User:Tibetan Prayer/August2009

Welcome! : Back at ya; welcome to Wikipedia ;) Cheers, Jack Merridew 11:00, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

James Nesbitt
Thank you very much for your help and support in getting this article to featured status! Bradley0110 (talk) 11:49, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Nice name
Beautiful.  T i a m u t talk 11:52, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I like explorer better than monsoon, an the sig is shaping up nicely.  T i a m u t talk 12:06, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't think I can manage Bayt Susin. I don't like working under too much pressure. No hrd feelings I hope.  T i a m u t talk 15:59, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Don't know if you say it, but User talk:Ashley kennedy3 has given you updated coords for Tulayl. I keep his page on my watchlist since he's confined to commenting there.  T i a m u t talk 16:22, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Hi there!
Wonderful! Much better! Never could really imagine you as evil. I look forward to sharing with you again now you have emerged from your chrysalis. Lots of great and amazing things to do. All best wishes from under your feet.John Hill (talk) 12:57, 23 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Please to meet ya, Himalayan Explorer!--Chanaka L (talk) 13:26, 23 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Nice name! :-) Please keep on contributing positively to en.wikipedia. Best wishes, AdjustShift (talk) 16:01, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

But why??
Shahid •  Talk 2 me  16:28, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I think you can change your style of working without changing your username. Those who said what theu said are idiots, because I actually you have created an incredible number of great articles. I think there's no need to do it.
 * And I will miss BLOFELD :( Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  17:22, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeh she is lovely!! But I miss Blofffffffffff................ Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  12:26, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Is there a chance you'll reconcile with your old account? Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  14:50, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Mr. Bigglesworth
Nice name and I applaud your evolving focus. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:31, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

wb
As they say these days. I am fixing up the template for Infobox former Arab villages in Palestine, nothing is ever easy. Rich Farmbrough, 17:54, 23 August 2009 (UTC).
 * AIUI it is a few days, but it used to be based on the total wiki traffic and was obscure for WP:BEANS reasons. Rich Farmbrough, 19:46, 23 August 2009 (UTC).
 * Amlthea has fixed it for you. Rich Farmbrough, 19:48, 23 August 2009 (UTC).

I see you created the categories. I prefer not to use the "Province" extension however. First it is largely redundant, second it is a translation and hence necessarily imprecise, and third it attracts dubious capitalisation. Rich Farmbrough, 21:38, 23 August 2009 (UTC).
 * I absolutely agree with top cats like Yerevan, but if there is "Cities towns & villages of Yerevan" it will be the province, not the city. Rich Farmbrough, 21:46, 23 August 2009 (UTC).
 * I'm taking your word for it that this is not another official name. Rich Farmbrough, 22:02, 23 August 2009 (UTC).

All done. Rich Farmbrough, 23:58, 23 August 2009 (UTC).

Re:Bayt Susin
There's not much more to add from Walid Khalidi, but at least it's not a stub anymore. I really haven't edited the exodus article yet so I don't have a clear judgment on whether to nominate it. I don't think it's best to go for FA just yet, but perhaps a Good article review. You should probably contact Slim Virgin or Tiamut for advice on this. --Al Ameer son (talk) 19:03, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Infobox Russian inhabited locality
Well, on maps, like I said before, if you can get one on which every location (even in small republics like Ingushetia or Chechnya) would be clearly visible, I'll gladly get rid of the regional maps (or at least make them switchable)&mdash;they often make the infobox almost half as long, which is not good.

As for the labels&mdash;that problem has been fixed. Did you get a chance to play with the new map_label_position parameter yet? You can set it to right/left/top/bottom (it is none by default), and the label will show up on the applicable locator map (map of Russia if there's only that, or the regional map, if one is available).

On the infobox color, I honestly don't care all that much (I just like green and dislike purple, and green is what used for these boxes on ru_wiki). The only point on colors that I think is very important is that we use different colors for different concepts&mdash;at the very least, the inhabited locality infobox should not be of the same color as the federal subject infobox or the infobox for the federal cities and the districts. It'd also be nice to have (slightly?) different colors for cities/towns, urban-type settlements, and rural localities, but that is not that important.

Default citations, those I won't budge on unless a dozen other editors corner me with it and threaten to lynch :) If there is one place where it's important to cite sources, it's the infobox&mdash;it is, after all, a brief summary of the most important details in the article, and it should be immediately obvious where the data came from.  It's not that hard to reference something, is it?  I would argue that if one cannot reference a bit of data in the infobox, then one shouldn't be adding that bit, and if one can't reference anything in an infobox, then one should probably have not been adding such an infobox in the first place.  References is not an area which we can ignore because we don't like the "unreferenced" tags&mdash;information is either referenced or it's not.  When it is not, it should be tagged as such.  I think I mentioned this before&mdash;there is not a single line in the infobox which cannot be referenced fairly easily. Going through each and every city/town article and referencing the infoboxes is actually on my own to-do list, and fairly high on it at that.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 14:27, August 24, 2009 (UTC)
 * According to WP:CITE, the only kind of information that does not need any referencing is that which cannot be challenged or is not likely to be challenged. The only two parameters which marginally fit this criterion are the federal subject and the official website.  Both, however, are already implemented without a mandatory citation tag in absence of any references.  All other parameters can, in my opinion, be challenged if unsourced, wouldn't you agree?  Not to mention that the easiest way to take out a "citation needed" tag is by providing a citation :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 16:45, August 24, 2009 (UTC)
 * If folks were eager enough to add the infoboxes, they should be equally eager to source them, in my opinion. If you (not you personally, mind you) can't source the information you are adding, why would you choose to add it in the first place, especially in large batches?  I see absolutely nothing wrong with tagging unsourced information as such&mdash;it's in spirit with WP:CITE and should be practiced much more often that it is now.
 * Note also that any unsourced information can be contested and removed any time&mdash;and now that all of the infobox parameters are optional and don't show if empty, removing (or commenting out) unsourced information makes perfect sense. I understand sources can't be added overnight, but if the presence of the "ugly" citation tags gives an additional incentive to add sources, it's only for the better.  There is a reason why this tag was created as long as it is in the first place...—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 17:14, August 24, 2009 (UTC)
 * Let me try explaining this all over again, since we are obviously having a communication disconnect somewhere. First off, nowhere have I ever said that I was not going to go through these articles and add the information myself.  In fact, in this very thread I specifically mentioned that this task is fairly high on my list of priorities.  Second, nowhere have I ever said that one should be adding infoboxes "only if one speaks Russian".  What I said is that one should probably not be adding infoboxes if one does not have sources to support the information being added.  This, to me, is so obvious that I don't even understand why I should continue explaining it, to you of all people.  Third, finding references for major places (like top 100 in this list) is not all that difficult whether you know Russian or not.  For large Russian cities plenty of high-quality information is available in English.  It might be somewhat outdated, but as long as it is referenced properly it is not that big of a deal; what's important is that it is referenced at all.  Fourth, nowhere in WP:CITE does it say that references should only be added when one "has time" to add them.  If you are adding something, you should be prepared to produce references when asked to, or be willing to see your addition tagged as "unreferenced" (because "unreferenced" is what it is!).  However, for some reason I don't quite understand you seem to object to tagging unreferenced bits as such.  Why?  Just because you (or anyone else for that matter) don't have time to reference something right this minute means that a reference should not be asked for at all?  I don't think so.  Fifth, as you I hope have noticed, one can now add an infobox with very little available data&mdash;the pieces which are missing simply would not show up.  You don't have to have "ten references" to add an infobox; the situation now is in fact directly opposite of what it was with the old infobox where most of the parameters always showed up, empty or not.  If all you have is coordinates and the federal subject, that's all that's needed to produce a usable infobox with a map.  If you have more data, they must have come from somewhere, so what's the problem with indicating where they were taken from?  If you don't have time to add the reference, add the unreferenced piece and come back to add a reference when time allows.  In the meanwhile, the infobox will tag this piece as unreferenced automatically, thus saving other users time they would otherwise spend tagging it manually and overall Wikipedia load would be reduced because bots will have one less piece of unreferenced information to tag.
 * I hope this explains my position succinctly enough. If not, my suggestion for you would be to open an RfC to solicit additional opinions (no, I won't hold a grudge whatever the outcome; it is business, after all :)).  It is my understanding that identifying and tagging unreferenced information is a good thing, and when it can be automatically done without much effort, it's even better yet.  If I am mistaken in this understanding of mine, the RfC will hopefully make it clear.  Best,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 14:45, August 25, 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, the only person who placed a burden on me (and the person who does it best) is... me. Still, this if this is the area I have chosen to work on Wikipedia, I'd better be prepared to come up with those sources if no one else can, especially if it was me who "requested" them (via infobox design) in the first place eh? :)  All in all, it's no burden at all if you add an infobox (or a hundred) which is (are) mostly empty.  That's the very reason why empty lines are now suppressed&mdash;so mostly empty boxes would not overwhelm short stubs.  Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 15:03, August 25, 2009 (UTC)
 * No hard feelings on my end. In the past, my concern with adding empty infoboxes was only due to the fact that those infoboxes tended to be up to ten times longer that actual stubs without adding anything useful; now an empty infobox amounts to a (useful!) map, while the empty cruft is suppressed.  I hope you enjoy this new infobox and will let me know promptly if you have any problems with it.  I still need to write the shells and add the timezones, but after that I'm planning to leave those infoboxes alone for a while :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 15:16, August 25, 2009 (UTC)
 * Just as an FYI, I added the new infobox (with information as complete as the sources available to me go) to the Novosibirsk article. I'd appreciate it if you could look it over and let me know if you see any areas of concern.
 * Also, did you have a chance to think of the color scheme to be used for the Russian infoboxes? Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 14:34, August 26, 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar
Why thank you, mysterious stranger whose username I don't in any way recognize. :-) -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:48, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, I think it's pretty. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:52, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * One gold boulder, coming right up... -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:59, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Don't blame me, blame GIS - that's what it turned up. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:01, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I actually like the multicolor one a bit more - it's a bit bolder. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 13:30, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks good.


 * Yeah, there was a little creep who lived in the next block who went and shot somebody a few years back. Was convicted of second-degree murder, if I recall correctly.  I didn't go to school with him, that I can remember, but I saw him around the neighborhood now and again.  He was bad news, but I never expected it would come to that.  Sad. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:13, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Nor am I at what my acquaintance did - he was rather a nasty sort, to say the least.


 * OK - I've got stuff to take care of. Maybe I'll stub some Slovenians or something at lunch, we'll see. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:33, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I can imagine. Frankly, I haven't the patience for that - I can barely go back over my own work to expand it.  Though there are things I'd like very much to do; there's a lot that can be done to my article on John Wollaston, for instance, and given his importance in American art I think it would be warranted.  -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 21:25, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry - didn't mean to vanish. But I've been having computer issues all morning.  I sympathize with you regarding the quality of those Pakistani articles - they could use some work. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 15:01, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * OK...Uroš Krek. AND GO -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:09, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Interesting...care to guess what the two of them have in common from my perspective? Besides the obvious. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:15, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, very nice. Pity his music's so dang soporific.  I'm serious - I own some on CD, and every time I tried to listen to it I'd fall asleep.  Only composer that makes me do that. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:06, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Let's see...from the little time I spent in Slovenia I have music by the following: Plus a few others whose names I can't remember at the moment. I like the Bravničar - lushly romantic - and the Kozina - quite pretty - but I don't remember the rest very much.
 * Blaž Arnič
 * Matija Bravničar
 * Josip Ipavec
 * Benjamin Ipavec
 * Gustav Ipavec
 * Uroš Krek
 * Marjan Kozina
 * Janez Matičič
 * Lucijan Marija Škerjanc

I wonder how many other Americans have such a substantial collection of Slovenian recorded classical music... -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:16, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Nope - I spent three days there on a trip, once, with my college choir. That's it.  We sang here, as it happens. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:33, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Probably because it didn't occur to me at the time. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:51, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Very nice. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:52, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Not offhand - I'll have to check when I get home. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:05, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Ain't that the truth. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:19, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Yours too? I get a headache sometimes, just thinking of all the work left to be done. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:43, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * At least, if not twice that. Ah, well...back to the salt mines. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:57, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * OK - I'll try and have a look before the weekend and see what I can come up with. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:58, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Don't worry about it - I can do it so quickly with AWB that it'll be no trouble at all. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 21:10, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Reborn
I stand up next to a mountain, and I chop it down with the edge of my hand...

RIP Blofield!  Lugnuts  (talk) 18:00, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Why
Do we have Infobox Cadet College (Pakistan) when there was already Infobox cadet college? Is it because that's a Bangladeshi template? Or am I just getting cynical? Rich Farmbrough, 23:41, 24 August 2009 (UTC).
 * I migrated the Category:Union councils of Pakistan to a lower case c, and emptied the Punjab cat into subcats. My eyes are going funny. Rich Farmbrough, 09:08, 25 August 2009 (UTC).
 * No I am in the UK too. Rich Farmbrough, 09:11, 25 August 2009 (UTC).
 * Oh I added a bunch to "Cities towns and villages" and took them out of "XXX district". Rich Farmbrough, 09:12, 25 August 2009 (UTC).
 * That's what I mean, but mainly in the Punjab. Trouble is a union council can be part of a large town or city. Rich Farmbrough, 09:18, 25 August 2009 (UTC).
 * I was just trying something out - looking for "is a town", "is a village" the third article was "XXX is village" Rich Farmbrough, 09:31, 25 August 2009 (UTC).

OK problems are: Rich Farmbrough, 20:45, 25 August 2009 (UTC). I will come back and fill in some of the paramters like region and district. Rich Farmbrough, 20:50, 25 August 2009 (UTC).
 * 1) Says "Union council and town"  on the first couple dozen, I changed this now to "Town and union council" - but even so some will be villages. I can maybe fix this for some with a second run.
 * 2) Some already have an infobox as you say. We can't scrap these in case they have useful data: I will make a list.
 * Hmm have a look at Naushera - starting with the name. It has been "Okhali Mohlah" since day 1. There seem to be a bunch of these. Rich Farmbrough, 21:50, 25 August 2009 (UTC).
 * I found another nad fixed it, I think the creator must have pasted a few in the wrong windows or something, Khola At Khanqah Sirajia for your delectation.  Rich Farmbrough, 22:02, 25 August 2009 (UTC).

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Hmm....
Hey, you changed your name. I already miss the character of Blofeld, or Baldy. Himalayan Explorer is too long fore me to type...so I may call you "Hiya" or "HIM" next time if you allow me to do so. :) --Caspian blue 23:50, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Well you can still type in User talk:Dr. Blofeld and you'll end up here.... Himalayan Explorer 08:45, 25 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Good luck with your transition. FYI this font is just a little light. Not to the point of being unreadable, but you might tweak it a bit. –xenotalk  22:15, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

I didn't want gold writing! I asked Jack to give me a gold border. I am still waiting... Himalayan   09:12, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Noirmoutier-en-l'Île
Hi there - this nomination is languishing at the bottom of the Did You know suggestions queue. I don't think it will get up unless some more reliable sources than the 'jeremy' blog / page are added for the hook fact(s). Someone has dug up a couple of refs and listed them in the discussion. You might get this over the line if you worked them in to the referencing. regards. hamiltonstone (talk) 00:09, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I believe there are still problems with this and have noted my concerns here. Long Shrift (talk) 11:24, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Indian State Maps
Unfortunately i no longer had the time i used to, to make maps for wikipedia. The Pakistan maps look good, but i feel a lot more information can be provided, especially for a large country like India, which is why i made state maps with district level detail (see Madurai) --Plane Mad 08:09, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

I've brought something for you
Hi, since you're an active contributor to DYK, I made the subpage User:Himalayan Explorer/DYK for you to easily keep track of your contribution. I put half of the DYK banners so far, but if you think the page is unnecessary, well, then just put speedy on it. Cheers.--Caspian blue 17:20, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

I still miss your old name, but your new user name is still cool
Still miss your old name, but the new name i cool. Chris (talk) 23:16, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Esfahan listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Esfahan. Since you had some involvement with the Esfahan redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Thryduulf (talk) 23:45, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Hi from India!
I see that you changed your username, and I wanted to say hi from the foothills of the Himalayas! (I'm in Mcleod Ganj now, en route to Leh.) Internet here can be slow and inconvenient but if you look at Mangostar's recent contributions to commons you can see I've been uploading a lot of photos of historical stuff from the national museum in Delhi (seems not much from there had been uploaded yet). I haven't found homes for any of the photos yet so you might want to have a look! (Except one, of the very famous dancing girl sculpture which we somehow did not have a free image of. It replaced a nonfree image in Indus Valley Civilization and Mohenjo-daro.) It seems that there has been a lot of drama while I've been gone, but I haven't read thru much of it. I have some photos of the town of Batala in my flickrstream here which might be worth uploading if you have a chance. If you see any other photos in there that look useful let me know and I can change the licensing. Calliopejen1 (talk) 05:25, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Mayila
Thanks for your help with the article on Mayila. I'm not good with formatting tables and I'm always grateful when someone steps in to do that for me. Everyking (talk) 12:15, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Location maps of Canada
Hi! Nice new page. If you are still interested in location maps a discussion has started at my disk concerning the maps of Canada. Perhaps you think it's worth to join it here. NNW (talk) 14:49, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Indeed
Absolutely. Give me a couple of hours, though (I have to run out the door in a couple of minutes), or feel free to start the AfD without me. Dahn (talk) 15:12, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Ping and double ping! Dahn (talk) 21:24, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * You know I actually clicked it just in case? :D Dahn (talk) 21:33, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Re:Tehsils vs cities
yes i am a great cricketer at my home lol.

i agree with you that there should be seperate articles for tehsils and cities. Recently I have faced similar problem and it was solved by the help of admin. And i will try to help in this regard. --TalhaDiscuss  &#169; 16:54, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Greek infobox
Hi there! I haven't edited the Greek infobox for quite a while, I've just been adding it to municipality articles. You could ask El Greco. Personally, I don't see the use of the timezone, since it's the same for all of Greece. Markussep Talk 18:31, 27 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, one of Korçë (the small street), more to follow. Markussep Talk 18:39, 27 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Which town in Macedonia? Markussep Talk 21:25, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Canada ghost town stubs
Hi Him -- I can't figure out why articles tagged with Canada-ghost-town-stub aren't dumping into ; instead, they continue to dump into. If you have a chance, can you take a look at it? Thanks. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:00, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Museum articles
The two article you mention are good. They have refs,and they tell the reader about the history and collections of the museums. They are nicely illustrated and make claims of notability. When the ref that calls one "the most important archaeological museum in Eastern Macedonia and one of the most important museums in Greece." and it is referenced to "Macedonian Heritage" or "Go Balkans," there is a likelihood of a degree of boosterism more than if it were to a more scholarly and objective source, but that would be a fine detail to be worked out and is fine as it stands. It still says why some feel it is a museum you should visit. The illustrations in an article like this are vastly important, but can be a problem to acquire. The ones I checked show permissions, but usually museums forbid photography, since they want to sell their own books about the collection. Once a high quality photo of their treasures appears in Wikipedia with the GFDL, anyone could sell picture postcards, calendars, books, or anything else reproducing those photos. I wish Blofeld and other robostub creators would go to this much effort. Have you found any "museum" stubs which are of the sort of a collection of local curiosities and antiquities found in the gift shop of a tourist trap? I have seen a few of those, which still make it onto national or state lists of "museums" published by the government to promote tourism. I have observed that not everything called a museum by its owners or a tourism board looks or functions as the general concept of a notable museum, so being called a museum does not grant inherent notability. Keep up the good work.Edison (talk) 14:00, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Armenia
Where did you get the data to subdivide the provinces as you indicate? Carlossuarez46 (talk) 18:46, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Don't forget
To periodically check User talk:Ashley kennedy3 when you want coords for things. He can't edit outside his talk page, so its up to us to look in from time to time. Hope you are doing well.  T i a m u t talk 21:04, 28 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Don't know anything about it off-hand, but I'll try to take a look around and see what I can find.  T i a m u t talk 08:54, 29 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Yup, it's pretty cool. I lived all over the world (well Europe and North America anyway), but I just couldn't stay away from the hometown.  T i a m u t talk 09:07, 29 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Yeah, we are missing District of Ramallah. I'm not sure that any villages were depopulated in that District during 1948 war. We could list which villages are present today that were part of that district though.  T i a m u t talk 12:40, 29 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the encouragement. You do a pretty wonderful job on many things yourself.  T i a m u t talk 13:13, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Infoboxes
If you have a chance, could you have a look at Infobox Pakistani location, Infobox Tehsil Pakistan, Union councils of Pakistan. I converted them to use infobox settlement and the next step is to have a bot do the substitution, which will do all the necessary parameter conversion and replace these with the settlement infobox. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 19:13, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Ostrožac Castle
Hi, Dr. Blofeld, hope you remember me (Welcome tag)! Can you please take a look at articles: Ostrožac Castle and Ostrožac castle. I put a Merger proposal for both of them, cause they are same castle. I never merged articles before, so I wouldn't like to mess something. Can you merge them? Thanks! --Kebeta (talk) 23:48, 28 August 2009 (UTC)


 * ✅ I nuked the newer of the two as it only had about a ten edits. The two are now merged. Plastikspork ―Œ (talk)  04:21, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Himalayan Explorer (Dr. Evil)! I see you dont want to take over the world any more. I guess you are satisfied with Tibet nowadays. Joking apart, I am interested in extending work to some Austrian castles, but my German is not so eloquent (I guess all good sources are in German language). But, will see what can be done. --Kebeta (talk) 21:16, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

I have been to Tibet (and you made me double post my Yak!)
Howdy Dotore!

We finally had the first family holiday in a bloody long time. Took all three kids to China and Tibet. Did all the tourist stuff, climbed mountains, caught the train across China and then (groan) back to work and school. Damn that was fun! I even brought you this! Paxse (talk) 14:29, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

You downsized my Yak Spam! How dare you. Now I KNOW you're really the evil Doctor! To answer your question, I'm well. Crazy busy at work and home as usual but still also crazy about Cambodia (and determined to finish the districts). I brought myself a real camera as a holiday present (I've finally gone digital) and then went snap crazy in China and Tibet. I will now proceed to aim my lenses at Cambodia and may even get some decent shots to put up. I'm planning to ease my way back into the 'pedia, a bit at a time. Like sliding into a hot bath. How are you? New name? Did I miss any exciting dramaZ? Paxse (talk) 14:50, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Infoboxes redux
Oh and I like the layout of both this and your Blofeld page. Kudos to you and Jack. Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 15:16, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Lagopesole
Ciao Mr. Manaslu! Why did you blank my Castel Lagopesole page? --&#39;&#39;&#39;Attilios&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 17:09, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Sometimes it happens that a frazione has more history and importance than the comune proper; such as the case of Castel Lagopesole. So I think it's better to have it separated. --&#39;&#39;&#39;Attilios&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 17:20, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Greek museums
Kudos on converting stubs into some very interesting articles! Keep it up! Cheers, Constantine  ✍  17:24, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Well thankyou sir. Well I did start them after all.... . Only too glad to clean up the mess created by the good Doctor.... Himalayan  17:26, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

A favor
I'm not sure whether you would have a time for doing my favor, but I really really need copyeditors for the article of Gyeongju, the capital of ancient kingdom Silla, and one of a handful of Korean Featured articles that faces "delisting". The article of the mid-size city has only about 30,000 bytes prose, so well I'm hoping that you would do me the favor to fix my grammatical errors and rewording the article. If the whole length is too much burden, would you check some sections that I newly inserted like Sports or Healthcare and utilities? I'm looking forward to your answer. --Caspian blue 19:55, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Yeah sure, it will have to be tomorrow though, need a fresh pair of eyes to look at it... Himalayan   19:58, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks!!!! You're my savor. I've been really struggling to find copyeditors for a while. Your answer is just making me relieved.--Caspian blue 20:04, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Seems there is a drive to turn old FAs into "super FAs". Mumbai check out Featured article candidates/Mumbai/archive2 is still getting opposes. The bar is being raised, sometimes it seems a little too high to attain. Kareena Kapoor failed FAC too yet most of the reviewers have said it is pretty much a featured quality given the limited encyclopedic material on the subject (other than blogs) Himalayan   20:09, 29 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I read the article of Mumbai just a couple days ago to rewrite the intro of Gyeongju. Yes, the article is one in the FAR sweepstake campaign and it was much outdated as compared to the current high standard. One of my concerns is that most of sources are from Korean sources, (English sources are scarce), so I might also need to other copyeditors who can read Korean, but I doubt I could find one.--Caspian blue 20:19, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Mmm exactly, that then puts a lot of pressure on you as you are one of the only active fluent speaking editors on here. User:Ezhiki has had similar problems as he is a fluent Russian speaker and often it is left to him to find sources that most of us couldn't find in english. Himalayan   20:25, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Skiing in August?
Gee, I wish - skiing might be possible there in the Welsh Himalayas (at least they speak the same language in Wales and the Himilayas, at least that's what most in London would say!). Sadly won't be on the slopes in this part of the world for a few more months :( At lest I know why some of my watchlist has been dead for a while (was watching your old talk page when there was that plethora of image notices coming across)... need to update things a bit!  Skier Dude  ( talk ) 21:29, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * That's one area of Wales that I've never gotten to (done the Liverpool/Manchester <-> London trip a few times, and have toured the Southern coast (Plymouth/Exeter) - didn't realize you had that "nice" of a winter! Always thought that "Snow"donia would be a nice place, but guess the name might be a bit misleading for ski enthusiasts :)  Skier Dude  ( talk ) 21:59, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Fixing Refrences
I am changing the refrences to more suitalbe refrences as we speak. Tim1357 (talk) 23:13, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Roman Kłosowski
Beat me to the creation bit! I've added a few films, etc. If you need a laugh, take a look at this (tagged for a speedy delete as an advert!) - Dreamplay. Reply on the article's talk page. Oh dear...  Lugnuts  (talk) 14:26, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Yes, I'll happily fill in a few gaps.  Lugnuts  (talk) 14:32, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Municipality
Thanks for the fix. I am assuming you want to deprecate the image_map and switch to the pushpin? Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 15:26, 30 August 2009 (UTC)


 * There seems to be some mismatch in the precision used in the coordinates. Should we ignore/remove the seconds in infobox Municipality pt, and just go with degrees+minutes?  Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)  17:27, 30 August 2009 (UTC)


 * ✅ Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 19:16, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

A couple things that I noticed: (1) Duplicate coordinates: coordinates being specified in both the infobox and using a coord elsewhere. If you set 'coordinates_display' to true/yes, then it will display in both the title and in the infobox. I tried to merge all of them, but I may have missed a couple. (2) The flags aren't always rendering, which I have identified as a thumbnail caching problem on the server. If you set flag_size to 100px the don't appear, but if you set them to 101px, then they do. I have asked at VPT to see if this is a temporary problem as it would be a hack to set them all to 101px. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 19:54, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Don't know
if I can be of help in getting Huldra to come back since she indicated she did not want to (last I knew). Personally, I miss the old big template. I did appreciate why you cut down, but it would be cool to have it back. Its harder jumping around between them. I know that's a lot of work though, and that's why I haven't asked. So don't feel like you have to anything because of me. We should have another discussion and split up the work if wee decide to do it anyway. Don't worry so much about things.  T i a m u t talk 20:14, 30 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I know. I appreciate what you were trying to do and what you are trying to do now. You don't have to do anything right way though. Sometimes doing things quickly leads to them being undone. You know what I mean? You're a good bloke Himalayan Explorer. Don't be so hard on yourself. You have nothing to prove.  T i a m u t talk 20:29, 30 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Good ideas, all. Step by step. Thanks for all you have done.  T i a m u t talk 20:33, 30 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Tanks for the pic, it is indeed beautiful. Those exact same birds (or their doppelgangers) are nesting in the window ledges of our house. They fly into the house every day too. Can make quite the mess sometimes. But nature, you gotta love it.  T i a m u t talk 20:57, 30 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Three places I badly want to visit myself - though I'm not sure if all at once. (But who am I to be picky right?) I'm sure she will have many marvellous things to say. Say welcome home to her for me and tell her the culture shock begin now.  T i a m u t talk 20:59, 30 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi you. Thanks for doing that. I hope Huldra comes back too. But if she doesn't, it won't be because you didn't try. Be free it now, okay?  T i a m u t talk 18:29, 1 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I'll try, but my brain is feeling a little fried and villages require a lot of concentration in the development phase because I have to hunt down all their different spellings in English and make sure its the same place and not with the same name elsewhere, etc, etc. They are quite hard to do actually. If I can get my brain working that way, I'll definitely pitch in. If I don't make it before DYK though, sorry in advance.  T i a m u t talk 11:26, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Navbox and infobox
Long name doesn't matter, since no one will ever need to type it. Yes I can get this replaced. I already dealt with Infobox Ort in Deutschland, an the equivalent French Commune boxes, so I'm not surprised we have Austria arrived. Be nice to see them all using settlement, and settlement with spaced instead of underscored parameter names. Rich Farmbrough, 20:54, 30 August 2009 (UTC).

Thanks for the Barnstar
Hello,

Thanks for the Barnstar ;-) Pahari Sahib  07:59, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

UK films
I've followed up your suggestion and I've left some hints & tips on Lord C's talkpage, following a slight expansion to the article you're commenting on.  Lugnuts  (talk) 13:22, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

speedy deletion nom of Agios Kerykos Archaeological Collection
Your first and only edit to this article was to blank it and then tag with, despite the clear and obvious fact that you are not the author. Please don't do that again. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:02, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Well crap. I just figured it out, never mind, I'll go delete it now. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:06, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Tis OK. Trust me I'm working on these Greek museums and that was a dud... Himalayan   18:08, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Geopedia.si
Hi, old friend! Just wanted to inform you that the user interface of the Slovenian geographic information system Geopedia.si is now also available in English. Thanks for having provided links to it. It would be appreciated very much if you can take some time to update them. You may see an example in Log pod Mangartom. --Eleassar my talk 07:07, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

It's fine to change an account....
but why did you forget me? Do I no longer exist? Shahid •  Talk 2 me  13:58, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh sorry - you know it happens that you don't notice a message. I'm OK - what about you? What are you up to these days? Blof maybe it will be nice if you try to become an admin? Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  14:04, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * It's sad that you did that only because of some idiots who said something. You were widely acknowledged as a fantastic contributor who also wrote great articles. Anyway - that's your choice. This article is great, but you had created many such great articles as Blofeld. If people were unaware of this fact, it was their problem. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  18:14, 1 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Great, I agree - hey have a look at my work on the Filmfare Awards pages for different categories like Best Actor, Actress, Playback Singers etc. It looks much better doesn't it? Including the nominations, superlaatives, etc. I also left the red links and after I finish the all categories I plan to create these articles for them. Discovering important films and artists in need of creation is much easier through these awards pages. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  18:37, 1 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Not about Bollywood films but about Indian regional films like Tamil, Telugu old films, and particularly Malayalam, Kannada etc lack sources even about new films. Hindi films are pretty well covered relatively. Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  18:48, 1 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Great work on the article. As for Sholay, man there is an entire book dedicated to the film! Shahid  •  Talk 2 me  23:03, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Ludovic Lamothe
Nice work, thanks! -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:44, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, Google seems to be having issues today. It's been damn near impossible for me to get to my e-mail for most of the afternoon. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:50, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * You'd think they'd anticipate something like that... -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:57, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Otto Abt
I saw that User:Dr. Blofeld created the article Otto Abt with the translation tag. Because his talk page redirects here, I'm assuming that this is the same person and I wanted to let you know that I have translated the entire article (such as it is). So please take a look. Also my translations often retain some Germanisms as I tend to be a very literal translator so please copy edit for smoothness/style &c. and let me know if you have any questions or other translation projects. Very truly, --Jieagles (talk) 08:27, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, the elusive stub expander. Thank you for your work! =) –<b style="font-family:verdana; color:black;">xeno</b><sup style="color:black; font-family:verdana;">talk 00:51, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Just passing by
Greetings from Cooktown!

Just passing by and thought I would say hi! Looks like all is going smoothly with your new page. Great! All my very best wishes from way down under you.

Cheers, John Hill (talk) 11:30, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Archaeological Museum of Chania in Saint Francis Monastery
Hello! Your submission of Archaeological Museum of Chania in Saint Francis Monastery 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. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Todor→Bozhinov 16:08, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Dutch films
I love the new userpage design!

Please see and advise. I am leaning towards speedy deletion, it may be the path of least resistance.

Thoughts? –<b style="font-family:verdana; color:black;">xeno</b><sup style="color:black; font-family:verdana;">talk 02:04, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Did You Know question
Hello! Your submission of Alma, Palestine 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. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Art LaPella (talk) 04:23, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Re:1948 villages
I've added what I can from Khalidi. It's not as notable as one would expect. Sorry for not replying sooner. Keep the requests coming! --Al Ameer son (talk) 22:38, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

re: User:Xeno/sandbox2
Looks like they've all been deleted!  Lugnuts  (talk) 07:32, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
 * They were all article shells with no more information than their lists, but if you're interested in expanding any of them I can restore the shells. Let me know. –<b style="font-family:verdana; color:black;">xeno</b><sup style="color:black;">talk 20:11, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Break, Break, Break (movie)
An article that Blofeld created is being discussed for deletion at Articles for deletion/Break, Break, Break (movie). MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 16:11, 4 September 2009 (UTC)