User:Dr. Blofeld/April 2012

DYK nomination of Monique Mbeka Phoba

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In compliance with NFCC rationale, and some input, I've lessened the use of copyrighted album images on this subject, 10 is/was a bit much.

Thanks,and compliance will help keep people away from edit war. [User:Sharkentile|Sharkentile]] (talk) 11:12, Sharkentile 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Well, its ironic that you are speaking to me about that since both you and Hulabaloo are both blocked for edit warring. Perhaps if you'd taken your own advice at the beginning and avoided edit warring and ANI you'd still be editing..♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:26, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Bawit

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DYK for Xainza County

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Pink Chanel suit of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

You may want to take a look at the recent IP edits to this one. I am not quite sure what to make of the cited source, but I don't think it supports the contention that it was "fake".--ukexpat (talk) 14:21, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Yeah its a strong claim, needs a reliable source.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:48, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Russian districts continued

I'm still going through Kostroma Oblast, but have created a Kurgan Oblast template (at Almenevsky District) for whenever you feel like doing it. The refs are going to be the same across all of those. Best,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); April 3, 2012; 15:59 (UTC)

DYK for Cinema of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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DYK for Monique Mbeka Phoba

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Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Zorgvlied (cemetery)

Dr. Blofeld: I understand that you have an interest in red links for Dutch people. Would you mind moving this translation to mainspace? You'll find there's plenty of work to do. While you're at it, perhaps you can created the currently red-linked category, Category:Cemeteries in Amsterdam. The cemetery is chock full of Rijksmonuments, so notability is a given. Thank you so much, kind sir. 207.157.121.92 (talk) 21:29, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

• Well done. You deserve your reputation. I found you because some of the blue links in the article are blue because you made them: thank you very much. 207.157.121.92 (talk) 21:38, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your work! Keep up the good work!♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:39, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Micah True‎

Our mutual friend Doug Coldwell says you are the best. Please take a look. Thanks. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 23:08, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the guiding hand. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 22:37, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Won't you help me Dr B (Doc-doc-doc-doc-doctor B)

Hey there. I was wondering if you could take a look at Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Mythology of The X-Files, Volume 1/archive1; several of the articles in the nominated topic are ones you reviewed at GAN for me so your input would be really helpful. WP:GTC really seems to have stalled so any additional input might help to give it a nudge into movement again if you have the time to drop by. Thanks for any insight you might be able to add; and let me know if you've anything that needs looking over or reviewed. GRAPPLE X 00:32, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Sauer

Amigo, it's awesome! And I am very grateful... I got looking at something else before I emailed you back with a thank you! My bad. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:31, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Cannot believe we didn't have an article on Wilhelm Sauer. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:56, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

I'll work the Sauer article tonight. It would be lovely to add sounds, such as someone playing one of his organs. Have a listen here to Bach excerpts from the Bremen Dom. I wonder if Gerda would be interested in working on this article? --Rosiestep (talk) 14:18, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

JSTOR: I signed up, thanks for that as it would be so helpful. As for Wilhelm Sauer, I thought it was Christmas in April... such a great looking article. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:37, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Africa and elsewhere

Right now I'm working on getting together e-mails on all, yes, all, the encyclopedias and dictionaries I find reviewed in the various databanks I have access to. With luck, these will then be able to be added to the relevant project pages, and, maybe, we could create separate lists for each project of the articles related to that project found in the various books, maybe even with citations for each. I tend to think that might help both establish notability of the subjects, as well as make it easier to create and develop those central articles. Regarding assessment, unfortunately, right now, my time is pretty much occupied getting the e-mails of the various reference books together. When I'm done, hopefully by the end of the month, I can send them out to the interested projects and get a bit more to articles. But there are I think about 20,000 such encyclopedias and dictionaries I know of, so I don't think that there will be any problems for interested editors in developing content once they're done. John Carter (talk) 01:37, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Did see the assessment info. Probably by the end of the month, when I'm through the JSTOR and a bit further through developing the User:John Carter/Religion reference page, I will probably have a bit more time. That page looks to have about 10% of the sources, and it should be a good template for what to expect later. So, with any luck, around the beginning of next month I can get to the assessments to bring it up to 100,000. John Carter (talk) 00:04, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for John Arnold of Monmouthshire

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DYK for St Michael's Church, Llantarnam

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DYK for Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg

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Passion: He was despised --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:20, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

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Music books

I'm sure - I don't see why not. Surely there are enough notable books to make such a category worthwhile. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:15, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Category:Textbooks should cover it, no? --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:19, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Perhaps, but they are textbooks. I'd add it in, too.

Incidentally - I meant to show you this yesterday: [1] We really do have everything in the DC area now. (Not that I've been yet.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:27, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Well, not necessarily. Perhaps Category:Music textbooks, with a subset of Category:Music education books? There are a few music textbooks out there that are defined textbooks. Gradus ad Parnassum, for one - and the fact that we don't have a separate article for that bothers me, incidentally.

The trouble with the pasty place is that it's in Vienna, so it's a bit of a hike for me. But I fully intend to get there and try its wares before too much longer. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:41, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

I'll try and give it a shot tonight before bed. And I'm sure there are a lot of historic monuments for both countries that can stand starting. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:33, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

If either of you are ever in Wisconsin, I strongly recommend you seek out some of the many fine places that carry out our pasty heritage. I particularly recommend Myles Teddywedgers in Madison, just off the Capitol Square; but we even have Reynold's Pasty Shop here in the heart of Milwaukee's inner city. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:30, 5 April 2012 (UTC) married to a Manxwoman, but loves a good pasty

Nothing beats the place in St Ives, Cornwall! They're huge and just out of this world! St Ives I think is the home of the pasty! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:34, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

I'd be careful, though. A meeting of the egos like that has the potential to go nuclear... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 23:03, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

True. On the other hand, it's possible that they might negate one another and vanish in a puff of smoke from the face of the earth.

...OK, maybe not. But a fellow can dream, can't he? --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 13:39, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

I'll be around, in and out, doing mostly some gnomic work. Maybe some talkpages tonight, if I have time before the gym...this is going to be a crazy week. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 13:42, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Pen-y-clawdd

Evening Dr B. Hope you're well. I have a puzzle which MartinEvans and I thought you may be able to help with. I've given some details on the above page about Pen-y-Clawdd Court and listed it as a Grade I Listed building in Monmouthshire. But I now think the details I've quoted refer to another Pen-y-Clawdd Court. My doubts arise from, firstly, the fact that RCAHMW lists Pen-y-Clawdd Court as being in the parish of Llanvihangel Crucorney, which plainly the Court between Raglan and Monmouth isn't, and, secondly, because the description in RCAHMW, and the pictures from a link I've found here [[2]], don't look at all like the Pen-y-Clawdd Court I photographed a few weekends ago. But Newman's Monmouthshire only lists one Pen-y-Clawdd Court and his description "notable only for the nobly scaled red brick arch close up to the road" definitely does match the house I photographed, the pictures of which I was going to upload until I got cold feet.

So, I think there are actually two Pen-y-Clawdd Courts. But why does Newman not list the one near Abergavenny, which looks much more interesting and which I think is Grade I, but does list the one near Raglan which he acknowledges is only notable for its gate? Can it be that he's overlooked the more important of the two? I'd really appreciate any thoughts you may have. I shall also go and ask Ghmyrtle as he's got a lot of local knowledge.

As an aside, when shall we push Burges forward? We could tinker/add for ever but it might be better to do that in response to FA reviewing? Let me know what you think. Best regards. KJP1 (talk) 19:32, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

User talk:Ghmyrtle has the answer. So, some work to do. You or I? KJP1 (talk) 22:00, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

JSTOR etc

Hi Doc,

I notice you signed up for the recent JSTOR application page, which'll be great if access can be sorted. In the meantime, have you ever asked for articles at Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request; I find the guys there are very helpful in providing me with the odd journal article when I really think it'll advance what I'm working on. Best regards, Simon Burchell (talk) 20:46, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi Simon. I haven't, nope. Usually I'm quite spoiled by google books but occasionally JSTOR turns up some detailed articles which in google books only turns up scraps and its frustrating not being able to read the full articles. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:53, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

List of The Avengers and The New Avengers cast members

Terrific R&H site. As for The avengers i looked at the first episode Hot Snow in my Avengers Book and found the following not listed in the wikipage above. Charles Wade, Alister Williamson, Astor Sklair, June Monkhouse, and Robert James. I think a lot will be red lined. I will look at some more episodes. As for the episode list it always surprises me there are no writer/director credits as is standard.REVUpminster (talk) 21:00, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

• i've added names not on the list from the first 10 episodes but I've not wikilinked them. 140 to go,I'll do a few every day.REVUpminster (talk) 22:04, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Avengers episodes

Hello Blofeld, thanks for the invite to participate in developing individual articles for the Avengers episodes. I think the best thing to do is for yourself to construct a prototype page for one episode to act as a template for others to follow. Once a format is arrived at, all that should be required is to add the relevant header, plot and cast list etc. to each page. If you want to allocate me some episodes to do I will have a crack at it. (A. Carty (talk) 08:57, 5 April 2012 (UTC))

Just wanted to drop a note saying good work on the The Avengers "Hot Snow" episode article. One of the things that has always struck me when I watch the surviving footage is when we see a Police Box at one point. Since this episode aired more than two and a half years before Dr Who started it helps to illustrate that they were ubiquitous to British life before the TARDIS became an icon. I know that this is pure WP:OR and wouldn't fit anywhere in the article but I thought I would mention it just for your info. On another note did you know that the 50th Anniversary DVD box set [3] contains recreations of some of the missing episodes of the first season using pics that were taken from the original broadcast? These pics were also included in the booklet that came with the season 1 and 2 DVD set [4]. I mention them on the off chance that they might be useful as you continue your work on the episode articles. Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 15:59, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

I didn't but I did look at that box set and saw it was £146 earlier this morning. I have Randall and Hopkirk Deceased all on DVD but not Avengers. I saw an episode the other day on one of the digital channels and made me want to see them all! I'd forgotten how much I used to love the Avengers. Man from UNCLE was pretty cool too. I'm going to start the episodes which need dabbing first otherwise the red links will probably be removed by the time I get to them in the hatnotes.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:02, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your request. Fortunately a year or so ago I was a little flush and bought the complete set mentioned above so I will be happy to watch the episode. On the other hand life off wiki is a little busy at the moment so I may not be able to get to it right away. If that is a problem I'll offer my apologies but I do look forward to rewatching the episode. MarnetteD | Talk 19:55, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi again. I got to the episode this morning and have made some adjustments based on my viewing. For the plot I made edits by paragraph to try and make checking things a little easier for you. Be aware there may be a touch too much detail for some editors around here but that doesn't bother me. I also won't be bothered if you dislike any of my changes and want to change them back. Rather than using two rocks I think that Steed tore off a bit of the fence so that he would have a sharp point to put against the bullet. He then hit the stick with a rock that he had picked up a few moments earlier.

I'll tell ya - that is one of the all time great theme songs to open a show and the remastering of the episode makes it look sharper and more vivid than when it was originally broadcast in either the UK or the US back in the 60's. Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 18:59, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Blofeld for rescuing A Chorus of Frogs. (A. Carty (talk) 15:39, 10 April 2012 (UTC))

TV episodes

Great work on the Avengers pilot. Have you seen Wikipedia:Television_episodes#Important_articles_to_be_created?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:45, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I've hadn't. But The Avengers is one of my favourite series and some of the episodes have quite a bit of book coverage so I think they're worth starting. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:49, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

If you have the books, you are probably one of the few people with access and interest to some of the episodes from that era.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:46, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Why are you putting episodes in different categories by season? That seems unusual to me.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:30, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Strange you would consider it unusual given that most long series on wikipedia like Buffy and Simpsons are split by series.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:22, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Looking at Category:Television episodes by series I don't see so many cats with subcats. It's probably 4 or 5 to 1 in favor of no subcats.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:29, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

I look for a similar size production, Buffy the Vampire, and that was the first one I looked at and copied the categories.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:15, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Rukwa Valley

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DYK for Jean Clédat

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DYK for Bawit

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Thanks

All those articles were indeed in bad shape. -- Bojan  Talk  13:23, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Sure. -- Bojan  Talk  14:01, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

I agreee, but but are there maps for all municipalities in Serbia (in NPOV version with Kosovo showed as disputed territory)? -- Bojan  Talk  14:13, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Not just by Serbia, dozens of countries haven't recognized Kosovo. I agree that shading is the best way to show NPOV version of map. But who will draw them? -- Bojan  Talk  14:26, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

OK. Draw and name them systematically. -- Bojan  Talk  14:42, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

There is no need for that. Just draw all maps, and I will do the rest. -- Bojan  Talk  14:54, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

OK -- Bojan  Talk  18:21, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi. Could you draw maps for uban municipalities such as Stanovo? -- Bojan  Talk  21:09, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Here they are: Palilula, Belgrade Novi Beograd Čukarica Rakovica Savski Venac Stari Grad, Belgrade Stanovo Stari Grad, Kragujevac Stragari Pivara Urban Municipality of Novi Sad Petrovaradin Crveni Krst, Niš Medijana Niška Banja Palilula, Niš Pantelej -- Bojan  Talk  21:22, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks for the invite to the TreeHouse? How do I join? Thanks Crotale (talk) 00:30, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Narayanan Komerath

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Augustenborg Palace

Happy Easter! --Rosiestep (talk) 05:17, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

I think I have done what I can on this for the time being. When I get back to Denmark in a month or so, I may be able to find additional material in the library. The German article seems to be related to the various dukes rather than to the building. Let me know if there are other articles I can help you with. - Ipigott (talk) 16:31, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

I added to Salomon Schweigger. Will try to get to the palace article tomorrow. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:17, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Frohe Ostern also from PumpkinSky and --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:02, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Augustenborg Palace is ripe for nom. I'll try and get a couple of QPQ's done. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:40, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

For purposes of the the QPQ requirement, I reviewed: Kampuchean Federation of Trade Unions and Emanuels Grīnbergs. Also fyi I've nomed Wilhelm Sauer. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:55, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for noming! I removed that ref... I should have thought of that. Will try and get to Smalls Jazz Club within 24 hours, but tonight, am too tired. Mondays at work can be veryyy long. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:20, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Krenholm Manufacturing Company

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DYK for Kurhaus, Wiesbaden

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Nice job! Amalthea 22:23, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Started Osterbrunnen, to tired to expand right now, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:36, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:30, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Looked at the small city: "The road through the city from Sana'a was modernized following Chinese investment and is over 200 km long, and the old medical centre has been transformed into a small public hospital." The first part is nonsense, the second is not in de (but de looks like a bad translation from somewhere else). First part might be "The road through the city from Sana'a, more than 200 km, was paved by the Chinese". Did you follow the Lutz nom for DYK? - I have no ambition right now (but thanks for asking), too many waste places (see my user), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:05, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Hereford Cathedral Library

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File:Perez Celis Elevar el pensamiento.jpg

I replaced File:Pérez Celis - Elevar el pensamiento.bmp with the JPEG image, so policies are complied for photos of a painting. Now since this painting is still copyrighted in the US, I tried to find sources about this painting, so I tried the Spanish name of this painting, but I found none in Google. I tried English name, but I found none reliable, as well. I wonder if you have access to such sources. I don't know who the uploader of the BMP image was anymoreI found out it was Sherlock4000, but that person is not available at this time, so I contact you. I wanted to request speedy deletion as a request of an uploader myself, but people see it as counterproductive. --George Ho (talk) 17:55, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Ask User:Calliopejen1 to delete it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:23, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

In other words, you couldn't find sources that substantially cover this painting, correct? --George Ho (talk) 18:25, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Not that, I just don't think the painting qualifies for fair use, maybe though if you created an article on the painting it would be OK. If you disagree, ask Calliopejen.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:26, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

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Avengers castlist

Progress report: Have done the first 50 episodes. I thought it would get easier with the same actors turning up playing different parts but I must have doubled the list so far. I have deliberately not looked to wikilink them although I recognize actors who have their own page. That can be done later. I shall plough on at ten a day as it is a boring task.REVUpminster (talk) 19:53, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

• Have completed the 161 Avenger episodes. Will start on New Avengers tomorrow. I shall note them as names NA1 etc.REVUpminster (talk) 12:10, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
• Have completed the 26 NA episode plus a few corrections. A lot of canadian actors.REVUpminster (talk) 13:28, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Does QPQ work?

I recently suggested that Template:Did you know nominations/Guy Kabeya Muya, Entre la coupe et l'élection could be turned into a quad. Maybe that was a mistake - feel free to back it out - it seems unrealistic to expect anyone to review four articles these days. But in November 2010 we had the case of the ten U's, all nominated, reviewed and approved as one entry. Something in the mood has changed since then. It seems sourer, somehow, more a question of pushing through entries against opposition than working together to get a list of interesting hooks. Do you have that feeling or is it just me? Aymatth2 (talk) 19:54, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

I completely agree with you. Its become petty. I strongly disappoved of QPQ from the moment it was proposed. Luckily they simplified the nomination process so i began contributing again. When you forget to do a review you always get somebody leaving a "QPQ please" and it comes across as really petty, sours the atmosphere as you say. You contribute four articles, why should you be expected to review four articles is the way I see it. It is surely off putting in regards to motivation. If you want to turn it into a quad I'll renominate, just suggest and hook and the articles you want. I don't mind reviewing what is needed.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:10, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

• I sort of did turn it into a quad, maybe, which I suspect will take a long time to clear. But these are just four routine short articles, not of any great interest. I really don't care about them. I am more wondering if it is worth starting a discussion on the process. My vague thinking is that there used to be editors who specialized in DYK reviews, complained about the volume, and were very good at it. That process was independent of the nomination process. Connecting the processes may have been a mistake. Aymatth2 (talk) 22:38, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Xainza County DYK

A million thanks for including me in the DYK award. I am chuffed and honoured! I didn't add that much but really had to search for it, and it got me into doing the article on the Changtang Nature Reserve, so I will gratefully accept the recognition. It will be a welcome addition to my awards page.

Just the night before last I sent the files for a much-revised 2nd edition of my first book, The Jade Gate to Rome, on the Hou Hanshu off to the publishers – but I think it will probably be months before they get it on the market. I am very excited to finally send it off! It is to be published in Singapore.

Now, I will start work to get a another book I have been working on for many years ready for publication. It is an annotated translation of the 3rd century Weilüe, which also deals with the Silk Routes but has more details on the Roman Empire and also a bit on the maritime trade between China and Egypt and the East African coast.

Me old back is keeping me pretty well glued to my bed so I am very fortunate to have these projects or I would die of boredom.

Hope all is going really well for you - I send you squillions of good wishes. Thanks so much, John Hill (talk) 00:37, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

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Film posters for removal

You'll be getting some orphaned file notices. To avoid templating a regular, I'll just give you a list as they come up.

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- Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:06, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

• Okay, only the one then. Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:40, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Just the one!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:04, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

• Yeah, out of something like 10 files replaced. Interesting Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:10, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

List of populated places

Hi Dr, While creating an article (Işıklar) I noticed that list of popualated places in the central district is missing in the List of populated places in Afyonkarahisar Province created by you. Cheers. Nedim Ardoğa (talk) 09:34, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Feel free to add them!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:03, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ganarew

The DYK project (nominate) 09:34, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for King Arthur's Cave

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Quick update

3 provinces down (OK, 2 were small but about 10 of 31 are small as well). On to Tehran Prov, where several planned communities have village status (probably to be promoted eventually), including 1 with over 60,000 population. Now that's a big village, considering a number of Iranian cities in the far flung outer provinces have fewer than 1000. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 20:07, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

For census purposes, Iran is divvied into 22 numbered, but otherwise unnamed districts, which are reported on separately. Corresponding names to numbers (and is there a 1:1 correspondence?) is beyond what my sources say. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 22:40, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Reply

I certainly do. Beautiful song. Shahid • ^Talk2me 08:43, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

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E-mail

That's fine. I have it set up to redirect to my other account, too. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:29, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Perhaps. I'll try to formulate something coherent before I leave, though. Especially as tonight's rehearsal night, which means I'll be away from the home computer for a while. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:28, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Eh, it's not really a problem most of the time. Long as I don't let it take over my workday I can usually squeak something out when I have a free moment. It's finding the time to properly string words together that tends to be the real problem. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:35, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Not that I can recall. Honestly, I've been rather busy at the office over the past few weeks, and sometimes I file something away for future response and then forget about it. I'm sorry about that - it's rather ADD-ish of me. Insofar as I'm able to maintain a high edit count, incidentally, much of it's due to using HotCat, which fills in most of my work for me. Which means that I can fire off an edit in no time flat, usually while I'm hanging on the phone waiting for something. (Who says I can't multitask?) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:41, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Well, the other problem is that the end of the day always approaches more quickly than I expected, which means that I start running out of time before I leave, and then have to leave something hanging. Like today, actually - sorry about that. I'll shoot you an e-mail soon as I'm home tonight. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:23, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

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Amdo Town etc

Hi! I finally got around to doing a little on Amdo County and town. This "shabby town" (as one guidebook put it) is now closed to tourists and is no longer a stopover for buses on the route between Golmud and Lhasa, so my books have very little on it. Anyway, I added a little including a blockquote on the "town." Sorry, it seems I have less than you on Cona Lake. All best wishes, John Hill (talk) 06:13, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

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I am done with Kostroma Oblast, and in addition to Kurgan Oblast (see my note above), I also created a template for Kursk Oblast, which is found at Belovsky District, Kursk Oblast. That one is also easy and the refs are the same across all of the articles. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); April 11, 2012; 17:43 (UTC)

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Saint Senara

Hi. Lots of family stuff for the next 3 days but should have time for sure by Sunday night. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:26, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Mrs Peel's first ep

I finally got to view it this morning and have worked on the plot section accordingly. The DVD also has a commentary with a couple of the people who created the episode. When I get a chance to listed to their memories I'll leave you a note of there is anything of interest that might be included in the article. MarnetteD | Talk 14:47, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm still working my way thru the commentary but I wanted to let you know that they do note the fact that Patrick Newall was in this ep several years before he played "Mother". Also here is a link that (after you scroll down) has some pictures of Elizabeth Shepherd as Mrs Peel [5]. I don't know if there is anyway to add this to the article so I post them here FYI. Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 20:50, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

The DVD commentary is with Brian Clemens and Roy Ward Baker. The thing of note that they mention that you might want to add to the article is the fact that this was the first episode shot entirely on film. They also mention that the interiors were filmed at a different studio than they had used during the Cathy Gale years but they didn't mention a name. I hope that the books that you are using mention the reference that they make to Mrs Gale (and its sly remark on Honor Blackman) in the episode "Too Many Christmas Trees" - if they don't let me know and I will fill you in. MarnetteD | Talk 03:49, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

I sure do - I mentioned that in an earlier message but you get so many posts to your talk page that it would be easy to miss. I can't give you quickness because life off-wiki has some travails that are keeping me off line at times but I will be happy to add plot sections when I can. If any of the extras have items of note I'll leave them on the talk pages and you can work them in at your discretion. MarnetteD | Talk 14:13, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Punu-Lumbo mask

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Saint Senara

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Thanks

for your congratulations and saying you would have supported me :-) I'm still getting used to the higher profile . . . and will be trying my best to live up to people's confidence in me. Yngvadottir (talk) 17:31, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Hadnock House

The merest scraps. I think it's "Hadnock Court House" (RCAHMW) and "Hadnock Court" (BLBO). If so, it's Grade II listed. I thought it may have been the "Old Court" in Pevsner, Herefordshire p.319, Whitchurch (boundary change?), "Quite large stone house of the 16th to 17th centuries in the form of an irregular E." But I'm not so sure. Does this look like an irregular E? [6]. Doubt it's worth a page, but I could certainly put a line or two in Other on The Doward if you like. Let me know. KJP1 (talk) 18:04, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm too late! KJP1 (talk) 18:35, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Quite interesting. [7] "rendered stone, with a slate roof", surely the house in the photo. KJP1 (talk) 18:38, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

But I'm a bit worried by the Wyastone Leys history bit. The Court in the photos doesn't look post 1825 at all. It looks much more like 16/17th century, as per the Pevsner entry. I'll do some more digging. KJP1 (talk) 18:46, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

OK. This [8] is, I think, definitely Pevsner's Whitchurch Old Court, so we can discount that. But the photos of Hadnock Court surely don't depict a post-1825 house. Was the original Hadnock Court demolished to provide the stones for Wyastone Leys and did a large farmhouse (the one in the picture - which looks more farmhouse than Court) then elevate itself to the status of Court. It wouldn't be the first time. KJP1 (talk) 19:02, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Re: Bollywood

Yes, of course I can. Btw, aren't all movies from respective years listed there. Do you know any sites that have the list of all movies released in that particular year? Torreslfchero (talk) 19:26, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the links. I will try to add all the films in the list. Torreslfchero (talk) 19:35, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

I have finished adding movies on some articles. Could you look through this article, Is it ok that I only link the article?Torreslfchero (talk) 10:40, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi, I have finished expanding movies list from 1980-1999. Could you please look through it? Torreslfchero (talk) 20:42, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

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Double DYK nomination

So we have this and this. Looking good? All that remains is a hook.--Gilderien Talk|Contribs 13:14, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

• What about "...that Saint Senara, a Cornish saint, founded the Church of Saint Senara, Zennor, where a cow once ate the bell-rope?"

Howz that?. Feel free to suggest yours as an ALT!♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:44, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

I didn't see it, but it is a better hook. I will add mine as an ALT, but the cow fact is not 100% certain (based on a Geographica Guidebook I bought second-hand in wales for 25p).--Gilderien Talk|Contribs 20:47, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi

I was wondering if I could nominate you for adminship? Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 13:50, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

That's very kind, but why? Wouldn't that be a downgrade? Isn't it a requirement these days that candidates have to have been with wikipedia less than a year with under 10,000 edits and under 10 articles created? ♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:41, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

There is no requirement. Read WP:RFA. Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 18:19, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

1. Support Excellent content creation, fully suited for the tools.--Gilderien Talk|Contribs 18:32, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

There is a reason why I turned down RFA back in 2007 and several times since!♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:43, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

• Number Eight, I believe. And your main work is in content creation. So pretty much nobody else has done as much for the encyclopaedia as you. You should run!--Gilderien Talk|Contribs 19:03, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
• For what it's worth, I, too, think there would be no harm in you running. Whatever your opinion of modern admins is, or whatever it was in 2007, you don't have to be like them :) And, if nothing else, you'll gain access to tools which sure make doing certain tasks much easier!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); April 14, 2012; 20:05 (UTC)

You'd be surprised how many opposes I would get based on skeletons long buried in the past!♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:24, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

• Maybe you could get Malleus to nominate you? :) --Gilderien Talk|Contribs 20:16, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

• Could I nominate you, anyway? Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 21:39, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

No thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:42, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		For your endurance and extraordinary work. And also for understanding and recognizing the worth of fellow contributors. RaviMy Tea Kadai 17:37, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Abasse Ndione

Orlady (talk) 08:04, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

The DYK project (nominate) 16:04, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Saulius Sondeckis

The DYK project (nominate) 16:05, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Lebamba

The DYK project (nominate) 16:06, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

hi

Feel free to change or replace as the article becomes stable - thanks for the contribution....Victuallers (talk) 19:21, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm hoping you are coming to Monmouth next Saturday Victuallers (talk) 20:01, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thanks a lot indeed for your recognition. CeeGee (talk) 20:06, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

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Thank you

Thank you for expressing your support for me in the User_talk:PumpkinSky#Sanddunes_Sunrise thread and/or participating in the User_talk:PumpkinSky#Ostereierbaum_.28Easter_Egg_Tree.29 thread. Peace to everyone. PumpkinSky talk 01:03, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Districts

Thanks for taking care of the districts. However, could you please show me where the error occurs? I removed the digits here trying to replicate it, but the result looks the way it is supposed to look when no parameter is entered.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); April 16, 2012; 13:25 (UTC)

Ah, I see. No, the pop template is designed to catch this kind of stuff. The reason why you didn't see this error with area before is because in the past I normally left the sentence dealing with the area commented out. I'll resume doing so in future templates.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); April 16, 2012; 13:35 (UTC)

DYK for Martin Lutz

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Detailed coverage

Oh, yes - it's the same with a lot of the smaller US communities. The coverage is a lot more in-depth than it ever has been before. It's still unfortunately spotty, but it's been slowly getting better over the past few years, I've noticed. Still too many unincorporated communities missing, though. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:37, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes, the Archives just annouced their donation. I think it's going to take some time to get everything scanned and sorted out, though.

One thing: to the best of my knowledge there's no equivalent in the United States to the Dictionary of National Biography. So our historical biographical articles are somewhat catch-as-catch-can on that count, given that Appleton's Cyclopedia is notoriously unreliable. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:43, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Well, look at {{Fairfax County, Virginia}}. I haven't even heard of half of those places, and I've lived here for twenty-five years, almost. I wonder where the government gets its data sometimes...I'm not surprised that some of those places don't show up on Google Maps. They don't really exist, if they ever did. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:57, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

That's the thing - a lot of the US data comes in some form from old census records. And I think that when it comes to looking at names some of them are twenty or thirty years out of date, if not more. My favorite example is Schneider Crossroads, Virginia - I don't even know what's there now, but it's certainly no "Schneider Crossroads". Probably a subdivision of Sterling or something. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:20, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm not likely to be home until late tonight, but I'll try to hit it before bed. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for The Doward

The DYK project (nominate) 01:34, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Got a bit done on the Trahernes and will try to get to the towns tomorrow. If you can spruce up Edward Griffin Beckwith (soldier) a bit, I'll nom it. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:40, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Sebald Heyden

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Thanks for the nice surprise! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:27, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Time to enjoy extended Easter, eggs for peace, thanks for your precious support ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:49, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Reply

Hey bud, I'm doing fine. What's up with you? -- Bollywood Dreamz ^talk 17:39, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

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FYI

Did you know that Queen of Sheba's Palace is at AfD? The nominator doesn't appear to have informed you. He says it is on the same subject as the earlier article Dungur. Yngvadottir (talk) 04:08, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Aberthaw

Thanks for Beckwith! I did some work on Aberthaw. Check this out and if you think it should be included in the History section, I can add it if you don't beat me to it. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:00, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Took care of the QPQ x2. Will work on those hamlets tomorrow. Got carried away with other stuff tonight on articles that came out of the blue. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:12, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

General relativity

FA with a mere 192 citations! When WB's out-citing Einstein, I think it's time to try him for FAC. All the best. KJP1 (talk) 06:54, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Re. Peer Review, you'll recall I did try this at the Architecture Project a while ago - it caused a slight issue when Tim saw it, although I asked for the review long before you or he were involved. Very happy to go that route if you think it's best but it didn't garner a lot by way of comments. One more thing. I know nothing about the FA process but if it's like GA I shall want to be around to respond. I go abroad in early May and will be away for a few weeks, so I think it has to either be sooner - which I'd prefer - or later. Let me know what you think. KJP1 (talk) 21:07, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Donguila

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Sperris Quoit

Exactly 1600 characters (on day 5). Thanks for pointing me in the right direction; what would be a catchy hook? --Gilderien Talk|Contribs 17:18, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Looks good. I'll likely expand a few Cornish villages on the weekend if you're interested, I'm currently cleaning up my local villages!♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:26, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Okay, sounds fun. Including joint nominations, this is my fifth DYK (well, three are stuck in the works somewhere) so do I have to review an article, or does this only apply if one has five DYK's that have already been featured?--Gilderien Talk|Contribs 17:33, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Tit for tat I'm afraid, I nominated 4 articles earlier, only got around to reviewing 2 so far though.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:37, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Ok, I'd better learn how to review then, there is quite a large backlog at the moment. Within the five-day limit, if the quoit is to be a DYK, I'll have to submit it tonight. It will be done.--Gilderien Talk|Contribs 17:44, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

I already nominated it i think! so I did! . Sorry about that, I'd forgotten!♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:46, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

I just saw that. Thanks for having the foresight to nominate it on the 16th, I just realised that if I nominated it now it would techniquely be the sixth day of its existence :/ --Gilderien Talk|Contribs 17:54, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

I had a feeling it was a little undersized so thanks for expanding beyond the minimum!♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:58, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Sperris Quoit

Hi Dr. B., there is a question regarding the quality of one of the references that should be answered before this article can pass. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:55, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Ariadne Genomics

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DYK for Pedro Javier González

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Burundi provincial templates

Are there any plans to expand these (Category:Burundi provincial templates)? Currently only one has any useful content. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 16:42, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Not really. But you can create an account and help build coverage!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:44, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Okay, I will take them to TfD. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 17:00, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

If you can add the communes to them I'll see what I can do. It would be counterproductive taking them to AFD.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:06, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm not taking anything to AFD, I am just sending the completely empty ones to TfD. It would be trivial to recreate them once the articles are created. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 17:13, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Pålsson Syll

I just have this feeling that his theories may be a bit kooky. Pulling in all banknotes that end in ... and the number is ... 7? Not that he would be less notable for that, and maybe it would be a good idea. It might even work. Aymatth2 (talk) 22:50, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination (Toti Soler)

I've left comments at Template:Did you know nominations/Toti Soler. Would you be able to respond there? On a related note, while reviewing that, I ended up at several related stubs linked from (or a few links away from) that article, which you created on the same day: Jordi Sabatés, Xavier Coll, Feliu Gasull, Festival de Guitarra de Barcelona, Ma Anand Yashu, and Certamen de Guitarra flamenca. Do you have plans to expand those any time soon, and are there really enough sources to sustain articles on those topics? Carcharoth (talk) 06:08, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Well, judging by your extremely thorough DYK review I'd say that you could argue the same thing until they are developed enough for GA. I believe they are sourced enough to prove notability. The flamenco competitions are notable. I only have doubts about Xavier Coll.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:15, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

I've updated the nomination, and other concerns were pointed out that I missed. I've failed the nomination, but it should be fairly easy to make fixes to the article as there are likely independent sources verifying the awards (this is more important than whether the DYK nomination passes or not, obviously). Given the Spanish-language sources, I'm not the best person to ask about that. If you look at the thread on WT:DYK (where I asked for help with Spanish-language sources), you can ask there if you want. I also left some additional notes at the nomination that may help. Carcharoth (talk) 06:44, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Yellow dress of Reese Witherspoon

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I've removed the prod, and expanded the article, and added two more sources. It still gets talked about, five years later.--kelapstick^(bainuu) 07:31, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Well I'd be tempted to speedily remove such a garment, I'm sure. Maybe then we'd get new articles about her other articles. But alas, no image .. (except in my mind, and all over Google of course). Martinevans123 (talk) 10:36, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Speedy "remove", yah,~ LOL.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:26, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

		The Special Barnstar
		It's good to see you keeping up the good work of improving our coverage of clothing and fashion. There doesn't seem to be a particular barnstar for that so please accept this one. Warden (talk) 10:27, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Well fashion isn't exactly my forte but it started with Kate Middleton's wedding dress and Jimbo saying we should have articles on dresses! Black Versace dress of Elizabeth Hurley is the best though!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:52, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Tut. It's just a LBD with big safety pins (apparently). Martinevans123 (talk) 12:05, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Super villainy

Our coverage of super villains seems to have been neglected and you may have a personal interest. It's not clear to me whether a Bond villain would be considered a supervillain but, for an introduction to the topic(s), please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of female supervillains (2nd nomination). Warden (talk) 10:15, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Vumbi

Sure! Will return in a bit; need to take a break in a couple of minutes for fam stuff. Trying to figure out a a 3 way hook for Melingriffith, Blakemore, and Booker-Blakemore. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:01, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

It really is interesting how one article can tie together with some others. On vumbi as spirits, I'm not finding much on google books other than a repitition of the same quote. I did find bamvumbi and maybe it refers to the same thing, but not sure I can pull these terms together. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:41, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Jules Nadi seems presentable now. I'll blue link my red links tomorrow as I found enough on the fellows for at least acceptable stubs, but am too tired to make a go of it tonight. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:23, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Wenvoe Castle

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DYK for Wilhelm Sauer

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Morocco communes

Hey! Check out User:Calliopejen1/WIP/Morocco communes. It's not quite ready for primetime bc the prefectures/provinces are still in rows of their own. I'll finish it up a bit later. Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:27, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar! Here is the final version: List of municipalities, communes, and arrondissements of Morocco. The Arabic didn't copy-paste properly, for whatever reason... that's why it's not in the final table.  :/ I'll make another page for you of them in province-by-province tables so you can paste those on the appropriate province articles. Calliopejen1 (talk) 21:48, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

And now they are all split by province at User:Calliopejen1/WIP/Morocco communes - you can go ahead and add them to province articles if you want to - I'm feeling a bit too lazy... Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:08, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

BTW thoughts about whether the foreign/Moroccan split is interesting or annoying? most of them have a pretty trivial number of foreigners. I could pretty easily redo the tables without those columns. Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:10, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Rabbits in the arts; Rabbits in the arts, German Wikipedia

Dr. Blofeld, The German Wikipedia has a nice article on this subject. I posted a long time ago asking for volunteers to interpret the article. It would be a good addition. I hesitate to ask you, although you seem to have the requisite proficiency. Any suggestions? 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:11, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

User:Gerda Arendt, User:Bermicourt are fluent German speakers but also very busy. I'm not I'm afraid. I use google translate and then request proof reading! Perhaps you could have a go at translating from de wiki using google translate and then ask one of them to check it for you?♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:14, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Good suggestions. I speak no German, but I could offer use the robot translation (then take an uninformed stab an interpretation), and then ask for correction. Thank you. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:43, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Sunil Agnihotri

I don't know if you do Bollywood, as in Sunil Agnihotri. There are plenty of sources for this versatile director's work. But TV costume soaps where the cast is likely to break into song at the least excuse are perhaps a bit of an acquired taste. Aymatth2 (talk) 19:24, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Not really a difficult choice. 1.5 million people in a remote semi-desert region or the TV director who makes the shows they love to watch. This link, I think, removes all doubt about which is the more important. Aymatth2 (talk) 23:16, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

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Moroccan census

Woah, that Moroccan censuses are pure gold for creating new stubs. But you used the same external link in 1994 Moroccan census and 2004 Moroccan census. Is it a mistake? Regards. emijrp (talk) 08:12, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

No, they have both the 2004 and 1994 census results.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:00, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Oh, right, I didn't see the 1994 column : P. emijrp (talk) 10:36, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

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Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche

Greetings, oh Evil Doctor! I have finally got around to adding a bit to the article about Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche. This led on to other things - notably significantly updating the article on Dorje Drak monastery. There is still much to do on it but, most of all, a photo would be nice - either of the monastery in Shimla, India or the repaired one in Tibet. Can you help? Many thanx, John Hill (talk) 06:33, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Augustenborg Palace

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DYK for Salomon Schweigger

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Thanks for sharing this one also! There are red links (and blue stubs) on Dieter Thomas Heck, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:58, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Paraguay

If you're looking for a country that could stand some work, Paraguay's a good one to look at. There aren't even by-department categories for about half the country...leastaways not beyond the ones I've created over the past few days. And a lot of the articles are bloated and poorly translated, and need paring, pruning and categorization. I've been trying to put some of the categorization to rights over the past week, and I may be able to do a bit more today, but I'm not sure how much time I'm going to have for it. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 13:59, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Well, you know what they say about great minds, and all. Which takes care of you - now what's my excuse? :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:03, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers - yep, User:Fram discovered it a couple of years ago. I've drunk at the well sporadically since then...there's actually quite a lot missing, as I recall. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:05, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

He's actually done quite a wonderful amount for art museums, judging by his recent contribution history. I found another one, too...let me see if I can find the template. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:13, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Well, that was said in some wonderment myself - I haven't seen him around much of late. (Not that I pay attention to bylines, mind. Well...most of the time.)

Here's another potential goldmine, though as I recall the pickings were far slimmer: Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from A biographical history of the fine arts (what do you expect from a guy called Shearjashub?) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:21, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Oh, there's no rush - I think it's going to be rather a large undertaking, anyhow. Right...off to lunch for me. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:49, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Comment

Could you comment here? Thanks. ~*~AnkitBhatt~*~ 17:49, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Rocher Rond

Where did you get the info that this is the highpoint of the Vercors regional park? I'm pretty sure that's the Grand Veymont.--Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 19:32, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

I checked it on the official IGN mapping, and the summit cairn is part of the boundary. So I guess that counts. It's now in one of the prep areas, with a rather dull and uninspiring hook.--Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 15:30, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Translating

Salve, maestro! As a result of your recent encouragement, I have added my name to several languages on your interwiki translation project. I think you already have a pretty good idea of the areas I am interested in: all aspects of culture, related biographies, history, geography... I would be happy to help out with shorter articles on a fairly regular basis but would prefer to have the opportunity of translating from scratch rather than having to edit the mess that often comes out of Google Translate. In most cases I like to go back to original sources rather than simply providing word-for-word translations of badly referenced articles from the other languages. Most of my recent articles and biographies have been written in this way even if stubs have often existed on the other wikis. As for longer articles, unless there are high priorities, I would normally like to be able to choose them myself but would appreciate guidance on what is important. In this connection, is there any index of English Wikipedia red links tied to existing articles in other languages? I would be particularly interested in links to GA or B-rated articles in the other languages. I realize I am asking a lot at this stage but would like to benefit from your expertise before embarking on such a time-consuming venture. I look forward to our continuing cooperation. - Ipigott (talk) 21:12, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

For your info, I have turned up quite a few French painters whose French bios should also be in the English wiki. See here. I'll try to cover some of the more important ones in the next few days. Then I'll move on to Danes, Germans, Spaniards, etc. - Ipigott (talk) 07:37, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Museums in Bangkok

Template:Museums in Bangkok has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Paul_012 (talk) 16:00, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Schiersteiner Kantorei

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Julian Roughton

Thank you very much for contributing to Julian Roughton. I doubt it will get deleted with 9 reliable sources. Thanks again. Wilbysuffolk Talk to me 18:37, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

De nada, but I have to say I really think its best to merge into the main article. The sources all concern the trust and there isn't anything biographical on him..♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:39, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

A Brahms four-hand mystery

Hi again, Dr. Blofeld--

I'm finding a small mystery, and wonder if you might have any possible suggestions. I have a CD that I'm trying to catalog: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFCD-920, licensed from the Russian recording company Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga (C)&(P) 1992, of several Brahms works for four-hand piano, performed in 1975 by Viktoria Postnikova and Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

These include Op. 23, Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, for piano four-hands (1861), and Op. 39, Sixteen Waltzes for piano, four hands (1865). The mystery on this disc is the third item, variously described in two different places in the insert as, on the back cover:

• Souvenir de la Russie. Transcriptions en forme de Fantasies sur des airs russes et bohemiens pour le piano a quatre mains (Published with op. no. 151 (sic) under the pseudonym G. W. Marks)
  • No. 2 Chansonette de Titoff ("Der Zweig") Andante - Variations I-IV
  • No. 3 Romance de Warlamoff ("In der Morgendammerung wecke sie nicht") Con moto - Thema. Allegretto - Sostenuto - Piu presto
  • No. 4 "Le Rossignol" de Alabieff ("Die Nachtingall") Andante - Allegro vivace
  • No. 5 Chant bohemien ("Ein grosses Dorf liegt auf dem Weg") Allegro moderato

and in the main insert notes, written by Victor Ledin, 1992, and edited by Marina A. Ledin, 1992, as:

• Souvenir de la Russie. According to Max Kalbeck, the foremost biographer of Brahms, these pieces were composed shortly before the Sonata, opus 1, which dates from 1851. This composition was published by A. Cranz in Hamburg under the name of G. B. Marx, an assumed name used frequently during the 19th century. Works by several composers, including Brahms, were published under this pseudonym until 1907. Brahms refers to the name in a letter to his publisher dated February 7, 1867, in which he proposes that a simplified version of the Waltzes opus 39 be attributed to Marx.

In the first three pieces Brahms used themes by Russian composers: The Branch of the Tree by Titov, Don't Wake Her at Dawn by Varlamov and The Nightingale by Aliabiev. The last two are inspired by popular songs.

The first piece takes the form of variations. In the second, where the theme is preceded by an introduction, repeated notes imitate the sound of the balalaïka. The third, in a style which heralds the Hungarian Dances, is in two parts: the first, slow and heavy and the second, light and brilliant. The rhythm of the fourth piece could be that of a waltz, and in the fifth, the return of the theme as a canon calls to mind the Slavonic Dance in C minor, opus 46 by Dvorak.

The above text is as given, missing the appropriate diacritics and with different spellings, but with my two underscores. I'm always distrustful of information on a back cover, which is nearly always prepared by someone who has no idea what is actually on the disc. Note that although five pieces are described here, only numbers 2 through 5 are on the disc, and these don't match up with the descriptions.

In any event, none of this is listed at either List of compositions by Johannes Brahms by opus number or at List of compositions by Johannes Brahms by genre. And Wikipedia draws a blank for any combination of G. W. or G. B., Marks or Marx. Any ideas? Thanks for any help. It would seem that in any case Marx/Marks ought to be mentioned here in WP if the above note is correct about the pseudonym being frequently used. Milkunderwood (talk) 07:52, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Looks very interesting. It is possible of course that wikipedia is missing attribution. Have you asked WP:Classical music? User:Gerda Arendt might be able to help.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:09, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks - giving it a try at CM talk; Gerda is bound to find it there. (I came to you as being the designated research expert for CM mysteries.) Milkunderwood (talk) 09:49, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

It will probably work best if all responses are posted at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Classical music#Pseudonym "G. B. Marx" (or "G. H. Marks") used by Brahms rather than having a separate discussion here on Dr. Blofeld's talkpage. Milkunderwood (talk) 10:09, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!

My son is a big fan of yours... he will be most impressed with me! Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:36, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

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Ecclesiae Regimen

On this article I recently created, does the "aka" names need to be capalized also? Thanks for looking at it.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 12:10, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Fixed.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:16, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!--Doug Coldwell ^talk 12:27, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Re: A barnstar for you!

Thanks for the barnstar, Dr. Blofeld! I'm very pleased that my contributions are appreciated. All the best, — Toдor Boжinov — 12:20, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Maenan Abbey

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WP:N/GEO

This is a random "canvassing" call, since my posts at community/WProject pages were futile: please take a look at Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(geography)#Let_us_start_to_work_it_into_a_policy_proposal. Staszek Lem (talk) 18:04, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

FYI

In case you didn't see it I thought I would bring this thread Wikipedia_ talk:WikiProject Film#National cinema navigation templates to your attention. I know that you created those years ago now and this may not be important anymore so please respond or not as you see fit. Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 18:33, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

An invitation

Wikipedia talk:Notability (geography)#Let us start to work it into a policy proposal Kaldari (talk) 18:43, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Oops, I see you've already been invited :) Kaldari (talk) 18:44, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

John Montgomery Traherne, Llewelyn Traherne, Church of St Hilary, St Hilary, Vale of Glamorgan

I have approved the four articles, John Montgomery Traherne, Llewelyn Traherne, Church of St Hilary and St Hilary, Vale of Glamorgan, for DYK but it would be helpful if you could provide internal wikilinks among them so that the reader can move from one to another. I was brought up in the Vale of Glamorgan! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:23, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Mel Bay's Deluxe Encyclopedia of Guitar Chords

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 16:09, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK

B3306 road and Rocher Rond have been nominated and expanded.--Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 21:04, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Ukwulu; a town in Nigeria with its own muddy stream, healthcare centre, and two-bedroom one-storey "palace"

Hi Dr Blofeld, would you be able to help Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Ukwulu along at all? The place seems to be in Dunukofia.

Many thanks --Demiurge1000 (talk) 22:59, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Done.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:18, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Sperris Quoit

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 00:05, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK

- I reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Nikolaus Simrock - and it's fine. Also, could you expand Joe Rosentover to 1500 characters, as I can't find sources. --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 11:41, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, can't find anything in google books..♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:48, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

I couldn't. I'm waiting for my HighBeam account to be activated (around May 1). --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 11:54, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, please look at the Simrock nomination again, - the person Nikolaus could not publish Brahms, his publishing house did ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:40, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

I whole heartedly disagree. He lived to t least age 150 didn't he and also published George Gershwin? LOL. Thanks, shouldn't N. Simrock then have its own article? ♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:51, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!

Well done. [10]. Thank you! --joe decker^{talk to me} 15:40, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

De nada.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:48, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Boulanger

I'll have Ernest done this morning; then will look at his mom. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:57, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

I nomed Ernest Boulanger (composer) and Marie-Julie Halligner; I'll QPQ after running errands. Will look at Angaïs, Das Millionenspiel, too. I'm not sure how much more can be found on Adéodat Compère-Morel and Pierre Renaudel but if they can meet the threshold, I'd 3 way 'em with Nadi; no worries if you're busy. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:31, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

You're right, it was hard to find a hook, but I did nom Jules Nadi; QPQ tomorrow. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:50, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Nomed Adéodat Compère-Morel. Will get back to editing later today. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:30, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Expanded Charles Rappoport; will look at the others tomorrow. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:42, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Added a bit to Daniel Renoult. Rosiestep (talk) 04:11, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Edward Griffin Beckwith

Yngvadottir (talk) 16:05, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:National Parks of Togo

Template:National Parks of Togo has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. WOSlinker (talk) 17:26, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Done. I'll try and hit up AWB tonight, but I have a few other things to attend to first. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:45, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Indeed. Nice work! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:25, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Yep - not quite from my house, but you can see it from down by the river as you drive into Alexandria. Actually, you can also see it from the Metro station parking lot - it's built on a little hill, and the hotel at the Harbor is so large that it's easily visible across the river. I remember watching it being built. It was a huge deal at the time - Prince George's County has never had anything like it. I went over there once last year; it's nice. Has a ways to go, but it's filling in very well. And they're building an outlet mall next door, and the county executive is pushing the state to allow them to built a casino there, too. It's really quite incredible. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:01, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for patrollin' a few of the pages I created! I've now got 7000 in-the-line to upload from .txt files! --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 11:41, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

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It's strange how someone randomly decides to question the OTRS ticket after all these years. Apparently he/she has decided to withdraw their request! -- Bollywood Dreamz ^talk 15:24, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

What have you been upto these days? -- Bollywood Dreamz ^talk 15:33, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

You're still into guitars eh??? :) I remember you showed me a picture of yours before. -- Bollywood Dreamz ^talk 15:44, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

I for one am a sucker when it comes to listening to jazz!!! :) Music is and always be my passion... -- Bollywood Dreamz ^talk 15:53, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

TBH, I haven't really had the chance to catch up on that many films recently though I did sneak some time in to watch Agneepath, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu and Kahaani. I definitely recommend Kahaani; Vidya Balan is excellent! -- Bollywood Dreamz ^talk 16:01, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK

Could you take a look at Template:Did you know nominations/Western Media Effect on Non-Western Eating Pathology? --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 20:06, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Could you also have a look at Template:Did you know nominations/Moucherotte, as by the time it is reviewed normally, I will probably have no time at all for WP due to exam revision, to correct any problems. Thanks :) --Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 20:31, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Exams huh? The sourcing could be improved, I'd use Template:Citation.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:35, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, my first one is on the 14th, I have something like 15, plus my Grade 7 piano :/ --Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 20:38, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Piano as well? Long time since I did my piano grades! Wish I'd learned to play to though as a kid instead of just learning pieces and doing exams!♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:41, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, my problem is that I spend too much time playing Pirates of the Caribbean, Maple Leaf Rag and assorted Tom Lehrer instead of the pieces I'm meant to be practising, 1 1/2 weeks before the exam. Anyway, I'll change those citations.---Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 20:44, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm a huge jazz buff, and rate the pianists Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Tommy Flanagan and Dave Brubeck especially, but Bill Evans is my favourite jazz pianist by quite a margin. Must improve the Bill Evans article some time, in fact the Bill Evans Trio should exist in its own right. I've a big fan of Chopin too, true genius. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:50, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

I've never really played much jazz solo, though I do for the school jazz band, its all Duke Ellington and Stevie Wonder, but Chopin, yes, I've always been a fan; the Raindrop Prelude was the first or second "proper" classical piece I learned to play properly, and it's just...--Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 20:57, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Yeah that was the first Chopin piece I learned, quite recently actually! I started learning it in D major rather than D flat ignoring the flats until I gathered the balls to learn in in the right key LOL. I was never into jazz ten years ago, or classical for that matter, it was all metal and indie with me! In fact I think I actually used to hate jazz.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:03, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for John Montgomery Traherne

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 00:07, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Llewelyn Traherne

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 00:09, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Church of St Hilary

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 00:09, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for St Hilary, Vale of Glamorgan

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 00:10, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

María de León Bello y Delgado

Hi could help correct the reintroduction of the article, thanks: María de León Bello y Delgado.--80.39.251.188 (talk) 15:42, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Goldsland

Hello! Your submission of Goldsland at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! —David Eppstein (talk) 19:37, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Hio

You trying for mass production or something? I noticed the following text at the top of recent changes. "Created page with 'The '''{{subst:PAGENAME}}''' is a river of Benin.<ref>Rand McNally, ''The New International Atlas'', 1993.</ref> It flows in Maxi Territory to the north of [...')"

Subst:Pagename... I use that for my mass-production stubs.. --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 19:59, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Its faster, huh you aint seen nothing yet if you think that's mass production LOL. I'm tinkering with the idea of blasting a few thousand, yes, I'll see later in the week. I would rather the project was full of decent articles and all sourced but we are missing such an extreme amount somebody has to do the raw work..♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:08, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

'Trying for mass production'. I've now got a backlog of 11,732 .txt files in one folder, all articles to create. Time to write a bot. Which will end up not getting BAG approval and I will end up creating them manually. Anyway, it would spam up Recent Changed and New Pages... Also, when {{subst:PAGENAME}} is longer than the actual pagename, it's best not to use it. :D --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 20:25, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Are you on auto patrol? No, beause I patrolled some recently.! Shouldn't spam the new pages otherwise if they don't have to be patrolled. COntinue to create decent stubs and I'll request auto patrol for you, OK? A bot can be sorted but the number of people running them for articles is next to nobody so might be tricky finding somebody. Perhaps ask Ganeshbot's operator User talk:Ganeshk? ♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:28, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

You'd have to ask MBisanz, he let me request HighBeam. See this discussion. --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 20:36, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

MBisanz doesn't run bots regularly though to my knowledge, although he has one, but he's one of the BAG approval folks. You could approach him about the 11,000 articles you want to create and see what he says though,♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:37, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

He runs MBisanzBot. I'd make a few hundred o' them manually first (slowly, to not mess up new pages) then look into it. --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 20:40, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

"Not exactly "runs", he last ran the account in Jan 2009!♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:42, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Okay then, more like "does not use and probably won't!" I'll try for 25 articles per day for around a month, then come back here and ask you about it (I will in the meantime). --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 20:49, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

I still have unpatrolled new pages from 15^th April.. [11] --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 20:53, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Roads are fine but Eurometro is likely to be deleted. Also wikimapia isn't a reliable source!♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:01, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

I should've thought. I have a better understanding of rubbish references now. :D --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 21:23, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

City Hotel (Reedsburg, Wisconsin)

Hi Dr. Blofeld. Can you find anything on the City Hotel (Reedsburg, Wisconsin)? I'm having trouble figuring out what it is or was. Candleabracadabra (talk) 21:44, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

A hotel LOL?♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:48, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Never mind. I was able to find something. Thanks for nothing! ;) Candleabracadabra (talk) 14:12, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Yay! Time to call a hotel 'the ice cream factory.' --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 21:59, 30 April 2012 (UTC)