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Onegi Obel

Let me look at the article. It will take me a few days to come up with an answer.Fsmatovu (talk) 21:39, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mountain

If you tried doing that, all that would happen is get your hand grubby. Simply south (talk) 22:07, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Karl-Josef Laumann

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Ludovic Lamothe

The Ludovic Lamothe is an awesome and very interesting article. Thank you - I had never heard of him before. Cheers, John Hill (talk) 04:06, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Stuff

well I more or less did what I could on the Alba ones. Did you see my note at Template talk:Infobox Russian inhabited locality? Rich Farmbrough, 04:45, 5 September 2009 (UTC).[reply]

DYK for Archaeological Museum of Chania

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Wikiproject: Did you know? 11:22, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Argos Archaeological Museum

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NW (Talk) 17:22, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ludovic Lamothe

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Staxringold _talk^contribs 23:22, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox Amphoe

Could you have a look at Infobox Amphoe? I converted the backend to use {{infobox settlement}} and the next step is to perform the mass substitution, but I wanted to make sure that it's what you had in mind first. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 23:32, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

re: Break, Break, Break

Another editor has found a pic and a refernce. It's sad to see a clearly notable film (albeit with a lack of online references) heading for AfD. Although turning a negative into a positive, it's actually meant article expansion (and likely keep) instead of delete! Lugnuts (talk) 08:38, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Titles of administrative divisions in Korea

Hi, your input would be appreciated at WT:KOREA#What would be proper titles for eup, myeon, dong?. Thanks.--Caspian blue 14:11, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Expansions

Nice work, thanks. Amazing at how easy it is to do that kind of expansion, if only you want to work at it a bit.

Speaking of expansions...try this one on for size - I just listened to something of his last night, and found that I quite enjoyed it. Anyhow, I may get back to article creation sometime soon - we'll see. I still need a bit more of a breather, I think. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:26, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Now that looks nice. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:43, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps this afternoon - once my errands are finished. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:48, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FP candidate? Perhaps not - it's a tad small, I think. I doubt it'd pass muster, sadly. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 23:29, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Again - while it's a nice shot I think it's a bit small for FP, unfortunately. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:49, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly - not tonight, most likely, but perhaps tomorrow. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:58, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Dion Archaeological Museum

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Mifter (talk) 23:21, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox settlement

Please see Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)#Standardisation on Infobox settlement. -- Mattinbgn\^talk 03:01, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

A name change! YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 06:48, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox Australian Place

I think you made the right call, in closing the TfD for {{Infobox Australian Place}}. Thank you. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 14:15, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mioldova geo stub

See you found it. No reply necessary. Rich Farmbrough, 16:44, 7 September 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Quebec stubs

Sounds reasonable. I've dropped a note on Shawn in Monteral's talkpage, as he's the expert on all films Canadian. Lugnuts (talk) 18:34, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

I'm sorry the Infobox Settlement TfD and subsequent discussion ended up becoming so antagonistic. It's clear you've been working hard to bring in infobox standardisation and it must be quite disappointing that the caretakers of various regional infoboxes didn't see this it as enough of an improvement to accept moving away from their region infoboxes. This message is just to say thanks for the effort. The proposed infobox is really well done and I think it'll be extremely useful regardless of whether it's a universal standard or just used in certain regions. Cheers Donama (talk) 01:47, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Goodness gracious!

Hi, hi, hi! DYK I can hardly keep up with all your activity! (lol!) The photos are incredible and certainly deserve to be uploaded - they will make a significant contribution to Wiki Commons. How can we do it so we are not overlapping? How about I start on the last page and go from there?

About Pabongka - I have just added a couple of references and put the reflist tag into a Footnotes section and made a small addition (another form of the name). Will try to get back soon to add more to the (already very good) article.

You certainly have made a lot of DYK entries recently - congratulations!!! How do you find the time to eat and sleep? But then, I am forgetting that you are the former Doctor of Evil and probably sold your soul to gain such powers. Nuff said!

Look forward to hearing from you. I might start on the last page of the photos first (I like going backwards) but let me know if you have a better or more convenient way of avoiding overlap. Cheers, John Hill (talk) 04:29, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Help!

I can't figure out the easiest way to upload the images from Flikr and insert all the information correctly. I have never done it before. Could you walk me through it please? John Hill (talk) 05:07, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

UK films

I think it's working - check out The Frightened Lady. Have a good day. Lugnuts (talk) 07:16, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

articles on towns and villages

You have created countless articles on towns and villages. I noticed, when patrolling the back of the new pages log, entries like Ad Dafa', which seem to be based solely on Tageo.com. Sadly, that is not a reliable site at all, it seems to be based on the same database as fallingrain.com, which lists existing towns and villages together with streets, trailer parks, variant spellings, ... I can't judge whether these Yemeite villages are true villages or not, but I can judge the entries on Tageo for Belgium, and these are worthless. For Belgium, many of theit entries should never have an article, and many others should only exist as a redirect. Obviously, if you have other, independent verification for the articles you create, there is no problem, but otherwise we should just delete them and start over from a reliable source. Fram (talk) 11:18, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand your reply (on my talk). I now that you haven't created these articles with this account, but since the other account redirects here, I discuss them here. If you mean that no, you don't have anymore sources for these article, then I will have to delete them (well, start a deletion discussion about them somewhere, I don't exactly have the right to outright delete them like that). If you meant something else, could you please rephrase your reply? And I am not complaining about whatever articles you are creating now, judging from the DYK's you are doing a great job, but the articles I mention are less than a month old, so not actually ancient history... Fram (talk) 11:26, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, and agreed. I'll see about merging these into lists (except those that have additional info). IF knowledgeable authors come along, they can still flesh out the good ones and delete the bad ones if needed. Fram (talk) 11:38, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. It should be noted that database is *chronically* unreliable, containing thousands of cities or towns which do not exist / have never existed, errors regarding the location of the ones that do exist, and it is nearly 40 years out of date (it's based on US military data I believe). While not terribly reliable itself, Google Maps or a reliable regional atlas should be used to ascertain both the name and location of places before addition. I would support their deletion if this is the only source. Orderinchaos 03:59, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Pushpin maps

No problem. I've finished for now as it's 1am local time and I've got to be up at 7am! Cheers for the barnstar BTW. :) Bidgee (talk) 15:03, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re

Oh yeh she really is a beautiful lady. See another beautiful lady dancing here. Shahid • ^Talk2me 17:07, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeh there's definitely a resmblance. Hey so what's your opinion of Zinta's new look. Shahid • ^Talk2me 21:18, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well there were some more or less 1000000 linkups since then, but anyway. LOL!! Media is such a crappy thing ain'y it. Shahid • ^Talk2me 21:25, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your work is as amazing as always. Only now did I notice your message. Shahid • ^Talk2me 15:51, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, Jolie has also matured beautifully during the years, she is now much more gentle. Shahid • ^Talk2me 14:35, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Alma, Palestine

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≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 17:21, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Ecaterina Nazare

The article Ecaterina Nazare has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Non notable actress, with seemingly one major role. If not delete, suggest redirect to film.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the Proposed Deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The Speedy Deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and Articles for Deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. LessHeard vanU (talk) 20:48, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nice! Two minor things: I don't see a point to the picture (are we going to add it to every article on a TNB actor?), but neither will I remove it; if you please, when creating/reviewing such articles, would you consider removing the vague "Romanian actors" category and replacing it with "Romanian film actors" and "Romanian theatre actors" as applicable? The rest of my copyedits imply a familiarity with Romanian and are mostly cosmetic - thanks for calling onto me. I would add info from more sources (particularly given the message above), but I'm working on other stuff at the moment. In any case, the present form should do for a start. Regards. Dahn (talk) 10:59, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

But thqat's probably because we anticipate, whereas others would rather not build the web. We're getting there, inshallah. Dahn (talk) 12:52, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Erm, what are we to do with this? Dahn (talk) 17:59, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Presumably. It's her first name, and it's shared with some tens (hundreds?) of notable women. No need to redirect to her. We could create a dismbig, but I for one see little point in disambigs for first names. Dahn (talk) 18:25, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Then please do, maybe as a name page. See for example Bogdan, which you could use as a template. Dahn (talk) 18:30, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In reference to what? If you mean this comment, it was not in reference you adding it, but to the practice of adding it - I assume you followed in good faith a fad started by other users, and that's what I was referring to as "hybris". Apologies for that, and admittedly I had no more space available in the summary to use on that further explanation. Dahn (talk) 22:10, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I was in a jam: the page was likely a blunder, but I didn't want to fix it myself - since I have objections to raise against first name disambigs. Yes, I made some blunt comments yesterday on other issues, but that's because I kept seeing another editor making the same mistakes over and over and over again. Dahn (talk) 12:48, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You gave me scare: for a moment there, I thought you meant that adding the source was incorrect. But, yes, I see what you mean, only it's daunting (and you've already been so painstakingly patient with that!). I was thinking of expanding a random new commune article way outside of Banat, as a pattern of sorts, but I'm all tangled up in other goals I've set for myself. (Yes, I know, I'm always doing something else...)

On the other hand, when they're stubs, just how much should we go out of our way to improve them? We aren't going to do much with that editing, and, at least in the cases of communes spread throughout the Bărăgan, they have got to be among the least visited articles around. So we're getting there at some point, and we'll name them as they jump out the window :). Dahn (talk) 14:00, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I can't promise a vigorous effort, but I will correct numbers as I see mistakes. And you're right, they're often off by a couple hundred; this site has the good data. Two years till the next census, and we'll start all over again. - Biruitorul ^Talk 14:24, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I can't help but point out the paradox of us worrying about these articles being updated to the day and exact to the decimal, when there are articles out there entirely sourced with the 1911 Britannica :). Dahn (talk) 15:24, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

For your consideration

Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court needs a good deal of work; it looks like a number of justices are listed as being from the wrong countries. I want to take a stab at it myself at some point, but I have other work to do today and probably won't get around to filling some redlinks until this evening. Meantime, fancy having a stab at it? --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:22, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's OK, thanks - it's happened to me on occasion as well. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:42, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, well - no worries. I'll try and get onto it sometime today. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:02, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen some of what you've done on it - looks great! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:17, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sure thing. Anyhow, I'll be home tonight, so I'll try and make some repairs to the Supreme Court article. I can't do anything tomorrow, as I know I'll be gone the whole day. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:25, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ethiopia location map.svg ...

... has just arrived. NNW (talk) 19:47, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I was quite surprised when I revised Ginir to see an entirely different & vastly more detailed map of Ethiopia appear! (I was wondering who was responsible for this. I guess it wasn't SPECTRE this time. ;-) As for the templates, that is something I've thought about doing but haven't gotten around to it. Is there a particular template in use at this time you'd recommend? -- llywrch (talk) 20:06, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your example for the Afar Region works for the Ethiopian Regions with a small number of subdivisions, but for the larger ones (e.g. the Oromia Region) it might be better to have two templates: one for the Zones, & the other for the woredas in that Zone. Let me think on it. -- llywrch (talk) 20:27, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Another problem is that the list of woredas in Wikipedia is current as of 1994. (The sources I depended on never updated that level of subnational administrative units, & it was only about 6 months ago that I obtained a reliable list for the most recent units.) Some of these woredas no longer exist. I'm working on a way to show both current & former units, & the relationships between them. Maybe one of these days I'll find the time to work out a test draft. -- llywrch (talk) 20:36, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What makes it even more of a challenge for Ethiopia is that these will be changed, & the information does not get updated in a prompt & public way. (I get the feeling that not even government officials inside Ethiopia always have the most up-to-date & accurate information!) One more reason my work on this goes so slowly. -- llywrch (talk) 20:52, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, a lot of what I have found has been due to brute force. Find a website that looks useful, then add content as I read thru it, & hope nothing changes before I have finished mining it. A lot of African countries have government materials online now, & never underestimate the value of digging thru sites maintained by groups like Human Rights Watch, various famine relief groups, & religious organizations who do missionary work. They're often full of chaff, but that's how I find useful information I would not have learned about otherwise. (Like Mengistu fled the country, a number of Ethiopians went into their National Parks & started shooting endangered wildlife with their assault rifles -- I expect it was because they couldn't shoot him. Others simply moved in because the hunting & the edible plants was abundant enough to be a step up from where they used to live.) PS, some of the results of the Ethiopian census of 2007 was made public late in 2009, so don't be surprised if the Liberian one for 2008 is not released until December of this year -- or early in 2010.) -- llywrch (talk) 21:10, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In answer to your question about coverage of towns in Ethiopia, the reason the coverage is so "uneven" is in large part due to sources -- & in lesser part due to how much time I have to work on them. (I used the quotation marks because have managed to write articles on most of the towns in Ethiopia with a population greater than 20,000, & most with a population greater than 5,000; the red links point to truly small habitations!) For about 750 towns, I have the material of the 1994 Ethiopian census & more recent population estimates -- which provides content for about 2-3 paragraphs. For a much smaller number -- say 300 -- I have found material on their history which can sometimes augment the article beyond a stub. In very few cases -- less than 100 -- have I found further material of interest, such as weather or local sports teams. I'd rather not create articles that have too little information to be useful -- doing so leads to spending time in AfD that I'd rather devote to writing (as you know too well). Whether it is the best approach, I've come to let my material dictate the articles I create at this time. While it does mean that Tergol remains a red link for the moment, it also means I can quickly turn stubs that the less tolerant would like to nominate for AfD into respectable articles -- have a look at what I did last night with Ambabbo & Mulu. (I have notes on several more which one of these days, after I get completely unpacked from my recent move, I'll try to create.) -- llywrch (talk) 17:17, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm surprised that there is so little on Guigba. At first glance, I would assume that it was occupied in Roman times -- which means there would be at least one archeological paper about the town &/or its environs. And another line of investigation would be if there was any French colonists living there before Algerian liberation, which would mean information about it in the 1930s, 40s & 50s -- too bad I don't speak/read French, otherwise I could answer my own questions. -- llywrch (talk) 18:49, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound as if you had to fix that article immediately; just giving you my immediate reaction. The problem with Wikipedia is that there is always so much to do, & so little time (or knowledgeable volunteers) to do it. :-( llywrch (talk) 18:57, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ugandan Award

Thank you for the award and for the words of encouragement. I am honored.Fsmatovu (talk) 22:30, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re

The source was the Romanian Wikipedia. Mario1987 15:55, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that i will be able to edit because from where i see the incident with Dahn will be fatal :) for me and i will get a permanent ban. But nontheless i started to edit my hometown of Călineşti-Oaş and for a beginning i say it looks ok for now. What do you think? Mario1987 16:04, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the words of encouragement and if this incidents passes by with no blockings i promise you i will try to expand all the communes articles (expecially in my own county) that i have created. Cheers and thanks again. Mario1987 16:16, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

you wrote on a Harrison William Powell page, but thank you very much i happend to know thsi boy and just because he likes this music does NOT mean he is a gangster so in future i suggest you keep you opinions to yourself and everybody can have their own opinions on music they like!! Playpersonifd (talk) 20:31, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Harrison William Powell

you wrote a comment on the fact that the article Harrison William Powell was deleted, but thank you very much I happen to know this boy and just because he likes this music does NOT mean he is a gangster so in future i suggest you keep you opinions to yourself and everybody can have their own opinions on music they like!! He is a very lovely boy. Playpersonifd (talk) 20:34, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I find that highly rude calling one of my friends a gangster, he never would speak like that and people have different tastes of music and just because he may like rap it doesn't mean he is a typical track suit and hoody wear, he is a respectful person and a dedicated sports man! and neither am i a chav or gangster or whatever you want to call me just because i like rap! Playpersonifd (talk) 20:49, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ohh and you may like the Himalaya's and mountains or whatever is it but you don't see me critiscing what you like! Playpersonifd (talk) 20:56, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

and stop using gangster language i am no where near a gangster and don't call me mate im a girl thank you very much! Playpersonifd (talk) 21:01, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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	ohh and you may like the Himalaya's and mountains or whatever is it but you don't see me critiscing what you like! [[User:Playpersonifd\|Playpersonifd]] ([[User talk:Playpersonifd\|talk]]) 20:56, 13 September 2009 (UTC)		ohh and you may like the Himalaya's and mountains or whatever is it but you don't see me critiscing what you like! [[User:Playpersonifd\|Playpersonifd]] ([[User talk:Playpersonifd\|talk]]) 20:56, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

			and stop using gangster language i am no where near a gangster and don't call me mate im a girl thank you very much! [[User:Playpersonifd\|Playpersonifd]] ([[User talk:Playpersonifd\|talk]]) 21:01, 13 September 2009 (UTC)