User talk:Seav

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Current problems of Metro Manila: needs to be covered now
Even when Metro Manila's notorious traffic is already discussed, looks like its current overall situation, characterized by congestion, continuing decay, and poor planning, must be discussed also.

The article about Metro Manila, given Rodrigo Duterte's and urban planning experts' remarks on its current situation, must already cover its issues it currently faces (much like the current article for Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, does). Developments too centered on that region rather led to further congestion, eventually causing urban decay, such as the prevalence of slums, crime and pollution. Poor urban planning, such as lax land use regulations that allowed large traffic generating structures, such as shopping malls and condominiums to proliferate in already congested areas, lack of open spaces, like parks, and unreliable public transport, also led to what is happening in Metro Manila. If you can work on this, you may add it there, but where section it may be appropriate is not known. TagaSanPedroAko (talk) 10:41, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Santa Ana Heritage Zone
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Anyone want to volunteer in the phnews.wikia.com? There is no PAO article here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.52.76.97 (talk) 01:23, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

SVG map of Cavite
Do you have an svg copy of this file here: File:Ph map cavite.png Thanks in advance --HueMan1 (talk) 02:46, 3 May 2018 (UTC) Man, you have a mad map-making skill! I am requesting a copy so I can update it and continue what you have been doing. --HueMan1 (talk) 02:49, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, no. This file was created in Photoshop and I never made an SVG version of the file. —seav (talk) 07:17, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
 * In that case, may I ask your permission to make an svg replica? Or something? --HueMan1 (talk) 08:55, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Be my guest. I would have to point out, though, that using the newly enabled feature might be a better use of one's time. For example, here's a browsable map of Cavite that may fulfill the need that the old static map of Cavite provided: —seav (talk) 16:22, 3 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Thank you. --HueMan1 (talk) 02:32, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

One question though, is File:PhlMapCit.svg and File:Blank Philippine map with grouped provinces.svg based on Openstreetmap.org? --HueMan1 (talk) 02:47, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Nope. It would say they are based on OSM on the description page if they are. —seav (talk) 03:54, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks by the way. --HueMan1 (talk) 06:43, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
 * It looks very identical though. --HueMan1 (talk) 06:44, 4 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Anyways what do you think of my map here: [[File:Cavite Road Network.svg]] --HueMan1 (talk) 06:53, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Hello, about mapping again. Is it possible to use   in an infobox template? And how do I make it render Calabarzon region? Thanks in advance. HueMan1 (talk) 09:25, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

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Hello from State of the Map
Hi Eugene, I enjoyed your presentation and the brief interactions we had afterwards. I am looking forward to further interaction, especially around Wikidata/ Scholia or humanitarian topics. -- Daniel Mietchen (talk) 02:32, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Short description
Are you aware that several of the articles where you recently added a short description already had a description? They are generated automatically from the infobox which is a desirable for simplicity and to provide consistency. Examples: Dumangas + Igbaras + Lambunao + New Lucena + Tubungan. The descriptions can be made visible using techniques shown at WP:Short description. Johnuniq (talk) 04:09, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, I am aware of that. But the auto-descriptions are not optimal because they use the region instead of the province, which is more relevant for the municipality. Furthermore, there are cases where there are municipalities with the same name in the same region leading to auto-descriptions with the same content. I am therefore overriding the automatically generated description. --seav (talk) 05:35, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
 * OK but using a separate template (short description) will cause trouble because it seems to be superfluous—anyone with css that displays short descriptions sees two descriptions on those articles. The documentation at Infobox settlement says  should be used to generate a custom description. That would be better so only one description appears on the page. Interestingly, I see that your description (at the top of the page) is the one that is used, so the description from the infobox a little lower down is ignored. It used to be the other way around for compatibility with how other magic words work. Anyway, this is just FYI about what I think is supposed to happen. Johnuniq (talk) 05:36, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Nuseir Yassin


A tag has been placed on Nuseir Yassin, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion discussion, such as at Articles for deletion. When a page has substantially identical content to that of a page deleted after a discussion, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

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File:Arrival of Filipino Plantation Workers in Hawaii NHCP historical marker display.jpg
You uploaded File:Arrival of Filipino Plantation Workers in Hawaii NHCP historical marker display.jpg with the own template, but you listed the author as "Dean Munsayac", which according to your user page, is not you. Can you clear this up? Otherwise I'm going to have to tag it for lacking permission. Thanks. — howcheng  {chat} 22:48, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Dean is a personal friend and I asked if he could take these specific photos that could be freely-licensed and used in Wikimedia projects. But I couldn't bother him to create his own account or upload the photos to Commons himself. I could probably ask him to email OTRS but that is not really a guarantee either since he is not a professional photographer and I don't want to increase the backlog for tickets there. What do you suggest? —seav (talk) 03:10, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Have Dean go to https://tools.wmflabs.org/relgen/. I've never used it myself, but it's supposed to be a lot faster than going through an OTRS agent. He will need the file names that you used. He should do this for both the NHCP photos you uploaded. Thanks! — howcheng  {chat} 03:29, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Longitude and latitude grids in maps / Northern Borneo
Good day ! I am currently vectorising old .PNG maps of the Philippines, and creating new topographic and technical maps based on your Ph map manila.svg. I'm a little curious, where did you get the data and infos on Ph map manila.svg? Like the grid lines, proportions and etc.

Thanks in advance. -- hueman1 (talk)  01:30, 22 April 2019 (UTC)


 * About Northern Borneo, do you have a SVG version of Ph general map.png? Or a SVG Philippine map with Sabah in it? -- hueman1 (talk)  01:36, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
 * IIRC, the grid is approximated from Google Earth. I just took a look at where the rounded coordinate numbers lie and eyeballed using street intersections. As for Borneo, I don't have any SVG maps of that. All SVG maps that I have created are already in Commons. —seav (talk) 10:23, 26 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Cool, I considered that once (approximating grids) but I don't want my map to end up being inaccurate but in that case, I think it'd be good. And about Borneo, can you at least crop it and render the .PNG version with higher quality? Maybe I can trace it to SVG? Thank you! -- hueman1 (talk)  10:38, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

2019 US Banknote Contest
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Nomination of Nas Daily for deletion
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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.  DGG ( talk ) 11:27, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

Disambiguation pages
Hello, Seav. When you changed Peñafrancia into a disambiguation page, you may not have been aware of WP:FIXDABLINKS, which says:
 * When creating disambiguation pages, fix all resulting mis-directed links.
 * Before moving an article to a qualified name (in order to create a disambiguation page at the base name, to move an existing disambiguation page to that name, or to redirect that name to a disambiguation page), click on What links here to find all of the incoming links. Repair all of those incoming links to use the new article name.

It would be a great help if you would check the other Wikipedia articles that contain links to "Peñafrancia" and fix them to take readers to the correct article. Thanks. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 21:11, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Bernardita Catalla
Hi dear Filipino friend, I just wanted to let you know that which I nominated is all your credit :) you created a great article in hours. ^_^ - Greetings. --CoryGlee (talk) 11:49, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

About uniquely-named municipalities
Good evening po Seav. Sorry for my numerous flip flops before, which almost led me to think of semo retiring. Is the section on WP:MOSPHIL devoted to municipalities ready for revision? Per Exec8 at Talk:Talaingod, Davao del Norte, a community concensus has been reached. After a long reflection, I'm thinking of this kind of statement on that section.

"As a general rule, article titles of municipalities follow the Municipalityname format, without the name of the province, unless a disambiguation is needed or is necessary. Examples:
 * Suggestion 1
 * Arteche
 * Doña Remedios Trinidad
 * Shariff Aguak

Where disambiguation is required:
 * Bulakan, Bulacan (municipalities having same or similar-sounding names to other toponyms in the Philippines)
 * Pateros, Metro Manila (municipalities having the same toponyms as those in the other countries)
 * San Policarpo, Eastern Samar (municipalities bearing ambiguous toponyms)"

Feel free to state your POV and better suggestions to this wording. And also, can revision be made as soon as possible or wait for Talaingod discussion to be finalized? Thanks and sorry po for all flip flops. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 15:03, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Or another wording suggestion/s: "As a general rule, article titles of municipalities follow the Municipalityname format, without the name of the province, unless a disambiguation is needed or is necessary. Examples:
 * Suggestion 2
 * Arteche; Pasuquin - municipalities having unique toponyms.
 * Doña Remedios Trinidad - municipalities named after people whose articles (or future articles) are not expected to be titled as such.
 * Hadji Panglima Tahil; Shariff Aguak - municipalities named after non-notable people.

Where disambiguation is required:
 * Claveria, Masbate; Pateros, Metro Manila - municipalities having the same toponyms as those in the Philippines and in the other countries)
 * Bulakan, Bulacan; Romblon, Romblon - municipalities having same spelling or similar-sounding names to other toponyms in the Philippines.
 * Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte; San Policarpo, Eastern Samar - municipalities titled after the saints."

"As a general rule, article titles of municipalities follow the Municipalityname format, without the name of the province, unless a disambiguation is needed or is necessary. Examples:
 * Suggestion 2 (using "case" or "group")
 * Case/Group 1: Arteche; Mambajao; Pasuquin
 * Case/Group 2: Doña Remedios Trinidad; Hadji Panglima Tahil; Shariff Aguak

Where disambiguation is required:
 * Case/Group 1: Claveria, Masbate; Pateros, Metro Manila; Tuburan, Basilan
 * Case/Group 2: Bulakan, Bulacan; Leyte, Leyte; Romblon, Romblon
 * Case/Group 3: Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte; San Policarpo, Eastern Samar; Santa Monica, Surigao del Norte"

JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 06:48, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

September 2020
Please do not use misleading edit summaries when making changes to Wikipedia pages, as you did to List of historical markers of the Philippines in Calabarzon. This behavior is viewed as disruptive, and continuation of this behaviour may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. &#32;- Sumanuil (talk) 21:44, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Pagsabungan


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File:Ph map manila.svg scheduled for POTD
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DYK for Extreme event attribution
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Request for interview
Hi! I would like to extend you a request for an interview. Where may I send you the details? Thank you! Ganmatthew (talk) 04:03, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Try the email this user option. ;) seav (talk) 07:59, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Alright, sent! Ganmatthew (talk) 10:23, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi! Would just like to ask for a follow-up. Thank you! Ganmatthew (talk) 05:46, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

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Ph regions and provinces map update
Good Day, can you please update the Administrative map (regions and provinces) of the Philippines (File:Ph regions and provinces.png) because the province of Maguindanao split into two provinces namely Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur according to RA 11550 and ratify on September 18, 2022 via plebiscite.

Thank you and God bless. Myrabert01 (talk) 10:13, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

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Philippines National Historical Landmarks article concerns
Hello Seav. Can you please check on Philippines National Historical Landmarks? I have some concerns but I am not sure about it:


 * Should it be renamed to National Historical Landmarks (Philippines)?
 * It cites a source saying there were about 120 of them in 2018. However, in the source, it says it is a work in progress. The PRECUP website might have a more comprehensive list but I am not very familiar with the different listings in there. Can you please update the list if need be?

Thanks. Sanglahi86 (talk) 11:16, 1 April 2024 (UTC)