User talk:Anna Frodesiak/archive29
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Suggestion
Hello! Sorry to disturb you again! I have made some improvements on my article Like a Speeding Youth. Can you check it and give me more suggestions? Best Wishes — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nnu-12-22100538 (talk • contribs) 09:05, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
The Lampoon template
Hi Anna, Do you know an easy (automated?) way to change over the bullets to the larger size ones on the template? If not then maybe I can change them all by hand. Invertzoo (talk) 13:55, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
- Hello. Sure. Copy paste the whole thing into Word and search and replace (ctrl-H). If you have trouble, just dump the new bullet on my talk and I'll do it. Cheers, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 14:03, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
- Hi to you Anna. I changed the bullet points as per your suggestion, and now the whole thing looks much better! Thanks so much and if you have any other ideas for improving it, please let me know. Invertzoo (talk) 21:43, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
Thank you!!
Thank you for your encouragement. Yes! I also find that I need eliminate some introductions about preface. I will continue to improve it. Best Wishes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nnu-12-22100538 (talk • contribs) 15:00, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
Question!!
One more thing I want to enquire you. When these warnings above my essay can be removed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nnu-12-22100538 (talk • contribs) 15:03, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
Question again
I state some opinions by analysing the content. The opinions seem subjective, but actually they are based on the content of the book. I didn't make them up by myself. Does this thought is wrong? I feel confused now. Best — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nnu-12-22100538 (talk • contribs) 15:14, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
DYK nom of Vigna marina
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Messages from NNU-02-05100129
Dear Anna: I'm Tracy from Nanjing Normal University.Recently, you have sent me some messages telling me that the files I had uploaded unqualified. I've had a look at them and added more information to qualify them. Therefore, I'm writing to thank you first for your kind reminding and hope you can check my revised files to see whether they are correct. Thank you to have a friend like you ~~ Merry Christmas! Yours sincerely, Tracy — Preceding unsigned comment added by NNU-02-05100129 (talk • contribs) 10:32, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
- Hello Tracy. Thank you for checking the files. I hope the additional information helps. The important part is still missing. Where it says "Source", you should add the website that it came from.
- Anyway, it's always my pleasure to help. I hope you have a nice Christmas, and a very, very nice and relaxing Spring Festival. I hope you fly, or have a bed on the train, and not a seat if you have to travel far. :) Best wishes and Merry Christmas!!! Your friend, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 10:38, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
Suggestion
Hello, I did some modifications on Like a Speeding Youth again. Can you review it again. Thankyou! Bests--Nnu-12-22100538 (talk) 08:13, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Diploria labyrinthiformis
Hello! Your submission of Diploria labyrinthiformis at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!
I used this template though I realise you didn't actually nominate the article. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:43, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
- Helo, Cwmhiraeth. Thanks for working on the article. Sure, the "Relationships with other species" section was a bit crummy, but the rest wasn't too, too bad, considering it was my first coral article. I only wanted to stub it because it was a good picture deserving a home, and I couldn't find a lot of sources to expand it. I tried not to close paraphrase, but I don't know a synonym for "symbiotic dinoflagellate algae", "energy", or " calcification". I meant to come back and give it some distance from the source. Actually, I forgot to proof it too. I got distracted and started doing something else.
- Anyway, I don't know that DYK nom is the right place to point out what a lousy job I did. Maybe just fixing it and moving on would have been best. Cheers, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 14:40, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
- Plus, you changed the list to prose and pointed out that I copy pasted it from WoRMS. But, it's cc-sa, so I was allowed to do so. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 15:10, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
- I started to review the article and had decided to put a "?" on it, but when I got back to the DYK page I found that "rcej" had already approved it. I didn't think it should be on DYK as it was but, having been approved, it might have gone forward without any further checks. So yes, I was a bit tactless, and I am sorry to have offended you. It wasn't a bad article, just a bit under-checked. And you were not to know that someone else would nominate it for DYK in its unpolished state. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:26, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
- No worries at all. And I will try to be more careful in the future. :) Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:51, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for reminding me of the problem
I have read about your question, it's very accurate. The title of my article Faculty of Teachers' Education of Nanjing Normal University was created before I noticed that it is officially called "College of Teacher Educaiton of Nanjing Normal University". I tried to change the title but failed. Can the title of the passage be changed? At the same time, a helper from Wikipedia pointed out that an article about a college/school of tertiary universities is queer. But if it were put on the NNU page, it would seem of disproportionate importance. How can i handle it? I will appropriate it if you are willing to help me out of the dilemma. Nnu-12-22100554 (talk) 08:46, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
- Hello. Well, I see that the page has been moved to College of Teacher Education of Nanjing Normal University, so that takes care of that problem. Now, the second matter: Should it be part of Nanjing Normal University. Nanjing Normal University is small enough to accommodate it. But, College of Teacher Education of Nanjing Normal University would make a very big section, and end up comprising half of the NNU article. I personally think it's okay to stand alone. Best wishes, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 10:16, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Diploria labyrinthiformis
On 29 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Diploria labyrinthiformis, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the grooved brain coral (pictured) was featured on postage stamps from Belize and Mayotte? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Diploria labyrinthiformis.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
artikel about myself ( )
Hello Anna,
My name is Hannah Jong and I am a dutch artist. I found a reference on wikipedia about myself ( It's an artikel about the town where I was born) I am listed in that artikel under the heading of "notable people born in Lisse" I would like to write that article ( attach it to that link) but I understand that I am not supposed to write an article about myself. So my question is: can I? Or is this strictly forbidden?
Kind regards, Hannah Fynnagan (talk) 22:31, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
- Hello Hannah, and welcome. A Dutch artist? I like you already. :) I lived in Amsterdam for 4 years, was connected to the squatting community, and miss brandnetelkaas very much. Yes, you can write an article about yourself. First, you should read WP:COI. Two main things: Find lots and lots of good sources (see: WP:GNG and WP:Identifying reliable sources), and write neutrally - just the facts - no promotion. If you need help, just ask. I'm here. Doei. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:56, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
Thank you
Thanks for your kind answer Anna, I would love to share a brandnetelkaas sandwich with you..lol ( with cucumber!)) aaand maybe a touch of bieslook) I will do as you instructed, and keeping it formal and neutral, like it should. I'm thinking that "references" means official and non-personal stuff like awards traceable on the web and publications in books and magazines that are traceable and memberships of official international meaning. I do have another question though. I seem to be much more known outside my own country. ( It's a bitch) It's because of the nature of my art; Wildlife. The genre is not big in the Netherlands but silly enough I am gaining acknowledgment in other countries. ( Hence the notification..lol) So my question is, since I have noticed that my account does not cover the dutch version of wikipedia. ( I did seem to need another username and password) Can I make a dutch version as well? Or do I need someone else to invite me trough a reference in an article such as in the English version?
Thanks again..and DOEI!! lol Hannah Fynnagan (talk) 02:14, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
- Mmmmmm bieslook. :)
- You can use reliable references from any nation, in any language. You can also use your own personal website as a reference. The trick is to have enough reliable third-party sources to pass GNG "General notability guidelines".
- Of course you can make a Dutch version. You can log in to all Wikipedias by going to "Preferences" and clicking "Manage your global account". That should work. Let me know if you have trouble. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 04:07, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
Hello
I wish my letter finds you well. I wrote a new article called Yan Kuan and I wish I can get your help. Could you look at my article and give me some suggestions? Thank you very much. NNU-2-05100130 (talk) 08:33, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
- Your letter finds me very well indeed. I hope you are well too. :) I will check out the article. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 14:37, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
Regarding the editing of matter waves page
Hey,
I had earlier edited the matter waves page so that a recent development of this field should get cited in the text. But, I think you have undid the editing. I think that the introduction regarding the inadequacies of matter wave's theory is necessary therefore, pls do not undo that additional written text (in the first para of matter waves page).......
With regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.202.70.174 (talk) 10:17, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
- Hello. I think you are looking for:
- Citibob (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
- Cheers, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 14:37, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
Question
One student feedback suggested using groups for the NNU project. What do you think? Maybe start with groups and move to individual work? Comments welcome. Best, Josh — Preceding unsigned comment added by Njnu-ban-xueshenghao (talk • contribs) 08:13, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
- Excellent suggestion!!!! Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:42, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
ANI Discussion, RE: Paid Editing
Hi Anna. If you have a moment, I'd be interested in hearing your perspective on this discussion. If you are too busy, no worries. Thanks! Ebikeguy (talk) 17:31, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
- I'm watching from afar. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:42, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
Picture of Waghya
Hello Anna F. and Anna F. talk page watchers! If you would, could someone improve and accomodate the picture of the statue of the Waghya the famous loyal dog here: List_of_dogs#Faithful_dogs? I'm not good at pictures like you. Should it be cropped, repositioned, or sized? Chrisrus (talk) 05:45, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
- I think you should copy the image, preserving the original. The second image can be cropped just to show the doggie. That would make a good lead image for the article. Which should be in list of dogs is up to you. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:42, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
- I wish I could do all that really quickly and easily, but I can't, probably just because I don't know how. I asked you because I have this idea you like manipulating images and are good it and that you would just look at it and it'd be fixed within seconds cuz it'd be easy for you and it'd be a major project for me. Chrisrus (talk) 21:09, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry to have been so uninvolved in the doggy thing. I've been working on other things. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:45, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for reminding me several problems
You are really warm-hearted! Lzy881114 (talk) 09:25, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you. You are too kind. :) If you need anything, just ask. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:42, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
Request for Guidance Re: ANI
Hi Anna,
While I don't think I've done anything wrong, I would like to get your input on this ANI. If I have violated Wikipedia rules, I will retract the post that led to this. Thanks. Ebikeguy (talk) 20:47, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
- Jimbo seems very impressed :P ZooPro 13:04, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
- Wow. Long thread. I'm still watching. I have views, but they are identical to others', so I've abstained. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:45, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
- A wise, yet surprisingly unusual approach. Thanks for the response. Ebikeguy (talk) 14:34, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Vigna marina
On 7 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Vigna marina, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the beach pea was used in traditional Hawaiian medicine to treat wounds? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vigna marina.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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Requested articles/Images
Would you mind commenting on my question at [[WT:Requested articles/Images#Cleaning up fixed items]]. I'm asking whether I should remove entries that are no longer applicable (I guess I should, but I like instructions!). Johnuniq (talk) 03:15, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
- Done. Thanks very much for pointing it out. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 11:53, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
Revision
Hello, You don't know me, but I saw you were on the help live chat, and I need help so was wondering if you could do me a favor. I will be soon posting a page and I would love if knowledgeable people could review it and point out mistakes, missing things and maybe fixing it. Anyways, if you want to review it, once posted it will carry the name of iPreparatory Academy Just let me know if you are going to review it, so I know whether to send you a message when I finally post the page or not. Thank you for your consideration :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kongres (talk • contribs) 15:47, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
- Hello. I'm afraid I'll have to pass on this one. Good luck, though. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:45, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
Ummmm....Could you tell someone else or tell me about someone I could contact to see if they want to? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kongres (talk • contribs) 15:09, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
- I can't think of anyone. Try asking at IRC. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 15:13, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
List of Kayasthas
It looks as if you may have seen some to-ing and fro-ing at List of Kayasthas today. You may be interested in Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#Amitabh_Bachchan. My gut feeling is that the 2001 story will be viewed as insufficient as self-identification, but it is a tricky one. - Sitush (talk) 16:21, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
- Hello. I just read it. I agree with you, but am not really qualified to comment. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:45, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
- That's ok, Anna. I suppose this sort of situation arises when a celebrity renounces one religion for another but I've never come across it before. - Sitush (talk) 14:36, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
The Original Barnstar | |
amazing! Moleman100 (talk) 10:22, 11 January 2012 (UTC) |
- Well thank you very much. "Amazing" is a word not often connected with the things I do. More often heard is "jugheaded". Best wishes, and thank you. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 10:19, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
Hospitals
Are/were you dealing with some truly mega-size Indian lists (hotels, hospitals, shopping malls etc)? If I have remembered correctly then you may be interested in a user's query at Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics#List_of_hospitals_in_India. - Sitush (talk) 09:53, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you very much. I'll look into it. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 10:19, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
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hi anna - thanks for your help tonight. i was trying to figure out how to delete my current account but it's not as easy as it looks. can you offer any advice about how to leave that article or remove my account? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tauraedgar (talk • contribs) 15:38, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
- Hello. Simply abandon it, and make a new one. You can't delete it. It was my pleasure to help. You figure things out very quickly. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 15:42, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
- Just to confirm what Anna says is right, it's not possible to delete an account, it's a request we get from time to time and we always have to tell them no. Dougweller (talk) 16:08, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
thanks both. and by abandon do you just mean stop using or is that a specific process i should do? Tauraedgar (talk) 10:38, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
- Our pleasure indeed. Yes, just stop using it. Easy peasy. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 10:40, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
Thanks
Hi, thanks for adding some reliable sources to my new created page (Laskary Metal), thanks you very much. :) DeshintaChandra (talk) 17:01, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
- Anytime, my friend. If you can find more, please do. Of course, avoid forums and blogs. Best wishes, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 17:02, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
- By the way, what I added wasn't great. But, better than only one. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 17:09, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
- All right, I will avoid forums and blogs next time. Anyway, could you please help me to watch this IP address 114.79.52.95 on the Miss Asia Pacific World page ? He/she keep removing Korea from the titleholder lists of MAPW, whereas Russia who was dethroned in Miss Universe 2002 was listed among the titleholder lists. Korea, who was resigned after the final coronation of MAPW 2011 should be also listed as the winner who resigned. See Miss Universe article for comparison. Thanks. DeshintaChandra (talk) 04:16, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
- Well done. I will keep an eye on the articles whenever I can. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:57, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I found a new reference that said the plans for this town is dead from the Global Times of China. Jd88ekc (talk) 17:38, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
- Responded at Talk:No Chinese. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:50, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
My article
Hi Anna,
Thanks so much for your help last night. I think I have added to it substantially. I am wondering if you could give it a quick review and let me know if you think I need anything further.
Thanks again, Mollie http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Inder_Singh,_Community_Leader
- Replied at your talk. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:36, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
1/15/12 Hi Anna,
I have added more articles specifically about Mr. Singh. Can you please let me know if you think I meet the criteria now? Your feedback is *GREATLY* Appreciated.
Thanks so much, Mollie — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oh2bmollie (talk • contribs) 21:24, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
- I see it's now an article. Congratulations. I do suggest that you fix up the websites/references as I suggested at your talk. 3 groups: References to support the facts, websites with his articles can go into an external links section, and others that don't do much can be removed. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:57, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
Helping Hand Barnstar
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For helping people with AFC. Pinetalk 09:29, 15 January 2012 (UTC) |
- Thank you so much. That's very, very sweet of you. :) :) :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:36, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
Catesby's Snail-Eater
So, my question is: does it actually eat snails? Invertzoo (talk) 17:27, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
- Do they? Indeed! They go to town on snails. Each year, they fly by the thousand to Spain for the Aplec del Caragol de Lleida. You can't get a hotel room. They are literally dripping from the rafters over there. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:28, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
- I just stubbed L’Aplec del Caragol. But in light of (the end of) this discussion, I have no idea what the right name should be. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:40, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
- Wow, fantastic! You always find something fascinating to write an article about!! Snail-eating snakes and donkey hide gelatin, what next? Invertzoo (talk) 14:07, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
- Actually, donkey hide gelatin isn't mine. I've just been discussing its Chinese equivalent.
- Nice work on the bi-valve project, by the way. I just encountered it. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:57, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
Hainan again
You come to my talk ask for discussion and then run away. What do you want? Where is the logic in calling Hainan Province Hainan, and calling Taiwan Province, Taiwan Province. Hainan as single word means the island for many many people. If for you this is different - ok, but it shouldn't be used that way in Wikipedia. It is confusing. One has no confusion if always the full names are used. Hainan Island and Hainan Province. Have you seen the funny Category:Islands of Taiwan? Are these all islands located on the Taiwan Island? The article name for the island is Taiwan, so the category could mean that.
plain name | island article | province article(s) | island systematic | province systematic | |
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Hainan | Hainan (disambiguation) | Hainan Island | Hainan Island | ||
Taiwan | Taiwan (disambiguation) | Taiwan | Taiwan Island | ||
Fujian | Fujian (disambiguation) | none | none |
Huayu-Huayu (talk) 19:12, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
- Ran away? I just replied at your talk page. Best wishes, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:28, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
- @Ran away ... since you edited WP but didn't reply. Anyway, this is obsolete now. Let's see how we can go on with these two biggest Chinese islands and with the provinces. The Hainan Island article has been destroyed by now. Huayu-Huayu (talk) 22:10, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
Good, someone suggested a move at Talk:Taiwan_(disambiguation)#Move_request. Huayu-Huayu (talk) 23:25, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
My First Article
I have created an article on here for the first time: http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/The_Boss_(manhwa) I need help on making it better. I have all 3 english volumes in my possession to use.Merging people in meh Chambah. (talk) 23:27, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
- I will have a look. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:28, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
- Well done. It looks good. Some of the writing is ambiguous, so I had to guess at the meaning. Please read the descriptions of the last two characters. They seem a bit the same. Cheers. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 10:06, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
Alright, I will see what I can do.Merging people in meh Chambah. (talk) 15:21, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
Great work
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I see at User talk:Anna_Frodesiak/archive28#About_This_talk that you caught a sockpuppet and remained civil even after the sock got aggressive with you. Your professionalism is commendable. Pinetalk 06:08, 16 January 2012 (UTC) |
- Thank you so much again. I am delighted. You are far too kind. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:28, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
Hainan
You may wish to take a look at what's going on here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guerrilla of the Renmin (talk • contribs) 21:00, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:51, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
Thank you.
Thank you for correcting my article and adding a picture for my article. I am glad that I have finished my writing course this term. I learnt a lot from wikipedia and you. Thank you and happy new year. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NNU-11-dengqian (talk • contribs) 12:43, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
- Happy to help. I'm pleased that you now are now a Wikipedia. Have a very happy new year. Best wishes, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:51, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
Strawberry rhubarb pie
Could you explain your revert on Strawberry rhubarb pie? User:LittleRedWriter has complained on my talk page about it. We don't have recipes in Wikipedia articles - those are best kept for Wikibooks' recipe project - but even so, this isn't on. If you are going to revert, please explain the revert. Yes, you are fixing the category link, but you are removing content too, without explanation. —Tom Morris (talk) 16:18, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
- The diff provided hides one intermediate. See the history. The first edit I made removed the recipe, and detailed info about the ingredients. I provided the edit summary "revert good faith edit: detailed info about ingredients needn't appear in this article." in the first edit. I hope that sorts things out. I didn't mean to offend the editor. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 16:29, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
- {{ec}(talk page stalker)Actually, not without explanation - you've got two edits in one there. Check the first. What's more, the information she remove isn't unreasonably removed - we already have an article on Rhubarb and one on Strawberries and reverting the addition of the scientific origin of the ingredients and a recipe seems reasonable to me. Having said that, Anna, at the moment, it seems like the only person who can edit the article is you, as you revert everything else that's been said - from the outside, it does look a bit like WP:OWN. Perhaps you could discuss expansion of the stub on the talk page? Or offer some suggestions to LittleRedWriter? WormTT · (talk) 16:32, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
- Having looked at LittleRedWriter's talk page, I see this has come up before. I'll see if I can expand the article on Friday night, will give me something to do on the release. WormTT · (talk) 16:37, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
- Honestly, I have no history of showing ownership of articles. I welcome all edits about the pie. Details about the ingredients I'm not so crazy about. But, as you can see from her talk page, I've tried to be gentle and explain things, twice. She didn't respond. I stated at User talk:Tom Morris#Advice please that she is free to restore the content. It's very likely that someone else will eventually remove the content she added. But I won't. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:51, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
- Please see my talk page comments concerning this discussion. As to my availability: I am not always free to immediately respond to your messages. Truth be told I spent yesterday trying to get the workers to finish replacing my kitchen counter. Hopefully, the work will be finished today so I can return to cooking in my kitchen. Thanks! LittleRedWriter (talk) 15:58, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
- Honestly, I have no history of showing ownership of articles. I welcome all edits about the pie. Details about the ingredients I'm not so crazy about. But, as you can see from her talk page, I've tried to be gentle and explain things, twice. She didn't respond. I stated at User talk:Tom Morris#Advice please that she is free to restore the content. It's very likely that someone else will eventually remove the content she added. But I won't. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:51, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
- I will respond at your talk. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 04:16, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
new pending article
Hi Anna. I am totally new to this. I have a pending article (Defence Intelligence) that it would be great to get some feedback on. I think I have enough references but would like to know if there is more I can do to improve on the page. I'm not sure if you're able to see it yet as it is still pending. I have a copy in my personal sandbox. I also got this warning when I submitted it: "Warning: A page with this title already exists. Please make sure that this proposed article does not already exist or that it does not need to be moved to a different title." This might be because another group is named the same thing or that a previous version of my article written by someone else was once deleted. Should I consider renaming my article to differentiate it somehow? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tana9408 (talk • contribs) 19:36, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
- Anna might have more input on this but I think when you were told there is already an article they were talking about Military intelligence. Right now if you enter Defence intelligence you get taken (redirected) to the Military intelligence article. Cloveapple (talk) 19:53, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
- I think the topic is a company, and not the oxymoronic military discipline "military intelligence". The article actually looks good prima facie. I will check the refs and move it to the mainspace if appropriate. The best name may be Defence Intelligence (company), as conventions prefer that over Defence Intelligence Inc.. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:52, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
- Aahh, good to see there's an easy solution for the warning message. Cloveapple (talk) 15:08, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
- Followup on AfC in quesition (Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Defence Intelligence Inc.):
- There are 22 refs listed. Apart from the company's own publications, only these discuss the company, and can be used to support the article:
Huayu-Huayu
The editor you quiestioned over Hainan is now persisting on renaming categories and starting articles named "Taiwan Islands". Its not politically correct given than some of them are disputed. Can you watch out for him, I have never heard them referred to as the "Taiwan Islands" and they are hotly disputed between China and Japan so I don't think we should go there.. Look at the source on Taiwan Islands. China.org... Its not right.. Even the name Taiwan of course is argued over... ♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:20, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
- I've been watching this from afar. I try to stay out of such matters. However, I do approve of details in Hainan talking about the island, but do not approve of a separate article. Also, I wish he would just slow down and get consensus before doing things that may take a while to undo, if consensus is not reached. Perhaps a post at Project China would be in order. I don't see a centralized discussion on his edits anywhere. I will check further. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:52, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
i suspect these images are fake. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kirankasve86 (talk • contribs) 09:10, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
- I don't know why you think that. You can clearly see the green, square courtyard in that appears at these coordinates:19.876356,75.372392 (Punch that into google maps.) Plus, the name "Prozone" is on a gigantic sign on the wall. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:22, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
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- Hello, Whenaxis. I'm replying here in the hope that others at the IRC help channel doing AfC work see this. I am actually happy that those two articles were challenged. One, of course, I approved. I opted for AfD because there are claims of notability. But moreover, I want to subject them to scrutiny. I need the feedback.
- Lately, I may have been a bit soft in approving articles. I could be suffering from reverse discrimination, as I don't particularly like polluting the encyclopedia with borderline notable companies. Plus, I may have been following the standard at IRC, which has recently been, frankly, a little low in the bar, if you get my meaning.
- Unless those two article come through AfD with flying colours, I will henceforth raise the bar a good deal, and approve only super-rock solid articles.
- I respect your judgement call, and may have done the same. Many thanks for your boldness. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 03:35, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
- I appreciate your efforts to improve Wikipedia and I'm happy to see that you reviewed Wikipedia's notability guideline and saw that these articles were indeed not acceptable by the community. I wish you the best of luck to continue adding to Wikipedia and thank you for your dedication to to the AfC program. Whenaxis about | talk 21:10, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
- Whether or not they are acceptable remains to be determined at the AfD. Personally, I hope they get deleted. I have chatted at IRC with a few others about this. I have stated that I will no longer approve anything less that highly notable articles. One editor told me that German WP allows only huge companies with many employees as articles. I like that. After all, unlike species or towns, who knows if a company will be around in a year. Notability is not temporary, and the last thing we need is zillions of company articles. Plus, these are being pushed on us for promo reasons by PR firms. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 21:19, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
- We just have to wait and see, I guess. Whenaxis about | talk 22:24, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
Your fish market clam images
Hi Anna, Over in the new Project Bivalves talk page we have made some progress in identifying the clams you photographed in your local seafood market. Best wishes, Invertzoo (talk) 14:09, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you. I replied there. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 16:07, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi Anna, again. I have another question for you. I was curious to know if I am aloud to change the page name of the disambiguation page Defence Intelligence Agency to just "Defence Intelligence". I would like for people to be able to have a see all pages for the searche of Defence Intelligence. User:Tana9408 User talk:Tana9408 18:21, 22 January 2012
- Hello. I'm looking into it. Will get back to you soon. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 21:19, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
- Okay. I started Defense intelligence (disambiguation), and added your company name. I hope it's more findable now. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:10, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
New Year
Hello Anna, have a nice and successful New Year! Feel free to improve the newly started Lepidosaphes beckii article if you like. Regards, --Snek01 (talk) 23:44, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you very much! :) I'm not sure what I can add to the article. It looks pretty good. I will see. Thanks. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 05:41, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
My page Pt.2
http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/The_Boss_(manhwa) Still working on how to improve the two characters below but I have since added on more information about it finding out its original Korean publisher, which ironically on its page in wikipedia has this series on its cover for its image. My question is how do I create and do a reference section?Merging people in meh Chambah. (talk) 02:25, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
- I'm not sure what you mean. There already is a reference section. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 05:39, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
How do I get the numbers to pull up next to the links and stuff and how do I create a redirect? I would like Jjang to redirect to the page.Merging people in meh Chambah. (talk) 20:19, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- You make references like this:
All bunnies are cute.<ref>http://www.all-about-rabbits.com</ref>
- Then add this to the bottom of the article:
{{reflist}}
- It will make this:
All bunnies are cute.[1]
- I see you have figured out the redirect. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 16:05, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia next semester
Hi Anna, Student feedback on Wikipedia has been so-so, with many students finding the technical side of it too hard to master, and a number of them finding the deletions, etc. very dispiriting. I can't devote a lot of class time to the Wikipedia nitty-gritty, since it isn't directly writing-related. I had thought that students would be able to figure it out for themselves, but evidently not everyone did. I see the guidelines in your sandbox haven't moved forward so far, so I feel okay about putting the project on ice for the moment. I'll have new students next semester, and I am thinking about whether a wikispaces project might serve them better. All this to say that I very much appreciate all your help and hard work, and that for the moment I am still weighing the options for February. And now I see that I have forgotten to log in. But you know that this is yours sincerely, njnu-ban-xueshenghao — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.194.10.145 (talk) 11:49, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
- Hi Josh. Well, I never knew that Wikispaces existed. Cool. I'm not quite sure about your plan. Do you want them to create articles that will become part of another project? Pity. :( Well, whatever helps the students. I do understand how daunting Wikipedia can be to newcomers. But, there was absolutely no preparation with the last group. We were all just winging it. Maybe with proper organization, comprehensive instruction, and the use of our acquired experience, a future group could work well. The last group contributed hundreds of new articles to this project. It would be a shame to lose out on another batch. Let me know if/how we can help make it easier for all of us. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:30, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
bamboo species page
hi Anna,
when I was searching for a list of Bamboo species I came across the page 'Bamboo Species'. I have some suggestions to change the way these bamboo species are listed and as you were the last one to update that page and because I'm a novice to wiki updates, I would like to ask you how I should proceed from here, and who I should send my suggestions? The suggestion would be to limit the 'Bamboo Species' page to the species and create pages for each species for the various subspecies and varieties. For some species this has already been done, some species aren't listed and quite a lot of subspecies and varieties are now in the 'Bamboo species' page. Could be quite an amount of work, which is another reason to ask before I try anything. Feel free to redirect me to someone else and/or to respond to Harry@klm.com 171.21.80.126 (talk) 21:54, 23 January 2012 (UTC)Harry
- I'm afraid I'm out of my league with bamboo articles. My involvement in bamboo was too ambitious, as I really know nothing about the subject. Sorry I can't help. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 11:30, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Userpage
I have officially clicked on every one of your links on your userpage hidden within the images, I just thought I would inform you ZooPro 11:20, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- I'm very please to hear it. It reminds me to update the thing. I will. Best wishes, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 11:30, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- P.S. I've always wanted to chat with you on IRC about the naming conventions for species thing. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 11:30, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- I will email you with my direct contact details and we can arrange times ZooPro 11:54, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- Okay. Or, if you like, just logon anonymously and PM (double-click) my name. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 11:58, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
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Debugging Naval Squadron
Hi Khazar,
Thanks for debugging "my" article. As you may have noted, English is not my first language and it is impossible for me to get an idea of my English proficiency. I read the article and perfectly understand all of it, but I guess that (more than) sometimes I don't meet the Wikipedia's lowest standards. On the other hand, I choose the theme of the article because it is very simple: ships sailed bound for, sunk or were captured. In order to improve my English, I would like to ask you some questions about form of the article:
- is it legible?, can you understand the text overall? is it easy to understand?
- did you find repeated or striking grammatical errors in the text?
- can you guess which is my first language from the text (and not from the theme)?, sounds it like Spanglish?
- do the article observes the rules of Wikipedia? neutral? complete? referenced?, at least, does it seem to observe the rules?
- would you say that the vocabulary is appropiated for the theme?
I would appreciate your answers in your talk page. Thanks in advance, --Best regards, Keysanger (what?) 12:52, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi Anna,
Khazar has the wrong link in his "To leave me a message click here". The link leads to your talk page. By the way, you could also debug the article and respond the questions. Sorry. --Best regards, Keysanger (what?) 13:00, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Which article? If you mean First Chilean Navy Squadron, I see Khazar has that covered. I cleaned up your Martín García canal dispute a bit. You should check it because I did a bit of a lousy job. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 15:59, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks Anna. You are a treasure. --Best regards, Keysanger (what?) 19:08, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- You are most welcome. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 19:21, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks Anna. You are a treasure. --Best regards, Keysanger (what?) 19:08, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
A barnstar of Civility.
Civility Award | ||
I've come across a few of your interactions with some other editors, and have been impressed with your patience and civility in some threads, which have certainly made a net improvement to the encyclopedia. Have this well-earned barnstar. :) Colonel Tom 12:02, 26 January 2012 (UTC) |
- Thank you so much Colonel Tom! :) You just reminded me to stay civil at a time when my patience is being tried by that editor's edits over there about that thing that's happening on that topic. You are very kind, and I shall do my best to live up the claims. Thank you. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 14:37, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
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Regarding username
Hello Anna, I got your message regarding username. I didn't know about the username policy and even I know that this is not a place for links and they are nofollow but I really like wiki and want to contribute about some Gujarati food. It was not for any advertisement purpose. Thanks Sona — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.91.214.35 (talk) 17:11, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- Hello, Sona, and welcome. We are very happy if you contribute to articles here. I will help you in any way I can. Looking at your username, it seems that you are connected with the links you added. So, it's best to pick a different username, and avoid using that website as references. We don't want people to think that you are only here to promote your site. :) Besides, there are lots of other places to get references. Anyway, please work on articles, and remember, I am here to help. Best wishes, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 17:18, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
Fiendishly clever NNU plan.
Hi Anna, I'm all ears. I'll be on the IRC for much of today. Njnu-ban-xueshenghao (talk) 02:44, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
- If you two don't mind, I've added myself to Wikipedia:School and university projects/NNU Class Project/Winter 2012#Editors willing to help as a contact for if anyone has any questions (technical, copyright, etc.) about images or Commons. --Philosopher Let us reason together. 19:56, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
- You are more than welcome! Thank you for signing up. This reminds me to add an "all welcome" note to the project page. Thank you, and welcome. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 02:39, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
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Translation class
I'll also have a different group, probably around 30-35 students, in a Translation course. Do we want to set them to work translating Chinese Wikipedia articles, or not so much? Njnu-ban-xueshenghao (talk) 02:19, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
- All are welcome to contribute, of course. Would you like to add them to this group? We could structure it the same way, and section to the topics page. Thoughts? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 02:39, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
I was thinking of going through these http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Category:Articles_needing_translation_from_Chinese_Wikipedia and assigning students a selection of them, working in pairs. But I think those students (who are not supposed to be practicing writing or research, just translation) may need a separate page. Thoughts? Njnu-ban-xueshenghao (talk) 06:42, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
- A separate table at Article management may be best. Considering that these will also need to be checked, keeping them in view of the helpers may be the best plan. What do you think? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:03, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
Sounds good.
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Alfred Ernest Ice Shelf
I was just adding coordinates to Alfred Ernest Ice Shelf and notice you added the sentence about ARLISS-II. While the reference is quite clear on the name and date (1955) of the island I was wondering if you knew of any connection between it and Fletcher's Ice Island? The problem is that Fletcher's is supposed to have been know of in 1952 and drifted to Alaska and then back. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 08:18, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
- I'm puzzled. I found this, but am still trying to make sense of it all. What do you think? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:25, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
- Me too. How do you find an ice island and how does it move when it's in multi year ice as it would have been in 1952. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 09:00, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
- I have no idea. I cross-linked the two articles with "see also". Hopefully those who know will see the other article and make sense of it. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:24, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science#Ice islands. At least I'll find out how the thing was moving around. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 10:10, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you. I look forward to finding out as well. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:11, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
Your images
Hi, there are some problems with your photos' usage in several articles. Many of the articles already have a lot of pictures in it, so by keep adding photos to them, especially to sections such as "See also" (examples such as the articles of baozi and jiaozi; please explain why does the "See also" section needs a large sized photo that is unrelated to any of the links and why the "History" section has a photo of a Jiaozi vendor? No relation at all.), does not enhance the article's content or appearance, and make the articles look "congested" even I'm afraid. Photos are visual illustrations, but only if the information requires it. One such example is the wonton article, in that that you added a picture of a woman selling wonton to a section titled "Chinese names". The picture virtually has nothing to do with the content, which is about etymology, thus one wonders why such random picture is even doing there? Honestly, it seems like many of the photos are just showing up in a variety of articles for no apparent reason at all. Best not to over use them. Regards.--Teamjenn (talk) 11:51, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
- It is true, I've dumped quite a few images in articles, somewhat carelessly. Perhaps I'm being a bit defensive. This is the first time anyone has systematically gone through my images/contribs in such a way. I will continue to review the appropriateness of my contribs in this regard, and make improvements, as I have been doing since this started. As for the cargo net image swap in those 3 articles, we will see what others say at Talk:Cargo_net#Best lede image. I still like the one that shows the net clearly. Best wishes, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:08, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
- Yes. I do see your point. I'm sort of split on it. Half of me likes lots of images because they impart so much information. The other half sees them really screwing up the aesthetics of the article.
- But, even though I can't find a guideline against it, I agree with you that the image should pertain to the section it's in. It's too bad because the commonscat box is so easily overlooked by visitors, and an image of a lady making baozi is certainly interesting, but without an accompanying section, shouldn't be there. Then again, isn't that what the caption is for?
- I don't know. I'm terrible at weighing out pros and cons. Stalkers! Tell me what to do! :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:20, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
- Did you review Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images? I think you're both right. Personally, I would judge each article and image use on its own merits. For example, I usually use only one image per section, but I had so many images for Lahaina Banyan Court Park that I loaded each section with two images. I tend not to use see also sections unless I have important links that need to be added, and then I use that section only as a temporary pointer. So I can't really comment on whether images are appropriate there, but based on my past experience with Anna, she knows more about images and image layout than most, so I would trust her judgment, not just as an artist and photographer, but also as a Wikipedian who is fairly comfortable and knowledgeable about the guidelines and policies. It's inevitable that two users will take two different approaches, so it's best to judge the situation on an article by article basis rather than making some sweeping generalization about editing behavior as a whole. I can't recall ever seeing any problematic images added by Anna, and after reviewing this issue, perhaps the both of you could come to an agreement, somewhere in the middle. To summarize, Teamjenn offers good advice about not overusing images, but Anna also offers an excellent point about adding relevant images to articles that illustrate the topic. I think that current practice lies somewhere in the middle, but one could argue that house style leans towards Anna's approach. This is because, at the end of the day, Wikipedia has a dearth of articles with images. Viriditas (talk) 08:54, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you for the very welcome input. I will read up and comment. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:42, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
- Tricky. Manual of Style says: "...Articles that use more than one image should present a variety of material near relevant text..." In this instance, the image does look out of place, regardless of the caption. I guess a blurb about selling wontons should be present (which I just added) for that image to be there. But as Viriditas says, we should avoid sweeping generalizations, and instead use common sense. Some images should be in articles if they pertain to the topic, regardless of sections and nearby text.
- So, Viriditas leans toward my approach. I'm now sort of leaning toward Teamjenn's approach. Now, if Teamjenn leans toward Viriditas' approach, it might actually tear space-time, and we could get sucked into oblivion.
- Seriously though, balance. I'll shoot for balance. Many thanks for the input. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 03:09, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
Many thanks
Many thanks for the warning about what I did to the tables on [List of sandwiches]] and List of cakes - I am sure you can appreciate that these tables are a little tricky to edit! Thank you for the warning, ACEOREVIVED (talk) 09:32, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
- You make good edits! Sorry that the section heading was a bit menacing. :) I didn't mean it to be. I didn't mean to warn, but just to bring it to your attention. Please, keep up the good work. From what I see, you are a very good asset to the project. Love and bunnies to you! :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:42, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for your kind words - have a lovely weekend! ACEOREVIVED (talk) 09:44, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
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Chandigarh
<g>. Btw, you probably will not have seen it but a recent RfC means that Indic scripts are now not to be used for placenames, people etc. IPA is ok but Malayalam, Hindi, Urdu etc are not. - Sitush (talk) 17:35, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
- My finger slipped. Would I rollback you? :) Never! :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 17:39, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
- Never say never, Anna. ;) - Sitush (talk) 17:40, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
List of Ror
I have been conversing with DGG and have referred to a talk page thread in which you were involved - Talk:List of Ror - & so think it best to let you know. See User talk:DGG#List of Gouds. - Sitush (talk) 20:40, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you very much. I'm watching. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:17, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
TUSC token caf12eb22cb560075b002e98f1404728
I am now proud owner of a TUSC account!
About the artices List of soups and the article on stews
I had not actually seen the article on List of soups, but I shall be quite happy if you wish to refigure it as a table - just what ever you think will be better. The article on stews is probably best left as it is - a lot of it is not a list, but prose commentary on stews. Thank you for your message, ACEOREVIVED (talk) 11:53, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
- Good advice. Many thanks for the input. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 10:32, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Re: Flickr2Commons
Hi, I saw your help wanted sign and I tried to apply for the position, but I keep getting "TUSC verification failed". Sorry. Viriditas (talk) 06:40, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
- Ahhhhh. Very interesting. I get the same thing. Maybe I'm not blocked after all. The tool must be down. I will get the scoop at IRC Commons. Thanks for trying. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 10:32, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
- The comments on the pigeon pie image are hilarious! "Do you still alive?" Viriditas (talk) 10:42, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
- Anna, I've seen this TUSC thing popping up on various pages but even now do not understand it. Is there a decent explanation somewhere? Eg: a list of tools that are subject to TUSC? - Sitush (talk) 10:45, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
- The comments on the pigeon pie image are hilarious! "Do you still alive?" Viriditas (talk) 10:42, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
- Good question. I don't know. I just know that you need to register with TUSC to use the flickr2commons tool, and that TUSC doesn't work. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 10:53, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
- I am uploading them for you now, trusting that the licenses are ok. - Sitush (talk) 11:42, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
- Done using this. You can see them here. And now I'll get a shedload of warnings about missing categories, descriptions etc! - Sitush (talk) 11:51, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
- You're an angel. I'm taking the license posted at flickr on good faith. I don't know if it's truthful. I've checked commons for duplicates also, and the files are needed and unique. Many thanks. I've saved the Bryan's tool and will try it myself next time. Thank you thank you thank you. :)Anna Frodesiak (talk) 11:56, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
- Tool info is here. NB: you are limited to 24 uploads per hour. The key is the third page that is presented when you use the bot, so:
- fill in the form & ok it
- fill in the cats, description etc
- save the next page that appears
- click on the upload link
- If you find that you are blocked from using that one then just give me a yell in future and I'll do it for you. - Sitush (talk) 12:06, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
- Tool info is here. NB: you are limited to 24 uploads per hour. The key is the third page that is presented when you use the bot, so:
- I will give it a whirl. Thank you so much. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:12, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Yikes
Wrong button. :( Viriditas (talk) 12:46, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Hannah Glasse
Hannah Glasse wrote a quite famous cookbook, in which she mentioned pigeon pie - see this if you can. I've made it myself, but not to her recipe. - Sitush (talk) 14:52, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
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I anoint you a Member of the Wikipedian Order of the Pigeon an impromptu organization to celebrate excellent pigeon-work in it's many forms on Wikipedia. Thanks for your excellent contributions and interest in Pigeons! Sadads (talk) 16:06, 9 February 2012 (UTC) |
- Sorry for stealing the image, Sadads (talk) 16:06, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
- I'm honoured! :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 02:12, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
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New Hainan Provincial Museum article
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A barnstar for your creation of the new article Hainan Provincial Museum. Thanks for working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of China-related articles! Northamerica1000(talk) 05:09, 12 February 2012 (UTC) | ||
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- Thank you so much! And, thank you very much for your edits. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:08, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
No hurry on this
Aloha, Anna. I'm curious, have you been making many images these days? I've got a new request for one, and I think you're going to like it! It's a request for an image based on a poem called All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace and it goes like this. Thanks, and let me know. Viriditas (talk) 11:24, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
- You can listen to him read the poem, here. Viriditas (talk) 11:49, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
- Nice poem. Sort of spooky. At first I thought you meant the Curtis bit, which was pretty good. But, not as good as The Power of Nightmares. Hmmmm, so image huh. Okay. I will think about it. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:08, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
- Something tells me this is going to be your best work yet! :) Viriditas (talk) 08:11, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
- You're causing me to panic, and quite enjoying it, me thinks. By the way, there was a major study comparing the causes of the phenomena "panic" and "picnic". The conclusion was that the later is caused by sunny weather and free time. The scientist has since had his funding revoked and was arrested for growing mushrooms in his basement. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 17:47, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
- DON'T PANIC. DO PICNIC. DANS LE NU. :) Viriditas (talk) 01:03, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Prosfiction
Anna,
I am wondering why you could imagine that the article prosfiction is a hoax or should be deleted. It is a method, that is already used more than 10 years for researching after next technology, especially for military purpose or governmental positioning. Perhaps it sounds complex, not easily understandable, however it has a sound base and I personally applied it on several national and international organizations.
Would be interesting to hear your opinion. Thanks
Daniel — Preceding unsigned comment added by Foltigo (talk • contribs) 21:49, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
- Hi Daniel. I'm so sorry. Maybe you're right. I just can't find any good references. Please find some if you can. Anyway, don't be discouraged if it gets deleted. If you want to make an article that for sure won't ever get deleted, see here: Wikipedia:Requested articles/Images. I'll help if you like. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:25, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
From what I've seen both on wikipedia & the IRC help channel you are one of kindest wikipedians, to new and established editors. Keep up the good work. Mrmatiko (talk) 17:56, 14 February 2012 (UTC) |
- Thank you so much. Actually, I wasn't very kind just a few minutes ago. I just flicked one of my dwarf hamsters on the head, and sort of knocked him giddy. I'm feeling dreadful about it. He was trying to force another hamster "porkchop" to give up the food he had stored in his cheeks. They do that sometimes when I give them sesame seeds. Oh dear. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 18:24, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi
Hi. Thank you.512bits (talk) 02:52, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
- I've learned to make sections and indents now.512bits (talk) 10:47, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
- I'm pleased to hear it, and very glad you are here! If there's anything you need, just ask. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 10:51, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
- I mentioned you on my talk page.512bits (talk) 23:32, 16 February 2012 (UTC) I asked something on MarshalN20's page if you want to jump in too.512bits (talk) 23:51, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Just to let you know
This is just a quick message to let you know that I have seen the articles on List of stews and List of soups and how you have converted them to table format - they look good that way, you have done a good job. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 11:37, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
- Well, thank you. Actually, List of stews was the model. I only enlarged the images. As for List of soups, I guess it's the same as the others. I like List of sandwiches, etc. being tabled, but soups seems sort of strange, seeing that you can really see the surface of the soup. Too many Ssss, I see. Anyhow, thanks so much for the encouragement. Best wishes and happy bunnies!! But now, a serious question: have you been bunnied? :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 11:54, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Help please
Help please! As some who is good at tabulation, you may be able to sort this out. I was trying to tidy the presentation of List of chocolate bar brands, and accidentally lost the table format. Do you think you could inspect the article and get the table back? Any help will be appreciated a thousand times! Many thanks, ACEOREVIVED (talk) 12:11, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
- I'm working on it. Been bunnied?? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:13, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Done I will do a bit more formatting. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:19, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Done totally, I think. Some may freak out, but I think it's an improvement. :) Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:29, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Many thanks for your response, and I also contacted people at Wikipedia: Help desk who got helped me with the article List of chocolate bar brands. By the way, what does "Being bunnied" mean? Does it mean have I lost my job - which I have (there have been quite a lot of staff who have been made redundant (in the past eight months) at the university where I used to work)? ACEOREVIVED (talk) 15:24, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
- Oh dear! I'm so sorry to freak you out, and terribly sorry you lost your job. :( I hope the bunny at your talk cheers you up, and you find an even better job very soon. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 19:28, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Nice work
Good Job!
Nice work in your creation of the new article List of tent cities in the United States! |
—Northamerica1000(talk) 16:53, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you. I'm not sure what will happen to it. I hope it gets expanded, and becomes useful to visitors. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 19:28, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
AfD and PROD notifications
Hi Anna. Awhile back you got either an AfD or PROD notification, and it was during one of the template testing project's experiments. If you could go here and leave us some feedback about what you think about the new versions of the templates we tested (there are links to the templates), that would be very useful. (You can also email me at swallingwikimedia.org if you want.) Thanks! Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 00:59, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Well, I don't exactly know where I should post the feedback, so I will post here and you can paste it to the right location, if you want. :)
In point form:
- Love 'em!
- Achieves the "General principles we are shooting for..."
- The absence of the amber triangle thingy is good. Those make the user from feel like they've done something wrong, or triggered some sort of software warning.
- The first person writing conveys a more human tone.
- In the AFD one, the softening of "Nomination of X for deletion" into "Deletion discussion about", makes the user feel that a few others are discussing, and not some large committee with some overlord nominating. So, that's less embarrassing and more private.
- In the PROD one, I like the clear bullets. The user will be freaking out, and will want clear step-by-step instructions on what to do.
- In the PROD one, only 2 blue links is better than the current, and overwhelming, 7.
- Friendlier, so better user retention.
Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:37, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Oh, right, the "feedback section". I will paste it there. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:38, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you so much for the comments Anna! You're the best. If you want, I can keep you updated about any new developments... Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 18:58, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
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