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Victuallers (
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19:29, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply PCW. Its not a very chatty occupation,but its interesting. Do give me a poke if you need help or just someone to notice! I see you are doing plants and Derbyshire places. I take an interest in the latter, but would help with either Victuallers ( talk) 21:43, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
For better or worse, Marc Almond's version of Pearly Spencer changes the original story to give a happy ending. This is a fact. If you consider that a PoV statement, that is *your* PoV!
Hi. I noticed your injun name at plant. I am part apache (1/64 or so... but I always list it first). But I look like a pale clouded white. :) PPdd ( talk) 19:48, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi, could we discuss the question of which name is correct by email? You can find my email address through my web page. Thanks! Nadiatalent ( talk) 15:10, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
Great, thanks, I've replied. Nadiatalent ( talk) 13:15, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi PCW, can I tempt you (and your camera) to Derby - we need geographers as well, hope to see you at Derby Museum on the 9th. Sign up for free lunch, tour etc Victuallers ( talk) 19:57, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I see you edited that article a while back. Are you familiar with that village? If so, I have a question or two about it. Thank you! ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 06:45, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
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A Rose for You |
Thank you for improving garden articles with your rose expertise — Cottage garden in particular. First Light ( talk) 05:43, 8 July 2011 (UTC) |
Thanks - I do what I can. I think expertise might be stretching it a little - though I admit I do have a special interest in that area. Actually, I can't ever recall having been given a rose before - not even a virtual one - so you have that small honour. Thanks again! PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 11:49, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your note. In this case, I take the position that those consulting this list will often be folks with sine urgency involving these plants. So, I've been including all the common names I have come across, a description of leaves, flowers, habit, distribution, confusibility with less dangerous plants, ... Observations about the folk history, to the extent I've added them, are brief enrichements for the more casual reader.
In short, adapt to likely use, and if that stretches Wiki policies of one sort or another, well, it's a collaborative enterprise. I lease some things for others. Though I do try to catch the typos I can see...
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I think I've about conceded that sources are too muddled to hope to reach a consensus on how to mark trade designations (see my latest post at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Plants#Distinguishing_trade_designations_from_grex_and_group_names). As you and I seem the only people really interested in how to mark them, I thought I would say here that although it was originally a joke, actually I agree that Comic Sans looks better than monospaced font, so I changed {{ tdes}}. See Rosa Iceberg now. I may still delete the template altogether... Peter coxhead ( talk) 07:26, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
Yes, you know what they say - " Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard". Someone else might like to use Canute B. Trosted, OffalPunGent or even Major R. Slicker, to unname but three. Martinevans123 ( talk) 21:08, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
Hello,
Many thanks! Aren't you quick off the mark? How did you read it so soon after I posted it on Martin Evans' page? Gareth Griffith-Jones ( talk) 23:52, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
It's an instruction to begin the subsequent text only after there is a clear break on the page, in this case on the right-hand side (if you type "left" instead of "right", it begins the subsequent text after a clear break on the page on the left-hand side.) This enables you to avoid having section headings squashed between images/infoboxes etc. (or, to look at it another way, it enables you to keep an image attached to a particular section, without it overlapping into subsequent ones). Does that help? PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 18:15, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Hello! The layout of the photographs is far better... once again, "thank you", and I shall now try to work out exactly how you achieved that. Gareth Griffith-Jones ( talk) 19:30, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Thought that you might help me on this formatting query. In this article, today, Owain has altered your "clear breaks"... see above... removing a left, and substituting a right with <br_style="clear:left/>, but I cannot see why, or what it has achieved.
Gareth Griffith-Jones ( talk) 18:43, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi PaleCloudedWhite, congratulations on your stamina in wikipedia! I think your shining example warrants the creation of a special
You deserve two of them, i.e. and bar. Since you're already one day over the year, I'll give you a roll of ribbon to cut to whatever length you need:
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Were walking close at hand;
They wept like anything to see
Such quantities of sand:
"If this were only cleared away,"
They said, "it would be grand!"
"If seven maids with seven mops
Swept it for half a year,
Do you suppose," the Walrus said,
"That they could get it clear?"
Thanks Nadia! A very imaginative award - I am honoured! A very apposite quote for all us editors! PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 02:14, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
A question for you. What is the purpose of – i.e. { { n dash } } ? Why not just type - ? Kindest regards, Gareth Griffith-Jones ( talk) 11:49, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
... and likewise with your fix to the sedimentary agriculture. It is good to be able to laugh at the bloopers sometimes. JonRichfield found a splendid one about a month ago at phytoliths, where carbon was being sequestered as silica (would be quite a breakthrough, if it were possible). Nadiatalent ( talk) 01:43, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
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Nadolig llawen and all best wishes for 2012! |
All the best for the New Year. Martinevans123 ( talk) 17:19, 26 December 2011 (UTC) |
Omg, rofl. How touching. Yes, even wigless, so very welcome at this time of year ! Haha. Many thanks for that. Knucklehad-McSpazatron ( talk) 17:19, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for sorting that mess out. I couldn't see properly what was happening, and actually wrote to Lavateraguy, thinking that I'd wiped out his edit! It certainly wasn't giving those neat messages that one sometimes sees about edit conflicts. Nadiatalent ( talk) 17:41, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for the tip-off about MonmouthpediA and its aspiration for time travel. Belated congratuations on your first birthday. I'm not sure I should direct you award from Derbyshire, but if you's like to help a Geog article at Monmouth? .... you may wander hoe we plan to do 1,000 of these codes when Derby Museum has <200 .... flowers! Victuallers ( talk) 09:45, 31 December 2011 (UTC) |
Hi. This is almost certainly a transcription error - well done for spotting it and please do go ahead and fix it. SP-KP ( talk) 23:18, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
There are a number of reasons why my picture has more quality than the previous one (taken in bright sunshine but without any black whatsoever). It has to do with the quality of the lens and the camera, the amount of pixels, contrast, sharpness and the improvements while processing the picture in Adobe Photoshop CS5. I hope you are somebody who can be persuaded by arguments. If I can't convince you, check with somebody who knows about photography. No hard feelings though... :-) Thundercloud ( talk) 20:31, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
(After edit conflict) I also agree that the wall is an important component of Gold Hill, but the effect on the composition in Thundercloud's pic is to draw the eye to a point at the foot of the wall's buttresses (where the lines of the street and the wall converge), whereas in the pic in the sunshine the eye is drawn to the line of houses. Also the pic in the sunshine more closely resembles the classic image of Gold Hill, and therefore is in my view also preferable on that account. PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 21:41, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
I'm not too familiar with Gold Hill myself, so I can't comment on which photo has a better composition. I will say, however, that I think the brighter photo looks better in the page than the darker photo. It's a lot easier to pick out features within the brighter photo. That being said, I think the darker photo is generally superior at full resolution. Could it perhaps be lightened to look better in the thumbnail? Mahahahaneapneap ( talk) 22:31, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
I have to say that I prefer the top image. It is, to me, more pleasing visually but perhaps more importantly, it is instantly recognisable as Gold Hill whereas the lower image is not. The less seen view from the bottom is an interesting one however and I don't see why an article on Gold Hill can't have both. Two images of Gold Hill in an article about Shaftesbury however is too much.-- Ykraps ( talk) 08:22, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
I think the brighter image is the better option for the lead thumbnailed image. I find the wall intrudes a bit too much into Thundercloud's image and is a little bit distracting. There's a collection of images on the commons so I've created a category (which includes Thundercloud's image) and added the link to the article. Barret ( talk) 21:12, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
Many thanks for everyone's contributions on this. If no-one objects, I'll copy this discussion over to the talk pages of the relevant articles, so it's easily visible to future contributors. PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 08:14, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
I've now copied this discussion (in slightly amended forms) over to the talk pages of the relevant articles ( [1] + [2] ), so I suggest any further postings be made there. PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 00:01, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
Hey Pale. Things certainly move quickly when the gears are set in motion. We tried to reform (and inform) the individual more than he probably deserved - I'm sure he got his jollies from having us talk to him as if he was being serious. But that's what WP:AGF is all about. Glad to have you around and participating on the English Wikipedia! If you ever need anything, have any questions, or want an opinion - give me a shout. I'm more than happy to lend a hand. My user page also has a link to email me (which will likely get my attention more rapidly) if you would like to get in touch with me faster than posting on my talk page. Happy editing Pale! --Slazenger ( Contact Me) 01:51, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I understand that you reported a selection of Dorset virtual tours for being 'Spam'! These virtual tours gave viewers a full 360 view of various beautiful and historic areas of Dorset, each tour can take a day to create and 6 months was spent mastering the technique..(Spam really)! (All that is needed to view these is the free quicktime player as used by millions worldwide or a free DevalVr player as downloaded by 7 million viewers).
Had the other gentleman simply emailed me, I would have removed the branding but he simply deleted the links with no questions asked. 'It is always easier to destroy than to create'.
He has also graciously offered to monitor this activity for any further virtual tours that may appear as though a serious criminal offence has occured! Please rest assured that I will not add any further virtual tours and have asked that my account be terminated. I actually live and work in Dorset, pay my local council taxes and contribute to the local community. Prey tell how an individual living in Derbyshire contributes to my fair county? --- Wessex Web Design --- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stvn66 ( talk • contribs) 10:58, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi, That's fine. It is not my loss, only the Wikipedia viewers with this interactive experience rather than mundane images and text, if you want to attract young people good luck with that. It is curious though as to who is more offensive, the virtual tours or the image used by the previous moderator ?? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bob_Re-born — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stvn66 ( talk • contribs) 11:52, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
I show a posting below that I received last night on my talk page, together with my reply, and the user's response:
Bread of Heaven
I enjoyed your collection of flags at the top of this page.
I know (the English version of) the hymn that includes the line "bread of heaven". In fact, it is right up at the top of my favorites. But please tell me what is the specific connection between Welsh rugby and "bread of heaven".
Thanks, Wanderer57 ( talk) 22:35, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
- Cwm Rhondda is a very well known Welsh hymn tune. First performed in 1907. Cwm Rhondda translates as "the Rondda Valley" in English, and more often than not, sung to the words: Guide me, O thou great Redeemer. Wales rugby union supporters adopted it years ago, although the reason is not understood, apart from the fact that it is an inspiring song which everyone knew (Sundays in chapel) and could keep repeating, and repeating... I think it splendid.
- It was sung at the funerals of both Princess Diana and the Queen Mother, and at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
- Gareth Griffith-Jones ( talk) 23:25, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
- It is indeed splendid, both tune and words. The version I learned (in the United Church of Canada) began Guide me, O thou great Jehovah.
- The part of the story I did not know was its adoption by the Rugby union. A great anthem, known to everyone in Wales. I guess it is a natural. Wanderer57 ( talk) 03:37, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
I am wondering if you would be kind enough to add below any knowledge you may have on this topic.
Many thanks for your time.
With kindest regards,
Thanks for getting in touch. As far as I remember (it was in 2007) the link contained specific info about the Western Gazette & its circulation figures, but I can't find any mention of the Western Gazette on the Northcliffe site now. A suitable source now might be this from the British Newspapers Online site.— Rod talk 20:37, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
"Quiet industrious editing"? .. surely some mistake.. it's just a smokescreen, I'm afraid, to hide my cunning and devious plan to replace all Wikipedia articles on poets with a selection of some of their finest complete poems - so the reader is not distracted by the details of their sordid and tragic lives - as most of them fully intended! Ah, shucks, now I've just told you. Martinevans123 ( talk)
Actually I am reminded of a quote by Henry James, who was complaining that the romance of the Brontë life story got in the way of appreciating their novels:
"Literature is an objective, a projected result; it is life that is the unconscious, the agitated, the struggling, floundering cause. But the fashion has been [in looking at the Brontes], so to confound the cause with the result that we cease to know, in the presence of such ecstacies, what we have hold of or what we are talking about."
(from 'The Lesson Of Balzac', in Two Lectures, Boston and New York, 1905, p65, cited in The Brontë Myth, Miller L., Vintage, 2002, p63) PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 23:45, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Yes, poetry has - perhaps more than any other art form - the ability to romanticise the tragic aspects of life. But I bet most poets who have become venerated for the intensity of their life stories, probably in fact led quite humdrum lives. I'm reminded of another quote, this time by the singer Elizabeth Fraser when she was interviewed in a music magazine; if I remember rightly, the interviewer was fishing for evidence that Fraser led a somehow other-worldly (or "ethereal") existence, which hence would explain Fraser's other-worldly singing style, but Fraser replied by saying something like, "some days all I do is go to the local shop to buy a tin of baked beans".... PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 01:26, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi PCW,
What are the changes you want to make to geography section and do you want to make them before I request a second review? -- Ykraps ( talk) 11:35, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
I've copied both the geography section and the points which need addressing to here, so it's all in one place and hopefully easy to work on. PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 19:22, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello SilkTork. I noticed your recent move of Purbeck (district) to Purbeck District. I haven't much experience of page moves, and have a technical question regarding the process involved: why was it first necessary to delete Purbeck District? I've tried studying the history, but can't work out exactly what has been deleted (as there is still a Purbeck District). PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 20:59, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
(del/undel) (diff) 11:54, 6 August 2007 . . Chris j wood (talk | contribs | block) (32 bytes) (←Redirected page to Purbeck (district)) (del/undel) (diff) 11:04, 18 May 2007 . . HeartofaDog (talk | contribs | block) (21 bytes) (create redirect)
Your wikichortle idea is an excellent one! It is a bit difficult to laugh at the absurdity in the context of an edit war, but real people surely couldn't make up some of this material, at least not if their brain is engaged. Nadiatalent ( talk) 21:42, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Just a quick note to thank you for joining the project. Northamerica1000 (talk) 19:56, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi! I'm serving as the wikipedian-in-residence at the Smithsonian Institution Archives until June! One of my goals as resident, is to work with Wikipedians and staff to improve content on Wikipedia about people who have collections held in the Archives - most of these are scientists who held roles within the Smithsonian and/or federal government. I thought you might like to participate since you are interested in the sciences! Sign up to participate here and dive into articles needing expansion and creation on our to-do list. Feel free to make a request for images or materials at the request page, and of course, if you share your successes at the outcomes page you will receive the SIA barnstar! Thanks for your interest, and I look forward to your participation! Sarah ( talk) 01:54, 19 April 2012 (UTC) |
Indeed, you got to the heart of the problem there! Nadiatalent ( talk) 20:48, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
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from: Northamerica1000 (talk) 01:00, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi PCW, about ruthlessly reverting those additions: I came to much the same decision last night, but didn't have a lot of time, so I reverted the last batch on Neocinnamomum. By this morning it was all back there, with a sprinkling of citations. I've just been laboriously arguing various points there. I'm starting to wonder if the person involved is a child, perhaps willing to learn (hence the added citations in response to "unsourced" messages) ... This IP is also active right now. Mostly, I just don't have enough time to do very much of this cleanup, but hope to be more thorough as time permits (in between the French translation that you know about ... 55 pages! Google Translate is amusing, it turns rose prickles into cattle prods). Nadiatalent ( talk) 13:18, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi, you are a botanic, I am not botanic, besides, my English language is not fluent. I wish you to create a Biodiversity of Madagascar article, because Madagascar botany is very important too, and it is a very forget botanical area too. You can do it. I'm sure, please, do it, because these Islands are very important ecologically and they are a very forget area. I'm sure that if you are busy, or you think is too hard for you, missis Nadietalent can help you from scratch. He is a very hardworker and clever one, and you have the idea of an article as a whole, just not dripping and spurring, please please please, do Biodiversity of Madagascar. You can do this article from scratch. Nadietalent maybe could not do big articles , althought she has the talent. Can You help her, please?
My poor grammar makes it more difficult to assess its worth - is it stating something true and valueable that's hidden underneath the clumsy language, or is it just a muddled and repeated assertion of a statement already deleted from elsewhere. Thank you very much.
Estimado caballero, solicito la colaboración de usted, asi como su ayuda desinteresada en la creación del articulo arriba mencionado, de gran importancia en un area tan importante a nivel medioambiental como tan dejada de la mano de dios, dicha tarea, podría realizarla usted mismo o compartirla con la distinguida señorita Nadietalent, que ha demostrado su valía y extraordinaria pericia llevando a cabo innumero trabajo en condiciones de extrema dureza descifrando mi alcorzada y esbarizada labor. No dudo de su gran pericia en la labor y que con su habitual tono animoso y entregado prestara la atención debida y "from scratch" concluira tal redacción a un resultado profesional. Muchas gracias por su atención, quedo a la espera de su contestación. User:Curritocurrito|Curritocurrito]] ( talk) 06:16, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at
User talk:Alchymist3.
Nadiatalent (
talk) 18:49, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Nadiatalent (
talk)
18:49, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi, mister, Nadiatalent is very busy, but she love to work with Lauraceae. Madagascar is plenty of Lauraceae too. Can you create this article, that Nadietalent thinks too is an extremely important topic. Can you create the article from scratch? Really in real life Nadietalent is a very very busy people and cannot do too much in Wikipedia, fortunatelly she can stay. Can you looking for valuable people for this project, please. Madagascar is a very ignored area with very interesting issues and evolution. I am interested too in African biodiversity, may you can find people for these areas so interesting and important. how many botanical volunteers have Wikipedia? Where can I find them? who are more interested in make information available to college students? I just know you, but I think that you are a person very involved with Wikipedia and with much work done. Congratulations I hope to find more people like you. 83.44.49.151 ( talk) 10:02, 12 May 2012 (UTC) Please, can you create this article about biodiversity, and other about Biodiversity in African areas and regions? Of course I am Curritocurrito ( talk) 10:06, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
"The biodiversity of New Caledonia is of exceptional biological and paleoecological interest. It is frequently referred to as a biodiversity hotspot. [1] The country is a large South Pacific archipelago with a total land area of more than 18,000 square kilometres (6,900 sq mi). The terrain includes a variety of reefs, atolls, small islands, and a variety of topographical and edaphic regions on the largest island, all of which promote the development of unusually concentrated biodiversity. The region's climate is oceanic and [[Tropics|tropical"
I am from Spain and my mother language is not English language. Many country side areas, and Natural areas and Living beings are in Countries where population cannot collaborate with Wikipedia, but their Natural World and its highly economically valuable species are very important too in the human knowledge and developtment of the mankind. People should have information because these matters are important, not just a curiosity only. This unknow world is from Poles to ecuator, in unoccupied oceanic areas closely to Europe, in Deserts as Sahara, or whatever. But to me the main aim is to gather the abundant information disperse about living communities and living beings that have existed for millions of years because they are disappearing and in 20 years they will are not longer exist. Curritocurrito ( talk) 11:42, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I am desperatly trying to add this (* Tom Rickels, singer and songwriter. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9])but you keep deleting what I write; I mean, I give eight sources from four different sites and you delete my contribution while half of the "notable peoples" on this page don't even have one source ... why ? As we can see on youtube, this guy sings (very well) so he is a singer, he creates his own songs so he is a songwriter. On each of the four sites he is named Tom Rickels so I guess it is his true name and, on the four sites also, it is written that he lives in Chesterfield. On his Facebook and Tweeter we can see hundreds of very personnal photos so they are his real accounts. I don't know what you need more... thank you for being so consciencious and, by doing this, protecting our information right. Looking forward to your reply... kanguolai
Hi PaleCloudedWhite, Thanks for having taken the time to explain me and given me those advices.--
Kanguolai (
talk)
15:07, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
You asked "I suppose it would be hoping too much to think that the introduction of DNA analysis has resulted / will result in greater agreement?". As it's not really to do with Camassia, I thought it best to reply here.
That's a good question. I'm only a reader of this stuff, not a professional botanist, but I think that the sheer number of angiosperm researchers involved in the APG and their status (see Angiosperm Phylogeny Group#Members of the APG) has tended to silence critics. But these do exist. For example, in the British Isles, the "definitive" flora is by Clive Stace and in the latest edition he has deliberately decided not to follow some parts of the APG3 system, so those of us who use his book have to learn his minor variations on APG3. Some bulb specialists are unwilling to sink as many families into the large Asparagaceae as APG3 does; I've seen relatively recent stuff coming out of Kew that still uses Hyacinthaceae.
The issues are not the actual phylogeny but what this implies for classifications, e.g. whether paraphyletic groups are ok (Stace says they are, APG3 says not), and how differentiated a taxon needs to be to call it a family versus a subfamily, etc. (APG3 people seem to be "lumpers", others are "splitters", if you know that terminology). Peter coxhead ( talk) 09:04, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
I want to thank you by your help in Ocotea. I hope you help me again in other articles. I apologize by my bad english. You are welcome. I'm very interested in botany, I hope you can put more information in these species that have great economic value, besides to be very beautiful and important for biodiversity (I am a fan of Kew gardens). I would like, when you have time, your help for Mascarene Islands biodiversity. I am really interested in your help, please, check it. Thank you very much by your help. Curritocurrito ( talk) 08:19, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Why do you wipe out about columbiformes???
Curritocurrito (
talk)
10:12, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
I thank you by your help again. The article is better with your help and Nadiatalent help. I hope you help me with other articles. You know that I write in Lauraceae but really I am interested in information about each animal or vegetal species in forgotten countries of which there are little information. You are welcome Curritocurrito ( talk) 11:56, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello, How are you? I need your help. I ask you if you could enlarge Dipterocarpaceae making better known this group of trees in Wikipedia, adding links to "Dipterocarpaceae" and information about "Dipterocarpaceae" existence on topics as trees articles in tropical articles or botanical or biodiversity articles. Do you know people that could be interested about Dipterocarpaceae article? They are welcome too. Thank you very much. Curritocurrito ( talk) 11:15, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello, How are you? I need your help. I thank you your help in the articles and I hope you help me again in future. I ask you: Can you find more people willing writing in tropical trees, genera and families? I ask you if you could enlarge some articles making better known this group of trees in Wikipedia, adding links to genera and families and writing information and asking people if they are interested in writing about topics as tropical trees articles, tropical forest articles or botanical or biodiversity articles. Do you know Wikipedia forums that could be interested about these type of articles? They are welcome too. I thank you very much. Curritocurrito ( talk) 11:33, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
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— Northamerica1000 (talk) 00:25, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
I've expanded the article, merged all the information from the Gertrude Jekyll's Garden, Upton Grey Manor House article into it, added more inline citations and four more reliable sources that are comprised of significant coverage. This article definitely has the potential to be further improved to meet Good article or Featured article standards. Northamerica1000 (talk) 18:28, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
The article has been expanded and improved. I've added five new reliable sources that can be used to further expand the article and to add more inline citations. This is another article with potential to become a Good or Featured article. Northamerica1000 (talk) 19:05, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello. You reverted my edit to the section on culinary uses in the Rose article. Your edit summary said this was because I used an "inappropriate primary reference", but you replaced it with text with no reference and I feel the replacement text is less universally accurate and gives a false impression. I have brought this up on the talk page and would appreciate it if you would read it. Anonymous watcher ( talk) 21:05, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I thank you your help in tropical flora. I hope your help again in the future. Best regards Curritocurrito ( talk) 09:23, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
elektrik SHOOS ( talk) 07:34, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Ooh, you and your black humour, haha! Some people might disapprove of such jokes of course, but I know that your sympathies are always with the people in difficulty, and when humour is combined with sympathy, the end result is a benign release in my view. Others will disagree I'm sure! On the particular issue which I raised at ANI, I didn't find it easy to decide on the very best course of action, and I felt I didn't have much time - not if the situation was indeed serious. PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 11:12, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
"Great minds" etc., etc., but two edits, at exactly the same time (23:09) [6]! How is that possible? Martinevans123 ( talk) 22:43, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi PCW, Barret and I are currently checking the references in the Dorset article in preperation for FAN. I can't seem to get hold of a copy of Wightman's book but Barret seems to think those references were added by you. Do you still have the book and would you be willing to give it a second look to ensure there is no plagiarism and that the source fully supports the sentences in the article? Best regards-- Ykraps ( talk) 07:31, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
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From: Northamerica1000 (talk) 05:43, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi PCW, I think I'm just about done with my rewrite and I'm looking to merge the two. Any ideas how this can be best achieved? I've been looking at the existing article and wondering if some bits wouldn't be better placed in the Geography of Dorset article. Any thoughts?-- Ykraps ( talk) 07:38, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
Sorry, PaleCloudedWhite, I see what I did now. However, if you had not unceremoniously reverted my changes along with some vandalism the problem might not have occurred. Martin Hogbin ( talk) 21:07, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
...for your contributions to the article Buff (colour)! Chrisrus ( talk) 23:22, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Ok, so the graphic labs people fixed the flags! I'm very happy, as that was bugging me.
Second, thanks again for the derived terms section. I tried to restate it in fewer words, but have I lost any clarity? Also, I don't have access to the source. Did my edit lose any accuracy? Please feel free to edit.
Third, more information in that section is needed. We have the first citation of buff as a color, and then the term that derived from the color, but nothing about what the color word derived from in that section. We have that in the lead, where we say that it derived from the color of leather. I think we should repeat that again in that section for better flow. But if you have access to the source, are we sure that when they originally spoke of a "Buff" color, were they thinking of leather that had been buffed or processed, or leather that was used to buff things? Because that's the purpose of Chamois leather, to buff things, so I had made that assumption. But then again, the leather was also supposed to have derived from an animal that it came from, an animal word related to our word "Buffalo", but which I gather was French and may not have referred to European Bison. If you would, please see what your source says.
Finally, I went ahead and added the Manila paper. It's uncited, but unlikely to be challenged, don't you agree? I confirmed my hunch on the fact that article Manila paper says that it's buff; I didn't check sources. The picture is excellent quality, but I don't know if the lighting has washed out the color, but I think it looks less yellow than I remember it. If you agree, I might want to ask the graphics lab for someone to take another picture and concentrate this time on illustrating the color of natural manila paper.
I went to the Geography of Dorset article to get some info about Dorset's heaths and noticed there wasn't any. Is that just an oversight or did you think heathland belonged elsewhere?-- Ykraps ( talk) 09:43, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi there :)
Thanks for your information. I wasn't sure how much of Holywell lay within the boundary, upon checking some online maps it varied, so I removed my previous edit just in case. I'll edit it again accordingly. Das Beta ( talk) 15:13, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
I see you reverted me, no wonder you're a gardener.
What the heck??? It is the only surviving example of a pre-railway age tunnel in regular use, therefore making it the de facto oldest of its type. If there are no other surviving examples like it still in use every day, then it is the oldest. There are many other kinds of other tunnel in this country, but this is the only still in use of its type. How circular can I make this?
Your idiotic logic would only work if this was concerning the Queen of this country, not a Queen of this country. If we did, then you'd be right. But you are not. Only one Queen rules this country. But this is not about monarchs, it is about tunnels, specifically those built before the railway age which there, quite a few in fact. In this case, this one at Beaminster, and only this one, remains in continual daily use, making it the oldest one of it's kind is use every f*&king day!!!
Nor does the source talk about the UK....luck-a-loopy doop...it says "It is the only pre-railway road tunnel still in everyday use." Do you know what the definition of "only" is? Obviously not otherwise you might not have reverted me, as an adverb it means: without others or anything further; alone; solely; exclusively. Without others?? Your statement: "and is the sole pre-railway age road tunnel that is still in daily public use" is now completely meaningless, the reader cannot assume anything. It might be just in Beaminster that is " is the sole pre-railway age road tunnel that is still in daily public use" or hey it could be anywhere, er the world? Without a locale, what will a reader assume? Down the road there could be half dozen of these similar pre-rail tunnels in daily use?? But there is only one around Beaminster. "Only" in this case means the UK or Great Britain, that is what the source meant. You pedant! You think the writer of the source would mean just the town (or the other extreme, the whole universe?). I don't think so, but you obviously do. What a petty, petty fool you now look.
But hey don't worry I am not going to revert you again...on here when I get reverted by some numbskull I never bother again once I have driven it home to them how mentally challenged they are. I mean why should I? Wikipedia can only ever be judged by its weakest common denominator or articles as long as the likes of you are here that is a low set bar.
As a dumb-ass gardener why not stick to shovelling shit rather than writing it. Huh? 86.148.205.89 ( talk) 17:31, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
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It's been a week since there have been any edits of issue at Ivan Massow. The case appears to have settled down and I'd like to think that our corresponding editors now trust wikipedia a bit more with the articles, and also you personally with the work you've been doing to the article. Very nice working with you and I hope to do so again soon. Fayedizard ( talk) 12:38, 31 July 2012 (UTC) |
Thanks very much! Yes, establishing trust wasn't easy, not helped I don't think by the fact that a previous editor had done a bit of a hatchet job, and we - without having had time to investigate - were defending it! It's actually proving quite a fascinating article to work on - so many twists and turns. It'd be nice to take it to Good Article status - there's definitely enough material. Very nice to have worked with you too - take a sip of the beer yourself! Cheers, PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 23:04, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
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- looks like Hardy had it right all along! (Oh no, I feel an vicious attack of Welsh-band-lyric Wessex puns coming on... yikes.) Was this only two years ago [7] Martinevans123 ( talk) 22:51, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
I'm pleased to see you are making a go of it, despite my welcome :-)
Pulp pedia's (design) does intrigue. I had been thinking about how this was possible and I'm surprised someone hasnt done it for even more nefarious reasons. I think you areright that the WMF but if it offends you then you can off an email to info@wikimedia.org but I suspect they have larger breaches to hit at. If you get bored then add gibraltarpedia to your watch list. We plan to "do" Gibraltar Botanic Gardens and wikify it from one end to the other. We have funds and permission.... how do I get the botanists involved? Cheers Roger Victuallers ( talk) 09:04, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
Just to let you know, I have replaced your Geology of Dorset article with the version in my sandbox as we tentatively agreed. I have put your version User:Ykraps/Geology of Dorset (PCW edit) for safekeeping as I think there's some good stuff which can still be used in a number of Dorset related articles. If you've changed your mind, please revert; or if there is anything you wish to add, please add it. User:Mikenorton has written a structure section and is keen to contribute but I will wait until you have replied to ensure we are all in agreement as to the best way to proceed. Best regards-- Ykraps ( talk) 21:05, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
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We could do with you if you are interested? Would you believe there are plants like "Pride of Gibraltar" that don't have an article about their sub species? Can I tempt you Victuallers ( talk) 09:54, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
I greatly appreciated your reply on the Charlotte Bronte page. I was not particularly expecting any editor to reply, but to receive such a fullsome response was welcome. If you don't object I would intend to possibly link to it in future, though I don't have any particular intention/purpose to do so at the moment. In ictu oculi ( talk) 09:52, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, sorry to bother you, I wonder if you have local knowledge that could help to resolve an edit-war situation, or if you could suggest a suitable forum to ask such a question. An editor has been removing a lot of material from the KL disambiguation page, some of it on the grounds that the statement made there is not also made on the target page. Two of these items are:
It is quite easy to find confirmation of the nicknames using google advanced search with the phrase "KL", but not in places that are usually acceptable as wikipedia links. Do you know of good sources for this sort of documentation? Thanks. Sminthopsis84 ( talk) 15:29, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
Just a note: It's time for new entries to be decided at the Wikipedia:WikiProject Horticulture and Gardening/COTM. Northamerica1000 (talk) 13:10, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for helping out! Northamerica1000 (talk) 09:49, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Just pinging you to request any ideas for November's picks at Wikipedia:WikiProject Horticulture and Gardening/COTM, and thanks for your consideration! Northamerica1000 (talk) 01:54, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
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From: Northamerica1000 (talk) 15:39, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi PaleCloudedWhite,
I agree with your assessment that the recent spate of edits on Conquistador show the same style as the infamous User:Sonia Murillo Perales (and, as you point out, the same city by geolocation). This IP is extremely prolific with unsourced additions, so poorly written that some ludicrous statements have resulted. Unfortunately (as has been the case in the past with these sockpuppets) it looks as if it will be a lot of work to build a case for blocking and undo the damage! Sminthopsis84 ( talk) 20:55, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
SPI started. Sminthopsis84 ( talk) 22:47, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
As
Virgil wrote: Sed fugit interea fugit irreparabile tempus, singula dum capti circumvectamur amore
I always remember your considerable assistance in my early days here. –
–
Gareth Griffith-Jones/
The Welsh Buzzard
11:33, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
Many thanks for all your kind words, they are appreciated. It's nice to hear from you again Gareth (I thought maybe my uncouth tendencies had previously sent you fleeing). I used google to "translate" your quotation from the Latin; it came back with "But meanwhile it flees irreparable period of time, while we, charmed with love of each of the". This is, I'm sure you agree, a 'quality' rendering which, amongst others, might amuse Sminthopsis84, who I know has experience of mopping up after bad translations! Mr Ed, I have had a word with
someone who knows Tony very well, and have been reassured that General Tone (as he is more formally known) looks forward to being lowered here again in the future, haha!
PaleCloudedWhite (
talk)
17:09, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
Gareth Griffith-Jones
– The WelshBuzzard – is wishing you
the season's greetings.
Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's
solstice or
Christmas,
Diwali,
Hogmanay,
Hanukkah,
Lenaia,
Festivus,
or the
Saturnalia,
this is a special time of year for (almost) everyone.
Martinevans123
Santas Grotto wishes you and yours
"Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda"
May the true spirit of Christmas bless you with warmth and peace ....
Hello PaleCloudedWhite: Thanks for all of your contributions to Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable holiday season! Northamerica1000 (talk) 16:10, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
Thank you! He is splendid. I have replied fully here – – Gareth Griffith-Jones |The Welsh Buzzard| 8:12 am, 26 December 2012, last Wednesday (3 days ago) (UTC+0)
File:Happy New Year 2013.jpg | Have an enjoyable New Year! | |
Hello PaleCloudedWhite: Thanks for all of your contributions to Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable New Year! Cheers, Northamerica1000 (talk) 16:44, 31 December 2012 (UTC) |
singer-songwriter
teenage Brit
from Chesterfield
Singer/songwriter
I'm a proud Chesterfield-ian
De Chesterfield
Habite à Chesterfield
A étudié à Université de Bath Spa
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19:29, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply PCW. Its not a very chatty occupation,but its interesting. Do give me a poke if you need help or just someone to notice! I see you are doing plants and Derbyshire places. I take an interest in the latter, but would help with either Victuallers ( talk) 21:43, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
For better or worse, Marc Almond's version of Pearly Spencer changes the original story to give a happy ending. This is a fact. If you consider that a PoV statement, that is *your* PoV!
Hi. I noticed your injun name at plant. I am part apache (1/64 or so... but I always list it first). But I look like a pale clouded white. :) PPdd ( talk) 19:48, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi, could we discuss the question of which name is correct by email? You can find my email address through my web page. Thanks! Nadiatalent ( talk) 15:10, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
Great, thanks, I've replied. Nadiatalent ( talk) 13:15, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi PCW, can I tempt you (and your camera) to Derby - we need geographers as well, hope to see you at Derby Museum on the 9th. Sign up for free lunch, tour etc Victuallers ( talk) 19:57, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I see you edited that article a while back. Are you familiar with that village? If so, I have a question or two about it. Thank you! ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 06:45, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
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A Rose for You |
Thank you for improving garden articles with your rose expertise — Cottage garden in particular. First Light ( talk) 05:43, 8 July 2011 (UTC) |
Thanks - I do what I can. I think expertise might be stretching it a little - though I admit I do have a special interest in that area. Actually, I can't ever recall having been given a rose before - not even a virtual one - so you have that small honour. Thanks again! PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 11:49, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your note. In this case, I take the position that those consulting this list will often be folks with sine urgency involving these plants. So, I've been including all the common names I have come across, a description of leaves, flowers, habit, distribution, confusibility with less dangerous plants, ... Observations about the folk history, to the extent I've added them, are brief enrichements for the more casual reader.
In short, adapt to likely use, and if that stretches Wiki policies of one sort or another, well, it's a collaborative enterprise. I lease some things for others. Though I do try to catch the typos I can see...
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I think I've about conceded that sources are too muddled to hope to reach a consensus on how to mark trade designations (see my latest post at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Plants#Distinguishing_trade_designations_from_grex_and_group_names). As you and I seem the only people really interested in how to mark them, I thought I would say here that although it was originally a joke, actually I agree that Comic Sans looks better than monospaced font, so I changed {{ tdes}}. See Rosa Iceberg now. I may still delete the template altogether... Peter coxhead ( talk) 07:26, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
Yes, you know what they say - " Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard". Someone else might like to use Canute B. Trosted, OffalPunGent or even Major R. Slicker, to unname but three. Martinevans123 ( talk) 21:08, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
Hello,
Many thanks! Aren't you quick off the mark? How did you read it so soon after I posted it on Martin Evans' page? Gareth Griffith-Jones ( talk) 23:52, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
It's an instruction to begin the subsequent text only after there is a clear break on the page, in this case on the right-hand side (if you type "left" instead of "right", it begins the subsequent text after a clear break on the page on the left-hand side.) This enables you to avoid having section headings squashed between images/infoboxes etc. (or, to look at it another way, it enables you to keep an image attached to a particular section, without it overlapping into subsequent ones). Does that help? PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 18:15, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Hello! The layout of the photographs is far better... once again, "thank you", and I shall now try to work out exactly how you achieved that. Gareth Griffith-Jones ( talk) 19:30, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Thought that you might help me on this formatting query. In this article, today, Owain has altered your "clear breaks"... see above... removing a left, and substituting a right with <br_style="clear:left/>, but I cannot see why, or what it has achieved.
Gareth Griffith-Jones ( talk) 18:43, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi PaleCloudedWhite, congratulations on your stamina in wikipedia! I think your shining example warrants the creation of a special
You deserve two of them, i.e. and bar. Since you're already one day over the year, I'll give you a roll of ribbon to cut to whatever length you need:
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Were walking close at hand;
They wept like anything to see
Such quantities of sand:
"If this were only cleared away,"
They said, "it would be grand!"
"If seven maids with seven mops
Swept it for half a year,
Do you suppose," the Walrus said,
"That they could get it clear?"
Thanks Nadia! A very imaginative award - I am honoured! A very apposite quote for all us editors! PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 02:14, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
A question for you. What is the purpose of – i.e. { { n dash } } ? Why not just type - ? Kindest regards, Gareth Griffith-Jones ( talk) 11:49, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
... and likewise with your fix to the sedimentary agriculture. It is good to be able to laugh at the bloopers sometimes. JonRichfield found a splendid one about a month ago at phytoliths, where carbon was being sequestered as silica (would be quite a breakthrough, if it were possible). Nadiatalent ( talk) 01:43, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
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Nadolig llawen and all best wishes for 2012! |
All the best for the New Year. Martinevans123 ( talk) 17:19, 26 December 2011 (UTC) |
Omg, rofl. How touching. Yes, even wigless, so very welcome at this time of year ! Haha. Many thanks for that. Knucklehad-McSpazatron ( talk) 17:19, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for sorting that mess out. I couldn't see properly what was happening, and actually wrote to Lavateraguy, thinking that I'd wiped out his edit! It certainly wasn't giving those neat messages that one sometimes sees about edit conflicts. Nadiatalent ( talk) 17:41, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for the tip-off about MonmouthpediA and its aspiration for time travel. Belated congratuations on your first birthday. I'm not sure I should direct you award from Derbyshire, but if you's like to help a Geog article at Monmouth? .... you may wander hoe we plan to do 1,000 of these codes when Derby Museum has <200 .... flowers! Victuallers ( talk) 09:45, 31 December 2011 (UTC) |
Hi. This is almost certainly a transcription error - well done for spotting it and please do go ahead and fix it. SP-KP ( talk) 23:18, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
There are a number of reasons why my picture has more quality than the previous one (taken in bright sunshine but without any black whatsoever). It has to do with the quality of the lens and the camera, the amount of pixels, contrast, sharpness and the improvements while processing the picture in Adobe Photoshop CS5. I hope you are somebody who can be persuaded by arguments. If I can't convince you, check with somebody who knows about photography. No hard feelings though... :-) Thundercloud ( talk) 20:31, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
(After edit conflict) I also agree that the wall is an important component of Gold Hill, but the effect on the composition in Thundercloud's pic is to draw the eye to a point at the foot of the wall's buttresses (where the lines of the street and the wall converge), whereas in the pic in the sunshine the eye is drawn to the line of houses. Also the pic in the sunshine more closely resembles the classic image of Gold Hill, and therefore is in my view also preferable on that account. PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 21:41, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
I'm not too familiar with Gold Hill myself, so I can't comment on which photo has a better composition. I will say, however, that I think the brighter photo looks better in the page than the darker photo. It's a lot easier to pick out features within the brighter photo. That being said, I think the darker photo is generally superior at full resolution. Could it perhaps be lightened to look better in the thumbnail? Mahahahaneapneap ( talk) 22:31, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
I have to say that I prefer the top image. It is, to me, more pleasing visually but perhaps more importantly, it is instantly recognisable as Gold Hill whereas the lower image is not. The less seen view from the bottom is an interesting one however and I don't see why an article on Gold Hill can't have both. Two images of Gold Hill in an article about Shaftesbury however is too much.-- Ykraps ( talk) 08:22, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
I think the brighter image is the better option for the lead thumbnailed image. I find the wall intrudes a bit too much into Thundercloud's image and is a little bit distracting. There's a collection of images on the commons so I've created a category (which includes Thundercloud's image) and added the link to the article. Barret ( talk) 21:12, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
Many thanks for everyone's contributions on this. If no-one objects, I'll copy this discussion over to the talk pages of the relevant articles, so it's easily visible to future contributors. PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 08:14, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
I've now copied this discussion (in slightly amended forms) over to the talk pages of the relevant articles ( [1] + [2] ), so I suggest any further postings be made there. PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 00:01, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
Hey Pale. Things certainly move quickly when the gears are set in motion. We tried to reform (and inform) the individual more than he probably deserved - I'm sure he got his jollies from having us talk to him as if he was being serious. But that's what WP:AGF is all about. Glad to have you around and participating on the English Wikipedia! If you ever need anything, have any questions, or want an opinion - give me a shout. I'm more than happy to lend a hand. My user page also has a link to email me (which will likely get my attention more rapidly) if you would like to get in touch with me faster than posting on my talk page. Happy editing Pale! --Slazenger ( Contact Me) 01:51, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I understand that you reported a selection of Dorset virtual tours for being 'Spam'! These virtual tours gave viewers a full 360 view of various beautiful and historic areas of Dorset, each tour can take a day to create and 6 months was spent mastering the technique..(Spam really)! (All that is needed to view these is the free quicktime player as used by millions worldwide or a free DevalVr player as downloaded by 7 million viewers).
Had the other gentleman simply emailed me, I would have removed the branding but he simply deleted the links with no questions asked. 'It is always easier to destroy than to create'.
He has also graciously offered to monitor this activity for any further virtual tours that may appear as though a serious criminal offence has occured! Please rest assured that I will not add any further virtual tours and have asked that my account be terminated. I actually live and work in Dorset, pay my local council taxes and contribute to the local community. Prey tell how an individual living in Derbyshire contributes to my fair county? --- Wessex Web Design --- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stvn66 ( talk • contribs) 10:58, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi, That's fine. It is not my loss, only the Wikipedia viewers with this interactive experience rather than mundane images and text, if you want to attract young people good luck with that. It is curious though as to who is more offensive, the virtual tours or the image used by the previous moderator ?? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bob_Re-born — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stvn66 ( talk • contribs) 11:52, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
I show a posting below that I received last night on my talk page, together with my reply, and the user's response:
Bread of Heaven
I enjoyed your collection of flags at the top of this page.
I know (the English version of) the hymn that includes the line "bread of heaven". In fact, it is right up at the top of my favorites. But please tell me what is the specific connection between Welsh rugby and "bread of heaven".
Thanks, Wanderer57 ( talk) 22:35, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
- Cwm Rhondda is a very well known Welsh hymn tune. First performed in 1907. Cwm Rhondda translates as "the Rondda Valley" in English, and more often than not, sung to the words: Guide me, O thou great Redeemer. Wales rugby union supporters adopted it years ago, although the reason is not understood, apart from the fact that it is an inspiring song which everyone knew (Sundays in chapel) and could keep repeating, and repeating... I think it splendid.
- It was sung at the funerals of both Princess Diana and the Queen Mother, and at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
- Gareth Griffith-Jones ( talk) 23:25, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
- It is indeed splendid, both tune and words. The version I learned (in the United Church of Canada) began Guide me, O thou great Jehovah.
- The part of the story I did not know was its adoption by the Rugby union. A great anthem, known to everyone in Wales. I guess it is a natural. Wanderer57 ( talk) 03:37, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
I am wondering if you would be kind enough to add below any knowledge you may have on this topic.
Many thanks for your time.
With kindest regards,
Thanks for getting in touch. As far as I remember (it was in 2007) the link contained specific info about the Western Gazette & its circulation figures, but I can't find any mention of the Western Gazette on the Northcliffe site now. A suitable source now might be this from the British Newspapers Online site.— Rod talk 20:37, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
"Quiet industrious editing"? .. surely some mistake.. it's just a smokescreen, I'm afraid, to hide my cunning and devious plan to replace all Wikipedia articles on poets with a selection of some of their finest complete poems - so the reader is not distracted by the details of their sordid and tragic lives - as most of them fully intended! Ah, shucks, now I've just told you. Martinevans123 ( talk)
Actually I am reminded of a quote by Henry James, who was complaining that the romance of the Brontë life story got in the way of appreciating their novels:
"Literature is an objective, a projected result; it is life that is the unconscious, the agitated, the struggling, floundering cause. But the fashion has been [in looking at the Brontes], so to confound the cause with the result that we cease to know, in the presence of such ecstacies, what we have hold of or what we are talking about."
(from 'The Lesson Of Balzac', in Two Lectures, Boston and New York, 1905, p65, cited in The Brontë Myth, Miller L., Vintage, 2002, p63) PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 23:45, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Yes, poetry has - perhaps more than any other art form - the ability to romanticise the tragic aspects of life. But I bet most poets who have become venerated for the intensity of their life stories, probably in fact led quite humdrum lives. I'm reminded of another quote, this time by the singer Elizabeth Fraser when she was interviewed in a music magazine; if I remember rightly, the interviewer was fishing for evidence that Fraser led a somehow other-worldly (or "ethereal") existence, which hence would explain Fraser's other-worldly singing style, but Fraser replied by saying something like, "some days all I do is go to the local shop to buy a tin of baked beans".... PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 01:26, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi PCW,
What are the changes you want to make to geography section and do you want to make them before I request a second review? -- Ykraps ( talk) 11:35, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
I've copied both the geography section and the points which need addressing to here, so it's all in one place and hopefully easy to work on. PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 19:22, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello SilkTork. I noticed your recent move of Purbeck (district) to Purbeck District. I haven't much experience of page moves, and have a technical question regarding the process involved: why was it first necessary to delete Purbeck District? I've tried studying the history, but can't work out exactly what has been deleted (as there is still a Purbeck District). PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 20:59, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
(del/undel) (diff) 11:54, 6 August 2007 . . Chris j wood (talk | contribs | block) (32 bytes) (←Redirected page to Purbeck (district)) (del/undel) (diff) 11:04, 18 May 2007 . . HeartofaDog (talk | contribs | block) (21 bytes) (create redirect)
Your wikichortle idea is an excellent one! It is a bit difficult to laugh at the absurdity in the context of an edit war, but real people surely couldn't make up some of this material, at least not if their brain is engaged. Nadiatalent ( talk) 21:42, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Just a quick note to thank you for joining the project. Northamerica1000 (talk) 19:56, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
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Indeed, you got to the heart of the problem there! Nadiatalent ( talk) 20:48, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
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from: Northamerica1000 (talk) 01:00, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi PCW, about ruthlessly reverting those additions: I came to much the same decision last night, but didn't have a lot of time, so I reverted the last batch on Neocinnamomum. By this morning it was all back there, with a sprinkling of citations. I've just been laboriously arguing various points there. I'm starting to wonder if the person involved is a child, perhaps willing to learn (hence the added citations in response to "unsourced" messages) ... This IP is also active right now. Mostly, I just don't have enough time to do very much of this cleanup, but hope to be more thorough as time permits (in between the French translation that you know about ... 55 pages! Google Translate is amusing, it turns rose prickles into cattle prods). Nadiatalent ( talk) 13:18, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi, you are a botanic, I am not botanic, besides, my English language is not fluent. I wish you to create a Biodiversity of Madagascar article, because Madagascar botany is very important too, and it is a very forget botanical area too. You can do it. I'm sure, please, do it, because these Islands are very important ecologically and they are a very forget area. I'm sure that if you are busy, or you think is too hard for you, missis Nadietalent can help you from scratch. He is a very hardworker and clever one, and you have the idea of an article as a whole, just not dripping and spurring, please please please, do Biodiversity of Madagascar. You can do this article from scratch. Nadietalent maybe could not do big articles , althought she has the talent. Can You help her, please?
My poor grammar makes it more difficult to assess its worth - is it stating something true and valueable that's hidden underneath the clumsy language, or is it just a muddled and repeated assertion of a statement already deleted from elsewhere. Thank you very much.
Estimado caballero, solicito la colaboración de usted, asi como su ayuda desinteresada en la creación del articulo arriba mencionado, de gran importancia en un area tan importante a nivel medioambiental como tan dejada de la mano de dios, dicha tarea, podría realizarla usted mismo o compartirla con la distinguida señorita Nadietalent, que ha demostrado su valía y extraordinaria pericia llevando a cabo innumero trabajo en condiciones de extrema dureza descifrando mi alcorzada y esbarizada labor. No dudo de su gran pericia en la labor y que con su habitual tono animoso y entregado prestara la atención debida y "from scratch" concluira tal redacción a un resultado profesional. Muchas gracias por su atención, quedo a la espera de su contestación. User:Curritocurrito|Curritocurrito]] ( talk) 06:16, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at
User talk:Alchymist3.
Nadiatalent (
talk) 18:49, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Nadiatalent (
talk)
18:49, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi, mister, Nadiatalent is very busy, but she love to work with Lauraceae. Madagascar is plenty of Lauraceae too. Can you create this article, that Nadietalent thinks too is an extremely important topic. Can you create the article from scratch? Really in real life Nadietalent is a very very busy people and cannot do too much in Wikipedia, fortunatelly she can stay. Can you looking for valuable people for this project, please. Madagascar is a very ignored area with very interesting issues and evolution. I am interested too in African biodiversity, may you can find people for these areas so interesting and important. how many botanical volunteers have Wikipedia? Where can I find them? who are more interested in make information available to college students? I just know you, but I think that you are a person very involved with Wikipedia and with much work done. Congratulations I hope to find more people like you. 83.44.49.151 ( talk) 10:02, 12 May 2012 (UTC) Please, can you create this article about biodiversity, and other about Biodiversity in African areas and regions? Of course I am Curritocurrito ( talk) 10:06, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
"The biodiversity of New Caledonia is of exceptional biological and paleoecological interest. It is frequently referred to as a biodiversity hotspot. [1] The country is a large South Pacific archipelago with a total land area of more than 18,000 square kilometres (6,900 sq mi). The terrain includes a variety of reefs, atolls, small islands, and a variety of topographical and edaphic regions on the largest island, all of which promote the development of unusually concentrated biodiversity. The region's climate is oceanic and [[Tropics|tropical"
I am from Spain and my mother language is not English language. Many country side areas, and Natural areas and Living beings are in Countries where population cannot collaborate with Wikipedia, but their Natural World and its highly economically valuable species are very important too in the human knowledge and developtment of the mankind. People should have information because these matters are important, not just a curiosity only. This unknow world is from Poles to ecuator, in unoccupied oceanic areas closely to Europe, in Deserts as Sahara, or whatever. But to me the main aim is to gather the abundant information disperse about living communities and living beings that have existed for millions of years because they are disappearing and in 20 years they will are not longer exist. Curritocurrito ( talk) 11:42, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I am desperatly trying to add this (* Tom Rickels, singer and songwriter. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9])but you keep deleting what I write; I mean, I give eight sources from four different sites and you delete my contribution while half of the "notable peoples" on this page don't even have one source ... why ? As we can see on youtube, this guy sings (very well) so he is a singer, he creates his own songs so he is a songwriter. On each of the four sites he is named Tom Rickels so I guess it is his true name and, on the four sites also, it is written that he lives in Chesterfield. On his Facebook and Tweeter we can see hundreds of very personnal photos so they are his real accounts. I don't know what you need more... thank you for being so consciencious and, by doing this, protecting our information right. Looking forward to your reply... kanguolai
Hi PaleCloudedWhite, Thanks for having taken the time to explain me and given me those advices.--
Kanguolai (
talk)
15:07, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
You asked "I suppose it would be hoping too much to think that the introduction of DNA analysis has resulted / will result in greater agreement?". As it's not really to do with Camassia, I thought it best to reply here.
That's a good question. I'm only a reader of this stuff, not a professional botanist, but I think that the sheer number of angiosperm researchers involved in the APG and their status (see Angiosperm Phylogeny Group#Members of the APG) has tended to silence critics. But these do exist. For example, in the British Isles, the "definitive" flora is by Clive Stace and in the latest edition he has deliberately decided not to follow some parts of the APG3 system, so those of us who use his book have to learn his minor variations on APG3. Some bulb specialists are unwilling to sink as many families into the large Asparagaceae as APG3 does; I've seen relatively recent stuff coming out of Kew that still uses Hyacinthaceae.
The issues are not the actual phylogeny but what this implies for classifications, e.g. whether paraphyletic groups are ok (Stace says they are, APG3 says not), and how differentiated a taxon needs to be to call it a family versus a subfamily, etc. (APG3 people seem to be "lumpers", others are "splitters", if you know that terminology). Peter coxhead ( talk) 09:04, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
I want to thank you by your help in Ocotea. I hope you help me again in other articles. I apologize by my bad english. You are welcome. I'm very interested in botany, I hope you can put more information in these species that have great economic value, besides to be very beautiful and important for biodiversity (I am a fan of Kew gardens). I would like, when you have time, your help for Mascarene Islands biodiversity. I am really interested in your help, please, check it. Thank you very much by your help. Curritocurrito ( talk) 08:19, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Why do you wipe out about columbiformes???
Curritocurrito (
talk)
10:12, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
I thank you by your help again. The article is better with your help and Nadiatalent help. I hope you help me with other articles. You know that I write in Lauraceae but really I am interested in information about each animal or vegetal species in forgotten countries of which there are little information. You are welcome Curritocurrito ( talk) 11:56, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello, How are you? I need your help. I ask you if you could enlarge Dipterocarpaceae making better known this group of trees in Wikipedia, adding links to "Dipterocarpaceae" and information about "Dipterocarpaceae" existence on topics as trees articles in tropical articles or botanical or biodiversity articles. Do you know people that could be interested about Dipterocarpaceae article? They are welcome too. Thank you very much. Curritocurrito ( talk) 11:15, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello, How are you? I need your help. I thank you your help in the articles and I hope you help me again in future. I ask you: Can you find more people willing writing in tropical trees, genera and families? I ask you if you could enlarge some articles making better known this group of trees in Wikipedia, adding links to genera and families and writing information and asking people if they are interested in writing about topics as tropical trees articles, tropical forest articles or botanical or biodiversity articles. Do you know Wikipedia forums that could be interested about these type of articles? They are welcome too. I thank you very much. Curritocurrito ( talk) 11:33, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
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I've expanded the article, merged all the information from the Gertrude Jekyll's Garden, Upton Grey Manor House article into it, added more inline citations and four more reliable sources that are comprised of significant coverage. This article definitely has the potential to be further improved to meet Good article or Featured article standards. Northamerica1000 (talk) 18:28, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
The article has been expanded and improved. I've added five new reliable sources that can be used to further expand the article and to add more inline citations. This is another article with potential to become a Good or Featured article. Northamerica1000 (talk) 19:05, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello. You reverted my edit to the section on culinary uses in the Rose article. Your edit summary said this was because I used an "inappropriate primary reference", but you replaced it with text with no reference and I feel the replacement text is less universally accurate and gives a false impression. I have brought this up on the talk page and would appreciate it if you would read it. Anonymous watcher ( talk) 21:05, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I thank you your help in tropical flora. I hope your help again in the future. Best regards Curritocurrito ( talk) 09:23, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
elektrik SHOOS ( talk) 07:34, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Ooh, you and your black humour, haha! Some people might disapprove of such jokes of course, but I know that your sympathies are always with the people in difficulty, and when humour is combined with sympathy, the end result is a benign release in my view. Others will disagree I'm sure! On the particular issue which I raised at ANI, I didn't find it easy to decide on the very best course of action, and I felt I didn't have much time - not if the situation was indeed serious. PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 11:12, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
"Great minds" etc., etc., but two edits, at exactly the same time (23:09) [6]! How is that possible? Martinevans123 ( talk) 22:43, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi PCW, Barret and I are currently checking the references in the Dorset article in preperation for FAN. I can't seem to get hold of a copy of Wightman's book but Barret seems to think those references were added by you. Do you still have the book and would you be willing to give it a second look to ensure there is no plagiarism and that the source fully supports the sentences in the article? Best regards-- Ykraps ( talk) 07:31, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
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From: Northamerica1000 (talk) 05:43, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi PCW, I think I'm just about done with my rewrite and I'm looking to merge the two. Any ideas how this can be best achieved? I've been looking at the existing article and wondering if some bits wouldn't be better placed in the Geography of Dorset article. Any thoughts?-- Ykraps ( talk) 07:38, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
Sorry, PaleCloudedWhite, I see what I did now. However, if you had not unceremoniously reverted my changes along with some vandalism the problem might not have occurred. Martin Hogbin ( talk) 21:07, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
...for your contributions to the article Buff (colour)! Chrisrus ( talk) 23:22, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Ok, so the graphic labs people fixed the flags! I'm very happy, as that was bugging me.
Second, thanks again for the derived terms section. I tried to restate it in fewer words, but have I lost any clarity? Also, I don't have access to the source. Did my edit lose any accuracy? Please feel free to edit.
Third, more information in that section is needed. We have the first citation of buff as a color, and then the term that derived from the color, but nothing about what the color word derived from in that section. We have that in the lead, where we say that it derived from the color of leather. I think we should repeat that again in that section for better flow. But if you have access to the source, are we sure that when they originally spoke of a "Buff" color, were they thinking of leather that had been buffed or processed, or leather that was used to buff things? Because that's the purpose of Chamois leather, to buff things, so I had made that assumption. But then again, the leather was also supposed to have derived from an animal that it came from, an animal word related to our word "Buffalo", but which I gather was French and may not have referred to European Bison. If you would, please see what your source says.
Finally, I went ahead and added the Manila paper. It's uncited, but unlikely to be challenged, don't you agree? I confirmed my hunch on the fact that article Manila paper says that it's buff; I didn't check sources. The picture is excellent quality, but I don't know if the lighting has washed out the color, but I think it looks less yellow than I remember it. If you agree, I might want to ask the graphics lab for someone to take another picture and concentrate this time on illustrating the color of natural manila paper.
I went to the Geography of Dorset article to get some info about Dorset's heaths and noticed there wasn't any. Is that just an oversight or did you think heathland belonged elsewhere?-- Ykraps ( talk) 09:43, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi there :)
Thanks for your information. I wasn't sure how much of Holywell lay within the boundary, upon checking some online maps it varied, so I removed my previous edit just in case. I'll edit it again accordingly. Das Beta ( talk) 15:13, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
I see you reverted me, no wonder you're a gardener.
What the heck??? It is the only surviving example of a pre-railway age tunnel in regular use, therefore making it the de facto oldest of its type. If there are no other surviving examples like it still in use every day, then it is the oldest. There are many other kinds of other tunnel in this country, but this is the only still in use of its type. How circular can I make this?
Your idiotic logic would only work if this was concerning the Queen of this country, not a Queen of this country. If we did, then you'd be right. But you are not. Only one Queen rules this country. But this is not about monarchs, it is about tunnels, specifically those built before the railway age which there, quite a few in fact. In this case, this one at Beaminster, and only this one, remains in continual daily use, making it the oldest one of it's kind is use every f*&king day!!!
Nor does the source talk about the UK....luck-a-loopy doop...it says "It is the only pre-railway road tunnel still in everyday use." Do you know what the definition of "only" is? Obviously not otherwise you might not have reverted me, as an adverb it means: without others or anything further; alone; solely; exclusively. Without others?? Your statement: "and is the sole pre-railway age road tunnel that is still in daily public use" is now completely meaningless, the reader cannot assume anything. It might be just in Beaminster that is " is the sole pre-railway age road tunnel that is still in daily public use" or hey it could be anywhere, er the world? Without a locale, what will a reader assume? Down the road there could be half dozen of these similar pre-rail tunnels in daily use?? But there is only one around Beaminster. "Only" in this case means the UK or Great Britain, that is what the source meant. You pedant! You think the writer of the source would mean just the town (or the other extreme, the whole universe?). I don't think so, but you obviously do. What a petty, petty fool you now look.
But hey don't worry I am not going to revert you again...on here when I get reverted by some numbskull I never bother again once I have driven it home to them how mentally challenged they are. I mean why should I? Wikipedia can only ever be judged by its weakest common denominator or articles as long as the likes of you are here that is a low set bar.
As a dumb-ass gardener why not stick to shovelling shit rather than writing it. Huh? 86.148.205.89 ( talk) 17:31, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
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It's been a week since there have been any edits of issue at Ivan Massow. The case appears to have settled down and I'd like to think that our corresponding editors now trust wikipedia a bit more with the articles, and also you personally with the work you've been doing to the article. Very nice working with you and I hope to do so again soon. Fayedizard ( talk) 12:38, 31 July 2012 (UTC) |
Thanks very much! Yes, establishing trust wasn't easy, not helped I don't think by the fact that a previous editor had done a bit of a hatchet job, and we - without having had time to investigate - were defending it! It's actually proving quite a fascinating article to work on - so many twists and turns. It'd be nice to take it to Good Article status - there's definitely enough material. Very nice to have worked with you too - take a sip of the beer yourself! Cheers, PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 23:04, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
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- looks like Hardy had it right all along! (Oh no, I feel an vicious attack of Welsh-band-lyric Wessex puns coming on... yikes.) Was this only two years ago [7] Martinevans123 ( talk) 22:51, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
I'm pleased to see you are making a go of it, despite my welcome :-)
Pulp pedia's (design) does intrigue. I had been thinking about how this was possible and I'm surprised someone hasnt done it for even more nefarious reasons. I think you areright that the WMF but if it offends you then you can off an email to info@wikimedia.org but I suspect they have larger breaches to hit at. If you get bored then add gibraltarpedia to your watch list. We plan to "do" Gibraltar Botanic Gardens and wikify it from one end to the other. We have funds and permission.... how do I get the botanists involved? Cheers Roger Victuallers ( talk) 09:04, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
Just to let you know, I have replaced your Geology of Dorset article with the version in my sandbox as we tentatively agreed. I have put your version User:Ykraps/Geology of Dorset (PCW edit) for safekeeping as I think there's some good stuff which can still be used in a number of Dorset related articles. If you've changed your mind, please revert; or if there is anything you wish to add, please add it. User:Mikenorton has written a structure section and is keen to contribute but I will wait until you have replied to ensure we are all in agreement as to the best way to proceed. Best regards-- Ykraps ( talk) 21:05, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
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We could do with you if you are interested? Would you believe there are plants like "Pride of Gibraltar" that don't have an article about their sub species? Can I tempt you Victuallers ( talk) 09:54, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
I greatly appreciated your reply on the Charlotte Bronte page. I was not particularly expecting any editor to reply, but to receive such a fullsome response was welcome. If you don't object I would intend to possibly link to it in future, though I don't have any particular intention/purpose to do so at the moment. In ictu oculi ( talk) 09:52, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, sorry to bother you, I wonder if you have local knowledge that could help to resolve an edit-war situation, or if you could suggest a suitable forum to ask such a question. An editor has been removing a lot of material from the KL disambiguation page, some of it on the grounds that the statement made there is not also made on the target page. Two of these items are:
It is quite easy to find confirmation of the nicknames using google advanced search with the phrase "KL", but not in places that are usually acceptable as wikipedia links. Do you know of good sources for this sort of documentation? Thanks. Sminthopsis84 ( talk) 15:29, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
Just a note: It's time for new entries to be decided at the Wikipedia:WikiProject Horticulture and Gardening/COTM. Northamerica1000 (talk) 13:10, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for helping out! Northamerica1000 (talk) 09:49, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Just pinging you to request any ideas for November's picks at Wikipedia:WikiProject Horticulture and Gardening/COTM, and thanks for your consideration! Northamerica1000 (talk) 01:54, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
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From: Northamerica1000 (talk) 15:39, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi PaleCloudedWhite,
I agree with your assessment that the recent spate of edits on Conquistador show the same style as the infamous User:Sonia Murillo Perales (and, as you point out, the same city by geolocation). This IP is extremely prolific with unsourced additions, so poorly written that some ludicrous statements have resulted. Unfortunately (as has been the case in the past with these sockpuppets) it looks as if it will be a lot of work to build a case for blocking and undo the damage! Sminthopsis84 ( talk) 20:55, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
SPI started. Sminthopsis84 ( talk) 22:47, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
As
Virgil wrote: Sed fugit interea fugit irreparabile tempus, singula dum capti circumvectamur amore
I always remember your considerable assistance in my early days here. –
–
Gareth Griffith-Jones/
The Welsh Buzzard
11:33, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
Many thanks for all your kind words, they are appreciated. It's nice to hear from you again Gareth (I thought maybe my uncouth tendencies had previously sent you fleeing). I used google to "translate" your quotation from the Latin; it came back with "But meanwhile it flees irreparable period of time, while we, charmed with love of each of the". This is, I'm sure you agree, a 'quality' rendering which, amongst others, might amuse Sminthopsis84, who I know has experience of mopping up after bad translations! Mr Ed, I have had a word with
someone who knows Tony very well, and have been reassured that General Tone (as he is more formally known) looks forward to being lowered here again in the future, haha!
PaleCloudedWhite (
talk)
17:09, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
Gareth Griffith-Jones
– The WelshBuzzard – is wishing you
the season's greetings.
Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's
solstice or
Christmas,
Diwali,
Hogmanay,
Hanukkah,
Lenaia,
Festivus,
or the
Saturnalia,
this is a special time of year for (almost) everyone.
Martinevans123
Santas Grotto wishes you and yours
"Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda"
May the true spirit of Christmas bless you with warmth and peace ....
Hello PaleCloudedWhite: Thanks for all of your contributions to Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable holiday season! Northamerica1000 (talk) 16:10, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
Thank you! He is splendid. I have replied fully here – – Gareth Griffith-Jones |The Welsh Buzzard| 8:12 am, 26 December 2012, last Wednesday (3 days ago) (UTC+0)
File:Happy New Year 2013.jpg | Have an enjoyable New Year! | |
Hello PaleCloudedWhite: Thanks for all of your contributions to Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable New Year! Cheers, Northamerica1000 (talk) 16:44, 31 December 2012 (UTC) |
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from Chesterfield
Singer/songwriter
I'm a proud Chesterfield-ian
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Habite à Chesterfield
A étudié à Université de Bath Spa