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“ | The illiteracy level of our children are appalling. | ” |
— President George W. Bush, January 23, 2004 |
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
For always fixing my DYK formatting errors, and everyone else's, I award Mandarax this barnstar! Mat ty. 007 18:59, 4 September 2013 (UTC) |
Thank you very much! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:32, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
As for the church towers.... Hehe, I was thinking more of Torentje van Drienerlo, but yes, those two are church towers. (For someone who doesn't like writing biographies, you've sure been doing a lot of them.) MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 18:11, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
You are the professional at this. Could you take a look at the request for help. Bgwhite ( talk) 02:30, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
Mandarax et al, I'm getting irritated. This citation expander thing doesn't do anything anymore--not in the book templates (ISBN and URL) and not in the web and news templates. Nothing useful came out of a question at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical) (and an additional question I asked about JSTOR functionality was commented on in a language I don't understand), and there's no response at User talk:Citation bot. Do you know what's going on? Is it something on my end? I'm at my wit's end--and if you look at the references in TopNotch you realize that I could have gone to bed at least a half an hour earlier last night... In other news, my buddy made me listen to Vista Chino, and it is not bad. Drmies ( talk) 15:16, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
I think the JSTOR response was answering a question other than the one you asked. Yes, you can use the jstor parameter on {{ Cite journal}} (and that's what I always do rather than using the URL), but you were requesting jstor functionality from RefToolbar's Cite journal just as there (theoretically) is for URL or ISBN for its Cite book. I agree with you; it's odd that for Cite journal it only provides for DOI. At least you finally got a potentially useful response asking about your browser and referring you to a more specific venue for your queries: Wikipedia talk:RefToolbar. Well, as usual, I've used a whole lot of bytes just to say that I don't know what's going on or what to do about it. Sorry.
BTW, when I saw your edit summary, at first I thought you'd written an article about an artist; "kees de koning" sounds like a cross between Kees van Dongen and Willem de Kooning. But then I noticed it wasn't capitalized, so I put it through Google Translate. Then I had to wonder why you were saying "baboon king" in Afrikaans. Well, now I know. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:52, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
Cite book http://books.google.com/books?id=sPGdBxzaWj0C&pg=RA2-PA26
Elsewhere, I've provided more disclaimer options at the Troll cat nomination. And are you okay with saving it for Halloween? MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 04:27, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
← Much, much, much more annoying is what happened to me today. I meticulously filled in all of the relevant fields for a Cite journal, then clicked Add citation, and *poof* it disappeared into the ether, irretrievably gone. Sure, this isn't a tragedy of earth-shattering proportions, but it certainly was irritating to have to re-enter everything. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 00:20, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
On 15 September 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sister Christine, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Sister Christine (pictured) said that Swami Vivekananda's mere uttering of the word " India" stirred emotions of "love, passion, pride, longing, adoration, tragedy, chivalry, heimweh, and again love"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sister Christine. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 00:02, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
Did you know that...
Harvard University professor
John Henry Wright (pictured), whose range of teaching was "encyclopaedic", described Indian Hindu monk
Swami Vivekananda as "here is a man who is more learned than all our learned professors put together'?
But, a) it has 255 or so characters, b) this man (Wright) was a giant (please see the career section to learn the works he has done). I am unsure if highlighting Vivekananda will be disrespectful. If needed, I'll remove Vivekananda from the hook and present a fact from his life. --
Tito☸
Dutta 12:00, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
I've gussied up The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton if you feel inclined to bring it to DYK. No sex angle, so nobody's gonna read it. And thanks for drawing me back in as a registered account with Talcott, *#$@"& ! Otherwise, all the best, JNW ( talk) 02:57, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
A question: it says "... led early admirers to describe both the figure and the painting as ugly and awkward". While it's possible to admire a painting which is ugly and awkward, would it be accurate to say "early Eakins admirers"? MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 07:56, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
I like doing crosswords too (and I enjoyed the movie from a few years ago about Will Shortz).
As for this DYK, I thought it might not get the lead slot since the image is so long and skinny, but it did. It should hit the Main Page on Monday at noon, Eastern time. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 18:57, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
As for the DYK with image, how could he miss? An unremarkable looking man in a rumpled suit who cuffed his wife; it'll get 17 hits. Very best, JNW ( talk) 23:03, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
On 16 September 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pindakaasvloer, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Dutch artist Wim T. Schippers is responsible for Pindakaasvloer, a 4-by-12-metre (13 ft × 39 ft) floor covered in peanut butter, and Torentje van Drienerlo (pictured), a church spire sticking up from a pond? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pindakaasvloer. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 08:02, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
for helping with my DYK nom. -- Soman ( talk) 04:42, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
"The Greek who has 100 times higher IQ than Bush" from Evangelos Katsioulis. So many jokes, so little time. Don't click on any refs in the article. They mostly link to his sites and they have javascript bombs. Bgwhite ( talk) 06:55, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
I was very disappointed at Bush's running mate choice. I thought that a George W. Bush / Dan Quayle ticket would be the Dream Team. Add Quayle's IQ to Bush's, and Katsioulis's is still 100 times higher than the total. The only thing I was sad about when Bush left office was that I could no longer appropriately throw around a wonderful word by complaining about the kakistocracy. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 07:23, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
Oh, and I still hold out hope for a Dream Team ticket, consisting of Quayle and Sarah Palin. Doesn't matter which order. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:46, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
Hehe, I once did on your user page what I considered to be cute or clever or amusing piping of Bush and/or Quayle and/or Palin (it was two of those three, but I don't remember the details, and I'm uncharacteristically not going to go check). After you pointed out that I'd revealed my politics, I coyly deflected, but I guess now the cat's out of the bag. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 18:33, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
A North Indian thali (meal) for you | ||
Here is a North Indian thali (meal) for you. In this meal rice is served with
naan,
daal,
raita,
shahi paneer, and
salad. Hope you'll like this North Indian thali. Thank you very much for suggesting the Wright hook. Anyway, could you please suggest a hook for this concept
Template:Did you know nominations/Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha? My current hook has 250 or so characters. Thank you.
Tito☸
Dutta 10:55, 25 September 2013 (UTC) |
Thanks for the delicious-looking meal. Indian food is my favorite cuisine.
Hmmmm.... Shortening that hook.... You give me some tough assignments. Of course, the easiest way to shorten it would be to pipe the article title to its translation: " for the happiness of the many, for the welfare of the many". But I assume you'd rather not do that, so I managed to condense your original hook into ...
... that the Rigveda dictum Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha ("for the happiness of the many, for the welfare of the many") was suggested by Gautama Buddha (pictured), Swami Vivekananda, and Sri Aurobindo?
... which is 195 characters, not counting the (pictured). MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 18:32, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
On three occasions over the years, an article which I had researched for eventual creation or expansion popped up on my watchlist, and I discovered that the added text was a copyright violation. In each case, this has prompted me to step in and write a proper article.
In the most recent case, the user added text again after I had reverted their initial copyvio. I found that at least part of the new addition was also copied, but I didn't bother to fully investigate. I figured they'd keep adding things, so I decided to just scrap the entire existing article and rewrite it from scratch. This is actually my usual way of "expanding" short articles; they're usually unreferenced or inadequately referenced, and it's easier for me to rewrite than to find references that fit the existing material. In this case, I realized that if any of the new text from that user wasn't a copyvio, it would be considered the start of expansion for DYK purposes. So I wrote the entire article within five days.
Incidentally, the first time it happened, I wrote the article within one day! And I wrote the other one in about a month and a half. Now, anybody who's read my comments on the subject of article writing knows that writing any article usually takes me months, at least. So, the moral of the story is "copyright violation is a Good Thing!" MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:17, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
On 29 September 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Maximilien Luce, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that French artist Maximilien Luce (self-portrait pictured) published an album of lithographs documenting his experiences as a political prisoner? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Maximilien Luce. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 00:02, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
That was fast. On the Main Page just 13 hours after getting promoted to Prep. Unfortunately, it's in the worst possible slot for France. C'est la vie. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 00:49, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
The Writer's Barnstar | |
Nice job expanding Maximilien Luce and for nominating it at DYK. It is a very interesting article. Keep up the good work :) ComputerJA ( ☎ • ✎) 00:58, 29 September 2013 (UTC) |
On 30 September 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that, while a portrait by Thomas Eakins of his brother-in-law (pictured) was described as ugly and awkward, a critic later singled it out as "the most restrained, most classical of all the Eakins canvases"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:02, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi Mandarax, I see you are a regular contributor at WP:DYKSTATS and thought you might be able to help with my query. I had a DYK, HMS Superb (1710), appear on the main page on the 13 August this year and after checking the number of views (6057) I was looking forward to seeing it in the DYK stats for that month. Disappointingly though, it doesn't appear to be there. Have a misunderstood something? Regards-- Ykraps ( talk) 08:57, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi Mandarax, I see that you have helpfully corrected the name spellings on the Houbraken page, but the whole reason I created all the redirects on that page was so I could use *his* spelling as it appears in the text. For the more prominent painters, perhaps both spellings should be used? Such as Pieter de Hoogh (Pieter de Hooch)? Jane ( talk) 07:22, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
On 6 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Rigveda dictum Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha ("for the happiness of the many, for the welfare of the many") was advocated by Gautama Buddha and Swami Vivekananda? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:04, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for extra polish for Joy... your efforts are appreciated! Victuallers ( talk) 12:33, 7 October 2013 (UTC) |
This is a neutral notice to all registered editors who have edited Jack Kirby in 2013 that there is a discussion on its talk page regarding the article's infobox image: Talk:Jack Kirby#Photo update.. -- Tenebrae ( talk) 22:40, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
Mandarax,
I know that you are good at setting the proper DYK format and fixing small but critical grammar mistakes of hooks and such. Can you please check out this nomination and provide a better way of positioning the alternative photographs? Also, please take a glance at the grammar of the hook. I feel pretty uncomfortable for some reason about this one. Thanks in advance. Proudbolsahye ( talk) 20:00, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence | |
I want to thank you for the work you do around here. It truly is pleasing to know that I have someone that can always help and support the articles and the DYK nominations that I have done. Keep on editing friend! Proudbolsahye ( talk) 04:54, 13 October 2013 (UTC) |
Hi Mandarax, could you do me a huge favour, please? I think that Jamie Fleeman is eligible for inclusion on the DYK stats but whenever I try to update tables I seem to break them. Would you be kind enough to add it (if it is eligible, of course!). SagaciousPhil - Chat 06:03, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
I just saw this new article, Street dogs in Bucharest, and thought of you. That is, it might make an interesting DYK. Cheers, JNW ( talk) 20:07, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
BTW, you get credit for the most recent article I worked on, as a secondary effect of your Talcott suggestion. While writing that article, I noticed how shamefully inadequate the Frank DuMond article was. I started writing a new version, but got interrupted when a copyright violation on Maximilien Luce forced me to rewrite that article. When I returned to DuMond, I discovered that in the interim someone else had expanded it somewhat. To meet the DYK five day rule, I quickly integrated what I had already written into the article (well, let's be honest – I replaced all areas of overlap with my version), and lazily accepted the other parts written by the other person. Some day I may get around to further expanding the rest. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 01:49, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
The happy dogs pictured reminded me of this one, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:23, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
On 17 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Frank DuMond, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Frank Vincent DuMond created the illustrations (example pictured) for Mark Twain's book on Joan of Arc? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Frank DuMond. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 00:02, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
On 19 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Henry Wright, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Harvard professor John Henry Wright (pictured), whose teaching range was "encyclopaedic", described Indian Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda as "more learned than all our learned professors put together"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Henry Wright. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 00:03, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
Hello Mandarax,
I know you're good with DYK nominations. The page has recently been moved to Elizabeth Barrows Ussher. Can you help me fix the template and the rest of the requirements for the DYK nomination to complete the move? For example, the nomination still has its old name along with other parts of the template. Is it good to go as is? Thanks in advance. Proudbolsahye ( talk) 22:09, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi, the maximum allowed length of a DYK hook is 200 characters, but the one you supplied is 256. It will have to be edited or replaced with a shorter hook. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:22, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
Hello Mandarax, in June you gave me advice after my DYK nomination for Tom Wills failed. Do you think I can renominate the article? It's near the 70k mark, up from 20k since I made my first edit around the same time last year. I've taken my time because I consider it to be an article of high importance and I'm incredibly wary of stuffing up. It would be nice for Wills to get exposure on the front page, hopefully it will attract more (better) editors. - HappyWaldo ( talk) 16:52, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi, would you mind fixing what I have messed up with this please? Thank you, Mat ty. 007 13:31, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi Mandarax. Thanks for your help here. I was wondering if you could assist me with my sandbox. I used it to create the BEAST article and now need it returned to the sandbox function. At the moment it is still redirecting to the BEAST page. If you can help, I would be most grateful. Cheers Rob van vee 10:54, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
thanks.i have justed edited the page the way you said. Arnab Shome1 ( talk) 20:57, 3 November 2013 (UTC) |
Boy, if I spent my day changing Soren to Søren, I'd have a ton of edits too. You AWB users make me sick. You just click 'save' all day long. For a change of pace, why don't you create an article and do a DYK for it. Bgwhite ( talk) 23:11, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
Thanks! I didn't know about the template space thing either, so thanks also for that. Mat ty. 007 19:40, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello, both of the edits in question were accidents caused by lag on my end. When marking an edit for vandalism, my client would click through the next edit on the list as vandalism also, without me either seeing it or knowing what page it was. I am unsure how to deal with this problem, but will be extra careful and will be looking into it. Thank you for riverting the accidental edits. SteelMariner Talk 04:22, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
I looked through some of your contributions, and more than half of the edits which you most recently reverted as "vandalism" clearly were not vandalism, including many where the user obviously was attempting to edit constructively. Some of these may be things which actually should be undone, but it is absolutely wrong to simply revert them, misidentifying them as vandalism, without leaving a reason. Please see WP:Vandalism, especially where it says "Even if misguided, willfully against consensus, or disruptive, any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia is not vandalism. ... Careful consideration may be required to differentiate between edits that are beneficial, detrimental but well-intentioned, and vandalizing. Mislabelling good-faith edits as vandalism can be considered harmful."
When you do five reverts a minute, it doesn't give you time for "careful consideration".
All edits which you make are your responsibility. If a tool you're using makes edits which you did not intend to do, you should immediately stop using the tool, and go back and correct any errors. I'm going to post at WT:STiki to see if anyone else is experiencing this problem. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:04, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
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Editor of the Week | ||
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Editor of the Week for the week beginning November 17, 2013 |
A driving force behind the scene at WP:DYK |
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Thanks again for your efforts! Go Phightins ! 00:14, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
Done Buster Seven Talk 15:00, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
Please note that there is an annual search for the beast and river race in it's honor. Please google search "search for Monongy" here is an article from the pittsburgh post gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/life/lifestyle/2010/07/12/52-take-a-swim-in-tepid-Allegheny.print — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.169.126.15 ( talk) 22:24, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/life/lifestyle/2010/07/12/52-take-a-swim-in-tepid-Allegheny.print|title=52 take a swim in tepid Allegheny|last=Templeton|first=David|date=July 12, 2010|work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|accessdate=November 21, 2013}}</ref>
Hey, man. Just wanted to say thanks for the nice welcome letter on my page. I know it's copypasta but it's still nice of you to go through the trouble of welcoming new editors.
I used to be pretty active here on Wiki years ago but haven't used my account for quite a while. It's good to see there are still active and kind users like you. Cheers! 108.6.202.243 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:33, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
Ah, crap. This thing has to stop. The accolades in this thread, the Editor of the Week award and all the lovey dovey messages have to end. If Mandarax lets this go to his head, he will run for Administrator. We all know what will happen next... he will become polluted with anger, become full of self-righteousness and will always vote Republican. No more I say. From now on, Mandarax is evil, a lousy editor and a scourge upon Wikipedia.
Bgwhite (
talk) 21:54, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi, can you take a look at my edits on Halloween (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)? I don't know if I did it correctly.-- NeoBatfreak ( talk) 19:35, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
Mat ty. 007 is wishing you a Merry Christmas ( quite possibly a White Christmas.
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SarahStierch ( talk) 20:57, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for posting the DYK template - its appreciated. Seasons wishes Victuallers ( talk) 08:40, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
As a subscriber to one of The Wikipedia Library's programs, we'd like to hear your thoughts about future donations and project activities in this brief survey. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasi t | c 14:45, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
... One of these days I will remember not to copy/paste hooks over from Word so the apostrophe isn't curly! - thanks for the tweaks to the gingerbread house hook. SagaciousPhil - Chat 22:46, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
It was quite a refreshing change from another user who recently refused to switch to the correct apostrophe and rebuked me for pedantry when I mentioned the relevant guideline from the Manual of Style. (A different user eventually fixed the apostrophe.) MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:24, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
Thank you so much for illustrating Saving Grace. The page looks wonderful. You might have encouraged me to bash out the other two Rockwells in the sale now! Gareth E Kegg ( talk) 02:05, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
Mat ty. 007 19:05, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Mandarax, have I got my stupid head on (again) today? I'm looking at the article Mazurek (cake) that's the lead hook in Queue 5. I always thought dessert as in a pudding was spelt with two s's? Or is it spelt 'desert' - as in lots of sand - in some countries? SagaciousPhil - Chat 10:37, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
[2]... Modernist ( talk) 03:33, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
Mandarax, Template:Did you know nominations/Ruth A. Parmelee What's the best way of phrasing the hook for this nomination? I'm have trouble getting the grammar correct on this one while reflecting the source and the article. Proudbolsahye ( talk) 08:07, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
Greetings Mandarax: I reviewed a DYK that you had previously edited - Template:Did you know nominations/Rocky the Musical - but I cannot get my edits to show on the DYK-nom page. Can you help? I must have made some mistake I can't see. Thank you! Ellin Beltz ( talk) 04:37, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 10 | ← | Archive 12 | Archive 13 | Archive 14 | Archive 15 | Archive 16 | → | Archive 20 |
“ | The illiteracy level of our children are appalling. | ” |
— President George W. Bush, January 23, 2004 |
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
For always fixing my DYK formatting errors, and everyone else's, I award Mandarax this barnstar! Mat ty. 007 18:59, 4 September 2013 (UTC) |
Thank you very much! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:32, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
As for the church towers.... Hehe, I was thinking more of Torentje van Drienerlo, but yes, those two are church towers. (For someone who doesn't like writing biographies, you've sure been doing a lot of them.) MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 18:11, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
You are the professional at this. Could you take a look at the request for help. Bgwhite ( talk) 02:30, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
Mandarax et al, I'm getting irritated. This citation expander thing doesn't do anything anymore--not in the book templates (ISBN and URL) and not in the web and news templates. Nothing useful came out of a question at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical) (and an additional question I asked about JSTOR functionality was commented on in a language I don't understand), and there's no response at User talk:Citation bot. Do you know what's going on? Is it something on my end? I'm at my wit's end--and if you look at the references in TopNotch you realize that I could have gone to bed at least a half an hour earlier last night... In other news, my buddy made me listen to Vista Chino, and it is not bad. Drmies ( talk) 15:16, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
I think the JSTOR response was answering a question other than the one you asked. Yes, you can use the jstor parameter on {{ Cite journal}} (and that's what I always do rather than using the URL), but you were requesting jstor functionality from RefToolbar's Cite journal just as there (theoretically) is for URL or ISBN for its Cite book. I agree with you; it's odd that for Cite journal it only provides for DOI. At least you finally got a potentially useful response asking about your browser and referring you to a more specific venue for your queries: Wikipedia talk:RefToolbar. Well, as usual, I've used a whole lot of bytes just to say that I don't know what's going on or what to do about it. Sorry.
BTW, when I saw your edit summary, at first I thought you'd written an article about an artist; "kees de koning" sounds like a cross between Kees van Dongen and Willem de Kooning. But then I noticed it wasn't capitalized, so I put it through Google Translate. Then I had to wonder why you were saying "baboon king" in Afrikaans. Well, now I know. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:52, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
Cite book http://books.google.com/books?id=sPGdBxzaWj0C&pg=RA2-PA26
Elsewhere, I've provided more disclaimer options at the Troll cat nomination. And are you okay with saving it for Halloween? MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 04:27, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
← Much, much, much more annoying is what happened to me today. I meticulously filled in all of the relevant fields for a Cite journal, then clicked Add citation, and *poof* it disappeared into the ether, irretrievably gone. Sure, this isn't a tragedy of earth-shattering proportions, but it certainly was irritating to have to re-enter everything. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 00:20, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
On 15 September 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sister Christine, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Sister Christine (pictured) said that Swami Vivekananda's mere uttering of the word " India" stirred emotions of "love, passion, pride, longing, adoration, tragedy, chivalry, heimweh, and again love"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sister Christine. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 00:02, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
Did you know that...
Harvard University professor
John Henry Wright (pictured), whose range of teaching was "encyclopaedic", described Indian Hindu monk
Swami Vivekananda as "here is a man who is more learned than all our learned professors put together'?
But, a) it has 255 or so characters, b) this man (Wright) was a giant (please see the career section to learn the works he has done). I am unsure if highlighting Vivekananda will be disrespectful. If needed, I'll remove Vivekananda from the hook and present a fact from his life. --
Tito☸
Dutta 12:00, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
I've gussied up The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton if you feel inclined to bring it to DYK. No sex angle, so nobody's gonna read it. And thanks for drawing me back in as a registered account with Talcott, *#$@"& ! Otherwise, all the best, JNW ( talk) 02:57, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
A question: it says "... led early admirers to describe both the figure and the painting as ugly and awkward". While it's possible to admire a painting which is ugly and awkward, would it be accurate to say "early Eakins admirers"? MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 07:56, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
I like doing crosswords too (and I enjoyed the movie from a few years ago about Will Shortz).
As for this DYK, I thought it might not get the lead slot since the image is so long and skinny, but it did. It should hit the Main Page on Monday at noon, Eastern time. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 18:57, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
As for the DYK with image, how could he miss? An unremarkable looking man in a rumpled suit who cuffed his wife; it'll get 17 hits. Very best, JNW ( talk) 23:03, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
On 16 September 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pindakaasvloer, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Dutch artist Wim T. Schippers is responsible for Pindakaasvloer, a 4-by-12-metre (13 ft × 39 ft) floor covered in peanut butter, and Torentje van Drienerlo (pictured), a church spire sticking up from a pond? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pindakaasvloer. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 08:02, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
for helping with my DYK nom. -- Soman ( talk) 04:42, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
"The Greek who has 100 times higher IQ than Bush" from Evangelos Katsioulis. So many jokes, so little time. Don't click on any refs in the article. They mostly link to his sites and they have javascript bombs. Bgwhite ( talk) 06:55, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
I was very disappointed at Bush's running mate choice. I thought that a George W. Bush / Dan Quayle ticket would be the Dream Team. Add Quayle's IQ to Bush's, and Katsioulis's is still 100 times higher than the total. The only thing I was sad about when Bush left office was that I could no longer appropriately throw around a wonderful word by complaining about the kakistocracy. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 07:23, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
Oh, and I still hold out hope for a Dream Team ticket, consisting of Quayle and Sarah Palin. Doesn't matter which order. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:46, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
Hehe, I once did on your user page what I considered to be cute or clever or amusing piping of Bush and/or Quayle and/or Palin (it was two of those three, but I don't remember the details, and I'm uncharacteristically not going to go check). After you pointed out that I'd revealed my politics, I coyly deflected, but I guess now the cat's out of the bag. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 18:33, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
A North Indian thali (meal) for you | ||
Here is a North Indian thali (meal) for you. In this meal rice is served with
naan,
daal,
raita,
shahi paneer, and
salad. Hope you'll like this North Indian thali. Thank you very much for suggesting the Wright hook. Anyway, could you please suggest a hook for this concept
Template:Did you know nominations/Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha? My current hook has 250 or so characters. Thank you.
Tito☸
Dutta 10:55, 25 September 2013 (UTC) |
Thanks for the delicious-looking meal. Indian food is my favorite cuisine.
Hmmmm.... Shortening that hook.... You give me some tough assignments. Of course, the easiest way to shorten it would be to pipe the article title to its translation: " for the happiness of the many, for the welfare of the many". But I assume you'd rather not do that, so I managed to condense your original hook into ...
... that the Rigveda dictum Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha ("for the happiness of the many, for the welfare of the many") was suggested by Gautama Buddha (pictured), Swami Vivekananda, and Sri Aurobindo?
... which is 195 characters, not counting the (pictured). MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 18:32, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
On three occasions over the years, an article which I had researched for eventual creation or expansion popped up on my watchlist, and I discovered that the added text was a copyright violation. In each case, this has prompted me to step in and write a proper article.
In the most recent case, the user added text again after I had reverted their initial copyvio. I found that at least part of the new addition was also copied, but I didn't bother to fully investigate. I figured they'd keep adding things, so I decided to just scrap the entire existing article and rewrite it from scratch. This is actually my usual way of "expanding" short articles; they're usually unreferenced or inadequately referenced, and it's easier for me to rewrite than to find references that fit the existing material. In this case, I realized that if any of the new text from that user wasn't a copyvio, it would be considered the start of expansion for DYK purposes. So I wrote the entire article within five days.
Incidentally, the first time it happened, I wrote the article within one day! And I wrote the other one in about a month and a half. Now, anybody who's read my comments on the subject of article writing knows that writing any article usually takes me months, at least. So, the moral of the story is "copyright violation is a Good Thing!" MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:17, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
On 29 September 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Maximilien Luce, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that French artist Maximilien Luce (self-portrait pictured) published an album of lithographs documenting his experiences as a political prisoner? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Maximilien Luce. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 00:02, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
That was fast. On the Main Page just 13 hours after getting promoted to Prep. Unfortunately, it's in the worst possible slot for France. C'est la vie. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 00:49, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
The Writer's Barnstar | |
Nice job expanding Maximilien Luce and for nominating it at DYK. It is a very interesting article. Keep up the good work :) ComputerJA ( ☎ • ✎) 00:58, 29 September 2013 (UTC) |
On 30 September 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that, while a portrait by Thomas Eakins of his brother-in-law (pictured) was described as ugly and awkward, a critic later singled it out as "the most restrained, most classical of all the Eakins canvases"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:02, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi Mandarax, I see you are a regular contributor at WP:DYKSTATS and thought you might be able to help with my query. I had a DYK, HMS Superb (1710), appear on the main page on the 13 August this year and after checking the number of views (6057) I was looking forward to seeing it in the DYK stats for that month. Disappointingly though, it doesn't appear to be there. Have a misunderstood something? Regards-- Ykraps ( talk) 08:57, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi Mandarax, I see that you have helpfully corrected the name spellings on the Houbraken page, but the whole reason I created all the redirects on that page was so I could use *his* spelling as it appears in the text. For the more prominent painters, perhaps both spellings should be used? Such as Pieter de Hoogh (Pieter de Hooch)? Jane ( talk) 07:22, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
On 6 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Rigveda dictum Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha ("for the happiness of the many, for the welfare of the many") was advocated by Gautama Buddha and Swami Vivekananda? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:04, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for extra polish for Joy... your efforts are appreciated! Victuallers ( talk) 12:33, 7 October 2013 (UTC) |
This is a neutral notice to all registered editors who have edited Jack Kirby in 2013 that there is a discussion on its talk page regarding the article's infobox image: Talk:Jack Kirby#Photo update.. -- Tenebrae ( talk) 22:40, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
Mandarax,
I know that you are good at setting the proper DYK format and fixing small but critical grammar mistakes of hooks and such. Can you please check out this nomination and provide a better way of positioning the alternative photographs? Also, please take a glance at the grammar of the hook. I feel pretty uncomfortable for some reason about this one. Thanks in advance. Proudbolsahye ( talk) 20:00, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence | |
I want to thank you for the work you do around here. It truly is pleasing to know that I have someone that can always help and support the articles and the DYK nominations that I have done. Keep on editing friend! Proudbolsahye ( talk) 04:54, 13 October 2013 (UTC) |
Hi Mandarax, could you do me a huge favour, please? I think that Jamie Fleeman is eligible for inclusion on the DYK stats but whenever I try to update tables I seem to break them. Would you be kind enough to add it (if it is eligible, of course!). SagaciousPhil - Chat 06:03, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
I just saw this new article, Street dogs in Bucharest, and thought of you. That is, it might make an interesting DYK. Cheers, JNW ( talk) 20:07, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
BTW, you get credit for the most recent article I worked on, as a secondary effect of your Talcott suggestion. While writing that article, I noticed how shamefully inadequate the Frank DuMond article was. I started writing a new version, but got interrupted when a copyright violation on Maximilien Luce forced me to rewrite that article. When I returned to DuMond, I discovered that in the interim someone else had expanded it somewhat. To meet the DYK five day rule, I quickly integrated what I had already written into the article (well, let's be honest – I replaced all areas of overlap with my version), and lazily accepted the other parts written by the other person. Some day I may get around to further expanding the rest. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 01:49, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
The happy dogs pictured reminded me of this one, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 20:23, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
On 17 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Frank DuMond, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Frank Vincent DuMond created the illustrations (example pictured) for Mark Twain's book on Joan of Arc? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Frank DuMond. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 00:02, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
On 19 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Henry Wright, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Harvard professor John Henry Wright (pictured), whose teaching range was "encyclopaedic", described Indian Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda as "more learned than all our learned professors put together"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Henry Wright. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 00:03, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
Hello Mandarax,
I know you're good with DYK nominations. The page has recently been moved to Elizabeth Barrows Ussher. Can you help me fix the template and the rest of the requirements for the DYK nomination to complete the move? For example, the nomination still has its old name along with other parts of the template. Is it good to go as is? Thanks in advance. Proudbolsahye ( talk) 22:09, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi, the maximum allowed length of a DYK hook is 200 characters, but the one you supplied is 256. It will have to be edited or replaced with a shorter hook. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:22, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
Hello Mandarax, in June you gave me advice after my DYK nomination for Tom Wills failed. Do you think I can renominate the article? It's near the 70k mark, up from 20k since I made my first edit around the same time last year. I've taken my time because I consider it to be an article of high importance and I'm incredibly wary of stuffing up. It would be nice for Wills to get exposure on the front page, hopefully it will attract more (better) editors. - HappyWaldo ( talk) 16:52, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi, would you mind fixing what I have messed up with this please? Thank you, Mat ty. 007 13:31, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi Mandarax. Thanks for your help here. I was wondering if you could assist me with my sandbox. I used it to create the BEAST article and now need it returned to the sandbox function. At the moment it is still redirecting to the BEAST page. If you can help, I would be most grateful. Cheers Rob van vee 10:54, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
thanks.i have justed edited the page the way you said. Arnab Shome1 ( talk) 20:57, 3 November 2013 (UTC) |
Boy, if I spent my day changing Soren to Søren, I'd have a ton of edits too. You AWB users make me sick. You just click 'save' all day long. For a change of pace, why don't you create an article and do a DYK for it. Bgwhite ( talk) 23:11, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
Thanks! I didn't know about the template space thing either, so thanks also for that. Mat ty. 007 19:40, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello, both of the edits in question were accidents caused by lag on my end. When marking an edit for vandalism, my client would click through the next edit on the list as vandalism also, without me either seeing it or knowing what page it was. I am unsure how to deal with this problem, but will be extra careful and will be looking into it. Thank you for riverting the accidental edits. SteelMariner Talk 04:22, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
I looked through some of your contributions, and more than half of the edits which you most recently reverted as "vandalism" clearly were not vandalism, including many where the user obviously was attempting to edit constructively. Some of these may be things which actually should be undone, but it is absolutely wrong to simply revert them, misidentifying them as vandalism, without leaving a reason. Please see WP:Vandalism, especially where it says "Even if misguided, willfully against consensus, or disruptive, any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia is not vandalism. ... Careful consideration may be required to differentiate between edits that are beneficial, detrimental but well-intentioned, and vandalizing. Mislabelling good-faith edits as vandalism can be considered harmful."
When you do five reverts a minute, it doesn't give you time for "careful consideration".
All edits which you make are your responsibility. If a tool you're using makes edits which you did not intend to do, you should immediately stop using the tool, and go back and correct any errors. I'm going to post at WT:STiki to see if anyone else is experiencing this problem. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:04, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks again for your efforts! Go Phightins ! 00:14, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
Done Buster Seven Talk 15:00, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
Please note that there is an annual search for the beast and river race in it's honor. Please google search "search for Monongy" here is an article from the pittsburgh post gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/life/lifestyle/2010/07/12/52-take-a-swim-in-tepid-Allegheny.print — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.169.126.15 ( talk) 22:24, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/life/lifestyle/2010/07/12/52-take-a-swim-in-tepid-Allegheny.print|title=52 take a swim in tepid Allegheny|last=Templeton|first=David|date=July 12, 2010|work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|accessdate=November 21, 2013}}</ref>
Hey, man. Just wanted to say thanks for the nice welcome letter on my page. I know it's copypasta but it's still nice of you to go through the trouble of welcoming new editors.
I used to be pretty active here on Wiki years ago but haven't used my account for quite a while. It's good to see there are still active and kind users like you. Cheers! 108.6.202.243 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:33, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
Ah, crap. This thing has to stop. The accolades in this thread, the Editor of the Week award and all the lovey dovey messages have to end. If Mandarax lets this go to his head, he will run for Administrator. We all know what will happen next... he will become polluted with anger, become full of self-righteousness and will always vote Republican. No more I say. From now on, Mandarax is evil, a lousy editor and a scourge upon Wikipedia.
Bgwhite (
talk) 21:54, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi, can you take a look at my edits on Halloween (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)? I don't know if I did it correctly.-- NeoBatfreak ( talk) 19:35, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
Mat ty. 007 is wishing you a Merry Christmas ( quite possibly a White Christmas.
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Thanks for posting the DYK template - its appreciated. Seasons wishes Victuallers ( talk) 08:40, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
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... One of these days I will remember not to copy/paste hooks over from Word so the apostrophe isn't curly! - thanks for the tweaks to the gingerbread house hook. SagaciousPhil - Chat 22:46, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
It was quite a refreshing change from another user who recently refused to switch to the correct apostrophe and rebuked me for pedantry when I mentioned the relevant guideline from the Manual of Style. (A different user eventually fixed the apostrophe.) MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:24, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
Thank you so much for illustrating Saving Grace. The page looks wonderful. You might have encouraged me to bash out the other two Rockwells in the sale now! Gareth E Kegg ( talk) 02:05, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
Mat ty. 007 19:05, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Mandarax, have I got my stupid head on (again) today? I'm looking at the article Mazurek (cake) that's the lead hook in Queue 5. I always thought dessert as in a pudding was spelt with two s's? Or is it spelt 'desert' - as in lots of sand - in some countries? SagaciousPhil - Chat 10:37, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
[2]... Modernist ( talk) 03:33, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
Mandarax, Template:Did you know nominations/Ruth A. Parmelee What's the best way of phrasing the hook for this nomination? I'm have trouble getting the grammar correct on this one while reflecting the source and the article. Proudbolsahye ( talk) 08:07, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
Greetings Mandarax: I reviewed a DYK that you had previously edited - Template:Did you know nominations/Rocky the Musical - but I cannot get my edits to show on the DYK-nom page. Can you help? I must have made some mistake I can't see. Thank you! Ellin Beltz ( talk) 04:37, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
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