User talk:Jolly Janner

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DYK for Plymouth Sound, Shores and Cliffs

On 30 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Plymouth Sound, Shores and Cliffs, 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) 14:33, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Thanks for jumping in and helping with DYK nominations! As Hassocks said, you don't need to be an admin to--Musiceditor123 (talk) 18:37, 20 June 2010 (UTC) review hooks, anyone can review hooks and anyone can move hooks to Next update (you have to be an admin to move hooks from Next to the official queue, but just because the official queue is protected indefinitely). I started working at DYK just about a month ago, in pretty much the same way as you; I found out about DYK and nominated one of my articles, and got frustrated about the amount of time it was taking anyone to review it so I started reviewing all the ones that were ahead of it in line. There are a lot of rules to keep in mind, but you learn pretty quickly by doing, and I would guess that at least half of the most active DYK reviewers right now have started at around the same time as me or even more recently (Orlady, How do you turn this on, Davidwr, and some others), so it doesn't take long at all to get the hang of things and to become a big part of DYK.

You'll get used to things quickly, but just for a quick intro if you haven't figured this out already, with each no you generally just need to check the length of the hook (less than 200 characters), the length or expansion of the article (at least 1500 characters readable text, and expanded 5x if it's not a new article), the date of creation/expansion (within the past 5 days), whether there's an inline citation for the fact in the hook, and general goodness/badness of the article (there aren't a lot of specific rules on that, but if an article just sucks for some reason you can mention it at the DYK page and say you won't pass it until it gets cleaned up). I like to use this JavaScript to count hook lengths (although after you do a couple hundred of them you can pretty much eyeball whether or not they're too long), and this tool for counting article length.

Thanks again for helping out, and let me or someone else at DYK know if you have any questions! —Politizer ^talk/_contribs 01:11, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your warm and hearty welcome. I have a link to an online character counter on my user page, which might be the one you mentioned above. The problem with one of my reviews is that the nominator measured it by words, which was a five-fold expansion. However, when I checked the character, it was just several out. I gave it a silver/white/grey tick. Now I shall go see if anyone's commented on my nominations... Jolly Janner (talk) 16:23, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK Emerson Rodwell

I reduced the character count in this DYK nom by turning 'Tasmanian Tigers' into 'Tasmanian' which should take it below 200. Robert Fleming (talk) 10:14, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Jolly Ω Janner 17:04, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Second issue resolved. Please see comments under hook. Robert Fleming (talk) 17:31, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

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DYK for List of towns and cities in Devon by population

On 5 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of towns and cities in Devon by population, 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) 21:26, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

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Torquay

Thanks for the ref for Torquay. We had contradictory pronunciations for it elsewhere in wikipedia. kwami (talk) 13:26, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Well, I've never heard anyone pronounce it other than "Tor-kee". Maybe the Cornish would pronounce it as "Tor-kay", but they don't count. Jolly Ω Janner 13:28, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

For the response for MeredithW. Andy (talk) 20:33, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Move protection

Because we have a long history with the vandal that does these page moves. Unless the pages are moveprotected, he returns to them over and over again. He has proven this pattern of behavior enough times that I don't think we need to wait for him to move every page twice. Also, these targets are invariably well-established articles where a change of the article title would be exceedingly unlikely -- Utopia is a good example. NawlinWiki (talk) 17:11, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Wilhelm scream

I presume you just removed every backlink to Wilhelm scream on accident? Did you need me to revert that real quick? Kuru ^talk 22:15, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Please! I am so sorry. I didn't have a clue what that button did and I had no idea it would do so many edits. Jolly Ω Janner 22:16, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Fixed. Not a problem!  :) Kuru ^talk 22:18, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Calved

Soft redirected to wiktionary-- wikt:calved. Cheers, Dlohcierekim 00:02, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

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Category:Parishes again

Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2008_December_28#Category:Parishes of the United Kingdom Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2008_December_28#Category:Parishes of Wales Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2008_December_28#Category:Parishes of Europe Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2008_December_28#Category:Parishes of North America

Nominator's rationale: Rename. More accurate name, and consistent with other "civil parishes in" categories. "Parish" has different meanings in different localities. All categories should be clear if they contain civil (or geographical) parishes or church parishes. Note that this discussion of the same question (closed to divide the question) resulted in 5 Support rename votes, 1 Oppose vote, and 2 that abstained on most categories. I have looked at much more than these pages listed and the categories do all reflect civil parishes.--Carlaude ^(talk) 03:00, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

• All the English parishes were changed without opposition.
• Please Support --Carlaude ^(talk) 17:36, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Doesn't this constitute SPAM? Jolly Ω Janner 00:17, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Zombies

There were reasons why the article was made a redirect before, and those reasons still apply now. First and foremost, the article violates WP:GAMEGUIDE and WP:GAMECRUFT, not to mention it lacked any reliable and verifiable sources. NZ is a mode, not a separate game, so anything of importance about it should be in the Call of Duty: World at War article. Then there is the notability issue, which likewise discourages allowing NZ as a separate article. Reading through what was there, it was nothing more than original research and fan-collected material (description of how the NZ level resembled another multiplayer level, lists of playable weapons, etc.). The section on NZ in the CoD:WaW article can be expanded with some of what was there, but Wikipedia isn't the Call of Duty Wiki or a general game guide. -- Commdor {Talk} 19:39, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

hello

Sorry if I was a bit too stiff re Red Cliffs. Thanks for your help. Cheers Ling.Nut ^{(talk—WP:3IAR)} 03:05, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Wow, I should be thanking you for a superb article and then repsonding swiftly to my query to improve the article even more! You truely are an awesome editor. Jolly Ω Janner 16:40, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Are you saying...

SO um... are you saying call of duty is really getting nominated for a Fa? And also um... yeah I'll rember to put my edit summaries up.--Spittlespat 22:28, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

If Call of Duty 5 gets into the GA, well I get some of the credit?--Spittlespat 22:36, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Oh okay... but I stilled kind of helped the article right?--Spittlespat 22:54, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Hey are you in the wikicup?--Spittlespat 23:01, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm in the wikicup... you can check my progress... if you want to... (OMG! what's wrong with me and those dots!).....--Spittlespat 23:09, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

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Vandalism by Lucyatchalk

Hi, apologies for confusion - I reverted the vandalism on your user page - then saw that there was a sockpuppet accusation - so felt it best to simply rollback the reversion while I worked out what was going on. Got it now - and again apologies for the muddle. Regards, Springnuts (talk) 21:06, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

... and I have restored the vandalism warning on the Lucyatchalk talk page. Springnuts (talk) 21:07, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Don't worry about it, I understand. Although I believe users are allowed to remove messages from their talk page unless blocked, unles he already is by the time I've finished writing this. I ussualy wait until he's blocked then add it back ;) Jolly Ω Janner 21:14, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks :)

It wasn't that nice a day :) --Herby ^{talk thyme} 18:37, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Call of Duty: World at War

Regarding the ranking system and the weapons, it was me who put it back, since I was afraid it might have been useful. Sorry about that! By the way, great work on the storyline. It's gotten better! Keep up the good work. --Commander Shepard 22 January 2009 21.50 (CEST)

Yeah, thanks. The article's not supposed to get too detailed, so it's better to tell the storyline, rather than individual events that happen several times in the game e.g. killing soldiers, clearing out MG bunkers etc, as well as the weapons included. If you could write more for the development section, that would be super! Jolly Ω Janner 21:15, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I'll try to find some info when I got the time! Thanks for your contributions. --Commander Shepard 22 January 2009 23:04 (CEST)

DYK for Entropa

On 23 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Entropa, 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) 07:12, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Topsham Town

According to the Topsham Town web site Topsham is a town? http://www.topsham.org/ Do you have a reference that says otherwise?

Devon County Council website says it's part of Exeter local authority, which is a city. You can't have a town within a city. Jolly Ω Janner 22:47, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Well... what you say may well be true, I don't know but the reference doesn't actually say that Topsham isn't a town does it? That is merely your interpretation. I lived there for many years and it was always considered a town and it's own web site calls it a town. Teapotgeorge^Talk 23:50, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm not expert. If you would like to get further information you could ask at WP:UKGEO. Jolly Ω Janner 23:57, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

I don't think "town" has a technical definition in English local government. The title of "city" is jealously guarded of course, and there are terms like "borough" that only have a technical meaning, or "district" that have both a technical and a more general meaning. But so far as I know "town" has never been an official title, so if anywhere likes to describe itself as a town, and can persuade other people to do so, it probably can (I believe the situation is different in the US, at least in some states). Topsham certainly does come into this category; the local attitude could be summed up as "Fog at Countess Wear - Exeter isolated". seglea (talk) 20:25, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Er, see the discussion in our excellent Town page, which says roughly what I've said above but makes it all much clearer. Very useful source, Wikipedia, I must remember to look things up in it... seglea (talk) 20:32, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

• Wikipedia is an unreliable source. The section for the UK on the town article has no references from other sources. Jolly Ω Janner 20:42, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

True enough, both in the general and the specific. It might be quite hard to source the fact that "town" has no formal definition, though; it smacks of proving a negative. seglea (talk) 01:10, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

ITN for January 2009 Mediterranean storm

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drake circus

Would you please comment at Talk:Drake Circus. I recognize your right to over-ride my "hangon" notice, but I would appreciate your clarifying your meaning at the Talk page. Thanks, doncram (talk) 21:59, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Okay, but http://www.myvillage.com/plymouth/places/22721-plymouth-city-museum-and-art-gallery/ isn't a reliable source. Jolly Ω Janner 22:23, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for commenting. And, I'll try using this website which appears to be official, about the museum and gallery being located there. Offhand, i think a couple uses like this establishes that Drake Circus is a location not always meaning the shopping center. But we'll see. I'd welcome other comments on the draft in progress, at any time. Thanks again. doncram (talk) 00:58, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello. Could you help me understand your reverts of the talk page contributions of 81.132.107.66 (talk · contribs), especially as regarding to Talk:Drake Circus Shopping Centre? Thank you, Kralizec! (talk) 02:30, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

The user wastes our time by posting information that attack the shopping centre or users. I'm gonna do myself a massive favour by removing the article off my watchlist and not getting involved. I'm not going to waste my time for a troll. Jolly Ω Janner 16:18, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

User talk:RaseaC

Hi, please excuse any problems I might have caused in regards to that user on the article about February snowfall in the UK by asking whether or not 10 inches of snowfall in itself is notable. I have no clue what a "Muhammad" is or is supposed to mean. I wonder if it is meant as a personal attack on me. Spinach Monster (talk) 22:36, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Well I don't know either; that's why I asked him. At first I didn't think that he was calling the user Muhamad, rather that I thought it was some kind of noun refering to a tactic of trolling etc. Jolly Ω Janner 22:42, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

While I'm Here

I'm wondering what you thought about the Confirmations of Barack Obama's Cabinet article. I've worked hard on it and i'd be happy to get someone else's two cents, positive or negative. Spinach Monster (talk) 03:01, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

The pictures take up too much space. I don't think you need a massive table for everyone who voted. Surely there must be another way or just not have it at all. I don't think each area needs their own section e.g. secretary for energy. Jolly Ω Janner 16:22, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Spock removal

The Spock image is actually on Wikipedia. Just trying to inject a bit of levity. TunaSushi (talk) 23:56, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

It's on Wikipedia only to be used on the Spok article, as it's highly relevant. Copyrighted works are not permited on article talk pages, as they are never needed. Jolly Ω Janner 00:21, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

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Re: CoD 4

Yeah, it's intentional. I brought it to GAN first and then to FAC :) Gary King (talk) 22:54, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Drake circus

Hi, I noticed that you put a speedy deletion tag on Drake circus (lowercase c). Why did you tag it for Speedy Deletion? The redirect is acceptable per Wikipedia:Redirects#Spellings, misspellings, tenses and capitalisations. And it just could be redirected to to the Drake Circus disambiguation page. Thanks for your time.(please reply here)67.162.250.53 (talk) 06:14, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm concerned that it might be edited i.e. changed to redirecting to something else or someone might start developing their own article on it. We don't need it as Wikipedia's software mean that you don't need capital letters. For example, type (or copy and paste) in drake circus shopping centre (all lower-case) and it will take you to Drake Circus Shopping Centre without any redirects necessary. Jolly Ω Janner 11:38, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

See also

Hi. I saw where you reverted my additions to the see also section. My understanding of see also sections is that they exist in order to direct interested readers to areas that tangently related. Do you think you could restore my additions, or explain why you feel they are inappropriate, if that is the case? Thanks.Die4Dixie (talk) 22:11, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

The snowfall isn't connected to global warming etc. Global warming can't affect the weather just general trends in temperature. By having those links in the see also section Wikipedia is insinuating that global warming had something to do with the event, which is original research and POV. Jolly Ω Janner 22:29, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

I had reverted you and left a comment at the talk page. Feel free to change it back to your version and reflect it on the talkpage. Thanks.Die4Dixie (talk) 22:44, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

This source makes the link for us.[[1]].Die4Dixie (talk) 22:49, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Project Norfolk & Suffolk

Hi

Thanks for your offer of help.

I need you to understand that my aim is to learn as much as I can about the processes involved and so as long as you don't mind me asking questions a lot then I would really appreciate your help on this.

I lack knowledge of the way certain tasks are performed in Wikiworld, such as the collection of info from tags, although my training is in systems analysis, so I pick things up (sometimes lol) fairly quickly.

I would like to start by spending a couple of days looking over your Devon page and then get back to you over next two days if thats ok ?

Thanks again--Chaosdruid (talk) 03:52, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Okay. I think that when I made Devon's assessment page I just copy and pastied the one used for WPCITIES and changed the word "cities" to "Devon" for everything. Jolly Ω Janner 12:32, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion

I notice that you tagged the page File:Drake-circus-1.jpg for speedy deletion with the reason "image which has been tagged and the uploader notified for more than 7 days as showing no evidence that the copyright holder has released it under the license indicated by the uploader". While that's a valid reason for speedy deletion in general, this page does not qualify for speedy deletion under that criterion because the image has not been tagged for seven days, and in any case the uploader claims to be the copyright holder and does not need to provide further evidence of that. If you still want the page to be deleted, please consider tagging it with a speedy deletion template which does apply, redirecting it to another page, or using the WP:FFD process. Thanks! Stifle (talk) 13:44, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

I added section for them at files for discussion, but they appear to have already been deleted. Jolly Ω Janner 15:09, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Actually, you added the listings incorrectly. It looks like you put in the File: prefix into the nomination template by mistake. I've fixed the listings. Stifle (talk) 15:24, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Cheers. I thought it was a bit odd that it wasn't showing up on my watchlist etc, but I know that deletion logs have a bit of a backlog in the server before they appear. Jolly Ω Janner 15:27, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Naming Conventions

Hi there!

You recently commented on a [image candidate] of mine and had something to say about capitalization in the filename. It has been my personal convention to name files with only an initial capital letter. I am still new to Commons, so if there is a different standard convention I ought to use, I would appreciate your pointing me in the correct direction to read about the issue. Thanks! -- Notyourbroom (talk) 16:20, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

There isn't any standard about it. This is the first time I have commented on a quality image candidate. I don't think it's the sort of thing that would make it fails its nomination, but I just wanted to point it out. Jolly Ω Janner 16:26, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

COD WOW plot

Ok, I missed that part of the GA review, but even before I got there, I would have agreed that the plot as it was, even though it mimics the COD4 plot section, was on the repetitive and overly detailed side. Part of it here may be the fact that this is still historically accurate, and thus the three separate characters' missions do not affect each other to any degree, unlike in COD4 where there is a much stronger connection to the story parts and describing it in order makes the story cohesive. For CODWOW, it's convoluted when you present it as such even though they follow the appropriate events in order. But feel free to change it back if you feel it is better that way. --MASEM 21:18, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Dorset

Just a quick note to say thanks for joining WikiProject Dorset. It some ways it's actually very beneficial to have someone not from Dorset, to give an un-biased and very honest viewpoint of Dorset articles. Glad to have you onboard! MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 13:51, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Glad to be aboard! ;) By the way, did you copy and paste the info from WPDevon? Jolly Ω Janner 13:52, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the award, my first! I used WPDevon as a foundation, because they are similar type projects, to set up Dorset quickly and easily. Some odd sections, because of the wording and links I did copy, but as the project grows we will of course differentiate from WPDevon (although it is a very good project). MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 14:25, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

I copied most of WPDevon's assessment from WPCITIES I think, along with bits from other places. Jolly Ω Janner 14:49, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi, MasterOfHisOwnDomain deserves most of the credit for the WikiProject but thank you very much for the barnstar, it is appreciated! BarretBonden (talk) 15:02, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Interview, snow

Hi, I've removed your mentioning of the interview and costs involved in preparation for the snow, since it's not associated with the section - the section is about the reaction of the public, not about how badly UK was prepared for the event. Also, I am not sure whether the source was okay. I don't mind putting it somewhere else in the article. I hope you don't mind. Cheers BeŻet (talk) 21:00, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

I think the name "reaction" is ambiguous then. Surely the Mayor of London's reaction to the incident is notable? Jolly Ω Janner 21:20, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Baghdad police recruitment centre bombing

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AfD nomination of 2009 Baghdad police recruitment centre bombing

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invitation

You're invited to sign up as a founding member, at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#WikiProject Historic Sites ! :) doncram (talk) 06:03, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

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Cornish hurling

In view of this "In the city of Grass Valley, the tradition of singing Cornish carols lives on and one local historian of the area says the songs have become "the identity of the town". Some of the members of today's Cornish Carol Choir are in fact descendants of the original Cornish gold miners. The city holds St Piran's Day celebrations every year, which along with carol singing, includes a flag raising ceremony, games involving the Cornish pasty, and Cornish wrestling competitions." the California Grass Valley seems more likely than Virginia.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 11:13, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks for pointing that out. I don't know why it said Virginia in the first place. I have now changed it back and added wikilinks. Jolly Ω Janner 16:30, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
  • 'Virginia' must have been a mistake by the original writer: thanks for sorting it out.----Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 20:28, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

References:

BTW

This should really be a part (minor) of the Devon stuff by the look of it. I'll look to get some more images when I can. Cheers --Herby ^{talk thyme} 17:43, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

I'll maybe try & find something better than the "legendarydartmoor" links too....:) --Herby ^{talk thyme} 17:50, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I was also searching for some decent references for it. Can't find much in the way off books on Google search. I want to keep the Devon article in good nic. Is there any reason why you told me about that? Seems kind of random as I've never edited the article. Jolly Ω Janner 18:09, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

You marked this (on watchlist) & I'd just edited the other one... Some neural connections are more lateral than others :). On the subject of Devon this should be available soon. It would be good to get Devon to a higher profile. Cheers --Herby ^{talk thyme} 18:23, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Err

This if you want to take a look. Cheers --Herby ^{talk thyme} 08:00, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Earth Hour 2009 vandalism

Is it possible to ban 71.244.177.21 for constant vandalism to earth hour 2009? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Messiisking (talk • contribs) 23:52, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

IP addresses can't be "banned" (permenant block). 71.244.177.21 might receive a 24-hour block if the address continues to vandalise after being warned about it sufficeintly. I cannot apply the block as I do not have sysop status. Jolly Ω Janner 00:18, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

:)

		The Devon Barnstar
		There is probably a better "barnstar" but for all the work on Portal:Devon and Devon pages generally - thanks Herby talk thyme 11:16, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

+ the piccy looks nice there thanks. I'll have to get some more :) --Herby ^{talk thyme} 11:01, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

List of Countries by Unemploment Rate

CIA's world factbook is out of date by a huge margin. Even United States Unemployment rates are given as that of 2008 although the Fed updates it every month. I suggest we use the latest statistical updates by every country's Central Bank rather than relying on another encyclopedia source which is much behind wikipedia. Wikipedia does not need to dependent upon World Factbook for its content. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ankitsingh83 (talk • contribs) 14:24, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

I agree with you. It will be a large task in updating the list etc, but I think it will be worth it. I have also updated the map as Australia and Hong Kong's unemployment rates have gone over 5%. I will continue to update the map as the article is updated.

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Hey, the Map on the article page is becoming severely outdated. How did you create it? Can you update it? thanks. ankit 19:09, 28 July 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ankitsingh83 (talk • contribs)

 Done, thanks for notifying me. Jolly Ω Janner 21:09, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Great. ankit 22:50, 28 July 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ankitsingh83 (talk • contribs)

Bigbury etc

Nice pics & congrats - sorry I missed that on Commons. --Herby ^{talk thyme} 06:42, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

incorrect version of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:High_Speed_Railroad_Map_Europe_2008.gif

You edited this page stating

"(Corrected Great Britain (no where in UK has speeds over 200km/h))"

The UK runs domestic services at speeds of 201km/h, and the eurostar can run at 300km/h, on high speed 1, please revert to the old version. (2009-03-30T15:56:12) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jibjohn19 (talk • contribs) 09:08, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry about that. They appear to have re-routed the the Eurostar's track now. Just out of interest, how do you decide which tracks to include i.e the tracks under 200 km/h, because obviously not all of them are on the map. How do you decide which ones to include and which ones not to include? Jolly Ω Janner 15:40, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

April 2009

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Yorkshire on the map

Hello, you recently added what you claimed was "Yorkshire" to this map on wikicommons, when it was North Yorkshire, not Yorkshire. Could you please see this discussion please? Regards Ijanderson (talk) 17:13, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for notifying me of the discussion. Jolly Ω Janner 18:17, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

User:PirateSmackK/Wikipedians

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did to User:PirateSmackK/Wikipedians. That list may be odd, but don't vandalize it. Yintaɳ  18:03, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

I know. I was planning on reverting it, but you beat me to it. Thanks. Jolly Ω Janner 18:16, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Chicken for the Stranger

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AN/I notice

An IP (not myself) has opened an AN/I thread about you, but I saw you were not notified. FYI. --64.85.221.59 (talk) 11:56, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification. Jolly Ω Janner 15:18, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Good articles

Teach me how to write GAs? PirateSmackK^Arrrr! 17:16, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Chose an article that you know some knowledge about or you are passionate about it. This will help you to gather your own information about it. Then add inline citations to like every sentence from reliable sources, excluding all sentences in the lead and maybe the infobox. Then nominate it at WP:GAC. Jolly Ω Janner 17:23, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

If you chose an article then let me know. I'll read through it etc and give you some pointers on it. Jolly Ω Janner 17:24, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

How abt we make Vampire into a GA? PirateSmackK^Arrrr! 18:00, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Vampie has already been a GA. It's currently a featured article, which is like a level up from GA. After an article is promoted to "FA status", it is no longer classed as a GA, but rather as a FA. It is still none-the-less a "good" article. How about Devon? You ever been there? Jolly Ω Janner 18:07, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

OK PirateSmackK^Arrrr! 18:12, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

I added one reference how cool is that? PirateSmackK^Arrrr! 18:29, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

By ED stadards, that's fairly cool. Unforunately it's not from a reliable source, so it is useless in GA criteria. You might also want to use a javascript tool located somewhere in the gadgets for adding references more easily. Jolly Ω Janner 18:39, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Adminship

You write very good articles PirateSmackK^Arrrr! 06:08, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Haha! Jolly Ω Janner 15:19, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

I was ing serious. PirateSmackK^Arrrr! 15:34, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Lol dude to be a sysop you've got to be into vandalism and reverting vandals, page deletions, licking sysops' asses etc. I'm more into improving the encyclopedia the good old fashioned way by writing and uploading pics. So, as you can see, by giving me such tools to block people and delete pages, it would be of no use to the encyclopedia as I'd rarely use it. Not to mention that some s would probably oppose me for being too unpexperienced etc... and if I'm really unlucky, you-know-what may pop-up in the conversation and could even threat my current status. Jolly Ω Janner 16:08, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

LOL --PirateSmackK^Arrrr! 16:10, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Kentucky fried

Thanks for the chicken. It was delicious. I passed on the bucket so others could have a piece :-).71.236.24.129 (talk) 23:22, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Rendel Harris

Quoting:- J. Rendel Harris: Sorry about previously saying that I would reinstate your edit. I looked at the reference you used and deemed it unreliable, so I will not be reinstating your edit. Jolly Ω Janner 12:44, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

I agree his connection with Plymouth is slight and he does not really need a mention.----Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 12:52, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:Air Southwest logo.png)

Thanks for uploading File:Air Southwest logo.png. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 05:06, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Robert Hawker

Portrait of Dr Robert Hawker, the most famous Vicar of the Charles Church

Robert Hawker (1753 - 1827) was a Devonian vicar of the Anglican Church and the most prominent of the vicars of Charles Church, Plymouth, Devon.My Brethren (organization). "Rev Robert Hawker". Retrieved 2009-05-23. I know the Wikipedia article on Hawker is otherwise unsourced but his notability for Plymouth looks good.----Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 07:05, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Ciudad Victoria

It is not as dry as you think it is. Look at some more data. That chart is wrong. It should be replaced.--Brout8 (talk) 23:16, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

I realise that the data for the chart isn't very reliable as it's only be studied for a few years, but I couldn't find any other reliable data. What data are you basing your assumptions on? It would be very useful to have this data. Look at Semi-arid climate and you'll see that the examples on that page actualy get more rainfall than Ciudad Victoria. I admit that Ciudad Victoria does have a slight wet/dry season effect and that's why I said it could "possibly" be classed as "subtropical" and a note on occasional hurricanes. I'm very sure that hurricanes do affect Ciudad Victoria every now and then. Jolly Ω Janner 12:56, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

You are correct. It is a semi-arid climate. However, it is not because of the amount of rainfall. It is a BWh, and not Aw, only because the winter temperature is 1.5 and 1 respective °C below the treshold for tropical climates in January and December. Otherwise it would easily be an Aw savanna climate. My mistake.

I get my weather data from Forca online. --Brout8 (talk) 01:40, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Kitten

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Good job on the map for flt 447

Just wanted to compliment you on a good job for the map work for the flt that is missing. Thanks for your work! --Funandtrvl (talk) 21:54, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

It was a joy to create it and receive comments for improvement. I'm amazed at how many articles across the Wimikeda are using it! Jolly Ω Janner 21:56, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Map

Sorry, I have removed your map from the AF447 article. The BBC map you cited states clearly that the last transmission was received from an unknown location, whereas your map puts a red dot along the flight path and labels it "Unknown Location". There shouldn't be a dot or any indication of where the flight went down, because there is no citation for that data. Thanks - Tempshill (talk) 22:52, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Oh, another recommendation in case you want to revise it: More data would be communicated if the label stated that the last transmission was received at an unknown location, rather than just having the text "Unknown Location", which I found confusing. Sorry to bother you. Regards - Tempshill (talk) 22:54, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

 Done thank you very much! Jolly Ω Janner 23:23, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Oops, got this confused with other thread and didn't realise the first thing you said... I'll remove the dot now. Jolly Ω Janner 23:24, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

 Done atlast! Jolly Ω Janner 23:28, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

A study on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies

Hi. I have emailed you to ask whether you would agree to participate in a short survey on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies in articles pertaining to global warming and climate change (survey described here). If interested, please email me Encyclopaedia21 (talk) 17:51, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Response to Current Events

Hello. This is a response to the message you send me regarding the edits I have made to the current events for June 8 of this year. That date has not yet occurred, therefore, it should not be up on the current events list for June of this year. Thank you for your concern. --Radiokid1010 (talk) 21:24, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

I believe it will be helpfull to have the formatting there, because it will help users who are unfamilier with the process to post current events. Jolly Ω Janner 21:44, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK credits

Please do not add spam in the DYK credit links. It could cause DYK to not be updated, and is disruptive in general. Shubinator (talk) 00:59, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Sorry about that. When I put "SPAM" in the edit summary, I was refering to the process of DYKbot SPAMing your talk page anyway, regardless of my extra comments. I thought it would be a nice change for users to feel loved. Jolly Ω Janner 01:03, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Adding an extra parameter to the template does not add a comment to the credits. However, it could cause the updating bot to crash. Shubinator (talk) 01:06, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Oh, I do appologise. What does the extra parameter do? Jolly Ω Janner 01:08, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Nothing. Thanks for helping fill the queues by the way. Shubinator (talk) 02:09, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Ken Foster

On June 12, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ken Foster, 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.

Jolly Janner 17:28, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK credits redux

Just FYI, in this update you accidentally listed me for nom credit, but I actually had nothing to do with that article (and the entry at T:TDYK didn't have me listed for credit). It's probably just a mix-up from adding a bunch of articles at once, and it's certainly not a huge deal, just thought I should let you know so you can watch out for similar mistakes in the future. Also, hopefully there wasn't anyone else who was supposed to get nom credit in that update but accidentally got replaced by me. rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 17:41, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

I pressumed that you provided the hook "that Mike Reid was a linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals before becoming a country music singer and releasing the single "Walk on Faith"?" and was worthy of some credit. Jolly Ω Janner 18:05, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Ah, I understand. I don't really mind not getting credit for changing hooks, since I didn't work on the article itself (and cleaning up hooks is just my job as a DYK reviewer); but it's at least good to know the credit wasn't an editing mistake. Best, rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 18:08, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

ing

I have already created 24 June 2009 Baghdad bombing. We have two articles. Keep whatever you think is the better Francium12 (talk) 23:00, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Merged, thanks for letting my know. Don't know where to put those other references though. Jolly Ω Janner 23:13, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

ITN for 24 June 2009 Baghdad bombing

On 25 June, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article 24 June 2009 Baghdad bombing, which you created. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 02:29, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Plymouth Synagogue

Thank you. I should be finished in about an hour. I would be flattered if you would nominate it for DKY. I wish I knew where to get a photo of the Torah Ark. It's very beautiful. Or of the building.Historicist (talk) 21:01, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you.Historicist (talk) 21:12, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Your userpage

Per this request and this follow-up comment on RFPP and this thread on 4chan, and in view of your absence from WP until the 18th July, I have protected your userpage for a month. Mfield (Oi!) 00:43, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Ah, I see 4chan's block on wikipedia.org URLs hasn't stopped Grawp. Oh well, you might as well have locked it for ever. I mean, why would anyone else need to edit my user page? Thanks, Jolly Ω Janner 00:46, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Per your request I have semi protected it indefinitely now. Mfield (Oi!) 00:49, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

. Jolly Ω Janner 00:52, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Plymouth Synagogue

Hello! Your submission of Plymouth Synagogue at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! candle•wicke 19:11, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Plymouth Synagogue

On July 16, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Plymouth Synagogue, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 04:41, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

{{Climate chart}} edit

This edit does not actually change the width of the template. If you can actually provide evidence that the previous version changes the width of the template on purged instances of the template then I will be happy to correct this. If you cannot, then I would suggest that in future you consult editors with more experience of templatespace before reverting in future. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 00:48, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

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  After

Have a look at the new test cases and see if this is resolved for you. The problem appears to be that the infobox class assigns more padding to the data cells by default; I've corrected the template to match. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 14:32, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

No, the "new" versions are still wider and have a grey background (although I'm not too bothered about the grey background, I prefer white) even after purging the page. Sorry, Jolly Ω Janner 14:38, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

I can't replicate this observation with either IE or Firefox. The background change was deliberate. Anyway, I'm going to take this to the template talk page, as I see no basis in the rationale that a minor change in the default width (which I can't even reproduce) will have any deleterious effect on existing layout. What inspired me to make the change in the first place was seeing to layout problems that the current version has one articles. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 14:48, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Compunetix Logo

The high resolution logo is from Compunetix, Inc. It was not on any webpage, but was rather uploaded from the company itself. That's why it needs to have the full logo-associated copyright and cannot be listed as public domain. Thank you for your help. Bzollner (talk) 13:26, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

It isn't copyrighted. If you would like to contest that then nominate the file on Commons for deletion. Jolly Ω Janner 16:00, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

ITN for 2009 southern Europe wildfires

On 26 July, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article 2009 southern Europe wildfires, which you created. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 07:06, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

:)

		The Original Barnstar
		For solving the age-old problem of images at Goatse.cx with a bold edit that miraculously gained no real objection. Well done. ~ mazca talk 18:55, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Tell me about it! You only know the half of it lol. Hopefully Wikipedia will get one of these (external link is suppose to be to ED's Goatse Barnstar, but is filtered)... Thank you! Jolly Ω Janner 19:44, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Climate of south-west England

Thanks for putting back wikiproject stuff etc - I copied it to use elsewhere & must have cut by mistake. I'm not trying to be over critical of your good work on the article, just trying to help make it better.— Rod ^talk 21:48, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Italics for foreign words

Does the italics for foreign words also include people's names? Just wondering before I start working on Los Infernales??

Teignmouth

I did it because it is useless info, on which no one cares. i might as well put i found a snail and called it Billy in Teignmouth. It's just some rocks.Liam Robson. (talk) 17:05, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

I can understand what your on about, but maybe we should just make a whole article about it, because we could also put that on Dawlish's page aswell.Liam Robson. (talk) 17:20, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Ok, im happy now.Liam Robson. (talk) 11:28, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

CanOfWorms

Thank you for your support on the Admin page. I was only reverting his edit to see what happened - and what did happen was predictable. --Phil Holmes (talk) 21:49, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Northamptonshire

Hi Jolly Janner! A Wikipedia:WikiProject Northamptonshire has now been created. If you wish to help out improving articles relating to anything in the county, please don't hesitate to go to the page and sign up! --Kudpung (talk) 12:51, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

DYK Farm Town

my nomination's entry has been further expanded to meet the 5x requirement. Mgreason (talk) 15:17, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

No, how are you measuring it? I use Javascript kit and do not copy and paste captions, headings, references or tables. Jolly Ω Janner 16:45, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

List of countries by intentional homicide rate

Hello there. Could you fix the table, please? The information that you put is good and it isn't wrong, but the flags are missing and the table is strange. Thank you.--Italodal (talk) 20:49, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Climate of south-west England

On August 10, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Climate of south-west England, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

WP:DYK 14:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Dorset needs YOU!

What?

Since you are listed under Wikipedians in Dorset, I am hoping you may be interested in saving the article on Dorset. The article was promoted to featured status in 2005, when the standards for FA were not as strict, and therefore it is soon to be reviewed once again. Currently the article, if only for lack of references, would fail to pass the Featured article review.

How?

Your help, however much, will be vital in keeping this important article at FA. At WikiProject Dorset, the WP devoted to Dorset-related articles, we will be helping to organise restoration of the article. As well, there will be discussion on Dorset's talk page. If you know anyone else who may be interested in helping, contact them and/or copy this into their talk page. Please, do get involved!

Kind regards, MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 16:21, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Legend of the Parson and Clerk

On August 13, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Legend of the Parson and Clerk, which you recently nominated. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Wikiproject: Did you know? 08:14, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

United Kingdom foreign-born population by country of birth map

Hi. I've spotted a problem with a map you created. On File:United Kingdom foreign born population by country of birth.png, the lowest population category on the key represents groups with fewer than 19,999 members, but the source only gives figures for countries of birth with 21,000 members or more. That means that any country of birth not in the source has a group size of fewer than 21,000, not fewer than 19,999 as the map suggests. Do you think you could fix this?

Also, I thought you might want to know that someone appears to be using your map to promote the BNP on YouTube (see here). I'm not sure if there's any way to stop them from using it, but I wouldn't be too happy myself. Cordless Larry (talk) 12:59, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification. I have now fixed the problem on the maps. Also, the BNP are allowed to use my map if they wish, as it's licensed into the public domain. Although I highly doubt that it is the BNP who made that video. I'm not too concerned as the video is just a screenshot and has gained very little interest from YouTube viewers. Jolly Ω Janner 13:20, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Great, thanks. I agree, it's not the BNP but rather a supporter. Fair enough if you're not bothered though. Cordless Larry (talk) 13:49, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

I read that report a bit more and saw that it also had data for people's nationality and not just their country of birth, so I made a couple of maps for that too. Jolly Ω Janner 16:47, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. That could come in handy. Cordless Larry (talk) 18:17, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Photo request: Flybe headquarters

Is the Exeter Airport convenient for you? If so, would you mind photographing Flybe's headquarters? Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 21:04, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

No, sorry. Have you tried Geograph British Isles? Jolly Ω Janner 23:22, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for mentioning it! I had no idea that the repository even existed! Anyway, I searched for "Flybe" here http://www.geograph.org.uk/content/ - unfortunately I have not found any matches. WhisperToMe (talk) 00:06, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Try "Exeter Airport". Not sure if what you're looking for is in there. Flickr might also be worth a try, but check the license of the photo, 'cause most of them aren't free. Jolly Ω Janner 00:35, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for showing me the results; even though I still haven't found an image of the Flybe HQ, I found a good shot of the Exeter Airport terminal from that link. Now Exeter International Airport shows a sharp image of the terminal. WhisperToMe (talk) 01:26, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi

Hello :-D --64.15.147.70 (talk) 18:43, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Are you on IM right now?64.15.147.70 (talk) 19:47, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Maybe from the COD forum or somewhere else...I think I have your email if it starts with an H o__O 64.15.147.70 (talk) 19:53, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

RE: Goatse

It was unused except for a case of vandalism I had to clean up, so I deleted it (I didn't note the recent usage). It's also unfree. This isn't about censorship, don't worry. If somebody can come up with a good argument for reinstating an unfree image, I'd be happy to undelete it. Cheers, Master of Puppets 16:44, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm just opposed to the usage of fair-use images in cases like this; however, hiding the image upon page load is a bit perplexing. That's not outright censorship, but that shouldn't happen (consider, for example, what would happen if we coded Wikipedia to highlight all usages of " " in black, so that they'd only be visible if selected). In relation to the image deletion, I didn't know it was recently used on Goatse; rather, as I mentioned, it had only been used for vandalism. And, as it was unfree, I felt it justified to sidestep the seven-day wait and just delete it. Apologies to you guys for disrupting your consensus-gathering. Master of Puppets 16:56, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

In this case, I'm not quite sure this is being handled in the best way. If people really want an image there, then it shouldn't be hidden; that's censoring, which overrides local consensus. However, I also don't think the image is completely necessary. It isn't because I'm offended by it, but it doesn't provide much encyclopedic information. That second point is personal opinion, so you don't have to take it into account; please consider the first point, though. Master of Puppets 15:14, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

I understand that perspective, but the problem is that it can be applied universally. One can never realistically visualize something if they've only read a description. Again, this is a matter of consensus, and it seems that people have already agreed on using an image, so I won't attempt to change that. I'm just hesitant to resurrect the image if it will be used in a censored fashion. Master of Puppets 15:28, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Alright, I'll restore it when there aren't people sitting behind me wondering what I'm doing. Master of Puppets 15:48, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK for al-Azhar

Responded, the diff you cite was when it was in my userspace. Prior to being moved the original article was a redirect. The DYK criteria says that it does not matter how long it takes to develop in userspace. This was effectively a new article made on the 29th. nableezy - 02:02, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

DYK for KKK

The templete for the latest nomination for History of in New Jersey showed you as the nominator. As I was attempting to verify the hook and promote your ALT1, It showed an edit conflict with you approving the hook. I would just suggest refraining from verifing a hook in which you nominated. This just give the opportunity for a second set of eyes. Also wanted to stop by and thank you for your help over at DYK. Thanks again Calmer Waters 18:32, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

I didn't verify it. I leave that to other users. Another used did verify it, but put it in between the hidden comment tags, so it didn't appear. I merely moved it out of the hidden comment tags, so we could see the user's approval. Jolly Ω Janner 18:36, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Ah I see what happened now. Because you put it in the hidden comment it didn't add your signature when you typed ~~~~. When I removed it out, it thought I was the one who added the signatured and so signed me to it. Jolly Ω Janner 18:38, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Oh, then please disregards. My error :) Good old monoscript huh :/ Calmer Waters 19:59, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

DYK Queue update

OK, I updated from the prep areas. Now, what do I do about the credits? I wouldn't want to lose them (I would remember how to do them from the pre-bot days, but the fact is that since the bot was created I haven't had to do that, so I'm out of practice). Daniel Case (talk) 23:49, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Alright, I got it. I added the {{DYKbotdo}} already, which is what you seem to be talking about. Daniel Case (talk) 00:03, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Wow. Thanks. I notice you added "in the area" ... is this more common for Italianate buildings outside the US? I've never seen them on any other Italianate rowhouses over here, anywhere. Daniel Case (talk) 00:13, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Then I think you meant "of that era" :-). Daniel Case (talk) 00:21, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. Daniel Case (talk) 00:24, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Number of hooks in updates

Hi there, JJ, and first of all, thankyou for helping out at DYK!

Just one minor point - standard length of a DYK update ATM is 8 hooks, I notice that you've done a couple with only 7. Please try to stick to the standard length as it helps with project co-ordination and prevents a backlog from forming. Thanks once again for your assistance, Gatoclass (talk) 00:37, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

I understand, but the ITN section is rather small at the moment, so on preview there's a bit of gap on the right-hand side. I'll try and get up to eight hooks on this prep. Cheers. Jolly Ω Janner 00:48, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

The ITN people will usually make adjustments if there is a gap, but if you start posting 7-hook updates, they may shorten it which means we have the same problem in the opposite direction. Best just to stick to eight hooks per update IMO. Gatoclass (talk) 01:01, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

DYK for History of in New Jersey

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DYK help

Hi there. I'm happy to see that you are helping out at DYK as you did with this edit. Please allow me to remind you though that you should virtually always respect it if a page is tagged with {{inuse}} and not edit the page as long as the tag is on it (and as long as you can see that someone is actively editing it) to avoid edit conflicts. Regards SoWhy 22:16, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Aw, I'm sorry man. I'll wait until you remove the tag next time. Jolly Ω Janner 22:47, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

HMS Indomitable (1907)

Hi. I think you might have made a slight error with this dyk credit. I did absolutely nothing for that article, other than supplying an alt hook. Just calling to let you know, no biggie. Nice photos yuo got, btw. 88.90.88.107 (talk) 04:17, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

I know, you got a "DYK nom credit", which means you get some credit for making a good hook. I got a message last week saying I had contributed to an article when I only came up with the hook for it. Probably a bot error or something. Cheers for the hook. Jolly Ω Janner 16:24, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Goody then. Thanks. 88.90.88.107 (talk) 02:58, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

DYK

Hey, I'm not up on how hooks are selected when approved, but I'm curious why you took this over this? Grsz¹¹ 05:11, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

The words "Fighting Squirrels" are quite interesting. When I reviewed your ALT it read "adult cartoon character", so I pressumed that meant adult and not ographic. Had I know this, I'd have to agree with you that it's probably more interesting. I think the hooks were quite bad last night as I was tired and in a hurry, because my laptop was about to run out of battery and there were no hooks in the queues for tomorrow. Jolly Ω Janner 16:23, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

No problem, I was just unsure how a decision is made between ALTs, not just yours specifically. Thanks! Grsz¹¹ 18:25, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

I usually base my decision on which receives the most support from other users. Otherwise, I'll go with the one that's gonna get more "hits". Jolly Ω Janner 18:46, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Nuris

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Floods

So, you moved the article. Fair enough I suppose. How about expanding it to cover Ireland too, which has also had a fair deluge (see Wikinews). November 2009 United Kingdom and Ireland floods? Mjroots (talk) 20:36, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I always forget about Ireland 'cause it's never mentioned on BBC News etc. I've tried to include Ireland. I don't hear much news about Ireland's flooding, so if you could contribute some that would be great. Sadly the Met Office don't mention Ireland either. Jolly Ω Janner 20:50, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Info about Ireland can be found via Portal:Current events, where there are links to various Irish new sources. On another note, having two columns of refs creates a lot of white space with Firefox. I'm seeing two columns of refs, and the top of a third colum links to Commons and Wikinews, but the rest of it is blank. Reverting to one column refs would cure this, otherwise move the Commons and Wikinews to the bottom of the refs. Mjroots (talk) 22:09, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Ah I see. I use IE and it only has one column. I'll try edit in Firefox to get it looking smooth in both browsers. Jolly Ω Janner 22:13, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

ITN for November 2009 Great Britain and Ireland floods

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RE: Flooding

As well as the reasons I posted on the talk page of the article, they are separate land masses. Someone navigating to the article will either be particularly interested in one or the other (Ireland or the United Kingdom), so it makes sense for them to appear as separate sections in the contents. In a sense, I do feel they should be separate articles, but there is not enough to create one, and there likely will never be. If you can provide any reasoning as to why 'chronological ordering makes more sense surely' (sic), then please do. Thanks, Vivara (talk) 22:30, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

'Chronological ordering also affects areas based on their geography. People from Wales and south Britain might look earlier into the article, because there was a seperate storm. People up north might look later on towards the storms that have been flooding this week. It also builds up a patchwork of how the persistant rains cumulated to the flooding point through saturation of the soil'

The contents section clearly indicates the separate storms. We have added separate sections to one part of the '18–21 November' part because I felt it needed separation. Your argument makes little or no sense in real terms. Yes, people interested in the first storm will go to the section about the first storm. The only place affected in a major way was the United Kingdom, so no problems there. And people interested in the second storm will, yes, go the the section about the second storm. Separating it into 'Ireland' and 'Great Britain' does not affect this. In fact, it provides easy access of interest to the user. I also do not see how the separation changes the way the saturation of soil is seen in the article, and feel this is a very minor issue compared to the overall one. If there is a large consensus to revert the separation (and if there is, we will see it due to the feature on the main page), then it will be seen on the talk page. Regards, Ed (Vivara (talk) 22:55, 21 November 2009 (UTC)).

No, I didn't take the picture, but I have full permission to use it as if I did. I presume it is OK to do that so. Thanks. Vivara (talk) 00:39, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi, the photo was sent to me as is by someone who claimed he took it and that I could upload it. Feel free to change to the real one if you have found that it is photoshopped. Thanks, Vivara (talk) 01:09, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

CSD nom of File:Flood bridge.jpg

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Hi Jolly Janner. I am Cargoking and you probably have seen me around ITN. I have identified you as an ITN regular, so I thought I would inform you of a discussion opened on 5 December 2009. MSGJ suggested on Arsonal's (who's fairly new to ITN) talk page, that ITN suggestions made on the candidate's page would be put on separate pages, such as Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/2009-12-05. The past seven days of discussion would be automatically transcluded. "This would avoid the need for archiving and it would also leave the history of the page intact. It might also make it easier to create new days because we can use preload templates, etc." The only disadvantage to this proposal would be that each new comment would not show up on people's watchlists. You are invited to take part in discussion here. Thanks,  Cargoking  talk  17:31, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

List of countries by ecological footprint

Thanks for catching my error, I also found countries that are not in the excel sheet that are in the EF Atlas 2009 and added them as well CK6569 (talk) 21:03, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Devon County Council

Good article - hope you don't mind my edits! I used to work there... Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:10, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I feel the layout is better organised now, although the inline citations are in the wrong order or, in some cases, not even there. Jolly Ω Janner 16:21, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Probably my fault, but feel free to correct them :) Ghmyrtle (talk) 16:30, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Well

It is fairly useful if not quite "awesome" :) --Herby ^{talk thyme} 13:05, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK catch

Thanks for that! Staxringold _talk^contribs 20:02, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

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Off topic?

The whole Shaikh article is about China, drug smuggling, and the death sentence. I just don't get why you said my comments were off topic. I have reinstated your removal of them. Ohconfucius ^¡digame! 04:01, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

The talk page is a place to disscuss how to imrove the article. I just can't see how your comment is doing that. The user of language makes it seem like a comment you'd find in a forum, where you are merely describing how things happen in China. Please make sure that all comments are directly linked to the construction of the article. Otherwise we'll end up with loads of arguements amongst users and an overly large talk page. Jolly Ω Janner 04:15, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Well, that's probably because most of that thread was off topic. I was merely responding to the discussion taking place. Ohconfucius ^¡digame! 05:46, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

European winter storms of 2009-10

I would have no objection to that. The pruning was necessary, but likewise appraisal of my amendations. Orthorhombic (talk) 15:51, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

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Edited Comment

Hey, thats fine - I was doing it off memory, so I was close - thanks all the same :)--OrangeStu (talk) 00:07, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Editing Plymouth article

Thanks for the message. I've tried to be concise as I could but I really felt there were some glaring ommissions (no mention of the National Aquarium for example). I won't be too upset if you want to edit them further. I'm afraid I didn't see the link to the Plymouth History page. Although I'm a Londoner, Plymouth has always been my second home - Mum grew up there and Dad was born in Saltash. I take your point about the references, I'll try to find some better ones next time I'm at the library. Alansplodge (talk) 19:48, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

goatse mediation

just an FYI - the mediator is waiting on initial statements in the goatse issue here - Wikipedia:Mediation_Cabal/Cases/2010-01-12/Goatse.cx. if you could make a statement or some other notification, that would expedite things. thanks. --Ludwigs2 21:46, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Home Park

Hi JJ, thankyou for rating it so quickly. If you have any recommendations on how to improve it further then let me know and I'll try to implement it as best I can. I want to make this article as good as possible. Much appreciated. Argyle 4 Life (talk) 06:07, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Ivybridge

Hi Jolly. Thanks for your question. I've replied on my talk page. Skinsmoke (talk) 16:37, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

No probs. As you clearly have an interest in the Plymouth area, you might care to have a look at what I've done to St Budeaux, to see if I've missed anything. There appeared to have been a mangled merge in the past into St. Budeaux, Plymouth, but I could see no reason for a disambiguation (there are no other St Budeauxs (??!?) on Wikipedia) and, of course, Wikipedia UK policy is to spell it St Budeaux, not St. Budeaux. The article could do with a bit of work (a few citations wouldn't go amiss), but I haven't had time to tackle that.

I also added Devonport to the Devon template. As a former county borough and, at one time more important than Plymouth itself, I thought it was worthy of being listed as a major Devon settlement. Skinsmoke (talk) 16:49, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

ITN: Xynthia (storm)

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Voting intention graph

Hi, I've just noticed that the United Kingdom general election, 2010 article says that your voting intentions graph is from Ipsos MORI's data, but it looks like it's a collection of data from all pollsters: ComRes' rogue poll from May 2009 sticks out like a sore thumb. I'm not sure quite how legitimate it is to do this, as a good deal of the variations will be from differences in polling methodology, rather than any legitimate changes in opinion. It is a nice graph, though; might I suggest that you either choose one pollster and stick to it, or use a moving average to smooth out the discrepancies? —Wereon (talk) 00:11, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Hey there!!

Just swinging by to say hi. Hope things are good with you these days :) Anyways - it's been ages! - Alison ^❤ 06:58, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

File:Goatse.fr homepage.png listed for deletion

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Wikipedia talk:Notability (organizations and companies)#Broadcasting stations

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United Kingdom general election, 2010

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Anglo

Hi Jolly Janner!

Following a speedy deletion request, I deleted "Anglo " under criterion G10, as a page seemingly serving no other purpose than to disparage some entity. If you can provide a reasonable explanation of why it is a plausible redirect, I will restore and probably list it at RfD instead. Regards, decltype (talk) 09:58, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

No, I support its deletion. I cannot find many uses of the word outside a small minority on the Internet, so I do not think it is a common enough word for it to serve any purposes as a redirect. I have no idea why I created it in the first place. Jolly Ω Janner 11:10, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for the clarification! Regards, decltype (talk) 11:38, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Removal of my name / Deletion log for Google

Hi Jolly Janner. My page was deleted several times upon my request yet my name still appears and is thus listed in the Google index. I would like my name and the deletion log to be fully suppressed at that point in order that no information appears anymore on Wikipedia and Google. Please provide me with with advice or help me contact the appropriate Wikipedia person if you cannot do anything, it has been months that my name appears on Wikipedia and Google and I do not know what to do. I have sent removal request to Google already and they deny them saying that my name was kept on Wikipedia and therefore cannot be removed. Thank you very much for your assistance, regards. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Academic2005 (talk • contribs) 10:00, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Shayan Italia Post

Hi, can you tell me if the picture I posted is suitable for the Shayan Italia post. Thanks. .--Musiceditor123

So Jolly can I keep the image I have put? Thanks for the help. --Musiceditor123 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Musiceditor123 (talk • contribs) 18:10, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

If the images I posted are not suitable, please could you find a picture of Shayan Italia that fulfills the neccessary requirements. Thanks, your help is much appreciated. (talk Musiceditor123--Musiceditor123 (talk) 18:37, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Infobox winter listed at Redirects for discussion

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Agree; will hurry things up by speedying it via user request ;) Jolly Ω Janner 21:36, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

OHI

How are things dude? I'd add some lulz to your userpage but its protected. I've long been considering buying a camera, which one do you use for your commons uploads? --MudkipsLieker (talk) 20:48, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

I'm good thank you. I'm sorry for my user page being locked; feel free to add some lulz to my talk page or to your own user page. I use a FujiFilm FinePix J15fd. Quite cheap and very good for the cost of it. Just tried out a new Olympus today and it was quite dissapointing to be honest; colours were terrible and it can't focus for shit. If you're loaded then go for a DSLR. Jolly Ω Janner 21:39, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

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Hello

Do you want some JAGUER? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Againstabivouac (talk • contribs) 10:05, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Only if it comes with gravy! --Jolly Ω Janner 16:56, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Removal

Hi. The edits were from one of several copycat accounts of a longtime hard-banned user, User:JarlaxleArtemis. Some time ago, this user created a new persona named "Grawp" after the Harry Potter character and has posted instructions on how to disrupt this site at Encyclopedia Dramatica. These don't pop up often anymore, but when they do, the edit summaries are full of insults toward admins who have come up against these attack in the past. the attack against me referred to my long-ago username, since abandoned per my own choice in good standing. Somehow, these kids feel that calling me by that username is an insult when it clearly is not. A CU just turned up about seven more socks from the same user, all with the same taunts and insults. As such, I feel it's warranted to block the insults and not feed this troll and others who will certainly come here to gloat. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 15:30, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

• I noticed he'd clobbered you as well after I answered you and reviewed my block of this guy. I rather like your answer to him, BTW. Pass the gravy! --PMDrive1061 (talk) 20:10, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

• It wasn't Jarlie - it was actually JtV just stirring trouble. No biggie - Alison ^❤ 21:42, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

WP Northamptonshire

Hi Jolly just to let you know some Northamptonshire articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release (which I never herd of until today). It can be seen here. It just advises to make some Northants articles better and I'm currently working on Northamptonshire which is coming along nicely, but help would be appreciated, best Likelife (talk) 16:06, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Old St Cuthbert's Church, Oborne

Thanks for spotting my error on Talk:Old St Cuthbert's Church, Oborne. I've been working my way through the list at Churches Conservation Trust & I've finished Devon & moved on to Dorset but hadn't updated my tagging.— Rod ^talk 15:35, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Poll/discussion

Perhaps the poll and discussion sections will be easier to discern now that I added headings to both. Could you move your last comment into the discussion, please? Thanks. --Born2cycle (talk) 21:58, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

I'm typing another comment at the moment. I give you permission to move it for me. Jolly Ω Janner 22:00, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Hi, Jolly - thank you for your efforts and involvement. I expect I'll be seeing you again next Thanksgiving, and the one after that, and the one after that... manic laugh. Stevebritgimp (talk) 19:48, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

I lol'd hard. The Drake Circus thing has somehow ed up again, as the talk pages are all a mess with page logs. Take care, Steve. Jolly Ω Janner 19:55, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for linking me to this lmao. SeventhBase (talk) 21:59, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

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Bloody hell. This is my third attempt at getting this redirect deleted (following a request on an admin's talk page and a speedy delete) for something that is merely a technical deletion. Jolly Ω Janner 16:03, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

ITN for Aero Caribbean Flight 883

--HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:46, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

lmao

Has it really been that long? - 'grats :) - Alison ^❤ 02:50, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Yep and coincidentaly I am dressing up IRL as a certain fictional character from a certain film release tomorrow :P Jolly Ω Janner 03:27, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

trollface.jpg - Alison ^❤ 08:54, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Seems like only yesterday...:) Enjoy the film and congrats too. --Herby ^{talk thyme} 15:28, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

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• I want pictures of that if it's to happen!! :3- Alison ^❤ 19:39, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

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HGR?

Is Devon experiencing a little ice age? 79.22.59.19 (talk) 00:13, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Not to my knowledge. Currently 11°C. Jolly Ω Janner 14:14, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Jelly Janner

U JELLY? Cerealguyjpg (talk) 01:40, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Next cockpuppet name decided. Thanks :) Jolly Ω Janner 23:47, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

O_o - Alison ^❤ 01:34, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Edit

I don't know how the heck all those curse words were removed, but all I was removing was the jelly comment. And I really don't want to get in a edit war or get into a big fight over this. --Thebirdlover (talk) 01:51, 2 February 2011 (UTC)