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Welcome

Message below summarized, kept for reference LittleWink (talk) 19:39, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi, LittleWink. Welcome to Wikipedia! Good luck with editing.  Chzz  ►  20:39, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

August 2010

Please do not replace Wikipedia pages with blank content, as you did to the page Talk:Not Alone (album). Blank pages can confuse readers, and are overall not helpful to the Wikipedia project; furthermore, blanking a page is not the same as deleting it.

If the article you blanked is a duplicate of another article, please redirect it to an appropriate existing page. If the page has been vandalized, please revert it to the last legitimate revision. If you feel that the content of a page is inappropriate, please replace it with appropriate content. If you believe there is no hope for the page, please use the appropriate deletion process. EW_ikist^Talk 16:49, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I misunderstood what you did. I apologize for the quick revert. EW_ikist^Talk 16:52, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

C4

Hmmmm. Thanks, but ...
Please read WP:RED and WP:MOSDAB.
Then, revert my revert and fix the problems I've highlighted.

• i.e. I acknowledge that your edit has usefully added value. (However, it has also removed some value.)
• i.e. I want you to add the new value (without removing the existing value.)
• i.e. I would prefer your edits were consistent with WP:RED and WP:MOSDAB

If I'm being too cryptic, please ask me to explain. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 14:59, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Got the MOS:DABRL part, thanks. I put my "added value" back in. I will probably polish the rest of the page later. Any - specific - thoughts on that? LittleWink (talk) 17:41, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Any - specific - thoughts on that? - No, not really. Perhaps: "So far, so good." ? Thanks. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 17:13, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

OK, after some thought I came to that conclusion also. LittleWink (talk) 19:15, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

TAP Maintenance & Engineering

Hello. You had put some comments on this article. I just wanted to let you know that I have put AWAS (company) back. AWAS is one of the leading Lessors with big protfolio of aircraft. Thanks AKS (talk) 19:40, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Also, TOTAL is TOTAL S.A. & Bavaria is Bavaria International Aircraft Leasing (BIAL). Cheers AKS (talk) 19:46, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Greetings LittleWink (talk) 20:01, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

• Anytime. I am creating page for Bavaria right now. Should be done in half an hour. Will drop you a message - check if you have time. Cheers AKS (talk) 20:04, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

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For reference: These changes were intentional. I changed them from disambiguation link Malto to Malto language and tagged them with {{dn}}. LittleWink (talk) 12:54, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Hey, I was dropping by to say hi and noticed this. I always feel bad when dabfixers like yourself get messages from DPL bot. I'd say you've earned the right to create a dablink here and there, and like you said, this one was definitely justified. Any time you get a DPL bot message, feel free to just delete it, no explanation required. Cheers, --JaGa^talk 16:10, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi JaGa! Thanks for the kind words. I know I can delete the DPL bot messages without explanation, I just didn't want to this time. Also thanks for your disambiguation related Toolserver tools. Greetings, LittleWink (talk) 16:32, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Syngman Rhee

I corrected something you changed. The link should be to the article on the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. You had changed it to the United Presbyterian Church(USA), which does not existe either as a denomination or as an article. Understand that the "(USA)" in Presbyterian Church (USA) is actually part of the denominations name, but that that denomination did not exist until 1983 when the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America merged with the Presbyterian Church in the United States Sterrettc (talk) 22:00, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing my hasty edit. Changing it to what is now the current revision was also my intention. LittleWink (talk) 17:59, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Romanesque domestic architecture

Thank you for your useful edits. Amandajm (talk) 11:38, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome. Thank you for your message, I'm glad helping with small things is appreciated. LittleWink (talk) 12:32, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

And another thanks for fixing links in some of the aircraft articles I've worked on. I used to live just behind Olympia in WestLondon, and surely it was not the home of the GodsTheLongTone (talk) 23:15, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Barnstar

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		The Disambiguator's Barnstar is awarded to Wikipedians who are prolific disambiguators. For your excellent work in the field PhnomPencil talk contribs 23:57, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Pretty impressive so far this month... thanks for making this site even better. PhnomPencil ^{talk contribs} 23:57, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar and your kind words. Greetings LittleWink (talk) 19:11, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Paul Revere of Texas

I'm surprised either of us has managed to do any editing with WP performance issues this weekend. Anyway, I believe I have fixed what you tagged at Paul Revere of Texas. I learned something. It was written up too vaguely. But that nickname shows up in historical accounts as having been given to at least 3 people in Texas. I suspect there are more, but those 3 are the only ones with Wikipedia articles. It needs to be a dab in and of itself, and not merged into something else. Maile66 (talk) 22:02, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi Maile66. I don't think the page should be merged into something else, it's OK to leave it as is. But I just think that categorizing the page as an disambiguation page is not the best solution for this topic. I'll try to explain that:

1) All three articles listed on this page link back to this article intentionally (meaning: these links are not mistakes) thus the page is not treated as a disambiguation page (These links are also not recommended per WP:INTDABLINK). Also the fact that a larger lead than "P R o T may refer to:" is necessary contributes to this.

2) Disambiguation page are an aid in searching/navigating Wikipedia. But people searching for Paul Revere of Texas are not necessarily searching for one of the people with the sobriquet. They just want to know what it means. Because of being a disambiguation page this cannot be added.

Bottom line: Categorizing this page as a disambiguation constrains the page too much to the do's and don't of disambiguation pages. As an interim solution I categorized the page in Category:Lists of people by nickname, changing anything else is not necessary then.

I've also placed the article in my sandbox as a quick example of how I would have written this page. And if I didn't explain clearly enough, just ask. Greetings LittleWink (talk) 10:57, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Got it. Finally. I took what you did in your sandbox, added some of mine, and reworked the article. You were absolutely correct, so thanks for your attention to this. Maile66 (talk) 14:23, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Nice! Good job on the article. LittleWink (talk) 14:58, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Leeland barnstar

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		The Disambiguator's Barnstar is awarded to Wikipedians who are prolific disambiguators. When someone moved the Leeland without discussing, I cleaned-up some of the mess, but you got the important stuff. Thanks Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:41, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi Walter. Thanks for the barnstar. I had to fix these links when Leeland showed up in a report. Greetings LittleWink (talk) 20:55, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

You didn't have to. You chose to. The report wasn't holding a gun to your head ;) --Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:22, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

I was gonna give you a disamb barnstar but see you've already had a couple. Really appreciate what you did at List of The Avengers episodes.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:10, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi Dr. Blofeld. Although barnstars are nice, a normal message is also satisfactory. So thanks for your message. I see I accidentally red-linked a link one time too many, sorry 'bout that. Greetings LittleWink (talk) 19:35, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Tis OK. Leave the ones which are currently redirects, I will populate those with articles first over the next week! Thanks for saving my a lot of time! Regards.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:38, 8 April 2012 (UTC) Quite welcome. Actually there is one thing you could do. Rev is gradually adding a full list of List of The Avengers and The New Avengers cast members. Can you keep an eye on it and wiki link the black links and dab where appropriate? ♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:13, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Disambiguation just done as you probably already noticed. I will keep an eye on it and do a thorough inspection of the other cast members the coming week. :-) LittleWink (talk) 20:42, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll wikify them when I can so there should be more red links! Take care.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:49, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Thanks for your diligence with dabbing work on wikipedia. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:39, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

A-D needs dabbing!♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:22, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Barnstar

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		The Disambiguator's Barnstar is awarded to Wikipedians who are prolific disambiguators. For being a prolific disambiguator. Puffin Let's talk! 19:29, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

I always see you in recent changes. Puffin ^{Let's talk!} 20:01, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Giving help

Mikado is a (see this article) 2-8-2 configuration light freight steam locomotive. --Ishtar456 (talk) 19:07, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your message and for the fix. That info was actually also listed on the disambiguation page . Next time you fix a tagged link to a disambiguation page please also remove the tag to remove the article from the maintenance category, thanks. LittleWink (talk) 19:32, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

I left it as it was because I was not sure everything that needed to be done was done. It is not something I usually do. Take Care. --Ishtar456 (talk) 21:39, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

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Change on Evert Musch Wikipedia article

Thanks for the change on the Wikipedia article on Evert Musch. The change is pertinent as in fact "Dutch" is referring to the Dutch people (the people of the country called "the Netherlands"). All the best. Aanloder. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.209.27.79 (talk) 18:55, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Minisink link in Sussex County NJ

I took care of the Greenwich Township disambiguation problem you cited. However, Minisink is the tricky one. It was an island where the Munsee council fire was. According to Weslager and Philhower, there were 7 villages in the vicinity with the same name. It was the name of 10 trails (that I remember) leading to the spot. It became the name of the undefined area along the Delaware River from the Delaware Water Gap to the top of New Jersey, and about 20 miles east into NJ and 20 miles west into PA. Each writer gives a different size swath of land. It was the name of the combined Dutch-Munsee village that sprang up here in the 1710s. Most of these explanations are not among those mentioned on the disambiguation page. The article hasn't been written yet. Another project for another day. If we try to translate Minisink from Munsee into English...there are easily a dozen different explanations. It is truly troublesome. Thanks for your help so far on Sussex Co. I appreciate it. ColonelHenry (talk) 21:29, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Hi ColonelHenry. Thanks for your quick reaction and the explanation. I learned something today, just by following the links to Dutch. Cheers LittleWink (talk) 21:51, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

I know what you mean--When I think Dutch, I think of the people first. I do not think of the language unless I hear what I think is German but cannot understand it. It was inconsiderate of me not not to check first before linking it--and I did not expect a disambiguation page like that. I did notice (in the interests of completeness) that the disambiguation page is lacking an explanation or link for "going Dutch" or "Dutch Date", "Dutch Uncle", and the vulgar "Dutch Oven". Sorry for the inconvenience. But an inconvenience is always good when it leads to a learning experience or a moment of Serendipity. All the best,ColonelHenry (talk) 22:09, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Almost all demonyms (e.g. French, English, German) are disambiguation pages because of the WP:NOUN rule for article titles. And about the phrases: these were listed on the Dutch disambiguation page more than once (see here for example), but are considered to be partial title matches. Greetings LittleWink (talk) 11:23, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

It's a learning curve. Too many things have changed since I last edited here over 6 years ago. I'm still getting used to it all over again.ColonelHenry (talk) 13:09, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

I can imagine, I'm actively editing Wikipedia since October 2011 and still struggling with the learning curve from time to time. Good luck which your editing, your work on the Sussex County, New Jersey article looks good. Cheers LittleWink (talk) 16:25, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

On another note: I'd like your opinion on the fate of the "Geographic Location template" on the SC article. I'd like to get rid of it and assert it serves no real purpose. But, I want some opinions/feedback on the idea. Join the discussion, add your two cents, bring some friends at Talk:Sussex County, New Jersey. Thanks.ColonelHenry (talk) 21:34, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

NetBIOS and WP:RELATED

[1] please, learn better, what RELATED actually means. What the article has is a {{redirect}}-type dab hatnote about two problematical redirects. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 16:23, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm not going to argue with you who needs to learn what, but since the link to the NetBIOS Frames protocol in the hatnote is already linked and mentioned (multiple times) in the NetBIOS article they are related. More over, NetBEUI is a section in the article so that definitely doesn't need a hatnote. That an article has incoming redirects doesn't mean it has to have a redirect-type hatnote. LittleWink (talk) 17:37, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Answered on the talk page; you can also read the background on the same page, just above me. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 19:23, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Sandwich; disambiguation of "American"

Thanks for fixing that :) Irondome (talk) 19:30, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Hi Irondome. Thanks for your message, I see what you mean... It took a couple of takes, but now the sandwiched typo is gone. LittleWink (talk) 19:44, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Charles Hervey Bagot

Please take a look at Talk:Charles Hervey Bagot, where I raise two issues. I see you are doing excellent work on a limited task, disambiguation problems. My first article was a disambiguation page, March (surname), which I did because of a connection with Lafayette College, but also because a disambiguation page has many fewer elements than, say, a biography, to do. --DThomsen8 (talk) 12:17, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

I replied at Talk:Charles Hervey Bagot. And strictly speaking March (surname) is not a surname page, but a special type set index article. Cheers LittleWink (talk) 18:24, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Marrakech

Hi, can you sort out the disambiguation then remove the tag?♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:08, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi again!. I did put Marrakech in Dabsolver, but I see you did most of the disambiguation work yourself . LittleWink (talk) 17:10, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

WP:MMA

Thanks so much for contributing to Wikipedia, last month we collectively made 977 edits to MMA articles. Did you know there is a WikiProject dedicated to Mixed Martial Arts? Check out WikiProject Mixed martial arts. Feel free to sign up on the Participants page! This month we have a survey for new and existing members, What is the number 1 thing you do to make MMA articles better? Kevlar (talk) 21:55, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the invite, but I only disambiguated links on MMA pages (links to the page MMA included). I have no interest in joining the MMA project. Cheers LittleWink (talk) 18:24, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Hey, can you help me?

Dynasty Warriors 8 is being vandalized by IP edits. The confirmed character list is being edited by IPs. So far, my last revision is correct. Can you help me patrol it? (I saw you edit the link to Wang Yi, which was added by an IP, and falsely placed. --Eric - Contact me please. I prefer conversations started on my talk page if the subject is changed 22:50, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Also, usually you can know if it wasn't true because only a few characters are confirmed each time. There was a massive leaked list before the game was even announced, which isn't reliable. And also violates Wikipedia guidelines, I believe. --Eric - Contact me please. I prefer conversations started on my talk page if the subject is changed 22:51, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

No thanks, I don't know enough about the subject and since the lacks reliable sources, especially references, about the current state of confirmed characters and actors, I cannot judge future changes. Cheers LittleWink (talk) 18:01, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Madelon Szekely-Lulofs

I just wanted to thank you for your help on the above mentioned page !

Many thanks Glemmens1940 (talk) 09:49, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome. Thanks for letting me know. Cheers LittleWink (talk) 18:48, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Template:New Democracy (Canada)/meta/shortname

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Date/Time

Hi LittleWink

Having landed almost by accident on your page, I notice that according to one of your user boxes, it is now, er... 'December 5'. It isn't.
I forget what time you are displaying, but it isn't that either.
Just a heads-up. Cheers

RASAM (talk) 11:44, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

In the time it has taken me to write this, the problem has resolved itself.

RASAM (talk) 11:48, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi RASAM, thanks for your message. Cape Farewell had something to do with your visit to my user page, I guess?

Not displaying the right date/time is a caching problem. I changed the userbox, so future problems are prevented... Cheers LittleWink (talk) 13:22, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Omar Hanoune

Hi, thanks for ur small edit on this page Omar Hanoune, thank u again --ne.pas12 (d) 21 décembre 2012 à 00:59 (CET)

Hi Ne.pas12. Thanks for your message. Please fix the link to the disambiguation page Tahrir yourself, since I can't read Arabic. Cheers LittleWink (talk) 00:17, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Van R

There are way more van Rensselaers than simply the ones in politics which ALL of those name are on the surname list detailing if they are in politics or not JGVR (talk) 03:28, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Of course there are more people with the same surname. That doesn't mean they belong to the same family. Only the American political family seems notable and are the only ones which are mentioned on Wikipedia as a family. Redirecting Van Rensselaer family to Van Rensselaer (surname) will cause confusion for the reader because the surname page is not (and cannot be) about any specific family. LittleWink (talk) 13:26, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

seems like a catch 22 1 guy came from the Netherlands and all vRs descend from him, unless a legal name change and if there was one I would not hesitate to include themJGVR (talk) 07:02, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Ah, thanks for clarification, if they are all form the same family then it is better to (eventually) move the page to Van Rensselaer family as suggested at Talk:Van Rensselaer (surname). That would be a more accurate article title. Cheers LittleWink (talk) 10:00, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

List

I am not looking for a dispute but, I just am not getting what you mean by "this is not a list" I read the MOS and what I seeing a list of people with the same surname as opposed to a DAB. There is nothing ambiguous about it. nothing like buildings or ponds or train stations where a DAB would be needed or in cases like the Philips and the Stephens they all have DABS. What am I not getting?...JGVR (talk) 06:57, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

You are right. I changed the wording of the hatnote because it read "This article is about a list of people...". In my view that's not 100% accurate. The article is about a surname and contains a list. In general it is best to have the text of hatnotes as short as possible. Cheers LittleWink (talk) 09:44, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

I know it is a delicate balance on a few levels but that name is so pervasive in history JGVR (talk) 10:11, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

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Tony Wilson

Dear LittleWink, please check the categories you've added to my article "Tony Wilson (Brigadier)" because in all these lists he's now appearing under "T"(ony) instead of "W"(ilson). I kindly ask you to change this, because I don't know how to do this. Many thanks and kind regards! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.57.38.252 (talk) 23:30, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

 Done Necessary change made to Tony Wilson (Brigadier). LittleWink (talk) 23:44, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Kiwix

Hi, is it possible for you to translate this page to Dutch? ●Mehran ^Debate● 18:20, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi, Mehran. I currently do not do translations, neither way. I suggest you take a look at Category:Available translators in Wikipedia. What your intention with this page, move it into Wikipedia or Help namespace? (Because Kiwix and a Dutch version already exist.) LittleWink (talk) 18:54, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

In fact I need that for Kiwix homepage. Thanks for your given link, I'll ask some others. ●Mehran ^Debate● 19:08, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

HNLMS O 13

LittleWink, natuurlijk is het een vertaling: see the article talk page. Thanks for your help. I did the entire class and I welcome your assistance with the other ones. There's wikilinks you could consider adding; mostly, though, the articles need improvement with other sources than those websites. That's not something I have looked at yet. Drmies (talk) 15:09, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi Drmies. I added the note to my edit summary because attribution there is recommended when translating. I'll see what I can do about the other ones, I do not have that much time these days. (And I only visited the O 13 article because it contained a link to the disambiguation page Frankrijk...) LittleWink (talk) 15:49, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Well, that's fine, but the template was already on the talk page. Improving those submarine articles, though, might be a lot more fun than disambiguating stuff...I'm hoping to get the whole bunch of them on the front page as a DYK, but they need to be a bit better than they are. Drmies (talk) 16:14, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

I hear you, but everyone has their favourite activities ;) LittleWink (talk) 16:40, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Proposal on Lists of Notable Drew University People

A proposal has been initiated on the Drew University talk page regarding how notable alumni, faculty, and presidents should be listed. Feel free to join the discussion. DavidinNJ (talk) 17:42, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for

your little nudge at Mayan Revival architecture, a nice reminder for me that even the Pacific Ocean gets created one drop at a time and each drop is worth the same as any other. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 19:11, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi Carptrash, thank you for your nice message. LittleWink (talk) 19:47, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

You are so welcome. Besides aiding the article you also are helping me, who is sort of in a *issed-off-at-wikipedia-editors mood right now, and you reminded me that there are 97 good editors for every 3 irritating ones, and that is really a pretty good average. So, thank you for that too. Carptrash (talk) 20:05, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your help in making the Eugene Jeno Farkas page look so much better. I was surprised that Farkas didn't have a page until I reasearch it. Your help has made a much more presentable page.SidneySideline (talk) 16:51, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

DAB edits

Good work on those links. Could you please bear in mind that we should not normally link to countries or languages? --John (talk) 20:50, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi John. Yup, it is on my mind. But that section of Manual of Style/Linking is also a frequent subject of discussion. In one of those discussions there was significant opposition to unlinking countries and so on using (semi-) automated tools. And since I did not create the initial link, I usually do not unlink if I only fix links to disambiguation pages. LittleWink (talk) 14:47, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Great job!

You have really been tearing through RussBot's "Possible hatnote disambiguation links" - thanks for the excellent work! bd2412 T 03:03, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi BD2412! You're welcome, I've also been working on the "Neighboring disambiguated links"... That list is a bit longer! Thank you for cooking up these crazy bot tasks ;). LittleWink (talk) 17:00, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Disambiguation pages

Note: the other part of this discussion is at User talk:Dcirovic.

Thank you for writing to me. I appreciate your constructive comments. Having read your message and guidance pages, the following changes are made:

CLH

Page Chlorophyllase is updated to include the alternative names of the enzyme. CLH is used to designate Chlorophyllase.

GEH

Page Triacylglycerol lipase is renamed to Triacylglycerol lipase (disambiguation). The original title is now a page about enzyme family, while the disambiguation lists family page, followed by specific enzyme instances. The page Triacylglycerol lipase contains name GEH.

Protein kinase (histidine)

Pages listed in this disambiguation are updated to include complete lists of names.

I hope that these changes sufficient to redefine CLH and GEH as disambiguations. --Dcirovic (talk) 20:16, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Solomon River (disambiguation)

Hello. Took care of it. Cheers, --Rosiestep (talk) 02:01, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

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Unlinking dates

Hi, thanks for your android operations. Is it possible to unlink all years and dates in an article? I use scripts for this purpose (as well as unlinking very common terms). Tony (talk) 02:41, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Tony. I only unlink dates manually and do this occasionally. It is highly unlikely that I will do this with a script/tool. Nevertheless, good luck with your recruitment of delinking volunteers. LittleWink (talk) 13:38, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Ah, I wasn't so much recruiting as wondering how your android tool worked. Thank you. Tony (talk) 13:51, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

I wasn't using an Android tool. I was using WPCleaner for link repair to the disambiguation page Android. Manually delinking dates along the way. LittleWink (talk) 15:58, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Proposed deletion

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:53, 28 April 2013 (UTC) Timestamp: 20130428194656 19:46, 28 April 2013 (UTC) 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:53, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

FYI Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Los Teke Teke 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:32, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Hmm, since I'm not the article creator and my only contribution to Los Teke Teke was a minor edit I have no interest in participating in this discussion. LittleWink (talk) 09:02, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Unclear citation style HELP

Hey LittleWink,

I am asking you for help because I saw you in the history of one of my articles. Stephan_Noller is declared as "unclear citation style" but I really do not know what to do as I am a rookie. Could you please help me out?

Many thanks Christoph — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chriskle (talk • contribs) 11:27, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

Disambiguation link fixing one-day contest

I have decided to put on a mini-contest within the November 2013 monthly disambiguation contest, on Saturday, November 23 (UTC). I will personally give a $20 Amazon.com gift card to the disambiguator who fixes the most links on that server-day (see the project page for details on scoring points). Since we are not geared up to do an automated count for that day, at 00:00, 23 November 2013 (UTC) (which is 7:00 PM on November 22, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the project page leaderboard. I will presume that anyone who is not already listed on the leaderboard has precisely nine edits. At 01:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC) (8:00 PM on November 23, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the leaderboard at that time (the extra hour is to give the board time to update), and I will determine from that who our winner is. I will credit links fixed by turning a WP:DABCONCEPT page into an article, but you'll have to let me know me that you did so. Here's to a fun contest. Note that according to the Daily Disambig, we currently have under 256,000 disambiguation links to be fixed. If everyone in the disambiguation link fixers category were to fix 500 links, we would have them all done - so aim high! Cheers! bd2412 T 02:53, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

December 2013

Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to CEMA may have broken the syntax by modifying 1 "()"s. If you have, don't worry: just edit the page again to fix it. If I misunderstood what happened, or if you have any questions, you can leave a message on my operator's talk page.

List of unpaired brackets remaining on the page:

• *[[CEMA (European agricultural machinery)]]), an agricultural machinery association in Europe

Thanks, BracketBot (talk) 14:24, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

 Resolved. Thanks, LittleWink (talk) 14:27, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Whoops!

Wasn't aware of WP:DDD - sorry about that. - Letsbefiends (talk) 06:29, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

Move to Commons

Thank you for your work in moving images to Commons. In the future, could you please update all links to the file when you move it to a different name? This is easier for everyone. Cheers, TLSuda (talk) 14:13, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi TLSuda. Although belated: thanks for the note. I undoubtedly forgot that. Cheers LittleWink (talk) 18:03, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

May 2014 disambig contest: let's do it again!

Greetings fellow disambiguator! Remember back in February when we made history by clearing the board for the first time ever, for the monthly disambiguation contest? Let's do it again in May! I personally will be aiming to lead the board next month, but for anyone who thinks they can put in a better effort, I will give a $10 Amazon gift card to any editor who scores more disambiguation points in May. Also, I will be setting up a one-day contest later in the month, and will try to set up more prizes and other ways to make this a fun and productive month. Cheers! bd2412 T 18:49, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

The Spider

Hiya LittleWink, I don't think this revert is correct. Al-Ankabut is most certainly "The Spider" (see List of Quranic suras)- no ambiguity as in some other translations. This is English Wikipedia so it is not clear to me why each sura has an Arabic title; but Sura 29 is most definitely titled "The Spider". Tommy Pinball (talk) 19:44, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Ah, that list makes it more clear. In the lead section of Sura 29 is looked like just a translation. But is a disambiguation page needed, or will altering the hatnote at Spider (pulp fiction) do?

I'm happy with either approach. Tommy Pinball (talk) 20:10, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Hatnote at Spider (pulp fiction) altered. Cheers LittleWink (talk) 16:50, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

You reviewed one of my articles

I wrote an article on a producer and you along with many others reviewed it, finding nothing but a few broken links wrong with the article. Here it is that there is a certain guy who insists that my article is not worth being up on wikipedia after all of the others found nothing wrong. How is it that this guy can come and mark my article for deletion and try to get me deleted after all of you guys have already reviewed it.

I would like your help please in helping me keep my article up and keeping this guy off my page. He is obviously not looking at the amount of work and research that I have done and simply trying to remove it for personal reasons. He worked on a similar article and that is why I think he wants this one down.

Can you please take a look at my article history once again, and see who this guy is. Focus The Producer — Preceding unsigned comment added by LennyPerez44 (talk • contribs) 23:43, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi LennyPerez44. My edit to the article about the producer was a "drive-by edit", not a review. I have no special interest in that page in whatever form. Nevertheless, good luck with the article. LittleWink (talk) 15:21, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Recurring error in disambig

Hi, LittleWink. I've noticed that you've made the error of disambiguating "Ukrainian" in a few articles. Could you please note that, when you use DABlink, if the person is of Ukrainian origin, it should be directed to Ukrainians, not Ukraine (i.e., this and this). Cheers, and keep up the good work! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 23:39, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi Iryna Harpy. Thank you for you attention to details. However, I do disagree with you about fixing links linking to the ethnic group as a general rule. An ethnic group is a socially-defined category of people who identify with each other. Unless it is clear from the context of an article that it is about identity, linking to a region is less riskier. Especially in case of Ukraine given the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine. Persons born in Ukraine or with an official Ukrainian passport may be Russians in Ukraine for example. Cheers LittleWink (talk) 18:43, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

I understand your point, but in these are historical cases and, as I know their history, both very much identified as being what is now called "Ukrainian". The same can be said of Leo Tolstoy, the article identifying him as being Russian. Note that I have had nothing to do with the Tolstoy article. There are instances where it is an intrinsic part of their identity. In the case of Nikolai Gogol, the identity as Ukrainian or Russian is avoided because he identified as being both. In the case of Adam Mickiewicz, Polish has not been linked to anything other than language due to his being of Polish, Lithuanian and Belorusian ethnicity (all of which he identified with). Your caution is appreciated, but sometimes it is best to check with those who edit the page when it comes to questions of ethnicity. Regards! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 23:06, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Why did you jump on the IP edit to change his nationality to Polish so quickly and validate it by changing the DAB to Poland? Please pay attention to what you are cleaning up. RS for his being Polish??!! Thank you for your attention. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 21:27, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

Hi again. Please calm down. I didn't "jump" on that edit, nor does my edit validate anything. I just happened to be working on the links to the disambiguation page Polish. Disambiguating is about fixing one error at a time. Fact checking or checking the page history for every page is impossible to do (unfortunately!), unless it looks like a clear case of vandalism. Please revert to the last stable version of a page in one edit next time, without further notice. Thanks LittleWink (talk) 19:01, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Baidarka

How ’bout:

{{about|Aleutian kayaks, which are also called baidarkas|edible [[chiton]]s, also called bidarki|Katharina tunicata}}

and

{{about|edible [[chiton]]s called bidarki by Alaska Natives|a kayak, also called baidarka|Baidarka}}

at the beginning of these articles in question?

Yours sincerely, -- Apanuggpak (talk) 15:59, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Hmm, I'm not sure... I don't see a relation between 'baidarka' and 'bidarki', besides that both words are used by Native Alaskans and originate from the Russian language. Remember that this is an English language encyclopaedia. Why might someone who searched for 'baidarka' possibly be looking for 'bidarki', or vice versa? -- LittleWink (talk) 17:44, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

Simple reason: it’s the same word. Only 'bidarki' is misspelled (bai- and bi- are pronounced the same, as the English word bye (as in bye bye)), and the word form 'bidarki' (i.e. baidarki) is the plular of baidarka. In Russian, that is. So it’s the same word used for two distinctive referents. I suppose the plural form is used because the Natives try to find more than one when they go after them. I hope you can follow my line of thinking.

And furthermore, baidarka is a diminutive of baidara, i.e. umiak. (Although this is not significant in this context.) -- Apanuggpak (talk) 22:50, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

I can follow you. Then I have one problem with this situation: 'baidarka' nor 'bidarki' aren't mentioned in Katharina tunicata. The redirect to that page touches Redirect deletion condition 8. People landing on that page using the redirect or the hatnote will probably not know why they are sent there. It's possible to fix that of course by adding info to that article (using this source?). When 'bidarki' is mentioned in the chiton article a hatnote on Aleutian kayak is fine with me. I'm also a supporter of only one hatnote there - instead of two on two articles - but you can probably better asses if it is (linguistically) preferable to retarget 'bidarki' to the kayak. -- LittleWink (talk) 19:02, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

Don't touch iot I created it

Don't touch that picture I created it in Windows Paint it absolutely MINE — Preceding unsigned comment added by 036386536a (talk • contribs) 21:11, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

@036386536a: Please do not upload pictures more often than once. File:ThFirstLandiCoatOfArmsSecondMellenium.jpg = File:The First Landi C.O.A .of the Second Millennium.jpg and

File:LandiLoStatoLando.jpg = File:Stato del Prencipe Landi, Ioannis Blaeu, 1662.jpg. You can reuse images across multiple articles, including those from Wikimedia Commons, see Wikipedia:Images. Thanks, LittleWink (talk) 17:57, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Sorry didn't even realize I did it Thanks036386536a (talk) 18:09, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

		The Editor's Barnstar
		For your work on the George Kline article. LoveMonkey 17:57, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! LittleWink (talk) 12:08, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

Disambiguation reverted

Hi, Im pretty new to wiki editing, so I guess I broke some kind of best practice, but I can't really see what was disapproved upon for the Unbreakable edit. If you could explain or point me to some info on how you think it wasn't suitable, that would be helpful. Since I looked for the series under the name Unbreakable and couldnt find it, I assume more people would look for just the first word in the title. kdly/jacobl — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaclu (talk • contribs) 23:29, 14 March 2015‎ (UTC)

@Jaclu: Hi Jaclu, of course I'll try to explain the Wikipedia guidelines for disambiguation pages, which are very strict. Disambiguation pages are navigation aids but they are not search indexes, they are not meant to replace a search completely. (Listing everything that readers might be looking for is virtually impossible anyways; 'cluttering' weakens the navigational value of a disambiguation page...). Disambiguation pages solve the conflicts that arise when a single term is ambiguous, in this case: a topic can be referred to by 'Unbreakable' alone. Judging from the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt article, that doesn't seem to be the case here. As a middle ground I added a template the see also section to make searching easier. Cheers LittleWink (talk) 13:49, 15 March 2015 (UTC) -- Please also sign your posts on talk pages to allow other editors to easily see who wrote what and when. LittleWink (talk) 13:49, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Ishtadevata

Seven o'clock in the mronng, eh, morning; it took me a couple of minutes to understand Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation/Malplaced disambiguation pages, 'till I read Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Naming_the_disambiguation_page: there's no rpimary page for Ishtadevata. Thanks! Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 05:24, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

@Joshua Jonathan: Hi fellow Dutchman! No worries, editing Wikipedia at odd times of the day can be challenging indeed. Cheers LittleWink (talk) 20:50, 23 May 2015 (UTC)