User talk:Philg88/Archive 47

Archive 40

←

Archive 45

Archive 46

Archive 47

Archive 48

Archive 49

Archive 50

Speedy deletion nomination of Smoky (rapper)

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice to inform you that a tag has been placed on Smoky (rapper) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, images, a rephrasing of the title, a question that should have been asked at the help or reference desks, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. TheSandDoctor (talk) 04:55, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

@TheSandDoctor: Hi there and thanks for the message. This is a page that I moved following a request at WP:RFM back in 2015. Thereafter it was a redirect but has now been blanked. Cheers,  Philg88 ^♦talk 05:09, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Would you like it back as a redirect? I will withdraw my nomination for deletion if so & set it back as a redirect. --TheSandDoctor (talk) 05:14, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Sounds good Best,  Philg88 ^♦talk 05:51, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

 Done Ymblanter beat me to it but it is now a redirect once again. Happy editing! ---TheSandDoctor (talk) 18:41, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Template page moves

Thank you very much for this page move and other associated renames!  Paine Ellsworth  ^put'r there  16:27, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

@Paine Ellsworth: You're welcome, and thanks for stopping by to say that!  Philg88 ^♦talk 05:01, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Pleasure! Paine  

Haikou Tower

Hi Phil! Hope you are well and happy. Long time!

I wonder if Haikou Tower is really underway. I will check. The Guoxing biz district is really getting on. The image shows a few of the many buildings now on Guoxing.

Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 04:38, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi Anna! Likewise. Long time indeed!

The tower wouldn't be a surprise although as you well know such projects have a habit of stalling half way through. I would put on a deerstalker and take a surreptitious stroll by ...

Best as always,  Philg88 ^♦talk 05:00, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

Stalling? Not a chance. This is HNA and they have cash out the Wallizoona (Aussie term). I'm just not certain it even exists. But HNA is building everything on Guoxing -- tons of buildings. You would not recognize it. Google map it.

Anyhow, stalling was that old situation before when loans were given out willy nilly (not an Aussie term) and the developer split with the loot. That doesn't happen today. Plus, the government settles for nothing short of fantastic success here. You know how I used to whine about all that. Today, the government is a superhero here. The city is fantastic and clean and modern. The Nandu has a seawall. Unused areas have been turned into parks. Existing parks renovated. Crummy areas wiped off the map and rebuilt. All markets redone. New, (way too many) plazas all over the place. The list goes on. Astonishing! It is really a great place to live. I do hope you come back to visit one day.

So, I will definitely stroll over there with a camera and see what I can find. If you can dig up coords, that would be magic. I can't find the thing.

My very best wishes,

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 05:48, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

@Anna This Baidu article might help, there are lots of pics of buildings associated with HNA on Guoxing Avenue. Chinese WP also has an article on the avenue, albeit sub-stub standard.

I do hope to make it back for a visit, maybe Spring next year.

Take care and enjoy the rebuilt city!,  Philg88 ^♦talk 06:22, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

See HNA Building and also, zh Wikipedia is blocked, so I cannot see that. I posted at article talk about how this thing probably doesn't exist. Thanks for the links, though. And it will be great to see you if you make it here. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 06:26, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

Nicolo Rizzuto

Thanks for the move. Can you also move the talk page? Thanks. Vaselineeeeeeee^★★★ 20:18, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

@Vaselineeeeeeee:  Done. Cheers,  Philg88 ^♦talk 05:43, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Ruyi

Found it! See the port 100m southwest? They are making that to move supplies there I guess. It's new. Anyhow, no pics of the island yet, unfortunately, but I can trace one from other pics and start the article. Cheers, and thanks for the commons feedback on the Haikou Official Nafflem. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 06:03, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Good work, Sherlock. Best,  Philg88 ^♦talk 06:47, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Ruyi Island. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:48, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Looking good!  Philg88 ^♦talk 09:22, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Port port port

There is Haikou New Port which is old. There is now Haikou Port New Seaport which is new. (They were thinking of naming it "Haikou New Port Sea Port of Haikou Port of the Sea Port Corporation Concern Limited Company Group", but there is already a port named that.) :)

Anyhow, Haikou Port New Seaport may be part of South Port, the port west of Haikou. South Port, by the way, is the one that serves both Hainan Western Ring Railway and Hainan Western Ring High-Speed Railway. No wonder everyone is so confused.

I'm off to drink a bottle of port. A sudden craving. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 04:23, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

I know these Chinese are impressive builders, but are you sure they managed to finish Haikou Port New Seaport 28 days before they started work? .  Philg88 ^♦talk 04:37, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

N. Korean-style efficiency statement! I'll fix it. Thanks for pointing that out. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 21:05, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Haikou emblem

Hello there. Would you please visit this page and tell us what you think? Many thanks! :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:30, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

 Done  Philg88 ^♦talk 06:46, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

More. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:17, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Could sure use your input to help get that wrapped up. I worry it will end up in dozens of infobox. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 21:11, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Anna,  Done, Best  Philg88 ^♦talk 21:41, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! I've agreed. It's a lousy emblem and looks like it belongs on a souvenir shop coffee mug. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 21:51, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Can you help verify translations of articles from Chinese

Hello Philg88,

Would you be able to help evaluate the accuracy of translations of Wikipedia articles from Chinese to English Wikipedia?

File:Language icon.svg

This would involve evaluating a translated article on the English Wikipedia by comparing it to the original Chinese article, and marking it "Pass" or "Fail" based on whether the translation faithfully represents the original. Here's the reason for this request:

There are a number of articles on English Wikipedia that were created as machine translations from different languages including Chinese , using the Content Translation tool, sometimes by users with no knowledge of the source language. The config problem that allowed this to happen has since been fixed, but this has left us with a backlog of articles whose accuracy of translation is suspect or unknown, including some articles translated from Chinese. In many cases, other editors have come forward later to copyedit and fix any English grammar or style issues, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the translation is accurate, as factual errors from the original translation may remain. To put it another way: Good English is not the same as good translation.

If you can help out, that would be great. Here's a sample of the articles that need checking:

• Taichung Municipal Taichung Industrial High School
• Taipei Base Design Center
• Taoyuan Sports Federation

All you have to do, is compare the English article to the Chinese article, and mark it "Pass" or "Fail" (templates {{Pass}} and {{Fail}} may be useful). (Naturally, if you feel like fixing an inaccurate translation and then marking it "Pass", that's even better, but it isn't required.)

If you can help, please let me know. Thanks! Mathglot (talk) 22:26, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

@Mathglot: Thanks for the message. Sorry but I don't have the time to devote to your project right now. Best of luck with it though.  Philg88 ^♦talk 06:55, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for responding, Best regards, Mathglot (talk) 07:06, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

Help seeing what I cannot see

Sorry to bother you again. [1]. Many, many thanks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:37, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Never mind. Got it. Discussion now here. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:07, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Good. Hopefully the idea about not using the image will get through. Best,  Philg88 ^♦talk 04:41, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Restrictions on geographic data

Did you know about Restrictions on geographic data in China? Holy moly. I have been adding coords to articles and photos for years. I had no idea. I just noticed a difference between openstreetmaps and another googlemaps mirror's coords, and links brought me to that article. I sure hope I'm not in trouble. I only meant to help people find that concert hall etc. Thoughts? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 18:28, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I ran into this previously. Seems to be one of those "proscribed but unenforced" thingies that as you know are rife in China. I wouldn't worry too much, but if you see a drone following you ... Best,  Philg88 ^♦talk 07:03, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Phew. I'll remain here under the sofa for at least a couple of days to be sure. Cheers. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:06, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

This is to inform you that an attempt is being made to overturn an RfC that you commented on

This is to inform you that an attempt is being made to overturn an RfC that you commented on (2 RfCs, actually, one less than six months ago and another a year ago). The new RfC is at:

Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#RfC: Allow private schools to be characterized as non-affiliated as well as religious, in infobox?

Specifically, it asks that "religion = none" be allowed in the infobox.

The first RfC that this new RfC is trying to overturn is:

• 15 June 2015 RfC: RfC: Religion infobox entries for individuals that have no religion.

The result of that RfC was "unambiguously in favour of omitting the parameter altogether for 'none' " and despite the RfC title, additionally found that "There's no obvious reason why this would not apply to historical or fictional characters, institutions etc.", and that nonreligions listed in the religion entry should be removed when found "in any article".

The second RfC that this new RfC is trying to overturn is:

• 31 December 2015 RfC: RfC: Religion in infoboxes.

The result of that RfC was that the "in all Wikipedia articles, without exception, nonreligions should not be listed in the Religion= parameter of the infobox.".

Note: I am informing everyone who commented on the above RfCs, whether they supported or opposed the final consensus. --Guy Macon (talk) 04:24, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

@Guy Macon: Comment made at the discussion.  Philg88 ^♦talk 05:16, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Access to deleted article

Hello!

I was using the article "Poker Probability (Texas Hold'em)" as study material for my high school project on combinatorics and its usage in various fields. The problem is it got deleted on 13th June http://deletionpedia.org/en/Poker_probability_(Texas_hold_%27em) Could you please give me access to a copy of the deleted article? I really need it to finish my project, thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by SelfishGhost (talk • contribs) 21:07, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi there SelfishGhost and thanks for the message. The article you want access to was deleted because it is not suitable for Wikipedia so you'll have to work with the version at deletionpedia. Sorry!  Philg88 ^♦talk 05:21, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Precious three years

Precious

Three years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:13, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

RfA

Thanks for supporting my run for administrator. I am honored and grateful. ) Cullen328 Let's discuss it 00:09, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Gipmochi for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Gipmochi is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gipmochi until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Kautilya3 (talk) 12:46, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Hainanese

Hello my friend. What are guidelines on this sort of thing? Many thanks and best wishes. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:09, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Hello to you my dear. Hainanese has no standard Romanization AFAIK and it doesn't really help anyone adding this type of info so I would say WP:INDISC applies and it should be left out. Best,  Philg88 ^♦talk 15:15, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Fair enough. Thank you so much. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 18:06, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

DNB attribution

With this edit (Revision as of 08:19, 31 January 2016) you removed the inline attribution requited by the guideline WP:Plagiarism. The Earwig's Copyvio Detector detects a 91.5% likelihood that most of the text was copied from the DNB article.

Can you remember, or look in your contribution history to see, if you have altered any other article to remove the attribution? If so please fix them. -- PBS (talk) 12:59, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

My bad, I will check and see if there are any others.  Philg88 ^♦talk 16:55, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Regarding Chinese coordinates

Hi, thanks for adding coordinates in your edit (Special:Diff/615249910)! The only bad news about it is that your coordinates appear screwed up by Chinese obfuscation, namely GCJ-02(Google Map?). (Wikipedia's geodata all use WGS84.) Please consider cross-checking these coordinates on satellite imagery or with OSM. If the coordinates you got appear wrong, you can try feeding it through this gadget (or its web version). Thanks again. --Artoria2e5 contrib 05:11, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up, Artoria2e5. Best,  Philg88 ^♦talk 07:08, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Ditto for Former Residence of Sun Yat-Sen (Shanghai). I am doing a quick check by Wikidata/OSM matching for fun, so expect a few more edits if you have watched any of these pages… Any help would be welcome too. --Artoria2e5 contrib 13:49, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Help reading a map

Can you tell me what this map says? I think it shows Yelu Dashi's moves from the falling Liao dynasty to Kedun to Emil to Balasaghun to Samarkand(?) and his new empire at the time of his death. It is valuable because his movements are hard to explain in prose. I hesitate to label it because I can't read it. The thing I guess is Samarkand or Qatwan has a zhong in it and 1142 instead of 1141. Thanks. Benjamin Trovato (talk) 21:33, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Benjamin Trovato and thanks for the message. Sorry, but it's been a while since I did any Chinese stuff so I can't really help. Good luck though in cracking the problem. Best,  Philg88 ^♦talk 04:36, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks.Benjamin Trovato (talk) 05:10, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Martin Pring and the East India Company

Hi, I am working on the wikiproject Bristol cleanup listing and started looking at the "dubious-discuss" tag on Martin Pring. I note you added the tag and a comment on the talk page back in Sept 2016. No one has argued with your comment that it should be the English East India Company, rather than the Dutch East Indies Company. You suggest you have sources to support it - could you just change it?— Rod ^talk 20:02, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

@Rodw:  Done  Philg88 ^♦talk 05:37, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Clement Delves Hill

There is a monument erected in honour of Colonel Hill in Honnavar, India. This column is 171 years old.

Pictures can be found here:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Colonel-Hills-171-year-old-column-faces-grave-threat-from-NHAI-project/articleshow/54355390.cms

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/634291/colonel-hill-monument-hc-orders.html

http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/karavali/honavar/chill.htm

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g1819922-d4022857-Reviews-Colonel_Pillar-Honnavar_Uttar_Kannada_District_Karnataka.html

Thanks for the info Anand.Hegde. I see you have added these sources to the article. Best,  Philg88 ^♦talk 05:41, 23 September 2017 (UTC).

(p.s. Don't forget to sign your talk page posts with 4 tildes like this ~~~~. This will automatically include your signature.)

CE

Hey Phil, could you help me with some copyedits here. Thanks! Jim Carter 21:24, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Section header at WP:RM/TR

Did you intend to remove the subsection heading that I added? It's there to make it easier to edit the section from the WP:RM page. Dicklyon (talk) 16:50, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the message Dicklyon. Sorry - it wasn't deliberate. I used the "Clear all requests" button so it appears to be a side effect of that.  Philg88 ^♦talk 17:30, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

I was wondering if there was some such semi-automated undoing of my attempt. Where is this button and who would know how to fix it? Dicklyon (talk) 19:43, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

The button sits above the "Uncontroversial technical requests" section. Alas, I have no idea of the technical wizardry behind it.  Philg88 ^♦talk 19:54, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

I don't see it. Perhaps it requires admin status, or some special javascript installed. I'll ask on the talk page. Dicklyon (talk) 20:19, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

It's behind some "display only on the actual page" code in the Instructions page. Updated. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 21:07, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks SarekOfVulcan, mystery resolved!  Philg88 ^♦talk 22:46, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

{{Anthropocentric}}?

Hi, Phil, it seems you were the person who was handled to relocation of this template from {{Human-centric}} to {{Anthropocentric}} following a request from an IP editor to do so. I wanted to ask that this be reverted back to "Human-centric" (even though this is kind of a weird and maybe clumsy way of saying the same thing)... This is because although I completely agree that "anthropocentric" is the scientifically correct term be be using here, a sizable proportion of Wikipedia's readership just ain't gonna know what big long words like that which they have never seen before actually mean. "Human-centric", which makes me cringe a bit even to type it, strikes me as the word we really need to be using here: it isn't in any sense truly incorrect, it is just more "pedestrian" and I think that "anthropocentric" is overly recondite for template use. And yes, I know there is a link to the word "anthropocentric", but the odds of a casual reader not recognizing the tern & bothering to clink on that link I think you will agree are next to zero, and so the tag will be ignored. I have witnessed other editors actually type "human-centric" more than once when referring to this kind of problem, and have never yet seen anyone type "anthropocentric" on a talk page anywhere to express the sentiment summarized by this template. Could we get it turned back to "human-centric" again, even if it sounds wrong to the ears of scientists and other professionals? Our audience is not us, and we need to accommodate them as often as possible when it is reasonable to do so. I think this is probably one of those times. Thanks for considering my request! KDS4444 ^(talk) 02:36, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi KDS4444 and thanks for the message. My suggestion would be that you post a {{Requested move}} at the Template talk:Anthropocentric page echoing the above rationale. There seems to have been some discussion of which term to use and other editors may have different opinions on whether such a move should take place. If no one else comments after the requisite 7 day period, give me a shout and I will do the move. Best,  Philg88 ^♦talk 06:41, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

I just checked on this— it looks like the request got one !vote of support not long after it was made 8 days ago, but nothing (either for or against) since. It was recently relisted, but I am not sure that even that is necessary, as there is no minimum amount of participation necessary for RM discussions and there has been no opposition at all since I first made the request. Do you think this is enough cause to perform the relocation back to Human-centric? (because it looks to me like it is, but I would be glad to know if you feel otherwise). Thanks! KDS4444 ^(talk) 23:15, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi again KDS4444. I agree no one seems opposed to the move but I suggest that you wait another 7 days as a courtesy to the editor who relisted it yesterday. Best,  Philg88 ^♦talk 06:13, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Possibility of providing your input on a Peer Review for Regine Velasquez's entry

Hi Philg88,

I'm writing to ask whether you would consider having a look at the article. I'm aware that you've been involved with a few PRs before. I've given it a major rewrite and complete overhaul. I began working on the article late October when it looked like this and somehow ended up rewriting the whole thing and aiming for potentially FA. This isn't a process I've been through before, but I have been reading the reviews here in preparation, and am familiar with FAC demands. I would very much appreciate a fresh set of eyes and happily address any concerns you may have.

Thanks! Pseud 14 (talk) 13:34, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi Pseud 14 and thanks for the message. It's been a long time since I carried out a peer review and there are no doubt others much better qualified than I to do it. Good luck though!  Philg88 ^♦talk 15:26, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Resquest

Hello. Requesting c/e extending article Maureen Wroblewitz. Thanks you much.Nolp (talk) 08:58, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

@Nolp:  Done ... although there wasn't much to do.  Philg88 ^♦talk 10:14, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

Request

Hi, could you please join in these two move discussions – Bhavana (actress) and Robin Hood (2009 film). Let There Be Sunshine (talk) 18:01, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Lilian Shelley

Thanks for your addition. Is there any more about her in the book? Is there perchance a photograph? I have never found one. Philafrenzy (talk) 11:04, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

@Philafrenzy: You're welcome. There is a b&w photo of a 1912 portrait of her by Adrian Allinson from a private collection. I suspect it would be copyright the author and thus (sadly) unusable.  Philg88 ^♦talk 17:41, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

... and a fair bit about her affair with Dick Innes and the Mary Bryant book.

Thanks, you mean the photo by Allinson is in the book? Philafrenzy (talk) 17:50, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

@Philafrenzy: Yes, a (small) b&w photo of the portrait painted by Allinson is in the book.  Philg88 ^♦talk 19:08, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

File:Sikkim area map.svg

Hello, your map of Sikkim is a fine little work, I’d only add a second smaller "Tibet" in the top left under "China", it throws you a bit a first glance! Gherkinmad (talk) 00:28, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

@Gherkinmad: Thanks, but which map are you talking about?  Philg88 ^♦talk 06:12, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

@Philg88: Ah yes sorry, it’s on the Bhutia page, but yes should definitely go on Sikkim somewhere as well. Gherkinmad (talk) 17:51, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

@Gherkinmad: Ah yes, I'd forgotten that map . Tibet top top left? That's Xinjiang, not Tibet surely?  Philg88 ^♦talk 20:51, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

@Philg88: No no, still TAR from Kashmir to Arunachal − Tibet east, north and northwest of Sikkim. Xizang all the way 😊 Gherkinmad (talk) 00:43, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

@Gherkinmad: OK, I'll make the change. Cheers,  Philg88 ^♦talk 05:43, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

@Gherkinmad:  Done  Philg88 ^♦talk 07:32, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

@Philg88: Great stuff, not a dab hand at SVGs so I really do appreciate it. I think you had like a pixel-size white border for the other Tibet? Just for even-ness. But nothing else apart. Nice work. Gherkinmad (talk) 21:03, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

@Gherkinmad: Thanks. As for the font outline, I created that map three years ago and the text has all been rasterised so I have no idea what it is among the hundreds of fonts I have installed. When I have some spare time I will redo all the text. Best,  Philg88 ^♦talk 06:25, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

Erith

Hi Philg88. Just want to note that i have changed your two edits yesterday to Erith and Bess of Hardwick, as they were wrong. Henry VIII granted the former to the Dowager Countess of Shrewsbury who was alive at the same time as he ~ Bess's husband, the 6th Earl, died fortythree years after Henry. The 4th Earl was indeed also called George Talbot, and his second wife was also Elizabeth; confusing, i know. Happy days, Lindsay^Hello 09:51, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Many thanks for that Lindsay, I appreciate the corrections. 'Tis a shame the English aristocracy lacked the imagination to come up with different names for their progeny - it would make identifying individuals so much easier! Best,  Philg88 ^♦talk 06:34, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

use of your image from CC Wikimedia

Dear philg88,

I am a scholar at the University of Edinburgh and I am publishing a paper on the 'Edinburgh Parthenon (National Monument of Scotland)' on Aevum, a printed Italian academic journal (http://aevum.vitaepensiero.it/).

I would like to include in the printed article your image from: [[2]]

I would credit your work as "by philg88, via Wikimedia Commons".

The journal editors have asked me to provide an authorization by the author. Would you be willing to write a very brief authorization that I can show to the editors?

My email is: matteo.zaccarini@ed.ac.uk

Many thanks,

Matteo — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.42.135.151 (talk) 19:18, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Matteo and thanks for the message, which perplexed me somewhat since I have nothing to do with this file. The picture in question was taken by Mdbeckwith, who gives an email address on their user page where you can no doubt contact them. Good luck!  Philg88 ^♦talk 06:25, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

अड़चन

हेलो उल्हास, मला विकिपीडिया चे पान मध्ये जर बदल घडवून आणायचे असतील तर ते कसे करावे? मला त्या बद्दल माहिती द्याल का?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vaibhav (vvstic) (talk • contribs) 06:13, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi there Vaibhav (vvstic) and thanks for the message. Google Translate tells me that it says "Hello, I want to make a change in Wikipedia's page, how to do it? Would you please tell me about that?" Unless you are reasonably competent in the use of English I suggest you don't. Start off on your native language Wikipedia and learn your way around, I'm sure there are lots of other editors who would be willing to help you. Good luck!!  Philg88 ^♦talk 06:21, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

About location maps

Can you help make some location maps of China's provinces? Like "File:Location map China Hunan EN.svg", it can show places within the maps if fill in the latitude and longitude. Now Wikipedia only has the location maps of Beijing, Shanghai, Gansu, Guangdong, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Qinghai, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Fujian, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hong Kong, and Macau.--Huangdan2060 (talk) 00:30, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi there Huangdan2060 and thanks for the message. I don't spend as much time on Wikipedia as I used to due to other commitments so I'm afraid creating other location maps of China is not something I would want to undertake given the time and effort involved. All the best,  Philg88 ^♦talk 06:38, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Phil, it's been a while! I also took a long break from Wikipedia, but could not resist the joy of writing and returned a few months ago :). I recently stumbled upon a Jiangxi svg map File:Jiangxi.svg. Would it be relatively easy to turn that into a location map? I have no idea how much work it entails so don't worry about it if it's too time-consuming. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 20:12, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Zanhe, nice to hear from you and I trust all is well with you. The map you suggest would be very difficult if not impossible to turn into a location map. In a nutshell, to create a location map you have to know the latitude and longitude of the top right hand corner and all the data has to be proportionally relevant to that. This is why it takes a lot of work to create one, as you have to start with the raw OSM data and turn that into an SVG, which takes a ton of effort and a whole bunch of tools. I suppose you could always ask for these maps at the map workshop but I don't know how responsive that is now. All the best,  Philg88 ^♦talk 06:53, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. I had no idea there's so much difference between a location map and a plain map. Never mind then. As for the map workshop, I'm pretty sure I requested there once or twice before, and nothing came out of it. Maybe Wikimedia should use the donations they get to hire some professionals to do things like this. -Zanhe (talk) 14:18, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Ways to improve Kittatinny Mountains

Hi, I'm Markdask. Philg88, thanks for creating Kittatinny Mountains!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. This remains a stub

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse.

Mark^Dask 18:03, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi there markdask and thanks for the message. I didn't create the page, I moved it following a request at WP:RMT. No problem though and thanks for your efforts to improve Wikipedia. Cheers,  Philg88 ^♦talk 16:33, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Yeah inadvertant, I curated it so the message was automatic. The curation toolbar has a mind of its own Mark^Dask 00:30, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:EWO1920Ad1.jpg

⚠

Thanks for uploading File:EWO1920Ad1.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:24, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:EWO1920Ad2.jpg

⚠

Thanks for uploading File:EWO1920Ad2.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:24, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

Bad move

There is no way this should have been called "uncontroversial". I hope you are more careful these days. Johnbod (talk) 12:57, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi there, Johnbod If you're unhappy about something that has gone unchallenged for 2 1/2 years then I suggest you start a move discussion at the appropriate talk page.  Philg88 ^♦talk 06:54, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

No, I can't be bothered, but I do want to urge not to make the same mistake these days. As you probably know, the fact that a change to an obscure page like this "has gone unchallenged for 2 1/2 years" means virtually nothing. Johnbod (talk) 16:19, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

User:Philg88/uw-tilde

Hi Philg88. Are you still using User:Philg88/uw-tilde. Was it a sandbox? Checking because it's polluting the category. If it's something you no longer need, perhaps we can delete it? Thanks. --Bsherr (talk) 16:44, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi Bsherr and thanks for the message. No, I don't need this so if you want me to delete it let me know as I believe it qualifies as G7. Best,  Philg88 ^♦talk 19:05, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. Criterion U1 is an even better fit. I’ve gone ahead and tagged it to save you the trouble. Regards. Bsherr (talk) 20:05, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

You're welcome.  Philg88 ^♦talk 18:34, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

EB1911 attribution

With Revision as of 07:45, 21 February 2016 to Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun with the editorial comment "References: Tweak ref" you altered {{EB1911}} to {{cite EB1911}} in doing so you removed the attribution (see WP:FREECOPYING):

• {{EB1911}}: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Lebrun, Ponce Denis Écouchard". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.
• {{cite EB1911}}: "Lebrun, Ponce Denis Écouchard" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.

However if you had run the Earwig's Copyvio Detector you would have seen that there was 77.6% chance that the text was copied from EB1911.

Have you made this change to the EB1911 template to may more articles? -- PBS (talk) 14:31, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi PBS and thanks for the message. I made the change to suppress the Harv reference error and as far as I recall there shouldn't be many similar edits. I will check my edit history around the same time and make any necessary corrections. Best,  Philg88 ^♦talk 08:54, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

{{EB1911}} includes the parameter ref=. For such cases enter ref=none, however that is not usually desirable as one should usually either link short inline citations to it, or change it into an inline citation with the parameter inline=y

-- PBS (talk) 15:05, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the info.  Philg88 ^♦talk 18:18, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Untitled 2017 Star Trek TV series listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Untitled 2017 Star Trek TV series. Since you had some involvement with the Untitled 2017 Star Trek TV series redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Steel1943 (talk) 05:49, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Ten Year Society

Dear Philg88,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Ten Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for ten years or more. ​

Two years overdue! Congratulations, old friend. It's been a long time. I hope you are well. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:43, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Hello, old friend, nice to hear from you! Thank you for the kind invitation, which I graciously accept. Hope all is good with you.  Philg88 ^♦talk 08:16, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Baby Doll (Kanika Kapoor, Meet Bros Anjjan and Kunal Avanti song)

A tag has been placed on Baby Doll (Kanika Kapoor, Meet Bros Anjjan and Kunal Avanti song) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

Not Useful! Separate Article is already there - Baby Doll (2014 song)

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, pages that meet certain criteria may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. CptViraj (Talk) 12:52, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

@CptViraj: Thanks for the message. This is a redirect created automatically when I moved the page back in 2015 after a request at WP:RMT  Philg88 ^♦talk 06:57, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

@Philg88: Yeah But it's not useful! Who will search "Baby Doll (Kanika Kapoor, Meet Bros Anjjan and Kunal Avanti song)" Is there any Criteria that applies to this redirect? And Thanks for replying! Regards - CptViraj (Talk) 07:01, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

Books & Bytes Issue 34, May – June 2019

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 34, May – June 2019

• Partnerships
• #1Lib1Ref
• Wikimedia and Libraries User Group update
• Global branches update
• Bytes in brief

French version of Books & Bytes is now available on meta!
Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:21, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-29

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• The mobile web will get more advanced editing tools. Seven more Wikipedias can use them now. This works for Arabic, Indonesian, Italian, Persian, Japanese, Spanish and Thai Wikipedia. You can try the tools on the mobile web and give feedback. [3]

Changes later this week

• The abuse filter system user will soon do maintenance edits on broken abuse filters. This user is called Edit filter and has administrator rights. This is meant to fix technical problems. It will not do any other changes. You can read more.
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 July. It will be on all wikis from 18 July (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 17 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• The Wikipedia app for Android will invite users to add image captions to images on Commons. It will only invite users who have added a number of edits in the app without being reverted. This is to avoid spam and bad edits. You can read more and leave feedback. [4]

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.

15:29, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Four years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:46, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Five years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:48, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-30

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• Communities interested by easing newcomers' first steps can now benefit from the Growth team experiments on their wikis. Check the conditions and the request process.
• The Coolest Tool Award 2019 is looking for nominations. You can recommend tools by July 29. The awarded tools will be presented at Wikimania. [5]

Problems

• The release of the last version of MediaWiki (1.34.0-wmf.14) has been blocked for groups 1 and 2. [6]

Changes later this week

• Phabricator database will be moved to a different server. Writes will be blocked on Thursday 25 July, between 05:30 and 06:00 AM UTC. Reads will remain unaffected. [7]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 July. It will be on all wikis from 25 July (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 24 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• Some items in the visual editor will change later this week. This will make it easier to edit links, citations, and templates on both desktop and mobile. [8][9]
• With advanced search turned on you will be able to choose the sorting order of the search results when you do a search. [10][11]
• Users who edit from IP addresses whitelisted on a request for temporary lift of the IP cap for mass account creation will bypass CAPTCHAs. This will happen in August. If you think this should not happen for some reason, please let us know.
• The variable user_wpzero will be removed from AbuseFilter. A list of filters needing a fix is provided.

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.

13:07, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-31

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Problems

• Wikidata will be in read-only mode on 30 July from 05:00 to 05:30 UTC because of a server switch. [12]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 July. It will be on all wikis from 1 August (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 31 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.

21:42, 29 July 2019 (UTC)