User:Dr. Blofeld/May 2011

DYK for Loire (river)

The DYK project (nominate) 18:02, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Middleton family

Please excuse the template. I fully support the family merge and hope your creation survives but its objected to in regards to the Pippa Middleton and the redirect revert resulted duplicated content that has no need at all to be at more thatn one location as general notability is anyways minimal, there is a thread for comments on the talkpage there. Talk:Pippa Middleton - Off2riorob (talk) 19:49, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

• Nomination of Middleton family for deletion - this is also speedy closed...Off2riorob (talk) 20:40, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Death of Osama bin Laden conspiracy theories

Hello. I am preparing a talk page post. I humbly request your input or suggestions. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 02:06, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the input. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:26, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Wildlife of Burkina Faso

The DYK project (nominate) 06:02, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Shea nut and butter production in Burkina Faso

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Lake Qaraoun

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Qaraoun

The DYK project (nominate) 06:04, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Any particular reservation for not nominating Aman Sveti Stefan on due date?--Nvvchar. 07:29, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Yes, though belated, as a senior citizen let me wish you all the happiness in life and continued participation in Wikipedia. What did you do? Had a great birthday bash up I suppose. I am really surprised by the hits the Osama article is getting every day. I hope it will be posted soon on the main page, as the lead article. The Bahrain Fort is in my use page here User:Nvvchar/sandbox/Tarapith. The Galle Fort article is being expanded.--Nvvchar. 10:21, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

I totally forgot it, i will work on it but on my own it will take very long :( --Vinie007 10:59, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

draw up the headers? I don't know what we can put in it. Can you be a little more precise :P --Vinie007 11:07, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

• I have found some sources for Baharin Fort and i will add soon.--Nvvchar. 11:55, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for British Colonial Hilton Nassau

The DYK project (nominate) 18:02, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Old Fort of Nassau

The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

I have completed my inputs to Galle Fort and Amangalla. I will now move on to Bahrain Fort and Wildlife of Zimbabwe. Yes, the dam will be our next article on Pakistan.--Nvvchar. 08:28, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Nice spotting. Corrected to Portuguese.--Nvvchar. 12:34, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

All the sources indicate that it is in the fort area.--Nvvchar. 13:10, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Since I have not visited the place, I can't clarify this. It may be better to post them as independent articles then.--Nvvchar. 14:47, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Since it is already posted as a double article hook let it remain. Which image shall I post, fort and the resort?--Nvvchar. 15:44, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Let us go a bit slow, my friend. There are three articles on the main space which need to be completed in the next two days [Wildlife in Zimbabwe]], Baharian Fort and Elephant hunting in Kenya]]. I have added some text to the last one and the Zimbabwe article is substantially expanded.Victoria's wedding dress has some unfavourable comments on the talk page and the imgs have been removed. --Nvvchar. 10:11, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Turkish villages

Ooooooooooooooh. I see much potential there... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:34, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Sure. Might not happen until tonight - I'm in the middle of some things right now - but it should happen tonight. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:47, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Yeah - I know that feeling. 'S why I don't do much post-dinner editing these days. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:11, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Mightn't be a bad idea. Besides, looks like there's a lot of information available to even beef up some of the Turkish village articles. I'll try and help out when I can, though I've got a lot on my plate this weekend. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:25, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

I'm not so sure about France, actually; I've found very little information about any villages below the level of commune. I'm sure they exist, but they seem to really have no profile whatsoever. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:53, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jannat Abad Qom

Is there any help for this village? Do you have a way of verifying if it exists? Take it easy, Drmies (talk) 01:47, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Pippa's bridesmaid_dress

See User_talk:Chzz#Pippa.27s_bridesmaid_dress, in case you're interested. In my experience, you tend to write articles by the time I can say "ooh, let's do th.." - feel free to respond over there. Don't worry, the evil empire will never know of your dress-based predilections. And I'm fairly confident you know I'm just kidding/mentioning it w/ best intents; if I can, I'll look myself. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  03:57, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

inre: Lewis Milestone

It seems that Milestone got caught up in the red scare of the 50s... and while not exactly black-listed, he was grey-listed. So in late '52 or early '53 he went to Europe for a few years. In England he filmed Melba in 1953 and They Who Dare in 1954. Then he got involved in nearly forgotten film created as a British-Italian joint venture. La Vedova X was produced in Italy in 1954 and released there in 1955. It had a very limited release in the US in 1957 under the title The Widow. In 1959 it had a release in France under the title La Veuve, and for some strange reason IMDB lists its release only as 59... an error picked up by multiple online databases who pretty much copy whatever IMDB offers... and has carried over to the Milestone filmography here. I submitted update information to IMDB and shared the sources I found that showed the film having earlier releases than 1959. If they act upon the submission, and add the updated information to their database, great. But if not... well.....

I would like you to take a look at User:MichaelQSchmidt/The Widow (film) and see if I covered all the bases before I take it live. Thanks, Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 04:05, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Appreciate the second set of eyes... and the poster image. I have a minor quandary, and will be on a film set for the next 12 hours and so the answer might resolve itself when I check back in... but I am ready with DYKs for 1. Lucky Partners being the first on-screen pairing of Ronald Colman and Ginger Rogers, and 2. The Widow (film) was the last film involving Milestone's own writing.... But every time I scroll up and down the DYK list seeking one to review, they have all been reviewed. Do I post the nomination and simply wait? Or is there a "quiet" time of the day when unreviewed nominations are more likely? Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 16:23, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Bin Laden's compound name change

I agree. Pristino (talk) 20:44, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

They say he had several hideouts in Abbottabad. This was his final hideout in that city. Pristino (talk) 20:53, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti

Hello! Your submission of Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!

Article has been nominated for deletion. Will review after decision is made. Mgrē@sŏn 21:09, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Alishang

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Awesome brownie love :)

Thecheesykid has given you a brownie! Brownies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a brownie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. †

Well thankyou!♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:41, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Wedding dress of Queen Victoria

The DYK project (nominate) 06:04, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Apparent issues with the images in Wedding dress of Queen Victoria

Hey there, you probably need to take a look at Talk:Wedding dress of Queen Victoria, where two editors are saying the images in the article aren't of the wedding dress at all (and one of them has now removed the images from the article). The concern has also been raised at WP:ERRORS#Wedding dress of Queen Victoria saying the image needs to be taken off the main page (I noticed this because I have ERRORS on my watchlist). Anyway, you may want to take a look at this if you see this before the article's off the main page. Jenks24 (talk) 08:31, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Ah, I now realise there wasn't an image of the dress on the main page anyway (still removed from the article though). Jenks24 (talk) 08:35, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Well when you google image Queen Victoria wedding dress and thats what comes up...♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:41, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I personally have no idea, but the two editors at Talk:Wedding dress of Queen Victoria seems to know their stuff and be pretty certain about it. Jenks24 (talk) 08:48, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Funny how they are never around when you need them....♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:57, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

God, you were right about the template - they're nearly all filled up now. Poor old Camilla, last redlink on the template... Bob talk 13:27, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

SRK

You know, actually I was not the one who added this info to the intro, and at the beginning I was indifferent to it. However, I have seen several documentaries about him since then and read several more western articles, and all mention him as being the biggest movie star in the world in terms of fan following. I don't think being known to the west is one of the criteria determining this - it's the scale of fame. And I see your point too, so no issues I think. Shahid • ^Talk2me 20:31, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad

Hello! Your submission of Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 00:12, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Ristiḱ Palace

The DYK project (nominate) 06:02, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Wildlife of Zimbabwe, Elephant hunting in Kenya and National Museum of Sudan have been completed from my end. Bahrain Fort will also be done before nightfall. You may now like to add annd edit and post them on DYK.--Nvvchar. 10:42, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Goodness gracious! Don't you and Nvvchar ever sleep? Pretty soon you'll both know everything known to history and you can take a well-earned (and probably badly needed) rest from WP! :) I wish you all the very best. I may be off-line for a while from next Saturday as I will be travelling - but should be home again by mid-July. I presume there will be several hundred new articles by you two when I get back. Fabulous work guys! Congratulations! John Hill (talk) 11:28, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Osama's hideout compound

Right after I suggested the alt, it went to prep. Some editors are working very quickly around here. Yoninah (talk) 11:50, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

I have added some text to Osama bin Laden in Sudan also. I hope it suits the subject.--Nvvchar. 14:20, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Completed inputs to Bahrain Fort also.--Nvvchar. 17:10, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Finished

I finished the list. Finally :D. Now i started the the districts of Albania articles made some files for in the infobox, check them if you like they are in same style like county articles :P --Vinie007 15:03, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

It will take me days. Can a bot do it :P? --Vinie007 15:12, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Use the same source in the village article, or the budget source used in every commune. I wil start bluelink the articles and will put the done template after it if they are done --Vinie007 15:24, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

I will start the linking, maybe it should be done first, i don't know --Vinie007 15:27, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Maybe the linking can also be done automatically --Vinie007 15:34, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

I have no button there....--Vinie007 16:37, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Microsoft word --Vinie007 16:41, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

{{Skrapar District}} most blue links link you to something else, how could that be fixed --Vinie007 16:43, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

They district maps are all done, check [1] link. They are all done :D. Thanks for your help on templates --Vinie007 18:11, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Ok, thanks again :) (Moved list to User:Vinie007/districts) --Vinie007 18:19, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Wedding dress of Princess Alexandra of Denmark

The DYK project (nominate) 18:02, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Yup, fam keeping me busy. I'll look at those articles either tonight or tomorrow. I want to get some ethnologists' bios spruced up, too. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:55, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Expanded Elephant hunting in Kenya; I think some of the info I added in the the lead should be merged into the lower sections. Also Ngina Kenyatta, though I couldn't get it to 5x. I don't know that there's enough material out there for nom-worthiness but Frobenius Institute and Society of Americanists in Belgium may interest you. --Rosiestep (talk) 06:02, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Plaza Resort Bonaire

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

chiapas

I rewrote Chiapas... yes, there is too much but I dont think I hit 5x for DYK ha ha ha. It could use another pair of eyes on it though.Thelmadatter (talk) 01:13, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

I have a tough time with the word count thing unless it is blatantly obvious.... Agreed that the history section and the indigenous peoples section too deserve their own article should eventually be split off. But at least one now knows that there is more the Chiapas' history other than the 1994 Zapatista uprising!Thelmadatter (talk) 14:38, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Osama bin Laden's house in Khartoum

Hello! Your submission of Osama bin Laden's house in Khartoum at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Soman (talk) 03:04, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

• I have replied after making the necessary additions in the above article. The two palaces in Bahrain have almost nothing on the google search worth using, except for the protests. You may like to work on this User:Nvvchar/Royal Palaces of Abomey now since I have added more text and images. However the title leads to Ahome, the town article. You may like to find a solution to this. I am also starting on Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat in Bangladesh, your favourite country. --Nvvchar. 10:22, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Wait till late night to post them on DYK. I have found some text on Al Sakhir Palace. Now that you have found may references, I will add more text. Yes, since you did lot of articles on Bangladesh. Wildlife of Zimbabwe is due for posting today. Shall I post it after you finish your inputs a. You may like to suggest a hook also. Dr. John Hill has complimented us for work on our respective user pages. Now, I feel we are on the verge of becoming wikiholics. I was expecting more hits for the Wedding dress of Princess of Denmark. It got only 8600. Kenya article needs your attention-an alternate hook may be a way out. The book reference you have suggested on elephant poaching is of 1975 and since then things seems to have improved in Kenya.--Nvvchar. 11:17, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

There is a conflict in the year of building the Al Sakhir Palace. The reference I have added under architecture gives a different period.--Nvvchar. 11:24, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

• Surprising is the change in position of Osama bin Laden in Abbatabad article now getting relegated to the third position from the lead position in the morning in the prep area in favour some boat article!--Nvvchar. 16:12, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Aman Sveti Stefan

The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Wedding dress of Grace Kelly

The DYK project (nominate) 12:04, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Elections

I am sorry that i am not working so fast, but yesterday there where Local elections in Albania, and watching the result. I really hope Tirana will be freed from Edi Rama :P --Vinie007 14:37, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Can you maybe add the infobox to the remaining district articles, see Lezhë District for standart template, only title needs to be changed. I am working on the local elections article and would be cool as people clicks to see which district the votes where count get a clear view of position. I added templates in alfabetic order. --Vinie007 10:29, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Bahrain palace

The palace may be in the background of this PD photo, but the photo says it was taken in Manama. (It also might be a mosque instead of a palace? Who knows. I couldn't find many good photos of Sakhir Palace to compare with.) It at least looks similar to this photo, which is called Sakhir Palace... but that photo also says Sakhir Palace is in Manama. I'm not sure if there's another Sakhir Palace in Manama or if the photographers are confused about Bahraini geography or what... There's also not much left of the PD photo if you crop out GWB, but I guess it could be better than nothing. Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:19, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

BTW I love all your dress articles! :) Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:21, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Wedding dress of Princess Elizabeth

Thanks for this article Victuallers (talk) 18:02, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Coronation gown of Elizabeth II

Thanks for this article Victuallers (talk) 18:03, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Elephant Hunting in Kenya

Saw you seemed a little frustrated over at DYK so I thought I'd drop by with a pie to say thanks for all your hard work on zoology articles. It's noticed, admired, and appreciated.

Nature pie.

-- Khazar (talk) 23:00, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Osama bin Laden's Hideout Compound

The DYK project (nominate) 06:02, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Amangalla

The DYK project (nominate) 18:12, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Galle Fort

The DYK project (nominate) 18:12, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Geographic.org

You are notified, as creator of the pages under discussion, of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Geographic.org. Fram (talk) 08:21, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Pink Chanel suit of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

• Thanks for crediting me on this one. Ericoides (talk) 12:42, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

• Wow, that's just amazing. Congratulations to both of you on this one. Have you read WP:NOTMEMORIAL? In many ways, of course, it is a memorial--if only because editors write about things that are important. Well done. Drmies (talk) 15:50, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, one has to make an article on a pink suit credible!♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:52, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Black Versace dress of Elizabeth Hurley

The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Wedding dress of Jacqueline Bouvier

The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for National Museum of Sudan

The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for The Widow (film)

The DYK project (nominate) 18:04, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Definitely

We definitely will. What's up? Seen any new movies. BTW Blof, I just noticed this AFD (I'm not stalking you - just wanted to know if there's something interesting you wrote in the recent past)... How sad is that? Shahid • ^Talk2me 22:15, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Haven't seen anything new these days, but I watched some classic Hindi movies... hehe!! :) Shahid • ^Talk2me 22:19, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Not many, but Andaz with Raj Kapoor, Nargis and Dilip Kumar. Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, which is just too good, Hrishikehsh Mukherjee's Anupama and Asit Sen's Safar... Shahid • ^Talk2me 22:24, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Bin Laden Compound

Just passing by and I noticed that you restored image Bin Laden Compound2. Do we have a license for that? If so it should be stated prominently on the image's page that the photographer personally authorized its use for wikipedia.Brmull (talk) 22:59, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Yes we certainly do. It was only deleted because I added the wrong url link to flickr. I personally requested the photos so you should be thanking me. He changed the license on flickr to CC-sa. Stating he is the author is enough. Thanks on wikipedia? Fat chance.♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:16, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Your work is noticed. Be sure :). Materialscientist (talk) 08:23, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Thankyou. I don't think people realise though just how rare public photos of that compound are though... There was only this editor and another on flickr who had any images of it, the rest were uploaded copyvios. We are very lucky to get them. The vast majority of them are owned by the media circus that followed...♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:40, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

By the way, what is the final count of hits on the DYK appeared on DYK so that the correct figure could be posted under the DYK statistics? As regards taking a week off to complete pending articles, fine with me. Wildlife of Zimbabwe in which you are a joint author is through. Any way, I am contributing articles on dams in India now. --Nvvchar. 09:09, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks dude. I asked ReallyVirtual if he would share some of his pics, but I don't think he's amenable. Brmull (talk) 03:52, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Question about DYK

Herr Doctor, I come to you with a question. I am working a large group of articles relating to Marga T's novel Badai Pasti Berlalu (which is one of them). I am planning on having a simple hook, like "... that Marga T's novel Badai Pasti Berlalu spawned critically-acclaimed movies, music albums, and a song?" Right now those redlinks are simmering in my userspace (the song and album is pretty much done). My question is this: Just how many links would I have to include in the article about the novel? Considering how badly it is overshadowed by the adaptations (especially the albums), it is very hard to even find Indonesian-language reliable sources, let alone English ones. I was thinking of keeping the novel article mainly plot summary and about the adaptations, since those are the most notable aspects of this novel. Thanks in advance. Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:57, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Not surprising that. A plot doesn't need citations I don't think. So long as you have a plot and then another section or two with two or three sources that should be OK.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:59, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll get on it. Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:53, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Taldysay

Yeah, I saw that AfD. Interestingly enough, I myself learned of that site only last month (and didn't find it all that thrilling :))

As for Taldysay, there is no place in Russia by this name as of this year (I don't have an ability to quickly and easily check for abolished places, though). The geographic.org search also doesn't return anything by that name located in Russia. Can you perhaps link to the search results you are getting, so I'd have a starting point? Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 13, 2011; 13:45 (UTC)

If you give me a list of names you want me to dab (or point to an appropriate cat), I'll be happy to. I suspect, however, that some of the place names will be too "ethnic" to be found in Russia (Taldysay is one example of this).—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 13, 2011; 15:44 (UTC)

Thanks. I have better means to do the Russian duplicates, though :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 13, 2011; 15:48 (UTC)

Well, let me take care of Russian duplicates first, and then I'll see what I can do about Kazakh ones. Check out Yubileyny: I moved the Russian places into a dedicated set index, moved the Kazakh place to Yubileynoye, Kazakhstan, and edited the dab accordingly. If I do the rest of them the same way, will this work for you?—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 13, 2011; 16:03 (UTC)

Yes, I'll remember to edit the nav template. Are you planning to be editing it in the next few hours, by the way? Because if you aren't, I'd rather do all corrections in bulk rather than one-by-one (which, however, is fine, if you need to work on it as well).—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 13, 2011; 16:10 (UTC)

Actually, never mind that. I keep getting interrupted all the time, so I'll do the edits to the template one at a time. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 13, 2011; 16:23 (UTC)

By the by, Shenggeldi and Shengel'dy seem to be duplicates.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 13, 2011; 17:06 (UTC)

Please also check Rudnichny, Kazakhstan (currently a red link).—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 13, 2011; 17:20 (UTC)

Please check Oktryabr' and Oktyabr', Kazakhstan. Seem to be duplicates (and the first one is definitely misspelled).—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 13, 2011; 19:38 (UTC)

I don't really know. We don't have a guideline for the romanization of Kazakh, which complicates things. Looking at BGN/PCGN romanization of Kazakh, however, they recommend to romanize "е" as "ye" at all times, so I guess "Mezhdurechenskoye" is better. What we really need, of course, is a couple of Kazakh editors interested in such things, so they could put together a guideline for us to follow.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 13, 2011; 17:47 (UTC)

It sure is easier to do dabbing between countries when the spellings match, though. For Russian, we use pretty much the same BGN/PCGN conventions, which use "y" extensively.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 13, 2011; 18:38 (UTC)

OK, I sorted out the entries from Yubileynoye to Obukhovka; will stop for now.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 13, 2011; 19:50 (UTC)

James Middleton

A discussion of this deletion has begun at WP:AN. You might wish to raise your concerns there or, alternatively, to WP:DRV if you wish to contest the closure. Thanks. --NellieBly (talk) 20:11, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Wildlife of Zimbabwe

Thank you Victuallers (talk) 00:02, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Chandigarh is a very small city. There is nothing more on Geography for a separate article than what is already added in the article on Chandigarh. I searched and I could not find any worth using. --Nvvchar. 14:06, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti

Materialscientist (talk) 12:03, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Location Maps

Could you probably help me with THIS Template? What has gone wrong? --RoseAphro (talk) 14:05, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

You are missing the bottom and right coordinates to programme the map. i can create a better version if you like.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:07, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

 Done Created a new improved map and sorted. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:17, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Afghan villages and towns

Hi! I see you've sorted the current problem once and for all by deleting all the remaining articles in that category. Thanks for being bold -- I know how much pain it must be to lose all that hard work.

If you like, I can offer to start the process of re-generating the Afghan stubs, this time using a combination of the UN data and the Geonames database. Using this, an article would only be generated for places that are in both databases, based on a fuzzy name match that allows for differences in transliteration, and a fuzzy latitude/longitude match. Province/district data would be taken from the UN database. I'd be happy to fuse or cross-check this data with data from other sources, if available. (See, for example, the list at http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2001/sep/11/datasources.html for some ideas.)

The way to start this process would be to refine my existing index pages into tables, containing not only the names, but also the locations and other metadata, to allow for other people to review these. For example, I would expect many comments on the appropriateness and accuracy of the locations. While that's being done, we can get consensus for the creation of the stubs, which I think won't be too difficult, as this time we will be creating high-value high-reliability content.

Finally, the article creation can be performed by bot, after getting permission from the Bot Approvals Group based on the community consensus for the creation of the stubs. -- The Anome (talk) 14:46, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Update: I've taken a quick look at the problem. The Wikipedia article on Arabic transliteration shows just how much scope there is for confusion. There's also an interesting BBC article here on the cope of the problem.

Googling for "Arabic transliteration matching" and "Afghan place names" gives some interesting results, particularly the document "The Establishment of a Geographical Names Authority for the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and Activities Performed with Respect to Geographical Names and Cartography in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan" from the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names, which refers to the establishment of a Board on Geographic Names in Afghanistan (BGN-A).

It looks like the GNS uses the BGN/PCGN transliteration scheme: see http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/Romanization/Romanization_Arabic.pdf . I wonder what system the UN uses for its data? The UNGEGN has a site here: http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/ . Presumably it's something like one of these? Can you find out which?

I'll continue to think about this. -- The Anome (talk) 15:02, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Mensch

Doctor B

I'm impressed with how you dealt with the latest. Despite some provocation, you found it within you to hear the community's concerns and address them. I'm extremely happy to see this situation de-escalate, and you to be taking the lead in that de-escalation.

Thanks, ^Bongo_matic 15:27, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Well, I saved what I could within reason. It would have taken a whole week of solid monotonous work just to save them all as one liners. I'm not prepared to spend that amount of time just to save articles which currently are useless, many of which lack any sources in web and google books so it would have required that amount of work just to save sub stubs. Especially with Kazakhstan so many of them are actually towns and not "villages" it would be better to recreate them gradually extracting some old sources and maybe old Soviet census details. Yes we should have good articles on all of them if we are truly to be comprehensive but we sadly haven't the man power, interest or indeed sources to make it possible in the near future. Afghanistan would be best recreated using the up to date UN source as guidance. neatly organized by district and coordinates/map first time of creation. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:33, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Lorca translation

Hi again. Please remember that talk pages are really just for discussions, not for use as a translation workshop. I've created a subpage User:Dr. Blofeld/Lorca in your user namespace where you can now translate away. For future use you might want to have your own sandbox and just make such subpages yourself. Happy editing, De728631 (talk) 17:15, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

I have translated hundreds of articles in the same way including the extremely long Barranquilla. It really does not matter. It would be different if the talk page was actually heavily trafficked but it is yet to receive a comment.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:22, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Ok, if there's not a lot of traffic one could also use the talk page. I don't really mind that but I found it a bit strange. De728631 (talk) 17:53, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Qal'at al-Bahrain

Materialscientist (talk) 18:02, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Julien Hoffmann

Well done, Dr. Blofeld--I have withdrawn the nomination and left you a puzzled thank-you at the AfD. Drmies (talk) 21:44, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Ordinarily I don't, no. This one I might have said something about, but honestly haven't had the time; I've had other things to attend to all day. Excellent work on the expansion, and many thanks! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 07:49, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

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Joe Satriani

Curiosity only: Why do you have Joe Satriani in your evil header?

Re. Pippa BTW - yeah; dress might be N; maybe someone will write it - I've got a little list of OVER 9000 things I want to write about... I'm sure you have too :-)  Chzz  ►  22:52, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Abbud al-Zumar

Materialscientist (talk) 06:02, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Mosque city of Bagerhat

I have completed this artcile with many references. I hope you will take some time off from the other rectification work and add to this for posting on DYK.--Nvvchar. 10:22, 15 May 2011 (UTC) All figures are from the three Unesco documents referred in the article. I have fixed additional references. I have nominated the article.--Nvvchar. 01:19, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Mainland Chinese towns task force

I invite you to join here for now. I understand that you will be busy with settlements of other countries, so no worries. Thanks. –HXL's Roundtable and Record 17:07, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Pedreña

The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Al-Sakhir Palace

The DYK project (nominate) 18:04, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Julien Hoffman

Nom'ed it. Can you review an article? I gotta run. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:52, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

There appears to be some confusion at dyk regarding Julien Hoffman and Julien Hoffmann. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:33, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Your DYK Nomination

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Talkback

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DYK for Osama bin Laden's house in Khartoum

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Lorca is done with more than 5x inputs. May like to copy edit and also fix some references for a few paras of history, geography and climate sections.--Nvvchar. 15:27, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Versace

Hi Dr. Blofeld! I will try to expand the article on J.Lo green dress... but I have to confess you that I'm not that good in english. But anyway, I'll try! But you keep on creating articles on famous dresses, in order to facilitate my work :-) If you are interested I have just created the . Bye. --Valerio79 (talk) 13:17, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

You're great! I love your articles... I think I will translate everything in the next days. Had you have a look to or the marvellous Keira dress in Atonement? --Valerio79 (talk) 19:15, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, Marilyn Monroe's white dress is next after Michael Jackson's Thriller jacket.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:18, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Neighbourhoods to barrios

Hi Doc, - er... you don't mind it if I call you 'Doc', do you? ("It's the Arts"), I was wondering if it would be worth trying to move "Neighbourhoods" of Montevideo and Buenos Aires to "Barrios". The problem with neighbourhoods is that they imply, well... neighbourhoods, whereas several of the outer barrios of Montevideo are actually rurlar districts with absolutely no neighbourhood-like element about them. So even in the lead of these barrio articles I have to substitute the word 'neighbourhood' with 'district'. The thing is that on 9 March 2007, someone (now inactive) moved Barrios and comunas of Buenos Aires to 'Neighbourhoods' with the excuse of using English. However, an article exists on Barrio, so we could try to move things there. Do you agree with such a move? I think it will have to be a requested move (as potentially controversial), with discussion and all, so I am checking which way you feel best about. Hoverfish Talk 16:57, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Swell dress, btw... Hoverfish Talk 17:01, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Ok, all Buenos Aires links and former redirects now either link to Barrios and Communes of Buenos Aires or to its only important redirect: Barrios of Buenos Aires. Montevideo was no problem because there were no previous moves, so I will only substitute the "neighbourhood" links to "barrios".

Another issue raised by Gongora, is that to have both a loction map and a street map in the infobox makes an overly large infobox, which in most cases is disproportionate with the article. From this I did some touring and I found a great idea in the Arrondissements of Paris. For each arrondissement, there is a separate section for the street map where various sights of the area are indexed. BUT, while they have this index in the image, I think it is best to give a similar index as a list next to the image. So I will soon experiment with some of the central barrio maps and see if I can come up with something good-looking. I will let you know. Have a nice week. Hoverfish Talk 19:13, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Oh, about Barrios outside Argentina and Uruguay, as the article says, the use is only for slums... so I think we don't have to reach that far, but I will check more soon, just in case. Hoverfish Talk 19:15, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Oops spoke too soon. This is one exception, but they mostly avoid the word barrio: San Juan, Puerto Rico. Hoverfish Talk 19:37, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Whenever you have time, check out the new map section in Centro, Montevideo. I am not sure if the maps with the numbers on them should be separate downloads, or if I should simply upload them as new versions of the existing ones*(see below). I think the second is more practical, so that other wikipedias could also catch on the idea. Hoverfish Talk 21:59, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

...*, or if I should simply leave them the way they are. Hoverfish Talk 14:28, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Well, the key is right next to the image (list of 1-8), or do you mean IN the image? Hoverfish Talk 14:32, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Audrey Hepburn's dresses

Yes, I will do both. She was my all time favorite Hollywood actress. I must have seen her films several times during my college days. I have added some text to Little black Givenchy dress of Audrey Hepburn. I hope it is OK. I will continue tomorrow as I have a headache after the Lorca article.--Nvvchar. 17:02, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

I have added to both articles of Audrey Hepburn for whatever it is worth. Lorca is to be nominated today. I was surprised to see this here [2]. I suppose I should now remove the credit given for DYK on my user page for the text I added at your suggestion as the main author. Another user feels that I don't need to be attributed for the text I added. I should refrain from adding text to the notablewestern dresses articles in future.--Nvvchar. 01:26, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, that was me. I didn't mean any offence, only as far as I could see your sole contribution was to add a few lines of text that I felt were in the wrong place/inappropriate etc, and so I deleted most of it (it's all gone now), making your contribution to that article negligible. Regards, Ericoides (talk) 05:57, 18 May 2011 (UTC).

I removed the attribution on my user page for the DYK as pointed by Ericodes. You have put it back. I don't need a controversial credit.--Nvvchar. 17:07, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Elephant hunting in Kenya

The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Burma

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Hi Dr. Blofeld, some times before I rewritted the article about Azem Hajdari, could you help me a bit with it? --Vinie007 15:29, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

chiapas

Chiapas got its DYK... I still have Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapa de Corzo, Tehuantepec and one of the Oaxaca munis with "Etla" in its name to do before I finish my Chiapas trip (with scenic route through Oaxaca). If youre up for any of the splitting off stuff like you did with Oaxaca by all means. I have copied the section on indigenous peoples to see if I can integrate some of that info into already existing articles. Thelmadatter (talk) 19:10, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Notable men's clothing

I realize you are planning 100 women's articles, but what about:

• "Fur robe of Henry VIII" - from the Hans Holbein, with little white fur tails
• "Starfleet uniforms of Captain Kirk" - daily & dress uniforms, mainly original Star Trek
• "Uniform of Darth Vader" - cape+mask in the original Star Wars

For sets of men's uniforms, I would think the collection would be WP:Notable from collected reports about each, or film/TV-costume-design nominations. Some fair-use photos could have commentary as publicity photos, or film posters reported for costume-design. However, perhaps uniforms of fictional characters would be trouble. Any thoughts? -Wikid77 19:18, 17 May 2011, revised 02:12, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Ah but the whole point of the 100 was because of the male geek thing and counteracting crappy Linux stubs with more stubs on women's dresses... ! Star Trek falls into male geek category I'm afraid... I doubt i'll find 100 notable women's dresses, my interest in them wavers anyway...♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:28, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

There are certainly 100 notable women's garments. Here are a few to be going on with, all notable and undoubtedly – dare I use that tired cliché? – iconic: Raquel Welch's fur bikini in One Million Years B.C., Jane Fonda's black bodysuit in Barbarella, Marilyn Monroe's white dress in The Seven Year Itch and Audrey Hepburn's little black dress in Breakfast at Tiffany's ("cited as one of the most iconic items of clothing in the history of the twentieth century and perhaps the most famous little black dress of all time" etc. etc.). But since we under the heading "Notable men's clothing", I'd be interested in seeing a page on Jimmy Page's dragon suit, to complement your Thriller page. I don't think it falls into the male geek category you mention above because it's quite feminine, although you might like to argue the toss. If you could find enough material and a nice free pic of that I'd be very impressed. Regards, Ericoides (talk) 21:14, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

I have started the Little black dress of Audrey Hepburn already and Marilyn Monroes is on my to-do list. Sure you could probably find 1000 notable dresses but I doubt there are 100 iconic dresses.. Besides I would need considerable help if we are to gain another 70 articles on this subject!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:37, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Ah, as I can't find where you made the 100 dresses project comment I didn't realise you wanted iconic dresses, rather than notable ones, as you described them some lines above. I'll chip in if I have the time, although I'm frightfully busy with work at the moment. Apologies for not realising that you had already started AH's LBJ -- already looks good. Ericoides (talk) 05:47, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

• I understand that focus, so perhaps:

• Golden tan mini dress from Forbidden Planet - the tan mini-skirt in film article "Forbidden Planet" (early design auctioned at www.liveauctioneers.com/item/6321506).
• Green dress of Scarlett O'Hara - the drapery dress from Gone with the Wind (film), parodied by Carol Burnett
• Checkered suit of Lauren Bacall - Lauren Bacall's 2-piece suit with Bogart, perhaps from To Have and Have Not in 1940s?

Those are some possible ideas. -Wikid77 02:12, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Michael Jackson's Thriller jacket

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Julien Hoffmann (composer)

Submitted an Alt1 to keep the hook under 200. If you don't like you can strike.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 21:30, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Hey

Good articles. Are you serious? I like a lot Audrey Hepburn. :) Although the acting of some of these actors has terribly dated, there's still something special about them. One actor who is one of my favourite is Marlon Brando, who was consistently great throughout his career. Shahid • ^Talk2me 04:30, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Black Givenchy dress of Audrey Hepburn

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Longmen Grottoes

This article has been substantially expanded by Rosie and me. You may like to add to make it 5x.--Nvvchar. 12:21, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of White bikini of Ursula Andress

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DYK nomination of White floral Givenchy dress of Audrey Hepburn

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I could not find the reference to the hook for the above article. I have nominated Lorca today. I am waiting for your inputs to Longmen Grottoes before posting on DYK.--Nvvchar. 14:01, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Green Versace "jungle" dress of Jennifer Lopez

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Proposed deletion of The Decoy (1916 film)

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Hmmm, struggling to find sources for this one. Lugnuts (talk) 11:09, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Category:Township-level divisions of Tibet

I take it that with additions such as this, you interpret "Tibet" to mean anything that is designated as "Tibetan Autonomous"? Thanks –HXL's Roundtable and Record 23:01, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Maps of Montevideo

Hi, Dr. Blofeld. I saw that Hoverfish and you have done a wonderful job with Montevideo and its related topics. I could also see that you created the locator maps of the barrios. Now I'm looking for someone to create the maps of the municipios of Montevideo, another subdivision of the city larger than that of the barrios. There are 8 municipios in total. You can have a look here or, to see the municipios (from A to G), Google Maps is a very good option. Thanks for your time. Regards, --Góngora (Talk) 14:05, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Will do, via OpenStreetMaps. Hoverfish Talk 14:24, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, guys! :) --Góngora (Talk) 14:28, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Wow, I hadn't noticed the evil organization behind the Arrondissement maps. Congrats and thanks for the tip on Maps for Free. Here is the new bit: File:Municipios of Montevideo.png. Hoverfish Talk 17:08, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Azem Hajdari

I shpend some good time trying to rewrite Azem Hajdari, could you please check and may corrigated some things? --Vinie007 15:11, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Kbal Spean

I am doing this Kbal Spean now if you wish to add. Hotel is a big expansion. I would rather refrain doing it as one of our hotel article has tag as tourist oriented--Nvvchar. 17:11, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Bhutan

The King of Bhutan is getting married I thought you might be interested in it. Currently no article exists of the wedding or his future wife. The wedding is in October just to say he just announced it today. Spongie555 (talk) 20:44, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Issaouane Erg

Hey doc--

Can you help me out here? I'd like a nice infobox with appropriate data and a map in it. Do you know how to do this? Thanks! Drmies (talk) 23:16, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Grands Projets of François Mitterrand

You may be interested in working on Grands Projets of François Mitterrand. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:28, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

I tip my hat to you; it's looking great. I guess I could figure it out, but do you know how to put part of the title in italics? --Rosiestep (talk) 14:33, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Also, I asked CambridgeBayWeather to create a template for the 8 of them. I have to scoot now but I'll work on the ones you mention later today. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:06, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

I created Artisans d'Angkor to avoid a redlink for the Kbal Spean nom. I figured the Artisans article would be just a stub. However, you may wish to work on it. The Grands Projets of Mitterand montage looks GREAT. --Rosiestep (talk) 21:14, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK note

I'm sure this was just a slip, but could probably do with your attention to double check. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 13:57, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Michael Jackson's Thriller jacket

Materialscientist (talk) 16:07, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Sark

This seems like the sort of thing you might know, the island of Sark sits near Normandy in France but is a dependancy of Great Britain. It has a population of 600 people. My question is how do you refer to the people (i.e. the people of France are French and the people of Britain are British, but what are the people of Sark?) Early bids are for 'Sarkian' or 'Sercquian' but I can't find a definitive answer anywhere! Any help? Bob House 884 (talk) 22:45, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Julien Hoffman

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Mosque City of Bagerhat

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Swan dress of Björk

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Grands Projets of François Mitterrand montage

I can work on it later today - do you want a vertical montage (assume so)? Also have not forgotten the maps, just busy IRL. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 12:33, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Is File:Grands Projets of François Mitterrand montage.png this OK? Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 18:17, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Pink Ralph Lauren dress of Gwyneth Paltrow

The DYK project (nominate) 16:04, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for White floral Givenchy dress of Audrey Hepburn

The DYK project (nominate) 00:05, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Clint Eastwood

Sounds good to me. I'm currently focusing on another project right now, so take your time. I've definitely seen some of Lundgren's terrible movies, but some were made enjoyable with his addition. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 02:36, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Q1. Name a famous Nigerian artist

A1. Bruce Onobrakpeya
Q2. Why are there no illustrations in his article?
A2. ...

You have a knack for getting these past the censor. This one is probably FA potential. Aymatth2 (talk) 02:43, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Drumcar

I've expanded Drumcar House and John McClintock (MP). I found a lot of good stuff on Drumcar which I'll work on tomorrow. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:59, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Got caught up in the new season of the Bachelorette so tomorrow for Drumcar. Yes; a 3-way. --Rosiestep (talk) 06:10, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Kanchana Sita

Hi, Can you please go through this artcle? It requires minor copy editing to meet the good article criteria. -- Arfaz (talk) 07:10, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Dolph Lundgrun

What are the chances we both end up editing that article? Rich Farmbrough, 13:44, 23 May 2011 (UTC).

I'm a fan of his on the action man/fitness front but as an actor he's sure had a hard time of it! His films are fun to watch on a macho Friday night but as an actor he pretty much sucks it has to be said, can't find a single positive review about his actual acting!.. My next article for development is Sean Connery (the biography came today in the post) and then probably John Wayne. Hollywood has become so feminine these days, bring back the macho big dudes of classic Hollywood to rule I say.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:50, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

I liked Connery in his embroidery role... Rich Farmbrough, 23:31, 23 May 2011 (UTC).

Palacio Municipal

Excellent. It is well in the Centro, a block away from Cordon, so I corrected it and added some little bits and pieces of info. I also removed a huge map showing the main avenues of Montevideo which for some reason appeared in the infobox. I will add more to it soon. I think the public can go up to the top of the building from an external lift which is on the back, but I have to make sure it is still in operation. Hoverfish Talk 15:38, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Just uploaded the replica of David which is in front of the IMM and added it in the article. Will check the locator map and see what I can come up with. Hoverfish Talk 16:20, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Another map showing all of Montevideo should be used and template's coordinates have to be changed for it. The map used now shows only part of the city. However, apart from fixing the city location map, since the resulting map here would be huge for locating buildings, I suggest we could use barrio location maps instead (according to which barrio the building or whatever is in). What do you think? Well, it takes doing some more templates, I know, but the result will be more useful IMO. Hoverfish Talk 16:31, 23 May 2011 (UTC) BUT we don't need to do such templates for all barrios... Just the ones we'll need.Hoverfish Talk 16:32, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Here, for example, the correct coordinates would fall outside the map: Belmont House (Montevideo). I have to stop now and shut my computer because of dusty works happening in my room. Later. Hoverfish Talk 17:36, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for White bikini of Ursula Andress

The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK Review

Just a reminder: I approved your DYK for Sofitel New York Hotel--but I think you forgot to post a review for the entry. Also, I struck part of my !vote after reading your comment here. Qrsdogg (talk) 20:58, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Black Givenchy dress of Audrey Hepburn

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Templates

I got your message about the pushpins. Right now I am pretty much focussed on cleaning up Award templates for (Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmy, SAG, Grammy, and maybe BAFTA). As such I have run into some trouble at Talk:The Beatles. There is a big to do about templates on the page. So far no one has defended the album templates that have been removed. However, I have created a bunch of honors templates where it seems like there are 4 in favor of removing and 2 in favor retaining. If you get a chance have a look at the article and see if you think the honors should stay. The decision there will likely determine the future of similar templates at Michael Jackson as well. I am not sure if it will extend beyond those articles. Basically, WP:FAs have their own rules. To this day, I do not understand why FA Barack Obama does not include my {{USSenIL}}, but it seems that there is always movement afoot to strip FAs of templates to keep them clean.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:15, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

P.S. all this template work has moved me from about 55th to 45th. Soon I may move up from {{User MAW 400}} to {{User MAW 40}} like you.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:17, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Kill listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wikipedia:Kill. Since you had some involvement with the Wikipedia:Kill redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so).  Glenfarclas  (talk) 00:42, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Could you please check Wikipedia:IPA for Albanian i just created it. Also this wont work --Vinie007 09:59, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

No idea on both accounts sorry.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:24, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

You made Project: Kill redirect to Project Kill, a completely reasonable redirect. Unfortunately, Project: Kill is the same page as WP:Kill, and that confuses people. I hope I managed to explain that at RfD. —Кузьма^討論 11:44, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Ahh, I see what happened here. Project: Kill is the actual name of the film. I did not realise that Project: puts it in Wikipedia space. Its a technical glitch.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:48, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Black and white Valentino dress of Julia Roberts

The DYK project (nominate) 16:05, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

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Afghanistan

Hi, I'm getting round to it, it's just that it's really quite tricky to do if I'm to properly dual-source these articles, due to the problems with the two databases using different Arabic transliteration schemes which have lots of wiggle room for different spellings. It's quite a hard problem, with its own literature. I've been working away at it bit by bit on paper; when I have the solution right, I'll code it and try it, and everything should just work. The good side to this is that we will (I hope) end up with many thousands of properly dual-sourced, and therefore hopefully both correct and notable, articles once it's done. The downside is that you will have to wait a bit longer than I had hoped. -- The Anome (talk) 19:52, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Re:Dresses

I have replied on my talk page, and will continue to do so for this issue. Thanks, J Milburn (talk) 22:22, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Wildlife of Tanzania

I have done a lot of work on this here User:Nvvchar/Wildlife of Tanzania, if you wish to contribute. I find you are very busy with articles on dresses.--Nvvchar. 23:02, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Lorca

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Green Versace "jungle" dress of Jennifer Lopez

The DYK project (nominate) 08:04, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Saffron Vera Wang dress of Michelle Williams

The first sentence in Saffron Vera Wang dress of Michelle Williams doesn't look quite right :) That may be the case in some of the other articles too? Anyway, thanks for your work on the dresses articles, and all other work you do on WP! Iusethis (talk) 09:47, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, just a name change thats all!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:31, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Shannon Irish Pub

In this article, and elsewhere in the internet, the Puerto Rico pub is mentioned as "Shannon's Irish Pub". However, the logos I find of some of the pubs in Irland and the USA [3] [4] [5] have nothing to do with the logo of the Montevideo pub [6]. Google search gives me results as "San Juan Puerto Rico" (one place, not two). I do not find results for any Shanon in Buenos Aires, but the Montevideo address is "Bartolomé Mitre 1318 esq. Buenos Aires", so this might be a mistake. It does NOT look like there is any chain. Hoverfish Talk 13:33, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

In a week or so I have to go to the Ciudad Vieja, so I'll take my camera and try to get a shot of it. Hoverfish Talk 13:54, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Template for Ciudad Vieja in the next hour or so. I am moving now all neighbourhood categories to barrios. Hoverfish Talk 14:02, 25 May 2011 (UTC) -- Yes interior too. As for me drinking in there, well, for the hell of it, I will see if I can arrange it. Hoverfish Talk 15:09, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Well with brand new Category Ciudad Vieja containing only this, someone must have thought you are advertizing it :) Hoverfish Talk 15:52, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

The second one with the restaurants may be good. I am no pub-goer or an eat-out-fan so I am not sure what applies best. I have moved all to Barrio categories, so don;t use a Neighbourhood category any more. Now, I am not sure what to do with the old Category:Neighbourhoods of Montevideo. I checked criteria for speedy renaming, or category redirect, or just let it orphaned for a while... it's all greek to me. Hoverfish Talk 16:14, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

The reasons I agree with the rename are that, on the one hand you can still include the notable pubs, and on the other, the priority is restaurants. The way the title is set is somehow backwards, making the public houses appear more important than the restaurants. But as you say this is not the point of this debate. I hope you feel better now. Hoverfish Talk 20:13, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

It is a hard choice to start discussing with the users that go about tagging and enforcing things, because it really breaks the continuity of the work and gets one in a weird space of arguments, looking around for rules and guidelines and possibly so frustrated that the whole creative wave evaporates in nothing, but it has to be done, especially if you revert their tags. For a moment I was affraid you were going to get dragged into an argument, but I am happy it went by rather lightly. All best. Hoverfish Talk 20:45, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Public houses and restaurants in Montevideo for deletion

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Bruce Onobrakpeya

Sorry, me being obscure. I was hoping you could work out how to get them past the roadblocks. I think this should be expanded into a serious article, but it needs pictures of the artists and of the artist's pictures. The web is full of them, but not explicitly freely licensed. I remember you managed that with some Burmese artists, can't remember how. I will take a look at Bojadziev. Seems like a language issue, not a notability one. Aymatth2 (talk) 18:36, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Just 200x200px is all I want. I am sure nobody will try to blow it up to 2 meters square and sell it as an original. Oh, well. {Sigh} Aymatth2 (talk) 19:10, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

[[:File:Roy Lichtenstein Whaam.jpg|thumb|300px|Whaam by Roy Lichtenstein]] Looking into pop art for an example of what might actually happen if each pixel was blown up to 1cm, I decided that maybe there is hope. The picture to the right has so far survived in eight articles, each with their own rationale, all identical. On the other hand, commons:Andy Warhol is not at all encouraging. Aymatth2 (talk) 23:10, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Sorry

No luck - don't think one exists. Tried all my fancy search tricks (including for other images of him generally), no dice. One image on this page looks really close, but it's not exactly the same. Sorry! Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:37, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

I just wanted to thank you for all the hard work you are doing for Uruguay in general and Montevideo in particular. I saw a quite unfortunate comment regarding the quality of your articles here. Let me tell you that for me, and for many other people, you are of that kind of users who make this project grow in diversity. Do never forget that. Best regards, --Góngora (Talk) 20:45, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

At long last, here is the Template:Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo. Thanks for the idea, it is really an important article starter. Hoverfish Talk 01:13, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Adminship

Hi Dr. Blofeld. Just wanted to ask you briefly: Do you have any interest in being nominated for adminship? You seem like a very productive and clueful member of the project, and I was wondering if adminship would be helpful to you and the project at all. Neutrality^talk 02:14, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Herr Doktor might be better suited for article work, and admin stuff often gets in the way. Besides, that RFA might be too interesting of a read :-) (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 11:41, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

That's true, but we do need more active content editors admins. Content is king. Neutrality^talk 18:38, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

We need more active content editors who are not admins!! At the end of the day content is the most important so time spent mediating disputes is wasted time even if it is needed.. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:41, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

OK, sounds good. If you ever want to be nominated, you know where to find me. Neutrality^talk 19:39, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for Longmen Grottoes

Materialscientist (talk) 08:03, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Shannon Irish Pub (or another related article)

Hi Dr. Blofeld. I was just wondering which of the two articles related to Shannon Irish Pub you want to nominate, Irish Uruguayan or Cuisine of Montevideo... or both (which would work well, IMHO). Please reply at T:TDYK. Thanks, and hope the heartburn has subsided. Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:32, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Beautiful hook, I think. However, you need to review an article. Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:37, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

I would if I could find one which hasn't been reviewed already!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:19, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Sorry if this is seen as unprofessional, but my hook for the Trisakti shootings hasn't been reviewed yet. Sissy's Magical Ponycorn Adventure and a couple of its neighbours need a review too, if you'd prefer something I didn't work on. Cheers. Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:20, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

OK, relax. There's no rush...♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:44, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Lag in template update?

Hi, I uploaded another locator map for the Template:Location map Uruguay Montevideo with finer color for the main avenues and broad enough to take in from Casabo to Carrasco. But I fail to see it appear in its use here: Belmont House (Montevideo). I see the pointer in the new coordinates, but I keep seeing the old map. Is there a lag in having it seen across the articles? Hoverfish Talk 13:01, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Irish Uruguayan

I smell WP:DYK. Bearian (talk) 22:20, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi there, Dr. Blofeld! The article is getting shape, congrats! :) I've found something that may help you to complete the article: Dublin Football Club, a former Uruguayan football team that played in the 1920s and 1930s, and the Holy Trinity Church of Montevideo, whose name is still written in English. It seems that it doesn't work as a church any more and, in fact, the building seems to be abandoned somewhere (Reconquista Street?) in the Ciudad Vieja. We only have a picture of it but no article. I uploaded it to Commons almost three years ago. However, I don't know exactly where it comes from, but it's perhaps English and not Irish, since I've found some references indicating that, indeed, it used to be part of the Anglican Diocese of Uruguay. Perhaps Hoverfish can take a better shot. --Góngora (Talk) 13:46, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Bhutan again

The king is getting married and someone made a article of the future queen. I thought you can help it get to DYK, Jetsun Pema (Bhutan). Spongie555 (talk) 05:08, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

List of musical chords

While I have updated 'major ninth chord', since you added the items, it would seem that the burden of updating the rest of the information in the list would lie on you. Since the items appear to be all red links, none of them need to be on the list anyways. Perhaps you could cite them or remove them to the talk page. Hyacinth (talk) 21:19, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

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