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vandal?

Hi Lupo, I am getting some borderline vandalism on Hare Krishna and Gouranga. Apparently, a Hare Krishna follower who rejects having scholarly views on the page. I am uncertain if I am correct in considering the reverts vandalic, could you give me a second opinion (on whether blocks are permissible, and rollbacks will be 3RR-exempt). regards, dab (ᛏ) 16:14, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

thanks for having a look; I did ask for an "outside view", so it is perfect that you claim no knowledge of the matter. I am also aware, of course, that "my" versions are superior, I just wanted to know if you considered the reverting to the earlier version objective vandalism; sadly, you don't, so I'll just keep reverting the anon every day till kingdom come... (religiously motivated editors usually have stamina, and are not interested in rational argmuents). regards, dab (ᛏ) 16:46, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

thanks for your help Lupo. I think I was worn out from the nonsense at Rajput, and may have exhibited a little bit of a short temper. dab (ᛏ) 08:44, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Not Vandalism

Please note that I have made my points of view very clear in the Gouranga discussion page and have not been blindly reverting. Many of the editions included by used dab are irrelevant or damage the concise look of the page. What is it exactly about the other version which you think is innacurate? If you can make a valid point then I will gladly discuss more. --GourangaUK 08:59, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Same goes for the Hare Krishna page - if you can clearly state what is innacurate about the 'non-dab' version, I will gladly comment and help to improve the page where neccessary. --GourangaUK 09:04, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

You seem to have misunderstood several things:

1. It's not a question of "incorrect", it's a question of someone else making an attempt (and a good one, might I add) to improve the article.
2. Your reversions now violate several Wikipedia style guidelines concerning the formatting.
3. You are blindly reverting; I have seen no statement of yours why dab's linguistic explanations should not be included.
4. You don't own that article.
5. You have violated the 3RR.

Lupo 09:11, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Vitaphone

The now-blocked user Vitaphone re-registered under the username AnimationFanatic in order to avoid me getting my username changed, and registered again as PietroShakarian in an attempt to impersonate me. UPDATE: I'm not sure if somebody banned his former IP or not, but now he's using 202.47.247.156 and now he's impersonating contributor BrianSmithson with Brian Smithson. -- Pietro Shakarian 19:04, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Has been dealt with by other admins while I was away. It's best to report such things at WP:ANI. Lupo 08:59, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Template:RfA

I've reverted the question you added to Template:RfA; it's not clear where this question is coming from, or more importantly, how it at all helps those considering the nomination. Christopher Parham (talk) 09:26, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

And you have been reverted in turn (not by me, and I won't do any reverts there; one is enough). For my rationale for my changes, see Template talk:RfA. Lupo 14:35, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Paul Kane article

Hello there. I saw your response to my comment on the Paul Kane article you are championing. I just wanted to tell you that I did an online search for "A Concise History of Canadian Painting", and it turns out that my local library in The Beaches has a copy; will pick it up the first chance I get and see what it has to say with regard to Paul Kane. Is there anything in particular you are looking for other than the point I was asking about (i.e. Paul Kane's influence on other painters)? I was also at the Royal Ontario Museum earlier today and made a point of looking into the Paul Kane exhibit there. The are over 20, possibly 30 paintings and sketches there. I took some non-flash photography while there, and uploaded the better ones (I didn't have my tripod with me) to Wikimedia. I don't know if they will prove useful to your article or not, but they can be found at the following URLs:

• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:PaulKane-Sketch-Chief-ROM.jpg
• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:PaulKane-Sketch-Canoe-ROM.jpg
• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:PaulKane-BushCamp-ROM.jpg
• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:PaulKane-BuffaloHunt-ROM.jpg

Hope something here proves useful to you. Will let you know when I have the book. Cheers from Toronto! Captmondo 05:43, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

My userpage

No, that looks fine...thanks for the adjustment....I am not an expert in any way with some of the formating stuff and it was sure a nice gesture by User:Phaedriel to create that for me...out of the blue.--MONGO 10:46, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Francs2000's Bureaucratship

Thanks for your support on my request for bureaucratship.

The final outcome was (70/5/0), so I am now a bureaucrat. I seriously didn't expect so many good comments from everybody and I appreciated the constructive criticism from those that gave it. If you have any queries, suggestions or problems with any of my actions as a bureaucrat then please leave me a note. -- Francs2000 21:50, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Re: Paul Kane (Again)

If you were asking if PaulKane-BuffaloHunt-ROM.jpg is an oil painting, then yes, I can confirm that it is. It is funny that you mention Ft. Edmonton, as there is a painting of that at the ROM as well. I tried taking a picture of it but the low light levels, and me not having a tripod meant that the picture was unusable. I can also confirm that PaulKane-BushCamp-ROM.jpg is also an oil painting. All going well, I'll be heading back to the ROM this afternoon, primarily to do some research in their library/archives for information on an article I am working on at the moment, namely: the McLaughlin Planetarium. I have my camera with me and will try to take pics of some of the other paintings if possible, though unfortunately I forgot my tripod again.

As for the book, I have yet to pick it up as yet, but will probably do so in the next few days. My own knowledge of Canadian art is not extensive (other than many trips to the McMichael Canadian Art Collection when I was younger) so I am not sure I can authoritatively add material to the other articles as you suggest, but will see what I can do. Would you be interested in scans of certain pages that might be of interest?

Cheers from Toronto! Captmondo 13:24, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

More Paul Kane Pictures

Haven't picked up the art book as yet, but I did manage to take a few more pictures of the paintings in the ROM and upload them to Wikimedia Commons. They are:

• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:PaulKane-Chief02-ROM.jpg
• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:PaulKane-HuntingFish-ROM.jpg
• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:PaulKane-RiverScene-ROM.jpg

I didn't get the actual names of the paintings, but will make a point of doing so next time I visit. By the way, there are just over 20 paintings on display in total, along with about a half dozen sketches and a hand-written copy of his original catalog. Hope you may be able to get some use out of these!

Cheers again from Toronto! Captmondo 02:31, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for trying to track down the actual names for these paintings. I may get a chance on the weekend to pop back to the ROM and do a proper catalog as to what's there, and bring my tripod along for some steadier pics. Have reserved the previously-mentioned book on Canadian art from the local library, and should pick it up this evening. Will report what I find after I have had a chance to look at it.

Also, let me chime in and lend you my congratulations on getting your Paul Kane article to Feature Article status so quickly. It says much about the quality of the work that went into it! Cheers! Captmondo 14:09, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Hello again. I picked up the Dennis Reid book from the local library earlier this afternoon. Turns out that there is a whole chapter on Paul Kane and his contemporary Cornelius Krieghoff. I have scanned the entirety of that chapter, and all other pages that reference Kane in the book and have placed them in a 14+ MB zip file that you can download from http://www.frantics.org/Kane/Kane-and-Krieghoff.zip. Once you have downloaded it, let me know and I will remove the file from the site. All of the pages were scanned at 300dpi, so they shouldn't prove to be a problem to read, or to print off. I also included the ISBN number on the first page so that you can turn it into a proper reference.

I could do the work myself, but only thought it fair to at least give you access the book you couldn't otherwise track down. Don't want to steal your thunder after all. ;-) And this will leave me more time to bring my McLaughlin Planetarium article up to snuff for having it Peer Reviewed, hopefully later this evening.

Cheers from Toronto! Captmondo 00:53, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Congrats

On a unanimous support for Kane. I hope you'll keep it up, there is a lot more articles to get featured ;) Renata 17:42, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Well, thanks! I will, but now I first want to fill in some of those redlinks in the Kane article. Lupo 07:36, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Manstein

Hey Lupo, I changed one of the paragraphs in Manstein that you had objected to and removed your comment. I hope it can now be regarded as factual rather than a speculation about what may have have alternatively happened? Regards, Jayanta Sen 00:40, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, no. This paragraph is still an opinionated discussion of what might or might not have been; an evaluation of the situation. As such, it naturally reflects somebody's point of view. It must be sourced. (Note, please, that I don't in the least dispute the correctness of that discussion! In fact, I tend to agree with what is written, but I haven't done my own research to be able to judge whether it is correct. But that doesn't matter at all. If this is a widespread view among (military) historians, it should be said so and sourced properly.) The current phrasing is that of an essay, not of an encyclopedia article. Lupo 08:03, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Paul Kane Paintings at the ROM

Hello again:

Just wanted to provide you with a full list of the paintings on exhibit at the ROM. Here's the list:

Blue Wall:

• 11 Kichie Ogi-Maw
• 13 Wah-Bannim
• 10 Spearing Salmon By Torchlight
• 9 Sault Ste Marie
• 5 Aw-Bon-Waish-Cum
• 3 Ojibbeway Camp On Spider Islands
• 8 Encampment Among The Islands Of Lake Huron
• 1 Wah-Pus
• 7 The Daughter Of Asabonish

Red Wall:

• 46 Maydoc-Gan-Kinungee
• 17 The Kakkabakka Falls
• 2 French River Rapids
• 22 Hunting Ducks
• #? Half-Breeds Running Buffalo
• 33 A Buffalo Pound
• #? The Man That Always Rides
• 42 Kee-A-Kee-Ka-Sa-Coo-Way
• 38 Fort Edmonton
• #? Falls At Colville
• 62 Indian Camp Colville
• 65 Game Of Al-Kol-Lok
• 87 Babine Chief
• #? The Esquimalt
• 91 Return Of A War Party

At Right Angle to Red Wall:

• 92 Medicine Mask Dance
• 53 The Death Of Big Snake

Weaving Section

• 93 A Woman Weaving A Blanket

The numbers are presumably the original catalogue numbers, with "#?" being ones I couldn't make out or were absent. No new pics this time, but I have gone and added the proper names to the paintings covered in WikiMedia Commons.

Hope the pages from the book I scanned proved of some use. Am looking forward seeing your article appear on the front page someday.

Cheers! Captmondo 01:58, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Great work!

I am very impressed w your work on Lale_Andersen. I am going to strive to copy your footnote technique :) I also agree w your wiki-philosophy as expressed on your userpage.. sadly I'm all too interested in current and 20th century politics, religion, and fringe theories/pseudoscience/quackery... (have a look at this article I wrote ;)

In appreciation of your awesome work in article improvement, I offer you this humble token. You are very deserving. Sam Spade 13:27, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Put this barnstar wherever you like (or nowhere at all), Sam Spade 13:27, 16 January 2006 (UTC)