User talk:Drmies

Bambi

Please reply at my talk page. Sorry for being harsh with your original hook. It is just my whole DYK experience and intuition shouts loud that we'd get bashed for sure if we put it up. Materialscientist (talk) 22:33, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

When we have something like "term associated with killing of cute animals" next to "gay slang term", there will always be someone who will shout somewhere at DYK talk or at main page errors "you paint gays like cute animals" or otherwise, "you paint gays like killers" or etc. Then others will join and say "Although it is Ok with me, I see this is somewhat too careless, we should replace this hook" - that's my experience. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 00:31, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

I love spicy hooks and in the past was inventing them when reviewing (little time for that now), but. It is very different when I was chatting at T:TDYK and when I put this up on the main page with my hands, i.e. I am extra careful about BLPs and human relations. As to kudos, they should go to Ucucha for he is that "tough reviewer" who really spends time on checking the facts and going into every sentence. Materialscientist (talk) 00:39, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Bambi effect

On December 7, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bambi effect, 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.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

• 14,325 views! Drmies (talk) 18:21, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Gorgas-Manly Historic District

The additions are awesome. I think I had come across some info about the Federal compensation, but somehow it didn't make it to the article. I started down this road after doing some reading about the Old Capitol in Tuscaloosa, so I created the article for William Nichols (architect). It lead me to create the articles for the Gorgas-Manly Historic District, President's Mansion (University of Alabama) and University of Alabama Quad. I also did a complete rewrite of what is now the Old University of Alabama Observatory, which had the old observatory and the modern one jumbled up together as though they were the same building. I hadn't realized that so little of UA's history had been covered here. Thanks for the improvements. Please add anything to the others that you feel is missing or incorrect. If you don't mind taking a look at them. :) Altairisfar_talk 03:49, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

• No, that's way too much credit. You wrote a great article. (Though I have to say I'm a bit tickled that Bambi effect, which is right below your article in the Did You Know box, is pulling in more viewers, haha!) I'm going to have a look at the observatory as well--I think I saw the Haley-Bopp comet through that telescope. Later, and thanks again for improving our Alabama coverage. Drmies (talk) 04:25, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Bruce's Beach

On December 7, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bruce's Beach, 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.

Materialscientist (talk) 06:07, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Cornelius Carter

Thanks for helping me out, I am definitely a newbie...I actually got CC's bio from him, which he had provided to the University. Thanks for organizing the info! I was going to add his picture but don't know exactly where to add it on the page. Thanks again! Richledson (talk) 06:30, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

• Sure, I'm glad you wrote him up. But do keep in mind, "Content that violates any copyrights will be deleted"--it says it right here under my "edit" screen. If you have a photograph, and it's free use, upload it to Commons--but make sure the copyright issue is cleared. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 06:34, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Vatican conspiracies

Wasn't there a debate about whether this was well sourced [1]? I thought it was determined that the evidence was insufficient, but I'm not an expert on Focault's Pendulum. ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:15, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Lowyat.net

Just so you're aware, I declined the speedy deletion of Lowyat.net. The original AfD was sparsely attended and occurred over a year ago. I think it would benefit from the full debate running. Mackensen (talk) 12:09, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

• I didn't nominate it for speedy deletion, but thanks for the message, I guess. Drmies (talk) 15:24, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
  • I know you didn't, but I thought as the nominator of the AfD you'd want to know. Mackensen (talk) 23:25, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Naomi Clark

I appreciate you keeping an eye on things and reverting the recent vandalism. Thanks. -- James26 (talk) 15:01, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

• Sure thing! Drmies (talk) 15:26, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Los Limones

Can you stub this thing? I translated it, and I don't have the heart to chop down my effort! cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 23:45, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

• Spiffy, I don't want to cut any more either. I want to move there. Drmies (talk) 00:14, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
  • I take it you're looking for a new vocation? -SpacemanSpiff 00:21, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
    • I didn't say I was going to go there to work! Bad back, you know... Hey, I looked for some more stuff but couldn't find anything. Drmies (talk) 00:22, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Mind if I ask you how you arrived at "orally transmitted" from "solo se encuentra escrito en las historias transmitidas"? I acknowledge that that was one of the sentences I couldn't make head nor tail of, leading me not to take on the task after I spent a couple of paragraphs attempting it. I decided I was having trouble differentiating between my shortcomings in Spanish and genuine problems with the original text. —Largo Plazo (talk) 00:34, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

• I didn't--I came there via Spaceman's intermediate translation. Look at the history to see what he had; when I reworded it it seemed to make sense. BTW, I don't speak Spanish, and if "escrito" means "written down" then I'm in trouble. Still, "transmitidas" suggests, plus some culture, suggests that I'm not too far beside the mark. Blissful ignorance! Drmies (talk) 00:53, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
  • Escrito (n) can also mean text, literary composition. cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 01:01, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
• (ec)Quite honestly, I was avoiding the translation as I hoped that someone with better Spanish skills could do it. However, given that no one took it up, I thought I'd do it and get it out of the log. As for this particular phrase, it literally goes as "text found in stories transmitted from generation to generation" and I figured I'd exercise editorial choice and select a word. TBQH, I've never come across it used in such a context. Feel free to correct it, if you think it's wrong. cheers. -SpacemanSpiff 00:59, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
• Well, given that we don't know the original contributor and their linguistic skills, I think, in the absence of better evidence, that we might as well go with what would make sense (usually defined as whatever I say, haha)--until we get to AfD, of course. Drmies (talk) 01:03, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
  • You know, you should have simply stuck to my use of "mentioned in stories passed from one generation to the next". It provides intrigue, were those stories orally transmitted? Or do we have some parchment somewhere as evidence? -SpacemanSpiff 01:07, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
    • You know you told me to stub, so I went for economy! Drmies (talk) 01:16, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
      • Brevity and economy are overrated; I'm surprised at that statement from an honorary Tamil! -SpacemanSpiff 02:44, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

RfA thankspam

Hello, Drmies! This is just a note thanking you for participating in my recent Request for Adminship, which passed with a total of 93 support !votes, 1 oppose and 3 editors remaining neutral. While frankly overwhelmed by the level of support, I humbly thank the community for the trust it has placed in me, and vow to use the tools judiciously and without malice. KV5 (Talk • Phils)

Son of Scarface

I am the author of Son of Scarface, please go to the history and see that I made it and fixed it up many times because people said he wasn't notable many times. I am the author and the one who is requesting removal. So it's not the right tag to use? What tag do I use then?

Thank you for your help, I am always still learning as I go.

Drewhamilton (talk) 03:46, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

• Hey Drew, thank you for your message. You are right about having written the article; my apologies--I didn't go back more than two pages of fifty edits in the history, and you are clearly there on the third page. However, the creation and your edits date to April and May of 2008, and db-author template refers explicitly to "The author of the only substantial content" requesting deletion--and you are not the author of the only substantial content anymore, given the number of edits in between. I think the idea is that you cannot undo (delete) the work of other editors, and since this is a book there is no speedy category available. Does that help? If you want the article gone you could propose regular deletion, via WP:AFD, but I don't think that will be a successful venture given the number of reviews. Good luck, Drmies (talk) 04:19, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the help. Still the work is mostly mine, I would just edit it when it got tagged which is mostly what other editors did to it. The content is still 95% written by me. Funnily, I now agree with the arguments that he is not notable. Most of his references are from his website & the book is self-published but made to look like it's not. I'd like to tag again with db-author. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drewhamilton (talk • contribs) 04:26, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

• Sorry, but no. The work is not mostly by you, and you can not apply that template. Look in the history, and you'll find this edit--significant work, done by someone else, whose efforts you would negate. So I have to remove that template again; the Wikipedia rules (WP:GFDL)) will not allow deletion of the article in this way. Drmies (talk) 05:03, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm butting in here to back up Drmies. Once other editors started editing the article, db-author ceased to be an option for deletion. Given the amount of content of that article, the only chance you have of getting it deleted now is AfD, and there's no guarantee there. LadyofShalott 06:01, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

hallo from Uwe Kils

can you please vote again on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Uwe_Kils_(3rd_nomination). Best wishes Uwe Kils 10:50, 9 December 2009 (UTC)