User talk:GiacomoReturned

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IRC - where Wikipedia's real decisons are taken!

• 2007:It appears this royal proclamation about IRC was never really true, just something invented to discredit those who said otherwise during an arbcom case. So, why should we beleive any of them now?

• This is the sort of rubbish case the Arbs and IRC can dream up when you start to criticise IRC Admins.Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/IRC, it should be essential reading for every editor who is not an admin.

• here was the pathetic result; I never accepted it, it was unenforcable and as a consequence not one of these blocks held (just look at the admins names - what became of any of them?) and the Arbcom was rightly reduced in stature as a result. It has learnt nothing! Nothing at all!

• 2011:My views on the secreteive Wikipedia Admins chanel Nothing has changed at all!

Photos on John Vanbrugh

Hi Giano, after the article cropped up on my watchlist I replaced a couple of images with more detailed alternatives. They were pretty similar to the originals in terms of composition, but I wanted to check you were ok with the changes. I was also thinking about replacing File:Blenheim East Gate.gif with File:Blenheim Palace IMG 3649.JPG, as the latter is in colour and higher resolution however the angle is different and the edges of the gate are cut off so do you think it's worth making the swap? Nev1 (talk) 14:10, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

• All Ok by me. Thanks for asking. Giacomo Returned 16:44, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Naughty boy

In your dreams? Nice hat. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:18, 24 January 2012 (UTC). Not so long ago - not so long ago. Giacomo Returned 18:21, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

This and many more, for a very long time, like this sample, and the section right after it. I was wondering if I'm the only one not allowed to mention the name. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:07, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Ah her; well! I'm not rude like you and Malleus are. She appreciates my Latin charm and sophistication and she know that I'm extrememly hansome and have beautiful feathers, like all Bersaglieri. Giacomo Returned 18:15, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Maybe she just doesn't like gurlz. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:16, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

lest there be any misunderstanding, from the ignorant, about my feathers. Giacomo Returned 18:17, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Eeek, we edit conflicted as I was putting up same. Well, that's what comes from cabalism. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:19, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Which reminds me: I'm still offended by this belle's epic fail at eyebrow waxing. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:21, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Yes, it's tres sad, but some nationalities just do not cut the mustard like we Latins. Giacomo Returned 18:24, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Oops!

Sorry 'bout that![1] I hate when the Rollback button gets hit accidentally when something on my watchlist pops up - I wasn't even looking at that thread when I hit, trying instead to hit the "prev" button on the entry above it. No harm intended! Doc talk 18:58, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

No problem it is extraordinary though isn't it. I had never heard of Diane Bish until then: I googled her and her Dance of the Trumpets is quite a pleasing little ditty, but even so... Giacomo Returned 19:05, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary

hello,

I wonder if you would help improving the prose quality of Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary (do you remember when it was on the main page :)), as it failed the GAN due to such reasons. Two editors recommended you, as both feel you have interest in this field. Feel free to improve it and make comments. Regards.--♫GoP♫_T^C_N 17:48, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Not really my field, but I'll look. The editor that you need is User:Ghirlandajo, but he tends not to do much here these days because of the way he was treated by twit-headed admins, but I strongly suggest asking him. Giacomo Returned 19:10, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

I made a few edits and quickly felt I was in over my head, so I asked a copy editor and rec'd this reply:

Based on the discussions there, it looks like the page needs a copy-edit "to clean up the prose" before it's peer-reviewed again re GA renomination. It'd take about 3 hours, at most. Tomorrow afternoon (EST) okay? I'll bang it out right after the OWS section. I'd be happy to work with a collaborator, if you've got others in mind. Ryanwould (talk) 23:43, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

I hope this will help. Gandydancer (talk) 23:58, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Copyeditor's Barnstar
	For your excellent copyedit on Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary! :) ♫GoP♫TCN 12:36, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

• Thank you; that's very kind. It's more a few tweaks than a copy edit - I can't think why it not pass GA, but I would not worry too much about it - these awards are all rather fleeting and temporary, and a really good page like that, tends to be allowed to remain unmolested if it doesn't have these acclades. Giacomo Returned 14:05, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Gianolibrad'oro.gif

Thanks for uploading File:Gianolibrad'oro.gif, which you've sourced to (book cover. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

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