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Sig

Hi James, how's it going? The way I personalize my signature is by substituting a subpage of my user page which includes my signature. So when I sign, I place {{subst:User:Anas Salloum/Sig}} ~~~~~ at the end of my comment to produce my signature with the time and date. You can also change it by going to Special:Preferences and changing the field "Signature", which might be a much more preferable way. As for using an image, it's unfavorable by the community, as indicated in WP:SIG. All the best. - Anas ^Talk? 08:47, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Looking great, all you have to do now is to move the signature to your user space (like User:Ernst Stavro Blofeld/Sig for example) and to remember to substitute your signature. Cheers! - Anas ^Talk? 14:19, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a good tip: after moving your signature, go to your preferences and change your signature to {{subst:User:Ernst Stavro Blofeld/Sig}} ~~~~~. All you'll have to do then to sign comments and messages is clicking on the signature button. See you around. --Anas ^Talk? 14:29, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe you added the nowikis? --Anas ^Talk? 14:37, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Don't mention it! Now I can officially congratulate you on your new signature. I think if you do as I suggested above, that'll help you quite a lot. As for the Egyptian films, well, I'm taking a small break; I was working on an article on a famous actor and closed the tab and forgot to save my edit, which was about 10KB of text to the "Career" section! I almost had a heart attack. Plus, I'm having some connection problems; dial-up bills are killing me (did you know they charge a little less than a dollar for an hour of dial-up here) and the Saudi Telecom has not given me broadband service yet. --Anas ^Talk? 14:46, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Nice signature! This was the first thing attracted my attention:-) Also: Jafar Panahi and Darius Mehrjui have been copyedited yesterday. Take care. Sangak 13:54, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Taste of Cherry is a very good project and almost streight forward. We will work on it soon. Sangak 14:01, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kiarostami

No, I hadn't. What's been going on with them? -Yupik 22:26, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hopefully the subarticles get fleshed out so they're as good as the ones in the main article were! -Yupik 22:32, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aage Bendixen

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Aage Bendixen, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. RJASE1 ^Talk 23:23, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aage Colding

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Aage Colding, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. RJASE1 ^Talk 23:31, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aage Dons

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Aage Dons, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. RJASE1 ^Talk 23:32, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aage Samuelsen

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Aage Samuelsen, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. RJASE1 ^Talk 23:35, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aage Winther-Jørgensen

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Aage Winther-Jørgensen, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. RJASE1 ^Talk 23:36, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aagot Didriksen

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Aagot Didriksen, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. RJASE1 ^Talk 23:40, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tørres Snørtevold

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Tørres Snørtevold, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. RJASE1 ^Talk 23:40, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aangename kennismaking

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Aangename kennismaking, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. RJASE1 ^Talk 23:42, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aaron Jones

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Aaron Jones, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. RJASE1 ^Talk 00:10, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have responded to your question about editing signatures on my talk page, but I will soon bne archiving, so I want to make sure that you go the message: Special:Preferences. Cbrown1023 talk 01:04, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Abdul Rahman Al-Athel

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Abdul Rahman Al-Athel, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. RJASE1 ^Talk 01:41, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kiarostami

Hey James! Hope you are fine. I am also ok. I am involved in a collaborative research project and I travel a lot. I will be in Europe till mid March. Any ways, What happened to your blue name?! It disappeared on my page! :-) Sangak 14:13, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

:-) How do you do it?! Also see Xiner's responce on my talk page:

Yes, I posted a comment, not an oppose. The article's going through and I've no interest in stopping it. I just wanted to make my views known so that hopefully I can gain consensus for something that I think needs to be done. Thanks again for your hard work. Xiner (talk, email) 14:33, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sangak 14:52, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Should I copy paste it into my preference ? Sangak 15:12, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I put this:

in my preference. But it did not work. What is the problem? Sangak 15:18, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

But if simply put this: {{subst:User Sangak/Sig}} in my preference it doe snot work. Shouldn't I replace "Sig" with something ? Sangak 15:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Now it works ! Sangak ^Talk? 15:43, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

just a typo! Sangak ^Talk 15:48, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Does "yimply" have any meaning? It is not in Online Webster. Sangak ^Talk 15:53, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey I've just seen Panahi's image. Nice! Sangak ^Talk 15:54, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kiarostami is happy today!

Hey James!

The article was promoted. Congrat! Sangak ^Talk 11:08, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats to both of you!! Hoverfish Talk 22:24, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've nominated it for TFA. Hope they take it. Sangak ^Talk 21:36, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ok! great! Thanks. Sangak ^Talk 21:52, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Great! Sangak ^Talk 21:56, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A Little Present

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		I present you with this barnstar for all of your hard work you've put into bond-related articles on Wikipedia. Keep up the great work! Gan fon 19:39, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Argentine films

I see that you're still all over the enyclopedia editing. Too bad for the Argentine section, since the bulk of articles are stubs. But to each his own, and I understand that.

As for me, I'm more or less done with adding additional films. I think the bulk of the most important films in the new Argetine era (since 1995) are done. I'll just add the most important actors, editors, cinematographers, etc bla bla bla on each film. I'll also do my bit with the film artilce stubs here and there if I come across them.

I'm happy that I've added the bulk of articles on the "Category:Cinema of Argentina". My latest was the Clarin Awards but it's tough to find info on them.

I'll also do an article on the new Argentine cinema to tie things together with links on every article (film, director, producer)...

Then I'm done with Argentina cinema and on to other pastures much like yourself.

Best wishes-- Luigibob 19:22, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A few comments to your responce.

Yes, I only want to cover worthwhile films (in my opinion) and not B films and do them as well as I can. I also realize the films I started have a good deal to go. Especially the intro stage, I'll continue to work on them as well. User (Cop something or another number) does an excellent job of doing copy edits/cleanup. I'll keep following his/her lead. My work on the thirty something films is not done, I understnad that.

I've not put down your work. Do not read my interests into as anything you've done or are doing wrong. My stray comments are only that and are not a reflection on you, per se. Hey, we're all free to do what we think is right, as much as possible. It's chaos at work.

Sales & Beizai

You did a fantastic job! I was shocked to see the article improved so much in a short time. Both articles are very interesting: I will come to help soon. These two weeks I am a bit busy with my works and also moving to a new flat. I will try to help over the weekends. Take care. Sangak ^Talk 16:30, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The template is a good idea! I've just added it to some pages. Thanks. Sangak ^Talk 20:53, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Hello. Nice work! Stay focused on your current project, it is going nice. I haven't much free time for translations now but in the future it is possible. - Darwinek 19:17, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I meant Argentine and also Iranian cinema :). - Darwinek 19:23, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just wondering

There is a category called Cinema of Russia, but no article... instead there are two articles about its two political predecessors (Cinema of the Russian Empire and Cinema of the Soviet Union). Would be possible to have the big "Cinema of Russia" link go to the category and have two smaller links right below it going to the two articles? Esn 21:56, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, the categories are completely screwed up... there's a stupid amount of overlap and confusion between the Soviet and Russian categories. Now if you ask me, the logical thing to do might be to simply define "Russia" in this case as the Russian Empire, then the Russian SSR, then the Russian Federation... so perhaps there should be a category called "Russian SSR films" - either that, or make the "Russian-language films" category include ALL Russian-language films instead of just those from outside Russia (no other X-language films category has this requirement). Then the "Russian-language films" category can serve as the place for films from the Russian Empire, Russian SSR and Russian Federation, and there can be a subcategory for Russian-language films from outside Russia. Esn 22:05, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but the "Soviet films" and "Russian films" categories feature significant overlap, which should really not be happening, I think. They're almost the same thing, so the only reason someone would look at one but not the other would be to find the few articles about non-Russian Soviet films or non-Soviet Russian films, which would be pretty hard to find anyway given that most of the articles in both are Soviet Russian films. Esn 22:09, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, so you're suggesting that "Russian films" should be for "Russian Federation films", "Soviet films" for 1917-~1990, and "Russian-language films" should be for ALL films in the Russian language. What about films from the Russian Empire, then? P.S. It would really be after 1991 or so - depends on the country, but Russia was 1991. Esn 22:12, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes... there are currently two articles if I'm not mistaken, Father Sergius and The Night Before Christmas (1913 film). Esn 22:18, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Seems like a good idea... do you think this scheme should be proposed somewhere to see what others think? Category:Russian Empire films, for example, was deleted a few weeks ago because somebody thought that it was superfluous to Category:Russian films. Esn 22:23, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and creating a few articles about Russian Empire films shouldn't be a huge problem - there are tons of them on the Russian wiki, so I can just go and translate some... Esn 22:25, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Here's the discussion in question: Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2007_February_11#Category:Russian_Empire_films Esn 22:27, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I've started the relevant discussion over here. Please do weigh in. :) Esn 23:17, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Image

Image:Argentinefilm.png, Nice touch. :) --Mariano(t/c) 11:36, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Notability of Aage Dons

[cross-posted from User talk:intgr]

Article is notable it needs writing though and I don't understand danish!! Please add expand tag rather than delete . Cheers ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"I've been expecting you"} 12:43, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The {{notability}} tag is not a delete tag; it is a reminder that articles have to demonstrate the notability of their subject. This particular article does not. [edit: did not]

Also note that when discussing on users' talk pages, you should add a new section for each inquiry, and note the context, e.g., which article you're actually talking about (you left me wondering for a minute). For more information, see talk page guidelines. -- intgr 12:50, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Film templates

That's great about the templates: I could use them for Bunuel's works and Fellini.

We many need a very small change in the Argentina template. My idea: include in the template the Category:Argentine films (call it misc, whatever). This is because a lot of articles on film companies, INCAA, and the like are included in that cat. Also the section AWARDS goes to Silver Condor as of now. Now we have other awards like the Clarin Awards. And the Festivals goes to Mar de Plata but there is also another film festival in Argentina ...the Buenos Aires. Is there anyway you can change the template if you agree.

As for pre 1995 film, more specifically the "Golden era". Well I'll never get a chance to see those films. I'm going to do my best to obtain DVD copies of the films I've added (New Argentine Cinema) and continue to add to the articles, especially the plots in some films.

You see if Wiki is going to be seen with some repect, the most notable films all should have a well developed article. That's where people are going to first. I mean the Brazilan film Pixote, a landmark film, was in terrible shape. And so many people had worked on the film, but no one bothered to bring up the article to a somewhat respectable shape.

So that's my goal in Wiki, to bring the best and notable films, to a level of decent presentation to the public. Some of the Italian films do need help. I can't believe there are not enough Fellini afficionados who have not done more work on his films.

I still can't believe an article with sometimes 8 footprints on the history of the article, and all they do is dabs, correction of typos, cats, and no major work. Oh well. But that's just me. To each his own in wiki.

Good job on that Asian country article; super job, I see yo spent some quality time with it. I;m sure that is an article that will get some traffic. I've always ben facinated my Buddism (sp).

Hey could you do a BRAZILIAN template? That would be cool.

We have to talk about the capitalization of Argentine films. Did you see that character that came in from "on high" and changed a slew of Argentinian films capitalization. I've been reading the WP:UE section. And there is no set policy, as to caps. I realize that Spanish has a form but this is an ENGLISH ENCYCLOPEIDA. What's you're take. Mine is to change the name to caps as in English. Vida loca to Vida Loca. That is the norm in English.

Best--- Luigibob 13:53, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE~"Yes feel free to add to the content of the Argentine template"; the problem is I have NO IDEA how to do that. How do I get to the Original template. I understand that a new category would have to be built for awards. So let me know. Luigibob 14:10, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In case of new categories, please consult with the categorizing sub-project. Awards are still quite unorganized, so if we start putting order it should be something stable and all inclusive in scope. By the way, I agree with Luigibob's view on titles, but then again, a lot has gone astray and we have to take a consensus decision about general repairs. Hoverfish Talk 00:08, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aage Samuelsen

Hi there! Favour returned - a quick translation, please check the English. I remember Samuelsen well from my childhood, and will add some more info about him later. Quite a character! Cheers, ArchStanton 19:00, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tibet

Dear Blofeld, Glad to know you are working on Tibet related articles. I have looked at some of your handiwork and it is very nice. I would lke to mention two things that irritate me though. The rules of the Tibean empire should I think in English be called 'emperors' and not 'kings' because the Tibetan word for king is rgyal-po and the Btsan-po was above Rgyal-po. Also, in a 9th century bilingual glossary Btsan-po the hinese word tiansi (or whatever you know what I mean) is equated with Btsan-po. The other thing I wanted to mention is it seems like you are using a pinyin based transliteration for Tibetan. No one uses this in academia or among Tibet enthusiasts in the west. I find it very hard to read. Some of us here on Wikipedia have madea compromise to use the Tournadre tanscriptions system, though I would have favourd Wylie. If you could use the Tournadre system I would be grateful. It may be that these thigns were things other people did on the pages you pointed me to, in which case accept myapologies. Tibetologist 23:44, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Russian cinema

I am somewhat burned out today, so I will only say this and go nighty: the division shoulb be historical/chronological. This is our only hope to make a stable system. If the names suggest or emphasize otherwise, we'd better see to it that we are talking of cinema history. The name of the country changed in time, regardless of political content, so we have to use the names under which the cinema took place. From the moment a country divides and its place is given to smaller countries (or if countries unite), we follow accordingly. Yugoslavia to Servia and what not, Russia to USSR to Russian Federation and all derivatives, Persia to Iran, Germany, whatever. We have to be accurate, historically consequent, we have to give correct lead sections, and we have to have WP consensus, because the deletionists are acting as if WP Films doesn't exist or matter. They don't like something? They don't even check if it stands in relation to other useful things. They gather 3-4 voices and it dissapears from our sturcture. Hoverfish Talk 00:03, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lhasa

Sure, I'd love to work on the article. BTW, I think it should use {{Infobox City}} instead. It could also use some citations. I'll check it out later. Khoikhoi 06:31, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Finnish template

Cool template! I've been meaning to write you anyways to tell you I'm behind on schoolwork and haven't gotten around to working on the cinema project, sorry. Hopefully I'll get everything up to speed this weekend :) -Yupik 09:02, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, to let you know: a place has been created for any Finnish --> English translation requests you would like to make at (Wikipedia:Translation/*/Lang/fi) so that it is easier for people to add, find and take care of them. -Yupik 09:03, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good work, I like the template. However, I would drop the bold font-weight and reduce the font size of the "Cinema of Finland" on top, so it would be more consistent with other WP templates. What do you think? Prolog 10:35, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey again. This is about what I had in mind:

Cinema of Finland
Actors • Directors • Films A-Z • Film chronology • Cinematographers • Editors • Producers • Score composers • Screenwriters

I think that it is more pleasing to the eye without the bolding, but that's of course only my opinion. Prolog 10:59, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what pixel setting do you have wikipedia on? I have mine on the smallest font size and its barely readable!! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"I've been expecting you"} 11:03, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if this is what you meant, but I'm using 1280*1024 on a 19" LCD screen with default text size. The text in the template example above is still bigger than in a standard navigation box. Prolog 11:08, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, it's better now. The reason I'm suggesting the removal of bold text (except for the header) is that, as useful as the template is, it might be a distraction and drive the reader's attention from the article's main topic to the template, instead of providing a navigational tool for more interesting related articles. This is because the basic article text does not use much bold text. This is just my usability point of view. :-) Prolog 11:27, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, I'll try to help you out with the templates. Those lists look very good. Prolog 11:40, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I guess it's natural that some people want to make test edits and add a bit of nonsense, when they discover the "edit this page" button for the first time. Much of the vandalism comes from school IP's, and kids are kids. Yeah, WP:FIN tagging and assessing is a project I'm working on. So far, I've gone through Category:Finnish sportspeople and Category:Finnish actors, so I'll get to films and directors etc. eventually, if someone else doesn't beat me to it. Statistics can be seen on Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Finland articles by quality statistics. Prolog 11:56, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key

Sorry, I forgot to add the template, but I see you already took care of that. Thanks, Prolog 13:36, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed; you're fast. It would indeed be great to see the Pistilli article expanded. Prolog 13:43, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

World Cinema

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		I present you with this barnstar for all of the hard work you've done with various World Cinema country templates, especially Brazil, Italy, and Spain. As they say in New Jersey, "You're a good egg"! Luigibob

Amigo, yes in Europe a little bit. I'll do an Argentina film next, in my usual Luigibob way. At least to a good START plus!

Hey: put your view in this poll: Talk:The Official Story. Vote your what you think. Since you're the Argentina Cinema marjordomo, your view is important.

We still need to find a consensus on CAPITALIZATION if the film title does remain in Spanish. That guy who came from up high (see my talk page) is not the final word. If he was serious he would change ALL of the Argentine films to fit his needs. We need a consesus.

By the by, I did a whole lot of work on the The Official Story, but Cop came in with some great copy edits. That's his/her strength. Type "A" personality.

Cheers Luigibob 16:33, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cinema templates

The one thing that strikes with the Italian one is the black background of the flag image. They should all be transparent, like the German (which has no flag yet). I will do a check in the morning to see more countries' templates and look at the available images for a series with transparent background. Hoverfish Talk 23:23, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I also saw some with light blue background. I'm trying to keep things tidy and nice looking, so let's make sure a full series of transparents is created (althought I think one exists somewhere, or elso where do all these nation-stubs get their flaggy icons from...). By the way, I started the discussion on capitalization here* and have asked Luigibob to make a proper introduction of the issue, so as soon as he does this, you may want to follow with your comments. Oh, and by another way, I just learned yestrday the origins of your username (I'm always late for tea, you know). Well, you should know I'm against nukes and all for Johnny English, but I don't give a triffle about Bond and other such blatant cold-war propaganda. However, I must admit that since the cold war ended, many others seem to be paying the price. (I mean where do we go if the "good guys" have no "rogues" to fight? Utopia?) Hoverfish Talk 09:27, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, about the volcano base and all, I guessed. I have seen Bond films and I even put together once the Autogyro Airfix model. But I hadn't paid enough attention to identify the guy as E.S.Blofeld (I always thought the one with the cat was "Dr. No" - but now I see this was an earlier villain). Now about the graphics: The Finland has also a black background, but its transparency is evidently set in black, so we don't see it (I saw it because I tried to edit it). There is something called alpha channel, which stores information for each pixel's transparency. So it's an alpha setting problem. Yes, Pegship seems to know more about such things. When she's back we can ask her to help. Hoverfish Talk 14:40, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tibet and other matters

Hi! Thanks so much for your kind comments about my photos of Tibet. Have just been having a quick look at some of your many entries. Great work! I will try to find some time to add info on the Ramoche Temple, etc. At the moment I am trying to focus on completing the editing of a book of mine on the Silk routes for publication - it is so tempting to get distracted working on Wikipedia articles. I am also trying to get the history relating to Songtsen Gampo's reign straightened out which is taking some time.

Really good to make your acquaintance - I do hope you will keep in contact.

Cheers, John Hill 11:47, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

PS How good is your Spanish? Mine is very rusty (I used to speak and read it fairly fluently but 40 odd years mostly in Australia and other English-speaking means I am not really up to writing articles in it any more). Would it be hard for you to do a shortened version of the entry on Cooktown in Spanish? Would you be interested? Or could you suggest someone else? Many thanks. BTW Where do you live now? Just curious. :^) John

Thanks!

Hey. Big thanks for the star. It is very much appreciated. Thanks again, Prolog 12:49, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed, you're doing excellent work on The Maltese Falcon. With those "Background", "Synopsis" and "Cinematography" sections, I'd say this week is a success already. I like the screenshots too. The film is a great noir, so it definitely deserves to have its article expanded. Prolog 13:11, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, if you continue like this, it shouldn't take too long. The Kiarostami article was a great read (although I've only seen Taste of Cherry, which was very good). Prolog 13:20, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You've been fast. The article looks very good, but needs a lot more references now. Prolog 15:28, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maltese Falcon

Great work on the Maltese Falcon article so far. By the way, if you want to expand the information on the lighter props, http://members.tripod.com/~Transporter/TT.html might be of interest. --PhantomS 20:32, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I remember when I first saw the article at the beginning of the CCW and it was a mere start class and has now expanded to this. I think it looks really good and have upgraded it to B class. With the amount of information it has, it can at least get GA status if everything is properly sourced. It looks like these Cinema Collaboration of the Week (or several weeks I guess) are really improving the quality of our important articles. I'd recommend continuing to add sources and put it up for GA nomination and also get a film peer review before taking it to FA. Keep up the good work, the article has a lot of information with plenty of framework. --Nehrams2020 20:23, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

More Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon work is really quite great, there only a few quibbles. Some may consider the page to have an overt amount of images in the plot section and find that the plot section itself is a bit overly long. Some re-arranging of pictures might be good to so we can images next to text that relates to the text more. It definitly needs more citation in the area of the Minor errors and flaws as it may seem too "imdb-ish" for some reviewers.

Regardless, i'd definitly send this in for a peer-review. Excellent work to all involved! Andrzejbanas 20:28, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep up the good work! Devoting hours of your life that you'll never get back for no compensation or appreciation takes a certain type of person. I know when I'm old I'll look back and think, "Wow I'm sure glad I spent my time in front of a computer screen instead of living life". Andman8 23:47, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry for being mean. Take a look at [www.centiare.com this] but don't tell anyone I sent it to you. (i.e. revert)

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	Keep up the good work! Devoting hours of your life that you'll never get back for no compensation or appreciation takes a certain type of person. I know when I'm old I'll look back and think, "Wow I'm sure glad I spent my time in front of a computer screen instead of living life". [[User:Andman8\|Andman8]] 23:47, 8 March 2007 (UTC)		Keep up the good work! Devoting hours of your life that you'll never get back for no compensation or appreciation takes a certain type of person. I know when I'm old I'll look back and think, "Wow I'm sure glad I spent my time in front of a computer screen instead of living life". [[User:Andman8\|Andman8]] 23:47, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

			I'm sorry for being mean. Take a look at [www.centiare.com this] but don't tell anyone I sent it to you. (i.e. revert)