User talk:Bejnar/Archive 7

Archive 7
 * July 2009 - December 2009

Ambiguous categories
Just wanted to tell you that I've fixed the problem of ambiguous categories you were referring to. Monegasque (talk) 20:33, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Laches
If you care to move to some more specific dab, like Athenian general, go ahead; but Laches (person) is fatally ambiguous. There were at least three, and the article will need revision as soon as I get my hands on Athenian Prosopography. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 23:16, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

need your help
Hi Benjnar. Since you are active some times in Afghanistan related topics, I would really appreciate your contribution at Talk:Paktika Province with the demographic issue. Thank you. (Ketabtoon (talk) 22:37, 17 August 2009 (UTC))

Pearl River
Feel free to rephrase. The original wording was that we should use Jade River, as we then did, because Jade was ambiguous. That possible form of disambiguation should still be mentioned, even though it will have few examples; it takes a river outside the English-speaking world, for which the base name is ambiguous. If you can think of a better example, do substitute. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 15:02, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Found one; the Achelous is ambiguous (with its resident spirit). Septentrionalis PMAnderson 15:11, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * On reflection, I used the Bug, because I'd prefer not to commit to the Vistula needing disambiguation; it's probably primary. But if you think differently, change it; I wouldn't dream of reverting. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 15:25, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Cute bug.  Can we categorize it as Polish ;-> Septentrionalis PMAnderson 15:49, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Triandafillea vs. Triantafyllia
Hi, the reason I moved the article is because I suspect that the spelling with -llea is a mistake, since the Greek name ends with -λλιά. It wouldn't be the first error GNS makes. I think Fallingrain took its database from GNS. The transliteration according to the naming conventions for Greek names (WP:GREEK) would be Triantafyllia. If English usage (apart from GNS-based databases, like the ones used by weather sites and some hotel booking sites) is in favour of Triandafillea, we should use that of course. BTW I just checked raw google, Triantafyllia is far more popular than the other possibilities. Markussep Talk 14:29, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for fixing my misunderstanding on Pleistocene; wow, what a bummer! I was hoping that the days of "latest Pliocene to Pleistocene glaciation" were soon to be no more : ). Awickert (talk) 04:48, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reference, I'll be sure to read it... I live mostly in the latest Pleistocene and Holocene or the middle Cenozoic, depending on what work I'm doing; you've now given me new motivation to fill in my knowledge of the in-between. Awickert (talk) 05:42, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Re:Aaro Pajari
WP:NCP stipulates that the name of an article about a person should use "the most common name of a person or thing that does not conflict with the names of other people or things", which usually means " ". If you put "Aaro Pajari" and "Aaro Olavi Pajari" in Google, the former gives more than two times more hits than the latter. Generally, Finns only use their first Christian name unless they have a very common name.

Furthermore, the Finnish article is named simply Aaro Pajari. The Finnish media also refers to him as Aaro Pajari. I could go on, but there's no point in it. His middle name was Olavi, but I didn't even know it before reading the English article, even though I've read about him in Finnish many times before.--Victor Chmara (talk) 20:52, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Basset (card game)
Great Bejnar,

Wonderful work on the article Basset (card game). I am amazed by how beautiful the article looks after some cleaning, and polishing ! Thanks a million for your help. I don't know much about computers like you do, but what kind of software was used ?

Here, in case you feel like doing the same as for the other articles listed on my page, please, that would be greatly appreciated !

Krenakarore (talk) 16:14, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

"Komur river"
Where did you get this dubious name for that river? Searching over books doesn't give any result for "Komur river" ? Alefbe (talk) 20:29, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * See Talk:Aji Chai for sources. --Bejnar (talk) 00:10, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Useless edit
What does this edit mean (when you have moved the page to Aji Chay and the page is not at Aji Chai)? Alefbe (talk) 23:53, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 * It should be at Aji Chai. --Bejnar (talk) 00:04, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Ghurids
Could you please take a look at Talk:Ghurids? Thank you. Tajik (talk) 15:23, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Geologic timescale
Hi Bejnar, I saw you creating an article about the Early Pleistocene subepoch, and found the WikiProject Geologic timescale after following the link at your user page. I gather the project is inactive? In the past months, I have been slowly going through the stages and series of the ICS timescale, adding content and templates for navigation. I started with the Gelasian and am currently half-way into the Permian (though I did the Carboniferous stages already at an earlier stage). My work could be against some of the rules set at the project page, however, I prefer my own templates. Then there's also the periods project. It's a bit confusing. If you object to my work please tell me. Woodwalker (talk) 09:24, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Huangxian
Hi, you created disambiguation page Huangxian on 26 April 2007 and includes Huang Xian, Zhejiang (you says it is "a city in Zhejiang Province, China"). But I cannot find a city in Zhejiang named Huangxian. Can you provide a resource about this city or at least its Chinese character name? If you can reply at Talk:Huangxian, that will be very great. Thanks. --Pengyanan (talk) 21:38, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Re: Libyan Districts
Thank you! My source about maps and boundaries is this map from this website. Unfortunately I don't speak nor read arabic, so many data (areas, densities) are still missing, and I really hope that all maps and borders are correct. If you find any error, or any other source, please correct. Bye! --Doctor Dodge (talk) 18:45, 30 October 2009 (UTC)


 * That's interesting... Statoids data match with Geohive, that explicitly states "population 2006-04-15 census, incl. non-Libyans". If nobody is making errors, it is possible that GIA data are adjusted for 2007: one of GIA sources (for example on Nalut district translated with Google) is: "Annual statistical report for the health sector and the environment (2007)". I'm just guessing... what do you think? Thanks for the suggestion about google trnslate tool... I didn't knew it could translate arabic. I've tried some pages, but I've found no data about areas. --Doctor Dodge (talk) 18:32, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Al Haila
I mentioned Al Haila association in Darnah article because I thought it's a worthy information for any tourist who wants to visit that city. Since I'd visited Al Haila in person, I thought it wasn't necessary to add a citation. But may be I'm wrong in putting that information in the right context. Thanks.--Maher A. A. Abdussalam (talk) 22:43, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

History Tags
Hi Bejnar. Which one of these tags "History of Afghanistan" or "History of Greater Iran" is more relevant and should be added to topics like Drangiana, Balkh, Bactria and Greco-Bactrian Kingdom? A wikipedian is continuously replacing "History of Afghanistan" tags with "History of Greater Iran" which were previously added by User:John Hill. I know this topic was previously discussed by you and other Wikipedians and I read your post at Talk:History_of_Afghanistan. Any suggestions? Thank you  (Ketabtoon (talk) 00:07, 2 November 2009 (UTC))

Khalid Hossieni
Hello. I can't believe you ask me such a question about Khalid Hossieni. He was born in Afghanistan so naturally he is a citizen of that country for the rest of life. He entered America as a refugee and later became a naturalized citizen, which by the way isn't the same as a natural born American because one can lose citizenship in America at anytime if they break certain laws. But he can't lose the Afghan citizenship under any circumstances. All the sources mention him being Afghan, and his 2 books deal with Afghans. I don't understand why you reverted my edit but I'll leave the page and not get into arguement over this.--AYousefzai (talk) 20:58, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/University College Dublin Law Society
Hiya. You participated in a previous deletion discussion regarding this, so may like to know that it has cropped up again. Thanks. Quantpole (talk) 16:38, 16 December 2009 (UTC)