User talk:Ser Amantio di Nicolao/Archive 20

Azerbaijani barnstar
Thanks a million :) Tuscumbia  ( talk ) 15:46, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Antarctica Article DABs
Hi,

Looking at things, it looks like you're probably the best point of contact for this.

Right now, a number of DAB pages are getting articles linked to when new Antarctica articles are being created. Below are some examples.


 * Admiralty Bay
 * Clarence Island
 * German Antarctic Expedition
 * King George Island
 * Queen Elizabeth Range

All but the German Antarctic Expedition are fairly simple to plug into any template being used for article creation as there is only one relevant article but the expeditions may need some more looking at as there are three articles that are all relevant based on the years of the mapping.

If this can be looked into to reduce DAB creations it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Ulric1313 (talk) 03:56, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

New articles
Hi there, I've noticed that you regularly add categories to articles moments after they have been created. Do you just patrol recent changes or do you look elsewhere?--TM 18:06, 4 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Uh, speaking of which - in regards to Steve M. Thompson, terms for members of the 27th Alaska State Legislature do not start until January 18, 2011. Members-elect should not be categorized as members until that time.  I was being very careful in recognizing that when I wrote the article.RadioKAOS (talk) 06:09, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Sughd Province
I saw you editing with AWB. If you look for work: all or almost all links that point to Sughd could be changed to point to Sughd Province. So in future province links and those to Sughd Free Economic Zone cause no problems. TurkChan (talk) 08:37, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
 * FYI - Half of the regions of Communist Romania have no articles: Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania TurkChan (talk) 02:45, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Obscure biology stubs
Thanks for taking the time to support my obscure biology stubs (Plasmodium stubs, Mycobacterium stubs). These protist/bacteria/algae stub categories are out of control with diversely unrelated organisms, and these stub categories may make it easier to find editors on particular organisms. Doubtful, as it's lonely editing in the microbes, but it's worth a try. --Kleopatra (talk) 15:37, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I also use AWB to do the restubbing. This means I can correct other things in the articles while editing, as a lot of the articles have multiple levels of categories. I was going to get someone with a bot to do the restubbing, because even with AWB it took me an hour or so to do the Plasmodium stubs, but that's when I saw that the articles were double categoried, and Plasmodium could be subcategoried in Malaria, also.
 * I still feel like I'm one person sorting Fresh Kills Landfill, so it's nice you even look at the stub proposals, much less support them. --Kleopatra (talk) 15:46, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

US Virgin Islands Saint Croix
I made a map and created Template:Location map US Virgin Islands Saint Croix and added infoboxes to those you created yesterday. If you could use AWb to paste the infoboxes into all of the articles at some point I'll add the coordinates. If you could please start any new ones with infoboxes this will make the task of adding maps easier. Thanks.

P.S I expanded Belvedere, United States Virgin Islands and created Sugar production in the United States Virgin Islands....♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:51, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

OK, I've also been busy with Laos today. I've created categories by province. I want to populate them a little now. I really think the best thing to do in regards to Burma is to create all of the district templates but only start the larger townsvillages using google. This way I'll have the time to cover Burma hopefully by township have the missing article in places and start the most notable landmarks.. Now if I can organize a bot to copy the name from Maplandi and create me all of the township templates this would be a massive step...♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:20, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Can you to the replace thing with the following to format them like Template:Hkamti Township: Template:Indaw Township, Template:Pinlebu Township, Template:Htigyaing Township and Template:Wuntho Township. I can do them like Template:Wuntho Township if it is easier. It is quicker for me. Hopefully though this can be done by a bot at some point..♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:50, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Was Wuntho OK to do? What I'm hoping is a bot can transfer the lists and format them so I have any township of any region at my disposal. Then I would rather only create two or three of the biggest villages for each township preferably where I can find some info. Structually that;s the best thing to do I think, especially given that I haven't the time time to do every village of Burma. That would put it well on its way I think. A big thing about missing content in my view is to actually get is structurally red linked on here...♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:12, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Well the big thing for me is getting a bot to actually draw up a skeleton. Meaning that I want every country on the planet to be structured into its regions, districts, countries. municipalities and for sizeable templates like I'm doing for Burma to be drawn up with red links. If that could be done copying from Maplandia I could select any district of any country in the world to work on a start a few articles I can find sources for at random and begin building a wider coverage. So say if I wanted to start a village in Luanda District Angola or something Template:Luanda District would already be made with the village I want to start located in it. I think its the best thing we can do in terms of building content. .. i think we'd be much more pwerful if we acknolwedged every populated settlement even if only in a list to start with or red linked in a template. The framework needs to be drawn up.. It would be nice of course for a bot to start every articles but that will never happen, not on a global scale anyway.. .♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:35, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Excellent work with the stubs. I have an AB request. Can you ensure the setltements are wikilinked within the Category:Mukims in Brunei. I have a bank of articles to create but I only know what district they are in not mikim so hopefully I can match them up.....♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:18, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Astonishing, who'd have thought a few years ago this would be possible.♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:50, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Can you find articles to go in Category:Native American hunters?♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:59, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia DC Meetup 13
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You are doing an excellent job with Antarctic geographic features, but could you add this to the Talk page when you create the articles, please.:

the glaciers and british english are optional. Start class if applicable It saves me a lot of work thanksPetebutt (talk) 18:13, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Jackie Guerrido
Hello Ser Amantio di Nicolao. I just wanted you to know that I reverted the article back to User:Mrschimpf, since a lot of unwanted additions have been added on and off. It has nothing to do with your minor revert, which was well intended and I want to thank you for it. It seems that since Jackie is participating in a contest there woll be a lot of vandalism made by some non-registered users. Take care. Tony the Marine (talk) 05:17, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

musicians
Amazing isn't it how many of the greatest musicians are not well known. A guitsrist who is the greatest in my view, Larry Carlton, played guitar on Off the Wall (album) and countless other commercial superhits but very few people actually know who he is or have heard of his own albums. And then when I see people like Jack White and Kurt Cobain in the top 100 guitarists and this guy never gets in it is just ridiculous. The true guitarists know who are really the best and most of them never reach the top 100 in lists. Larry Carlton, Joe Satriani, Paco de Lucia and Tommy Emmanuel (the greatest acoustic guitarist) who I personally think are the best have more talent than over half of the Rolling Stone type lists put together.. I mean each is very successful in their field, Joe Satriani has 15 Grammy nominations and no wins and Paco de Lucia is seen like a god by the flamenco community but if you ask most people who they are and I am certain a high percentage would never have heard of them.. ♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:26, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Can you use word to cleanup this. What I want is them to be fromatted like List of hotels in ... like the first two. If you use the control h replace thing you should be able to do in a minute or so. I have some guides on like Guatemala and Tunisia etc which have some hotel lists in. The best thing would probably to list them first with a summary and them start the most notable ones at a later date. Right. I'm about to start a Antarctica marathon...♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:37, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:48, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Boy o boy, Inese Šlesere comes close to the "hottest" politician. Check out this too. A former Miss World contestant now a politician.. .Yes 2300 Lativan politics images would be useful. Funny I only spotted her image when I was looking for a picture of Algiers mosque and it was a recent upload. Slesere is veyr attractive but in the photo in her article I detect a little Jimmy Carr facial reseemblance which is putting me off... ♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:15, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Sheeesh, Berkley is scary. She looks like an American Airlines employee. We always used ot have a right laugh at the air hostesses on our flights to the US and that their faces didn't move!! The worrying thing is that they think that amount of plastic surgery and face lifting is actually attractive.. A lot of Latvian men look and have a haircut of a 14-year old boy. like here. Ooh I wish I could play guitar in front of her, I'd play something a little more intriguing than a bland F bar chord which he is playing anyway!!♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:13, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Berkley is only a year older than my mother. Unbelievable. She almost looks old enough to be her mother. My mother is 58 but looks about 45. Berkley looks about 68 here. I did start the deputees remember? i started the Deputies of the 9th Saeima and ones like Valērijs Agešins.♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:19, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Well I frequently get AFDs and image deletions thrown at me from the wiki dark ages which I had completely forgotten I'd created. Most of them I only vaguely remember starting. I tell you what though Solvita Āboltiņa who seems to be the most photographed by the Saeima looks extremely hard. You wouldn't mess with her, she looks like a villainess from a Bond movie or something.♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:29, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Indeed, she looks very Blofeld-era female SPECTRE-esque. She also reminds me of Irma Bunt (Irma Bunt in the next film, 1969's On her Majesty's Secret Service in Blofeld's Piz Gloria with the allergy girls at Christmas. I'm sure you recall.. Also there is a touch of the Fiona Volpe about her.. She definately looks Aevil...♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:37, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Ever heard of Botetourt Springs, Virginia?♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:20, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Admittedly I've never heard of the city of Roanoke, Virginia.. For a US place article its actually quite a good article but could do with obvious reformatting and minor cleanup... ♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:32, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

You start an article now and instantly wikipedia is number 1 in google hits...♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:04, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

It makes me feel a little suspicious at times. The way google now treat wikipedia in the search engine results is almost as if they own it.... Or maybe google are just very kind spirited and want to help people....? Mmm.♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:14, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Yep, I wish though they'd run a bot to help us generate content though, especially with transwiki. I tempted to mass stub all of the remaining Czech painters sometime... For now though, more Antarctica I think..♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:43, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

If you're wondering what my sumnmary for Mount Hanssen is about its Alan Hansen, Scottish soccer pundit who in every game always talks about the "po oouuure" (Scottish accent for poor) defending and how the defense was "mediocre" or "diabolical" or "distinctly average". He is as well known for it in British culture as Alf Stewart is for his Aussie slang...♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:10, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

It was funny when he was parodied once by Alistair McGowan. They also did one of Sven Goran Eriksson and Gary Linekar which was hilarious. He's a truly talented impressionist.♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:37, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Can you add Template:Nikkei 225 to the article I start if possible and move the articles from co ltd whatever to like Nippon Soda or whatever.♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:09, 11 November 2010 (UTC) SHould be OK now..♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:47, 11 November 2010 (UTC) Now its definately the best article on the Internet on it, google predicted the future!♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:33, 12 November 2010 (UTC) Well, Rosiestep made it a start class, although I did do a pretty good start on it.. If only we had to time to do the same for all of the unincorporated communities.. And to think there are still loads missing right?♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:41, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Mozambique's answer to Angelina Jolie, A lot more attractive in my view wouldn't you say. Looks younger than Jolie too when she's actually at least five years older.♦ Dr. Blofeld  23:17, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Yeah she does come across as a little smug, you're right. But if I were her I'd probably be rather pleased with myself too! Are you able to use AWB in the commons.? Its just Zils has started uploading here but they all need recategorizing as Category:Deputies of the Saeima. Can you help?♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:42, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

Well most of them only require a sinple category replacement, to place them in Cat:Deputies of the Saeima... Apparently only 850 odd were free images, the other 1500 were not. IN regards to Burma it might be best if I do a township of one area then move onto a nother to keep it interesting. I've noticed a lot more info and larger settlements seem to be located further south and east. I started with Sagaing which is not hugely populated. Amazing what you find in browising though. Scarily Tanintharyi (Tenasserim) and ‎Great Tenasserim River didn't exist or are substubs. If you search Tenasserim in google books you'll see whatI mean. Also browsing seeing Kengtung and that ancient palace...21:19, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

Guten morgen Ser Amantio. Making good progress with WikiProject Uruguay/Montevideo. One thing though. Can you use replace tool or whatever to fix the references: to be replaced: cita web with cite web, título with title, autor with author and editorial with publisher?♦  Dr. Blofeld  14:45, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Nope, no rush, thanks. Its on about 80 kb at the moment it needs to reach 150kb though to qualify for DYK. The majority of that will come from beefing up the landmark section and writing a fair amount for each one. There should be a museum section covering 7 or so museums (which have images in the commons) and I'll probably do a hotel section as well...♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:58, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Oh OK, thanks. If you could help fix the referencing in particular and do any copyediting this would be great, whenever you feel like it though.... This article has a lot of potential I think..♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:04, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Its starting to shape up, will look better when fully referenced and translated and hopefully the marked sections can be expanded...♦  Dr. Blofeld  17:09, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Well, still along way to go but if you look at the current article in the mainscape.... Does File:Ekaterina Gamova 3 ITN.jpg scare you? I think she's horrible. And any chick who is taller than even me is freakish.... Irina Sheik on the other hand another Russian, google image her. Stunning.. Grr, although she is dating Cristiano Ronaldo so she is a gold digger with bad taste.. Greasy monkey..♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:30, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Really? Not to my taste ... Anna Netrebko looks very nice;  she looks more Greece than Russian.♦  Dr. Blofeld  17:55, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

She looks a bit like an Iraqi woman I used to work with. I used to get on very well with her put it that way. She looked more Georgian/Armenian than Iraqi though but she was very good looking. She spoke really good english anyway... I'd say she was probably late thirties but we both found each other very attractive and used to get told off my the manager lots of times for chatting! There was once this Brazilian exchange student in my class who I also got on well with. I seem to be attracted to a foreign accent I've noticed. Whenever I've met a foreign woman I've also felt strangely attracted to them. I find their accents really sexy... ♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:47, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Even as a boy when I was in like Portugal or whatever I felt a strange allurance to the women even at an age when I was far to young to even be thinking about women... Opposites often attract as they say, I think that's what it is. I actually think in thinking about I've found about 90% of foreign women I've ever met sexy or at least attractive!! Admittedly though I'm generally not very keen on south asian women (Indian and Pakistani) or Korean women... IN thinking about it I've met a lot of Indian/Pakistani women and some German women who I haven't found attractive so maybe 90% is an exaggeration, but I recall meeting women from Iraq, Brazil, Czech Republic, Poland, Lebanon, Greece, Norway, Italy etc and finding them attractive and liking their accents.. LOL. RIght anything you want stubbed, or shall I resume with Antarctica?♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:00, 16 November 2010 (UTC) If there's any you want started list then as User:Dr. Blofeld/Missing politicians under Brazil. Oh I'd better cleanup the Marseilles arrondissements which were transwikied first. I need a break right now though. I'll be back later..♦  Dr. Blofeld  19:21, 16 November 2010 (UTC) If there are any more countries you find lists for (e.g cateogries from other wikipedias like Lithuania or whatever) feel free to dump them in the list under the country. Could you use the replace tool to wiki link the Swedes for me too? I'd better start those Latvian deputies sometime though now we have images..♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:25, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

We have an active Cote d'Ivoire contributor!! Can you add the relative template to the article inside it using AWB? I think the first few regions are done though..♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:32, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

OK. Category:Populated places in Côte d'Ivoire also needs splitting by region sometime...♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:37, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Should be easy to sort at least some with Category:Côte d'Ivoire geography stubs. Or are you claling it a day doing AWB and plan on using it to start articles instead?♦ Dr. Blofeld  23:03, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Damn Chick Corea, Al Di Meola and Paco de Lucia are seriously amongst the best musicians on the planet. Unbelievable. They really make musicians in bands like the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin look like pre school kids. I downloaded tons of Chick's jazz sessions from youtube onto CD and have been jamming along to it and it is probably the most sophisticated stuff I've ever heard in my life. I wish I could play jazz piano like Corea!!! And guitar like Paco de Lucia... It makes me feel super cool listening to jazz... ♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:53, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

Watch this. The real McCoy. Its like being in a small town in Andalucia and listening to flamenco, such passion. That is true guitar talent.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:03, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

Then check out this for jazz piano brilliance.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:15, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

The thing about jazz is that it can incredibly sophisticated. Jazz improvization really its the ultimate musical art form I think. Its not my cup of tea all of time but have to admit that most of the musicians I respect the most happen to be jazz and classical musicians. I've played guitar for 20 odd years and listened to hundreds of guitarists and very few of them am I actually blown away by. Most guitarists I listen to I can play their solos and process what they are playing but there are guitarists like Al Di Meola and Paco de Lucia who are wizards. Paco's right hand and technique is virtually uncopiable. I think it comes form growing up in a flamenco fmaily and community from a very young age. Notice that all the truly fantastic musicians generally start extremely young and are child prodigies or at least virtuosos by their mid teens.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:51, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

Impressed
Hey. I am new page patrolling and the shear number of articles that you are writing is very impressive. --Guerillero &#124; My Talk 03:28, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Pew Fellowships in the Arts
hi, maybe you have more patience with -R. fiend. see our discussion at Talk:Pew Fellowships in the Arts je me lave les mains Accotink2  talk 02:58, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
 * sorry bout that, i shoulda known better. he has good questions, but makes no concessions, in a spirit of inquiry. i would categorize him as a proto-User talk:Scott MacDonald with all the pluses and minuses. Accotink2  talk 02:30, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Frances Jacson (fresh page)
Thanks for the categories, I hate doing those! At the moment I'm still gleaning stuff from ODNB and will look for other sources, bibliographical info etc. Cheers. Bmcln1 (talk) 17:00, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

August Riedel
Hey Ser, how's it going? Thanks, as usual, for your gnomish work. Listen, there's something on that page that I don't know how to fix, something about the sort key. Can you help? Grazie, Drmies (talk) 20:16, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Burma templates
Plastikspork is running a web spider which will downlad all 41,000 settlements into twnship templates. However can you wiki link Template:Katha Township for me seems as it is downloaded already? A massive dabbing job will be need in the near future though..♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:20, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Excellent work. Thanks for that. I will continue with Antarctica tomorrow... Dunno there is still a lot of work to do...♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:26, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of reference and fact
Hi Ser Amantio di Nicolao, in this edit dif I see that you have deleted a valid fact (ie that apart from the 7 letters from A to G, also the double letter CH is given to one of the 8 new municipios) and a reference (i.e. ) given for it. What do you find wrong with it? Hoverfish Talk 22:03, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

By the way, for some reason there is a lapse in the way references appear on the page, so that if you ask for, say 38, 39 comes up instead. Hoverfish Talk 22:06, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Oh, no problem then. I am now developing this section with more facts. Cheers. Hoverfish Talk 22:11, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you, when I started moving things to revive WP Uruguay, I couldn't imagine so much could happen in such a little time. I know Dr.Blofeld's talents from years ago in WP Films, but this is astonishing! Hoverfish Talk 22:24, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Hello,

I am trying to adapt & translate an article that exists in French WP: Please give me some time to do that right before you spoil everything. Thank you Jcksa (talk) 20:43, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

What is an atom? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Boadi Richard (talk • contribs) 09:06, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Guinea
HI. I have another African request. Can you go through Guinean biographies and add sub cats to Category:People by city in Guinea. There should be loads of cities which needs categories for people from... ♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:42, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, wow a LOT of edits yesterday! Have you been crossing off the lists once completed?♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:08, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Aaarrgh. The remaining job is lot smaller that I thought!! I'f I'd known you had have finished S I'd have made a drive to get them done asap! Well done! Lets try to get them done in the next few days then..♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:25, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Can you finish off R for me later? I'll finish off the three remaining L lists then but it won't be until tomorrow. There is still quite a lot to do...♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:16, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Nono you did a great job, you were more than a good help. The rest of R took a lot longer than expected!! In fact I was pleasantly surprised how much you had actually done which I thought were still missing!♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:35, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

LOL poor kid. Imagine having two parents of that ilk...♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:20, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Yeah but what makes it worse is that he was named after his mother Linzi Drew.... LOL.♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:36, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Yeah I know... The thing is for a 14 year old boy he and his friends probably think it cool that mummy and daddy were eh "actors" but I think maybe when he matures a bit he will resent it, maybe bitterly, unless of course he follows in the footsteps of his parents. How do you discipline a kid though whose father changes his name to "Ben Dover" and his mother authors a book on "try everything once..." is what I want to know. LOL.♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:02, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Hmmm
Could be, I'll investigate! Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:32, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
 * yep, redirecting... Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:34, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Probably best to cover in one article, anyways. The site I linked says, "Pour ce qui concerne l'Aquitaine, les bourrées - appelées ici borrèias - y étaient présentes sur deux territoires qui concernent ses marches : le Périgord (départment de la Dordogne) et le Haut-Agenais (département du Lot-et-Garonne)." It also describes a number of other bourree variants. To me, it looks like there are many variants, some of which are in an area where Occitan is spoken, and in those regions, it is called borrèia. It seems to me like this is probably all best described in one article... From the French website, it looks like a bourree can also be a folk dance, which is consistent with the text in es.wiki about how the dance spread from being a court dance to being a popular dance. Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:43, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Ti piace Puccini!
Hi Ser, and thanks for your welcome. Moustaky (talk) 21:28, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Warner Chappell
Please explain your complaint! This statement is made in current Historical context with regard to the companies policy as compared to other Recording companies who are allowing the publishing under the policies as set forth by YouTube with regard to general attempts at protecting material. I can cite many examples of the presentation of protected material on youtube which has not been struck down by the publisher holding the copyright.

So please explain your complaint... and OR so I may comply with (and I question your authority beyond my own) what you think I'm failing to do. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyberchip (talk • contribs) 05:49, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Vesleknausen Rock
Hi - I was cleaning up the pages you created and I found something worth checking - is Vesleknausen Rock 110 m in elevation, or is it supposed to be a number in the 1,000's range? Thanks for making all these articles,  ∙:∙:.:  pepper  :.:∙:∙   13:20, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Foreign language links
Thanks for adding the it: link to Michela Quattrociocche. Usually I just wait for the robot to come along and do that itself; it still needs to add three more language links. You're more experienced than me, is there any reason not to wait for the robot? Townlake (talk) 17:35, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

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Rome Prize winners
Hello. Think you must have got the wrong Charles Harvey with this edit... cheers, Struway2 (talk) 09:53, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Years
OK I've started the first few off in User:Dr. Blofeld/Country year templates. If I start them gradually do you think you can to the replace Argentina with Albania type thing to them? When I'll do is create a few decent pages from each country at least then the templates will be in the workspace and that we should have a detailed coverage by country. Admittedly year lists are not usually my thing. I'd rather they were written as articles and sourced but I think they are very important all the same. The problem is that they are often neglected.... As for Antigua not having a history before 1981, the island did exist beforehand.....By nation though it would indeed have to be shortened for a number of nations who become different countries after independence... ♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:03, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, Funnily I currently have other "years" lists to attend to with the full jazz AFDs. I thinking the best think would be to merge them into decade lists e.g 1970s in jazz and then split once they are expanded and developed.. ♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:14, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Gracias, yeah I didn't create them all as I thought you'd get a nasty headache. Best thing would be for you to create the templates in your own time and I'll start a few for each country...For countries like Ireland which have like 400 +years sub shrinkable tables by century are the best way to do it I think♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:37, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Yeah if that's the case then the earlier years can be merged into decade articles...♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:43, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

See 1970s in jazz. Another replacement request. Can you replace e.g (1974) with ]] , (1975) with ]]  etc down to 1979. If you click edit you'll see I've add the first part but it would be easier to replace (1975) (1976) etc with a close brackets and italic.♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:02, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Can you do this to the remainder ?♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:51, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks. If you can can you italic the album titles for 1960s in jazz. ALso 1950s in jazz titles need wiki linking. Only though if it doesn't take much time... Hopefully by the end of this I'll have some decent pages and then when I have time can gradually branch out into year lists. I had intended expanding them but like everything else things can delayed because of so much damn work to do on here...♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:12, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Cheers, the year endings of the records of the 50s need removing as part of the wikiying, obviously.. I'll merge 1940s, 1980s and 1990s next...♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:17, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

OK 1930s-present are started. 80s and 90s also need wikifying.. iI'll probably start pre 1930s later or tomorrow..♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:36, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm done. I feel quite proud of the pages I've created actually even if they are mergers of existing wiki content... They are now in a much better position to be build upon and filled out in the relative year articles when I or somebody gets around to it. I'll probably try to expand a few of the jazz years tomorrow, perhaps. I think the AFD came at an ideal time actually given that I am about to embark upon the country years..♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:23, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your help with the formatting. I'm curious as to why Lake Burton, Antarctica was not in the USGS lists.... Very odd... Makes you wonder what is actually still missing.. Now if every Antarctica stub could be expanded like Lake Burton..♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:27, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

OK, if you do feel like formatting any of the 50s, 80s and 90s later this would be great, if not, it can be done over the next week...♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:32, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Can you use AWB to do this to the rest of them for Afghanistan. WP:Aus also seem OK with the new template and formatting changes.♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:41, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the Guinean cat help. I would have completed the politburo members today but suddenly I've encountered breathing difficulties. my chest came over all tight for some reason. I think I need to step out into the extreme cold night for a bit.... Hopefully I can resume tomorrow.. Sometime I've got to sort out those Burmese settlement templates too..♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:19, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

F-r-rr-ee-zz-z-i-n-g outside. Like -10... I'll leave the window open to let some air in and try not to freeze inside, I was fine until the amount of oxygen getting to my brain seemed to be hampered. If you are concentrating on something you don't even notice your breathing I guess until it feels much reduced...Very unusual for me, I wonder what triggered it...♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:29, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

It feels like heartburn, tight chest and throat narrowing symptoms which naturally make your head feel groggy because of oxygen levels. Very unpleasant feeling, there is nothing worse I think than not being able to breathe properly... I'd better got off here and do some exercises or something to get the oxygen flowing.. ♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:34, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Just got up, couldn't sleep all night because of it. I'll see how it goes today. I'm sitting by the heater anyway..♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:05, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi. On Lithuanian wikipedia can you find a vilages in xxx municipality cat copy and paste them into User:Dr. Blofeld/Launch pad and link them and I''ll start them later.♦  Dr. Blofeld  16:52, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Can you wikilink the name of the municipality they are for above each section?♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:25, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

By the looks of it we already have stubs on the district municipality of Varena but they have flooded the villages in Alytus county category. Perhaps you could recategorize those later and then I can start other municpalities. I'll try to get the main towns done shortly and then perhaps I can start on the villages tomorrow...♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:49, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Can you wikify the artists and albums in 1980s in jazz and 1990s in jazz]]? I think I can manage 1950s manually..♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:10, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

I've done the 1950s, if you can do this later for 80s and 90s it'll be a big help. Thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:50, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

So I see. Thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:18, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Can you wiki link the albums with italics too like this. Like replace (1991) with ]] '' in Microsoft Word. I'd do it myself if I had a damned word package on my new computer. I really need to get one..♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:30, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for that. As long as it can be done with minimal time.. I'm going to blue link a few of the missing year articles shortly.♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:34, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Dunphy: sorting
Thanks. I was trying so hard to remember, but I just forgot... Roscelese (talk) 06:31, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm a fan of your talk/contributions links, by the way. Roscelese (talk) 23:16, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Sulev Oll


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Request - Aircraft Accident Sock
Something familar about new user User:Ben Gills articles particular the bad spelling, I dont have any experience in raising WP:SPI with reference to Sockpuppet investigations/Ryan kirkpatrick/Archive. As you have experience of this user any help appreciated, thanks. MilborneOne (talk) 15:37, 2 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your help, appreciated. MilborneOne (talk) 17:21, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar
Thank you very much :) A shame I am missing sources on colonial-era elections though...  Number   5  7  16:36, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

History of hotel fires in the United States
Hello, just popping over to say I've nom'ed this one, crediting all of us, as it meets nom readiness but it can still use your attention if anyone is interested in adding more content. --Rosiestep (talk) 21:32, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Hey can you fix the link to Kerns Hotel? Nice job!♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:50, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Excellent. What's amazing here is how you can gain access to info on related topics by just mentioning in one article and then find detailed info in other articles. This is the most exciting thing about wikipedia I think is that one thing can lead to another. That's the most enjoyable way to build wikipedia I think. Thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:54, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

How was the choir concert? I got to see Handel's Messiah a few nights ago. Let me guess that was what you performed, too? --Rosiestep (talk) 03:35, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Rwquest, Can you categorize all of the Sectors of Guinea-Bissau as Category:Sectors of Guinea-Bissau and Category:Populated places in Guinea-Bissau? They all appear to be towns as well.♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:01, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Murilo. Looks a nice village!♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:45, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Mostly, lots of places in Africa though still don't appear... Looks a very exotic island...♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:56, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Yeah its a very long island group. PLenty of unknown islands... Excellent work starting the municipalities!♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:00, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Are you sure Habero is a town? Same for Sela, Berikh etc. Because I can't find any evidence of it aside from the statoids page. There';s a Habero District but the main town doesn't seem to be called Habero..♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:41, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

It seems half and half I think. Some are actual settlements and some are not it seems..♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:13, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Halhal exists anyway,♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:17, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Unsourced category changes
At Norman Thaddeus Vane, what source do you have that he is "American" ??? -- Cirt (talk) 20:35, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
 * It is basically a "guess" and an unsourced change to a WP:BLP. Please revert it back to previous. -- Cirt (talk) 21:25, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

I undid it, pending your providing a WP:RS source for this info about this WP:BLP, to support your category changes. -- Cirt (talk) 21:29, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
 * No worries! ;) -- Cirt (talk) 21:40, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Martti Soosaar


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Nice to meet you
here, File:Gianni Schicchi will scene.png, notare,--Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:45, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I found it where something big is under way about caro amico Gianni Schicchi, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:23, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Bhutan
Hi, can you create the categories for the districts of Bhutan; I started the gewogs earlier but most of the categories were red. Also can you tag the talk pages class=stub?♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:38, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Hey thanks for that! Now that's one I don't have!! Looks a nice place, shame we have no photographs though!!!♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:51, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

I've co nommed it. ♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:58, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for History of hotel fires in the United States
Materialscientist (talk) 12:02, 13 December 2010 (UTC) That's a pretty decent start i think, there's tons that can be added. I've invited Rosise and Nvv to help expand it further. Its one of those "how the hell was this missing" type ones isn't it. ♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:53, 15 December 2010 (UTC) FA you say? I promise I'll help you promote it to GA by then, FA would require some serious work...♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:03, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Wow check out those cowboys at Cootes Store, Virginia. I found those photos and uploaded them!♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:58, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Its astounding. I've just been checking that area out on google street view and it is unbelievably hillbilly. Its like stepping into a DeLorean and going back to the early United States period. I'm amazed just how much of it is as country as country can be!!Your country though really is something of a new country really, barely over 350 years old, except for the old Indian settlers of course. Awesome place.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:23, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

From what I saw of the old farm buildings and barns and the road it really look like stepping into an old western only in color. It looks almost completely timeless with the green fields and mountains. How sad it is that almost the entirely of our articles like this are one liners and so many are missing. ♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:31, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

What amazes me is just how much SPACE there is.....♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:36, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

I am so unused to seeing gigantic land space like that because in the UK hedgerow fields take up most of the country with the expection of the Scottish highlands so the rural land looks smaller. What I'm seeing on google street maps are just the biggest amounts of open space, huge.♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:53, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

I mean obviously many parts of the US have fields too but the areas I'm looking at are vast open spaces of grassland..♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:10, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Can you tack Template:Years in Afghanistan to the articles?♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:40, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

What I'll do is create a page for each country, at least then I'll get the templates into the mainspace... I'll start a few and the leave it a while then do a few more. ♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:48, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Ooh the Andorran templates needs replacing the Argentina. Can you overide it? I'll hold off for now as some of the existing templates still contain the Argentina links. I'll try to create say 5 starter pages a day from each country or something.♦ Dr. Blofeld  20:57, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Excellent, thanks for that. Just been trying to play Stella by Starlight on the piano, that's all!♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:49, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Ever heard of Stanislav Feikl?♦ Dr. Blofeld  22:31, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Mistakes in english
Hello, i'm french and i done mistakes in english language. Can you correct my mistakes of this article Saint-Jammes. Thank you ! France64160 (talk) 20:43, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Linda Verner
Hi. I saw that you linked this name. I doubt that she is notable. Were you planning to do an article on her? If not, I do not think we should redlink her. I de-linked it, but if you plan to write an article on her, feel free to re-link. Sorry! -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:52, 15 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the message. Well, she's borderline, because she did have a decade-long career, but there are lots more Victorian actresses with more distinguished and longer careers that we can focus on.  If you don't originate roles, you don't get much press, and so it would be hard to write a substantial article about her that has much more in it than the one website where she does have a pretty fair profile.  All the best!  -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:35, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Maison-Ponthieu
Hi! The coordenates at Maison-Ponthieu are wrong. It would have 50 degrees of latitude North and not 40, but I don't know how to change, I don't use the decimal system. --Millars (talk) 13:37, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for McGaheysville, Virginia
Materialscientist (talk) 12:05, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Yikes its like Nuuk in winter or something outside at the moment.. It'a snowing heavily...♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:14, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Its very unusual for us to get it at this time of year and several times. We used to get snow once in February or something. We've had at least 7 days of snow already this winter!♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:27, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Is it milder where you live than in New York state then? Because I always see snow in pictures this time of year, at least in some parts. Can you do an AWB job for me later. See Regencies of Indonesia. What I want is for you to add the relative populated place category to the regency capital towns if it is uncategorized and to create and add a Category:Regency capitals of Indonesia to all of the seats like I did with Category:Townships of Burma.A lot of the articles I've noticed don't even have a populated place cat. Mmm given that many of cities have a regency level maybe name the category Category:Regency capitals and cities of Indonesia. ♦ Dr. Blofeld  16:00, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

This is how the UK looks at the moment.♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:00, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Thicker than last years I think. ALso look ahow much thicker it is in the south its really weird. Apparently in the south of england it is wrose than it is in northern Norway/Sweden at the moment, its almost like the poles have been reversed. Its quite bizarre, Global warming is really starting to have some strange effects. And if it is happening over such a shorter time period, imagine how the planet will be reacting in 1000 years time...♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:05, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Walead beshty listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Walead beshty. Since you had some involvement with the Walead beshty redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Artiquities (talk) 18:27, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Merry Merry


Merry Christmas Ser Amantio!!!!♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:18, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Missorted Antarctic articles
Dear Ser Amantio, it appears that since yesterday you have retagged as SouthGeorgia-geo-stub several hundred Antarctic articles that used to be tagged either WAntarctica-geo-stub or subantarctic-geo-stub before. However, these are not South Georgia articles, as a matter of fact all of them are West Antarctica articles and should be tagged as WAntarctica-geo-stubs. It would be great if you could fix that. Best and Merry Christmas. Apcbg (talk) 07:36, 25 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Many thanks for fixing the problem, and have nice holidays! Apcbg (talk) 07:08, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Adolf Holzhaus


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Hello
I see there's someone else with time needing to be filled in on Christmas Day. Thanks for your quick Categories! Have a peaceful evening. Opbeith (talk) 19:20, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

I assume you mean music rather than dairy product - either way buon gusto! Opbeith (talk) 20:29, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Sigurlaugur Elíasson


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File:SOB billboard.jpg listed for deletion
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International Museum of Carousel Art‎
Holy moly! How did you find and categorize International Museum of Carousel Art‎ beginning 22 seconds after I created it?! —EncMstr (talk) 21:45, 29 December 2010 (UTC)