User:Dr. Blofeld/May 2012

Pitcairn
True, but it's an island, which means lots of headlands, bays, points and things. I'm sure it can be done. The bio-stub, now... -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 13:49, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Rocher Rond
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 00:04, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

File:AnAmericaninParis'51.jpg
This image; does it increase readers' understanding of the film? Which is more substantial: the poster or the dance photo? --George Ho (talk) 08:10, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I wonder why there is still no response. I simply asked if the use of this image really follows the WP:NFCC. --George Ho (talk) 23:33, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Guy Kabeya Muya, Entre la coupe et l'élection
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Simrock
I hope I fixed Nikolaus. Now we have N. Simrock, and the link to the free scores has a huge list of works published, adding a few would make another DYK possible that could mention Brahms, hint. My time is limited this week, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:40, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Havo voor Muziek en Dans


The article Havo voor Muziek en Dans has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Havo is a high school type in the Netherlands. No claim made why this school is notable.

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 * I don't exactly agree that all high schools are notable apart from the one I went to so many years ago, but this one seems unusual and important. Codarts and Introdans could use some work to give context.  I may mess around with them. Aymatth2 (talk) 01:46, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * The Havo article is probably near its limit, but there is a lot of potential with the parent Codarts and the network of associated people. I am going to ignore dead soccer players and focus on living filmmakers, jazz musicians etc.  More interesting to me. Aymatth2 (talk) 13:03, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Since you started it maybe you should nom it, along with Codarts. Not that I am trying to get out of doing reviews, far from it, that would be the last thing on my mind, just thinking you should get the credit.  Aymatth2 (talk) 18:32, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

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Re: A barnstar for you!
Thanks very much for the barnstar! Yes, I got a Highbeam account, and have already used it several times, including once on the article that was just GA'd. It definitely helps for any Romney-related article because they've got Boston Globe and Boston Herald stories from 1994 that are mostly behind paywalls now. Wasted Time R (talk) 00:37, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Happy birthday to you! (and me)
Happy birthday.... I'm glad to see someone else on Wikipedia who has something in common with me  Mar4d  ( talk ) 11:32, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:58, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * More congratulations, imagine singing in German! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:23, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:24, 4 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Happy birthday! Take care, Moswento talky 12:57, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:59, 4 May 2012 (UTC)


 * May the fourth be with you on your birthday, Dr. Blofeld.-- Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 18:52, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:02, 4 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Happy Belated Birthday, Dr. B! Sorry to be late with the wishes! --Rosiestep (talk) 19:25, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

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List of film accidents

 * I know - it was kind of a surprise to me, too, that we didn't have it. Don't forget The Twilight Zone, either...and I'll see if I can't think of any others. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:45, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, sometimes I go looking for something and am gobsmacked not to find it there. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:57, 4 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi Dr B. This one springs to mind. I'm sure I can find more.  Lugnuts  (talk) 18:17, 4 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Ben Hur, one of the charioteers died during the race. However, reading our Wikipedia article, it appears that's an urban legend. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 18:32, 4 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes, the legend is linked to the 1959 film, but I think it's confusion from the 1925 version, when a stuntman (apparently) died. On an unrelated note, do you have anything to add to this? Thanks.  Lugnuts  (talk) 19:21, 4 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Top 10 Tragic Movie Set Deaths 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 23:51, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Idea
I just |dropped a note at xeno's talkpage with an idea of analysing a WikiProjects geopgraphic spread/density. I have not quite followed your activities a close as I would have liked to lately so I am not sure what subject you are working on right now, but would you find such a tool helpful in identifying areas of need? Agathoclea (talk) 22:07, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Jules Nadi
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 00:05, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Stubber
Hey Ernst, can you pop over to my talk page and weigh in? User_talk:Drmies. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 00:45, 5 May 2012 (UTC) Constructive, a productive stub, even if a bit short. A big difference between that and the sunsourced xxx was a footballer stubs..♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:57, 5 May 2012 (UTC) Remove his personal attack and I'll remove the picture, deal.♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:10, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * What do you make of Church of San Nicolás (Soria)? Drmies (talk) 14:56, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Right. This has a database link, etc. I have no problem with this, and it seems that's all he's been making since he got reprimanded by DGG. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 15:00, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey, that's a funny picture, but please pull it before shit gets out of hand on my beautiful talk page. I left a note for the stubber; thanks again for your input. Drmies (talk) 15:08, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Keeping an eye on you
Thanks!♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:05, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Guy Kabeya Muya
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 16:03, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Entre la coupe et l'élection
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 16:04, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK
Have you any ideas for a hook for this? I have expanded it 5 times, and was planning on nominating it with the picture, but the most interesting (short) fact I can find is the a plane landed on the summit.-- Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 20:34, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Nommed. Will try to add to it later maybe.♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:14, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I've just noticed that its only a 4.5ish expansion, but I'll translate some more later.-- Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 17:15, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Also, our nom here has just been approved (finally).-- Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 17:50, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

I apologize
I apologize if I came across that I was associating you with one line stub articles. That was definitely not my intention. Drmies asked me to look at previous ANI cases that you were associated with that involved stubs. I believe Drmies left a message at your talk page about your opinion. I also saw Boleyn involved in the same ANI messes. ANI messes being redundant because anything at ANI is a mess... Boleyn's case was different as there was other "issues" involved, so I didn't want to bring Boleyn up. I have not been involved in any discussion before about one line stubs and I was unaware that you had been involved until I read the ANI. I recall seeing your name before, but it does not stand out, so I don't remember if we have had any interaction. I again apologize if I have offended you. Bgwhite (talk) 21:53, 5 May 2012 (UTC) I very much appreciate your response, both of you out of respect. No offense taken I just think I'm known by a lot of people primarily for creating useless stubs or supporting poor quality on wikipedia which is sad. I genuinely want us to have 50 million GA standard articles! Well I have created an excessive amount of poor stubs in the past but there was a reason for doing so. If you approach the project in a "we must be as comprehensive as possible" kind of approach and see us in terms of what is missing and that we must be working towards it at all costs then you can understand the drilling approach I favored in past out of sheer desperation of trying to get content onto here I don't have the time to write myself. But at the same time I want us to be a quality encyclopedia and we have a duty to provide information, so empty placeholder stubs whilst the idea is that people translate content for instance, if they are created with no content whatsoever then in the meantime they are useless. And the problem is that some topics which you'd think would have a lot of interest especially German world topics, nobody is doing the translating. If you can create stubs with a few sourced facts which resemble brief entries in a book encyclopedia then this is positive. I've been doing a lot of browsing and sourcing recently and I believe that referencing and proper reference formatting is improving. But we need thousands of more decent active editors to achieve what we really want. No offense taken, although Bb's comment I found very nasty and uncalled for and purely negative, but I know a lot of people don't understand my vision for wikipedia. If I did create a stub on a Syrian art historian or Turkish art historian I did so because I saw a a lot of mentions in google books which indicated to me they were notable in their fields... Günsel Renda for instance I see no problems with that stub and wouldn't consider it of "dubious quality"♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:10, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * If anyone needs to apologize it's me since I mentioned Ernst's name--but not as a creator of stubs, but as someone who has been around longer than most other people (including me). Thanks Bg and Ernst. BTW, Bg, did you know that Dr. Blofeld is responsible for such indispensable pieces of knowledge as Mésaventure van een Fransch heertje zonder pantalon aan het strand te Zandvoort? How did you ever live without it? Drmies (talk) 23:09, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Saint Senara, Church of Saint Senara, Zennor
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 * Sourcing mainly, I'm planning on having a look this evening.-- Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 10:29, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

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Question
Would you say this is a better article to my previous ones? I'm thinking of upgrading them to like that. Also, is it still a stub? --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 16:13, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Looks fine I think. If Wikipelli has any ideas though he might have some good advice..♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:16, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm trying to get GA status on it. Any ideas? I could talk about tourism in the area, the road surface (if possible) and some more things? --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 16:22, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

GA? Crikey needs a fair bit of work. I'd ask User:Dough4872 or User:Imzadi1979 for some pointers..♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:35, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Nikolaus Simrock
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 00:03, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Guillermo Morphy
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 00:04, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Dancing without clogs
Thanks for pointing me at an unfamiliar but interesting area, a lot more upbeat than the sort of stuff I usually mess around with. Aspiring ballerinas and choreographers yes indeed. But dead soccer players remain off limits. Aymatth2 (talk) 00:19, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

German world topics
Hello again. I was interested in your comment that there were lots of articles on German world topics requiring translation. Unfortunately, when I look at WikiProject Intertranswiki/German, I am overwhelmed at the huge lists of articles requiring translation in all of the categories. Most of the ones I turned up at random could hardly be classified as "world topics". Perhaps some of us would be more enthusiastic about translating the more important ones if we could find lists of priorities and some indication of the quality of the German original. A lot of time can be wasted looking at the originals of articles if they themselves only contain a line or two or are badly referenced. Some of those I found under Culture turned out to be old TV programmes of little interest to English-speakers anyway. I don't know whether any of this could be automated but I suspect other editors who can translate from German (or from other languages) have found it equally frustrating going through the lists at the Intertranswiki project. Any suggestions? Any chance of establishing a top 10 (or top 100) in the various categories? That might get things moving in the right direction. - Ipigott (talk) 10:29, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your quite response on this. I agree with you that in the best of all possible worlds, Wikipedia coverage should be as comprehensive a possible in all languages. Nevertheless, I do frequently come across really deserving topics (currently French painters) which are missing from the English Wikipedia but are covered in some detail in several of the other language versions. In many cases, it is also relatively easy to find good source material on the web. I therefore think it is far more worthwhile to spend two or three hours a day on these than on topics less likely to be of interest to those consulting the English WP. That was why I was so interested in your claim that there were lots of "world topics" in the German WP which need to be covered in English. Do you know what they are? In any case, next time you come across one, let me know. Maybe there could be an area of your Intertranswiki project which could allow people to post topics from othe languages which appear important for English. I often come across them myself. - Ipigott (talk) 11:06, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

AfD
I cast my decision on this - no way in hell an article in that state deserves to stay. We at the FOOTY project already get too much stick from disgruntled editors with a chip on their shoulder over decent articles on players with a verified and good claim to notability, let alone things like that. GiantSnowman 13:00, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I didn't vote on the AfD that included Georgiy Glazkov. So I don't now why you have sent me a message about the matter. I simply listed the page on DELSORT under football & sportspeople & add to WP:FOOTY's nominations for deletion, but didn't vote. &#9733;&#9734; DUCK IS JAMMMY &#9734;&#9733; 13:13, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Interwiki translation
Hi Dr B! Are you aware of Topbanana's new Toolserver tool? It lists articles in another (e.g. German) wiki that contain interlanguage links to several other wikis, but not the English one. Might be helpful in working out which articles are in higher need of interwiki translation. Take care, Moswento talky 09:56, 8 May 2012 (UTC) Ooo nice, thanks. i shall link it on my user page.♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:04, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Marius Moutet
Hello! Your submission of Marius Moutet at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some (minor) issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Wikiwayman (talk) 11:13, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi Dr. B. Regarding the DYK nom for Adéodat Compère-Morel, the reviewer suggested adding the photo from the article page. I don't know how to do that after the nom has been made; can you help with this? Thanks. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:20, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Smalls Jazz Club
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for B3306 road
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:07, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Melingriffith Tin Plate Works
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:05, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Henri Bouchet-Doumenq may interest you incl more frwiki trans. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:21, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK
Could you find me a hook for Compton-Belkovich Thorium Anomaly? Thanks! --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 16:45, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Dunno, how about that Compton-Belkovich Thorium Anomaly has unusually high reflectance?♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:54, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I've got one. Now, could you review the GA nom? (section on here). --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 15:10, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Salon des Cent
...is an article illustrated by eight fourteen Art Noveau posters? ...is the only article linking to Fernand Fau? Aymatth2 (talk) 19:36, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Articles with plenty of pictures, based almost entirely on previews of book pages, are the best. Thanks for pointing it out.  Aymatth2 (talk) 17:36, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Ernest Boulanger (composer), Marie-Julie Halligner
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DYK for Marius Moutet
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:05, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Vesa Kosonen


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 * Article about footballer who hasn't played in a fully-pro league and which fails the general notability guideline.

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DYK for Adéodat Compère-Morel
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:04, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

The Shadow Walkers
I expanded and nominated The Shadow Walkers for DYK at Template:Did you know nominations/The Shadow Walkers with you included as a creator. SL93 (talk) 03:02, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Great job!♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:52, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Endre Nemes
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:05, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

GA Nom.
Are you any good at reviewing Good Article nominations? If so, could you look at C-BTA (follow redirect)? --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 11:57, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

I am, but I dislike being pressured to review an article when somebody requests it, unless it is a mutual tit for tat review. Malleus gave you some good advice to expand it further. They shouldn't be rushed.♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:59, 12 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Accepted by Grapple X, now a Good Article. --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 17:56, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Congrats, yeah Grapple and Tim riley are the only ones I feel comfortable asking to review an article as I usually return the favour at some point. Congrats! Hope to see many more from you! Big mistake though, you're rushing. Your FA nomination will be swiftly opposed. The article has only existed for a few days. FAs generally require months of hard labour and researching..♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:59, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Mine was hours of 'hard labour and researching' &mdash; heh. By the way, you've almost made around 90,000 articles is it now? --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 18:04, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Read Han Dynasty and Clint Eastwood (which I haven't even nommed for FA yet), and look at the history..♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:06, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Sorry to be a kill joy, but I think you'll find out soon enough... There is a reason why I don't take articles to FAC anymore... William Burges is also needing further research before it is nominated and look how much research its had!...I recommend you start a peer review and request some assistance and tips on how to improve it further and renominate when others agree it is likely to pass. Regards,♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:27, 13 May 2012 (UTC)


 * I've got a subpage for moments like this. --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 18:45, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Empty template?
Hey Doc, just stumbled across Template:Andijan Province, which you created in '09. Was thinking of TfDing it because it's basically empty, but thought that you might be able to fill it in instead? Jenks24 (talk) 13:05, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Yeah needs filling, will try to shortly.♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:11, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, no rush if you have more important stuff to do. Cheers, Jenks24 (talk) 13:19, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

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Nicholas Carlisle
Just returned from SF. Got fab photos of the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit at the DeYoung Museum but haven't mastered uploading to Commons yet. Put on list. Must figure out. Will work on the ones you mention as time permits in the next couple of nights. Unclear how much more is available on Nicholas Carlisle but it may interest you. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:18, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Spanish and Italian
es: please look if you can live with a shortened hook for the approved Toti Soler nom

it: Prix Italia is too stubby (other suggestions on my talk, where you asked) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:07, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

de: Konrad Junghänel, same as above --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:49, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Apology
Apology accepted, funny barnstar LOL! but I honestly remember what it was you did!! I'm not one to hold grudges unless the individual continuously goes out of their way to be an ass!♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:57, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Phew, just out of interest, what's my Wikitrust status.

1)Hated though all wikis 5)Nothing 10)Trusted 20)Trusted enough to be an admin 30)Trusted enough to be Checkuser

Let's be Wikifriends.-- Deathlaser :  Chat 17:07, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

No idea, but SPECTRE will gladly accept you to be an evil laser causing death to millions LOL.♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:08, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm rated probably a 2 on that scale. :) --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 14:09, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK
For DYK, is it acceptable to rely on references that have been checked as part of the FA process in another language, but which is offline and you have no access to? For example, I just created Montérolier - Buchy Line to Saint-Saëns, which is a french FA. Thanks.-- Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 18:54, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Mmm, personally I'd permit it and assume good faith, providing it isn't the source for the hook. Nautrally though sources should be verified by yourself but I've done it many times and don't see a problem with it.♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:57, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

So I can use them for the main body of the article, as long as they meet WP:RS, but need to find my own source for a hook?-- Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 19:06, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

I'm sure a lot of people would say all sources must be verifiable. But I had a conversation with Aymatth2 a while back about assuming good faith on such matters, especially if the article is high quality on another wiki. I wouldn't mention the source at DYK if you were you..♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:14, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Okay. Mum's the word. :) -- Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 19:15, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Though you might want to know, that our Saint Senara and Church of Saint Senara, Zennor dual nom has been approved as the bottom hook in one of the prep areas, the Saint Senara problems having been resolved. Also, seeing as I've got 6 (soon to be 8) DYK credits, and am about to nom Montérolier - Buchy Line to Saint-Saëns, probably tomorrow, I guess I have to start QPQ reviewing. I have Template:Did you know nominations/Timna Airport already, but any top tips?-- Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 20:48, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

One asks why it takes a whole month for a hook to be approved' Way too long, I'm tiring of some of the people are DYK, they impose barriers which are unnecessary.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:03, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Translation links
Now the translation links are not automatically generated, but need an article= parameter. I made this change because along with the good links, there were nonsense ones (when the articles didn't have the same titles) that were automatically generated. Helpful Pixie Bot supplies the article links within a short time period. However, Rich Farmbrough may be banned from using automation which I think would be the end of Helpful Pixie Bot... So I'm not sure if we should look for a new bot operator or just go back to the old way... Calliopejen1 (talk) 21:21, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:The Leading Hotels of the World
Template:The Leading Hotels of the World has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. RadioFan (talk) 01:08, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * it would be nice if you could do this as well when you add the template. it makes the particular subsection expand, which makes it easier to navigate.  thank you. Frietjes (talk) 23:16, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Sure, that's if they don't nuke it before I've even begun..♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:30, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Premiership top goalscorers by season
I don't think something like that is appropriate as a seperate article, but should instead form a section in existing season articles i.e. 2011–12 Premier League. GiantSnowman 08:33, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Carl Holzmann
I think I've just about completed work on this one although it turned out to be far more than proofreading. I think in future I'll work directly from the original text rather than try to improve on the Google translation. The mistranslations often appear to be correct but are in fact way off. I also removed the reference to the work on Anatolian archaeology which must be by another Holzmann. There is no reference to it in the official biography here. BTW, feel free to reply to my messages here - I'm watching. And if you want to leave messages on my own talk page, please use a new section at the bottom of the page. I almost missed your last message until I checked the history. Now back to the Pont-Aven artists! - Ipigott (talk) 10:13, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

BS
I really appreciate BSs, but when they are given by the veterans of our community they mean much more.Alexikoua (talk) 19:51, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Hehe you appreciate barnstars not bullshit LOL which I initially thought LOL. You're doing great work mate, keep it up!♦ Dr. Blofeld

DYK for Ernest Boulanger (composer)
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 02:02, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Marie-Julie Halligner
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 02:02, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Roto Broil
Please consider my ALT hook at Template:Did you know nominations/Roto Broil.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:53, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Havo voor Muziek en Dans, Codarts
Hi: Letting you know that I've reviewed both these articles and there are issues with referencing and topic coverage at Havo voor Muziek en Dans; Codarts is ready to go. Yngvadottir (talk) 20:34, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Toti Soler
Casliber (talk · contribs) 09:03, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Das Millionenspiel
Casliber (talk · contribs) 09:04, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Junghänel nominated, he just had a successful opera premiere in Berlin that will go to Bergen/Norway this week, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:43, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Saint Senara
Casliber (talk · contribs) 09:05, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Church of Saint Senara, Zennor
Casliber (talk · contribs) 09:05, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

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Re: Châteaux in Lot (department)
It seems we discussed the castle/château issue in 2008. I have now created Category:Castles in France as well as sub-categories for regions such as Category:Castles in Alsace. I have not made categories for Departments: it seemed to me that whereas Cat:Castles in France would be unmanageably large without subcategories, there would be far too many subs if there was one for each department. However, if you think that would be useful you should find it easier now that the regional cats are in place.

I have begun to edit castles articles from List of castles in France to either add a Castles in... category or to replace a Chateaux in.... category if the article is clearly about a castle. There will be a number of articles where the subject is a castle that has become a château and these will need both types of category. So far I have completed Alsace and made a start on Aquitaine.

I hope this goes some way to meet your initial request. Emeraude (talk) 14:15, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

St Athan
Got much less done than could have but fam visiting through Monday so I'll be hit and miss. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:26, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for The Shadow Walkers
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Hio!
I've gone and been an idiot. I've just made ~250 pages, most needing to be patrolled &mdash; all about beetles. Heh. --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 20:03, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

I know, I was just about to nominate you for auto patrol, but somebody already had so I supported. Nice one!♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:04, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thousands left... :) --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 20:25, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Autopatrol granted. :) --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 22:16, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Seems to have caused a bit of a kerfuffle. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 23:00, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Removed now without vote... the way I would've wanted. :'( --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 09:50, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Kilgwrrwg
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Villette
Grande halle de la Villette might interest you. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:37, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

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Hio Blofeld!
I got a rename! I was Tomtomn00. :) So... Hi. --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 11:49, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Nice name. Now get writing!♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:54, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Heh. I've fixed all the stub errors and my basic templates (User:Thine Antique Pen/sandbox2, User:Thine Antique Pen/sandbox3 & User:Thine Antique Pen/sandbox4), so I will. :D --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 11:56, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Oh, I seem to have been an idiot again. Thanks! --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 12:03, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Deathlaser
I've gone and fixed up all of the stubs he made, and he continued making a few after I posted a how-to-guide on his talk. Any more, and what? --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 12:59, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Somebody else will speak to him, a pity he doesn't take friendly advice..♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:02, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Seems as I'm an advice-giver now... Yesterday I was still going through my errors and getting told advice. Quick turn-around for me. :D --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 13:05, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * You are learning quickly and show considerable promise as an editor. Keep it up!♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:08, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I know. &mdash; well, I think I do... :) (answer at my talk) --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 13:13, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Done references for Megitza now. --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 13:18, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry. I arcknowledge what you say and my last two should be better.-- Deathlaser :  Chat 13:38, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I have taken your advice.-- Deathlaser :  Chat 13:39, 20 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Hmm..      ... Confused now. --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 15:01, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Sigh, how hard can it be one wonders to exactly copy your new articles..♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:02, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Right, now take a look at User:Thine Antique Pen/deathlaser1. I need a log now. --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 15:04, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Apology
No worries but please don't create stubs which need fixing like that. It should be easy to follow the current example using that source..♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:48, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Man these websites have some dirty ads, I wish I could use Adblock, but that's too risky.-- Deathlaser :  Chat 14:06, 20 May 2012 (UTC).

DYK for Havo voor Muziek en Dans
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Codarts
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Hook Ideas?
Any hook ideas for Norfolk County Council? --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 16:49, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Nope.♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:52, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Worst Idea Ever:

I could go write an article for every district, giving me 8 DYKs. Heh. --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 16:53, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * ... that the Norfolk County Council contains seven subdistricts?

Not very interesting though is it!♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:54, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Time to fill up the main page with rubbish! yay! --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 16:56, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Pahayi, Nigeria
After a request at IRC some other editors and I confirmed the existence of Pahayi, an obscure Nigerian town. I have been told that obscure Nigerian towns is a specialty of yours so I was wondering if you might have an idea of where to look for sources. Specifically, I would like to find coordinates. Ryan Vesey Review me!  21:11, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Not Nigeria specifically. Added some, look in google books. Fraid little on web about it.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:57, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your contribution to the article. I hated making an article that short but I really had nothing to go with.  Ryan Vesey  Review me!  22:08, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Barnstar
Thanks for the barnstar. At the moment my limited time is involved in a number of present day television projects and keeping up with watched pages but you have inspired me to do the episodes (only 22) for my pet project but even that I am stalled on at the moment being busy. Strangely enough I do not have any of The Avengers DVD's. Emma Peel was always my favourite.REVUpminster (talk) 22:03, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'Alger
Couldn't find much more than snippets en francais. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:06, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

AWB
Sorry - been extremely busy this weekend. I'll try to get to it tomorrow evening after work. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 04:46, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, actually - I was just thinking about that myself last night. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:52, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Ardino
Template:Ardino has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Dianna (talk) 05:35, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

William Burges
Good morning Doctor, I hope you are well. I think its now time to try WB for FA. I'm in a position to promptly address issues raised through the process, and I sure some of the others who were so helpful at GA, particularly Tim, could also assist. Would you mind nominating it as, needless to say, I don't know how to? Best regards. KJP1 (talk) 05:48, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

List of film accidents
Blofeld, it took me a while to reply to your message, but yes. I think they should be merged. Good job on the article :)

jonkerz ♠talk 07:43, 21 May 2012 (UTC) 

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Hio (prob. the thousand-th time)
Could you look at Template:Did you know nominations/Norfolk County Council? I re-wrote the whole thing. --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 12:54, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Sinchets
I've now edit-conflicted with you on that around 3 times... You fixed it when I was trying to... Quick. --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 13:07, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Nice job, yeah you can use google click get directions for distance, map observation and data from the Guide Bulgaria site. Altitude is in the infobox on Bulgarian wikipedia.♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:09, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * About Norfolk County Council, I've got an idea. Expand by adding a schools section? Then run all the schools in Norfolk. --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 13:18, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Expanded Norfolk County Council, please take a look? --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 17:29, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I think its superfluous. A prose summary is always preferred, one does not need to lists school subjects in an article about the county council, there are masses of other topics they deal with.. There should be a brief concise paragraph on education, amongst others like Transporation, Urban planning, conservation etc.♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:32, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Editor Review o' mine
Could you make a review at Editor review/Thine Antique Pen? Also, I still want to nominate you for adminship. --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 18:15, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Editor reviews aren't my thing, I personally find them pointless. Much better to offer advice and guidance in practice and you'll learn a lot more..♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:18, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Still wanting to nominate you for adminship... (this will go on for a while) --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 18:20, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

With me being an admin, with due respect it would be like the corporate fat cat becoming a janitor. Why would the evil boss want to mop up after people? I have enough badges LOL.♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:22, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * LOL. Myself I would class it as getting more buttons. I'm waiting for my userrights topic ban to expire on 9 April 2013 at 23:57 (BST) &mdash; a long wait? lol. --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 19:29, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Its just an encyclopedia, you place too much emphasis on credentials. Content matters above all.. But whoever banned you from user rights for a whole year has not really thought much about it, obviously.. Silly. Work well for a month or two with few errors and I think it should be rereviewed. A lot can happen in a whole year, and if you are creating a lot of articles it is just pointless bollocks just to not have you on autopatrol for the sake of it.♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:41, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * See this. It was only 36 rights. <\sarcasm/> --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 19:47, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Admins, don't click this button would be a nice new superweapon.-- Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 19:43, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * It may be better like this. I think? (user at ANI, 8000+ errors). lol --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 19:49, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Go easy with those jokes, young man. Joking is all too easy to accidentally go over the line with :) --Demiurge1000 (talk) 21:12, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Heh. --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 15:50, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK (2)
Same as before - Template:Did you know nominations/Jerichow (film). SL93 (talk) 23:28, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * On the subject of DYKs, is this DYK nom okay? --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 10:23, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Changed subject so it links to this sect. --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 10:23, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

List of populated places in Serbia
Hi. I cleaned this list and found many missing articles. Are you interested in filling this gaps? -- Bojan   Talk  13:51, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Not really, I'm not much of a mass stubber anymore (at the moment anyway)..♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:56, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

House of St Barnabas
Hey! Could you check out The House of St Barnabas and tidy it up if it interests you? I just found it as an abandoned page in userspace and moved it to mainspace. Not entirely sure if it is notable. (A listed building - not sure if they're all notable or not.) Calliopejen1 (talk) 19:06, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

My Suggestion
Drop the ANI discussion now. It's just getting pointless, in my sight. --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 19:56, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

I was thinking the same thing.♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:57, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I often give up at AN or ANI when I know that editors are slowly leading towards the personal attack stage. --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 20:00, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
 * That's why I advise you to stay clear of it altogether like I do. Complete waste of time. The editors there usually make up for their lack of encyclopedia writing talent by demonstrating their abilities to attack other people...♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:02, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm hopefully only going there once more, when I want my topic ban off! --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 20:04, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
 * If you concentrate on DYKs and GAs you're unlikely to be reported...♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:10, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm often getting "told off" for the odd 'article too-short' DYK nom. --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 20:12, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Hehe, well almost... Just ensure they're long enough then eh? ♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:13, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Okay! I'm going to be working on Wilbysuffolk's stubs, by expanding them. I think the east of england is an area with lots to write about, because there are too many short articles of that region! --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 20:16, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Oooh.. Foxley Wood seems okay as my little project! --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 20:17, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

They're all acting like a mob now. It's getting hectic. I've been threatened to be banned five times now. I completely agree with you. Jaguar  (talk)  20:54, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Emailed. Jaguar   (talk)  21:11, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Salon des Cent
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:02, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Nkan and Ntoum
At the end of March, you redirected Nkan to Ntoum and changed to text of Nkoum to refer only to Nkan. As far as I can tell, these are truly two distinct places, with different locations and slightly different population figures (they follow each other in the list of populated places, perhaps that's where the confusion stems from). Can you check this and if I'm correct undo your changes? Fram (talk) 10:22, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

They are extremely close, in an urban area all together, so much that they could qualify as a twin town, that was why. Google maps says Nkan, bing says Ntoum I think. I have a strong feeling they are the same place and if not I feel they are so close its pointless having separate articles.♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:48, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
 * According to the French Wikipedia, they are about 100km apart though. 0° 42′ S 9° 59′ E (Nkan) vs. 0° 22′ 00″ N 9° 46′ 00″ E (Ntoum). Fram (talk) 11:57, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

I thik there's two Nkan's, that's why. I'll have to look into it. Yes Nkan and Ntoum twin towns see Bing. Must be another too, I'll look on geonames.♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:58, 23 May 2012 (UTC) Yep checked geonames. One settlement called Nkan in Gabon. Several with Ntoum.♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:01, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

spanish/catalan
Just to avoid cluttering ANI even more... What I meant is not that they should be expanded from catalan in stead of castillan, but that we have several duplicate articles, which require redirecting... I have done it in the examples mentioned... ...And still hope we can come to an acceptable solution that would keep Jaguar on board... L.tak (talk) 13:39, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

I am gathering census data right now to at least save them. If certian other people would cooperate. I detest ANI like the plague, I'd much rather discuss things amicably on my or somebody's talk page. ANI has a habit of spawning unnecessary conversation because of taunts.♦ Dr. Blofeld  13:47, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

hey, Doc
hey, how are you doing Doc, Just saw your edit at Jimbo Wales's talk page so thought to say, Hi, to you remember me?? it being very long time to talk you, I hope you would be good in your health, prayers and blessings.--Faizanalivarya (talk) 15:01, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Just yeah! How are you?♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:32, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Hey
Sorry just too busy. I do like Freida Pinto where looks go, otherwise she doesn't really interest me as much. How bout u? :) Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  15:20, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Large-scale constructs
You are invited to contribute to the discuss at Wikipedia talk:Plagiarism. Aymatth2 (talk) 23:12, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Albert André
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:03, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for including me in the credits for this. I hardly deserve it for the few minor changes I made. Thanks too for including the colons in the categories in one of my recent drafts. I knew this worked but I usually just left out some of the square bracketsnto guard against their inclusion in the cat listings. But the colons do provide an easy way of checking whether the categories already exist. – Ipigott (talk) 09:16, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
 * As for the painters, don't worry too much. I'll get around to the more important ones sooner or later. I've actually added quite a few French painter biographies on the Pont-Aven community over the past week or two although most of them were not in the French Wikipedia or on my list of red links. The same is true for some of the key additions on Danish sculptors I've started, hoping to cover more of the red links in the article on Danish sculpture. Unfortunately, owing to Danish law on FOP, for the more recent sculptors it's very difficult to include illustrations and the Danish data bases are set up so as to make it impossible to provide URLs directly to lists or photos of artists' works. BTW, have you been following the Monmouthpedia story? This looks to me to be an excellent way of encouraging wider participation in Wikipedia and easier access from smart phones. I was wondering if it would be wise to start initiatives in other countries, e.g. Norway, Denmark and Luxembourg, based on the Monmouth experience. I have a feeling much could be done by pooling the freely accessible resources from Geocaching (which are usually both in English and the local language) with those from Wikipedia (possibly in both directions). I've also been in contact with the project leader on the matter. I would appreciate your reactions. - Ipigott (talk) 12:13, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
 * To look things up on your mobile your need to know the name of the building or whatever, you then have to find Wikipedia, turn up the keyboard and type the correct name in your own language. With the QR code, you go straight there. Within a year or two, we'll see these codes all over the place for all kinds of applications. So let's make a start now. You didn't comment on Geocaching. Any views? The articles people write there are often much more detailed than those in Wikipedia. And millions of kids are out Geocaching every day - and adding content of their own. - Ipigott (talk) 14:03, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Licht (film) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Licht (film) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Licht (film) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Notifying you as User:Neanderd did not. If he had had more than 13 life-edits, he might not have overlooked you.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 04:26, 25 May 2012 (UTC)


 * My own original confusion was that the name of purported director and actors in what was first nominated, as well as the IMDB page then-linked, leading me on a chase to the wrong film. Your work since notification is absolutely exemplary... thus, the following...

Silk Purse Award

 * But I notice you have yet to enhance the article on a certain notable TV antenna. Aymatth2 (talk) 17:01, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Granted it is not often in the news. At 17 m it is quite tall though.  I mean, not really tall, but quite tall.  Aymatth2 (talk) 18:08, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Navbox
Hey Doc, me again. Just wondering if you could fill in Template:Anton when you get a chance? Cheers, Jenks24 (talk) 11:14, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Might have to wait a day or two, having internet connection problems and first priority is to source a bunch of Spanish stubs.♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:16, 25 May 2012 (UTC)


 * No worries, there's no rush and I can understand that it's not high priority. Best, Jenks24 (talk) 11:31, 25 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Hello Dr. hope you are good, could you please participate in editing Jerash article according to the talk page. Thanks a lot--  HF  ► 15:05, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

You've Got Mail!
--Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 17:52, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Elizabeth Potts
You might be interested in Elizabeth Potts. I haven't done much wordsmithing with the PD biography section, but if you feel up to it, it would meet the requirements. This is additional PD info I didn't get around to using, though my recommendation would be to cut the article down rather than beef it up. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:11, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Jaguar ANI again
I've referred to you here. Kanguole 02:03, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Stop shit stirring please. I'm not going to be lured to ANI ever again. I expanded the first one into Anxiang Township which proves it is wrong to delete them.♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:06, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Category:Crematoriums in Bangkok
Category:Crematoriums in Bangkok, which you created, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Paul_012 (talk) 15:17, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Jerichow (film)
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Hey, You!
I love your comment here for some unknown reason. By the way, I replied to your email. Please reply, as I'll be quick at responding in the forseeable hour-or-two. --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 20:54, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

It actually hadn't occurred to me before and it really got me thinking about why so many editors feel the need to slate the efforts of others without constructive comment at ANI, especially when they've obviously done a tremendous amount of good. Its not that they have just have a problem with stubs its the way they approach it and the focus on the worst articles or traits of people rather than the positive which leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. The likelihood is that they cannot help but be like that and naturally lack empathy because they have Aspergers or something. I didn't know anything about it until I read that Mark Zuckerberg had it and in reading the article i was thinking, mmm, this sums up half the regular ANI commentators/ wiki gods... ♦ Dr. Blofeld  06:54, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmm. I've seen them do things like that, a lot. I don't often go and have my say at ANI or AN, like when I was taken to both of them myself. On the second one I didn't even comment. *zzz* *sleep* *zzz*. --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 07:02, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

The more site experience you have the more examples you see of anal retentiveness huh?♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:24, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Basically. lol. See email. --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 20:29, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Some maafe for you!
Thnakyou! How nice to see some human warmth on wikipedia.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:40, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Your signature
Hi. I am not able to view your signature with my settings. I have been asked to inform you to change your signature. Please see here. Axl ¤  [Talk]  09:29, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
 * The request is inappropriate and has no grounding in policy. Feel free to ignore it.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  20:47, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

He thinks I should change my signature just so it is clear with his black background I gather. Yeah, I'll ignore it!♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:49, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I got the same message. To paraphrase from Anthrax, "I'M NOT CHANGING MY SIG!". The Blade of the Northern Lights  ( 話して下さい ) 16:05, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Tribute to a WikiGod
am loath to post on the ANI page, a foul stench exudes from that place and I would probably get myself blocked; have almost finished linking to zh wiki for the townships of Shijiazhuang (think completing this city's will be as far as I'll get, don't have your seemingly limitless patience and enthusiasm); these zh pages were created last month by User:Symplectopedia and sourced, eg for Anxiang Township, from this for the county, and this for the township; the only issue I can foresee is that of administrative reorganization - a tiny handful have seemingly added a "north" or "east" or whatever to their names or been upgraded since article creation, but I imagine these won't be the last; what's really great is I've come across links to the ca, eo, and no wikipedias in the process; also, just because not many people have (yet) added to the front of these pages doesn't mean no-one's being linking to them from the rear - many of the Japanese municipalities have hardly anything said about them, but if you look at tools - what links here, there's loads of pages; it's just a question of manpower; User:Jaguar has certainly taken a good hiding; at least the beginning of this incident was encouraging:

":I fixed forty, and there are 82 left to do. --Dianna (talk) 08:08, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I fixed forty-eight, and can't find any more in mainspace. Rich Farmbrough, 20:24, 18 December 2011 (UTC).


 * Thanks, Rich. I did 34 more this morning, so it looks like the problem is resolved. --Dianna (talk) 21:21, 18 December 2011 (UTC)"

Seems to have gone downhill a little since then, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 16:09, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

LOL. Thanks for that. But I believe they are still threatened for deletion.♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:33, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Yep, they will all be deleted in 24 hours unless somebody objects... Jaguar   (talk)  17:28, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * No, only the ones that have not been cleared from Kanguole's list of articles with "no native name" will be deleted, per Timotheus Canens' statement. GotR Talk 06:22, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Can someone bring me up to speed on this? Rich Farmbrough, 23:36, 29 May 2012 (UTC).


 * Ok I got it. Rich Farmbrough, 23:38, 29 May 2012 (UTC).

"Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song"...
Audience has been sought with you, your Highness! --Shirt "and I am Marie of Romania" 58 (talk) 05:39, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Yuck. I did actually try to get the unsourced Tibetan villages deleted previously as lots were sourced to falling rain. This adds to the problem..♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:22, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Tibet
At an ANI discussion, Drmies noted you may be a valuable asset in helping determine which articles are proper and which are not. It concerns a great number of additions by User:Oakley77 that are villages in Tibet. If you have the time and inclination, it would be appreciated. Dennis Brown -  2&cent;   &copy;  12:01, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I answered above. I'm refraining from commenting at ANI anymore on stubs which I didn't create.♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:24, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, it is early and the coffee hasn't had full effect. My main concern was the potential to keep the articles rather than discussion, however.   Dennis Brown  -  2&cent;   &copy;  12:30, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Codoi, Tibet and Coka, Tibet are notable villages, I've seen them on google maps.I suspect Coka might even be a township I'll have to enquire. But I have a lot on my plate right now with salvaging Jaguar's Spain stubs. My reasons for not joining the ANI discussion is similar to your explanation on your talk page. Regards.♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:32, 28 May 2012 (UTC) I'm actually spotting enough info to constitute having nav templates by county of Tibet and covering the townships and villages within them. I'm also spotting that many of my old Tibet village stubs can now be expanded a little with data and can be sorted by county. Very promising but the workload is horrendous and I won't be able to cover it all.♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:30, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
 * If you, Vmenkov, or Visik have easy access to the Zhongguo Diminglu (National Atlas of China), that would be of immense use for upcoming work at Tibet(an areas), Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia. That I don't have such access is the reason why I started in the east when building "List of township-level divisions at Foo". GotR Talk 02:54, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Articles translated from Ukranian or Polish requiring attention
KotykS has recently added a number of translations which require attention. They include European_congress_in_Lutsk, Holy_Trinity_Orthodox_Cathedral,_Lutsk, Lutheran_kirche,_Lutsk, Lesya_Ukrainka_street,_Lutsk, Complex_of_Lutsk_Orthodox_Fellowship, Market_square,_Lutsk and Great_Synagogue,_Lutsk. They have all been translated from Ukranian or Polish, neither of which are among my better languages. I have already post-edited Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral, Lutsk and can also make some progress with the others but it would really be better if we could get someone more fluent in Ukranian and Polish. I have a feeling we are going to get more of these in view of the football. I've noticed some other translations from Polish, e.g. Cathedral_Hill,_Frombork and Archcathedral_Basilica_of_the_Assumption_of_the_Blessed_Virgin_Mary_and_Saint_Andrew_in_Frombork. Do you know anyoone who could do the job or will I just have to battle on? - Ipigott (talk) 14:32, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

The amount of people creating articles needing attention is getting beyond control! There's only so much we can edit ourselves. Perhaps let them know at WP:Poland and WP:Ukraine? There is a Ukrainian editor who I came into contact with who was working on the raions and towns, can't remember his name though. Still having connection problems, but hopefully will return later, sourcing all of Jaguar's Spain stubs is priority right now..♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:37, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

I've copy-edited the more important ones myself. Thought they deserved it. - Ipigott (talk) 20:56, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Excellent. Will look more into them tomorrow.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:20, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Template:Letterheader
fyi, I nominated this one for deletion. it doesn't look like we need it anymore since we can just use standard table headers. if there is a particular current use for this let me know. thank you. Frietjes (talk) 16:44, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Potts
That'll be great! Yeah, saw you were knee deep with stubs; didn't know how to jump in. Also, will work a bit on Malagarasi River; that might interest you, too. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:13, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Scrubbed it and threw in ALT3. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:20, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

The Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level analyzer put it at 7.37 so no problem for the middle school crowd who're trying to get in some good summer-time reading! LOL --Rosiestep (talk) 21:38, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Avengers episode articles
Hello Blofeld, thanks for the Avengers Barnstar, I shall wear it with pride. Series 2 & 3 are completed. However the episode The Charmers has had a notability tag put on it. I would appreciate if you can have a look at the article before it comes under attack from the deletionists. Regards (A. Carty (talk) 20:32, 28 May 2012 (UTC))

Hey, You, SPECTRE!
Doc, you've got more emails! I'll reply quickly until around 00:15 BST (1h, 23m~). --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 21:38, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

AWB
Sorry - I really haven't had a lot of time these past couple of weeks. I'm rarely by the computer for enough of a stretch to do anything meaningful, and I've had a lot of things backing up that I've had to attend to. I need to do an AWB run when I next have the chance, but I really don't know when that's going to be... -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 13:53, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, I keep seeing large chunks of stuff that need doing. I'll have to devote a month to AWB work again...maybe later in the summer, we'll see. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:01, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
 * No promises, as I shall be a bit busy tonight, but I should have enough time to manage it before bed. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 15:21, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Mail (again...)
--v/r; --Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 18:12, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
 * More sent. I'll reply quickly. --v/r; Thine Antique Pen (talk • contributions) 18:19, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

China edits
Sure Apparently, I missed the boat on this, but I'd be happy to do any AWB work that you'd like in the future. Thanks for thinking of me! —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 00:43, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks All of the accolades have been nice and this is an extra nice one, since you are such a prolific and helpful editor yourself. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 08:15, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Uranium mining in Namibia
Please take a look at Uranium mining in Namibia. I renamed it and added the lead para. If you think any of the essay section is salvageable, it'll need scrubbing sooner rather than later, and inline citations. Or the essay will just have to go. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:52, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for St Athan
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:04, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

The mining barnstar

 * They are pretty rare, and not many have been handed out. Consider yourself privileged :) --kelapstick(bainuu) 11:39, 30 May 2012 (UTC)