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770 - Okay folks, this is a big one, let's see if we can get this done by Wikipedia's 10th birthday! --
j⚛e deckertalk 03:55, 27 December 2010 (UTC)reply
742 - X is done, Z is done save for three members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering or Chinese Academy of Engineering, and there's nothing to source any of the three in English. Eyes are getting too bleary to work through the Chinese sources, so I'm heading to bed for the night. Also, three cheers for China Vitae! --
j⚛e deckertalk 05:15, 27 December 2010 (UTC)reply
734 - Working on L and finding several Chinese politicians. And a Thai footballer...--
Plad2 (
talk) 09:18, 27 December 2010 (UTC)reply
728 - V is done apart from one Prod.
Hallucegenia (
talk) 13:05, 27 December 2010 (UTC)reply
705 - Z is done.
TiMike (
talk) 20:48, 27 December 2010 (UTC)reply
695 - Largely random Chinese politicians. --
j⚛e deckertalk 21:09, 27 December 2010 (UTC)reply
Joe, unfortunately there seems to be a ton of those in this month. Hard to find refs at times. :/
TiMike (
talk)
Actually, once you know the trick, many are fast. I'm fairly convinced that "China Vitae"
[1] is a reliable source for many of these, and in fact may have been the original source for whoever wrote many of the original articles. It's a foundation-supported database, and appears to be reliably edited based. Here's a larger list of on-line resources on China and East Asia from Princeton:
[2], but most of the resources there require academic access apparently, sadly. --
j⚛e deckertalk 22:16, 27 December 2010 (UTC)reply
662 - Man, several folks must be out there working! --
j⚛e deckertalk 01:16, 28 December 2010 (UTC)reply
651 - Hacking away between U-Z.
TiMike (
talk) 04:27, 28 December 2010 (UTC)reply
632 - Done a batch of Chinese politicians, some of them from Jan 2009.--
Plad2 (
talk) 09:59, 28 December 2010 (UTC)reply
608 - 'A' is nearly done :)
Andy4226uk (
talk) 17:17, 28 December 2010 (UTC)reply
592 - Done a batch of Chinese professional Go players thanks to info at
WikiProject Go (which I will now add to the Resources page).--
Plad2 (
talk) 18:29, 28 December 2010 (UTC)reply
Brilliant, thanks for sharing that, that's awesome! I also just sent a quick thank you note to the person who wrote that section of resources with a thank you. --
j⚛e deckertalk 22:20, 28 December 2010 (UTC) reply
563 - still working on L. Mostly Philippino, Hong Kong, Korean and Chinese musicians and sports people left.--
Plad2 (
talk) 00:28, 29 December 2010 (UTC)reply
560 - Nabbed the last Q, there were two already PRODed. --
j⚛e deckertalk 02:04, 29 December 2010 (UTC)reply
544 - Nibbling on random articles and a few more Go players. Here's a list of the remaining Go players this month:
[3]. Off to bed, and away-from-keyboard tomorrow, have fun without me! --
j⚛e deckertalk 07:03, 29 December 2010 (UTC)reply
534 - still plugging away at L--
Plad2 (
talk) 11:16, 29 December 2010 (UTC)reply
515 - Completed all the Go players for January.
Andy4226uk (
talk) 12:57, 29 December 2010 (UTC)reply
473 - Sub 500! woot
TiMike (
talk) 04:56, 30 December 2010 (UTC)reply
466 - A few down, including four Hong Kong fencers, plus three additional bios at AfD. --
j⚛e deckertalk 07:24, 30 December 2010 (UTC)reply
Looks like a copyvio from his myspace page. :) --
j⚛e deckertalk 20:38, 30 December 2010 (UTC)reply
Aha! I checked his official website as the wiki article was screaming copyvio, but his website is so convoluted I couldn't make any sense of it. --
Jezebel'sPonyobons mots 21:07, 30 December 2010 (UTC)reply
I googled a sentence from the middle of that, which is one of my little bag o' tricks. :) I ... umm, yeah, find his web site hard on the eyes. --
j⚛e deckertalk 22:41, 30 December 2010 (UTC)reply
419 - More randomness. I'm being a wuss and taking the 'english names' first
TiMike (
talk) 21:35, 30 December 2010 (UTC)reply
400- L finally done with the five remaining tagged for deletion. Phew! That was like wading through porridge.--
Plad2 (
talk) 10:35, 31 December 2010 (UTC)reply
378 - but more importantly the total backlog is now under 15,000! J04n(
talk page) 18:48, 31 December 2010 (UTC)reply
362 - Sniped the last U, a few more randomly selected cases. --
j⚛e deckertalk 23:05, 31 December 2010 (UTC)reply
354 - Did a batch of Japanese animators (thanks to the custom search at Wikiproject Anime and Manga - now added to our Resources page).--
Plad2 (
talk) 10:06, 1 January 2011 (UTC)reply
345 - Astronomers, for the new year. --
j⚛e deckertalk 11:54, 1 January 2011 (UTC)reply
338 - I PROD'd the last A, not to mention several other articles, but I wasn't very happy about it. --
j⚛e deckertalk 21:53, 1 January 2011 (UTC)reply
145 - apart from
Shingo Kobayashi (request for help posted at the Manga and Anime Project) and 7 on their way to deletion, K is almost done.--
Plad2 (
talk) 20:10, 7 January 2011 (UTC)reply
128 - now working on M--
Plad2 (
talk) 09:28, 8 January 2011 (UTC)reply
M done apart from 3 on a path to deletion--
Plad2 (
talk) 08:36, 9 January 2011 (UTC)reply
100 - about to enter double-digits.... --
j⚛e deckertalk 03:32, 9 January 2011 (UTC)reply
91 - under 100, the rest are going to be tough. J04n(
talk page) 18:39, 10 January 2011 (UTC)reply
57 - Finished R & Y. I am now the foremost expert in the world of J-pop!
TiMike (
talk) 15:45, 11 January 2011 (UTC)reply
44 - Half a piano keyboard's worth left! --
j⚛e deckertalk 01:04, 12 January 2011 (UTC)reply
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L -
M -
N -
O -
P -
Q -
R -
S -
T -
U -
V -
W -
X -
Y -
Z
770 - Okay folks, this is a big one, let's see if we can get this done by Wikipedia's 10th birthday! --
j⚛e deckertalk 03:55, 27 December 2010 (UTC)reply
742 - X is done, Z is done save for three members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering or Chinese Academy of Engineering, and there's nothing to source any of the three in English. Eyes are getting too bleary to work through the Chinese sources, so I'm heading to bed for the night. Also, three cheers for China Vitae! --
j⚛e deckertalk 05:15, 27 December 2010 (UTC)reply
734 - Working on L and finding several Chinese politicians. And a Thai footballer...--
Plad2 (
talk) 09:18, 27 December 2010 (UTC)reply
728 - V is done apart from one Prod.
Hallucegenia (
talk) 13:05, 27 December 2010 (UTC)reply
705 - Z is done.
TiMike (
talk) 20:48, 27 December 2010 (UTC)reply
695 - Largely random Chinese politicians. --
j⚛e deckertalk 21:09, 27 December 2010 (UTC)reply
Joe, unfortunately there seems to be a ton of those in this month. Hard to find refs at times. :/
TiMike (
talk)
Actually, once you know the trick, many are fast. I'm fairly convinced that "China Vitae"
[1] is a reliable source for many of these, and in fact may have been the original source for whoever wrote many of the original articles. It's a foundation-supported database, and appears to be reliably edited based. Here's a larger list of on-line resources on China and East Asia from Princeton:
[2], but most of the resources there require academic access apparently, sadly. --
j⚛e deckertalk 22:16, 27 December 2010 (UTC)reply
662 - Man, several folks must be out there working! --
j⚛e deckertalk 01:16, 28 December 2010 (UTC)reply
651 - Hacking away between U-Z.
TiMike (
talk) 04:27, 28 December 2010 (UTC)reply
632 - Done a batch of Chinese politicians, some of them from Jan 2009.--
Plad2 (
talk) 09:59, 28 December 2010 (UTC)reply
608 - 'A' is nearly done :)
Andy4226uk (
talk) 17:17, 28 December 2010 (UTC)reply
592 - Done a batch of Chinese professional Go players thanks to info at
WikiProject Go (which I will now add to the Resources page).--
Plad2 (
talk) 18:29, 28 December 2010 (UTC)reply
Brilliant, thanks for sharing that, that's awesome! I also just sent a quick thank you note to the person who wrote that section of resources with a thank you. --
j⚛e deckertalk 22:20, 28 December 2010 (UTC) reply
563 - still working on L. Mostly Philippino, Hong Kong, Korean and Chinese musicians and sports people left.--
Plad2 (
talk) 00:28, 29 December 2010 (UTC)reply
560 - Nabbed the last Q, there were two already PRODed. --
j⚛e deckertalk 02:04, 29 December 2010 (UTC)reply
544 - Nibbling on random articles and a few more Go players. Here's a list of the remaining Go players this month:
[3]. Off to bed, and away-from-keyboard tomorrow, have fun without me! --
j⚛e deckertalk 07:03, 29 December 2010 (UTC)reply
534 - still plugging away at L--
Plad2 (
talk) 11:16, 29 December 2010 (UTC)reply
515 - Completed all the Go players for January.
Andy4226uk (
talk) 12:57, 29 December 2010 (UTC)reply
473 - Sub 500! woot
TiMike (
talk) 04:56, 30 December 2010 (UTC)reply
466 - A few down, including four Hong Kong fencers, plus three additional bios at AfD. --
j⚛e deckertalk 07:24, 30 December 2010 (UTC)reply
Looks like a copyvio from his myspace page. :) --
j⚛e deckertalk 20:38, 30 December 2010 (UTC)reply
Aha! I checked his official website as the wiki article was screaming copyvio, but his website is so convoluted I couldn't make any sense of it. --
Jezebel'sPonyobons mots 21:07, 30 December 2010 (UTC)reply
I googled a sentence from the middle of that, which is one of my little bag o' tricks. :) I ... umm, yeah, find his web site hard on the eyes. --
j⚛e deckertalk 22:41, 30 December 2010 (UTC)reply
419 - More randomness. I'm being a wuss and taking the 'english names' first
TiMike (
talk) 21:35, 30 December 2010 (UTC)reply
400- L finally done with the five remaining tagged for deletion. Phew! That was like wading through porridge.--
Plad2 (
talk) 10:35, 31 December 2010 (UTC)reply
378 - but more importantly the total backlog is now under 15,000! J04n(
talk page) 18:48, 31 December 2010 (UTC)reply
362 - Sniped the last U, a few more randomly selected cases. --
j⚛e deckertalk 23:05, 31 December 2010 (UTC)reply
354 - Did a batch of Japanese animators (thanks to the custom search at Wikiproject Anime and Manga - now added to our Resources page).--
Plad2 (
talk) 10:06, 1 January 2011 (UTC)reply
345 - Astronomers, for the new year. --
j⚛e deckertalk 11:54, 1 January 2011 (UTC)reply
338 - I PROD'd the last A, not to mention several other articles, but I wasn't very happy about it. --
j⚛e deckertalk 21:53, 1 January 2011 (UTC)reply
145 - apart from
Shingo Kobayashi (request for help posted at the Manga and Anime Project) and 7 on their way to deletion, K is almost done.--
Plad2 (
talk) 20:10, 7 January 2011 (UTC)reply
128 - now working on M--
Plad2 (
talk) 09:28, 8 January 2011 (UTC)reply
M done apart from 3 on a path to deletion--
Plad2 (
talk) 08:36, 9 January 2011 (UTC)reply
100 - about to enter double-digits.... --
j⚛e deckertalk 03:32, 9 January 2011 (UTC)reply
91 - under 100, the rest are going to be tough. J04n(
talk page) 18:39, 10 January 2011 (UTC)reply
57 - Finished R & Y. I am now the foremost expert in the world of J-pop!
TiMike (
talk) 15:45, 11 January 2011 (UTC)reply
44 - Half a piano keyboard's worth left! --
j⚛e deckertalk 01:04, 12 January 2011 (UTC)reply