User talk:Boleyn/Archive 15

Michael Campbell (disambiguation)
Please consult User_talk:Tassedethe. Kind regards, &#8203; ▲ SomeHuman 2011-07-02 04:34 (UTC)

Thank you for letting me know, I've left a comment there. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 09:23, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Feliks Janiewicz
Hello. please' see Feliks Janiewicz It has been proposed to  merge two  articles. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 14:04, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for contacting me, Boleyn (talk) 19:12, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

David Wells (disambiguation)
re: mod to David Wells (disambiguation), as per stds, fine, but I don't catch why others were left that also have no articles ...--Billymac00 (talk) 17:08, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi, Billy. I've had a look and I removed one because it had no links at all (red or blue). Disambiguation pages are only really indexes of Wikipedia articles. Soemtimes redlinks are valid, if they have a relevant blue link on the same line (see MOS:DABMENTION and MOS:DABRL.) Hopefully the mathematician will get an article soon. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 19:12, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

McPhillips (people)
Hi Boleyn. I've moved names back over to McPhillips (surname). McPhillips (people) can now be deleted. I only created the page as i tought the surname page was to long. but no worries. all the best. User:Sean McPhillips (talk) 23:24, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, you've done great work on the McPhillips surname article. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 19:29, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Category:English landowners
Please help populate this category, one also exists for Scottish landowners.♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:58, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I hadn't heard of that one. There should be loads to whom it's applicable. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 19:30, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Adolf Winkelmann
Hi, I hope to have done a valid cleanup on that dabpage, following this example. If it doesn't matches the quality standard, I'll replate the hndis-cleanup tag that you placed before. Best of regards and good work. --Dэя-Бøяg 22:05, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for looking into that. I should have been clearer about why I was tagging it. Most of the redlinks don't meet MOS:DABRL, but perhaps some links could be created, or articles will be written shortly? Thanks for your message, best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 06:14, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of James Yeowell


The article James Yeowell has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * No evidence of notability, no third-party refs

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Oo7565 (talk) 03:35, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I don't understand why this was nominated with a clear reference to the DNB, but it seems to have been sorted now. Boleyn (talk) 08:04, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Fictional Scottish kings
I've just redirected Fergus I to a new list, List of legendary kings of Scotland. He is not a real historical character, and my advice from the deacon is to put all this material in one place. I'll be doing the same with other DNB articles of the same type. Once the various links and redirects are made, it's going to be easier to sort it all out. Charles Matthews (talk) 21:14, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for doing that. Boleyn (talk) 08:05, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Edit summaries
Please use edit summaries. I noticed that none of your edits to Edward Llewellyn (disambiguation) had them. Superm401 - Talk 04:47, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for cleanup of James Conner disambiguation
Thanks for cleaning up James Conner (disambiguation). I know I made at least one mistake that should have been obvious and perhaps others. It was the first disambiguation page that I have created - though that is no excuse for two links on the same line. Thanks again. Donner60 (talk) 07:34, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your thank you! It was only small changes, and if that's your first effort, I'm very impressed. Boleyn (talk) 07:43, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Antonio Ferrari
Please do not remove disambiguation pages to redirects without checking to see if the actually meet MOSDBRL first. There are links to Antonio Ferrari which is the reason the short DAB page was created. --Falcadore (talk) 13:37, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

It didn't meet MOS:DABRL; I clicked on the link, then What links here - nothing. There is now, because I went through and created one. Boleyn (talk) 14:06, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Henry Webb
Oops. Regarding this edit and its associated edit summary ("dab pages are to have one wl per line"), I should probably point out that I was editing on a smartphone, and redlinks show as normal blue links. Bit of a trap for beginners. I should be more careful, I suppose.  Schwede 66  04:25, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

No problem, it was only a small error, we all make them (me especially). Thanks for your message, Boleyn (talk) 07:37, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Charlie Hodge
Here's one for you I ran across and don't know what should be done (if anything). But I think you're the expert on this. Disambiguation page Charlie Hodge references Charlie Hodge (radio). That particular link is only a redirect page to The Dudley & Bob Show, where Charlie Hodge is only a red link. On that article's talk page, an editor questioned why the redirect page exists. I have no answer. But if there are any actions to be taken on that, I believe you are the person who would know. Maile66 (talk) 16:03, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the compliment. I've looked into it, and I think it's most accurate as a redlink. It's still a valid dab entry, but there's actually another article which mentions him more than the one his name currently redirects. Therefore I've put two blue links in the dab entry (as there isn't actually an article on him) and the redirect has been moniated for deletion at Redirects for discussion if you wanted to add your opinion there. Thanks again, Boleyn (talk) 20:03, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Charlie Hodge (radio)
Hello Boleyn. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Charlie Hodge (radio), a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: the reason given is not a a valid speedy deletion criterion, please send to WP:RFD. Thank you. Salvio Let's talk about it! 16:57, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

I thought that would probably be the case, thanks for looking into it for me. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 20:03, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Michael Potts


The article Michael Potts has been proposed for deletion because, under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't take offense. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one. Yaksar (let's chat) 21:26, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know - I created this page as a redirect and User:Aboutmovies changed it into an article, so you might want to send them a message. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 08:43, 7 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Actually, it was Wl-photographer (contributions). Moonraker (talk) 10:48, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for correcting me. Username implies potential COI... Boleyn (talk) 07:20, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Your disamb page edit reverted
here. Not by me, I thought it was a good one. Would you be willing to offer a 3-rd party opinion on the Talk page? Many thanks. In ictu oculi (talk) 22:33, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
 * btw, what is a Tutnum? In ictu oculi (talk) 22:34, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I've added my twopence worth on the discussion page. Tutnums are the medal-like awards. I had to think for a while to remember! Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 07:39, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Michael Potts


A tag has been placed on Michael Potts, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion," which appears inside of the speedy deletion tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate). Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Yaksar (let's chat) 23:02, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Michael Potts


The article Michael Potts has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Non notable photographer, fails GNG. Likely self created vanity page. Should be turned back into the redirect it was before (Mike Potts).

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I agree. I think it should revert to a redirect to Mike Potts, but I suppose the article deserves it's chance to be improved first. Boleyn (talk) 07:40, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Aleksandar Stojanović the sportscaster
No problem, Boleyn. It can stay like this the way we've made it until I create him a page.

Thx!

Tempo21 (talk) 06:41, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Michael Potts


A tag has been placed on Michael Potts requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Yaksar (let's chat) 16:46, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Hoxun Court


The article Hoxun Court has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Not enough information to be a worthwhile article; presumably the one source cited didn't give any more information, and from what we have here we don't even know what county it is in (bishops could own land elsewhere). No ghits apart from Wikipedia clones.

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Alfred Giles
There is a pre-existing Alfred Giles page. He was a British civil engineer. I wish to create a page for architect Alfred Giles. He also was born in England This particular Giles designed a number of Texas courthouses. I believe the correct way to create the architect Giles is Alfred Giles (architect). I'm wondering if there should also be some kind of disambiguation page, or if I should just create the architect page and leave it at that. Please let me know any thoughts you have on this, and thanks for you help. Maile66 (talk) 17:26, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your message, If you create an article, a hatnote can be added at Alfred Giles to the architect's article. It won't need a disambiguation page unless a third Alfred Giles pops up. Well done for creating the new article. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 20:50, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the good advice! Maile66 (talk) 22:09, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Battle of Spearhead


The article Battle of Spearhead has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Has not been touched since January (8 months ago). Is very short, doesn't give the reader almost anything.

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

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

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Kendall County
I just created Kendall County Courthouse and Jail (Texas). Already existing was Kendall County Courthouse. No hatnote seemed to fit for this, so can I create a disambiguation page? Maile66 (talk) 16:25, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

I would probably add a hatnote to Kendall County Courthouse, something like: {For|the courthouse in Illinois|Kendall County Courthouse and Jail (Texas)}. However, that would probably be more laziness than anything - according to WP:TWODABS, if both are equally well-known as 'Kendall County Courthouse', it would be best to move the original KCC to Kendall County Courthouse (Illinois), or something similar. There's only a couple of incoming links which would need to be moved, so it wouldn't take long at all. Either option seems fine. Boleyn (talk) 16:44, 14 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I went ahead and moved it. Maile66 (talk) 17:24, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Merge discussion for William Basset (judge)
An article that you have been involved in editing, William Basset (judge), has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Fullobeans (talk) 23:49, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Agree. Thanks for spotting that, Fullobeans. Boleyn (talk) 09:34, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Ferenc Juhász (disambiguation)
Hi, I still did not understand what kind of cleanup is needed. I checked the available instructions which say, in short, 'do it yourself if you can'. I would, but I don't know what is needed. The dab page contains two personalities, one of them was once a minister of defence in a European country, the other is a well-known Hungarian poet, although no article about him exists yet on English Wikipedia; but if you follow the interwikis you will find that such an article exists in several language projects. Besides, the page contains no libel. So, what am I supposed to do before I may restore the 'regular' hndis template? Thank you. --Ghainmem (talk) 13:03, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Hello, Ghainmen, and thanks for creating this page. I don't know if you saw the reasons I gave in brackets next to the cleanup tag, the main links explaining what needs doing are at WP:TWODABS; the full guidelines are at MOS:DAB. At the moment, it isn't fully a valid disambiguation page, which is there essentially to be an index of existing articles (in English). Someone else might come alone and just delete it, but I hope by adding a cleanup tag, an expert will come along and find a better way to improve it; what would be best is if the poet's article was translated into English soon. Please don't be put off by the tag - it just means it needs improvement, and disambiguation pages are cleaned up quite quickly by those of us who focus on them. The guidelines for disambiguation pages are quite different from articles. You can look into the links I've given or create an article for the poet (that would solve most of the problems) or you can leave it for the clean-up crew to have a look at. As you can see from this, there are loads of notable people still wothout an article, so it's great to see new editors like you taking an interest. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 13:40, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

I've cleaned up the page myself and created an article on the poet. The article's pretty dire at the moment, so if you have any info, especially references, that you can add, please do so. Thanks, Boleyn (talk) 13:58, 20 August 2011 (UTC)


 * That's great, thank you. I added a couple of sentences, a ref, interwiki and a template, so it's no longer dead-end. --Ghainmem (talk) 20:05, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

It's definitely better now, thank you. Boleyn (talk) 20:08, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of James Hardin


The article James Hardin has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * This disamb page already Exists! Its better if it is merged in to the article and redirect to the page.

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Well, thanks for letting me know, but the page does not already exist. The similarly-named James Harding exists, and a link to it is given, but that is not the same as James Hardin. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 13:57, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

What is the value of creating masses of articles by importing existing wikisource content?

 * Is this valuable to Wikipedia Wikisource has several encyclopedias including DNB; but do we really need to copy the text over wholesale for each entry that we don't already have? Maybe we do, I just don't see the point, where the very same information is on en.ws.--Doug.(talk • contribs) 19:13, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Hello, Doug. Wikisource is essentially there for information to be imported onto Wikipedia. If someone is looking for information on a person, they will type it into Wikipedia, find nothing, and give up. They won't know to look on Wikisource; so it's only useful if it's brought over to WP. Here, each article can be judged on its notability - but of the thousands I've created, none have been deleted for lack of notability. Are the articles great from the first minute of creation? No. They're passable, they will give a user information, and they can be (and usually are) quickly improved. But that's the same as most new Wikipedia articles - they develop and improve over time, and there's nothing wrong with that. Boleyn (talk) 20:31, 20 August 2011 (UTC)


 * DNB content here is actually hugely valuable in its areas of strength; see for example list of dissenting academies (1660–1800), many articles on engravers, John Weale and numerous other projects that are stimulated by having the details here. Charles Matthews (talk) 08:36, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

It would be far more valuable if you spared 30 seconds to remove the inappropriate book text notes and wikified them. Creating hundreds of articles with cleanup tags is not good and at some point somebody is going to have to do it. If a bot had been approved for this as I asked we'd have all of the DNB article right now with them properly wikified so its not your fault. ♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:47, 25 August 2011 (UTC)


 * It's a big project, doesn't all go smoothly, and we'd welcome input at WT:WP DNB. To help things along, and because of conversations I had on Sunday (London meetup), I'm drafting a fuller guide to DNB conversion, at WikiProject Dictionary of National Biography/Walkthrough. Charles Matthews (talk) 08:36, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, Charles, I saw your guide to DNB conversion, and it's great. You've put in so much work on the project. After the comments above last month, I decided to bow out of the project at the moment - if a new article still needs a good looking over, I'll always add an improvement tag, and any article I create from DNB will still need improvement - I'm not very good at getting them up to the standard I'd like, and was focused almost entirely on getting them up and running and available to both users and editors. However, I don't want to annoy good editors by creating so many articles with improvement tags, so I'm leaving it for now, although it's a great project, and I've enjoyed my work on it. Thanks, Boleyn (talk) 15:31, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Knik, Alaska
It gets better. This one has been on my list for a while now. Knik, Alaska is a ghost town southwest of Wasilla, referred to as "Knik Site" on the National Register of Historic Places. For whatever reason, people keep linking mentions of the ghost town to Knik River, Alaska in spite of the townsite actually falling within the Knik-Fairview CDP. Knik has enough of its own history to warrant an article under that title. Lots of formerly prominent ghost towns in Alaska haven't been recognized as such on here yet.RadioKAOS (talk) 12:50, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi, RadioKAOS. It sounds like an interesting area, Alaska must have a lot of towns which are no longer populated. Boleyn (talk) 12:59, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Edmund G. Brown
Hi, I'm not sure how to make this disambig complete. Both Pat and Jerry Brown's real names are Edmund G. Brown, and prior my re-creation Edmund Brown used to redirect to Pat Brown and Edmund G. Brown used to redirect to Jerry Brown. I thought this was nonsense, so I created the page, as I don't feel that either one is the primary topic for that particular name. Thanks. hbdragon88 (talk) 01:16, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Hello. I've had a look at it, and redirected Edmund G. Brown and Edmund Gerald Brown to Edmund Brown (the move will be made soon). We only usually dab by personal name, i.e. given name + surname, so Edmund Brown is the best page to put it on. Thanks, Boleyn (talk) 07:24, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Philip Castle
So you know, I reinstituted the Wikify tag you removed from this article due to various issues: such as no infobox, no headings / sections, incorrect formatting on some text etc. Cheers,  Nik the  stoned  14:36, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, Boleyn (talk) 08:18, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Sofianos family


The article Sofianos family has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * May not be notable.

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. I dream of horses @ 17:30, 5 September 2011 (UTC) (corrected PROD template at 17:31, 5 September 2011 (UTC))

I think you're probably right. I found this as it was marked as uncategorised, and I added a couple of categories and an unreferenced tag. I haven't looked into it, but the article as it is doesn't prove notability. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 08:09, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Acknowledged. I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a message on my talk page. @  02:02, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
We are trying to discuss the deletion of this article Amba Tremain. Feel free to welcome you're comments on deletion or keeping it. Mohamed Aden Ighe (talk) 23:34, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know, Boleyn (talk) 08:19, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

AfD of Cunnie Williams
Just wanted to point out that you completed steps 1 and 3 of an AfD for Cunnie Williams, but you never created the deletion discussion. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 19:35, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Oops, thanks, it's done now, Boleyn (talk) 08:22, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
Thanks, Boleyn (talk) 08:22, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Herbert Reed (disambiguation)
I've closed the deletion discussion. Not being an admin, I can't move your dab page over, so I suggest you just oopy and paste it. Cheers. SamuelTheGhost (talk) 14:31, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * To STG: Copy-and-paste is never a good idea. The thing to do is to add db-move to the page which needs to be got rid of in order for another page to be moved there. I'm not sure what the correct procedure for the closer of an RfD is, but presumably there is a standard procedure for doing this. Pam  D  16:52, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * All now correctly done I think. SamuelTheGhost (talk) 22:16, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, Boleyn (talk) 08:23, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks
Hello Boleyn. Just wanted to say thanks you for taking a look at the Adam Pearson DAB page and getting it into a shape that works for WikiP. For me it just felt that Iph was trying to turn it into an article rather than a DAB page. I hope that your efforts work for him also. Cheers and continued happy editing. MarnetteD | Talk 14:41, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I had not read Iph's response on the talk page before making my earlier post. All I can say is ugh. I am sorry that he does not seem to have appreciated your work or WP:CONSENSUS. Oh well I will say thanks again and enjoy the rest of your week. MarnetteD | Talk 15:05, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your thanks! Yes, it was a bit dispiriting to see that Iph wasn't satisfied with it, but he obviously has a radically different interpretation of what disambiguation pages are for, and would like to make them articles. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 16:37, 14 September 2011 (UTC)


 * You are welcome. I just saw your reply to Iph's "wall of text" rant. It is always a drag when someone completely ignores "Comment on content not on other editors". Your reply is measured and polite above and beyond how others might have responded to such verbiage. I have gotten to the point that I usually tune out when NPA breaches like this happen (though not always) - Ah well you did your best. Now back to normal editing - whatever that is :-) MarnetteD | Talk 16:46, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Citywire
I've removed the AfD tag from Citywire and deleted the AfD; it was an improper nomination that completely slipped under the radar of both community members and closing admins due to the failure to properly nominate. For future nominations (and, if you still wish to see this deleted) please follow the process at WP:AFDHOW, particularly the segments which list the discussion on WP:AFD's logs. Ironholds (talk) 18:35, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

inre Articles for deletion/William Campbell (documentary photojournalist)
Happy to have helped. I do feel the title is a bit clunky. Considering his more recent work, I'm thinking William Campbell (filmmaker) might be more appropriate. Any suggestions for a better one?  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 03:28, 21 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Hello. Yes, filmmaker seems a big improvement, I can't think of anything better. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 09:28, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Done. :)  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 21:36, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Kara Mustafa
Hi Boleyn, On 17 Sep., you had directed Kara Mustafa Pasha (disambiguation ) to Kara Mustafa Pasha per Mos:Dab. Can you please be a bit more specific as to why you redirected an disambig. article to a page ? Happy editting. Nedim Ardoğa (talk) 12:04, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I've just looked at it again. This was a dab with only two entries, one of which had the primary page. Therefore, per WP:TWODABS, direct disambiguation using a hatnote at the primary is preferable to people going to the primary, clicking on the dab link, then clicking on the right entry. I considered deleting it using Template:db-disambig, but thought it might be useful in the future if more are added, so redirected instead - it's what a lot of people who work on disambiguation pages prefer to do, although I have no preference between that and deletion. I hope that explains it better. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 13:34, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Sican language
Hi,

Can you give some more detail about this? What name it's known as, for example. If it died out in the 20th c, it must have some other name, since it's not listed under "Sican". Adelaar's The Languages of the Andes makes no mention of it under that name. We might already have an article, in which case it should be merged. — kwami (talk) 01:55, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Hello, Kwami. I'm afraid I put in the stub all the information I had from the article. It was from BBC History magazine, which is very reliable. I've Googled it, and could find mention of it but no extra details to add. I'll keep looking. Thanks for looking into this, Boleyn (talk) 06:45, 22 September 2011 (UTC)


 * The problem when it comes to obscure languages is that normally-reliable sources often turn out to not be very reliable. There should be a literature of other sources available: data on the language, on the speakers, their history, etc., and under this name I can find nothing. Basically, the content of the article is unidentifiable. I wonder if maybe the BBC mixed it up with Moche or something? I try to make sure that all of our language articles are interlinked, so that you can find whatever you're looking for. As it is, this is an orphan, I have no idea how I'd link it to anything else. — kwami (talk) 07:55, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Sican language for deletion
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I'm'na go ahead and tag this. We can always resurrect it if you're able to verify its existence. — kwami (talk) 17:28, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

I think that's the right decision. Thanks, Boleyn (talk) 07:28, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Your mergeto at Category:Sheriffs of London
I have changed your mergeto at Category:Sheriffs of London to the more correct cfm, which you can see the discussion here. As I've implied in the merge discussion, this should probably be speedy seeing as the merge seems to have happened even though it was the wrong template. Mark Hurd (talk) 02:44, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, Boleyn (talk) 07:35, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

Your fix on Electronic disk
Thanks for the fix; I was not aware of that rule. In the future it might be helpful to put WP:DDD in your edit summary so the corrected editor can find the reference... just a thought. Jeh (talk) 18:52, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I don't thikn I've seen that page before, it's very concise. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 13:42, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Farnese
Good work on the Farnese disambiguation page. State Senator Farnese is from my district in Philadelphia. --DThomsen8 (talk) 19:21, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks :) Boleyn (talk) 13:43, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Texas Primary
I had to revert. It wasn't entirely clear, what you meant, and at any rate the request should be made at the article talk page. Favonian (talk) 11:05, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I've redone it, hopefully it's clear now, Boleyn (talk) 13:43, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

DAB MASTER
Thanks, very much appreciated! Boleyn (talk) 19:59, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

AFD for Govindrao Talwalkar
Hi,

Your AFD for Govindrao Talwalkar was malformed. I've corrected the issues. -- Whpq (talk) 14:09, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Interview with Wikimedia Foundation
Hi Boleyn, I hope this finds you well. My name is Matthew Roth and I'm a Storyteller working on the 2011 fundraiser with the Wikimedia Foundation in San Francisco. In past years, we've relied on Jimbo to carry the bulk of the fundraising weight and he's done very well helping us hit our yearly funding targets. This year, however, we're broadening the scope and reach of the fundraiser by incorporating more voices and different people on the funding banners and appeals that will start running full-time on November 7th. We're testing new messages and finding some really great results with editors and staff members of the Foundation. You can see the current progress of the tests here. I'm curious if you would want to participate in an interview with me as part of this process? The interviews usually last 60 minutes and involve a number of questions about your personal editing experiences, as well as general questions about Wikipedia and its impact in the world. Please let me know your thoughts by emailing mroth (at) wikimedia.org. Thanks! Matthew (WMF) 00:11, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Unneeded disambiguation page?
Hi, I saw that you created George Chudleigh today; after looking at it, I'm a little confused why you did so. There aren't any articles for it to disambiguate; only one of the entries is a wikilink, and that one is a redlink. It also has the incoming links tag, but there's only one page that links to it. I marked it for speedy deletion, but since you seem to be an old pro at this, especially with disambiguation pages, I was wondering: is there a reason for the page that I didn't understand? Thanks, Writ Keeper (talk) 15:33, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Hello. Looking at it, it's borderline useful - all the entries meet MOS:DABRL or MOS:DABMENTION, so I created it. I considered a redirect to Chudleigh Baronets instead, as all the George Chudleighs currently listed are mentioned on that page, but I thought that could lose info about the MP. The MP had several incoming links, so I thought this would preserve them. I've now created a stub on the MP. I saw several incoming links, but I've now corrected those I could. I put it especially as I could see one of them had a DNB article, but it wasn't 100% clear which, but I've sorted that out now. If you have any further concerns, please send me a message or prod it. Thanks, Boleyn (talk) 15:55, 14 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Nope, the only other idea I had was a redirect, but I see that you considered that already. Sorry if I caused you any hassle; I'm still pretty new to editing, so I'm still learning about a lot of these policies. Thanks for being so considerate! Writ Keeper (talk) 16:03, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, no hassle at all, Boleyn (talk) 16:04, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Use of "refer" template
Hi. Please consider using {{subst:refer}} instead of refer when cleaning up disambig pages and the like. I've nearly finished substituting thousands of uses of this template. Thanks. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 21:03, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, R'n'B. Why is subst:refer preferable? Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 08:09, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Boleyn, subst:refer is preferable so that other editors who are working on the page can easily see the text and edit it if necessary. As discussed in (much) more detail at Help:Substitution, one of the reasons for substituting templates is "making the correspondence between wikitext and rendered page easier to understand (the opposite may also apply)." --R'n'B (call me Russ) 08:24, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
Well-deserved!--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 07:51, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks very much! Boleyn (talk) 08:08, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Paul Revere of Texas
I'm puzzled. You put a notice that it needed to be cleaned up, and I thought I cleaned up what you referred to. It has now been tagged for clean up by a bot. I'm at a loss at to what needs to be cleaned up. If it's the red link, I am currently working on a page that will turn the red to blue. Please advise. --Maile66 (talk) 14:17, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Hello. I think you just removed the cleanup tag I'd applied. I re-applied it, with the reasons in the edit summary - I think the bot will then have dated it? It has more than 1 blue link per line and is an incomplete dab, so I thought it could do with a look by someone else. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 14:19, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah. You just taught me something.  I didn't know there was not supposed to be more than one blue link per line, so I corrected that.  I don't know what you mean by "incomplete dab", but it has "Rafael Vasquez" in there, and it shouldn't.  That's my error, I think.  I probably just copied from that Vasquez disambiguation page.  It is OK now to remove the clean up tag, or should I do something else? Maile66 (talk) 14:26, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

It doesn't need much more. One of the entries doesn't have a blue link on the line, but otherwise does seem to meet MOS:DABRL. The 'complete dab' would be Paul Revere, and incomplete dab would be Paul Revere (footballer), or, in this case, 'of Texas'. There's been a big project merging these. I think it should probably be merged to Paul Revere (disambiguation). Thanks, Boleyn (talk) 14:37, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
Doing great..

♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:42, 24 October 2011 (UTC) 

Thanks again! Boleyn (talk) 09:23, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Survey for new page patrollers
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Thanks, I've filled it in. Boleyn (talk) 09:23, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Francis Alexander (disambiguation)


The article Francis Alexander (disambiguation) has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Apart from the primary topic, none of the links on this page takes readers to any article about any person named "Francis Alexander".

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Thank you-
I notice you are merging disambiguation pages. I had been labeling the various municipalties in Wisconsin and my thanks for keeping the labels. One example-there is 4 towns named Monroe and a city named Monroe in Wisconsin plus Monroe Center, Wisconsin which is an unincorporated community. This does get confusing. Again my thanks for keeping the labels when you are merging the disambiguation pages.RFD (talk) 22:19, 3 November 2011 (UTC) Thanks. I'm working slowly through Category:Incomplete disambiguation. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 09:24, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Surnames Kammerling Kämmerling
I just created one with a last name Kämmerling, there are others with both surnames, do you think there should be two surname articles or just one with a redirect? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:00, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Just one with a redirect is the usual way to do it, saves potential confusion. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 17:20, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Alexander Morgan
I see you found another! (are you hiding more somewhere?) :) Do you think the prod still applies? Unless Alexander Morgan (athlete) gets created there isn't really anywhere we could reasonably redirect this too. All the others would never be simply called Alexander Morgan, and Morgan Alexander is completely valid for a see also section but can't really be considered a proper usuage of the term. France 3470   ( talk ) 17:36, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

I looked through every way I could think of to find the one, and I don't think the 'see alsos' are that valid really, so yeah, I think the prod does still apply, unless something else turns up. Thanks, Boleyn (talk) 17:38, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

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

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

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Radio Wave (disambiguation) listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Radio Wave (disambiguation). Since you had some involvement with the Radio Wave (disambiguation) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 16:55, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

User talk:Boleyn/Archive 1
Thank you for advices RudnikU (talk) 16:59, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

List of IEEE Fellows
Hello Boleyn,

I am thinking of working on a list but I am not able to come up with a good structure for it. I would love your opinion. I am asking you because you recently reviewed my List of members of the National Academy of Medicine. I want to make a list of IEEE fellows. I am thinking of making a page like List of Guggenheim Fellowship with all the years listed on the main page of IEEE. Then each year will have its own fellows. I am thinking of listing three things for each fellow, name, institution and citation. So there will be three columns and ever year will have some 80 to 100 fellows. What are your thoughts on this?

Moreover, I have made this List of members of the National Academy of Medicine and it has become quite long as I am working on it. I checked the pages of other lists of national academies and they have their members list by their subfield. Do you think I should do the same here? I am not sure how to find the subfield on NAM's website and it would be a great help if you can point me to it.HRShami (talk) 06:50, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Hello,, thanks for your message and your hard work. Your plan sounds good to me, but it's not an area I'm that knowledgeable on - some of the editors at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Lists may be able to advise you better than me. Good luck with it all! Boleyn (talk) 16:57, 25 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Thank you. I will post my question there. HRShami (talk) 17:09, 25 June 2019 (UTC)