User talk:Geschichte/February 2009-April 2009

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Tyson Gay
Just a heads up that I reverted some of your edits because I was still kind of in the middle of expanding the information. You'll see how the headers fit together now. On another note, I also noticed that you filled in some of the redlinks. Excellent work! I was going to get around to doing it myself but you've saved me some time. I have to say, filling in redlinks can be fun!

Furthermore, you must be completely insane. Only a complete insaniac would have created 12343 articles. What are you? Part man-part machine? Seriously, that is a ridiculous number. Regardless, you are a credit to the encyclopaedia. Maybe you should start a list of "users by articles created" and place yourself at the top. I'd wager that only geography bot accounts would rival your record! Impressive work. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 18:17, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

re: Hm
Hi Punkmorten. Sorry, I didn't notice that. When I was correcting the order of postnominals I spotted what appeared to be a normal dash, so changed it to an endash. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 21:30, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Marion Jones and EPO
Maybe not. See where I might have gone wrong on the list! Steroids yes. Ex=husband said she took EPO, but sample B was negative in the end. Good call! ROxBo (talk) 10:54, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Roman Koudelka
Would you like to help me with an expansion of this bad article? The Rolling Camel (talk) 14:44, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * OK. After you. Punkmorten (talk) 14:51, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * OK The Rolling Camel (talk) 09:39, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK
Shubinator (talk) 20:49, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

--Dravecky (talk) 02:35, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Shubinator (talk) 05:35, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

--Dravecky (talk) 04:37, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

AfD nominations
I have nominated Sverre Stub, an article that you created, for deletion.  Sandstein  21:32, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

I have nominated Magnus Aarbakke, an article that you created, for deletion. seicer &#x007C;  talk  &#x007C;  contribs  13:13, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Azar Karadaş
I added the Turkish pronunciation of Azar Karadaş (Azar Karadash) His player name is spelled as Azar Karadas (as the letter Ş/ş does not exist in Norwegian). But his surname is Karadaş. Because he is also a Turkish citizen and as it is the (correct) way written in his Turkish passport and Turkish I.D. Card. His orginal name should stay even as a player his name is not spelled that way, as I just mentioned the reasons (the absence of that letter in Norwegian) above. Letters used in Norwegian Æ, Ø, Å, æ, ø, å etc. and Norwegian place names and personal names are also not spelled at all in any foreign country and sources. But since this is Wikipedia and a source of "correct information", original letters of any language should be put in Wikipedia articles (Even if it is in brackets). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Saguamundi (talk • contribs)
 * LOL, have you seen his passport? Punkmorten (talk) 18:10, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * About Azar Karadaş. Turkish passports and ID Cards always put Turkish letters. Are Norwegian letters not put on Norwegian passports and ID Cards? Even questioning this is stupid and a sign of ignorance. Saguamundi 13:55, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * You are completely missing the point. If he grew up in Turkey, played for the Turkish national team and in the Turkish league, but had a secondary Norwegian passport, would you use the Norwegian spelling? Punkmorten (talk) 08:39, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK
Shubinator (talk) 15:35, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

--Dravecky (talk) 05:15, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Stations
Nice pictures you have taken. And finally a real live image of Lysaker :) I was wondering about the coordinates for Bestun Station. I cannot find the station marked on Google Maps, since they only include current stations. Is it Bestumveien that passes below the station in the underpass, or is it a different one? Thanks, Arsenikk (talk)  18:45, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Find the center of the borough, and then give a less accurate measurement. While degrees, minutes and seconds are needed for a tram stop, only use degrees and minutes for a borough. Arsenikk (talk)  19:08, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

I answered your question on my talk page. I have two other things on my mind, though:

In case you do not know (and please forgive my ignorance if you do), if you want to get the coordinates for a place, find it on Google Maps, left-click and center the place in question. Add the "link"  as a bookmark, and then click the bookmark, and the coordinates will pop up in a box.

I was also wondering about the capitalization of national roads. Would you not agree with me that a particular road is a proper noun, and that they therefore should be capitalized? Looking at WP:Good articles it seems pretty much all roads are capitalized. Or if there something I have overlooked? 19:43, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Overlooked? No.. I'm just not used to proper nouns. Punkmorten (talk) 21:38, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

FYI
I added a Science and academia work group tag to Marius Romme thought you might be interested ?Earlypsychosis (talk) 18:07, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Never heard of the person. Punkmorten (talk) 21:38, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * never mind. making assumptions given your interest and your region and my professional focus on Norway with |the best idea ever and a leading Norwegian | psychiatrist in my WP:POV. Earlypsychosis (talk) 08:00, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Just dropping by...
...to say thanks for the latest batch of new articles on Croatian athletes! GregorB (talk) 23:39, 21 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, the pleasure is mine, since Vojnović was on my to-do list for a while, as an interesting, "Did-you-know?" kind of guy. (The article still does not tell the whole story: he is now Dinara Safina's fitness coach. We'll get around to that soon, no doubt.) This way it's one item less on my already long list, and an article that's certainly better than it would have been if I wrote it myself...


 * I'll try to add WP Biography tags in the future - it doesn't cost much while you're at it. (In fact, I was under impression that some kind of bot does this - it would be fairly easy given the categories.) GregorB (talk) 14:52, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Added more sources
hey, I added more sources to an article, should be better sourcing now... Is it possible to get the C-Class? Sonic Irrigator (talk) 10:25, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Every paragraph should be sourced. Punkmorten (talk) 10:30, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, I have done that...what do you reckon? Does it meet the requirements now? Sonic Irrigator (talk) 10:37, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Every paragraph should be sourced. At the present time they're not. Now I don't think I will spend any more time on this issue. Punkmorten (talk) 10:46, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

You may be interested of
the article about Ole Martin Storlien? The Rolling Camel (talk) 12:45, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, but I'd rather delete it entirely and start over. Punkmorten (talk) 10:39, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK
r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 00:09, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

--Dravecky (talk) 18:37, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

The 200 DYK Medal

 * Thank you! Punkmorten (talk) 10:39, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Sjøholmen
I suggested a DYK alt hook for your article Sjøholmen. I think it is correct. I had to piece it together with terms I could wikilink. You better check it and make sure it is right! Regards, &mdash; Mattisse (Talk) 21:12, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you for salvaging the nomination. Punkmorten (talk) 06:48, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

DYK
--Dravecky (talk) 04:26, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

--Dravecky (talk) 07:21, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

--Dravecky (talk) 07:23, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

--Dravecky (talk) 18:33, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

--Dravecky (talk) 18:33, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

--Dravecky (talk) 18:33, 31 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Congratulations on the Croatian athletes/bobsledders trio on behalf of WikiProject Croatia! GregorB (talk) 18:52, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your contribution to the April Fool's Day fun! I loved the misdirection on this hook.  Royal broil  00:23, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your contribution to the April Fool's Day fun, and for your help with the discussion!  Royal broil  00:25, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Cunard (talk) 05:29, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thank you for your participation in the Spring 2009 GAN backlog elimination drive, in which you reviewed 1 article. Great work! —The participants on the Spring 2009 GAN backlog elimination drive 21:45, 31 March 2009 (UTC)}}
 * In addition, you may use the userbox located at User:Drilnoth/Userboxes/GAN backlog elimination drive to indicate your participation on your user page. Thanks! –Drilnoth (T • C) 21:45, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion
A proposed deletion template has been added to the articles Rustam Akhmetov and Vugar Alakbarov, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Has been unsourced for 3 months, fails the sourcing requirement at WP:BLP

Kevin (talk) 11:36, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Translations
Sorry - I thought it would be OK if it looked to be a legit article in Norwegian. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 13:57, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Seemed OK to me - they look OK per the list of award winners. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 14:09, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Guttorm Hansen
Hi, could you clarify the DYK hook for Guttorm Hansen? The article says he started out as a writer. Also, you you clarify the importance or meaning of his turning down the goverment minister positions? Thanks! Regards, &mdash; Mattisse (Talk) 20:16, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The article body is correct, but the lead is not. Changed it. I don't understand the second questoin. Punkmorten (talk) 20:25, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Henrik Heftye
A tag has been placed on Henrik Heftye requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. Bazj (talk) 10:45, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

I have nominated Henrik Heftye, an article that you created, for deletion. Bazj (talk) 11:17, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Wow its pretty shocking that people like Bazj could even be considered for RFA let alone get support. His actions here and at the RFA really reveal a rather childish incompetent editor who knows little about what is appropriate. Dr. Blofeld      White cat 20:04, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, I just wish people would not slap speedy tags on subjects with entries in two paper encyclopedias. It happens a bit too often. Punkmorten (talk) 22:22, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Rhetorical question: Not speaking Norwegian, how would I have known they were encyclopedia entries? Bazj (talk) 22:33, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Don't you see the wikilinks (not the external links) in the cite template, which is by the way a "cite encyclopedia" template? Another thing you could have done was to ask me first. But now let's not waste any more time on this. Punkmorten (talk) 07:36, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm getting increasingly impressed by your more fuller Norwegian bio articles of late Morten. Keep up the great work! Dr. Blofeld       White cat 09:53, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Yeah I'm pretty amazed at the sheer number of decent starter articles you create, awesome stuff, you are literally the living dictionary of Norwegian biography! Yes I'm ploughing my way through these third world countries and recently started all of the communes of Mali. The problem is I haven't the time to write them because so much needs doing just moving towards a fuller coverage. There should be info to write most of them like Gory, Mali. At present I'm working towards getting the third level units of countries on here, you know the communes and municipalities, especially western Africa and some Asian countries like Tajikistan and Vietnam etc especially if I can find population data. The Jamoats of Tajikistan and Communes of Vietnam etc. Some of the other wikipedias like Vietnamese are growing surprisingly well and feel confident some day they will all branch out into fuller articles on by the growth of web content and internet users in these places.

Boy o boy it looks like you get even more unwanted and silly AFD or speedy deletion requests than even I do. I wonder when the day will come that these people will just learn to drop it! Notice how none of them ever actually try to improve an article themsevles.. Dr. Blofeld      White cat 10:20, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Case of the Hooded Man
Yup, I'd planned on sending it there, along with Gruban v Booth and a few others. I'm trying to build a Good Topic around Patrick Hastings (see my sandbox to see how far I've got with a new draft) using a lot of his cases. I think it will probably be around 8-10 articles eventually. If you have any criticisms/comments you think I should address before I send it off to GAC give me a poke on my talkpage. Ironholds (talk) 23:04, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Propose moving the article titled Governor-general of Norway to Statholder
I propose moving the article titled Governor-general of Norway to Statholder or, if that is objectionable, to Governor General of Norway. The basis for this move is that there is published material showing three terms: ”Statholder”, “Viceroy” or “Governor General”, are accepted English terms in academic references, while "Governor-general of Norway" appears nowhere in English language print. Viceroy is a generic term, hardly specific to Norway, and should not be used. ”Statholder” is specific to Norway, risking no ambiguity. A survey of usages follows:
 * Governor General –
 * Statholder (viceroy) –
 * Statholder –
 * Statholder –
 * Stattholder – by Stagg:   –  –  –
 * Statholder or Viceroy–
 * Governor –

I strongly incline toward Statholder since it is widely used in publications and is the term one is most likely to come to Wikipedia to look up. You were contacted because you’ve edited the article. Your counsel and guidance would be appreciated… Please comment at Talk:Governor-general of Norway. Williamborg (Bill) 21:59, 12 April 2009 (UTC)