HathiTrust has litho plates from issues of The Building News for the years 1873-1881 at the link. They were scanned by the New York Public Library, but unfortunately, are not in any particular order. You need to simply go through the volumes (and do it using the reader's scroll mode or it will all roll up and you'll not see a thing) if you know something you want was in the journal. A much larger copy of File:The Tower House 1878.jpg came out of it and a ground floor plan File:Tower_House_ground_floor_plan.jpg which might be useful as it was published with the image of the house. :) We hope ( talk) 00:07, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for this! Didn't see this yesterday, sorry about that!♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:11, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
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I've opened a peer review. It really needs some American eyes on it, to vet my attempts at American spelling and to check for any transatlantic solecisms that will make American readers wince. If you can find the time I'd be most obliged. Brianboulton ( talk) 21:25, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
Would that be Welsh American eyes Brianboulton :-)? Rosiestep you're needed!♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:47, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
Brianboulton, I'm working on it. It doesn't need much, as you can see. I'm about halfway through. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 05:04, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks Rosie! I do actually kind of feel American on here though, I do think a lot of people probably assumed I was American before realising that my times of editing are very un American!♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:08, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Hehe, understandable, a lot of Americans are fascinated in British architecture and geography of course. You'd think Waldorf Astoria New York would have been very much written by an American wouldn't you! Well, I guess We hope did help contribute a bit to it though! I was born in Cardiff and live in the Vale. Most of my family are English though and I'm not particularly fascinated by sheep and rugby :-) I will certainly give the article a read, but not so much on the American english, I'll leave that to Rosie!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:38, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Architectural Record November 1914 article starts on page 463 re: Ritz and Waldorf hotels in London. We now have a floor plan for the Ritz File:Ritz London floor plan.jpg and a 1914 photo of the Winter Garden there File:Winter Garden Ritz London 1914.jpg These are also stored at HathiTrust--it looks to be very good for old architectural literature. We hope ( talk) 01:54, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
You've excelled yourself We hope! I will be resuming with Chapter 4 today..♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:09, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Let me take a little time to check as the artist died in 1931. Know that 70 years have passed but want to make sure we're not treading into bad territory. We hope ( talk) 21:31, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
They had everything-from royalty to entertainment stars to dictators. I'll throw my hat into the ring, but at present need to make sure some RL obligations are taken care of so might not be able to go full steam on the Waldorf for a short bit. We hope ( talk) 21:28, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Up to you. I'm working on the Ritz at the moment but will return to the Waldorf if you're up for further projects!♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:30, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Funny Taavi Rõivas. He's supposed to be 35, yet Arjen Robben is only 31 haha! Having Roivas in that suit and as Prime Minister rather reminds me of some of the teen administrators we have on here. "Look how important I am! Now buy me an ice cream!" :-) Just doesn't seem right somebody looking that young running a country!♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:56, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Mmm now who could Baron Pfyffer d'Altenhofen be, google search is literally dead for that one, he was supposedly the son of Cesar Ritz's benefactor in Lucerne. Detective Rosiestep?♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:13, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Alphons Maximilian Pfyffer von Altishofen - here he is. If you asked me to research anyone else, just let me know as I've lost track. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 04:49, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
... please don't mention my name in a discussion where I am unable to reply and fix a misunderstanding or two. You may remember that - while you can freely speak - dangerous me is restricted to two comments per topic. I am biting my tongue, it hurts. (I can't even reply or fix here, it's the same topic, Arbitration Enforcers are seriuz about that.) You may remember also that all participants have been requested "to avoid turning discussions about a single article's infobox into a discussion about infoboxes in general". I did not mention your name in a related discussion (about real life eye surgery and visions). -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:37, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
If you were fully topic banned not topic banned at all from commenting on infoboxes Gerda you'd not have that worry. ♦
Dr. Blofeld 12:45, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
I've emailed you, seems as the silly two comment thing applies on talk pages too.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:19, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Doc, congrats on getting Bramshill House up to FA. I'm glad the "Legends" section made it through OK; sorry if it caused problems for the nom... that wasn't my intention. Best regards, Simon Burchell ( talk) 12:38, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Thankyou Simon, and thankyou for documenting all 14 ghosts :-)!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:41, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks Rosie, is that a young QEII though LOL?♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:30, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
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Tag has been there a long long time, somebody.. I think it should probably be merged into Ambience Mall. Somebody can do that if they like, I guess I'm talking to myself..♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:48, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
The person who posted this should look at WP:Before Do these relate?
I sent you two e-mails, but seems you've got a lot on your plate. You have created so much that it 'causes a black hole in the universe' to which errant WP:SD and WP:PRODs are sucked in. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 15:21, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Any particular reason you deleted my comment on Collects talk page? Cheers. JBH ( talk) 17:32, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Wasn't intended Jbhunley, must have got caught up somehow, sorry about that! I was just questioning the block on just the one editor, I know nothing about what issues are at stake!.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:35, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Please see this message that was recently posted by an IP editor. It's becoming increasingly difficult for me to work here with the constant barrage of personal attacks and harassment towards me. Why, only because I refuse to fan the ego of a fan boy? First, my user page and talk page had to be indefinitely protected, but these messages are still being posted in other places. I am not sure if it's from the same person or a group of people. But I am really sick of it, and find the entire idea of contributing here to be an epic waste of time and energy! I am sorry about venting here, but I really needed an outlet! -- KRIMUK90 ✉ 09:00, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
Why not just report it to an admin at ANI?♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:27, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
Taking a break for the sake of my health. I'll return here when somebody is kind enough to give me the coding in my preferences to suppress Template:Infobox person in an article and to replace a photo if in the infobox with a formatted photo in place set at 250px with the caption given in the infobox. I've requested it at the village pump and an editor who knows coding but they've not responded. I want to ensure that I'm not personally involved in a dispute over biographical infoboxes myself again because they create rifts between people and destroy friendships. Daft. A considerable part of the disruption on here is over infoboxes, and frankly I've had enough of it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:10, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
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— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 10:57, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
I wish you much success on your break. I just thought I would pop off a note to you, as I noticed you had an interest in the Canada locator maps. I started a conversation on the help desk regarding the map of Saskatchewan under the title Error in maps and therefore in the GPS coordinates. The map titled File:Canada_Saskatchewan_location_map.svg does not look my province of Saskatchewan. There should be curvilinear lines north and south. The eastern and western borders albeit are parallel lines, however they are in no way parallel to each other. I see the map NordNordWest used as a template File:Canada_Saskatchewan_relief_location_map.jpg, but it is not a good one at all. The boundaries for Saskatchewan have never changed, I think the cartograher who made File:Canada_Saskatchewan_relief_location_map.jpg took a short cut and made it rectangular with square corners in error. This one MapSK.JPG shows the not parallel east west boundaries and the curved north south borders the best, but it should be oriented more north and south and not off on a diagonal. This also shows the borders well. Saskatchewan Municipalities.png, or this one SK-Canada-province.png. I have contacted user_talk:NordNordWest, the creator of the SVG locater map who seems to have good map making skills BTW I know they have to be rather particular to work with the GPS robot. Kind Regards SriMesh | talk 14:35, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
Yes, Nordnordwest on German wiki would be your best bet. I haven't contacted him in about 2 years now as I don't do much work on settlements any more. Aymatth2 lives in Canada and is known to make the occasional map, he might have something to say.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:59, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
I saw a post on your page from Krimuk90, he was saying about an IP address. But, I don't understand why did he blamed me for that. He directly pointed his fingers at me. I was the one, who was constantly haraassed by the IP adresses, e-mails, tweets, blah blah blah. It's not an attack? Who knows he must be doing it himself to get some sympathy as his writing was same as that of my talk page post, calling me sir, saying PC is godess and others are nothing (a way of bullying, laughing at her). Infact, one edit on Chopra's page cannot be ignored (Successfuladdition), no one would do that. So, what should I do? No one should say anything by any proof. I suggest him to go to ANI, why taking my name?— Prashant 18:04, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
Hey you remember this from 2007 (with winners announced after 12 months...)
- my question - did you ever get the promised prizemoney and if so, who got it to you? Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 07:21, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
I have opened the FAC for
Enthiran. Feel free to leave comments.
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Ssven2
Speak 2 me 14:21, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
It looks like HathiTrust is limiting total viewing of the article to those in the US only. Crisco tried to view it and was told he could only do a word search. I've uploaded a copy of the article here:
In the folder, you'll find everything needed to use the article for citations. Any photos you might want to use would need to stay at WP due to the fact that the journal is in the public domain in the US but not in some other countries. This seems so silly because we're talking about a long out of print magazine that was published in January 1907. Any monetary consideration for the publisher for this issue has long gone by the boards. We hope ( talk) 15:21, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
Excellent WH. Will be back in a day or two hopefully when I have to coding to hide infobox person!♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:54, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
Heylo, how do, sir? I'm going to have a bit of spare time on my hands in coming weeks... how is the Paris article looking, is it up to snuff? Will it take any amount of work for it to get its 'GA' status back? Cheers, take care, THEPROMENADER ✎ ✓ 20:46, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
Sourcing looks sound anyway! I'll need to give it a full read later this week! Hope you're well!♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:52, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the cantata review! Found returning from rehearsal of the second movement which we will sing for Easter, about thanks ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:31, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
That's very nice of you Gerda, thankyou! The tree of knowledge, ever growing perhaps, some branches more fruitful than others!♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:26, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
Wise Wehwalt!♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:33, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
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— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 13:22, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
You know a hell of a lot more about images, commons and the like than I do. I was wondering whether this image and/or any images of the distinctive Spider Jerusalem 3-D glasses shown in it might be available for addition to commons. I'm thinking we might have an editor who might also, broadly, be considered a bit of a "crusading journalist" type and such images might be among the only available ones to convey the idea. John Carter ( talk) 16:38, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
You could always ask on flickr for a person to change the license to CC-2.0?♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:02, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
Just to let you know that I have closed the peer review. Your comments will of course be most welcome at the FAC which will open shortly. To answer the question you raised on the PR page, all the ship specifications shown in the infobox are also in the text, and are referenced there - see "Amazon" and "New owners" sections. Brianboulton ( talk) 23:33, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
I'm baffled as to why you closed the peer review when I said I'd look at it tomorrow, but in fairness it had already had a vigorous review and there's probably little left to comment on. I will look at it anyway.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:37, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
There might be something at HathiTrust or at the Library of Congress--will have to see. Right now, am working on "Bet a Million" Gates, a former long-term tenant of the Waldorf-Astoria. I found a 1948 PD biography as HathiTrust. ;) We hope ( talk) 23:30, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
More links We hope ( talk) 02:59, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
It comes from:
We hope ( talk) 14:25, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks WH!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:29, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
This clears up something earlier I found, thanks for that!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:35, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
I really appreciate the effort here guys. Thanks a million! Rationalobserver ( talk) 18:10, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
Irataba gave testimony in the proceedings following the Wickenburg Massacre, but I'm not sure if it should be included. What do you think? Rationalobserver ( talk) 20:30, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
Yes, something mentioned might be a good idea.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:46, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
Dear Dr., No urgency but I've added a ghastly bare URL as note 65. When you next drop by, could you do me a great favour by fixing it. Whatever happened to that marvellous Reflinks tool? All the best. KJP1 ( talk) 18:33, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
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The Teamwork Barnstar |
You've probably gotten so many of these over the years, but here's another one for being such a great help at the peer review and contributing at Irataba. I really appreciate your effort. Thanks! Rationalobserver ( talk) 20:10, 11 March 2015 (UTC) |
Gracias! A great character and an important one in US history. Well let's hope it's all been worth it, I do hope people will try to purely look at the article and see some potential in it and be willing to comment and help polish it. What matters here ultimately is promoting articles to FA... I'm happy with it's level of comprehension anyway. There's not a tremendous amount of biographical detail about him. The Mohave people article itself though is pretty dismal!♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:32, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
By some virtue, I've been addressing errors in the historical record and submitting corrections to different venues for all matter of silent film works. I am liking how later productions by most companies have plenty of images and background works to go by. As long as errors like this exist, I'll have to be on my toes. I'm sure you know the whole "Verifiability, not truth" and "no original research", but some "original research" quickly clears up such errors and shows how prevalent they are in almost all topics. So much of that film still is totally wrong. It is Robert McWade in the 1912 Vitagraph production! Zoom in if you don't believe me I've actually submitted several other film still identifications, but I don't want to be a pain. Most people know Wikipedia is not infallible, but most people don't understand that so many books and other sources are also very flawed. Only 1000 Thanhouser films left to go. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 05:21, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
Oh yes, you have to be very careful, even otherwise reliable sources get it wrong!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:21, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
Started it nearly 10 years ago now Chris at a time when imdb was largely all there was!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:06, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
He was a particular thorn in the side of the refined George Boldt, who made the remark that he would rather have Mrs. Astor drinking a cup of hot water in the Palm Room than have Gates eating a full-course meal there. :) I got interested in what he had been up to via the Waldorf. We hope ( talk) 23:28, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
The resident bad ass vs the stuffy boss. Mmm..♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:55, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
Would you like to conduct a GA Review on this article? Let me know if you are interested in doing so.
Pavanjandhyala (
talk) 04:17, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
Yes, 1957 might be the best year in film, or if not it's certainly one of the very best! I've not seen that film yet either!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:15, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Dr Blofeld, while I know we did not agree on the technicality of how to administer the structural breakdown of the Lhasa article series, I must say I am very impressed with the quality of the article which I am sure you played no small part in creating. A job well done and I hope to see you expand on other topics in the subject area in the future! Colipon+( Talk) 02:20, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
Colipon Thanks, but Aymatth2 really is responsible for all of the recent work, I've been busy with FAs, reviews and, er.., other things... I did a lot of work on Tibet a while back and created most of the monasteries and settlements and at one stage I was going to get the main Lhasa article to GA but at the time I wasn't impressed with the sourcing available on other aspects of the city. I really mean it though when I say that I think the larger area prefecture level areas should be organized this way across wikipedia, for development reasons. It's difficult to cover a 30,000 km2 area with a notable city all in one. I I don't want Lhasa to be the exception, and if I had time I'd work on a few other areas of China. I don't see it as breaking official naming and structure, but I simply see it as an extension, with a different main focus on each one, one rurally and the other on the urban centre. I was the one who began drawing up the lists of townships by region as eventually I'd like to see a good article on each one and on the villages within them! China I'd say probably needs the most work generally on settlements on wikipedia.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:40, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
Hey Doc, first off, my mea culpa for getting involved in that one article dispute; in the future, feel free to let me know if I'm treading in something that you put blood, sweat, and tears into. I don't call it "ownership" I call it "quality control." On that note, you helped me with the FAC for California Chrome and I'm going to put it up for TFA on May 2 (Kentucky Derby Day). I've added a fair bit of material since the FAC - and removed some too (**Blofeld cheers**). I'd value you trotting (or galloping) over there and taking a whack at anything that isn't up to par for the main page. Feel free to post at the talk page there if you have questions or want to discuss nuance. Thanks in advance! Montanabw (talk) 05:09, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
Still looks in good shape!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:10, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
Morning Dr. B. I've begun some preliminary work on the above - filling in time while waiting for The Tower House to go to FAC, and only about 2 years late! Haven't touched the architecture, just done some referencing, removed the gallery, given a possible outline structure and started some early history etc. Hchc2009 has also most helpfully pitched in, risking the wrath of the Dr Who devotees! How do you want to play this? I won't have lots of time to devote to it immediately, and, of course, we've no idea what the Tower FAC will require. But, to paraphrase Bute, "why should we hurry over our chief pleasure?" Shall I have a go at the first expansion, or do you want to divvy it up. I'm very content either way. I think we have all the books that we need. I'll potter on for the time being - just let me know what approach you favour. See Tim was on the front page again. He really is amazing. All the best. KJP1 ( talk) 09:43, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
Thankyou both, delighted to see you interested in this. Hope your work continues KJP! I can't promise too much in the next few days on the castle as I have books on the Ritz London I've been meaning to continue with, but I will get into it soon! And yes, educated level-headed folk like Tim and Brian are a joy to know and a large part of the reason I stick around these days and convince me it is worth it on a website which at times is like a primary school playground. Yet they're undervalued by most here, as most of us content contributors are.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:16, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi, and nope. We didn't talk about editor motivation at all. We got caught up on our personal lives. And there was conversation about technical stuff... Virtual Editor, Flow, translation tool (currently only works on languages which are very similar: Spanish/Catalan, Russian/Ukrainian), placement of the Wikidata link on the sidebar, how to suppress the biography IB, etc. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 16:08, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
Is it ok to open up a PR while an article is at FAC? — Ssven2 Speak 2 me 08:07, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
No, it defeats the object of it! I personally can't see any big issues with the prose in Enthiran like Sandy can but minor MoS issues are often difficult to pick up on. I have asked Eric to further look at it. My intuition tells me though that it's not going to pass first time, the delegates won't be convinced that there is any real support for it, with what Sandy and RH said and the fact that Tim didn't actually support. It'll get there though, RH agreed with that. So please state you withdraw it at the FAC and regroup to another peer review and request for copyediting.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:08, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
To cut a long story short, I don't think I've done much work on this, so I'm happy to do the GA review if somebody else wants to give it a quick "shave and a haircut" copyedit. The sourcing all looks okay, and I think between them, GabeMc, JG66 and Dan56 have tightened up the prose. I would certainly not quickfail it if it went to GAN today. The only obvious show stopper is at 28K the article is a bit light on detail, given this is one of the most critically acclaimed albums of all time. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:20, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
I think the current content is OK for GA, it just needs sourcing improvement and a bit of a "shave and haircut" I think. It doesn't need to be comprehensive for GA. But it might be better for somebody to research it further properly and get it up to FA status instead. If you think it's worth it I'll look at it later.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:26, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
Ritchie333 Nommed.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:30, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
I think the bulk of the article is done now. At the start, I'd hoped to just be able to enlarge it with news stories. Was aware of the bio, but wasn't sure about getting access to a copy of a 1948 book. Turns out the authors didn't renew their copyright and the entire thing is PD, so HathiTrust has a scanned copy. We hope ( talk) 12:41, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Dr. Well, the comments are mostly addressed but there are some beyond my technical abilities. Specifically, the photo sizes / whatever is meant by a "comma splice" / the feet to metres conversion / the use of cite book templates for the C. H-R magazine articles. Can you help with these? Then there's the issue of the lede quotes! All the best. KJP1 ( talk) 18:07, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
I'd probably avoid capital letters, but that's just me. What does Tim riley think? I don't think all of the points are valid ones, but I'll try to go through as many as I can over the next few days. Not today though, the Ritz beckons.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:52, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
I'd be happy to fix the issue with inconsistent pagination, but I'm not sure which style you prefer. I use 345–7 versus 345–347. What do you think? Rationalobserver ( talk) 22:58, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
Neither, use 345-47.♦ Dr. Blofeld 23:09, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
@ Dr. Blofeld and Tim riley:
Dear Dr. and Tim,
Curly Turkey still has two concerns. The first appears to be in relation to a miles to kilometres conversion, see below:
The second is in relation to the "dropped H" footnote, see below:
+ Resolved?
Is it possible to address these? I'm not sure I know what the issues are, let alone how to resolve them, but I think if it is possible to do so, we may have Curly Turkey's Support.
Let me know if there is anything I can do, although I doubt it. KJP1 ( talk) 23:53, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
I doubt Curly Turkey would be willing to support it. Let's let him decide anyway!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:31, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
Five supports, yes, but still no support from Tim, Brian and Wehwalt... Or Gerda. Is it really only the lede quote stopping her? In fairness though it's not exactly the most straight forward looking FA I've ever contributed to though, the content is relatively sparse compared to some of the country houses we have but it only reflects the sourcing. Castell Coch should have more detail and "flowing prose" and be easier to promote once we get there. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:14, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
There's still a request for a copy of the ground floor plan alone. I can do that from File:Plan of the Tower House, London.png and license it as a free derivative in less than 5 minutes--just let me know. We hope ( talk) 15:26, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
I think we want it, but I'm not sure how to fit it into the article without bloating it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:43, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
Looks good. Commons upload though?♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:23, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
KJP1 Can you glean anything from it?♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:30, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
Permalink to : RIBA journal. 3rd ser.:v.23 1915:Nov.-1916:Oct.. This is the 19 February 1916 issue and the pages are 129-139. (All PD in the US) We hope ( talk) 21:59, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
Excellent find!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:21, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
Nice one, thanks. That was a great find! BTW if you start a new post can you start it at the bottom of the page as I have to keep looking for the section haha! It's OK for a day or two in the same thread, but after a while it tends to get too far up my page!♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:07, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
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I have opened the 2nd PR as the article's first FAC is now withdrawn. Feel free to leave comments.
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Editor motivation is the key! I didn't mean me, I meant asking some of the regular reviewers to take a look at it. I've already asked a bit much of them of late.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:34, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
Finally, Sandy's comments have been resolved. When do you think I should nominate for FAC? — Ssven2 Speak 2 me 14:02, 23 March 2015 (UTC) Yes, Sandy was a great help with that. I still say keep it open until the end of the month, hopefully I can attract some more editors to commenting on it but can't promise anything given the subject!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:04, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
Have just been trying to get some text from various news clippings into the article. On a related note, while searching, I found that Hemingway did something memorable while at the Paris Ritz. When his wife (believe this was #3) notified him she wanted a divorce, he was a guest at the Paris hotel. His reaction to the news was to take her photo, throw it into one of the hotel's toilets and then used his pistol to shoot both the photo and the commode. (At least Elvis confined himself to television sets.)
For the London Ritz, I wish we had a way to get a copy of George of the Ritz by George Criticos, the head porter there for many years. It looks like it would have some interesting information in it. Out of print (1959) and I've not found a scanned copy online. No idea why someone would have wanted to paint over all of that fabulous marble, but glad they restored it. There are others who would make more fitting "fish food", but naming names would mean the usual shouts of "incivility" and a trip to AN/I. :-) We hope ( talk) 00:34, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
That book looks like it would be good!♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:49, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
page 650 The Athenaeum-15 May 1886. It's a journal by J. Lecton, London. There's a review of the books Burges' brother in law wrote about him and possibly some useful commentary about Tower House. If for some reason you're not allowed to view this, I'll upload the 1886 page elsewhere. ;) We hope ( talk) 12:57, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
I can't view it in the UK!♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:45, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks. I just read it but I don't there's anything to add from it that we don't already have. although the description of the settle as "extraordinary beautiful" might be worth quoting.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:24, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
Nope, not even that. It's just the outline of the cover and the top of the page shown. Ludricrous.But they have to be ultra careful with copyright, so even if unlikely they're going to run into difficulty they'll block it anyway as it's not covered by US law. I do think they should make more effort to make them available in the UK.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:59, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
Didn;t you earlier upload some stuf fon the construction of the Ritz? Did you add any content from it? If you could I'd be grateful, I still have about 50 pages to get through and another book to plough through!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:20, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
Excellent find! Are the images uploadable?♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:34, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
OK-Ritz photos so far:
That's great, I'll put them in a gallery at the bottom of the article and we can decide later how to use them.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:51, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
This is every illustration and photo from the article. The pdf to jpg website plants a tree for every 4K pdfs converted there; while I was working 2 trees were planted, so we also gave a little hand to the environment too! :-) We hope ( talk) 20:07, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
Much appreciated WH, I've put the gallery on the talk page. Hopefully we can use a good number in the article. BTW Peter Beatty and Baron Pierre de Laitre might be interesting to try to dig up something on, see the post war section. Laitre sounds like something from a Peter Lorre movie!♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:24, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
Where'd you get all that? I think we could probably make a stubby article stick on him. I picked up something somewhere on 1938 and him breeding horses for Agar Khan. He also held business interests and was clearly an aristocrat himself.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:00, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
I am interested in reading both books! It might take a bit to find a photo of Peter Beatty (to make sure I have the right person)--there might be one in one of the news stories. I have more to add to his page re: news stories. Have found a story with photos of the Baron and Ms. Hill that can be put into Wayback Machine and linked. The news story that accompanied the photos says he was a smuggler and had been brought up on said charges by the French government just prior to the murder-suicide. We hope ( talk) 18:31, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Dr. B. I'm currently doing some work on the Khan article. So far, it's mostly pretty good, but there are always small things to fix here and there in any article. Is there some place where I can leave comments for the author(s) to address? For example, I found some unclear wording which will need to be addressed before any FAC, but I'm not sure where I could leave comments or to whom I should direct them. Thanks in advance for your time.- RHM22 ( talk) 18:44, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
I'm finished with my review of Khan. It looks pretty good to me. It's not really laden with trivia, but there are a few things which reviewers might point to. Overall, I think it would stand a decent chance at FAC.- RHM22 ( talk) 22:20, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
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Aren't they both PD Argentina We hope?♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:00, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
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I'm sure you don't remember me, but I do (I'm kidding, I know you do because I'm simply unforgettable LOL :)).
Well, I'm not actually back to editing, don't have much time for that, but I do get reminded of the days we were working together and communicating on a daily basis, sharing our cultures, likes and dislikes. In the middle there were even fights, arguments and some short instances of anger, like in a regular and normal friendship, but they had faded away. This often brings a smile to my face. To think that on a website you can befriend someone you hardly know anything about, someone you've never seen in person, not to mention seen his face or heard his voice. It's all about the imagination, and you still know who he is, you know it's a wonderful human being, by just witnessing the cheerful attitude, the power of giving, and the rare kindness of eagerly wanting to share knowledge and distribute it all over without expecting anything in return and just for the sake of goodwill. I appreciate that greatly, and that's the reason I wanted to take the time and ask for your well being. With best regards. Shahid • Talk2me 21:36, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
Today I felt I had to write about Bach scholar Martin Petzoldt who just died - only to find out afterwards that it been about the time of his memorial service in the Thomaskirche, - felt chilling, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:56, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
And you didn't know? Eeks that's scary indeed! There's been a few articles I've started on old actors and later died and that feels unpleasant enough.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:59, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
Started Carl Seffner, might want to proof though, is that really true about finding Bach's skull?♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:31, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
I expanded CS and nomed. Started Sadie American with a copy/paste of a PD article; needs work if you're up for it. I'm headed to bed. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 04:25, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
@Gerda. You're treading on thin ice when you accept and encourage snide comments by the likes of Alakzi and make them yourself on Ched's talk page poking fun at the preferences of the two editors who got a core article to FA status. It shows a complete lack of respect and shows how two faced you are. You're officially banned from this talk page. Please don't post here again. I'm taking you off of my email list too. Enough is enough.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:52, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
I can also look through what HathiTrust has because they appear to have a lot that's related to Britain--but won't allow those living there access to it. :/ If something comes along, we can do the same thing as with the London Ritz and The Tower House--I'll copy and upload. Please tell me how to let WMF know that I'd like to borrow the books. We hope ( talk) 22:49, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
I think we might have enough to possibly expand the Golden Bed; know we have some of Burges' drawings at our disposal from the 1916 article on The Tower House. There are some interior photos of Castell Coch at this site: The Victorian Web. Castell Coch photos are by Jacqueline Banerjee, who gives her e-mail addy at the end of this page. Have a look around as you might want to try e-mailing her for permission to use. She gives a "blanket" permission for scholarly and educational purposes for credit and a link to the site and might be open to giving permission for WP to use some photos. We hope ( talk) 14:25, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
What Burges folder?♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:57, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Cardiff Castle I think we'll bring to FA status at a later date, Castell Coch is the main focus at the moment I think!♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:27, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
File:Alla En El Norte poster.jpg See how this is. I put it into the article because some people get very eager with orphan tags on the non free images. ;) The reason you couldn't copy it is because this apparently is no longer on that website. I grabbed it because it's not watermarked, but found another page for reference with a watermarked copy. We hope ( talk) 18:39, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Cheers WH, LOL is that Nicole Kidman on the poster for Cumbres de hidalguía ? :-)♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:44, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
As you have previously commented on one or more of nominations of the lists of scheduled monuments in Somerset, I wondered if you would be kind enough to take a look at the List of scheduled monuments in West Somerset which is now nominated at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of scheduled monuments in West Somerset/archive1?— Rod talk 21:17, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Posts removed from Cassianto's talk page, having been blocked for a week. I'll try to comment on the PR on the weekend. That is if I can avoid being shot down by a monkey admin with a gun for merely breathing.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:49, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Our competent administrator then proceeds to brandish the racist stick here. Bang out of order given that there was no mention of race or creed, has he never heard Sacha Baron Cohen compare the competence of people to a monkey with a gun or flying a plane? I've asked him to remove his offensive edit summary but he refuses to do so. I take accusations of racism very seriously. I was about to post a light hearted remark linking Chimpanzee minkey and saying that perhaps Clouseau is a better comparison then but the post was removed before I could continue.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:24, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
I've seen some idiocy on here in my time, but this is the prize winner by far. Funnily enough I have friends in the north I call "Northern monkeys" (they're both white, and they call me a "southern numpty" or "soft southern twat" by return). Still, it's always good to block someone with an opposing opinion when you're in the midst of a disagreement. Sense of perspective? Common sense? They are sadly missing elements here. - SchroCat ( talk) 21:36, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
I'm British, I've never called a black person or a minority race a "monkey". The edit summary was bang out of order, and it's just wrong that Cassianto is blocked and his edit summaries removed by this admin who can't also accept fault in the heat of the moment and remove the racism remark. It's one thing to remove a comment from somebody's talk page but to do so with such an edit summary is disgraceful.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:42, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Fine, but if he'd agreed to remove his offensive summary in the first place instead of telling me I was no longer welcome on his talk page I wouldn't be continuing here. Kindly remove the offensive edit summary and that part will at least be resolved.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:06, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Dr. Blofeld: You made a legitimate criticism of Gamaliel's actions but by claiming racism, presto-chango, what began a discussion of his mistake became a lecture on improving your cultural sensitivity. Don't fall for it. "Silly little monkey" is a common American saying. And Gamaliel is hispanic. He also has a history of selective admin action in articles where he has strong personal beliefs; he plays the "ref" while his buddies (see above) run the field. Regards, An American. 169.57.0.216 ( talk) 23:59, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks. Yes, I'm not forgetting what has happened here. He's lucky that it wasn't Eric he blocked, otherwise he'd be half the way to being desysopped by now! I could walk out in disgust at being branded a racist, but somehow I think more admins value somebody like Galadriel then myself here (as evidenced by the response highlighting my faults not his) so there's no point. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 00:13, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
Another variation would be Mister Big (Rocky and Bullwinkle). ;) We hope ( talk) 01:04, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
Haha, yes indeed! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 01:10, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
I call my sixteen-month son monkey, or cheeky monkey. I guess I'm racist too. The Rambling Man ( talk) 05:45, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
It should be the duty of an admin to diffuse conflict, not provoke it. Episodes like this again illustrate that the pointy blocking of well established content contributors and the double standards which exist in civility enforcement actually inflame a situation instead of diffusing it. Not OK to refer to admins as monkeying around but acceptable to call somebody both a racist and sexist. Sadly there are precious few admins who can stand out from the crowd and see what is wrong here. You're one of them Rambling, but the edit summary still remains, it's for more offensive to me than anything else that has been said and removed.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:25, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
It is really appalling to even bring race into something on wikipedia. I'm the least likely person to intentionally use a slur against black people, I've started articles like African-American history of agriculture in the United States and Pod's and Jerry's and am very much into jazz and its history. As an art form I think it's pure genius how it evolved, and that's largely an African American development. It's more racist to me that somebody would even think of blacks when the word "monkey" is said. Aren't we all something like 98% genetically the same anyway, whatever the skin colour? Gamaliel knows it wasn't intended that way, but his talk page trolls do.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:58, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
There's now a report on the state of Castell Coch and what Burges intended to do with the property in the Burges folder. The files you're looking for start with nyp. There's a drawing by Burges of the castle in 2 parts. (I can take care of that later.) There are also plans now in the folder for the Cardiff Castle stables because I found them in the same journal as the Castell Coch material. Here's the information for citing:
So we'll now hear from the man himself! :) We hope ( talk) 05:00, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
I wonder if Burges had a pet monkey? He liked animals I believe!♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:28, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
We hope I've reached page 72 of the Binney book now, roughly half way. It resumes with details on the construction, before moving on to the cuisine and details of the bedrooms. A fair bit of material left to cover but nothing extreme. Only 2 chapters left in the other Ritz book but it is OK if I leave that material to you? I'll send the books back to WMUK next week if so and ask them to send you the books afterwards.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:18, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
@ We hope:, do you mind if I do a bit of work with a couple of Coch images from the folder tomorrow morning? Hchc2009 ( talk) 21:21, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
She'd be delighted I'm sure Hchc2009 Use all the material you want.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:33, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
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The yellow monkey picture literally made me ROFL! And I live in Singapore. :P -- Krimuk|90 ( talk) 10:22, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
Hehe, yes, "yellow" and "monkey" together are certainly questionable! Aw I miss Yellow Monkey, he was the best wasn't he? Or was he around before you arrived? A great contributor and also a very decent administrator who fought against injustice. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:27, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
I miss him too, for his wisdom, knowledge in several useful fields, hard work and fearlessness/dedication to IAR. Sadly, it seems he took the latter a bit too far, which is a shame. -- Dweller ( talk) 11:54, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
Indeed, a great loss. Can you let her know that I've left a message on her talk page. I want to do something to try to resurrect the unfortunate situation and prove to her that once she learns the basics there's little chance somebody will delete a starter article. Especially as a female editor who seems to have a great knowledge of crafts, not many men edit those sorts of topics, this is the sort of editor we need in droves, right Rosiestep?♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:18, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
That will come, in due time. There's a lot of work to be done in categorizing writers, and I'm doing what I can, but it's going to be rather a long slog, I'm afraid. Right now I'm basically laying some groundwork for what's to come down the road. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 14:23, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
and see who will be blocked next as we play "Punishment Without Crime".
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As it is clear that HJ Mitchell is going to shoot down an opponent here is my statement. And it's completely true. Do I really need to provide diffs over cases you've imposed sanctions on pigs on the wing and Gerda over. People know I'm right:
I'm aware that my statement here is a waste of time given the power of certain people here but from my perspective this looks like a clear stitch up and about as corrupt as you can get. I've watched (from my perspective) HJ Mitchell and Ched play this like a chess game in recent days meticulously thought out and plotted, weakening the opponents: [2] [3] (admitted to off wiki discussion), [4] (Six reverts in 48 hours before [5] and the inappropriate use of admin tools by HJ to lock a page down without the note himself, despite being involved), [6] (the questionable blocking of the most outspoken editor against it), "little creeps" [7] (Personal attacks, one by email which they were told was inappropriate), [8] (Attempts to censor talk page comments half of which in this edit shouldn't have been deleted), [9] (An attempt to close this key thread because of the ancient incivility of an IP), [10] (HJ blocked SchroCat less than an hour before opening the case here over this which is a very questionable block given that he'd toned down the note and didn't edit war), and finally the general hostility, stirring and accusations here and here. HJ has confessed that he is a friend of Mabbett's (see Gerda's last arb case) and Olivier has been the target for infobox enforcement for quite some time by those individuals arb imposed sanctions on previously, clearly acknowledging there was a problem. I knew what was happening a few days ago, I found it suspicious that a mere note over infoboxes was gradually turning into a discussion about consensus to have an infobox (Gerda) [11]. When HJ arrived to block the article here it seemed inappropriate for him to intervene, knowing that he is in contact with Andy in real life. Whether or not Schro and Cassianto were heated in their response, I think it's out of frustration that every article taken to FA without an infobox inevitably becomes a target for enforcement. Talk:Frédéric Chopin, [12] etc, need I really cite every case where Mabbett and Arendt have been involved with Schro, Cass, Tim riley etc? There's obvious canvassing and plotting behind the scenes ( [13] [14]) and it displays a lot of disrespect for the people who brought this core article up to FA status. They contributed a magnificent article and they're essentially made to look like criminals here. Very sad.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:23, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
@ Gamaliel "Also, if editors are going to squabble over infoboxes, discretionary sanctions might be helpful. " Let's be clear on this. Tim riley, Cassianto and SchroCat are not squabbling over infoboxes. When they write articles they agree on infobox or no infobox and promote it like that. John Barrymore for instance makes it clear that they're not completely against them, but disagree where they're of very limited use. They move on constructively and develop other articles. The squabbles result from several editors magically turning up on the article talk pages to mention infoboxes. Olivier has been on that target list for a while now, in fact he tops the list. I think something should be passed which respects the editor's view who promote articles to FA, whether or not that implies ownership or not. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:38, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
@HJ Mitchell They're not baseless personal attacks. They're an account of what I've witnessed over the months and recently on here. Do I really need to provide diffs over everything that I've claimed? The arb have imposed sanctions on Andy and Gerda, in fact Pigs on the wing was banned from infoboxes. We all know what I'm saying is largely true that they go through articles adding infoboxes. By asking for my statement to be removed it looks as if you're trying to override the opposition and win out. My statement is on my talk page should it be removed here. If it is removed it will prove how corrupt the premise behind this is, I would ask the committee to give this case a fair look, thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:53, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
@Gamaliel I wasn't involved in the editing dispute. I did comment on the talk page though that the actions by HJ were suspicious. You and I had a personal run in, but that was over comments made over the blocking of Cassianto and your false perception of racism. I'm outspoken on this largely because I see a repeat pattern with infoboxes and I think it wastes a lot of time and causes unnecessary hostility. I'm of the opinion arb should recognize that infobox disputes are becoming a major problem and that in practice their ruling of infoboxes being an optional thing by the article writers in practice doesn't work. In fact HJ's very case here is contrary to their previous ruling I think. I think before an article is promoted to FA a formal consensus needs to be made very clear on the infobox situation and that seen as final once promoted and to find a way to stop people trying to enforce them after promotion.
@Gerda and Ne Ent Fact: "the article had an infobox until [15] until a couple editors decided to replace the entire article". Yes it had an infobox between 2006 and Jan 2015. But that was before the article was fully developed. "Decided to replace the entire article" happened to be extremely productive and resulted in a featured article on a core topic, the holy grail of actors. The decision to exclude an infobox on the weight of things is an extremely trivial one, yet you seem to view these editors as having done something destructive in their editing of it to FA. The arb have previously ruled that infoboxes are optional, why isn't their ruling being respected here? ♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:41, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Dr. Blofeld, I've removed (with arb clerk hat on) a bit from your statement which seemed to be needlessly aggressive and unnecessary. Could you please add evidence (eg diffs) for the sentences after "them upon these FAs". Thank you, Callanecc ( talk • contribs • logs) 23:16, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
@ Callanecc: I don't think I was overly aggressive although I see your point about my reference to the people adding infoboxes. I'll try to revise it and support what I say, but I think it's very clear what is happening here.. I'm about to go to bed here but please allow me to gather the evidence in the next 24 hours, cheers.♦ Dr. Blofeld 23:30, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
@ Callanecc: Hopefully I've provided enough evidence of what I see as gaming the system here and abuse of admin tools and contacts to muscle in on the situation. I can't see why HJ would take this to arb other than hoping that his contacts and good standing will win out, I would sincerely hope that this is looked at fairly. I'm very disappointed with HJ on this, an editor who I otherwise think highly of in terms of content production. HJ and Ched are otherwise in very good standing here, I'm not sure why this infobox thing is so important. If HJ truly doesn't care about infoboxes I have no idea why he'd get involved so much here, other than as a favour to a personal friend. Believe me, I'd rather not have to be outspoken on this, but I think the time has come where something needs to be passed to respect the decision made before it is is promoted to FA and eradicate the persistent challenging and enforcement at a later date. We need to stop disputes happening period, and I think people should be banned from disputing infoboxes in featured articles at least for a year after promotion. It's upsetting that people put in so much hard work and then have to deal with this. I think I've avoided direct personal attacks at the arb but please prod me if you want anything else altered, cheers.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:15, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
I'm afraid you already covered this lady in Laila al-Othman which you started in February 2011. May I suggest a redirect, incorporating any additional details into the older article. I've come across quite a few of those so-called red links in the missing article lists which should never have been added in the first place.-- Ipigott ( talk) 15:31, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
Meh, you can merge it if you like, I need some fresh air now. Funny I had a feeling that she was familiar too!♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:35, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
I'm not surprised - our coverage of the Middle East is often sorely lacking, I fear. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 16:28, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
If this is it, I can download it, reduce the size and get it uploaded. Just let me know if this is the one you want. ;) We hope ( talk) 21:52, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
That's it We hope yup!♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:05, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
Those are good WH but I can't save them.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:58, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
I tried a right click and it didn't show the save file option. I can download the entire PDF but not save just the image.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:24, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
KJP1 do you know how to do that? I don't!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:52, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
Wow that last photo, priceless! What is the full source so I can upload them in the commons? Crisco 1492 can you expand Marini (singer), surprised to see she wass missing.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:20, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
I believe the photographer is his brother in law, Pullan. We hope ( talk) 15:38, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
Take a look at this 1885 photo File:Tower House south front 1885.jpg. To the left of the home you see a separate building of glass--it could be taken for a greenhouse at first glance. From the old north front photo, File:Tower House north front 1885.jpg, you see a bit of the "glass house" at right. I think this was where the studio was. Now look at this modern photo of the property. At some point, a garage and small apartment over it were added. The "glass house" has disappeared. We hope ( talk) 17:51, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
Do you think it's the same one as in the photo? I'd thought initially that was part of the upper house rather than ground. Perhaps that was where all the stuff was made, like a workshop.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:52, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
I zoomed in as much as I could on the workshop image and to me it looks like Burges, similar facial feature to the main portrait of him and not too dissimilar to the side portrait.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:15, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
The photo labelled the Dining Room at the Tower House is 100% the Summer Smoking Room at Cardiff. So that should give us some cause for concern. Now, as to the studio, the "greenhouse" to the left of the Tower House when facing it from Melbury Road just doesn't look like the studio. The studio has an apex roof and the greenhouse doesn't. Moreover, the picture I have, from the Builder of 1895, suggests the greenhouse is attached to the house to the left of the Tower House, not to the Tower House itself. I'm trying to upload this to Commons but it is being difficult. So if not there, then where? Referencing the plan, I think it can only be E, the hall on the first floor, or one of the rooms on the second floor. None seem likely. All very fascinating. I shall try some more digging myself. KJP1 ( talk) 00:11, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
After Sandy's and RHM22's reviews, no one has made comments at the article's PR? I have made a few requests. Have you got someone to make any comments at the PR, doc? Do let me know and thanks for your support in all my endeavours. BTW, Veerapandiya Kattabomman is currently being copyedited. Do let me know if you are interested in conducting a GAR on this 1959 film. — Ssven2 Speak 2 me 05:53, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
Has this article on the film been added? It contains some good deatils which can be used in "Themes and influences", "Music" and "Critical reception" sections. — Ssven2 Speak 2 me 06:57, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
Don't think so, but I can't see anything of value we haven't already said.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:16, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
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Thank you ever so much for your hard work on Tower House. It's been such a pleasure to see my work endlessly loved/pulled/rewritten/sharpened and expanded. The page looks amazing now :) Gareth E Kegg ( talk) 19:43, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks Gareth" . Well, we've all help improved it together I think, just shows how much a good peer review and FAC can really improve an article!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:51, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
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We have a copy of Burges' drawing for the mantelpiece with the statue pictured--would that be helpful to have as an upload? We hope ( talk) 21:56, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
Tis OK to say different things under one thread, but my earlier comment was on messages left at threads half way up the page! Once it starts to disappear best to start a fresh one!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:12, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
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Part of my research includes:
Author and columnist Shobha De, while supporting her molestation complaint against Ness Wadia, believed her feisty nature could eventually play against her: "India is not terribly kind to strong-willed, outspoken women who are dubbed 'trouble makers' if they dare to raise their voices, especially against men. Zinta is such a woman."
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What do you say? Shahid • Talk2me 17:31, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
Sure--just give me a couple of minutes to get it done. :) We hope ( talk) 18:32, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
HathiTrust has litho plates from issues of The Building News for the years 1873-1881 at the link. They were scanned by the New York Public Library, but unfortunately, are not in any particular order. You need to simply go through the volumes (and do it using the reader's scroll mode or it will all roll up and you'll not see a thing) if you know something you want was in the journal. A much larger copy of File:The Tower House 1878.jpg came out of it and a ground floor plan File:Tower_House_ground_floor_plan.jpg which might be useful as it was published with the image of the house. :) We hope ( talk) 00:07, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for this! Didn't see this yesterday, sorry about that!♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:11, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
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I've opened a peer review. It really needs some American eyes on it, to vet my attempts at American spelling and to check for any transatlantic solecisms that will make American readers wince. If you can find the time I'd be most obliged. Brianboulton ( talk) 21:25, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
Would that be Welsh American eyes Brianboulton :-)? Rosiestep you're needed!♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:47, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
Brianboulton, I'm working on it. It doesn't need much, as you can see. I'm about halfway through. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 05:04, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks Rosie! I do actually kind of feel American on here though, I do think a lot of people probably assumed I was American before realising that my times of editing are very un American!♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:08, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Hehe, understandable, a lot of Americans are fascinated in British architecture and geography of course. You'd think Waldorf Astoria New York would have been very much written by an American wouldn't you! Well, I guess We hope did help contribute a bit to it though! I was born in Cardiff and live in the Vale. Most of my family are English though and I'm not particularly fascinated by sheep and rugby :-) I will certainly give the article a read, but not so much on the American english, I'll leave that to Rosie!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:38, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Architectural Record November 1914 article starts on page 463 re: Ritz and Waldorf hotels in London. We now have a floor plan for the Ritz File:Ritz London floor plan.jpg and a 1914 photo of the Winter Garden there File:Winter Garden Ritz London 1914.jpg These are also stored at HathiTrust--it looks to be very good for old architectural literature. We hope ( talk) 01:54, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
You've excelled yourself We hope! I will be resuming with Chapter 4 today..♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:09, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Let me take a little time to check as the artist died in 1931. Know that 70 years have passed but want to make sure we're not treading into bad territory. We hope ( talk) 21:31, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
They had everything-from royalty to entertainment stars to dictators. I'll throw my hat into the ring, but at present need to make sure some RL obligations are taken care of so might not be able to go full steam on the Waldorf for a short bit. We hope ( talk) 21:28, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Up to you. I'm working on the Ritz at the moment but will return to the Waldorf if you're up for further projects!♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:30, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Funny Taavi Rõivas. He's supposed to be 35, yet Arjen Robben is only 31 haha! Having Roivas in that suit and as Prime Minister rather reminds me of some of the teen administrators we have on here. "Look how important I am! Now buy me an ice cream!" :-) Just doesn't seem right somebody looking that young running a country!♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:56, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Mmm now who could Baron Pfyffer d'Altenhofen be, google search is literally dead for that one, he was supposedly the son of Cesar Ritz's benefactor in Lucerne. Detective Rosiestep?♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:13, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Alphons Maximilian Pfyffer von Altishofen - here he is. If you asked me to research anyone else, just let me know as I've lost track. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 04:49, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
... please don't mention my name in a discussion where I am unable to reply and fix a misunderstanding or two. You may remember that - while you can freely speak - dangerous me is restricted to two comments per topic. I am biting my tongue, it hurts. (I can't even reply or fix here, it's the same topic, Arbitration Enforcers are seriuz about that.) You may remember also that all participants have been requested "to avoid turning discussions about a single article's infobox into a discussion about infoboxes in general". I did not mention your name in a related discussion (about real life eye surgery and visions). -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:37, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
If you were fully topic banned not topic banned at all from commenting on infoboxes Gerda you'd not have that worry. ♦
Dr. Blofeld 12:45, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
I've emailed you, seems as the silly two comment thing applies on talk pages too.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:19, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Doc, congrats on getting Bramshill House up to FA. I'm glad the "Legends" section made it through OK; sorry if it caused problems for the nom... that wasn't my intention. Best regards, Simon Burchell ( talk) 12:38, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Thankyou Simon, and thankyou for documenting all 14 ghosts :-)!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:41, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks Rosie, is that a young QEII though LOL?♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:30, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
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Tag has been there a long long time, somebody.. I think it should probably be merged into Ambience Mall. Somebody can do that if they like, I guess I'm talking to myself..♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:48, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
The person who posted this should look at WP:Before Do these relate?
I sent you two e-mails, but seems you've got a lot on your plate. You have created so much that it 'causes a black hole in the universe' to which errant WP:SD and WP:PRODs are sucked in. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 15:21, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Any particular reason you deleted my comment on Collects talk page? Cheers. JBH ( talk) 17:32, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Wasn't intended Jbhunley, must have got caught up somehow, sorry about that! I was just questioning the block on just the one editor, I know nothing about what issues are at stake!.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:35, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Please see this message that was recently posted by an IP editor. It's becoming increasingly difficult for me to work here with the constant barrage of personal attacks and harassment towards me. Why, only because I refuse to fan the ego of a fan boy? First, my user page and talk page had to be indefinitely protected, but these messages are still being posted in other places. I am not sure if it's from the same person or a group of people. But I am really sick of it, and find the entire idea of contributing here to be an epic waste of time and energy! I am sorry about venting here, but I really needed an outlet! -- KRIMUK90 ✉ 09:00, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
Why not just report it to an admin at ANI?♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:27, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
Taking a break for the sake of my health. I'll return here when somebody is kind enough to give me the coding in my preferences to suppress Template:Infobox person in an article and to replace a photo if in the infobox with a formatted photo in place set at 250px with the caption given in the infobox. I've requested it at the village pump and an editor who knows coding but they've not responded. I want to ensure that I'm not personally involved in a dispute over biographical infoboxes myself again because they create rifts between people and destroy friendships. Daft. A considerable part of the disruption on here is over infoboxes, and frankly I've had enough of it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:10, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
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— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 10:57, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
I wish you much success on your break. I just thought I would pop off a note to you, as I noticed you had an interest in the Canada locator maps. I started a conversation on the help desk regarding the map of Saskatchewan under the title Error in maps and therefore in the GPS coordinates. The map titled File:Canada_Saskatchewan_location_map.svg does not look my province of Saskatchewan. There should be curvilinear lines north and south. The eastern and western borders albeit are parallel lines, however they are in no way parallel to each other. I see the map NordNordWest used as a template File:Canada_Saskatchewan_relief_location_map.jpg, but it is not a good one at all. The boundaries for Saskatchewan have never changed, I think the cartograher who made File:Canada_Saskatchewan_relief_location_map.jpg took a short cut and made it rectangular with square corners in error. This one MapSK.JPG shows the not parallel east west boundaries and the curved north south borders the best, but it should be oriented more north and south and not off on a diagonal. This also shows the borders well. Saskatchewan Municipalities.png, or this one SK-Canada-province.png. I have contacted user_talk:NordNordWest, the creator of the SVG locater map who seems to have good map making skills BTW I know they have to be rather particular to work with the GPS robot. Kind Regards SriMesh | talk 14:35, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
Yes, Nordnordwest on German wiki would be your best bet. I haven't contacted him in about 2 years now as I don't do much work on settlements any more. Aymatth2 lives in Canada and is known to make the occasional map, he might have something to say.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:59, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
I saw a post on your page from Krimuk90, he was saying about an IP address. But, I don't understand why did he blamed me for that. He directly pointed his fingers at me. I was the one, who was constantly haraassed by the IP adresses, e-mails, tweets, blah blah blah. It's not an attack? Who knows he must be doing it himself to get some sympathy as his writing was same as that of my talk page post, calling me sir, saying PC is godess and others are nothing (a way of bullying, laughing at her). Infact, one edit on Chopra's page cannot be ignored (Successfuladdition), no one would do that. So, what should I do? No one should say anything by any proof. I suggest him to go to ANI, why taking my name?— Prashant 18:04, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
Hey you remember this from 2007 (with winners announced after 12 months...)
- my question - did you ever get the promised prizemoney and if so, who got it to you? Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 07:21, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
I have opened the FAC for
Enthiran. Feel free to leave comments.
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Ssven2
Speak 2 me 14:21, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
It looks like HathiTrust is limiting total viewing of the article to those in the US only. Crisco tried to view it and was told he could only do a word search. I've uploaded a copy of the article here:
In the folder, you'll find everything needed to use the article for citations. Any photos you might want to use would need to stay at WP due to the fact that the journal is in the public domain in the US but not in some other countries. This seems so silly because we're talking about a long out of print magazine that was published in January 1907. Any monetary consideration for the publisher for this issue has long gone by the boards. We hope ( talk) 15:21, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
Excellent WH. Will be back in a day or two hopefully when I have to coding to hide infobox person!♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:54, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
Heylo, how do, sir? I'm going to have a bit of spare time on my hands in coming weeks... how is the Paris article looking, is it up to snuff? Will it take any amount of work for it to get its 'GA' status back? Cheers, take care, THEPROMENADER ✎ ✓ 20:46, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
Sourcing looks sound anyway! I'll need to give it a full read later this week! Hope you're well!♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:52, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the cantata review! Found returning from rehearsal of the second movement which we will sing for Easter, about thanks ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:31, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
That's very nice of you Gerda, thankyou! The tree of knowledge, ever growing perhaps, some branches more fruitful than others!♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:26, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
Wise Wehwalt!♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:33, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
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— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 13:22, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
You know a hell of a lot more about images, commons and the like than I do. I was wondering whether this image and/or any images of the distinctive Spider Jerusalem 3-D glasses shown in it might be available for addition to commons. I'm thinking we might have an editor who might also, broadly, be considered a bit of a "crusading journalist" type and such images might be among the only available ones to convey the idea. John Carter ( talk) 16:38, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
You could always ask on flickr for a person to change the license to CC-2.0?♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:02, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
Just to let you know that I have closed the peer review. Your comments will of course be most welcome at the FAC which will open shortly. To answer the question you raised on the PR page, all the ship specifications shown in the infobox are also in the text, and are referenced there - see "Amazon" and "New owners" sections. Brianboulton ( talk) 23:33, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
I'm baffled as to why you closed the peer review when I said I'd look at it tomorrow, but in fairness it had already had a vigorous review and there's probably little left to comment on. I will look at it anyway.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:37, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
There might be something at HathiTrust or at the Library of Congress--will have to see. Right now, am working on "Bet a Million" Gates, a former long-term tenant of the Waldorf-Astoria. I found a 1948 PD biography as HathiTrust. ;) We hope ( talk) 23:30, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
More links We hope ( talk) 02:59, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
It comes from:
We hope ( talk) 14:25, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks WH!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:29, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
This clears up something earlier I found, thanks for that!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:35, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
I really appreciate the effort here guys. Thanks a million! Rationalobserver ( talk) 18:10, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
Irataba gave testimony in the proceedings following the Wickenburg Massacre, but I'm not sure if it should be included. What do you think? Rationalobserver ( talk) 20:30, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
Yes, something mentioned might be a good idea.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:46, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
Dear Dr., No urgency but I've added a ghastly bare URL as note 65. When you next drop by, could you do me a great favour by fixing it. Whatever happened to that marvellous Reflinks tool? All the best. KJP1 ( talk) 18:33, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
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You've probably gotten so many of these over the years, but here's another one for being such a great help at the peer review and contributing at Irataba. I really appreciate your effort. Thanks! Rationalobserver ( talk) 20:10, 11 March 2015 (UTC) |
Gracias! A great character and an important one in US history. Well let's hope it's all been worth it, I do hope people will try to purely look at the article and see some potential in it and be willing to comment and help polish it. What matters here ultimately is promoting articles to FA... I'm happy with it's level of comprehension anyway. There's not a tremendous amount of biographical detail about him. The Mohave people article itself though is pretty dismal!♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:32, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
By some virtue, I've been addressing errors in the historical record and submitting corrections to different venues for all matter of silent film works. I am liking how later productions by most companies have plenty of images and background works to go by. As long as errors like this exist, I'll have to be on my toes. I'm sure you know the whole "Verifiability, not truth" and "no original research", but some "original research" quickly clears up such errors and shows how prevalent they are in almost all topics. So much of that film still is totally wrong. It is Robert McWade in the 1912 Vitagraph production! Zoom in if you don't believe me I've actually submitted several other film still identifications, but I don't want to be a pain. Most people know Wikipedia is not infallible, but most people don't understand that so many books and other sources are also very flawed. Only 1000 Thanhouser films left to go. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 05:21, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
Oh yes, you have to be very careful, even otherwise reliable sources get it wrong!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:21, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
Started it nearly 10 years ago now Chris at a time when imdb was largely all there was!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:06, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
He was a particular thorn in the side of the refined George Boldt, who made the remark that he would rather have Mrs. Astor drinking a cup of hot water in the Palm Room than have Gates eating a full-course meal there. :) I got interested in what he had been up to via the Waldorf. We hope ( talk) 23:28, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
The resident bad ass vs the stuffy boss. Mmm..♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:55, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
Would you like to conduct a GA Review on this article? Let me know if you are interested in doing so.
Pavanjandhyala (
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Yes, 1957 might be the best year in film, or if not it's certainly one of the very best! I've not seen that film yet either!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:15, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Dr Blofeld, while I know we did not agree on the technicality of how to administer the structural breakdown of the Lhasa article series, I must say I am very impressed with the quality of the article which I am sure you played no small part in creating. A job well done and I hope to see you expand on other topics in the subject area in the future! Colipon+( Talk) 02:20, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
Colipon Thanks, but Aymatth2 really is responsible for all of the recent work, I've been busy with FAs, reviews and, er.., other things... I did a lot of work on Tibet a while back and created most of the monasteries and settlements and at one stage I was going to get the main Lhasa article to GA but at the time I wasn't impressed with the sourcing available on other aspects of the city. I really mean it though when I say that I think the larger area prefecture level areas should be organized this way across wikipedia, for development reasons. It's difficult to cover a 30,000 km2 area with a notable city all in one. I I don't want Lhasa to be the exception, and if I had time I'd work on a few other areas of China. I don't see it as breaking official naming and structure, but I simply see it as an extension, with a different main focus on each one, one rurally and the other on the urban centre. I was the one who began drawing up the lists of townships by region as eventually I'd like to see a good article on each one and on the villages within them! China I'd say probably needs the most work generally on settlements on wikipedia.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:40, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
Hey Doc, first off, my mea culpa for getting involved in that one article dispute; in the future, feel free to let me know if I'm treading in something that you put blood, sweat, and tears into. I don't call it "ownership" I call it "quality control." On that note, you helped me with the FAC for California Chrome and I'm going to put it up for TFA on May 2 (Kentucky Derby Day). I've added a fair bit of material since the FAC - and removed some too (**Blofeld cheers**). I'd value you trotting (or galloping) over there and taking a whack at anything that isn't up to par for the main page. Feel free to post at the talk page there if you have questions or want to discuss nuance. Thanks in advance! Montanabw (talk) 05:09, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
Still looks in good shape!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:10, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
Morning Dr. B. I've begun some preliminary work on the above - filling in time while waiting for The Tower House to go to FAC, and only about 2 years late! Haven't touched the architecture, just done some referencing, removed the gallery, given a possible outline structure and started some early history etc. Hchc2009 has also most helpfully pitched in, risking the wrath of the Dr Who devotees! How do you want to play this? I won't have lots of time to devote to it immediately, and, of course, we've no idea what the Tower FAC will require. But, to paraphrase Bute, "why should we hurry over our chief pleasure?" Shall I have a go at the first expansion, or do you want to divvy it up. I'm very content either way. I think we have all the books that we need. I'll potter on for the time being - just let me know what approach you favour. See Tim was on the front page again. He really is amazing. All the best. KJP1 ( talk) 09:43, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
Thankyou both, delighted to see you interested in this. Hope your work continues KJP! I can't promise too much in the next few days on the castle as I have books on the Ritz London I've been meaning to continue with, but I will get into it soon! And yes, educated level-headed folk like Tim and Brian are a joy to know and a large part of the reason I stick around these days and convince me it is worth it on a website which at times is like a primary school playground. Yet they're undervalued by most here, as most of us content contributors are.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:16, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi, and nope. We didn't talk about editor motivation at all. We got caught up on our personal lives. And there was conversation about technical stuff... Virtual Editor, Flow, translation tool (currently only works on languages which are very similar: Spanish/Catalan, Russian/Ukrainian), placement of the Wikidata link on the sidebar, how to suppress the biography IB, etc. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 16:08, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
Is it ok to open up a PR while an article is at FAC? — Ssven2 Speak 2 me 08:07, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
No, it defeats the object of it! I personally can't see any big issues with the prose in Enthiran like Sandy can but minor MoS issues are often difficult to pick up on. I have asked Eric to further look at it. My intuition tells me though that it's not going to pass first time, the delegates won't be convinced that there is any real support for it, with what Sandy and RH said and the fact that Tim didn't actually support. It'll get there though, RH agreed with that. So please state you withdraw it at the FAC and regroup to another peer review and request for copyediting.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:08, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
To cut a long story short, I don't think I've done much work on this, so I'm happy to do the GA review if somebody else wants to give it a quick "shave and a haircut" copyedit. The sourcing all looks okay, and I think between them, GabeMc, JG66 and Dan56 have tightened up the prose. I would certainly not quickfail it if it went to GAN today. The only obvious show stopper is at 28K the article is a bit light on detail, given this is one of the most critically acclaimed albums of all time. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:20, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
I think the current content is OK for GA, it just needs sourcing improvement and a bit of a "shave and haircut" I think. It doesn't need to be comprehensive for GA. But it might be better for somebody to research it further properly and get it up to FA status instead. If you think it's worth it I'll look at it later.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:26, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
Ritchie333 Nommed.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:30, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
I think the bulk of the article is done now. At the start, I'd hoped to just be able to enlarge it with news stories. Was aware of the bio, but wasn't sure about getting access to a copy of a 1948 book. Turns out the authors didn't renew their copyright and the entire thing is PD, so HathiTrust has a scanned copy. We hope ( talk) 12:41, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Dr. Well, the comments are mostly addressed but there are some beyond my technical abilities. Specifically, the photo sizes / whatever is meant by a "comma splice" / the feet to metres conversion / the use of cite book templates for the C. H-R magazine articles. Can you help with these? Then there's the issue of the lede quotes! All the best. KJP1 ( talk) 18:07, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
I'd probably avoid capital letters, but that's just me. What does Tim riley think? I don't think all of the points are valid ones, but I'll try to go through as many as I can over the next few days. Not today though, the Ritz beckons.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:52, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
I'd be happy to fix the issue with inconsistent pagination, but I'm not sure which style you prefer. I use 345–7 versus 345–347. What do you think? Rationalobserver ( talk) 22:58, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
Neither, use 345-47.♦ Dr. Blofeld 23:09, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
@ Dr. Blofeld and Tim riley:
Dear Dr. and Tim,
Curly Turkey still has two concerns. The first appears to be in relation to a miles to kilometres conversion, see below:
The second is in relation to the "dropped H" footnote, see below:
+ Resolved?
Is it possible to address these? I'm not sure I know what the issues are, let alone how to resolve them, but I think if it is possible to do so, we may have Curly Turkey's Support.
Let me know if there is anything I can do, although I doubt it. KJP1 ( talk) 23:53, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
I doubt Curly Turkey would be willing to support it. Let's let him decide anyway!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:31, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
Five supports, yes, but still no support from Tim, Brian and Wehwalt... Or Gerda. Is it really only the lede quote stopping her? In fairness though it's not exactly the most straight forward looking FA I've ever contributed to though, the content is relatively sparse compared to some of the country houses we have but it only reflects the sourcing. Castell Coch should have more detail and "flowing prose" and be easier to promote once we get there. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:14, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
There's still a request for a copy of the ground floor plan alone. I can do that from File:Plan of the Tower House, London.png and license it as a free derivative in less than 5 minutes--just let me know. We hope ( talk) 15:26, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
I think we want it, but I'm not sure how to fit it into the article without bloating it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:43, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
Looks good. Commons upload though?♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:23, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
KJP1 Can you glean anything from it?♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:30, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
Permalink to : RIBA journal. 3rd ser.:v.23 1915:Nov.-1916:Oct.. This is the 19 February 1916 issue and the pages are 129-139. (All PD in the US) We hope ( talk) 21:59, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
Excellent find!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:21, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
Nice one, thanks. That was a great find! BTW if you start a new post can you start it at the bottom of the page as I have to keep looking for the section haha! It's OK for a day or two in the same thread, but after a while it tends to get too far up my page!♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:07, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
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Editor motivation is the key! I didn't mean me, I meant asking some of the regular reviewers to take a look at it. I've already asked a bit much of them of late.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:34, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
Finally, Sandy's comments have been resolved. When do you think I should nominate for FAC? — Ssven2 Speak 2 me 14:02, 23 March 2015 (UTC) Yes, Sandy was a great help with that. I still say keep it open until the end of the month, hopefully I can attract some more editors to commenting on it but can't promise anything given the subject!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:04, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
Have just been trying to get some text from various news clippings into the article. On a related note, while searching, I found that Hemingway did something memorable while at the Paris Ritz. When his wife (believe this was #3) notified him she wanted a divorce, he was a guest at the Paris hotel. His reaction to the news was to take her photo, throw it into one of the hotel's toilets and then used his pistol to shoot both the photo and the commode. (At least Elvis confined himself to television sets.)
For the London Ritz, I wish we had a way to get a copy of George of the Ritz by George Criticos, the head porter there for many years. It looks like it would have some interesting information in it. Out of print (1959) and I've not found a scanned copy online. No idea why someone would have wanted to paint over all of that fabulous marble, but glad they restored it. There are others who would make more fitting "fish food", but naming names would mean the usual shouts of "incivility" and a trip to AN/I. :-) We hope ( talk) 00:34, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
That book looks like it would be good!♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:49, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
page 650 The Athenaeum-15 May 1886. It's a journal by J. Lecton, London. There's a review of the books Burges' brother in law wrote about him and possibly some useful commentary about Tower House. If for some reason you're not allowed to view this, I'll upload the 1886 page elsewhere. ;) We hope ( talk) 12:57, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
I can't view it in the UK!♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:45, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks. I just read it but I don't there's anything to add from it that we don't already have. although the description of the settle as "extraordinary beautiful" might be worth quoting.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:24, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
Nope, not even that. It's just the outline of the cover and the top of the page shown. Ludricrous.But they have to be ultra careful with copyright, so even if unlikely they're going to run into difficulty they'll block it anyway as it's not covered by US law. I do think they should make more effort to make them available in the UK.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:59, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
Didn;t you earlier upload some stuf fon the construction of the Ritz? Did you add any content from it? If you could I'd be grateful, I still have about 50 pages to get through and another book to plough through!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:20, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
Excellent find! Are the images uploadable?♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:34, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
OK-Ritz photos so far:
That's great, I'll put them in a gallery at the bottom of the article and we can decide later how to use them.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:51, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
This is every illustration and photo from the article. The pdf to jpg website plants a tree for every 4K pdfs converted there; while I was working 2 trees were planted, so we also gave a little hand to the environment too! :-) We hope ( talk) 20:07, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
Much appreciated WH, I've put the gallery on the talk page. Hopefully we can use a good number in the article. BTW Peter Beatty and Baron Pierre de Laitre might be interesting to try to dig up something on, see the post war section. Laitre sounds like something from a Peter Lorre movie!♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:24, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
Where'd you get all that? I think we could probably make a stubby article stick on him. I picked up something somewhere on 1938 and him breeding horses for Agar Khan. He also held business interests and was clearly an aristocrat himself.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:00, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
I am interested in reading both books! It might take a bit to find a photo of Peter Beatty (to make sure I have the right person)--there might be one in one of the news stories. I have more to add to his page re: news stories. Have found a story with photos of the Baron and Ms. Hill that can be put into Wayback Machine and linked. The news story that accompanied the photos says he was a smuggler and had been brought up on said charges by the French government just prior to the murder-suicide. We hope ( talk) 18:31, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Dr. B. I'm currently doing some work on the Khan article. So far, it's mostly pretty good, but there are always small things to fix here and there in any article. Is there some place where I can leave comments for the author(s) to address? For example, I found some unclear wording which will need to be addressed before any FAC, but I'm not sure where I could leave comments or to whom I should direct them. Thanks in advance for your time.- RHM22 ( talk) 18:44, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
I'm finished with my review of Khan. It looks pretty good to me. It's not really laden with trivia, but there are a few things which reviewers might point to. Overall, I think it would stand a decent chance at FAC.- RHM22 ( talk) 22:20, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
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Aren't they both PD Argentina We hope?♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:00, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
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I'm sure you don't remember me, but I do (I'm kidding, I know you do because I'm simply unforgettable LOL :)).
Well, I'm not actually back to editing, don't have much time for that, but I do get reminded of the days we were working together and communicating on a daily basis, sharing our cultures, likes and dislikes. In the middle there were even fights, arguments and some short instances of anger, like in a regular and normal friendship, but they had faded away. This often brings a smile to my face. To think that on a website you can befriend someone you hardly know anything about, someone you've never seen in person, not to mention seen his face or heard his voice. It's all about the imagination, and you still know who he is, you know it's a wonderful human being, by just witnessing the cheerful attitude, the power of giving, and the rare kindness of eagerly wanting to share knowledge and distribute it all over without expecting anything in return and just for the sake of goodwill. I appreciate that greatly, and that's the reason I wanted to take the time and ask for your well being. With best regards. Shahid • Talk2me 21:36, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
Today I felt I had to write about Bach scholar Martin Petzoldt who just died - only to find out afterwards that it been about the time of his memorial service in the Thomaskirche, - felt chilling, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:56, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
And you didn't know? Eeks that's scary indeed! There's been a few articles I've started on old actors and later died and that feels unpleasant enough.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:59, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
Started Carl Seffner, might want to proof though, is that really true about finding Bach's skull?♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:31, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
I expanded CS and nomed. Started Sadie American with a copy/paste of a PD article; needs work if you're up for it. I'm headed to bed. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 04:25, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
@Gerda. You're treading on thin ice when you accept and encourage snide comments by the likes of Alakzi and make them yourself on Ched's talk page poking fun at the preferences of the two editors who got a core article to FA status. It shows a complete lack of respect and shows how two faced you are. You're officially banned from this talk page. Please don't post here again. I'm taking you off of my email list too. Enough is enough.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:52, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
I can also look through what HathiTrust has because they appear to have a lot that's related to Britain--but won't allow those living there access to it. :/ If something comes along, we can do the same thing as with the London Ritz and The Tower House--I'll copy and upload. Please tell me how to let WMF know that I'd like to borrow the books. We hope ( talk) 22:49, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
I think we might have enough to possibly expand the Golden Bed; know we have some of Burges' drawings at our disposal from the 1916 article on The Tower House. There are some interior photos of Castell Coch at this site: The Victorian Web. Castell Coch photos are by Jacqueline Banerjee, who gives her e-mail addy at the end of this page. Have a look around as you might want to try e-mailing her for permission to use. She gives a "blanket" permission for scholarly and educational purposes for credit and a link to the site and might be open to giving permission for WP to use some photos. We hope ( talk) 14:25, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
What Burges folder?♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:57, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Cardiff Castle I think we'll bring to FA status at a later date, Castell Coch is the main focus at the moment I think!♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:27, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
File:Alla En El Norte poster.jpg See how this is. I put it into the article because some people get very eager with orphan tags on the non free images. ;) The reason you couldn't copy it is because this apparently is no longer on that website. I grabbed it because it's not watermarked, but found another page for reference with a watermarked copy. We hope ( talk) 18:39, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Cheers WH, LOL is that Nicole Kidman on the poster for Cumbres de hidalguía ? :-)♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:44, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
As you have previously commented on one or more of nominations of the lists of scheduled monuments in Somerset, I wondered if you would be kind enough to take a look at the List of scheduled monuments in West Somerset which is now nominated at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of scheduled monuments in West Somerset/archive1?— Rod talk 21:17, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Posts removed from Cassianto's talk page, having been blocked for a week. I'll try to comment on the PR on the weekend. That is if I can avoid being shot down by a monkey admin with a gun for merely breathing.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:49, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Our competent administrator then proceeds to brandish the racist stick here. Bang out of order given that there was no mention of race or creed, has he never heard Sacha Baron Cohen compare the competence of people to a monkey with a gun or flying a plane? I've asked him to remove his offensive edit summary but he refuses to do so. I take accusations of racism very seriously. I was about to post a light hearted remark linking Chimpanzee minkey and saying that perhaps Clouseau is a better comparison then but the post was removed before I could continue.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:24, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
I've seen some idiocy on here in my time, but this is the prize winner by far. Funnily enough I have friends in the north I call "Northern monkeys" (they're both white, and they call me a "southern numpty" or "soft southern twat" by return). Still, it's always good to block someone with an opposing opinion when you're in the midst of a disagreement. Sense of perspective? Common sense? They are sadly missing elements here. - SchroCat ( talk) 21:36, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
I'm British, I've never called a black person or a minority race a "monkey". The edit summary was bang out of order, and it's just wrong that Cassianto is blocked and his edit summaries removed by this admin who can't also accept fault in the heat of the moment and remove the racism remark. It's one thing to remove a comment from somebody's talk page but to do so with such an edit summary is disgraceful.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:42, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Fine, but if he'd agreed to remove his offensive summary in the first place instead of telling me I was no longer welcome on his talk page I wouldn't be continuing here. Kindly remove the offensive edit summary and that part will at least be resolved.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:06, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Dr. Blofeld: You made a legitimate criticism of Gamaliel's actions but by claiming racism, presto-chango, what began a discussion of his mistake became a lecture on improving your cultural sensitivity. Don't fall for it. "Silly little monkey" is a common American saying. And Gamaliel is hispanic. He also has a history of selective admin action in articles where he has strong personal beliefs; he plays the "ref" while his buddies (see above) run the field. Regards, An American. 169.57.0.216 ( talk) 23:59, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks. Yes, I'm not forgetting what has happened here. He's lucky that it wasn't Eric he blocked, otherwise he'd be half the way to being desysopped by now! I could walk out in disgust at being branded a racist, but somehow I think more admins value somebody like Galadriel then myself here (as evidenced by the response highlighting my faults not his) so there's no point. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 00:13, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
Another variation would be Mister Big (Rocky and Bullwinkle). ;) We hope ( talk) 01:04, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
Haha, yes indeed! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 01:10, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
I call my sixteen-month son monkey, or cheeky monkey. I guess I'm racist too. The Rambling Man ( talk) 05:45, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
It should be the duty of an admin to diffuse conflict, not provoke it. Episodes like this again illustrate that the pointy blocking of well established content contributors and the double standards which exist in civility enforcement actually inflame a situation instead of diffusing it. Not OK to refer to admins as monkeying around but acceptable to call somebody both a racist and sexist. Sadly there are precious few admins who can stand out from the crowd and see what is wrong here. You're one of them Rambling, but the edit summary still remains, it's for more offensive to me than anything else that has been said and removed.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:25, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
It is really appalling to even bring race into something on wikipedia. I'm the least likely person to intentionally use a slur against black people, I've started articles like African-American history of agriculture in the United States and Pod's and Jerry's and am very much into jazz and its history. As an art form I think it's pure genius how it evolved, and that's largely an African American development. It's more racist to me that somebody would even think of blacks when the word "monkey" is said. Aren't we all something like 98% genetically the same anyway, whatever the skin colour? Gamaliel knows it wasn't intended that way, but his talk page trolls do.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:58, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
There's now a report on the state of Castell Coch and what Burges intended to do with the property in the Burges folder. The files you're looking for start with nyp. There's a drawing by Burges of the castle in 2 parts. (I can take care of that later.) There are also plans now in the folder for the Cardiff Castle stables because I found them in the same journal as the Castell Coch material. Here's the information for citing:
So we'll now hear from the man himself! :) We hope ( talk) 05:00, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
I wonder if Burges had a pet monkey? He liked animals I believe!♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:28, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
We hope I've reached page 72 of the Binney book now, roughly half way. It resumes with details on the construction, before moving on to the cuisine and details of the bedrooms. A fair bit of material left to cover but nothing extreme. Only 2 chapters left in the other Ritz book but it is OK if I leave that material to you? I'll send the books back to WMUK next week if so and ask them to send you the books afterwards.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:18, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
@ We hope:, do you mind if I do a bit of work with a couple of Coch images from the folder tomorrow morning? Hchc2009 ( talk) 21:21, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
She'd be delighted I'm sure Hchc2009 Use all the material you want.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:33, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
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The yellow monkey picture literally made me ROFL! And I live in Singapore. :P -- Krimuk|90 ( talk) 10:22, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
Hehe, yes, "yellow" and "monkey" together are certainly questionable! Aw I miss Yellow Monkey, he was the best wasn't he? Or was he around before you arrived? A great contributor and also a very decent administrator who fought against injustice. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:27, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
I miss him too, for his wisdom, knowledge in several useful fields, hard work and fearlessness/dedication to IAR. Sadly, it seems he took the latter a bit too far, which is a shame. -- Dweller ( talk) 11:54, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
Indeed, a great loss. Can you let her know that I've left a message on her talk page. I want to do something to try to resurrect the unfortunate situation and prove to her that once she learns the basics there's little chance somebody will delete a starter article. Especially as a female editor who seems to have a great knowledge of crafts, not many men edit those sorts of topics, this is the sort of editor we need in droves, right Rosiestep?♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:18, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
That will come, in due time. There's a lot of work to be done in categorizing writers, and I'm doing what I can, but it's going to be rather a long slog, I'm afraid. Right now I'm basically laying some groundwork for what's to come down the road. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 14:23, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
and see who will be blocked next as we play "Punishment Without Crime".
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As it is clear that HJ Mitchell is going to shoot down an opponent here is my statement. And it's completely true. Do I really need to provide diffs over cases you've imposed sanctions on pigs on the wing and Gerda over. People know I'm right:
I'm aware that my statement here is a waste of time given the power of certain people here but from my perspective this looks like a clear stitch up and about as corrupt as you can get. I've watched (from my perspective) HJ Mitchell and Ched play this like a chess game in recent days meticulously thought out and plotted, weakening the opponents: [2] [3] (admitted to off wiki discussion), [4] (Six reverts in 48 hours before [5] and the inappropriate use of admin tools by HJ to lock a page down without the note himself, despite being involved), [6] (the questionable blocking of the most outspoken editor against it), "little creeps" [7] (Personal attacks, one by email which they were told was inappropriate), [8] (Attempts to censor talk page comments half of which in this edit shouldn't have been deleted), [9] (An attempt to close this key thread because of the ancient incivility of an IP), [10] (HJ blocked SchroCat less than an hour before opening the case here over this which is a very questionable block given that he'd toned down the note and didn't edit war), and finally the general hostility, stirring and accusations here and here. HJ has confessed that he is a friend of Mabbett's (see Gerda's last arb case) and Olivier has been the target for infobox enforcement for quite some time by those individuals arb imposed sanctions on previously, clearly acknowledging there was a problem. I knew what was happening a few days ago, I found it suspicious that a mere note over infoboxes was gradually turning into a discussion about consensus to have an infobox (Gerda) [11]. When HJ arrived to block the article here it seemed inappropriate for him to intervene, knowing that he is in contact with Andy in real life. Whether or not Schro and Cassianto were heated in their response, I think it's out of frustration that every article taken to FA without an infobox inevitably becomes a target for enforcement. Talk:Frédéric Chopin, [12] etc, need I really cite every case where Mabbett and Arendt have been involved with Schro, Cass, Tim riley etc? There's obvious canvassing and plotting behind the scenes ( [13] [14]) and it displays a lot of disrespect for the people who brought this core article up to FA status. They contributed a magnificent article and they're essentially made to look like criminals here. Very sad.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:23, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
@ Gamaliel "Also, if editors are going to squabble over infoboxes, discretionary sanctions might be helpful. " Let's be clear on this. Tim riley, Cassianto and SchroCat are not squabbling over infoboxes. When they write articles they agree on infobox or no infobox and promote it like that. John Barrymore for instance makes it clear that they're not completely against them, but disagree where they're of very limited use. They move on constructively and develop other articles. The squabbles result from several editors magically turning up on the article talk pages to mention infoboxes. Olivier has been on that target list for a while now, in fact he tops the list. I think something should be passed which respects the editor's view who promote articles to FA, whether or not that implies ownership or not. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:38, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
@HJ Mitchell They're not baseless personal attacks. They're an account of what I've witnessed over the months and recently on here. Do I really need to provide diffs over everything that I've claimed? The arb have imposed sanctions on Andy and Gerda, in fact Pigs on the wing was banned from infoboxes. We all know what I'm saying is largely true that they go through articles adding infoboxes. By asking for my statement to be removed it looks as if you're trying to override the opposition and win out. My statement is on my talk page should it be removed here. If it is removed it will prove how corrupt the premise behind this is, I would ask the committee to give this case a fair look, thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:53, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
@Gamaliel I wasn't involved in the editing dispute. I did comment on the talk page though that the actions by HJ were suspicious. You and I had a personal run in, but that was over comments made over the blocking of Cassianto and your false perception of racism. I'm outspoken on this largely because I see a repeat pattern with infoboxes and I think it wastes a lot of time and causes unnecessary hostility. I'm of the opinion arb should recognize that infobox disputes are becoming a major problem and that in practice their ruling of infoboxes being an optional thing by the article writers in practice doesn't work. In fact HJ's very case here is contrary to their previous ruling I think. I think before an article is promoted to FA a formal consensus needs to be made very clear on the infobox situation and that seen as final once promoted and to find a way to stop people trying to enforce them after promotion.
@Gerda and Ne Ent Fact: "the article had an infobox until [15] until a couple editors decided to replace the entire article". Yes it had an infobox between 2006 and Jan 2015. But that was before the article was fully developed. "Decided to replace the entire article" happened to be extremely productive and resulted in a featured article on a core topic, the holy grail of actors. The decision to exclude an infobox on the weight of things is an extremely trivial one, yet you seem to view these editors as having done something destructive in their editing of it to FA. The arb have previously ruled that infoboxes are optional, why isn't their ruling being respected here? ♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:41, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Dr. Blofeld, I've removed (with arb clerk hat on) a bit from your statement which seemed to be needlessly aggressive and unnecessary. Could you please add evidence (eg diffs) for the sentences after "them upon these FAs". Thank you, Callanecc ( talk • contribs • logs) 23:16, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
@ Callanecc: I don't think I was overly aggressive although I see your point about my reference to the people adding infoboxes. I'll try to revise it and support what I say, but I think it's very clear what is happening here.. I'm about to go to bed here but please allow me to gather the evidence in the next 24 hours, cheers.♦ Dr. Blofeld 23:30, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
@ Callanecc: Hopefully I've provided enough evidence of what I see as gaming the system here and abuse of admin tools and contacts to muscle in on the situation. I can't see why HJ would take this to arb other than hoping that his contacts and good standing will win out, I would sincerely hope that this is looked at fairly. I'm very disappointed with HJ on this, an editor who I otherwise think highly of in terms of content production. HJ and Ched are otherwise in very good standing here, I'm not sure why this infobox thing is so important. If HJ truly doesn't care about infoboxes I have no idea why he'd get involved so much here, other than as a favour to a personal friend. Believe me, I'd rather not have to be outspoken on this, but I think the time has come where something needs to be passed to respect the decision made before it is is promoted to FA and eradicate the persistent challenging and enforcement at a later date. We need to stop disputes happening period, and I think people should be banned from disputing infoboxes in featured articles at least for a year after promotion. It's upsetting that people put in so much hard work and then have to deal with this. I think I've avoided direct personal attacks at the arb but please prod me if you want anything else altered, cheers.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:15, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
I'm afraid you already covered this lady in Laila al-Othman which you started in February 2011. May I suggest a redirect, incorporating any additional details into the older article. I've come across quite a few of those so-called red links in the missing article lists which should never have been added in the first place.-- Ipigott ( talk) 15:31, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
Meh, you can merge it if you like, I need some fresh air now. Funny I had a feeling that she was familiar too!♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:35, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
I'm not surprised - our coverage of the Middle East is often sorely lacking, I fear. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 16:28, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
If this is it, I can download it, reduce the size and get it uploaded. Just let me know if this is the one you want. ;) We hope ( talk) 21:52, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
That's it We hope yup!♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:05, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
Those are good WH but I can't save them.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:58, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
I tried a right click and it didn't show the save file option. I can download the entire PDF but not save just the image.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:24, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
KJP1 do you know how to do that? I don't!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:52, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
Wow that last photo, priceless! What is the full source so I can upload them in the commons? Crisco 1492 can you expand Marini (singer), surprised to see she wass missing.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:20, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
I believe the photographer is his brother in law, Pullan. We hope ( talk) 15:38, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
Take a look at this 1885 photo File:Tower House south front 1885.jpg. To the left of the home you see a separate building of glass--it could be taken for a greenhouse at first glance. From the old north front photo, File:Tower House north front 1885.jpg, you see a bit of the "glass house" at right. I think this was where the studio was. Now look at this modern photo of the property. At some point, a garage and small apartment over it were added. The "glass house" has disappeared. We hope ( talk) 17:51, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
Do you think it's the same one as in the photo? I'd thought initially that was part of the upper house rather than ground. Perhaps that was where all the stuff was made, like a workshop.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:52, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
I zoomed in as much as I could on the workshop image and to me it looks like Burges, similar facial feature to the main portrait of him and not too dissimilar to the side portrait.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:15, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
The photo labelled the Dining Room at the Tower House is 100% the Summer Smoking Room at Cardiff. So that should give us some cause for concern. Now, as to the studio, the "greenhouse" to the left of the Tower House when facing it from Melbury Road just doesn't look like the studio. The studio has an apex roof and the greenhouse doesn't. Moreover, the picture I have, from the Builder of 1895, suggests the greenhouse is attached to the house to the left of the Tower House, not to the Tower House itself. I'm trying to upload this to Commons but it is being difficult. So if not there, then where? Referencing the plan, I think it can only be E, the hall on the first floor, or one of the rooms on the second floor. None seem likely. All very fascinating. I shall try some more digging myself. KJP1 ( talk) 00:11, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
After Sandy's and RHM22's reviews, no one has made comments at the article's PR? I have made a few requests. Have you got someone to make any comments at the PR, doc? Do let me know and thanks for your support in all my endeavours. BTW, Veerapandiya Kattabomman is currently being copyedited. Do let me know if you are interested in conducting a GAR on this 1959 film. — Ssven2 Speak 2 me 05:53, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
Has this article on the film been added? It contains some good deatils which can be used in "Themes and influences", "Music" and "Critical reception" sections. — Ssven2 Speak 2 me 06:57, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
Don't think so, but I can't see anything of value we haven't already said.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:16, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
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Thank you ever so much for your hard work on Tower House. It's been such a pleasure to see my work endlessly loved/pulled/rewritten/sharpened and expanded. The page looks amazing now :) Gareth E Kegg ( talk) 19:43, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks Gareth" . Well, we've all help improved it together I think, just shows how much a good peer review and FAC can really improve an article!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:51, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
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We have a copy of Burges' drawing for the mantelpiece with the statue pictured--would that be helpful to have as an upload? We hope ( talk) 21:56, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
Tis OK to say different things under one thread, but my earlier comment was on messages left at threads half way up the page! Once it starts to disappear best to start a fresh one!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:12, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
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I believe we can discuss this before reverting each other. Shahid • Talk2me 16:45, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
Part of my research includes:
Author and columnist Shobha De, while supporting her molestation complaint against Ness Wadia, believed her feisty nature could eventually play against her: "India is not terribly kind to strong-willed, outspoken women who are dubbed 'trouble makers' if they dare to raise their voices, especially against men. Zinta is such a woman."
Film actor Amitabh Bachchan expressed his admiration of Zinta's "drive and guts in a world that can be most cruel to a single girl", describing her as "frank and painfully honest and outspoken to the 'o'"
What do you say? Shahid • Talk2me 17:31, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
Sure--just give me a couple of minutes to get it done. :) We hope ( talk) 18:32, 30 March 2015 (UTC)