User:Dr. Blofeld/September2010

Help with location map template

Hi Dr. Blofeld, hope all is well with you. I tried to make Template:Location map United States Chicago Exelon Pavilions for use in the Exelon Pavilions article, based on your Template:Location map United States Chicago Downtown. I made File:Chicago Millenium Park Exelon Pavilions.png by adding dots for three of the pavilions to your map File:Chicago Millenium Park area.png. The fourth dot would be the one generated by the infobox, and I was going to tweak its coordinates and the size of the other dots as needed. Only problem is that (although I copy and pasted your template) mine does not work. Anything you could do to fix it would be most appreciated. Thanks, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 16:13, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks - I have made exactly one edit to the template (copying yours and swapping the name of the base map). When I wrote you above it was not working, now it is. Tony already got Exelon Pavilions to GA, now we are about to take the article to FAC. The new template is in the box - a bit of a kludge, but it shows four dots for four pavilions. Thanks again, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 16:29, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Vietnam articles

Yes, it was a huge taxing task, which I would not rather repeat again where translation from other languages is involved. I have added extensively on Lao Cai today and left a message on Yellow Monkey's talk page also requesting him to suggest a link with the provinces and the Don Bock region. I made a thorough search but could not find any reference. I will try to locate some other hook where all provinces are mentioned in one reference.

The simplest text to be inserted in all articles, with change of the first name to match with the article cited, could be the following. Bắc Giang, Bắc Kạn, Cao Bang, Ha Giang, Lang Son, Lao Cai, Phu Tho, Quang Ninh, Thai Nguyen, Tuyen Quang and Yen Bai are part of the 59 administrative provinces and 5 municipaltites in Vietnam.

Done. Hook modified. I hope it is OK. You may like to give a fresh copy edit to all 11 articles with some more text to the lead with your gifted skills in editing.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 13:02, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

The hook has been removed from the DYK page by User:Itzjustdrama. I don't know why? You may like to check.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 21:21, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

I have checked. It is not in the preperation either. It needs to be restored. I have seen an entry by User:Itzjustdrama in yesterday's date history of DYK nomination page stating that it is not required on the web page history. Material Scientist has written on his talk page that it is in the prepration area but it is surely not there. If it is purposely deleted then it is a waste of our huge efforts. Only you can get it rectified-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 14:57, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

The population, area, density of population figures for all provinces of Vietnam are here [1].-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 02:22, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Millennium Park FT

See WP:CHIFTD for the latest. September 1st arrived with us one article short of the 50% needed to retain FT status. Millennium Park just passed on August 31. Exelon Pavilions is currently at Wikipedia:Peer review/Exelon Pavilions/archive1‎, but may be ready for WP:FAC by the weekend. Feel free to drop some comments at the PR to help us improve the article.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:55, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes, but operationally, they have not yet actually taken the actions to demote the articles that were affected by the September 1 rule change. I don't know when it actually gets demoted.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:57, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Follow along at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Exelon Pavilions/archive1.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:13, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Reservoirs and dams

Sure thing - that shouldn't be a problem. I'll get to it tonight. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:34, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Sure - I'll get to that this weekend sometime. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:33, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Shouldn't be too difficult. Anyhow, I'm off now - be back later. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:13, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Hey guys, I see you like creating new articles, and that you are in the top ten of creations in this Wikipedia, congrats. I like creating stubs too, so, if I can help, tell me. Now, I'm creating reservoirs of Spain, but I have some big projects too where help is needed: User:Emijrp/Geonames/Cities1000. emijrp (talk) 12:52, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Shetland maps

I noticed your recent edits and think it would be best to have a discussion at WP:ISLET. I can see that these maps have merit, but having them inside the infobox makes it very large. Ben MacDui 18:06, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Co-nommed the monastery of Dhrovjan

Thanks for your help with the monastery. I did a triple co-nom with the creator, Your Uber Monkey, you and self. Can you find a pic for it? --Sulmues ^(talk) 18:28, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

This is the monastery. --Sulmues ^(talk) 18:32, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Dhuvjan is different from Dhrovjan yes, I messed up. And Saint Eleftherios is nothing but Eleutherius and Antia, Antia being Eleutherius' mother I'm afraid. The Greek spelling is Eleftherios and the Albanian one is Lefter. Alexikoua might confirm the Greek spelling: I'll give him a buzz. --Sulmues ^(talk) 19:42, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes you are right.Alexikoua (talk) 19:47, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

An answer...

Fellow seems to keep a low profile, so a decent bio on his BLP will be difficult. However, as enough of the works he's produced have received enough coverage themselves so as to themselves be considered notable, there could be a reasonable argument made toward his meeting WP:CREATIVE, even if the article remains a stub. I'll dig more and check back. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 22:11, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK Goodnestone Park

An editor has raised concerns over this nomination at Template talk:Did you know. Thought I'd give you a heads up.4meter4 (talk) 05:49, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Alghazaleen Tea

I added some refs from newspapers. It is the Best brand of the year in 2003 and 2005. Therefore notability can be established. Best--Chanaka L (talk) 06:30, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

North

Hey Dr.B! Things are good... busy with work and trying to enjoy the last of summer with fam and friends. What's going on in your part of the world? Yes, we do share similar interests in a number of areas. Let me know if you want to do some collaboration, maybe focusing on creating or expanding articles that can get at least to Start class. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:45, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Let me look at Arctic Hotel and see what I can find. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:52, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Lucky sister; probably has some great stories and photos. I have the same fascination with places northern. Starting studying them in college days. In Alaska, I've gone made 100 mi north of Fairbanks. In Europe, my furthest north = Oslo and Uppsala. Been through much of Canada, but haven't made it yet to the territories. British listed buildings, fab idea! I think there's a lot of info out there on them and would be easy to give them a go. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:02, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Went kayaking in Milford Sound a few years back; was my furthest south. Northeastern coast of NZ's South Island comes closest on the planet to capturing my heart. Places like Maesmawr Hall -- I like it. I'll do some looking around. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:32, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Slovenia

OK all are done except a few hundred which are mainly municipalities - these should not go inside their own cat unless they are both a municipality and a place within the municipality - even then there should ideally be a redirects with possibilities from, say

• Bloke (municipality)
• Bloke (town)

to Bloke, Slovenia. (Of course I chose a bad example.)

And these redirects can contain the category information specific to town and municipality.

I have added a "main" to each of the municipality categories, some need disambiguating.

There are a few duplicate cats still to be deleted. After that I noticed one or two are empty, as none of their places have been added.

Rich Farmbrough, 18:05, 4 September 2010 (UTC).

As I say, each cat has a "{{Main}} referring to the municipality article, so it's really a manual job of moving only those that are a municipality and something else. The rest should be in the Slovenian municipalities category anyway. Also I juts picked up Pece which is a Croatian village, linked to when a Slovenian place of the same name was meant. IS there any QA on this? Rich Farmbrough, 18:20, 4 September 2010 (UTC).

Samuel Eyles Pierce

I just started this, having done the research last night. There's enough material to get it to Start. Delightful article in the it-wiki I haven't found the hook yet though I'm betting there is one. I have to go out for a bit now, but if you have the inclination to work on it, heave ho! If not, no worries. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:37, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Found and added the hook, now I'm out the door. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:52, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Just got back; you've been busy! Yup, first of many collaborations I hope. Thanks for nom'ing it at dyk. Arctic Hotel research still on my priority list. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:47, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Can't find anything citeable on Arctic Hotel. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:05, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Zennor Quoit

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:05, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Vuno

The DYK project (nominate) 12:04, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Indonesia project articles

We meet again, Borobudur is not in or anywhere near the administrative or whatever of Yogyakarta - it is on the Kedu Plain, south of Magelang and in Central Java = cheers SatuSuro 13:01, 5 September 2010 (UTC) Anyone who uses Yogya as a reference point for Borobudur is thick, ignorant of Indonesian administrative areas - the and geographically challenged - if the hotel do that they should not get any bloody best of best - they pay their taxes to Semarang and Magalang not Yogya SatuSuro 13:07, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Berat County

I am really sorry if you have the impression that I do not want to continue our association for articles. Sure, I will continue with Berat County and Smoking in Indonesia. I am now on a short visit to Bangalore and will be back in Delhi tomarrow. I will find some time to add in the next few days before the due date. My one request is that, please don't pick articles which are already very long, and definitely not those which involve translation from other languages, which you and I cannot translate from our own knowledege. I don't regret doing Vietnam artciles but I will not repeat such an exercise. I am also doing four articles on Gongkar Monastery, Gongkar Dzong, the Gongkar town and the Gongkhar Airport, all in Tibet and will post them shortly on my user pages shortly for your contributions and editing.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 14:21, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

William Piers (constable)

Hi Dr.B - I'm working on this one this morning. Jump in if you're interested. There's plenty of info within the 3 references. The hook will be about bringing in the head of SONeill. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:46, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Me, too! Do you think there is enough material on Amankila to bring it to Start class, with a hook? --Rosiestep (talk) 15:52, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Fantastic photos. That's where I want to go! BTW, I've started working on Amankila. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:07, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

I worked up Amankila and co'nom-ed it at dyk. This working together really does work. Especially if we do it like this where each of us starts an article, and then we switch midstream so there's no edit warring. I'm not used to working on hotels and had to deal with some re-wording after I noticed it was starting to sound like an advrt vs. honing in on the architecture and building materials. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:48, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Right, and history/architecture is really the part that I enjoy. You did a great job on the constable, and yesterday's too, and if I forgot to mention it, the caerhys castle photos really make the article pop. I'll come up with something new for tomorrow, too. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:09, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Sure, why not. Note, at least initially, I'm having trouble finding quantities of info on Dunyvaig Castle, but I suspect you might have some leads. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:30, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

And another, Mitford Castle, as I found at least 6 good references that aren't mentioned in the article, and I think the references in the article can be mined for additional info. --Rosiestep (talk) 06:07, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for adding those photos to Aboyne Castle. "A picture is worth a thousand words", right? I'll get a jump start on Mitford Castle. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:51, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Expanded and nom'd Mitford Castle. Maybe Church of Saint Andrew, High Ham next? Now must skidaddle. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:10, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Palasë

— Rlevse • Talk • 18:03, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for Bắc Giang Province

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DYK for Bắc Kạn Province

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DYK for Cao Bang Province

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DYK for Ha Giang Province

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DYK for Lang Son Province

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DYK for Lao Cai Province

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DYK for Phu Tho Province

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DYK for Quang Ninh Province

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DYK for Thai Nguyen Province

-- Cirt (talk) 06:08, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Tuyen Quang Province

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DYK for Yen Bai Province

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Sisimiut and Air Greenland

Hi Dr. Blofeld, Thanks for your kind comments. As these are closed nominations, I'll not reopened them. However if you wish to nominated them, or co-nominate them on behalf of your friend, I try and review them. I currently have four reviews in progress (and I've half-promised to do another one thats just been nominated), but as there is generally about four-weeks backlog it is possible that no one else will do them first (but I can't guarantee that). Pyrotec (talk) 10:46, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

A pity, on the basis of a one minute review (both, not each) I had them rated as possible "passes". Pyrotec (talk) 16:40, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

I already cropped it - looks unreal with those colors. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 17:55, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Yeah its not too clear though unfortunately. Thanks anyway. Dr. Blofeld 18:01, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Goodnestone Park

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:02, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Smoking in Indonesia

I have added about 9000 bytes to this stub article. It is almost done. I liked doing this article. Very interesting piece of information that I was not aware about Indonesia. You may like to edit and post it with a nice hook ( may be the 2 year child addict) on DYK. By the way, the monumental 11 articles (more than 300,000 bytes) of North Vietnam are atlast through. DYK that we have three sets of multiple articles Hooks (5, 8 and 11) to our credit in the DYK Hall of Fame and we have done more than 100 articles in collaboration. -- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 16:38, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

I have completed my inputs to Berat County. It is now fully referenced and substantially expanded. I will be happy to work on the two GA articles.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 14:14, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Enslaving students :)

A couple of years ago, I had two classes of advanced English students in Toluca, Mexico write articles for WP. Im going to do this again, this time with my Business English class, with an eye on having them write a B class (minimum) article as their final project. The last time I did this, I was a relative newbie on WP, and I went around willy nilly looking for folks to help out the class as mentors, especially in wiki-tasks like wikifying, categorizing, etc. as I have limited time to teach wiki skills. I would, of course, teach the academic English skills and citation. Might you be interested in helping out and/or spreading the word that I need mentors for my students? I'll have them look for mentors themselves (gotta remember to find the newbie pages), but any head start would be great due to the semester calendar.Thelmadatter (talk) 20:56, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

I made the announcement, thanks!! Im introducing the concept of working with WP today in class and having students register and create their userpages. Ill let you know when we have that ready.Thelmadatter (talk) 12:09, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Pending GA articles

Of course! Just drop me a line when it's time (note I'll be out of town this Friday-Sunday with limited puter access). --Rosiestep (talk) 00:06, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Oaxaca

Thanks for your kind words about the Oaxaca article. I went through the GA process once with Mexico City Cathedral and to be honest, it really turned me off of the whole thing. I spent a lot of time wrassling with nitpicking over weeks, which, frankly, I didnt enjoy. I prefer to focus on adding content, creating decent articles or making poor articles into decent articles. Since I can read Spanish and write in English, it is the most useful thing I can do, as much of the needed info is most often only available in Spanish. I put into that article everything I could find but if you have specific suggestions of info to add, Ill see what I can do. Im working on expanding Morelos now.Thelmadatter (talk) 23:04, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Wow, you put a lot of work into that article. Looks a lot nicer.Thelmadatter (talk) 01:05, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

I will complete the five Tibetan articles first.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 03:14, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Agreed. The important thing is to improve the articles, especially the state.... GA status is icing on the cake. If you want to go for GA status, Ill back you, especially in looking for missing info. Oaxaca is a good candidate, as is Veracruz as they receive about 1,000 hits each one per day.Thelmadatter (talk) 13:08, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

OK... I just dug up a few things on health. Give me a couple of days to sort through it.Thelmadatter (talk) 13:44, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

I translated the first two paragraphs in the sandbox. Im concerned that none of this is cited. Can you take a look?Thelmadatter (talk) 17:38, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

OK, Ill translate the rest of it and work with the sources Ive found on health.Thelmadatter (talk) 17:59, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

I'll hit up the education part. I'm afraid we're going to have to "work backwards" and find sources for the information that already exists. One of the many things that frustrates me about Spanish Wiki is the hap-hazard way that citations are handled...and the fact that "IDONTLIKEIT" is, in practice, an acceptable reason to slant/delete an article. Sometimes I think that the PRI must be in control of the admins there....but I'll digress :-) --nsaum75^{¡שיחת!‎} 18:29, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I just saw the listing. The only church maybe that should be discussed is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Oaxaca. There are a few other interesting colonial era churches and (former) monasteries, such as that in Tlacolula de Matamoros and Ocotlán de Morelos. However, I think the religion section is pretty long as it is. Why do you think the demographics needs to be cut down? Its one of the, if not the, most important aspects about the state.Thelmadatter (talk) 14:55, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

I looked at the Byzantine navy article and its a completely different citation method. The last time I worked on a good article nom, I was told you cannot mix citation styles. Honestly, Im not willing to redo all the citations. BTW, Im going to ask students to take a look at the history section of the article tomorrow for suggestions as to what to cut. Is that dapper guy with the blue eyes at the top of the page you?Thelmadatter (talk) 21:00, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Help maybe?

I usually ask help with Bhutan article but could you help me with Chula Vista, California article? It is a top importance article to me but i need help. I saw you work on alot of different subjects so i thought i could ask for your help. I want to try to get GA or atleast DYK. Im planning to get it to FA for its centennial on October 17, 2011. If your not interested its ok. Spongie555 (talk) 04:01, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

yes it is my hometown so i want to fix it. The bad thing is that when i first found the article it was in really bad shape. Theres not much resourses on the internet except on the City governments website which in its self doesnt help alot. The city is planning to relese a book about all the cities history for its centennial but it might come out on my goal day on the centennial. Im trying to find more wikipeans from the city to help but alot arnt active. Ill try to go to the library to find stuff beacuse luckly they have a local history room Spongie555 (talk) 03:13, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

I would like to say that the original article was pretty much a copy and paste of this website [2] .

This article could be helpful [3],its like a walk tour history thing but it has information thats helpful. But im gonna be busy this week with school. Spongie555 (talk) 03:46, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Bell

Hi! I've brought Fort Belan to start class and 5x exp. It still needs an infobox, photos, and the content in the dockyard EL which would be switched into a ref. And maybe some other improvements that I'm too tired to look for at the moment. If you've got some time for this article tomorrow, can you also nom it; I think there are a few interesting this and thats. Thanks, --Rosiestep (talk) 04:50, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Saw that you finished it off and got it nom'ed. Thanks; I was tired. As for Sisimiut Museum, I wasn't able to add much other than its Greenlandic name and some info on the curator who found an archaeological site at Nipisat, so I worked up that article. No, I didn't know (or didn't remember) that you were Welsh, though I think now that you mentioned having a Welsh poet relative, perhaps an aunt. I went through Wales in the mid 1990s in pouring rain. Don't remember where I spent the night but do remember that the proprietor said Charles Darwin had been to the pub, or town, or something of that sort. Also remember the Welsh language signage. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:57, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for Ellen Hillingsø

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:04, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Nunavut map

Done - see File:Location map Nunavut 2.png Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 12:48, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

I can do the png versions, but I am terrible at svg (I've tried it and just mess things up), so I will just make png versions and someone more skilled than I can convert them to svg. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 14:02, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

I have Inkscape and have played with it, but just mess things up. The new maps are File:Location map Yukon 2.png and File:Location map Northwest Territories 2.png (inset is in the upper left corner of each as more room there). Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 15:01, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks - I am between major projects right now. Have some little things to work on and lots of ideas for big things. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 15:20, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

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Gares vs stations

You may be (partly) right about the French stations, I have just continued what was already there. I think for the main stations in Paris "Gare du Nord", "Gare de Lyon" etc. are also used in English. If you prefer English translations, maybe you should start a discussion at some wikiproject (I guess WP France, WP Stations, WP Trains). Markussep ^Talk 16:03, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

I started doing these stations because I stumbled on a terrible "translation" by Pumpie [4], and got a bit carried away ;-) About the article titles, best start with WP Stations. Markussep ^Talk 16:21, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

OAX

Sure...I think I'm the only person in Oaxaca on English Wikipedia, so I'd be more than happy to help out. --nsaum75^{¡שיחת!‎} 16:18, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Sí, sí hablo espanol como una segunda idioma...pero mi ingles es mucho mejor :-) The education section should be easy for me to expand...plus I'll see if there is any WP:RS I can harvest from the es.wiki Oaxaca article. --nsaum75^{¡שיחת!‎} 16:39, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I'll work on it when I get home from work this evening. --nsaum75^{¡שיחת!‎} 18:23, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Si si si.. Futbol!!! Actually the Guerreros de Oaxaca, a Mexican-league baseball team, is pretty popular state-wide. --nsaum75^{¡שיחת!‎} 18:43, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

I added a little on sport, but that's not my favorite subject.Thelmadatter (talk) 15:02, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Mine neither...speaking of sports...the last game I went to, one of street vendors was cooking red, white and green salchichas on some sort of cook top he'd rigged up to the exhaust system on his car... I'm not sure what put me off more, my curiosity of what exactly they dyed the hotdogs with, or if you could some sort of poisoning from cooking with automobile exhaust. --nsaum75^{¡שיחת!‎} 01:55, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Education

I tried to expand the Education section using what sourced information I could find from Es.Wiki article as well as some stuff I found on my own. I also added primary and higher education sections, but need to find more reliably sourced info to include. Primary education here in Oaxaca is so fractured (and outside of Oaxaca de Juarez, the title of "Elementary School Teacher" often falls to a 13 year old "graduate" of the same elementary). Anyhow, I'll work on it more later. I'll also snap some pics for the recently-expanded healthcare section too. --nsaum75^{¡שיחת!‎} 01:55, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Chocolate

FYI - I removed the chocolate photo and added a short video I took of chocolate being made in a Mayordomo store. I was concerned that since a branded logo was somewhat prominent in the chocolate photo, it might pose a problem during the GA review process. That said...I'm not really sure if a video belongs in the article. Alternatively, I do have other photos of chocolate being made, I just thought a video might be more informative. --nsaum75^{¡שיחת!‎} 07:09, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Idea for getting development of articles

There are to my eyes two basic impediments to some people developing articles about what might be called "less significant" people, places and the like. One of these is the question of notability. The other is finding sources. Particularly for some areas where English is not a broadly used language, the latter might be a bigger problem than the former. That is one reason why I am slowly trying to go about making lists of relevant periodicals and books for various areas.

There is also another problem, unfortunately. That can often be finding people who are even sufficiently interested to make the effort of creating articles. This may well be the biggest problem in many of these cases, particularly for smaller non-English countries.

There might be a bit of a way going about maybe generating interest for at least some of those articles. I know you are aware of the WP:1.0 group who tries to determine which of our material is most important and find ways to improve it. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, they have only selected a comparatively small number of articles yet, so people whose particular interest is, for instance, skiing, won't have that many 1.0 articles to deal with, and thus may not involve themselves.

We have a rather large category, Category:Halls of fame, which specifically deal with groups who have selected the most notable people and works of a particular field. There are some other similar "awards," like Westminster Abbey Burials and Memorials, which are somewhat more arbitrarily limited (maybe someone prefers being buried elsewhere), but things like that might serve as a rough basis for a "British Hall of Fame". And there are some sources, like Timetables of History, which could, possibly, be used as a source for some of the matters which might be important but not relevant to any of the "award" groups mentioned.

If (and that is an if) we could get interest from the 1.0 people and the various other relevant projects and groups out there to maybe create a WikiProject to deal with the articles relevant to hall of fame inductees, significant historical developments included in Timetables of History and other similar sources, and other important matters for areas which aren't discussed by either, would you have any interest in being involved in it? The group could apply a rough general importance rating to each individual "award", and apply the highest relevant importance rating to each article. Being listed in Timetables of History or similar sources might be a generic "Mid" importance rating, for example. Such a group might also be better able to draw attention to less frequently discussed areas, like Oceania and the Baltics. Granted, those areas may not have comparatively many articles or inductees, but it might help bring more attention to them. God knows how low the importance rating given to an inductee into the Purina Animals Hall of Fame as per here, but they could be eligible, as well as stories in the Science Fiction Hall of Fame collections and other such literary awards.

Any interest? John Carter (talk) 17:07, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

For the most part, I agree that most wikiprojects are a waste of time, and this is the guy who started many. Like I said, I myself have found sourcing to be a problem in lots of cases. However, WP:1.0 is kind of static right now, given the comparatively few articles it deals with. Some sort of expansion beyond the articles currently selected might generate more interest, and maybe more cooperation on those comparatively important articles. And hall of fame inductees are pretty much granted importance of some kind, particularly in national halls and the like. Basically, I noticed your comment about autogenerating the remaining DNB articles, and thought that something like this, which in lots of ways might include individuals in an unofficial "World DNB" might be similar. The one thing it would need is lists of individuals inducted into these halls, and I don't think I myself here in the US can necessarily gain access to all those lists. But you, as a Brit, might have access to similar recognitions there and maybe elsewhere. John Carter (talk) 17:25, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

I myself have never assumed that my doing a good article would get others to follow suit. If anything, people are more likely to leave the work to the person who did the first article, and go on to other things. But if we could create the lists of sources, which I am slowly working on, and maybe establish notability by listing them as inductees at a notable hall, that would get us closer. But, yeah, right now there are about 2004 projects listed in the directory, of which at least 900 are sub-topical (subnational entities, fictional series, etc.) and about 200 others are music and/or sports related. And, just to clarify, although there are several DNBs out there, they tend to list a lot of people, including several of comparatively little importance even in their own country. This would allow a bit of focus on those who are judged to be of the greatest important people and things from a particular country. Anyway, just an idea. John Carter (talk) 17:45, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

DNB

My posting to Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Dictionary of National Biography auto-generated content:

I am against bot generated content. Over the last year I have created a lot of DNB based content here (eg see here), but this is not a simple process. The first point is that most of the DNB pages on Wikisoure have yet to be proof read eg see volume 33 (Here is one I created earlier would someone like to finish off as the two Liblurne brothers are as about 4% of that volume?). The second is that before the text is put into WP it needs massaging. For example, the opinions expressed by the editors of the DNB need to be altered to be WP:ASF compliant as do the in-line citations (citing the DNB for the secondary citations) The old WP:CITE "say where you got it". I think it is far better that the articles are created as stubs the list Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/DNB Epitome using {{DNBIE}}. It does not take days to transfer a page as a cut and past (which is what the Bot would do) it takes minutes. What takes the time is cleaning it and bringing it up to standard, and the bot does not save any time in doing that.

So what I would suggest is

• That a new parameter is added to {{DNBIE}} "wstitle=" for a link to article on Wikisorce and that it flags a hidden category stating that an article exists on Wikisource (similar to what is done for {{1911}} and {{catholic}}). -- I have just finished editing the last two and intend to do {{DNBIE}} and {{DNB}} next.
• That a bot is run creating a stub articles, for any DNB articles that exist on Wikisource, based on the topic entry in Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/DNB Epitome list.
• Editors can go through the entries in the category stating that an article exists on Wikisource (created by the {{DNBIE}} stub entry) cut and past them across (easy to do with the link provided by the bot in the template) and modify them by hand.

Of course "first catch youe hare" the entries in Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/DNB Epitome need to be cleaned (sigh)! -- PBS (talk) 01:01, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

My proposal is a sort of halfway house. But I suggest that you notify User talk:Charles Matthews of your posting to village pump as he is heavily involved in the Wikisource DNB project, and I value his opinions on this. -- PBS (talk)

I have been looking at this in the background, since discussing briefly with Charles. Keep me in the loop on this. Rich Farmbrough, 14:09, 14 September 2010 (UTC).

I noticed that you created a new article Richard Arnald. Although it is not yet documented the {{DNB}} template now takes all the arguments that the {{DNB Cite}} template takes. What is already working and documented is that "{{DNB|wstitle=name}}" has replaced "{{DNB|name}}". This change will allow us to catch errors when a person accidental makes a mistake with a parameter eg "p. 101" instead of "pages=101" and it will allow the passing of "title=" and "url=" for pages from the DNB that have yet to be ported to Wikisource. This will be implemented as soon as I have worked thorough the last 300 pages of {{DNB}}that currently do not use a named parameter.

BTW You will find a complete list of volumes linked to the Internet Archive at the wikipedia article Dictionary of National Biography if you can not find a ported article in Wikisource. -- PBS (talk) 00:50, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

New DNB WikiProject

For information: I have set up Wikipedia:WikiProject Dictionary of National Biography, since the time has certainly come when there should be a place for collective discussion of the DNB adaptation effort. Please come and participate. Charles Matthews (talk) 09:24, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

St Margaret's and Royal Albion

Hi – thanks for doing that; I'll keep an eye on the talk pages to see when the reviews are started. Will tidy up/add more to the articles shortly. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 22:16, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Lithium in Tibet

See this here User:Nvvchar/sandbox/Saptha Badri. You may be able to find imgs of the lake and also more text to add. You may like to invite User:Materialscientist to pitch in with his expertise. Shannan Prefecture artciles will take some more time. It will be a 6 articles hook.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 10:14, 10 September 2010 (UTC) Handsome, Yes. I notice a very nice new picture of yours on this page in a very pensive mood.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 04:26, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I am hesitant to intrude in to other Users articles posted for GA and invite snide remarks or deletion of any texts added. I have read the discussions on the talk page of the article Sisimiut. That is why I did not work on the Mexican article. But you have already moved the text on Transportation and Education after parphrasing the traslated text to the main space. Where are the references for the parks for me to work on? -- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 09:51, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

I have added text of three pars to Oaxcaca article. I hope they are adequate on the parks aspects. On the Lithium issues, User: Materialscientist has rightly chanaged the title to Lake Zabuye and improved the article substantially, since many of the references were found to be unreliable. However, he needs the exact meaning of the word 'Zabuye' either in Tibetan or Chinese language. I tried but the reference I have given him may not be fully satisfactory. Can you find the meaning of this word from your source books and confirm to Materialscientist? Thanks.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 14:36, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

If you feel that they will go through the GA process, please suggest which of the six articles Glacier Bay, Margerie Glacier, Deer Rock, Chilkoot Lake, Chilkoot River and Salmon Creek Dam should I nominate. Of course all are well referenced. You would have to help me in case of too many snide remarks, and I am very pessimistic about GAs, as the last one on Ashokan Edicts in Delhi was a disaster.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 14:49, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the comforting words. I will nominate Glacier Bay, after I complete the six articles hook on Shannan Province. I should be able to post the first few by tomarrow evening. You would need to add lots of pictures and also add from your book sources on Tibet. I am very tired today working since morning. I will call it a day, but a good day overall. Thanks.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 15:09, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

• I have added a Section on Religion and also on Yagul Monument. Yes, your proposal for the main page is fine. Give me the tutorial to d fix it on my page. Thanks.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 06:19, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

The skin is Monobook. I have not fitted the modified main page that you have designed on my user talk page yet to check the space available. Please see User:Nvvchar/Sandbox 4 for Shannan Prefecture to fit the infobox and for addtional text and imgs.

I have both. I will be adding more on Shannan and also posting other five articles in the my user pages in the next day or two.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 10:23, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

I tried the main page insertion as suggested by you but there was a warning that I should consult at Village Pump before proceeding further. Hence, I did not continue. Tibet lakes will take some time as at present I have very heavy office work related to my consultancy firm. I have not been able to complete the Shannan articles also. Bear with me, pl.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 09:57, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

I tried and I got this message. "Code that you insert on this page could contain malicious content capable of compromising your account. If you are unsure whether code you are adding to this page is safe, you can ask at the appropriate village pump. The code will be executed when previewing this page under some skins, including Monobook".-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 10:13, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Burma towns and townships

Yes, cleaning these up has been on my list for awhile. I have finally gotten a hold of the three volume Myanmar Historical Commission Fiftieth Anniversary Conference Proceedings (2005) which, in addition to history and theory, contains some interesting geographic data. I have just barely begun to explore it. When I am trying to reconstruct where certain edits in articles come from, I find the edit summaries in the View History very useful. One thing that would help, is if you could indicate in your edit summaries what you've dealt with. --Bejnar (talk) 22:07, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Asaf Ataseven

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Lots of people are Physicians, but is there anything that makes this gentleman a notable Physician?

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No, but coverage in reliable books does make them notable. Dr. Blofeld 12:18, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Raavan

Sorry I really didn't notice your message!! I have not seen it yet. Have you? How are you? Shahid • ^Talk2me 13:05, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

A little recognition

		The Writer's Barnstar
		Probably you've gotten many of these, and more will follow, but I wanted to express my personal appreciation and gratitude for the hundreds of Balkans articles written, without mentioning the 60K+ articles in Wikipedia you've written overall. You are an example to follow. The knowledge, the enthusiasm, the great attitude, and the love of sharing knowledge and put it in wikipedia so that all can access it easily, make you one of the best wikipedians of all time. In my opinion you are the first hall of famer that this project should have. It's a pleasure and an honor for me to give this barnstar. Thank you! Sulmues (talk) 16:06, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Berat County

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Oaxaca Regions Districts

I can do that. Aymatth2 (talk) 18:25, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

See User:Aymatth2/Sandbox. Municipality names don't work - too long and too many of them. Now I have to find the data... Aymatth2 (talk) 19:49, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

You mean I can't just make up the numbers? Is this some sort of new policy? Time for a beer. Aymatth2 (talk) 20:51, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

There is a discrepancy. The lead says total area is 95,364 km², citing Mexconnect. The table of regions and districts gives a total of 93,967 km², citing Oeidrus, which should be definitive. I believe there has been some dispute over the boundary with Chiapas in the Selva Zoque area, which may account for the difference. Aymatth2 (talk) 02:40, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

The areas in the table add up to the total at the foot of the table. The individual areas and the total both come from Oeidrus, which is consistent as one would expect. I assume the Mexconnect number is incorrect. Aymatth2 (talk) 12:05, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Got it! You were looking at the infobox number: 93,952 km², which is 15 km² less than the Oeidrus number. That is exactly what would be expected if you rounded down the area of each of the 30 districts and then added them up. The table rounds the district areas up or down to the nearest km², adding up to the right total. But the 95,364 km² number, quoted in two places and sourced from Mexconnect, is out by 1,397 km². I will fix and source. Picky stuff. Aymatth2 (talk) 12:39, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Mainpage

Generally, yes - I like the colors and the layout. The only thing I'd do is make the rows of books smaller, so that all four fit across the window; right now they're three to a row, with the fourth one below. But that could be just my resolution. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:58, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

OK. Dr. Blofeld 19:04, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

List of Ukrainian encyclopedias

How is that? Would that work? Hirnycha encyclopedia I translated as Mining although literally means Mountainous. It studies the mineral composition and possible mining resources. Here is a ref, however, it is in Ukrainian ([5]). Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 20:37, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Mining Encyclopedia, nice one:) Good job! Shouldn't be, possibly, Mining Encyclopedia (Ukraine)? What if there are similar ones in English-speaking countries. Than it would look awkward, I think. Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 21:54, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

I do not see it, though, while googling. Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 21:57, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Wow! It will be tough to transwikify the whole Ukrainian wikipedia. It is one of the biggest communities out there. Myself, I also sometimes drawing some infos when composing or editing articles. Sometimes also look into Russian, Polish, and German analogues as well to confirm any bias info. Feel free to throw me something to lend a helping hand. Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 22:30, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Just as FYI I used the official transliteration, however, there are some variations such as Latynka, for example that mostly is based on a German-like version and somewhat similar to the Slovakian alphabet. Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 22:33, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Med map template

See, you were absolutely right ;) Seriously, it slipped my mind, as so far I haven't had an opportunity to use it. Which reminds me, I meant to ask you: if a location is known with some precision, say, off the coast of a specific island, why should we not prefer to use a more close-up map, rather than the Med as a whole? 'Cause there's a couple of articles in my mind, on battles which took place in the Aegean, and on your map, it would be pretty hard to distinguish where exactly they were. Constantine ✍ 21:26, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, given that galley warfare was essentially coastal, it'd be problematic for anything prior to the Age of Sail. It would certainly be great say for WW2 articles, or for showing multiple engagements within a single campaign or expedition... Constantine ✍ 21:35, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Wow, well done! I was looking to find info, but you're damn quick... Hat off to you, Doctor. Constantine ✍ 22:21, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Catalina Lercaro

Could help improve the article, thanks.--83.46.244.56 (talk) 21:45, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Qemal Butka

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Film page discussion

Hi Dr B. Hope all is well in your bunker. For info, your name came up here. Your input would be welcomed. Lugnuts (talk) 13:41, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. I've been working on Vittorio De Sica's films. Filled in all the gaps on his director's template and now I'm starting to add the other films he's acted in. Lugnuts (talk) 10:55, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes, def. support that idea! Lugnuts (talk) 11:07, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Good stuff - will comment later (sadly work is getting in the way of WP!). Dipping back into the Olympic fencers, and found this quite interesting article - Jerzy Pawłowski. Fencer and a spy! Some other really interesting articles, esp of Hungarian fencers who suffered in POW camps in WWII. Lugnuts (talk) 11:39, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes, they don't look the best - but at least someone has started them! Lugnuts (talk) 07:42, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Amankila

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Communication

You're right, unfortunately. Changed hours at work, combined with the inability to access the net from work (both building structure and policy are involved), slower connections at home, and other things have combined to give me, unfortunately, a lot of time to develop ideas, but significantly less time to actually do anything to implement them. The sources I'm trying to use for publications are all also, unfortunately, reference at libraries, which means they can't be checked out, and I am not going to pay for copies of about 2,000 pages of basic data, which is the approximate length of the main work I'm using for the names and subjects of the various newspapers, journals, and the like. Particularly when a lot of it is nothing more than a statement that a given radio station plays country music, christian music, or whatever, which is basically useless to us anyway. So, yeah, lately, I've been trying to maximize the use of time on the net to try to accomplish the various purposes before me.

Right now, the bibliographies and lists of publications for the various topical and geographical projects seems to me to be the most important thing to do. If and when I get done with the list of magazines, etc., the bibliography articles for most subjects should be comparatively easy and quick to make out. Also, it should make it a bit easier for those who want to develop that content to find information to do so. But, given the sheer numbers of serials out there, I have been more gruff than I like in general, trying to get the bloody thing done. Unfortunately. John Carter (talk) 21:21, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Actually, I have been told by some others recently that some of the projects might not want these lists, particularly not if they are incomplete. I have sent some early words to some of the Africa projects and like, and if they don't get any responses I'll just add them anyway. But, yeah, until they're a lot closer to being done than they are now, it probably makes sense to assemble them elsewhere until they're finished. And that site is useful. I've also checked at the local library, and have started to gather together some of the publications that are used on the Gale and Infotrac databases as well. The downside with working on articles myself is, in some cases, the really over the top hysterics some editors show when any changes to their content are proposed or made.

When this gets done, then there should be any easier time getting at least a few editors to be willing to collaborate on developing a broad range of articles, given that they will all have some sort of sources available to them. I actually intend to try to work personally on developing the articles on a lot of the standard books on given subjects. Particularly in the religion fields, there are a lot of trashy books out there, even, to my surprise, in seminary libraries. I think getting together the information on where a given book is considered good and where it isn't might make it a lot easier to develop some articles. Right now, I've got multiple reviews of around 40 books on the Jehovah's Witnesses which I hope to soon transfer into articles, probably in offwiki time. Some of those suckers are in the range of 30 to 40 pages long; I'm not sure if they're actually reviews or separate works entirely. But, with the comparatively few "bibliography" articles I've already started, and with the lists for the projects, I think we should be able to make it easier for more editors to spend more time on the articles than just I alone could do. John Carter (talk) 21:45, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Monastery of Saints Quiricus and Julietta

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:03, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Belgravia

Just got back from trip so I'll look at it tomorrow after work. It's not the usual type of article I work on; I'm not sure how much help I can be. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:38, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

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Nomination of La Chiquinquirá Church for deletion

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Shannan Prefecture articles

Please see User:Nvvchar/sandbox/Saptha Badri. Still short of 5x. May be you can find some more text. If I find time I will add the Gonggar Dzong and Gonggar Choede Monastery articles tomarrow. Gonggar County also needs to be finalised with additional reference given by you. I am sorry my knowledge of the wiki tools is not upto the mark to effect trasnfer the Main Page to my user box. It is there as User:Nvvchar/monobook.js in unfinished format. Thanks for your efforts but it is my failure to do it properly.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 16:01, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

I have made a request to Russavia to join us. But there is no response. Today evening, I may be able to work for a few hours on expanding airport article and posting the Gonggar Dzong and Gonggar Monastery articles. Another issue is regarding the table of administrative divisions given in the Shannan Prefecture artcile. I have not been able to find refrence source for the figures in the table. In respect of the new article suggested by you count me in.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 10:09, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

I have also added more text to the airport and its almost 5x now (1406 vs 7030 pose expansion). Please verify.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 13:52, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Baci is done. You may like to post it on DYK. Can you check from your records if there is a village named Gonggar in Gonggar County, since I am not able to find much information about it? What is the status of Oaxcaca Are you posting it for GA?-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 07:41, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Please see here User:Nvvchar/sandbox/forts. I could not find more text and pictures. May be you have some to supplement. The Gonggar Chode Monastery is also without any photos in flickr. Can you locate it from any other source? I will post the artcile soon but wihtout any photo it will look bland. Since I could not find any useful text on Gonggar Town we have to limite the artciles to five only for the hook. Smoking in Indonesi got good viewer response- 5100.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 09:41, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

• Gonggar Chodey Monastery draft is here User:Nvvchar/Sandbox 1.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 15:57, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

• I have added more text to Shannan and Gonggar County. I have linked the table also made some accetable (to me) changes on the disputed area. I am amazed by the blatant progoganda stuff doled out by official sources. I again tried to get some imgs of the monastery but failed. Another two days, the articles should be ready. -- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 11:01, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

I am not keeping well. right now. I am soemhow managing to sit and type this. Iy Africa artciles can wait a for a few days then I will be ineterested. Shannan still needs minor editing and convesrions. -- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 23:26, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Aberdaron and the parishes

Hi Dr Blofeld. Thanks for your comment. I've left you a reply at my Talk page. Skinsmoke (talk) 22:57, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

C.G. Ellicombe

It needs additional refs and rewording. Do you have access to anything else? --Rosiestep (talk) 01:16, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Nevermind; took care of it. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:53, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

And one more thing, thanks for handling Amankila referencing over the weekend. Well done. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:53, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Amantaka and Baci

At the DYK suggestion page I came across the article you created Amantaka. While reviewing it I was drawn to the part about Sienna Miller and Jude Law staying there. I sort of rewrote that section with what I found to be more notable content. I am running that past you in case you had issues with that. I am also notifying you of the stub I started, Baci, which was inspired by what I found at the article. The subject matter is wholly foreign to me so it won't be that easy. If you don't mind, please keep an eye on is to correct any mistakes I may make, and of course add to the article as you please. Sincerely, --PinkBull 01:47, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

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German maps

Are these on "commons" ?

There are 6 bn people, therefore 1 million entities of size 6,000, Qagang has 5115 pop. If there was no "great firewall of China" we might have the articles nonetheless. Maps will, I think, have to wait. Rich Farmbrough, 13:45, 14 September 2010 (UTC).

Kafka has nothing on this:

Distributed to 49 social security subsidies, total amount of 51,744 yuan; processing card 19 re-employment benefits; handle employment services card 120; to apply for small loans unemployed 4, handle 2 million in loans per household, total handle 8 million in loans; free employment agency 36; training 1,450 landless peasants; labor export 1,700, 650 administrative jobs.

that's a lot of administrative jobs! Rich Farmbrough, 15:08, 14 September 2010 (UTC).

I simply removed all the undefined fields. When we get the population figures or maps we can add back skyline image if we wish. I corrected the problem with the infobox template that was causing the odd display. Rich Farmbrough, 19:50, 14 September 2010 (UTC).

Are those the all the ones that are wanted? It's no problem to add back the info fields 1 and 2, based on the presence of the type fields 1 and 2. Rich Farmbrough, 20:16, 14 September 2010 (UTC).

Like this? Rich Farmbrough, 21:05, 14 September 2010 (UTC).

OK, the ordering and the default parameters are done (including the changes to Quijang after your note), there's some white-space differences, everything else I'm happy with. Example. Rich Farmbrough, 21:51, 14 September 2010 (UTC).

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DYK for Samuel Eyles Pierce

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DYK for Amanjiwo

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Navboxes

Hi, just in case you missed it, I pointed out a css method further up the thread at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Navigation templates. HTH. -- Quiddity (talk) 18:14, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Amankila

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Finished up and nom'ed Richard Funkhouser. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:26, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for Amantaka Hotel

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I've given Lobéké a go but it could use some expansion within headers before nom. I also did some research on Dzanga Sangha Special Reserve, currently a one sentence stub, and I think there's enough material for content expansion >5x so it could be a double nom. Mañana. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:58, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Good job! I've just touched up Lobéké, and I'm doing a bit on Dzanga Sangha Special Reserve now. What do you think about moving it to Dzanga Sangha Forest Special Reserve? Yes, let's look at making it a 3 way and I'd love to work with Nvvchar, something I haven't done before. I need more coffee. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:37, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

I put them in quotes and checked the ghits. I put the ghit info on the talk page as I see there's already been a redirect or move. This will give others a chance to weigh in. I'll add redirects for the other name variations later. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:06, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Created and working on Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas which ties some things together. Don't know yet if it'll qualify. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:37, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Is there a map already available, or can you create something like Figure 1 of this for Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas? --Rosiestep (talk) 17:55, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

It's a start and better than not having one. Yeah, we (errr people like you as I'm no map techie) need better mapping tools so keep your money in technology. Can you insert it into the article, or I will later on? I have to run out for a bit. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:25, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Can you polish off Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, then nom it as a three-way with Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve and Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas? And flesh out Bénoué National Park (see de-wiki article, etc.) so it can be nom'd with Lobéké National Park? Or a 5 way nom if you can come up with something. Right now I'm at a loss for a great hook, except for kleptoparasitism at Bénoué. Thanks. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:42, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Yeah I can only think of a nom for the tri parks. i guess the extras will have to be seperate hooks. I'll try to expand this evening its a Sunday morning here and I'm feeling unusually lazy! Thanks for your edits. I remembered a map I uploaded for my Gabon national park articles ages ago and managed to find one on the CARPE USAID website. Stroke of luck. Dr. Blofeld 09:27, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Completely understand that. Doing family stuff today so I won't be on wiki again until maybe tonight. The only editing I was able to do was added an important bird in the Lobéké article and then nom'ed it. The map looks great! --Rosiestep (talk) 21:14, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

I got started on Sirmilik National Park as Nunavut is a passion of mine. Date of establishment is 1999 in some articles and 2001 in others; that needs to be locked down better; I'll drop a line with CambridgeBayWeather. I expanded and nom'ed Batoufam. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:15, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Hope you're feeling better. Saw that Bénoué National Park was done so I nom'ed it. I think that leaves Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve and Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas needing nom'ing? --Rosiestep (talk) 03:32, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Scilly

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Hey Dr. Blofeld! I haven't heard from you in a while. I posed a question at the discussion and was wondering if you could respond? BOVINEBOY2008 15:02, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Baci

Hi, Sorry for not getting back to you earlier, I was quite busy the last few days. Regarding the removal of content about the teaching of the customs, there may have been a mistake. I did not remove it, but moved it to another section.[6] The Baci article seems to have turned into quite a nice article. Thank you, --PinkBull 17:14, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi there

Sua Eminenza, just in case you have some time, please consider reviewing Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Albania#Project_2 and considering granting your very very precious help. --Sulmues ^(talk) 22:25, 20 September 2010 (UTC) ... And "Sua Eminenza" wasn't ironic, but only my respectful "Your Highness" in Italian to you. --Sulmues ^(talk) 22:30, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Congo articles

I have expanded the Nouabale-Ndoki National Park article by more than 5x. Also added a little more in the other two articles of the ri region. May be it is Ok for DYK nomination. You may be able find some imgs. -- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 02:22, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I could barely manage to expand one artilce by 5x. I am still not well. Age seems to be catching up on me. I hope I will be able work for some more time.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 16:01, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Not fully. But much better now. I was in Bangalore all these days and I have just returned to Delhi. Sirmilik National Park can be expanded further provided there is time for posting it on DYK. As regards the Baxoi County, I will start today evening after I get back from my office. As regards the siz articles hook It is not clear to me as what you expect me to do further. Is it about citing a reference linking all the six?

• I have added some text to Sirmilik National Park. I hope it makes 5x expansion now. Yes, I meant the Congo articles.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 11:01, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Bhutan

Im thinking of nominating Flag of Bhutan article for GA. It looks good but i wanted your opinion. Spongie555 (talk) 03:44, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Ya it does look like it needs more work. It was already nominated for GA before but i thought the article was ok now. Spongie555 (talk) 01:03, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Also i see you meet our friend from Russian Wikipedia who is very interested of Bhutan too. Spongie555 (talk) 01:10, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi, Dr. Blofeld! I am sorry that I did not answer immediately. I wrote a reply to you on my talk page. --Impro (talk) 10:30, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Cultural monuments

Will do. --Sulmues ^(talk) 13:09, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Excellent! I am confident that your review on Skanderbeg will go smooth. I'll start working on it and the monuments. This week I'll dedicate myself to these two projects. --Sulmues ^(talk) 15:17, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Moved to English name. Promise I will work on it: it's just that Koste Xhehani is taking all my time. --Sulmues ^(talk) 19:11, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

To think about it, I'll leave the Albanian names. We'll find more sources that way, and then we can always move to a more sounding English source once that they are launched. What do you think? --Sulmues ^(talk) 19:15, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Durrës Beach

Yes, if u have any more articles please list if u have any more i will work this week on it i think --Vinie007 13:23, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

I will work on article, but please contact me when you got that 201 cultural places in Albania template! --Vinie007 13:33, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Yagnob Valley

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Eulalio Ríos

Hi Dr. Blofeld, It was nice of you to have translated from Spanish to English (October 2008) my simple article on Eulalio Ríos. I just wanted to show my appreciation and tell you that I am now in the process of doing some profound updating, since I plan to be contacting his son - the present mayor of Hueyapan de Ocampo. I assume that you got to meet Eulalio. Perhaps you visited Xalapa. I'm sure that you'll want to check on the updates. Cheers, --Wkboonec (talk) 01:26, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Padilla

The 4-way natl parks nom was a good thing. I expanded Padilla Bol and added a photo. I put all of the images on the right just to keep them out of my way when adding content but can you check that out and move them around for best viewing? I'll try and get to the town's namesake, M.A. Padilla, tomorrow. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:55, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Manuel Ascencio Padilla could use some attention if it interests you. --Rosiestep (talk) 07:37, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

I think M.A.Padilla is almost done but I'll give it a proof read tomorrow; sometimes you can only do so much with an article. I didn't notice all the work you had done on Sirmilik National Park. It looks fabulous! I'll re-read it and then it's bedtime. --Rosiestep (talk) 09:30, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Here. Thanks for handling the Sirmilik National Park nom. I took care of Padilla, Bolivia and Manuel Ascencio Padilla. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:18, 24 September 2010 (UTC

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DYK for Lake Zabuye

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Lhasa

Any reason why you completely removed two pictures from Lhasa, instead of moving them out of the History section and into the Gallery? --HXL 何献龙 13:25, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Being compared to User:PericlesofAthens is very flattering, although undeserved. Thanks for the ego-boost :P Constantine ✍ 15:19, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

I agree wholeheartedly with your comments on WP content and sourcing. While I have no problem with the flood of popular culture articles (since I read quite a few of them to be informed on movies, books, music etc), serious content (and even more, seriously researched content) is sadly lacking, especially on topics from outside the Anglosphere. The gross inaccuracies that I found in Byzantine-related articles were what actually got me writing regularly here. Constantine ✍ 15:33, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Well, the problem with the core articles is that they are huge. How do you go about bringing the Loire, or topics like literature for that matter, to FA? The amount of work involved is too much for any one editor, and cooperation between multiple editors (more than two or three) has a tendency of getting nowhere. I was lucky in the Byzantine navy because I had the article essentially to myself, because bibliography was limited, meaning I did not have to go through 30 books to write it, and because I got some great input and supplementary sources from User:Gun Powder Ma, which helped in going the extra bit from good to great. An exceptional set of circumstances, unfortunately. Constantine ✍ 15:54, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Half your colon is missing

Well not really, but a semi-colon is; you should separate each part of a declaration with a semicolon, and you have, but it's good practice to bung one at the end as well, viz

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I'll be off now.  pablo 22:43, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Baci

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Berat county

Great work on Berat county (really great work), but could you do the same with Tirana County? I even think it's a bit easier because you got plenty of sources. I want to help you but i am not so capapble for doing it on my own! --Vinie007 14:16, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi there!

Long time no talk.... Could you put your signature back so it includes at least one link? Right now it makes it harder to contact you. Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:42, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

No, I've clicked all over it... Am I crazy? I think it's broken. Have you tried clicking on it? Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:49, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

weird, now it's fixed... did you do something? Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:56, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Coffee PNG

Done.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 17:37, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

PNG replaced by expanded version. Not very enthusiastic about Lhasa in view of such unreliable government references. Will do it in bits and starts if it suits you. Not this week end atleast.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 22:59, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

These two are done Myinmu and Myinmu Town. Could not find more. Exact demographic data has eluded my search. In fact, during my several visits to Myanmar and Mandalay I had not heard of this town.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 14:15, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Question

Does Bhutan have image copyright laws there? Theres alot of images we could use that are good but i dont know if there on public domain. I thought they might not have any beacuse they just started being mordern. Also i uploaded a better image of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, File:Jigme Dorji Wangchuck.jpg. Im hoping to add more photos for the other kings. Spongie555 (talk) 04:41, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

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Burma

State/division - just pick that form the article name? Rich Farmbrough, 21:58, 25 September 2010 (UTC).

Incidentally I sorted the categories out, thy were a bit of a mess, sub-catting various "people in foo" cats, etc. ~~

Yangong has

- Total 	4,348,000
- Ethnicities 	Bamar, Rakhine, Mon, Kayin, Burmese Chinese, Burmese Indians, Anglo-Burmese
- Religions 	Buddhism, Christianity, Islam

I'm reluctant to mess with these without confirmation that I can simply suppress the fields. Rich Farmbrough, 07:45, 26 September 2010 (UTC).

Otherwise we are looking at this sort of change. Rich Farmbrough, 07:49, 26 September 2010 (UTC).

Er..this sort... Rich Farmbrough, 04:23, 27 September 2010 (UTC).

Ok, that's cool. Should be mostly good though. Rich Farmbrough, 13:50, 27 September 2010 (UTC).

DYK for Richard Funkhouser

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Randomly Randomness

I just happened by here, thanks to the Funkhouser article, and I have to say that your picture arrangement makes me envious...and your name and theme makes me laugh. Well done! Kalmbach (talk) 03:04, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

• I certainly am familiar with the movies, yes...so I certainly hope that you don't get dropped down a smokestack! Kalmbach (talk) 03:19, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Alba Cathedral

I expanded this one, but can you proof it and doublecheck my translation? Will start on Amalfi Cathedral next as I found plenty on it. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:03, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Burma: really important project and I'm glad someone will methodically work it; I'll peak in that direction from time to time. You've noticed I'm trying to do something similar with Nunavut landforms; much more left to do. I've spent some time in Italy, 3 visits in the 1990s, in various places but have never been to the Amalfi coast! Still on my list of places to go. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:47, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Definitely the photos would help... "a picture is worth a thousand words", eh? I'd like to see Nunavut schools get involved; it would be a humungous project for them. 38,000 villages?! I assume you have data to initially stub them. I have been wanting to do the same for Guatemala since July 2009 but have not started yet. So many villages have been wiped out and they deserve a voice. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:13, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

The Amalfi Cathedral has a good start but needs a bit more content if you have the time. There is much more info on its interior in the comaconf ref. I haven't translated any of the material from the it wiki article. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:12, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

I nom'ed Alba Cathedral; it's fine. Never mind about Amalfi Cathedral; I know you're working on the Burma project. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:45, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Myinmu

These two artciles are done now - Myinmu and Myinmu Township. Could not find more. Exact demographic data has eluded my search. In fact, during my several visits to Myanmar and Mandalay I had not heard of this town.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 14:17, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

• Kalaymyo is mostly done. You may need to pitch in with your resources to make it 5x. This was the first town where I landed from Rangoon in Burma in 1973 to travel along the Chindwin River by boat.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 16:59, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
• Homalin is fully expanded. I will see about the other articles what I can do with large pressure of work in the office.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 14:43, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I am aware of the fact that Tamanthi Sanctuary extends to Hkamti also since I have visited this area in 1973 for the Tamanthi Hydropower Project, which is now under implementation. Right now, I am doing articles on India.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 12:05, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Crawley map

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Equatorial Guinea map

Sorry about the map - I have been busy and it just slipped my mind. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 22:11, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks for sorting out...

...the Crawley map! I'll start adding this to other articles now. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 12:25, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Nice one; that will be useful too. Good stuff. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 12:55, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Bénoué National Park

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:07, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

]]== Page titles and disambiguations don't match ==

The Kawngkan with two red links should be this and the Kondan page. Enter CBW, waits for audience applause, not a sausage. 13:38, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Man Maw has the same problem. Enter CBW, waits for audience applause, not a sausage. 13:40, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Dude I know!!! It is more efficient if I fix the links after I've got these niggly double villages out of the way. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:42, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Myinmu Township

Myinmu Township has not been nominated. I suggest the following hook ...that History of Myinmu Township is linked to the World War II when British General Sir Douglas Gracey occupied the town after crossing the Irrawaddy River? 184 ch only-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 15:06, 28 September 2010 (UTC) Kalewa and Tahan are one and the same. Tahan is a market place in Kalewa.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 15:14, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

There is not much to write about Tahan or Kaleha. I searched. I don't see suuch small towns make it gripping for DYK. Finding a hook is also a problem.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 01:56, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

About 1000 ch added to Homalin Township.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 17:12, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Dzanga-Ndoki National Park

— Rlevse • Talk • 18:05, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve

— Rlevse • Talk • 18:05, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas

— Rlevse • Talk • 18:06, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park

— Rlevse • Talk • 18:06, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Lobéké National Park

— Rlevse • Talk • 18:06, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

No, this new laptop doesn't have MS Word; also no worries, we'll certainly do some dyks together. I may get my hands on some Burma resources this weekend when I get up to the city for Litquake. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:25, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

More Burma

I extracted 163 names from the infoboxes and text. Let me know if you see any I've missed an I will look for similar ones. Rich Farmbrough, 19:52, 28 September 2010 (UTC).

Yes, the natural language parsing is not great "the capital of Ol' London Town" and "the capital of Ireland" are confusingly similar. There's only a few handfuls in the infoboxen. Rich Farmbrough, 20:06, 28 September 2010 (UTC).

And the dab pages you made yesterday... Rich Farmbrough, 20:06, 28 September 2010 (UTC).

We missed nominating three township articles of Burma. Yes, one ot two in a month on Burma is fine. However, there are more exciting places in Burma to be covered. I wish to do some Indian towns and villages also now. I have not done any article on India in the past few weeks. -- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 14:27, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi from McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala!

Hi! Hope you are well and happy and busily adding to the store of human knowledge as usual.

Well, we have had a fabulous 6 week trip through the Himalayas - very demanding and even dangerous at times but well worth every minute. We actually saw H.H. The Dalai Lama on 6 different occasions near the beginning of our trip - ranging from watching his car pass us churni9ng up the very muddy and slippery Rohtang Pass to receiving a couple of days' teachings in Jispa, a small Lahauli town - so we were most fortunate and felt that our whole journey was blessed.

Sorry I have been out of touch for so long but this is the first place with more than very intermittent email contact - most places we have been have had no internet services and only periodic bursts of electricity - if any. I have only been able to get a couple of messages out to close family and friends to let them know we were still alive. Part of the problem (other than the usual difficulties in remote regions of India) is that they have had the heaviest rains in over 100 years in north India, with lots of landslides, etc. It was terribly sad in Ladakh where several hundred people were killed right around the capital, Leh. We watched people frantically searching for relatives' bodies - it was terrible! Also the main power station and communications centre were completely destroyed. In spite of all this - we had a fabulous time in Ladakh (and all along the way) - everyone was so helpful and friendly and accomadating.

After we finally got out of the mountains (just in time - as the next day all the roads were cut by new landslides and snow) we made it to the town of Mandi where we stayed in luxury at the Palace Hotel for 4-5 days recovering and enjoying great hospitality from the charming 80-year-old Raja who kept us entertained with riddles and banquets. Then we went to Kangra where we explored the ancient fort - reputedly the oldest in India which contains a small Jaina temple with supposedly the oldes known Jaina sculpture said to have been blessed by Mahavira (the founder of Jainism) himself. Then, the day before yesterday we caught a taxi up here (only 28 km from Kangra) and are thrilled to be "home" again.

I have literally thousands of photos which I am now in the process of sorting and editing. It will take me some time to get them uploaded (as I have to access the internet in a cafe) but I do have the photos of the Nyingma Gompa in Ladakh (Thak Thog) that you asked me to get and many others I am sure you will enjoy.

We will be staying here in McLeod Ganj until the 5th November visiting with old friends, reading and just taking it easy. Then we return to Chennai (old Madras) for another 10 days in south India before flying home to Australia on 15th November.

I look forward to hearing from you when you have a chance to write.

All my very best wishes,

John John Hill (talk) 08:30, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Gonggar County

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:06, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Lhoka (Shannan) Prefecture

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:06, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Gonggar Choide Monastery

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:06, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Gonggar Dzong

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:07, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Lhasa Gonggar Airport

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:07, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for Batoufam

— Rlevse • Talk • 18:03, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Nomination of Hiesville for deletion

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Proposed deletion of Noosa Film Festival

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DYK for Sirmilik National Park

The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Hiesville

I expanded it so that it does meet >5x requirements. Regarding the Chateau de Colombières, I found a bunch of good info in French and started work on that, but the references seem to place the castle in Colombières rather than Hiesville so I didn't move forward with that one. I might have mentioned I'll be busy the next couple of days but hopefully can check on things by Sunday night. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:29, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

300 DYKs

		The Barnstar of International Merit
		Dr. Blofeld, Hearty Congratulations and Cheers. 300 DYKs is a huge and unique landmark of your global scale contributions to Wikipedia.-- N.V.V. Char Talk . 14:00, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Word automation

That's an easy one. Copy the entries starting from "[[ Haka" and ending in "[[Zingalaing" to Word. On the first pass, replace →^p^p← with →^p←. On the second pass, replace →^p← with →]], ^p←, remove the junk from the very end, then copy the results back to where they belong in the template, and you should be all set!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); September 30, 2010; 16:54 (UTC)

Yup, that's it. Wordpad doesn't support special characters in search/replace. You need real Word.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); September 30, 2010; 17:06 (UTC)

Oaxaca

are you aware that I have started the GA review of Oaxaca you nominated? It can be found here:[[7]]·Maunus·ƛ· 02:27, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Heh.. I loved the "written by a non-native speaker" comment.Thelmadatter (talk) 15:19, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I do not have easy access to book/academic sources either despite working at a school. Pathetic eh? The important thing is that there is a good article for people to read with lots of information that otherwise might not be available in English. Who thinks anything under GA status is worthless?Thelmadatter (talk) 15:54, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Gotcha... While there is some point to that... Isnt one of the main reasons that Jimbo started this project was that it took too long to write and painstakingly vet articles in the traditional way? The GA and FA process are essentially the this and most problems with articles are nitpicking, which take a long time to clear. Just because there are only 14,000 "officially sanctioned by the community articles" doesnt mean there are only 14,000 worth a damn. Oh well.... Ill just keep plugging along creating decent new articles and making shi---- er, lousy articles into decent articles. I learn a lot more about Mexico that way. Im currently working on a rewrite of the Puebla article (slow but sure) and plugging through the list of colonias in the borough of Mexico City I live in.Thelmadatter (talk) 16:06, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

I am sorry if you found the review to be too harsh. I apologize for suggesting that parts of the article might have been written by a non-native speaker if that is not the case, but it does have problems with unclear language, strange paragraph buildup and some non-standard sentence constructions in several sections. I also think it is a very decent article and I am glad that there is a place on the internet where readers can find a good collection of informatino about the state of Oaxaca - ity just doesn't fit the criteria in the form it has. I think it is a good idea to check whether the article at least passes the quickfail criteria before nominating - this article could have been quickfailed on the MOS issues alone (list and gallery incorporation and WP:LEAD) making sure that those things are taken care of before nominating saves grief for nominators and reviewers alike. But not being a GA article does NOT mean that the article isn't worth a damn - this article is definitely one of the best sources of information on Oaxaca on the internet.·Maunus·ƛ· 17:19, 1 October 2010 (UTC)