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This note is for Bgwhite, but I didn't want to clutter up your talk page with yet more about Breaking Bad, so I'm doing it here. If you get tired of me talking about the show, let me know. I wouldn't want you to get as sick of hearing about it as a certain person we know is of hearing about Dr. Who.
I decided to wait a bit before reporting on Better Call Saul. Before it premiered, I tried to keep my expectations low while still having high hopes. It was difficult to keep those expectations low when I read in the article that:
Let me start by emphatically stating that Better Call Saul is absolutely, definitely, unequivocally not better than Breaking Bad. This should not really be seen as a reflection on BCS. After all, at least one person has declared BB to be " the greatest work of entertainment ever produced". I found myself somewhat disappointed by the first episode. In contrast, mere moments into the BB pilot, I knew it was going to be something spectacularly special. Four of this season's ten episodes of BCS have aired so far. I do like the show, and it's wonderful to see new episodes with a beloved character. (Could there be even more than one returning character? No spoiler here.)
My prediction was slightly off. I thought the BCS premiere would be immediately following the end of the BB marathon. What actually happened was BCS premiered on Sunday, then the final episodes of the marathon aired on Monday, followed by an encore of the premiere and then the second episode.
As I watched the marathon, I kept thinking that the TV academy should have created a special cinematography category for BB.
I've gotten the CD of music from Breaking Bad. There's some great stuff on it, but it only scratches the surface of songs featured on the first two seasons. One song from the CD, "Out of Time Man", sounds just like another song (not featured on BB), from thirty years earlier. Judge for yourself:
Oh, a while ago, I heard a song (" If I Had a Heart") that I really liked, so I got the album. Then, a coupla days ago, I checked the artist's article and discovered that the song had been featured on BB! Maybe I subconsciously realized this and that's why the song appealed to me so much when I heard it, but I was not consciously aware that I'd ever heard it before. I frequently heard songs on the show that I liked, so I would sometimes Shazam them, but I somehow missed this one. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:39, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
Actually, I just watched that clip I linked to a few more times, and I think I know how I "somehow missed this one". The music so exquisitely fits in with the scene that I may have assumed it was specifically composed for the show rather than being a pre-existing song. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 10:59, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
The point was that the person doing the rew. was rewriting my text into something else that it was meant to be. I didn't liked it. So I put in those citations so he could read for himself what was all about. Still -I- am not happy if someone starts rewriting text they didn't understand, and thinks this or that is not worth mentionin and stuff like that. Because they have no idea about art. I dislike this kind of rews, and I really think that this is not the point of the DYK. And one is still around. Hafspajen ( talk) 21:25, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
This is plain bullshit. Hafspajen ( talk) 21:39, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
He also just simply remove parts, that were plainly in in the references for no reson at all. He took this sentence and rewrote it: The canvas is painted in the Romantic style and captures the aesthetic principles of the sublime and the picturesque. and removed pituresque, for no reason at all.
This part s/he removed entirely: Emotions like awe – especially that which is experienced in confronting the sublimity of untamed nature and its picturesque qualities – were now entirely new aesthetic categories, and very different from art styles of the same era – the unemotional Realism[12][13] and of the calm, balanced Classicism[14] – as a source of aesthetic experience and replaced it with the above plain bullshit, calling it *Dyk fixes*. What kind of = dyk fixing is this??
Hi, I don't know if this makes a difference, but the article name is misspelled in the template title. Best, Yoninah ( talk) 09:20, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
On 10 March 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article La Nymphe surprise, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Manet considered La Nymphe surprise (pictured) one of his most important paintings? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/La Nymphe surprise. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 01:06, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
On 28 March 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Allegory of Fortune, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Allegory of Fortune (detail pictured) almost got its painter jailed and excommunicated? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Allegory of Fortune. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 00:01, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Template:Did you know nominations/William F. Mullen III is an error-formatted DYK nomination, while the discussion is taking place at Template:Did you know nominations/William F. Mullen, III. I just moved the page in question to William F. Mullen III. Would you mind tidying up this mess? Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 22:02, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
Could you explain to me why the line right above the edit box, that says "You may notify the nominator of problems with {{subst:DYKproblem|Article|header=yes|sig=yes}}" no longer includes the article title in question? It's a little tedious to have to type it in myself when I put this on the nominator's talk page. Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 22:40, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
... that while editing Wikipedia, Mandarax changes his clothes frequently as they become covered in excrement?
On 1 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Niagara Falls, from the American Side, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that there is only one major public church in Europe? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Niagara Falls, from the American Side. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 16:02, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi, the page was moved to Students' Building (Vassar College) during the course of the DYK review. Did I adjust the credit line correctly? Yoninah ( talk) 22:44, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
Happy Easter | |
Happy Easter.... ! Hafspajen ( talk) 19:03, 5 April 2015 (UTC) |
I am not nominating, but wrote articles. Perseus and Andromeda (Leighton) - latest. Hafspajen ( talk) 08:25, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for correcting my mistake at the Template:Did you know nominations/Nydala Abbey. I am new to this end of the DYK process. Your explanation was appreciated. Best, w.carter -Talk 10:25, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
Trimmed. Thanks for the heads up. I should have checked that before submitting.-- Mark Miller ( talk) 02:44, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
So how exactly does that work when most BLP articles lacking sources end up deleted? I take it these must be obscure BLP articles, then. Viriditas ( talk) 19:28, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
At Template:Did you know nominations/Zolykha's Secret, I had moved }} above, because my message was not appearing, and now again after your edits it is not appearing. Check again? OccultZone ( Talk • Contributions • Log) 02:13, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing my DYK submission. It was my first and this helps me know what to avoid in any future ones. I appreciate it. Carl Henderson ( talk) 07:10, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
Why appease obnoxious jerks? [1] I'd just as soon tell him to get lost, frankly. Prioryman ( talk) 07:24, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
George RR Martin reveals that he has Dead lyrics rattling round his head all the time. Xanthomelanoussprog ( talk) 11:47, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering why a good amount of credits repeat the template name (see [2]). I understand why the subpage name is different if the apostrophe is curly instead of straight, but a number of these credit lines don't seem to have any difference in the page names. Thanks for the explanation, Yoninah ( talk) 23:14, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
On 12 May 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Summer Evening on Skagen's Southern Beach, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Summer Evening on Skagen's Southern Beach (pictured) depicts the artist's wife and a painter on the beach during the blue hour? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Summer Evening on Skagen's Southern Beach. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Harrias talk 06:25, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi, the DYK nominator changed the header on his nomination. Could you add whatever subpage template is called for here? Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 00:47, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
Conspicuous attention to detail | |
Thank for your work at Template:Did you know nominations/Hold Me While I'm Naked. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 16:01, 3 June 2015 (UTC) |
Hi, I was asked to split off 4 noms from a multi-nom hook. Does anything else need to be done to the original nom page? Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 00:14, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
A Wikiversary? That's cute! Thanks for the nice wishes. Yoninah ( talk) 22:33, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I notice that captions are now appearing on the main page. Is this something that you're in charge of doing, or does the prep builder have to do something? Yoninah ( talk) 20:50, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
Just the attitude... enthusiasm, I'll catch that and fix that... and such. Hafspajen ( talk) 12:13, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
Hi, there is a floating comment by User:♥Golf between the entries for Template:Did you know nominations/Norm Sartorius and Template:Did you know nominations/David Beard (Canadian football) on the T:TDYK page. Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 23:34, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
Hi! I understand your edit on the image caption. However, I want to know why the (pictured) in the hook has been removed? It was following the words "taxidermied species". -- CeeGee 06:05, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
Hi. Hope you're well. Could you please move this down to special occasions for August 16 (Actress's 45th birthday). The reviewer has agreed but is unsure how to. I can't as I'm the nominator. Cowlibob ( talk) 19:33, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
You amended my hook proposal to read "that the poet Malcolm Guite" instead of "that poet Malcolm Guite"...Out of curiosity, what is the WP:ERRORS concern you mentioned in the edit summary that requires adding the definite article so I know going forward? Thanks. JackTheVicar ( talk) 02:44, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi, do you know why the July 2015 chart is too widely spaced under DYK views and not wide enough under Hooks? Yoninah ( talk) 13:34, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
I screwed this up. /info/en/?search=Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Howard_Weist Should be Howard Wiest. Please help. Thanks. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 17:44, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Dear Mandarax. I am a regular contributor to the Dutch languagw Wikipedia. I've seen that you have cotributed to the article on the left brain interpreter. Now I need your help in fixing an error in the list of references for that article. the number 10 lists Michael Gazzaniga as one of the authors, which would be pretty nusual in a tribute to himself. I have that book here in front of me on my desk and I see that he is neither mentioned as a contributor nor as an ditor. Could you undo this error ( which must be pretty embarrassing for Gazzaniga) I have asked the same question to a user named Verstiegenheit who is the most recent editor of that article in the history list, but I was warned that there was a problem with my message to him. with greetings from Amsterdam---- Dolph Kohnstamm ( talk) 14:29, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
see ref 10. The cognitive neuroscience of mind: a tribute to Michael S. Gazzaniga by Michael S. Gazzaniga, Patricia Ann Reuter-Lore 2010
ISBN 0-262-01401-7 pages 34-35
Dear Mandarax, thank you for making this correction. I tried to do it myself but could not find a way to edit these references.Best wihes-- Dolph Kohnstamm ( talk) 14:45, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi. Hope you're well. I've recently come across a nominator with 4 DYK credits who currently has two DYKs approved but not yet promoted. When one of these DYKs is promoted to main page, will they have to do a QPQ for the other? Cowlibob ( talk) 21:48, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
How long does it usually take for approval, or how would I get Template:Did you know nominations/Perovskia atriplicifolia approved? RO (talk) 20:07, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
Where's it stated that DYK can't have redlinks? I've reviewed the nomination/hook rules several times now and I can't see that being said anywhere. Headbomb { talk / contribs / physics / books} 12:22, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for helping edit Secrets of the Last Nazi. Can you contribute to the deletion debate, please? Cantelo ( talk) 17:21, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
Well, I was just gonna let this slide, but I decided I had to mention it.
There's an admin who, for a long time, was a harsh critic of DYK, while remaining civil in his criticism, pointing out and correcting errors without turning each comment into an indictment of all of DYK. That was a Good Thing. Constructive criticism and helpful corrections are always welcome. Then, during the Dark Days when DYK was in the clutches of St. Stephen, he seemed to get caught up in the mob mentality and became uncivil too. Then, to top things off, he recently wrote an essay with the headline " DYK, or proudly displaying incorrect information on the Main Page with alarming regularity". I don't know if he was even aware of the extreme irony of writing an essay critical of DYK inaccuracies, while using a blatantly false headline. (I challenge him to find just one DYKer who's proud to put incorrect info on the MP.) I used to have a lot of respect for this admin; now I have none. Even St. Stephen's snark and bile were, as far as I know, limited to venues less public than The Signpost.
As for St. Stephen, his pledge to reduce what he laughingly calls " snippiness" (a ludicrous understatement) has not gone as well as he claimed to intend, and he remains pretty "snippy", but still he's thankfully not a constant presence at DYK any more.
Ever since those darkest of Dark Days, my level of editing has been sharply reduced because my spirit has simply been broken. It's difficult to find a reason to continue editing, and when I saw that ridiculous headline, it was the last straw; I left for about three weeks. This would've been a gross overreaction if it was just about that moronic headline; but it's really about my general state of disenchantment with this place which tolerates intolerable behavior by the worst admins, at the expense of everyone else.
People are always seeking reasons to explain editor attrition. A major problem is a few horrible, abusive admins who feel a sense of entitlement and think they can do whatever they want as long as it's supposedly in the name of "improving the Encyclopedia".
Oh, and I wanted to update something else. When I previously wrote about how St. Stephen's unrelenting incivility had driven me away from Wikipedia, someone else brought up The Peacock. This was another user who seemed to get caught up in the mob dynamics. Fortunately, in his case, it was merely a temporary affliction, and he became a valued and constructive contributor, and even an outspoken critic of St. Stephen's reign of terror. Hey, even someone whom he had harshly attacked during the Dark Days later gave him two barnstars. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:22, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Mandarax, I ran into User:Papernpencils2015/sandbox and have made an edit or two there. I added a list of the "backbone" of the group and wrote up the stub for one of them. There's five more: perhaps you and your 99 friend could have a look-see? Thanks very much. Drmies ( talk) 16:22, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
I did have a look and then another. Template:Did you know nominations/Province of Pescara was extraordinarily weak, and so is Template:Did you know nominations/Province of Lodi. I won't attempt to defend the headline, though I think the "proudly" part was employed rhetorically and referenced the prominent position on the front page more than the intent. I have to say, though, that he has a point (about general fact control, and the ease with which some reviews are done--note that one of the ones whose DYKs were scrutinized just made a failed run for admin) and that some of the criticism in that thread is quite unfair. I mean, one of the critics thinks he should have written an proper five-paragraph essay--no doubt one of the most infantile remarks I've seen in such a discussion. I do not have the experience you do in DYK, so I don't know about the other aspects of behavior that you remark on, but I usually trust your judgment. Drmies ( talk) 16:35, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
With this ever dramatic world and winter coming, here's a cup of tea to alleviate your day! This e-tea's remains have been e- composted SwisterTwister talk 05:45, 22 October 2015 (UTC) |
Hi M, the change is fine (but I think it was OK too before) I think you are inventing the idea of impregnation from what he said. According to Crowley it was "magic" and he was the source of the magic. He made her pregnant using magic. Obviously we might suspect? that more than magic was used, but from his view, it was his fault. (btw According to other sources her husband encouraged this until she became a celebrity.) Thanks for your input. Victuallers ( talk) 09:32, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
Mandarax, I've just updated the NewDYKnomination code to add the width parameter that's been added to the prep's /Clear page and that you just updated in Wikipedia:Did you know. Can you please double check to make sure I've done it the right way? I figured you were the ideal person to do so since you did the original update to the module when the "main page image" template was introduced. Many thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 15:19, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi, this redlinked template title is floating around under the October 14 nominations on T:TDYK. Perhaps you know what to do with this? Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 23:00, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
I didn't know this. I didn't know Michael O'Hare died and what the real reason was for his leaving after season 1. Bgwhite ( talk) 08:58, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
Drmies, I didn't want to put this scandalous info on your talk page during your election, but I had to mention how shocked I was to see your blatant plagiarism, claiming the work of another as your own.
Speaking of the kids, are they still going around singing " Look at me, look at me. I'm so good at yoga"? Personally, these days, whenever I have to use the bathroom, I find myself compelled to sing " Where's the Bathroom?" MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 00:09, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
You're right about the appropriation, but you know, she's my kid, I legally own her I think, though she owns me morally and financially. Can I get at least a drawing out of this arrangement? Bg, those are not boobs--she was trying to draw a butt but failed, and then I advised her to go with the metaphor--littterally. Drmies ( talk) 02:16, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
"Kim Stanley Robinson's popular trilogy Red/Green/Blue Mars is going to see its first book turn into a TV series produced by Spike TV and is slated for release in 2017. The episodes will be an hour long, and their writing will be led by J. Michael Straczynski." I've read the Mars trilogy books because they either won or were nominated for the Nubula or Hugo awards. Bgwhite ( talk) 21:47, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
Hello I would just like to talk to you and ask you how you got all of that information on my great grandfather yes I am one of his descendent and I am just scared on how you got that information on us my dad is the president of the Robertson foundation and I am just concerns on how you got that info thx
Jack Hartford Linnartz Jack hartford robertson ( talk) 19:54, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
To You and Yours!
FWiW Bzuk (
talk) 17:55, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I just moved Template talk:Did you know nominations/Dr. Heresy to Template:Did you know nominations/Dr. Heresy. Is there anything else that needs to be done, formatting-wise? I also notice that the same nominator filed a different nomination under Template talk:Did you know nominations/The Pink Assassin; I didn't do anything about that. Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 15:17, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
Hello Mandarax: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, North America 1000 10:19, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
It has been said that Breaking Bad is the greatest work of entertainment ever produced. Another opportunity to see the entire series from the beginning has arrived. Starting today, the Sundance channel will be showing four episodes every Wednesday. If you haven't seen the series on AMC (during the original run or any of the various marathons) or On Demand (yes, episodes still rotate through OD; currently near the end of Season 4) or Netflix or DVD or wherever, go for it! And if you have seen it already, watch it again! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 09:33, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
Good to see you again Mandarax. Now it's time for exercises. Drmies ( talk) 12:52, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
I always try to be fair, so I'd like to point out that St. Stephen seems to be much more mellow these days. I've never followed him around, and have really only seen comments made at venues I'm otherwise already watching. What I've seen lately are much more straightforward edits, without all of the snark. I commend him for reforming his ways. He recently called out another user for behavior which I, too, have found annoying for a long time. This user, whom I've never interacted with or mentioned, seems to feel compelled to jump into every conversation and inject his alleged humor. His irritating "contributions" consist of adding some short statement with a link piped to text in a way which he apparently thinks is witty. It isn't. Piped link humor can be very funny when appropriately done on occasion. His are not funny, not appropriate, and are done virtually
litterally (what was I thinking?) every time I see a talk page comment from him. I no longer try to check out the links, because these attempts to be clever or amusing are never successful.
MANdARAX •
XAЯAbИAM 23:22, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi, can you figure out why the bot is saying the nominator is not a valid username? Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 15:42, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
knowledge and precision | |
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... you were recipient no. 13 of Precious, a prize of QAI! |
-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:51, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
Another version of a bio on this artist was started and redirected to the article you created. I've redirected the page, so the old version is still visible via https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Claire_Falkenstein_(Artist)&oldid=721598775. You may be able to use this content to help improve the existing article. Fences& Windows 20:42, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
Cheers Mandarax--a quick beer before bedtime. Drmies ( talk) 05:14, 14 June 2016 (UTC) |
Thanks! Aaaaaah, that hit the spot on this hot summer day. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 02:43, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
Arbcom has ruled on Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/The Rambling Man Bgwhite ( talk) 00:35, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
for your help. Regards-- Buchbibliothek ( talk) 19:47, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
thanks | |
Mandarax,
Thanks for your encouragement and suggestions. I cite myself mostly because that material is published and therefore has some legitimacy but I completely understand the suggestion to be very conservative doing so and to branch out and add different materials. The conflict of interest information was very useful. Thanks, again. SummerTigress 14:25, 20 December 2016 (UTC) |
From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 18:45, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
Season's greetings! | |
I hope this holiday season is festive and fulfilling and filled with love and kindness, and that 2017 will be successful and rewarding... Modernist ( talk) 22:01, 26 December 2016 (UTC) |
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The list of nominees is running short, and so new nominations are needed for consideration. Have you come across someone in your editing circle who deserves a pat on the back for improving article prose regularly, making it easier to understand? Or perhaps someone has stepped in to mediate a contentious dispute, and did an excellent job. Do you know someone who hasn't received many accolades and is deserving of greater renown? Is there an editor who does lots of little tasks well, such as cleaning up citations?
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Is this [3] ok with you? Seems totally out of line, and waiting for WP:NPOV... Modernist ( talk) 17:53, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
The plethora of petite colorful squares remind of paintings within a painting and as if the comets and stars light up and perish on their way out of the canvas. What further grabs the attention are the archaic symbols in some of Zhelev's paintings, which not only give the picture a dynamic rhythm but also serve as points of reference for the abstract and storytelling compositions. When you take a peak into his kaleidoscopic universe, you discover a colorful space, filled with magical influence. Said influence can be sensed in most of the artist's creations and is intertwined with the mystical and story-like essence of his work.
From
Iliya Zhelev.
Bgwhite (
talk) 09:13, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
The warning (and revert) you'll see in your talk history was a Huggle blunder on my part. Home Lander ( talk) 21:37, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
I would like to think that I'm above Schadenfreude, but I must admit that I was absolutely filled with joy today.
Actually, the more I think about it, the more I realize that it's not really Schadenfreude. It's not that I'm happy about his misfortune, but that I'm thrilled for me not having to read his abusive snarkiness for a month. (Or hopefully longer. Do I dare dream of forever?) MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 00:37, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
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This note is for Bgwhite, but I didn't want to clutter up your talk page with yet more about Breaking Bad, so I'm doing it here. If you get tired of me talking about the show, let me know. I wouldn't want you to get as sick of hearing about it as a certain person we know is of hearing about Dr. Who.
I decided to wait a bit before reporting on Better Call Saul. Before it premiered, I tried to keep my expectations low while still having high hopes. It was difficult to keep those expectations low when I read in the article that:
Let me start by emphatically stating that Better Call Saul is absolutely, definitely, unequivocally not better than Breaking Bad. This should not really be seen as a reflection on BCS. After all, at least one person has declared BB to be " the greatest work of entertainment ever produced". I found myself somewhat disappointed by the first episode. In contrast, mere moments into the BB pilot, I knew it was going to be something spectacularly special. Four of this season's ten episodes of BCS have aired so far. I do like the show, and it's wonderful to see new episodes with a beloved character. (Could there be even more than one returning character? No spoiler here.)
My prediction was slightly off. I thought the BCS premiere would be immediately following the end of the BB marathon. What actually happened was BCS premiered on Sunday, then the final episodes of the marathon aired on Monday, followed by an encore of the premiere and then the second episode.
As I watched the marathon, I kept thinking that the TV academy should have created a special cinematography category for BB.
I've gotten the CD of music from Breaking Bad. There's some great stuff on it, but it only scratches the surface of songs featured on the first two seasons. One song from the CD, "Out of Time Man", sounds just like another song (not featured on BB), from thirty years earlier. Judge for yourself:
Oh, a while ago, I heard a song (" If I Had a Heart") that I really liked, so I got the album. Then, a coupla days ago, I checked the artist's article and discovered that the song had been featured on BB! Maybe I subconsciously realized this and that's why the song appealed to me so much when I heard it, but I was not consciously aware that I'd ever heard it before. I frequently heard songs on the show that I liked, so I would sometimes Shazam them, but I somehow missed this one. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:39, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
Actually, I just watched that clip I linked to a few more times, and I think I know how I "somehow missed this one". The music so exquisitely fits in with the scene that I may have assumed it was specifically composed for the show rather than being a pre-existing song. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 10:59, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
The point was that the person doing the rew. was rewriting my text into something else that it was meant to be. I didn't liked it. So I put in those citations so he could read for himself what was all about. Still -I- am not happy if someone starts rewriting text they didn't understand, and thinks this or that is not worth mentionin and stuff like that. Because they have no idea about art. I dislike this kind of rews, and I really think that this is not the point of the DYK. And one is still around. Hafspajen ( talk) 21:25, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
This is plain bullshit. Hafspajen ( talk) 21:39, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
He also just simply remove parts, that were plainly in in the references for no reson at all. He took this sentence and rewrote it: The canvas is painted in the Romantic style and captures the aesthetic principles of the sublime and the picturesque. and removed pituresque, for no reason at all.
This part s/he removed entirely: Emotions like awe – especially that which is experienced in confronting the sublimity of untamed nature and its picturesque qualities – were now entirely new aesthetic categories, and very different from art styles of the same era – the unemotional Realism[12][13] and of the calm, balanced Classicism[14] – as a source of aesthetic experience and replaced it with the above plain bullshit, calling it *Dyk fixes*. What kind of = dyk fixing is this??
Hi, I don't know if this makes a difference, but the article name is misspelled in the template title. Best, Yoninah ( talk) 09:20, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
On 10 March 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article La Nymphe surprise, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Manet considered La Nymphe surprise (pictured) one of his most important paintings? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/La Nymphe surprise. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 01:06, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
On 28 March 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Allegory of Fortune, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Allegory of Fortune (detail pictured) almost got its painter jailed and excommunicated? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Allegory of Fortune. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 00:01, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Template:Did you know nominations/William F. Mullen III is an error-formatted DYK nomination, while the discussion is taking place at Template:Did you know nominations/William F. Mullen, III. I just moved the page in question to William F. Mullen III. Would you mind tidying up this mess? Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 22:02, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
Could you explain to me why the line right above the edit box, that says "You may notify the nominator of problems with {{subst:DYKproblem|Article|header=yes|sig=yes}}" no longer includes the article title in question? It's a little tedious to have to type it in myself when I put this on the nominator's talk page. Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 22:40, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
... that while editing Wikipedia, Mandarax changes his clothes frequently as they become covered in excrement?
On 1 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Niagara Falls, from the American Side, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that there is only one major public church in Europe? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Niagara Falls, from the American Side. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 16:02, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi, the page was moved to Students' Building (Vassar College) during the course of the DYK review. Did I adjust the credit line correctly? Yoninah ( talk) 22:44, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
Happy Easter | |
Happy Easter.... ! Hafspajen ( talk) 19:03, 5 April 2015 (UTC) |
I am not nominating, but wrote articles. Perseus and Andromeda (Leighton) - latest. Hafspajen ( talk) 08:25, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for correcting my mistake at the Template:Did you know nominations/Nydala Abbey. I am new to this end of the DYK process. Your explanation was appreciated. Best, w.carter -Talk 10:25, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
Trimmed. Thanks for the heads up. I should have checked that before submitting.-- Mark Miller ( talk) 02:44, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
So how exactly does that work when most BLP articles lacking sources end up deleted? I take it these must be obscure BLP articles, then. Viriditas ( talk) 19:28, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
At Template:Did you know nominations/Zolykha's Secret, I had moved }} above, because my message was not appearing, and now again after your edits it is not appearing. Check again? OccultZone ( Talk • Contributions • Log) 02:13, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing my DYK submission. It was my first and this helps me know what to avoid in any future ones. I appreciate it. Carl Henderson ( talk) 07:10, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
Why appease obnoxious jerks? [1] I'd just as soon tell him to get lost, frankly. Prioryman ( talk) 07:24, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
George RR Martin reveals that he has Dead lyrics rattling round his head all the time. Xanthomelanoussprog ( talk) 11:47, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering why a good amount of credits repeat the template name (see [2]). I understand why the subpage name is different if the apostrophe is curly instead of straight, but a number of these credit lines don't seem to have any difference in the page names. Thanks for the explanation, Yoninah ( talk) 23:14, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
On 12 May 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Summer Evening on Skagen's Southern Beach, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Summer Evening on Skagen's Southern Beach (pictured) depicts the artist's wife and a painter on the beach during the blue hour? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Summer Evening on Skagen's Southern Beach. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Harrias talk 06:25, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi, the DYK nominator changed the header on his nomination. Could you add whatever subpage template is called for here? Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 00:47, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
Conspicuous attention to detail | |
Thank for your work at Template:Did you know nominations/Hold Me While I'm Naked. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 16:01, 3 June 2015 (UTC) |
Hi, I was asked to split off 4 noms from a multi-nom hook. Does anything else need to be done to the original nom page? Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 00:14, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
A Wikiversary? That's cute! Thanks for the nice wishes. Yoninah ( talk) 22:33, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I notice that captions are now appearing on the main page. Is this something that you're in charge of doing, or does the prep builder have to do something? Yoninah ( talk) 20:50, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
Just the attitude... enthusiasm, I'll catch that and fix that... and such. Hafspajen ( talk) 12:13, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
Hi, there is a floating comment by User:♥Golf between the entries for Template:Did you know nominations/Norm Sartorius and Template:Did you know nominations/David Beard (Canadian football) on the T:TDYK page. Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 23:34, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
Hi! I understand your edit on the image caption. However, I want to know why the (pictured) in the hook has been removed? It was following the words "taxidermied species". -- CeeGee 06:05, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
Hi. Hope you're well. Could you please move this down to special occasions for August 16 (Actress's 45th birthday). The reviewer has agreed but is unsure how to. I can't as I'm the nominator. Cowlibob ( talk) 19:33, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
You amended my hook proposal to read "that the poet Malcolm Guite" instead of "that poet Malcolm Guite"...Out of curiosity, what is the WP:ERRORS concern you mentioned in the edit summary that requires adding the definite article so I know going forward? Thanks. JackTheVicar ( talk) 02:44, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi, do you know why the July 2015 chart is too widely spaced under DYK views and not wide enough under Hooks? Yoninah ( talk) 13:34, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
I screwed this up. /info/en/?search=Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Howard_Weist Should be Howard Wiest. Please help. Thanks. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 17:44, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Dear Mandarax. I am a regular contributor to the Dutch languagw Wikipedia. I've seen that you have cotributed to the article on the left brain interpreter. Now I need your help in fixing an error in the list of references for that article. the number 10 lists Michael Gazzaniga as one of the authors, which would be pretty nusual in a tribute to himself. I have that book here in front of me on my desk and I see that he is neither mentioned as a contributor nor as an ditor. Could you undo this error ( which must be pretty embarrassing for Gazzaniga) I have asked the same question to a user named Verstiegenheit who is the most recent editor of that article in the history list, but I was warned that there was a problem with my message to him. with greetings from Amsterdam---- Dolph Kohnstamm ( talk) 14:29, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
see ref 10. The cognitive neuroscience of mind: a tribute to Michael S. Gazzaniga by Michael S. Gazzaniga, Patricia Ann Reuter-Lore 2010
ISBN 0-262-01401-7 pages 34-35
Dear Mandarax, thank you for making this correction. I tried to do it myself but could not find a way to edit these references.Best wihes-- Dolph Kohnstamm ( talk) 14:45, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi. Hope you're well. I've recently come across a nominator with 4 DYK credits who currently has two DYKs approved but not yet promoted. When one of these DYKs is promoted to main page, will they have to do a QPQ for the other? Cowlibob ( talk) 21:48, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
How long does it usually take for approval, or how would I get Template:Did you know nominations/Perovskia atriplicifolia approved? RO (talk) 20:07, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
Where's it stated that DYK can't have redlinks? I've reviewed the nomination/hook rules several times now and I can't see that being said anywhere. Headbomb { talk / contribs / physics / books} 12:22, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for helping edit Secrets of the Last Nazi. Can you contribute to the deletion debate, please? Cantelo ( talk) 17:21, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
Well, I was just gonna let this slide, but I decided I had to mention it.
There's an admin who, for a long time, was a harsh critic of DYK, while remaining civil in his criticism, pointing out and correcting errors without turning each comment into an indictment of all of DYK. That was a Good Thing. Constructive criticism and helpful corrections are always welcome. Then, during the Dark Days when DYK was in the clutches of St. Stephen, he seemed to get caught up in the mob mentality and became uncivil too. Then, to top things off, he recently wrote an essay with the headline " DYK, or proudly displaying incorrect information on the Main Page with alarming regularity". I don't know if he was even aware of the extreme irony of writing an essay critical of DYK inaccuracies, while using a blatantly false headline. (I challenge him to find just one DYKer who's proud to put incorrect info on the MP.) I used to have a lot of respect for this admin; now I have none. Even St. Stephen's snark and bile were, as far as I know, limited to venues less public than The Signpost.
As for St. Stephen, his pledge to reduce what he laughingly calls " snippiness" (a ludicrous understatement) has not gone as well as he claimed to intend, and he remains pretty "snippy", but still he's thankfully not a constant presence at DYK any more.
Ever since those darkest of Dark Days, my level of editing has been sharply reduced because my spirit has simply been broken. It's difficult to find a reason to continue editing, and when I saw that ridiculous headline, it was the last straw; I left for about three weeks. This would've been a gross overreaction if it was just about that moronic headline; but it's really about my general state of disenchantment with this place which tolerates intolerable behavior by the worst admins, at the expense of everyone else.
People are always seeking reasons to explain editor attrition. A major problem is a few horrible, abusive admins who feel a sense of entitlement and think they can do whatever they want as long as it's supposedly in the name of "improving the Encyclopedia".
Oh, and I wanted to update something else. When I previously wrote about how St. Stephen's unrelenting incivility had driven me away from Wikipedia, someone else brought up The Peacock. This was another user who seemed to get caught up in the mob dynamics. Fortunately, in his case, it was merely a temporary affliction, and he became a valued and constructive contributor, and even an outspoken critic of St. Stephen's reign of terror. Hey, even someone whom he had harshly attacked during the Dark Days later gave him two barnstars. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:22, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Mandarax, I ran into User:Papernpencils2015/sandbox and have made an edit or two there. I added a list of the "backbone" of the group and wrote up the stub for one of them. There's five more: perhaps you and your 99 friend could have a look-see? Thanks very much. Drmies ( talk) 16:22, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
I did have a look and then another. Template:Did you know nominations/Province of Pescara was extraordinarily weak, and so is Template:Did you know nominations/Province of Lodi. I won't attempt to defend the headline, though I think the "proudly" part was employed rhetorically and referenced the prominent position on the front page more than the intent. I have to say, though, that he has a point (about general fact control, and the ease with which some reviews are done--note that one of the ones whose DYKs were scrutinized just made a failed run for admin) and that some of the criticism in that thread is quite unfair. I mean, one of the critics thinks he should have written an proper five-paragraph essay--no doubt one of the most infantile remarks I've seen in such a discussion. I do not have the experience you do in DYK, so I don't know about the other aspects of behavior that you remark on, but I usually trust your judgment. Drmies ( talk) 16:35, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
With this ever dramatic world and winter coming, here's a cup of tea to alleviate your day! This e-tea's remains have been e- composted SwisterTwister talk 05:45, 22 October 2015 (UTC) |
Hi M, the change is fine (but I think it was OK too before) I think you are inventing the idea of impregnation from what he said. According to Crowley it was "magic" and he was the source of the magic. He made her pregnant using magic. Obviously we might suspect? that more than magic was used, but from his view, it was his fault. (btw According to other sources her husband encouraged this until she became a celebrity.) Thanks for your input. Victuallers ( talk) 09:32, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
Mandarax, I've just updated the NewDYKnomination code to add the width parameter that's been added to the prep's /Clear page and that you just updated in Wikipedia:Did you know. Can you please double check to make sure I've done it the right way? I figured you were the ideal person to do so since you did the original update to the module when the "main page image" template was introduced. Many thanks. BlueMoonset ( talk) 15:19, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi, this redlinked template title is floating around under the October 14 nominations on T:TDYK. Perhaps you know what to do with this? Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 23:00, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
I didn't know this. I didn't know Michael O'Hare died and what the real reason was for his leaving after season 1. Bgwhite ( talk) 08:58, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
Drmies, I didn't want to put this scandalous info on your talk page during your election, but I had to mention how shocked I was to see your blatant plagiarism, claiming the work of another as your own.
Speaking of the kids, are they still going around singing " Look at me, look at me. I'm so good at yoga"? Personally, these days, whenever I have to use the bathroom, I find myself compelled to sing " Where's the Bathroom?" MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 00:09, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
You're right about the appropriation, but you know, she's my kid, I legally own her I think, though she owns me morally and financially. Can I get at least a drawing out of this arrangement? Bg, those are not boobs--she was trying to draw a butt but failed, and then I advised her to go with the metaphor--littterally. Drmies ( talk) 02:16, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
"Kim Stanley Robinson's popular trilogy Red/Green/Blue Mars is going to see its first book turn into a TV series produced by Spike TV and is slated for release in 2017. The episodes will be an hour long, and their writing will be led by J. Michael Straczynski." I've read the Mars trilogy books because they either won or were nominated for the Nubula or Hugo awards. Bgwhite ( talk) 21:47, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
Hello I would just like to talk to you and ask you how you got all of that information on my great grandfather yes I am one of his descendent and I am just scared on how you got that information on us my dad is the president of the Robertson foundation and I am just concerns on how you got that info thx
Jack Hartford Linnartz Jack hartford robertson ( talk) 19:54, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
To You and Yours!
FWiW Bzuk (
talk) 17:55, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I just moved Template talk:Did you know nominations/Dr. Heresy to Template:Did you know nominations/Dr. Heresy. Is there anything else that needs to be done, formatting-wise? I also notice that the same nominator filed a different nomination under Template talk:Did you know nominations/The Pink Assassin; I didn't do anything about that. Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 15:17, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
Hello Mandarax: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, North America 1000 10:19, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
It has been said that Breaking Bad is the greatest work of entertainment ever produced. Another opportunity to see the entire series from the beginning has arrived. Starting today, the Sundance channel will be showing four episodes every Wednesday. If you haven't seen the series on AMC (during the original run or any of the various marathons) or On Demand (yes, episodes still rotate through OD; currently near the end of Season 4) or Netflix or DVD or wherever, go for it! And if you have seen it already, watch it again! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 09:33, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
Good to see you again Mandarax. Now it's time for exercises. Drmies ( talk) 12:52, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
I always try to be fair, so I'd like to point out that St. Stephen seems to be much more mellow these days. I've never followed him around, and have really only seen comments made at venues I'm otherwise already watching. What I've seen lately are much more straightforward edits, without all of the snark. I commend him for reforming his ways. He recently called out another user for behavior which I, too, have found annoying for a long time. This user, whom I've never interacted with or mentioned, seems to feel compelled to jump into every conversation and inject his alleged humor. His irritating "contributions" consist of adding some short statement with a link piped to text in a way which he apparently thinks is witty. It isn't. Piped link humor can be very funny when appropriately done on occasion. His are not funny, not appropriate, and are done virtually
litterally (what was I thinking?) every time I see a talk page comment from him. I no longer try to check out the links, because these attempts to be clever or amusing are never successful.
MANdARAX •
XAЯAbИAM 23:22, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi, can you figure out why the bot is saying the nominator is not a valid username? Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 15:42, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
knowledge and precision | |
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... you were recipient no. 13 of Precious, a prize of QAI! |
-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:51, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
Another version of a bio on this artist was started and redirected to the article you created. I've redirected the page, so the old version is still visible via https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Claire_Falkenstein_(Artist)&oldid=721598775. You may be able to use this content to help improve the existing article. Fences& Windows 20:42, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
Cheers Mandarax--a quick beer before bedtime. Drmies ( talk) 05:14, 14 June 2016 (UTC) |
Thanks! Aaaaaah, that hit the spot on this hot summer day. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 02:43, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
Arbcom has ruled on Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/The Rambling Man Bgwhite ( talk) 00:35, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
for your help. Regards-- Buchbibliothek ( talk) 19:47, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
thanks | |
Mandarax,
Thanks for your encouragement and suggestions. I cite myself mostly because that material is published and therefore has some legitimacy but I completely understand the suggestion to be very conservative doing so and to branch out and add different materials. The conflict of interest information was very useful. Thanks, again. SummerTigress 14:25, 20 December 2016 (UTC) |
From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 18:45, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
Season's greetings! | |
I hope this holiday season is festive and fulfilling and filled with love and kindness, and that 2017 will be successful and rewarding... Modernist ( talk) 22:01, 26 December 2016 (UTC) |
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Is this [3] ok with you? Seems totally out of line, and waiting for WP:NPOV... Modernist ( talk) 17:53, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
The plethora of petite colorful squares remind of paintings within a painting and as if the comets and stars light up and perish on their way out of the canvas. What further grabs the attention are the archaic symbols in some of Zhelev's paintings, which not only give the picture a dynamic rhythm but also serve as points of reference for the abstract and storytelling compositions. When you take a peak into his kaleidoscopic universe, you discover a colorful space, filled with magical influence. Said influence can be sensed in most of the artist's creations and is intertwined with the mystical and story-like essence of his work.
From
Iliya Zhelev.
Bgwhite (
talk) 09:13, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
The warning (and revert) you'll see in your talk history was a Huggle blunder on my part. Home Lander ( talk) 21:37, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
I would like to think that I'm above Schadenfreude, but I must admit that I was absolutely filled with joy today.
Actually, the more I think about it, the more I realize that it's not really Schadenfreude. It's not that I'm happy about his misfortune, but that I'm thrilled for me not having to read his abusive snarkiness for a month. (Or hopefully longer. Do I dare dream of forever?) MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 00:37, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
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