User talk:Oceanh/Archive2008

Latest comment: 15 years ago by Oceanh in topic Wikiproject Olympics

Great work

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Great work on Marianne Andersen. I'll be right back with a barnstar. Basketballoneten 23:54, 26 January 2008 (UTC)Reply


  The Running Man Barnstar
I, Basketballoneten, award you The Running Man Barnstar for creating a great article entitled Marianne Andersen. Great work, indeed. Basketballoneten 23:56, 26 January 2008 (UTC)Reply


Yeah, it was great! Basketballoneten 00:52, 27 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

Great job

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Wow, I'm very impressed with all the Olympics bios you're adding. I happened across a couple in working on the WPBiography assessment drive and realized you were adding scores of articles. I just wanted to tell you great job, and also not to be concerned about adding project templates to the new articles, as I've been coming along behind you and adding the templates and completing the assessment. Also, so you wouldn't think anything of it if you happened to see my name pop up on the history list of all of these new articles. Thanks for great work! Wildhartlivie (talk) 01:45, 14 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the feedback, and for the assessment efforts! Yes, I created a few hundred biographical articles about sportspeople who have received medals in the olympics, or in international championships. Olympic medalists are good candidates, because the articles about the competitions provide redlinks, and also because it is easy to find references documenting their achievements. Oceanh (talk) 22:47, 14 April 2008 (UTC).Reply


  The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your tireless and continued creation of hundreds of sports related articles. Keep up the good work!!!

Wildhartlivie (talk) 07:43, 14 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

Belated thanks for the barnstar!! Oceanh (talk) 07:38, 22 June 2008 (UTC).Reply

An Invite to join Saskatchewan WikiProject

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Hi, you are graciously extended an invitation to join the Saskatchewan WikiProject! The Saskatchewan WikiProject is a fairly new WikiProject. We are a group of editors who are dedicated to creating, revising, and expanding articles, lists, categories, and Wikiprojects, to do with anything Saskatchewan.

As you have shown an interest in Edwin Tchorzewski we thought you might like to take an interest in this growing WikiProject.
Please assist with any ongoing requests
You might like to take an extra interest in our To Do list
Another project dedicated to Saskatchewan is the Saskatchewan Roads and Highways Wikiproject
Also, a descendant project for Saskatchewan is the WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods
We look forward to welcoming you to the project! SriMesh | talk 02:04, 12 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject Orienteering

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Hi Oceanh/Archive2008,

Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia articles related to orienteering. If you are interested in orienteering, you might like to add WikiProject Orienteering to your watchlist (see Help:Watching pages).

Thanks,



Una Smith (talk) 19:23, 14 June 2008 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for the invitation. I intend to carry on contributing to articles related to orienteering, when finding relevant material and time for it. My focus is mainly on articles and not so much on project administration, so I do not have the habit of adding myself to lists of project members. I wish all the best for this project! and hopefully will join discussions, ask for help or advice, or offer help from time to time. Oceanh (talk) 21:16, 15 June 2008 (UTC).Reply
You don't have to do administrative tasks to be part of a Wikiproject. Anonymous101 (talk) 15:18, 21 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Orienteering map

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  On 21 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Orienteering map, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 11:39, 21 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the selection! Oceanh (talk) 23:44, 24 June 2008 (UTC).Reply
  WikiProject Orienteering Barnstar
I award you the WikiProject Orienteering Barnstar for

Significant contributions to Orienteering articles.Anonymous101 (talk)

Thank you for the star! Oceanh (talk) 07:38, 22 June 2008 (UTC).Reply

DYK

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  On 26 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Anne Margrethe Hausken, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Gatoclass (talk) 11:04, 26 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for including the article! Oceanh (talk) 18:38, 26 June 2008 (UTC)Reply
  On 13 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Park Kyung-ni, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Rudget (logs) 10:11, 13 July 2008 (UTC)Reply


Updating DYK

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When preparing to update DYK, please also remember to credit the editor who created/expanded the article, as well as the nominator of the hook (see Template:Did you know/Next update#Credits). Cheers, –Black Falcon (Talk) 16:50, 28 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

Sure. I was doing the update in two operations, sorry for the delay. Since the credit section was empty I decided to check the page history to find the common format for the crediting (and got a bit distracted by observing that the article had been listed for the previous DYK and then delisted/delayed). Thanks for completing the credit, and for the reminder. Oceanh (talk) 17:17, 28 August 2008 (UTC).Reply

DYK

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  On 30 August, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Else-Marthe Sørlie Lybekk, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thank you for your nomination! - Mailer Diablo 01:16, 30 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

  On 30 August, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ángel Matos, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Another one in the bag! - Mailer Diablo 05:36, 30 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thanks! Oceanh (talk) 17:50, 1 September 2008 (UTC).Reply
  On 1 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Russ Hodge, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Gatoclass (talk) 13:24, 1 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thanks! Oceanh (talk) 17:50, 1 September 2008 (UTC).Reply
  On 6 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Yuri Titov, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Congratulations and keep up the good work! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 17:55, 6 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! Oceanh (talk) 19:25, 8 September 2008 (UTC).Reply

Ahah. You are the one responsible for those orienteering DYKs I found. Would you care to expand the DYK "trophy" list I started on Wikipedia:WikiProject Orienteering? --Una Smith (talk) 06:41, 1 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

Categories

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The following just puzzles me: Why did you not include the birth year category at Idalmis Gato, Marlenis Costa and other articles? Punkmorten (talk) 19:53, 7 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

I am not sure why I somtimes forget the birth year category, maybe I'm too focused on other aspects of the articles. In the Linn Skåber article I plainly forgot to insert the BD template. I normally use the BD template, but in some cases I have started to use the DEFAULTSORT template (when birth year is unknown or not supplied, and occationally for older people to avoid an uninformed guess between Category:Living people and Year of death unknown). I do not remember the details about the three Cuban volleyball players. The 21 recently created stubs about Japanese volleyball players were mainly prepared offline. Originally I did not intend to search for their year of birth, and when I decided to include the years after all, I forgot to replace DEFAULTSORT with BD.
Thank you for fixing some of the articles! And sorry for the inconvenience. Oceanh (talk) 19:25, 8 September 2008 (UTC).Reply


Did You Know question

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Hi. I've reviewed your DYK submission for the article Linn Skåber, and made a comment on it at the submissions page. Please feel free to reply or comment there. Cheers, Art LaPella (talk) 01:09, 10 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the review, and for noticing the ambiguity! I have modified the article and the hook (reusing your words), to clarify. Oceanh (talk) 18:28, 10 September 2008 (UTC).Reply
  On 12 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Linn Skåber, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 20:32, 12 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! Oceanh (talk) 20:17, 18 September 2008 (UTC).Reply

DYK

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  On 10 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Knaben, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Mspraveen (talk) 10:55, 10 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thanks! Oceanh (talk) 18:28, 10 September 2008 (UTC).Reply
  On 16 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cynthia Woodhead, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 01:51, 16 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! Oceanh (talk) 20:17, 18 September 2008 (UTC).Reply

Great work.

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Hi. I just noticed your DYK noms for Asbjørn Sunde and the Osvald Group. Great work, you filled a in noticeable gap there. I took the liberty of doing some maintenance work on the articles for you, hope they make DYK, they sure do qualify. Manxruler (talk) 10:39, 18 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the nice comments, and for your improvements to the two articles! Oceanh (talk) 20:17, 18 September 2008 (UTC).Reply

Osvald Group, Asbjørn Sunde

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  On 18 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with facts from the articles Osvald Group, and Asbjørn Sunde, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 18:11, 18 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the article selections, and for the dyk notice! Oceanh (talk) 20:17, 18 September 2008 (UTC).Reply

Tofane

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  On 20 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tofane, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:08, 20 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

VF Ivano Dibona, Cristallo (mountain)

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  On 23 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with facts from the articles VF Ivano Dibona, and Cristallo (mountain), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 20:02, 23 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for taking the articles on Dolomite massifs Tofane and Cristallo, and the via ferrata Ivano Dibona! Oceanh (talk) 20:29, 23 September 2008 (UTC).Reply

DYK for Dyre Vaa

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  On 29 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dyre Vaa, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 18:51, 29 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

DYK for Anne Grimdalen

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  On 29 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Anne Grimdalen, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 18:51, 29 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for selecting Dyre Vaa and Anne Grimdalen, and for the notification! Oceanh (talk) 19:06, 29 September 2008 (UTC).Reply

DYK for Control point (orienteering)

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  On 5 October, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Control point (orienteering), which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

RyanCross (talk) 23:30, 5 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

DYK for Bromma kyrka

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  On 5 October, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bromma kyrka, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

RyanCross (talk) 23:32, 5 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

DYK for Spånga kyrka

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  On 5 October, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Spånga kyrka, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

RyanCross (talk) 23:34, 5 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for selecting Control point (orienteering), Bromma kyrka and Spånga kyrka. Oceanh (talk) 23:41, 5 October 2008 (UTC).Reply

Harald zur Hausen

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Nevermind, I've moved it to the next update. I don't think the debate would have much point in this case. --BorgQueen (talk) 20:30, 12 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

Ok fine, thanks. I posed the question on WT:DYK because I could not fully understand the DYK selection rules for this and similar cases, also not being familiar with the ITN process. Now it seems the rules can be interpreted differently by experienced editors. Anyway, probably not a too frequent issue. Oceanh (talk) 23:39, 12 October 2008 (UTC).Reply
  On 13 October, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Harald zur Hausen, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

PFHLai (talk) 00:07, 13 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! Oceanh (talk) 12:32, 19 October 2008 (UTC).Reply

DYK for Solna Church

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  On 16 October, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Solna Church, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

JayHenry (talk) 02:35, 16 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thanks! Oceanh (talk) 12:32, 19 October 2008 (UTC).Reply

DYK nom for Pawtuckaway State Park

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Another T:DYK nom for an orienteering venue: Pawtuckaway State Park. --Una Smith (talk) 17:09, 18 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

Great Una! Keep up your good work on improving and promoting articles on orienteering! Oceanh (talk) 12:32, 19 October 2008 (UTC).Reply

DYK

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  On 19 October, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Odd Karsten Tveit, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Wow, keep up the awesome job! Royalbroil 04:14, 19 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the greeting! Oceanh (talk) 12:32, 19 October 2008 (UTC).Reply
Please consider putting something (anything!) on your userpage. The red link makes you look like a newbie, which is definitely wrong. Royalbroil 14:51, 20 October 2008 (UTC)Reply
Might consider this later, if I can think of something useful to put there. Designing good user pages consumes time and energy, and I give that a low priority at the moment. In the meantime I prefer not to insert trivia, also not in user space. Oceanh (talk) 23:48, 28 October 2008 (UTC).Reply
  On 19 October, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gubben Noak, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Keep up the good work! ~ User:Ameliorate! (with the !) (talk) 10:05, 19 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

  On 19 October, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Songs of Fredman, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Keep up the good work! ~ User:Ameliorate! (with the !) (talk) 10:05, 19 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for taking the two Bellman articles! Oceanh (talk) 12:32, 19 October 2008 (UTC).Reply
  On 27 October, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Paal Brekke, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thank you for your contributions! - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 17:46, 27 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. Oceanh (talk) 23:48, 28 October 2008 (UTC).Reply

Did You Know question

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Hi. I've reviewed your DYK submission for the article Lars Andreas Oftedahl, and made a comment on it at the submissions page. Please feel free to reply or comment there. Cheers, Art LaPella (talk) 22:51, 28 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the prompt review! I substituted "reputated" with "renowned". Oceanh (talk) 23:48, 28 October 2008 (UTC).Reply
And thank you too. Art LaPella (talk) 01:40, 29 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

DYK

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  On 31 October, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lars Andreas Oftedahl, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 15:39, 31 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thanks! Oceanh (talk) 22:50, 5 November 2008 (UTC),Reply
  On 1 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Profil (literary magazine), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Wow, lots of DYK! Keep up the great work! --Royalbroil 20:22, 1 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

I notice that your name is a red link. I highly recommend you change that by creating a user page - even if it's almost blank. A red link on a userpage implies new contributor or often even worse vandal. You deserve so much better for all that you have done! Royalbroil 20:22, 1 November 2008 (UTC)Reply
Thanks! Oceanh (talk) 22:50, 5 November 2008 (UTC).Reply

Time for a medal

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  The 25 DYK Medal
You earned the 25 DYK medal. Thank you for your contributions! Punkmorten (talk) 10:22, 4 November 2008 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for the recognition! Oceanh (talk) 22:50, 5 November 2008 (UTC).Reply

DYK for Nicolai Wergeland

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  On 14 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nicolai Wergeland, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cirt (talk) 13:45, 14 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thanks! Oceanh (talk) 20:54, 17 November 2008 (UTC).Reply

Another Wergeland destubbed - this time it's Harald Nicolai Storm Wergeland. Truly an interesting character. You are welcome to check the article, and maybe review the DYK nomination? Punkmorten (talk) 14:14, 17 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

Good job! I modified one of the references to point directly to the relevant online chapter of the book, and added citation to a few more sentences. Oceanh (talk) 20:54, 17 November 2008 (UTC).Reply

DYK for Lucien Michard

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  On 20 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lucien Michard, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 18:12, 20 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

DYK for Toralv Øksnevad

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  On 21 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Toralv Øksnevad, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 18:30, 21 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

DYK for Ravnedalen, Kristiansand

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  On 23 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ravnedalen, Kristiansand, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

07:01, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland

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  On 23 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

07:01, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Claus Pavels

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  On 1 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Claus Pavels, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 01:11, 1 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the messages! Oceanh (talk) 06:22, 1 December 2008 (UTC).Reply
  The Barnstar of Recovery
Great job in saving the GA status of Andreas Thorkildsen! Punkmorten (talk) 12:51, 2 December 2008 (UTC)Reply
Oh well, thanks. I do not have experience in the GA process, but tried to address the issues listed by the reviewer. Made two small expansions, moved some material, rewrote the lead section, and polished some sentences. After this the reviewer found the article to qualify for GA, although there are still significant problems. Hopefully somebody will improve the article over time. Oceanh (talk) 10:36, 7 December 2008 (UTC).Reply

DYK for Shokichi Natsui

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  On 5 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Shokichi Natsui, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 03:13, 5 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. Oceanh (talk) 10:36, 7 December 2008 (UTC).Reply

Birthdates

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Birthdates are available on Database Olympics.com. Just click on the sportsperson's name. Note that 1-4 means 4 January etc. Punkmorten (talk) 21:51, 8 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

Wikiproject Olympics

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Are you part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Olympics? If not, you might want to join, considering that a lot of your edits regard Olympians. mynameinc 02:18, 27 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the invitation. It is correct that I contribute to articles regarding Olympians from time to time. I normally do not list as "member" of any project, though. Oceanh (talk) 02:39, 27 December 2008 (UTC).Reply