expanding; it includes some of the iconic Reichsautobahn stretches, not just this one, and has been particularly hard to adapt to modern traffic loads. But I think that crag with the motorway dividing around it merits its own geographic and engineering article, particularly since it seems to crop up as Drackensteiner Hang, not as "the mountainous section of A 8". Still, I have a rather full dance-card at the moment. :-) Yngvadottir (talk) 14:16, 1 March 2013 (UTC) Odeon and theatre now done. Yngvadottir (talk) 13:55, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Erfurt Enchiridion
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for starting that one! How about this?

ps: your languages don't show if they are not yet on Wikidata. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:16, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Egypt
I have thought of two articles for our A to Z list. Lulua Mosque and the Moqattam Hill. I have added substantial text to the first article but it needs more to make it 5x. The second article deals witht he hill and the town in its precincts.-- Nvvchar . 10:35, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

- Ravi My Tea Kadai 01:14, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Morro Solar - nomed it. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:01, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

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Belgian Quarter (Cologne)
Nice little article you started. The sentence beginning "In der Juliausgabe" takes me back to the sixth form, happy days. Moonraker (talk) 22:43, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Musgum mud huts
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Scrabble
A present for Mr. Bigglesworth. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:47, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Can you please take a look at the Morro Solar nom as I can't figure out what is wrong? --Rosiestep (talk) 01:54, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Henry Walker Crabb, NightWash, and Klaus-Jürgen Deuser nomed. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:32, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Foggy head, sinus infection, and antibiotics seem to be colliding. Though I'm feeling better, apparently I'm not signing my posts. So before I screw up something else, can you Mr. Bigglesworth please look at the Template:Did you know nominations/Pauline Koner nom? Thx --Rosiestep (talk) 17:27, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Talkback
Oh now I know what it is. But apparently its paid? How do I get free access? ☯ Bonkers The Clown  \(^_^)/  Nonsensical Babble  ☯ 04:14, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Whalsay Parish Church
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:02, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

AfD
Hi, hope all is well. I invoked your name on Articles for deletion/Abdulići as I believe you are more familiar with geo notability than myself. Cheers! In ictu oculi (talk) 13:13, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

List of dresses
I have pre-empted an AFD for this. You may wish to do more. Warden (talk) 19:52, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Julius Althaus
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 * FYI: WP:DYK, 2b: "DYK articles may freely reuse public domain text per Wikipedia's usual policy, with proper attribution. However, because the emphasis at DYK is on new and original content, text copied verbatim from public domain sources, or which closely paraphrases such sources, is excluded both from the 1,500 minimum character count for new articles, and from the x5 expansion count for x5 expanded articles." I rather suspect that the amount of such text in this article was not sufficient to prevent your article from qualifying—indeed, I was hoping you'd quickly identify that this was the case—but you'll understand why I'm unwilling to work any further on this nomination. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:33, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Lochamer-Liederbuch
Gatoclass 00:02, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Hirebenkal
Gatoclass 00:03, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

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Benicia Unified School District
As your requested, good doctor, I have expanded and referenced the article about this school district, learning in the process that one of the very first public schools in California was established there in 1849, and the school board was organized in 1850, the direct predecessor of the current district. This history is discussed in many reliable sources. Your thoughts?  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  06:00, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

China
This Shuanglin Temple should interest you to add.-- Nvvchar . 10:49, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

Nvvchar and I are done with El-Tarif... it needs to be nomed tomorrow... in case you feeling like working on it for our Egypt A-Z. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:03, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

I would not like to mix a tomb site with a live village. We can do it as a separate article. Also see one more wild life article of Africa here Zahamena National Park.-- Nvvchar . 12:26, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Please see this Template:Did you know nominations/Battalion Park and rectify.-- Nvvchar . 12:48, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Today this Lulua Mosque has to be nominated. Do you want to add more?-- Nvvchar . 12:58, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Paco de Lucía
I see you have split out the discography; good idea but I believe that the history or the talk page should contain a link to where it came from for attribution purposes. pablo 16:10, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I said split, I think it's pretty obvious! I added a link in the talk page anyway. I aim to get him up to GA sometime but it's difficult to find biographical information about him. Paco de Lucía and Family: The Master Plan is the best source but it is £77 or $135 as it is quite rare! I should be able to concoct something based on his career though.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  16:49, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
 * That is pricey! I have a few CDs; scant info on those though. pablo 09:18, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Fortunately I've been able to access some of the info in that book in google books!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  11:00, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Encyclopedia main page design
Hello Blofeld,

may I use your excellent "Encyclopedia" main page design and change parts according to my desire? Regards.--Tomcat (7) 17:45, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

Be my guest.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  18:39, 4 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Reminded of dreams ... - here is for real on Easter Sunday:, with BWV 31, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:13, 5 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Sorry,doesn't work as intended, all we could say is that Bach included tune and last stanza of his hymn in 2 movements of BWV 31, but it is not sure how much of the tune is by him, and that stanza is certainly not by him ;) - I nominated him with what he did. - How do you think about de:Herderkirche (Weimar) - probably St. Peter und Paul, Weimar, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:29, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

History of Gibraltar
Could you possibly take a look at the new lines I added to the end of History of Gibraltar and let me know if it resolves the issues you raised in Featured article candidates/History of Gibraltar/archive1? Prioryman (talk) 01:04, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

I'll try to give it another read tonight.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  11:02, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Professor and bishop
Done, but ugh, theology and politics :-) I have noted the source the original article used but have not dug for further sources or further info. I've also left the Latin titles '-) Yngvadottir (talk) 15:55, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Poeh Museum
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Wildlife of Niger
Could be a very good subject for many linked articile with this hook ...that the Wildlife of Niger has Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve, Termit Massif Reserve, Gadabedji Reserve, Tadres Reserve, Tamou Reserve, Dosso Reserve, Dallol Bosso, Kokorou Wetland, Termit Massif Faunal Reserve Buffer Zone, Aïr and Ténéré Addax Sanctuary Aïr and Ténéré Addax Sanctuary, and W National Park part from 79 Forest Reserves and 51 restoration and land protection areas cover three geographic regions also known for its Nanger dama a national symbol,  under the Hausa name meyna or ménas and the dama appears on the badge of the Niger national football team, who are popularly called the Ménas? But needs a lot of inputs and imgs. Most of them are at present are small artciles. I am asking Rosie if she is interested. What is your reaction?-- Nvvchar . 16:50, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Of course. How about Wildlife of Mali? Plenty of references of IUCN are avaialble. My inputs to Mahabalipuram articles are done. Once Rosie recovers, I suppose they would be done. Her c/e and final tick on each article as she did in the case of Laos articles is essential.-- Nvvchar . 17:03, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

You've got mail!
Redtigerxyz Talk 18:18, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * There is a slight difference in speed between Lindsey Vonn and me, but perhaps no greater probability of injury. I survived and am feeling relaxed after a mindless week sliding down hills on a pair of sticks. I fixed the redlink in Lulua Mosque, but only made a start - it looks like a huge subject. Aymatth2 (talk) 20:43, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

You may like to convert all the redlinks into stubs in this article Wildlife of Libya, which I have started today. Libyan coverage of wild life is very very poor.-- Nvvchar . 14:25, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

I have started this Atiq Mosque (Awjila). But could not find much. You may be able to add from you reservoir of references. This Fantasia (culture) is also interesting.-- Nvvchar . 12:39, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Varadharaja Perumal Temple to GA, yes. Atiq Mosque (Awjila) now 5x. Pl add a little and do c/e so that I can nominate it tomorrow. I will nominate Wildlife of Libya tomorrow. I am now in Bangalore and will be travelling also. May be some dealy in my replying and editing.-- Nvvchar . 17:37, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Please see suggestions of Rosie on my talk page on Mahabalipuram articles. Please give your views so that we can proceed accordingly. She has a very valid point and each of the articles is unique in itself with lovely images.-- Nvvchar . 17:26, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Wildlife of Cameroon
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Henry Walker Crabb
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:02, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK James S.C. Chao
Did you know that Bonkers The Clown has lodged a DYK nomination for James S.C. Chao but checking the history it would seem that the article was created Rosiestep and then you undertook further edits. It would appear that Bonkers has neglected to recognise you & Rosie's contribution in his nomination. Normally I would raise it on the DYK review however as he has reviewed my DYK nomination I didn't want to be seen to be making a tit-for-tat comment.Dan arndt (talk) 09:57, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. He's been warned about hijacking our articles. He's welcome to add to our articles and contribute of course, but I'd rather he wouldn't nominate them without telling us..♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  10:00, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

If BtC hasn't done so already, go ahead and add your name to the nom. By my count, the article is 1 ch short; by his it's at 1511. I won't split hairs over that. LOL Jan Jackson... it's the eyes. Just don't be looking for images of Taylor Swift in your toast or she'll be writing some scathing song about you. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:29, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
 * At last count, it was 1511... I did not count it, the handy DYKcheck did. Anyways, I have added Blofled's name as he later on went to really significantly contribute to it. Cheers. ☯ Bonkers The Clown  \(^_^)/  Nonsensical Babble  ☯ 05:46, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Linking in imported articles
Hi, I wonder whether you'd consider running the dash script and the date script through imported articles when you create them on en.WP. I've just done the list of Romanian finance ministers, which was a forest before.

Please let me know if you want a brief explanation of how to set it up. I'll be only too pleased to oblige. Cheers and best wishes. Tony  (talk)  11:39, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Sure, it would be useful to know.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  12:16, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Waza National Park
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Harry Ishisaka is certainly notable - a big name in California Aikido. I would do a bio, but suspect you have your heart set on it. Aymatth2 (talk) 00:40, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Zilpha Elaw
We had an e-mail at OTRS mentioning two issues: first, that her name was "Zilpha" not "Zilphia" - this appears to be supported by the sources cited so I moved the article to Zilpha Elaw and made textual changes accordingly. The second point was that the image in the article is in fact Sojourner Truth not Elaw. From a quick look at the Truth article they do look similar. I don't know where to go to confirm or otherwise, and thought you may have some ideas. Thanks.--ukexpat (talk) 01:57, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Oh dear, sorry about that. Not the first time, google picked up images of other people for silent film actors too! But I wonder why this would call her Elaw so I didn't even doubt it was her naturally.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  11:56, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I just did a quick GI search and there does appear to be some confusion. I will send a couple of emails and see what I can find out.--ukexpat (talk) 13:54, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Sealyham House
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:03, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for making me co-editor. What a surprise!--Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:33, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, you contributed and did good so why shouldn't I have? ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  11:54, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Palais Leuchtenberg
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I tweaked the Seagal wording. His dad took him along to Japan more than once when he was a teenager, and he took lessons while he was there.  He moved to Japan when aged 24 in 1973.  The source is slightly misleading, implying his early trips to Japan were on his own initiative. Close enough. Aymatth2 (talk) 18:51, 7 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I corrected the hook fact for this one both in the article and on the main page; I didn't realise it had been nominated and the German had been misunderstood when that fact was added. Personally I'd have gone for the sanitary lavs '-)
 * Re:theatres, expanded too long ago anyway, I think, and the Cologne one, yup, not much more to be found documenting that one. I'm assuming the other one you mean is the Odeon? I'm sad Reichsautobahn won't go to the Main Page, but unless something is done to reverse that bad discussion closure, no more DYK noms from me, and it's definitely too old. Probably as well anyway, the article contains a pic of Hitler '-) Thanks for the praise and for the inclusion in this one. Bedtime here, sorry for incoherence. Yngvadottir (talk) 20:40, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
 * To be a bit more temperate, I'm thrilled you think that highly of it, but I'm still improving it and I suspect the Roads project people and perhaps the Germany project people will have things they want improved ... any of them should feel free to take it to the next level, I don't mess with that. Look at the redlinks in the thing! That's my bag. It was astounding we did not have an article on the topic. The ink that has been spilled on it ... which brings me back to: still improving it '-) And then there's Stefán. --Yngvadottir (talk) 14:21, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Morro Solar
Orlady (talk) 00:02, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Hillemacher
Hi Dr. Blofeld-- Do you suppose it might be worth having anything for the Hillemacher brothers (Paul 1876, Lucien 1880)? Milkunderwood (talk) 03:25, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Probably, I'd say all Prix de Rome winners are probably notable.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  09:35, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Protected areas of Cameroon
The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for James S.C. Chao
The DYK project (nominate) 08:28, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for NightWash
The DYK project (nominate) 08:29, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Klaus-Jürgen Deuser
The DYK project (nominate) 08:29, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

"schpoooooky" - congrats! and thanks for sharing the quirky NighWasher, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:18, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Yeah LOL 1111 is a figure with some significance!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  13:25, 9 March 2013 (UTC)


 * more music: Thüringer Bachwochen --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:28, 12 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you! - Did you nominate the Weimar Gymnasium? - The church was already in prep, but will go for Easter, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:23, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Perhaps we can expand "Elise" (even if she wasn't) on her 220th birthday? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:39, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * or ? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:09, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * or expand WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:28, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
 * or - thanks for Lattke! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:53, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
 * or --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:04, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

AfD stuff
Hello, Your Nefariousness I notice you added some stuff to this article I took to AfD. I don’t have (or have access to) any of the publications listed as sources; do you? Can you tell me what they actually say? And you changed the co-ordinates a bit; again, are the correct co-ordinates listed anywhere? The Google map search doesn’t show anything for that name, and the new co-ordinates appear to be somewhere else. Thanks in advance, Moonraker12 (talk) 10:04, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Google books has snippets here. The figures are taken in good faith from other wikis which appear to be able to access the source itself. Coordinates added on another wiki are correct too, previously it was in an empty field on the left of the river.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  11:52, 9 March 2013 (UTC)


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Omar Derdour
Omar Derdour looks almost ready to go, just a few minor terms that need clarification in the article. Details on the review page. Thanks for your work on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 16:53, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Always a pleasure to read your stuff. Enjoy the day! -- Khazar2 (talk) 18:06, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

No include
Re Talk:Ah Boys to Men/GA1: when you tag a template or other transcluded page for speedy deletion, the speedy tag should be placed within a &lt;noinclude> section. I had to take extra action to remove Talk:Ah Boys to Men from CAT:CSD. &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 19:26, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Never mind eh Rodge, if the extra action stops you from moaning about other stuff then that's probably a good thing!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  20:11, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Stefán (not Einar, I was typing in my sleep)
I've responded to your query on my talkpage ... and although there are still places I can search both on and off-line, I may have reached the limit of what I can do for the chap until I get the two Festschrifts for him by interlibrary loan (ordered today). I know one has an authoritative list of publications, and I'm hoping for at least one citable assessment of the impact of his work. So now I wait on the post to deliver the books to the local library. Yngvadottir (talk) 21:59, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Silver Oak Cellars
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DYK for Lascaris Battery
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:03, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

California
You mentioned a bit ago about working on some Calif articles, so you may be interested in Wolf Creek (Nevada County, California) and Banner Mountain. If you google the creek, you'll want to make sure you get the one in Nevada County, which makes its way through Grass Valley and Nevada City, as there are other creeks in the state with the same name; there is tons of historical info about the creek during the times of the Calif Gold Rush. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:20, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

Awww, amigo, that is so cool... thanks for the Copyediting Barnstar!! --Rosiestep (talk) 03:36, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Bastion
Thanks. National Archives have also released scores of new pictures about Gibraltar. Two bits of good news! Victuallers (talk)

DYK for David Oppenheim (clarinetist)
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Talkback
Dwaipayan (talk) 13:30, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I do have JSTOR, but rarely use it. I am a bit unsure about Fatimid architecture. The Fatimids seem to have freely borrowed ideas from all over the place, but almost everything standing today is from later rebuilding that may or may not have followed the original, so we can't be sure. There is nothing wrong with the article as an overview of buildings that date back to the Fatimid period. I am comfortable saying the gates are Fatimid based on their date. I would not say they are more Byzantine than Fatimid based on their style. What would a Fatimid-style gate look like? Maybe they all looked Byzantine. I have a feeling the article may drift off into daft conclusions. The archaeologists are still arguing. I don't feel I understand the subject enough to want to take it further. That is a general feeling I have about GA. It is possible to innocently assemble a very plausible, impeccably worded and sourced article that an expert would read with horror and despair. Grumble. Mutter... I think that Moose Madras gave me indigestion. Aymatth2 (talk) 14:38, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

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Swedish golf commentator
He's done. News search needs running, but I have found current URLs for half the refs in the Swedish article. Yngvadottir (talk) 16:00, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Glad you like. Finally got to Odeonsplatz, which now makes sense and has a full set of links. However, out of time to look for references, bedddd now. Yngvadottir (talk) 23:04, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Oh uncatalogued pleasure...
You and your team might like to know that we lack articles on any museums in the following African countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Niger, Sierra Leone, and South Sudan! To GoogleBooks with haste! :) Gareth E Kegg (talk) 23:54, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Battalion Park
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Your thoughts may be useful
Hello Blofeld. I have a few running issues with User:ZjarriRrethues which have spread like a disease across several articles. He mentioned your name (not linked) here so I gather I am writing to the correct person.

He states that you approved his version of Eshref Ademaj with regards sources at a recent DYK session. I too have looked at the article and have found ways to improve it on on NPOV/encyclopaedic text grounds. I don't know how versed you are in the affairs of the country where events are said to have happened but I would like to know which of three revisions you think best meets standards:
 * 1. my latest
 * 2. my earlier
 * 3. the revision supported by ZjarriRrethues and Arianit

I won't go into the issue of the translation or the naming of the settlement for now but you might be able to work that out, but can you let me know if you feel I have in some way in either revision detracted from facts, twisted the information being imparted or have violated NPOV. This needs a third opinion anyhow. Evlekis (Евлекис) (argue) 20:29, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

I don't know anything about the issues surrounding it, but would be best discussed on the talk page to avoid edit warring.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  20:40, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * A tall order but no other solution! Thanks Dr.Bl. Evlekis (Евлекис) (argue) 21:35, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Shuanglin Temple
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DYK for Twomey Cellars
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DYK for Daniel Baron
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Banner Mountain
I nomed Banner Mountain and Wolf Creek (Nevada County, California) but go ahead and add yourself to the credits if you want to work on them. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:44, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

New Gib articles
Hey Doc, thanks for all the stubs you've been churning out! Would you mind notifying me whenever you create new Gib-related articles as I think I may have missed a few... Cheers, --Gibmetal 77 talk 2 me 12:38, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that would be very helpful! When I have time I'll add to King's Bastion from a draft I have and another that Anne had. Keep thinking about her - she was doing a great job on the batteries as well as a few spin-offs thereof. Real shame she left :( --Gibmetal 77 talk 2 me 15:52, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Mahabalipuram Monuments
I have requested Materialscientist to move the 16 articles of Mahabalipuram to the main space. I have added and edited all articles in the last two days. You may like to have a look at them after they are moved to Main Space, and nominate them. Will you please see the review comments under DYK Lulua Mosque. What is DAB?-- Nvvchar . 17:06, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the confusion, I wrote DAB, meaning WP:DAB, WP:Disambiguation. Heading back to your talk page to fix the mess I just created. --Lexein (talk) 22:58, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

I think I resolved the Lulua Mosque DAB issue. Vito Alessio Robles may interest you (I hardly touched the es translation); also Colan Church and Fir Hill Manor. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:54, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

HI there. Nvv said we'll need to create one more article if we use your current suggested hook. Can we tweak the hook so that we don't have to create one more article for Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram? I think there's still quite a bit to do on the existing articles. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:55, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

!!!Congrats on your Mother India FA!!! Regarding Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram, do you feel up to doing a navbox using this as your guide? --Rosiestep (talk) 03:03, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the Navbox! --Rosiestep (talk) 02:23, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for El-Tarif
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Martin Galling
Hi Dr. Blofeld-- I'm a little surprised to see we have no entry for harpsichordist and pianist Martin Galling Milkunderwood (talk) 23:55, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
 * http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Name/Martin-Galling/Performer/25652-2
 * http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Galling
 * http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Galling-Martin.htm


 * Might Galling be worth making a stub? Milkunderwood (talk) 08:50, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Oops - sorry - and thanks. I hadn't checked back. (In process right now of suggesting another one.) Milkunderwood (talk) 09:01, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Congratulations!

 * Congratulations from me as well. Great work! Correct Knowledge  «৳alk»  07:39, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Yep, way to go! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:42, 17 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Congratulations. T4B (talk) 10:18, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks guys, Dwai and Red's diligence though is as worthy of praise for helping promote it. I did always have a feeling it might be FA material with a fair bit of work and kudos to Dwai for obtaining the book on it!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  10:58, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Congrats, and thank you! Unless you had done the initial expansion and GA, we probably wouldn't have thought for the FA. The date is May 3.--Dwaipayan (talk) 14:49, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Congrats and thanks. Great to work with you as usual. FYI Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics. Redtigerxyz  Talk 17:09, 17 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Mother India at Today's featured article/requests. Redtigerxyz  Talk 11:03, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Zahamena National Park
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

I can just say "Wow"
Among others, this deserves mention too. Just incredible. Incredible. ☯ Bonkers The Clown  \(^_^)/  Nonsensical Babble  ☯ 12:51, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

More films
Two films that could be worked on are Kahaani and Mughal-e-azam. Kahaani is a newer one, and sourcing solely based on news reports etc. It is currently in peer review. MeA has lots of content, but some, I think, are trivia. I may be able to get hold of a comprehensive book on it; in that case, sourcing would become better. Given a choice, MeA is a more worthy candidate. However, Kahaani is probably better-prepared.--Dwaipayan (talk) 15:31, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, we are working on Rani Mukerji too. Can you guys have a look at it sometime? -- smaro jit  (buzz me)  16:51, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, although Indian monuments will be occupying most of my wiki time over the next few days.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  17:19, 17 March 2013 (UTC)I
 * Congrats on Mother India bud! Well-deserved! :) --  Bollywood Dreamz  talk 02:47, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Kiribati articles
Wow Dr Blofield, I am intrigued by how many subjects you are editing on. The islands of Kiribati being surely not the most important of these, I am still keen to get your feedback on a few things; in each case I'm hoping for a second opinion on whether to make what could be seen as sweeping changes or to leave things as they are which is a bit muddled and confusing.

The easy things first; working through the islands North to South I have made additions and updates to Makin, Butaritari, Marakei and Abaiang. In each case I've found a photo (not so easy) and generally tidied things up a bit.

This brings me to Tarawa. This is the hardest island to write about, and there is some plainly wrong information in the articles as they stand (eg. the photo of Kiribati Parliament House is from Ambo, not Bairiki). The first thing I did was to create an article on North Tarawa as it is quite distinct from South Tarawa. I've put in some pre-European history (as an aside, is there any Wikipedia policy on starting a History section with "Discovery" by Europeans? It does seem wrong...). I've updated the census info for both North Tarawa and South Tarawa. I would prefer to redirect the list of islets, towns and villages in the Tarawa article to this more structured information, and generally to reconstruct Tarawa, South Tarawa and the new North Tarawa as complementary articles, and of course find some suitable photos. Would this annoy you? And who else might it annoy as well??

Meanwhile there are some "Kiribati general knowledge" type articles I would like to link to that aren't there. I created maneaba which probably needs checking, and was about to create babai when I realised I was about to get into another muddle with an article you have worked on, Pulaka. I've asked for advice on what to do about Pulaka and would hugely appreciate your input.

Thanks in advance for helping me through these issues; I am not very experienced but am trying to do this right. --Obkiribati1 (talk) 23:08, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Nikolaus Herman
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Your Main Page Featured Article
Hi Dr. Blofeld, just to let you know that Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary has now hit the main page as a featured article! That is, the main page of Danish Wikipedia. Take a look and enjoy. :-)

I have been very busy these past weeks with little time to write for Wikipedia but would enjoy getting back writing again soon (probably after Easter). I have been working a bit on expanding Nørrebro, though, translating from the Danish but da-wiki is not as well sourced as I would have liked.

Anyway, congratulations again on your Alcatraz project! -- Ujkiol (talk) 02:47, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Congrats. There were so many people involved with Mother India (now FA) that I decided to stay away. I have also noted your suggestion sent m by mail regarding GA.-- Nvvchar . 04:40, 18 March 2013 (UTC) Grats! ☯ Bonkers The Clown  \(^_^)/  Nonsensical Babble  ☯ 12:19, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Cool! And thanks again for translating that one!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  13:16, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Little treat ;)
Thankyou, nice selection there!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  14:24, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Wildlife of Niger
You may like to add to this article.-- Nvvchar . 14:30, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Termit Massif Reserve
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Merge discussion for Muija Total Museum
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Bikenibeu
Bikenibeu looks great - I have just made a few small changes to make things seem up to date; some Ministries have changed name and location, and the phrase that there was "excess demand" for secondary schooling sounded almost colonial - I realise this was probably a direct quote but I edited it anyway.

The location of the hospital is an interesting example of why Kiribati villages are so hard to write about; any local would describe the new hospital as being in "Nawerewere" (try googling it), although there is nothing noticeable to an outsider that would indicate that Bikenibeu and Nawerewere are separate villages. The Census adds to the confusion by enumerating the hospital settlement separate from Bikenibeu but calling it "Causeway" (I amended this myself to "Causeway (Nawerewere)" on the South Tarawa page). With a few small changes to the text, this wasn't a big deal in the Bikenibeu article however if anyone were to try to write a Nawerewere village page it could get messy.

The next most important village article is clearly Bairiki (Betio exists already, but Bairiki is a redirect). After that, it becomes a bit more of a contentious choice as the largest villages on outer islands have smaller populations than even minor villages on South Tarawa. For myself I would prefer to keep working on the island pages until I finish those, which will take awhile.--Obkiribati1 (talk) 21:54, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Borodin Trio
Hi again Dr. Blofeld-- If you have time, it would probably be useful for the Stubmeister to consider figuring out something for the Borodin Trio, which recorded a number of piano and other trios for Chandos. From Chandos CHAN 8655 (Haydn/Mozart/Beethoven, incl clarinet trios) (P) & (C) 1989: It seems to me that the Borodin Quartet article and a stub for the Trio ought to reference each other somehow, and Dubinsky also ought to have something. (Thanks for starting Galling - I should have looked.) Milkunderwood (talk) 09:38, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
 * "The Borodin Trio was formed after the three members emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1976, since when they have established themselves as one of the best piano trios of our generation. ... Rostislav Dubinsky was founder and first violinist of the legendary Borodin Quartet [q.v.] for thirty years. He met his wife Luba Edlina at the Moscow Conservatory when they were both students. She is best know for her many brilliant performances and recordings as pianist with the Borodin Quartet. The Dubinskys now live in the USA where they both teach at ... Indiana University. Cellist Yuli Turovsky also studied at the Moscow Conservatory; he was a prize-winner of the Third Soviet Cello Competition and a laureate at the 22nd International Prague Spring Competition in 1970. ... many performances as soloist with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra ... before he emigrated to Montreal, where he now teaches at the Conservatoire du Musique (Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal). He is a founding Music Director and conductor at Canada's chamber orchestra I Musici de Montreal (I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra)."

Zebra's Randy Jackson for "Who's Behind the Door?"

 * G-G-D-G-B-D

This open-G tuning was used by Zebra's Randy Jackson for "Who's Behind the Door?".

A pretty kick-ass song by a young musician apprenticing himself to Jimmy Page's work (with echoes of Rush) and working to find his own voice. I hadn't heard it in decades. The tabs show how simple open-tuning is, and the video shows the elegance of the fingerings. Acoustic solo performance (without the annoying keyboard-effects) Kiefer  .Wolfowitz  23:10, 20 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Good song, shame about the crowd ambiance and keyboard on the live one though!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  13:29, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Randy Jackson discusses his trying to recreate Jimmy Page's "The Rain Song" in an open tuning at the beginning of this video, which has a better Zebra performance and very good recording.
 * Your article on an Argentine church will head the DYK section with Overtones tuning. I suppose your picture is better. Kiefer  .Wolfowitz  21:24, 21 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Did you know ... that, on Bad Company's "Can't Get Enough", the ringing guitar uses an open tuning constructed from C's overtones (pictured)?

Mahabalipuram
Tis nomed. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:43, 21 March 2013 (UTC)


 * SOMAIR done. But for the Sainte-Famille Church of Rwanada reference books or web all talk about genocide only. Can you locate some sources to its architecture and other details. NBome'd Wildlife of Niger. You may like to nominate Bikenibeu (it has many authors). You may like to add to Lake Débo. -- Nvvchar . 11:12, 21 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I am sure you would want to know more about this Vallée de Mai (mythical Garden of Eden in Seychelles.SOMAIR is now complete with more additions. -- Nvvchar . 12:14, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Pauline Koner
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Jörg Faerber
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 * I've added a few redirects with different spellings. Milkunderwood (talk) 00:52, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Kiribati islands
Thanks for your encouragement, I am now pretty happy with the Northern islands - Makin, Butaritari, Marakei, Abaiang, North Tarawa and South Tarawa. Of course they can still be improved, but I'd like to move Southwards myself, where the islands get more traditional and interesting.

I have put most of the useful material from Tarawa into either North Tarawa or South Tarawa, and updated the sections that make sense for the whole island, like Administration and History. I would prefer to delete Tarawa, Tarawa, Tarawa and Tarawa, and direct readers instead to the South Tarawa or North Tarawa articles which have more detailed and more recent information. But am still a bit nervous and so am asking if you could kindly give me a second opinion on this. I think it's not so good to have duplicate sections which are so similar??--Obkiribati1 (talk) 10:10, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Fatimid architecture
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Fish River
So I've expanded some Alaskan rivers with PD material: Fish River (Alaska), Tubutulik River Koyuk River, and Kiwalik River. As is, of course, they're not nomable, but perhaps sorting that out would interest you or Nvv. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:45, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Hey there. Edit war on Paco de Lucia. Do you want me to stop working on it? --Rosiestep (talk) 18:00, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

I'll have at least the translation done before the end of the day, and I'll work on sourcing some of the unsourced stuff as time permits. Created the article on his bro; it needs sources. Yeah, will go to the youtube today. Must re-enter RL for a bit right now. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:19, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Yes; right now. Oh, I watched that youtube; he's awesome. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:34, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Wasn't positive if she was the right one... --Rosiestep (talk) 20:57, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Done with Paco for today; created La Tana. --Rosiestep (talk) 21:31, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Kardashian
Nah. Too thin. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 04:30, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * She's probably less useless. Hard to be more useless, of course... -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 07:54, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Not especially, for a Saturday. Just finishing up some actress recategorization before bed.  I'll try and do some more tomorrow. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 08:01, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Why thank you kindly. I was fairly down there when I started editing - honestly, it was your example when it came to stub work that made me think there might be something in doing heavy lifting, editing-wise.


 * Incidentally, I have in my wallet an actual Zimbabwean bill that's "worth" (ha) even more than that - it's a trillion-dollar bill, actually. Fellow I met at a happy hour gave it to me.  He works for a currency exchange, and told me that he bought up a bunch of those bills to hand out as advertising.  They're totally worthless now, and were worth something like 50 cents US when they were printed; Zimbabwe doesn't even actually use its own money any more.  They're in talks to restart the economy; for now they use either South African rands or US dollars, or barter.  Sounds like a fun place, no? -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:37, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah. One thing that really starts to get to me is looking at some of the recent elections articles.  People create them before elections, and then never go through and update them, or update them cursorily, so we end up with either a mix of tenses or downright inaccurate information about winners and losers.  It really makes us look bad, and I think it's one of the worst problems plaguing us at the moment.  Not for big-ticket stuff, like Presidential elections, but down-ballot stuff.  I was looking at an article about a Wisconsin state legislator the other day and it turned out to be at least six months out of date.  Not acceptable at all.  I fixed it, but possibly inaccurately; I don't live in Wisconsin, and I don't know their state legislature.  It's really irritating.  If I had the time I'd go on a crusade to fix it. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:46, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, I'm not against them per se - maybe because I'm a bit of a politics junkie, though. It's interesting sometimes to read about the dynamics that go into a local race like that.  And for that, those articles are good.  It's just the cleaning-up period that gets troublesome.  And talk about stale - how many actress articles do you think there are that require recategorizing yet?  This is beginning to feel like a fool's errand sometimes, the amount of things I come across that AWB has missed and that need to be fixed manually.  It'll take loads of time, though I'm hopeful that we're getting there bit by bit.


 * Anyhow, I'll do a few more, but I'll be going off to a concert later today, and I have a ton of stuff to do tonight, so I'm not sure how active I'm going to end up being today. It's an unpleasant gray day out, too, which doesn't help matters at all.  Uggh. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:55, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Oh, yes, the stubs are a big problem, too. I don't know, though, I keep finding more actress articles that require recategorization.  Also, the other day I found a bit of vandalism in a politician article that had been there since 2008.  That REALLY frosted me. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:04, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I'll take a look tomorrow. I went to a very nice concert by a local amateur orchestra today.  The highlight: a piano concerto by Edward Macdowell.  (His 2nd).  If you get a chance to try his music I can't recommend it too highly.  He's grossly underrated, I've always thought.  It was well-played, too, which always helps. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 02:36, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
 * It has for a while. I'll put it down on my to-do list once I've finished the actress recatting, which should hopefully be sometime this weekend. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:46, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Palma
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Plaza Alta (Algeciras)
The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for El-Kouf National Park
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Zelma Long
The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

How to eat a redlink in a burger
LM*O chomp chomp! --Rosiestep (talk) 00:38, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Can you pl fix the infobox for this article Candle Creek. Some how fixing the map of Alaska is eluding me. Aldabra should interest you. It needs some more text. Add some text to this Vallée de Mai so that it can be nominated.-- Nvvchar . 15:07, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

I'll look some more at Clive Mantle tomorrow; yes, lots of redlinks! --Rosiestep (talk) 03:43, 27 March 2013 (UTC)


 * One more, if you like, stub sufficient:, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:55, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Espen Hægeland


The article Espen Hægeland has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Never played a match in a fully pro league, failing WP:NFOOTY.

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Talkback
--Al Ameer son (talk) 20:49, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Satyajit Ray filmography
Hi. As a part of centenary celebration of Indian cinema on 3rd May 2013, I have nominated the article for FLC. You being one of the senior most editors, I would appreciate if you put your comments/inputs here. -  Vivvt  &bull;&#32; ( Talk ) 03:04, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Ray Duncan
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Jean-Claude Berrouet
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:02, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Talk:Wedding dress of Grace Kelly
I wrote a comment on the article you created a while ago, but nobody answered me. Could you add your thoughts on the issue? thanks, DGtal (talk) 23:43, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Clive's redlinks
Whirligig Theatre. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:14, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Cockroach racing
This gave me a laugh. I am thinking of expanding it-- Nvvchar . 15:52, 28 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I have completed Cockroach racing article and also this Badoli Temples. You may like to edit and add. I was under the impression that DYK rule of five days applies from the date it was transferred from the User page. Please see the comments under the Mahabaleshwar articles. you may like to reply. I am starting on Elephant racing. Yak racing can not be expanded to 5x., not enough material.-- Nvvchar . 17:56, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

E-mail
You have e-mail!--Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:57, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Martin Lattke
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Yarab Tso Hotel


A tag has been placed on Yarab Tso Hotel requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Peer review/List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film/archive1
I've listed this article at PR. You comments would be much helpful. &mdash; Vensatry (Ping me)  12:28, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Christianity Newsletter April 2013
 Membership report The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 357 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members, Thomas Cranmer, Mr.Oglesby, and Sneha Priscilla. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. We would be able to achieve nothing here without the input of all of you. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.

From the Editor

We apologise for the hiatus in the publication of this newsletter due to unforseen circumstances leading to the wikibreak of John Carter, and so I have taken over as acting editor, and have taken this opportunity to move the publication date to the start of each month as planned, to better reflect on the previous month and look ahead to the next. This issue covers the period of time from mid-January to the end of March.

Since the last issue we have seen the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the election of Pope Francis. This has received much coverage both in the world media and on Wikipedia. While there is still much work to do, several quality articles have been written and the editors involved are thanked for their efforts.

This month we look ahead to Easter and the celebration of God's love for mankind through the crucifixion and resurrection of his Son Jesus Christ. With that, I wish you all happy reading!

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By Gilderien

Church of the month This image of the Church of Saint Ildefonso, Portugal by Poco a poco was recently promoted to Featured Image. Thank you and congratulations for the great image!

Contest of the month No particular contest this month. I am however getting rather close to getting together a more or less complete set of articles relating to different areas of Christianity which can be found in recent reference sources on the broad topic of Christianity, and about various subtopics, which I hope to have finished in the next few weeks. I wonder what the rest of you might think of, maybe, making the contests of future months be basically directed at filling in the gaps of our existing coverage of topics, like those topics given significant coverage in specialized reference works which we don't yet have content on, and giving the thanks, and rewards, whatever they might be, to those who create and develop such content. I am starting a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Christianity noticeboard, and would very much welcome any input from interested parties in how to set it up, determine winners including how many winners, etc.

By John Carter

Featured content and GA report Since the last report;

Grade I listed churches in Cumbria was promoted to Featured List status, thanks to Peter I. Vardy, and the image above of the Church of Saint Ildefonso was promoted to featured picture status.

Martin Luther King, Jr., by Khazar2, was promoted to GA status, as well Third Epistle of John by Cerebellum.

Also these past months, the DYKs on the main page included St Mary's Church, Cleobury Mortimer by Peter I. Vardy; Marion Irvine by Giants2008; Margaret McKenna by Guerillero; Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity by Epeefleche; St Edith's Church, Eaton-under-Heywood by Peter I. Vardy; Vester Egesborg Church by Ipigott, Rosiestep, Nvvchar, and Dr. Blofeld; Undløse Church by Ipigott, Rosiestep, Nvvchar, and Dr. Blofeld; St Martin's Church, Næstved by Ipigott, Rosiestep, Nvvchar, and Dr. Blofeld; St. Peter, Syburg by Gerda Arendt and Dr. Blofeld; Østre Porsgrunn Church by Strachkvas; Church of Our Saviour (Mechanicsburg, Ohio) by Nyttend; Dami Mission by Freikorp; Mechanicsburg Baptist Church by Nyttend; Acheiropoietos Monastery, by Proudbolsahye; T. Lawrason Riggs, by Gareth E Kegg; McColley's Chapel, by Mangoe; Oświęcim Chapel, by BurgererSF; Second Baptist Church (Mechanicsburg, Ohio), by Nyttend; Church of the Holy Ghost, Tallinn, by Yakikaki; Old Stone Congregational Church, by Orladyl Heath Chapel, by Peter I. Vardy; St. Joseph's Church, Beijing, by Bloom6132; Church of St Bartholomew, Yeovilton, by Rodw; and St. Michael's Catholic Church (Mechanicsburg, Ohio) also by Nyttend. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!

Christian art Complete recording

Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe, BWV 22, a cantata by the German composer J.S. Bach, was promoted to GA this month and was written by Gerda Arendt. Many thanks for her continuing work in the area of early 18th Century Church music.

Spotlight The Spotlight this month turns to the the Jesus work group. The scope of this project includes the life and teachings of the central figure of Christianity, Jesus Christ and aims to write about them in a non-denominational encylopædic style. Top-priority articles include Jesus, Christ, Resurrection of Jesus, and Holy Grail, whereas High-priority articles include Aramaic Language, a former FA, as well as Sermon on the Mount, Lamb of God, and Passion (Christianity). The workgroup has also published two books, covering Christ's final days and the Parables of Jesus. The workgroup has two GAs, Nativity scene, and Jesus in Islam, but unfortunately the flagship article, Jesus was delisted in 2009. It is also responsible for three WP:1.0 articles, and the WikiWork of the project is 4.56, which indicates the "average" article is between Start and C class.

By Gilderien

Calendar This coming month (end-March through end-April) includes Easter Sunday in Western Christianity and both Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday for the Eastern Orthodox Church. Other major feasts in the next month include those of Saint George, Saint Mark the Evangelist, Saint Stanislaus, James, son of Zebedee, and Benedict the Moor. - Help requests Please let us know if there are any particular areas, either individual articles or topics, which you believe would benefit from outside help from a variety of other editors. We will try to include such requests in future issues.

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In the context (I am mentioned in the above): de:Lichtentaler Pfarrkirche will be pictured on DYK later, a stub would be nice, title??? Schubert church? Lichtental church? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:44, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

Clive Mantel
I've drawn a complete blank, I'm afraid, in the sources I have access to. So sorry! I'll look at the Fatimid article. Tim riley (talk) 13:09, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Fatimid architecture. I've read it, and will review it formally if nobody else does. The subject is so far away from my areas of expertise, such as they are, that I find it hard to know what questions to ask or points to query. If it isn't armarked for review by another editor in a week or so I'll take it on faute de mieux. Tim riley (talk) 11:59, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

I can't figure out which redlinks you're referring to or maybe they've turned blue in the meantime. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:38, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

The Book of Blofeld
Please see User talk:Jimbo Wales/Archive 129. If anyone around here deserved such an ID, it's probably you, and, honestly, I really could see, maybe somewhere down the line, a collection of your articles maybe getting a separate Wikibook. John Carter (talk) 21:44, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Hehe... Blofeld has created so many stubs, that a separate Wikibook of his articles would contain 1,000 entries and only be 20 pages long.
 * Just wondering how you two could talk to each other. John Carter is busy saving Mars while Blofeld is busy destroying earth. Bgwhite (talk) 21:53, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

I'm flattered, thanks, add an h and it would be an orchid! Yes, that would probably be true!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  21:54, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Oh, yeah, for what little it might be worth to you, I have a list of articles in an old one volume encyclopedia of New Hampshire biography, and have downloaded to my computer a, god help us, 10 volume encyclopedia of Connecticut biography, which I hope to be able to turn into a list like the one at WikiProject Neopaganism/Encyclopedic articles comparatively soon. I've actually contacted the ole Missing Encyclopedic articles project about what sort of category to place such pages in, because I've made a lot of them, but haven't gotten an answer yet. But I do tend to think that any such bios would meet notability, and in a lot of cases the material in those older bios is probably still good. Any, FYI. John Carter (talk) 00:21, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes they would be notable I think, there's a huge amount of existing encyclopedia material which should be started on here. Still a lot of DNB entries to start.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  07:17, 30 March 2013 (UTC)