Figured as much. I'm still not too happy about that article (there is lots of information with far too few refs, IMO), but as a starting point it is definitely leaps and bounds beyond the abomination we currently have in place. Thanks for putting your time into this as well. Cheers,— Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • ( yo?); April 1, 2010; 17:15 (UTC)
Hi Blofield. The article Sharabha is on hold ( Talk:Sharabha/GA1) due to prose issues. Since both the nominators, Nvvchar and I are not native English speakers, I request you to copyedit the article. Thank you. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 18:27, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
Of course, you're right! I think this list is very notable and there are no reasons to delete it, but there are no politicans from [1] and [2] there. For example, Władysław Gomułka, who was PZPR leader in the 1960s is not on the list. If you want, I can try to add these people. DK4]]$4 (Contribs) 12:30, 2 April 2010 (UTC) The PZPR had many millions of members. The majority of them were submissive, some became popular acting against the party, so they weren't notable as members but after the expulsion. Memebers of the PRL Sejm weren't notable as members of the Sejm, the majority of them did nothing interesting. The notabilty of many is doubtful in Polish Wikipedia, zero here. Xx236 ( talk) 09:02, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
I'm working to take this article to GA. But I somewhat feel that the lead is not good enough. Could you please help me rewrite the lead. :-)- The Enforcer Office of the secret service 16:49, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
How is this here? I suppose the coordinates could be moved to the infobox as well, but there aren't too many, so that could be done in a second pass. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 22:20, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
Cool!!! Thanks! :) -- llywrch ( talk) 00:52, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
Hold for 3 days before posting on DYK. I will add lot of text and also imgs.-- Nvvchar ( talk) 05:39, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
A Burmese user has added good imgs to the Mahamuni Buddha article and also copy edited it.
See here User:Nvvchar/Sandbox 1 for further addtions to the draft. Infobox has foxed me. Pl set it right. I have added most of the text. May like to elaborate and add a few imgs before posting on DYK.-- Nvvchar ( talk) 14:18, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
Have a look at Sankt Gerold. Sorry to take so long, but I've had a lot on my plate these past couple of weeks.-- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 20:37, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Dr. Blofeld. Thanks for your excellent work on improving Dal Lake. I've also reviewed your nomination Ambrosden. What is in it is good (and of GA standard), but I consider that more material is needed, so the review is currently On Hold. I've mentioned one week, but as long as progress is being made, that time can be flexible. Pyrotec ( talk) 12:02, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
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I have completed my inputs for the above article. -- Nvvchar ( talk) 10:03, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
I will be glad to work on it - may take me a day or two. Thanks for asking (and I see you are back to your former user name). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 16:06, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
Pyrotec ( talk) 16:23, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
Chamba, Himachal Pradesh is not yet underview, but it's on my list. Pyrotec ( talk) 16:32, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
I have added some text to Ambrosden on your user page. Three book references are very good. You may like to add more on the Manor from these sources. I will continue with my inputs later in the evening. -- Nvvchar ( talk) 09:36, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
Yes, it is good now. I don't know if all issues raised by the GA reviewer haven addressed. You may like to nominate this on DYK User:Nvvchar/sandbox/Saptha Badri after copy editing. I will be travelling tonight and will be in USA on 9th evening. -- Nvvchar ( talk) 12:47, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
As regards Ambrosden, it is not clear whether reviewer wants more info or clearing it as now fianlly edited. What about Bahu Fort.-- Nvvchar ( talk) 15:18, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
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-- Cirt ( talk) 00:03, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
Thanks so much for checking up on me. Yes, I have had my head down a bit for several days and for several reasons. I am O.K. but not very well (almost constant back pain), or energetic, is one reason. I go to see a neurosurgeon on the 15th about a possible lower back operation which might fix some of my difficulties and hopefully reduce the pain after some months being laid up in bed; but I am not very enthusiastic about this (and neither is my G.P.). The other reasons include the fact I had to drive my wife Jo to Cairns (about 700 km round trip) and spend a few days there while she had her first cataract operation (which has been a great success - already she is able to see things she hasn't been able to see for years!!!! It will take about a month though before it is all healed up). And then, next year, hopefully, she will go in to get the other one done.
Also, we have had the heaviest wet season in years and everything is covered in mould and our solar system is not getting enough sunshine to allow me to do as much computering as I would like - we have had over 2 metres of rain since the beginning of the year! But, the main reason is I (like the silly old fool that I am) kicked the screen of my laptop really hard getting out of bed last week and broke the rear hinge of the screen and damaged the wireless equipment and the CD/DVD player/recorder is also broken. It is obviously not worth getting it fixed properly as it is out of warranty, though I have managed (after many hours of fighting with it) to at least get it working in a sort of a way. I really can't afford another one at the moment - especially as we are planning two BIG trips overseas this year - so I am trying to work out what to do. I think I might change my name to Job!
All my programs, hard drive, RAM memory, etc., are fine so I am trying to see if the company would possibly sell me a shell of a machine into which I could move the old hard drive, RAM, etc. This would also save me having to set up all my programs, and so on, again and - most important - hopefully save some cash. I expect to hear back on this tomorrow.
However, in spite of all the trials and tribulations I have managed to create a couple of new articles a couple of days ago which might be of some interest to you: Cho-ne Monastery and Jonê Town, some fairly large additions to Labrang Monastery and did quite a bit of other Wiki editing as well as some notes for my next book. So, I haven't dropped totally off the planet yet! Look forward to keeping in touch - but if there are periods were I seem to have disappeared - do not worry too much.
And after all that - how are you, my friend? I notice you have been working on English villages and other subjects I know nothing about - but I do look forward to collaborating further with you where I can. I send you very warmest wishes from the other side of the world. Cheers! John Hill ( talk) 11:02, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
Chamba looks good, though I have not got enough time to go through it in detail. Thanks for brilliantly rewording the first para of Iravan, though there are a few minor changes I wish to make in it, in view of the concerns on Talk:Iravan#First_paragraph_of_lead. If you would prefer, please make edits to para 1 in view of the concerns. The lead of Iravan has not reached perfection as yet. Even I sense the need of a shorter lead. Please help in remodelling the lead, remove anything that you feel not so relevant in the lead. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 13:06, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
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I'm hoping you might have a moment to drop by my sandbox page and have a look at a new article I'm trying to put together. It needs some copyediting (that's the least of problems creating an article for the first time) but also I'd like some input for folks who are interested in mountaineering (and Sherpas, of course) before I move it to article space. I'd appreciate any help if you're interested. Steveozone ( talk) 07:14, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi Dr Blofeld,
You have contributed much to the article List of cities, towns and villages in Turkmenistan. However, there are numerous repetitions. For example I've counted more than 10 Imeni Molotova's. Most of the entries are not linked. So I don't know if they refer to different villages with the same name or not. I also checked the linked entries and found that they are linked to the very same article. (It is also obvious in the edit page) I am not from Turkmenistan. So I don't feel qualified to clear out some entries. Have a good day. Nedim Ardoğa ( talk) 13:02, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
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Congratulations once again - my friend - the article looks absolutely beautiful! I will read the text tomorrow. How did you get all those wonderful photos (I have trouble finding good ones for the articles I create - can you help, please?). Anyway, you have earned yourself a myriad of blessings for this article. I am sure at least ten lifetimes of bad karma have been dissolved. Cheers, John Hill ( talk) 11:56, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
Hola Dr. Blofeld, disculpa que te escriba sobre mis problemas, pero que podria hacer para recuperar mi cuenta de Wikipedia en español que fue expulsada, rogue e implore que le cambien su bloqueo por otro menor pero fue en vano, disculpa si te molesto en este comentario pero no se en quien acudir. Saludos -- Globalphilosophy ( talk) 04:03, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
I finished the biography, so I'll probably be adding sources to his article and some of his film articles later this weekend. He definitely has had a great career, but some of his personal life events are pretty crazy. I just got Dirty Harry and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly on Blu-ray, so I'm looking forward to watching those again. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 05:48, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
Thank you. I still cannot believe it. - Darwinek ( talk) 11:54, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for expressing your views. 12 hours after I heard the news, I still can’t process it. Your support is however appreciated. Jniech ( talk) 19:44, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
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Kudos to you. Sera GA is through. It was a huge effort. Thanks for the editing on Phumdi. The image in the infobox is clear in my computer. Any way, you have replaced it. Fine. Since the original article was part of the four articles hook comprising Loktak Lake, Keibul Lamjao National Park, and Eld's Deer I did not add a wild life section. I will add it now. Thanks.-- Nvvchar ( talk) 13:24, 11 April 2010 (UTC) I have fixed reference in the Ambrosden article. It was mentioned earlier in the Early History section. So I have added this additonal reference in the etymology esection. I hope it is Ok. The three articles that you have mentioned will be addresed from today after finishing Phumdi. As far GA, under Bhutan articles can we do Tatsang also. On Burma, can I post the article that you have assessed as "B" class posted on GA?-- Nvvchar ( talk) 14:12, 11 April 2010 (UTC) In addition, I have added Paro Taktsang and Punakha Dzong on GA list of Art and Architecture.-- Nvvchar ( talk) 15:24, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
No problem Blof. Listen Blof I think "Biography is the most appropriate title for Shahrukh Khan's personal life because even his marriage is part of his early life (I mean, before he started his film career). Also, the personal life looks a bit odd now because all the honours mentioned there are not really part of his personal life. As part of his biography, it looks much more appropriate. Shahid • Talk2me 20:05, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks for nominating Thikse Monastery (which was co-nominated DYK by Nvvchar and me) for GAN. Can you please copyedit the Pitru Paksha. It is a short 6k article, which is on hold at GAN, primarily for prose issues. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 12:52, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I have reviewed Bobby Deol and put it on hold at Talk:Bobby Deol/GA1. I noticed that you have not edited the article, but you are the nominator at GAN. Best, Xtzou ( Talk) 12:58, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, Dr. Blofeld for not acknowledging your timely help in getting the Chamba article through GA. I am very pleased with the result and thank you very much. I have added some text to Manaslu today. But there is not enough material to make 5x. I will add some more during the day. Please comment, if I am proceeding on the right lines. Punakha Dzong, yes, I am really surprised that it has come up for review in less than 24 hours after posting on GAN. I will attend to the review comments that are left out after your replies and also to the tags marked by you. Hopefully by this evening it would be done. I was surprised by the very very poor response to the Burma articles (less than 100 hits in each case)- discourages me to further proceed on Burma articles. I was thinking of Tamanthi Dam as suggested by Marcus. Yes, I am feeling much better today.-- Nvvchar ( talk) 19:18, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
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Thank you very much for all the editing inputs for taking the article to GA.-- Nvvchar ( talk) 07:01, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi, i happened to notice the change of the locator maps of some Tamil Nadu articles, and traced that you had initiated the change. I had made the initial set of maps a long time back and i'm happy someone is finally taking the effort to work on it. Although i must say that i am a bit disappointed with the ones that have been added. The new maps are a step forward visually but seems to go a few steps back on the information front:
Since you are taking away this information with a proposed mass update of Indian maps which would affect over 20,000 pages, it would be worthwhile to discuss weather such data is required or not in the updated maps -- PlaneMad| YakYak 12:28, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
Excuse me, but I requested you update the maps ages ago from the silly colours you insist on using. Yet you refused to do anything about it. You told me "no", so why is it now somebody else is bothering to create some that you are opposed, when you could have solved the problem ages ago. I'm not the only one who thinks the new maps are improvement. In terms of visual quality they are a leap forward. I requested well over a year ago now that you try to improve the graphics of them by removing the colours and following the guidlines of the conventional svgs. If you would still like to create some with your requirements but without the amateurish colours I'd like to see them. But really, pushpin map are not supposed to contain "information". They are supposed to show a town within an area as clearly and as plainly as possible. If you would knidly recreate the maps like the above one with the railway lines and dots faintly in black rather than red without the colours in the same graphic as above I'd support the change. But somethhing really needs to be done about these maps. Dr. Blofeld White cat 12:44, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
OK, sorry. "Silly" was a bit harsh. I know you created them in good faith to help wikipedia. I was just a bit miffed when I asked you a long time ago to update them and didn't and now that they are being updated I thought you coming here moaning about it. If you are content with the changes then this is good. Personally I don't think the pin maps need train stations. Besides the dots have little meaning to the average viewer who is clueless as to what town it represents. Doesn't the google map or wiki atlas show railway lines? Dr. Blofeld White cat 11:09, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
I wanted to give you a shout out ... hope is well .... I do not edit s much these days .... but I've done good work ... still hate those abogados ... who like to delete items and not contribute much ... take care ... Luigibob ( talk) 18:34, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
Great work on the article - it looks fabulous and reads very well. I suggest it should instead be rated EA (Excellent Article). Both you and User:Nvvchar deserve highest praise for all the many magnificent contributions you have been making on Tibetan Buddhist monasteries recently. I apologise for not helping you more but I have beeen really unwell and only feel up to brief edits and creating short articles from time to time. Unfortunately, at times I don't even feel well enough to get up and take a reference book off the shelf beside my bed to find a quote or reference. I am flying to Cairns today to see a neurosurgeon - hopefully to get some short-term relief (cortisone and steroid injections) so I can manage the trips I am planning later this year and I will probably have to undergo a major spinal operation some time next year. In the meantime - please excuse me if I just keep pottering on the way I have been - it's about all I can manage at the moment. But do not do not hesitate to contact me if you think I might be of some help - especially with references. Also, from August to November I expect to be in India - mostly in Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Kullu, Spiti and Lahaul - so, hopefully I will get some good photos. Keep up the great work! It is much appreciated! Cheers, John Hill ( talk) 21:33, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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A recent scan of Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of edits reminded me that I was suppose to talk to you about something. Oh yeah. I think you were interested in our progress with the Millennium Park WP:FT. There are two things going on with that. We have until September 1 to get two more FAs to retain our FT when the FA % increases to 50%. Toward that end, I have recently started inflating Harris Theater (Chicago, Illinois) with all kinds of content. It should head towards WP:PR next week and WP:FAC a month later. Also Park Grill (a new article) has two more months to make WP:GA or the topic loses its status. Keep up the good work. I am very jealous of your ranking as 007 on the list.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 04:47, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
Hello Dr. Blofeld! I am with a group who is fixing up the Alejo Carpentier article. We are about to submit it for GA status, but unfortunately someone has raised some concern with the rationale for the photo posted. We would like to add more to the rationale so that there is no confusion as to why the picture was chosen. The only problem is is that we don't know where the photo came from (and it's hard to rationalize when you really don't know what you're talking about!). Is there any chance that you could give us some information on where you found the photo (anything other than the website) and if you really could not find any other free-use photos of Alejo Carpentier? Thank-you very much! :) Katie322 ( talk) 15:40, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
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For helping to make India-related articles Sharabha, Pitru Paksha, Dal Lake, Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, Kumbakonam ... (Aah! I am tired, this list is getting endless) etc. GAs by your comments and copyedits. For expanding Bobby Deol and helping with Iravan lead too. Redtigerxyz Talk 13:07, 17 April 2010 (UTC) |
This map of Osun State is wrongly labelled. It is a duplicate of this of Ogun state. Its not the map of Osun state.
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Will upload later. Dr. Blofeld White cat 09:42, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
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I was concerned knowing that volcanic eruptions and ash had caused lot of problems in UK and Europe. I am happy that everything is fine with you. Thikse can be improved once you are back fully on wiki. In the meantime, pl see this at User:Nvvchar/sandbox/Saptha Badri. I will move it main space after your edits and inputs. Thanks-- Nvvchar ( talk) 12:45, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
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Dr.Blofeld, thanks for your feedback on Themes in Avatar's GA-nomination. Following yours and Pyrotec's suggestion, I mustered enough courage and nominated it for FA. Should you wish to add your comments on the nomination page, I will be most grateful. Regards, Cinosaur ( talk) 03:05, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your comment. I replied there, apologizing for my overzealous take on your FA remark. Regards, Cinosaur ( talk) 16:39, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Point well taken, Dr.Blofeld. Thanks for getting back to me. Regards, Cinosaur ( talk) 16:57, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Hello my friend... I need a small favor from you. As you know, I am currently working on Kapoor's article in my sandbox for a while. However, I am yet to be finished and I am planning on adding some new information. When you have the time, could you please take a look at it and let me know what you think of it so far and/or ways that I could improve it further. I would really appreciate this. Thanks :) -- Bollywood Dreamz talk 16:47, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
No. Not until you undo this revert. Also I remember having a conversation with Shahid that details about Globus and her promotions was unencyclopedic. Dr. Blofeld White cat 18:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
Upset? No I was kidding! I only actually only noticed it after you posted this message!! LOL. But I have to say I prefered that image to the one inf the infobox. I added information about Globus before remember when I developed the article last time? Shahid said it was not notable and that all actors have such endorsements. Honestly, ask him. Dr. Blofeld White cat 16:24, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Haaa, you think that I would not help you promote an article I've also worked so hard on because you made a tiny tweak and took out a single image which is not exactly of the best quality anyway, it's a little blurry...!! Clearly you don't know me I am always be willing to help you, you know this unless you removed like half the article and said "worthless junk" this should be demoted to B class then I would be miffed with you. But in regards to images if you really prefer the minimalist look I'm not sure why you uploaded those images to the commons if you didn't plan on using them!! But in regards to article development, ask Shahid if it is worth having a paragraph on her endorsements. Dr. Blofeld White cat 16:51, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
You have an email. No b***** off my talk page LOL. Dr. Blofeld White cat 17:21, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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Here is a new artcile User:Nvvchar/Sandbox 1 on the above subject. There is a one line article on Bhutan Takin, which needs to be merged with this. The infobox needs to be fixed properly with Bhutan flag. I failed to do it.-- Nvvchar ( talk) 04:34, 20 April 2010 (UTC) Motitong could be developed in due course as a seperate article as it is about urban development while the Prerve comes under Zoos or wild life. Ravi DYK has been approved. Can you introduce an img now? -- Nvvchar ( talk) 12:50, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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Materialscientist ( talk) 06:02, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi. The RfC over there has finally closed and I'm looking to move things forward now. Could I get you to peek at the close and the discussion concerning going forward?
There are a lot of tweaks to the WikiProject goals and suggestions that need to happen and I'd appreciate it if you'd dip an oar in. Cheers, Jack Merridew 09:56, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
You beat me to it on the stub tag - quick work :-). I'll work on the categories later tonight; shouldn't take too long. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 13:29, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
I did this User:Nvvchar/sandbox/Saptha Badri on the spur of the moment. I hope you like it. You may like to expand it.-- Nvvchar ( talk) 17:45, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Well, the best thing would be to create articles that are clearly notable enough so that they don't end up at AfD at all. :P Silver seren C 18:06, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
I disagree. We've both seen full length well referenced articles which would seemingly claim notability up for AFD. It is just a matter of perception of the nominator. Dr. Blofeld White cat 09:09, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
I nominated this for GA upgrade this afternoon. The review has already started and I have also replied to the issues raised. Please see for any further clarifications. I have mostlty completed changes in Tiksey Monastery as per reviwers comments. However two references are difficult to replace since they are refrenced at several places in the article. I have tried to simplify sentences but there are still some glitches, which would need your expert attention. After completing it you may like to repost it on GAN. Do you want me to reply on DYK review observation on Ravi River? -- Nvvchar ( talk) 01:01, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Blofeld, apologies for having forgotten to respond to you. I'm speedily tagging Slovenia-related articles (especially biographies) at the moment, so I'm not interested in this kind of collaboration right now, but would recommend you to address your proposal to User:Kaktus999, who is creating articles about Slovenian settlements. Have a nice day, -- Eleassar my talk 13:15, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I am seriously contemplating deleting all the one-sentence stubs created by you under A3 (no content). They are now tagged as unref'ed BLPs. Thoughts? Renata ( talk) 18:20, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Well, I ask. Would that be beneficial for the encyclopedia in the long term when Lithuanian wikipedia and the Lithuanian encyclopedia contains substantial information about these people. They could be fleshed out like Kęstutis Andziulis, Romualdas Aleliūnas and Aleksas Andriuškevičius. They are not all one liners, and anyway the interwiki tag shows that an effort was being made to get them from Lithuanian into English from another wikipedia so it isn't your classic A3 no content as there was clearly a purpose. Yes they ought to have been started with more content and references but there is no use in moaning about it now. There is an editor Pohick who seems to be working on them. On second thoughts it is way too much work for me to salvage them all. Do whatever you feel is appropriate. I just don't want people moaning at me about "sub stubs" again. Just don't delete any which have been expanded, even unreferenced. Those can be saved. Dr. Blofeld White cat 18:58, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
I have not been able to locate the two refereences to the face wash ritual. Two pages 163-164 in Schobers' book which contained the related details are now not displayed on google. Can you fix them. I have fixed all other references. -- Nvvchar ( talk) 22:18, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Doc, thanks for all your help in making this a GA article. Hybernator ( talk) 13:47, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
Yes, I'd love to cooperate on more Burmese articles too. At this point, I'm primarily focused on completing articles on Burmese history. And it's going slowly... (My part-time job.) After filling out brief articles on all the kings, I do plan to rewrite the existing articles on the major Burmese kings like Anawrahta, Tabinshwehti, Bayinnaung, Alaungpaya, etc. There are enough sources about these figures to make their articles GA worthy. I definitely want to get yours and others' help. I have rewritten some of them: e.g., Razadarit, Minkhaung I and Minyekyawswa. We should be able to extract some DYK nominations. In the mean time, if you have Burma/Burmese related articles that you want double-checked by a native Burmese, please let me know. Thank you. Hybernator ( talk) 14:27, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
I'm afraid I'm not much help here. My initial take is she's of South Asian origin. To me, she doesn't look Burmese, Malay or any other indigenous SE Asian. Of course, she could certainly have some SE or E Asian heritage... (Her eyes and perhaps her skin-tone--though it's hard to tell). It's possible but I'm not sure. Hybernator ( talk) 17:05, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
Melanie Sykes: Yeah, I guess I can see some SE/E Asian in her. But I wouldn't know which E/SE Asian origin. She could well have had a Thai, or Filipino grandfather to get a similar look. Hybernator ( talk) 17:27, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
ok, i'll do some more of them, but it's thin references in non english speakers, they will probably get AfD'd; btw i'm only doing a little google search, to get refs. Pohick2 ( talk) 00:46, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
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Hei! I have nuked faiilngrain from the few remaining external links sections for Greenland articles on my watchlist. Should I see more later that realm, I'll remove them too. While I'm here, could I bother you with a proposal to move your stub: 'Angmagssalik Fjord' to the officially sanctioned (new ortography, post-1973) 'Ammassalik Fjord'? I would like to update this article significantly over time, and de-orphan it. Regards, Algkalv ( talk) 14:24, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
Can you check the article and copyedit it? Thanks -- Redtigerxyz Talk 16:18, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
Yeah sure I'll try to look at it tonight. I have some problems to sort out in the next few days so I'll try to edit it when I can. Dr. Blofeld White cat 18:24, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
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Yes - that seems to happen a lot once someone's died. A small stub ends up becoming something more substantial. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 20:57, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
I will probably add some text to Druk Air GAN article after I get back to Bhutan if by that time the review is not completed. Did you know that our two articles, Taktsang Dzong and Punakha Dzong, are the only GA articles of Bhutan, so far? I have completed the fixing of disambaguation links and also two dead links of Architecture of Karnataka Article. However, it would still need your skillful copy editing by you.-- Nvvchar ( talk) 23:12, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
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The article definitely has come a long way (probably a little too long, but condensing comes later). I got sidetracked from starting last week in preparing the Oklahoma City bombing article for the main page. Now that it's mostly stable, I've returned to sourcing Eastwood's article. I went through all the pages I tagged in his biography and sourced random statements in his article. I tagged additional pages to improve some of his film articles and I'll probably get to those this weekend. The book covers all of his recent films, all the way up to Gran Torino and some speculative information about Invictus. I can likely expand the 1995 and up this weekend, but I'll probably need to re-read portions of the book first. After that, some of the larger sections will need to be split off (if not already) and then content remaining can be condensed which will reduce the page size. At some point all of the articles could be improved to at least GA status to get a good/featured topic. At some point! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 05:32, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi friend! Sorry, I have been more and more out of the loop as I have been going through a rough time with my illness(es). In the meantime I see you you have been as productive as ever. Lots of great work! But I have missed out, apparently, on discussions regarding the use of information from fallingrain.com. Has it been shown that it is unreliable? If so I better get to work removing it as a reference. Please let me know what the go is. Many thanks, John Hill ( talk) 08:39, 23 April 2010 (UTC) PS: If we can't use fallingrain - what about Google's www.maplandia.com ? Cheers, John Hill ( talk) 08:53, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
Know Clint? God I wish I did! Thanks for your comment, but no, I'm just a long term fan. Cheers. Daisyabigael ( talk) 15:46, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
Sorry Dr! It's not that I'm uninterested it's just that I've been very busy lately - at ork and with my daughter's birthday. Also, I'm not sure how I can help with this that wouldn't involve original research. Sorry to be negative - if I can, I'll have another look when the craziness dies down. All the best. Daisyabigael ( talk) 14:34, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
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Blofeld... what are you trying to say over here?? I'm kinda confused. -- Bollywood Dreamz talk 16:35, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
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Materialscientist ( talk) 08:06, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
I take your point that her ethnicity may be of some importance for the Wiki article - but I don't believe it is critical. There seems to be a real furore on the internet at the moment about her ethnic background - I am sure all will be revealed before too long by one of the numerous celebrity magazines or programs which are on her case. I don't think it will matter very much if we have to wait a while to find out. If I were her I would drag the whole thing out as long as possible - she sure seems to be creating a lot of interest with this minor mystery! Oh, BTW, congratulations once again for another DYK (see above) - and thanks so much for your magnificent and rapidly increasing contributions. You are a star! Keep up the great work! Cheers, John Hill ( talk) 08:51, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
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The draft at User:Nvvchar/Sandbox 5 is getting finalised. I requested Dr John Hill for inputs on the article since his papers/book related to this temple have been quoted in the Article as it exists now on the main space. Dr. Hill has responded immediately and he has given his inputs and referencces on the main space article itslef. I have transferred all his inputs into my draft. There are still some text not fully referenced. I have requested John for help again. I want you to have a critical look at the whole draft and take a view on posting it on main space as suitable for DYK. You may not like the template of imgs, which gives all the plaques details. Any way they are referenced in the main text on Architecture. -- Nvvchar ( talk) 07:43, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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Materialscientist ( talk) 08:02, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Actually, I don't think the "notability" tag was a joke at all. There's very little that I could find in terms of what Wikipedia calls notabilty about the artist, e.g., http://news.google.com/archivesearch?pz=1&um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=Atsuko+Seta&cf=all Most of the article as it stands is not, and needs to be, sourced from reliable, verifiable, secondary sources, emphasis on "secondary".
I gather from your comment that you're aware of Seta's work, and hey, that's awesome, I'm sorry I'm not, perhaps I should be. If you know of other sources that can be used to correctly source the assertions made in the biographical article (even if not in English), it'd be a help and would likely avoid this eventually heading to an AfD-based-on-notability discussion. -- Joe Decker ( talk) 18:52, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Yes, she is one of Japan's top virtuoso pianists, the audiophile I am I listen to her recitals quite a lot. I agree the article is a shambles and doesn't do much to assert. I highly doubt this would get deleted, there should be plenty of sources around, in Japanese in particular. Dr. Blofeld White cat 19:24, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Have a watch of this. That's a world class pianist I'm telling you! I'll find the articles on Japanese wikipedia on her it might link me to some info and some sources, even if in Japanese... Dr. Blofeld White cat 19:45, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Wow! Thank you!!!! (For the Youtube, but for the refs, too.) Have a great weekend! -- Joe Decker ( talk) 20:17, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
You too Joe. Regards. Dr. Blofeld White cat 21:21, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Figured as much. I'm still not too happy about that article (there is lots of information with far too few refs, IMO), but as a starting point it is definitely leaps and bounds beyond the abomination we currently have in place. Thanks for putting your time into this as well. Cheers,— Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • ( yo?); April 1, 2010; 17:15 (UTC)
Hi Blofield. The article Sharabha is on hold ( Talk:Sharabha/GA1) due to prose issues. Since both the nominators, Nvvchar and I are not native English speakers, I request you to copyedit the article. Thank you. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 18:27, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
Of course, you're right! I think this list is very notable and there are no reasons to delete it, but there are no politicans from [1] and [2] there. For example, Władysław Gomułka, who was PZPR leader in the 1960s is not on the list. If you want, I can try to add these people. DK4]]$4 (Contribs) 12:30, 2 April 2010 (UTC) The PZPR had many millions of members. The majority of them were submissive, some became popular acting against the party, so they weren't notable as members but after the expulsion. Memebers of the PRL Sejm weren't notable as members of the Sejm, the majority of them did nothing interesting. The notabilty of many is doubtful in Polish Wikipedia, zero here. Xx236 ( talk) 09:02, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
I'm working to take this article to GA. But I somewhat feel that the lead is not good enough. Could you please help me rewrite the lead. :-)- The Enforcer Office of the secret service 16:49, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
How is this here? I suppose the coordinates could be moved to the infobox as well, but there aren't too many, so that could be done in a second pass. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 22:20, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
Cool!!! Thanks! :) -- llywrch ( talk) 00:52, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
Hold for 3 days before posting on DYK. I will add lot of text and also imgs.-- Nvvchar ( talk) 05:39, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
A Burmese user has added good imgs to the Mahamuni Buddha article and also copy edited it.
See here User:Nvvchar/Sandbox 1 for further addtions to the draft. Infobox has foxed me. Pl set it right. I have added most of the text. May like to elaborate and add a few imgs before posting on DYK.-- Nvvchar ( talk) 14:18, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
Have a look at Sankt Gerold. Sorry to take so long, but I've had a lot on my plate these past couple of weeks.-- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 20:37, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Dr. Blofeld. Thanks for your excellent work on improving Dal Lake. I've also reviewed your nomination Ambrosden. What is in it is good (and of GA standard), but I consider that more material is needed, so the review is currently On Hold. I've mentioned one week, but as long as progress is being made, that time can be flexible. Pyrotec ( talk) 12:02, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
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Ucucha 00:03, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
I have completed my inputs for the above article. -- Nvvchar ( talk) 10:03, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
I will be glad to work on it - may take me a day or two. Thanks for asking (and I see you are back to your former user name). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 16:06, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
Pyrotec ( talk) 16:23, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
Chamba, Himachal Pradesh is not yet underview, but it's on my list. Pyrotec ( talk) 16:32, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
I have added some text to Ambrosden on your user page. Three book references are very good. You may like to add more on the Manor from these sources. I will continue with my inputs later in the evening. -- Nvvchar ( talk) 09:36, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
Yes, it is good now. I don't know if all issues raised by the GA reviewer haven addressed. You may like to nominate this on DYK User:Nvvchar/sandbox/Saptha Badri after copy editing. I will be travelling tonight and will be in USA on 9th evening. -- Nvvchar ( talk) 12:47, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
As regards Ambrosden, it is not clear whether reviewer wants more info or clearing it as now fianlly edited. What about Bahu Fort.-- Nvvchar ( talk) 15:18, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
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-- Cirt ( talk) 00:03, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
Thanks so much for checking up on me. Yes, I have had my head down a bit for several days and for several reasons. I am O.K. but not very well (almost constant back pain), or energetic, is one reason. I go to see a neurosurgeon on the 15th about a possible lower back operation which might fix some of my difficulties and hopefully reduce the pain after some months being laid up in bed; but I am not very enthusiastic about this (and neither is my G.P.). The other reasons include the fact I had to drive my wife Jo to Cairns (about 700 km round trip) and spend a few days there while she had her first cataract operation (which has been a great success - already she is able to see things she hasn't been able to see for years!!!! It will take about a month though before it is all healed up). And then, next year, hopefully, she will go in to get the other one done.
Also, we have had the heaviest wet season in years and everything is covered in mould and our solar system is not getting enough sunshine to allow me to do as much computering as I would like - we have had over 2 metres of rain since the beginning of the year! But, the main reason is I (like the silly old fool that I am) kicked the screen of my laptop really hard getting out of bed last week and broke the rear hinge of the screen and damaged the wireless equipment and the CD/DVD player/recorder is also broken. It is obviously not worth getting it fixed properly as it is out of warranty, though I have managed (after many hours of fighting with it) to at least get it working in a sort of a way. I really can't afford another one at the moment - especially as we are planning two BIG trips overseas this year - so I am trying to work out what to do. I think I might change my name to Job!
All my programs, hard drive, RAM memory, etc., are fine so I am trying to see if the company would possibly sell me a shell of a machine into which I could move the old hard drive, RAM, etc. This would also save me having to set up all my programs, and so on, again and - most important - hopefully save some cash. I expect to hear back on this tomorrow.
However, in spite of all the trials and tribulations I have managed to create a couple of new articles a couple of days ago which might be of some interest to you: Cho-ne Monastery and Jonê Town, some fairly large additions to Labrang Monastery and did quite a bit of other Wiki editing as well as some notes for my next book. So, I haven't dropped totally off the planet yet! Look forward to keeping in touch - but if there are periods were I seem to have disappeared - do not worry too much.
And after all that - how are you, my friend? I notice you have been working on English villages and other subjects I know nothing about - but I do look forward to collaborating further with you where I can. I send you very warmest wishes from the other side of the world. Cheers! John Hill ( talk) 11:02, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
Chamba looks good, though I have not got enough time to go through it in detail. Thanks for brilliantly rewording the first para of Iravan, though there are a few minor changes I wish to make in it, in view of the concerns on Talk:Iravan#First_paragraph_of_lead. If you would prefer, please make edits to para 1 in view of the concerns. The lead of Iravan has not reached perfection as yet. Even I sense the need of a shorter lead. Please help in remodelling the lead, remove anything that you feel not so relevant in the lead. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 13:06, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
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I'm hoping you might have a moment to drop by my sandbox page and have a look at a new article I'm trying to put together. It needs some copyediting (that's the least of problems creating an article for the first time) but also I'd like some input for folks who are interested in mountaineering (and Sherpas, of course) before I move it to article space. I'd appreciate any help if you're interested. Steveozone ( talk) 07:14, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi Dr Blofeld,
You have contributed much to the article List of cities, towns and villages in Turkmenistan. However, there are numerous repetitions. For example I've counted more than 10 Imeni Molotova's. Most of the entries are not linked. So I don't know if they refer to different villages with the same name or not. I also checked the linked entries and found that they are linked to the very same article. (It is also obvious in the edit page) I am not from Turkmenistan. So I don't feel qualified to clear out some entries. Have a good day. Nedim Ardoğa ( talk) 13:02, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
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Congratulations once again - my friend - the article looks absolutely beautiful! I will read the text tomorrow. How did you get all those wonderful photos (I have trouble finding good ones for the articles I create - can you help, please?). Anyway, you have earned yourself a myriad of blessings for this article. I am sure at least ten lifetimes of bad karma have been dissolved. Cheers, John Hill ( talk) 11:56, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
Hola Dr. Blofeld, disculpa que te escriba sobre mis problemas, pero que podria hacer para recuperar mi cuenta de Wikipedia en español que fue expulsada, rogue e implore que le cambien su bloqueo por otro menor pero fue en vano, disculpa si te molesto en este comentario pero no se en quien acudir. Saludos -- Globalphilosophy ( talk) 04:03, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
I finished the biography, so I'll probably be adding sources to his article and some of his film articles later this weekend. He definitely has had a great career, but some of his personal life events are pretty crazy. I just got Dirty Harry and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly on Blu-ray, so I'm looking forward to watching those again. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 05:48, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
Thank you. I still cannot believe it. - Darwinek ( talk) 11:54, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for expressing your views. 12 hours after I heard the news, I still can’t process it. Your support is however appreciated. Jniech ( talk) 19:44, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
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Kudos to you. Sera GA is through. It was a huge effort. Thanks for the editing on Phumdi. The image in the infobox is clear in my computer. Any way, you have replaced it. Fine. Since the original article was part of the four articles hook comprising Loktak Lake, Keibul Lamjao National Park, and Eld's Deer I did not add a wild life section. I will add it now. Thanks.-- Nvvchar ( talk) 13:24, 11 April 2010 (UTC) I have fixed reference in the Ambrosden article. It was mentioned earlier in the Early History section. So I have added this additonal reference in the etymology esection. I hope it is Ok. The three articles that you have mentioned will be addresed from today after finishing Phumdi. As far GA, under Bhutan articles can we do Tatsang also. On Burma, can I post the article that you have assessed as "B" class posted on GA?-- Nvvchar ( talk) 14:12, 11 April 2010 (UTC) In addition, I have added Paro Taktsang and Punakha Dzong on GA list of Art and Architecture.-- Nvvchar ( talk) 15:24, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
No problem Blof. Listen Blof I think "Biography is the most appropriate title for Shahrukh Khan's personal life because even his marriage is part of his early life (I mean, before he started his film career). Also, the personal life looks a bit odd now because all the honours mentioned there are not really part of his personal life. As part of his biography, it looks much more appropriate. Shahid • Talk2me 20:05, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks for nominating Thikse Monastery (which was co-nominated DYK by Nvvchar and me) for GAN. Can you please copyedit the Pitru Paksha. It is a short 6k article, which is on hold at GAN, primarily for prose issues. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 12:52, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I have reviewed Bobby Deol and put it on hold at Talk:Bobby Deol/GA1. I noticed that you have not edited the article, but you are the nominator at GAN. Best, Xtzou ( Talk) 12:58, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, Dr. Blofeld for not acknowledging your timely help in getting the Chamba article through GA. I am very pleased with the result and thank you very much. I have added some text to Manaslu today. But there is not enough material to make 5x. I will add some more during the day. Please comment, if I am proceeding on the right lines. Punakha Dzong, yes, I am really surprised that it has come up for review in less than 24 hours after posting on GAN. I will attend to the review comments that are left out after your replies and also to the tags marked by you. Hopefully by this evening it would be done. I was surprised by the very very poor response to the Burma articles (less than 100 hits in each case)- discourages me to further proceed on Burma articles. I was thinking of Tamanthi Dam as suggested by Marcus. Yes, I am feeling much better today.-- Nvvchar ( talk) 19:18, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
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Thank you very much for all the editing inputs for taking the article to GA.-- Nvvchar ( talk) 07:01, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi, i happened to notice the change of the locator maps of some Tamil Nadu articles, and traced that you had initiated the change. I had made the initial set of maps a long time back and i'm happy someone is finally taking the effort to work on it. Although i must say that i am a bit disappointed with the ones that have been added. The new maps are a step forward visually but seems to go a few steps back on the information front:
Since you are taking away this information with a proposed mass update of Indian maps which would affect over 20,000 pages, it would be worthwhile to discuss weather such data is required or not in the updated maps -- PlaneMad| YakYak 12:28, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
Excuse me, but I requested you update the maps ages ago from the silly colours you insist on using. Yet you refused to do anything about it. You told me "no", so why is it now somebody else is bothering to create some that you are opposed, when you could have solved the problem ages ago. I'm not the only one who thinks the new maps are improvement. In terms of visual quality they are a leap forward. I requested well over a year ago now that you try to improve the graphics of them by removing the colours and following the guidlines of the conventional svgs. If you would still like to create some with your requirements but without the amateurish colours I'd like to see them. But really, pushpin map are not supposed to contain "information". They are supposed to show a town within an area as clearly and as plainly as possible. If you would knidly recreate the maps like the above one with the railway lines and dots faintly in black rather than red without the colours in the same graphic as above I'd support the change. But somethhing really needs to be done about these maps. Dr. Blofeld White cat 12:44, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
OK, sorry. "Silly" was a bit harsh. I know you created them in good faith to help wikipedia. I was just a bit miffed when I asked you a long time ago to update them and didn't and now that they are being updated I thought you coming here moaning about it. If you are content with the changes then this is good. Personally I don't think the pin maps need train stations. Besides the dots have little meaning to the average viewer who is clueless as to what town it represents. Doesn't the google map or wiki atlas show railway lines? Dr. Blofeld White cat 11:09, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
I wanted to give you a shout out ... hope is well .... I do not edit s much these days .... but I've done good work ... still hate those abogados ... who like to delete items and not contribute much ... take care ... Luigibob ( talk) 18:34, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
Great work on the article - it looks fabulous and reads very well. I suggest it should instead be rated EA (Excellent Article). Both you and User:Nvvchar deserve highest praise for all the many magnificent contributions you have been making on Tibetan Buddhist monasteries recently. I apologise for not helping you more but I have beeen really unwell and only feel up to brief edits and creating short articles from time to time. Unfortunately, at times I don't even feel well enough to get up and take a reference book off the shelf beside my bed to find a quote or reference. I am flying to Cairns today to see a neurosurgeon - hopefully to get some short-term relief (cortisone and steroid injections) so I can manage the trips I am planning later this year and I will probably have to undergo a major spinal operation some time next year. In the meantime - please excuse me if I just keep pottering on the way I have been - it's about all I can manage at the moment. But do not do not hesitate to contact me if you think I might be of some help - especially with references. Also, from August to November I expect to be in India - mostly in Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Kullu, Spiti and Lahaul - so, hopefully I will get some good photos. Keep up the great work! It is much appreciated! Cheers, John Hill ( talk) 21:33, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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A recent scan of Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of edits reminded me that I was suppose to talk to you about something. Oh yeah. I think you were interested in our progress with the Millennium Park WP:FT. There are two things going on with that. We have until September 1 to get two more FAs to retain our FT when the FA % increases to 50%. Toward that end, I have recently started inflating Harris Theater (Chicago, Illinois) with all kinds of content. It should head towards WP:PR next week and WP:FAC a month later. Also Park Grill (a new article) has two more months to make WP:GA or the topic loses its status. Keep up the good work. I am very jealous of your ranking as 007 on the list.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 04:47, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
Hello Dr. Blofeld! I am with a group who is fixing up the Alejo Carpentier article. We are about to submit it for GA status, but unfortunately someone has raised some concern with the rationale for the photo posted. We would like to add more to the rationale so that there is no confusion as to why the picture was chosen. The only problem is is that we don't know where the photo came from (and it's hard to rationalize when you really don't know what you're talking about!). Is there any chance that you could give us some information on where you found the photo (anything other than the website) and if you really could not find any other free-use photos of Alejo Carpentier? Thank-you very much! :) Katie322 ( talk) 15:40, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
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For helping to make India-related articles Sharabha, Pitru Paksha, Dal Lake, Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, Kumbakonam ... (Aah! I am tired, this list is getting endless) etc. GAs by your comments and copyedits. For expanding Bobby Deol and helping with Iravan lead too. Redtigerxyz Talk 13:07, 17 April 2010 (UTC) |
This map of Osun State is wrongly labelled. It is a duplicate of this of Ogun state. Its not the map of Osun state.
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Will upload later. Dr. Blofeld White cat 09:42, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
Materialscientist ( talk) 12:06, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
I was concerned knowing that volcanic eruptions and ash had caused lot of problems in UK and Europe. I am happy that everything is fine with you. Thikse can be improved once you are back fully on wiki. In the meantime, pl see this at User:Nvvchar/sandbox/Saptha Badri. I will move it main space after your edits and inputs. Thanks-- Nvvchar ( talk) 12:45, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
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Dr.Blofeld, thanks for your feedback on Themes in Avatar's GA-nomination. Following yours and Pyrotec's suggestion, I mustered enough courage and nominated it for FA. Should you wish to add your comments on the nomination page, I will be most grateful. Regards, Cinosaur ( talk) 03:05, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your comment. I replied there, apologizing for my overzealous take on your FA remark. Regards, Cinosaur ( talk) 16:39, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Point well taken, Dr.Blofeld. Thanks for getting back to me. Regards, Cinosaur ( talk) 16:57, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Hello my friend... I need a small favor from you. As you know, I am currently working on Kapoor's article in my sandbox for a while. However, I am yet to be finished and I am planning on adding some new information. When you have the time, could you please take a look at it and let me know what you think of it so far and/or ways that I could improve it further. I would really appreciate this. Thanks :) -- Bollywood Dreamz talk 16:47, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
No. Not until you undo this revert. Also I remember having a conversation with Shahid that details about Globus and her promotions was unencyclopedic. Dr. Blofeld White cat 18:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
Upset? No I was kidding! I only actually only noticed it after you posted this message!! LOL. But I have to say I prefered that image to the one inf the infobox. I added information about Globus before remember when I developed the article last time? Shahid said it was not notable and that all actors have such endorsements. Honestly, ask him. Dr. Blofeld White cat 16:24, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Haaa, you think that I would not help you promote an article I've also worked so hard on because you made a tiny tweak and took out a single image which is not exactly of the best quality anyway, it's a little blurry...!! Clearly you don't know me I am always be willing to help you, you know this unless you removed like half the article and said "worthless junk" this should be demoted to B class then I would be miffed with you. But in regards to images if you really prefer the minimalist look I'm not sure why you uploaded those images to the commons if you didn't plan on using them!! But in regards to article development, ask Shahid if it is worth having a paragraph on her endorsements. Dr. Blofeld White cat 16:51, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
You have an email. No b***** off my talk page LOL. Dr. Blofeld White cat 17:21, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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Here is a new artcile User:Nvvchar/Sandbox 1 on the above subject. There is a one line article on Bhutan Takin, which needs to be merged with this. The infobox needs to be fixed properly with Bhutan flag. I failed to do it.-- Nvvchar ( talk) 04:34, 20 April 2010 (UTC) Motitong could be developed in due course as a seperate article as it is about urban development while the Prerve comes under Zoos or wild life. Ravi DYK has been approved. Can you introduce an img now? -- Nvvchar ( talk) 12:50, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments on the page. I have replied about your Move proposal. Please check. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 04:40, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Materialscientist ( talk) 06:02, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi. The RfC over there has finally closed and I'm looking to move things forward now. Could I get you to peek at the close and the discussion concerning going forward?
There are a lot of tweaks to the WikiProject goals and suggestions that need to happen and I'd appreciate it if you'd dip an oar in. Cheers, Jack Merridew 09:56, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
You beat me to it on the stub tag - quick work :-). I'll work on the categories later tonight; shouldn't take too long. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 13:29, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
I did this User:Nvvchar/sandbox/Saptha Badri on the spur of the moment. I hope you like it. You may like to expand it.-- Nvvchar ( talk) 17:45, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Well, the best thing would be to create articles that are clearly notable enough so that they don't end up at AfD at all. :P Silver seren C 18:06, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
I disagree. We've both seen full length well referenced articles which would seemingly claim notability up for AFD. It is just a matter of perception of the nominator. Dr. Blofeld White cat 09:09, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
I nominated this for GA upgrade this afternoon. The review has already started and I have also replied to the issues raised. Please see for any further clarifications. I have mostlty completed changes in Tiksey Monastery as per reviwers comments. However two references are difficult to replace since they are refrenced at several places in the article. I have tried to simplify sentences but there are still some glitches, which would need your expert attention. After completing it you may like to repost it on GAN. Do you want me to reply on DYK review observation on Ravi River? -- Nvvchar ( talk) 01:01, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Blofeld, apologies for having forgotten to respond to you. I'm speedily tagging Slovenia-related articles (especially biographies) at the moment, so I'm not interested in this kind of collaboration right now, but would recommend you to address your proposal to User:Kaktus999, who is creating articles about Slovenian settlements. Have a nice day, -- Eleassar my talk 13:15, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I am seriously contemplating deleting all the one-sentence stubs created by you under A3 (no content). They are now tagged as unref'ed BLPs. Thoughts? Renata ( talk) 18:20, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Well, I ask. Would that be beneficial for the encyclopedia in the long term when Lithuanian wikipedia and the Lithuanian encyclopedia contains substantial information about these people. They could be fleshed out like Kęstutis Andziulis, Romualdas Aleliūnas and Aleksas Andriuškevičius. They are not all one liners, and anyway the interwiki tag shows that an effort was being made to get them from Lithuanian into English from another wikipedia so it isn't your classic A3 no content as there was clearly a purpose. Yes they ought to have been started with more content and references but there is no use in moaning about it now. There is an editor Pohick who seems to be working on them. On second thoughts it is way too much work for me to salvage them all. Do whatever you feel is appropriate. I just don't want people moaning at me about "sub stubs" again. Just don't delete any which have been expanded, even unreferenced. Those can be saved. Dr. Blofeld White cat 18:58, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
I have not been able to locate the two refereences to the face wash ritual. Two pages 163-164 in Schobers' book which contained the related details are now not displayed on google. Can you fix them. I have fixed all other references. -- Nvvchar ( talk) 22:18, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Doc, thanks for all your help in making this a GA article. Hybernator ( talk) 13:47, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
Yes, I'd love to cooperate on more Burmese articles too. At this point, I'm primarily focused on completing articles on Burmese history. And it's going slowly... (My part-time job.) After filling out brief articles on all the kings, I do plan to rewrite the existing articles on the major Burmese kings like Anawrahta, Tabinshwehti, Bayinnaung, Alaungpaya, etc. There are enough sources about these figures to make their articles GA worthy. I definitely want to get yours and others' help. I have rewritten some of them: e.g., Razadarit, Minkhaung I and Minyekyawswa. We should be able to extract some DYK nominations. In the mean time, if you have Burma/Burmese related articles that you want double-checked by a native Burmese, please let me know. Thank you. Hybernator ( talk) 14:27, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
I'm afraid I'm not much help here. My initial take is she's of South Asian origin. To me, she doesn't look Burmese, Malay or any other indigenous SE Asian. Of course, she could certainly have some SE or E Asian heritage... (Her eyes and perhaps her skin-tone--though it's hard to tell). It's possible but I'm not sure. Hybernator ( talk) 17:05, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
Melanie Sykes: Yeah, I guess I can see some SE/E Asian in her. But I wouldn't know which E/SE Asian origin. She could well have had a Thai, or Filipino grandfather to get a similar look. Hybernator ( talk) 17:27, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
ok, i'll do some more of them, but it's thin references in non english speakers, they will probably get AfD'd; btw i'm only doing a little google search, to get refs. Pohick2 ( talk) 00:46, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
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Hei! I have nuked faiilngrain from the few remaining external links sections for Greenland articles on my watchlist. Should I see more later that realm, I'll remove them too. While I'm here, could I bother you with a proposal to move your stub: 'Angmagssalik Fjord' to the officially sanctioned (new ortography, post-1973) 'Ammassalik Fjord'? I would like to update this article significantly over time, and de-orphan it. Regards, Algkalv ( talk) 14:24, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
Can you check the article and copyedit it? Thanks -- Redtigerxyz Talk 16:18, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
Yeah sure I'll try to look at it tonight. I have some problems to sort out in the next few days so I'll try to edit it when I can. Dr. Blofeld White cat 18:24, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
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For all your hard work and collaborative effort in getting Mahamuni Buddha Temple to Good Article status, the very first for Myanmar (Burma). Well done! S Masters ( talk) 16:29, 22 April 2010 (UTC) | ||
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Yes - that seems to happen a lot once someone's died. A small stub ends up becoming something more substantial. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 20:57, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
I will probably add some text to Druk Air GAN article after I get back to Bhutan if by that time the review is not completed. Did you know that our two articles, Taktsang Dzong and Punakha Dzong, are the only GA articles of Bhutan, so far? I have completed the fixing of disambaguation links and also two dead links of Architecture of Karnataka Article. However, it would still need your skillful copy editing by you.-- Nvvchar ( talk) 23:12, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
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The article definitely has come a long way (probably a little too long, but condensing comes later). I got sidetracked from starting last week in preparing the Oklahoma City bombing article for the main page. Now that it's mostly stable, I've returned to sourcing Eastwood's article. I went through all the pages I tagged in his biography and sourced random statements in his article. I tagged additional pages to improve some of his film articles and I'll probably get to those this weekend. The book covers all of his recent films, all the way up to Gran Torino and some speculative information about Invictus. I can likely expand the 1995 and up this weekend, but I'll probably need to re-read portions of the book first. After that, some of the larger sections will need to be split off (if not already) and then content remaining can be condensed which will reduce the page size. At some point all of the articles could be improved to at least GA status to get a good/featured topic. At some point! --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 05:32, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi friend! Sorry, I have been more and more out of the loop as I have been going through a rough time with my illness(es). In the meantime I see you you have been as productive as ever. Lots of great work! But I have missed out, apparently, on discussions regarding the use of information from fallingrain.com. Has it been shown that it is unreliable? If so I better get to work removing it as a reference. Please let me know what the go is. Many thanks, John Hill ( talk) 08:39, 23 April 2010 (UTC) PS: If we can't use fallingrain - what about Google's www.maplandia.com ? Cheers, John Hill ( talk) 08:53, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
Know Clint? God I wish I did! Thanks for your comment, but no, I'm just a long term fan. Cheers. Daisyabigael ( talk) 15:46, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
Sorry Dr! It's not that I'm uninterested it's just that I've been very busy lately - at ork and with my daughter's birthday. Also, I'm not sure how I can help with this that wouldn't involve original research. Sorry to be negative - if I can, I'll have another look when the craziness dies down. All the best. Daisyabigael ( talk) 14:34, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated Swissôtel The Howard, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Swissôtel The Howard. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.
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Blofeld... what are you trying to say over here?? I'm kinda confused. -- Bollywood Dreamz talk 16:35, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
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Materialscientist ( talk) 08:06, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
I take your point that her ethnicity may be of some importance for the Wiki article - but I don't believe it is critical. There seems to be a real furore on the internet at the moment about her ethnic background - I am sure all will be revealed before too long by one of the numerous celebrity magazines or programs which are on her case. I don't think it will matter very much if we have to wait a while to find out. If I were her I would drag the whole thing out as long as possible - she sure seems to be creating a lot of interest with this minor mystery! Oh, BTW, congratulations once again for another DYK (see above) - and thanks so much for your magnificent and rapidly increasing contributions. You are a star! Keep up the great work! Cheers, John Hill ( talk) 08:51, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
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The draft at User:Nvvchar/Sandbox 5 is getting finalised. I requested Dr John Hill for inputs on the article since his papers/book related to this temple have been quoted in the Article as it exists now on the main space. Dr. Hill has responded immediately and he has given his inputs and referencces on the main space article itslef. I have transferred all his inputs into my draft. There are still some text not fully referenced. I have requested John for help again. I want you to have a critical look at the whole draft and take a view on posting it on main space as suitable for DYK. You may not like the template of imgs, which gives all the plaques details. Any way they are referenced in the main text on Architecture. -- Nvvchar ( talk) 07:43, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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Materialscientist ( talk) 08:02, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Actually, I don't think the "notability" tag was a joke at all. There's very little that I could find in terms of what Wikipedia calls notabilty about the artist, e.g., http://news.google.com/archivesearch?pz=1&um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=Atsuko+Seta&cf=all Most of the article as it stands is not, and needs to be, sourced from reliable, verifiable, secondary sources, emphasis on "secondary".
I gather from your comment that you're aware of Seta's work, and hey, that's awesome, I'm sorry I'm not, perhaps I should be. If you know of other sources that can be used to correctly source the assertions made in the biographical article (even if not in English), it'd be a help and would likely avoid this eventually heading to an AfD-based-on-notability discussion. -- Joe Decker ( talk) 18:52, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Yes, she is one of Japan's top virtuoso pianists, the audiophile I am I listen to her recitals quite a lot. I agree the article is a shambles and doesn't do much to assert. I highly doubt this would get deleted, there should be plenty of sources around, in Japanese in particular. Dr. Blofeld White cat 19:24, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Have a watch of this. That's a world class pianist I'm telling you! I'll find the articles on Japanese wikipedia on her it might link me to some info and some sources, even if in Japanese... Dr. Blofeld White cat 19:45, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Wow! Thank you!!!! (For the Youtube, but for the refs, too.) Have a great weekend! -- Joe Decker ( talk) 20:17, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
You too Joe. Regards. Dr. Blofeld White cat 21:21, 30 April 2010 (UTC)