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Kubrick

How many Kubrick films have you seen? Have you seen Barry Lyndon? It strikes me as a film you'd enjoy, 18th century garb and all.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:24, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Not even Spartacus? 2011 Space Odyssey is one of the best films I've seen at least in terms of mind expansion but it is a bizarre film which a lot of people won't enjoy. Lolita and Clockwork Orange are also favourites of mine. I strongly recommend watching 2001 and Clockwork some time at least!♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:29, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

The big attraction of 2001 for me though is the visual. It's a visual/technical masterpiece. The psychadelic-like space scene is one of the greatest moments in cinema IMO. I can imagine at the time is came out the hippies would trip out to it on LSD! Amadeus and Barry Lyndon though I think are definitely ones you'll enjoy, knowing you liked Tom Jones.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:38, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) by way of Dr Blofeld's talk page. I hope you will forgive the intrusion on your talk page Ser Amantio di Nicolao. I just wanted to second everything that DB is telling you. Also, I want to let you know that Kubrick used the novels that he adapted as a starting place and not a road map for his films. By that I mean that the films can be very different than the books. Also, for some viewers, K's visual imagery can overwhelm the plot. It also should be noted that in the case of 2001 the book was (to a certain extent) being written at the same time as the film was being made and there are some big differences. Perhaps the most notable one is that in the book the "Discovery" is traveling to Saturn but in the film it is headed to Jupiter. The story I've read is that K was dissatisfied with the FX of Saturn's rings and made the switch after it was too late for Clarke to change the novel. This memory is 35 years old at least and DB can fix any errors I've made. If you like period film then Barry Lyndon is a must see. I was in college when it came out and I had two professors tell me it was the most historically accurate film they had seen. I've often described it as a true "motion" picture as scene after scene looks like a painting of the period and then the action commences. Apologies if this is a bother. MarnetteD | Talk 20:15, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

The Ebert review is worth a read. Yes, a lot of the scenes do look like Gainsborough landscapes as Ebert says. A beautiful film technically I think.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:34, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

For the record, my top 5 Kubrick films are:

1. 2001
2. Dr Strangelove
3. Barry Lyndon
4. Paths of Glory
5. The Killing

Enjoy! Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 13:20, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

Obviously 2001 and CLockwork are wonderful mind changing films but I actually think The Killing is the most stylish and smartly constructed of his films. It might not have the outlandish ingenuity of them but it's one of the best crime films I've ever seen.. Not sure Ser if you still recat but I've started Category:Writers from Lima, you might be interested in splitting Lima further, if not, no worries. Hope you're well.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:41, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

I've emailed.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:06, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Flickr uploads

Hi, I wonder if you might be able to help me. About six weeks ago an Albert Herring uploaded many images from Flickr. Unfortunately quite a number were duplicates of images already uploaded to Wikimedia. Do you know how to find someone with a bot which might remove the duplicates (preferably Albert Herring's the others were more carefully categorised). Here's a f'r instance. Thanks, Eddaido (talk) 10:47, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Meetups coming up in DC!

Hey!

You are invited to two upcoming events in DC:

• Meetup at Capitol City Brewery on Saturday, January 25 at 6 PM. Please join us for dinner, drinks, socializing, and discussing Wikimedia DC activities and events. All are welcome! RSVP on the linked page or through Meetup.
• Art and Feminism Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, February 1 from Noon – 5 PM. Join us as we improve articles on notable women in history! All are welcome, regardless of age or level of editing experience. RSVP on the linked page or through Meetup.

I hope to see you there!

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Ghana

How is your AWB holding up, last time I heard it was playing up or something? Just wondered if you could use AWB to go through Category:Populated places in Ghana sub cats and ensure that the infoboxes are replaced with the full empty parameters and flags, replacing the existing boxes like this. Most infoboxes are short and problematic for adding coordinates. Obviously ignore the ones which already have maps in though!.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:44, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Gaugengigl

Thanks for all the categories. I must learn how to use HotCat, 'cause its pretty frustrating doing it by hit and miss. WQUlrich (talk) 00:57, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

got a question about an article i am reviewing Irukandji jellyfish

Hello again,

I have been away for a few months (life and paid work intervened!) but now I am back. My first question is about getting to IRC rooms on wiki... somehow i found my way to a chat room and it was very useful but today I can't seem to get there from here. Talk doesnt do it... can you give me a road map please?

The reason I wanted a chat room involves the Irukandji jellyfish page - in the second paragraph under biology, it states that Its venom is very powerful, 100 times as potent as that of a cobra and 1,000 times as potent as that of a tarantula.[citation needed] so i went looking for a reference to cite... and could not find any valid research where they compared jellyfish venom with cobras and tarantulas. What i found was that this statement is being quoted all over the internet, from the wiki article, even though there is NO evidence that it is actually true. I wonder if whoever wrote it, just made it up because it sounded good. Frankly that is why, when i was a science teacher, I tried to get my students to look beyond wikipedia!

Ok so what do I do? I am trying to get in touch with researchers at James Cook University here to find out if there is any research that validates this statement but there has been a cyclone going through and they are not answering their phone calls at the moment. Perhaps tomorrow.

In the meantime, I thought I would ask you what you would do... removed the offending statement? Add to the [citation needed] saying that it is not verifiable at this point? If JCU can provide no evidence for this statement... then am I allowed to remove it? Or change it to be less definite? I was thinking something like: "It is believed that the venom is more powerful than that of the cobra and the tarantula, but this needs to be verifed with research."

Happy New Year and thanks for your help! Reefswaggie (talk) 05:09, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

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Coming up in February!

Hello there!

Our February WikiSalon is coming up on Sunday, February 23. Join us at our gathering of Wikipedia enthusiasts at the Kogod Courtyard of the National Portrait Gallery with an optional dinner after. As usual, all are welcome. Care to join us?

Also, if you are available, there is an American Art Edit-a-thon being held at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Professor Andrew Lih's COMM-535 class at American University on Tuesday, February 11 from 2 to 5 PM. Please RSVP on the linked page if you are interested.

If you have any ideas or preferences for meetups, please let us know at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/DC.

Thank you, and hope to see you at our upcoming events! Harej (talk) 18:42, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

February 2014

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Can you help with Category:Washington DC politician stubs?

Haven't run into you lately ... don't be a stranger! :)

Hello, Ser A., seems like ages since we first met at that event at Cosi's. I see you were involved in this original proposal ... Can you help with Category:Washington DC politician stubs? Djembayz (talk) 16:06, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Some stroopwafels for you!

Thank you for categorizing the Natalie Smith Henry article! Ctufarolo (talk) 21:46, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

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Minister of this and that

I saw you added some categories to Louis Bernard Bonjean - thanks for that. Among others you added Category:French Ministers of Commerce and Industry, and you added and then removed Category:French Ministers of Agriculture. I put back Category:French Ministers of Agriculture. I am not sure about this. It must have come up before...

Bonjean was Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, a single ministry and administrative organization at the time. There was also a ministry of Navy and Colonies and a ministry of Education and Religious Affairs. Later, all three of those organizations were split in two, and then merged into different combinations. Sometimes a minister held two portfolios. Louis Henri Armand Behic was minister of Agriculture and Commerce and also Minister of Public Works in 1863-67, but these remained separate administrative units. I suppose there are two ways to look at it:

1. The category reflects an area of responsibility like Agriculture, Commerce, Industry or Public Works. None of these categories should contain the word "and"
2. The category reflects an administrative structure that existed for a period of time, like "Agriculture and Commerce", "Agriculture" or "Agriculture and Industry".

I think I prefer the first, but am not sure... Aymatth2 (talk) 18:06, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

The U.S. seems to have been extraordinarily stable in the ministries and administrative structure. Most countries change them around more often. This is more than just name changes. With France the Ministry of War once controlled land forces, and the Ministry of Navy and Colonies controlled sea forces and places reached by sea. Later, the ministry of Navy and ministry of Algeria and Colonies were separated. Today the Ministry of Defense controls land and sea forces, and the Ministry of Overseas France controls what were the colonies.

When I look in Category:Government ministries of France I do not see the obsolete Category:Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce (France), Category:Ministry of Navy and Colonies (France), Category:Ministry of Education and Cults (France) etc. I suppose I could just create them and others and start re-categorizing articles. That seems a bit bold. What do you think? Aymatth2 (talk) 23:24, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

I have made a start with Category:French Ministers of Agriculture and Commerce. It may take a while to sort them all out, but it is a start anyway. Aymatth2 (talk) 02:53, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

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Removal of categories

Why are you removing categories for when towers were completed? This is a valid category tree. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:42, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Yes, it does seem odd, but not all lighthouses are towers. So while most are, not all are so the parent category can not be listed as a child of towers. The same is true for houses. Many towers come with a house but not all. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:50, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

I just saw Gull Rocks Light. I did not add the other categories since I was not sure, but for this one it looks like the added categories should be Category:Houses completed in 1887 (the light is on the top of the house) and Category:Towers completed in 1928. So one category is inaccurate if it implies other things that may not be true. If you want an article with category overkill take a look at International Convention to Facilitate the Importation of Commercial Samples and Advertising Material. Have a nice day. Vegaswikian (talk) 20:01, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Albert Wachi

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DC Meetups in March

Happy March!

Though we have a massive snowstorm coming up, spring is just around the corner! Personally, I am looking forward to warmer weather.

Wikimedia DC is looking forward to a spring full of cool and exciting activities. In March, we have coming up:

• Evening WikiSalon on Wednesday, March 12 from 7 PM – 9 PM. Meet up with Wikipedians for coffee at the Cove co-working space in Dupont Circle! If you cannot make it in the evening, join us at our...
• March Meetup on Sunday, March 23 from 3 PM – 6 PM. Our monthly weekend meetup, same place as last month. Meet really cool and interesting people!
• Women in the Arts 2014 meetup and edit-a-thon on Sunday, March 30 from 10 AM – 5 PM. Our second annual Women in the Arts edit-a-thon, held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free lunch will be served!

We hope to see you at our upcoming events! If you have any questions, feel free to ask on my talk page.

— Harej (talk) 05:11, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Thomas Coglan Horsfall & Manchester Art Museum

Thanks!(Msrasnw (talk) 08:23, 13 March 2014 (UTC))

An exciting month of wiki events!

Hello there,

I am pleased to say that April will be a very exciting month for Wikipedia in Washington, DC. We have a lot of different events coming up, so you will have a lot to choose from.

First, a reminder that our second annual Women in the Arts Edit-a-Thon will take place on Sunday, March 30 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Coming up in April, we have our first-ever Open Government WikiHack with the Sunlight Foundation on April 5–6! We are working together to use open government data to improve the Wikimedia projects, and we would love your help. All are welcome, regardless of coding or editing experience. We will also be having a happy hour the day before, with refreshments courtesy of the Sunlight Foundation.

On Friday, April 11 we are having our first edit-a-thon ever with the Library of Congress. The Africa Collection Edit-a-Thon will focus on the Library's African and Middle East Reading Room. It'll be early in the morning, but it's especially worth it if you're interested in improving Wikipedia's coverage of African topics.

The following day, we are having our second annual Wiki Loves Capitol Hill training. We will discuss policy issues relevant to Wikimedia and plan for our day of outreach to Congressional staffers that will take place during the following week.

There are other meetups in the works, so be sure to check our meetup page with the latest. I hope to see you at some of these events!

All the best,
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AWB

Hi, any chance you could use AWB to remove the list of films from the Category:Indian films?♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:59, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

Nice one thanks. I can't think of anything offhand!♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:35, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

How are you doing. Did you tackle any of those Welsh struct templates afterwards? One thing you could do is AWB some of the remaining talk pages of Category:Civil parishes of County Clare and Category:Parishes in Diocese of Killaloe with WikiProject Ireland/or and WikiProject Christianity. The civil parishes don't need the Christianity template but the RC parishes do. There should be a lot Aymatth created needing tagging! Going through Aymatth's contributions might give you a few France and politics project banners to add too. I know you approve as highly as myself of the work he does.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:37, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

Have you seen Look Back in Anger (film)? Best performance I've seen from Burton. If you think that Niven won the Oscar for his snotty performance in the rather crappy Separate Tables and Burton didn't even get a nod it's crazy. I've seen all of the films which had Best Actor noms in 1958/9 and Burton's was better than all by far.♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:56, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

I do agree with quite a lot of the Oscar wins, but there are some really wrong ones!

Well, some cinematic commercial tripe like Thor could have always won Best Film, it's not all that bad! I must say that I've enjoyed most of the Oscars wins and noms I've seen.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:54, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Category:Chadian cuisine

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A barnstar for you!

	The Copyeditor's Barnstar
	Thanks for helping to make the John Mockler (politician) page more compliant with standards. Little things like that make working on Wikipedia a pleasure. All best. Victorianist (talk) 17:34, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Two edit-a-thons coming up!

Hello there!

I'm pleased to tell you about two upcoming edit-a-thons:

• This Tuesday, April 29, from 2:30 to 5:30 PM, we have the Freer and Sackler edit-a-thon. (Sorry for the short notice!)
• On Saturday, May 10 we have the Wikipedia APA edit-a-thon, in partnership with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, from 10 AM to 5 PM.

We have more stuff coming up in May and June, so make sure to keep a watch on the DC meetup page. As always, if you have any recommendations or requests, please leave a note on the talk page.

Best,

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Thank you

... for reviewing "Vitaphone Pictorial Revue". I realize these film short series have limited interest among movie fans, but I was trying to get all of the major short subject series produced by Warner Brothers accounted for here. Silly me views all of these long lost short films as "fallen trees" in the forest that deserve some attention today. Jlewis68 16:14, 29 April 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jlewis68 (talk • contribs)

May 2014

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Talkback

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Pizzo Carbonara trail network

Hello, I write to you because I wish to report that actually detailed maps of Pizzo Carbonara and surroundings indeed exist. So the information you have given it's not completely true. It's 1:25000, I know the exact name, but I think to avoid advertising I can't post it in Wikipedia..

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ss central America ship

I'm very interested in the ship of gold. I read on the Huffington Post a science experiment was pulled from the wreckage. Good place for the mythical philosophers stone.

Mr. Prescott — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.87.96.8 (talk) 15:28, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

I see updated one month ago Paul Fong. Does he still live In cupertino ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.228.216.160 (talk) 19:52, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

I see updated one month ago Paul Fong. Does he still live In cupertino ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.228.216.160 (talk) 19:54, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

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Meet up with us

Happy May!

There are a few meetups in DC this month, including an edit-a-thon later this month. Check it out:

• On Thursday, May 15 come to our evening WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space in Dupont Circle. If you're available Thursday evening, feel free to join us!
• Or if you prefer a Saturday night dinner gathering, we also have our May Meetup at Capitol City Brewing Company. (Beer! Non-beer things too!)
• You are also invited to the Federal Register edit-a-thon at the National Archives later this month.

Come one, come all!

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Miley

Groan groan, just when you thought she couldn't get more embarrassing [1] .... BTW have you noticed User:Mvblair. Always good to see a quality editor from places like Costa Rica. We're gradually seeing more of this from such countries, it can only get better over the next decade as Internet access increases!♦ Dr. Blofeld 06:11, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

Too many projects

For name lists, I don't think we need the dab project attached. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:19, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Yeah what's up with that? You added them to lists last time like they should be. None of them are disambiguation pages. —Xezbeth (talk) 19:27, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

AWB new release

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Category:Insects of Andorra

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Thanks

...for your amazingly quick and helpful response to the Edward Bromley article. Sjwells53 (talk) 20:48, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

Pour quoi?

I don't understand, WikiProject Disambiguation states that {{WikiProject Disambiguation}} is not to be used 'to create talk pages that have no discussion'. So why was it added to Talk:Arthur Holmes (disambiguation)‎ and Talk:St John Berchmans College? I have no issue with it being added whatsoever. Is the WikiProject out of date? Should its policy on its project banner be updated? Happy editing. Pjposullivan (talk) 02:54, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

RfC

This is a neutral notice to someone who has edited Desireé Cousteau that there is a Request for Comment there. --Tenebrae (talk) 01:19, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	You've been busy creating talk pages for a lot of articles that don't have them. Thank you. Walter Görlitz (talk) 07:20, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Why thank you *blush* Nice way to start the holiday weekend. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:11, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Hey, how do you search for all album articles that don't have talk pages? I have a long-term project of assessing all unassessed album articles. I had got it down from over 40,000 to 29,000 (not just me, of course) before you added this new group of albums. I'd love to catch them as they are created if I can. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 03:18, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. No worries on the delay or the added work. I know what I was getting into when attempting to tackle this task. Better tagged than not tagged, so you are helping the cause and the project. I appreciate you getting back to me. Sorry about your computer. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 04:49, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

The Golden Coach

Have you seen this?♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:38, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

I suspect you'd enjoy it!♦ Dr. Blofeld 06:52, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Amazing how much the Internet has come along in the last few years. I remember when I started on Argentine films in 2007 they seemed like merely imdb database entries. Now you can often see the whole film online on youtube or vimeo and often there's enough hits in google books or on websites to compile something half decent! Three Men of the River I think can be further expanded. I've begun working on the Argentine oscars, so much work to do! It makes it much worth while when you know there is interest online about them in Argentina and Spanish wiki and the films can be seen. When I started Spanish wiki had like 20 films I think. It has now overtaken us with like 1800 odd! Most of them have critical analysis too and decent content. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:43, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

A fair few hits!♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:50, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Menomonie-dab page

Hi-Do you have time please to do a dab page on Menomonie? There are dab pages of Menomonee and Menominee. You may want to look at the Menomonie, Wisconsin (Dunn County, Wisconsin) page at the hatnotes for information. Menomonie, Wisconsin, Menomonie (town), Wisconsin, Menomonie High School, Menomonie Blue Devils and Menomonie Airport could be added to the Menomonie dab page. Thanks as always-RFD (talk) 11:19, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Many thanks-Excellent work-RFD (talk) 13:24, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Washington, DC meetups in June

Greetings!

Wikimedia DC has yet another busy month in June. Whether you're a newcomer to Wikipedia or have years of experience, we're happy to see you come. Here's what's coming up:

• On Wednesday, June 11 from 7 to 9 PM come to the WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space. Hang out with Wikipedia enthusiasts!
• Saturday, June 14 is the Frederick County History Edit-a-Thon from 11 AM to 4 PM. Help improve local history on Wikipedia.
• The following Saturday, June 21, is the June Meetup. Dinner and drinks with Wikipedians!
• Come on Tuesday, June 24 for the Wikipedia in Your Library edit-a-thon at GWU on local and LGBT history.
• Last but not least, on Sunday, June 29 we have the Phillips Collection Edit-a-Thon in honor of the Made in America exhibit.

Wikipedia is better with friends, so why not come out to an event?

Best,

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Ronald Daniels (Leroy Brown)

I was wondering if you have any knowledge of children living family members — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.51.223.237 (talk) 18:49, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

Better description for an image

Greetings: Please take a look at your image File:Alexandria Academy.jpg and add more description and a better category. Thank you so much! Cheers! Ellin Beltz (talk) 17:27, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Typos in Brazilian river articles

Back in 2009 you started two pages only 10 minutes apart: Juína-Miriam River and Camaratê River. Unfortunately, both names include typos: Juína-Miriam River is actually Juína-Mirim River, and Camaratê River is actually Camararé River (both are left tributaries of the Juruena River, and fairly easy to see on google maps too). There are no rivers with the names of the current articles (as these wiki articles have been around since 2009, unfortunately quite a few wiki copy pages have popped up, but if check there are no valid pages using these names -- if not familiar with this part of Brazil, it is always a good idea to check these smaller rivers using the Portuguese name.)
Could you please move them to their correct names. Thanks, 62.107.220.107 (talk) 21:11, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

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Skogssamer

Hi, you seem to be a good editor. I would appreciate it if you could take a look at the Skogssamer article that I have created. For any improvements that you can find. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:10, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

@BabbaQ: Amazing article. I've just rated it. OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 12:56, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Film talk pages

Hello! Thanks for all the work that you've done in adding film articles to {{WikiProject Film}}. Just a couple reminders, please don't add the banner to articles about people. The film project does not cover actors, filmmakers, screenwriters etc.; those people are covered by adding the parameter |filmbio-work-group=yes to the {{WikiProject Biography}} banner instead. Also, the film project does not use the importance scale, so please do not add the |importance= parameter, it will just take up unnecessary space. Thanks again, and keep up the good work! Fortdj33 (talk) 18:28, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Writers versus poets

Hello, Ser Amantio di Nicolao. I see you've been recategorizing a lot of biographical articles in the "Writers from…" categories to "Poets from…" categories. While it seems all of these people are indeed poets, many of them are famous not only as writers of poetry, but also as writers of prose. For example, David Morice is not just a poet, but also a writer of novels, reference books, and other prose. Your removal of Category:Writers from Missouri in this case is in error, at least according to the non-diffusing subcategories guideline. Could I please ask you to review your recent recategorizations, and to re-add the "Writers from…" category for those cases where the writer isn't noted only for their poetry? —Psychonaut (talk) 10:47, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

I'm going to go through the categories once I'm done and have a look-see at what needs re-doing. I should've been done with part 1 of the categorization last night - would've been, had I not decided to go out for a bit of a carouse instead of coming home and editing like a good little Wikipedian. Either way, part 1 should be finished tonight, and I can move on from there. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 13:31, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your response, and for reviewing your tags. However, they still don't seem to be quite right. To continue with the David Morice example, in this edit you removed Category:Poets from Missouri but left Category:Writers from Missouri. But since Morice is both a poet and a prose writer, WP:DUPCAT indicates he should be in both categories. —Psychonaut (talk) 13:44, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

I take your point. But my thinking is, since a poet is a writer (just a more specialized sort), then the category "writers" should be sufficient. What would help the matter, I think, would be to have a separate "prose writers" category for every state, and to go from there. Whether or not that's a viable idea, I don't know. (See the business with "male actors" vs. "actresses" - I had thought that "actors" would be sufficient in that case.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:56, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

I understand your thinking, and agree that a "prose writers"-like category might be helpful in reducing confusion. But until those are created, it seems clear that "Poets" should be treated as a non-diffusing subcategory of "Writers" as explained at Wikipedia:Categorization#Non-diffusing subcategories. The "Poets" categories should be tagged with {{Distinguished subcategory}} if they aren't already. —Psychonaut (talk) 17:18, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

I don't really know, to be honest. I only created six, to fill out the US; someone else started them. Who, I don't know. I'll look into it some more a little later on. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:21, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

Hi! Yes, now I know the difference between "childless" and "childfree". I supposed it is the same so I wrote it in Matilda's article. - Mychele

The Great American Wiknic and other events in July

I am pleased to announce our fourth annual picnic, the Great American Wiknic, will take place at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, July 13 from 1 to 5 PM (rain date: July 20). We will be hanging out by the statue of Dante Alighieri, a statue that was donated to the park in 1921 as a tribute to Italian Americans. Read more about the statue on Wikipedia. If you would like to sign up for the picnic, you can do so here. When signing up, say what you’re going to bring!

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