User talk:Mabalu/Archive 2

Newa games
Plaese do not delete Newa games it will provide a sensefull meaning soon.KrozanDarshan (talk) 09:08, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Re: Rename
It was a pleasure! :-)
 * P.S. I didn't understand your question, could you explain better? Greetings.  A ngelus  (talk) 18:13, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Ok, now I understand your previous request!
 * Your name has not appeared because you entered too many tildes (~).
 * You must enter only four tildes:
 *  ~  >  A ngelus  (talk) 18:27, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * If you enter five tildes, will appear only the date and time of signing:
 *   > 18:27, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * See also Signatures. Greetings! ;-)  A ngelus  (talk) 18:27, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * That explains it, thanks!! I must keep an eye on how many tildes I type in future. Mabalu (talk) 23:46, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Exactly. Cheers. ;-)  A ngelus  (talk) 04:28, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Edna Clarke Hall
No one can proofread their own stuff. The mistakes I make!

You only need to review one item for DYK and then be patient. Drives me nuts sometimes. The more obviously qualified an article is, the longer it seems to take for approval, because there's nothing to ask anyone to fix.

I don't think I've made so many changes I can't review the article, so if no one beats me to it I will do it. Later ... - PKM (talk) 17:04, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Edna Clarke Hall
Hello! Your submission of Edna Clarke Hall at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! PKM (talk) 02:19, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Swahili rule?
Sorry, I've got to ask after noticing this on DYK noms and being completely puzzled. What IS "the Swahili rule"? Had a quick Google and also checked Wikipedia to no joy... Thanks so much. Mabalu (talk) 14:38, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah... the Swahili rule, eh? It's in inside joke amongst DYK veterans....  This may help explain it. Basically, when i invoke the Swahili rule, I am begging for "leniency"/"IAR".... for posting my nominations on T:TDYK late.  Hope it helps. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 00:35, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you! That does help a lot, it had me baffled. :) Mabalu (talk) 00:39, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Sportswear (fashion)
If you have significant, 3rd party sources to establish that the red-link designers are, in fact, notable, then by all means add them. The burden is on you to establish that they belong in the list.  Mbinebri  talk &larr; 23:46, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm already working on Anne Fogarty. I needed to get round to these so the red links were a reminder. See http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/amsp/hd_amsp.htm to see that the Metropolitan Museum of New York have chosen outfits by Fogarty and Leser for their Sportswear article, for example. Thanks for the fillip! Mabalu (talk) 23:52, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Anne Fogarty is live. If you have any points to raise, please do say. Will work on the others soon. :) Mabalu (talk) 03:00, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Anne Fogarty and the strange error made by her newspaper interviewer
You reached the right person regarding Anne Fogarty. There seem to have been two Marian Christy columns that quoted Anne Fogarty on the death of her second husband Richard Kollmar: one in 1971 and another in 1972. You were right in your edit summary when you said Ms. Christy seems to have made a mistake. Her 1971 interview with Anne Fogarty was syndicated to many newspapers, some of which ran it more than a month after others did. It says Richard died on Anne's birthday, February 2. Here is a URL where you can see the column as it appeared in Dubuque, Iowa.

syndicated column by Marian Christy apparently based on her interview with Anne Fogarty

That was a strange mistake to make: saying Richard Kollmar died on February 2. Even forty years ago before computers, Ms. Christy easily could have found obituaries for Kollmar that placed his death on January 7. The New York Times had index booklets that were easily available at the main branch of the New York Public Library. The New York Daily News openly shared its clipping files with columnists and researchers. Even the Bureau of Vital Records in Manhattan's financial district was very user-friendly with its death certificates in that era before identity theft. Anyone who did research on his/her family tree back then can confirm it. So the Wikipedia article should cite both the obituaries and Marian Christy's claim that Kollmar died several weeks later than he did. Granted, Fogarty could have made the mistake or she could have coped with the depressing truth about her widowhood "creatively," with a fashion designer's mentality, but Christy had the responsibility of checking it out. Oh, well, it was a different era. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.173.4.86 (talk) 00:47, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
 * It makes sense to me that Ms. Christy might have mis-reported "a week later" as "a month later", or misunderstood something Anne said. Guess we'll never know - it IS indeed a heck of a mistake to make! At least the Christy article gives an explanation for Kollmar's sudden death, even if the date is out by several weeks. The bigger Fogarty mystery for me, however, is that regarding her sister, Poppy Cannon one. Different supposedly trustworthy sources attribute COMPLETELY different parentages/backgrounds to the two alleged sisters... very baffling! Mabalu (talk) 01:38, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Edna Clarke Hall
The DYK project (nominate) 23:32, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Splitting article

 * The split is done! 1750–1775 in fashion and 1775–1795 in fashion. - PKM (talk) 21:24, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Fantastic, I've watchlisted them both and will have a proper look when I've got a spare minute. :) Mabalu (talk) 00:16, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Anne Fogarty
Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 00:03, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

1900s couturiers
Salut Mabalu ! Thank you for the compliment. I'm very surprised you even found the article on Mme Chéruit. I didn't think anyone would ever look at it! (Writing articles for English Wikipédia is how I learn your language, which is why I make a million edits - I noticed you are a « grammar maven ». - smile! It is also a reason I pick mostly obscur subjects.) I generally write just about anything related to France. Georges Doeuillet would not be a difficult subject for an article, certainly easier than Mme Chéruit! I will consider doing it just for you. (I tried to do some personal research on Mme Chéruit's life in various French archives before I started writing and came up with almost nothing on her – amazing to me since mountains of words have been written about her fashions. Paul Helleu (I recently rewrote that article) did six beautiful etchings of Mme Chéruit catching all of her moods and they were good friends, which is what prompted me to write the article in the first place. -- I wish I could include all of his pictures of her. I chose the hard edge one for the article, rather than a pretty, feminine one.) -- I will consider other 19th century couture and fashion illustrators for subjects as I go along. Tchao !, Charvex (talk) 16:14, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Hello again. I just expanded the article about the Musée Galliera, the fashion musuem of Paris. I struggled a little with the wording, but I think it is OK. Since it is fashion related, I would appreciate it you take a quick look at it. (It is not long.) -- By the way, the museum is closed until next year for remodeling and structural changes. -- Perhaps, if the WikiProject for Fashion has a place for museums, you may want to include it. Bien amicalement. Charvex (talk) 10:56, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the very nice words - I was not at all seeking a compliment, only your objective eyes. I had real problems organizing my sentences on this one. (I mostly based it on the sketchy (word?) FR.Wikipédia article, so I do not have inline citations, only what they had. I always try to add them when I can. When I can do big improvement to the text of an article, I feel it is, perhaps, better than nothing. I hope you agree.) With my best regards to you. À la vôtre ! Charvex (talk) 06:59, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Models
You recently commented at this AfD regarding why he was listed under fashion. In the article it indicates he is a model, were exactly would you like me to list models? This was for models but is redundant. &#9733;&#9734; DUCK IS JAMMMY &#9734;&#9733; 10:38, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Doh! Of course. Thanks, I somehow missed that word "model" but didn't see much about the modelling (nothing that I can recall) in the Google results. Must read more carefully. Mabalu (talk) 10:41, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Ok good at least we're agreed, doesn't seem he's done much modelling but that's not for me to decipher just list at the relevant delsort & the projects can decide if it meets their specific guidelines if not general. &#9733;&#9734; DUCK IS JAMMMY &#9734;&#9733; 10:50, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Maison Martin Margiela


A tag has been placed on Maison Martin Margiela, 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 encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Business for more information.

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 * It's difficult to prevent a redirect such as you made from being taken over. Wait a while, make it again, and watch it; Restore your edit, and ask for page protection. I can't create it as a protected redirect yet, because it might not happen again.  DGG ( talk ) 16:09, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I already created the redirect before I saw this!! Apologies! Mabalu (talk) 16:10, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem. Just speeds up things a little. (My suggestion above was based upon the idea of waiting a bit in hope the promotional editor simply goes away, but often they don't) I made a suggestion on the talk p there about how this can be expanded into a short neutral article; we'll still have to watch i=t for the return of promotionalism, but that's a familiar problem at Wikipedia  DGG ( talk ) 17:12, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
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Barn Star

 * Wow - thank you! That's my first barnstar. Much appreciated. Mabalu (talk) 22:19, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Red carpet fashion
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DYK for Red carpet fashion in 2000
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DYK for The Dance Lesson (painting)
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DYK for Red carpet fashion in 2002
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Coco Chanel page: Image of Chanel designs 1917
Thank you Mabalu! We lost one (not very good image) but got a much better one in its place, thanks to your contribution. The new image is sharp, and illustrates the text marvelously. Again, many thanks! This is for you! Betempte (talk) 22:59, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

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DYK reviews
Hi there, with regards to the Gelindo Bordin DYK review, can I please suggest that you check nominations against all the core eligibility criteria? This particular article was neither new (it was from 2004) nor expanded (the nominator did not add a single word of prose to the article).  Schwede 66  18:57, 21 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Doh! Sorry about that. Never occurred me to check the article history. Mabalu (talk) 10:40, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

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List of celebrity hairdressers
When you renamed/redirected List of celebrity hairdressers to List of hairdressers, was the verified information merged? It appears that a merge of verified information may not have occurred, against the notion of WP:PRESERVE. At any rate, since information is in the page's revision history, it is restorable. Northamerica1000(talk) 07:12, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
 * It's since been put back in, I think - if you mean the references? Was editing it to bring it into line with what I thought was the standard template for list formatting. Mabalu (talk) 09:07, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Sybil Connolly
You asked about Sybil Connolly on the Mary Quant page. Seems the sources say she's Irish e.g. here and here, where a nationality is mentioned. So that's what her page should reflect, in my opinion. Cheers, Daicaregos (talk) 08:08, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Still not convinced that Quant is really Welsh other than having Welsh parents, but fair's fair. The Met Museum source you cite describes Quant as British, born in London, the Encyclopaedia Britannica says English, the Berg Companion to Fashion doesn't mention any nationality. It's interesting because Jean Muir is in many ways the Scottish equivalent of Quant - born in London, Scottish parents, pretty much almost totally based in England, and yet acknowledged and celebrated her Scottish identity in a way that I've never seen Quant acknowledge her Welsh ancestry. This is why I find it personally impossible to see Quant as Welsh, yet have no problem with Muir being called a Scottish designer - double standards, perhaps, but at least I recognise that! Mabalu (talk) 10:19, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Help?
(Wow, I just had a flashback to the "London Look" issue of Seventeen magazine. Jean Muir and Mary Quant! But that's not why I stopped by...)

Would you be willing to help me clean up 1550–1600 in fashion? The problems are discussed on the talk page... I could use another pair of subject-matter-expert eyes on this. Thanks! - PKM (talk) 20:06, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
 * if you can keep an eye out for poorly-cited edits and revert them, that would be great...as you happen through. - 69.231.32.108 (talk) 03:27, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Maria Tash
If you need any help with the Spanish stuff or anything else, let me know. § FreeRangeFrog 04:36, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Actually, could you take a look at Babani to make sure I've understood the Spanish reference (the first one) correctly? I would also be grateful to know if you spot anything in the text that's not mentioned in the article as I can see a whole section about Babani on page 22, but didn't understand enough to be confident of adding more in than I did. Do I see something about the garments being inspired by the Ballets Russes? Thanks SO much in advance. Mabalu (talk) 05:26, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Your interpretation of that PDF is correct, and your three footnotes are also correct: The location of the store, the date of establishment and the Sorolla reference. And yes, moda Liberty de Londres, o trajes que denotan una clara influencia de los Ballets Rusos. would be translated as Liberty fashion from London, or garments|suits that show a clear influence by the Russian Ballets (or Russes I guess?). § FreeRangeFrog 05:44, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much, that's great. I don't know that I wholly agree with the Ballets Russes influence thing, so I'll leave that be, but really appreciate the clarification. Mabalu (talk) 06:04, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Babani
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List of jewellery designers
Thanks for pointing List of jewellery designers to me last week, I had not come across it, and find it very useful. I just completed an article upgrade (from your list), that I'm particularly proud of, a really great artist Robert Ebendorf --Modern.Jewelry.Historian (talk) 04:09, 29 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Just finished a complete rewrite of Paul Flato, who was an incredible jeweler from the 1930s-1940s.--Modern.Jewelry.Historian (talk) 05:23, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

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List of fashion designers
You beat me to it! Sorry, I always click the fashion list thinking it;s the jewelry list...good thing is that I fixed Michael Bastian a bit--Modern.Jewelry.Historian (talk) 17:21, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Statue of Iddi-Ilum
Hello Mabalu. Thanks for your DYK for the Statue of Iddi-Ilum. I think the article does state--not in sufficient detail, I agree--why it is a significant work of art. Firstly, these statues of the shakkanakku, are of the few examples we have from Mari's early golden age. No tablets survive from that time, so these statues identifying the individual rulers are about the only evidence for their existence. Its artistic value is immense and evident in its fine craftsmanship and its infusion of traditional Mesopotamian and Levantine motifs and imagery (evidence of Mari's role as a link between the two parts of the ANE). The problem is, I don't have access to the early detailed studies of the statue (I need to make a trip to the Louvre library), and so everything I mentioned here would WP:OR in the article. :) Yazan (talk) 17:23, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Hello Yazan! As I said, I can see the statue's significance, but then, I did dabble a bit in this period of archaeology at Uni... Did you look on Google Books for potential text? I had a quick look and this was the first result, there were a few others in the results list. Mabalu (talk) 17:27, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, this reference is the same one used in the article. I agree it could be expanded to show the importance of the statue in the palace of Zimri-Lim. Yazan (talk) 17:30, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
 * If you can pop in a little bit about that, I think that would really enhance the article by demonstrating the individual significance. :) Mabalu (talk) 17:33, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅. I hope it looks better now. Many thanks for your notes! :) Yazan (talk) 17:52, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Diana Vincent
Hi Mabalu - As you know, I've been touching up lots of jeweler articles, trying to add some respectability and consistency. Petty much all of them like to blindly mention celebrities that wear their stuff, and magazines that include it. The cut-off that I've been using is that the magazine coverage needs to discuss the designer, or at least lend significance to the design, in order to be included - same with celeb coverage. Most of the magazine inclusions (if they can actually be found) turn out to simply be the results of PR - product placement or retailer plugs. Re Diana Vincent, there was a list of a bunch of big name magazines, all referencing a single self-controlled citation at michnermuseum.com. She clearly provided an unchecked and even unedited bio for the Bucks County Artists database. Also, since google picks up the ledes, I've been putting birth date and place etc further down into the bio, to give them a concise, punchy overview. Open to your opinion. --Modern.Jewelry.Historian (talk) 02:12, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

I've checked or improved most of the Americans, although David Yurman needs a lot of work, to be about him not the company, and Robert Lee Morris needs a big clean up.--Modern.Jewelry.Historian (talk) 02:20, 6 December 2012 (UTC)


 * As per WP:sourcing, if it is published by a museum/gallery or a reliable third party source, then we have to accept it (as this is what has been published), even if we suspect it of being a rehashed press release. What would be an unacceptable source when appearing on the subject's own website or a self-published blog has to be considered respectable when it is rehashed on a museum/gallery website as the responsibility for accuracy is transferred to the museum/gallery. If they chose not to check facts (and we don't know that they didn't) then the onus is on them. At least, this is my take on it. Mabalu (talk) 10:18, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Ok, I'm fine with the magazines here, although it may set a bad precident for other designer articles. Slippery slope when a PR firm gets some industry rag to repeat their press release. Re the lede, how about putting 1958 and Trenton in the bio? That key first line is what gets put into search results. When they're dead, it is more appropriate IMHO. --Modern.Jewelry.Historian (talk) 16:46, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Yep, a basic reprint of a press release would not be considered a RS, but if it is tweaked and the information is rehashed on a website that we have to consider reputable (as above), that becomes published information and therefore valid to use. Mabalu (talk) 22:28, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Clifton Nicholson
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Hand-coding
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DYK for Kenneth (hairdresser)
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Nonsense?
You tagged The Unknown Past as WP:CSD (WP:Patent nonsense). This criteria only applies to pages that contain gibberish ("aad;ajek ;lkj lkj ;j; da;dfa;"), not text that is clearly legible, if not necessarily written in the best English. You also tagged it as blatant promotion. I don't know that it fits that category either. The category it does fit is a non-notable film, but that is not a speedy deletion criteria. Since the author has removed the WP:PROD, I'll be taking it to WP:AFD. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 17:51, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm still trying to get used to the page curation tool and having difficulty finding the tags I'm looking for - and as you say, the one I was looking for wasn't in the speedy deletion criteria! Thanks for the advice. Mabalu (talk) 17:54, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Most of the tools available at Wikipedia make a very clear statement that you should understand the basic workings of Wikipedia before you try to use a tool to do the work. In this case, a clear understanding of the speedy deletion criteria and the deletion process in general would be in order.  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 17:57, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I have to say I do gain a much clearer understanding from actual involvement - theory is all very well (I will look at it again and hope it makes more sense the next time round), but I learn better from making mistakes (and have been observing/involved in AFD noms for a while now). This one was a mistake I won't make again, thanks. Mabalu (talk) 18:03, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Respect?
Any industry in which using the non-existent singular neologism "pant" for a pair of trousers is not a capital crime, or at least punished by eternal banishment, is clearly decadent beyond repair. I am a writer, and respect words; fashion writing strikes me as like wine writing, only more so. Again: gender and cultural biases (I'm a straight male Quaker-hippie-redneck anarcho-socialist) may play a part here, and I'm aware of that. -- Orange Mike &#x007C;  Talk  19:34, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

You sound worryingly like my dad there....! I have to say that I think you do do the industry a disfavour by tarring everyone with the same brush. There is actually a great deal of literacy in fashion writing if you look beyond the superficial clichés and the self-proclaimed "fashionistas". Personally, I am a fashion historian, and I have great respect for the industry and the world, and find there is much to love and relish in it. The history of dress is very important to me as a means of understanding the past, because everyone wears clothes, and expresses themselves through what they choose to wear, or not to wear as the case may be. I'm actually rather uninterested in much modern fashion, I kind of lost interest in modern fashion sometime around the millennium, with the exception of a few really talented, innovative and creative people who, rather than rehashing themselves or other people over and over again, or copying vintage clothing, or sticking their name on nondescript body-coverings (and thinking they should be paid for making people advertise themselves), actually do creative stuff. Oh, and I'm British and I'm absolutely bally well offended in a deeply melodramatic and theatrical (and utterly spurious) way that you might even have thought for a second I'd happily describe southern necessities (as certain Victorian prudes might term trousers) as "pants".... ;) But then, I'm a guy who doesn't like any of the usual tags - mercurial and whimsical, I'll take, and also "bloody-minded barmy British bumboy" (why deny what's true, especially when it alliterates?), but at the end of the day, I just try to be a decent person who tries to respect everyone until they show me, usually after a very great deal of effort on their part, that they deserve my contempt... Oh, and we might add "verbose" to that list... this is why I could never do the Twitter thing, I simply lack the brevity necessary. Mabalu (talk) 20:27, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I deeply respect fashion historians, as I do other cultural historians; it's not my field, but I understand that you have to deal with issues of dis-respect and gender bias which don't apply to my specialty (politics). It's the quotidian language of the fashion writers, the fluffy sequined piffle which fills the glossy rags of the rag trade with superficial bumfodder between the shiny moronic ads, which causes my hackles to rise and my inner Baptist preacher to rant. -- Orange Mike &#x007C;  Talk  16:16, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Bente Hammer
You questioned the notability of Bente Hammer. As someone who knows Bornholm well, I can assure you that she is indeed one of the most notable craftsmen on the island. I have now included a few snippets in the article backed by press and TV reports which ought to leave no doubts about her notability. There is of course much more which cannot be accessed on the internet. Her techniques have also been covered in specialized Danish journals which I could research through the library network if there are any further doubts. I think, however, the article now provides adequate coverage and I would prefer to go on to other matters if you agree it should now be kept. --Ipigott (talk) 14:59, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I'll take a look - really appreciate it, as I love being proved wrong in cases like this. :) Mabalu (talk) 15:01, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Terry Twigger
Hello Mabalu. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Terry Twigger, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Chief Executive of a £3bn company is enough to pass the low bar of A7. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 18:42, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Stub tags
Please take care not to add stub to an article like Piklihal which already has a specific stub template - it just wastes other editors' time. Thanks. Pam D  20:11, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Whoops - I must have missed that one already having a stub. Thanks for the reminder. Mabalu (talk) 20:13, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

John Greenleaf Cloudman
Willl do. Thanks! I thought he was a deserving subject.

Howard L. Myers
I have added an additional citation from the reviews of Paul Di Filippo. I rephrased the John Clute quote before including it to remove certain aspects of SF Encyclopedia formatting that seemed to be incompatible with Wikipedian style. This may have caused the discrepancy, my alterations are marked with parentheses. Is there anything else you would like me to do?--Wyvern Rex. (talk) 14:48, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
 * No, that looks fine to me. Article tags are suggestions/guidelines rather than imperial commands from on high, there's no obligation to do something about them - although it's always very much appreciated! If you feel you've added sufficient citations, then feel free to remove the tag (although another editor might add it back in if they feel it is still under referenced).Do keep up the good work and have a lovely time of year! :) 15:14, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Alright then. Merry Christmas.--Wyvern Rex. (talk) 15:47, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Goodreads
I understand your rationale for removing the GR reference. I'll discontinue the practice of using that source for the infobox inclusions. There are however, scores of similar articles, created in the past that are of similar form. I am not inclined to correct them, but you may feel inclined; and should know. The included template, Edna Staebler Award, has navigational links to a majority of them, if you are interested. Cheers, -- My 76  Strat  (talk) 03:21, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Hey, the other issue with Goodreads is that it's pretty much filled by fans, no editorial control. I've never come across books requiring a ref to confirm they're books before, the ISBN number is usually sufficient! Mabalu (talk) 03:29, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree, if I had considered your relevant counsel, I'd likely had done it differently. I'm just sharing the fact that up to now, I had not. Cheers, -- My 76  Strat  (talk) 03:45, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Baby Lloyd Stallworth
Hi.Re. Baby Lloyd Stallworth.

The reason why the comments in Amazon under James Brown; The Singles Vol. 2 are similar, is because I, Willgee, was the one who made the Amazon comment in the first place.I was basically quoting myself.

The Rock Hall frequently has also quoted things things that I wrote, and , a lot of things about The Famous Flames on their site came from my writings on other sites, as well. I am trying to foster increased knowledge and awareness of just who the Flames were....because for decades music writers and historians have erronously stated that The Flames were James Brown's band instead of the vocal group that they actually were. Even since they were just recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this past year. there are still people who don't know. Many of them also don't know that James Brown was a member of The Flames at the time those songs were recorded....they always viewed him as a solo act...which he wasn't...at least not at the time those tunes were recorded.

Please contact me if you have any questions. Thanks. Willgee (talk) 08:16, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Reji Nair
Sir,

I am added References and Image showing some error what i want to do

shijo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shijo.cherian (talk • contribs) 10:20, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

How to tag a article to be speedy deleted from Wikipedia
How do you tag a article to be speedily deleted from Wikipedia?Please tell me and leave me a message on my talk page. Starship9000.

Manuel Antonio Caro
Thanks. Sctechlaw (talk) 19:12, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

How to delete a talk page
For articles, the message is PROD (proposed for deletion) but what message do you use for a talk page? Please please do leave me a message on my talk page. Starship9000. —Preceding undated comment added 00:05, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

BLPPROD of William Mendieta
Hello. Just to let you know I removed the above. You were perhaps unaware that, according to WP:BLPPROD, "the process requires that the article contain no sources in any form (as references, external links, etc.), which support any statements made about the person in the biography". The William Mendieta article did have such an external link, supporting most of the facts in the article. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 09:55, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Obin
( X! ·  talk )  · @269  · 00:02, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Couldn't find any either...
I don't speak Japanese but I'm fairly good with a search and translator program, but I came across the same issue you did. I can't find any sources except for a magazine article that is posted on her company's website. Even with that I was surprised at the complete lack of sources in English and Japanese.Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   15:44, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I think I'll take it to AFD and see how that goes. Mabalu (talk) 15:46, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

New page, Jacob C. Gutman
Hi Mabulu. Thanks for your interest. I wanted to get all of the copy I could remember without notes down on paper before adding citations. Before I got your note I'd already added references to a book Gutman was quoted and pictured in and an article written about his life a year before his death in one of Philadelphia's leading newspapers.

I have his obituaries in the Inquirer and Jewish papers (he was my granduncle) and will add those to the reflist as well as other more oblique references that will turn up once I look for them.

Jacob was really a pivotal man in the life of his city and even country, and it's—geez!—long past time (five years) that I wrote his Wiki entry.

Thanks again.

Message left on my talk page
I understand what you mean.

Is it possible to keep most of my updates, but revert those parts which I shouldn't have changed? Thanks.