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I think it's time you get approval for bot fixing high priority errors #80 and #86. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 14:26, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
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Tireless barely does you justice - do you ever sleep? Edwardx ( talk) 18:16, 15 November 2012 (UTC) |
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I've seen you fixing a page every time I create one lately. Appreciate it. Adam sk ( talk) 21:09, 15 November 2012 (UTC) |
Do you want to become an administrator? Do you need the tools? Have I asked you before? -- Magioladitis ( talk) 00:50, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
I have started the draft here: Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Bgwhite. I have informed Magioladitis too! -- Tito Dutta ( talk)
I wonder if your bot could also take over tagging uncategorised pages. Check Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Yobot 13. It's a lot of pages for a single person. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 00:58, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
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Good to know détente still counts for something. Faustus37 ( talk) 08:58, 16 November 2012 (UTC) |
You recently changed a blockquote at Skunk Works to simple indentation by colons. The edit summary was 'WP:CHECKWIKI error fix id #39'. Is there a reason why blockquotes are bad? Is there a wiki page somewhere that gives details about error fix #39? I see blockquotes as displaying correctly and also providing the function benefit of telling editors and screen reader programs (for the visually impaired) that this is a quote. The simple colons appear the same to most sighted readers (although the blockquote indents both sides and colons only indent on the left) but editors and screen readers programs now have less information and inexperienced editors may be tempted to remove those colons. Stepho talk 23:43, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
Clearly someone made a Hannah Jones page but this time the info-box reads Hannah Jones (model) on top the question is how will you make the page like Catherine Thomas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.198.90.169 ( talk) 14:59, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
|name=
parameter to the infobox. I added it in Jones' article. It is located right at the top.
Bgwhite (
talk) 19:40, 17 November 2012 (UTC)Saw your name at Nicholas Schwaderer, interesting character. Twenty-four year old member of the Montana House or Representatives who has "seen some pretty scary vaginas"...and..."won’t object to the occasional blowy". Fascinating country you live in. Still watching the First Doctor episodes, the Daleks are just as scary in the 60s as they are today, maybe more (because they are in black and white). -- kelapstick( bainuu) 15:41, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
Yesterday, I set "activepol=yes" on the talk pages of several articles about people who are candidates for statewide office in Virginia next year, and thus seem to be likely targets for edit warring. You removed one of those today in the course of editing Talk:Aneesh Chopra. Before I reset it, I thought I'd ask: is this flag still considered useful? I won't bother with it otherwise. Thanks for replying. Rklear ( talk) 23:26, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
That's a famous rule. I read about it in internet in 2010. Right now, I can find
this one.
And, RFA: Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I saw few Hollywood movies yesterday 1) Jurassic Shark (yes, not "Park", it was Shark), 2)
The Dinosaur Project! Did not like very much. --
Tito Dutta (
talk) 08:23, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
You know gambling is a big business, but have you ever thought why people don't bet money on stories of Hollywood films? First they'll spend (waste?) millions of dollars to create few aliens or spaceships or anaconda or dinosaurs or some weirdest animal/creature, the creature will appear on the 5th minute of the film, for next 1 hour 20 minutes it'll be the hero of the film and will do destruction everywhere (that means more and more wastage of money to shoot these scenes), and surprisingly just before the ending of the film abruptly it'll be destroyed/killed by the hero (Egads, total wastage of those millions of dollars which were spent to design and decorate that creature.). It happens in every film. Whatever the film is the end is always predictable! he he he he.. joking.. ignore it...
But, yes, I know a good number of people who think Hollywood films and English films are similar. Explaining from another point of view, you have told me twice about Aishwariya Rai and Katrina Kaif.. but, you actually told about Bollywood, that is not our (the language I speak, Bengali) film industry. Bollywood did not get first academic award, we got it (Bengali film industry, Satyajit Ray). There are at least 10 different film industries in India, Bollywood is one of them. Still I won't be surprised if a European or an American thinks Indian films = Bollywood films.
As I just talked about Satyajit Ray, (academic award winner). Though it is expected that a non native speaker of a language will follow a native speaker's pronunciation, frankly as a non-native speaker of English, I don't try to follow any native English speaker's English pronunciation, If I have to follow someone's pronunciation the person, our own Satyajit Ray, I found his English speaking very clear and stylish. You can see (hear) it here, you don't need to watch the whole video, just first 2-3 minutes the man with white shawl/dress. See that's an Indian speaking English. And did you know, when Ray was given lifetime achievement award, at that time Ray was in his death bed and could not attend the ceremony. The representatives of Oscar committee came to Kolkata and gave Ray the award in the hospital. Ray died after few days. You can see the Oscar speech which he gave lying in the bed of a hospital in Kolkata here (his voice will show his physical weakness) -- Tito Dutta ( talk) 10:58, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
Hello. I noticed that you added some parameters for the WikiProject Biographies template, but you might to want to revisit this page. The article is certainly not a stub. Regards, De728631 ( talk) 12:47, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
Most probably, 1) you have to accept nomination now 2) answer the first three questions (some candidates use their sandboxes to prepare answer shields for the RFA question bullets). You can also go ahead and transclude after that! -- Tito Dutta ( talk) 18:32, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
Hello, just letting you know that the above article you proposed for deletion is now listed at articles for deletion. Thank you. Rotten regard Softnow 17:41, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
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I thought that you deserved something a bit extra for all of the amazing work you've done for the project.
I've nominated you for a gift from the Wikimedia Foundation! |
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For cleaning up after me at Talk:Sergey Shishkarev. I had just realized that I should add a "living=yes" parameter - and you preempted me by a few minutes! Thanks! Huon ( talk) 23:49, 19 November 2012 (UTC) |
Given that you're willing to work with AFDs as a sysop, I'd suggest you keep a log of your AFD discussions. See my home page. It's a great way of reviewing your comments. – BuickCentury Driver 03:37, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
I have just transcluded the page, it's Requests for adminship/Bgwhite. There will be many questions! There is a rule WP:REDACT, generally not too many editor follows it, but, at least in 2 RFA noms I have seen this being questioned. See Question 7 here. You can use your sandbox to prepare answer of your questions! That's all for now. Good wishes! -- Tito Dutta ( talk) 10:14, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
I thought he was notable as a songwriter, not a band member. And I think he meets the criteria of Wikipedia:BAND as a songwriter. Let me know your thoughts. Adam sk ( talk) 20:40, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
Generally when articles such as this, i.e. members of notable bands who are really known only for their work with that band, are discussed at WP:AFD, the outcome hinges on how much verifiable information there is about the person that wouldn't be better covered in the article on the band. There are some obvious cases where someone only really known for one band justifies a standalone article, but in a lot of cases there isn't a lot that can be said (and sourced, which is particularly important as these are usually BLP's) that couldn't be covered in the band article. Articles without a lot of verifiable content about activities outside the band are usually merged and redirected the the band article - these people are subjects that our readers may well search for, so a redirect takes them straight to where the information is. In the case of these two articles I think covering both in the band article would be best. I hope that helps. -- Michig ( talk) 19:51, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for making the Killbot article a better page by cleaning it up! Josie Borisow 15:12, 21 November 2012 (UTC) |
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Thank you for making the JDevil article a better page by cleaning it up! Much appreciated! Josie Borisow 15:14, 21 November 2012 (UTC) |
You are receiving this message because you have submitted at least one edit to the Frank_L._VanderSloot article during the past thirty days. Your attention is called to Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Rhode Island Red.2. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis ( talk) 21:16, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
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thanks for fixing all my slappy misprints and mistakes,
Vajstina ( talk) 14:03, 22 November 2012 (UTC) |
Finally! Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser#Wikify_.28again.29. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 13:58, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
http://toolserver.org/~awb/snapshots/ Unfortunately, this version has a bug for non enwiki projects which was fixed in 8508. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 00:11, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
Snapshot with rev 8686 is up! It fixes the wikify issue and it is faster than the previous versions. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 19:11, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
My dearest new friend, please, I ask you a little help. Please: can you go in my Talk Page and try to understabd whatìs the advice that's arriving to me? I tried to go unto the link, but I don't want to make trobles, please, can you help me?
Thank you very much, ... have a nice week-end!!!
Rex Momo ( talk) 12:11, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
I left you two questions at your RfA. Please answer them at your earliest convenience.— cyberpower ChatOnline 23:25, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
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Congratulations for your successful adminship! Cheers! Have a nice day! :) Mediran talk to me! 10:18, 27 November 2012 (UTC) |
I've just closed your RFA as successful, well done. Feel free to give any of your fellow admins a shout should you require any assistance in your early days, and good luck with the tools. The Rambling Man ( talk) 10:52, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
Basalisk inspect damage⁄ berate 21:41, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
I see that RfA of yours was successful: congratulations! But I've looked through your recent contributions and don't see a single blocking template place. You know there's a minimum number of blocks you have to place per day, so get on it. Also, you'll find yourself under increased scrutiny, so play nice. Good luck with your new powers, Bgwhite--later! Drmies ( talk) 03:41, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
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For somehow making it as an admin in today's RFA gauntlet! Naturally I expect you to use and abuse your tools and delete whole articles of nonsense upon sight and slap the cuffs on anybody who talks ill of the wiki bureaucracy!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 15:57, 29 November 2012 (UTC) |
Ungrateful wretch hehe! Not even a welcome back Blofeld! Manners gone completely out of the window with the admin badge! Look 'ere I needs ya JSTOR for Laos provinces.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 09:54, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi, You are a regular on my watchlist, perhaps because I frequently insert "|a&e-work-group=yes".
Example: Alan Lee (illustrator): Revision history; Talk:Alan Lee (illustrator): Revision history
If I understand your routine Talk edit summary correctly, I should paste both of these lines into a Biography banner, rather than the first line only,
|a&e-work-group=yes
|a&e-priority=
[assign a value such as "low" if that is obvious], and these should replace the unmodified "|priority" line if there is one. Right?
And if I notice a blank "SHORT DESCRIPTION =" line, add a short description that fits "a&e". -- P64 ( talk) 00:31, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
|priority=
is not a valid parameter inside WikiProject Biography. So yes, do add |a&e-work-group=yes
|a&e-priority=
is appropriate. Other options are |sports-work-group=
, |politician-work-group=
, |filmbio-work-group=
and |musician-work-group=
.Please have a look through zero-byte edits of BG19bot ( talk · contribs), like [1] [2]. Unless I'm missing something, I believe it is better to stop the bot from saving them (they are quite numerous). Materialscientist ( talk) 01:02, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
I appreciate your help. I think it's beginning to take shape. FYI, Rushbugled13 left a note on my talk page saying that he proposed it for deletion. Literary figures are not my forte (I have focused on music, particularly bios of jazzers), but I know beyond a doubt that Greene is highly notable. The problem is that I start articles with a simple frame, then build. Ruchbugled13 may quickly judged it in an earlier stage. — Eurodog ( talk) 04:02, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
Dzlinker \,,/(*_*)\,,/ 16:28, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
Hey, if you feel like using your new magical powers, Talk:Loire (river) needs to be moved to Talk:Loire. If you don't feel like it, that's okay, as I've already placed a {{ db-move}}, so someone will get around to it eventually.... MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 09:29, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi Bgwhite, I noticed that you run a bot, BG19bot. I would appreciate if you could use your bot, BG19bot to fix the article about Polytechnic Institute of New York University. The Polytechnic Institute of New York University article contains many punctuations that don't go before references. Thank you and regards-- Pablo.morales.la.bomba ( talk) 22:42, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
The following pages have [[| (according to November database dump): [3]. they may contain a wikilink with no target. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 15:27, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
Bah! Forget about all those congratulations above for... what was it? Becoming an admin or something?
Congratulations for your really important accomplishment – finally passing me on The List! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 07:04, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
you cannot change <hr> to ---- unless it is on its own line, so I am reverting this edit. Frietjes ( talk) 00:19, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
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You deserve better but I think it'll work for you :-). Sorry for late noticing and congratulating you on your RFA, I was busy. You always stand there by me and I'm thanking you in this way. Better luck all the time my friend. Regards: Captain Wikipedia! ( T - C - G ) 20:26, 6 December 2012 (UTC) |
Hello, let me show you a small bug in the program of your bot. Vcohen ( talk) 21:09, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
I see that this user has left you a YGM on your user page'. I thought you might be interested in the conversation here at ANI. OlYeller21 Talktome 20:48, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
{{
You've got mail}}
template from your userpage.
Reaper Eternal (
talk) 20:59, 11 December 2012 (UTC)Hey, just wanted to let you know that BG19bot created errors on the following two pages: Media in Atlanta and List of portraits in the Centre Block. Just wanted to let you know. — JJJ ( say hello) 00:41, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
#tag
magic word removes the quotes, it doesn't add them, and uses template logic to get the value rather than XML/HTML-style logic. And note that {{
reflist}} uses #tag
internally. So {{#tag:ref||group=foo}}
, {{#tag:ref||group="foo"}}
, {{reflist|group=foo}}
, {{reflist|group="foo"}}
all operate on a group named foo
, without quotes. <ref group=foo/>
and <ref group="foo"/>
also use the group named foo
. However, quotes are necessary in <ref group="foo bar"/>
(but not in the #tag
versions) due to the space in the group name, and <ref group="<small>n</small>"/>
won't work due to the '>' characters; that would have to be encoded as <ref group="<small>n</small>"/>
. And on the other hand, <ref group="foo|bar"/>
works fine, but you need something like {{#tag:ref||group=foo{{!}}bar}}
so the '|' doesn't separate template arguments.
Anomie
⚔ 12:40, 12 December 2012 (UTC)Another article : Théophile Hamel — JJJ ( say hello) 02:09, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
Soulbust ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) completely ignored your warnings from June 9 by recreating Toby Tobuscus earlier today.-- JacktheHarry ( talk) 18:01, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
The David Gandy article has been flagged for several issues. From what I've surmised, a contributor with apparent COI used flowery language which was not impartial in POV. Over the past couple of months, several contributors (myself included) have neutralized the tone, re-worked the text and improved the sourcing. I would appreciate your taking a look at it--with feedback/suggestions in order to have it reconsidered. Thanks for your help! SchoolMarm101 ( talk) 02:31, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
Regarding David Gandy: There's nothing like a page of citation templates to make a reasonably intelligent woman feel inadequate! Still, I gave it my best effort. Please check the citations to see if they are correct now. SchoolMarm101 ( talk) 02:25, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
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His Evilness honors you with an Evil Award for Evilness |
For generally exhibiting aevil and aevil "humor" on wikipedia. I don't give too many Evil awards away, sure you're flattered by that. His Evilness now has JSTOR access, which means the spam emails can now stop. Mwwoaoahaaa! ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 18:52, 13 December 2012 (UTC) |
Thank you for your comment on my talk page and for all your hard work on Wikipedia. -- Meno25 ( talk) 09:57, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for clarifying the "punctuation before references" style correction in the Kadmon Pharmaceuticals article. Unfortunately the General Fixes bot requires an editor to have a least 500 edits in the article namespace before permission will be granted. From the description it sounds like it really cuts time by automatically fixing a lot of tedious formatting. Blue Riband► 23:04, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
Something is going wrong somewhere. If you look at Border Counties Bridge you will see that this started as:
| coordinates = {{Coord| {{{lat}}} | {{{long}}} |region:BG_type:landmark|display=inline,title }}
and was then changed twice:
| coordinates = {{Coord| {{{lat}}} | {{{very long|date=July 2012}}}
(copyedit, clarity edits, MOS implementation, and/or AWB general fixes using AWB (8097))
| coordinates = {{Coord| | date=July 2012 |region:BG_type:landmark|display=inline,title }}
(WP:CHECKWIKI error fix #34.)
{{{lat}}} | {{{long}}} are shorthand for latitude and longtitude. Can you repair this? Twiceuponatime ( talk) 09:45, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
|coordinates=
or |lat=
& |lon=
. You don't use both.|coordinates=
. Also it is region:GB_type and not region:BG_type. (GB for Great Britain).
Bgwhite (
talk) 18:49, 17 December 2012 (UTC)Hi. I created the article but User:Charles H. Brown rv your PROD notice. I didn't do so. However, I think there is a case for notability. Perhaps an AFD would be better so as to hear from our peers. Yours, Quis separabit? 16:42, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
Though I can not understand what is going to happen (at least not the World War, for sure, then?)... -- Tito Dutta ( talk) 09:20, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
..my life ended when I got married. If the world ends, it will put me out of my misery. :)
Reckon you can "scout" for some sources?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 22:49, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
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I think it's time you get approval for bot fixing high priority errors #80 and #86. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 14:26, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
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Tireless barely does you justice - do you ever sleep? Edwardx ( talk) 18:16, 15 November 2012 (UTC) |
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I've seen you fixing a page every time I create one lately. Appreciate it. Adam sk ( talk) 21:09, 15 November 2012 (UTC) |
Do you want to become an administrator? Do you need the tools? Have I asked you before? -- Magioladitis ( talk) 00:50, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
I have started the draft here: Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Bgwhite. I have informed Magioladitis too! -- Tito Dutta ( talk)
I wonder if your bot could also take over tagging uncategorised pages. Check Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Yobot 13. It's a lot of pages for a single person. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 00:58, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
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Good to know détente still counts for something. Faustus37 ( talk) 08:58, 16 November 2012 (UTC) |
You recently changed a blockquote at Skunk Works to simple indentation by colons. The edit summary was 'WP:CHECKWIKI error fix id #39'. Is there a reason why blockquotes are bad? Is there a wiki page somewhere that gives details about error fix #39? I see blockquotes as displaying correctly and also providing the function benefit of telling editors and screen reader programs (for the visually impaired) that this is a quote. The simple colons appear the same to most sighted readers (although the blockquote indents both sides and colons only indent on the left) but editors and screen readers programs now have less information and inexperienced editors may be tempted to remove those colons. Stepho talk 23:43, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
Clearly someone made a Hannah Jones page but this time the info-box reads Hannah Jones (model) on top the question is how will you make the page like Catherine Thomas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.198.90.169 ( talk) 14:59, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
|name=
parameter to the infobox. I added it in Jones' article. It is located right at the top.
Bgwhite (
talk) 19:40, 17 November 2012 (UTC)Saw your name at Nicholas Schwaderer, interesting character. Twenty-four year old member of the Montana House or Representatives who has "seen some pretty scary vaginas"...and..."won’t object to the occasional blowy". Fascinating country you live in. Still watching the First Doctor episodes, the Daleks are just as scary in the 60s as they are today, maybe more (because they are in black and white). -- kelapstick( bainuu) 15:41, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
Yesterday, I set "activepol=yes" on the talk pages of several articles about people who are candidates for statewide office in Virginia next year, and thus seem to be likely targets for edit warring. You removed one of those today in the course of editing Talk:Aneesh Chopra. Before I reset it, I thought I'd ask: is this flag still considered useful? I won't bother with it otherwise. Thanks for replying. Rklear ( talk) 23:26, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
That's a famous rule. I read about it in internet in 2010. Right now, I can find
this one.
And, RFA: Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I saw few Hollywood movies yesterday 1) Jurassic Shark (yes, not "Park", it was Shark), 2)
The Dinosaur Project! Did not like very much. --
Tito Dutta (
talk) 08:23, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
You know gambling is a big business, but have you ever thought why people don't bet money on stories of Hollywood films? First they'll spend (waste?) millions of dollars to create few aliens or spaceships or anaconda or dinosaurs or some weirdest animal/creature, the creature will appear on the 5th minute of the film, for next 1 hour 20 minutes it'll be the hero of the film and will do destruction everywhere (that means more and more wastage of money to shoot these scenes), and surprisingly just before the ending of the film abruptly it'll be destroyed/killed by the hero (Egads, total wastage of those millions of dollars which were spent to design and decorate that creature.). It happens in every film. Whatever the film is the end is always predictable! he he he he.. joking.. ignore it...
But, yes, I know a good number of people who think Hollywood films and English films are similar. Explaining from another point of view, you have told me twice about Aishwariya Rai and Katrina Kaif.. but, you actually told about Bollywood, that is not our (the language I speak, Bengali) film industry. Bollywood did not get first academic award, we got it (Bengali film industry, Satyajit Ray). There are at least 10 different film industries in India, Bollywood is one of them. Still I won't be surprised if a European or an American thinks Indian films = Bollywood films.
As I just talked about Satyajit Ray, (academic award winner). Though it is expected that a non native speaker of a language will follow a native speaker's pronunciation, frankly as a non-native speaker of English, I don't try to follow any native English speaker's English pronunciation, If I have to follow someone's pronunciation the person, our own Satyajit Ray, I found his English speaking very clear and stylish. You can see (hear) it here, you don't need to watch the whole video, just first 2-3 minutes the man with white shawl/dress. See that's an Indian speaking English. And did you know, when Ray was given lifetime achievement award, at that time Ray was in his death bed and could not attend the ceremony. The representatives of Oscar committee came to Kolkata and gave Ray the award in the hospital. Ray died after few days. You can see the Oscar speech which he gave lying in the bed of a hospital in Kolkata here (his voice will show his physical weakness) -- Tito Dutta ( talk) 10:58, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
Hello. I noticed that you added some parameters for the WikiProject Biographies template, but you might to want to revisit this page. The article is certainly not a stub. Regards, De728631 ( talk) 12:47, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
Most probably, 1) you have to accept nomination now 2) answer the first three questions (some candidates use their sandboxes to prepare answer shields for the RFA question bullets). You can also go ahead and transclude after that! -- Tito Dutta ( talk) 18:32, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
Hello, just letting you know that the above article you proposed for deletion is now listed at articles for deletion. Thank you. Rotten regard Softnow 17:41, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
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I thought that you deserved something a bit extra for all of the amazing work you've done for the project.
I've nominated you for a gift from the Wikimedia Foundation! |
Ladyof Shalott 16:53, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
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For cleaning up after me at Talk:Sergey Shishkarev. I had just realized that I should add a "living=yes" parameter - and you preempted me by a few minutes! Thanks! Huon ( talk) 23:49, 19 November 2012 (UTC) |
Given that you're willing to work with AFDs as a sysop, I'd suggest you keep a log of your AFD discussions. See my home page. It's a great way of reviewing your comments. – BuickCentury Driver 03:37, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
I have just transcluded the page, it's Requests for adminship/Bgwhite. There will be many questions! There is a rule WP:REDACT, generally not too many editor follows it, but, at least in 2 RFA noms I have seen this being questioned. See Question 7 here. You can use your sandbox to prepare answer of your questions! That's all for now. Good wishes! -- Tito Dutta ( talk) 10:14, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
I thought he was notable as a songwriter, not a band member. And I think he meets the criteria of Wikipedia:BAND as a songwriter. Let me know your thoughts. Adam sk ( talk) 20:40, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
Generally when articles such as this, i.e. members of notable bands who are really known only for their work with that band, are discussed at WP:AFD, the outcome hinges on how much verifiable information there is about the person that wouldn't be better covered in the article on the band. There are some obvious cases where someone only really known for one band justifies a standalone article, but in a lot of cases there isn't a lot that can be said (and sourced, which is particularly important as these are usually BLP's) that couldn't be covered in the band article. Articles without a lot of verifiable content about activities outside the band are usually merged and redirected the the band article - these people are subjects that our readers may well search for, so a redirect takes them straight to where the information is. In the case of these two articles I think covering both in the band article would be best. I hope that helps. -- Michig ( talk) 19:51, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for making the Killbot article a better page by cleaning it up! Josie Borisow 15:12, 21 November 2012 (UTC) |
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Thank you for making the JDevil article a better page by cleaning it up! Much appreciated! Josie Borisow 15:14, 21 November 2012 (UTC) |
You are receiving this message because you have submitted at least one edit to the Frank_L._VanderSloot article during the past thirty days. Your attention is called to Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Rhode Island Red.2. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis ( talk) 21:16, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
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thanks for fixing all my slappy misprints and mistakes,
Vajstina ( talk) 14:03, 22 November 2012 (UTC) |
Finally! Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser#Wikify_.28again.29. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 13:58, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
http://toolserver.org/~awb/snapshots/ Unfortunately, this version has a bug for non enwiki projects which was fixed in 8508. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 00:11, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
Snapshot with rev 8686 is up! It fixes the wikify issue and it is faster than the previous versions. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 19:11, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
My dearest new friend, please, I ask you a little help. Please: can you go in my Talk Page and try to understabd whatìs the advice that's arriving to me? I tried to go unto the link, but I don't want to make trobles, please, can you help me?
Thank you very much, ... have a nice week-end!!!
Rex Momo ( talk) 12:11, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
I left you two questions at your RfA. Please answer them at your earliest convenience.— cyberpower ChatOnline 23:25, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
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The Admin's Barnstar |
Congratulations for your successful adminship! Cheers! Have a nice day! :) Mediran talk to me! 10:18, 27 November 2012 (UTC) |
I've just closed your RFA as successful, well done. Feel free to give any of your fellow admins a shout should you require any assistance in your early days, and good luck with the tools. The Rambling Man ( talk) 10:52, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
Basalisk inspect damage⁄ berate 21:41, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
I see that RfA of yours was successful: congratulations! But I've looked through your recent contributions and don't see a single blocking template place. You know there's a minimum number of blocks you have to place per day, so get on it. Also, you'll find yourself under increased scrutiny, so play nice. Good luck with your new powers, Bgwhite--later! Drmies ( talk) 03:41, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
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The Surreal Barnstar |
For somehow making it as an admin in today's RFA gauntlet! Naturally I expect you to use and abuse your tools and delete whole articles of nonsense upon sight and slap the cuffs on anybody who talks ill of the wiki bureaucracy!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 15:57, 29 November 2012 (UTC) |
Ungrateful wretch hehe! Not even a welcome back Blofeld! Manners gone completely out of the window with the admin badge! Look 'ere I needs ya JSTOR for Laos provinces.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 09:54, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi, You are a regular on my watchlist, perhaps because I frequently insert "|a&e-work-group=yes".
Example: Alan Lee (illustrator): Revision history; Talk:Alan Lee (illustrator): Revision history
If I understand your routine Talk edit summary correctly, I should paste both of these lines into a Biography banner, rather than the first line only,
|a&e-work-group=yes
|a&e-priority=
[assign a value such as "low" if that is obvious], and these should replace the unmodified "|priority" line if there is one. Right?
And if I notice a blank "SHORT DESCRIPTION =" line, add a short description that fits "a&e". -- P64 ( talk) 00:31, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
|priority=
is not a valid parameter inside WikiProject Biography. So yes, do add |a&e-work-group=yes
|a&e-priority=
is appropriate. Other options are |sports-work-group=
, |politician-work-group=
, |filmbio-work-group=
and |musician-work-group=
.Please have a look through zero-byte edits of BG19bot ( talk · contribs), like [1] [2]. Unless I'm missing something, I believe it is better to stop the bot from saving them (they are quite numerous). Materialscientist ( talk) 01:02, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
I appreciate your help. I think it's beginning to take shape. FYI, Rushbugled13 left a note on my talk page saying that he proposed it for deletion. Literary figures are not my forte (I have focused on music, particularly bios of jazzers), but I know beyond a doubt that Greene is highly notable. The problem is that I start articles with a simple frame, then build. Ruchbugled13 may quickly judged it in an earlier stage. — Eurodog ( talk) 04:02, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
Dzlinker \,,/(*_*)\,,/ 16:28, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
Hey, if you feel like using your new magical powers, Talk:Loire (river) needs to be moved to Talk:Loire. If you don't feel like it, that's okay, as I've already placed a {{ db-move}}, so someone will get around to it eventually.... MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 09:29, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi Bgwhite, I noticed that you run a bot, BG19bot. I would appreciate if you could use your bot, BG19bot to fix the article about Polytechnic Institute of New York University. The Polytechnic Institute of New York University article contains many punctuations that don't go before references. Thank you and regards-- Pablo.morales.la.bomba ( talk) 22:42, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
The following pages have [[| (according to November database dump): [3]. they may contain a wikilink with no target. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 15:27, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
Bah! Forget about all those congratulations above for... what was it? Becoming an admin or something?
Congratulations for your really important accomplishment – finally passing me on The List! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 07:04, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
you cannot change <hr> to ---- unless it is on its own line, so I am reverting this edit. Frietjes ( talk) 00:19, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
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The Friendship Barnstar | |
You deserve better but I think it'll work for you :-). Sorry for late noticing and congratulating you on your RFA, I was busy. You always stand there by me and I'm thanking you in this way. Better luck all the time my friend. Regards: Captain Wikipedia! ( T - C - G ) 20:26, 6 December 2012 (UTC) |
Hello, let me show you a small bug in the program of your bot. Vcohen ( talk) 21:09, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
I see that this user has left you a YGM on your user page'. I thought you might be interested in the conversation here at ANI. OlYeller21 Talktome 20:48, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
{{
You've got mail}}
template from your userpage.
Reaper Eternal (
talk) 20:59, 11 December 2012 (UTC)Hey, just wanted to let you know that BG19bot created errors on the following two pages: Media in Atlanta and List of portraits in the Centre Block. Just wanted to let you know. — JJJ ( say hello) 00:41, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
#tag
magic word removes the quotes, it doesn't add them, and uses template logic to get the value rather than XML/HTML-style logic. And note that {{
reflist}} uses #tag
internally. So {{#tag:ref||group=foo}}
, {{#tag:ref||group="foo"}}
, {{reflist|group=foo}}
, {{reflist|group="foo"}}
all operate on a group named foo
, without quotes. <ref group=foo/>
and <ref group="foo"/>
also use the group named foo
. However, quotes are necessary in <ref group="foo bar"/>
(but not in the #tag
versions) due to the space in the group name, and <ref group="<small>n</small>"/>
won't work due to the '>' characters; that would have to be encoded as <ref group="<small>n</small>"/>
. And on the other hand, <ref group="foo|bar"/>
works fine, but you need something like {{#tag:ref||group=foo{{!}}bar}}
so the '|' doesn't separate template arguments.
Anomie
⚔ 12:40, 12 December 2012 (UTC)Another article : Théophile Hamel — JJJ ( say hello) 02:09, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
Soulbust ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) completely ignored your warnings from June 9 by recreating Toby Tobuscus earlier today.-- JacktheHarry ( talk) 18:01, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
The David Gandy article has been flagged for several issues. From what I've surmised, a contributor with apparent COI used flowery language which was not impartial in POV. Over the past couple of months, several contributors (myself included) have neutralized the tone, re-worked the text and improved the sourcing. I would appreciate your taking a look at it--with feedback/suggestions in order to have it reconsidered. Thanks for your help! SchoolMarm101 ( talk) 02:31, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
Regarding David Gandy: There's nothing like a page of citation templates to make a reasonably intelligent woman feel inadequate! Still, I gave it my best effort. Please check the citations to see if they are correct now. SchoolMarm101 ( talk) 02:25, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
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His Evilness honors you with an Evil Award for Evilness |
For generally exhibiting aevil and aevil "humor" on wikipedia. I don't give too many Evil awards away, sure you're flattered by that. His Evilness now has JSTOR access, which means the spam emails can now stop. Mwwoaoahaaa! ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 18:52, 13 December 2012 (UTC) |
Thank you for your comment on my talk page and for all your hard work on Wikipedia. -- Meno25 ( talk) 09:57, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for clarifying the "punctuation before references" style correction in the Kadmon Pharmaceuticals article. Unfortunately the General Fixes bot requires an editor to have a least 500 edits in the article namespace before permission will be granted. From the description it sounds like it really cuts time by automatically fixing a lot of tedious formatting. Blue Riband► 23:04, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
Something is going wrong somewhere. If you look at Border Counties Bridge you will see that this started as:
| coordinates = {{Coord| {{{lat}}} | {{{long}}} |region:BG_type:landmark|display=inline,title }}
and was then changed twice:
| coordinates = {{Coord| {{{lat}}} | {{{very long|date=July 2012}}}
(copyedit, clarity edits, MOS implementation, and/or AWB general fixes using AWB (8097))
| coordinates = {{Coord| | date=July 2012 |region:BG_type:landmark|display=inline,title }}
(WP:CHECKWIKI error fix #34.)
{{{lat}}} | {{{long}}} are shorthand for latitude and longtitude. Can you repair this? Twiceuponatime ( talk) 09:45, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
|coordinates=
or |lat=
& |lon=
. You don't use both.|coordinates=
. Also it is region:GB_type and not region:BG_type. (GB for Great Britain).
Bgwhite (
talk) 18:49, 17 December 2012 (UTC)Hi. I created the article but User:Charles H. Brown rv your PROD notice. I didn't do so. However, I think there is a case for notability. Perhaps an AFD would be better so as to hear from our peers. Yours, Quis separabit? 16:42, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
Though I can not understand what is going to happen (at least not the World War, for sure, then?)... -- Tito Dutta ( talk) 09:20, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
..my life ended when I got married. If the world ends, it will put me out of my misery. :)
Reckon you can "scout" for some sources?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 22:49, 20 December 2012 (UTC)