User talk:Yomangani/Archive 8

Gilchrist Peer review
Hey, thanks again for your generous and constructive comments on Adam Gilchrist's peer review. Hopefully we'll be able to make the changes you've pointed out soon, make references to certain terms consistent and all that jazz. Then he'll be nominated for WP:FA. Hope you'll join in with that discussion too! Cheers! The Rambling Man 11:44, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you - Soldier settlement (Australia)
You probably get a million thank you's for the work you are doing - but please still accept mine on this successful DYK nomination. -- VS talk 23:28, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Thx
Appreciate your seeing the gem in my (first!) DYK and making it top for the day even. It was pretty close to getting passed by I think, esp. after someone said it should just read 'so-and-so invented x', period. Close call! &mdash; SMcCandlish &#91;talk&#93; &#91;contrib&#93; ツ 15:28, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

DYK time
Its that time of day again. DYK update time :). If I was an admin, I would have sent to DYK by now; Can you mentor me on adminship? --Parker007 22:13, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Edit Summary
yah right you dont choose from recent days, thats pure hypocritical; see my talk page Please see explanation on my talk page. I am sorry if I offended you. :( --Parker007 07:25, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Paul Collingwood
Hey, thanks for your comments and edits to Colly's article, it was promoted to featured article this morning! Hurrah! The Rambling Man 09:53, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

The Everybodyfields
An editor has asked for a deletion review of The Everybodyfields. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Cacycle 22:28, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Survey Invitation
Hi there, I am a research student from the National University of Singapore and I wish to invite you to do an online survey about Wikipedia. To compensate you for your time, I am offering a reward of USD$10, either to you or as a donation to the Wikimedia Foundation. For more information, please go to the research home page. Thank you. --WikiInquirer 22:43, 3 March 2007 (UTC)talk to me

Saturn devouring his son
Hi. I still think that "more refined" is POV. Because we are only saying "more refined" but nothing about the different circumstances which explain why one is "more refined" and the other less. For example, Goya was in a dark period which Rubens didn't know, Goya's painting wasn't intended to be used in public and, after all, the times were different. Would we say that, for example, Picasso is "less refined" than Velazquez? No, they are just different artists, different times, different everything which means that there is no connection between them other than they both were painters.

If this is not enough convincing, well, usually here in wikipedia "less is more", specially less adjectives such as "refined". Mountolive | Talk 07:01, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Knocking off
Um, I hope you mean temporarily? -- ALoan (Talk) 00:33, 12 March 2007 (UTC)


 * It is good to see you back, however fleetingly. -- ALoan (Talk) 13:27, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Great to see you back again. It would have been a truly great loss if you had departed. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:26, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Aikido
Could you take another look to see if your concerns vis a vis the FAC were addressed. Cheers.Peter Rehse 09:02, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I guess too late. Frankly I thought we met all the critiques so a bit surprised by the rejection. Possibly a change from your Oppose to Support might have made a difference but no worries - I think the article improved a lot through the process and we will resubmit after a few more months.Peter Rehse 08:55, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Up on tippitoes, a mini-mince across the underwear counter and 'You're free!'
You're back! Hurrah and huzzah! You were missed, you know. Thanks for your comment about BL camp. I've somehow become involved in a world far beyond my ken, of GOCs and SRO and Z Special Unit: I'm all at sea and floundering like a baby albatross that's just spotted the great white below. But luckily I have my wise Obi Wan Grant65 to guide me through it all. I only started the article cos my grandparents were in the camp and I wanted to know a bit more about it - here is a woman who turns off the box when the war films come on (well, apart from Ice Cold in Alex which is just the best - if you can look past the silly girlie who lets go of the starting handle on the dune). I digress. Good to have you back, Yomangani. Been anywhere interesting? Jasper33 18:05, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Having poked around in your redlink area (sorry, coming over all Finbarr Saunders there) my guess is you're in Cuba. Lucky bugger. Can't wait for no 267 on the list ... Jasper33 18:16, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Harsh! And is 267 similar to dwarf tossing? Funny you should mention orang utans - a friend of my g/ps kept orang utans which were regularly shipped off to zoos - I seem to remember that Sydney Zoo was the main recipient. I think that's partly why the ship-eating pandas struck a chord. Still, it was during the 30s-50s, when attitudes were very different. One day I'm going to see if I can find out what happened to them. Ta for your offer of help on Batu Lintang. You may well come to wish you hadn't (adopts nasal whining wheedling voice 'Yomangani, I'm stuck ...').Jasper33 08:20, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Religious democracy
An article that you have been involved in (procedurally closed previous AfD), Religious democracy, has been listed by me for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/Religious democracy 2. Thank you. - David Oberst 08:39, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Thomas Benolt
Thanks for the copy-edit on Thomas Benolt. I appreciate your help.--Eva b d  00:40, 28 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks...it looks great. So many articles...so little time.--Eva b d  16:50, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Fishes
There is a new proposal on naming conventions for fish being discussed at WikiProject Fishes. As a member of a project whose naming conventions would be affected (WikiProject Sharks), your feedback would be appreciated at the WikiProject Fishes talk page here. Neil916 (Talk) 00:54, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Help please
Your urgent help would be most appreciated here. -- Jreferee 21:08, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

In regards to User 68.109.156.80
Dear Yomanagani, it would be appreciated if you investigated. He/She appears to be vandalising pages, and should probable be blocked due to policy, but, naturally, I'll leave that choice up to you. Thanks, ♣   ÅñôñÿMôús   Dîššíd3nt  05:28, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Humpback Whale FAR
Hey, after your great efforts on the duck billed critter, I figured you may want to help with saving a whale, in this case Humpback Whale, which is up at FAR....cheers, Casliber | talk  |  contribs 08:09, 31 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Hahaha, I thought it might pique your interest. PS: I was helping my mother move stuff around her house and saw the book on the Red Barn murder mystery (she has loads of books on crime fact & fiction), and I could say I knew about that...cheers, Casliber | talk  |  contribs 01:54, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Humphrey
I'd never even heard of Humphrey. Will have a look when I can. Today (real life) just got pear-shaped....cheers, Casliber | talk  |  contribs 04:29, 4 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Ugh. I see what you mean. I must say on all the dinosaur FACs I've been involved in we've had plenty of kids' dino books as references for the pop culture section. I can easily visualise Humphrey not being included in a peer-reviewed journal (or even an adult book for that matter) anywhere. cheers, Casliber | talk  |  contribs 14:26, 5 April 2007 (UTC)


 * OK, I did something clever by categorising both Humphrey and Migaloo as subsubheadings under the subsection famous (individual) humpbacks to highlight its level of importance in the scheme of things. As it stands, it is roughly the same size as the Migaloo section above, so I personally am happy to leave it as is as the two highlight some individual vignettes within the subect of whale watching... Some of the refs don't looks quite so bad.. :) cheers, Casliber | talk  |  contribs 14:36, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Not humphrey
..Actually I agree the article's shaping up pretty nicely - just there's a few sections with no refs at all: Social structure and courtship and Population and distribution are two, though the pdf link onthe talk page should be good for the latter section. I am in Australia so its midnight here. cheers, Casliber | talk  |  contribs 14:41, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

....In fact, I just realised I'm pretty knackered (yawn)...ah well, more later. cheers, Casliber | talk  |  contribs 14:43, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar
In light of your artistic leanings, thought you might be interested in this little article I just created. It's a fascinating book. Would value any input you might have on improving the article. GDallimore (Talk) 09:36, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for giving it the once over. I see your points and will think about what I can do to improve it - sadly I have somewhat patchy knowledge about Brewer and his works. I'm liking the idea of having a section dedicated to old wives' tales... GDallimore (Talk) 12:35, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
That one was slightly more creative than the average TS vandalism; maybe a 4 out of 10 when they're usually a 2 :-) Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 23:51, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Que disfrutes de los caballos de vapor !!! I spend most of my time traveling on a maldito dialup :-)  no diacritics on my laptop Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 00:05, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

April 2007
Please do not violate Wikipedia policy by introducing inappropriate pages, such as Yomangani/Elephants to Wikipedia. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Wǐkǐɧérṃǐť (Talk)   (Contributions)  15:11, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
 * My mistake. I didn't see that it was a subpage. Sorry! Wǐkǐɧérṃǐť  (Talk)   (Contributions)  15:13, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Common Raven
If you wanna look, ....Another critter, this time Common Raven which is the first historic Wikiproject Birds collaboration. Is developing ok but may be worth a fresh pair of eyes in a few days as things have stalled a bit...cheers, Casliber | talk  |  contribs 04:10, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Help
I hope this causes no inconvienience to you Yomangani, but if you look on the page The Cave of Swallows (which i should infact move to Cave of Swallows), you will see that the page holds much less content than it's respective edit page. For some reason, the text on the edit page will not appear on the page itself. Do you know of a solution? Thank you for your time, ♣   ÅñôñÿMôús   Dîššíd3nt  00:14, 9 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks alot for sorting out the issue. ♣   ÅñôñÿMôús   Dîššíd3nt  05:51, 9 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Once again, because you have proven quite helpful in past, I must consult you on an issue. I have been advised in a message on my talk page that I should not cite another article within wikipedia. I feel that I must ask you: The vaildity of the claim, what I should do if the claim is valid, and the general accepted policy on the matter. I hope you can clear the matter up, and advise me about what I should do in future in regard to referencing the encyclopedia itself. Thank you, ---   ÅñôñÿMôús   Dîššíd3nt  05:33, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thabnk you for your reply, and I'm sorry I did not reply sooner. It is okay if I reference another wikipedia or another wikipedia article in a Notes section, and then, in a separarte References section, cite the references the other wikipedia/wikipedia article used? If I did it this way, it would make it easier to reference, while it would also serve, as far as I can see, to fix the problems raised. Is this something I can do though? ---   ÅñôñÿMôús   Dîššíd3nt  01:28, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I have implemented this technique into a references section in two of my most recent articles: The Battle of Alexander at Issus and Johannes Rebmann. Please tell me about what you think about what I've done in the aforementioned articles. If I have done the wrong thing, then please let me know so I can remove it from the articles. Thank you for your help, ---   ÅñôñÿMôús   Dîššíd3nt  03:51, 12 April 2007 (UTC) - I cannot use this technique, it is apparently against policy.  ---   ÅñôñÿMôús   Dîššíd3nt  01:57, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for reverting that vandalism on my user page. --AnonEMouse (squeak) 16:37, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikifun
Um - Wikifun/Round 14/Answers/Question 14 - you need to sjow your working! -- ALoan (Talk) 17:06, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Please see this
Could you please look at this and it's talk page? I think it should be deleted, or at least split. It's a disgusting mess thats been sitting there since last year. Thanks, ---   ÅñôñÿMôús   Dîššíd3nt  06:43, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

List of Cuban birds
Hi, I've noticed that you are knocking out some regional bird lists. You need to be a bit wary of using avibase lists without changes. Apart from the American spelling leading to abominations like Gray Wagtail, the American names used often refer to a different subspecies or even species. For example, Black Scoter is M. (n.) americana whereas the European Common Scoter is M. n. nigra. These are increasingly treated as separate species. Hope this helps. Jimfbleak. Talk to me. 15:47, 26 April 2007 (UTC) (UTC)

Nice work
Nice Work With The Birds Of Poland Page.

OMG
Have you been busy offline? You must have a canonical List of birds that you are selecting subsets from. I take it you will be expanding Lists of birds by region too? -- ALoan (Talk) 16:58, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Or I could just be typing really fast. I'll expand Lists of birds by region when I've finished (still got Africa and Asia to do). Yomangani talk 22:40, 26 April 2007 (UTC)


 * You are User:Rambot and I claim my £5. -- ALoan (Talk) 10:20, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Bird Lists
Yes, I notcied you were creating several high quality bird lists in unbelievable time. Well, I suggest that we either: use your one, add images to it, delete my article, and move yours to my title (my title is the conventional name isnt it? like you made an article 'list of Cuban birds, not 'list of birds of Cuba'). Alternatively, I could siphon your information into my article, add images, redirect yours and add the remaining images. Im no expert on the rule that applies here, but my article was started first, under the conventional name. Then again, yours was finished before mine. In the talk page, you seemed to infer that you were leaving the descision up to me. Is this correct, or were you wanting to discuss a plan of action? Also, what did you mean when you said: 'as I was using the data as test data and created a lot of bird lists as a result' Thanks,  &mdash;ÅñôñÿMôús Dîššíd3nt 21:46, 26 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Ahhh! That explains everything. Right, ok, well, I think that, if it is ok with you, I will use my Egyptian birds list, considering youve made so many other bird articles. Ill turn yours into a redirect. Thanks alot. (oh, and by the way, will you be nominating all of those for featured list - youd probably break some kind of record if you did!) Yours,  &mdash;ÅñôñÿMôús Dîššíd3nt 06:24, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Cavalry award


Excellent qulaity lists but please remember national categories which are very important e.g --Category:Fauna of Sierra Leone too ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Expecting you" Contribs 12:34, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Very impressive indeed. How do you generate the lists so quickly? THe Belize ,list looks terrific with images. Please use Category:Birds of.. too e.g Category:Birds of Belize ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Expecting you" Contribs 12:45, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

OK great ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦  "Expecting you" Contribs 12:46, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Another award
Looking through your dyk gallery you are the ultimate wikipedian!!!! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Expecting you" Contribs 12:54, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

You know that the List of passerine birds of Korea etc lists exist? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Expecting you" Contribs 15:23, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, but that is for the whole Korean peninsula, my two are split (artificially) by country. I figured it was the same as North American birds and birds by state. And thanks for the award, I've always admired your work too, especially the the bridge that drops people into the piranha pool. Yomangani talk 15:27, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

List of birds of Zambia
Many thanks for doing the List of Birds of Zambia, much appreciated. Rexparry sydney 14:14, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi, if you look at lists of birds by region, there is already one for Korea, which I suspect is for S. Korea. presumably the two articles need to be merged or one needs to be deleted? Jimfbleak. Talk to me. 15:13, 27 April 2007 (UTC)(UTC)

In case you are interested I have just started the series of articles on wildlife by country which should summarize flora and fauna, conservation etc by country. Really these articles should have been created before Flora of and Fauna of. I hope your Lists can become part of them. e.g List of Azerbaijani birds would be sectioned in Wildlife of Azerbaijan which I just created etc. Please respond. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Expecting you" Contribs 19:01, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Its odd because I thought the first articles that should have been written was the wildlife of and then main sectioned off into new articles Fauna of Flora of etc/.... keeping the main article. Then theese in turn would have main articles for each section e.g Mammmals of Cuba, Fish of Cuba etc like that. I have set up the African and Latin American templates ready to start all the articles which evneutally will all become beautiful looking articles like the Belize list. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Expecting you" Contribs 09:44, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

If you have just about finished the bird lists please consider starting decent new articles on African wildlife -I consider these articles extremely important and they are missing, I have started Wildlife of Algeria and Wildlife of Angola.