User talk:Zeus1234

Anna Wintour
Thanks, finally for someone coming around and reviewing it. I'm always glad for outside comments; many of your suggestions will be incorported very soon as I do want the article to pass.

I only wish to respond in part to one aspect of your comments: the use of names. I used them because I've seen a number of peer reviews/FA noms etc. where editors got faulted over running quotes attributed to unnamed people, especially when those quotes are attributed to identified persons in the source material (as all the ones you pointed to are). I tend to agree ... it looks like you're weaseling.

I would also consider that, as the article makes clear, the subject is a person about whom many people speak anonymously and are then quoted as such in reliable sources we can use. I thus prefer to identify people as much as possible in that situation, so it looks less like a gossipy hit job and more like an evenhanded treatment of her life.

I'll certainly look at cutting down on the attribution, and perhaps some of the quotes, but I just want you to understand my reasoning on that. Daniel Case 20:41, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Glad to hear you had no other problems with it. Hopefully I will be making changes tonight; if not, tomorrow. Daniel Case 20:49, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I do have one other issue, going over this again today as I'm making changes, that I need to find some middle ground on. I don't know if you read the peer review (given how deeply hidden the link is on the talk page now I wouldn't be surprised), but as you can see the last suggestion there was to integrate the popular culture section (at that time a bulleted list) into the rest of the article (as you probably know, there's quite a few people who think we have entirely too many of those sections and that they're cruft and OR magnets).

So, given that, do you think that it's necessarily such a good idea to restore that section? I could see doing that, but if I eventually take it to FAC (as I'd like to at some point), I'm sure I'd have to tear it back down.

Also, I am uncomfortable with removing The Devil Wears Prada from the criticism section even though it would shorten it up. It counts for both "in popular culture" and criticism since it did incorporate a lot of longstanding criticisms.

You know, perhaps it should just be a separate section entirely. I'll do that. Daniel Case 14:58, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

OK, I have made all the changes you suggested. It required some baby-killing, but the net result was to shave about 4K off the article. It's still long, but it's shorter. Daniel Case 18:21, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Last change made. I hope you're not on vacation too long :-). Daniel Case 14:19, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!
As I said on the fashion project talk page, this is the first GA in it to have been at least partially developed to that level under that project's auspices. I feel more attached to it than I did to New Coke, "my" other GA. To see how much I developed it, take a look at what it was right before my very first edit to it.

I have decided to put the full-length versions of those quotes I truncated in the Wikiquote page with all the other ones. I started that because I found, while writing and developing it, that you got to understand her best through the observations of other people (Amiel's are most interesting).

I do think, as with any GA, that a little more work would be necessary before taking this to FAC. In this case I think it needs the two images I mentioned on the talk page, plus some extra perspective that could be derived from reading the relevant portions of Liz Tilberis and Diana Vreeland's memoirs. So it will probably be a while — I'll probably put a to-do box on the talk page in the meantime. I have some other things to move onto now ... most notably another GA nomination I've been planning from a quite different field, U.S. Route 9 in New York (if you want, take a look and give me any feedback you want ... there was next to none during peer review).

I should also probably do more GA reviewing myself and help clear the backlog. Daniel Case 21:47, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Hey Zeus, Shen Kuo again
Hey brosef. Check out the article on Shen Kuo now. I added an infobox recently, made a couple additions to the Scholarly achievements section, and edited some more awkward phrasing in the article. Looks pretty good now, huh?--PericlesofAthens 20:56, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Shen Kuo image
Hey dude. There is a problem with the picture of Shen Kuo in his article. Such a shame too, I know the picture is very old, but there is apparently not enough info describing the author and the year it was made. Anyways, I was wondering if you could translate this page because the Shen Kuo image in it is nearly the same, and I am getting desperate for any website that states its image copyright status.--PericlesofAthens 18:14, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Also this image here --PericlesofAthens 18:16, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

History of silk
I'm more or less done now, and I think I'm going for GA. All that remains to be added is the general sources consulted, pending the discussion on the French article. Can you give it a copyedit? Thanks. - Oreo Priest  01:01, 11 May 2007 (UTC) (also, remember I'd be happy to copyedit yours if you want)


 * I'm on it. - Oreo Priest  01:05, 11 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Not that I really mind, but FYI, when you link a portion of a word, the whole word becomes a link. For example, monks appears as monks. - Oreo Priest  02:34, 11 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Should I hold off the GA nom until then? - Oreo Priest  17:23, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Lingbao School
My copyedit's done. I left numerous responses, questions and comments hidden in the text, so you should look through the page and change it appropriately. - Oreo Priest  16:10, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Chicago Midway International Airport
Hey Zeus-

Yes I would like an extension for the GA Hold -- I was telling Marcusmax that I would've done those edits earlier but I was extremely busy with school and AP testing. What do you suggest still needs to be done? Sox 23 00:20, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks fox extending the hold. As of now, I have completed the checklist (user has since reinserted the table and I don't want to start an edit war). [Currently I am awaiting a response from a photographer in regards to a new fair-use licensed picture of Flight 1248] Sox 23  01:30, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Zeus- I have proposed a solution to the redundant "incident problem" I have deleted the redundant information [for the most part]; made new section for "December 8 incidents" (as the 2005 incident was a big deal for MDW), and made a section for incidents involving Midway Airport but not at the airport (a.k.a. United Airlines Flight 718) With that finished, I believe the checklist is completed. Sox 23 23:14, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot! I like your solution. Sox 23 12:44, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Renaissance GA Nomination
I went to the library and got out a few books, and referenced all the sentences you asked. See the talk page for more info. Cheers for taking the time to review it! mais (talk) 14:52, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Help needed:
Hey, I noticed you are a frequent contributor to WP:GA/R. There are a few discussion threads that are floundering and need additional comments from other editors. I would like to act on these soon, as they have been up for discussion for several weeks, but so few people have commented that I can't even archive as "no consensus" since we have a near null-set of comments. If you have the time, could you take a peek at the following articles and make any comments at WP:GA/R as you see fit? The articles needing additional comment are: Jeremy Clarkson, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Anaximander, and Syncaris pacifica. Thanks in advance for your help with this! --Jayron32| talk | contribs 18:40, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Cheers!
Good work on Lingbao School! It was a great article to read. Vassyana 10:28, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Dude
Check out the new picture of Shen Kuo! Wikimachine is definitely on my list of coolest dudes ever for drawing that. Lol.--PericlesofAthens 03:00, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Suleiman
Thanks for the comments, perhaps when I have time to devote myself to it I will push for FA. --A.Garnet 12:29, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:Cogny Castries Navarre.jpg
As so ordered by DRV, Image:Cogny Castries Navarre.jpg is again nominated for deletion. Please see the debate at. Regards,  howcheng  {chat} 21:35, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Wahaha Danone joint venture
I just created this article on this very topical subject. The subject matter would make for a good featured article, so I am hoping to enlist your help to get it there qualitatively. Ohconfucius 02:34, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Black history in Puerto Rico (GA)
Done and fixed (smile)- Tony the Marine 00:27, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Apprentice GA Review
Thanks for that, I'll get working right away. BTW, is this you? Dalejenkins | The Apprentice (UK Series Three)'s Peer Review-Review now please! 09:10, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * All of your requests have been granted. Dalejenkins | The Apprentice (UK Series Three)'s Peer Review-Review now please! 17:52, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Question
I am trying to learn everything about GA reviewing and i saw you passed Qoyllur Rit'i. I wanted to know, is it really ok when so little is sourced from the internet? I know that probably not in this article's case, but everything could be made up and he could have made both those sites. I recently failed a film article mainly because all of it's references camed from the DVD's extras, so i'm asking you, should we sometimes just trust that those books/dvd's actually exist?. Yamanbaiia 18:56, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, thanks. Yamanbaiia 11:40, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

History of silk
Thanks, though I don't think nepotism (promotion or hiring of family members, from the Latin "nepos" meaning grandson or nephew) is what you meant.

I don't really know where I would find the info to expand the sections you addressed, and I'm hesitant to rewrite the lead myself (I'm a translator, not an author!), though I suppose I could. Any help would be appreciated. - Oreo Priest  14:49, 22 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Apparently I had it in me after all! I think it's done now, unless there's anything more you'd like. - Oreo Priest  11:01, 23 October 2007 (UTC)


 * The copyedit I agree with, the removal of red links I do not. Due to systemic bias, Wikipedia does not have good coverage on textile topics. I have asked a prominent member of WikiProject Textile Arts (namely User:PKM) to look them over to see if either the articles exist but the links are slightly off or if they simply don't exist. Regardless, the red links represent articles which should legitimately be created in the future, and which would be helpful to the reader, and thus a deficiency of Wikipedia, not the article itself. I have removed the least likely/deserving to receive their own article, though I believe everything else should stay.


 * This discussion has also been copied to the article's talk page, where it should continue.


 * Thoughts? - Oreo Priest  17:21, 23 October 2007 (UTC)


 * The article has now been thoroughly copyedited, so I think it's ready now. - Oreo Priest  17:31, 24 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Apparently "thoroughly" was not a very good description. I reinstated the non-contradictory parts of the paragraph you removed, I hope you don't mind. So what's the story now? - Oreo Priest  16:31, 25 October 2007 (UTC)


 * OK, but keep in mind that after a week of being on hold (ie Sunday), the GA nom will lapse and automatically fail. - Oreo Priest  06:02, 26 October 2007 (UTC)


 * OK cool. - Oreo Priest  08:52, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Sara Sidle
Sorry about not adding the nominee tag when i should have, i had to leave in a rush and i didn't thought anyone would take a look that quickly, it won't happen again. Thanks for the review and everything. Yamanbaiia 21:07, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Svelte
Your suggestion is quite good, but I'm a little stumped on this one. Care to give it a try? - Oreo Priest  17:29, 23 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Perfect, thanks a lot. - Oreo Priest  05:59, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Re: "Maneater"
Hi, I have tried to cover all of the isues that you brought up on the talk page of Maneater (Nelly Furtado song). Would it be OK if you checked over it again and let me know if anything else needs changing before it gets promoted. --  ¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤   19:34, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Boeing 747
Just to let you know, your hold on this article expired several days ago. Might I suggest that you pass, fail or extend the hold of the article? Cheers, CP 21:15, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Canut revolts
I put this article up for translation, and it was fully translated by someone else. The problem, however, was that it was so coarse and unreadable with terrible flow that I have had to go through it and change practically every sentence so it sounds like normal English. (The original translator thought writing the whole thing in the historical present would be a good idea.) Could you be a second proofreader and give it a copyedit after I've finished? Thanks. - Oreo Priest  23:21, 29 October 2007 (UTC)


 * You seem to be much more optimistic as to the fate of the article than I am. I think it's doomed to be a low-end B class unless some serious new research and improvement are put into it, something I'm not too keen on doing. Most of the information on the second revolt is taken from an "alternative information site," and while better than nothing and likely not too horribly biased, obviously we know what angle the authors are coming from. All I think you should bother yourself with is a read-over to make sure that my revamping of the article reads smoothly and is without spelling, grammar or formatting mistakes.


 * A project I do, however, have my eye on, and I really do think has potential is fr:Voûtement de la Senne. It's well-written, coherent and exhaustive and interesting. Living in Brussels, it was actually quite a shock when I found out about it, as there's no trace or mention of the river today. With the addition of inline citations, has GA written all over it. I plan to translate it in a subpage of my userpage (I'll tell you where) before moving it to the namespace, so I can share it with the world in DYK. If you're interested in helping, let me know. - Oreo Priest  11:02, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

City & South London Railway
Just wanted to let you know that I think that the suggestions for the improvement of the City & South London Railway article have been implemented. WOuld you mind having a final look. --DavidCane 23:40, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Your final comment has now been actioned.--DavidCane 23:05, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Voûtement de la Senne
OK, so I've created the article at User:Oreo Priest/Voûtement de la Senne, which you should probably write down somewhere. Because it's not in the namespace yet we can be informal with a lot of things, including leaving notes to each other in uncommented form. This does, however, mean we have to be more careful about things like categories and interwiki links, which should stay commented lest bots add links to the unfinished page to other articles.

Oh, and yes, I was hoping you would co-translate it with me. Please do give the canut revolts a brief look-over though to make sure it reads OK, then forget about it. You up for this? - Oreo Priest  10:05, 31 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes we should. As for the references, once we translate it, we can just add little citation needed tags throughout, and I can go to the library and find the page numbers, as I found the book in ULB's library today. - Oreo Priest  15:51, 31 October 2007 (UTC)


 * In case you were worrying about making things in the article bilingual Dutch/French, don't. When we're done I know a couple of Flemings on WP that I can bring in to weaken the pro-French bias in the article. (Mostly just the monolingual street names.) Also, I think it's easier to keep track of our discussion if we sign our "posts". - Oreo Priest  11:03, 1 November 2007 (UTC)


 * A tip: when unsure how to translate a term in French, open up the article on the French WP (link is at the top of the article in this case), follow the link, and look in the left bar to see if there is a corresponding English article which translates to that. If that doesn't work, leave it red and in French, and I'll deal with it. - Oreo Priest  19:13, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Check out what is likely my first of many ridiculous tangents. I wrote (half translated really) Saint Gaugericus Island when I couldn't sleep, but now I'm exhausted. The map took me forever to make as I'd never used the software before... - Oreo Priest  03:09, 3 November 2007 (UTC)


 * The last paragraph is yours. I'm going to try to work on the images, and perhaps some proofreading and peripheral articles. That OK? - Oreo Priest  18:13, 3 November 2007 (UTC)


 * So I think you finished off the translation. All that remains now is to have a Fleming go over it and translate French bias in our writing. Would you mind adding the tags before Wednesday, so I can add them when I'm in the library? Also, do you think it's a problem that we basically only have 5 sources for the article (and only two even vaguely major at that)? - Oreo Priest  16:10, 5 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Exactly. Add them anywhere you think they could be challenged, and go nuts. I would help, but I'm a very poor judge of this sort of thing. Worst case scenario the GA reviewer doesn't like it, so I'd have to take my computer to the library again and add some sources from other books, which should be possible. Also, take a look over to see if I've left any unaddressed comments. - Oreo Priest  17:38, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Looks like the Fleming I brought in actually made an effort to improve the article. I love wikipedia! Also, remember how I said in Hungary that some Australian GG vetoed a bill, pissing everyone off? It seems to actually have been far worse than that. - Oreo Priest  11:01, 6 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Good work. I've moved our disputed sentence back, I think we should keep tweaking it in minor ways until it is acceptable to both of us. As for the sewer museum, I have a list of 80 museums in Brussels, and it's not on the list. How did you find out about it? If I want to see the tunnels too, all I have to do is ride the extant premetro.


 * On a more important note, let's just propose some hooks, and clean up all the junk and notes. I think this bad boy is ready for the namespace. - Oreo Priest  11:44, 8 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Don't stress out about it too much; there's a one month backlog in its GA section —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oreo Priest (talk • contribs) 12:49, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

GA template
Just thought i'll let you know that when you add the GA template in the article's discussion, you don't have to put the articles name in topic but in which category it has been listed as a GA. So only one of these should be in "topic": arts, langlit, philrelig, everydaylife, socsci, geography, history, engtech, math, natsci, or miscellaneous. See WP:GAPQ. Apparently this is a problem because it makes some bots malfunction. Cheers! -Yamanbaiia 10:29, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK
It just barely made it. Some guy put the article as being created Oct. 31 without telling me, probably because he looked at the history (I moved the page, not copy-pasted). I happened to check the noms (to be honest because I was surprised it wasn't up yet), and got it put back. Phew! - Oreo Priest  16:16, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Covering of the Senne GA assessment
I’ve placed the GA nomination on hold pending remedy of concerns noted on the article’s talk page. Please let me know if you’ve any questions. Ɛƚ ƈơƅƅ ơƚɑ talk 20:01, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Invitation
Hello there

I see you are interested in the Life On Mars Television Series, as I am.

At the moment I have A Life On Mars Wikiproject currently up for approval by the Wikiproject Approval Council. As you are interested in Life On Mars I was wondering if you would be interested in adding your name and joining. If you are interested you can find it on WikiProject Council/Proposals its right at the very bottom you cant miss it as its titled ‘Wikipedia: Wikiproject Life on Mars (Television Series)’. And after your name is added to Wikiproject propsals please add it to the main page Wikiproject Life On Mars

If you are interested by all means feel free to join

Regards

Police,Mad,Jack —Preceding comment was added at 11:29, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Covering of the Senne GA
So covering of the Senne passed its GA review, which makes you the proud author of two GAs! I might try for FA, but I also might not. Thoughts? - Oreo Priest  17:53, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm actually leaning towards not FA, both because I have some other articles I want to work on first, and because the article will probably get torn to shreds, and I'll have to make several trips to the library again to deal with the fact tags (the book cannot be taken out). Maybe I'll change my mind later. - Oreo Priest  12:43, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Air New Zealand
Hi. You recently undid a edit by me regarding Air New Zealand and Vancouver International Airport (YVR)

You undid that by saying that they do still fly to Vancouver. I know for a fact that they dont as I am currently looking at travleing to Canada at the end of this year. I went on to the Air New Zealnd site and found that they did conections with United in LAX or SFO.

That was at the end of the year, so it may only be seasonal but can you prove that Air NZ still fly to YVR??

Aflumpire (talk) 04:19, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Aflumpire (talk) 11:35, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, ok...settle down there mate....no need to go on attacking me. I jsut asked a simple question and I did look over the whole week. Gee. Gee. and if you read closer, you would see that im traveling at CHRISTMAS....while Air NZ only goes to Vancouver until march. Please dont attack unless you read it properly.

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Done. Will (talk) 12:00, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Northern Celestial Masters
The article The Northern Celestial Masters you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. It hasn't failed because it's basically a good article, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:The Northern Celestial Masters for things needed to be addressed. jackturner3 (talk) 14:30, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Northern Celestial Masters
The article The Northern Celestial Masters you nominated as a good article has passed, see Talk:The Northern Celestial Masters for eventual comments about the article. Well done! jackturner3 (talk) 15:33, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Hillcourt
I've worked on your comments, could you give a pulse check? Pls respond on Featured_article_candidates/William_Hillcourt. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 00:47, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

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Bombardment of Brussels
I've decided that after the Covering of the Senne, I'm going to work on translating the Bombardment of Brussels. You're once again invited to help, and the sandbox is at User:Oreo Priest/Bombardment of Brussels. Everything else should be the same; Hooiwind will be invited to participate, and even the original author of the French article is the same. One thing worth mentioning is that I think the reconstruction section should be drastically shortened, and made about the same length as the other sub-sections. If you're not interested, no biggie. Either way, let me know. - Oreo Priest  17:45, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
 * You start at the top this time, I'll work on cleaning up the bottom. Naturally, if you need to leave any commments, do it in bold so we don't forget to take it out. I should warn you that I might not put a huge amount of time into this yet, due to school, but then again I also might. I just don't want you to be surprized if you're the only one working on it for a bit. - Oreo Priest  08:54, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I noticed you left several red links in the section you translated, mostly from translating proper nouns from French into English. I find the best way to translate proper nouns is to open the French article, click on the link, and then go to the English interwiki to see what it is called in English. It's more time-consuming, but it is much more precise and accurate. - Oreo Priest  12:22, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm almost done, so would you mind going through it for corrections/comments/ whatever? I'd have finished up, but I have to catch the Eurostar to London now! - Oreo Priest  talk 17:16, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Hell yes!
You can bet your *** I want you to take pictures! Lol. Dude, if you can take a picture of the Song Dynasty's Liaodi Pagoda, the tallest of the pre-modern pagodas in China, that would be incredible, considering that there is a very limited amount of pictures of it available online. But I'm not sure where you are located or where you intend to travel, so it might be completely out of your way. I'll pretty much settle for any pictures that you take. If you visit any Chinese art museums, take tons of pictures. If you come across any historical architecture, take tons of pictures. Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons are so desperately lacking visual media on Chinese architecture, although the wealth of pictures is growing with the help of people such as yourself. If you can provide me list of the places you intend to visit, I'm sure I can provide a multitude of suggestions.

Thanks a million,-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 13:11, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Great! Wow, where to begin.

In Beijing, you could take additional photos of:


 * Pagoda of Cishou Temple
 * Pagoda of Tianning Temple (Beijing) (crappy angle, needs a better image)

For your trip next weekend to Hebei alone, additional pictures could be taken of:
 * Zhaozhou Bridge (only one picture available)
 * Putuo Zongcheng Temple
 * Puning Temple
 * Chengling Pagoda
 * Hua Pagoda
 * Liaodi Pagoda (already mentioned)
 * Taihang Mountains
 * Pagoda of Bailin Temple (needs a better picture)
 * Xumi Pagoda (only one image available)

In Shaanxi:
 * Qianling Mausoleum (desperately need more pictures!), although it is 53 miles from Xi'an
 * Small Wild Goose Pagoda (needs more and better pics)
 * Giant Wild Goose Pagoda
 * Terracotta Army (perhaps enough pictures, but that's up to you)

In Shanxi:
 * Pagoda of Fogong Temple (only two pictures available)
 * Mount Wutai, dude if you could get a picture of the oldest wooden buildings standing in China from the Tang Dynasty, that would be amazing. I'm referring to East Hall of Fuguang Monastery and Nanchan Monastery.

In Henan:
 * Qizu Pagoda (has no pictures of it at Wikimedia Commons)
 * If you visit Mount Song, you can take a picture of the oldest standing pagoda in China, Songyue Pagoda. The only picture of it that exists on Wikipedia is a stupid stamp, which is not very impressive or imposing looking, unfortunately, and does not do the structure any justice.

Don't know if you'll wind up visiting Shandong, but...:
 * Pizhi Pagoda

Hold on, I can think of more...lol.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 14:08, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't want to give the impression that I care only about architecture pictures above ground. If you visit anything like Han Dynasty tombs, such as the Lei Cheng Han Tomb, that would be awesome to have pictures of its inner architectural features! Or hell, any art museum in China will have tons of artifacts from old Imperial China. Just take your pick.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 14:30, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I hope I haven't overwhelmed you here. I in no way expect you to take pictures of all of these. In fact, good luck taking pictures of any of them! If anything, though, Liaodi Pagoda needs a picture.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 15:45, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Wow! You mean business! I think, despite the time of day, the pictures look absolutely fine. Great job, especially with the close-up view of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, since no one had bothered to take a picture that close before. A closer view really defines the decorative vertical pillar facades in the brick exterior and the lifting eaves that a viewer would otherwise be unable to distinguish before with other pictures at Commons. Once again, excellent work.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 10:14, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Awesome! I've already used one of your pictures in Liao Dynasty, Pagoda of Tianning Temple (Beijing), and Chinese pagoda.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 15:25, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I noticed that you've taken pics of the pagoda forest near the Shaolin Temple. Close by is the Fawang Temple. Did you happen to visit there or are planning to visit there? More Tang Dynasty pagodas are located there, including one that is 131 ft tall! Cheers.
 * That's a shame, oh well, I'll take whatever I can get!-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 01:18, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi Zeus. If you're interested, User:Ramtears has a list of temples in China on his user page, and you can snap photos of them if you're up to the challenge, since only a few of them (Famen Temple, Xuanmiao Temple, Guanghua Temple (Beijing)) have pictures.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 23:42, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Another potential building to snap a photo of: Chongwen Pagoda of Shaanxi, the second-tallest pre-modern pagoda in China after the Liaodi Pagoda.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 15:53, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
 * That's cool. I'm just glad you've taken pictures of anything! Tianning Temple Pagoda was a must, and you did a beautiful job snapping photos of it from every angle and direction.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 23:01, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Awesome. I've used your picture of the East Hall in Foguang Temple, and I can't wait to see the others! Cheers.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 16:51, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up. Just to let you know, I recently placed a Foguang Temple image in the main article for Tang Dynasty.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 05:08, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Sarira tower
Sure, if you think that it should be renamed then feel free to move the article immediately. The sooner the better before I start linking it in other articles. Also, the Foguang Temple article just needed some polishing here and there. Otherwise it is perfect. The addition of the Manjusri Hall also looks splendid. :) Cheers.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 01:50, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

GA Review
Hello, I remember that you GA reviewed The Apprentice (UK Series Three) for us some time ago, and were wondering if you could do the same for Dumped? Thanks, Dalejenkins | 00:00, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Everything looks sorted on Dumped. Dalejenkins | 13:18, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Photos
I trust your judgment, just take any photo of any old timber hall or pagoda tower that you see! Lol. And when you do, don't forget to learn at least a little something about the history of them, at least a date or a dynasty they were built. Thanks! You rule!-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 15:05, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Zeus, you are golden god. You truly do deserve your place at Mount Olympus! XD Take care buddy, and keep snapping those photos! Especially if you can find some Tang Dynasty pagodas. That would make my year.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 16:00, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

History of the Han Dynasty
Thank you for adding that information to the Yellow Turban Rebellion section of History of the Han Dynasty. I knew I had read somewhere about the Five Pecks of Rice Daoist rebellion (can't remember where), but I was completely misled by Valerie Hansen, who says:

"'Important continuities linked the practices of the Five Peck Daoists with earlier Daoist teachers like those described by Wang Chong. The Five Peck Daoists worshipped the Dao, in the person of the deified Laozi, and their members recited The Way and Integrity Classic as a means of curing illness. Another group of Daoists, called the Yellow Turbans, was active at the time in the area between the Yellow and the Huai rivers on the eastern coast of China, but they differed from the Five Peck Daoists in that they rebelled against Han-dynasty rule.'"

Hansen, Valerie. (2000). The Open Empire: A History of China to 1600. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0393973743. Page 145.

The bolding of the text in the quote is my own emphasis. Why would she say that if it is untrue? Seems very unscholarly. In any case, thanks for correcting this, and with a new source nonetheless! Very nice. Also, have you checked out my other new article for the Han Dynasty, the Economy of the Han Dynasty? Maybe you can spot another mistake. Lol.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 22:10, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks!-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 23:57, 7 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Hey Zeus. I responded to your GAC review after significantly reducing the article by about 3 KB in prose size. There's more work to be done, but I think I cut out much of the extraneous fluff.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 19:44, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Well to be fair, two quotes from scholars were rather small ones that you might have missed since they consisted of a couple quoted words and not a whole sentence. I didn't mean to suggest that you believed the whole Wang Mang section should be scrapped; I simply used the term "but not everything" as an exaggeratory phrase. As for references, I've already started eliminating extraneous ones as you've suggested, which is a good point, because redundancy isn't necessary and it was perhaps a bit of paranoia on my part to place a citation after every sentence. Sometimes if you don't, editors come in and put the dreaded "citation needed" tag on your sentences, because they don't understand that it should be implied that the citation of the next sentence also counts for the citation in the previous sentence.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 00:48, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Following your advice, I just deleted several instances where there were redundant citations in the same paragraph. Are things looking a bit better? I'd like to know how much more progress you think should be made with reducing article size.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 01:14, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I'll continue the effort to reduce the size of the article before the FAC process rolls around.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 02:56, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Way of the Five Pecks of Rice
Congratulations! The article has passed the GA review! See its talkpage for details. Thank you, congratulations and have a nice day! CarpetCrawler (talk) 21:49, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Congratulations on the Five Pecks of Rice becoming a good article! I also see that you've decided to review my History of Han article; nice! If there's anyone I trust, it's you.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 06:51, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey there paramount god of Mt. Olympus; how's it going. Thanks for the support you recently gave History of the Han Dynasty! By the way, have you taken a look recently at the main page for Han Dynasty? I did something to it; find out what it is! Lol. Cheers.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 19:34, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Pagoda pictures
I know I've said it before, but I'll say it again: Zeus1234, you are a golden god of Mount Olympus! Holy crap! You came through. You actually came through! And took some of the most breathtaking photos I've seen on Wikimedia Commons. Look at Liaodi Pagoda now.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 20:06, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey Zeus. Look at Han Dynasty now! User:Quadell now supports it.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 01:18, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Han. Dynasty. Is. Featured. Look. (lol).-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 19:04, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Taoism and death
I totally agree with your comments about this article. I've tried hard to sort it out but have been resisted at every turn - check out the AfD. There have been promises to fix it but nothing has happened - IMHO it's drivel and can't be fixed without a ground-up rewrite. If you'd like to have a go at it, either with pruning shears or another AfD, you have my support! andy (talk) 18:43, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Beiyue Temple

 * It's great to see Beiyue Temple on the front page! Nice work.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 15:32, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Rehoboth Carpenter family
Regarding Rehoboth Carpenter family - We have surveyed, we have compromised, we have repeatedly asked to user Iwanafish to communicate. He refuses with his snide comments and reversions to non-wiki versions. We have warned him "offically" a lot more than 3 times. Repeatedly, we have asked for mediation, we have asked for help and I do not know who else to ask. Can you pass this up the chain of editors?

User Iwanafish continues to disrupt and vandalize this page and it has spread his behavior to other pages. John Carpenter (bishop) John Carpenter, town clerk of London What else can we do but shut down the articles involved and provide warnings that when they are restored by user Iwanafish that they are garbage? Has wikipedia lost the ability to police itself? I am beginning to think this is a hopeless cause where such bullies can inflict such damage to wikipedia. What else can be done? John R. Carpenter Jrcrin001 (talk) 05:48, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

New Photos
Sweet! We could always use more photos of the Pagoda of Fogong Temple, especially interior ones. You take some excellent shots! You're a much better photographer than I am. I also saw your excellent photo of Shanhua Temple. Somehow you have a knack for taking pictures on gorgeous days with lots of sun! Perfect.

I have a question: do you venture into Sichuan on occasion? Like Shandong and a couple other provinces, Sichuan is home to some of the oldest aboveground stone architecture still standing in China. I speak of course about the que 闕 pillar-gates of the Han Dynasty. This one is an excellent example. It's located in in Ya'an and was built for the tomb complex of Gao Yi in the 2nd century AD. Ever consider taking photos of Han que pillar-gates?-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 15:53, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Really? You can't access something as fundamental as Google Books in China? I think they take their censorship policy way too far. Anyways, the book does not say exactly where Gao Y's tomb is located in Ya'an County of Sichuan. I can look around, though. I will keep in touch on this. Regards.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 06:13, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Hands down, you are a better photographer than I! One only needs to take one look at User:PericlesofAthens/Gallery to discover this. I wish you could just go to the Freer Gallery and Metropolitan Museum of Art and retake all of those pictures of Chinese artifacts.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 06:15, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Really? That's odd. I just clicked on it and was able to read that page. Strange.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 06:16, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * No, nothing I can think of immediately on the top of my head (except for maybe a cute little Sichuan panda cub! lol). I'll be satisfied just with the que. ;) Cheers.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 16:44, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Beiyue Temple
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You did it!
You actually did it! Fantastic, sir. The Gao Yi Que images look excellent, and one of these images will certainly be going into the article for Han Dynasty. And you did this in between all your hard work for other projects like Shanhua Temple. For doing this incredible favor, I wish to express my gratitude:-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 08:49, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Re: Shanhua Temple
Hi. I noticed several reviewers taking a stab at Talk:Shanhua Temple and I'm trying to find out their status. In the meantime, can you respond to any of their points raised on the talk page and confirm if any of them have been met? Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 11:30, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the quick reply. I left a message with Mattisse letting her know about the review status and  I plan to contact PalaceGuard008 after this message.  I have signed up as a reviewer in case neither of these editors can finish the review.  Please contact me if you have any questions. Viriditas (talk) 10:42, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Your GA Review of Oneworld
Hi there Zeus1234, I have noticed you have placed the article Oneworld on hold in WP:GAN, however, I could not see any relevant Talk Page for me to update or correct any problems you have raised as part of the review. Please advise the status of the review and anything I need to do to take it to GA. Thanks. Aviator006 (talk) 15:45, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

RfC
It was good to see you. Could you please comment at Talk:Frenchification_of_Brussels when you get the chance? Some fresh ideas and outside opinions (we're all very close to the article and the topic) would be nice.  Oreo Priest  talk 20:47, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Also, I mentioned this: User:Piotrus/Wikipedia interwiki and specialized knowledge test.  Oreo Priest  talk 15:05, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Right you are.  Oreo Priest  talk 14:22, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

I think were pretty much done now. I've rewritten the introduction but I'm not entirely happy with it. Could you take a look and let me know what you think? Cheers,  Oreo Priest  talk 03:12, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I was actually more worried about the prose itself. I also couldn't really find a way to incorporate the French-speaking immigration into the second paragraph in the lead without exaggerating its importance, but if you think that's fine, it's cool with me.  Oreo Priest  talk 03:05, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Five Dragons Temple
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Economic history of China (pre-1911) FAC
I noticed you have participated several China-related FAC's and seem to have some expertise in this area. Can you give me some input at the FAC? Thank you.Teeninvestor (talk) 03:11, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox Chinese Building
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DYK for Geyuan Temple
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Songyue Pagoda
Hi Zeus! Once again, you never fail to take excellent photos. The Wiki owes you an enormous debt of gratitude for providing images of priceless monuments in China. Thanks to you, we have photos of some of the more obscure but historically very important pagodas in China. Good job revising the article as well. Cheers.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 18:48, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Fengguo Temple
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Daoist research materials
I saw your comment on WikiProject Taoism about not having access to materials, and thought I might be able to help. If you need something specific, please email me and I'll check. Another idea is making a request to the helpful people at WP:RX. Best wishes, Keahapana (talk) 20:20, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

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