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see Achive 1, 2, 3 and 4

archived stuff Victuallers (talk) 18:41, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Parikrama

I definitely made a suggestion that we save this hook for 28 October, the Diwali day, yet you moved this to the next update without leaving any comments. Did you actually notice my suggestion? --BorgQueen (talk) 00:38, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the clarification. As for the prize, what if we choose the winner based on this statistics? --BorgQueen (talk) 16:17, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And, since you are online, can you fill the next update? I have to take some rest.. --BorgQueen (talk) 16:19, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dr Mabuse - Page title

Dr Mabuse (cycling) - This excellent new page has been created by your old friend Les Woodland, but I suspect that it should be titled Bernard Sainz If this is true, what is the best way to rename/move/redirect/copy it, and preserve the history. Thanks. Regards. Autodidactyl (talk) 09:31, 28 October 2008 (UTC) ps (also copied to SpinningSpark)[reply]

hi was up my name is cparker1 yo bye —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cparker1 (talk • contribs) 15:58, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Calyptra (genus)

On 31 October, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Calyptra (genus), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 09:43, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Manor Community College

On 1 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Manor Community College, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Keep up the good work! ~ User:Ameliorate! ^{(with the !) (talk)} 07:45, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, not yet.

But you can check out who the winner is on the stats list. Not exactly a surprise though. --BorgQueen (talk) 16:32, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Nebulae stayed on Main Page for less than 6 hours (slightly more than 5 hours, as I recall), had it stayed longer the hits might have been barely over 5,000, but then it won't make it the winner anyway. The winner, as you might have noticed already, is User:Jmabel, who wrote the mummy hook. And that fact doesn't surprise me, with that photo of the handsome mummy. --BorgQueen (talk) 07:00, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tsomoriri

Hi, Victuallers,

Thanks for the DYK. I have fixed the dead reference no 2. There was a small error in conneting the notes with the web address. I have also added some more text as suggested on the Talk page.--Nvvchar (talk) 13:37, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Next update

We have enough hooks now... please stop adding otherwise would break MP balance. --BorgQueen (talk) 17:12, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Of course we always need your help, since neither of us is an automated machine. :-D It is just that I pay more attention to MP balance. I know we have a backlog problem nowadays but we can solve it by flipping DYK a little early, hopefully. --BorgQueen (talk) 17:23, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if this would work, but ITN has offered DYK some real estate on the Main Page. That might be a way to clear some backlog. -- Suntag ☼ 03:10, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Alderwasley

Hi

Sorry to possibly confuse. I am the Head Teacher at Alderwasley and found out today that the school's page had been altered by one of my disaffected young people (possibly one I permanently excluded) so I have just attempted to correct the false changes they put on. This is my first time altering the site so just learning as I go along. I obviously have no objection to you removing overt reference to the school on the Alderwasley page - i just want to remove the emotional behavioural reference as this is not the nature of the students at the school.

I was trying to find out how to report the students who made the changes to prevent them doing the same again.

Thanks Veronica Jenkins —Preceding unsigned comment added by Veronica.jenkins (talk • contribs) 22:03, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Alderwasley

Hi,

Thanks for your answer. I have now found how to submit a vandalism concern. Looking at the history of the person making the posting I think I have identified who made the changes. I totally agree about the "truth" element. If you would like to look at the schools official web page http://www.senadgroup.com/alderwasley/ it will verify who I am and the nature of the students.

regards Veronica.jenkins (talk) 22:23, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Alderwasley

Hi,

That will help thanks - especially as he's just changed it again. Looking more at his history and the other page that he has tried to change (those changes have been rebuffed by someone else - not me) I definiately know who the young man is who is making these changes.

Thanks Veronica.jenkins (talk) 22:46, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK quick flipping

If you're online in 3 hours, would you flip to the next group that I just loaded? We're trying to cut the backlog by flipping every 4 hours. No need to respond - I'm going offline now. Royalbroil 16:42, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hook mysteriously dissappeared

Hi Victuallers, could you check out this thread? ~the editorofthewiki ^{(talk/contribs/editor review)}~ 00:26, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Credits

I was wondering if you could do the credits? Thanks. --BorgQueen (talk) 15:52, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Update

You can finish it if you like, I'm getting a bit tired. Gatoclass (talk) 14:13, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Technically, hooks are supposed to be left up for five days after the initial challenge, but if you want to discard some no-one is going to stop you, although you may cop some complaints from disgruntled nominators :) Gatoclass (talk) 14:23, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

re: DYK

Sure. Sorry if I got you into an edit conflict earlier. —Politizer ^talk/_contribs 15:25, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, it looks like you've got 8 in Next there already. How many more do you want there? —Politizer ^talk/_contribs 15:27, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nvm, Gatoclass got the last one in. —Politizer ^talk/_contribs 15:45, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just to let you know, the Magoja hook you just added to Next Update has a picture with it. I accidentally put it in earlier, too, but then I noticed the picture there...are we supposed to only have one picture in each update? Just checking, —Politizer ^talk/_contribs 20:23, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, ok, that's fine. I just thought maybe you hadn't noticed the picture (since that is what I had done). Thanks for your explanation; I'm still just at the beginning of learning how DYK works! —Politizer ^talk/_contribs 20:49, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I added a 9th hook to Next and I must had added it right as you were moving Next into the queue, because I don't see that hook in the queue. Here it is:

{{*mp}}... that in October 2008, the [[biofuel]] company '''[[Mascoma]]''' received a US$26 million grant from the [[U.S. Department of Energy]] to develop a [[Cellulosic ethanol|cellulosic]] fuel production facility?

*{{DYKmake|Mascoma|Ecoleetage}}

Sorry about that, —Politizer ^talk/_contribs 18:09, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

Hey there. If biographical material is in a list does it count towards a former word-count? I've expanded this page and I'd be interested in submitting it for DYK (it has some interesting points). The previous version of the article has the text in list form; does that count as a list, and if so can I discount it when doing my character counts? Ironholds (talk) 05:12, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. How would you classify the article in question? Ironholds (talk) 14:30, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have good judgement? :P. Thanks for your help; I'll see if I can expand it a bit more anyway and then push for it. Ironholds (talk) 14:56, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK queue 3

I left this message at Gatoclass' talk page, but just in case he doesn't see it before Queue 3 goes up, I'm copying it to you as well:

Hey, I feel a bit stupid for having been the one to tick this hook, but the 1970 Tonghai earthquake hook (at the top of Queue 3) is a bit inaccurate now that I look at it...it says the earthquake monitoring network was established "following" the 1970 earthquake, although it was actually established 25 years later and the source given in the article doesn't even present any causal relationship between the two (the so source basically says, "A network was installed in Yunnan. BTW Yunnan has some bad earthquakes. There was one in 1970 and one in 1976.") The hook could be changed to "installed 25 years after the 1970 Tonghai earthquake," (although that still seems to imply some causal relationship that isn't supported in the sources given), or kicked back to T:TDYK for discussion.

Sorry about green-lighting that hook erroneously, —Politizer ^talk/_contribs 15:43, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Hi

Hi, I havent removed it, i was asked to swap it. It will just appear a bit later on. The australian DYK would mainly be interesting for the australians would've ended up only showing when most of them would've been asleep

—Ree dy 13:52, 15 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

PE Railroad Bridge article

500 characters coming up. Thanks for letting me know and thanks for shortening the header. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 07:58, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

name calling

Hi. Thanks but it doesn't bother me. In fact, I like that they waste time and invective on my talk page rather than article space. :-) Cheers! DOUBLEBLUE (talk) 20:47, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Frederick William von Thulemeyer

Hello Victuallers, can you take a look at this lemma, Frederick William von Thulemeyer. Can you give it some attention? Taksen (talk) 13:06, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Constantine Richard Moorsom

On 24 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Constantine Richard Moorsom, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

01:17, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Harike wetland

Hi!Victullers,

The following DYK hook appeared on 10th November 2008 on Harike Wetland.

But I did not find it in the archived list for that and the next date as I was preparing a list of all DKYs done by me so far.Will you please let me know where I can find it now to put in my list? Thank you.--Nvvchar (talk) 17:40, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lady Constance Lytton

Hello Victuallers,

I wonder if you can advise or assist me with regard to images and copyright. I have created an article about Lady Constance Lytton that will be on DYK today(ish). It would be greatly improved if it included a picture(s) of her. As the images in the cited in the sources are 98, 100, and circa 110 years old, can they be uploaded, how, and what rationale? The most suitable images are in her 1914 book, Prisons and Prisoners, and are specifically 1908 and 1910. please see Images of Lady Constance Lytton and Jane Warton.

Can you help? Thanks in advance. Regards. Autodidactyl (talk) 09:41, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Many Thanks. Autodidactyl (talk) 19:01, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

thank you for the welcome! I've been meaning to get started here for quite some time but I have always been putting it off until recently. Thanks for making me feel welcome and thanks for the solid advice.History Duff (talk) 19:53, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Jacques Rabemananjara

On 27 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jacques Rabemananjara, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 20:37, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bio rating

Hey, you reviewed Patrick David Wall in terms of article class (start, C, B, etc); would you be able to do the same for Jack Heslop-Harrison? Thanks in advance :). Ironholds (talk) 22:59, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Template Schools in Derbyshire

Hi Victuallers Re: Removal of red links, OK I was going to add articles but not really enough for more than a short stub, and dont really think short stubs contribute much to Wikipedia other than being a place holder for links in articles. I did think it might tempt somebody to take the plunge and create some articles but no look :( I can add them back when I do. Must get back to assessing some more of the articles I tagged, see you have done a few recently. - BulldozerD11 (talk) 23:23, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Happy Xmas

Thanks, Victuallers! :) –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 16:30, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks from me too. Have a nice day. :-) AdjustShift (talk) 16:43, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Christmas to you - I'll try to get the article about Harry Linacre (Fred Forman's nephew) written in the New Year. --Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 18:13, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yupiit School District

Regarding pictures of schools for Yupiit School District - pictures may be available for the buildings, but they would be "I found them on the web" pictures and as such probably wouldn't meet fair-use guidelines for an article about the district as a whole. I hope when they get their web site fully up we'll see a logo we can snarf under fair-use guidelines, like I did with the oh-I-wish-it-were-1500-characters article Chatham School District, it also has good language-hook potential. Look for more "interesting-fact-inside" school-district and school articles in the coming weeks. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 21:03, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:Chesterfield

Hi Victuallers, User:Wikiert invited me to join Wikipedia:WikiProject Chesterfield a couple of days ago, but I don't think it would be such a good idea, would you mind taking a quick look at my comments and let me know what you think. Being from Derbyshire I thought you would be the best person to ask :) Many thanks, Schumi555 (talk) 14:46, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Minninglow

Hi! Since you seem to be expert at this (and Derbyshire) and I'm a tyro, perhaps you might like to review my additions and amends to this page?

Many thanks

Word2thewise (talk) 02:11, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

Thanks so much for the barnstar! Schumi555 (talk) 17:34, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Giro d'Italia

Hello Victuallers, Can you help, please. I have created several pages and tables about the Giro, (eg. 1923 Giro d'Italia) based in the Italian data, but the pre-war Italian flag icon Template:ITA 1861-1946 doesn't work in English, so I have had to substitute the contemporary Italy. Can you / do you know how to fix it? Upload the icon to English? Create it as a page? Sadly not my area of expertise (yet!). Thanks for any help you can give. Autodidactyl (talk) 18:47, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Aldwark & referencing

Good day Victuallers,

Many thanks for your feedback on my Minninglow efforts; I shall bear your points in mind when submitting/editing in future.

I understand the value of referenced entries (was a tech journalist until I took up consulting) but feel they should always be used sparingly. Useful for substantiating precise claims, e.g. stats (I quoted Victorian population figures in when tinkering with the Aldwark page and referenced the source - thanks for tidying this, I'll be able to insert refs/footnotes correctly now). But they can be overdone - some Wikipedia stuff seems to be reference-heavy when much of the subject matter is clearly demonstrable/observable matter of fact.

One small cavil: you reckon numbers should be spelled out up to twenty but the style books I used to use as a journo generally favoured ten. Are you offering your opinion/received opinion or a Wikipedia rule? And is there a Wikipedia style book - I'd be interested to take a look.

I'll do my best to hack away at minor Derbyshire geographical/topographic and historical entries. Naturally, I'd be grateful if you could keep me on track - I see you've been in most of the entries in which I've had a hand!

Thanks again,

Word2thewise (talk) 01:46, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

LC Lecesne & B Burns

Hi, this is a test post. Looking forward to collaborating on LC Lecesne and B Burns. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Monsieur Blanc (talk • contribs) 21:15, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

hmmm Reply - I wonder if you have found my reply on your talk page here? Victuallers (talk) 17:08, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

British India

Hi, Victuallers. I wonder if you could read through the page Talk:British India? I know this isn't a million miles from one of your interests, you may even feel able to make some input there? Xn4 (talk) 05:46, 20 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Osmaston Hall

On 23 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Osmaston Hall, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:56, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

100 DYK Metal

Thanks for the 100 DYK Metal. I got to close out that part of my User Talk Page to make it Archive 5. It starts with the 50 DYK Metal and ends with the 100 DYK Metal. Also as you can see I put the Metal also on my User Page. I will have to ask you for help from time to time as it looks like you have been around for some time - as your 200 DYK Metal shows. --Doug Coldwell ^talk 15:52, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks also for the Christmas greetings. I am only guessing - is Wiki-time based on the Greenwich Mean Time? I say this because it is 5 hours ahead of where I am in the Eastern Time Zone and I believe that would put it at Greenwich Time or there abouts (probably in your neck of the woods). Since it appears you are in England this has reminded me of a controversial article I have worked on in the past, Street light interference. Much of the material in the article is based on a book by Hilary Evans of London. He was with the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena when he wrote the book in 1993. The "effect" is just that - a simple effect that appears to happen to some people worldwide with no other special power. The "effect" has no controlled power of any type, however the article has stirred up much controversy. How I have had this "effect" is on the first External link of the first 7 YouTube videos. Over time many people worldwide have responded to these videos saying how this has also happened to them also. Don't know if you are from London or if you ever heard of this phenomenon? I would be considered a "SLIder" since it has occured to me for the last 25 years (that I have noted). Probably you have not heard of this, since it only happens in about 1 in a million people (my guess) worldwide. --Doug Coldwell ^talk 20:24, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting Doug, but I'm with Massimo Polidoro. The most interesting aspect is that Hilary studies this idea. Happy new year! Victuallers (talk) 12:18, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Holiday thanks

Thanks for your nice holiday message. Best wishes for a very healthy, happy and successful 2009, and of course Happy Editing! -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:49, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Christmas Greetings

Thanks for the Christmas greetings. I hope you have a great Christmas and new year. I just wondered which canal it was that you had seen. (I have been working on about 5 in the last week!) Bob1960evens (talk) 18:22, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

thanks!

thanks very much for the barnstar! a very kind thought :) Dsp13 (talk) 19:46, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Best Wishes

Thank you, and to you as well! Cirt (talk) 21:36, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Season's greetings

Thanks, Vic! And a Merry Christmas to you too. Here's some old fashioned Christmas pud for ya :) Gatoclass (talk) 05:07, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And holiday greetings to you too. Thanks! Daniel Case (talk) 04:39, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the Christmas wishes. I hope you had a good Christmas and that you're looking forward to lots of new DYK medals in 2009. Dahliarose (talk) 15:46, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ada

Dearest Ada Lovelace was originally put on my list as a special request from some of the comp sci guys. I always liked her and delving into her history only made me like her more. I completed only half of the original request: I added citations and the rest as a stop gap measure against vandalism that wanted to put in just about any crazy thing in. The partial citations allowed for the hundreds of editors watch listing that page to know what information is real or not. I should return to her, and I most likely will after I finish her father's bio. :) Ottava Rima (talk) 17:03, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Castillero Middle School

Can I have some ideas on how to improve the article to a C-class or higher?Wikijjc (talk) 18:42, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just moved the image to the bottom for Asif. I did this because it took the whole section downwards. I did not erase anything. I believe that the page looks just fine now after whatever I (accidently) or someone might have erased.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to you too! I hope that 2009 is a good year for you. It would be hard to top 2008 since you became an admin. I don't think that there's anything organized for Darwin Day, but I think you should be bold and do it! I doubt you would get objections to such an important scientist. My time on the 'pedia is now quite limited as I finally found a job. While it wasn't in my field and the pay is low, I'm proud to say I did land a job in this tough economy. Anything is better than no money per hour.

Have you been watching DYK? The DYK bot is down because its owner left. So we're stuck doing manual updates until its new owner can troubleshoot and put it on the toolserver. So please help watch the updates. Royalbroil 13:55, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks

Thanks for the pic information. Regards, Joebloggsy (talk) 22:43, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYKAdminBot

I have restarted the dykadminbot so it no longer needs a human to manually update. However I need someone familiar with the process to verify the bot's contributions and tell me that they are correct. Further details are at Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Bot.

P.S. This post is being cross posted to the 4 "active" users listed on Wikipedia:Did_you_know#Actively_involved. It is fairly critical that one of these four double check the bot before 01:00 UTC. —— nix eagle 19:37, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What little of DYK I know I learned from the code, and from asking PeterSym on IRC. Basically I need you to check that the bot is doing nothing wrong. I can't point you at a specific error to look for sorry. All the edits just need checking over by someone that is familiar with the process. The bot is doing nothing that I can see wrong, but my opinion here is not worth much until I get more into the process and start fielding feature/bug reports. —— nix eagle 19:46, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

James Carlile

Hello

I just came across your article on James Carlile because I have in my hands a volume of the Irish "Scripture Lessons for the Use of Schools" which he is said (by library catalogues) to have compiled.

The item about the purgatorial society appeared to clash with material later in the article from the Catholic Encyclopedia suggesting that he was anti-Catholic (which may be unfair given the speeches made in the House of Lords apparently referring to the Scripture Lesson material as being an attempted compromise between a Protestant and a Catholic position). I therefore looked up the reference you gave and concluded that, unless you have other evidence, it says nothing like what you have interpreted it as saying. My guess is that, in a Protestant pamphlet, he merely described what the Roman Catholics were doing.

I then looked up the reference regarding the "Belfast Academical Institution" and again (unless you can provide other evidence) you appear to have completely misinterpreted it! Castlereagh was (at that stage) seeking to stop them using the Institution because they had shown an independent spirit. I skimmed the passage and couldn't see what the suggested alternative was, whether the Scottish University was in fact correct or not.

I have therefore marked the page "disputed" and opened up a section on the article's talk page. --PeterR (talk) 23:59, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Conversation Sharp

Hi Roger its me again. I have quite forgotten how to navigate this site so I hope this reaches you. Just to say that I noticed that there is a redirection on Wikipedia that refers to 'Richard Sharp (Politicician)' and which obviously doesn't work with such a mis-spelling. Can this be corrected? I also have an image of Sharp which I can forward if this is easy ie within my grasp. Good wishes Mariakinnaird (talk) 18:14, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

hook selection

hi there, I was wondering if we could put a hold on one of the Virginia hooks until the next batch. It makes for bad variety otherwise. Thanks.Nrswanson (talk) 20:39, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think so. We just need to make sure we don't copy it to the holding queue.Nrswanson (talk) 20:44, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Amanitore

On January 8, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Amanitore, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Keep up the good work! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 16:07, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Sharp (politician), Maria Kinnaird, Dora Wordsworth, Samuel Boddington, George Philips.

Hello again Vic, I notice that this particular Richard Sharp is omitted from the list of Sharp Surnames. Are you able to correct this? I have also written short pieces/additions to the above entries, which I hope are ok. Good wishes, Mariakinnaird (talk) 10:57, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

re: The 50 DYK Medal

Thank you very much for this recognition. Cirt (talk) 16:07, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cricketers

Hi Victuallers - you may be interested in the note I left at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cricket. There is much useful information buried around Derbyshire cricketers. I hope you don't feel I have been too hard on the cricket people. There are about 100 players that still need articles and no one seems to be doing much about Derbyshire and indeed most of the articles read pretty negative about the team. Is anyone on the Derbs project interested in taking this up. Regards Motmit (talk) 20:35, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Derbyshire cricket teams contain quite a lot of important and interesting people such as brewers and landowners and I have been taking an interest in this. I don't plan to write any articles myself, firstly because I have other things to work on and secondly I'm not an expert on cricket. But if an article gets written from the non cricket world it gets sort of ticked off their list and cricket stuff doesnt get in poperly (see Samuel Hill Wood) so its a bit of an impasse. Anyway I shall keep working through those that have been started Regards Motmit (talk) 20:16, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Glad you liked Buckston Mi. I gave up and decided at least to do the missing captains of Derbyshire which is now complete. As they had to be amateurs until after the war they usually had a life outside cricket. You can chain back through them and you might want to pick up some more for the Derbs project - one was associated with the mill at Matlock (though none of them were nicknamed "conversation"). Regards Motmit (talk) 20:10, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Maria Kinnaird

On 15 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Maria Kinnaird, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 18:00, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading images - licences.

Hello Victuallers, I have recently been editing Paris-Roubaix but it needs a headline image that encapsulates the event. Thus I am planning to email a professional photographer [1] and ask him to release a low resolution version of an iconic image. As posters and reprints are his livelihood I expect he will be somewhat reluctant, to say the least, thus I need to reassure him that a 'bcdef' licence will protect his general ownership of the image and the reprint business.

Can you tell me what licence I should suggest?

What I should do to find out?

Will a watermarked image be acceptable to wiki?

Have you got any other advice...

Regards, Autodidactyl (talk) 18:52, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Amanitore - 83d40m

Belated thanks for "light edit" of the article. A definite improvement. Pity the culture of historic Africa below Egypt is not better known. Cheers Victuallers (talk) 20:41, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the recognition. I intend to work on some of these topics and have a similar hope that these cultures become better known. ---- 83d40m (talk) 23:09, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings

And late thanks, too, Victuallers, for your New Year greeting! By the way, I see Another Old Derbeian has just arrived on the Main Page for part of today. Xn4 (talk) 18:56, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar of beauty

Didn't want to glorify the article/your work too much on the dyk page, but Las Meninas is a stunning one. Congratulations again, :) Julia Rossi (talk) 22:16, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Glad it was good timing for you as well. Courage to you, Julia Rossi (talk) 21:54, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Barnet Burns

On 25 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Barnet Burns, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 00:01, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for The Agnew Clinic

On January 25, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Agnew Clinic, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 05:50, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

Thanks! Hope to do more in the future! :P Shrumster (talk) 21:18, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

King of Clubs club

Hi Vic/Roger

I have just received my first Wiki-mugging for this article on the King of Clubs. It was promptly put up for deletion because I hadn't got around to putting in some references - at least I think that was the main objection! I had no idea the Wiki-police were so prompt (nominated within minutes of me putting it on !). Seems a shame because it is a highly researched article containing information that is not available elsewhere to the best of my knowledge. Anyway, your support has been valuable in the past and maybe you can tell me where I have erred ?

Good wishes, Mariakinnaird (talk) 18:22, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

King of Clubs club

Vic

Many thanks for redeeming my confidence - and hopefully the article! Much appreciated. Mariakinnaird (talk) 19:16, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Joseph Kay

Vic

Thank you so much for your help recently. I have added to Joseph Kay's entry but cannot get the reference (showing a useful internet link) to appear under 'references'. Can you help me please?

Obliged as ever, Mariakinnaird (talk) 16:15, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the 25 DYK medal

Thanks for your appreciation. When someone recognizes your work, it motivates you to do more. Thanks. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 12:20, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Sharp (politician)

Vic, I have gained permission from the artist for her impression of Richard Sharp (a good pastel work)to be donated to Wikipedia. I can forward her consenting email if it helps. I think you once offered that I could email it to you, which I would prefer, since my editing skills might otherwise mean it would become lost in the ether. If you are still willing I can send it, with all the details, for adding to the article. I am still editing it as you may have noticed, to try to make it worthy.

Good wishes, Mariakinnaird (talk) 19:45, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Vic

Thanks for doing the picture of Sharp (is it possible to give it the title/attribution supplied? I noticed the reference to his education being Oxford. I have never come across this unless you have turned up some new information. As a very staunch dissenter he would normally have been barred from entry (although I fancy there may have been one or two rare exceptions). Certainly, I have never seen any reference to him spending time there. A different Sharp? I have meanwhile replaced the reference to Oxford with Dr Fell's tuition, which is definite. As I recall he thought of a career in law but gave this up because morally he could not reconcile the thought of having to defend a guilty man. I would be interested to know what evidence there is, and for how long, he may have attended Inner Temple. Where did you find this? Thanks again,

Mariakinnaird (talk) 11:23, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fahd APC

I restored the hook since the only problem was that the link should have been at Fahd Armored Personnel Carrier instead of "Fahd APC" as the other editor had abbreviated it. - Dravecky (talk) 14:29, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2 pics on DYK

I probably could... but just because it's never been done... there had never been more than one featured article before last November and that had two pics at once... --➨♀♂Candlewicke _S^T_# :) 14:32, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, well we'll see what happens. Thanks for the advice. It would be something different but its not of great importance at any rate. --➨♀♂Candlewicke _S^T_# :) 14:40, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Conversation Sharp

Vic it seems you may have been right about Inner Temple. I am seeking confirmation from the archivist there. Where did you dig this up from? - and thanks !
Mariakinnaird (talk) 15:19, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Derby Philosophical Society

On February 13, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Derby Philosophical Society, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass 03:16, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK update

Hello. The DYKAdminBot doesn't seem to be updating again; it's late and an update needs to be pushed. Could you manually do the update if you're here? It should be from queue 5. Thank you! Shubinator (talk) 17:29, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Instructions for doing the update are at Wikipedia:DYK#Process. Shubinator (talk) 17:44, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed by Rootology. Shubinator (talk) 19:20, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for doing the update! I can do credits. Shubinator (talk) 17:23, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's been completely dead for a little more than a week now. Shubinator (talk) 17:28, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Credits finished. The queue can be cleared now. Shubinator (talk) 17:36, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Request for an opinion

If its appropriate to request this and you have time, would you please check out comments made at Talk:Python_reticulatus#Debate_regarding_length_claims_made_by_various_zoos and Talk:Python_reticulatus#Verifiability. It is my position that I've endured days of personal attacks and incivility from User:Mokele and User:Jwinius.

User:Mokele has told me "Cry me a river. I see absolutely no reason to listen to a mere amateur. Come back when you have a graduate degree in herpetology. Until then, stop wasting our time" and represents his editorial standpoints as "I don't give a crap if the news articles meet some overly-vague WP rule...we should stick to peer-reviewed scientific journal sources ONLY" and has referred to my good faith edits as "unencyclopedic crap" (all comments at [2]).
User:Jwinius has informed me that I am "silly", [3], "petulant" , "irritable", "thin-skinned", [4] etc.

I've lost count of how many times I've encouraged courtesy in these users. Perhaps encouragement of good behavior coming from someone other than myself and User:Cygnis insignis might have effect. User:Cygnis insignis's comments on our discussion begin as follows “I've waded through the incivility, bold assumptions, uncited assertions, expletives and other obstruction to this good faith contribution. However this is not the place for identifying this obnoxious pattern of behavior...” (see hidden comments at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Python_reticulatus&action=edit&section=17) Ultimately, this dispute is about a claim made by User:Mokele and User:Jwinius to allow certain content at Python_reticulatus#Captivity that they deem unencyclopedic. Thanks for considering my comments. -- --Boston (talk) 20:03, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please also note this edit summary by User:Mokele "Put up or shut up, amateur. Show me this mythical "outside arbitration", because you seem to lack the balls to use the talk page anymore." I need help dealing with these editors. --Boston (talk) 20:16, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK 200

Thanks for the latest medal. FTR, User:TonyTheTiger≠User:Tony the Tiger--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 18:23, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

William Ouseley

In answer to you question, see this section of my talk page. Also, I changed the tag on the William Ouseley article to an inline ref. --Eastlaw ^talk ⁄ _contribs 02:01, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re:GA

Hi there. I didn't realise there is a special way to achieve that status. What should I do? Joebloggsy (talk) 19:42, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Godefroid Munongo and DYK

Dear Victuallers,

I stumbled upon Godefroid Munongo on the Africa Bot listing and think it is very interesting, so I nominated it over at Did you know?. While the article is great, if you expanded it a bit, I am sure it will make it on DYK. Thanks and keep up the good work!--TM 15:00, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thank you for the 50 DYK Medal. It is much appreciated :) Arsenikk ^(talk) 20:52, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Conclusion of the American Civil War

Could you take a look at this article I wrote. I am working to improve it to G.A. status. Thanks.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 13:56, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Question about the update

Thanks for doing the latest DYK update but I have to ask: why did you skip queue 2, the one up next in the rotation, in favor of queue 3? Is there an issue with a hook in queue 2 that needs to be addressed? - Dravecky (talk) 21:38, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Gresham's School

Hi, Victuallers, would you mind taking a few minutes to look at this article? It may not be very obvious, but I've done quite a lot of work on it since your assessment, and I'm wondering whether it has moved on from being a B. I see that some sections still need more citations, but subject to that is it anywhere near GA, do you think? regards, Xn4 (talk) 01:23, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for changes to Dethick piece

Slider idea interesting, as it affords central image immediate visibility. I'll might copy it on other panoramas--tho' sometimes full panorama fits well as composition. Re the gibbet line, I'd deleted that earlier as non-encyclopedic in nature, but when its author reinserted it, I left it.Alethe (talk) 13:01, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Salting?

Hello Victuallers. I was wondering if you could consider protecting Clayton Jones (now a redirect and salting Clayton jones from creation. The former has been created three times, the latter three times, all six being created by different accounts before speedy deletion. ∗ \ / (⁂) 20:14, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Godefroid Munongo

I got your note. Sorry if my comment on the Munongo hook seemed harsh. The phrasing "involved" just seemed very vague to me. Given the history you've outlined, the uncertain phrasing certainly makes more sense. After reading your note, I tried going back to the hook to give it a second look, but it seems to have disappeared from the suggestions page. Any idea what happened to it? Cbl62 (talk) 06:44, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Recording history of integrity here

Well I think you were pretty stiff to miss out on a DYK for this article. I really can't understand the comments that the nature of Munongo's "involvement" wasn't clear. He "personally assaulted" Lumumba on his way to execution - are we to supposed to conclude that he didn't know what was about to take place? I'm really quite mystified by the objections to this one. Unfortunately, I think it's a little late to try and restore this hook now. Gatoclass (talk) 07:29, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Joan Waste

On February 27, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Joan Waste, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 14:12, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

50 thank yous

Thank you, this is somewhat ironic timing... even though I am past the 65 mark at this stage, it is unlikely I will be contributing any further, nevermind a large amount within the next sixteen days, due to this confidence-shattering incident... I've put an L in the name as it looks empty without it... ;) --Candlewicke _S^T_# :) 15:50, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

But is Awadewit allowed to continue doing this? I'm sorry if it came across in a bad way but plagiarism is something I have all my life been informed of as the worst possible allegation – be it at school, university, etc. I have never been accused of it and, having happened from nowhere, I was shocked due to the fact that so much of my work is generally on the Main Page at once – three of the ITNs are currently my own contributions, for example – and if I was unfit to structure a proper sentence, then I thought it highly unlikely I was qualified to continue being featured on the website's flagship page. This incident has shattered my self-esteem a bit due to a significant volume of work being blacklisted for a time by someone I thought respected (and what if I hadn't returned to DYK to check it?), which is all very well, but it cannot be good if Awadewit is doing this on a regular basis... I was familiar with the name Awadewit before this, probably from wandering around DYK, but I had never thought something like this was capable of happening... I've been over to see if she has responded and found the exchange has been removed... I haven't even the heart to go check if it's made it into a queue or been wiped completely... --Candlewicke _S^T_# :) 16:28, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your support and especially so if you are busy engaging in other more constructive pursuits. :) I shall not take it personally. I am not one to normally be easily distressed by things going wrong and I think I have responded to what has occurred so far with a significant enough amount of fury to conclude that wrath versus accusation are now balanced. I just do not take kindly to being walked over and not at least informed with a note on my talk page as Awadewit did. I spent half of December as a sockpuppet because an IP address vandalised my userpage and I did not wish to be left with a reputation for plagiarism as well. --Candlewicke _S^T_# :) 17:28, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hiya Thanks for your comments/question regarding my edit to the Pentrich Rebellion article. I'm trying to raise awareness of the Morland Dynasty which is a very well-written and well-researched series of historical novels by adding links to it on articles that are relevant to the issues or periods of history covered in particular volumes. I've found that many other articles on wikipedia have a Fiction or Popular Culture chapter where people list films, plays, novels etc. which are based around a historical character or issue. I have read the 5 pillars of wikipedia and the pages about editing and appreciate that Wikipedia is not a soap-box or advertising medium and am only referencing volumes of the Morland series which are relevant to the subject of the article.

I think that people who are interested in the Pentrich Rebellion,the Industrial Revolution and that era generally, might find the novel I have referenced interesting.

Sorry if you disagree and if the Pentrich article is yours I understand if you wish to delete my entry.

I have read the pages on formatting and will try to remember to add my username in future. Was there anything else specifically that was incorrect in my editing? I am very new to this.

Regards Dnalrom123 (talk) 16:20, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mainpage

No problem. I was just getting a bit frantic trying to figure out what was going on. Your comment on the next update page said something like "done credits" so I thought you'd moved the update from the next update page to the mainpage instead of taking an update from the queue. And then when I went to T:DYK, I couldn't find the purge button on the mainpage, and I thought the whole thing had been screwed! Given that I am up very late, I was starting to worry that I was going to have to stay up even longer trying to fix things up! But now I realize it was just one smallish error ;).

BTW, please don't forget to bump the adminbot count, you forgot that a couple of days ago. You can do it from the queue master page now, I left a link there. Gatoclass (talk) 19:20, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I know, it is difficult to keep up when you don't do it on a regular basis. Even I've made a few booboos lately and I have been doing quite a bit of updating and what-have-you over the last few weeks.

Re your query, if you go to the Template:Did you know/Queue master page, you will see a line that says "After doing a manual update, please update the queue count." Click on the link that says "queue count" and just bump the number by one. That way everyone knows what the next queue page is. You don't have to worry about it this time though, 'cos I've already done it :) Gatoclass (talk) 19:40, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thank you for your note re 50 DYK.Ekem (talk) 13:14, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Robin Buckston

On 4 March, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Robin Buckston, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 14:46, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you for looking at the Kents Hill page. Your advice is appreciated —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gpudh74 (talk • contribs) 17:06, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK update

Another update is due, from queue 2. I can do credits and archiving. Shubinator (talk) 19:47, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

We're back in action. That was pretty funny. Shubinator (talk) 20:27, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

PeterSymonds did the update. Shubinator (talk) 20:50, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, no one could edit for over half an hour. I thought it was funny. Could you take a look at next update and next next update and promote them if they're good? Shubinator (talk) 21:25, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My bad, PeterSymonds just did that too. Shubinator (talk) 21:32, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Main page balance

Hi Vic! Sorry to bother you with the technicalities again, but I've noticed that several times you have removed some hooks from the update on the main page to maintain page balance.

I thought it might help to inform you that the way we generally deal with mainpage balance these days, rather than removing/adding DYK hooks, is to add or remove entries from the ITN or OTD sections on the right hand of the page instead. I generally don't do this myself, because I have an old fashioned CRT monitor (I hate those LCD monitors) which doesn't display the same as the newer widescreen monitors so it's hard for me to tell if the page is out of balance. If you don't want to fiddle with the ITN/OTD entries yourself, just give Borgqueen a nudge, she is often happy to do it.

The reason why it's generally not a good idea to fiddle with the number of hooks on the mainpage is firstly, because they've often been carefully sorted for balance, and also because we need eight hooks per update in order to avoid getting a backlog. Other than that, you are doing a great job, and thanks for all your continued assistance at DYK ;) Gatoclass (talk) 15:46, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, I think we get some "very wordy" hooks because some updaters just don't bother trimming them :) Gatoclass (talk) 15:58, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

James Pearson Newcomb

Hi. Thanks for the improved edit on my self-nom for James Pearson Newcomb. I just realized that I placed the nomination under the wrong date. It should have been the 6th of March. I thought I would bring this to your attention - I'm a little timid about moving it at this point, so close to the cutoff. thought you might know how to approach this? Verne Equinox (talk) 00:34, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK next update re Clare Potter and Sportswear (fashion)

The next DYK has a hook for Clare Potter that includes the article Sportswear (fashion), which was created after the Clare Potter hok was nominated. Can I suggest that the Sportswear article be bolded and that User:Mabalu be given appropriate credit? Alansohn (talk) 21:20, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think you can do this ... sounds ok to me Victuallers (talk) 21:23, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I knew I could do this, just wanted to make sure if I should or if anyone else needed to do this at this point in the game. Thanks for the reply. Alansohn (talk) 21:27, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alderwasley

Hi,

I was hoping you could help again as you were such a help last time I had a problem with the Alderwasley Hall School page.

There seems to be 2 people currently determined to add inappropriate material onto the page they are some one using the IP address: 84.69.55.49 and a user named: Johnthewalker.

Sorry to have to bother you with this but it would be beneficial to the school not to have the page vandalised in this way.

Thanks Veronica Jenkins (Principal, Alderwasley Hall School) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Veronica.jenkins (talk • contribs) 23:31, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alderwasley

I'm sorry but I don't think the changes were inappropriate. They were properly referenced, from trusted sites. This Veronica Jenkins seems to be the principal of the school, and as such is not really in a position to decide the contents of the wikipedia page. There seem to be a number of people 'vandalising' the page, not just the two she mentions.Johnthewalker (talk) 06:44, 13 March 2009 (UTC) You say that, but you appear (I say appear as I can only see what I see) biased too. Your account has only been used to edit one article .... Victuallers (talk) 16:05, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alderwasley

Hi, sorry to join in on this but as I see it, a number of parents seem to be having problems with the school, they have aired their complaints on two websites and the principal is determined to minimise their impact by warning them off wikipedia. It's hardly fair play. The websites are trusted and they are referenced elsewhere on wikipedia. 'Veronica Jenkins' only uses her account to police this specific page, it's hardly democratic of her.

I haven't posted on the Alderwasley Hall page and I have no intention of doing so, but I think it is wrong of her to treat wikipedia like an extended advert.

Thanks for listening and I'll just step down from my soapbox. 84.67.66.56 (talk) 08:33, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alderwasley Hall

Hello Victualler! Looking back on the Alderwasley Hall Site, I'm beginning to wonder if 'Veronica Jenkins' really is the principal of this school? S/he hasn't always bothered with vandalism, just wading in when specific people edit the page (including bona fide edits, such as the last one). If s/he genuinely was the principal then she would laugh off genuine vandalism and accept genuine edits. It's hardly democracy. S/he also made a rather threatening comment last November, about a child she suspected of vandalising. It just doesn't sound right to me.

There are a number of school pages which include the new schoolsnet website as a reference. Either they have all been vandalised or none of them have. Even if s/he is who s/he says s/he is, it is against the spirit of Wikipedia to cherry pick external links when it suit the user (who is not neutral in this situation), not the page. 84.66.8.77 (talk) 10:02, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the tip off. Its not my intention to support the school and its message. Obviously there is room for doubt. If you feel I have cherry picked then please revert or add to my my edits. Victuallers (talk) 16:01, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Backlog?

Hi Vic, I just noticed you left an edit summary on the T:DYK page mentioning a backlog. Trust me, we don't have a backlog! In fact, I've been a little concerned we are going to run out of hooks lately. We were up to 240 hooks on the Suggestions page, it got down to 165, but now it's back up to 180, which is about average - but we also have some empty queue pages. Submissions seem to be down lately, so IMO there's no need to worry ATM about turning over updates quicker. Gatoclass (talk) 20:09, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation page

I would make one but not sure how yet...--Darknessandlight (talk) 01:04, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Image tagging for File:Lakeview.jpg

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Diesterweg

How come only one source when both [2] and [3] attribute it to him? (Also, only 3 says 'sometimes'.) -- Menti fisto 12:31, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

alderwasley

please can you remove the block on the alderwasley page —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.77.90.147 (talk) 16:48, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sign in ... who are you? 17:08, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

alderwasley

yer its me Johnthewalker (talk) 18:32, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK update

Thanks for your work with DYK. :-) FloNight ♥♥♥ 21:33, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Goof

RE User_talk:Rlevse#DYK_for_Lori_Padilla, I did not write that one, I wrote Orion P. Howe, which is also up for DYK. — Rlevse • Talk • 22:10, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On March 20, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Henry C. Hall (commissioner), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

This one is not mine either - I wrote Tecumseh's Confederacy. Lol! Charles Edward (Talk) 18:08, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

yea I can fix mine. No big deal!. I am just not sure who this really belongs too. Charles Edward (Talk) 18:42, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK archive

Hey Victuallers, I noticed that in this edit you emptied the Current page of the DYK archives, but I can't find where you archived those hooks to; Wikipedia:Recent additions 242 hasn't been created yet. I'm not sure if I'm just looking in the wrong place or something, so I wanted to check with you so I don't accidentally go creating duplicate archives or anything like that. Thanks, rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 23:01, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, never mind, it looks like I just created it. Feel free to delete it if the hooks are already archived somewhere else and I just didn't notice. rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 23:03, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jassy-Kishinev offensive

I think it meets the criterion. It's about 1750 chars long, which is 250 above the minimum, and we usually count in-text quotes, it's blockquotes we don't count.

I do agree though that the article seems very short, but technically I think it probably squeaks in and in any case I'm not the one who either approved or promoted it :) Gatoclass (talk) 12:06, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, sorry, I thought you posted that query on my talk page when in fact you posted it at the DYK discussion page. Anyhow, I have replied there now, on reflection I'm inclined to agree the article was too short, but it's a bit late to do anything about it now. Gatoclass (talk) 12:25, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nice pics

Thanks for adding the pictures to Tissinton et al. Very good images. Do you know you can add them to commons here so that the French etc can use them too? Victuallers (talk) 17:49, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I will look at uploading them to commons, I've never really known how but I shall look into it, we wouldn't want the French missing out... Highfields (talk, contribs, review) 18:29, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thomas Buxton High Sheriff

Dear Vic, as ever you are quite right. The reference caught me out as it only refers to HSofD. I have now moved him to HSofDNandRF. And I have added a reminder of the relevance of 1449 to both articles.Thanks for the help. RegardsOrdyg (talk) 17:33, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

hi mate

you can't say that its bad i wen't ther for 2 years and i receved death threats and 3 attempted murdes 84.68.85.213 (talk) 09:40, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]