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DYK for Raymond Bessone

On 11 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Raymond Bessone, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that hairdresser Vidal Sassoon was trained by 'Mr Teasy-Weasy'? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Raymond Bessone.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Gosh darn it BP, you beat me to it there, while I was "otherwise engaged". I had a whole page mocked-up and everything back in August! I commend you for so studiously avoiding his own Bessone, R. (1976), Raymond – The outrageous autobiography of Teasie-Weasie, London, Wyndham Publications, ISBN 0-352-39757-8 - which was my only source. In fact, I thought the picture of him on the cover might be usable under-fair use as an image for the article. I still have it if required. The book is gloriously candid and quite amusing. But well done on a super job. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:04, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Karl Koch (musician)

I have userfied it to User:Bridgeplayer/Karl Koch (musician) as requested. Davewild (talk) 16:35, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Notability of incomplete ships

Do note that ships do not have to be completed to be notable: see Grom class destroyer (1939). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me} 18:52, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Good point; thanks for this. However, for the two ships in question we have good information at the target so I don't think that we should delete the redirect unless some clear evidence of notability is presented. Best, Bridgeplayer (talk) 23:42, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar and an enquiry

		The Redirect Barnstar
		For your continuing good work at WP:RFD, with tireless contributions and willingness to do the tough jobs in this important but unregarded area. Also awarded for your good judgement evidenced on many occasions, in particular your closing statement at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2011 October 23#Wikipedia:DGUIDE Thryduulf (talk) 21:17, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There's the barnstar, and now the enquiry - would you be interested in being nominated for adminship? I've seen you in action often enough at RFD to know that you have the judgement it takes to become an admin, and the willingness to wield the mop when required. The awards on your userpage and the discussions here on your user talk also indicate that I'm not the only one who thinks you're capable and I highly doubt I'm the only one who thinks you are deserving. So, are you interested? Thryduulf (talk) 21:17, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, sorry for the delay in replying but I've been away for a few days. Many thanks for the barnstar, it is much appreciated. Certainly the buttons that come with being an admin would greatly enhance my RFD work; both in closing more discussions and being able to action obvious speedy deletions. So, yes, I would certainly be interested. Best, Bridgeplayer (talk) 01:12, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad to hear that. I'll work on a nomination statement when I get time over the next couple of days (probably wont be much tomorrow) at user:Thryduulf/BPRFA. Probably aim for making the actual nomination this weekend. Thryduulf (talk) 02:15, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'm not going to be able to react much until Saturday evening anyway because I will be chasing around sorting out some real life tasks (isn't it really annoying how real life gets in the way of our more important Wikipedia work :-) ). Bridgeplayer (talk) 02:24, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Later than I planned to do it but the first draft of my nomination statement is at User:Thryduulf/BPRFA. Make all the comments on it you want, particularly if there is anything I haven't covered that you'd like me to mention. Thryduulf (talk) 00:34, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, sorry for the delay but my wife's parents are not too well so I have been distracted by the necessary running around. I have just made a few grammatical tweaks. Best, Bridgeplayer (talk) 00:18, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry, and your edits are just fine. Let me know when it's a good time for you to run, RFA is a much more stressful (and more complicated) place nowadays than it was back in 2005. It's probably going to be best to wait until your real life will let you spend the time on it, but it;s entirely your choice. Thryduulf (talk) 01:50, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Enric Garriga i Trullols listed at Redirects for discussion

Thanks for notifying me. Giant Snowman 10:17, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 }}  [[WP:Did you know|The DYK project]] ([[T:TDYK|nominate]]) 00:03, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
 :Gosh darn it BP, you beat me to it there, while I was "otherwise engaged". I had a whole page mocked-up and everything back in August! I commend you for so studiously avoiding his own '''Bessone, R. (1976), ''Raymond – The outrageous autobiography of Teasie-Weasie'', London, Wyndham Publications, ISBN 0-352-39757-8''' - which was my only source. In fact, I thought the picture of him on the cover might be usable under-fair use as an image for the article. I still have it if required. The book is gloriously candid and quite amusing. But well done on a super job. [[User:Martinevans123|Martinevans123]] ([[User talk:Martinevans123|talk]]) 22:04, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
-== Steaua in Europe ==
-The current version of [[FC Steaua București in Europe]] is the wrong, please edit back to version from 06:06, 27 September 2011. Current page has no aesthetics, please look at the page of [[Chelsea F.C. in Europe|Chelsea]], format of [[FC Steaua București in Europe|Steaua]] is very bad, a small table, large table, then a small, large table... Another example: Every change are making is changing from a direct link (like [[Budapest Honvéd FC]]) to a redirect (like [[Honved FC]]).  Since the title of the article is [[Budapest Honvéd FC]], we should match that in the article.  While it's okay to have redirects in an article, there is no reason to intentionally change to redirects.  In addition, many of those names are governed by our policies like [[WP:Article titles]] and [[WP:MOS]], and so they may need to remain in their current version. {{unsigned|Jjmihai}} 17:44, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
-:Hi, I am sorry about this but I am not an admin and, consequently, am not able to edit that page. The best way forward would be to air your concerns at [[Talk:FC Steaua București in Europe]] and seek to reach an accommodation with the other user who keeps reverting your changes. Concerns over redirects are best taken to [[WP:RFD]]. [[User:Bridgeplayer|Bridgeplayer]] ([[User talk:Bridgeplayer#top|talk]]) 19:03, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
-::[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:KillerChihuahua&oldid=452740018#Steaua_in_Europe FYI] [[User:KillerChihuahua|KillerChihuahua]]<small><sup>[[User talk:KillerChihuahua|?!?]]</sup>[[User:Heimstern/Ignoring incivility|Advice]]</small> 19:16, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 == Karl Koch (musician) ==