User talk:Cymru.lass/Archive 5

Happy Birthday!!
Happy 16$th$ birthday, cymru lass! Have a great day!  Set Sail For The Seven Seas   15° 30' 30" NET   01:02, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Holy expletive, it's my birthday!
 * I forgot. Thanks for the birthday wishes! Happy Halloween!! --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 01:04, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I happened upon this page and learnt it's your birthday. I don't think we've met before, but just to spread the Wikilove: Happy Birthday! Heimstern Läufer(talk) 07:57, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Why thank you, kind stranger! Aside from a friend who stayed up 'til midnight for me, no-one off-wiki has mentioned it yet. Then again, it is something like 2 AM.... --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 08:01, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Hey yeah - Happy Birthday from another Dr Who fan! Now you need more than a nibble to store your age! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:47, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Graeme! This is all very pleasant. This was actually the first thing I saw upon waking up due to forgetting to turn my laptop off! --- 14:02, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * You actually forgot is was your birthday? Might have been due to the concussion!    Set Sail For The Seven Seas   213° 33' 0" NET   14:14, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Penblwydd Hapus! (and that's about as far as my knowledge of Welsh goes I'm afraid) Hope you're having a lovely day. the wub "?!"  21:32, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Hope I'm not late already ; however, buon compleanno from me too! Salvio  Let's talk about it! 23:47, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * @TheSevenSeas, yes, I managed to forget it was my birthday I'm special like that. But it made it all that much better!
 * @the wub, thank you! I'd say thanks in Welsh, but I'm afraid I lack any knowledge whatsoever of the language, except "cymru". I won't get the chance to start learning for a few years
 * @Salvio, HI! Long time no talk! Thanks for the birthday wishes!! I love Italian (don't let my Spanish homies hear me saying that; they'll kill me :P)! You're definitely not too late, at least by my clock! --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 00:38, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I believe "thanks" in welsh is "diolch". There's always The Welsh Wikipedia if you're up for learning the language. Spanish and Italian are very similar languages, so it shouldn't be too bad. Forgetting does indeed make it that more special! Suprises are great!  Set Sail For The Seven Seas   16° 13' 45" NET   01:04, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the Welsh tip ! Hahaha, the fact that Italian and Spanish makes the playful rivalry between my Spanish and Italian friends all the more "serious". --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 01:09, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem! I take it you're the inbetween? Someone's got to prevent World War III!   Set Sail For The Seven Seas   256° 5' 0" NET   17:04, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Hahaha yep! I'm the gringa who speaks Spanish better than several of the Latinas and used to speak Italian --- cymru lass(hit me up)⁄(background check) 02:20, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
 * All that and to think Italy and Spain don't even share a border! I guess you should learn French then!    Set Sail For The Seven Seas   321° 8' 15" NET   21:24, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Yep, I'm taking it next year—despite the fact that the French accent is the only accent I can't imitate. I can even do accents when reading (Romanized) Arabic and Hindi, but when I try to read French, I sound like a strangled cat --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 01:03, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
 * It takes time and practice to develop these things unless you've grown up with it. In that case, it becomes second nature. Can you actually read Arabic and Hindi? That's way better than French!   Set Sail For The Seven Seas   325° 37' 15" NET   21:42, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I can't read or understand Arabic and Hindi, but if I'm given a written-out (i.e., in the Roman alphabet) transliteration, I can do a passable accent. I pick up accents really easily—which isn't always a good thing. I spent 3 weeks in New Zealand almost five years ago, and I still speak with a en-zedder intonation and use their slang—which confuses the heck out of people, especially since I don't speak with an accent ---cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 23:54, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
 * That could come in useful at times! One of my friends is a kiwi, so I sort of know some of the slang. Do you really sound like a strangled cat when you try to read French? It can't be that bad! You know what a strangled cat sounds like?  All I've ever heard are cats squealing at one another! Now that's what you call a cat fight!    Set Sail For The Seven Seas   3° 31' 30" NET   00:14, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, I don't know what a strangled cat sounds like per se, but I'm guessing it's pretty close to me speaking French. I was in a French opera once (Carmen), and it took me forever to make sure I didn't sound like a fool! --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 00:36, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

I didn't think so. I would be surprised if you did. Isn't that going round in circles? If you were in a French opera, then you must have a good accent!  Set Sail For The Seven Seas   14° 10' 45" NET   00:56, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Lucky for me, opera singers use softer accents than the typical Fresh accent when singing opera, at least where I live. --- cymru lass(hit me up)⁄(background check) 01:44, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I guess in that case you can get away with it! If you did end up in a real French opera, then you'd have to try even harder!    Set Sail For The Seven Seas   267° 1' 45" NET   17:48, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Hahaha, true that! --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check)23:06, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

November 2010 backlog elimination drive update
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Category:CSI: NY episodes
Hi there, I noticed your note at Category talk:CSI: NY episodes when I was going through empty categories to delete, as it's empty again. Considering what you wrote I'm wondering if it was improperly emptied. Since you are clearly more familiar with the situation than me, I'd appreciate it if you could look in to this and either repopulate the category, or tag it with a C1 speedy, depending on what you find. Thanks, VegaDark (talk) 04:22, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Erm, I should probably preface this by saying I've never watched CSI.
 * That said, my main issue with the deletion is the reason the category wasn't populated was because its members were redirected without consensus. This caused a lot of outcry, but apparently, some of the redirected articles were never reverted. Lists of the CSI:NY episodes can be found at Template:Infobox CSI: NY season 1 episode list, etc. I actually have no clue what to do with them! --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 08:40, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Re: help desk question
Hey, thanks for your note. That's a bit more elaborate than I really need, but it's good info, and I will file it away in my tool box. Thanks for sharing! Cheers, bahamut0013  words deeds 18:32, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

Re: Your userpage is awesome--may I borrow some code?
Not a problem - help yourself! – ClockworkSoul 17:16, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

GOCE elections
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November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusion
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Talkback

 * And I wish to apologise again for my appalling delay...  Salvio  Let's talk about it! 11:28, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Talk:ICarly (season four)
Your snarky comment is unappreciated. The article was protected at the time that I put the editprotected request in, or I wouldn't have done it. I'm not an idiot. Corvus cornix talk  20:08, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I apologize. I wasn't, in fact, being snarky. I occasionally patrol the categories of requested edits to see if any requests have been made in error (e.g., changes have been requested to an unprotected page). I then use either EsP or EP to let the people know that the page is, in fact unprotected. Next time I'll check to see when a page was last unprotected. Again, I apologize for the misunderstanding. --- cymru.lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 20:13, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you.  Corvus cornix  talk  20:17, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. --- cymru.lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 20:19, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

GOCE Year-end Report
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It's time to get back up to speed...
Happy Holidays.

I noticed that you are listed as a participant in the outlines wikiproject.

Things went pretty slow from Oct 2009 to Sept 2010, but have been picking up speed since October 2010.

Overhauls are under way on:


 * Outline of culture
 * Outline of geography

We can use all the help we can get on those. They especially need annotations and missing links. Please take a look and see what you can do.

One of the big gaps we've been working on is sports. So far, we have:


 * Outline of sports
 * Outline of basketball
 * Outline of canoeing and kayaking
 * Outline of cricket
 * Outline of motorcycles and motorcycling
 * Outline of running
 * Outline of tennis

The outlines listed above include descriptive annotations to aid in topic selection. Please add as many missing annotations as you can.

You may have noticed some major sports are missing:
 * Outline of baseball
 * Outline of American football
 * Outline of association football
 * Outline of golf
 * Outline of ice hockey
 * Outline of rugby

If you are feeling ambitious, please feel free to build one or more of these.

But don't feel restricted to sports. There are many other major subjects we haven't gotten to yet. See Portal:Contents/Outlines to look for gaps.

To assist in the maintenance (such as spotting and reversing vandalism) of the outlines and their support pages, please watchlist them. At a minimum, please watchlist the support pages:


 * Portal:Contents - includes link to outline list
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 * WikiProject Outline of Knowledge - project
 * Outlines - about outline design

The wikiproject page has been overhauled. It includes tasks, guidelines, and a participants list.

We need your help. Please look over the project and the various outlines to see where you can contribute the best. Thank you.

What are your favorite subjects?

Happy New Year!

The Transhumanist 05:25, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Edit on Fred Heron
I had posted that as I had received a phone call from a fellow friend, who had worked with Fred in the California Youth Authority as his Teacher's Assistant for many years, and had studied the bible with Fred's wife, Betty. I am a dear and personal friend of Fred, and this is personal information from family. He collapsed about a week prior. We still do not know how he died. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaivarri (talk• contribs) 05:45, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Please re-read the discussion that you started on Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard: It stated "Someone being alive or dead is a fact that must be reliably sourced". When you explicitly add him back to the category of "Living persons" without a source, you are breaking this policy. Please do not revert my edit of removing that category again unless you can demonstrate via sources that he is alive (which you can't, because he isn't). --Roger McCoy/រ៉ាចើ (talk) 08:34, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Coldest fall
Just a note that I declined the speedy deletion request so I also reopened the AFD. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:48, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Okie doke! Thanks for letting me know. --- cymru.lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 00:50, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Template:Cita publicación
Most likely created in error by an editor from es.wikipedia who didn't realize that we have our own, English names for the templates. I saw this show up in two different articles and have since repaired both. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 20:43, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

The Count Of Monte Cristo (James Behr musical)
Thanks for your note about this page. I don't think this musical is notable (it failed a previous AFD). James Behr may be notable, I haven't looked close enough to say one way or the other. If you think he merits an entry, please feel free to move or merge the relevant material, but note that this is almost certainly an autobiography or a very close conflict of interest, complete with legal threats about attempts to remove it. I prefer not to facilitate these sorts of editors, so I've limited my action so far to cutting out junk from the entry. Cheers. Hairhorn (talk) 23:29, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive news
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LGBT articles in Brazil
Hello! In FEBRUARY, in the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil will be aproved the *SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN BRAZIL*, and the pages LGBT rights in Brazil and Recognition of same-sex unions in Brazil need of you. Because will generate a heavy traffic on these pages, and we need you to help in the English spelling of these pages, you understand me? Please help me. Hentzer (talk) 12:00, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Hello and Thank You
thank you for spelling correction

Can you comment on the deletion of article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranvir_Kumar_Singh

--Ranatalwar (talk) 21:48, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Do you mind?
I have the username Sethlutz895. When you edited my user page, you made me lose my work. And I don't like people editing my own biography. So lay off. ByeSethlutz895 (talk) 13:58, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

A star for little user
['''Zilla is flattered to be remembered by the rising generation of editors. Gives little Cymru.lass a Walk of Fame Zillastar and sticks her in pocket of Spiderman suit.'' ] Hold on, Little Lass! Come climb Reichstag !  bishzilla    ROA R R! !    15:47, 2 February 2011 (UTC).

Thanks for your help!
Hi! You took some time to reply to my request about Guru and the G11 thing. I am getting Ironholds guidance on the tone and appropriateness. I appreciate you taking the time to reply. This is what makes Wikipedia great! Executive Director - Guru Digital Arts College (talk) 16:27, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Substituted template
You may be interested in my post at Template talk:Fix/Archive 1, because it concerns some requests that you have been making. Regards&mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:59, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

GOCE January Backlog elimination drive conclusion
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Appreciation!
Hello Cymru.lass, PrincessWortheverything has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread theWikiLove 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. PrincessWortheverything (talk) 21:18, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Copyright, 3RR, etc.
Just in case you didn't notice, I added some comments to the discussion at the Help forum. Hope they're useful.--Bbb23 (talk) 03:28, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Outline collaboration
Here's the latest addition to the religion section of Portal:Contents/Outlines. Wikipedia has rich coverage on this subject. Very interesting, especially from sociological and historical perspectives.


 * Outline of Sikhism

This is a call to all members of the Outline WikiProject and outline aficionados to help refine this outline. It needs annotations, missing topics added, and the entries in the general concepts section placed in more specific sections. It needs your editing skills. Let's turn it into a beehive!

Come join in on the fun and get acquainted with members of the Outline WikiProject.

The Transhumanist 04:58, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

P.S.: I had no idea this religion was so extensive or that it had so many followers. Hope to see you on the outline!

What is a symbol?
I have no objection to your recent edit to Coordinated Universal Time but I disagree with the edit summary: "Symbol: okay, how's initialism? a symbol is something like $, %, ^, or ®". If you look at the brochure which sets forth the International System of Units and which has been adopted as law in most countries (perhaps with minor variations and translation into the local language) you will find that certain letter combinations are defined to be symbols when used to designate units of measure (e.g. m, s, MJ, mg). In the case of UTC, this letter group seems to have evolved in a more informal manner amongst several scientific organizations, so I am not aware of an authoritative source that defines whether it is a symbol, abbreviation, or initialism. Jc3s5h (talk) 17:14, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

its my padge
its my disscustion page ill put what i want on it! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zed127 (talk • contribs) 16:21, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Edit conflicts
Hi, well here I am taking you up on your offer! I seem to keep getting edit conflicts on the article. A little while ago I tried bundling all my edits into a really big single edit, taking about 30 minutes putting them together, but as I posted on the talk page, when I got another edit conflict while trying to submit my edit, I must have done something silly because I seem to have lost of all that editing. Is there any way of getting them back? I am assuming there isn't. I'm slightly regretting the wasted effort. I'll just have to be more careful in future. A Saku (talk) 04:07, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

User talk:Gawhie
FYI - You last posted at User talk:Gawhie 21 February 2011 and the message didn't seem to get through. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 17:55, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Overstrand Hall
Hi. I'm not a great fan of over-hasty "proposed deletion" tags. I find they are somewhat discouraging. I created this article about 1 minute ago, and its notability is due to its architect. Give me 30 minutes and it'll be improved. Regards KJP1 (talk) 08:09, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi again. Apologies for the slightly tetchy tone of the above. I hope it now meets notability standards. It is, after all, a Lutyens house. Thanks and best regards.KJP1 (talk) 08:54, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks and I'm truly glad you're happy with it. It's no Featured Article, to be sure, but it does add to the coverage of buildings by Sir Edwin Lutyens (a very, very important architect [POV!]) and therefore adds a modest something to the sum of Wikipedia knowledge. Best regards. KJP1 (talk) 18:23, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Page "Resaas"
Hi there

I just added the page for "Resaas" but it's been tagged for speedy deletion, can you tell me why?

Thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rpolk2011 (talk •contribs) 23:10, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

email Ling; I'll reply

 * User:Ling.Nut is scrambled. Email from that user page; I'll reply. – Ling.Nut 06:48, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Cymru.lass-I've received a reply from Ling.Nut2 after using the e-mail link on Ling.Nut's original user page. I don't know how this link could be hijacked so I'm of the opinion, for the present, that this user is Ling.Nut. If you have further concerns or any insight into the possibilities that e-mail links are suspect, please contact me. I just checked WP:UAA and did not see your original listing so you may find this note irrelevant. If so, please excuse the ring. See ya 'round  Tide  rolls  17:35, 19 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Re:this. I'm not at all sure you were wrong.  I don't have the technical ability to be positive about their claim.  I'm just saying that they responded positively.  I have enough respect for Ling.Nut's previous work that I will be watchful for any shenanigans. See ya's  Tide  rolls 01:47, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm not a "they"; I'm a "he"... Is it possible to migrate Ling.Nut's contribs to Ling.Nut2? – Ling.Nut 02:42, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't think there's a way to migrate contribs, but if you have a way of proving you're Ling.Nut (e.g., by sending an email to a user that you used to email using the Ling.Nut account using that same email), then you could potentially have Ling.Nut2 renamed to something like Ling.Nut2 (usurped) and then have Ling.Nut renamed to Ling.Nut2. TryWP:CHU, they could probably give you better advice than I can. I hope this helps :) — Preceding signed comment added by Cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 02:55, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Oops, Ling has only 34K so it could be done...thanks... later – Ling.Nut 03:05, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! I hope this works out for you. Best of luck!!! :) — Preceding signed comment added byCymru.lass (talk • contribs) 03:10, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Wait, can't you just do the whole "email new password" thing? Like on the login screen isn't there an option to have a new password emailed to you? — Preceding signed comment added by Cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 03:21, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, you know, I had never noticed that.. I just now clicked it, but have not rec'd an email. Will wait. Thanks! – Ling.Nut 03:32, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Haha didn't occur to me either but I just had to use that feature on another site and a lightbulb started knocking round the inside of my head. (Okay, that wasn't a cryptic joke at all...) — Preceding signed comment added by Cymru.lass (talk •contribs) 03:35, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, when I saw the edit summary I was kinda wondering if you had a little bump on your noggin this morning (or a bit too much liquid cheer)... later & thanks.. – Ling.Nut 03:38, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Surprisingly not. I often sound that way, though, and my deadpan often makes people think I'm a total creeper! Especially because I just took some cough medicine for this nasty cold I've got. Apologies for the creepy/weird/cryptic joke :} — Preceding signed comment added byCymru.lass (talk • contribs) 03:42, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

No problem
I screwed that one up, no worries. --NellieBly (talk) 22:49, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Suhaib Webb
Hi, I have replied to your concern on my talk page. Sea photo Talk 06:05, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Re: Wikipedia in general in the past-ness
Well, I don't know for certain if I'm the oldest Wikipedian (I am over 50 yet not quite as old as, say, Ward Cunningham), but I have been on Wikipedia for a long time & the periods between my sightings of other old-timer Wikipedians have been consistently getting longer. (The one guy who could beat my record for certain is, but he's not as active as I am.) Anyway, I might write an account of the "old days" of Wikipedia for the Signpost if I can figure out a way to write about it that entertains readers. (One of the drawbacks of being an old fossil like me is that old fossils tend to be boring.) -- llywrch (talk) 19:47, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I case you're still interested, I blathered a bit at Wikipedia talk:Wiki Guides/What was your new user experience about the old days at Wikipedia. I don't know if I provided any information that the Wiki Guides could use, but I enjoyed reading what I wrote. Maybe you will too. -- llywrch (talk) 18:38, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I loved it! Thank you :) I'm just fascinated for some reason by the way things used to be around here--it sounds so cool! (I sound like a small child calling a twenty-year-old "old", don't I?) — Preceding signed comment added by Cymru.lass (talk• contribs) 03:15, 31 March 2011 (UTC)