User talk:SteveStrummer/Archive 1

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Notability of Stanislav zhukovsky

A tag has been placed on Stanislav zhukovsky requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

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For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Torchwood Who? (talk) 05:05, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Result was Speedy Keep, 24 March 2010.SteveStrummer (talk) 04:17, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:NowYouSeeIt-TimesSq2009.JPG

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Copyright tags added 1 March 2010. SteveStrummer (talk) 00:26, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

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File removed from userspace upon notice; replaced with text-only link. SteveStrummer (talk) 00:22, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Red Rockers

Hello! Your submission of Red Rockers 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! Yoninah (talk) 19:03, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Rejected: not enough references. SteveStrummer (talk) 05:17, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Abel Douay

Hello SteveStrummer. I wanted to thank you for your significative contribution to the Abel Douay article. I wanted to expand it when I have spare time but I see that you did a very good job I could not have achieve myself. talk —Preceding undated comment added 22:08, 12 December 2010 (UTC).

I'm grateful for your kind words, thank you very much! SteveStrummer (talk) 22:37, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Vuvuzela

Hello SteveStrummer. Thank you very much for your contributions to the Vuvuzela article. The sentences are much better to read.  Davtra  ^(talk) 01:52, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

And I thank you for all your very valuable contributions to the same article! I only wish I hadn't summarized my initial edit that way: it probably sounded rude but be assured I was laughing and just meant it in a merry way! The sound of vuvuzelas makes me a little boisterous... :) SteveStrummer (talk) 02:11, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

No worries about the edit summary. However, I agree completely with it. My aim was to keep it concise and clear, but I couldn't do it because my brain had a "burnout" from looking at this complete mess while I was making the major edits. Your edits are making the article "sharp" to read and it reduces the clutter. I believe many people (that I've seen on Wikipedia) can't do that. Keep up the great work! Cheers,  Davtra  ^(talk) 03:45, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frederick Kimber Seward

Hi. Good work researching this. It's a mess; can you fix it? - Richard Cavell (talk) 11:41, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you!! I did some work on it just now and left full explanations on the Discussion page. SteveStrummer (talk) 13:07, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Well, it's all settled now. Now I bet the page will get deleted anyway! Bleah. Research is exhausting. I need a walk above decks. :P SteveStrummer (talk) 19:04, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Fridtjof Nansen

Thank you for adding File:Norway-Stamp-1935-Fridtjof Nansen.jpg to the Nansen article. The article is still being constructed, and care and consideration needs to be given to the choice and placement of images. I have temporarily withdrawn the image, though I hope to reinstate it later when the article is in a more finished state. A better place for it might be the "Legacy" sction which has yet to be written, and for which I don't have an image at present. Incidentally, the present licensing of the image is wrong. There is a licence appropriate to postage stamps, though I can't remember offhand what it is, but this will need to be fixed before the image can be used. Brianboulton (talk) 10:10, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for writing! If you discover a license appropriate to Norwegian postage stamps (or a general PD license made exclusively for stamps), please let me know. I have searched through Commons and can find no example of either one. I used the "PD-old" license template because this page on Commons recommends it, but since you don't want to use it, I'm just going to delete the file. If you'd like a copy of the image for your personal use, or to post later with another license, just let me know and I'll send it to you. You could also use this Commons file which is the same stamp in red with a cancellation mark: it has the same "PD-old" license though, as do all the other files in Commons Category:Stamps of Norway. SteveStrummer (talk) 23:25, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

I would have been happy to use it, if it was available in the public domain, but the chances are that it is not. Some countries free their stamps from copyright while others don't. I've not been able to establish Norway's position, but Sweden maintains copyright over its stamps, and since Sweden and Norway were united until 1905 it seems likely that Norway will have the same policy. The widespread use of PD-old licences on Commons is often meaningless, especially when "author's death plus 70 years" is claimed without knowledge of the author's identity. Brianboulton (talk) 12:11, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Welcome!

Welcome!

Hey, welcome to WikiProject The Clash! We're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to The Clash (including individual members' work). If you haven't already, please add {{User WPClash}} to your user page. A few features that you might find helpful: Most of our important discussions about the project itself and its related articles take place on the project's main discussion page; it is highly recommended that you watchlist it. There is a variety of interesting things to do within the project; you're free to participate however much—or little—you like: Want to jump right into editing? The Goals, Projects, Tasks and Guidelines sections show things you should include. Want to know how good our articles are? Our assessment department has rated the quality of every Clash related article in Wikipedia. Check it out! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask another fellow member, and we'll be happy to help you. Again, welcome! We look forward to seeing you around! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:04, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Todo: Highest priority Expand all articles related to The Clash Fair use Add fair use rationale to all images and sound samples (all except images already labeled free use). Resize large "fair use" images to less than 300 pixels, @ 72dpi. Articles Try to expand all songs stubs if possible. Some song stubs can not be expanded and should be redirects to the album. See WP:NSONG. Expand album articles (all). Remove Trivia sections (trivia sections should be avoided in favor of presenting information within the framework of the article's main text). To Create: The Right Profile, Hate and War, What's My Name? (song), Cheat (song), Protex Blue, 48 Hours (song), Johnny Green (manager), List of awards and nominations received by The Clash, List of The Clash concerts, Category:The Clash tours... (see project pages Songs and List of The Clash concerts) To Destub: (see: Category:Stub-Class The Clash articles) To Expand: (see: Category:Start-Class The Clash articles and Category:C-Class The Clash articles) To Improve to GA-Class:: (see: Category:B-Class The Clash articles) To Improve to Featured standard:: (see: Category:GA-Class The Clash articles) To Nominate at WP:FAC: The Clash, London Calling Needing attention Current activity: Article alerts To Clean up: none (or all). Please, see: Cleanup listing Lists to complete: List of The Clash concerts, Genres Wanted Pics/Graphics: Gary Barnacle, Terry Chimes, Tymon Dogg, "Every Little Bit Hurts", Ellen Foley, "Groovy Times", The Latino Rockabilly War, Keith Levene, London SS, Ray Lowry, Sandy Pearlman, "Pressure Drop", Bill Price, Red Rockers, Bernard Rhodes, Nick Sheppard, Ray Staff, Strummerville, Kosmo Vinyl, Vince White (see: Category:The Clash articles needing photographs) Maintain: none (or all) Collaboration: none To Deorphan: none To Remove: none Project building Add WikiProject The Clash banner {{WPClash}} to all appropriate talk pages of all Clash-related articles. Add/update assessments for all project pages. Personally invite quality editors working on The Clash articles to join the project. Project Discussions: The Clash WP Talk If you complete one of these tasks, please remove it from the list and add your achievement to the project log.

Well, I gave a quick look at Red Rockers' article and it seems to be a good job. I will check it out again and thanks for joining our project. If you need help ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:04, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Re: Mistakes...

I've just done some minor edits to the Red Rockers article. I introduced a History section (same as in The Clash) but I do not like the Later years section (it seems to me that the band has not disbanded yet.) What about "Aftermath: 1986–present"? It would be great to have a copyright FREE photo of the band for the band template. I like to use {{Cite book}}, {{Cite journal}} and {{Cite web}} for citing sources so they will be formatted automatically, but many editors do not like those templates because of their code. There is currently no consensus on a preferred citation style or system for Wikipedia, but the following one works well: Author Surname, Author First name (yyyy). Title in italics. Publisher location: Publisher. p. X. OR pp. X-X. ISBN X-XXXXXX-XX-X.
If you need help or you are not sure about something, and for everything else, feel free to drop me a message. Cheers. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:40, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

I see, thank you! The headers change looks great, and all the other changes are right on too. I don't understand the "Later years" vs "Aftermath" difference though - can you elaborate? I am definitely still looking for a free photo and I will hastily post it when I finally obtain one. Personally, I get a headache from the Cite templates: but if I ever try to edit a Clash article that uses it, I will call on you for help :) And thank you for pointing out my weird tic of adding "See" to the page numbers-!? LOL That's a habit I will drop right now. I suppose I'd better be more assiduous with the Publisher/Location info too. I tend to skip that for very modern books because their provenance is so often hyper-conglomerated: I'd rather just rely on the ISBN, but for wiki consistency I'll include it in the future. Thanks again, SteveStrummer (talk) 10:17, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

The section title suggests (to me) that the band is still active (the later years of the band) and yes the "See" is unnecessary because when you cite a book it requires the pages relevant to that citation. And yes again, the publisher location is not required nor so important.

It is not very difficult to use those templates. For example, the most commonly used fields in {{Cite book}} are:

{{cite book |title= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= |publisher= |location= |isbn= |page= |pages= |url= |accessdate= }}

If you want to cite pages 12-14 of the book Flashbacks to Happiness: Eighties Music Revisited written by Randolph Michaels and published in 2005 by iUniverse located in Lincoln, NE, United States (ISBN=0595370071; OCLC=62869054). Then simply copy all these values into the template:

{{cite book |title=Flashbacks to Happiness: Eighties Music Revisited |last=Michaels |first=Randolph |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2005 |publisher=iUniverse |location=Lincoln, NE, United States |isbn=0595370071 |page= |pages=12-14 |url= |accessdate=Ocotber 2, 2010 (OR 2 October 2010 for articles written in British English —"The Clash" for example) }}

...remove the unused fields (or leave them as they are) and it will produce:

Michaels, Randolph (2005). Flashbacks to Happiness: Eighties Music Revisited. Lincoln, NE, United States: iUniverse. pp. 12–14. ISBN 0595370071. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

I frequently use WorldCat to get the correct values.

{{Cite web}} is easier to use. The most commonly used fields are:

{{Cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate= }}

...so

{{Cite web |url=http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/User:SteveStrummer |title=User:SteveStrummer |author=SteveStrummer |date=Ocotber 2, 2010 |work= |publisher=Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |accessdate=October 2, 2010 }}

...will produce:

SteveStrummer (Ocotber 2, 2010). "User:SteveStrummer". Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved October 2, 2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

Enclose one of those templates between the opening and closing tags for the REF element <ref>template code here</ref> (and eventually give it a name <ref name="SteveStrummer">... for reusing it: <ref name="SteveStrummer" />) and you will get those references become visible in the references list at the bottom of an article, if there is one of course. The greatest advantage in using those citation templates is that we can change the citation style simply by changing the code of the citation templates and not millions of inline citations scattered here and there on 3,431,292 articles. Well, this is much more complicated to explain than it is to use (^___^)!

Please, next time use the {{Talkback}} template by placing it on my talk page, so I will be notified that you have responded or have a question (here) on your own talk page. All the best. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 17:57, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Pjoef, thank you!! That's a very clear and helpful explanation! I'm going to try to incorporate the Cite style into all my future contributions. I feel privileged that you took the time to privately mentor me: everything I've learned about WP has been through my own inspection and deduction, and I'm very grateful that you've helped me along like this. SteveStrummer (talk) 23:29, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

I see now what you mean about the "Later years" header, and I've changed it. What do you think of the new one?SteveStrummer (talk) 23:35, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

I'm a little disappointed that the article is apparently rejected for DYK (see below). Despite eighteen citations, I guess there are still too many statements which are unsupported. Any observations or help you could lend would be greatly appreciated! SteveStrummer (talk) 23:41, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

You are more than welcome!
I never had to deal with the DYK nominations process, so unfortunately I can't help you there or offer you any ideas. If possible, provide the sources for all of those paragraphs. The DYK additional rule #2 seems to be clear.
About the inline citations and their styles, there is not a precise rule. It's good practice to use the same citation method throughout the same article (per consensus).
The new section title is perfect (I replaced the minus sign with an en dash).
Best! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:24, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Red Rockers

I was trying to help you with this article and I searched the web for "Rat Finks" "Red Rockers". I haven't found a lot of info regarding this band, but there is an interesting article about the Rock scene in New Orleans (better link from the official website of the magazine). It's from OffBeat, a New Orleans magazine. I added it to the first section, second paragraph of the article. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:54, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Very interesting article, and a great catch by you-! Thank you for putting it in the article! SteveStrummer (talk) 21:58, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes, it's very interesting. It's a pity that there isn't very much about Red Rockers. Have a great week ahead. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:02, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Re: ...Cite style ... WPClash ... Typewriter2Mac

I'm glad of that. And, if you need help with your "happy editing" on Wikipedia I'm here and I'm happy to help!
Try Linux and discover a new world (^____^)!
Please, add {{User WPClash}} (code: {{User WPClash}}) or alternatively Category:WikiProject The Clash participants (code: [[Category:WikiProject The Clash participants|{{subst:PAGENAME}}]]) to your user page (if you want of course.)
Best! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 06:58, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Hey, I need some help-! :) I'm wondering why you don't seem to use the VCITE format (all the refs at the bottom in References, all the cites in Citations, and a separate Footnotes section). I was comparing the code between The Clash and John Lennon and I think I much prefer Lennon's: it's really the same thing, just very clean and organized, don't you think? Not that it would be worth changing an existing article, but wouldn't it be a good way of working on a new or unreferenced article? I'd love to know what you think! Plus if possible, maybe you could help me with a problem I have with it-? I keep getting an ampersand in my some of my Citations, right between the author and date, when they are the second or later entry for a reference: ever see that before? Thanks in advance, SteveStrummer (talk) 01:58, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

I did not know about VCITE templates before. They are not in the How-To guides. I read something about them. It is used for citing sources in medicine and does not embed bibliographic metadata. So it is faster than other cite templates (it requires less resources), but it does not produce standard style citations (APA, Chicago Manual of Style, Harvard, MLA...). Also, I know that John Lennon was a musician and a peace activist, but not that he was a MD/PhD (^____^). What I know is that John's birthday is today 9th of October. So, you choose the right article at the right time (^____^). Thank you for the tip. I'll check VCITE out and I'll let you know what I think. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:55, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Can you take a look at Giuseppe Cerutti as an example? I added a couple of references using the VCITE template and I can't tell how its citation style differs from others (apart from parentheses in the citation dates). I'm also unsure about what bibliographic metadata you mean: can you explain? Lastly, how did you determine that this is a format used medicine-? I've seen it now in several feature articles, none of which are medical-? Thanks again! SteveStrummer (talk) 23:24, 9 October 2010 (UTC) Update: OK, never mind the last question: I just read the article about the Vancouver system. :) SteveStrummer (talk) 23:54, 9 October 2010 (UTC) Update - From looking inside more and more featured artciles, I must admit that the Vancouver system is almost never used. This seems to be its principal drawback, which is disconcerting, because the system itself seems to me to be plainly superior: logical and concise, it utilizes extremely clean code, which should be a major benefit to collaborative efforts like WP. I do hope you'll help me look into its failure to catch on, and give me advice about using it in a couple of major rewrites I'm planning for the future. Thanks again, SteveStrummer (talk) 01:56, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

About the meaning of "bibliographic metadata", see: Wikipedia:COinS and the Rationale for VCITE; for the English Wikipedia guidelines, see Wikipedia:Citing sources. But, let's see what happens when we use VCITE and CITE for the same source:

Book

• VCITE
  • Last Name, First name. The Title. Publisher; 10 October 2010. ISBN 0738900826. V. p. 4–14.
• CITE
  • Last Name, First Name (10 October 2010). "V". The Title. Publisher. pp. 4–14. ISBN 0738900826.
• BY HAND
  • Last Name, First Name (10 October 2010). "V". The Title. Publisher. pp. 4–14. ISBN 0738900826.

Generated HTML for "Book"

• VCITE
  • <span class="citation">Last Name, First name. <i>The Title</i>. Publisher; 10 October 2010. <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0738900826" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 0738900826</a>. V. p. 4–14.</span>
• CITE
  • <span class="citation book">Last Name, First Name (10 October 2010). "V". <i>The Title</i>. Publisher. pp. 4–14. <a href="/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" title="International Standard Book Number">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0738900826" title="Special:BookSources/0738900826">0738900826</a>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=V&rft.atitle=The+Title&rft.aulast=Last+Name&rft.aufirst=First+Name&rft.au=Last+Name%2C%26%2332%3BFirst+Name&rft.date=10+October+2010&rft.pages=pp.%26nbsp%3B4%E2%80%9314&rft.pub=Publisher&rft.isbn=0738900826&rfr_id=info:sid/wiki.riteme.site:User_talk:SteveStrummer"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span>
• BY HAND
• <span class="citation book">Last Name, First Name (10 October 2010). "V". <i>The Title</i>. Publisher. pp. 4–14. <a href="/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" title="International Standard Book Number">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0738900826" title="Special:BookSources/0738900826">0738900826</a>.</span>

Note: the red on yellow part contains the metadata

Journal

• VCITE
  • Last Name, First Name. The Title. Journal. 10 October 2010;IV(10):4–14. doi:10.1136/bmj.302.6772.338. PMID 2001512. PMC 2082983.
• CITE
  • Last Name, First Name (10 October 2010). "The Title". Journal. IV (10): 4–14. doi:10.1136/bmj.302.6772.338. PMC 2082983. PMID 2001512.

News

• VCITE
  • Last Name, First Name. The Title. The Work. 10 October 2010.
• CITE
  • Last Name, First Name (10 October 2010). "The Title". The Work.

Web page

• VCITE
  • Last Name, First Name. Wikipedia. The Title; 10 October 2010 [Retrieved 10 October 2010].
• CITE
  • Last Name, First Name (10 October 2010). "The Title". Retrieved 10 October 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |home= ignored (help)

Conclusions

The main difference is that VCITE does not generate COinS metadata (and there should be a reason why standard templates generate metadata). But, using the VCITE template implies:
1. It generates a non-standard output (it probably is good for articles about medicine and for citing sources such as medical journals. Personally, I think that doctors do not write well because their writing style is not understandable to a general audience (take a look at their prescriptions ~ hahaha) and the Vancouver system exactly reflects this;
2. authors and coauthors need to be manually formatted because VCITE does not have last1, first1, last2, first2 parameters as well as many others.
The Vancouver system is specifically designed for publications in the medical field. Wikipedia is not a medical or scientific publication, so, even in the presence of a reference to publications of that type, and also considering that there is no consensus in Wikipedia about which citation style to use, IMHO it is best practice to use the same method already in use in an article. Best. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:54, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Well, I wouldn't have changed any existing formats anyway, but that's beside the point now: the more I look at VCITE, the less enamored I am. While I still think it's true that its code is nice and clean, I must admit that the finished references themselves are a little cluttered and distinctly less appealing than standard CITE. Also, though I still don't have any good idea of what the bibliographic metadata does, I will take it on faith that there is some utility to it. For my part, I will continue using the standard CITE format. Thank you for the very clear review! Until next time, SteveStrummer (talk) 17:04, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Are you in love with a BEEPING template??? But wait, that's a whole family of templates /o\, and they do not look very good at all /o\ (^____^)! I'm kidding of course!
In few words, COinS is a method to embed bibliographic metadata in HTML. Its purpose is to allow software to publish machine-readable bibliographic items and client reference management software to retrieve bibliographic metadata on the Internet. For example, we can send the metadata to an OpenURL resolver to find a book in a library near us. Isn't great?!
If you have any problems/questions or need any help, just message me! Bye for now. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 17:54, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Women's March on Versailles

Monsieur, allez à ma page, s'il vous plaît. Aurevoir, --Frania W. (talk) 06:05, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Steve, une autre réponse vous attend chez moi. Bonne journée. --Frania W. (talk) 16:01, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Très bien, Steve, je serai à votre disposition dès que vous vous y mettrez. Cordialement, --Frania W. (talk) 02:02, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Images

Hi, File:Skip-Humphrey C-Span-interview 1995.jpg and File:Skip Humphrey C-Span-interview-1995-02.jpg are nominated for deletion as replaceable fair-use images. Regards Hekerui (talk) 12:44, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Posted explanations for both images. Deleted by admin PhilKnight 2010-10-31 with edit summary: (F7: Violates non-free use policy: lack of explanation as why a free alternative can't be created). SteveStrummer (talk) 05:00, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Ace in the Hole (Cole Porter song)

Funny how it always takes until the article hits AFD for people to scramble for sources, huh? If I hadn't AFD'ed it, it'd still be a pathetic, unsourced, one sentence stub. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 04:30, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

If you hadn't AFD'ed it, I would never have heard of the song at all. I don't listen to much jazz. But it only took me a few minutes to assemble that info. SteveStrummer (talk) 04:36, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion and merge/delete

Steve, just to let you know, per Wikipedia:Merge and delete, merging and then deleting is not an option on Wikipedia. Our copyright requires editors to be credited for their work - if we merge, and then delete the original, the attribution for those original contributions are lost, which is a violation of our copyright conditions. D O N D E groovily Talk to me 02:58, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

I see... I really did not know that, and I appreciate the illumination. I'll strike my votes down to Delete. SteveStrummer (talk) 03:41, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Portal:The Clash (9 November 2010)

Hi SteveStrummer! As a member of The Clash WikiProject I thought I would let you know that The Clash portal went live today 9 November 2010. At the moment, the portal has 7 selected articles (Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, London Calling, Paul Simonon, Topper Headon, Rock the Casbah, and Should I Stay or Should I Go), some other articles are still in development and more will come in the future, 7 albums (London Calling, Combat Rock, Sandinista!, The Clash, Give 'Em Enough Rope, Super Black Market Clash, and Cut the Crap), 14 pictures (all covered by a free license; for the full list please check out this page), and 50 hooks for the DYK section (full list here). There are also sections on categories, topics, wikiproject, related portals, associated wikimedia, and more. Take a look when you have a second. Cheers. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 23:11, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Sats

Unfortunately, I live in America and The Sats don't release OR chart here. IHelpWhenICan (talk) 19:25, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Yanji

Hello! Your submission of Yanji 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! 28bytes (talk) 22:40, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Expanded: it might be 5x now? SteveStrummer (talk) 08:10, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Yanji

Materialscientist (talk) 18:03, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Excellent work. Would love to see further article expansions of other Chinese cities.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:12, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind words. They are very encouraging. SteveStrummer (talk) 21:48, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Abel Douay

Materialscientist (talk) 06:29, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Meilleurs vœux !

File:Tour eiffel feu artifice.jpg

Bonne Année 2011 ! --Frania W. (talk) 22:33, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Merci! et vous aussi!! SteveStrummer (talk) 22:49, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Merci pour le joli petit lapin!

I do not make New Year's resolutions, only "wishes", then they either come true or they don't!

--Frania W. (talk) 23:58, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

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Forest of Compiègne

Steve,

Madame went through your forest & left a hidden note at the Office of the Grand Veneur, which was not "long-abolished" when Napoléon III came to power. Created in the Ancien Régime, it was abolished at the time of the Revolution & was re-established by Napoléon I, kept during the Bourbon Restoration, and may not have existed during the July Monarchy - Louis-Philippe was not a hunter, and during his reign, the domain of Rambouillet with its great forest, a great hunting ground, was not in his liste civile. If you check the fr:wiki, you will notice no mention of the July Monarchy[1] - but then, that's only eighteen years, which I do not consider "long" as far as the office being "abolished", if it was.

Also, I think the title of the article should be "Forest of Compiègne" instead of "Compiègne F/forest" to keep in style with the other two important former royal then imperial forests near Paris, which in en:wiki have title of "Forest of Fontainebleau" & "Forest of Rambouillet".

Hope this helps. Cordialement,

P.S. I will look at the "marche" some other time & leave notes here & there also - we can't have your "march" stall, but there is so much else to do, specially outside of wikiland.

--Frania W. (talk) 04:13, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

This helps greatly, thank you! It's very nice of you to lend your time this way, and I really appreciate the support. I will incorporate all your advice, including the title change. I'm not very clear on the page-moving procedure, but I'll see what I can do. Thank you!! SteveStrummer (talk) 05:08, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Steve, tout le plaisir était pour moi. À la prochaine !

--Frania W. (talk) 00:53, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Forest of Compiègne

The DYK project (nominate) 12:06, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Happy 10th Anniversary of Wikipedia!

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Frania de Lutèce (who much prefers champagne) - a.k.a. --Frania W. (talk) 18:48, 15 January 2011 (UTC) has bought you a whisky! Sharing a whisky is a great way to bond with other editors after a day of hard work. Spread the WikiLove by buying someone else a whisky, whether it be someone with whom you have collaborated or had disagreements. Enjoy!

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Le moulin de Valmy

Bonjour,

Here is another link to the history of the mill & its recent rebuilding

• http://www.moulins-a-vent.net/Moulins/valmy.htm

after the last one was destroyed during the hurricane (Lothar)[2][3] that hit northern France on 26 December 1999.

Cordialement,

--Frania W. (talk) 12:30, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Nikolai Bukharin

Dear SteveStrummer, I have seen your name in the page on Nikolai Bukharin and I ask your help. There are mistakes in the text of this article on Bukharin. I tried to correct one, about the first wife of N. Bukharin, but there are others. If you can read in French, you can see the page on Boukharine, in French, and you can use the references I have given, specialy on a letter of Romain Rolland. Thank you very much--Maurice Andreu (talk) 15:35, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Dear Maurice, thank you for writing. I would be very pleased to help with the Bukharin article, although I am by no means an expert on the man. I will do some research and add what I can. It would help if you could specify the particular sections where you have the most concerns. I can see right away that the topic of his wives needs clarity. I myself added the reference for Anna Larina which you removed and mentioned on the Talk page. While it is certainly necessary to mention his first wife, I don't understand why you deleted the Larina material entirely: I see your point about the apparent chronological discrepancy, but I think that could have been cleared up by adding more information rather than deleting it. Perhaps a separate subsection for Larina would be helpful? SteveStrummer (talk) 01:19, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

I've added a few things to the article so far, and I will keep it on my radar. If you would like to converse more but have difficulty in English, please feel free to respond in French. (Unfortunately, I cannot write much in French, but I can read it well enough.) Au revoir, SteveStrummer (talk) 20:33, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

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Fait

Steve Strummer,

Suite à votre demande, je me suis rendue là[4].

J'ai séparé "marketwomen" et "churchtowers". Maybe you want to keep them in a block.

Cordialement,

--Frania W. (talk) 04:28, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, Frania! I greatly appreciate your proofreading, but I'm a little dismayed that these are your only comments. Is it because you are displeased by it? SteveStrummer (talk) 06:00, 6 March 2011 (UTC) PS: I've left replies to your embedded notes on the sandbox talkpage. SteveStrummer (talk) 06:37, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Cher Steve,

I am not at all displeased by your text & these were my only comments because I went through it only once & the details on which I called your attention sont ceux qui m'ont sauté aux yeux.

Please continue with it and I will try to check it more often.

I am very "occupée" outside Wikiland... as you can see by scrolling up & down my contributions which, except for participation in a couple discussions, have been very skimpy lately.

I will try getting back to our subject & put down my questions to you.

Cordialement,

--Frania W. (talk) 14:20, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Frania, I've posted the article as it is. My enthusiasm for participation in Wikipedia is flagging and I simply wanted to move on. Please continue to edit the article in mainspace as you see fit. I offer you my deepest thanks for all your collegial help and friendly communication. Sincèrement, SteveStrummer (talk) 20:40, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Bonjour Steve,

"My enthusiasm for participation in Wikipedia is flagging." Pourquoi?

Will contact you when I have a question about the article.

Cordialement,

P.S. I may be away from Wikiland & not check my talk page, but you can e-mail me.

--Frania W. (talk) 12:54, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for The Women's March on Versailles

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:05, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Overprints

I like your sandbox. If you are interested in obtaining hi-res scans of commemorative overprints from Cuba, 1920's and 30's, let me know. There were five of them, all on airmail stamps + three overprinted souvenir sheets. In 1950's there were a few on regular mail. email me and I will attach to return. Bobdatty (talk) 00:53, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your interest. I would always be glad to collaborate on an article, although I haven't done much with Overprint for a long time. I don't want to upload anything by myself because I am completely unfamiliar with Cuban copyright status, but I would be glad to include any overprints that you add to Commons. SteveStrummer (talk) 01:17, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Supposedly it is non-expiring. That is why I only upload Spanish and US Cuba to Commons. I thought you might like it for personal use, however. Bobdatty (talk) 20:50, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

I did not realize how many there were. I now count 29, including 3 souvenir sheets, but excluding, of course, Muestras or Specimens. This in just 56 years of the Republic. Bobdatty (talk) 23:45, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

That's very kind of you – I would definitely enjoy seeing them! Thanks in advance. SteveStrummer (talk) 01:22, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Would you be interested in co-authoring a 3 to 6 page article for the Journal of the International Cuban Philatelic Society? Emphasis on Cuba, obviously. You would do the part on overprints in general and tying in general knowledge. I would do the Cuban part and editorial work. All articles are bilingual (Spanish and English). Reply robert.littrell@comcast.net BTW, the count is now up to 33. I forgot the rebel takeover of Cameguey in 1917 which resulted in 4 "transitional government" overprints. Count: 13 surcharges, 9 commemorative stamp overprints + 3 on souvenir sheets and who knows how many specimens. Robert Littrell Bobdatty (talk) 05:22, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

I now have a draft for such an article 3 pp long + fairly complete listings of overprints, also 3 pages. Many jpg's at 600 dpi. Need your email to send it. Bobdatty (talk) 04:12, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Are you interested? Bobdatty (talk) 14:59, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Reply sent to your email. SteveStrummer (talk) 23:04, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Jean-François-Auguste Moulin

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

En réponse à votre message

Bonjour Steve,

Please go there[5] and to article.

Aurevoir,

--Frania W. (talk) 02:17, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Ephraim Emerton

Gatoclass (talk) 06:03, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for Henryk Kuna

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Template:Terrorism

Thanks for your edit on the template. I'm newly involved there and the additions was on-purpose to get more views. I confirmed your point on the talkpage, and just reverted History of terrorism. Yes you're right, and thanks again for the input. ~ AdvertAdam ^talk 20:30, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for understanding, and good luck with the terrorism project! SteveStrummer (talk) 22:46, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Olfert Fischer

Materialscientist (talk) 16:05, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

French Revolution

Not sure if these comments should be here or elsewhere (or have a title like this one) - just wanted to say that your work on the French history articles is impressive! Soboul's historical dictionary of the French Revolution really is superb. -Darouet (talk) 05:52, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Thank you so much, I really appreciate that! I'm glad to meet someone with a similar enthusiasm for French history, particularly the Revolution. I hope we'll find some opportunities to collaborate in the future. Also, thanks for the nod to Soboul, he's certainly a trusted favorite of mine. :) SteveStrummer (talk) 20:32, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Laurel nobilis

not sure how to do this, but steve, one of the laurel images is a cherry laurel and anohter is the california bay laurel.... just look at the veination for the californial laurel, it is not a member of Lauraceae, and the cherry laurel leaf has minute rosid dentition. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Koibeatu (talk • contribs) 19:59, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Please just delete them from the article, like you would delete any other text. (It would be great if you could also change their given descriptions on Commons and let the original uploaders know.) If you need help, just ask. Thanks for spotting the mistakes. SteveStrummer (talk) 20:05, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Protected areas

Hi Steve, and welcome to WikiProject Protected areas! Please feel free to make suggestions for improvements or discuss current proposals on the WikiProject's talk page. Cheers, --Elekhh (talk) 07:25, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! SteveStrummer (talk) 13:56, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Versailles and Valmy

Thank you for your comments on my minor contribution to The Women's March on Versailles. I actually felt a bit guilty about editing this very well written and balanced article - however I felt that the role of the defending forces (however ineffectual) deserved a brief elaboration.

Yes I will be glad to have a look at the Battle of Valmy article. However like the Flanders Regiment I may just mill about in confusion and then vanish! :) Regards Buistr (talk) 02:59, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Your ban on freemasonic topics

I can't understand why you censor freemasonic assessments. Are you a freemason hater? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.228.39.56 (talk) 13:49, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

King of Vandals ==

I hate vandals and stevestrummer. He has Vandal blood. I want DNA test. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.228.39.56 (talk) 19:25, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Ah, Freemason-guy... you're the best. SteveStrummer (talk) 22:59, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau

Well, it may be funny but I noticed right now that in September 4th 2011 you reverted my edit about his illuminati membership considering nonsense. Well, I must inform you that he is at the german wikipedia's version of the category for quite a lot of time and surely if my german were better I could find a source.

P.C.

Are your german good in order to find it yourself/help me find it?--193.92.219.45 (talk) 20:13, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the offer but I have no intention of spending any time on such research. As I'm sure you know, the concept of the Illuminati is a notorious fabrication that was discredited long ago and is never raised by any serious scholar of history. If you wish to expand articles under the topics of Illuminati or Freemasonry, I can assure you I will not interfere, but please do not insert such material into histories or biographies. SteveStrummer (talk) 21:13, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

Patriot's Park

You're welcome. I had actually decided to expand the article after creating the one about the nearby Edward Harden Mansion (now the school district's offices) for WP:NRHP, since the park is also listed and right next to it and there was already a picture and stub on it. I should probably get down there sometime and take more pictures (I didn't take the one used). Daniel Case (talk) 19:21, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

I know! I took it :) SteveStrummer (talk) 19:26, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Lists of Russians

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DYK for Froze-to-Death Mountain

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 16:03, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Scarlet Ibis

Orlady (talk) 00:03, 19 December 2011 (UTC)