User:Victuallers/Archive2

My Barnstar!
Hi Victuallers,

Cheers for the Barnstar - is very nice to be appreciated! It's my first one aswell!

(It's moved to my userpage if you were wondering!)

Cheers again,

 Bluegoblin 7   13:16, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK no 30?
Hi, Nice hook re culture of Somerset - however I don't count it as a new article as 90% is copied from Somerset & I've just done a little bit of expansion.&mdash; Rod talk 15:01, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Your DYK nomination for Aughanduff was successful
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 18:24, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Derbyshire November Newsletter
 Bluegoblin 7   11:04, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Simon Sainsbury

 * [Did You Know] ...that Simon Sainsbury who had given funds to establish the Judge Business School in the old Addenbrooke Hospital in Cambridge also gave £100 million of paintings to UK galleries? User:Ham nom by Victuallers 16:55, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

OK? Got a better picture? I see you are into art ... do you know where we could find a pic of one of his pieces of art? Cheers Victuallers 17:06, 4 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Try here (only the pre-1930 paintings in the bequest) or here. It might be a better 'hook' for DYK if you mention Nichola Serota's quote about the importance of the gift to the Tate, or that Sainsbury was descended from the founder of the supermarket chain. Good work on the article by the way; I left a lot of gaps which you've filled nicely. Ham 18:51, 4 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Nice article. I have plumped it up a bit using the obituaries. -- !! ?? 14:22, 5 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Hey - I added a third of it! -- !! ?? 11:25, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

J E Wilmot
Many thanks for the additions and the Long Service pocketbook, Victuallers! I've found another hook for Wilmot, which I've added here as an alternative... ...that in the aftermath of the American Revolutionary War, Sir John Eardley Wilmot, a retired Chief Justice, was given a Royal Commission to investigate claims by American Loyalists for compensation for the losses they had suffered as a result of the war?

Xn4 23:13, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Hello Vic, nic pic on your user page, but the date is not right: A literary party at Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1871. Could be 1781? Taksen 18:05, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Did you know nom
Hey that is great - thank you! I didn't know anyone had even read the article! - Ahunt 22:50, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Did you know?
Hi Victuallers, I did not know about did you know! Thank you for reading, and for nominatin. Jim CApitol3 03:03, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK

 * So another OD gets pictured on the main page! I see your hook was chosen. (Susanlesch has now re-assessed this biography as a B, which strikes me as over-generous?) Xn4  18:48, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK: Thank you
Whoa! Thank you, Victuallers, for giving me two DYK medals in one day. I'll be moving them to my trophy case soon. Thank you so much! :-D --PFHLai 18:33, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

de Ferrers
Thanks for your interest in my articles. I've given an answer on my talk page. Another De Ferrers that interests me is William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby. Could make an episode of "Robin Hood" in BBC TV. Chevin 10:27, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Liguus
I'm most grateful, Victuallers, for the DYK nomination. In truth, I didn't know anyone had read the article! Thank you. Tim Ross 14:39, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

OD
Hi, Victuallers. In this context, an OD is an Old Derbeian. Thanks for your message, I also thought that picture was a lucky find. On your latest nominated article, I'll see if there's anything I can do. Regards, Xn4  14:46, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Anthony Fenn Kemp
Thanks for the nomination. Yes, that's 23 if it gets up. Kemp's an interesting chap. I felt like nominating him as "...that Kemp was a bully who helped depose William Bligh of the Bounty Fame", but didn't think that would be a neutral point of view. Cheers. Assize 20:06, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

harvestmen DYK
see here :) --Sarefo 13:25, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Tagging...
Now Stopped...

Reedy Boy 17:33, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Admin
Hi. I'd like to nominate you as an admin, as I think you're qualified. Let me know if you're interested. Epbr123 20:24, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I was unaware Blnguyen had also offered. I'll ask him if he would like to nominate you instead, as his nomination would probably carry more weight than mine. Epbr123 20:50, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * It would probably be best to take Blnguyen's advice and wait until you've gained a bit more experience in admin related areas, such as AfD. Epbr123 10:45, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Giuglini
Hurrah for the nom., and the wonderful photo of G, whose likeness I had never seen! Now I can sort of visualise him with those kites and fireworks. Cheers! Eebahgum 23:17, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Help...
Hi Victuallers...

Can you help me do some DYKs?

Just wondered how to do them, what to do etc.

Let me know,

 Bluegoblin 7   13:43, 12 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Ok, I will have a go at it. Does it have to be any specific type of article, or class, or anthying (i've already expanded National Tramway Museum loads - would that count?  Bluegoblin 7   15:13, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK

 * Thanks for that nomination! And a happy outcome... best wishes, Eebahgum 14:05, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK : Thank you, re. Boddam
Thanks for that. :) Must admit you totally caught me out, there!

Best wishes & Keep up the good work. David. :) Harami2000 20:26, 12 November 2007 (UTC)


 * *yay* (& thanks, again). Good encouragement to keep contributing, I must admit. Even if I didn't get home early enough this evening to screencap the front page before it rolled over!
 * Happy hunting for further DYKs: is /useful/ work on that to hook in new readers and to keep the global perspective of Wikipedia, for sure. :)
 * Cheers, David. Harami2000 22:05, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK
Thanks again Vic. If you are thinking about admin, it would be a good idea to get more WP edits, like AFD and such. People sometimes will hassle you about doing a bit of AFD and so forth....  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 05:39, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK update
I recommend additional links to the first item as follows:


 * ...that the brightly coloured shells of the Liguus snails (pictured) are so prized by collectors that some varieties are now extinct?

--EncycloPetey 16:00, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Nevermind. I didn't realize you weren't an administrator (yet). --EncycloPetey 16:03, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Nicolaes Witsen
Hello Vic, would this article be good enough for a DYK, see Nicolaes Witsen. -- Taksen (talk) 16:50, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

The invitation is an interesting subject, I am getting closer to whom were in power in Amsterdam at that time. I need to find a book that describes the invasion from a Dutch point of view. Jonathan Israel is good and reliable. Do you know his book on the Dutch Republic?

Not all the Amsterdam burgomasters agreed to support William III and the money involved in preparing a fleet caused a financial crisis on the Amsterdam stock market in 1688, a subject which interests me: see Coenraad van Beuningen. It had also to do with Louis XIV, kicking out all the Hugenots in 1685, dyk? By the way may we can meet in that pub on one of my next bike tours. Taksen (talk) 12:56, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Did You Know that i am replying about DYK and Clyde Fastlink?
Sorry. Couldn't resist the in-joke.

Anyway, don't worry, i was not put off by it and thanks for your concern Thank you also for putting it up. I also guess that refs do not apply in characters. (And do i have today and tomorrow i.e. the 17th, to do it?) -- Simply south (talk) 19:48, 16 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Hopefully. -- Simply south (talk) 20:48, 16 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I've added some extra info from the same sources and i think it qualifies properly now. Do you think it is okay if i remove the character note now? -- Simply south (talk) 22:26, 16 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Well it has gone ahead (and i'm feeling slightly guilty because i got words mixed up which i changed at the last 45 minutes) Simply south (talk) 23:23, 17 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Prerequisite and interim... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Simply south (talk • contribs) 23:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Revision on Gunpowder Plot
Hi, Can I ask why you reverted my addition on Gunpowder Plot of a link & brief description to West Country Carnival possibly the biggest commemoration of the gunpowder plot in the UK?&mdash; Rod talk 12:11, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK nomination - Purvas
Response to your query : No it is 213 as first one requires ink equivalent for only one elephant. It starts doubling from second elephant. So I guess the 14th Purva requires ink equivalent to 213 elephants or 8192 Elephants. Thanks--Anish (talk) 06:29, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Thomas Rossell Potter, was selected for DYK!
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 09:09, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Your DYK nomination for Georges René Le Peley de Pléville was successful
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 19:13, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

River Bourne
Hi, there are plenty of photos of some of the mills available, but I'm not sure about their free use status. I do have a recent (2006) photo of Bourne Mill in digital format which I could make available, but am unsure exactly how to do this. Mjroots (talk) 22:12, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Is there a page to tell me how to make a photo available to use on Wikiedia? Mjroots (talk) 22:53, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Have uploaded the photo, just need to work out how to insert it into the article now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mjroots (talk • contribs) 23:17, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Have added the photo, but it's stretched the page. Re the referencing, I thought it looked neater that way, but if it should be referenced at the point the reference refers to, feel free to change it. Mjroots (talk) 23:26, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

I think I've found another mill! Have added details and reference, but the ref needs tweaking. #5 and #13 are both the same source, could you sort it for me please? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mjroots (talk • contribs) 05:11, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

St Aloysius College, Adelaide
Re: the DYK challenge on this one. Love to do this in 5 days but the Federal Election here on Saturday will get in the way. Will see what I can do though ! - Peripitus (Talk) 02:47, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Buddleja crispa
Hi,

interesting edit you did on Buddleja crispa. Unfortunately you forget to mention the url. If you have a moment to fix that. Please...!

Greetings, Dick Bos (talk) 07:54, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

James Tennant
I've made the mods in James Tennant. Feel free to tweak as you like; I'm done with wiki for the evening. Thanks for the DYK nom. --Tagishsimon (talk) 23:53, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for your work on John Mawe - I'm so pleased that you and other editors have done so much to improve it. Thank you also for the DYK nomination - my first! DuncanHill (talk) 23:18, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

WPFY
No problem - thanks for the nomination! Biruitorul (talk) 22:29, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Re-assess of IA page
Hello, can I please request a re-assessment of the International Academy page? I mainly ask this because I have added references to everything and I also am working to delete references that go nowhere (that, unfortunately, some user keeps re-adding). I think it's now above "Start" class (especially if you go through our history and look at how the page used to look - look back to 2005ish and see how it's improved).

In addition, I think it should be ranked at a higher level of importance since, although the page doesn't say this, the school is the first publicly-funded school in North America to be all-IB diploma. It is also considered as the premier center for IB learning in Michigan.

I also am concerned because you cited as part of your start-class assessment of the International Academy page that we haven't linked our notable alumni. The school is only 11 years old. Therefore, we do not yet have any notable alumni, as our oldest graduates are about 25-26 years old. I don't think that a lack of alumni should be a mark against such a young school.

Thanks for considering my request. I would re-assess it now that I am a member of WikiProject:Schools but since I am a new member I don't feel qualified to re-assess it, and as one of the primary contributors to the page I feel like I am too biased a party to give a fair assessment. Regards, Beggarsbanquet (talk) 01:42, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Lachine massacre
Hey Victuallers! I haven't found any images for the Lachine massacre page yet, but I have some ideas. Also, while there are first-hand accounts of "roasting children" (it's difficult just writing that!), I'm not sure actual remains were recovered indicating signs of butchery. Therefore, it may be necessary to change the language on the DYK. I'm going to dig deeper into some new sources to confirm the cannibalization reports. Thanks for your help! Kindest regards, AlphaEta  17:25, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Perhaps a more general question would suffice. Something like, DYK:
 * "...that the Lachine massacre, in which Iroquois warriors destroyed a small New France settlement on Montreal Island, was instigated by English forces in New York following the declaration of King William's War?"
 * Let me know what you think. Kindest regards,  AlphaEta  18:49, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree with your assessment, and think we should stick with the newly-written DYK located above. Multiple first-hand accounts of cannibalism were recorded, but, as mentioned in the article, they were given by New France colonists or survivors of the attack, so there's bound to be some bias in their description of events.  I'm going to dig around to see if any physical evidence of cannibalism was recorded.  Thanks again for your help,  AlphaEta  20:14, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject school consensus resolution
Hi, just a note to make sure you haven't missed WikiProject school consensus resolution. TerriersFan (talk) 22:49, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
 * A cleaned up version is now at School. TerriersFan (talk) 03:43, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Another new article
Hi, Victuallers. Could you please see if you can find a hook worth nominating in Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset? regards, Xn4  07:49, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for kind comments
Thanks for your kind comments concerning my recent new article, Mesoamerican ballcourt. Such feedback is always encouraging (but rare, it seems). In other news, I did eventually receive a reply to my Flickr-mail and now have a very nice lead photo for the Pelota mixteca article. Keep writing those articles! Madman (talk) 17:49, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Thomas Bancroft & arms of Ferrers
I've found a hook and nominated Thomas Bancroft. For these arms, is it an image of vairy or and gules you're after? Xn4 19:10, 25 November 2007 (UTC)


 * 1) Didnt understand the arms question ... I was just thinking a red and yellow shield would brighten the page ...
 * 2) Did you know Sarah Mawe is on the next update of DYK?
 * 3) I've added a picture to the Marquess of Dorset - I think every article should have a pic even if its not 100% relevant ... hope its OK
 * 4) Ive added a dorset hook... OK?
 * 5) I really like the hook you wrote - unfortunately they are complaining about length. I suggest
 * ...that Thomas Bancroft's last collection of verse included satires against whoring, gluttony, alcoholism, hedonism, lying, pride in clothing, false friends, ambition, cowardice, cruelty, and the abuse of poetry?

I love that added extra of "the abuse of poetry" ... not an obvious choice for sinners I think?Victuallers (talk) 20:41, 25 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for all that. You wrote - "Didnt understand the arms question"... I meant, is this the coat of arms you have in mind, or some other one? Xn4  22:11, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK nomination

 * ... that the surrender of Japanese troops in China was first announced in a Chinese language by Dr. Ernest B. Price in October 1945? by Orygun

OK? Victuallers (talk) 17:03, 24 November 2007 (UTC) ps: Why are you not using the "references/" tag? Is your approach preferred or are you unaware of this bit of wiki?

Victuallers: Tried to highlight relevant cross-references, but it's hard to catch them all. Regarding these 2 topics: Chinese languages was highlighted in first paragraph of Ernest B. Price article so don't think it's necessary here; wasn't aware that Japanese troops would hit reference so that's good addition. Am still learning wiki-rules.--Orygun (talk) 23:36, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

...hmm maybe I'm taking your knowledge for granted. DYK stands for "Did you lnow". On the bottom left of the main wikipedia page is the DYK section. Your excellent article will be advertised there with the "hook" above in next 2-3 days. I hope I'm not teaching you the obvious... and you are finding my assistance helpful rather than annoying Victuallers (talk) 16:25, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Victuallers: Have ~30 days experience as wikipedian--so still have lot to learn about wiki-universe. DNK ("Did Not Know") about DYK section, but it was very nice to have article highlighted there--thanks for nomination and DYK info.--Orygun (talk) 01:18, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Question on Project Tags
You slapped a WP Texas tag on Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School. However, the school is in Miami, Florida. Why did you give it a WP Texas tag? Horologium t-c 03:50, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

You also added a WP Alabama tag on Saint Andrew's School (Boca Raton, Florida), which is obviously not in Alabama. What gives? Horologium t-c 03:53, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

What are you talking about
What picuters are you talking about. if you are talking about the references they are from plaques that were at the site and are copyrite free. All the other picture are mine, i took them myself and the references do confirm what is there. Cheers_Ad@m.J.W.C. (talk) 19:12, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Christ Church, Macclesfield
Many thanks for nominating Christ Church, Macclesfield for DYK. It is part of a series I am writing on the important churches in Cheshire and this church has a particularly interesting history. Best wishes. Peter I. Vardy (talk) 09:30, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * David Simpson (priest) was a new article created on 27 November but I am not sure it is long enough for DYK or whether there as a different/interesting hook. Charles Roe was expanded on 28th and contains plenty of potential hooks but the degree of expansion is not, I think, sufficient to qualify for DYK.  Many thanks for your support. Peter I. Vardy (talk) 09:55, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

100th DYK

 * Thanks for returning the favor.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 01:48, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK nom ... another ..

 * Fine with me. I have more info to add to that article as well as to the brothers.  I will include your comments and suggestions while I am working on it.  I should be able to get that done by tomorrow.--Kumioko 14:39, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Nom for DYK
Hi, I've recently completed an article, Surface diffusion, and was trying to figure out if I can still get a nomination for it. It's very scientific but contains some fun graphics which seem to grab an audience. I created the page on 30Nov07. Is it still in the window since I've expanded it since then? Runningamok19 (talk) 00:09, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Ferrers
Xn4 04:46, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK nom
Thanks for the nomination, and also for the advice on the other article. I'll see what I can do and will let you know when I'm finished (a one-paragraph article probably won't warrant 8 animations and several other images :), but I should be able to make it easier to visualize an adatom with a nice pic). Runningamok19 (talk) 15:25, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

I agree the imagemap application helps out a lot. How do you go about placing the tags over the image? Trial-and-error? I can probably just look it up in the help section, but I assume the tags are something like [shape, x, y, r, text]. Does it change with varied image size? Runningamok19 (talk) 21:35, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

There is a simple but fine app that allows you to quickly do the placing. I have stored details I think in the source as a hidden comment. Else try this tool

I'll take that as a yes and move the image map in then Victuallers (talk) 21:42, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I just expanded the lead paragraph but am not sure if it meets GA status yet. What say you? If you have any thoughts as to what else I can add, let me know. Any stylistic comments...well then you can make the edit! Runningamok19 (talk) 22:35, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Hi. Thank you very much for the award. I am surprised at times at how much friendliness one meets here. athinaios (talk) 00:33, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

column note
Use Column 1 here Column 2 here Or This text appears in the first column. This text appears in the second column. This text appears in the third column.

Re Train DYK
Thanks for that, have you seen the article now that I've done more work on it? Mjroots (talk) 23:35, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: DYK Nom
Responded on my talk page, in case you aren't watching it. Carre (talk) 00:13, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Accents
Sadly, no. Swad and area is my ancestral homeland, as it were, but my lot moved south and turned into cockneys (or worse estuary English) long ago... Lozleader (talk) 16:24, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK Medal
Thanks for the DYK medal. And you are correct, there are still many footballers in need of an article. It will take time, but I plan to do my part! Cbl62 (talk) 20:24, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Georgiana Harcourt
Hi. I've nominated Georgiana Harcourt, an article you worked on, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the hook for the article at Template talk:Did you know, where you can improve it if you see fit. Black Falcon (Talk) 21:48, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Alright. If I find some additional information, I will add it to the article. Cheers, Black Falcon (Talk) 23:28, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Cornwall and RGS! DYK nomination

 * ...that John Rogers who translated the Bible, helped to introduce the man engine, an important reform in Cornish mining? by DuncanHill OK? If you could add extra refs so its more than DNB then this would be even better Victuallers (talk) 23:39, 14 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Many thanks - and good find for the arms! I'll have a dig about in my books to see what more I can find (I'm sure I have more on man engines and Tresavean, which was one of the richest copper-mines in Cornwall). DuncanHill (talk) 01:45, 15 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I have added some information about the importance of the man engine (cost, savings etc) with a reference to a standard work on Cornish mining. DuncanHill (talk) 02:19, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK
Royal broil 15:08, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you very much for another DYK medal, Victuallers. Good new articles deserve some recognition on MainPage. I just hope that fellow wikicontributors don't mind my "cyberstalking" them. :-) --PFHLai (talk) 01:11, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Bob Glidden image
I used an image of Alan Kulwicki's car in his infobox. When I did an RfC peer review for the article to prepare it for a GA run, people commented that he was not a car! Isn't that funny! That's why I didn't put the image of Glidden's car in his infobox. I found a flickr contributor who has changed the license on a photograph of him working on a car, so I'll be added that image to his infobox right away. Royal broil 14:44, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Yea, it's crazy. I put a second picture up of him working on a car. He became a crew chief after he retired. I asked 3 flickr people to consider changing their license. 2 have already changed! One of them is a major drag racing fan who has pictures of drag racing from the 1960s to 1990s. He's willing to license the photos to allow use on Wikipedia since he's a big fan of Wikipedia!


 * He has at least 23 of the National Hot Rod Association Top 50 Drivers, 1951-2000. What about the legality of that article? Can that list be made into an article, or is it true that the list cannot be included? It shows the relative notability of drag racers. Where could I ask to have the concept of the article reviewed for legality? I looked through the copyright policy articles, and I don't think that anything is clearly stated either way. Royal broil  16:01, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Check out the article history: It was deleted as copyvio. If it's not legal, then all redlinks to the article need to be removed. Royal broil  16:02, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I assumed that you were an admin and so you could review it's deletion history. I have stated in words why it was delete. It's nice to be confused for an admin, eh? Royal broil  16:10, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Admin?
I was reviewed your contributions in response to the last exchange. You have very many DYK articles, plenty of AfD discussion, hundreds of images uploaded, and enough edits to satisfy anyone who is edit counting. You are being mistaken for an admin. Would you like me to nominate you to run for adminship? Your help updating DYK would help the project significantly. Royal broil 16:35, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * You lost me on your first sentence. Anyhow, you can find out about the process here: Requests for adminship. This guide Guide to requests for adminship is important to read. Here's the basics: I would nominate you. There is a set of preprogrammed questions that you have to answer. Honesty is the best policy. Contributors are allowed to ask you optional question that I recommend that you answer. Contributors give their assessment of you and your attitude/demeanor. After 7 days the nomination gets closed.


 * You might consider a Request for Comment Editor review first to make sure that you are not ambushed. You should also consider watching and reviewing the current nominees to see what types of optional questions they are being asked. Note that usually you don't respond to most criticisms because then it turns into a bitchfest that kills the nominee. So you know, I would bring up in my nomination that you were accidentally autoblocked for one minute and provide the diff so that it doesn't look like you are hiding anything. It was an accident, and I'm sure it won't matter. Having over 100 DYK is a HUGE thing that will help you immensely. Royal broil  17:15, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I reread your message, and I get your first sentence now. Take your time to think about my proposal and to study the process. There's no rush. Most of the DYK updaters comment on the RfA nominees, at least they did on mine. Let me know if and when you want to go forward. I noticed that you wanted to become an admin, so I thought that I would ask. Royal broil  19:57, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Derbyshire Project
Hi Victuallers,

Thanks for your comments on my work - it's a boring but rewarding task! Can we have a go at a DYK soon? I'm not busy anymore...

Also, I have a few ideas for the Project, but need some more members. Can you do a recruitment drive?

Thanks, -- Bluegoblin 7   20:06, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: Fones
Thanks for the note! I've emailed the public relations department of the University of Bridgeport to see if they have a picture of Alfred Fones that can be posted on Wikipedia. I've told them that speed is of the essence. There doesn't appear to be a pic of Fones on the Web, at least according to my Google Image search. I directed them to the Wikipedia file upload feature and offered to upload it myself if they email it to me. Thanks again, Noroton (talk) 00:51, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Seasons greetings
Sandahl 06:03, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

LAHS Article
Hi. You once assessed the Los Alamos High School article. I do a lot of maintenance on that article. It's been under disrepair so I could understand why you might have called it "start" rather than "B" (although I encourage you to check out the latest revision), but I really don't get why Albuquerque Academy is rated with "Mid" importance while Los Alamos is "Low". What's the justification behind this distinction? Both are good high schools in the southwest. IMO Los Alamos's history is more interesting than academy. -- Ryan Utt (talk) 19:52, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Newbold
Saw your query. If you look at Harry Lauder's article page you will see his father was born in Edinburgh and died at Newbold. It is all in his autobiography Roamin' in the Gloamin' (1928). Regards, David Lauder (talk) 17:10, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Happy Christmas!
I can't compete with all these fancy pictures (and I can't work out the formatting to add a comment in the right place either!) so I'll just wish you a very Merry Christmas. Keep up the good work! You're doing a brilliant job with all these DYKs. Dahliarose (talk) 23:25, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK Caribou Inuit nom
Thanks for the nom! Cheers Rosiestephenson (talk) 18:50, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

A picture of Elise Primavera
I have been looking for one, but I can't find any that have a clear provenance. There are a few on Flickr, but the owners have tags reserving rights on them. Bellwether BC 17:06, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * What is wikiversity? Bellwether BC 18:09, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the link. I've signed up, and will explore it further later. Bellwether BC 21:17, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Matthew Gagnon
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T:DYK.
Happy new year, and congratulations! · AndonicO Talk 12:43, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

T:DYK.
Congratulations! · AndonicO Talk 20:39, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

T:DYK.
Wow... three in a day. How do you find all these articles? :P · AndonicO Talk 20:42, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

John Michael Wright
Thanks for rating this. I'm not quite finished it you, but any more detailed feedback would be greatly welcomed.--Docg 21:56, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK
DYK is often late. Another adminstrator who is interested in DYK would help. Would you like to be that new administrator? Mrs.EasterBunny (talk) 22:49, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

I will nominate you. Haste makes waste. Rush into a RFA and someone will oppose it. That will set you back a few months. Any weaknesses? This may be painful to answer but it's better to think about the difficult questions now than lose.Mrs.EasterBunny (talk) 23:47, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

PHG
Hi Victuallers! Thank you very much for your award! I appreciate tremendously. Best regards. PHG (talk) 05:14, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Not wikistalking
Hi, I'm not wikistalking, but in looking up the what links here of Fernando Suarez, I ended up following you to a couple other pages and making some changes. I also tweaked the link you DAB-ed on FS. Thought I'd let you know and pre-apologize. Thanks, WLU (talk) 15:11, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Oudin
Thanks for your comment. Jack1956 (talk) 21:17, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, right. That's brilliant! Thanks. Jack1956 (talk) 21:23, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

re: dyk nomination
Yeah thanks! One comment though: it should read 'rebuilt four times' rather than five. Cheers! Martocticvs (talk) 22:06, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Boshin war image
Your pinpoint-enabled image is great stuff! How do you do that? Best regards. PHG (talk) 18:39, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

you are it
The other person pointed out that maybe it wasn't so good to ask 4 people to run for administrator. The problem is solved. One didn't respond. One didn't want to. Another one ran and looks good (only one oppose vote). So you are it! What do you want me to do? Nominate or co-nominate you? What date do you want to start a RFA? Mrs.EasterBunny (talk) 22:16, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

sample nom
(oh, I see you have few WP:AIV edits but that's ok, you can't be on the computer 24 hours a day)

Victuallers is a fine editor whom I am nominating for administrator. He's been contributing since October 2006 and has amassed about 12,000 edits, over 5400 in mainspace. He's contributed to namespace, template talk, user talk pages, and other types of pages making him a well rounded individual. Like me, he listens to BBC Radio 4 (or at least I did when I lived near Calais in France). He's made many fine edits (over 100) to La Martiniere Lucknow and many to Claude Martin, who endowed the school in the 1700's. He has created many articles and helped recognise others by nominating their article for DYK. He has never been blocked aside from a less than one minute interval which the blocking admin noted was a mistake. He works with others cooperatively as demonstrated by his receiving many barnstars. He also has numerous medals and awards, almost as many as a foreign dictator, except he is well behaved. He has mentioned on his user page that he is interested in being an administrator. This candour is advantageous because it suggests he will be honest and forthright with the community instead of having a secret agenda. Having such goals should be seen as a commitment to Wikipedia. Let's give Victuallers the Wikipedia administrator's globe to put at the top right hand corner of his user page and the mop to keep Wikipedia's floors clean! A victualler is a person who people seek for shelter. Wikipedia needs a victualler and what better person than Victuallers? Mrs.EasterBunny (talk) 22:45, 4 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Will try to remember to create the page on January 12th. Mrs.EasterBunny (talk) 19:45, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Queluz
Thanks. I bet you are swearing and sucking your teeth about me, but once that editor said it reminded him of a colonnade, that was all I could see too - I had to change it, sorry. Giano (talk) 17:11, 5 January 2008 (UTC)



DYK 25 recognition
I wanted to thank you for the recognition. I was sure that I was in the 20s, but I had no idea that I had already hit 25. I have truly found DYK to be a fun and enjoyable way to approach editing that helps publicize new and interesting articles. Not unlike writing newspaper headlines, writing a good hook for a new article is a challenge in its own right. One of my recent DYK creations was for an article about Antonio Jacobsen. I was searching through The New York Times for a source about James E. Buttersworth and saw that Jacobsen had lived in the same New Jersey city and was mentioned in the same article, but had no Wikipedia article. DYK gave me a great reason to create a decent article and to let people know about it. Thanks for the recognition and for all of your own contributions to DYK in particular,and Wikipedia in general. Alansohn (talk) 16:22, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK nom for partially selective schools
Thank you very much. May I suggest a slight rewording?


 * ...that although the UK government committed itself ten years ago to removing partial selection from schools, there are still a substantial number of partially selective schools in England?

Kanguole (talk) 16:43, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: DYK 25 plus
A luminous honor! Alekjds talk 20:04, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

HMS Bonadventure (1650) @ DYK
I asked Wizardman about your missing hook, and he replied:

From T:DYK/N: My prose count was 1478 characters, which falls just short of the 1500-char requirement, which is the reason I originally removed it. I'll leave it to the discretion of whoever adds the hooks next whether or not being 98.5% of the way to 1500b is acceptable. Wizardman 22:42, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

I think it's back on DYKNU now. Hope this helps. --PFHLai (talk) 23:21, 7 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Glad to hear that the article now has more than 1500 characters. Good to go for DYK. Goodnight! --PFHLai (talk) 23:55, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Please be encouraged to give out more DYK medals. You know where the list is. :-)
Did you know...
 * ...that counting DYK banners on usertalkpages is more effective than counting sheep as a cure for insomnia?
 * ...that I fell asleep twice counting Carabinieri's DYK banners?

Please be encouraged to give out more DYK medals. You know where the list is. :-) And, you know, making more new friends is a good thing to do when you have an RfA coming up. (wink wink...)  :-b  Anyway, if you are giving out medals, don't forget Tony the Tiger's DYK100.  He'll get past that threshold in a few hours. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 23:44, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Redirects that contain quotes
Hi. I agree with your opinion expressed here. Can you please express your opinion in more of these cases that appeared recently in Redirects for discussion? Friendly, -- Magioladitis (talk) 22:59, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

RFA nom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Victuallers Here it is a day or so early. Either sit on it for a while or answer the questions and transclude it. Mrs.EasterBunny (talk) 22:42, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

I thought you might want to be an admin someday so I placed your RFA page on my watchlist, and looks like it has payed off. I wish you the best of luck in your RFA and I will try and participate. Camaron | Chris (talk) 11:34, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

I noticed you are not in the rollback group, which if you are added will give you one the tools admin have - rollback. You might find it helpful for reverting any vandalism you discover and can act as a stepping stone for adminship. I have reviewed your contributions and I see no evidence that you will abuse it, so as permitted, I will give it to you informally if you agree here or on my talk page. Camaron | Chris (talk) 12:36, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I have added my conomination. Good luck! Royal broil  17:05, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: DYK ... 25 plus!!

 * Re: User talk:Black Falcon

Thanks! I involved myself in DYK fairly recently, but I've found it enjoyable. Unlike newpage or CSD patrol, DYK provides an opportunity to read some higher-quality new articles. Cheers, Black Falcon (Talk) 17:07, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

RFA
copies from my talk page:


 * I read through it and I like it. My only comment is that it is pretty informal compared to most, not that being fairly informal is a necessarily bad thing. I would like to co-nominate you, Victuallers. I suggest waiting until your real life problems get resolved (if these are the type of problems where waiting would make sense), so that these problems don't interfere with your RFA. It's stressful to put yourself out there, allowing people to throw stones at you. Royal broil  16:25, 13 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Informal is ok. The message is more important than the tone.  Do get your life problems resolved first.  Waiting a few days or weeks doesn't matter.  It's not like you have a train to catch. Mrs.EasterBunny (talk) 20:27, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I already added my co-nomination. You might have to catch a train, though (LOL)! Royal broil  21:34, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm in the middle of updating the DYK right now, and I'll be on the phone for a while at the top of the next hour. I'll get back to you in around an hour. Royal broil  14:45, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, I'm off of the phone. It was the highlight of my Wikipedia editing career. I just talked with Eddie Hill about minor changes and adding images to his article!


 * Here's the guide to the little that remains for your RFA to be active Requests for adminship/nominate section. You need to change the start time, then you need to transclude the template. I'm sure that you'll do very well. Royal broil  16:16, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I laughed so hard that I just about fell to the floor! I added the picture of Taylor Swift in a white dress. Maybe I should call her (LOL)! I keep watching to see when you're going to add your nomination. Do you anticipate doing it soon (next few minutes or hours)? Royal broil  17:16, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar
Thanks for the barnstar - I now have it proudly displayed on my user page! Warofdreams talk 21:32, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Moultrie Kelsall
Thanks for the compliment. However, I don't do images in Wikipedia, as it's very difficult to get them approved as fair use, in my experience when having a look at the process. If you do, I'm sure that fair use would be more proveable, as he is not a living person and new originals cannot be taken of him! Best wishes and good luck. Ref (chew) (do) 15:06, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Xavier Prep
You commented here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Xavier_College_Preparatory_High_School_%28California%29 that there needed to be more information. What kind of information is necessary to avoid deletion? As can be plainly seen, I'm new here. ;) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.247.21.245 (talk) 17:21, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

RE:DYK thx
Thanks a lot! But maybe some Admin should remove the word (pictured) from the hook, because it has been published without picture... ;-) Thanks again, Alex2006 (talk) 15:14, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Frauenfriedenskirche
Thanks. It's an odd building, isn't it? I'm a bit disappointed that my updated translation of Brick Expressionism didn't make it to DYK, as it's one of my current favourites. Wp seems fairly poor on European modern architecture, so far... athinaios | Talk 15:52, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK on a Waffle
Thanks again for the recent updates. I addition to writing hooks for my new articles, I have truly enjoyed rummaging through the list of bot-detected new articles and writing hooks for articles that deserve the additional attention they get from appearing on the main page. Thanks to you for all of your contributions and for the janitorial responsibilities of selecting and posting DYK items. Alansohn (talk) 16:31, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Your welcome Alan .... although it is a number of peoplw who make DYK work .... you can select other peoples hooks for next update... admins are requireed only to do the copy to the main page you joust need to make sure the hooks and articles are ok by dyk and wiki rules. Nomming is good as it thrills editors who think no one has read their article Victuallers (talk) 16:40, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I had started rummaging through the bot-listed articles and I was amazed at how many really good articles are being created for which a truly-worthwhile to read hook could be written. It astounds me how many have made it through to the DYK box on the main page. I still make a mistake now and then, but now that I think that I understand the rules, I check the article size, make sure that the hook is reliably sourced, verify the length of the hook and add it in, with very few errors detected by your fellow DYK crew. Thanks again! Alansohn (talk) 16:50, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

New Question - Requests for adminship/Victuallers
Hi,

Just leaving you message to let you know I have left you a new question on your RFA.

Thanks,

 The Helpful One (Talk)(Contributions) (Review Me!) 21:00, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Question about Victoriatown
I have done a major overhaul of the above article. I'm wondering if you could take a look at it, and see if I've expanded it enough to qualify for a 19 January nomination as an expansion at DYK? -- Bellwether B  C  04:06, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I can't do it until much later today (early tomorrow UTC), as I have a birthday thing for my nephew (five years old today!) that will last all day. If you have time to work on it, that would be great, but if not, I'll take a look when I get home this evening. Thanks, and best regards, -- Bellwether B  C  13:58, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Why did you remove the book cover image? I think that the fact that an award-winning novel was set in Goose Village is important, and the book cover is used in the "In popular culture" section to illustrate the importance of the book being set in the village. -- Bellwether B  C  03:43, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * While I don't necessarily agree with the article being too "image heavy", in retrospect, I can see how the book cover might make it feel a bit cluttered. As for the bus driver information, it's included in the "history" section, is referenced, and illuminates the human past of the town. This was my reasoning in putting it in the article. Were you just feeling like it felt dropped in or something? I don't think it's absolutely essential for the article, but I like the information in the article for the "human past" reason I mentioned above. Can you think of maybe a better place to include it in the article? -- Bellwether B  C  15:51, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

congratulations
A consensus has been reached by your peers that you should be an admin. I have made it so. Please review Administrators' reading list and keep up the great work. Sincerely, Kingturtle (talk) 18:27, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I add my sincere congratulations. -- Bellwether B  C  18:31, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, that went real well! I think that doing New admin school should be a required exercise. It's not, so I strongly urge you to do the practice exercises. Let me know if you want directions or help with updating DYK. Congratulations on your new mop! Royal broil  19:27, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * You might want to add Administrator to your user page. It puts the little mop in the upper right hand corner. It's actually time to do a DYK update right now if you're interested. Royal broil  22:36, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Congratulations! I hope you enjoy wielding your new 'sword' and have fun with all the tools. Dahliarose (talk) 23:08, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Congratulations from me, too. If you decide to start putting some stick about, you might like to remember what was said of Frederick Temple "A beast, but a just beast". Xn4  04:00, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations!
Congratulations on becoming an admin! :) Tom H (talk) 21:52, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * And I almost forgot to add my support. It allowed you to reach 60, which is better than in the 50's! Mrs.EasterBunny (talk) 23:23, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations on getting the tools, I wish you the best of luck, use them well. Camaron | Chris (talk) 17:54, 22 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Congrats! Jauerbackdude?/dude. 14:16, 23 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Congratulations! Hope the toolset treats you well! Master of Puppets   Call me MoP! ☺  22:32, 23 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Congrats, and best of luck :) It's coming up on my one year anniversary, I remember what it was like. Orderinchaos 16:21, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

About your RfA
Congratulations on your successful request for adminship. I am glad you passed, and you are welcome for the support. For information on using your new tools, see the school for new admins; you will find it very useful. Good luck! Acalamari 22:10, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I send my congratulations as well. Enjoy your new tools.  Sephiroth BCR ( Converse ) 22:37, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Congratulations, and by the way "i found the bucket!!" hurray! Tiptoety  talk 22:48, 22 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Congrats (even though you often beat me to awarding the 25 DYK medal!) I think you'll do a great job! Also meant to mention in the RfA how much I love the clicky images you do.  The map was a great addition to Queluz National Palace.  Keep up the good work! --JayHenry (talk) 00:45, 23 January 2008 (UTC)




 * Congrats on your adminship, some would say you "won" by a landslide! 0 opposes and 0 neutrals! Well Done! -- The Helpful One (Talk)(Contribs) (Review) 08:00, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Congrats from here. Spencer  T♦C 12:06, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Congrats also on myhalf on being a new sysop.-- JForget 16:44, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * . Tiptoety  talk 19:47, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Congrats on the new tools. I'm overjoyed to see that you've hardly used them. Your time is far better spent on the great article writing we've become accustomed to seeing from you. Put the tools in your trophy case and let them get good and dusty! { —Wknight94 (talk) 14:48, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Sydney Girls High School references
Hi there. I agree that we should make articles look as good as possible, but unreferenced and refimprove tags aren't intended only to inform readers that there are not any/enough references. Adding these tags to an article adds that page to a category showing that it needs additional references, and it helps other users to know which articles need work on references. For more details, see here, here or here. For now, I'll put the refimprove tag back on the article. Feel free to contact me on my talk page. Cheers, Cdlw93 (talk) 21:46, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

You have mopped the floor!
I see that you have mopped your first floor (deletion of one article). Good luck! Mrs.EasterBunny (talk) 21:06, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Salisbury Cathedral School
I haven't got time to work on this one at the moment but it is a newly created article on a very old and interesting school and a prime candidate for DYK if some more content and a few references could be found. DYK... that Salisbury Cathedral School, founded in 1091 by St Osmund, is one of the oldest schools in the world? Or ...that Salisbury Cathedral School has two world-famous cathedral choirs? Can you help? Dahliarose (talk) 11:18, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Many thanks. I see it's all set for the next update. I don't know that I deserve a credit as a co-author as I only added one sentence! Dahliarose (talk) 20:21, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK
Sure, First you have to download the image onto wikipedia. I am doing that just now. Woody (talk) 12:28, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yep basically. What I did was, save the file to my computer, copy the licensing info from commons and then upload it to exactly the same file name. I then add C-uploaded to it. Then you are ready to go. Woody (talk) 12:32, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Thx. OK I looked at the image you loaded and its protection. Do you just copy it onto the template?
 * How do you mean? Now that it is on wikipedia, it is protected due to the cascading protection. The template is just added to the summary. In terms of the DYK template, you simply copy the next update over onto the main DYK template. Then you have to update the Template:Did you know/Next update/Time. All done now Woody (talk) 12:39, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Not much more, just blank the next update with a clean version from Template:Did you know/Next update/Clear. Then all you have to do is give out the credits and you are done. Woody (talk) 12:44, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem, (and remember to blank the credit list when you have finshed. ;) If you have any more questions, just ask! Woody (talk) 12:55, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I wasn't around at that time. It was fairly early in the morning here & I was catching up on sleep after doing a marathon 51 hour trivia contest this past weekend. I'm glad to see that Woody showed you the process! Royal broil  14:36, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: dyk
Hello Victuallers. No, I wouldn't call myself an "Imagemap Fan" - I just needed to use it for the archives (on the top of my talk page near the TOC). Also, do you get one of those DYK awards if you expanded (a good amount) of an article that was then featured on DYK the next day? - Milk's  Favorite  Cookie  20:02, 29 January 2008 (UTC)


 * BTW - Congrats on becoming an admin! - I recall voting 'support' on you RFA :) - Milk's  Favorite  Cookie  20:04, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm.. I guess I could call myself an Imagemap fan. Why do you ask?   jj137   (talk)  20:39, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, no, I don't have a gallery (although I probably could/should create one). I'm not sure what you mean by protecting the code with a template, though.   jj137   (talk)  20:50, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I'm still confused by what you mean.   jj137   (talk)  22:12, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, I see what you mean now. As for protection, I'm not sure; if it starts to receive vandalism/non-constructive edits, we probably could protect it, but I think it's fine for now. About imagemaps: honestly, I'm not that good at making them that I could make one like that; I know how, but I keep making mistakes. The most recent one I can think of is an extremely simple one (obviously not even much, but it's the first one I thought of).    jj137   (talk)  22:31, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for telling me about that tool; I had no idea it existed, and it was very helpful. Wow.   jj137   (talk)  03:06, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK
Sorry to trouble you, but would you mind putting the "DYK was updated with a fact from the article _________, which you created or substantially expanded" template on my talk page, as I believe is customary? I nominated Son Goku (band). Thanks. Ɛƚ ƈơƅƅ  ơƚɑ  talk 20:25, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Sorry for my impatience.  Ɛƚ  ƈơƅƅ  ơƚɑ  talk 21:41, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Confused
Sorry for the confusion. Yes, I did receive a DYK for today. But regarding Dorothy Canning Miller, which I expanded - and which was featured on DYK - do I get one for that? Thanks! - <font face="Papyrus" size="2px" color="#4D0100">Milk's  <font face="Papyrus" size="2px" color="#4D0100">Favorite  <font face="Papyrus" size="2px" color="#4D0100">Cookie  21:30, 29 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks! - And it's Ok. - <font face="Papyrus" size="2px" color="#4D0100">Milk's  <font face="Papyrus" size="2px" color="#4D0100">Favorite  <font face="Papyrus" size="2px" color="#4D0100">Cookie  21:53, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Confused (Dukes of Normandy)
Victuallers, thanks for your note, which has prompted me to look at the numbering of the articles we have on Dukes Robert of Normandy... Our article Robert II, Duke of Normandy is plainly about the Duke usually called Robert I, or Robert the Devil, or Robert the Magnificent, and not about the Duke usually called Robert II of Normandy, who is his grandson and has an article at Robert Curthose. In the lead of that article, Robert Curthose is introduced as Robert II. We can see why he is sailing under the name of Curthose. I tried to move Robert II, Duke of Normandy to Robert I, Duke of Normandy, but it can't be done except by an Admin, perhaps because there's already a page at Robert I, Duke of Normandy, which redirects to Rollo of Normandy. At Rollo of Normandy we read that some sources call him Robert, but so far as I'm aware he isn't known as Robert I, Duke of Normandy. I'll copy this note to Clio, who may be able to say if I'm missing something before we ask you to Do Something. regards, Xn4  01:06, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, you are quite right, Xn4, there is some confusion here. I have never come across any source that refers to Rollo as Robert.  Besides, it is uncertain if he was ever known by the title of Duke of Normandy.  Robert the Magnificent, father of William the Conqueror, is thus generally recognised as Robert I, which makes Robert Curthose, or Courte-Heuse, his grandson, the second duke of that name.  In fact you will find them with the proper numerical identity if you look at the genealogy on the page for Robert the Magnificent, and at the list on the Wikipedia page on the Dukes of Normandy.  I was under the impression that title changes could be made by any editor?  Anyway, I'm copying this note to your talk page and that of Victuallers.  Best wishes to you both.  Clio the Muse (talk) 23:10, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Clio.
 * Victuallers, I don't entirely understand why I need to trouble an Admin for these moves, but -
 * would you please consider moving Robert II, Duke of Normandy to Robert I, Duke of Normandy?
 * That move will create a new redirect page called Robert II, Duke of Normandy, redirecting to Robert I, Duke of Normandy, but could Robert Curthose please be moved to Robert II, Duke of Normandy, nevertheless?
 * Robert the Magnificent should then be redirected to Robert I, Duke of Normandy instead of to Robert II, Duke of Normandy
 * Many thanks. Xn4  01:28, 31 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I was able to sort this out, with some redirecting of redirects before I tried again to move the articles which wouldn't move. In the event, I've moved the article on Robert I to Robert the Magnificent, with a redirect to there from Robert I, Duke of Normandy, and I've left Robert II at Robert Curthose, with Robert II, Duke of Normandy redirecting to him. I've also done some consequential tidying up of wikilinks and redirects. Xn4  12:31, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Confused (T:TDYK and Robert A. Good)
I'm confused by your comments on this item. Were these comments intended to apply to Robert A. Good, or perhaps to some other entry on the list? --Orlady (talk) 19:43, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for fixing that. --Orlady (talk) 20:46, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Computer schools
That's what the source says, and I had no reason to second guess it. The US often leads the world in this kind of trend in any case, so I think there's a good chance it's correct. But if you are really concerned about it, I suggest changing the hook to "that Georgia Tech claims its...blah blah blah is the first...?" Gatoclass (talk) 20:43, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

brilliant work on checking DYKs!!

Thanks :) But I might as well warn you, I may not have much time to do it over the next couple of weeks, as I am expecting to be rather busy off-Wiki. Cheers, Gatoclass (talk) 20:55, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Crispin Conroy DYK
It happened again with Crispin Conroy. Well, so far I did not recieve one of them DYK templates for expanding the article. Could you please explain. If this was an error, it is okay. - <font face="Papyrus" size="2px" color="#4D0100">Milk's  <font face="Papyrus" size="2px" color="#4D0100">Favorite  <font face="Papyrus" size="2px" color="#4D0100">Cookie  21:35, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Don't worry about it! - Besides there is no place (except the history of the article) that says who expanded what, if you know what I mean. - <font face="Papyrus" size="2px" color="#4D0100">Milk's  <font face="Papyrus" size="2px" color="#4D0100">Favorite  <font face="Papyrus" size="2px" color="#4D0100">Cookie  21:46, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Fixed it - I see what a "substantial contrb" is. - <font face="Papyrus" size="2px" color="#4D0100">Milk's  <font face="Papyrus" size="2px" color="#4D0100">Favorite  <font face="Papyrus" size="2px" color="#4D0100">Cookie  21:58, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Ralph Barton
I think an image map would be great. It hadn't occurred to me that the image was out of copyright, or I might have uploaded it myself; but you did a better job than I would have, I think. Thanks for the help, and the DYK nom. Mangoe (talk) 21:40, 31 January 2008 (UTC)


 * And thanks again for filling in the image map! Mangoe (talk) 14:25, 1 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I moved the picture out of the infobox. I could never get the caption to come out well there and anyway it seemed better to have it appear a little later in the article. I also took out the external link since it's there in the image's page. Mangoe (talk) 20:44, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. I figured that since you'd obviously spent a great deal of time putting the imagemap together (and it's something I'd like to see us use more), you wanted to try it out on the Main Page. Although at first I was afraid it would skew the formatting (initial previews showed everything going into a narrow column), it looks like it worked out OK. Daniel Case (talk) 22:22, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Byron Reed
Hi Victuallers. Knowing how these things sometimes get swept under the rug, I hope you can take a second look at my listing of Byron Reed on the DYK talk page. Thanks. • Freechild   'sup?   12:39, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Deletion Review for Josh Tyrangiel
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Josh Tyrangiel. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Esprit15d • talk • contribs 21:45, 1 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Victuallers, what happened here? This is such an obvious overturn, how did you come to delete this article?  Mango juice talk 13:19, 2 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Ok. I see you're a relatively new admin.  Take this as a learning experience, then.  WP:CSD applies only to articles that don't even make any claim to significance or importance, and that don't have clear evidence of notability.  It's best to avoid deleting any marginal cases, and especially don't delete ones that are sourced under A7, because sourcing presumably asserts that the subject meets WP:N.  Don't worry about it, though, we all make mistakes and have to learn the ropes one way or another.  Mango juice talk 19:09, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Clicky maps
Hi Victuallers, I was wondering how you do the clicky maps? Is there a help page somewhere on the technique? I was thinking it would be nifty to add clickiness to the range map at a recent featured article on which I worked, Sumatran Rhinoceros. Each of the little red spots is a different national park, and I was hoping if one dragged their mouse over the park it would identify which one it was. Is that possible and, if so, can you show me how it's done? Thanks greatly! --JayHenry (talk) 01:22, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

DYK Help...
Hi Victuallers,

Any chance I can finally have a go at this DYK? Perhaps I could do Tramcars of the National Tramway Museum instead?

In theory, all I have to do is make it 5(?) times bigger than it is - presumably this can be done with Tramcar notes, as well as further explanations about Tramcars in general?

Oh and well done on the DYK - I forgot to vote... :$!

Oh and i returned after solving the dispute! :D!

Thanks,

<font face="Verdana"> BG 7   17:29, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * copied from my talk page!
 * Cheers Vic!
 * I'll copy it into the same box the other DYK is in - Box 4. Please let me know how i'm doing!
 * Does it matter if all (or most of) the refs go to the same place? (The guidebook/British Trams Online/LCCTT/Official Site)?
 * More pics will follow - I have one of nearly every tram!
 * So the text should be the intro and then the bits about the cars? How big is a factor of five would you say?
 * Thanks,
 * <font face="Verdana"> BG 7   19:29, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Since writing that i've added some more info, and a lot of refs! Please let me know how i'm doing!
 * <font face="Verdana"> BG 7   21:40, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Tramcars of the National Tramway Museum expansion by at User:Bluegoblin7/Sandbox4.
Hi Victuallers!

Can you please let me know when I get past the fivefold mark, and also how i'm doing! References are plentiful, but do emails from Crich, linked from a forum, and links from other wikis work as refs?

Thanks,

<font face="Verdana"> BG 7   14:38, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I've replied to your reply on my talk page... keep it in one place!
 * <font face="Verdana"> BG 7   16:27, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm... alreadry i've expanded it 4.9 something something. I gues if I can ref the hidden bit about 869 i'll be ready! (there's more, can i get a RYK twice on an article?)

<font face="Verdana"> BG 7   18:15, 6 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi Vic,
 * I've replied on my Talk page! <font face="Verdana"> BG 7   15:35, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Vote!
- <font face="Papyrus" size="2px" color="#4D0100">Milk's  <font face="Papyrus" size="2px" color="#4D0100">Favorite  <font face="Papyrus" size="2px" color="#4D0100">Cookie  01:16, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for DYK Medal
Thanks for the DYK medal. I'm an infrequent participant on Wikipedia these days but appreciate the pat on the back nonetheless. --House of Scandal (talk) 05:52, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Battle of Kelja
Hi Victuallers,

You recently moved the Battle of Kelja nomination from the suggestion page to next update, even though I had pointed to problems in the article. These problems have not been addressed and remain. The article is based on several non-reliable sources.--Carabinieri (talk) 02:23, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

DYK Note #4,598 on your talk page
Thanks for the DYK. Now, who do I have to strangle to get a picture up there too? =) Cheers. – Scartol  •  Tok  22:08, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Dude! You mean someone thought those pine nuts were more attractive than lovely ladies at a loom? What the ..? – Scartol  •  Tok  00:21, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Encore Computer speedy - please restore
Hi, Looking for info on Encore Computer today, I was surprised to discover that there wasn't an article -- it had been recently speedied for non-notability. This is surprising because the company is definitely notable; on the other hand, not surprising since, looking at the cached article on Google, no one had ever bothered to add references...

Anyhow, I'd like to go ahead and edit the article to establish notability; would you be able to restore it to bring back the edit trail and such?

As a notability placeholder for now, please see:


 * http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history/De-En/Encore-Computer-Corporation.html
 * Google Scholar search on Encore Computer
 * Google Scholar search on Encore Multimax, one of their products

I'll of course get this or similar info more formally wrapped into the article once it's back up, but this should be enough to at least move it from "speedy" to AfD consideration. Thanks, NapoliRoma (talk) 22:20, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks!--NapoliRoma (talk) 22:32, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

DYK
Thanks for the DYK. I notice though that there's a glitch in the USS Queens entry (two "that"s), can you fix that? Thanks, Gatoclass (talk) 11:54, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Unprotected image on Main Page
Hello. When you updated DYK earlier today, you placed an unprotected image on the main page. Please be sure to read the instructions at Template:Did you know before you update. --- RockMFR 15:14, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Two Dr Robertons
Thanks for the DYK nom. Isn't t'internet fantastic. I was researching for the Stockdale v. Hansard article, found the McGrath book on Google Books, found out about one Roberton, looked in ODNB for Roberton and found the other. How long would that have taken in a library?Cutler (talk) 16:37, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

DYK:Atatürk Dam
Hi. Thanks a lot for your contribution. Cheers. CeeGee (talk) 20:17, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi again. I missed the entry in the Main Page and could not find the hook in the archive. Can you help please? Thanks. Cheers. CeeGee (talk) 19:12, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks for your help. <div style="border-style:solid; border-color:blue; background-color:AliceBlue; border-width:1px; text-align:left; padding:8px;" class="plainlinks"> Hello Victuallers, CeeGee (talk) 19:44, 15 February 2008 (UTC) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Cool
Hi, thanks for your helping hand. I've done the notice thing so could you do the rest? Thanks again. --BorgQueen (talk) 20:31, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

cabinet
Thxs, but don't forget User:Wetman, who began the article! Johnbod (talk) 20:56, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Can't see it - did you press enter? Johnbod (talk) 21:09, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Peer review??
I'm wondering if you would be interested in doing a peer review on an article for me. I think it's close to GA and I would like a non-American who's not a racing fan to review it to weed out the American racing biases. I will review one of your articles in exchange for your review. What do you think? I'm watching your talk page, so you can respond here. Royal broil 05:04, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * So what do you think? Feel free to turn me down if you don't plan to work on any GA/FA articles. Royal broil  12:38, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Tell me the article RB and I'll see if I can help ... obviously I'd like too Victuallers (talk) 12:46, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * The article is Alan Kulwicki, and I want to propose GA. Would you start of list on the article's talk page of things that should be added to make things clearer to a non-American who's not a racing fan? Especially background things like explaining, say, the 1970s stock car scene in America. Let me know which article to review or save the credit for future use. Thanks! Royal broil  13:13, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm curious if you were planning on continuing the peer review. Your peer review so far has been extremely helpful and is appreciated. Royal broil  22:20, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I want to propose the article at GA. Would you hold off with the rest of your review until after it's done with the GA process? Royal broil  13:40, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Template:Gunpowder plotimage
A tag has been placed on Template:Gunpowder plotimage requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a deprecated or orphaned template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

If the template is intended to be substituted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page indicating that it is substituted so as to avoid any future mistakes (<tt>&lt;noinclude>&#123;{transclusionless}}&lt;/noinclude></tt>).

Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 05:55, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Otto Königsberger

 * And thanks from me for nominating this! --Bazzargh (talk) 17:07, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the barnstar. It's been fun - and, more to the point, I hope it's been of value to the readers. Peter I. Vardy (talk) 17:38, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

DYK nom
Hi there, I was wondering why my Shiv Chowrasia nomination was withdrawn by you in the Next Update? Thanks, Mspraveen (talk) 11:45, 16 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi there Victuallers, there was nothing wrong with Mspraveen's hook, I approved it myself. I think you misread the text on the suggestions page, Mspraveen just withdrew one hook when he realized an article on the topic already existed, but then he just copied his new content onto the existing article and got a x5 expansion. So I believe his hook was legitimate. Gatoclass (talk) 13:20, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Update: I've now promoted his hook for the next update, so there's nothing more you need to do about this. Cheers, Gatoclass (talk) 13:31, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

The Tribute Money
Actually, that one seems to have had its DYK already :) Gatoclass (talk) 12:18, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

RE to my talk page threads...
Hi Vic,

I'm back from skiing now and have replied!

<font face="Verdana"> BG 7   16:04, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

My DYK...
Ok, i've moved it across... more expansion will take place.... LCCTT 106 the first, then the bullets!

Thanks,

<font face="Verdana"> BG 7   17:32, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Any good for DYK?
Home Office Baby - any good for DYK?Cutler (talk) 19:07, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thx for the James Lithgow DYK + contribution.Cutler (talk) 11:36, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Your DYK nomination for Cornwall Central School District was successful
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid (talk) 22:32, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

My DYK (2)
Hi Vic,

Can we add a pic, just in case we get first?

Thanks,

<font face="Verdana"> BG 7   11:09, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your nom...
Thanks for finding out the extra snippet about St Leonard's Church, Aldrington and building a DYK hook around it. Hopefully it will be accepted! Funnily enough, I saw that Hove Civic Society page when searching around for sources, but didn't actually notice the first para where the road naming is discussed. D'oh! Hassocks5489 (talk) 13:08, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Re:Pictures
I've replied on my talk page!

<font face="Verdana"> BG 7   13:13, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Labworth Café
Thanks for nominating the Labworth Café article for the did you know? section. I appreciate it. Oneblackline (talk) 17:55, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Sparrenburg Castle DYK
Hello and thank you for the nomination of the Sparrenburg Castle article. I have to mention that I am just the translator of the German article. Another important thing is that–as I understand–the right name for the castle is either "Sparrenburg" or "Sparrenberg Castle" because "Burg" already means "castle" and the hill on which it is situated has the name "Sparrenberg". Maybe we should move it to the right name first. Kind regards, Tirkfltalk 08:03, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I moved it to Sparrenberg Castle and already changed the two articles linking to the redirect page. If the translation is considered to be okay I don't have a problem with featuring it at the DYK. Kind regards, Tirkfltalk 08:42, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Secondary education in the Borough of Halton
Glad you like this way of dealing with schools which are not necessarily "notable", yet (in my opinion) still have a place in Wikipedia, and especially as part of the WikiProject Cheshire. I was "driven" to this by the addition of a "should be merged with Runcorn" tag attached to one school (which is not a good idea). It took a bit of time but I am quite pleased with the outcome and it may be a sensible model for dealing with schools in other areas. If any particular school is "notable", a separate article could be written about it with a tag in the general article. Thanks for adding the links to the redirect pages. I had sort of thought about doing this but had not got round to it. I'm intrigued though why the titles on the Categories page should be in italics - presumably to show that this will take you through a redirect page. Peter I. Vardy (talk) 12:58, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Various NTM Tramcar Stuff...
Hi Victuallers...

I will be at Crich on Sunday - are there any pics that you can think we might need (I dunno, one of the depot perhaps?)

Also, could possible alternative hooks be some things from the "trivia" section (it will be gone SOON!!! I've reffed one more part, which I will incorporate 2moz... (about London 1622!). Blackpool 166, Prague 180 and Jo'berg 60 should be the next ones up!)? For example: Of all the Tramcars of the National Tramway Museum, Prague 180 has had more press coverage than the rest put together!?

Thanks,

<font face="Verdana"> BG 7   20:52, 19 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I think a different hook is probably preferential - there are actually on 13 operational tramcars, as Leeds 180 was withdrawn with electrical problems yesterday. It needs a body lift and a complete rebuild of the resistance box - a big job, and there isn't space for a body lift at the moment in the workshop!
 * No worries about pics! I'll upload those I have to commons later on. Online hook... I guess that means it has to be on a site. If it came from a guidebook, and I copy it to my site, does that count?
 * Thanks,
 * <font face="Verdana"> BG 7   11:15, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

dyk nom

 * ...that Enea Bossi, Sr., an Italian-American aerospace engineer, designed a human powered aircraft that flew for several hundred metres in 1936? by Thisisbossi OK? Victuallers (talk) 22:00, 19 February 2008 (UTC)


 * o .... type "table" into help.... sortable ones are quite easy Victuallers (talk) 22:00, 19 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Looks good! And thanks for the tip on tables... I know it's something I could learn, but it's still a bit low on my priority list at the moment.  Perhaps someday... Cheers! -- Bossi  ( talk • gallery • contrib ) 22:21, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

NTM Stuff...
Hi Victuallers,

Heres a reply to your comms!

(It was above, but you may/may not have seen it!)

I think a different hook is probably preferential - there are actually on 13 operational tramcars, as Leeds 180 was withdrawn with electrical problems yesterday. It needs a body lift and a complete rebuild of the resistance box - a big job, and there isn't space for a body lift at the moment in the workshop! No worries about pics! I'll upload those I have to commons later on. Online hook... I guess that means it has to be on a site. If it came from a guidebook, and I copy it to my site, does that count? Thanks, <font face="Verdana"> BG 7   11:11, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

<font face="Verdana"> BG 7   11:11, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

North Friesland Railway, DYK
I've replied to your comments on the hook. The evidence is that the section the station was on opened in October 1901 and Wetsens station closed in May 1902, less than eight months later as per hook. If you can squeeze the article in feel free to do so. Mjroots (talk) 18:39, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Have added the fact to the History section, with the reference. Mjroots (talk) 18:55, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Mystery
Hi. Any thoughts on this oddity which seems to be a problem with a whole lot of artists? For an example, at François de Troy, on the left of my screen, I can see eight interwiki links, two of them apparently to the French Wikipedia. The last three of the eight (including one French) are real, can be found embedded in the text of the article and lead to real articles elsewhere, but the first five (including the other French) are ghosts which lead only to templates. It's much the same at another article I recently started, Alexis Simon Belle. I can't find anything to show what's causing this ghosting, but the problem seems to be something to do with other wikipedias whith have interwiki links from Template:Infobox Artist. Xn4 20:06, 21 February 2008 (UTC)


 * ... Solved!!! Victuallers (talk) 20:21, 21 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh I love a challenge .... and Ive impressed myself. Look here The extra 5 are being called in by the Artist template. Not sure why every user of this template hasn't complained. Victuallers (talk) 20:20, 21 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Good so far, but do you know how it can be fixed? Xn4  20:27, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Kill the disinfobox; kill all disinfoboxen! Johnbod (talk) 20:33, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Failing the Dalek Solution, I've posted a question at Village pump (technical). Tagishsimon thinks the changes Victuallers has made may have a slow fuse. Xn4  21:23, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * All's well today, your changes clearly did fix the problem, so many thanks! The culprit is SashatoBot. At this edit, the bot added interwikis to Template:Infobox Artist outside the tags, causing ghost interwiki links on all pages which used the template, as discussed above and here. And the links were already included in the template's documentation. On the bot's User Page, I see the message "Administrators: if this bot is malfunctioning or causing harm, please [ block it]. Would you please consider doing that, until its owner, Sasa Stefanovic, has got it under better control? Thanks again. Xn4  16:00, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks Vic for all your great help with the DYK!

I have to go now, but i'll give ya a barnstar later!

<font face="Verdana"> BG 7   11:25, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

50 DYK medal
Thanks :) Gatoclass (talk) 04:41, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, is there a 50 DYK medal? (hint) - House of Scandal (talk) 15:10, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Your recent edits
Hi there. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; ) at the end of your comment. If you can't type the tilde character, you should click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you! --SineBot (talk) 21:35, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Vanity Fair
Thanks for the DKY note. On the 1921 Vanity Fair cartoon from Commons, "Bill Hart" is misidentified as baseball player Bill Hart, who was born in 1913. It should be actor William S. Hart. I fixed it on Commons; you may want to revise your userpage. Regards, Kablammo (talk) 22:05, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

DYK image upload
Hey. When you're uploading images for the main page, make sure you don't upload it under non-commercial - otherwise it might get deleted, as Image:HMS Calliope 1880s.jpg was. --- RockMFR 23:08, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Too many noms?
Please check tomorrow's main page balance. -- BorgQueen (talk) 18:10, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, it is going to stay on today's main page for only about 2 hours, and tomorrow's main page for about 4 hours (assuming it is updated at the appointed time). That's why I wrote in the edit summary that a bit too long for today, a bit short for tomorrow. We should always think about the balance, shouldn't we. --BorgQueen (talk) 18:33, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

User talk:Alexevo91
I appear to have edited your warning to him. I was trying to give him the same warning levels as you. I hope you don't think i was playing around with your warning. Bevo74 (talk) 08:46, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

DYK Awards
Thanks (again?) for the 25 DYK award you gave me while I was away on hiatus. Wow, I didn't even know there was such things as 50 DYK and 100 DYK awards until I saw them just now on your user page. I am maybe 3 or 4 away from the 50 mark. If I want 100, I had better get back to work! Best wishes, -- House of Scandal (talk) 11:23, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

DYK Anthony Bacon
Thanks for the nom. I was a bit surprised. I am still looking for more information about him, which is not directly from a webpage.

wikibiohistory (talk) 16:53, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Help...
Hi Victuallers,

Could you possibly help me out and have a look here? It's getting quite heated, and i've had an attack about my spelling by an IP. I've tried to keep cool, but I may get into a dispute if it's not sorted!

Also, could you be a really nice admin and close it? (As a merge/redirect!).

Thanks,

<font face="Verdana"> BG 7   17:33, 26 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I just saw and corrected the link to where i think he\she means. Simply south (talk) 17:54, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Gregory XIII
Hi!

Thnx for the nomination of my article Papal conclave, 1572. However, the note about first canonized Pope since Celestine V does not refer to Gregory XIII himself, but to Pius V, whom Gregory XIII succeded in the papal chair. I think that Gregory XIII is the best known because of the Gregorian Calendar. Best regards! CarlosPn (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 09:18, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Payback for that Christmas card!


I just couldn't let it pass unremarked. Noroton (talk) 03:42, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Changes not displayed permanently
Dear friend Please help edit the article on Col. Satsangi's Kiran Memorial AIPECCS Educational Complex

Please remove the bottom 2 paragraphs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ajay rathee (talk • contribs) 16:19, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I will include photo citation. New to this could you explain how this is done. —Preceding unsigned comment added by OoOKT (talk • contribs) 21:36, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK – Rodger Wylde
Hi, the above article has so far been overlooked for DYK. Any chance of getting it in the next update before the nom expires? I don't want to move it across myself as the nomintor, but it's a nice article and well referenced, so should pass the criteria easily. Cheers, Dan1980 (talk | stalk) 20:37, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for adding this to the next update. I have slightly expanded the hook again as the shortened hook was inaccurate. It's still shorter than the original hook though, and well under 200 characters. Dan1980 (talk | stalk) 22:27, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
 * The Stockport player is important because it is his broken leg that was being treated by Rodger as the club physio. The two spent a lot of time together and ended up deciding to form a band. I think that it's important that this part is left in as it adds to the "interestingness" of the hook (in my opinion anyway). Dan1980 (talk | stalk) 22:39, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I only just got your message about adding the other hooks. I was doing a major expansion of an article and didn't get the new message box for some reason. I would normally have put the other hooks in to the template, but I didn't want to get sidetracked from the major edit that I was in the middle of. Dan1980 (talk | stalk) 23:44, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

1917 Pinar del Río hurricane
Hello. I noticed that a portion of the article has been featured in the "Did you know?" department. Unfortunately, it incorrectly states that the cyclone was 949 mbar at landfall in Cuba. The minimum pressure of 928 mbar (27.42 inHg) was the actual reading in Cuba. I clarified that fact in the article. The 949 mbar reading is estimated for the Florida landfall. Can you correct 949 mbar to 928 mbar in the DYK? Thanks! CVW (Talk) 21:44, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Brunswick High School
You said:

''Your school article is a very good start. Refs are good - there are some nice facts. I'd like to propose this for the front page. Is there any chance it could gain about 1000 characters of text about its history and a picture or two in the next 3 days?''

I would love to add more, but unfortunately this isn't a good week time-wise. I plan to make a trip through Frederick County in the near future and get pictures of the high schools, but I cannot promise a date. Sorry. But thanks for the recognition. Wallstreethotrod (talk) 17:42, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Drakelow
A tag has been placed on Drakelow, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template   to the article and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Bowsy (review me!) 19:13, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Any good for DYK?
Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007? (No! Really!) Thanks for all your interest.Cutler (talk) 22:32, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Padley
Padfield, Padley-- You have got me confused! ClemRutter (talk) 21:28, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Padfield
Padfield. Yes- I am honoured- though the way you phrased it, it looked as if I had given it away too!ClemRutter (talk) 22:28, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Reporting Regs
I will have a go at the Regs - at least I can pretend that I am working then. I think you might be right about the fair use but I suspect that some of the other articles it's used in might be a problem too.Cutler (talk) 19:53, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK welcome back
I usually feel anonymous when editing Wikipedia so I am surprised that you remembered our exchange of a few weeks ago. Thanks! --House of Scandal (talk) 17:49, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

You're right
I was looking forward to a picture slot for a change (Borgqueen doesn't seem to like ship pics much), but I have to agree, the bottle pic is pretty cool :) Gatoclass (talk) 18:28, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
 * The bottle is pretty cool, but the pic itself is a bit dark. I took it early morning last October and the sun was still low in the sky.  Eventually I (or someone else) may get a brighter one. --House of Scandal (talk) 20:30, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK
Update is ready, would you like to post it? Gatoclass (talk) 16:13, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
 * It's short because the main page is short. It fits in neatly with the page as it is, if I add another one it will be uneven.
 * I can do the notifications if you don't have the time. Cheers, Gatoclass (talk) 16:25, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, hang on a sec, I'll add another one... Gatoclass (talk) 16:31, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Oops, I added another one after you updated. Do you want to add that one, or will I throw it back in the pool for next time? Gatoclass (talk) 16:34, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks like you've gone offline, so I'll throw it back. Anyhow, thanks for the quick response :) Gatoclass (talk) 16:48, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
Well done on this. Definitely one of the better legal articles now. We deserve a pint (also because WBA won 5-1).Cutler (talk) 22:20, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks for the recognition! How long we can keep all this going before somebody trashes it I don't know but until then ... Cutler (talk) 19:04, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

James Bert Garner DYK hook
Your nomination for him struck me hard that James Garner invented the gasmask?. There's a famous American actor named James Garner, which you inadvertently hit, and it caused me to laugh. It caused me to think about using the hook and especially the image for the April Fool's DYK! Would you object with saving the DYK nom for 1 April, and then spicing it up a lot? Americans would really appreciate knowing that a famous actor sent two of his associates into chlorine gas filled room, especially with a picture to prove it! Royal broil 02:41, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I have moved your suggestion there (to April Fool's Main Page/Did You Know) and struck it from the current DYK suggestions. I would appreciate your help there: we need some more noms by April Fool's Day.


 * A bigger concern is the Featured Article because that takes lots of time. Last year someone came forward with a rushed FA starting on March 25th, so anything's possible. All FA only get featured once, so one needs to be done before that day. There aren't any good nominees at this time, although I just suggested a spoof using the delisted GA Garbage (band). Discussion is found at April Fool's Main Page/Featured Article. There are 2 or 3 appropriate Featured Pictures to decide from, so that is not a concern.


 * GA nominations normally take several weeks, so the Alan Kulwicki article is holding for now. I'll like you to wait with finishing your review until after GA review has been completed. Royal broil  02:07, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

holbeche
thanks for adding the picture. i couldnt work out how to do it —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hugarh (talk • contribs) 13:45, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK

 * You mean Clem Rutter's notification was missed?
 * Hmm, had to go back through the history to see what happened. What happened is that basically DarkFalls did all the notifications, but he didn't clear the page and I wanted to start the next update. So I clicked through a selection of the links to ensure he'd done them all, and as he'd done every link I looked at, top, middle, and bottom of both the article and the creator/nominator columns, I assumed he must have done the lot and I cleared the page. But I guess he must have overlooked one, so my methodology of logical selective checking was foiled :/ Gatoclass (talk) 16:39, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, George Stanhope, was selected for DYK!
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid (talk) 17:44, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

3/5 hook
I see you just did the update. Is there any chance you might add the David Franczyk 3/5 hook to the next?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 17:54, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
 * sure.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 18:02, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK nom
Re:Belated and deserved== Thank you; I am honored! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 20:05, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Thomas Phillips
Fine indeed. I had worried that people might be getting bored with my obscure seventeenth century naval figures, but I think your hook is a good one! Benea (talk) 22:41, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK Adm Wes McDonald - Thank You!
Thank you very much for mentioning the article about admiral Wesley L. McDonald on DYK! Quite an honor. Skeet Shooter (talk) 03:06, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Emancipation Proclamation draft error
Seward and Smith are misidentified/mislinked in the image. Seward is seated but is identified as Smith. Smith is identified as Seward, and both link to Smith when clicked. It's a neat piece of work, but I'm not sure how to fix it. Red Harvest (talk) 14:23, 16 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I think that fixed it. Thanks for the quick response and good work. Red Harvest (talk) 14:40, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

on DYK
Yup, I doubt we'll find 24. Even if the updates are 8 hours apart I don't think we have 18-20. I'll try to find an Irish-born baseball player to expand, but virtually all of them are pre-1900, making sources hard to find. I'll try though since we could use some more. Wizardman 20:39, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK update
Vic, didn't you read my edit summaries? I hadn't finished organizing that update. I just finished, and I turned around to find you posted it ten minutes ago! Gatoclass (talk) 16:54, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I'd really appreciate that if you'd repost the updated version. There are not too many hooks on my monitor, the last one fits perfectly, but I'll leave that up to you whether you want to include it or not, I thought it was a nice quirky one to finish off with. Gatoclass (talk) 17:07, 17 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Yeah, the only thing to do is take the green out. I only added a bit for consistency, but it seems other users don't like it. Gatoclass (talk) 17:14, 17 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for taking the trouble to repost it Vic. Much appreciated :) Gatoclass (talk) 17:22, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Re:Sami Hadawi
Hello, I do not completely understand your message. Are you going to nominate the article for a DYK, want me to do it or think that the fact he was not buried in his hometown (upon his request) should be included in the article. --Al Ameer son (talk) 18:58, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Ohhhhh, well thats great. Thank you for nominating it and I didn't even think suggesting its placement on the main page. Again thanks and Cheers! --Al Ameer son (talk) 19:03, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK Nom

 * I'm glad to see that you are actively participating updating DYK, and that everything appears to be going well with you! Royal broil  01:15, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK nomination

 * I'm upset. That one was supposed to saved for April Fools Day! Royal broil  16:15, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK correction
FYI, I didn't edit this article. I just proposed a better hook... —Wknight94 (talk) 14:59, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Nods
Okay I'll do a few, but I really should be hitting the sack right now... Gatoclass (talk) 15:23, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
 * All done :) Gatoclass (talk) 15:44, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Just before I go, I can see a couple of minor tweaks might be in order. The last hook contains the word "actually" which is superfluous. You might want to remove that. The second last also says "showed openly" when it probably should be "openly showed" for grammatical correctness. Anyhow I'll leave it up to you if you want to fix them or not. Gatoclass (talk) 15:50, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK Image
Did you upload and protect the image? I don't see. --BorgQueen (talk) 16:16, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
 * What happened is that you uploaded it with the default extension, which is .jpg . The actual extension should have been (capital) .JPG . Luckily no one vandalized the image on Commons. I took care of it. I always click on the image before loading (in the "Next Update") to make sure that the capitalization issue doesn't come up. Luckily Victuallers page is on my watchlist. Royal broil  17:43, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I would appreciate it if you would watch my back too! I am not perfect either. Besides some DYK updates (although I did 4 or 5 straight DYK updates on Christmas) I occasionally do some speedy deletes that are real bad (attack, zero notability, and ones with no content or context). I tend more inclusionist, so I pass over most speedy nominations and remove some nominations that I think don't meet speedy criteria. I found an awesome source for the 50 best drag racers in the U.S. and I'm able to write B-class type articles just from that source! (I do add other sources of course.) Big name drag racers had tiny stub articles, and many had none. I'm also been working on getting the Alan Kulwicki article up to GA level. The completion of your review will be appreciated after it is a GA. Many people have already reviewed it, so I'll propose it for FA after you look at it, as long as there aren't any major concerns raised by you or the GA reviewer. Royal broil  02:21, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Eva archaeological site
A lovely article and a good hook. I only wish I could say it was mine. User:Bms4880 is I think the proper author, but hopefully he'll approve as well. Kind regards, Benea (talk) 21:48, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

RIDDOR riddle
Article on front page under dyk that was done by a Bamkin. but not Bamkin or Bamkin? Victuallers (talk) 21:35, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * You mean it was given DYK status by a Bamkin? Was not me. (Added it to List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 1995... Now there's a WikiProject!) So there is another WikiUser using the name Bamkin? Bamkin (talk) 15:38, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh congrats on how many DYKs —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bamkin (talk • contribs) 15:40, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

thanks for informing me about DYK
Hi there, thanks for letting me know about my article on cell-free protein array making it onto the DYK section! Not sure how messages work on Wiki, but u can delete this after reading it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zeester (talk • contribs) 17:41, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

william s hart museum help!~!!!!!!
im doing a progect on william s hart museum and i need to find out why its important can u help me its due tomorrow —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.171.113.101 (talk) 01:46, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Patrick McLaughlin - DYK?
Hi, Victuallers. I can't find a good DYK hook for Patrick McLaughlin (1909-1988). Also, I've just expanded this by about twelve times from a stub created by Neddyseagoon yesterday, and I'm not at all sure how it should be nominated! Can you help, please? Xn4 02:33, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Eggs
Bit late now, but I thought we were saving that one for Easter Sunday? Feels like a waste of the rather pretty picture of the white-eye. Espresso Addict (talk) 15:18, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Today is Good Friday -- symbols of death, crosses & the like; Sunday is Easter Sunday -- symbols of resurrection & rebirth. Celebratory symbols while Christ is missing presumed dead seem a bit odd. Espresso Addict (talk) 15:29, 21 March 2008 (UTC) Easter is a holiday about resurrection and rebirth - is xmas eve about getting turned away at an inn? nuff said. Victuallers (talk) 15:33, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Secure Archbishop Arulappa's picture
Hi, on 14 February 2008, you asked for a picture of Archbishop S. Arulappa. I have uploaded a picture as well as a picture of the book he authored. Kindly secure the photos and sanitize them against deletion. Pradeep (talk) 10:22, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

consult others
Hi, maybe you could consult others but the idea is to "secure". Watch out ! in another few minutes, a completely revised update is on its way.Pradeep (talk) 11:38, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

The reference for Harry Carlton info is www.harrycarlton.co.uk —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobclayton (talk • contribs) 16:19, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Eggy
Yeah, it was eggy, but it wasn't religious. I thought a religious lead would be better, and anyhow, there was already an egg hook and we still have one update to go :) Gatoclass (talk) 15:42, 23 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Load what, the second egg hook? You mean you want to restore it to the current update so there are two egg hooks? That's up to you Vic. I don't really mind, maybe two egg hooks would be better since there's plenty of religious ones already. Gatoclass (talk) 15:46, 23 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Maybe pull out the one about the Pakistani speaker. That's a bit out of place with the rest, isn't it? Gatoclass (talk) 15:47, 23 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Actually I didn't finish editing them, because Daniel Case happened along and posted the lot while I was still fiddling around with them. This sort of thing happens quite a bit, and it's getting to the stage where I'm starting to wish I had adminship myself just so I could keep tweaking them :) Gatoclass (talk) 15:57, 23 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Hey, I really like the idea of the "red flag"! Kind of like the "under construction" tag for article pages. Yeah, I think we really need that. It's very annoying getting edit conflicts and other problems when you're trying to fix things up, so I would certainly support any such proposal. Gatoclass (talk) 16:19, 23 March 2008 (UTC)