User talk:WhisperToMe/Archive 18

Re:photo requests

Hi, I guess I do do requests, but for places like those, you may be waiting a while. Kanata is a long bus ride, and Hull is a fairly long walk (short bus ride, but out of my way). I can do anything in Central Ottawa though, or the Riverview area. -- Earl Andrew - talk 17:09, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

That's not too bad, I'll see what I can do. -- Earl Andrew - talk 03:22, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Kudos

Just wanted to express my appreciation to a fellow editor. I love the fact that you posted a timestamp on your recent Kick-Ass (film) YouTube citation. I wish more editors were as careful and conscientious. My compliments and regards! --Tenebrae (talk) 16:53, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Lester Coleman

Hi WhisperToMe,
This edit, and the following one by the same editor at Lester Coleman may interest you. They infer the guy is dead, among other things. Regards- 220.101 talk^\Contribs 20:05, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

McDonald's

WhisperToMe -

I am contacting you on behalf of McDonald’s as I work on their communications team. I've noticed that you've made edits recently and are one of the top editors of the McDonald's page. First off, I wanted to thank you for the fantastic work you’ve done in keeping the McDonald’s Wikipedia page up to date and accurate. The page is very well written, shows your professionalism and exemplifies the credibility in using Wikipedia to learn about McDonald’s!

Second, while you seem to have things under control, I wanted to reach out to you to see if there’s any information or materials that we can provide you with to further enhance the page. For example, as McDonald’s continues to add new menu items and expand the number of operating restaurants around the world, we have a number of new facts and figures (nutritional information on products, number of operating stores worldwide, etc.) that you might find beneficial. Additionally, we’ve established a presence in the social media world on Facebook and Twitter that we’re increasingly relying on to interact with our customers. Whatever the case may be, please use me as a resource.

I look forward to hearing from you and thanks again! Egerstea (talk) 23:12, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

London photos

In case your watchlist misses it - Wikipedia talk:WikiProject London#London photo requests Le Deluge (talk) 21:20, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Air Koryo

I didn't remove the photo - simply moved it to the Gallery. In any event, there is already an article on the airport and no need to add to the congested lead. Best regards, --Kristoferb (talk) 11:33, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

I don't disagree. However, you have no evidence to support your claim and I, for one, don't recall any obvious office in the airport. An airport, moreover, is not simply the passenger terminal - there are likely many out buildings in the vicinity - any of which could be the head office. --Kristoferb (talk) 12:42, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

I'm not convinced. I don't think you make a viable case for repeating images in a string of article where each image holds greater than average value. --Kristoferb (talk) 12:52, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

i.e. North Korean articles (not exactly an excess of quality images floating around). Why should we repeat a generic photo of the airside of a terminal in which the HQ may or may not be located... in the already crowded lead no less? If you want to put it in the Gallery, I have absolutely no objection.

Why on earth are you so keen to worsen an article just for the sake of showing an irrelevant portion of a building already adequately covered elsewhere? Seems misguided to me. Good luck with your email.--Kristoferb (talk) 13:14, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Air Koryo is an AIRLINE - planes are somewhat important. Clearly this conversation is going nowhere fast, so goodnight.--Kristoferb (talk) 13:22, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

For third party readers: Airline articles still have airport photos, and contributors have judged that they are relevant. I do not agree with Kristoferb's argument, and I believe that existing Wikipedia articles have set a precedent that it is okay to have an airport photo in the article, and that precedent opposes Kristoferb's viewpoint. Plus aircraft exteriors are not the only aspect of an airline. There are also check-in machines, aircraft interiors, flight attendants, etc. etc. WhisperToMe (talk) 13:32, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Lahore's facebook page

Hi Admin, I'd like to request you to please replace the main image of Lahore (in the facebook-wiki page of Lahore: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Lahore-Pakistan/108104849224069) to this image (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:329px-Lahore%27s_Montage.jpg). The map in the page looks quite odd. All cities have their montages on their facebook page, so should Lahore. Thanks :) (Watercolor121 (talk))

Gatwick Airport (inclusion of non-aviation businesses)

Hello user en:User:WhisperToMe: I disagree with you re inclusion of non-aviation businesses on/close to airport premises in Gatwick Airport article specifically and other airport articles generally for the following reasons: There may be loads of relatively small such companies that are located on or near various airport premises; unless these are notable for playing an important role in the airport's development even as non-aviation businesses, why mention them in an airport-specific article? What value does it add to the article in an airport/aviation context? Where do you draw the line, especially when adding this information to an already very comprehensive and detailed article such as the one about Gatwick Airport? In Gatwick's case in particular there are/have been a number of other non-aviation firms on or near its premises that, as to the best of my knowledge, did not locate themselves there primarily because of the airport, including for example CP Ships (a container shipping company that was taken over by Hapag Lloyd a few years ago) and the investment arms of several banks such as RBS for instance. I have therefore removed the relevant passage under the "Facilities" heading of the article, which is basically what the anonymous user using IP address 86.163.231.70 already did in 2010.Devanahalli2008 (talk)

Hello again user en:User:WhisperToMe: Many thanks for your efforts to reply to the points I'd raised earlier on this page. I noted your responses. Re Western GeCo, I still think it would be better to include this info in a separate article linked to the "Facilities" section of the "Gatwick Airport" article. Re mentioning that BCal and Laker had their HQs on the airport's premises in the past, what about other LGW airline HQs preceding theirs, eg BUA (1968-70), Air Couriers, Lloyd International, Overseas Aviation, Transglobe and, more recently, CityFlyer Express? This info is actually available in the relevant airline articles. Devanahalli2008 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:33, 13 February 2011 (UTC).

HPD Controversies sections

As you know, there has been a number of controversies with alleged beatings and I'm wondering if perhaps it might be time to include them in the Houston Police Department, but I don't want them to take over the whole swaths of the article. A week or so ago, there was someone that started a minor article on officers arrested, and I'm pondering whether to shift it over to History of the Houston Police Department since there wasn't much information on it, but in the case of the beatings, it might be a totally different manner. Basically, I'm asking for an opinion and some help with the matter since I'm a little too close to the article and the topic as a whole. --Hourick (talk) 17:11, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

I guess that'll be put in, but what about the arrested officers section? Since there isn't really an issue there, should they simply be pushed into the history article in the appropriate section or just deleted altogether?

Well, looking at the other articles, there is no such section, but there is a "CONTROVERSY" section which includes some fairly substantial issues that have merited quite a bit of news coverage. I'm more inclined to do that then to simply name officers who have been arrested on something that's fairly isn't notable. But again, considering I put quite a bit of time on these two articles, you can see how my perception might be skewed. I started collecting bookmarks for references and will see how to put it properly, but I would appreciate it if you or others would keep an eye on it so I am to remain impartial on the matter without over compensating one way or another. I hope to start on it sometime this week. --Hourick (talk) 06:26, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Started [new article] on the topic. Rough draft, so depending on how it forms, it MAY be a new article hooked to HPD, or simply condensed and merged with it. We'll see how it goes, but I figured you might see what I'm doing. Mind you, it's very rough. --Hourick (talk) 19:56, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Okay, I created the Chad Holley article, and added a smaller section on the HPD article. Hopefully Chad Holley's will survive some Deleting happy editors and attract some contributions.

Speedy Deletion of redirect

Hi, I was wondering if you could delete the redirect 2010-2011 Arab world protests in order to make way for a move to that title from the current article. Master&Expert (Talk) 20:30, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

reddesk question moved

Hi, I moved your question to the Language Reference Desk -- it didn't seem to belong on the RefDesk talk page where it was placed. Looie496 (talk) 01:37, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Reply

Hi..., I have read your comment on my talk page. Thanks --Fadli Idris (talk) 04:24, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Cheshunt

See reply. Simply south...... 19:25, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Ferrovial's headquarters

Done:

--Zaqarbal (talk) 14:25, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

RE:Bakirköy

Hallo, you are right, I forgot to justify the removal. Shame on myself! The problem is that Bakirköy is both a neighborhood, a municipality (belediye) and a district (which is very large, extending over Yesilköy, Yesilyürt, Florya, etc.). Now, the article deals only with the neighborhood (it is specified in the incipit), and the headquarters of THY are not in Bakirköy (neighborhood), but in Yesilköy (and there belongs the info and the picture). That's why I removed the picture. Cheers, Alex2006 (talk) 07:49, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Hallo, an article about the district as in the Turkish Wikipedia does not exists (yet) on Wikipedia English. Anyway, i think that the approach used here is correct, since in Istanbul when one says "I am going to Bakirköy" he/she means the neighborhood, not the district, which has only administrative purposes. Until 1970 Bakirköy was a village surrounded by countryside (as it was Yesilköy, where we have an apartment). Cheers, Alex2006 (talk) 08:06, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Yes, this make sense! And also the general info, which belongs to the district, as THY, Air War School (Yesilyürt), etc. By the way, is it not deep night now in Houston?  :-) Cheers, Alex2006 (talk) 09:46, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Here in Zurich we're going to lunch soon... The earth is round! :-) Buonanotte, :-) Alex2006 (talk) 09:51, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

What are photo area request? Actually my only camera is a 30 year old chinon :-), my picture of Rome and Istanbul have been shot using the camera of my girlfriend :-), but maybe in the next time I can take some shot (now she is here). What do you need in particular? Alex2006 (talk) 20:43, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Si Gam Aceh

Hello,

thanks for the information :)

I unfortunatly don't have much time to look at it personally, but your topic on meta's forum has been linked on the steward ML. This will hopefully provide more pairs of vigilant eyes on this case

DarkoNeko x 00:31, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Sources

If you are going to add "Sources" to an article talk page it is significantly more useful if you back up those sources using WebCitation.org before you add them. -- Horkana (talk) 04:18, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Re:Userbox

Hi, Mr. Whisper!

Thanks for your information. I can try to translate it into Indonesian language.

Sincerely. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 10:40, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. It's seem Mr. Wagino has done it. M. Adiputra (talk) 12:14, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Okay, cheers. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 15:36, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Okay, Mr. Whisper! But I'm discussion about it userbox to some peoples in Indonesian Wikipedia before I'm upload it.

I has replaced English Wikipedia to Wikimedia Foundation. Can you agree it correction? Wagino 20100516 (talk) 16:22, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your support. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 16:26, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

I have been discussing with some Wikipedia users in Indonesian and has obtained several opinions. From the results of these discussions I have made a user box with this code. Please help so that you are willing to make that code into a template with the syntax {{Pengguna menolak gambar Nabi Muhammad dipublikasikan}}.

Thank you for your help and support. Greetings. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 02:40, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, right. I hope you can be to soon make it so that it can be used by a user on Wikipedia Indonesian. Thanks for the help you have given. Sincerely. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 03:56, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I hope your initial intention to create a syntax for the user box, so users no longer need to write long codes, simply by syntax alone. But no matter, I am very grateful for your attention. I Hope you can be good friends forever, and even then if you wish, hopefully.

Oh, yes. Looks like my English is not good and in this case which I apologize profusely to you. Sincerely. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 15:21, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Oh, yes, I've put a box that you created a user on my personal page and it turns out the syntax is ... worked well ... Cheers. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 15:38, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

My user page

Potential gentlemen, can you fix my user page (at the top) into a more presentable? That is my user box there are 3 columns, but the right hand slightly to the middle, not exactly in the middle and one on the left too far to the left. I mean 3 columns can be placed in proportion to the division so it is more convenient to look at. Thank you for your attention. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 04:03, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Hello, I bother you again ... May I ask for help to tidy up my user page? Previous thank you for your attention you have given. Sincerely. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 02:28, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Okay, I'll wait, I'm sure you could do it. Cheers. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 03:39, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

If the format is not possible in a flexible set, for the record my laptop screen has a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. Thanks. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 03:50, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Okay, I'll wait ... Wagino 20100516 (talk) 04:06, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your guidance you have given. I'll try it out first. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 07:26, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I've managed to do it ... Thanks. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 07:35, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

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Photo Request for Alexander Arkansas Juvenille Thing

Hmm, I could likely get down there and take a picture for you, but not until next weekend. Swamped at school. Broooooooce (talk) 19:41, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Hello, WhisperToMe, this is just to pay thanks for providing guidance to me on how to join wiki projects. You are free to upload my freely licensed images to http://commons.wikimedia.org.

I know Urdu yet I neither have an Urdu keyboard nor expertise in Urdu typing.

So far as File:Outer View of Central Jail Faisalabad.jpg is concerned, I am no more interested in re-uploading of the same.

Best regards. --Tariq babur (talk) 05:34, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Humble ISD

Template:Humble ISD has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Raymie (t • c) 21:55, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

There isn't much incentive to keep a template like this around to link 6 high school articles. Back when the Humble middle schools had articles, it was much more useful. Raymie (t • c) 21:57, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Artistic depictions

Hi,

It's been a while but I wanted to respond to your note from a few months ago.

You're asserting artistic depictions aren't OR. Of course they are. An illustration of the KAL shootdown by a Wikipedia editor for the Wikipedia article is of course OR. The artist didn't see the event, or photographs of the event, and is interpreting the event based on his own research. That's the definition of OR. Tempshill (talk) 20:13, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

I think you're missing some important aspects of this debate. See this illustration, which I think is the Arrow Air illustration that was being debated in the talk page you linked me. (The illustration has since been changed to a single-aircraft illustration.)

It is pretty easy to come up with many reasons why this illustration must be, at a minimum, labeled prominently as an artist's depiction of the event, and why we must not claim that it is accurate. By the way, I don't strongly object anymore to including illustrations like this on Wikipedia, because even though they involve OR, they can help to illustrate — but I insist that every time an image like this is used, the caption must state that it's an artist's depiction. Anyway, here are some places the illustration is not accurate:

• Was plane #1's pitch exactly as shown?
• Plane #1's yaw?
• Plane #1's roll?
• Plane #2's pitch?
• Plane #2's yaw?
• Plane #2's roll?

None of the above is given precisely in the incident report; the artist is guessing. It's highly unlikely the two planes' attitudes were precisely level like this.

• What was the angle of deformation or bending of the wings on plane #1? Were they both really uniformly rigid as depicted? Really?
• Angle of deformation or bending of the wings on plane #2?
• Both planes are shown without ailerons. Is this accurate?
• Assuming that's just an error, were the ailerons really not at all turning either aircraft? At the time of the collision, they were all at zero degrees, indicating that the pilots were not at all attempting to guide either aircraft in any kind of turn or dive or climb?
• The artist labeled both aircraft as being N950JW. An obvious error.
• Was the rudder on both aircraft really straight?

A reader looking at this illustration would reach the conclusion that both pilots were mindlessly flying the aircraft straight with no attempt at avoidance, and that both aircraft were at exactly level flight (though somehow one wing is hitting the underside of the other aircraft's wing, an impossibility if both aircraft are in exactly level flight). It reflects badly on the pilots, for one thing.

I mean, this illustration is bad — so bad that I would barely put it in Wikipedia with a caption merely stating that it's an artist's depiction of the impact point. It's certainly not a good depiction of the whole accident. It can't be. We don't have a complete picture, this illustrator does not, and it's not legitimate to say that the illustrator drew the accident from the data that has been reported. What results is inevitably a very incomplete version of what really happened, which is why it's important in every single case to include the disclaimer that this is one artist's interpretation of events.

Sorry if you're already on board with this and I'm preaching to the choir about the "artist's depiction" captions; our brief interaction hasn't given me the opportunity to understand any nuances of your position. Thanks - Tempshill (talk) 22:23, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Wawa anyone?

File:Wawa Red Roof.JPG - this is the old building on their "HQ campus." There's an official entrance in an attached modern building that I have a picture of, but it is ugly. More interesting nearby are the Corporate University, and the old (1920s?) Wawa Dairy processing building (from whence it came). Let me know if you want anything more. Smallbones (talk) 05:23, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

There are now 3 more pix in the Wawa category at commons. I'll probably be able to get to the Acme HQ in Malvern within a month, but the other PA HQs will just be hit and miss - if for some reason I'm driving in the area, I'll get them. Too bad they don't put HQs in cities anymore! BTW File:Franklin Mint Museum.JPG (next to Wawa U) might be of some interest.

All the best.

Smallbones (talk) 22:09, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

CTN HQ

This is the best I can with my camera :). To come close is impossible (lot of buildings around)--D tom 15:47, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Metro Numbers are out...

I have updated the ridership #'s on the METRORail article. The reference has some interesting info if you want to use it for any of the related articles you have going. Cheers!--Hourick (talk) 08:39, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Saints Constantine and Helen Serbian Orthodox Church

I recently created the Saints Constantine and Helen Serbian Orthodox Church article. I was just letting you know about it in case you come across anything relevant to it while editing Houston area religious articles. Unlike Roman Catholic related articles, there is very little on WP about the eastern orthodoxy in the US. If my time allows, I might have to change that :-) -- nsaum75 ^{!Dígame¡‎} 03:05, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Wow!! You've been busy! I am very impressed, sir! -- nsaum75 ^{!Dígame¡‎} 07:43, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

True Grit

Hi,

Apologies for the brusque deletion - no offense intended. My concern is that going with your suggestions would result in something like the following:

"Ruth Morris, a 29 year old social worker and student from the University of Texas School of Public Health, served as a body double for Elizabeth Marvel (who played the adult Mattie in the last three minutes of the film). Morris had more screen time than Marvel."

Which seems a little trivial compared to the original statement. I certainly won't revert an edit to that effect, but it seems to draw rather a lot of attention to a very small point. Arthur Holland (talk) 21:01, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi again,

There are a number of problems with this paragraph, in terms of style, content and grammar, so I'm going to rewrite it.

Personally I still feel that this fact is little more than a "trivia shot" at the end of the "Adaptation and production" section; however, I've no desire to get into a row over it so I'll make my changes and leave it at that. Arthur Holland (talk) 12:29, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Article stub --> Blocked

Hello, my best friend ...

Currently I'm blocked in Wikipedia Bahasa Indonesia for 3 days and was using an account from Wikipedia Bahasa Melayu. So would I devote my disappointment to you because in my opinion, I do not do acts of vandalism, but blocking penalties.

I just wanted to ask, whether in "English Wikipedia" a user who contributes a short article in the form of pilot could be liable to temporary blocking, because that's my account is blocked there. While the Malays seem to contribute longer articles that I make enough to get a positive response.

Please your answer in Malay or English only. Thank you. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 01:50, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your answer. You have to raise my heart and hope to go on and on again contribute to the Wikimedia Foundation. Sincerely. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 02:12, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Your photo requests for Halifax

I finally went out and took the photos you requested today, however, the weather was deteriorating badly, so the lighting is rather gray (the blizzard started about an hour later). I'm not sure where you want the photos in the articles, so I'll give you their names and you can insert them somewhere appropriate. The one for Air Canada Jazz is called Jazz_Office_CYHZ.JPG, the Canjet one is called Canjet_Office_CYHZ.JPG, and the Maritime Air Charter one is called MAC_hangar_CYHZ.JPG. Unfortunately, when I uploaded the Canjet pic, I used the description that says that I created it myself, but totally forgot to check the licencing checkbox. I don't know if there's some way to set it to the recommended licence option now or not, or if it defaults to that, but in any case, that had been my original intention. If I feel inspired in the summer, maybe I can get one with a blue sky and no dirty snowbanks! Cheers HiFlyChick (talk) 01:52, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

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Re:Montage

No no, you confused it. I said on the 'FACEBOOK PAGE' (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lahore-Pakistan/108104849224069) Not the Wikipedia page. The facebook page has this map thing that looks quite weird. All cities have montages on the 'Facebook' page. Lahore should too.

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AR alternate website

Hi!. Sorry for being a month late in my reply. www.aerolineas.com.ar is not an alternate website for Aerolíneas Argentinas, it is the Argentine version of it. The international website can be accessed through www.aerolineas.aero, which is actually the url included in the infobox.

Regards --Jetstreamer (talk) 20:37, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Wal-Mart

About your edit from a month ago... WP:EL does not say "Only one link to an official site"

It simply says "Links in the "External links" section should be kept to a minimum. A lack of external links or a small number of external links is not a reason to add external links." - What constitutes a "minumum" is an editorial decision that editors of a page determine on a page by page basis.

In any case, the official site template now has a "mobile" parameter so the mobile version appears in parentheses, consolidating official site links. WhisperToMe (talk) 03:46, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

It is widely accepted on Wikipedia that external links in an article are limited to one per website. Otherwise, there could a link to WM corporate, WM Home and Garden, WM Pharmacy, WM Toys, etc. etc. etc.

official site template now has a "mobile" parameter: Huh????

What constitutes a "minumum" is an editorial decision that editors of a page determine on a page by page basis: Perhaps, so that requires you (by WP:BURDEN) to seek and achieve a clear consensus at Talk:Wal-Mart before adding more than one link per website. Cresix (talk) 18:02, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Just noticed I didn't put a header on this section. Sorry, I think it confused me more than it did you.
May I see a link to a discussion that establishes this on a Wikipedia-wide basis?: Perhaps I didn't state it clearly. I didn't mean to imply that there's a policy or even a guideline (other than what's already in WP:EL. In my observations, it is unusual to have a link to the same website more than once in EL. I have no doubt it happens, but I've seen that often result in removal because it gives the impression of promoting the website (or what they sell).
This one certainly is not worth climbing the Reichstag over. If I'm wrong and having more than one link at Wal-Mart doesn't invite needless stuffing of ELs into that or other articles, wonderful; we don't have a problem. If I happen to be right, I'll be sure to contact you to do the cleanup. :) Have a great day! Cresix (talk) 22:33, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

A330

Do you mind popping into the article to see anything's wrong with it; it's close to the FA-status. Also, I can't seem to figure out an alt text for the carbon brake picture. Thanks Sp33dyphil ^{(T • C • I love Wikipedia!)} 06:45, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Pan Am destinations.

A contributer named Juancho seems to be concerned that someone has changed the format displaying countries and cities. Someone changed the "before closure" section, while the "at closure" section retains the old format. If you get a chance, have a look and see if you think there's a problem.

Thanks Chris874664 (talk) 17:36, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

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Infobox User SUL

Hello, Mr. Whisper!

When I make Infobox {{User SUL}} in personal page, there my name to be 20100516 Wagino 20100516 and it address toward here, should have the correct link is here.

Please help you for this problem can be solved, thank you. Greetings. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 21:58, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for this help. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 22:10, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

This problem has been resolved properly. Cheers. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 14:26, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Oaxaca

Hi WhisperToMe:

I am working on trying to promote Oaxaca GA status. If you have time, would you mind giving it a quick once-over to see if any problems pop out to you? Its a work in progress, but "unfamiliar eyes" often see issues that those working on articles do not.

Thanks!! -- nsaum75 ^{!Dígame¡‎} 05:32, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for looking over it and the UABJO article!!! I'm looking into sources for your notations. -- nsaum75 ^{!Dígame¡‎} 03:29, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

If you don't mind me asking, what browser do you use? You edit at lightning speed! I'm jealous ;-) -- nsaum75 ^{!Dígame¡‎} 03:32, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Same here... you must have a better computer then...or better internet connection (anything is better than cablemas though) Thanks. -- nsaum75 ^{!Dígame¡‎} 03:39, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Yeah I updated the page and noticed you had moved the page and did minor copy/editing. I'm glad you did the page move, I've had my head bit off too many times by people who get pissy when I add in accented characters. Anyhow I'll have to look into expanding it. -- nsaum75 ^{!Dígame¡‎} 03:45, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Its usually people who get bent out of shape claiming it violates "common english name" in situations where it doesn't really apply -- like Cablemás. -- nsaum75 ^{!Dígame¡‎} 03:49, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

You and I know that...but...for some people it seems a touchy issue.. sigh.. I'm going to look for a logo and building photo for the article. -- nsaum75 ^{!Dígame¡‎} 03:53, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Thelmadatter is in DF and has contributed photos to the project. There are a couple of others, but I can't think of them off the top of my head. Let me see if I can remember. -- nsaum75 ^{!Dígame¡‎} 03:59, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Mexico is kinda funny about what is and isn't permitted; however the lack of uniform enforcement contributes to confusion. -- nsaum75 ^{!Dígame¡‎} 04:16, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

When I first got my driver's license here the only thing they required was my name, address, blood type and name/number of "next of kin". No exams. No proof of identity needed whatsoever. They didnt even want to see my passport or visa. They took my photo and a thumb print and a 345 peso "processing fee", and that was it. If you offered to pay a $1000 peso "gratuity" you got bumped to the front of the line...mind you the line ran more than four blocks down the street from the Transito office. Maybe things are different in other Mex. states...but...things just work weird here in Oax... Don't get me started on the lack of piped tap water.. jaja -- nsaum75 ^{!Dígame¡‎} 04:27, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Mexican Federal Highway 175 as it runs through Oaxaca city.[1]. Its been like this two years...not enough money (or no one has paid a big enough bribe) to replace the storm drain grates that went missing, so impromptu "cones" were "installed". Now that's a wow factor -- nsaum75 ^{!Dígame¡‎} 04:39, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Doesn't look that way[2] -- nsaum75 ^{!Dígame¡‎} 04:48, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Ah, I see. I guess we'll have to wait until someone creates an article in Spanish WhisperToMe (talk) 05:00, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Another Mexico City area Wikipedian who might be able to help you with photos. Although keep in mind that while everything looks close on a map, well...its still Mexico and not the easiest place to get around :) -- nsaum75 ^{!Dígame¡‎} 05:31, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

City of Bellaire Edits

Hi. Thanks for letting me know that you reviewed the references given in the article. After reading your note I realized that I was not clear on why I put the citation needed tags on the information when I should have been more clear. The first tag I placed because Teas Nursery was owned by a group of private stockholders who kept their meetings private. It is unlikely that any article writer could know what all of the "owners" wished for. Because the link was dead, I was unable to verify any of the information in the statement regarding the "owners" wishes for the land. From what I know of the matter, the statement is inaccurate and does not reflect all of the wishes of all of the owners. Since the reference for this claim is no longer accessible, I have changed it to read simply that the company fought the city's attempt which is information which can be verified and does not make any claims of what any person did or did not feel. In the second case, I did not realize that the reference in question was for both the statements made. I clarified the statement to reflect which party intended housing development on the property. Since the stockholders chose to do something different with the property than what was stated in the article, "whom" intended for housing development to happen need to be clarified. Again, thanks for your attention to this article. Dragon of wiki (talk) 20:46, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Photo requests

Ill see what I can do with the ones in Mexico City. I will probably have some time this weekend. Toluca's a bit more problematic as I lived there for 5 years, hated it the whole time (everything wrong with NJ + everything wrong about Kansas = Toluca) and I try not to go there unless I have to. :D Almoloya is a ways away from Toluca.Thelmadatter (talk) 03:23, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

United Transport Administration

Hi WhisperToMe. Got a quick question for you on the article United Transport Administration you created. The article says it is the child agency of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development referring to proper sources. However, this information from the website of the Parliament of Georgia contradicts that information. It says Gia Khuroshvili stated that during two months, in parallel regime of setting up the Ministry, Staff of State Ministry in Regional Management Issues will be liquidated and the reorganization will be implemented in the Ministry of Economical Development. United Transport Administration and Department of Roads will move to the staff of the new Ministry, in my understanding referring to the newly established Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure. So, where exactly is the United Transport Administration? In the Ministry of Economy and Development or the Ministry for Regional Development and Infrastructure? Tuscumbia (talk) 14:17, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Hobby Airport

Yeah, I meant to edit it down, but something ADHD predominantly inattentive must have gotten my attention and made me forget. :)--Hourick (talk) 18:11, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

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Pan Am destinations

An editor has reinstated destinations in Columbia Peru Ecuador and Bolivia. However, I believe these were served only by Panagra, which was only part owned by Pan Am. I would think they don't belong on the Pan Am destination page. What is your opinion? (See the Panagra wiki entry)

Thanks again,

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Flybe HQ

Yer tiz! Ning-ning (talk) 21:32, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

File:Jack walker.jpg

Now on the Commons at a different filename: File:JackWalkerHouseExeter.jpg WhisperToMe (talk) 00:33, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for transferring it- glad it's been useful to you. Just had a read of the Exeter International article; I read somewhere that the CIA used it for rendition flights as the runways are difficult to observe from the public highway (very narrow grass verges- too narrow for planespotters!). Ning-ning (talk) 07:41, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris HQ

AP-HP HQ

Hi,
It's OK. It is close my working path. Friendly yours. --Tangopaso (talk) 20:14, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Sam Bowers articles

Hey,

In case you're no longer watching Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request, I sent you the article on Sam Bowers that you requested as well as another one on his papers. GabrielF (talk) 19:46, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

License tagging for File:CECMlogo.gif

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Transliterator

Hi,

Since you often need transliteration for your work, and use Firefox, may I recommend you the Transliterator extension? I chiefly use it for Serbian Latin<->Cyrillic conversion which is straightforward, but it has a number of modes which may be of interest for you. Regards, No such user (talk) 10:35, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Verenigde State van Amerika listed at Redirects for discussion

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Break

I removed two breaks today which you added to See also sections together with the Judaism portal. See e.g. this edit. Breaks are rarely needed in articles. And definitely not if there are may See also's. Debresser (talk) 23:31, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

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Something else

I don't travel, sorry. However, I'm glad that you were able to get a photo of the old school. Photos of AZ schools are sorely lacking, especially good ones. Raymie (t • c) 00:20, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

re:Idea for a new Indonesian article

Hello, Mr. Whisper!

Currently I'm busy in the real world that may not have time to make a translation of the article. But once there is free time, I will try to make the translation of articles you have to show it.

Sincerely. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 03:20, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Hello, Mr. Whisper!

I've made a stub article that you suggest. Sincerely. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 02:45, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Arcadia Park, Dallas, Texas

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Peel District School Board in Punjabi

It's ਪੀਲ ਡਿਸਟ੍ਰਿਕਟ ਸਕੂਲ ਬੋਰਡ. Sorry for the delay; I've also added it to the relevant talk page! ʙʌsʌwʌʟʌ ^{spik ʌp!} 12:01, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Rabbi Pinto - Assistance

Notice you are very active - Would you mind reviewing Rabbi Pinto page ? A major feature story ran on Rabbi Pinto, the largest story ever written about him and the few editors who control the board didnt allow neutral entrees to be placed. Need assistance from curious non interested parties.

The article was syndicated and picked up by Globes a major Israeli paper, The Real Deal a major NYC real estate publication and Vos Iz Neas Religious news service but entire chunks of article werent included. Can we have new eyes please ?

Would suggest adding: "Considerable questions have risen regarding Pinto’s organizations finances. A report by a leading New York Jewish newspaper has revealed a “contrast between the rabbi’s lifestyle and his reputation for modest living, and questions about the rabbi’s image as a business guru when his own not-for-profit faces financial problems.” The Forward stated: “The business troubles at Mosdot Shuva Israel could be seen as ironic, given Rabbi Pinto’s reputation as an adviser to businessmen, and particularly to real estate brokers.” 65.112.21.194 (talk) 13:33, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Appreciate your feedback. 65.112.21.194 (talk) 19:39, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

WikitanvirBot

Hello, I noticed your message regarding my bot on my bnwiki talk page. Bot does remove link when there is no page. I think the inter-wiki link to a section is the problem. Bot takes the whole "XX#XX" portion as an article name which doesn't exist. So, you should use an article name, not article name with section. I've corrected the link. Please take a look, thanks! — [ Tanvir | Talk ] 04:16, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Sysco facility

Don't really do photos. I took the source images for the entire strip from the east about 6 months ago. Still working on finding time to stitch them together for a nice image. Vegaswikian (talk) 18:13, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Not aware of anyone who is taking pictures currently. There was one editor who was doing geo stuff, but I have not seen any new images there of late. Vegaswikian (talk) 18:50, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Distrito Escolar Independiente de Galveston

Hey, right before you posted your note, I saw you added the wikilink to the Galveston article on es.wiki. I'll check it out! -- nsaum75 ^{!Dígame¡‎} 02:22, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

I tweaked the name of "middle school" because I've only heard it referred to as "media" in Spain...although its no big deal if you want switch it back. Sounds like a good project; I'll try to do the ones I'm familiar with (Galveston County). -- nsaum75 ^{!Dígame¡‎} 02:30, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Agreed, although I think gramatically (depending on where you are) it should be "del" instead of "de la". Anyhow, I've made the page move with the "de la" intact. Crossing the pond again anytime soon? -- nsaum75 ^{!Dígame¡‎} 03:15, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

A lot of it is based upon the class of individual speaking. Just like in English, where you have more formal dialects used by the upper class and "East Coast". The "gold standard" in Mexican Spanish is that which is spoken in and around DF (by "Chilangos")...that said, I live in the poorest state in Mexico (Think of the stereotype of Mississippi, only...much poorer) where 30% of the population doesn't even know Spanish, so everything is relative. Spanish in the US, generally speaking, suffers from severe language corruption...Anyhow I'll speak to someone and get you a more definitive answer. -- nsaum75 ^{!Dígame¡‎} 03:28, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

They're viewed as a mouthpiece for Spain from what I understand...and also advocate the re-adoption of Vosotros/Vos... There's also a battle to stop the loss of the formal "Usted" -- which has been losing ground in Northern Mexico, the US and by younger people in general. Fortunately I think that they realize that Spanish has to adapt and change in order to become a global "business" language. Ironically they have done a lot of research into what has made French, which was one of the languages of Diplomacy, fall from "grace". -- nsaum75 ^{!Dígame¡‎} 03:41, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Hawai'i Department of Education, from Korean wikipedia

Hellow, sir. I am planning to make the "Hawai'i Department of Education" document, but this document is deficient in "citations for verification", since 2009. I think that’s "very" unfortunate. Can you addition this, please? Thank you. :) --Idh0854 (talk) 10:35, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

TWA 800

I made a few edits, got rid of some stuff I didn't like. When you get a chance see if you agree that that was correct. Cheers! LoveUxoxo (talk) 23:16, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Somari for deletion

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Phoenix Union HSD

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Humboldt Park

Well, it's somewhat difficult to determine what schools are in Humboldt Park without a good map of the neighborhood and some time to kill. The neighborhood's official boundaries are irregularly shaped, and don't always correspond to the public perception of what the neighborhood is. (Depending on whom you ask, the park itself isn't technically part of Humboldt Park.)

I guess, at the time, I just didn't want to put the effort into sorting things out. I knew some schools definitely weren't in Humboldt Park by any definition - St. Patrick's High School, for example. And seeing that, I figured it would be better to start from scratch. However, I did find this map, which might be useful. Zagalejo^^^ 19:57, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

File:MorrisThompson.jpg listed for deletion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:MorrisThompson.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Damiens.rf 19:03, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Chicago schools

Hello

Main site for this is here. But usually people don`t want to write this articles. But I ask Polish Chicago editor (User:Belissarius). Maybe he will help. PMG (talk) 03:19, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Newtown Square photo request

I can get that pix on Bishop Hollow Rd. within the week, but it doesn't seem like a hq area to me. Google maps does have a USA3000 marker there, but it looks like ballfields and suburban homes to me google street view. Note SAP's US HQ is less than a mile away, and if they don't have nasty guards around, I'll snap that one also (or maybe instead of). Smallbones (talk) 00:13, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

File:USA3000 HQ_Newtown_Sq_Delco.jpg

File:Apple Vacations_HQ_Nwtwn_Sq_Delco.jpg

It's just a very bland, small suburban office park and they are right next to each other, next to the Little League Fields. I'll see where I can put them. Smallbones (talk) 22:18, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

re:Another article request

Hello, Mr. Whisper!

Actually I'm less interested in making an article about the book, novel, or the like. Several months ago I was made a review of several books on the WBI (Indonesian Wikipedia) and everything has been removed by the board because it's less worthy.

But despite that, I will try to create / translate the articles with other topics.

I’m say a much thank you. You are so concern with me. Can I be friends with you via Facebook?

Sincerely. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 02:56, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Template discussion

Hi there, Just thought I'd let you know that I am hoping to initiate some discussion on improvements on a new skyscraper template over at the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Houston. Any input would be greatly appreciated. --Hourick (talk) 17:19, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Invitation to join Wikimedia US/WALRUS mailing list

Hi Whisper! I'd like to invite you to join wikimediaus-l, where we already discussing The Great American Wiknic for June 2011 :)--Pharos (talk) 21:49, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request

Hi,

In case you may have missed it, I responded to your request for Detroit News articles at Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request and emailed the text of the two articles to you through Wikipedia. Hope you got them. GabrielF (talk) 22:05, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Chicago

Hello

pl:Chicagowskie szkoły publiczne. PMG (talk) 22:35, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Potrals

Hi, Just to let you know that we have several hundred horse breed articles and about two thousand WikiProject Equine articles, all of which have a template with the relevant portals on the talk page. We really don't need a mishmash of portals duplicated randomly on some but not all article pages, so unless you'd like to personally add them to at least all 350 horse breed articles, would you kindly just not add them at all? Or, if you think this IS something we need to do, can you please bring it to WP:EQUINE so we can discuss how to accomplish this massive task? Thanks!!!! Montanabw^(talk) 17:55, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Re: Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2011 April 15#File:MorrisThompson.jpg

This discussion came across my watchlist a little too late to participate. Hence, I'll offer my comments now. When I originally came across the article, I had the slight impression that it was geared too much towards the plane crash. There was a text comment left to the effect of "Don't add a birth date unless sourced," like it was going to be difficult or something. I suppose if you're 100% reliant upon Google to the point where it blinds you to the existence of other sources, there may be a problem. It should be obvious that with a Google search, the results are going to be skewed more towards corporate media sensationalism if the opportunity presents itself.

In a sense, it's a good thing to see the photo go away, and also to see effort put into finding a replacement. Now, addressing the rationale:

• Point 3: Thompson had two other daughters, who far as I know, still survive. Being an Alaska Native, he has an abundance of relatives in numerous communities throughout interior Alaska.

• Points 4 and 5: Is it really important to have a photo of Thompson as an older man? Like I alluded to earlier, this perhaps is giving undue weight to the plane crash versus any other aspect of his life. Where I come from, Morris Thompson is known for a whole lot more than having died in a plane crash, and Athabascan people (as well as others from around here) may become very offended if they realize that's what the case is or may be. It may possibly stand in the way of someone granting permission for a photo to be used on here.

Several months back, I did send an e-mail to the BIA asking if an official photo was available. I never received a response. From my so-far-limited experience in making inquiries, people in positions of receiving such requests typically automatically turn their noses up at the first mention of "Wikipedia." Anyway, happy hunting.RadioKAOS (talk) 05:21, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

His surviving daughters are named Nicole and Allison. They probably go by married names. I'd have to do further research on specifically how to contact them. As for other contacts, I can't specifically recall that I've ever heard of a "Morris Thompson Foundation," but at the same time wouldn't say that it doesn't exist. The Doyon Foundation, the Fairbanks Native Association (605 Hughes Avenue, Fairbanks, AK 99701), the Tanana Chiefs Conference, the Alaska Federation of Natives or the Board of Regents secretary for the University of Alaska System (910 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775) would all be possible places to ask.RadioKAOS (talk) 05:38, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

But wait, there's more! Since your name came across my watchlist just now, thought I'd let you know that I visited the Morris Thompson Center recently for the first time since it opened. I mentioned your quest to staffers, who indicated they were interested but wished to perhaps hear more from you. Mainly, trying to explain "free versus non-free content" to the uninitiated is about four rungs on the ladder below banging my skull against a wall until it splits open. Anyway, I'm pressed for time and didn't bring the contact information with me, so I'll get back to you.RadioKAOS (talk) 06:03, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

From Paris with love

Hi, Whisper...
You asked me this one File:Rue_de_Téhéran,_7.jpg
Summer is back in Paris. I will make the other pictures asap. --Tangopaso (talk) 19:39, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Once more, File:Rue_de_Rivoli,_232.jpg made this afternoon. Regards. --Tangopaso (talk) 20:42, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

thumb|Rue_Moussorgski,_15-27

Another one you asked to me. But recent building, uploaded onto French and English wikipedia, with low definition. Can you check the fair use, please. --Tangopaso (talk) 21:32, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Lupo Alberto

You're welcome. It's always nice to help out other Wikipedians :) -- Joaquin008 ^(talk) 14:37, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Persian

hey dude,
if you can't speak Persian fluently, please DO NOT create pages such as بحث:LAUSD. thanks Razghandi (talk) 04:59, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

This rationale is not valid; the direct in question, "LAUSD" was an acronym of the English name "Los Angeles Unified School District" WhisperToMe (talk) 05:08, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

In Persian,if we want to mention LAUSD (and other US acronyms) we translate them into persian and write (ال‌ای‌یو‌اس‌دی‌) NOT LAUSD. Because our alphabet is completely different than yours (It is similar to Arabic) and lots of people can't read LAUSD but can read ال‌ای‌یو‌اس‌دی‌. if you create a page like ال‌ای‌یو‌اس‌دی and redirect it to اتحادیه مدارس لس‌آنجلس, nobody asks you why you did that. what you said is completely true but just for languages that use Latin Alphabet. thanks Razghandi (talk) 05:17, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

I downloaded the handbook and I saw LAUSD in it. but remember that this handbook is just for Iranian who live in US, not all of Iranians. We are talking about more than 100 million persian speaker that lots of them even cant read or write English alphabet (ignoring the fact that the handbook has lots of errors in persian translation). I saw your messages in my Persian and English userpage and you must consider the fact that I'm not a native speaker of English and it takes a little more time to answer you. so wait and be patient. thanks anyway Razghandi (talk) 05:31, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Ok no problem, I neutralized my edits in that page, but you had done a mistake: you had redirected the disscution page to article, I fixed it. the persian acronym also redirects to the main article, so now both english and persian acronyms redirect to main article. and I'm translating Death Valley National Park article (a featured article) into Persian. I'll be so glad if you have a look at that. thanks Razghandi (talk) 06:04, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Welcome. Razghandi (talk) 06:15, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Pennies for Pakistan

Thanks for the edits.--Nowa (talk) 11:20, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Chop suey

Thanks for your note. It doesn't surprise me that "Genuine American Chop Suey" would be exotic in Shanghai. About as surprising as seeing "Genuine American Pizza" in, say, Berlin or London (about as far from Naples as Shanghai is from Taishan). That doesn't tell us anything about the ultimate origins of the dish, especially since the recipe must have changed quite a bit between Taishan and the U.S. (just as Chicago pizza is very different from Naples pizza). What's more, I don't generally find that cookbooks are particularly good sources on culinary history. All that being said, there is no guarantee that the Taishan origin story won't be revised or overturned by additional historical research. But so far I haven't seen any strong sources disputing it. --Macrakis (talk) 13:46, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

What's more, the American version

Question

About Incarceration of women... Who said the quote "“Women menstruate. They get pregnant. They stress over losing their children to Child Protective Services…women’s jails and prisons have always been based on physical structures and regulations originally designed for male bodies, and in response to the way men are expected to behave behind bars”" Was it the author of the book, or another person quoted in the book? WhisperToMe (talk) 22:58, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

This was not my writing, I just moved User:DancingDolphin3 post from Incarceration in the United States article into this new article. If you want to delete the citation, it is fine with me. I also think it is a strong language. Innab (talk) 23:07, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

resource request

Hi WhisperToMe,

I've responded to your post at Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request regarding the Books not Bombs article. GabrielF (talk) 23:08, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Picture request: Shea Street Building (UHD)

Hi, WhisperToMe. Thanks for taking the time to provide Houston-related articles with images. I like the picture you took of the Commerce Street Building.[3] If you happen to be near the University of Houston–Downtown again, can you take a picture of the Shea Street Building?[4] It is located on the other side of I-10 at 320 N. Main St. I like the architecture of the building a lot, and it would be nice to have a photo of it on Wikipedia. Thanks! –RJN (talk) 07:31, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

CIAIAC headquarters

Done:

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Official language of the Sahrawi republic

On the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic a recurring issue going back over years is that some editors insist on including Spanish in the info box. This would be fine if Spanish was an official language but it is not: Constitution - Article 4:La langue arabe est la langue nationale officielle.[Trans: The Arab language is the national official language (no Spanish!)]. I am dropping you a note here because you previously edited this article and not many people are bothered with it so perhaps you could participate and help put down these attempts to include inaccurate information...Thanks. 109.76.199.226 (talk) 09:03, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Velma

Thanks for the info - the pages for both Velma and Shaggy have mucho original research. I've been trying to keep the nonsense in check... Ckruschke (talk) 17:35, 2 May 2011 (UTC)Ckruschke

Obama bin Laden listed at Redirects for discussion

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Thanks

For catching and fixing my fumble on the image caption in Disability rights movement. Roger (talk) 17:03, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

AfD

Please see: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/As a Peace-Loving Global Citizen (2nd nomination). Thanks. Kitfoxxe (talk) 14:16, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Air France 447 diagram

Hello there, here they are, I'd go with the PNG because it shows better in a thumbnail. Anynobody(?) 16:52, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

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gossip/fluff/rumour

Well, that got a similar response....plan C? ... Back to the drawing board. Although it was my suggestion I didn't really support its inclusion just that I wouldn't object to its inclusion there, but if anywhere that is the location. Perhaps move to discussion on the talkpage, there, maybe others that agree with you there. The speculation is about the picture after all. No worries, there is always tomorrow. Off2riorob (talk) 22:01, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

I am in agreement on including this as well. I re-included it while removing the second half of the original content, which was a bit more gossip-y in tone. Take a look and see what you think. It's possible that cutting the second half makes the first half less interesting. And, for what it's worth, I agree with including the whole thing, just trying to find the middle ground :). ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡbomb 22:23, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

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Re: Iberia HQ

They're in Chamartín district. BTW, I've just uploaded a complete view:

--Zaqarbal (talk) 01:29, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Montreal Convention

In a recent issue of the American Society for International Law it does indeed say that the Montreal Convention has been replaced by the Beijing Convention, it even says so in the versy first paragraph: http://www.asil.org/insights110126.cfm

However, so far there is no Article on that new convention. I have created a disambiguation page for the moment. Sorry to say this, but I think it a bit clumsy to remove mention of the Beijing Convention from the Montreal Convention page altogether, without at least moving it further down or putting it under "see also". Research would have shown that, in fact, there is a new convention. Not being an expert myself, it is possible that both remain in force, though the ASIL article does not seem to support that compromise. --Lhoaxt (talk) 16:04, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Photo request: CENIPA

Is it okay if you photograph the headquarters of CENIPA? They are at SHIS QI 05 Área Especial 12 - Lago Sul - Brasília/DF CEP:71615-600 Thanks, WhisperToMe (discussão) 06h02min de 5 de maio de 2011 (UTC)

Hi! It's okay. But, unfortunately, I'm with my left foot immobilized. I'll take the pictures as soon as I can. Best regards, --JorgePP (talk) 15:18, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

IRANAIR headquarters

I did it, probably a bit late.

Monphi (talk) 11:01, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Request for Comment

This is more of an informal request (though, I have an official request up on ANI). I was wondering if you would mind taking a look at this article, and give some comments? I have tried to resolve an issue, and one of the users has been edit warring, and not really paying attention to the discussion going on in the Talk page.

Thanks in advance,

Homo Logica (talk) 20:52, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

That was the third section on the topic. A more in depth conversation, and more up to date, is above in this section. That was the one I needed comments on. Sorry, I should have been more specific. :-)

Homo Logica (talk) 21:25, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Long Beach USD in Khmer

You asked for the LBUSD's name in Khmer at the reference desk. It is: ក្រសួងអប់រំតំបន់ឡងប៊ីច (pronounced like: kraw-suong awp rum dawm-bon long bich). --Dara (talk) 17:15, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Re:Three Cups of Tea

Hello, Mr. Whisper!

For now I'm making a stub software and biology articles . If you are willing may be able to help me classify the types of software.

Sincerely. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 01:57, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

No, I mean the software category for articles that I created. For example Photo Magician Utility manifold, but perhaps we can make even more specific categories, such as a Photo Utility. How counterpart if the English Wikipedia?

For the future I want to make Portal Software in Wikipedia Indonesian. Are you willing to help me? Cheers. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 04:01, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, right. Thank you for your guidance and advice you provided. Sincerely. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 04:12, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Re: your question regarding Partnair

G'day from Oz; you have been going back into the dim dark past haven't you. I refuse to watch Mayday, so I didn't know whether that was literally what was said on the episode or not. If it is a literal statement from the program, then it was incorrect; I am aware that there have been fatal aircraft accidents due to bogus parts (which is the term generally used, as least as far as I have seen), and that people have been imprisoned as a result. Bogus parts was a huge issue within the aviation industry during the 1990s, and remains an issue today. Whether there have been other airliner accidents as a result of bogus parts is impossible for me to say either way at the moment, without looking through my collection of industry journals etc., which are nowhere near where I am right now. YSSYguy (talk) 07:11, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

I just Googled "bogus parts air crash" and there's loads of stuff. It's midnight in my part of the world and I'm going to go to sleep now; happy reading (or maybe not - you might get a bit worried about the state of the world's aircraft). YSSYguy (talk) 14:11, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

resource request

Hi WhisperToMe,

I've responded to your post about fake aircraft parts articles over at Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request. GabrielF (talk) 17:14, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

I've got one of the other articles and a couple alternatives for the third. GabrielF (talk) 15:43, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

unclassification

Is there a reason for this edit? The Unit is located in Coryell County, and not in any other county, so it should be classified as such. Griffinofwales (talk) Simple English Wikipedia - Come and join! 20:39, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

No 44 Kildare St Dublin

As requested. Image uploaded to Commons here. Best. RashersTierney (talk) 09:49, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Support...

Hello, Mr. Whisper!

How do you feel about this? I Hope you are willing to provide support to me. Sincerely. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 15:17, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Is this what you mean? Sincerely. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 07:53, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

I can understand your difficulty. Cheers. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 01:19, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Haden Harrison Edwards

Please have a look at Haden Harrison Edwards. There seems to be some confusion between Haden Edwards, the actual Empresario under Mexican Texas, and his son Haden Harrison Edwards who led the Fredonian Rebellion. See 2007 Talk page message by User:Bellhalla, who no longer seems to be active. I believe Bellhalla was correct in that the article is mis-named, and should actually be Haden Edwards, not Haden Harrison Edwards. Why she never moved it, I don't know. There is also a redirect to this page from the name Haden Edwards that dates back to 2006. Any action taken on this situation probably should be done by an Administrator. But I do believe the page name should be corrected, and the entire unsourced section about Mexican Response, and the unsourced paragraph right above it should be removed, as it might be referring to the son Haden Harrison Edwards. Please let me know. -Maile66 (talk) 17:51, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request#Traditions Shattered by Cullen Center

Hi, I just discovered the Resource Exchange page—never knew it existed. Even though your request at Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request#Traditions Shattered by Cullen Center was more than a year ago, I went ahead and uploaded the news article to [5]. Perhaps it'll still be of some use? Goodvac (talk) 01:00, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269

Hi, re this article and the contributions by InvestigateUdom (talk · contribs), whilst I would not rate Investigateudom.com as a reliable source due to neutrality issues, some of the links from that source do pass WP:RS, such as HM Coroner's statement accompanying his narrative verdic. Presumably there would be a copy of that statenment somewhere not hosted by this particular website, but HM Coroner is the RS in any case, investigatudom is merely a host. Mjroots (talk) 09:39, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Re:Categorization help

Hi, Mr. Whisper!

I made ​​a lot longer than most magazine articles or software from the site and are very rarely see their counterparts in English. Later I will try to show my desire to classify the software and I hope you can help me further.

We are sorry if my english is not quite right because I was helped by Googe translate. Cheers. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 15:05, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

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Help me, please!

Hi, Mr. Whisper!

You've made ​​{{Pengguna:WhisperToMe/Userboxes/Pengguna menolak gambar Nabi Muhammad dipublikasikan}} in Wikipedia Bahasa Indonesia, but the name Mohamed calligraphy does not currently exist anymore because it has been removed from commons. Now I've got a replacement with a name Muhammad.jpg. Can you add it in the template calligraphy? Thank you. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 09:17, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

I want the results will be displayed as shown below.

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Thank you, now looks to be better from before. Cheers. Wagino 20100516 (talk) 02:55, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:PaiHsiaoyen.PNG

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Turkish Airlines Flight 981

About Turkish Airlines Flight 981 (Türk Hava Yolları'nın 981 sefer sayılı uçuşu), I have the French version of the final report linked. Should I link the English version too? The French version should be linked no matter what since it is the version of record (if there is a difference between the French and English, the French wins) - BUT I would imagine more Turkish Wikipedia readers understand English, so they would benefit from seeing the English report

To my knowledge there is no Turkish version available. I could check to see if Turkish authorities have a translated copy... WhisperToMe 01:07, 11 Haziran 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for linking the both versions. Although the French one is the original, the translation has been made by the official authorities so it counts as the official report as well. And I think there are more Turkish Wikipedia readers who understands English than French. --Mskyrider (talk) 11:15, 12 June 2011 (UTC)