User:Dr. Blofeld/December2009

Excellent work - congratulations! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:55, 1 December 2009 (UTC) Well, if you do, I think I know who's going to have a shot at being our second editor to break 500,000 edits... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:04, 1 December 2009 (UTC) He does, yes - check out the latest Signpost. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:18, 1 December 2009 (UTC) Lastest-but-one, sorry. Here you are. Mind sharing the interview? --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:33, 1 December 2009 (UTC) Perhaps - I'll look later. In the meantime I have things to attend to around here. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:49, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Shey Palace

Hi!

Here is one more monastery article coming your way. It is at User:Nvvchar/Sandbox 1. There is another artcile titled Shey. History section of this could probably be transferred to the Shey palace article. It may also be better to change the title of the main artcile on Shey Palace to Shey Monastery. Some copy editing would be required. If you can muster more photos it would be good.--Nvvchar (talk) 02:37, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for posting Shey Palace on DYK. The second paragraph of the architecture section appears to be a repetiton. The Buddha photos are also duplicates. Shall I make the needed changes? I also saw your edits on my artcile on Bijapur Fort and tags on facts. I have added more references and links now. --Nvvchar (talk) 21:41, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Nepal

{{Infobox Nepal Zone}} has been converted, although it was only being used on two pages, so I just substituted it. {{Infobox Nepal district}} has been converted as well, but is still being transcluded on the ~75 district pages. It could potentially be substituted as well. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 03:38, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Toledo, Spain

Sure enough; it needs attention. I'll see what I can do in the next few days, bearing in mind that the new job has really cut down my editing time. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:43, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

File:Jokhang15.JPG

Can you identity this popular Tibetain Buddhist symbol? Is there a wiki article about it. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 06:24, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Is it Dharmacakra? --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 06:31, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Shanti Stupa is DYK nominated. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 03:46, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I am planning to expand Thikse on User:Redtigerxyz/Shanti Stupa. Feel free to join in. I like to expand places I have visited, Stok is not one of them. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 12:42, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I will be reaching India on 3rd night. I am leaving just now. Will you kindly look into the reviewer's observations under Ratha Saptami DYK hook? I will attend to other articles from 4th onwards. --Nvvchar (talk) 15:08, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the star. I want to expand Diskit Monastery too, but I don't have the time now. Will expand it after 23rd. Also Nvvchar's contributions in Thikse are notable. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 12:10, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Actually there is too much image crowding IMO. Thinking of removing the lower set of images and thus moved the top floor image. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 12:33, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Tried a combination (current version) but looks too crowded. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 13:19, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Do we need keep all images, we have a link to commons right. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 13:20, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

IMO, we have a consensus on the images, though 1 more img from assembly hall can be removed , middle one. though i will not insist.--Redtigerxyz ^Talk 13:37, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

1. they are not lama quarters 2. I was thinking of removing only 1 image, not all. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 13:59, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

2. was just a clarification, I thought I misrepresented my thoughts. Sorry for the discomfort. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 14:12, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

I thought you thought they were lama quarters as the image does not have an image description, the caption was added by me (I assumed that you had not visited the gompa). "You had previously removed those photos and then you object to me removing them again." I was reorganizing the images but since both of us were working on the same issue, they seemed to be in conflict. Like the instance, when I removed the images at bottom was previewing their combinations and permutations, you had already instated the images. The mistake I committed was that I did not clarify in the edit summary that I was re-adding them in an upper section and so I did then you removed the images yourself. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 14:27, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for understanding me. I leave the Tikse images matter to you and Nvvchar. All the best for you and Nvvchar for expanding the other Ladakh monastery articles. Sorry to have troubled you. Confession: I am a little fussy. ;) --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 14:33, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

And it's so nice to have you back where you belong...

Wilkommen, bienvenue, and all that good stuff. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:32, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Damn the torpedoes - full speed ahead! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:43, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

László Németh and Gábor Preisich

Sure, we will have a look at those in the next couple of days. György Györffy was listed for the Herder Prize too (in 1988 IIRC) but does not appear on the list. I don't know really where one would find that out— Google hits are largely mirrors of Wikipedia, as far as I can tell.

Out of interest, why do you care so much for the Hungarian articles? I don't think you are Hungarian or have much direct relation to the country. Or is it more that you are interested in a subject field and encompass whatever the nationality is? Si Trew (talk) 16:03, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

We've had a look at both of these, prepping to translate, but time wounds all heels and we have not actually made the translation yet.

At the Gabor Preisich article, there are lists of works. The buildings designed are of the following form:

Year. Budapest XXXXX. some text. (Name name).

I am not sure how best to convert this. First, I am not sure if the year should come first, though it seems sensible really to do it that way. (But in the following section on books, the year comes last.) The XXXXX is a Roman numeral indicating the district of Budapest. We are not sure what the name afterwards means. It is a personal name. I dunno if it means the person who commissioned the work, or who carried out the work, or what. If you have any clue, given the hints I have given you, could you please let us know? We can of course just translate the names verbatim but am not sure of their significance.

I think you may have somehow confused last december with this december when archiving or something, as I only posted it less than an hour ago. Perhaps I am touchy, I am sorry, had a hard weekend in real life, I apologise. Si Trew (talk) 18:39, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

That leads me to another point, which is that this translation malarkey is not easy. Which is why it takes quite a while to translate what might seem like a straightforward article, after we do searches for terms, make sure we have the right people when we are wikifying, and so on. (And no doubt still get it wrong sometimes.) So, while I am glad you take an interest in these articles, may I suggest you feed us no more than one every two weeks. That way, we can get our own projects done on the battles of the 1848 revolution rather than spending all our time translating your own fancies. It is my own fault for saying it is nice to be fed on demand, but we do have our own projects too. Of course if there is anything particularly urgent that needs translating, we would be willing to do do so at least as a rough sense of the meaning we could post to your talk here.

Very best wishes Si Trew (talk) 12:02, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

The Németh article is quite long and laborious to translate. We can do it, but it will take a little time (likely to finish this weekend). In the meantime, we would prefer it if you held off editing it, beyond obvious typos etc. For example, your added info that he died was already present in the lead and the infobox, and yet there was much more info that needed to be placed into this section, we had only got about half way through it. You omitted, for example, that he died from (of?) a stroke. Well, it can be counterproductive to then add that information as if it were translated, since we had to translate it properly anyway.

Similarly, we can't see why you removed the {{Expand Hungarian}} and {{Under construction}} tags, since it was we think quite clear that there was more information that needed to be expanded. And the former template quite clearly says that having expanded the article (which I take to mean, as fully as one intends to) then a template should be placed on the talk page. You didn't do this, and you can't have your cake and eat it: if you want to expand the remaining parts of the article go ahead, but you did request us to do it, and we were surprised – to put it nicely – that you had removed these tags when we were just taking a couple of days' break to have some real life.

Best wishes as always Si Trew (talk) 16:55, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

We've finished the Life section and I have split into his literary and non-literary careers, of course this breaks the chronological order but on the other hand seems to me to keep the two subjects separate, as indeed he seemed to (he did not write on dentistry, for example). We just have to do the "Works" now, and probably will cut that quite a lot, since one critique of one work (Isymny) is almost a whole sheet of A4 which seems way too long for an overarching biog.

I've just edited the other one to put the awards in the Herder Prize. At Németh, the pic in the infobox was deleted from Commons as not meeting the licence criteria (see chat under my username at Commons) but we see you added it back in. Let it have its fate, whichever way it is. The others should be OK as original authors' work.

Part of the reason it takes so long is we have to check all kinds of literary links, many of which are not in HU:WP so have to check all kinds of other sources to make sure we have it right. Thanks, yes I think we have done a good job so far. User:Monkap is going to do the rest of the translation during the week and we'll put it in at the weekend, she only has Apples during the week and has no accents, so she might as well dictate it to me and we do the accents and linking and anglicising during that stage, which seems to work well for us.

You may want to check Attila József to which I have added a basic {{Infobox writer}} but if there is more info that can be put in that, it might be useful for you to do it. He also has a prize named after him, but Attila József prize (which Németh won) is a redlink. I think the English on that article is a bit out of kilter, too, but don't really want to tidy it up now. Just the Hungarian sticks through a bit into the English, it doesn't run very naturally to my eye.

Best wishes Si Trew (talk) 17:16, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

When archiving did you maybe forget today is 1 December so it got included in that sweep? Oh well, I don't mind if it was an honest mistake. Si Trew (talk) 18:41, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Well it is probably best to take these things to the appropriate talk page anyway, but you seem to prefer it to be on your user talk page (and reply on the respondent's). Yes probably very touchy, I had an inspection of my flat today, a month early, and frankly am fed up with them for that and probably taking it out a bit on you. Thanks for pointing that out cos I don't feel touchy myself, as long as I know you are in good faith then these small annoyances, from both sides, I hope we can AGF and make Wikipedia better. Si Trew (talk) 18:44, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Well they like to do an inspection every three months, which I have never heard of before in my life. Sheesh this place is always clean but I don't expect someone to barge in a month earlier than what they said they will. I pay my rent on time every month and expect a quiet life. I've been ill the last couple of days so Monkap has done all the cleaning, and feel a bit guilty about that. My table is so clean you could eat your dinner off it. Plus we have spent about 50 quid this weekend rewiring the bedroom (amongst my few talents I am a qualified electrical engineer) and I won't see any of that back I expect, let alone any thanks for my labour, but they will no doubt suggest that there was mud on the carpet cos he didn't take his boots off. Sorry to have a go at you, actually we really enjoy editing Wikipedia because we can use parts of our brains that don't often get used in real life, I know ideally the two should be kept separate but when one has to bring one's own knowledge to what is really quite difficult then I think naturally the two get mixed up sometimes.

Very best wishes, I am glad you didn't just walk away from bothering with it (I have had that before and really all we can do is translate the best we can, we are not experts in the subjects, just try to give others a good jumping off point to improve from) Si Trew (talk) 18:54, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Yeah I live in Cambridge, the missus lives in St Neots but it is fairly easy to get between em. Dry but very cold today. Si Trew (talk) 19:05, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Németh is FINISHED. YAY! That was a really hard one. Some other articles we have improved along the way a bit. Si Trew (talk) 15:30, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

That would be cool, to be on the DYK. The existing refs are probably good enough, it's just quite common on HU:WP not to use inline citations, so I will have to look it up in the Hungarian. What kind of fact or facts did you have in mind? I would suggest (deliberately not linking here):

• That the celebrated Hungarian writer László Németh started his career as a dentist?
• That the celebrated Hungarian writer László Németh was awarded the Soviet Union's Order of the Red Banner in 1961?
• That the celebrated Hungarian writer László Németh married the daughter of a publican?

I presume the aim is to put something unusual, but of course he is unlikely to be known to a wide English-speaking audience. Si Trew (talk) 16:01, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I am back!

Back since the weekend and I see you're back under your old name! Lugnuts (talk) 19:21, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for trying to save the article for deletion while I was on holiday. Good to see the Dr back! Lugnuts (talk) 08:17, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I so missed you Blof!!! Shahid • ^Talk2me 21:25, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Yeh though it is not really of great interest to me. I'm now happy that you are back as Blof. I feel like an old friend of mine is back. Shahid • ^Talk2me 21:30, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Back as the....?

Hey, I saw you move your DYK page to your "current name", so I'm dropping by to greet your returning to the old and friendly name. :-) And the white cat is also coming back? --Caspian blue 21:32, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Oops, I missed to catch the white furry friend up there. --Caspian blue 21:33, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Are you sure S.P.E.C.T.R.E. didn't have anything to do with the disappearance of the Explorer? Dr.K.^praxis_logos 05:52, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Maybe its a Jekyl and Hyde thing. :D I rather prefer the bad boys myself. ;)Thelmadatter (talk) 14:01, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Long time :(

Thanks for the compliment... Im afraid it will take a LONG time to get all Mexican munis into shape. Oh well... will never lack for something to do on WP. Are you really bald? Someone once said that he didnt mind being bald... he had better things to do with the testosterone. :D By the way... there is a question with my Santa Clara del Cobre DYK nom, dealing with the photo I would like to use for it. Some claim its art, but I claim its an ordinary item.. a vase. Would like your opinion.Thelmadatter (talk) 17:44, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestions

Thanks for the help. Personally, I like the hotel column as-is because it breaks up the attractions by the hotel they're found in. This accounts for many of the attractions, and provides a link to more information about the hotel in the event an article hasn't been written about the attraction.

Also, I chose to embolden the attraction names, as they were of chief importance in the table and I wanted to add weight. After doing so, it may be too much weight, and a better result might be to color the column background a light gray, for example.

However, now I see that the article has been recommended for deletion? I didn't submit 1700 words just to have it get deleted the next day. Any help?Pintong (talk) 19:50, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Gary Busey

Mmmmyeah, that's nothing...dude's a wacko. Or at least a reasonable facsimile thereof. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 02:12, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Indeed. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:34, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

RFA...If ever?

Im shocked that a person that of your caliber has not becoem an admin yet. Have you ever thought about it? (PS. Good to have one of our top 10 editors back)--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 02:23, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Mmm, yes it is odd. Adminship doesn't interest me (unless they start paying people!) Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 15:30, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Mexican artists

Thanks for starting the articles on Julio Ruelas and Leandro Izaguirre. Youre right that Ill probably not get around to working on them. I mostly do geography articles with the occasional detour into a culture or history article (just rewrote Reform War) However, my geo articles frequently refer to Mexican artists (especially muralists) and it is good to at least have a decent stub on them, like you did with those two guys. Besides, my access is principally to Spanish-language sources, and their writing style tends to be ... shall we say ... flowery (see Reform War BEFORE I rewrote it)... esp. when it comes to history, cultures and art. It can be tedious to wade through all the praise and extraneous information to find information acceptable to English Wikipedia.ha ha ha Thelmadatter (talk) 16:09, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Equatorial Guinea

Hi, I just wanted to invite you to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Equatorial Guinea. Bab-a-lot (talk) 17:33, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

transwiki from pl wikipedia

Can you explain me how this process works? Can it be done by anybody, or only admins? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 19:11, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Where exactly should I add my name down? I am in particular interested if an article can be "moved" from one wiki to another, for example if an editor creates an article in English on pl wikipedia, can it be properly moved (transwikified), with edit history and all? Regular translations are not transwikification, transwikification means preserving article's edit history (or am I wrong)? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 19:33, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Regarding lists of missing articles, this may be useful. I fully agree there is a lot of to translate, I estimate at least 1/3 of pl wikipedia for example needs to be translated (my analysis). But do you know if an article can be transwikified in such a way that while it was created on Wiki A, it will show on Wiki B with a proper edit history, including edits made only on Wiki A? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 23:18, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Eres extraordinario !

Hola Dr. Blofeld, siempre admiro tu extraordinario trabajo en la creacion de miles de articulos nuevos para la Wikipedia inglesa, en total tienes mas de 58432 articles, Wonder. Saludos, cordialmente Globalphilosophy (talk) 21:38, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Muchas gracias amigo. Me gusta tu nombre usario!! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 21:41, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Hola Dr. Blofeld, si quieres traducir mas articulos, en esta pagina francesa hay cientos de articulos para traducirlos al ingles. Saludos, cordialmente Globalphilosophy (talk) 21:55, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Spain

Spain is underway, but taking a bit more human intervention that I had originally hoped. This is not a major problem, but it will take some time to complete. Basically, I am trying my best to merge information from both the ES and EN wikipedias, as well as, translating the Spanish when it can be done in an automated way. By the way, I know what you mean about the "travel guide", advertisements, and other random information: Alboraya. Thanks for the new additions to my to do list. It could be awhile, but it's good to keep things organized. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 01:12, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Rizong Monastery

Hi!

I am back in India. There is a reviewers note below the DYK hook. I am not able to find a new reference to strengthen the hook text. You may able to find something from your refrence books. Please do the needful or other wise you may like to post an alt hook. Thanks. I will be now attending to other articles. --Nvvchar (talk) 06:48, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Samode Palace

There is nothing much to write about Bassi Fort Palace (I know about it for the first time from your message). I could not find much of interest on the internet either. A better subject would probably be Samode Palace, which is very well known as a heritage hotel under the flagship name "Samode Group of Hotels" comprising Samode Hotel, Samode Haveli and Samode Garden, and all with rich historical background. But all these subjects may be treated as blatant publicity for hotel industry. --Nvvchar (talk) 13:29, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

I agree. Two is company and three is a crowd. Do I go ahead with Samode Palace since I have started it? Jet lag is hampering my progress. I am with you on any artcile that you suggest. Thanks for the alt hook on Riazong --Nvvchar (talk) 14:13, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

I have posted the draft article in User:Nvvchar/Sandbox 5. It is still not complete for transfer to the main space. Pl let me know if it will be acceptable on DYK. You may like to edit and also add additonal imgs as appropriate. Thanks.--Nvvchar (talk) 01:00, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

My inputs are complted. You may now like to add more text and imgs and nominate it on DYK. I am now working on Hawa Mahal.--Nvvchar (talk) 11:48, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Here is another article on Hawa Mahal in User:Nvvchar/Sandbox 3. I was looking for the DYK hook on the Samode Palace article.--Nvvchar (talk) 22:44, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Sorry. In Samode, I have corrected it to sixteenth century. Exact date is not available. So I have deleted the date of start of construction. --Nvvchar (talk) 13:51, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Nice Hook for Samode. Thanks. Did you know that I am now at 117 DYKs, the largest DYK contributor among all Indian Users of WP. You have been a great help.Thanks.--Nvvchar (talk) 14:30, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Shifted a reference to the lead linking to 953 small windows. --Nvvchar (talk) 16:06, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

It is ready to be moved to main space and DYK. --Nvvchar (talk) 16:28, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Ratha Saptami

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DYK nomination of Jacques Legrand (Mongolist)

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Template:Ladakh

The default blue does not look good, can you put in some bright Tibet colours. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 12:45, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Instead of Alchi Gompa, Bardan Monastery, .. repetition of the words Monastery and gompa, I suggest we converting into Alchi, Bardan.. What do you think? --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 14:24, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

1. Actually I meant given hidden links with repetition of the word "monastery" in the template. Comments?

2. I support any move to split Alchi monastery and alchi the village and other such splits (Hemis is too notable to not have an article), as they are distinct entities. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 14:31, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Rizong Monastery

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Materialscientist (talk) 18:01, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK matters

I replied on Dzongsar Monastery at T:TDYK. Regarding Jacques Legrand (Mongolist), I did read ref. 1 yesterday, but do not observe the statement on "first French ambassador to Mongolia" there. Indecent question, I've heard this account was bashed for something, how comes you're back here? Materialscientist (talk) 03:24, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Shey Monastery

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Samoa/District templates.

Hi, I changed colours of the templates if you can check if ok? Also, changed wording 'capital' to 'traditonal center' - I made notes on the templates' talk page.Teine Savaii (talk) 10:43, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Luiz Francisco Rebello

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Sensul iubirii

Hi, my good doctor, and sorry for the long absence: I had computer problems throughout this time, and decided not to return until I'd have made something of it. I finally did, but seem to have lost most of what I was working on "in vitro" :(. About your last post: there already are some articles floating about that could fit there (some volumes here and some scattered entries here, for instance), but I'll get around to addressing that and producing some badly needed articles on that with some of my future edits. You know the "global" approach. If you want to jump ahead of me and sort some of that in the meantime, I'd be grateful and cheering from the tiers. Dahn (talk) 19:28, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

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Template:Infobox Surfer

Aloha. This template is not displaying correctly in the pages where it appears (empty parameters are showing up). Also, I'm not entirely sure if we should be using a graphic in the name entry. Can you take a look at it and fix all occurrences of it in mainspace? Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 10:18, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Expansions

Indeed - glad to see our work bearing fruit. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:23, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps - I should be in the mood tonight. Would you be helping to expand them? --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:22, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Actually, I decided to take it easy - I might do a couple of stubs in a bit, before bed, but I'm not sure. Tomorrow, most likely, will be a better day for 'em. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 03:58, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

And the fish are out, as apparently I cannot access Fishbase on this connection. (Not the first time something like that's happened, believe me.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:38, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Well, this connection's temperamental, too - yesterday the Smithsonian Institution websites were unavailable, and today it seems everything's fine. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:46, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, that's my problem as well. Ah, well - House of Representatives of the Philippines has some redlinks that want filling... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:49, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Later, maybe - right now I have to get crackin' on some work. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:18, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Enjoy, though it's probably too spicy for such as I. Though that reminds me...ever try Nepalese food? There's a new Nepalese restaurant here in DC that gets good reviews; I've been meaning to try it sometime. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:03, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Bangladeshi? That's one we don't have in DC, I don't think. Funny, because we have three' Burmese restaurants in the area... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:05, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

There's a lot of Indian restaurants here - in fact, I think they're about as ubiquitous as Chinese now. Indian and Thai, too. Others less so, though I know of at least one Malaysian restaurant and one Indonesian one. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:33, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Apart from the fact that y'all have much nicer old homes than we do, for the most part? Nothing springs immediately to mind... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:56, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Ah, yes - I love it, too. In fact, we have a Tudor manor house in Richmond. This is a few minutes' drive from me... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:20, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Indeed. There's another one, too - look up "Virginia House" (there's no article on it yet.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:03, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Oho - I see what you did there. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:28, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

RE: Sub stubs

Yes thank you for the message i have found some sources and i will start to add references to the articles. Cheers Kyle1278 23:06, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

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Kathmandu

I have applied my thoughts to the articile framework on Kathmandu to be expanded. Based on articles of some major capital cities such as Delhi and London, I have the following suggestions for the section and subsection headings. It will take some time to cover all the sections. What are your suggestions? Another issue is of making changes and additions. Do we make it in the existing article itself, progressively?--Nvvchar (talk) 13:09, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

• Lead
• Toponomy or Etymoloy
• History - Pre-history and antiquity, medieval times, early modern times and modern times and contemporary
• Geography – Topography, status
• Climate
• Civil administration - Local and national
• Govt and politics
• Economy - national
• Utility services
• Transport -communications
• Demographics
• Landmarks and cityscape
• Culture –Music, Architecture, Arts
• Tourism (crucial for Kathmandu)
• Ethnic groups
• Religion
• Education
• Media
• Sports
• Sister cities
• Gallery
• Notes
• References or Bibliography
• External links

I have started. Please see this template :Kathmandu valley World Heritage Site (WHS) Monuments--Nvvchar (talk) 13:28, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunatley, I have travelled very little in England. I have to be sure of places before embarking on editing and adding to such erudite articles. By the way, I have posted the first draft on Kathmandu. It will be further edited and subtantially enlarged before transfer to main space.--Nvvchar (talk) 13:53, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Here is the link for the Karthmandu first draft User:Nvvchar/Sandbox 3. As a civil engineer, I am keen enthuisast in Architecture, but presently concentrating on Indian articles.--Nvvchar (talk) 14:27, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

I am working on it, but a little slow even for ‎my comfort. As regards Tamraparni River, I will post some references towards the end of the day.--Nvvchar (talk) 02:08, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

I have addded the references and also some text on the discussion page of the article Tamraparni River. I have also added some text to the Kathmandu article. I will add more later in the night. --Nvvchar (talk) 10:34, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Time line may be too much for expansion under the History section of Kathmandu. It will probably be better suited for Nepal article. As regards template design my knowldege is very limited. I don't know the procedure to put the text below the img in a template. You rae the expert.--Nvvchar (talk) 16:38, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I will act on it tomarrow. I am quite tired. By the way can you pl help with the tag on article on Jag Mandir?--Nvvchar (talk) 16:56, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

I have merged the time line inputs provided by you in the history section. But references need to be fitted. I will add more text on Art section today. I have posted a similar message on John Hills page.--Nvvchar (talk) 02:42, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

I have added text related to Art section, Kumari Ghar, Changunaraya, langauge, and history. Hanuman Dhoka is the same as Durbar sqaure hence it could be deleted. Similarly, Shiva Parvati temple is also not important and could be removed. It has become a very large article. Some pruning of text and also cluterred old images may be in order. I leave it to your judgement.--Nvvchar (talk) 15:33, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Yes. You are right. It lloks alright now. I will also add some references to the history section. How about changing the image infobox to something much brighter? The one in the gallery may be better. Before posting it on DYK we have to check the expansion. Considering this aspcet it may be better not to prune too much of text. You have yet to look to my request for Jag Mandir.Thanks--Nvvchar (talk) 16:41, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

I have been working on this article for the whole day and still a longway to go. I find User:Eukesh from Nepal has added some text. But we need references. But Ancient history has become too long. I have left a message on his talk page for fixing references. I have reduced the text of Modern History by removing most of PMs names. I have added text on Urban infrastucture, Christianity (may be you could get a picture from your friends in KTM), public health and small bit on tourism and just now on the acronym. But I have a few suggestions. One - the Notable Kathmandians section should be deleted or a separte article titled List of Notable Kathmandians could be created by user Umesh. None of the articles on World Capitals or Capitals of Indian states have this section. It is totally subjective and in no time hundreds of names will be added (in fact I can add a tleast two dozen names of my oold acquaintances during my service days who are very famous and notable). The list of politicians will be unending. Two - The section on History could be substantially reduced, otherwise it could invite a comment for shifting the entire text to another article titled History of Kathmandu. Some Imgs could be re-rarranged. I have done some. You are the lead, take a view.--Nvvchar (talk) 12:31, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Ref 12[1] and Ref 15 [2]. I could open both on my under Notes. Pl check.--Nvvchar (talk) 12:58, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for incorporating some of my suggestions. Map below the Infobox is also inside the infobox. It could be deleted or fixed to the left to give a bettwer setting for the section. I have finished for today. Too tired. --Nvvchar (talk) 16:31, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

I have removed most red links, added more text on National government at Kathmandu and also fixed references to facts. If user from Nepal gives some references for his inputs, the tag could probably be removed. John Hill has added his part with refernces. It has turned out to be the longest article of any city in thw world. I am off for a few hours.--Nvvchar (talk) 11:00, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Here is a friend's sincere wish to you for "Merry Christamas and Happy New Year 2010". Hope we will be able to push this article through to GA status in the New Year 2010.--Nvvchar (talk) 02:42, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

There is now a tag at the top of the history section from our friend for discussion. I will try to write a shorter abridged version next week, after which we can probably shift a major portion of the history section to a seperate artcile History of Kathmandu article. What do you feel about it?--Nvvchar (talk) 17:34, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Hawa Mahal needs more text

Hello! Your submission of Hawa Mahal 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! Binksternet (talk) 16:15, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

The reviewer has cut out the road conncetivity informtion from the article by about 350 ch and that has resulted in reduction of the length of the article toless tha 5x expansion. I have read your reply on the DYK page. I will try to find more info to add. Cheers.--Nvvchar (talk) 00:08, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

I have expanded with more text. Lot of time was spent toady in locating more references. Shall I record it on DYK?--Nvvchar (talk) 13:25, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Museum prods

Well, although I never was and will hopefully never become a museum fan, for some reason I am enjoying finding all these details all over Greece. I just found that this Pyrsogianni museum has very interesting material. Check the top link in English! A wandering tribe of stone masons going all over Greece and even further out! Anyway, I'll pass you any other impossible cases if I run into some. May your white cat prosper. Hoverfish Talk 19:02, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK issues

• Please don't take Binksternet seriously - they speak for themselves only
• Jacques Legrand (Mongolist) is on the edge of rejection and your input could possibly save it (if it is worth saving)
• Luiz Francisco Rebello can be saved easily, and your calm comment would help
• Dzongsar Monastery - we might get stuck there and you better say clearly whether ALT1 is Ok or you insist on your hook - I have no serious objections there. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 02:21, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

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Moldovan communes

My dear doctor:

• 1. Apologies for not replying sooner on the Romanian poetry issue. It's not something I have that many resources on hand, but I will be helpful (in a non-committal sort of way).
• 2. The good news about those communes is that there are only 5 districts left (plus two regions): then all done. The even better news is that villages are done as redirects, so we'll have 900 and not 1600 stubs.
• 3. I fully agree expansion and decorations are needed. All in due time. Again, good news: the List of localities in Moldova has all we need; all that remains to be done is copying and pasting to the district pages. Just bear with me a little longer. - Biruitorul ^Talk 06:27, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Dr. Blofeld, I have worked on creating List of localities in Moldova, List of cities in Moldova and Administrative divisions of Moldova. I will also be creating List of communes in Moldova (an alphabetic, not by district, list in one section, and list by population in another section), and ultimately Alphabetic list of localities in Moldova (which would contain also villages and ideally all alternative or dated names). Meanwhile, Biruitorul has been creating pages for individual communes. Interestingly, me and him have worked out from 2 different sources, hence once the job would be complete, if there would be no discordances, it would be a reliable list (less likely that we both have made exactly the same mistake). I only created a couple templates so far, but this is because I want first to have the correct names of all articles. In Moldova there is a large number of localities with the same name (and often with the same name as in Romania). A typical example: Frumusica. It is more logical to first solve all redirects, and then start linking them in more articles. We have done this for cities long ago, but not yet for communes. See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Moldova/Conventions for details. Obviously, I have the information about population of each locality. Also, I have specific info about several dozen communes. Also, I have more info about each district, and the article of each district would contain a correct list of localities in such a way that no redirects would exist. See for example Drochia district. I would be adding in this information. If you have more questions, please, let me know as well by dropping a message on my talk page. I would be very happy to clarify everything. Thank you very much for your interest in this topic and I hope to see you around. Dc76\^talk 13:55, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

New message

Hello Mr. Blofeld!! Do you still remember Mr. Dreamz?? -- Bollywood Dreamz ^talk 16:51, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm doing fine. I am currently off for the winter until January!! :D How are you doing?? -- Bollywood Dreamz ^talk 17:29, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

NO ONE can replace you buddy. It's great to have you back as the ORIGINAL Blofeld. :) -- Bollywood Dreamz ^talk 18:32, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

I am in no rush in promoting Kapoor's article. This time, I want to take things slowly.

Blofeld, I needed to ask you something else. As you know that the decision to become an actress was disapproved by Kapoor's father and she was single-handedly raised by her mother. In this interview, she talks a bit about her relationship betwen her father and her. Do you think that this should be added to Kapoor's "Early life and family" section?? -- Bollywood Dreamz ^talk 19:33, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Ugandan districts

Dr. Blofeld, Give me another 24 hours to give you feedback on the topic. Thanks.Fsmatovu (talk) 17:46, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Simenga

Remember this one? The one I couldn't find anything about; anything at all? Well, no wonder... I have recently laid my hands on a very decent 2007 atlas of Irkutsk Oblast, and at those coordinates I found a place called "Siminga" (yeah, a different spelling). Turns out, it's a place where a winter hut (OK, maybe a few huts) stand. It's definitely a temporary settlement, and, as such, it is not considered to be an "inhabited locality" (as per the term's legal definition). Even considering all inhabited localities to be inherently notable (a view to which I, by the way, fully subscribe), this one does not pass the muster—it's notability would be on par with a random hunters' encampment in a random forest. Why Hutchinson folks felt it necessary to include it is beyond me :)

That said, I have no clue what to do with this article other than AfD'ing it. Would you perhaps agree to {{db-author}} it yourself? It'd most certainly save everyone's time. If not, I'll just replace it with a one-liner (something like "Siminga is a winter settlement in Irkutsk Oblast...") and let the deletionists eventually deal with it :) Sorry for the bad news! Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 20:05, December 10, 2009 (UTC)

I'm quite certain. The place (using either spelling) is not mentioned in any legal document going back to the 1990s (not once!), a number of historical reference works on the administrative-territorial structure of Irkutsk Oblast never mention it, and of all the atlases I checked this one is the first one to show anything at all (and that "anything" is a seasonal winter settlement; quite possibly abandoned). I admit I can't with 100% certainty state that it was never populated full-time, but I am quite certain it was never a major town (not even a decent-size village)—those are all accounted for pretty well; even those dating back a few centuries. All in all, this stub is of no value. Thanks for speedying it!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 20:34, December 10, 2009 (UTC)

Tibet location map

Hi! Now it's your decision if you use file:China Tibet location map.svg or not. It doesn't show the historical region Tibet but the Autonomous Region. NNW (talk) 20:54, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Thankyou!! That's my Christmas present from the Nordster. Thanks mate! Aw if you are going to consider drawing a historical map of Tibet you'd likely spend several years arguing with people where the borders are. Not even I the Tibetologist know exactly what the frontiers were although I have a rough idea of the territory it included in Qinghai and Sichuan today. Cheers and Merry Christmas!! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 20:58, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

It seems as if I wasn't thinking (again)

Oh Doctor, Dear Doctor, I'm damaged! There's a pain where there once was a brain! Thanks for pointing out my note about merging Kangding with the article on Kangding County. I can't remember if or what I was thinking when I wrote the note. So, I have left a new note recanting my earlier position (see the Talk page of the article and on my Talk page as well). I promise to recite innumerable mantras and try to do some more work on the articles as penance and ward off the evil karma rapidly accumulating around me for my thoughtless actions and precipitous comments lest I end up a hungry ghost or perhaps something even worse!!!!! John Hill (talk) 02:44, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK matters again

• Luiz Francisco Rebello - will be rejected unless someone saves the hook.
• Dzongsar Monastery - your hook is fine, but do you think it would be better to focus on the fact that a single shrine stood for 1300 years?
• Jacques Legrand (Mongolist) - please check ALT2 once you're at T:TDYK

Materialscientist (talk) 09:29, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Samode Palace

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Materialscientist (talk) 10:50, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

City Palace, Jaipur

Plase see my sanddbox User:Nvvchar/Sandbox 3. If you feel it is Ok, then pl transfer to main space and nominate it on DYK. Thanks.--Nvvchar (talk) 14:44, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

I expeted this text of the HOOK on DYK. It is fine. But again my name is left out while uploading from my sand box to main space. --Nvvchar (talk) 21:54, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

You're back to your old name!

Welcome back to your old user name. Back from sabbatical? Chris (talk) 18:48, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Indeed, the Evil One has returned... Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 19:47, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Witness protection didn't work out I guess, although it's kind of hard to imagine who could possibly threaten you of all people or why it would be that you chose to use the courts rather than, uh, other means. ;) John Carter (talk) 19:55, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Hawa Mahal

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⇌ Jake Wartenberg 18:49, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Congrts. 7100 hits for the artcile. --Nvvchar (talk) 16:26, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Virginia House redux

There's a PDF copy of the National Register nomination on file with the Virginia Department of Historic Resources - it contains some very good architectural information. I visited the house once, and while I doubt I have any pictures from that trip (it was ages ago) I'll check once I get home. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:56, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

My pleasure. I may not know a lot about formatting, but I've learned my way around the NRHP forms on the DHR website over the years... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:06, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Well, let me see what we have in the family photo album. If it's not there, it might be some time before I can get down there to photograph the place; Richmond's a good hour-and-a-half drive from my house, which means I wouldn't be able to get there before Christmas at the earliest. The VHS might be amenable to providing images; it looks like they provided the one we have now, actually. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:17, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Blof

Not that I'm surprised but you've done an amazing job. I'm still very happy that you are also kind of back here.:) Shahid • ^Talk2me 20:22, 11 December 2009 (UTC

Don't you dare... Another such accusation and you will be blocked! Shahid • ^Talk2me 13:00, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

I don't really know of a very good Amit biography. Hey speaking of Amitabh - have you seen his new look in the movie Paa? He played... hold on.... His son's son!!!! Shahid • ^Talk2me 13:35, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Can you believe it? A 67 year-old Bachchan playing a 13 year-old child suffering from Progeria!!! Shahid • ^Talk2me 13:38, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Luiz Francisco Rebello

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Materialscientist (talk) 19:28, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Another well-deserved barnstar!

		All Around Amazing Barnstar
		I am happy to award you another barnstar in recognition of the amazing breadth, depth and number of your contributions, your loyal support of friends including your fearlessness in criticising and guiding where necessary, and your speedy improvements to other's articles. Thank you, particularly, for the photos and the fabulous map you have already added to the article I started only yesterday afternoon on Kandze Monastery. Much appreciated, dear friend! John Hill (talk) 01:44, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

• Kudos!Thanks for your note on Tinu Cherian's Talk page.--Nvvchar (talk) 12:04, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Jacques Legrand (Mongolist)

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Materialscientist (talk) 03:28, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Dzongsar Monastery

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Materialscientist (talk) 11:28, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

RE: Ugandan Districts

Hello, I read in the Ugandan press last week, that the Ugandan government has placed a moratorium on the creation of new districts until after the 2011 presidential and parliamentary elections in March or April. That gives us about 15 months to catch up with the districts that they have created so far (about 101 or so). As of December 2009, the following districts do not have map templates:

1. Isingiro District, formerly part of Mbarara District
2. Ibanda District, formerly part of Mbarara District
3. Kiruhura District, formerly part of Mbarara District
4. Lyantonde District, formerly part of Rakai District
5. Mityana District, formerly part of Mubende District
6. Nakaseke District, formerly part of Luweero District
7. Bulisa District, formerly part of Masindi District
8. Amuru District, formerly part of Gulu District
9. Maracha-Terego District, formerly part of Arua District
10. Koboko District, formerly part of Arua District
11. Lamwo District, formerly part of Kitgum District
12. Kaabong District, formerly part of Kotido District
13. Abim District, formerly part of Kotido District
14. Amolatar District, formerly part of Lira District
15. Dokolo District, formerly part of Lira District
16. Oyam District, formerly part of Apac District
17. Amuria District, formerly part of Katakwi District
18. Kaberamaido District, formerly part of Soroti District
19. Bukedea District, formerly part of Kumi District
20. Bukwa District, formerly part of Kapchorwa District
21. Budaka District, formerly part of Pallisa District
22. Butaleja District, formerly part of Tororo District
23. Manafwa District, formerly part of Mbale District
24. Bududa District, formerly part of Manafwa District
25. Kaliro District, formerly part of Kamuli District
26. Namutumba District, formerly part of Kaliro District
27. Buikwe District, formerly part of Mukono District
28. Buvuma District, formerly part of Mukono District and known as Buvuma Island

Let me look at you templates on Luweero District, I will have a comment in another 24 hours. Thank you.Fsmatovu (talk) 20:39, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Map for Cardiff

You can get the image from [3]. There is an export function at the top. MRSC (talk) 13:29, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

I would do it myself if I knew which area to use (don't know Cardiff at all!). However, you can do it quite easily:

1. Navigate to Cardiff in http://www.openstreetmap.org/
2. Click "Export"
3. Click "Manually select a different area"
4. Highlight the area you want
5. Make a note of the four co-ordinate figures (you need these for the template)
6. Select "SVG"
7. Click "Export"
8. Upload resulting file to File:Open street map cardiff.svg
9. Add the border coordinates you noted down to Template:Location map United Kingdom Cardiff

DYK for Virginia House

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Materialscientist (talk) 19:35, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Back to Dr. Blofeld?

What happened to Himalayan Explorer?--Sky Attacker the legend reborn... 20:59, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

London hotels

Way to mess up my nice empty category, evil one :) But creating an article for each 5 star hotel: genius. I'm working through them. --Tagishsimon (talk) 21:04, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

I'll come back to it. Google's street view of the street is not so good, and their website does not provide a good reference. Might be a bit tricky. Postcode does not (always) get near enough. --Tagishsimon (talk) 22:33, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:Maria_Matos.jpg

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Ugandan District templates

Dr. Blofeld, At first, I did not understand what was required of me. However, after tinkering with the templates for a while, I appreciate what you have done. I think the new presentation will help summarize content at district level. I will continue to fill in the blanks on the existing districts. I will need help to create maps for those districts that do not have maps. Thanks.Fsmatovu (talk) 01:52, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Author assistance

Hi Dr.Blofeld, I'm through with the stickiest part, i.e. History, Ethnography and Folklore - Folk Art. You can double-check if you like but I did my best. Here are the unfortunate ones: User:Hoverfish/Sandbox#Articles that were proposed for deletion or deleted by author. Thanks. Hoverfish Talk 14:32, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. And sorry about the Hippocratic Museum: I gave the wrong reason by mistake. I had found info, but it wasn't what the intro said it was. I just changed the text to reflect the Greek official site. It's a small museum about the Foundation's history. Hoverfish Talk 19:57, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

On second thought, maybe we should move it to the Hippocratic Foundation itself. It doesn't have an article. Hoverfish Talk 20:10, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Covent Garden Hotel

I have nominated Covent Garden Hotel, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Covent Garden Hotel. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Grim²³★ 18:18, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for City Palace, Jaipur

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SoWhy 03:42, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

• 6300 hits.--Nvvchar (talk) 16:34, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Marguerite Snow.jpg

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DYK for Wormleighton Manor

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Ucucha 11:42, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Looks good

Thanks - and I've responded. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:17, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Salt industry in Ghana

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DYK for Salt industry in Ghana

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Materialscientist (talk) 11:42, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Welcome back!

It's good to see you back again. -- The Anome (talk) 14:07, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Kathmandu

Thanks for inviting. I think we have enough resources and citable information to make this a featured article. All we need to do is rearrange the information and put them up properly. Also, I have a concern about this article (regarding the usage of the term Kathmandu), which I have expressed on the talk page of the article. Please have a look at it as well. Lastly, I would like to thank you for doing this tremendous job to enhance the quality of my home city article. Regards--Eukesh (talk) 18:50, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Kathmandu again

I was just about to write to you this morning to let you know that I have quite a lot more material and references to add to the history section but that I might not be able to write it all up until after Christmas, when I saw that you have already moved the article from the sandbox. You are too quick for this old man! Anyway, I will work on it later as I can. Sorry I am so slow these days - fraility of the body and too many social committments make it hard to get back to the Wikipedia. John Hill (talk) 22:31, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

2ble negative

Fixed ~~

RE: Jamaica

Sorry about that ill fix it up. Kyle1278 20:34, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and a fabulous 2010

Merry Christmas and a fabulous 2010 to my favourite Wiki Elf who not only creates innumerable fabulous articles but comes along quietly when one is not looking and fixes mistakes one has made, adds to and improves articles one has written, and even archives your discussion notes whaich have got too long while you are asleep! Thank you so very much for all your help and support through the past year! I am deeply grateful. John Hill (talk) 23:47, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and easy and enjoyable editing in the new year, from me as well. Take care, buddy! :) - Darwinek (talk) 12:46, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Not anymore. I'm back in good ole' Central Europe. :) - Darwinek (talk) 13:06, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Somewhere in between :). You're in Wales? - Darwinek (talk) 13:10, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Yes, we got lot of snow as well. The temperature was freezy, the record in my town was -17°C last days but now it got warmer unfortunately and all the snow is gone for Christmas. :( P.S. I've sent you an e-mail. - Darwinek (talk) 13:34, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Still I suppose your winter is more windy, which makes it feels colder. - Darwinek (talk) 14:00, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

... and Prague is usually milder than rest of the country. :)

Helsinki airport

Was the coldest for my recent sourjourn in eastern europe (sic) - and thank god the russian days (when I was there) were floating just above 0). You have gmail sir - and I would appreciate your checking it and perhaps discussing it as it has been around before - the issue at gmail - not my thermals which I value in e europe but not here in australia in summer... happy christmas anyways SatuSuro 15:18, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

User:Otterathome

I just wanted to bring to your attention some articles he has created within the past 1 1/2 hours mainly Amy Dillon, Chris Whitcroft, Joel Lessing, and Matt Koval and the recent edit he had made to the Shaycarl AFD. I am mot saying he is violating anything it just he has had problems with administrators in the past and this could be something he is doing to get back at them. Don't get me wrong I am assuming good faith, its just with his past I am kind of concerned. Pleas tell me your views on this. Cheers Kyle1278 21:03, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion i will do that. Kyle1278 22:51, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Hey - thanks friend!

Happpy christmas - wish you all the very best for the new decade, and yeh Stone was really...... wow..... but she is a good actress as well, but who cares.:) Shahid • ^Talk2me 21:37, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Blofeld... I need your help with something. When the article for the film 3 Idiots was created for the first time, it was redirected to the title Three Idiots after a couple of months. However, after seeing the official poster, the film's title is spelled 3 Idiots. Do you know anyone that can redirect the page back to the original version?? -- Bollywood Dreamz ^talk 17:31, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Happy holidays

Caspian blue is wishing you Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's Solstice or Xmas, Eid, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hannukah, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:WereSpielChequers/Dec09}} to your friends' talk pages.

Hey, buddy. This message might be a little late, but well..holidays are still holidays. :-) Have a fun! --Caspian blue 22:03, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

And now, for FV's traditional last-minute nonsectarian holiday greeting!

Here’s wishing you a happy end to the holiday season and a wonderful 2010. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 15:14, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

And a merry Christmas to you, too! Have a great 2010. Lugnuts (talk) 11:16, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Remember that stub that you created in March 2007 (of course you do!)? Well, it's now been expanded - another victory for a European film festival! And to think people wanted to get rid of these articles. Lugnuts (talk) 14:57, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Happy Xmas to you tooo!!!!

Oh okay :-) -The Enforcer_{Office of the secret service} 12:37, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Maria Heloísa Aalling

The article Maria Heloísa Aalling has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No indication that the subject can satisfy the GNG, WP:ENT, or any other specialized guideline. Negligible GHits, no GNews or GBooks hits

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 19:06, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

FYI

Just in case you didn't know, I think what you meant to say here was merge; as an article can't be kept and merged. ;) Hope your holidays are going well, ceranthor 20:55, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Uh, I mean keep information and merge, so basically a merge. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 21:25, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

That was too fast man! :)

Shahid • ^Talk2me 21:48, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Not sure why you're suddenly so hostile

Successful models work in Paris, New York, London, and Milan - no matter where they're from. That's the reality of the fashion business. If there were substantial news coverage of her to compensate for her lack of shows/editorials that would be one thing, but there isn't. There are tons of notable Brazilian models (see Category:Brazilian female models) but she's not one of them. (There's not a problem of systematic bias here - Brazilians are huge in fashion modeling.) She really hasn't modeled much and her career seems to have died after one unremarkable season.

The few images I nominated were from when I was going through images tagged with the deprecated tag {{PD}} to fix the tags. Most I change to appropriate tags, often after researching whether there's a legitimate way for them to be PD. Keeping copyvio images here doesn't improve the project. Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:05, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Template:Location map Indonesia Lombok

... should work now. NNW (talk) 21:29, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Hotels

Hey, I know that place. I frequently pass under the pyramid on the way to work. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:24, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Well, a couple of 'em aren't that much to look at (*cough* Omni Shoreham *cough*) on the outside. I actually know a couple of them fairly well - we had accounts with some (like the Wardman Park) while I was with the tour company. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:41, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Well, you know we have a height restriction - there's not a lot anyone can do to go beyond that. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:45, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Yeah - the Grand Hyatt's nice like that. Try this on for size and see what you think. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:48, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Beer in Mexico

Hey... care to chime in on the discussion page of Beer in Mexico? A user named Ronz is giving me grief over the sources I used to expand the article. He may have a argument with one or two of the Mexican sources since he is probably unfamiliar with them, but is objecting to most without good reason (IMHO). No one had problems with my sources when it was looked at for DYK. Id like to avoid an edit war.Thelmadatter (talk) 04:07, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Puerto Rican rivers

I suspect the best thing to do would be to search for one of those maps...I'm sure they have good route information on them. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:34, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Indeed. I'll see if I can find a map, but I've no idea where I might start looking. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:44, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Responded. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:28, 31 December 2009 (UTC)