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Himalayan Explorer
"I stand up next to a mountain, and I chop it down with the edge of my hand..."

27°45′N 85°26′E / 27.75°N 85.43°E / 27.75; 85.43

Translation

Presumably you are aware of Category:Deprecated_translation_system? It needs a the useful sources extracting/migrating and then a big XfD. Rich Farmbrough, 00:40, 1 October 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Having fun...

What do you mean? Shahid • ^Talk2me 21:39, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Greek museums

The two pages are much more informative than when they were robostubs. I agree they do not look like a little curio collection in the back of a souvenir shop, as are some "museums" and "art galleries" I have seen on travels. Thanks for the work which has greatly improved them by describing the holdings. I see that the sources are just webpages, mostly anonymous, which look like tourism promotion, even if put out by the ministry of culture. One of those tourism promotion sites listed Fodor's guide to Greece as a source, and it would be more authoritative Wikipedia unfortunately blocks me from linking to the book. Thanks again for keeping me informed. Edison (talk) 17:33, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Algeria is all done

I have a copy of the Romanian 1992 census there are 145 or so files. It is not clear to me which are which, although I think I found the one with just population numbers. Rich Farmbrough, 18:02, 2 October 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Hm, well it is still interesting I pulled the figures for 2951 communes fromthe site you mentioned, interestingly the names soemtimes are in the form xxxx c. / yyyyyy . I am slightly puzzled beacause

389 Husasău de Tinca c. / Biharhosszúaszó község (BH)
390 Ineu c. / Köröskisjenő község (BH)

but at Ineu, Bihor we say "Ineu is a commune in Bihor County, northwestern Romania with a population of 3,954 people which includes Botean, Husasău de Criş and Ineu villages. "

Rgds, Rich Farmbrough, 22:52, 3 October 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Want some Tibet/Himalaya materials?

I was sifting through my local library's JSTOR account last night, & found some mid-19th century explorer's reports about Tibet -- which reminded me of you. Send me an email address (gmail works, if you prefer) thru my Wikipedia "E-mail this user" link, & I'll share. -- llywrch (talk) 20:12, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

French Commune

It would be great if you could comment here. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 00:05, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Distomo Archaeological Collection

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≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 12:28, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Tibetan beer

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BorgQueen (talk) 00:29, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Nana Palsikar

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Krrish

Would you help me by actually checking grammar errors on Krrish, since it is on a GA review now. The reviewer asked me to ask other Wikipedian to help me. Hope you can. World Cinema Writer (talk • contributions) 09:45, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. World Cinema Writer (talk • contributions) 10:52, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Abba Garima Monastery

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Rekha

A few days ago I watched again a 2001 film called Lajja. She played a villager. I was shocked by how she was gang-raped and burnt alive in the film (you can see this scene here). Her acting was simply great. Now I find myself creating a film article on Ghar (film) in which she also was gang-raped.

You're watching Krrish but you have not seen the prequel have you? Shahid • ^Talk2me 13:03, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dunno what happened with File:Ghar78.jpg, is it a temporal problem? Shahid • ^Talk2me 13:59, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yup I know - Om Puri is one of the greatest by the way. And there's one girl who was also a beauty pageant who is now doing some Bollyfilms... Shahid • ^Talk2me 14:01, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rama Rao Tatineni - a film director who has director over 65 films in a career spanning for over four decades since 1965. And he does not have a Wikiarticle....... Shahid • ^Talk2me 15:07, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Colombia

Hi! You could return to map used until May 30th. I don't have the time right now to create a new map. NNW (talk) 14:36, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

C'mon, svg lesson number 1: Just open the svg in a simple text editor, search for every #32cefa (there are 15 in it) and replace it by #c6ecff, that's the usual location map blue. I'm just to lazy to do all the upload at Commons. :-) NNW (talk) 14:55, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You don't even have MS Word? NNW (talk) 15:05, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There it is. NNW (talk) 15:12, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AWB

Sure - I'll get on that sometime today. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:10, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Responded. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:15, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK - I checked three, and didn't see the need, honestly. All three of them could be "expanded" by the addition of a chart or two, but that's about it. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:39, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe you got lucky. :-) Anything else I can AWB for you? Some talk pages, perhaps? --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:05, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah - none of the ones I looked at were like that at all. Ah, well...I have to go find something to eat, but I'll maybe do a few stubs tonight. (Just did Gilbert Banester). --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:01, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I looked at the first two, then picked one at random from the middle - don't remember which, even. I'll help with some manual tagging, but I think it should be manual. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:07, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, but it's a start. Anyhow, it's spotty - I've worked my way back from the end, and there are several that are just as stubby in Italian. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:11, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Still, I can help in a search at some point. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:01, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah - there's really a surprising amount there if you look in the right place. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:26, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Italy's nice. Spain I don't know nearly as well, but I should like to visit it someday and find out for myself. Talking of headaches, the French Wiki gives me one whenever I visit...there's a ton requiring translation there. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:32, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tell me about it. I did some work on Lithuanian and Hungarian topics yesterday; hopefully I can complete filling the redlinks in that Lithuanian template soon. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:56, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Swedish municipalities

Yes, all articles about localities in Sweden (those with more than 200 people) are created, have an infobox, are categorized in "Category:Cities, towns and villages in..." etc etc. --Skizzik^talk 15:57, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Columbian maps

Should all be in place in the infoboxes. I'm looking at the Riga maps again. Rich Farmbrough, 00:06, 6 October 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Riga maps are done. Should be a default that PD/GFDL stuff goes to commons. I whipped up a program to download them, but I had to upload them manually in the end - was quick though. Rich Farmbrough, 02:28, 6 October 2009 (UTC).[reply]

DYK nomination of Epidaurus Archaeological Museum

Hello! Your submission of Epidaurus Archaeological Museum 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! hamiltonstone (talk) 04:02, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pointed comment...

...I'm still waiting for you to tell me where to find the categories that the bot is meant to search. I asked and asked, but you never replied. I can't just grab random articles from random categories on random wikis and put them in random places. I still need to have a list of categories, and a place to write the output to. Without that, I can't do bugger all - so rather than making snarky comments about me not making the bot you requested, give me the information I have requested at least twice. Fritzpoll (talk) 11:46, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yup

I agree - she's a sweet girl also in interviews. She recently won a Best Actress award for Fashion - I recommend yo to watch the film - it's very non-Bollywood style. Shahid • ^Talk2me 16:43, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I enjoyed Krrish... but can't get why they killed Preity Zinta LOL! Shahid • ^Talk2me 16:52, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

hi!

I am back! I probably will be editing a lot in the next couple weeks (nothing to do during the day at the moment!) and then disappearing for another adventure somewhere else. I saw your infobox actually and was inspired to add some stuff to house some photos I have of minor monasteries in the region. (I have some photos of the monasteries in Kaya and Skiu - see Skiu-Kaya - that I will add soon. maybe the one in Skiu will deserve its own article eventually because it was built in something like the 11th century but for now I can't find much about it.) I will probably be adding a few more stubs on marginally notable hamlets along my trekking route. I figure a long as an article has pictures it's nice to have. :) Any new wikipedia updates I should know about? Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:43, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject_Intertranswiki/Spanish/Culture/Bot_Run

Ok, so this is an intermediate step. I need to adjust the code slightly to follow through to the subcategories and arrange the text appropriately. For instance the category links are jumbled into the text. But in general, is this what you were after? If so, I'll carry on with the requested refinements. Fritzpoll (talk) 20:18, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I looked at it briefly, and it's good stuff. As you mention, Fritz, it needs some tweaking, but wanted to give initial feedback. Thanks for the bot coding and bot run! --Rosiestep (talk) 21:58, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Continuing the tweaks - thanks for the feedback though. HE, can you check it over now? It seems to look exactly as you requested, and I fixed the duplication bug. Fritzpoll (talk) 22:04, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Schools

I looked at Categoría:Provincia de Almería and, yup, it's a good example of the work that still needs to be done. I think that creating redlinks on transwiki project pages will be helpful. I'd really like to see wikipedia develop partnerships with schools, worldwide, and that the partnerships would be the catalyst for translations of pages such as those in WikiProject_Intertranswiki/Spanish/Culture/Bot_Run and Almeria and etc. The redlinks on WikiProject_Intertranswiki/Spanish/Culture/Bot_Run make for a starting place, especially for the newby editor who doesn't know where to start. If every English language class in every high school in Spain worked on one of those redlinked articles, bringing it to Start Class, it'd be much more than bravo. And, of course, the translation can't stop with creating the en wiki article. The article also needs to be created on all the foo wikis. This definitely takes more than 2, or 20, or 200, or 2000 or even 20000 editors. So we have to nurture those that are already creating content, and mentor the newbies. What I think we also need to do is mobilize thousands of people worldwide. I think schools, in partnership with wikipedia, are a big part of the solution. The question is, how can wikipedia reach out and make those school alliances? Maybe start with school librarians? --Rosiestep (talk) 22:33, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. Seems like translatewiki.net could be a collaboration with transwiki project. How would you see this working? How would we harness it? --Rosiestep (talk) 18:34, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident at FAC

Since you commented, the above article has undergone a number changes. I would ask you please to review the changes, and comment on whether your concerns have been addressed. Thank you. Ohconfucius (talk) 04:18, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Epidaurus Archaeological Museum

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—Ed (talk • contribs) 11:35, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Tromzikhang

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≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 06:28, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations once again!

Great work, my friend. You certainly deserve this - and I hope the exposure will mean a lot of people have a look at the article, which is really interesting - especially now that almost all of the Barkhor area has been destroyed and people will begin forgetting what it represented. I am pleased I was able to contribute to it in a small way - and to make use of my two old photos of the butter and candy markets - but you are the one who thought of it and started it and did almost all the hard work. Good on yer, mate! John Hill (talk) 09:04, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cully

Much better! Rich Farmbrough, 09:51, 8 October 2009 (UTC).[reply]

DYK for Likir Monastery

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Thank you. Don't forget Halloween ... we need your help Victuallers (talk) 18:28, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe I'll leave then one to the evil doctor... Himalayan 18:30, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nepal

I know what you mean. Look at the list of kings of Uvea - I was the one that bluelinked the ones that are bluelinked. It's kind of depressing, when you think about it. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:59, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah. Here's another depressing thought - there are a ton of National Wildlife Refuges in the United States that lack articles. Fortunately, there's PD information about them on the government websites, so they should be fairly easy to start quickly. It's more tedious than anything else. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:08, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps - but I want to finish the NWRs, and the Lithuanian things I started. Let's hope I can keep focusing this time...--Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:09, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ladakhi monasteries

Hi! Wow you have been busy! BTW - what is the DYK box for Likir doing on my page? It only belongs on yours - I just helped a bit - you started it and did most of the work (and, I presume, nominated it for DYK). So, I think I should remove it - but many thanks anyway. I appreciate your work getting the Ladakhi monasteries written up - it's a great thing to do and will, I am sure, wipe out many years of sin for you (and what wonderful photos you have tracked down - a gold star for your forehead!) One small thing - I think we should avoid referring to Red Hat sect monasteries as it really is just a term used by people who don't know as it can refer to either Nyingma, Sakya, or Kagyu establishments. If in doubt - let me know and I will check through my fairly extensive book collection. Also, the monasteries of Lahaul and Spiti and Zanskar are also usually closely related to those in neighbouring Ladakh. I think I have covered most of the major ones in Lahaul and Spiti (largely because I had photos of most of them which I had taken myself). But, perhaps I will have a look at Zanskar monasteries when I get a chance (if you don't keep me too, too busy!) and then ask you if you can chase up some copyright-free photos on the net (you are obviously very skilled at this). And what's all this about Halloween? Do you celebrate it in Wales? I thought it was, these days, mainly a Nth American thing which started in Scotland - but I will do some research. I send you my very warmest wishes as always. John Hill (talk) 22:26, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

1948-villages tagged

Ok; Chesdovi has tagged a lot of the stubs..he question their notability. I have tried to get a overview over which articles desperately needs work, etc, here: User:Huldra/Sandbox. As you can see, there are three articles tagged in the District of Safad-section alone.....If you start "fleshing out", I will certainly help...cheers, Huldra (talk) 22:58, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ok; I´ve done what I could on Dallata; according to my "DYK-check" it qualify as a DYk; if so: I leave it to you to nominate it. (I have never done it!) Cheers, Huldra (talk) 19:36, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ok; to repeat: I think I´ve done what I could on Fir'im; according to my "DYK-check" it qualifies as a DYK; if so: I leave it to you to nominate it. (I still haven´t done it..) Cheers, Huldra (talk) 23:54, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh; and a note from Ash to you here....Huldra (talk) 23:57, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ärtogrul Gazy Mosque

Hello, Himalayan Explorer. Your new name (title?) is Welcome! I'm afraid I don't have much detail on Ärtogrul Gazy Mosque(correct spelling). Nowadays (actually since summer) I've been busy with interface translation. It's a lot of work. Principally, I focus on wikis (tk, en, beta, tk.wikt...) for periods. Hopefully, I'm about to complete (tk) Milestone 2 at Betawiki. I hope to collaborate with you and the other concerning on tk articles especially on geography. Best Regards.--Hanberke (talk) 06:08, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Will this make you a happy explorer?

? Let me know. :) Fritzpoll (talk) 08:18, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

sw

Hi, hope things are going well, did you know that "Dr Blofeld" is not redirected here? It should be attended to. At any rate, I was listening to Welsh band YMG and thought to write; in recent weeks, following "blofeldesque stub creation principles" referred to by Paxse, I was able to find myself as all time editor by number of edits at Kiswahili, - http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaSW.htm , - creating so many stubs and stub category edits as to put me ahead of worthy colleagues toiling on actual articles like sw:Crimean war and sw:Michael Jackson discography. Now on vacation from Africa, let me know if there are any tasks to be done at en:seasia as the northern hemisphere winter sets in. Many cheers, --Mr Accountable (talk) 21:13, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Himalayas? Here's a current bestseller: http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db1-e5811ad393762f7c1b659f7db019ed73.htm?cm_cat=50004728 "The Tibetan Leather Book". It's a controversial and invigorating book judging from translation of the book site. --Mr Accountable (talk) 21:28, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Funny. That's all very good. Things are jake in Dar. SEACOM went online and people are waiting for an influx of new users to sw. There's a lot of Bongo Flava involved. Or, "Smart guy rap" -- as in "Safari Tripers" and "X Plastaz". As usual Europe is a mystery to me. See you later. --Mr Accountable (talk) 23:27, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.littletibet.com/downloads/DinnerMenu.pdf From my school. --Mr Accountable (talk) 23:44, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Kullu

Thanks for all the wonderful notes on my Talk page. I hardly know where to start! But first, I assume this Kulu is the well-known Kullu Valley (this article certainly needs a lot of work!!!) which runs like a narrow highway from the north Indian plains deep into the Himalayan ranges via Mandi, Kullu town and Manali, Himachal Pradesh. It is a most magnificent place and the main road from the plains of India to Ladakh (since all the unrest in Kashmir has limited use of the Srinigar-Leh highway) travels through the valley and over the beautiful but very treacherous Rohtang Pass (which my wife Jo and I almost died on once while crossing it on foot) to Lahaul and then, through the Lahaul Valley to Ladakh. It runs roughly parallel to the Spiti Valley. Looking at all these articles now, I can see how much needs to be done to get them up to speed. I have only occasionally visited them - mostly to up load photos of mine - but (if I can spare the time - I should really try to improve them.

It is the valley from which emerges the Beas River (which, further downstream, when it starts cutting across the plains, was the furthest point reached by Alexander the Great and his men). When we lived high above Dharamsala (1979-81) we looked down over the Beas river from our home (see the river in the painting "View from Dharamkote" here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hallett). Alfred Hallett was our landlord and dear friend, now sadly gone.

But back to the subject at hand. I am not sure whether Kullu was ever really part of Tibetan territory (though the next valley to the east, Spiti, certainly was). However, it is sort of the last bit of India proper (geographically and culturally) and, as such, has for many centuries been a meeting place for Indians, Ladakhis and Tibetans, and an important centre of trade.

Well, I better cut this short - I have to write a letter in a hurry and then my 4 year old granddaughter is coming for a visit and I will be fully occupied for the rest of the day!!!! Just before I leave, though, I should tell you that I have Francke's "Antiquities of Indian Tibet" in two volumes and his earlier "History of Ladakh" and, although they may be somewhat dated, they remain the main sources in English for Ladakhi history and are a treasure house of all sorts of arcane information. I also have a copy of Janet Rizvi's excellent work, "Ladakh: Crossroad of High Asia" which, of course, is much more up-to-date and indispensable. So, I will be standing by to help out when and where I can with your great projects. With all my very best wishes, John Hill (talk) 23:02, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by article count

Would you mind updating that article when you get a chance since it was last updated 5 months ago, an eternity in Wikipedia time? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 04:45, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tabu

In an interview Bir Sanghvi says - "an actress who made her first film as a leading actress at 21 (1994), won her first national award at 24 (1997) and her second at 29 (2002)" - it's clear then. However I believethe link you gave is far better so let's stick with 71 as of now. Shahid • ^Talk2me 17:50, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Next time you give me a link to this book I'll stop talking to you. Now I can't stop reading it.......... it's too FASCINATING!! I absolutely love it. Shahid • ^Talk2me 18:06, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clint Eastwood

I don't watch that page, but I do check on it occasionally. I've been trying to find a new image for a while, but so far nobody's given permission for a new image of him. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 23:38, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ladakh and its history

Hi again! I decided the best place to begin was tidying up the History of Ladakh page which was a real mess, though containing some good but unreferenced material. I have just made a little start on it (only on the very first few paras. This led me somewhat atray to the fascinating Korean Buddhist monk, Heyecho in Korean, Hui Chao in Chinese. He visited India and Central Asia for 4 years and returned on foot through Karashahr to China in 729 CE. The fragment of his account was found in Dunhuang by Paul Pelliot and has recently been published (I have just ordered a copy from Amazon.com). Just though I should let you know what I am doing and why. Should get to the individual kings, etc. Many good wishes. Cheers, John Hill (talk) 03:40, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ach, sorry - missed your message - it got lost in the shuffle, I'm afraid.

I agree - that is a nice resource. And I love finding unexpected things like that online. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:19, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Starting with Liszt? Brave man - with rare exception he's always struck me as a difficult composer. Actually, I didn't know you played piano at all, just guitar. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:07, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're better than I am, then - 10 years of piano lessons, and I still can't read music worth a damn. (Same was true in all my years of choral singing; I can figure out the leaps and intervals just fine, but I can't pick the starting note to save my life.) My theory's pretty awful, too; for some reason it just won't stick. I guess my gut handles music better than my brain. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:32, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I can learn by listening - I've always had a good ear. That's been my saving grace in choral singing. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:51, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're asking the wrong person - I find Letterman absolutely insufferable. I can't stand his manner, and his jokes really annoy me a lot of the time. I much prefer Jay Leno. And Conan O'Brien, for that matter...he's started doing some funny things lately, that I didn't expect. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:28, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Conan can sometimes be annoying, yes - but sometimes he can be quite funny. And he does some awfully good video features from time to time. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:14, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned fair-use image

Hi, File:In the Heat of the Night 67.jpg is nominated for deletion. Regards Hekerui (talk) 09:40, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lhachen Gyalpo

I have just added a few notes to the article on Lhachen Gyalpo. I have just had a quick look at Francke and it seems to me to be a bit difficult to say who was the "fifth king of Ladakh" as there was competition between the early kings and some ruled one part and some ruled another at various times. I will have another look at it tomorrow - hopefully I will be feeling more up to it then. John Hill (talk) 11:00, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings

Hi, I see you moved your headquarters now! Looks great too. Just passed by to let you know I don't forget you. Hoverfish (RIP) Talk 12:16, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, you gave quite a push in the film project back then. I have no more time for much here. Now I am in Athens staying at my family home since May 2008 and will move to Montevideo next Spring. Hope all is well with you. Hoverfish Talk 19:56, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again

Sorry to be so slow to respond to your message... I don't really know of any other notable monasteries. There are probably tons and tons and tons more but I doubt many have much coverage. The monastery in Kaya for instance only has one monk that lives there and only part time - I don't think that's notable. Maybe one day the Skiu monastery will have an article but I think it will be a long time before anyone digs up sources... Today I may do some photo uploading and incorporation into articles, we'll see. Ever since getting back from India a week ago I have been sick with a fever. And yesterday I got a weird rash all over my body. The doctor I went to see doesn't know what's wrong. This morning my fever seems to be gone so that's encouraging at least! Ah, strange tropical illnesses.... So I mostly have been just laying around feeling sorry for myself and sleeping all the time. :( Hopefully it will clear up soon - otherwise I have to go see an infectious disease specialist! ugh... Calliopejen1 (talk) 13:51, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Intertranswiki/Faroese/Missing articles

How's the formatting here? Faroese was a lot faster than Spain, so a better test subject Fritzpoll (talk) 20:29, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Try now - going to run Spain shortly. Will look at your template thereafter Fritzpoll (talk) 11:05, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Romania Communes TfD

Not sure if you realize it, but you added this TfD to yesterday's TfD log page, instead of to today's as is the norm. --RL0919 (talk) 22:06, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Delos Archaeological Museum

Hello! Your submission of Delos Archaeological Museum 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! -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 01:32, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jamkhang

Hi again! I couldn't find much either - but it seems like it may have just been one of the chapels at the Norbulingkha or Summer Palace. However, while searching, I came across this wonderful site with a whole lot of wonderful downloads available. Check it out at: http://www.tibetheritagefund.org/index.php Have a look at the "Introduction Chapter Temples of Lhasa" down-loadable pdf first as it shows on p. 18 a "Jam-khang" (i.e. a Jampa or Maitreya chapel) on a wonderful illustration/map of the Norbulinkha. But there is much more - I am going back to the site to explore it further now. Enjoy!, John Hill (talk) 09:13, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lhasa Zhol rdo-rings

Really busy - have just started an article on the amazing ancient stone pillar, the Lhasa Zhol rdo-rings which I hope is still O.K. which dates back the the reign of Trisong Detsen in the 8th century. Have much more work to do on it tomorrow - but do have an early peek! Cheers, John Hill (talk) 11:48, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for the atta girl... What gorgeous pictures on your user and talk pages! I read a couple of your articles and figure you must live in the area but your bio pages dont have a biography :( Wikipedia is great because it can give the average person access to information they wouldnt have otherwise (esp. with writers like us! ;) )Thelmadatter (talk) 15:09, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/McDonald's Cycle Center/archive2

You were involved in the prior FAC, which got timed out. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/McDonald's Cycle Center/archive2 is now open.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 16:40, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I looked briefly at it

Where the docs on locater maps? Rich Farmbrough, 17:24, 13 October 2009 (UTC).[reply]

I got top = 39.91, bottom = 25.82, left = 77.61, right = 103.47 using coordinates for a couple border trisections (nepal and bhutan) with google maps. If you know the coordinates of two pixel locations on the map, that's enough to get the four necessary coordinates. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 17:58, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What you are using is probably close enough. The two points that I used were 30°11′50″N 81°02′04″E / 30.197206°N 81.034478°E and 27°19′38″N 88°55′17″E / 27.327338°N 88.921275°E, which are nearly the exact border intersections according to google maps. These were the two points for which it was very easy to identify pixel locations. As you said, the projections can cause problems away from these points. And again, it's probably close enough given the resolution of the resulting image you are trying to produce. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 18:05, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yukaghir

I'll have more time at the end of the year, if that's ok with you. I should be able to find some sources here, especially about the languages. Not sure what I'll be able to find on the people themselves. If you don't see any editing on the article by me by the end of the year, would you do me the favor of reminding me? I'll put it on my list of things to do, so that I'll hopefully remember it though :) -Yupik (talk) 18:14, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

SearchBot etc.

No worries - I've already left a note on his talk page about it. The trouble is that, because the info is public domain, a lot of private websites have swiped it, and come up in the search listings, too. Good to see your efforts bearing fruit - have a look at The Last Temptations, which has grown quite nicely from my little stub. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:30, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah...only our purposes are legit. :-)

By the way - have a listen to this - the last movement of the violin concerto by John Adams. I love this stuff. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:45, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, The Mission. Great film, that.

I listened to the Adams twice in a row, and honestly (blasphemy though it may be), I think I prefer other readings to Kremer's. The beauty of that movement, when done properly, is that it's almost like a moto perpetuo - it shouldn't flag at all, not even at the end. It should be almost breathless all the way through. I have Robert McDuffie's recording on CD, and I think it's the best I know. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 04:21, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

He is a fine violinist - his performance was my introduction to the piece. I have to look and see if Hilary Hahn has recorded it... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 13:28, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Responded. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:02, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Self-diagnosis

Hi Blofeld, I'm finally getting better! My fever has been gone for over two days now, and the rash is starting to go down too. Based on my med school friend talking to doctors she works with, combined with my reading the wikipedia pages they recommend, I'm pretty sure I had dengue fever! I may still go to the doctor again because the other doctors recommended I be tested for typhoid and a couple other things to be sure. I'm hoping it was dengue fever because that has no bad effects long-term and sounds kind of cool. :) Calliopejen1 (talk) 13:16, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Takthok Monastery

On October 14, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Takthok Monastery, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page _{(here's how)} and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thank you - have a rest! Lots of time to get a Halloween hook Victuallers (talk) 21:28, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Delos Archaeological Museum

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