User talk:PaleCloudedWhite

Breathe deeply...

Retirement??

Please reconsider your decision to retire. It's getting a bit like Custer's Last Stand here. Don't let them get you down. Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 09:15, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

A tragic waste of good sense and talent

I do hope you reconsider your retirement, PCW. Or at least that you do not make it a permanent one. I think we all know exactly what you mean - your reasons are perfectly valid. But your humour and support are one just two of the things that have actually kept me here, as you already know. We both know that good humour and respect are actually more important than so called "good editing". Without co-operation and collaboration this project is quite worthless. (And you don't have to simply volunteer, you know.... I actually have a top-class supply of very fine and juicey English plums that might tempt you back...) Martinevans123 (talk) 09:21, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

A Wessex horticulturist,

Was decidedly high on my list,

But this PaleCloudedWhite,

Got drawn into a fight,

And now he’s decidedly missed.

Ruined my mascara

How terribly, terribly sad. I've been following the recent noticeboard discussion and was just thinking you'd make a perfect admin. In my short time here you've shown yourself to be one of the most level-headed and kind-hearted people around. I sincerely hope it's au revior not goodbye, and that you will soon grace our presence once more. We'll miss you, PCW. -- Hillbillyholiday ^talk 09:41, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

"Would make a perfect admin" — very true, but poor chap! Sminthopsis84 (talk) 00:21, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Empathise

Dear PCW
Whilst I endorse our two friends' postings immediately above here, I completely understand. I took seven weeks *off* recently.
As ever  –
 – Gareth Griffith-Jones |The Welsh Buzzard|— 10:01, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Well said, Mr Buzzard. PCW deserves a rest. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 00:19, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Please reconsider retirement

Our content dispute is no reason to stop contributing. The WikiProject and the project as whole is not improved by your leaving.--Amadscientist (talk) 22:16, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Also, while I really do not understand your reaction, I still feel an apology for whatever misunderstanding there was is appropriate, and extend it.--Amadscientist (talk) 00:57, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Quiet comment

Thankyou to everyone for their kind words. The hardest thing about retiring from this project is saying goodbye to the wikifriends - the collaboration, the sharing, the humour. Most of the time, such things more than compensate for the negative aspects. I retired because the balance had tipped the wrong way, and I was feeling demoralised and worn out, and a particular talk page thread just pushed my patience too far.
The truth of my position is that, outside of Wikipedia, I am quite exhausted by the demands of my working life. As an illustration of my 'real life' plight, four times in the last week I have slept overnight in my vehicle - twice because I was too tired to drive home after work, and twice because, even though I managed to drive home, by the time I got there (at approaching midnight), I was too tired to get into the house. "Tired and emotional" are words one often hears put together, and perhaps they could be applied to me.
Maybe I shan't make my retirement permanent; aside from anything else, I find I can't keep away from logging on, and can see several rather annoying items have appeared on my watchlist... Maybe I shall edit in a quiet way and see how I feel just reverting vandalism and nonsense.
On a wider point, my view is that, if Wikimedia people really want to encourage editor retention, they should concentrate on reinforcing the positives which I mention above, rather than spending time and resources designing software of dubious benefit (mentioning no names, Visual Editor...). If the conflict and rudeness can't be fully replaced by respect, politeness and friendship, perhaps Wikimedia should try and recruit new editors by visiting a few S&M clubs, as the clientele there might actually enjoy some of the more abusive aspects of Wikipedia (I'm only half joking, alas...).

There was a young lawyer named Fred
Who used to like pain in his bed,
But now for delight
He logs on a site
And gets verbally whipped instead.....

PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 13:04, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

Ah-ha, just as I thought!! Some low-down work-shy lay-about pikey no-gooder with some poxy hard-luck story! What a schmuck!! It's kinda obvious, watcha gotta do, dude... just go sell your house, get a classic van, and invest the difference! You know it makes sense! Failing that, um, have a wee break, laddie. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:30, 4 August 2013 (UTC) (p.s. if I call you an asshole, will I get an indef block?) (... please?)

Me too

Not sure what's gone on while I was away but I also hope you reconsider retiring. The project will miss you.--Ykraps (talk) 20:18, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

It's true! Studies have confirmed ...

that Wikipedia admins are less polite than non-admins, and that editors promoted to admins become less polite. So, much as we'd all love to have a friendly, decent, admin who we could count on to give us indef blocks if we beg hard enough, if PCW were to come back, encouraging him to follow the path to admin status could have tragic results. Dagnabbit, he might become unrecognizable. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 19:03, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

"Urgh, yikes, Muskie, I feel such a plank." Martinevans123 (talk) 19:09, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Much obliged to you for such educational^{disambiguation needed} material. So kind of PCW to supply the space. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 20:05, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

pork-en-pines?! .. rich Dorset porkies, more like! Martinevans123 (talk) 20:16, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

@ Sminthopsis (Muskie),
How on earth did you find this?  –
 – Gareth Griffith-Jones |The Welsh Buzzard|— 20:32, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Friend in the business (language, not politeness) mentioned it after seeing an excellent talk yesterday about the work, that included cartoons of dogs which unfortunately don't appear in the paper. Sminthopsis84 (Muskie, follower of Porky Pine, no relation to the Deacon).

Let's keep Beauregard Bugleboy out of this, shall we? Martinevans123 (talk) 20:59, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Aren't we discussing politeness? Sminthopsis84 (talk) 21:13, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

indeed. So sorry PCW is missing out on his share of gooseberry pie. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:27, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

As he writes above, he is unable to stop keeping an eye on this page  –
 – Gareth Griffith-Jones |The Welsh Buzzard|— 21:37, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

It's true Gareth, I'm a (nearly) hopeless addict (sigh), and can feel myself being irresistibly drawn back to my dealer. Are you ready to get your plums out Martin? (give me a double entendre, and I'll run with it...) PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 01:39, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Ere, who do you think you are, Graeme Garden the Grumpy Greengrocer or something? And we'll have none of this fruit-related tomfoolery thank you very much. We've got serious work to do. -- Hillbillyholiday ^talk 02:42, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

You do realise that a List of unusual love objects is likely to be proposed for deletion at least five second six ninth times, don't you? (And talking of fruitiness, even I don't wear mascara, so that must make you a very 'strange fruit' indeed, Ms (H) B Holiday...) PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 08:13, 6 August 2013 (UTC)|Wikipedians

My method,PCW, of coping with the abusive, bad-mannered, ignorant, illiterate, loutish, Wikipedians is to
smartly delete their posting on my Talk page ASAP
ensure their's is not on my Watchlist
remove the article in *discussion* from my Watchlist.
In simple terms: walk away from it!
Kindest wishes to all above in this thread.
Sincerely,
— Gareth Griffith-Jones|The Welsh Buzzard|—08:45, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Come come, now, cloudy, we all know you are a bit of a snake in the grass... And some of those pic nic tables can be very attractive, you know... Martinevans123 (talk) 09:10, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Talking about snakes ... !  –
 – Gareth Griffith-Jones |The Welsh Buzzard|— 09:24, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Welcome back!!

Yay!! Thank heavens for Wang Dang Durdle Door!! And I was just about to reach for those plums... Martinevans123 (talk) 08:31, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Thankyou Martin. Your knowledge of subjects to crosslink to seems, well, encyclopedic! (have you ever thought of editing one - I think you'd be quite good at it!) PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 07:38, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

.... it sounds an utterly futile exercise. A bit like knitting fog... Martinevans123 (talk) 07:56, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Oh I don't know, I imagine one could knit quite a nice - if somewhat rough - Yorkshire vest with this bit of fog. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 08:37, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, I meant knitting Yorkshire frog.

I'll go and thank Durdle Door for bringing you back! Welcome, we need you. Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 09:49, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Thankyou David. I think the article needs a little bit of tidying before its pic appears on POTD. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 07:38, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

In girum imus nocte, et consumuimur igni -- Hillbillyholiday ^talk 12:46, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Nah, you're thinking of that Jewish weight-lifter Franky Stein. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:57, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Thankyou HBH (I think. Though I can't really work out what you're on about! The only Latin I understand is Betula pendula, Pelargonium tomentosum, Rosa fedtschenkoana etc.....) PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 07:38, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Naice

Noice that you are back. Please don't chuck that picture... I loved to lake ot take a look at it time to time... Hafspajen (talk) 8 August 2013 (UTC)17:50

I likee lake a lookee too  –
 – Gareth Griffith-Jones |The Welsh Buzzard|— 19:47, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

@ Hafspajen, Following you addition just now: Great to witness your sense of humour!  –
 – Gareth Griffith-Jones |The Welsh Buzzard|— 19:59, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

. And yours, Gareth...Hafspajen (talk) 20:05, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Picture reinstated. Yes, it is rather 'noice', and thanks for your appreciation! PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 07:48, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

. Ah, this does makes you take a deep br noice... lovely. Hafspajen (talk) 22:17, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Durdledoorus Rex

	Well ile bee-bumswizzuld.. Fankin u zur mizzzer paleclowdedwight zur fore taikn orl twoddlypop form durdl-Dor imer frade i done unnerztan dem long wurdz zir.butday iz look in reelynaize zur.. Worzl Gummij (Cupatee anna slice a caik?)	The Durdle Doorus Barnstar

Hot rockets! Wot welkinfires ov delight! Thank 'ee koindly, Worzl Barns - ur wurdz vill up moi bludpump. PaleClowdsO'Wight

I go as far as to say that some of my budgie buddies have a bent to speak in this tongue. "HELLUVAPLAYUR BUH" is commonplace. In any case, glad to see you're not retiring. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:20, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Thankyou TRM, that's very kind of you. (Budgie buddies? Not to be confused with budgie smugglers, otherwise Delia might be inclined to get even more over-excited...) PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 12:19, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Worzl's Wunderland!!

An' 'ere's unuvver barn for you, me dearie. Hayley Cropper (talk) 20:24, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Thankyou Hayley, that's also very kind. It's a very bijou barn, isn't it? - the perfect size to accomodate the multitude of stars which I've picked up during my illustrious career here on Wickedpedia.... Raquel Wolstenhulme

...seems we've got you by the short and curlies, P.C. White. Yours, down the Rovers, Our Vera (talk) 12:35, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Just think how good The Smiths could have been if only Morrissey hadn't got involved... -- A jumped-up pantry boy who never knew his place

ooo, Billy, just love playing the Private Dick, dontcha!? Martinevans123 (talk) 13:38, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

I like to think I bring a touch of class to proceedings. -- Hillbillyholiday ^talk 04:29, 15 August 2013 (UTC) ps 13,748 views!

A touch of cloth? If the Welds got this bit o' cloth to take an entrance fee, they'd have a Durdle Doorwhore! fnaar fnaar! PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 10:44, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

I see we have the good old Frayling Gang to thank for that particular cultural icon. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:06, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Now known as the Bazalgette Binmen? PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 22:19, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Hahaha. I hear they also do conceptual comedy. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:55, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Good old John

Good evening PCW,
Thank you very much for following me on that railway station this morning [1] ... I should look over my shoulder more often ... I have just put it back to proper order [2] since your good work was undone by the same individual earlier today. Cheers!
— Gareth Griffith-Jones|The Welsh Buzzard|— 18:33, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

You're very welcome Gareth. I'm quite familiar with nearby Bushey, so was intrigued when the Watford connection appeared on your talk, and I had a look. I completely agree with your removals; I suspect the other editor may be connected to the group which wishes to save the station. I had noticed they'd almost immediately reverted my reversion, but couldn't pursue the matter further as I had to go and do something really filthy instead... PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:15, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

My thoughts on the editing too.  –
 – Gareth Griffith-Jones |The Welsh Buzzard|— 01:12, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Great post on UK Talk this morning! Thanks for the big smile I have still.
Thought this would amuse you in view of what you wrote above here [3]
Cheers!
— Gareth Griffith-Jones| The Welsh Buzzard: Cardiff born and bred | — 09:39, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Poundbury

Wally dogs with a face like fine porcelain, decorated with a gold chain and locket.

Hi PCW, Just thought I'd let you know that our Poundbury window addict has surfaced again, without any proper reference. They seem to wake-up every three months or so and always from Southampton area. Think your idea of blocking-up his/her windows might be a good idea! Anyway I've reverted the edit once again, but will be away for the next week or so - if you can keep an eye on the article? Good to have you back with us, Best regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 12:21, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

Hello again PCW, I have, yet again, reverted our "friend" from a different IP address, but in the same IoW, Southampton or Portsmouth area. I have now warned him that he risks the article being protected from IP edits - but as stated above - I am away for all of next week, so would be grateful for you keeping an eye on the Poundbury article. My own view is that the BBC source is quite adequate and in any case to "balance a facade" these days - you put in another window. Still think we should do a midnight trip to these addresses and block-up their windows!!?? Best regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 19:45, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

Hello David. Poundbury is already on my watchlist (as are almost all settlements in Dorset), so I'll definitely be keeping an eye on it. Something tells me that blocking up their windows might get us into trouble - unless, that is, we go in disguise ..... PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 23:18, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

Dorset, huh? Shudder!. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 17:12, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

Can I be Ada please?? Off on break this weekend. Best regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 09:57, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

I should have guessed you'd want to be the pretty one.... PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 11:25, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

• Twas brillig and slithy toves I mean, the stuff with the fine porcelain and the piggs.
  

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
 Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
 All mimsy were the borogoves,
 And the mome raths outgrabe.

(Jabberwocky's adventures by Lewis Carroll) Hafspajen (talk) 12:12, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

The gebbel weebs were memulous,
How slube they brome their brunge and voils;
Their poblicks moobed so lemulous,
We spoosh-remembled all the goils.
(Gibberwishy by Carol Lewis)(talk) 11:25, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

A vital resource for those tricky poetic articles: [4] - G. Ibber-Rish (talk) 21:42, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

And also for understanding our John..... WalePloudedChite

Great band!! - "I Got Your Number (.. written on the back of my Wikipedia page)."

Wonderful! I do so love a good slice of gibberish -- Llywelyngwillyholiday

"Ymlacio dy ffa coffi!!" - chill thy coffee beans!!, Bryn Bwch Gwyliau!!

Nice, Hafspajen (talk) 10:10, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

• Cerddwyr edrychwch i'r chwith, Cerddwyr edrychwch i'r dde [5]Hafspajen (talk) 10:10, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Haha, thanks for that real gem, Hafspajen. I'm sure there are plenty more just as bad. I'm always looking left instead of right, I have to admit Martinevans123 (talk) 19:09, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Isn't this Hafspajen (talk) 12:12, 25 August 2013 (UTC)suposed to be transformed into a MartinEvans? Hafspajen (talk) 16:30, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I'm having that problem on here. It doesn't appear to be occurring everywhere on Wikipedia; is it just my talkpage? PCW

• Looks like it, PaleCloudedWhite, no problem anywhere else. (Hafspajen alias Warrington)Hafspajen (talk) 12:12, 25 August 2013 (UTC) Has to do something with your way to early retirement? Hafspajen (talk) 12:12, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

• Fixed the mess, but all comments are Hafspajen now, o sorrow, o dear. Thus would need a little bit of history-digging to do. Hafspajen (talk) 12:23, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Precious

pruning
Thank you, nature-loving gardener, for showing yourself in beautiful images, for quality contributions to articles such as Ivan Massow and Walled garden, for taking care of articles around Dorset, for pruning, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:00, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Thankyou, Gerda, and welcome to my talkpage! I think in my case 'not bad' is more accurate than 'awesome', and certainly easier to live up to! But thankyou - you are very generous! PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 22:37, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

I "inherited" "awesome" from the ones who did it before me, take it as a tradition. I like "not bad", see? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:01, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Famous at last

Great post on UK Talk this morning! Thanks for the big smile I have still.
Thought this would amuse you in view of what you wrote above here [6]
Cheers!
— | Gareth Griffith-Jones | The Welsh Buzzard | — 10:06, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Eh.

Mill Ends Park...? This is not a park, it is a flowerpot. At least this is a house, not a mousehole, se Smallest House in Great Britain. Hafspajen (talk) 13:22, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

A flowerpot indeed. Maybe this chap tends the flower 'borders'...? As for the 'smallest house', spot the difference..... PCW

A pillar box

A small house

Indeed. Hafspajen (talk) 14:20, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Any thoughts?

[7]
— | Gareth Griffith-Jones | The Welsh Buzzard | — 19:20, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Do you think I should join the editor statistics race leaderboard, Gareth? PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:30, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

You are much too gentle to sign up to that, dear friend. Thought my explanation of "mfd" might have been challenged by the Admin OP by now. I have no idea what s/he was trying to indicate. Cheers!
— | Gareth Griffith-Jones | The Welsh Buzzard | — 10:26, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

All I can think of is that it possibly stands for "(something beginning with 'm') for deletion", though can't imagine what the 'm' might stand for. Mess? Miasma? Moomins? (I'm just being silly now...) PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 11:16, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Moomins with Cleopatra wigs?

Poor Martin's missing all the action at everyone's favourite list. Surprised no-one's commented on this one yet. -- Hillbillyholiday ^talk 17:48, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

I don't blame the beaver - I think I'd get violent if someone tried to grab me for a photo opportunity. And I've got quite good teeth too. (Moomins in Cleopatra wigs? Oo-er!) PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:26, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

What now

A Russian Cottage

HELP, PLEASE COMMENT ON ‎In Russia, Ukraine and other post-soviet countries, Cottage article. Hafspajen (talk) 14:35, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

What a mess! I started looking at ways of copyediting it, but I think it mostly needs deleting - it focuses on the word "cottage", and what that means to Russians, when it should focus on small houses in Russia, even if they don't call them "cottages". PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:24, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

I've had a bash at making sense of it all, largely by stripping out the Cyrillic words and poor English, though it still concentrates on the word rather than the concept - but then in a way so do other parts of the article, as the concept varies from place to place. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:54, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

• And a mess it was! Noticed that somebody already reverted your edits in that article, and no reliable source, as it did with my edits too... I am afraid it is going to be a little difficult. Hafspajen (talk) 17:35, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

I've removed more images, as it was still a bit crammed with them (I see you'd been taking some out previously). Shame to see them go though - I've removed some nice wee houses. The Polish one was especially charming... PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 22:51, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

• Hey, that's now much better. Good job. Less place to go edit for focuses on the word "cottage", and what the Russians think about that. This picture was also nice. How about chose the nicest of them and make little gallery? Hafspajen (talk) 13:14, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

I think galleries in articles are generally frowned upon by the MOS, unless perhaps we choose images which highlight particular things - maybe unusual things. But in the meantime, we could always start a gallery here, such as with these: PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 23:11, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

"Cottage-le-Street"

• YYYYYYEAes!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very good. Like that. I do NOT frow upon galleries. I think that pictures add much to an article, and about cottages, just how would you explain all this in words? And the good news is that it doesn't really matter. Look at this: Wikipedia:Ignore all rules. Hafspajen (talk) 17:26, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Hafspajen (talk) 20:40, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Dubble the landscape

Picture of the day

Viviparus georgianus

Photograph credit: H. Zell

• Archive
• More featured pictures

Hafspajen (talk) 11:34, 29 September 2013 (UTC) Raised-bed gardening and a flowerbed is not the same thing, I say.

Quite so, and though there is some intersection - in a Venn diagram kind of way - I think the current redirect is a little off base. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 22:06, 29 September 2013 (UTC) (BTW, that picture looks a little familiar....)

• Bedding (horticulture), than? But that is mostly annuals, not perennials. Hafspajen (talk) 22:20, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

It depends what people mean by "flowers". Herbaceous border is an alternative, and certainly better than Raised-bed gardening. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 22:26, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Flower garden in Norway, Arboretum in Bergen

• Yes, better. But still confused. Should this flower bed page should be a disamb. page? Hafspajen (talk) 19:22, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure there'd be sufficient different meanings to warrant a disambig page. What about redirecting it to Flower garden? PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 19:53, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

• Yes, can you do that?? Are you a gardener, by the way? (Not exactly a landscape any more. it's a heron.)

Hafspajen (talk) 21:06, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

I've done it. Yes, I'm a professional gardener, and have been for nearly 23 years. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:12, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

Well that's great. Both that you did it and that you are a professional gardener. I am a landscape architect, but I mostly do garden design. Here we go again, look a Gardener is NOT the same thying as Gardening, do you agree? Hafspajen (talk) 21:29, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

I agree, though in this case, in the absence of an article about gardeners, I can't think of a more apposite redirect destination than Gardening. Do you favour a particular style in your designs? PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:44, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

• Style: I like Hidcote Manor Garden, Gertrude Jekyll , Sissinghurst Castle Garden, cottage gareden. Where should gardeners go? Home... Why don't we have a article about gardeners? Hafspajen (talk) 21:54, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

I don't know why there's no article on gardeners - I think there's quite a lot that could be written (famous gardeners past and present, gardeners in art and literature, gardeners as a stereotype, charities and societies for gardeners, the changing role and status of gardeners etc.) (As an aside, if you fancy a small bit of horticultural amusement, take a look at the first and fourth edits which I made to the Garden article earlier today.....) PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 22:26, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

• I think too there's quite a lot that could be written. Who is going to do it? Gardener is now a separate article. And how about you, do you favour a particular style in garden design? Hafspajen (talk) 07:48, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

The new article - very quick! I didn't realise we already have Celebrity gardener and List of professional gardeners - maybe the first of those could be merged with the new article? As to my favoured styles, I like gardens which you can immerse yourself in, which surround you and feel full of life and vitality. Hence I'm not very keen on Versailles-type gardens, or Zen gardens for that matter - they're both too controlled and static for my taste. I prefer something more relaxed, preferably with a bit of wildness (or craziness). Flowers are good too. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 20:08, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Afternoon tea with bread and butter, jam and little cakes

• The new article - you too, please! After all it is your occupation, no? You had some good ideas, famous gardeners past and present, gardeners in art and literature, gardeners as a stereotype, charities and societies for gardeners, the changing role and status of gardeners etc. By the way, do you know any roses that do keepp the promise The flowers appear continuously throughout the summer, my experience is that there are no roses to do that. No I would't like a Versailles or a Zen garden at home, though I would visit them any time. Hafspajen (talk) 12:31, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

All in good time (for the new article)! About roses, the most continuously flowering rose I know of is 'Mutabilis', which is classed as a China rose - it pretty much has some flowers on it all through the summer. However it will only tolerate perhaps -15°C, so isn't a cultivar for climates with cold winters. I think that generally speaking, the warm-climate roses tend to be quicker at repeat flowering. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 20:34, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

• No to warm climate here. I like 'Mutabilis', but 'Mutabilis' looks moore like a butterfly, than a rose. Iceberg I think is quite good, but still not all summer. Have a cup of tea! Hafspajen (talk) 20:40, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

It's funny you should say that about 'Mutabilis', as it's one of the parents of 'Mateo's Silk Butterflies'...
I'm rather partial to single-flowered roses, such as 'Mutabilis' - they tend to have a natural grace and elegance. Others which I use a lot are 'Sally Holmes' and 'Complicata' - the latter is very beautiful, and pictures don't do it justice. But it only flowers in June. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:11, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

• I do like them both. But when I have plenty of place it is no problem, a tiny border neds something to go with that gives plenty of flowers, well, I did not found any sure The flowers appear continuously throughout the summer type. Some say Alexander, but I never tried it. Peace does NOT, for example. Ballerina is not bad. Hafspajen (talk) 21:57, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Spider

Thanks for that... I didn't realize that when I got to the June revision that wasn't "vandalized" it was actually when the infobox template had changed §FreeRangeFrog^croak 23:35, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Yes, it took me a while to work out what was going on. I realised something must have happened to the template because nothing in the article source text ever said "help me!!! call 911" etc. Hence I asked for enlightenment from people who might know, and got a very speedy fix and reply. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 23:48, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Come back

I think so too that this probably counts as a funny little house. Where is this from? Hafspajen (talk) 14:40, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

It's at Setenil de las Bodegas in Spain. It's a bit of a crazy place! This website has many more pictures (more dramatic than the ones on the Wikipedia page), as well as info about lots of other quirky places around the globe. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 19:56, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Wow, I'd be tempted to get a few like that added to the article! Commons has quite a good collection. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:13, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I think the article should have wall-to-wall (heh heh!) pictures - that'd be nice! (And I'd like to know how the snow got in the 'tunnel' section of the street - maybe some peculiar eddies blowing around...?) PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 20:32, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

"Eey lad, que va para un baño temprano, by 'eck!!" Martinevans123 (talk) 20:36, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

• Oh, well you can tell me if I did the rightthing... Hafspajen (talk) 08:16, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

That looks OK; I just moved the gallery and gave it a heading. Though you obviously have a different screen/browser to me, because for me the new gallery is uneven, which I know gives you the creeps..... PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 08:59, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

• Really? Weird, it looked fine on mine... I don´t want you to give you the creeps either. (One Never Knows, Does One?!)

Breathe deeply...

what an outrage!!

Carrot ready for purchase.

"Oh, botheration!!", as Robertson Hare might have it. lol. Yours-in-Brian-Rix-shorts, It Pays to Advertise (talk) 21:22, 24 October 2013 just like a plane... (not that you'll be able to hear it, of course... lol)

Botheration? Nay! "Calm down dear", your hairy tendencies are much appreciated! I thought your reworking of this hirsute-penned classic was top class! Yours, Ol' Baldy (and no, I couldn't hear it, sigh!)

awww bless, poor old George, eh? hanging about in those dodgey bars and getting those awkward chocolate stains.... yours, with the door a-jar, Martin-"The Rocker"-123 (talk) 22:12, 24 October 2013 UTC

For this thread it seems somehow apposite to mention the fact that Mr Panayiotou was educated in Bushey... (titter!) PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 23:13, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Not to forget that his duo Wham! partner, went on to run a dubious night club in leafy Ricky which was soon closed by the local boys in blue ... action that was unpopular with pill-poppers.— Madame Fanny La Fan| Nouvion, 'allo, 'allo! | — 07:14, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Oi, Paley!! Leave it art, mate, olrite? Martinevans123 (talk) 07:53, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

No, not PCW, Martin. "Ole buzzard" waz 'ere 'allo, 'allo! lovely legs
— | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The Welsh | Buzzard| —09:28, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

I feel quite starstruck - not only the shuttlecock boys on my talk page, but also Ricky, Paley, a Welsh rocker, then some posh-sounding French bird who turned out to be a more familiar performer...
Well, that's quite an interesting ensemble, and you're all very welcome chez PCW - please feel free to help yourself to nibbles. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:34, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

What a wonderfully balletic pose you strike here, PCW.... "Ballet Roots", no doubt! Yours in the garden, Old Birds Nest Soup (talk) 22:00, 26 October 2013 Martinevans123 (talk)

I prefer my soups to come in pairs.

Vegetables on display at Hampton Court Flower Show

PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 22:24, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

"omfg" I laughed for a week when I first saw that sketch... I do apologise for my rather tardy editing of late and I'll do my best to encourage RedPen to respond more quickly too ... but 'er's anuvva Sid wiv very dodgey pins, but wiv a right lemon tart cab

To be fair, I suppose it must be difficult to respond to anything quickly when one is viewing List of unusual deaths 687 times a day, haha... (Why has that been proposed for deletion again?) PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 23:02, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

It seems someone spilt the soup.

Wondering what the chef called the soup ... Creme de l'homme perhaps? Hope he seasoned it well! Plenty of this flavour enhancing agent, in the place of salt, would suffice. — Madame Fanny La Fan| Nouvion, 'allo, 'allo! | — 00:57, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

...I think this forlorn fellow could do with a bit of carroty sustenance - he's literally wasting away! PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 09:13, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Robertson Hare's thread is metamorphosing into an encyclopaedia
— | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The Welsh | Buzzard| — 11:49, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

South-east

Regarding this edit, usage is divided on whether "south-east" takes a hyphen or not. In broad terms, American writers are more likely to leave the hyphen out and British writers are more likely to put it in. The Oxford Style Manual, for instance, explicitly includes the hyphen. I guess the point is that either usage is acceptable, so to edit an article simply to remove the hyphen, particularly from a UK-centric (rather than US-centric) article does not seem helpful. --Stemonitis (talk) 08:55, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

The intention was to be helpful. I don't have a personal preference either way. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 09:07, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

In England, it appears, we have to go southeast to get to the South East? Martinevans123 (talk) 10:25, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

Not if you live in this peculiarly named place... PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 19:32, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

I know his brother filing clerk and their cousin His Grace the Bishop of Rupertland (awwww). But who would ever want to live in such a wierd place!!? except perhaps the Duke of Kent, of course. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:07, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

Happy Halloween

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Thankyou Toni (or should I call you Neil?), and what a funny coincidence - I was just reading the Trick-or-treating page, specifically the section about 'Guising' in Scotland. I'm afraid I laughed when I read that "Occasionally a more talented child may do card tricks, play the mouth organ, or something even more impressive" (wot, more impressive than playing the mouth organ?), but was then 'reassured' that "most children will earn plenty of treats even with something very simple. Often they won't even need to perform." Phew! Well that's a relief then! Shirley Temple

Shucks, and I searched for a "Sir Reel" Neil Spragg for hours, sob!! Of course, if you want to reelly see real guising you need to go here. You'd better get this wee Scottish Hallaween partee started!! --"See you, Shirley" (talk) 22:32, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Speaking of the ol' Welsh belter, I have it on good authority that she's got a great London pad for parties..."Warren Beatty's sister"

Ah yes, the plastic and leather goods from Kew Gardens, I remember it well - all precious cultural icons, I would suggest. The most accurate guide to Llundain I have ever seen. Divine! Martinevans123 (talk) 23:51, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

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Decently clothed chimney

Hi PCW, could you look at this image (bearing in mind that unlike some of the contributors to your talk page I wouldn't direct you to a naughty image) to see if you agree that the plant in question is probably Parthenocissus tricuspidata? It is used on vine as well as quite a few other-language wikipedias, and a better explanation than "climbing plant" would be nice. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 19:24, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Hmm. Tricky. I agree that P. tricuspidata looks the most likely candidate, but can see why you've asked for a second opinion - it's not as obvious as the P. tricuspidata image we removed from the Ivy article a while back. There's a pic with slightly better resolution here. I suppose the simplest thing would be to assume it's something fairly common. It's growing in Vienna, so that rules out anything that won't tolerate a Viennese winter. It's keeping very close to the brickwork, yet not always covering it in dense foliage, which suggests it's not species of Hedera that I'm familiar with (principally H. helix and H. algieriensis - though I don't think the latter would be hardy enough anyway) - plus the growth pattern of the newest shoots at the top looks wrong for those. The colour of the leaves looks right for P. tricuspidata, though the shape doesn't always look quite 3-lobed enough - maybe the leaves are still unfurling? (I see there's a leafless shrub on the roof terrace in the top left - perhaps it's early spring?) I can't think of much else which would self-cling and cover something so large, other than Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris and, of course, Parthenocissus quinquefolia - but it's obviously not those, so that does suggest it's P. tricuspidata. Certainly the silhouetted profiles of the leaves down the right hand side look to be hanging in the right way. It is a bit odd that the roof in the bottom left hasn't been smothered, but of course we don't know what people might have been getting up to with secateurs..... PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:10, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Yay!! KletterpflanzenFest!! ... although it's obviously not de:Waldreben (?) Martinevans123 (talk) 21:34, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Ah, the wonders of film! Poor Kletterpflanzen; people with secateurs should keep to themselves. So, we agree then, Dreispitzige Jungfernrebe bestimmtes möglicherweise ist, or something, aber photo probably nicht labellable ist. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 22:28, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

• PaleCloudedWhite, the gardener.. the gardener.. the gardener.. yes, gardener.. a lost art...Hafspajen (talk) 00:19, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Chocolate box - thatched cottage

Where to find the best pictures? In the Chocolate box! Just put Chocolate box on the commons, and they will be there. Unfortunatelly not one of those Chocolate box art Chocolate boxes. A thatched cottage in the village has appeared on countless calendars and chocolate boxes over the years. Where and when was that popular to put a Cottage on the chocolate boxes? Not one box on Commons, no, only those cottages, called Chocolate box thatch and Chocolate Box Cottage. I want to se a Chocolate box with a cottage on! Now! Hafspajen (talk) 22:48, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

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"Cottage-le-Street" is getting longer. These are real good images. Will you chose three or five from the above for the Cottage article? Hafspajen (talk) 23:02, 6 November 2013 (UTC) Hafspajen

I like those! I'm a sucker for rural idylls. I can't decide which one I'd most like to live in - perhaps on the left, 5 rows down,* as it's relatively small, has got a good bit of garden, and looks detached (neighbours are great at a distance). As for the "chocolate box" conundrum, I think it's just a turn of phrase, and doesn't necessarily mean pictures of cottages appeared on chocolate boxes. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 23:35, 6 November 2013 (UTC) *(i.e. the 13th image, going L→R from the top left; my screen has 3 pics per line, whereas others may be different) PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 09:00, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

• Love the rural myself. Yes, neighbours necessarily need to complain about - your oak's leafs will blow all ower our garden, all the time. and Your Fagus sylvatica is taking away our sun, you need to take that tree down, and so on. I think I will take second row, second from left. I like big trees on my grounds. Can you see those diamond patterns on the top? I remember when I first read A Tatched Roof and Down the garden path by Beverley Nichols. I did not forgot the diamond on the roof-stuff. I suppose you already read them, if not than you must go and get a copy imediately, on the double, right now. Gareth Griffith-Jones granddad probably had one of those chocolate boxes, in the good old times, picturing cute little cottages, no? Hafspajen (talk) 14:38, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Mmmm I certainly did, and wish I had it now to put you out of your misery.
A touch of one-upmanship: (bragging)I have five per row — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| — 17:22, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Listen to it ? — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| — 17:31, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Oh, I know you would! ... tell me about it! How do they look like? Please, please... Did listen... nice, love them. Hafspajen (talk) 21:28, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

One of these but I keep on losing count ... — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| — 20:38, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Omashton village, was it?

How about this?
Delphiniums, hollyhocks and dahlias in the "cottage garden" — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| — 21:49, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Splendid! We need soon to do something with that Cottage article. That picure Vacation cottages (Reed houses) on Vilm near Rugia Island, Germany in the lede is just tragic!! Hafspajen (talk) 21:55, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Can't keep away from piloerection for long. — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| — 22:06, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Oooh Gareth, I think your imagination's running wild - that pic was taken in April, so no delphiniums, hollyhocks nor dahlias visible, though there are some golden-yellow Erysimum cheiri beneath the front windows... PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 22:11, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

A bit of artistic licence never did me any harm in the past. I am particularly fond of wallflowers. Cheers! — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| — 22:23, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Well, who is going to do it? Ok, than I am going to do it...Hafspajen (talk) 15:18, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

I don't think the lede pic is that bad, Hpj - it's only real fault that I can see is that the buildings aren't particularly close to the viewer. And perhaps they're a bit big for cottages. OK, that's 2 reasons to remove it - off with its head! PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 20:44, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

.Thank you not so pale PaleCloudedWhite. I would like add at least 7 or 8 of these, one in the lead, and the rest in the gallery. Wich one do you wish for in the lead? I am kind of week for Garret's picture. Hafspajen (talk) 21:20, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

My thoughts: Gareth's pic is of Anne Hathaway's Cottage, which could be listed under the "Notable cottages" section (and it has its own article, where this pic is used), so although it is very appealing, it might be better to choose an alternative here. With regards to the Gallery, currently most of the pics there illustrate cottages which have something unusual or notable about them - such as a particular construction method or style, or having been built or owned by someone notable. I'd try and continue that theme. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 09:56, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

Edit summaries

Edit summaries often amuse me. I thought I'd start assembling a few of them here. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 22:08, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Nothing blue in this Blue Lagoon, thankyou!

Now it's another colour that's causing trouble...

Not a fan of Reader's Digest...

Here's one from me (out of solidarity, to show I'm enjoying the comments, not laughing at their authors).

Hafspajen (talk) 15:17, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

This one really should include the message posted to count here… — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| — 12:20, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

Yes, perhaps I should create a subsection for summaries which don't work on their own? There's quite a few like that. Of course, one questionable aspect of this latest addition is that it's not very unique - I gather such comments are quite the everyday occurrence at a certain altitude. Another is that it has a little too much vituperation to be wholly suitable for this little 'garden of remembrance', so I might weed it out at some point. But thankyou for getting into the spirit, G G-J. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 20:55, 15 November 2013 (UTC)