User talk:Rosiestep/Archive 10

Jared Leto
I noticed the Jared Leto page did not cite any references, and I added the cite template. I also cleaned up the format a little. Since I havent done this before, could you tell me if I have done this correctly, specifically the cite tag? I'm trying to help Wikipedia be a better place (its already great!!) and make changes where I see the potential for improvement but I also want to make sure I am doing so correctly. Michaelh2001 (talk) 20:23, 3 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I have made the improvements you recommended. Please let me know what you think. Also, I added the "Refimprove" tag to La Luz del Mundo. Other then the addition I made this evening, which I sourced, there are no other citations or references. You'll see what I mean... Michaelh2001 (talk) 04:16, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Category:Ports and harbours of Nunavut
Hi. I was curious about the category. Was it intended to be only for places with harbour or port in the name or for anywhere in Nunavut that is/was a harbour or port. If the latter then most current communities, with the exception of Baker Lake, would probably qualify. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 06:36, 4 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi CBW. It appears to me when I looked at other geo regions who use this category that it's for articles about ports and harbours; and for articles about a locality if there's info about its port/harbour within the article. I think if an article about a current/former community has info about its port/harbour, then that would qualify. But let me know if that's your interpretation. A few that I wondered about are the historic site of Port Refuge on Devon Island, and Port Burwell at Killiniq, on Killiniq Island -- I haven't done any real research on them, just some googling, so not sure if they would qualify. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:53, 4 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I added a few of the more obvious ones, Nanisivik, Nunavut because of the deep water port to be built, Pangnirtung, Nunavut because the PM recently discussed the harbour there and Gjoa Haven, Nunavut due to Amundsen calling it "the finest little harbor in the world". Another possible one is Bathurst Inlet but I'm not sure about the other places. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 17:08, 7 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Those are good ones. BTW, I'm going to split out the harbour "Port Burwell (Nunavut)" from Killiniq, Nunavut. As it's also going to require edits to the redirect and dab pages, I'll get to it when I can concentrate on making all the edits, in addition to creating the article. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:37, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

LGBT Wikiproject on Levi Johnston Discussion page
When you have time, could you review the edits made to the Levi Johnston Talk/Discussion page by User:Kelly? The user added "LGBT Wikiproject" to the discussion page, and I can think of no other reason then it being some form of vandalism. If thats the case, then it damages not only the articles discussion page, but also the LGBT Wikiproject. I deleted it from the talk page, (Just look at the history) but I dont know how to approach the user about it. Thanks Michaelh2001 (talk) 14:07, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, I think I remember that edit. No vandalism intended, I think I had been reading an article or two that Johnston was now a gay icon. No problem with the template being removed, it's not a big deal to me. Kelly  hi! 07:55, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Spanish culture
Hi Rosie, please see User talk:Fritzpoll. if you have any suggestions please say so... I'll need your help in sorting them once this batch is generated. Himalayan   20:45, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Solving the problem of actually getting the articles onto here is more more difficult. It is quite frankly giving me a serious headache looking at the sheer amount of mising content. Check out Category:Almeria for instance on Spanish wiki... Himalayan   22:04, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Wikimedia definately has to do something about this. I find it ridiculous that there are only a handful of people in the entire world who are interested in practising translations and in an encyclopedia. Himalayan  07:11, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Did you know about translatewiki.net? Seems they have the same goals as us. Incidentally a number of them are also involved in the open street map project, two sister projects I demanded on here WikiAtlas and WikiTranslation but for some very peculiar reason wikia do not accept them "officially". Anyway after Angela's direction I've posted on all the main pages there for them to try to organize contacting schools. Which is not really good enough as wikia should be responsible themsevles for developing wikipedia.. Himalayan   13:15, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Dunno, We need something 1000 times the scale we have at present. That site looks pretty much useless to me in terms of actual work. It is best done within wikipedia itself... Why somebody can't contact language schools I don't know... Himalayan   18:36, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Garden stubs
Absolutely - with pleasure. Think it can wait until this evening? Say, around 9:00 or so? That'll be the earliest I can get to it. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:46, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Anytime. It's my pleasure - I'm always happy to help out with AWB, if you need it. :-) -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:48, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
 * OK - they are done. Anything else you'd like me to AWB? -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 02:06, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure thing. Also, a question for you - once CatScan generates the lists, do you know of a way to remove the category links other than manually?  In other words, can CatScan generate only a list of the articles in each category, without further linking to the categories themselves?  I can do it manually, but I was wondering if there was a quicker way. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 05:44, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure - I won't worry about it too much, but if I find out I'll tell you. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 21:27, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Ports
I would say yes. Either as a standalone cat or as part of the overall cat. I've asked at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ports to see if there is some sort of consensus as to what a port is for categorisation. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 15:57, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Japan-garden-stub
Righty-o - I'll get on it in a little bit, once I've gotten some chores taken care of. If CatScan continues to be down, I'll look for some way to get around that - shouldn't be too difficult. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:56, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, it appears to be up again, so no worries there. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:31, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Or rather, never mind - I see what you mean. (I can read...honestly.) -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:37, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry. Anyhow, I think there's a way around it with AWB.  Let me try it out and I'll tell you if it works. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:41, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * It does, actually. It's tedious, but it works.  Basically, I was able to run a recursive catscan on, which pulls all of the stubs in all of the categories within it.  I then tell the program to replace one stub tag with another, and to automatically ignore any that don't need replacement.  It runs through them quickly enough that my input is minimal, until such time as I actually have to OK the replacement.  It's a little longer than the other way, but it'll do until CatScan is up and running again. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:51, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, so far I've found 29, but there's a ways to go as yet. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 19:24, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, between the two of us we've pulled 63 into the category, it would appear. I'll keep AWB running to catch anything that may have slipped through the cracks. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:11, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed - at this point anything else will be gravy. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:17, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * OK - I'm finished. Caught a couple of others, so there are 67 in total in the category (68, with the tag itself.)  Anything else you'd like me to look at? -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 23:51, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * My pleasure - anything to help. :-) -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 23:57, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

CatScan work-around
I hadn't, actually - thanks for the advice. I'll bear it in mind the next time I'm running through things. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:28, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure - I'll get onto it and see what I can do for you. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 02:06, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I ended up doing what I did with the Japanese gardens. Seems to have worked out well. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 02:57, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Anytime - it's my pleasure. Always glad to be of assistance. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 04:57, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Welsh poets
Sure thing. Not sure I can get to it tonight, though I'll give it a shot; think it would be a problem if it waited until tomorrow? -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:46, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you kindly. *blush* -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:50, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, yes, please - I'm always looking for an opportunity to use AWB. :-) -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:02, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
 * De nada. Probably not until tomorrow night, but I'll see if I can't maybe sneak one in there tonight. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 03:07, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, I've done the poets tonight; I'll do the rest tomorrow. Question for you: when you search for stubs using CatScan, how many bytes do you set as your parameter when prompted?  I've been using 2,000, which I think just about covers it. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 05:31, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Excellent - glad to know my instincts were right on the money here. :-) -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:40, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Glad to be of any assistance I can be. Perhaps I'll go and do a manual sweep for extras once I'm done with the regular stuff - anything over 2,000 would best be served manually, I think, for weeding-out purposes.  Anyhow, poets and nonfiction writers are done; I should have the others finished up by the end of the night.


 * Job change I understand well...haven't undergone one in some little time, but I remember what the transition was like. I'm just glad I've been stable enough, time-wise, to get some substantial editing done recently. :-) -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 01:26, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
 * There we go - all done, far as I can tell. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 01:37, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much - always glad to help. :-) As for the move, I hope everything gets settled soon. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:05, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Happy Halloween!


As Halloween is my favorite holiday, I just wanted to wish those Wikipedians who have been nice enough to give me a barnstar or smile at me, supportive enough to agree with me, etc., a Happy Halloween! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 18:40, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Category:Ports and harbours of Nunavut 2
I got a reply at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ports. The response makes sense, if the place has been improved then include otherwise not really. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 09:24, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem. Good luck with your new job and residence. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 09:15, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't know sounds like an awful lot of resposibility. Just kidding. The ones that are in there are OK. It's trying to decide which others should be added. I will start looking through Google Earth to see if any places have evidence of work done to qualify for a port. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 08:25, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Pinacoteca Eduardo Úrculo

 * Looking through the page history, it seems that the person assembling the set of hooks for the queue copied the original hook, not the revised version with two hooks. I then moved the set of hooks to the main page queue, and didn't realise that there might be a problem. I'm sorry about this, but all is not lost. I suggest that you add a hook about the artist himself to the 1 November list at T:TDYK.  Let me know when you've done so, and I'll verify it for you. Any problems, let me know. Regards, BencherliteTalk 20:17, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Test your World War I knowledge with the Henry Allingham International Contest!
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chess-bio-stubs
I noticed you are adding chess-bio-stub template. My I ask what purpose this serves? I would consider adding them myself but so far thought it of no use. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 13:06, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Happy Thanksgiving!


I just wanted to wish those Wikipedians who have been nice enough to give me a barnstar or smile at me, supportive enough to agree with me, etc., a Happy Thanksgiving! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 06:51, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Christian Klengenberg
Yes, I am a bit. He's a ancestor of most of my relatives including my ex and of course my kids, one of whom is named after him. The book, Klengenberg of the Arctic, is available online. I'm just on my way out the door so I'll take a look at it after. I'll show it to the relatives. They'll be amused, especially as it contains the part about him killing a couple of people. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 23:50, 28 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I looked but it appears that we don't have any Wikipedia articles about his family. I have asked Moonriddengirl if the book would be out of copyright so a link to the work could be made and the images uploaded to Wikipedia, see User talk:Moonriddengirl. Although it can't be put in the article his wife, Gremnia, to some extent influenced the style of clothing in the region. I've emailed some links that you may find interesting. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 08:56, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Moonriddengirl replied and it's a bit complicated. If you still have the book can you look and see what the publication information is. Thanks. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 17:49, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Giving me the last link to the KHS jogged my memory. Seeing the pictures made me go and look at Archives Canada and I was able to find a picture. It's better than the one in the book. Just need to find out who the two kids are. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 06:10, 30 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I thought that the girl in the picture looked familiar so I checked. Turns out that she is my ex's aunt. So the picture is Jorgen, Charlie's son, and his wife. Archives Canada has the wrong names on there. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 02:47, 1 December 2009 (UTC)


 * I emailed Archives Canada to let them know about the error. I may have found another one though. If you look here item 10 should be a picture of Charlie and according to the little blue box should be online. However, clicking on the link brings up the page but no picture. I then found this and using the number given I searched the archives again. I found this page and clicking on item 2 led me to the description linked above. But there are three pages of links so I can't be positive. I'll go to the library and check with the KHS people but I can't get there until Wednesday afternoon. With a bit of luck they will be able to help make sure that it is the same picture. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 04:27, 1 December 2009 (UTC)


 * No problem. Normally it is cold and should be -24 C to -31 C but this year it's about -10 C and looks to be fairly mild for the rest of the week. Of course today was the last of the sun until January 12 and then it really gets cold. Once the sun returns we start getting the 40 C to -45 C temperatures. But getting the sun back helps. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 05:58, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for the barnstar! --TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 07:00, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the Barnstar
Thanks for the Barnstar. Rellay appreciate it. Happy Thanksgiving belatedly. Chris (talk) 19:52, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for the Barnstar! Cheers  Kyle  1278  04:15, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Toledo, Spain
Hi. Can you help clean this up and improve the translation. Its very poor at the moment. I think this article could be hundred times better than it was that's all. It is a major Spanish city after all.. Himalayan   19:40, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Dear Rosiestep, thank you for that tireless barnstar. My first. Thanks. scope_creep (talk) 16:19, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Norwegian polar explorers etc.
Hi Rosie. I'm just dropping by to say a couple of things. First of all, I really admire your work on polar explorers/polar issues, there's a lot still to be done on that front and I'm looking forward to your future contributions.

On that issue, I noticed that you needed a photo for your Gunnar Isachsen article, so I got you five. You see, the National Library of Norway has published tons of copy right-free (attribution required) images on their website. Just see how I downloaded the for a guide on how to do it. The National Library has photos of all the Norwegian polar explorers, so that should be quite useful for you. Just go to their search function and type in what you're looking for. I find that searching for last names works especially well. This is what I got when I searched for Isachsen, even photos of the man's villa. Best of luck and happy continued editing. If you have any questions regarding what I've just said, then just drop me a line at my talk, although I might not always be able to respond as quickly as I'd like to. Manxruler (talk) 20:34, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
 * That's perfectly all right. There's a large gap in Wiki with regards to polar explorers/expeditions, and I'm very happy that you're helping out in mending that. If you encounter any difficulties, then of course I'll be glad to help. The search word "Fram" alone gave 307 hits in the photo data base, so I think there should be plenty to work with. :) Manxruler (talk) 05:23, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
 * The best way of downloading the photos needed would of course be to get an account over at Wikimedia Commons, if you haven't already got one, and download them there. Manxruler (talk) 05:27, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, I suppose I could keep an eye out and add photos to your polar articles when they are available, when I have the time and opportunity. Content is after all the important thing. As for translations over at the National Library, there aren't any. The National Library's digital collections (photos, books, etc.) are aimed solely at the Norwegian public. I even suspect that not all parts of their website are available from non-Norwegian IP addresses. Manxruler (talk) 16:25, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas


A NobodyMy talk is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Don't eat yellow snow!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding to their talk page with a friendly message. To those who make Good Arguments, who are appreciative, or supportive. Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 22:57, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Arctic
There was a point raised at Talk:Arctic. Do you have anything that could reference that section It's Arctic. Thanks. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 03:03, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'll add references and some clarification in that section within the next couple of nights. --Rosiestep (talk) 07:16, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 12:22, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Christian Leden
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