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DYK nomination of Cnapan Hotel

Hello! Your submission of Cnapan Hotel at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it 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! Prioryman (talk) 21:32, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Trafalgar Cemetery challenge

This Sunday is the Battle of Trafalgar commemoration day - there will be an annual commemoration event in Trafalgar Cemetery in Gib. It would be great if we could get a 5x expansion done in time for the article to be ready for DYK for that day. Could you see what you can do with it? Prioryman (talk) 23:37, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, good idea.♦ Dr. Blofeld 23:49, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've nominated the article for DYK now; do you think you might be able to do one of the reviews at Template:Did you know nominations/Trafalgar Cemetery? Prioryman (talk) 06:53, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Monuments of Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Bawaman Mosque

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Jama Masjid, Champaner

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:05, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Kevada Masjid, Champaner

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:05, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Lila Gumbaj Ki Masjid, Champaner

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:05, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Nagina Masjid, Champaner

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:06, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Kalika Mata Temple, Pavagadh

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:07, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Pavagadh Hill

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:07, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Tauá

An FYI that I thought and thought about the Tauá hook today, wrote an article tonight on Jovita Feitosa of Tauá, and went to do the double nom without realizing you had done the Taua already; added an ALT1 to your nom. Nomed Gamleborg. Yes, Marrakech will be a work in progress. --Rosiestep (talk) 06:28, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Champaner-Pavagadh collaboration

Kali Yantra Barnstar
Thanks for collaborating on the Champaner-Pavagadh articles! I am mesmerized by this mandala, which is an important symbol at the Kalika Mata Temple... hope you like it, too! Rosiestep (talk) 06:36, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
I just saw Alahan Panjang... you created that within two hours of Andjar Asmara's on-Wiki birth. That's fast!  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:12, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support all barnstars for you for speedy filling of red links and creation of articles! Here's another chance: Hellmut G. Haasis, de, link in the article, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:28, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Started Schubart-Literaturpreis.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:15, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A prize for another prize! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:39, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
In prep, in a quirky ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:28, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Marrakesh

Thank you for your kind comments and the barnstar. But to continue my annoyance, I noticed you're squatting the Marrakesh article already at DYK when it is not yet completed. I had hoped to contribute to expanding the Marrakesh article too, esp. the history section, but because of that DYK nom, I'm forced to withhold my additions until you're done. Nvchar has made substantial additions today, I'm not sure if its exactly fair for you to pre-emptively take credit for his expansions. The name issue is also yet to be resolved. Can you remove that nomination until all this gets resolved? Walrasiad (talk) 20:48, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nvv has been away and has now returned so will be credited as will you too if you add to it extensively. I had to nom early because of the DYK deadline. If you view the DYK talk page you'll see I proposed to extend it to 10 days to allow big articles to be written..♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:42, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have added more than 10,000 ch. Hope it is now 5x. I will post another article for 5x expansion. Thanks.--Nvvchar. 22:59, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've been looking at some of the additions and see they need attention. The article is certainly improving in coverage but it must be frustrating for the GA reviewer to see such a lot going on. Never mind! Every little helps. --Ipigott (talk) 14:28, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Marrakech? Its not up for GA yet.I intend doing quite a bit more yet but its difficult to concentrate on it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:40, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Tauzieher again

It's gone all quiet over at the nomination. Could you check my suggested alts against the article (and recheck the article if you like) and consider whether to reinstate the tick? Yngvadottir (talk) 20:50, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I dunno,it looks fine to me. I don't want to tick it and have somebody else turn up and point out errors, my good to go still stands!♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:40, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Then repeat the tick, saying which hook you prefer :-) It was just the hooks I had to call a halt on - the main one was based on a misunderstanding of the sources, and after my retranslation it should be clear it's not accurate. (I'd have crossed out the main hook, but I hadn't thought to look for a DYK nom.) Yngvadottir (talk) 22:00, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"The Man with the Golden Gun" in '69?

Hi; just responding to your edit in that article, but... I don't think EON would've gone to such great lengths with the Bond casting in '67-'68 were Roger Moore available. I also don't think they would've made screenwriter Richard Maibaum switch writing jobs after working three years at that point on the script for On Her Majesty's Secret Service (I'm relying here on info from The Making of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, by Charles Helfenstein, which uses a great amount of material from the Maibaum papers), and considering they'd already farmed out You Only Live Twice to Roald Dahl just so Maibaum could continue work on OHMSS... forgive me if I'm a bit dubious about the source. The fact that Helfenstein never mentioned a possible TMWTGG for that year when he'd gone into great detail about the scuppered OHMSS and Diamonds Are Forever plots makes me even more dubious... but I'm willing to listen to your argument in favor of it. Cheers. :-) Stolengood (talk) 23:55, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Its in the documentary I think about Roger Moore being approached in 1967-1968 after You Only Live Twice as Connery's replacement.They went to such great lengths for casting precisely because he wasn't available at the time, like Dalton wasn't in 1973 and Brosnan wasn't in 1986..♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:13, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Moore was mentioned in the book I'm referencing, by Harry Saltzman (think it was from an interview shortly after Connery announced he was leaving); he apparently raised Moore as a possibility, but then dismissed him in the same sentence because Moore would've been too connected in the public's mind with The Saint. As for the book you were referencing (if I'm going by the citation thingie, which states it a book and not a documentary), I haven't read it, but the one I'm consulting seems too thorough for me to dismiss out of hand, especially considering the revelations it brings from the Maibaum papers. Which should take precedence, do you think? :-S Stolengood (talk) 18:44, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ask Schodringer's opinion.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:45, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

...I'm afraid I don't know the man; who is he? :-/ Stolengood (talk) 21:25, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Schrodinger's cat is alive.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:39, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for The Crown at Whitebrook

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Listen here, Blofeld

50 things about your arch-nemesis. Or something like that.--Shirt58 (talk) 12:33, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Right now, I think it's the Kardashians, followed closely by the Jersey Shore crowd and Honey Boo Boo. The others you mention at least perform, except for Paris Hilton. And she's the punchline to a joke that was finished ages ago. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:25, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, well. Considering some talk show hostess asked Mitt Romney if he watched Jersey Shore or Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, instead of, you know, substantive policy questions...I despair. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 14:57, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah. She's one of the Jersey Shore crowd. Repulsive doesn't even begin to describe it. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:49, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You mean like stub size? I've seen it - honestly I haven't been paying attention to the format. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:52, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, that. I just looked at it. Some nice ideas, I suppose - but I think it's far too clunky to see regular use. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:57, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I kind of like the idea in the abstract, though. I hope they smooth it out some. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 19:25, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Ah crap, I came here hoping somebody was giving Ernst of piece of their mind. I was going to add to it, whatever it was. I try never to miss a Blofeld bash fest. I don't know what Honey Boo Boo is. Time's like this, I'm thankful I'm an old fart. Ernst, stay off my lawn. Bgwhite (talk) 20:48, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I won't fart on it...♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:50, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Gibraltarpedia DYKs

Please be aware that some editors who did not participate in the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Did you know/GibraltarPediA Options are suggesting that a moratorium on Gibraltar-related DYKs should be imposed, overturning the earlier agreement. This would impact some of your nominated DYK articles. If you have any views on this, please feel free to comment at Wikipedia talk:Did you know#Time-sensitive DYK nomination. Prioryman (talk) 22:57, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't it about time Vic-and-the-Super-Tax-Team moved on along the sunny Med to somewhere they could really make a killing. But no apes, alas. Martinevans123 (talk) 23:21, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
No apes there, but plenty of monkeys here on Wikipedia... Prioryman (talk) 00:07, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds like you may have a bit of a chimp on your shoulder? Martinevans123 (talk) 09:39, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Residenz Ansbach

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for St. Gumbertus, Ansbach

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for St. Johannis, Ansbach

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:04, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nea Nikomedeia

I have completed my inputs to Marrakech and this Nea Nikomedeia also.--Nvvchar. 16:58, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dostoyevsky

Hello,

I disagree with your assessment so will re-nominate it. However, I am writing here to note that you forgot to close the review. Regards.--Tomcat (7) 18:38, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Chao Mae

See comment on your Chao Mae DYK nom. PumpkinSky talk 20:17, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Bornholm

I know you're busy with this and that, but some Bornholm features may interest you: Paradisbakkerne, Almindingen, Dueodde, Rytterknægten, Hammeren, and Jons Kapel. I'm unclear if we could do a Champaner-Pavagadh repeat, but perhaps. I'll be back later today. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:29, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cool! Do you speak Danish? And thanks for that treat. :) I think Nvv is still traveling but if he gets back in time, he may want to work on these, too. --Rosiestep (talk) 00:23, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Something different

This: [1] I actually saw Junior Brown live at Ziggy's a few years back. One guitar playing son of a gun. A lot of Dick Dale type 60's surf type music and some 70s style rock, not that much actual country music. Very raw stuff and a very basic setup, just a short wall of Fender twins. If you ever get the chance, it is worth the ticket price, he tours all over in small venues. And yes, I love this one, too. [2] and [3] Yes, the bulk of my actual stage work was this kind of rockabilly, sometimes with a dobro and a '56 Harmony lap steel, and a touch more distortion. :) Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 18:35, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"my Wife Thinks you're dead", wow that bass voice gives Trace Adkins a run for his money in deepness!♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:42, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oh yeah. He had a couple of big country hits, but he is doing the same thing he has always done, tour colleges and small to medium venues. I think it was a fairly cheap ticket and a relaxed, fun show, mainly cover songs and some really great picking. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 19:10, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've always wanted to visit one of the old school jazz/blues clubs in NYC or Boston like Birdland or Village Vanguard or something.In fact one of my deepest wishes would be to go back to the Golden jazz age in one of those cool clubs in NYC and watch/play with the greats. As Pat Martino said you can learn old jazz at universities and study their music but the environment in which jazz came to be, sadly just doesn't exist any more"!♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:14, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • About 10 years ago, I took the wife on a tour of Texas, my "homeland". On a Sunday, we found ourselves in Luckenbach, Texas, population 3. Spent all day pitching washers, eating roasted corn on the cob and burgers, drinking Shiner Boch, hanging with some Dallas Cowboys, at least a hundred bikers, plus people that varied from plumbers to bankers. A crowd of several hundred. There is a tree that everyone with guitars gathers under (near the dance hall that is closed on Sunday), and they just play song after song, each time different people come and go, all free style, all types but mainly country, old rock and gospel. Nothing electric, all of them quite good, just fellow visitors. Slowest day of my life, and the song made sense after that. Only two things in life that make it worth livin', are guitars that tune good and firm feeling women. Spending that day with the wife, the music, the entirely laid back atmosphere was an event as well. It is the only time in my life that I can say that I felt that time stood still. So good music and good times comes in all shapes and forms, sometimes it catches you off guard. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 20:04, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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(particularly liking your latest hip and attractive "Wham-Bo" User Page addition there, 'Blowers).

Thank Penylap for that one, unfortunately no longer with us, creative genius.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:25, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your reply. My own personal hero was a rather more articulate tramp! Martinevans123 (talk) 21:35, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A local tramp named Beppo had rather a less than friendly reception I'm afraid.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:37, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Looking forward to the stub already. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:40, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It aint Gibraltarpedia mate. For quite that level of coverage...♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:46, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of La figlia del diavolo

Hello! Your submission of La figlia del diavolo at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it 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! BlueMoonset (talk) 04:27, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Karl-Friedrich Beringer

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:01, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Blue whale penis

Hello! Your submission of Blue whale penis at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it 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! Prioryman (talk) 08:29, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of The Rock Hotel

Hello! Your submission of The Rock Hotel at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it 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! Prioryman (talk) 16:03, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Alcatarz Escape

I need your help, I tired to put one of your sections on the escape page but Acroterion removed it. Please convince him, that it needs to be on there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_1962_Alcatraz_escape

Izena Island

I have completed my inputs to Izena Island. You may like to add and edit. Varanasi is good subject and my favorite place too where i vowed to be a vegetarian. I am presently thinking of UNESCO site of Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram for expansion since I have done referencing research already.--Nvvchar. 17:52, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A beer for you!

I have a big mouth. You not a fucktard, I dont think that. We pressed each others buttons, lets be honest, it was back and forth, but it was kind of lame, silly and distracting. So sorry, and lets not have hard feelings. Ceoil (talk) 18:23, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well done, both of you. There's some Dinosaur Jr. on Malleus's page, and Dr. Blofeld's EMO suggestions on mine. Kiefer.Wolfowitz 18:45, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Kiefer, of all the bands from that time that reformed, they are the only ones still producing work equal to thier prime. Dr. Blofeld, youve gone up in my estimation, hope this spat is over. Ceoil (talk) 20:02, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Consider the pint a peace offering, forget about it. Remember this?♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:04, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Of course, its a classic. Just wish the stone roses second had more tunes like that. Ceoil (talk) 20:07, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I watched this live.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:08, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well done boys. My favourite quotation of all time, which I repeat ad nauseum, is that "truth springs from argument among friends". I don't believe you see the mettle of someone until you've disagreed with them, and see how that disagreement is resolved. Dr Blofeld and I had a somewhat acrimonious disagreement a week or so ago, but the next day we were back at work without any childish nonsense. The cancer here, IMO, is the constant vendettas. I have absolutely no problem at all with Dr Blofeld coming to my talk page to tell me what an arsehole he thinks I am, and I very doubt that he'd faint if I responded in kind. Malleus Fatuorum 20:20, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Regardless. It's in everybody's interest to keep Ceoil pacified, lest he again jump out of our computers and slug us---or rather threaten to---and his block remains perhaps my favorite example of civility enforcement. Kiefer.Wolfowitz 20:30, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Kiefer, your on my list. I'll bide my time, but you'll get yours, I promose you that, even if you have very good tase in music ;) Ceoil (talk) 20:36, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You're right KW, I'd forgotten about that. Be afraid, be very afraid. Malleus Fatuorum 20:43, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA

How far do you think this is off GA?--Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 18:38, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Honestly? Quite a way off, bare urls in the sources, needs more content and sources I think. If you want to work on it I'll see what I can do.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:58, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Better wording on Murdoch page.

I do not know if you made a Titanic one but can you help make better wording on the paragraph of the page of 1st officer Murdoch?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_McMaster_Murdoch&action=history

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