User talk:Ham II/Archive 2007

British Museun

OK - moved. Sorry it took so long.--Runcorn 20:27, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Tate Modern

You didn't update the reference access date for the 2006 visitor figures, but do you think it would be useful to readd the 2005 figure to build historical data? Artybrad 02:52, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Good thinking. I've put the link in <ref></ref> tags and added the access date. Last year the visitor numbers went up from 3,900,000 to 4,900,000 (very neat, that) so I added the phrase "the number of visitors was up by 1 million from 2005" as an indicator of the previous year's figures. I also rounded the number up to the nearest 100,000, as is done on National Gallery, London, British Museum et al; I reckon it's easier to digest that way. [talk to the] HAM 21:14, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

P:W

Hi Ham, I've marked this page for speedy deletion as it seems a very implausible misspelling of Portal:Wales... I beleive. If you disagree please remove the speedy tag and I won't replace it - happy editing - Peripitus (Talk) 10:25, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm - you're correct. In fact P:A was created by a current admin so perhaps there are some differences of opinion on cross namespace redirects. I've recreated this now with the same formatting of the arts redirect - sorry about this - Peripitus (Talk) 10:45, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

British Museum

Hi Ham,

Thanks for the columns in the British Museum page.

I really like your work on the National Gallery article and use it as a benchmark for the British Museum article.

Cheers Muj —The preceding unsigned comment was added by M.chohan (talk • contribs) 20:50, 26 March 2007 (UTC).

BM

Hi Ham – sorry for the delay in getting back, no worries about "fiddling with my page"...lol, basically I’ve become too attached to the BM page and any changes I start jumping, so have decided to let others contribute in better ways.

I really like the work you've done to the columns and the templates; it's made the page clearer and has improved the aesthetics / appeal. Your totally fine with the Persepolis image, it was out of place but wasn't too sure about placement, removing it altogether was a good move.

Regarding the Rosetta Stone, it definitely should be added as an image however Wikimedia Commons doesn't have a half decent image of it, so will have to dart to the Museum one evening and take a couple of snaps, in terms of placement I'm cool wherever it goes. That leads me onto the 'evocative images', in a nutshell visit the museum during a weekday evening or an hour before closing on the weekend, it’s an excellent time to take snaps. I'm really surprised how few people there are at those times, and with a little bit of patience the shots you can achieve are amazing. Furthermore, even though the National Gallery doesn't allow pics to be taken I’ve taken some equally evocative ones there, so am happy to hand them over to you if you like for free usage on wikimedia and elsewhere.

I think the UK has some of the greatest collection of museums in the world and definitely London has amongst the finest. I want to see most of Londons great museum enhanced to FA standard. To that end, I’ve stayed away from the National Gallery page because a) it’s excellent, and b) your doing a great job. Also, I my next project is likely to be with the Victoria & Albert Museum article; it is a total mess, and also enhancing the Dulwich Picture Gallery.

Finally, how do you nominate a page for Peer Review? though the BM page still needs work on it, I would like to know.

Thanks for all your help, really appreciate it.

Cheers Muj --ImperialCollegeGrad 20:29, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Shakespeare

Just noticed your interest in Shakespeare and wanted to invite you to join the new wikiproject Wikipedia:WikiProject Shakespeare. Wrad 00:48, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Shakespeare project collaboration

The Shakespeare Project has begun a collaboration to bring its main article, William Shakespeare, to FA status. If you wish to contribute, please review the to-do list on its talk page. Let's make this article an FA! Wrad 15:29, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Shakespeare Collaboration

The Shakespeare Wikiproject is starting another collaboration to bring Romeo and Juliet to GA status. Our last collaboration on William Shakespeare is still in progress, but in the copyedit stage. If you have strong copyedit skills, you may wish to continue the work on that article. Members with skills in other areas are now moving on. Improving Romeo and Juliet article will set a standard for all other Shakespeare plays, so we look forward to seeing everyone there. Thanks for all your help with the project. Wrad 20:44, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Thomas Jones

Nice work on this article. I had never even heard of him until a few days ago when I spotted him as a red entry in 100 Welsh Heroes. Deb 11:58, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

London Portal showcase article and image

Hi. Sorry if this seems like a pointless question. I have noticed that you are one of the very few people who nominate and vote for showcase articles and images for the London Portal. I have noticed that lack of votes have lead to showcase articles and images not being updated on the portal as the showcase article and image cannot be established. Is there any way to get more people to participate? Thanks. Tbo ¹⁵⁷talk 22:56, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Shakespeare project - New collaboration debate

The Shakespeare project's first collaboration has ended in success, with William Shakespeare reaching FA status! Congrats to all who chipped in! We also had success in our second collaboration Romeo and Juliet, which is now a GA. Our next step is deciding which article to collaborate on next. Please join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Shakespeare#Next Collaboration to help us choose. Thanks. Wrad 04:06, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Hamlet

The Shakespeare Project's new collaboration is now to bring Hamlet to GA status. Wrad 00:36, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Biography Newsletter 5

The Biography WikiProject Newsletter Volume IV, no. 4 - September 2007
Project News The three-month long Summer Assessment Drive, organized by Psychless, was a huge success! It ran from June 1 – September 1, and reduced the backlog of unassessed articles from 113,385 to 56,237. In all, over 100,000 articles were assessed. Over 60 people contributed in some way. A barnstar has been created for exceptional work on Wikipedia biographies and for assisting the project. The Biography Barnstar is listed with the other WikiProject awards and can be awarded easily with a template. See the template page for more details. Member News Congratulations to the editors who worked on the newest featured biographies: Augustus; William Shakespeare; Adriaen van der Donck; Alfred Russel Wallace; Alison Krauss; Anne Frank; Anne of Denmark; Asser; Bart King; Bill O'Reilly; Bobby Robson; Bradley Joseph; CM Punk; Ceawlin of Wessex; Colley Cibber; Cædwalla of Wessex; Dominik Hašek; Elizabeth Needham; Frank Macfarlane Burnet; Georg Cantor; Gregory of Nazianzus; Gunnhild Mother of Kings; Gwen Stefani; Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery; Harriet Arbuthnot; Harry S. Truman; Henry, Bishop of Uppsala; Héctor Lavoe; Ine of Wessex; Ion Heliade Rădulescu; Jack Sheppard; Jackie Chan; Jay Chou; John Martin Scripps; John Mayer; Joseph Francis Shea; Joshua A. Norton; Kate Bush; Kazi Nazrul Islam; Kevin Pietersen; Martin Brodeur; Mary Martha Sherwood; Mary of Teck; Maximus the Confessor; Miranda Otto; Muhammad Ali Jinnah; P. K. van der Byl; Penda of Mercia; Pham Ngoc Thao; Rabindranath Tagore; Ramón Emeterio Betances; Red Barn Murder; Richard Hakluyt; Richard Hawes; Robert Garran; Roman Vishniac; Ronald Niel Stuart; Ronald Reagan; Roy Welensky; Rudolph Cartier; Samuel Adams; Samuel Beckett; Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough; Sarah Trimmer; Sargon of Akkad; Shen Kuo; Sophie Blanchard; Stereolab; Sydney Newman; Sylvanus Morley; Tim Duncan; Timeline of Mary Wollstonecraft; Uncle Tupelo; Waisale Serevi; Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Walter Model; William Bruce; William Goebel; Yagan; Zhou Tong; Æthelbald of Mercia; Æthelbald of Mercia New Members Congratulations to our 225 new members	From the Editors The newsletter is back! Many things have gone on during the past few months, but many things have not. While the assessment drive helped revitalize the assessment department of the project, many other departments have received no attention. Most notably: peer review and our "workgroups". A day long IRC meeting has been planned for October 13th, with the major focus being which areas of the project are "dead", what should our goals be as a project, and how to "revive" the dead areas of our project. Contribute to the discussion on the the new channel (see below) We decided to deliver this newsletter to all project members this month but only those with their names down here will get it delivered in the future. This is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned or post news on the next issue's talk page New irc channel Lastly, a new WikiProject Biography channel has been set up on the freenode network: #wikipedia-en-bio Our thanks to Phoenix 15 for setting it up. Contributors to this Issue Psychless (talk · contribs) Phoenix 15 (talk · contribs)
Complete To Do List Write an article Expand an article about: a person an actor an animator an artist a bishop a businessperson a diplomat an educator an engineer a lawyer a military person a musician a photographer a saint a politician a scientist a sportsperson a writer Improve an article by: adding references adding categories Review an article Romano Volta • Suzanne Carrell • Mullá Husayn • John Gilchrist (linguist) • Thomas Brattle • Answer requests for comments Work on the Portal Portal:Biography Assess an article Assessment requests Unassessed articles Assessment Progress Biography articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Core Other ??? Total FA 35 1,634 1,669 FL 205 205 FM 616 616 A 1 131 132 GA 41 8,388 8,429 B 98 40,602 40,700 C 33 172,778 172,811 Start 1 765,483 765,484 Stub 1 1,030,128 1 1,030,130 List 8,202 8,202 Category 12,409 12,409 Disambig 3,908 3,908 File 31,292 31,292 Project 214 214 Redirect 3 44,874 44,877 Template 3,924 3,924 NA 15 15 Assessed 213 2,124,803 1 2,125,017 Unassessed 23,995 23,995 Total 213 2,148,798 1 2,149,012 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 10,842,680 Ω = 5.37
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DYKnow (nom)

• ...that Simon Sainsbury who had given funds to establish the Judge Business School in the old Addenbrooke Hospital in Cambridge also gave £100 million of paintings to UK galleries? User:Ham nom by Victuallers 16:55, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

OK? Got a better picture? I see you are into art ... do you know where we could find a pic of one of his pieces of art? Cheers Victuallers 17:06, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Try here (only the pre-1930 paintings in the bequest) or here. It might be a better 'hook' for DYK if you mention Nichola Serota's quote about the importance of the gift to the Tate, or that Sainsbury was descended from the founder of the supermarket chain. Good work on the article by the way; I left a lot of gaps which you've filled nicely. Ham 18:49, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

On November 7, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Simon Sainsbury, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Well done folks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:47, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for making the Leonardo template better. You did a great job fixing it up. Remember (talk) 15:11, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Also thanks for your work on the Michelangelo template as well. If you want to fix up more of my templates, check out the following