User talk:Oceanh/Archive2008

Great work
Great work on Marianne Andersen. I'll be right back with a barnstar. Basketball one ten  23:54, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, it was great! Basketball one ten  00:52, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Great job
Wow, I'm very impressed with all the Olympics bios you're adding. I happened across a couple in working on the WPBiography assessment drive and realized you were adding scores of articles. I just wanted to tell you great job, and also not to be concerned about adding project templates to the new articles, as I've been coming along behind you and adding the templates and completing the assessment. Also, so you wouldn't think anything of it if you happened to see my name pop up on the history list of all of these new articles. Thanks for great work! Wildhartlivie (talk) 01:45, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the feedback, and for the assessment efforts! Yes, I created a few hundred biographical articles about sportspeople who have received medals in the olympics, or in international championships. Olympic medalists are good candidates, because the articles about the competitions provide redlinks, and also because it is easy to find references documenting their achievements. Oceanh (talk) 22:47, 14 April 2008 (UTC).

Belated thanks for the barnstar!! Oceanh (talk) 07:38, 22 June 2008 (UTC).

WikiProject Orienteering
Una Smith (talk) 19:23, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the invitation. I intend to carry on contributing to articles related to orienteering, when finding relevant material and time for it. My focus is mainly on articles and not so much on project administration, so I do not have the habit of adding myself to lists of project members. I wish all the best for this project! and hopefully will join discussions, ask for help or advice, or offer help from time to time. Oceanh (talk) 21:16, 15 June 2008 (UTC).
 * You don't have to do administrative tasks to be part of a Wikiproject. Anonymous101 (talk) 15:18, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Orienteering map

 * Thank you for the selection! Oceanh (talk) 23:44, 24 June 2008 (UTC).

Thank you for the star! Oceanh (talk) 07:38, 22 June 2008 (UTC).

DYK

 * Thank you for including the article! Oceanh (talk) 18:38, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Updating DYK
When preparing to update DYK, please also remember to credit the editor who created/expanded the article, as well as the nominator of the hook (see Template:Did you know/Next update). Cheers, –Black Falcon (Talk) 16:50, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure. I was doing the update in two operations, sorry for the delay. Since the credit section was empty I decided to check the page history to find the common format for the crediting (and got a bit distracted by observing that the article had been listed for the previous DYK and then delisted/delayed). Thanks for completing the credit, and for the reminder. Oceanh (talk) 17:17, 28 August 2008 (UTC).

DYK
Thank you for your nomination! - Mailer Diablo 01:16, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Another one in the bag! - Mailer Diablo 05:36, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Oceanh (talk) 17:50, 1 September 2008 (UTC).


 * Thanks! Oceanh (talk) 17:50, 1 September 2008 (UTC).


 * Thank you! Oceanh (talk) 19:25, 8 September 2008 (UTC).

Ahah. You are the one responsible for those orienteering DYKs I found. Would you care to expand the DYK "trophy" list I started on WikiProject Orienteering? --Una Smith (talk) 06:41, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Categories
The following just puzzles me: Why did you not include the birth year category at Idalmis Gato, Marlenis Costa and other articles? Punkmorten (talk) 19:53, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I am not sure why I somtimes forget the birth year category, maybe I'm too focused on other aspects of the articles. In the Linn Skåber article I plainly forgot to insert the BD template. I normally use the BD template, but in some cases I have started to use the DEFAULTSORT template (when birth year is unknown or not supplied, and occationally for older people to avoid an uninformed guess between Category:Living people and Year of death unknown). I do not remember the details about the three Cuban volleyball players. The 21 recently created stubs about Japanese volleyball players were mainly prepared offline. Originally I did not intend to search for their year of birth, and when I decided to include the years after all, I forgot to replace DEFAULTSORT with BD.
 * Thank you for fixing some of the articles! And sorry for the inconvenience. Oceanh (talk) 19:25, 8 September 2008 (UTC).

Did You Know question
Hi. I've reviewed your DYK submission for the article Linn Skåber, and made a comment on it at the submissions page. Please feel free to reply or comment there. Cheers, Art LaPella (talk) 01:09, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the review, and for noticing the ambiguity! I have modified the article and the hook (reusing your words), to clarify. Oceanh (talk) 18:28, 10 September 2008 (UTC).


 * Thank you! Oceanh (talk) 20:17, 18 September 2008 (UTC).

DYK

 * Thanks! Oceanh (talk) 18:28, 10 September 2008 (UTC).


 * Thank you! Oceanh (talk) 20:17, 18 September 2008 (UTC).

Great work.
Hi. I just noticed your DYK noms for Asbjørn Sunde and the Osvald Group. Great work, you filled a in noticeable gap there. I took the liberty of doing some maintenance work on the articles for you, hope they make DYK, they sure do qualify. Manxruler (talk) 10:39, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the nice comments, and for your improvements to the two articles! Oceanh (talk) 20:17, 18 September 2008 (UTC).

Osvald Group, Asbjørn Sunde

 * Thank you for the article selections, and for the dyk notice! Oceanh (talk) 20:17, 18 September 2008 (UTC).

VF Ivano Dibona, Cristallo (mountain)

 * Thank you for taking the articles on Dolomite massifs Tofane and Cristallo, and the via ferrata Ivano Dibona! Oceanh (talk) 20:29, 23 September 2008 (UTC).

DYK for Anne Grimdalen

 * Thank you for selecting Dyre Vaa and Anne Grimdalen, and for the notification! Oceanh (talk) 19:06, 29 September 2008 (UTC).

DYK for Spånga kyrka

 * Thank you for selecting Control point (orienteering), Bromma kyrka and Spånga kyrka. Oceanh (talk) 23:41, 5 October 2008 (UTC).

Harald zur Hausen
Nevermind, I've moved it to the next update. I don't think the debate would have much point in this case. --BorgQueen (talk) 20:30, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok fine, thanks. I posed the question on WT:DYK because I could not fully understand the DYK selection rules for this and similar cases, also not being familiar with the ITN process. Now it seems the rules can be interpreted differently by experienced editors. Anyway, probably not a too frequent issue. Oceanh (talk) 23:39, 12 October 2008 (UTC).


 * Thank you! Oceanh (talk) 12:32, 19 October 2008 (UTC).

DYK for Solna Church

 * Thanks! Oceanh (talk) 12:32, 19 October 2008 (UTC).

DYK nom for Pawtuckaway State Park
Another T:DYK nom for an orienteering venue: Pawtuckaway State Park. --Una Smith (talk) 17:09, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Great Una! Keep up your good work on improving and promoting articles on orienteering! Oceanh (talk) 12:32, 19 October 2008 (UTC).

DYK

 * Thank you for the greeting! Oceanh (talk) 12:32, 19 October 2008 (UTC).
 * Please consider putting something (anything!) on your userpage. The red link makes you look like a newbie, which is definitely wrong.  Royal broil  14:51, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Might consider this later, if I can think of something useful to put there. Designing good user pages consumes time and energy, and I give that a low priority at the moment. In the meantime I prefer not to insert trivia, also not in user space. Oceanh (talk) 23:48, 28 October 2008 (UTC).


 * Thank you for taking the two Bellman articles! Oceanh (talk) 12:32, 19 October 2008 (UTC).


 * Thanks. Oceanh (talk) 23:48, 28 October 2008 (UTC).

Did You Know question
Hi. I've reviewed your DYK submission for the article Lars Andreas Oftedahl, and made a comment on it at the submissions page. Please feel free to reply or comment there. Cheers, Art LaPella (talk) 22:51, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the prompt review! I substituted "reputated" with "renowned". Oceanh (talk) 23:48, 28 October 2008 (UTC).
 * And thank you too. Art LaPella (talk) 01:40, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

DYK

 * Thanks! Oceanh (talk) 22:50, 5 November 2008 (UTC),


 * I notice that your name is a red link. I highly recommend you change that by creating a user page - even if it's almost blank. A red link on a userpage implies new contributor or often even worse vandal. You deserve so much better for all that you have done!  Royal broil  20:22, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Oceanh (talk) 22:50, 5 November 2008 (UTC).

Time for a medal

 * Thank you for the recognition! Oceanh (talk) 22:50, 5 November 2008 (UTC).

DYK for Nicolai Wergeland

 * Thanks! Oceanh (talk) 20:54, 17 November 2008 (UTC).

Another Wergeland destubbed - this time it's Harald Nicolai Storm Wergeland. Truly an interesting character. You are welcome to check the article, and maybe review the DYK nomination? Punkmorten (talk) 14:14, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Good job! I modified one of the references to point directly to the relevant online chapter of the book, and added citation to a few more sentences. Oceanh (talk) 20:54, 17 November 2008 (UTC).

DYK for Claus Pavels

 * Thanks for the messages! Oceanh (talk) 06:22, 1 December 2008 (UTC).


 * Oh well, thanks. I do not have experience in the GA process, but tried to address the issues listed by the reviewer. Made two small expansions, moved some material, rewrote the lead section, and polished some sentences. After this the reviewer found the article to qualify for GA, although there are still significant problems. Hopefully somebody will improve the article over time. Oceanh (talk) 10:36, 7 December 2008 (UTC).

DYK for Shokichi Natsui

 * Thanks. Oceanh (talk) 10:36, 7 December 2008 (UTC).

Birthdates
Birthdates are available on Database Olympics.com. Just click on the sportsperson's name. Note that 1-4 means 4 January etc. Punkmorten (talk) 21:51, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Wikiproject Olympics
Are you part of WikiProject Olympics? If not, you might want to join, considering that a lot of your edits regard Olympians. mynameinc 02:18, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the invitation. It is correct that I contribute to articles regarding Olympians from time to time. I normally do not list as "member" of any project, though. Oceanh (talk) 02:39, 27 December 2008 (UTC).