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DYK
Looking through the history, that was a batch of credits left over from a previous template that hadn't been addressed all day. I just gave them out and went on making the next template. The job was set up in a rather bizarre set of updates to T:DYK/N by User:Archtransit. It appears that he/she set up the credits before working on the template, then realised that not all were going to fit, and neglected to return the removed articles to T:TDYK. The "update" begins here, credit for the article is added here, and the final template here. I'm afraid that the article never actually made it onto the front page. I'll see about rectifying that with the next update (and attach a note to the template explaining the situation). - GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 00:30, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * And done! Apologies for any hassle caused :)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by GeeJo (talk • contribs) 01:03, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Not at all. Thanks for your help.--Carabinieri 23:10, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Isn't it a POV problem when the Salahuddin article is mostly cited to a newspaper column by the subject himself. The self-bio is used as a cite to say that Salahuddin was the best young sportsperson in Bangladesh, eg the 2nd para. Thanks,  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 00:55, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't say that articles based on autobiographies are inherently POV, although the reliability of these sources and the extent to which they establish notability could be challenged. I think in this case there are some POV problems. I have removed the sentence you referred to and another phrase that didn't seem neutral to me. The article also desperately needs some copyediting. If you think the article is still not neutral enough, feel free to remove the entry from the main page. BTW, I'm sorry I sort of un-did your update, I didn't realize you had gotten there before me until after it was too late.--Carabinieri 01:07, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi. Would the article of Kazi Salahuddin be still regarded as a DYK entry. If there's POV, we can remove them, I only tried to take the facts from his self-referred article. Regards --Tarif from Bangladesh 01:47, 5 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure what you mean. Are you asking whether the entry can be featured on DYK again, if the concerns are adressed? I wouldn't see a problem with this.--Carabinieri 02:02, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

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Museum Roumjantsev
Hello Carabinieri, would you be so kind and take a look at this article? As you speak both German and English I would appriciate your help. Taksen 12:33, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Thx. I copied your remarks to the talk page. May be someone else comes up with arguments to split it again. As the museum does not exist anymore I dont think it is important. Taksen 22:03, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK Pterodactyl Ascender
Thank you so much for letting me know that the article was chosen for DYK!! Being able to create articles like this makes it all worthwhile!! - Ahunt 01:18, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

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How do you put an article on main page?
You removed my DYK, so I want to understand that how can I put one on there? Thanks!Osmond\(^o^)/ &#91;&#91;User_talk:Osmond&#124;(Welcome)]] 09:16, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
 * WP:DYKA is only for entries that have been featured on the main page as part of WP:DYK. If you want a certain article to be included, please nominate it at T:TDYK.--Carabinieri 12:02, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Your DYK nomination for Felician of Foligno was successful
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 21:53, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:Hans Holbein d. J. 031.jpg
I've noticed you temporarily uploaded Image:Hans Holbein d. J. 031.jpg from the Wikimedia Commons because it will be on the tomorrow Main Page. The that redirects to Template:Infobox Painting is different from commons:Template:Painting, and the  which doesn't exist here is supposed to be copied from commons:Creator:Hans Holbein d. J. (maybe the prefix Creator: only applies to namespace in the Wikimedia Commons). You can copy content from User:ADNghiem501/sandbox to replace the two templates on the image's page, but the and  should stay there. -- ADNghiem501 (talk) 04:47, 17 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Uh...sorry because the most current version of the Main Page wasn't completely reloaded in my browser before I left the first message here, I thought this image that I saw was still there. This may be out-of-date because a version of Template:Did you know has subsequently been changed. -- ADNghiem501 (talk) 05:31, 17 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Never mind...the image is no longer on the Main Page, so I've tagged the page with a speedy deletion template. -- ADNghiem501 (talk) 05:37, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

German national rail strike of 2007‎ problem
The interwiki link you put on German national rail strike of 2007‎ is showing up on the page. Don't ask me why; I'm clueless about these things. - Tim1965 (talk) 15:25, 17 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure what you mean. Interwiki links are supposed to be shown in a small section to the left of the article and that's it is being displayed when I look at this particular page.--Carabinieri (talk) 15:30, 17 November 2007 (UTC)


 * No, you're right. It's there. I kept looking at the bottom of the page, not the left. - Tim1965 (talk) 00:28, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Query
I might have used the wrong word. The Clyde Fastlink scheme is in the planning stage. It is recognised that Glasgow is going to need a light rail and so Clyde Fastlink is being used as an interim. Simply south (talk) 22:21, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Your DYK nomination for Galician wine was successful
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 19:14, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the nom. When I created it I couldn't think of any catchy hook from the article. Looks like you found one. Thanks again. :) AgneCheese/Wine 23:34, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Sorry
I am sorry for the comment I made on the DYK. I think I spend too much time here, I need to take a wikibreak. I have no problems with international users, I only made that comment because someone called my edits to a page about Iranian terrorism, vandalism. Balloonman helped me out and pointed out that I was wrong and gave me a few suggestions that I will bring to the DYK. I hope you can forgive me but its a hard task to write two articles in four days, it kind of makes you tempermental.-- S  TX  17:47, 23 November 2007 (UTC)


 * No problem.--Carabinieri (talk) 12:40, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Folke Heybroek
Hi Carabinieri, I know you are adept at identifying, cleaning and submitting articles to DYK (Klasies). I have recently worked on Folke Heybroek and think it may be suitable. I have communicated with the copyright owner at folkeheybroek.com and expect them to submit some supportive images shortly. I would appreciate your inputs and be even more grateful if you do the submission. Regards Autodidactyl (talk) 18:05, 23 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi Autodidactyl,


 * I would suggest the following hooks for DYK: ...that Dutch artist Folke Heybroek's works include stained glass windows for schools and churches, oil paintings, abstract textile designs, and illustrations of Greek mythology?


 * I could, however, imagine that some people would object to this article being used on DYK because it is based almost completely on a fan site.--Carabinieri (talk) 12:47, 26 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Autodidactyl (talk) 20:36, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK review
Hey Carabinieri, could you review my updating of the DYK tonight? Tonight was the first time that I've been on and had time to update DYK since becoming and admin... I just want somebody with more experience to make sure I did it right.Balloonman (talk) 03:41, 25 November 2007 (UTC)


 * It looks good.--Carabinieri (talk) 13:29, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Template:Did you know/Next update
Looking at your proposed next update, I'm a little uneasy about so political a hook being included during an election campaign. Wikipedia is bound to be attacked for favouring the campaigns of people it chooses to included on the mainpage and we aren't going to be able to afford everyone equal time. I know its a little unfair to the editor who has worked hard on the Tom Tancredo presidential campaign, 2008 article, but I don't its an appropriate hook. WjBscribe 13:23, 27 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia isn't obliged to give every candidate equal time. I don't think this is a problem. We had an entry about Obama a few days ago and noone complained.--Carabinieri (talk) 13:29, 27 November 2007 (UTC)


 * There was however complaint about this entry I believe. Is there a reasonably watched place where we could raise this for input from other? WjBscribe 13:32, 27 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I have removed the entry from next update for now and raised the issue at WT:DYK.--Carabinieri (talk) 13:43, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Hello. I see we have an edit conflict on DYK. I'll let you work. If possible, let me put one DYK hook that I already cut and have to paste (so as not to lose it and hurt the person who worked on it). Archtransit (talk) 16:34, 29 November 2007 (UTC) DONE!

DYK update without thanks
Did you do the last update without sending out thank you templates? --TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:LOTD) 21:32, 29 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, I did. You can tell by my contributions list. --Carabinieri (talk) 22:00, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK/Thanks
Thanks for recognizing the article Bass violin which I created. I have been happy to add to this resource.BassHistory (talk) 23:39, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

The "I" word
I was having a civil conversation with User:Nick and then he erased our discussion calling me a troll. Isn't this a classic case of WP:ABF?-- S  TX  23:54, 29 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah, it is, but I'd recommend you not insist on discussing the matter further. Such a discussion is unlikely to be fruitful and will only lead to more incivility IMHO.--Carabinieri 23:17, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

This made me laugh...
lol.. Mirand argh  03:03, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK Özgür Dengiz
Hi! Thanks a lot for your contribution again. Cheers. CeeGee 11:37, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

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Did you know
Why this template is blocked ?  ≈Tulkolahten≈ ≈talk≈ 20:31, 2 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I think ERCheck just wanted to avoid having anyone mess with the page while he was doing an update. In any case, the protection has now expired.--Carabinieri 00:03, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Your request at the Resource Exchange
Hi, I found six of your requested articles on/by Rudolf Rocker. But now I need your e-mail address to mail the pdf's to you. You can use the 'E-mail this user' option on my user page if you'd like, that way I'll see your e-mail address. I'm still working on some of the other articles. In the mean time, I advise that you also take a look at my comment beneath your request on the Resource Exchange. Key to the city 15:30, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK
DYK is in red alert (next update). It seems that you have been editing recently and may be online. Help to move the next update to the main page? Thank you. Archtransit (talk) 16:48, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I've moved the entries to the main page, but I don't have enough time to notify editors, add the update to the archives, etc. Would you mind doing this for me?--Carabinieri 17:00, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Resin
Hi,

Please forgive a newbie if he is using your talk page incorrectly. I am wondering why you deleted the Caucho Resin article. You comment just says advertising, but was there really NOTHING of value on that article? Now the only article on Resin is a stub that is now orphaned and extremely difficult to find. --Webbbbbbber —Preceding comment was added at 22:01, 7 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I deleted it because it didn't contain anything but advertising for a website, i.e. NOTHING of value. If you think this is a notable topic, feel free to create a neutral and referenced article, which establishes this notability.--Carabinieri 23:39, 7 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I would be happy to create an article about it if I knew anything about it. I was hoping that Wikipedia would have some information, as I don't even know what Resin is. But I guess that the article you deleted would not have helped anyway.  :-(  --Webbbbbbber    —Preceding comment was added at 01:16, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

I am also considering re-creating this page. While the original page may have been an advertisement, the fact remains that Resin is a useful piece of software, with desirable properties (e.g., the base server is open source, even though Caucho charges for an upgraded version (Resin Professional) and of course for support.

How do I know it's useful? The company where I work (not affiliated with Caucho) uses it for our main "cash cow" websites. I doubt that we're the only ones.

So, if the best available information is the company's own website, should we look for a less reliable, less complete (but "more authoritative") site that refers to it? This seems an odd situation, but it can't be _that_ rare in the world of rapidly changing software. Bgoldnyxnet (talk) 23:37, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK
Thanks for putting Red Kellett on there. I didn't expect it to happen, but I'm happy it did. ~Sasha Callahan (Talk) 02:32, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK ungrammatical?
Hi Carabinieri, and thanks for the quick response to my update request.

I just happened to notice though, that the first entry says the fish "can be found in coastal areas in as far away as South Africa, Japan and Vanuatu". In retrospect "in as far away as" looks ungrammatical. Shouldn't it just be "as far away as"? Gatoclass (talk) 12:53, 8 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I've changed it to "as far apart as".--Carabinieri (talk) 12:55, 8 December 2007 (UTC)


 * That makes much better sense. Well done :) Gatoclass (talk) 12:57, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Hoyt library and DYK
I've restored it to the template because it's a December 3 article, and a rather good one - it just doesn't seem right to refuse it a place on DYK because we messed up the image allocation timing. Adam Cuerden talk 22:01, 8 December 2007 (UTC)


 * But why would it be a problem to use it in the update after the following or to use the hook without the image? In any case, we can't have two images on DYK.--Carabinieri (talk) 22:25, 8 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm with Carabinieri on that. Although strictly speaking the limit is five days, there is no reason why we can't exercise a little flexibility in the course of creating better balanced updates. I think the current update is nicely balanced. The Hoyt library hook will be fine for the next bunch. Gatoclass (talk) 23:39, 8 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure though why Carabinieri thinks that we can't do more than one image. I really don't see why not. Sometimes there are lots of good images, it seems wasteful not to use them. Gatoclass (talk) 23:43, 8 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Every main page element has exactly one image, so I think it would look rather odd to have two on DYK. Besides it's always been consensus to use just one, so changing this should be discussed at WT:DYK and probably Talk:Main page first, since it's a pretty major change of the main page design.--Carabinieri (talk) 23:47, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Since it's gone in the next update, no problem, but I just wanted to be fair to the article creators. =) Adam Cuerden talk 04:17, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

South of Heaven FAC
Thanks for your comments at the above FAC, which are greatly appreciated. I've attempted to address your concerns, and hope that I've sufficiently done so. Once again, thanks for your time. LuciferMorgan (talk) 15:12, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK
I've filled in a whole lot of noms on the Next Update and checked links, dates, etc., but won't have time to update the DYK template and pass out credits. Could you handle this? --EncycloPetey (talk) 15:04, 11 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I've already started.--Carabinieri (talk) 15:05, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Did You Know credits
Hello, I was wondering why you didn't credit anyone at your 7:25 UTC update? Thanks.  Red rocket  boy  16:05, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Because I didn't have enough time to do it right away. User:EncycloPetey removed the entries from the next update page after I was gone, so I assumed someone else had taken care of doing the credits. You seem to have noticed the entry was on the main page without any notification, so I doubt much harm was done by me taking so long.--Carabinieri (talk) 19:48, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Anarchist Task Force
Hey, thanks for you interest! Right now, we're kind of waiting for the folks at WikiProject Philosophy to figure out how to best work our task force into the larger project. As such, we're waiting to continue inviting others to the project until we can actually go live with it, so that people don't get disappointed if the task force doesn't happen for some reason. However, you're more than free to put your name on the list, and keep up with the little discussions we've been having on my sandbox talk page. Cheers! Murderbike (talk) 20:00, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK Ready
The next update appears to be ready to go. Mind doing the final checks and updating?  spryde |  talk  19:27, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I already have.--Carabinieri (talk) 19:28, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * My apologies, I did not see your 19:25 edit.  spryde |  talk  19:30, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem. Thanks for the heads-up anyway.--Carabinieri (talk) 19:31, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Award

 * Thanks for your recognition.--Carabinieri (talk) 12:06, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK script
Once you purge your cache, you should see a new tab (next to "history" at the top) when you edit a user talk page or article talk page. On the user talk, it will be listed as "user talk dyk" and on article, it will say "article talk dyk". When you click on "user talk dyk", there are 3 menu options: "dyk-auth", "dyk-nom" and "unsigned2". Ignore unsigned2. When you are crediting the author of an article, click the first one. It will prompt you for the title of the article (no link brackets are needed). Press enter, and then save the page. For the article talk page, you just need to press "dyk talk no sig" and save the page. Does that clarify things? Nishkid64 (talk) 19:23, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Purge your cache now. Also, what other tabs do you have next to history? What resolution do you use (800x600)? Nishkid64 (talk) 20:27, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay. I'll take a look at it later and see what's wrong. Nishkid64 (talk) 20:52, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I noticed this discussion and I added it for myself. I had the same problem and I figured out my problem. My problem was the I needed to add Wikipedia as a Trusted website. I then allowed scripting from Trusted websites. It now works. I customized mine to take out many of the navigation menu items, for the seach box is off my screen on my 1024x768 screen. I run Wikipedia 2 of my computers: a wide screen and the 1024x768. You need to click "edit" to edit the talk page, and then first you get the "dyk-auth" and "dyk-nom" tabs. I hope this helps. Royal broil  00:43, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
 * None of that worked, unfortunately. I've tried it on both Explorer and Firefox, with all kinds of screen resolutions, lowering my security level as far as possible, etc. --Carabinieri (talk) 14:39, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I can't figure it out. I had an issue at first with the DYK monobook last December, but Lar helped me figure it out. Contact him, and I'm sure he will be able to fix the issue. Nishkid64 (talk) 20:44, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

I've gotten quite rusty at javascript I'm afraid, I got mine to more or less work and stopped tinkering. (as you can see if you look at it, it's pretty crufted up, and now there is stuff in it that doesn't work any more) I might suggest not invoking his at all, just mine, to see what difference that makes. Do you have ANY functions that add extra tabs with dropdown functions? Sorry that's not more help. ( replied here to keep most of convo together) One thing that helps a LOT is to run the "Error console" from within Firefox. Clear it out, then try to go to a page and use a function, see what it says as it runs. Often you will spot errors that way. If for example the code to load tabs up is having problems it will throw errors. ++Lar: t/c 23:17, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: Rudolf Rocker
Great stuff! You're welcome. Oh yeah, for the record, can I move your request at the Resource Exchange to filled status now? Or would you still like to wait and see if someone responds for the remaining articles? Key to the city (talk) 14:55, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Nationalism and Culture
Oh, I'm terribly sorry about that. I'm glad you caught that. I added back. I must have accidentally confused it with Pioneers of American Freedom. Really sorry! --JayHenry (talk) 01:52, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem. Thanks for fixing it.--Carabinieri (talk) 11:31, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Nationalism and Culture
Great work. Nationalism and Culture appeared in the DYK. I must say, your article was simply great. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 08:43, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot.--Carabinieri (talk) 11:32, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Successful FAC
Thank you for providing comments on how to to improve the article at the successful FA nomination of Vasa (ship). Happy holidays and all that!

Peter Isotalo 08:18, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Croatian intelligence community
Thanks for promoting this one. It somehow got overlooked during the Christmas break and I promised Shiva that if he sourced the hook properly I would promote it in the next update I did, so you've saved me the trouble.

Nice choice of lead in that update BTW, I thought the Boonah pic would make a good feature pic too. Gatoclass (talk) 03:06, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK update
I notice you have cleared the last update but the new one is not showing up on the front page on my PC. Is there some reason for that that you know of? Gatoclass (talk) 12:57, 29 December 2007 (UTC)


 * OK, it's been posted now, thanks. Gatoclass (talk) 15:12, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK Ludwig Fischer
Hello Carabinieri, I'm puzzled by the message you left on my talk page, since the Ludwig Fischer factoid is not currently on the DYK display or in the archive.

It's not a big deal, as I'd prefer that it not appear. The editor who nominated it got the facts wrong, somehow imagining that Ludwig Fischer had been Mozart's friend before Mozart wrote the role of Osmin for Fischer to sing. It seems rather that the two men became friends as a result of their colloborating professionally. Cheers, Opus33 (talk) 18:43, 29 December 2007 (UTC)


 * It appeared on the main page, but has been removed since and is in fact in the archives. If there was a mistake in the hook, it would have been nice, if you had mentioned that, while it was on the suggestions' page.--Carabinieri (talk) 18:48, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Grossmarkthalle or Großmarkthalle
Hi. I'm a tad dubious about the move from Grossmarkthalle to Großmarkthalle. Personally, I have no strong feelings about this (as a native German speaker, I'd tend to use ß), but ß and ss are interchangeable in this case, and looking at the discussion about, say Voßstraße (or Vossstrasse), using ß is not, apparently, generally acceptable on English wikipedia. Also, the ECB seems happy enough to use ss. athinaios (talk) 10:53, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I thought this discussion had been settled in favor of using ß, but apparently I was wrong (see Naming conventions (standard letters with diacritics)). I'll revert my move.--Carabinieri (talk) 13:38, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Let's watch out though, as we'd both be happy enough with the ß, and policy on the topic seems far from decided. athinaios (talk) 14:14, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Image:Judy Garland in Summer Stock trailer 2.jpg
I had it protected on Commons, but meh :) Thanks,  Daniel  01:55, 2 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Oops, I didn't realize you were updating until after I did that.--Carabinieri (talk) 02:44, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Happy New Year

 * Thanks, Blnguyen. A Happy New Year to you too.--Carabinieri (talk) 15:51, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

German portal news archive - a more prominent location?
Recently I started work on 2008 in Germany, an attempt to create a centralised, permanent, and (hopefully) well-cited chronicle of events in Germany - similar to other countries (eg. 2007 in Australia). Given your great work on the Germany portal (and its news section), I would like to invite you to join me in maintaining this page. As a long-term project, I was thinking of making pages for other years. That should help in making some sort of focus and highlighting what articles need work - there are Australian chronicles for every year since 1788 and they have proven very useful in article improvement. Since this is all rather new, I would also be interested in hearing any suggestions you may have. Thanks. - 52 Pickup (talk) 12:53, 3 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I think that's a good idea, I'll try to contribute. Many German magazines have been running Rückblicks of 2007 in the past weeks - Spiegel, for example, dedicated almost half of the December 31 issue to this. These reviews might be a basis for 2007 in Germany.--Carabinieri (talk) 02:27, 5 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Excellent. Another good source of info that I've been using to start up the 2007 page is the monthly chronicles on the de-wiki (eg. de:Januar 2007). While not Germany-specific, they contain a lot of Germany-related events that the en-wiki might have missed. Once the 2007 page is complete, it should be clearer what a good format might be - the current format is simply lifted from 2008 in Australia. As a very-long-term project, I'd like to try make similar pages for all years to as far back as 1871. - 52 Pickup (talk) 08:36, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I have added a link to 2024 in Germany to the portal. Kusma (talk) 11:11, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

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DYK: Battle of Kansas
I'm told by AndonicO that you put this page forward for the DYK section. Much appreciated. Cheers Minorhistorian (talk) 23:44, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK
I am adding the entry there per User:Whiteandnerdy111/Coaching. It is not my fault. It is most likely a mistake made by my admin coach. -- Whiteandnerdy111 (talk) 22:32, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK
Thanks for letting me know Carabinieri. Cheers Edelmand (talk) 11:11, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK

 * Congrats, Carabinieri! You surely don't need any help, but don't hesitate to call me in to copy-edit new articles, especially those where knowledge in German is helpful. -- Matthead  DisOuß  14:58, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
 * BTW, maybe you want to archive talk as "This page is 67 kilobytes long." -- Matthead  DisOuß   15:00, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Resin Application Server Page deletion?
Please excuse me if this is the wrong place to ask this question

My name is Emil Ong and I work for Caucho Technology, the maker of the Resin Application Server. I noticed that you deleted the page for Resin Caucho_Resin in March 2007 as an advertisement for a website. I'm not sure if the page at the time was written in an inappropriate way, but the Caucho company did not author it. Nonetheless, we would still like to have a representative page in Wikipedia. In the meantime, the pages for other software, including commercial, closed source software, in this space remain available:JBoss,WebLogic,WebSphere,GlassFish,etc...

Most of these simply provide information about the company or group producing the software, the software itself, and links to the software's page. Is it possible to undelete the Resin page or allow us to reinstate it? We have no intention of violating Wikipedia's rules against advertising and conflict of interest, but we would like to have the same representation as these other projects. Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Emilong (talk • contribs) 21:15, 16 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia is not the place to represent products; this is an encyclopedia. I ask you not to create such a page. JBoss, WebLogic, etc. have Wikipedia pages because there were editors who found those topics notable enough to create the pages. They are not representative pages, but encyclopedic articles. Please read Conflict of interest and What Wikipedia is not for more information.--Carabinieri (talk) 21:58, 16 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your response. We will not create a new page in accordance with the rules and we will not ask anyone to do this on our behalf.  All I am asking is that if an unbiased, non-promotional page is created without our intervention, as the previous page was, it will not be deleted.  In those two previous cases, editors did believe that Resin is notable.  Of course, we believe that our project is notable -- it has existed for 10 years and is used by over 7000 people and companies.  How are decisions of notability made? and how can we offer evidence in such proceedings?  Thank you.  Emilong (talk) 23:20, 16 January 2008 (UTC)


 * The previous page was deleted mainly because it consisted of little more than a link to an external website. For Wikipedia's rules on notability, please read Notability. You can help Wikipedia create an article on this topic by leaving a note on this page: WikiProject Computing and providing that WikiProject with reliable third-party sources. For information on what kind of sources we are looking for, please read Reliable sources and Verifiability. If you're product was ever mentioned in a newspaper article or something similar, tell them about it and they may well write an article about this software. --Carabinieri (talk) 17:34, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK: Stephen Angulalik
Carabinieri, thank you for including Stephen Angulalik on today's DYK! Cheers Rosiestephenson (talk) 17:11, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * You're welcome.--Carabinieri (talk) 17:34, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Error in DYK credit
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3ADid_you_know%2FNext_update&diff=184979622&oldid=184959013

Stubbins Ffirth article featured on DYK was written by violetriga, not Danaman5. Danaman wrote another hook. violetriga told me she/he didn't write the hook that was credit to her/him.

Is this like a printing error on a postage stamp, i.e. a rarity? Archtransit (talk) 20:46, 17 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I accidentally got violetriga and danaman5 mixed up. I certainly hope this doesn't happen often.--Carabinieri (talk) 12:26, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Two ladies
Thanks for the heads-up about Two Ladies being chosen for an entry in DYK. I looked at the column for today, but did not see the entry, will it be posted later, or did I miss it? That is a nice reward for the work putting the article together. 83d40m (talk) 23:47, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Your January 2008 request at Resource Exchange
I've got one article lined up for you. I'll need your e-mail address (again, sorry). For the other articles, see my comments to your request. Key (talk) 13:21, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Karl Meersman

 * Oh, so you nominated the article. Thanks a bunch! I was wondering how this happened. Key (talk) 16:56, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

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Free Workers' Union
Hey, I added a section to this article on the whole "strike bike" thing, but am having a hard time finding a decent source for the end of the strike, since I don't speak german. All I could find in english was blogs. Do you think you could find something? Cheers! Murderbike (talk) 19:01, 5 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I've reworked the paragraph a bit. The FAU really did little more than help sell the bikes. It only became involved in the strike months after it started. According to NZZ, a local newspaper, 1,805 bikes were sold, so I've changed it to "over 1,800" in the article. I also changed the sources to three German newspaper reports, since they're more reliable than the Strike Bike's own website.--Carabinieri (talk) 02:32, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Cool, looks good. Murderbike (talk) 02:54, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Giovanni Villani FAC
Good idea, I should have added Italian language a long time ago, considering how two paragraphs down it says that he wrote in the vernacular language, not Latin.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 14:27, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

hi
Hi. I found you in the category of users who can contribute in English and Portuguese. I myself am a native speaker of English, but I'm well on my way to learning Portuguese. Just check out my user page and talk page, and join in any of the discussions. To keep updated, you can even put a watch on my user page, which will automatically watch my talk page. :-) learnportuguese (talk) 16:04, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

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DYK
Three hours late. I've prepared the update if you have time to post it. Thanks, Gatoclass (talk) 13:45, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Finnish battle
Surprised by your note Carabinierei... so I went back and looked. Before the copy the file looked like this. As you can see the comments from JayHenry appear to relate to the battle. With the clarity of hindsight I guess we can both see what has happened. I'm not sure who left the "orphan comments" ... if it was me then I should have realised. Thanks for AGF. Is there anything to do now apart from regret? Victuallers (talk) 15:37, 12 February 2008 (UTC)


 * No, I don't think there is. Everyone has made mistakes updating DYK, so don't worry about it.--Carabinieri (talk) 16:29, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations
Congratulations on the FA status of Free Association of German Trade Unions! Excellent work! Three cheers and a tiger for you! - Tim1965 (talk) 17:13, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your contributions to the article.--Carabinieri (talk) 17:42, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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Argentine Regional Workers' Federation
Hey, is there any reason not to nominate this article for GA status? Murderbike (talk) 02:17, 19 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Personally, I don't feel it meets the GA criteria. There are still many gaps in coverage, as a result of the fact that the sources I had at my disposition weren't very comprehensive. Further, there is the problem that there appears to be a group that calls itself FORA and claims to be in the FORA's tradition to this day. Apparently it has been in existence without interruption since the 1930s. You can find its website under www.fora-ait.com.ar (I can't link the website, because it's blacklisted. I'm still working on trying to find sources for this period. I'll be getting the book "Argentina: from anarchism to peronism: workers, unions and politics, 1855 - 1985" by Ronaldo Munck, et al, soon. Maybe it will help.--Carabinieri (talk) 13:42, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Portal
Hi Carabinieri,

thank you for your great work in keeping the Germany portal updated. I have put your recent FA in the selected article box for next month. As I am quite busy IRL (so mostly on wikibreak) these days, I have been quite lazy in cutting a summary out of your lead section. Please take a look at Portal:Germany/Selected article/2008/March and see whether I have included all important facts for the portal teaser. Happy editing, Kusma (talk) 11:08, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Are you leaving us too?
Mind me asking why? Murderbike (talk) 22:09, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I joined the project assuming it was about cooperation concerning articles related to anarchism. However, it seems to be mostly a project for anarchists imposing their POV on Wikipedia. I'm not an anarchist and I'm certainly not interested in pushing any kind of POV.--Carabinieri (talk) 18:49, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Wow, that's really a bummer, it's pretty apparent we could use a voice like yours around. Alas, I understand the frustration though. Good luck in what you do, Murderbike (talk) 02:04, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Leaving the field to some busy POV pushers is not an option, either. I can understand frustration with Wikipedia, but suggest sticking around and making edits now and then. -- Matthead Discuß   19:14, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I didn't say I was leaving Wikipedia. Murderbike was referring to my removing my user name from the WP:ATF participants' list. I will still be editing articles related to anarchism; I just don't see any point in being a "member" of this task force anymore.--Carabinieri (talk) 23:46, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Anarchism.net
Yo Carabinieri, I declined your proposed deletion on the grounds that the article has previously been unsuccessfully proposed for deletion and is thus invalid for another nomination of this kind. As an admin, I'm sure you're aware that WP:PROD is intended for uncontroversial deletions; looking at the history of this particular article, it's clear that any proposal to delete the article will be controversial. By all means feel free to nominate the article at WP:Afd if you deem it appropriate. Regards, скоморохъ  02:27, 17 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Looking at the article, I think it's pretty clear that deleting this article should not be controversial at all. It clearly lacks evidence for notability. But I guess AfD will have to do.--Carabinieri (talk) 11:43, 17 March 2008 (UTC)


 * "Should not be" and "will not be" are very different things; it looks like the Afd is going your way though, so no worries. скоморохъ  23:55, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

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Karl-Heinz Schnibbe
After much to-and-fro, I'm happy to say this will appear on DYK? 6 April. As you can see from the article history and the discussion at DYK for 29 March (here), it took a bit of doing!  JGHowes talk  -  03:04, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks...
Thanks for your comments on my T:DYK (self-) nomination of Goliath Awaits. It was my first nomination and in retrospect I wish I'd had time to go to the library to find additional sources for the article prior to making it. I didn't realise that many of the google hits were for pay-only content, so I didn't anticipate it being quite so hard to find good sources. However, I completely agree that WP:RS is a very important guideline. I'm sure the next article I nominate will not have these problems! Cheers, -- Flyguy649 talk 23:32, 15 April 2008 (UTC)


 * If you access to pay-only online content, you may want to try WP:WRE. They may be able to help you. Good luck, --Carabinieri (talk) 23:44, 15 April 2008 (UTC)