User:Dr. Blofeld/October 2011

Dear Doctor
Dear Ernst

I am appealing to your better/less evil nature as I have seen that you have assessed some articles on Thoroughbred racehorses. I would like you to have a quick look at any one of these articles: Conduit, Fantastic Light, Daylami, Dubai Millennium, Duke of Marmalade. Is there anything screamingly, obviously wrong? If not, what areas should I be working on to get them into GA contention. Tigerboy1966 (talk) 14:22, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

They look in good shape and look like they could pass GA. Offhand I would say ensure tabled data is sourced and wikilink and italicize newspaper names in your references and make sure there are no bare URLs. Personally I would also rather that the dates were formatted as e.g 15 September 2011 rather than 2011-09-15. If you nominate one or two for GA I will try to take a look at them.♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:12, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
 * thanks for the prompt advice. I will look at the points you identified.Tigerboy1966 (talk) 07:21, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Have nominated Fantastic Light. Should be a good learning experience.Tigerboy1966 (talk) 13:17, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Thai national parks
Way too many articles missing from this List of national parks of Thailand. Am going to concentrate on them. Have started Doi Inthanon National Park, Thap Lan National Park, Salawin National Park which may interest you; miss NVV when I'm working on this kind of grouping. Lake Jipe in dyk prep; didn't require our review of another. Glad to see that Article of the Month is gaining traction... great idea... given the opportunity, I think capable writers would jump at it! --Rosiestep (talk) 21:10, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

"Enrico Caruso: leggenda di una voce" again
Listen here, Blofeld. I found that NY Times reference all by myself, fair and square. I demand you self-revert and allow me to add that back in, or I'll run down teh information superhighway, jump out of your monitor and give your vonny rot a bolshy tolchok!--Alex DeLarge58 (talk) 09:06, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Lake Jipe
Orlady (talk) 00:03, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Sure, Dr. B. Let's do it. But no pressure, and keep it fun. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:33, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  11:49, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Ping
Just in case my note got lost, I've updated the progress with the Russian districts in the section above. Cheers!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); October 4, 2011; 16:30 (UTC)

Will ensure it is done tomorrow..♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:03, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

towns and villages
I have much of the data, but not all (locations are missing for about 15% of villages), but that's the plan to do like in Ardabil County all over Iran. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 17:52, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
 * That's the plan, and I will template the districts at that time, when I go through with creating articles on all the rural districts that make up the districts, and the villages that make up the rural districts. What do you think about whether or not articles should be created for various boarding schools and boarding factories which were census counted places in the 2006 Iranian census. I think for completion that's appropriate - akin to the having articles on various US schools and military bases and migrant worker camps (not to mention prisons and mental institutions) that are census-designated places. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 17:57, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm using it regularly from article to article and its a pain in the butt to keep opening it and waiting. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 21:45, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Creating / canceling categories
Thank you for your Barnstar, the motivation is appreciated. As someone with much experience, would you mind guiding me on something?


 * Category talk:Former world record holders in Thoroughbred racing
 * Category talk:World record holders in Thoroughbred racing

I created the above two categories based on how I saw these "Sports" ones had been done at Category:World record holders in swimming and others like Category:World record holders in shooting. However, I just discovered that User:Cuddy Wifter deleted the category from all my articles without letting me know there was a problem and left the Category folders both empty with a comment on their Talk page that says: "There are no criteria or definition for this category. Please take it to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Thoroughbred racing for a wider discussion."

I checked that WikiProject page but there is no discussion and I really don't understand "no criteria or definition" as I don't see any in the ones that I used as a guideline which have been there for six years and five years, respectively. And, I really don't understand the procedure longtime contributor Mr. Wifter used or how I go about doing whatever he says is required.

Thank you, any advice is appreciated. Hialeah Harry (talk) 02:31, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

U.S. states locator maps
Thanks for spreading the maps all over the place. I consider this a positive feedback. However, I've noticed that you didn't replace maps for Alaska, Hawaii and Alaska. Maybe you like to check out maps in Commons:Category:SVG locator maps of states of the United States (location map scheme). There you'll find most propably maps that suit better for small states (like for tiny Rhode Island, for not so tiny Connecticut or even for tiny kind-of-state D.C.). The category may also contain maps that show real-location of Alaska and Hawaii in the very same style than all other maps. Alternatively, take a look on the German (<--Deutsch) Wikipedia. There I've applied the maps I like best for each state.--TUBS (talk) 09:58, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Ah I wasn't aware of those different scale maps, I will sort those now.♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:15, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Alaska map
Hi, Dr. Blofeld, I see you have changed the colors on the maps of the U.S. states. I live in Alaska, so have that state on my watchlist. I reverted the change, not realizing you'd taken it upon yourself to change all 50. (Well, I only checked three others.) If you have a good reason for the change, I'd be happy to hear it and cooperate with your improvement. Aesthetically, I much prefer the old colors, so if there's any way to retain/restore them, I would ask you not to make such a sweeping change without first garnering consensus.

I've pasted in here communications from and to User:TUBS that prompted me to communicate with you.

Thanks, and have a great day.

''If you dislike the map proposed by the Doctor, consider choosing that one, which is pretty much the same map that is now showing the location of Alaska. No wonder: same template was used. However, colors were changed in order to match common style of wikipedia location maps (cf. Juneau, Alaska-map) and all the other U.S. state location maps. You decide. Have a nice day. Greetings from Germany.--TUBS (talk) 18:35, 6 October 2011 (UTC)''


 * Hi, and thanks for dropping by. I see Dr. Blofeld has systematically gone through and messed up all the state maps, not just Alaska's. What a shame! I don't have time to fix them. My reversion was to the long-standing "common style" that he, apparently on his own, decided to change. I strongly disagree with that decision. Tschüss! Yopienso (talk) 20:00, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

LOL
LOL Blof I almost reverted you!! At least sign your messages!! :)

Why POV by the way? Shahid •  Talk 2 me  13:55, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Hey I didn't ignore! I just didn't notice it because I got many messages. Sorry, but great work. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  14:13, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
 * You better watch Jagriti. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  15:11, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Jagriti does have subtitles. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  17:37, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Missing pages
No response or activity at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Intertranswiki. Unwatching that page now. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 15:48, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

re: A barnstar for you!
Thanks Dr B - much appreicated. Be sure to vote for me in the upcoming elections... ;-)  Lugnuts  (talk) 17:04, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Still quite shocked to see that some of the films from the 1930s and 1940s in this category didn't even have an article! I seem to dip in and out of this, silent film lesbians and all things German ("Your name shall also go on ze list!"). So many missing articles.  Lugnuts  (talk) 12:27, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Haha, no, def. not Eammon Holmes. Not heard of Montecito Inn either. Sounds a quite interesting place.  Lugnuts  (talk) 13:11, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Seville
Palacio de las Dueñas: I think it's ready for dyk nom but please review first. Hook: something about the lemon tree and Machado the poet --Rosiestep (talk) 17:39, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Fixed. I'll get on the other one later today. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:01, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Archbishop's Palace, Seville: I think this one is also ready for dyk nom, just take a quick look first. Hook suggestion: something about Antonio Mohedano. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:23, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Rivers
Pangani River may interest you; the geography section needs to be re-worked. --Rosiestep (talk) 06:34, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

The Pangani River is interesting. It includes the Lumi River in its upper stretch (I haven't woven that into the article yet), Lake JIpe (a backwater of the Lumi) in the middle, and Ruvu River between the lake and the ocean. As the lake is a transborder lake, would that make the Pangani a transborder river? --Rosiestep (talk) 18:39, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

Montecito Inn looks ready for dyk. I can do that tomorrow unless you jump to it first. I'd actually been thinking about the A-Z country challenge after I saw Nvv's note; let's keep it going. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:05, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Had to root around before I found an interesting hook, but Pangani River has been nom'ed. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:55, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Incorrect nomination of Shayna Ferm
Hi!

I appreciate your work in nominating articles for speedy deletion, but please read the articles thoroughly before nominating. You nominated the article Shayna Ferm for speedy deletion under A7 (non-notable). However, there were several items within the article which indicated that this was nothing more than an attack page (swearing, for example). I won't go into full details on here, but suffice to say if you had read the article carefully you would have been in no doubt as to the motive behind the article.

The G10 category page is watched more carefully than A7, and so articles are removed much more quickly. The A7 page tends to have a lot in there, so articles such as the one you nominated can hang around for a lot longer. This article remained live for over 14 hours, whereas it would have been deleted in minutes had it been correctly nominated.

If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a message. Stephen! Coming... 10:14, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

Re Barnstar
Thanks for the barnstar very much appreciated and good to see you around. How the hell though have I passed you in edit count, I've been relatively quite for a few months. Waacstats (talk) 19:41, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Well I think your fairly safe in the article creation area, I'm almost 80,000 articles behind you on that one (for now!). Any way nice to see two welsh men in the top 10 editors add to that this weeks rugby and football results, not bad at all. Waacstats (talk) 19:48, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Given how many Paralympians are missing articles I will be moving up the list but I think it would take me a lot longer than five years to get to where you are at the moment. Waacstats (talk) 19:57, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the virtual beer
Just a quick note to say thanks for the encouragement. EdwardLane (talk) 07:06, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Pictures
Can you help out. I haven't ever uploaded anything like picture files and there are lots on the farsi wiki for the city articles I'm creating/editing. They will need to be uploaded to commons to be accessible. For example a nice public domain picture for Ala-e Marvdasht. I would be obliged if you could upload a few of these (which can be found by clinking on the farsi interwiki links on unpictured articles, then clicking on the pic to see its copyright status (icons; you don't need to try to translate the farsi). Thanks Carlossuarez46 (talk) 20:43, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Let me compile a list; I'll send to you. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 20:47, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hey, thanks! Nice change of pace, too&mdash;I normally just get beaten on the head for creating those :) I do hope, however, that they help those who are actually using them.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); October 11, 2011; 15:57 (UTC)
 * What, you are expecting it that soon?! :)))
 * Kidding aside, it is actually mostly done. There is still tons to do as far as refs go (for now they need to be taken care manually), and there are a couple federal subjects I've given up on and used OKATO (because nothing better seems to be forthcoming), but the data core is in and usable. I'm sorting out the high-level special cases now (such as this), and am hoping to start working on the selsoviets/rural settlements framework next&mdash;that'll make it possible to link the selsoviets on pages like this and also easily generate the lists of administrative/municipal divisions in the articles about the districts (similar to this). I don't expect anyone else to be much excited about these developments, but I sure am! :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); October 11, 2011; 16:06 (UTC)
 * We'll definitely need a bot operator eventually, but it's a bit too early to worry about that just yet. In order for someone to be able to program a bot, they'll need to know exactly what needs to be done, and I can't provide that information until I do a number of test cases manually and then program a rudimentary semi-automated script to test the flow. The data core may be in, but a bunch of bells and whistles is yet missing, and without those a bot run could easily become a total disaster. Don't worry, though&mdash;I'm not about to stop working on this now that the most boring and labor-intensive part is almost taken care of!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); October 11, 2011; 16:23 (UTC)

Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Archbishop's Palace, Seville
Hello! Your submission of Archbishop's Palace, Seville at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Not 5x expanded according to DYKCheck tool though as a new reviewer, I am seeking a 2nd opinion  Senra (Talk) 17:22, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi Dr. B, and nice to see you survived Bond's last bout of creativity. I've taken up the review of this article (a couple lovely pictures, I must say), and it is lacking in references. Could you see my comments at the nomination page and reply there? Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:00, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

RE: A barnstar for you!
Thank you for the recognition and the assistance. Please let me know if I can do anything to help you. Regards, --Merovingian (T, C, L) 18:53, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Mường Luân
But it's not protected? Is the link correct?—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); October 11, 2011; 21:46 (UTC)
 * Nope; I'm not getting any warnings.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); October 11, 2011; 21:49 (UTC)
 * Sorry to have abandoned you yesterday&mdash;I was one foot out the door when I got your unlock request and didn't get a chance to take care of the blacklisting problem. I trust this is now resolved?—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); October 12, 2011; 13:26 (UTC)

Blacklist unlock request
I've copied the Village Pump request to MediaWiki talk:Titleblacklist so it'll get the attention of the administrators who actually edit that list. --Philosopher Let us reason together. 22:52, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
 * In the meantime, if you need any articles created/moved over the Blacklist, just leave a note on my page. --Philosopher Let us reason together. 23:02, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

RDC
Thanks. I am happy with that star. I prefer to keep territories and towns separate and avoid starting either unless there is something to be said beyond the fact that it exists. The RDC is interesting. Based on population the amount of coverage should be the same as the U.K. Based on potential, much more. Aymatth2 (talk) 01:00, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Coverage is really, really poor. I suspect Pokemon gets more than this whole country. I will plug away, and try to use the categories you suggest. Aymatth2 (talk) 17:54, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Page restored
I've restored your SPI page. For some reason, the system is not allowing me to save my reply on my talk page. Maybe it will let me save this one? Lady of  Shalott  10:11, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Fantastic Light
The article seems to be up to WP:GA standards, although I am not the best person to ask about horse-racing lingo.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:31, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I started the article for Shackleford (horse), when I noticed none existed several hours after he won 2011 Preakness Stakes. I got a lot of help from people who know horse-racing. Look at the contributor list.  I also got a lot of help from  on Washington Park Race Track.  Those are my only two horse related articles that I recall.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:35, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

overkill?
Category:Cities in Fars Province a little map saves 1000 words? The distribution is interesting to me, but... Carlossuarez46 (talk) 16:46, 12 October 2011 (UTC)


 * exactly. The distribution of some of the other provinces will be very odd, as some have virtually uninhabited deserts running through them. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 16:54, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Them capital ghosts
I almost entirely forgot to leave you a notice, but I've given Reportedly haunted locations in Washington, D.C. a review. Due to its subject matter I think the language has grown very staid and weasel-wordy so I've requested a second opinion on whether all of the cautiously-worded "reportedly" and "supposedly" type phrases can maybe be dropped. There's still a few other wee fixes that can be done as well though, if you want to look through it before it gets that second opinion. GRAPPLE  X  03:47, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Reviewed Benjamin Ogle Tayloe House, and it was a straight pass after a quick copy-edit. Well done! GRAPPLE   X  01:39, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Imagery
NASA pics are PD as I understand it. I think the same applies to USAF. Rich Farmbrough, 01:02, 14 October 2011 (UTC).

Burma lists
Sorry for being slow responding.... The lists are kind of tedious to make, so I've put them off for a while. I do plan to return to them eventually. By the way, check out the article Wedding of Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Jetsun Pema. Aren't the pictures there so nice? Calliopejen1 (talk) 15:22, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Saint Paul's Cemetery
It's not Rock Creek Cemetery, no - that's in Northwest DC. Google Maps shows Saint Paul's as being adjacent to Alexandria National Cemetery. As to John Young Mason, I don't know offhand, though I can see why he would be buried in Alexandria, if he's one of the Mason family. I'll have to go and have a look - maybe this Sunday. It's not a quarter of the city I know well, apart from the national cemetery. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 15:25, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Incidentally, Find-a-Grave reports that Wilmer McLean is buried in Saint Paul's Cemetery, too. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 15:27, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Responded. You're giving me some fodder to think about the next time I go digging in Alexandria. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 15:48, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll try, but no promises - DC's historic preservation office is one I've never managed to figure out how to navigate. User:APK might be of some help there, though. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:42, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes. That's what I would love to see more of around here. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 08:13, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Russian districts update
I've finished Astrakhan Oblast and created a template for Bryansk Oblast at Brasovsky District. If you are wondering what happened to Belgorod Oblast which is right after Astrakhan, that one I'll be taking care of on my own. Most of the districts there are slightly different, and trying to devise a template to cover them all would be counterproductive.

By the by, no rush with Bryansk Oblast. I won't be starting it until I'm done with Belgorod, and I won't be done with Belgorod for a while because I'll be gone on vacation in a week :) Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); October 14, 2011; 18:43 (UTC)

G'day
From a place her royal highness in her infinite wisdom (?) is visiting in a week or two

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Jambi already exists - I am not a 100% sure why we need http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Jambi_(province) -  cheers  SatuSuro 23:15, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi. There is a reason why it is empty, I realised this was the case. Feel free to delete, I'd do it myself if they gave me the gid damn tools.♦ Dr. Blofeld  23:18, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Nah I dont want to delete anything - I am just trying to watch what is happening in the Indonesian stuff so we dont end up with too many mixes of convoluted mixes of child parent categories making the indonesian project look like an overcat heaven (or haven). Oh well no probs I gunna leave it - cheers SatuSuro 23:22, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Please do delete it. There's no need for two. But in my view the provinces which also have cities of the same name should be xxx (province) and xxxx (city).♦ Dr. Blofeld  23:25, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Neiafu Market


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Milena Penkowa
Thanks for adding categories to the article. Perhaps you could leave a message on the talk page concerning which topics it is that you find to be underrepresented in the article? That way it would be easier for me to address your concern. ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 13:38, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Translation request
Well, thank you, dear Dr. Blofeld. Your user page and talk page are very interesting. Is that your image at the top of each of pages?

England/United Kingdom years
Hi there and thanks for your message. It seems to me that some work needs to be done and I have just started. Some of the United Kingdom years deal almost exclusively with news developments concerning England alone - such as results for the England football team but no mentio of the teams representing the other countries. News items that are really only of relevance or interest in one country of the UK should appear in that country's article and news items of more and wider significance should be in the United Kingdom articles. I have split some articles and now intend to add/remove content to improve the balance. Thanks Fishiehelper2 (talk) 18:47, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Cornwall
Hi, File:Southwest Cornwall UK location map.svg may be of interest - not sure if you noticed my response over on Commons.--Nilfanion (talk) 19:05, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Hattie Hart
Thanks for the barnstar - very much appreciated. These 'obscure' blues musicians (something of a seemingly growing passion of mine) are a devil to find some decent information on. Regards,

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 21:56, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Tayloe
Nice profile photo! I couldn't find much about JT III at Commons. I'm stepping out for a bit but will add a little more when I return; also start on the other one you just mentioned. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:09, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Reply
Have you actually checked all my edits or just this one revert? I paid attention to everything I had reverted. And I made many edits after that, including fixing links (see diff), adding some info and correcting other stuff. The thing is most of the info the anon added (and he is a clear sock of Shez 15, who is now indefinitely blocked) is fancruft. He removed everything negative, added gushing sentences of glorification, and a lot of what he had added was copied verbatim from Zinta's article. Now I can't go edit by edit to fix each one of his mistakes, many unreliable sources, and POV-pushing (and fan-led additions like "the new starlet of the nation", "grand entry into the small screen" etc.), and I don't think a sock deserves it. Apart from that, there are reliable sources but there's also WP:UNDUE which one must adhere to. I also mentioned it all on the talk page. Shahid •  Talk 2 me  15:25, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Do you man think it's funny and far from reality? That's exactly what this guy Shez 15 was doing for three years. He was turning the page into what even a fansite would look more objective than. He'd write how talented she is, that she is one of the most successful stars on the continent! Then he'd go and change all the film articles in which she appeared by giving her top-billing, and what not. Just see some random edits on unrelated articles: this and this!! Man, see what he did on Wikiquote:, CONTINENT! LOL!.
 * Pa7, Zora, Plumcouch, all had to fight with him in daily edit wars and bear his insults. It was a true example of fanaticism - and then he would go and accuse everyone of being jealous of Mukerji! this was a bad period and now, after being blocked, he's back with his nonsense. Am not going to deal with it yet again.  Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  18:45, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Well it's a very relaxing spiritual practice, but I'm not an expert cause I don't do it myself. Why are you asking? Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  19:29, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Nothing is a con as long as you yourself are aware of what you're doing and why you're doing it. If it's still popular with people, and people keep going to these courses then it must be good for something. I personally see nothing complex about it (in general - as I said I've never been to any such thing) and don't think it's worth paying for regularly because once you're in it, I think you don't have much else to learn. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  12:31, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Looks as if pussy has a new master...
. Still plan to add some more country houses but have several other things on the go (butterfly mind syndrome). Best.--GuillaumeTell 15:26, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

But, kitty likes da bald head!♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:45, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Schloss Pillnitz
Thank you for the barnstar! I don't understand the comment. I am travelling and have limited access, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:57, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * With a bit more time: I felt that I didn't really deserve that barnstar for just a few references, while Marrante and Yngvadottir improved the article. But then, I did something substantial about articles such as Andreas Scholl, so looking more generally, I can accept it, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:13, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the encouragement. You do great work for a positive atmosphere here, therefore I don't understand "hate" in the context, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:22, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Not at all, I admire what you create, like all those German Bäche. The more I was surprised by a strong conclusion from a fact I don't get. I was away, didn't thank anybody else for that barnstar, certainly not "everybody else". Do I have a language problem? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:31, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for explaining Bäche, it sounds needlessly defensive though, I appreciate their existance thanks to you, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:44, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Tayloe
The Tayloes are looking good, though JT#1 could use some pics if you can find some that are suitable. Hook suggestions... Mount Airy or Neabsco Iron Works? --Rosiestep (talk) 04:25, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Created a 3 way nom. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:43, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:District of Tulkarm
Template:District of Tulkarm has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Bulwersator (talk) 06:39, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

AWB
A bit, but most likely tomorrow - I have rehearsal tonight, sorry. --- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:57, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure - I'll hit 'em up as I can. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:59, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Excellent. I will be in tonight, so I'll crank up AWB. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:02, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Dodgy templates
It should be easy enough to make templates with links that point to where they are supposed to point. But maybe you have problems with that:. I doubt if I have repaired all the wrong linking links...

Checking on Template:Ma-ubin Township and Template:Salingyi Township gave the same tragic results. The last template is for instance pointing to Kanni, a south Indian dog-breed, Kantha, a type of emboidery in Bangladesh, and Padu, a village in Estonia.

So please, check you templates and let them point to where thay are supposed to point! Night of the Big Wind talk  20:20, 18 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Plastikspork coding or Hebdrides was planning on doing the dab work. Ask Hebrides. I am aware of this. You could always do it yourself of course. And please use Burma not Myanmar. ♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:56, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Ehm, why? As far as I know the present name is Myanmar! Night of the Big Wind  talk  21:20, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Ehm why? Wiki search Myanmar. Redirects to Burma. That's why.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:36, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Sounds reasonable :-) Night of the Big Wind  talk  22:23, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

A bowl of strawberries for you!
Will look at Ulong Island tomorrow as I got wrapped up with St Cuthbert's Church, Elsdon (horse heads in its bell turret). --Rosiestep (talk) 05:21, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Potkrš for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Potkrš 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/Potkrš 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 good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

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Re: Alavian Dam
I added an infobox and expanded the prose a bit. There isn't a terrible amount of information on it via the web but enough for a decent stub.--NortyNort (Holla) 13:14, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Favour?
I'm working on Henry Wilson (sailor), which has an interesting story to tell about Palau (see this for details I'll be adding in some form). Understanding what went on rather depends on the relative locations of the islands of Ulong (that's a dab page, too small for its own article now) and Koror. An outline map like the one in that link would be very useful. I thought you might know how to do this - not my area of expertise. Charles Matthews (talk) 20:40, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do.♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:43, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Not sure exactly what you want the focus on but I've created File:Palau map.png and File:Ulong Island location Palau.png with Ulong Island highlighted. If you want a larger scale map of Ulong Island I can do that too.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:01, 20 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Many thanks. The Wilson article is a bit crowded now, so I'll try to expand the text and accommodate the map. Charles Matthews (talk) 22:04, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

speedy delete
(I thought I put this comment in already, but it appears to be lost.) Sorry about the speedy delete, I clicked your name instead of the article accidentally, and thought your blofeld content was vandalism of a new article. I tried to undo it, but someone was very fast in noticing and undoing it, even as I was trying! sorry again. Gaijin42 (talk) 20:42, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

That's OK, just take more care.♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:42, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

hiiiii
hey! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.229.102.138 (talk) 00:49, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Palacio de las Dueñas
Thank you for supporting the DYK project Victuallers (talk) 12:03, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Archbishop's Palace, Seville
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

Hey
Thank you - I didn't know you were aware of his destructive editing, but I don't think taking it there will help. I think it's better to take it to ANI again, or anywhere else where this could be taken care of. My report on ANI was just ignored, so I let it be. Shahid •  Talk 2 me  20:15, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * So, Asha Bhosle is officially acknowledged by Guinness as the most recording artist in music history! Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  14:04, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Until 1991, it was Lata who was featured there. There was much controversy happening over the veracity of this claim, but yesterday out of the blue they awarded Asha as the most recorded artist fro having sung over 11,000 songs since 1947. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  14:16, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Montecito Inn
The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Infant Jesus Higher Primary School


A tag has been placed on Infant Jesus Higher Primary School 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 see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Bruvtakesover 18:46, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Of course, speedy deletion is not appropriate for schools. But it doesn't appear that this one merits inclusion in the encyclopedia. Please comment on the article's talk page if you wish to share your views. Bongo  matic  01:18, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Especially if there's a reason for this article not to be deleted, I would prefer to hear your views here or on the article's talk page rather than at an avoidable AfD discussion. Thanks. Bongo  matic  01:42, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

A note from the Pink underground
Hi Blofeld. I wouldn't waste time trying to win Jimbo's ear back from the Gríma Wormtongues that have him under their sway. Better to waste time contributing to articles which will soon be bastardized and deleted... Such a pity that a guy who used to claim Wikipedia would aspire to the "sum of human knowledge" now, in his senility, repeats drivel spouted by censorious bigots on his talkpage... I'm sure you've read my rants many times before, but: The prudery of the WASP/Anglo-Saxon prudes who now run the project makes a thorough coverage of my main areas of editing interest-- Japanese and Korean cinema-- impossible here. Sōjirō Motoki, the producer of Seven Samurai spent most of his career making Pink films; Yōjirō Takita, the winner of the US Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film spent a major portion of his career making notable Pink films; the "Ero" genre in South Korea saved their film industry during one of its most difficult decades; etc., etc... But major portions of the biographies and works of these and many other major filmmakers will never be seen here if the Hullaballoo Wolfowitzes, Scott MacDonalds, Epbr123s, etc. ["personal attack deleted/Wikipedia is not censored"] have their way. And they do. There are projects which attempt to honestly cover their claimed subject areas. Wikipedia is not one. Wikipedia is a circus, and the clowns are in charge. Dekkappai (talk) 00:48, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

When I post on Jimbo's talk page it is directed at the community rather than solely at him. Sure I was interested to see his views on whether it was appropriate or not but I can't help thinking there is excessive consideration of BLPs on here. If reliable newspapers cover a relationship for 5 years with thousands of photographs then one can not really argue that the tabloids got it wrong. That's my view on the matter anyway.♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:17, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Though the "community" that hangs around there seems to be the worst of the worst. "BLP" is just the latest Wiki buzz-word excuse for anti-content thugs to bash sourced contributions, and to freely edit-war... Other projects value their contributors more. Anyway, have fun here if you can find it. Regards. Dekkappai (talk) 19:49, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Miss your keen eyes.
I've just completed a 22X expansion of the article for British horroe film Umbrage (film) and would appreciate A) some proof-readinging, and B) some suggestions for a possible DYK to share this article on Main page. Any thoughts? Thanks,  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 04:16, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Embleton Bay
Embleton Bay may interest you. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:10, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Re: Serbian villages
Hi Dr B, sorry I haven't replied to your message on my talk page as I haven't been on Wikipedia that much lately. I think that including the population figures for all the Serbian villages I've started would already be covered with the Serbian census reference I had given out on every article I started. But also I did not know that a worldwide infobox was available as I don't know how to get the coordinates for the Serbian villages. No big deal though, I'll add the categories from now on. Regards Jaguar (talk) 20:12, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot, I'll be sure to make every other article I create similar to what you have done there. Jaguar (talk) 20:16, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I was doing that when I was creating quite a few Burma articles as well but I didn't know anything about time zones. There is a draft at User:Jaguar/Sandbox/3 which I use for the Serbian villages, so I'll think I'll change that. Jaguar (talk) 20:33, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. I'll be happy to create those articles in China as I'm in the need of getting my article count up a bit. I was going to finish the List of places in Serbia but you already done that. How did you do that so fast?! Jaguar (talk) 08:37, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Thank you
I am so flattered and humbled by the barnstar you awarded me. Thank you. It brought tears to my eyes (I am not exaggerating!). So thank you, I really don't know if I deserve it! <3 SarahStierch (talk) 01:13, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

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Articles for deletion/Karel Benedík
Hello Dr. Blofeld. The nominator forgot to notify you about this AfD. You are the creator, so I'm just letting you know about it. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 15:19, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, he was a regional personality, but there's a possibility to write about him and I think the article could stay here. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 15:28, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Pangani River DYK
An issue was raised at WT:Did you know about the clarity of the hook (about Pangani having a reputation for fevers), and while I disagreed, I noticed on looking at the article that the hook and the paragraph describe Pangani as a village&mdash;but the source is dated 1872 and it's now a town. The DYK reviewer had suggested an alternate hook, which I think might be better in order to simply avoid both issues; I would have changed it but the Prep is now a Queue and will hit the main page at midnight UTC. You may want to weigh in at Talk:Did You Know on which hook you prefer; the existing one, if kept, should be changed to reflect the fact it's no longer a village. I've modified the article text to reflect that. Yngvadottir (talk) 21:09, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Pangani River
Well done, thanks from the DYK project Victuallers (talk) 00:02, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Diez segundos for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Diez segundos 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/Diez segundos 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 good 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. Edison (talk) 19:20, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Diez segundos
Thanks for adding some meat to the stub. However, Ref 1 just has the year it was made and the names of 4 persons who worked on it. Ref 2 lists more names from the credits. Neither really supports notability, though that info can be useful if notability is otherwise established. Ref 3 displays not even a snippet of info, and not even a page number for info about this film. Ditto Refs 4 and 5; the links display zero info relevant to this film. Ref 6 is about a different film, Perla Negra, in which some of the cast participated, which I do not see as support for notability of this film. You did mention that in the text you added. There is no link for ref 7. So did you examine these books in a library to obtain info from them, or find info in the brief summary displayed with some search result at Google Book or elsewhere? How exactly did you state your Google Book search to get results about this film, because I came up dry. Searching "Diez segundos" yields 43000 results, most just juxtaposition of the words. Adding wehner cut it down to 3 results, 2 with no preview or information, the third with a brief snippet which would appear to fall under the "Being in Maltin's big book listing every movie does not demonstrate notability" part of the film notability guideline, saying only ". de Fregonese; Nace la libertad, de Saraceni; Corrientes, calle de ensueños, de Viñoly Barreto; Edición extra, de Moglia Barth; Diez segundos, de Wehner, y varias populares de tono menor como Pantalones cortos y El nieto de Congreve, ...". What was the magic search term? I feel the need to verify as best as I can the sources that you feel support notability. The photos add to the article. It is frustrating that other countries allow public domain access after only 20 or 25 years, and in the US we are "Mickey Moused" back to 1928 or whatever by copyright laws unbalanced in favor of media corporations. Thanks. Edison (talk) 22:53, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The book in which you found and from which you cited the two newspaper reviews, "Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930-1995)" does not show up in Google Book Search:, so no wonder I did not find it. Edison (talk) 22:58, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

De nada. So many articles, so little time...Novickas (talk) 20:18, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

DYK for John Tayloe I
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

DYK for John Tayloe II
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

DYK for John Tayloe III
The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Nono. If I don't nom one in time, it's because I get waylayed with RL (i.e. finally went to the doctor on Tuesday and got on an antibiotic... I've got another sinus infection) or just forgot about it. I'm not letting dyk get to me. I figure we can nom articles as we go, and they'll get approved or they won't. Just nudge me if I forget one. :) I was looking at the a-z dyk list earlier this week and trying to figure out which one to get to next, actually.  Was thinking about Corsica but couldn't find an article to work on... The church articles are just pleasant to work on, like the manor houses of a few months back. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:51, 28 October 2011 (UTC)