User:Dr. Blofeld/September 2013

Anything to do?

Hey! Vensatry is not reflecting back on the flc nor Indopug. I guess if you can't help then why Coming to give your opinions? I hope both of them will reflect back.—Prashant 02:00, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Vensatry from my experience of him is a very good reviewer and finds many issues worth addressing, but in this instance my perception of the situation is that he's unlikely to ever change his opinion however good the list is, sorry Vens.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:04, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Well, no second opinion is that Vensatry is a good reviewer. Intact, he has written good articles and is an outstanding writer. But, I don't know why he is behaving like this because in other Bollywood FAs (such as Zinta, Balan, Kapoor) they don't mention in their filmography section about those appearances but still they passed FA. I want to know that why there there where no oppose to them? If one is adding television their articles should also include this. No? I mean it's tiring. I only hope he understands and help us.—Prashant 13:54, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Me again, harping on the same old theme

I was kind of surprised when I saw all the encyclopedias available on commons at [1], and also, honestly at all the other reference sources in the PD that are available from archive.org and elsewhere. I have recently finished going through the whole Encyclopedia of Religion for all of its articles and subarticles, like I may have already mentioned, and am now trying to break up the list into more focused lists for some of the relevant WikiProjects. For a lot of the topics relating to several areas and topics which don't get a lot of attention here, those sources are probably some of the best most of us could get ahold of to use to establish what topics are both notable, and, if someone were to go through them to see which articles are longest, that list would probably include most of the more important related topics. I'm also going to try to separate out for some projects, starting with some of the religion ones, lists of articles of greater length in those sources on that basis, which would list both the articles we do and don't have yet. Unfortunately, I don't think anyone on their own would be able to do that for all of them. You've dealt with a lot of people, and I think are a lot more involved in the groups involving article creation, DYK, and that sort of thing, and I was wondering if there were any individuals or groups you thought might be willing to help do something like that. John Carter (talk) 19:39, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Cope book on Bramshill

In case you don't have either Bramshill House or Drmies' talkpage watchlisted, Talk:Bramshill House#William Henry Cope, Bramshill: its history & architecture. Hopefully image processors will shortly appear :-) Yngvadottir (talk) 20:39, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

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Well, he'll just have to put up with an unheated pool like everyone else in Vegas. I'll remind him that in the desert, the dry heat will feel good once he's done with his little swim. LOL --Rosiestep (talk) 20:52, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

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Final review

I am deciding to close the peer review for Chandralekha (1948 film), and I was wondering if u were ready to give a final analysis of the article and post any improvement suggestions on the PR page, before I close it. Kailash29792 (talk) 17:04, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Another Barnstar for you!!!

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Thanks!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:49, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Pianists

I was very pleased to learn (by accident) that you share my appreciation of Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson and Michel Petrucciani . I am also a keen fan of Keith Jarrett. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:40, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Cool. I have most of Bill Evan's albums. I started Peace Piece and am currently trying to expand Alice in Wonderland (song) if you're interested in helping. I like Jarrett but his loud humming and facial expressions do my head in! I'm learning jazz piano slowly but jazz guitar mainly. The day I can play like Joe Pass, Barney Kessel and Robert Conti I'll be a happy bunny! This is good to jam to, F blues, D flat 9-lydian dominant, D 7 raised 9th thing. The good thing is that as I learn on guitar I can apply it to piano. Jazz is really a language. Yesterday I learned to superimpose a G augmented over E flat major 7 which works as the G is the major third, the B the augmented 5th of E flat and E flat the root and an inversion of B7 raised 9th also works over E flat major 7 which is bizarre but it works because the raised 9th of B7 is a D, which is the major 7th of E flat and F sharp augmented is like the upper structure of a E flat minor major 7 chord. It's rather technical stuff but so rewarding to progress and become a more sophisticated musician with a bigger palette of colours. I've been applying the substitutions to my version of Misty! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:19, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Do you like Eric Marienthal? Love his stuff, [2]. Kyle Eastwood band also great. Love Larry Carlton and Lee Ritenour I'm particularly a fan of Paco de Lucia [3] and flamenco. Gypsy groups like the Megitza Quartet [4] also worth a listen. Allan Holdsworth I find highly interesting and a major influence in terms of technical thinking like chord scales and such but I find most of his music too abstract and unmelodic, OK in small doses though. He's technically arguably the most able guitarist of all time though.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:51, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

I see we appear to have a great deal in common. I was taught to play keyboards on a large church organ from the age of 7. I always annoyed my music teachers by wanting to improvise, and I think that's what got me into jazz at an early age. When I got a bit older, most of my contemporaries had long hair and a guitar strapped across their backs. I could never relate to instruments that only had a few strings. I found the idea dragging my parents baby grand along to muddy blues festivals would be a bit tiresome so I turned to bongoes and a tambourine which led to becoming a semi-pro fusion drummer for many years. I've owned every thing since from a Rhodes, a CP80, a DX7 and some other obscure synthis; now using a rather nice full sized e-piano wired through MIDI to a dedicated Mac running Cubase (which I have been using in various releases for over 20 years). If you like Flamenco rock, you might enjoy Gipsy Kings who very good friends throughout my years in Provence. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 13:34, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Of course, Bamboleo... As a guitarist I prefer more traditional flamenco/more innovative jazz fusion which is technically more difficult but I generally like more commercial Spanish/Latin music and is sometimes easier to listen to! Check out this, the best guitar performance in history in my opinion.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:40, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Excellent, I enjoyed that. Thanks for the link. If I'd known, I'd have uncorked a bottle of Tavel to go with it.Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 14:02, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Ah that would go well watching this. Another of my favourites. Amir John Haddad. A virtual unknown outside the Madrid flamenco community but a brilliant guitarist. I've stolen many chord voicings from him. Can't find anything to produce an article on him unlike Lawson Rollins [5] [6] (two short but very impressive tracks!) I have all of Rollins's albums. My cousin is an aspiring jazz saxophonist studying in Melbourne and a year or two back he jammed with Chick Corea at a jazz seminar and Chick told him that he's a natural and has a big future! That's about as good a compliment as it gets! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:07, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Back to piano, you might find Aki Takase interesting. I jammed (dr) with her once way back in Berlin. An amazing experience. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 14:34, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I've heard of her. I'm sure it was! There's a good pianist who plays with Al Di Meola can't think of his name at the moment - Mario Parmisano.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:07, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Although born and bread in a town steeped in classical music tradition (I actually wrote that Wiki article, or at lest expanded it from a stub), my taste in music (especially as a pianist and drummer) is fairly eclectic and tainted with the advent of Rock, but having been brought up on a diet of Bach (amongst others) from an early age, I thoroughly enjoy anything that is contrapunctive, highly syncopated, and in odd time signatures - Brubeck's 1959 recording of Desmond's Take Five came into my hands around shortly after when I was about 11 or 12 and I just could not leave off playing it on the piano to everyone's annoyance! But I didn't really get into fusion until a couple of years later with The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack. Rhythm is to me, in a sense, more personally important than harmonics because it is something I find easier to understand (or being too lazy to understand) than actual harmony. That's probably why I thoroughly enjoy improvising Ragtime and Boogie for hours on end (privately in my music room of course) - it also helps me let off steam when Wikipedia editors go apeshit. I've often said that I believe Bach to have been the actual inventor of Jazz, although our academic Wikipedia music writers would probably say I'm talking rubbish! I also once had the great honour of jamming (dr) with Gillespie in Quasimodo.

Moerlen, Holdsworth, and McLaughlin are also fusion workers that have greatly impressed me, and of course I can't leave this discussion without mentioning Reinhardt, Grappelli, Jean-Luc Ponty, and for something more off-beat, Nigel Kennedy. My knowledge of obscure but impressive musicians is probably not as good as yours - I'm very much out of touch these days - but don't hesitate to send me more interesting tips, they may become the roots of an article or two I could write for the 'pedia ;) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:24, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Well, this discussion has precipitated one new article already. I found Quasimodo was missing so I added it. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:00, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Paco and McLaughlin's rendition of Corea's Spain, one of my favourites!! [7] Chopin is my favourite classical composer. He was also one of the most influential jazzers I think, Ballade No. 1 is just pure genius. I frequently spot the CHopin influence in many jazz pianists playing, particularly Petrucciani's. Yes it would be good to get something like the Village Vanguard or Birdland (jazz club) something up to GA level sometime...I started Smalls Jazz Club and Ryles Jazz Club a while back, there's tons in Germany, France, Belgium and the Scandinavian countries still missing.♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:43, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

This guy makes me want to throw my guitar in the bin though LOL. He belongs to an elite group of guitarists who are truly naturally very gifted, years of practice or not.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:00, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Peacock

I was reverted twiceon the Kapoor article? So everyone has a right to revert me without any reasons and I can't revert anyone because this Wikipedia is about hypocrisies. KK uses a lot of peacock of language. So where is neutralist in you? Who was talking about one mixed over 100 positive review for Fashion and Kapoor is being credited critical acclaim for 10% positive and 90% negative review for Heroine?? Is it a critical acclaim in getting negative reviews?? It is forcing me open a FR and one should not see it as a threat. This should be solved. Always Chopra article don't have to pass these tests. What about peacock language of other FAs. If not corrected on then I have to remove that mixed review from her article since majority was positive. Also, I'll also add she has appeared in 5 of the biggest grossing Indian films seeing other Indian article right now which uses same criteria. Then I'll see how many of you come up for reverting??? It's getting worst.—Prashant 12:46, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

As I said, prove that she got 90% negative reviews on the talk page before reverting.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:00, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Well I don't have time for that now. Leave Kapoor, I'll definitely put fancruft and peacock issues on every Indian FAs when I'm free (probably next month). If you can't change all those things then change the name to Fancruftpedia. Also, Is vensatry is keen to talkback on the flc??? Please, tell him to reflect soon as it is very tiring and frustrating.—Prashant 16:20, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

I suspected that you were guilty of placing fancruft and peacock issues in articles so it wouldn't surprise me..♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:26, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Bob Hilliard

I notice your recent edit(s) on this article. Thanks for that. I have been striving for a long time now, to try to unearth some details about his death at the age of 53. See the article's talk page. Can you unearth something ? Cheers,

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 12:47, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Yes I just started Alice in Wonderland (song). His article like most on wikipedia is not as comprehensive as it could be of course. Thanks for what you've done on it so far. I'll try to expand it this week, but looking in google books doesn't appear to be any biographical information on him.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:02, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, it's a bit odd given his status in the song writing world. I wonder why that should be ?

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 13:24, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

I suppose it's because his works were the product rather than him. Lyricists sometimes didn't get as much attention themselves as composers. Voice actors and cinema personnel such as cinematographers and film editors often have very little biographical info available too. I can think of several very notable cinematographers who have next to nothing about themselves documented.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:29, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Vegas

Of the two, I'd say LV as it gets proportionately more views than the Strip. Aalborg is coming along! --Rosiestep (talk) 15:02, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Eastwood

Joekiddlouischama is at it again. The fanboy has been removing sourced content that doesn't fit his agenda. Can you revert? 23:43, 3 September 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mystiques00 (talk • contribs)

Padukone

Hey Blofeld. I have just nominated Deepika Padukone's article for GA. Would you be willing to review it? --smarojit ^HD 09:49, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Sure, although it might be a few days before I review it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:59, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	The Great Ziegfeld has passed its GA review without any flaws, and its all thanks to you. Keep it up! Kailash29792 (talk) 09:49, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! Sorry for the delay on your 1948 film, I'll try to post some comments soon, it looks GA quality to me.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:59, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Robert Stroud

Hey, I've added comments on the review page. Please address them. Also sorry again for the delay, wasn't in the mood for reviewing. Thanks, ----Jionpedia ✉ 14:24, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Meatpuppet closure

Hey,

I've noticed that the Administator's Noticeboard request has just been sitting there for more than a week - how about closing it? I contacted an admin involved about doing that, and he suggested that you would be good at that sort of thing. I'm way to 'wordy' for closure, and it wasn't my complaint to start with.

I'd be happy if we let it go as a sort of 'suspended sentence', as I don't think anything of the sort will happen again anytime soon. Cheers. THEPROMENADER 15:37, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

It's up to an admin to take the appropriate action..♦ Dr. Blofeld

Then why did he suggest you? I assumed by that that you were an admin… an admin did put a tag on that section that would keep it from being archived, so let's just see what happens then. In all my eight years editing, I don't think I've ever seen a Paris-based article/contributor complaint come to fruition. Cheers. THEPROMENADER 16:13, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Nope I refused admin tools, if I had them I'd have indefinitely blocked you and Der Stat on the first day ;-].♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:16, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Er, that's a joke, right? Thank god you're not an admin then ; P THEPROMENADER 17:42, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Hello Dr. B. User:ThePromenader's request here might be due to a suggestion I made at User talk:EdJohnston#Paris area template dispute. I was not expecting that you would personally do what's necessary, but I thought you might have some advice. I noticed there were no admins currently in the discussion but that you were the most experienced person working there. My idea was to make a request at WP:AN for an admin to close the discussion about photos at Talk:Paris. Since the debate covers many different ideas I thought it might be hard to close. Starting a formal RfC would be a way to frame the issues better, but I don't know if people would have the patience for that. If an admin closes the discussion they can make the proper allowance for any meatpuppeting. Do you think that this is a worthwhile idea? Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 16:58, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

I see. In all honesty think an admin just closing the discussions will make any difference. Der Statistiker has made it perfectly clear that he has no intention to change and I can see it approaching Christmas and him still moaning and taking swipes. I'm concerned that the disruption on the Paris talk page (which I largely try to ignore) will carry on and on.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:03, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

You know, it is exactly for that (your avoiding the page) that the 'fringe opinions' get the better of the article - the 'tire them out' technique works. Look how the Paris article went unedited for ~years~… but edit anything 'La Defense', skyscrapers, 'Paris metropolitan area', economy or demographics and the wingnuts come a-runnin'… and, even lacking facts and references, they always get their way because there's nobody around to oppose them. It would be much appreciated if you stuck around, besides our work there is not done yet: I'm still only preparing to make some edits (collecting sources before I write), so hope you'll be around for that. GA is not good enough for an article like Paris, you know ; ) THEPROMENADER 20:41, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

PS: If you think the article was bad when you got there, you should have seen it on my arrival (late 2004): It was basically a wrongly-referenced list of statistics, because the article spoke everywhere of the 'Paris metropolitan area' (there are no sources for this for anything outside of population) with hardly any mention of (the real) Paris itself. THEPROMENADER 21:00, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Well, there's over 4 million other articles, Paris is just one of many important articles on here which are in need of attention when you visit the articles.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:35, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Ben Hur

Yes, it's a great film. One of those films that's better than you expect it to be. But then, so is the source material, actually - ever read it? It's far, far better than I expected.

Now...Tom Jones is my favorite. About as perfect as a film can be, if you ask me. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:33, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

I haven't actually watched Lawrence of Arabia in its entirety, either. Come to that, I don't watch a lot of films, really. But I think that Peter O'Toole is a vastly underrated actor. (See Lawrence, Becket, etc.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:52, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Ooh, yes. I've seen enough of her on The Soup to think I should maybe bleach my TV for having such garbage on it. But then...well, let's just say that there's a lot of craptastic stuff on nowadays. It hurts. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:46, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

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Aalborg

Well, I've written another highly critical comment on the talk page. But if the comment hurts feelings, so be it: we must endeavor to get things right.

That matter quite aside, the GA reviewer writes: At times, this article reads like a travel article published by the Chamber of Commerce. Exactly my impression (though the article has improved since I said much the same thing). You question this. Well, comprehensively showing how and where the phenomenon occurs would take time, but here's a start. Use your browser to search for the string "fine". The word (and its inflected forms) are used often, in a way that I associate with either a hurried writer on architecture (e.g. Pevsner with the whole of England to examine, evaluate and write up) or a tourist office. It's permissible for the former, because we know that (e.g.) Pevsner is the arbiter and we trust him; for the latter, we dismiss it as mere PR puff.

NB I'm not saying that what's called fine isn't fine, just saying that claims of fineness have to be backed up (a dreary business, I know) or cut.

And I do appreciate all the work that has gone into this article, and hope it gets recognized as a GA. -- Hoary (talk) 10:21, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

No need to be apologetic. The article has been recently expanded, so it's natural that the prose in parts might not be highly polished. I personally tend to avoid such words like "great" and "fine" and avoid "recently" as the article soon becomes out of date, but it was written by a few editors. We'll get there... Question that in parts it might sound a little too touristy guide-like? Not at all, but I believe that it has sufficient content to make it worthy of GA and that polishing can be done while it is being reviewed. I have just asked Christine to mention any sentence which she believes falls under that category to help improve it during the review.. But if you're going to start nit-picking and accusing editors of plagiarism and doing your best to find errors, then it comes across as petty... Feel free to check for errors and problems, but try to be a little more discreet about it.. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:04, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Benjamin Disraeli

Greetings, dear Doctor! I wonder if we (that is Wehwalt and I) can interest you in the peer review of the Disraeli article? No hurry whatever, but if you can find the time and disposition to look in we shall be very glad of your comments on how we can improve the article with FAC in mind. Tim riley (talk) 11:02, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Dorchester

I did not add that sentence. It was alraedy there when I started.--Nvvchar. 00:31, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Any way I found a reference which is a snippet. I have added a little more text and fixed the reference.--Nvvchar. 02:14, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Whaam! v. H. C. McNeile

Given your interest in contributing to the main page scheduling discussions, I feel it is appropriate to inform you that you have supported a 2-point article for September 28th and now a 5-point article has been nominated for the same date at WP:TFAR.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 07:51, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Need help

Hi, Blofeld. I will start work on Monsters University. But since this is my first Hollywood-oriented article, I don't know which are reliable sources and which are not. So can you please help me? Thanks, ----Jionpedia ✉ 16:13, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

There's a lot of sources. Probably best to browse a few FA/GAs to get an idea..♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:43, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Architecture of Scotland in the Industrial Revolution

Many thanks for your review of this article. Much appreciated.--SabreBD (talk) 16:32, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

When God Writes Your Love Story

Dr. Blofeld,

As someone who as expressed an interest in the When God Writes Your Love Story article, I thought that you should be notified of the article's current featured article review. Any constructive comments you would be willing to provide there would be greatly appreciated.

Neelix (talk) 19:33, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

"anybody typiing Amir John Haddad is clearly not looking for the tennis player"

Absolutely correct. Amir Heddad, however, redirects to Amir-John Heddad and thus there is the potential for people to mistype 'Hedad' as 'Heddad' hence my addition of a hatnote.--Launchballer 21:03, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Yes, but they'd also have to type -John after Amir... It's necessary to have the link on the Amir Heddad page but not vice versa..♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:06, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm not so sure. It's quite common for people to omit middle names, so the redirect "Amir Heddad" exists. However, people could actually think Hedad's name is spelt "Heddad" and so end up at the wrong page.--Launchballer 23:12, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

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Discussion

You could help here.----Jionpedia ✉ 15:26, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

No idea I'm afraid.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:00, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Mughal-e-Azam

The PR that you had opened for Mughal-e-Azam is closed now. I did a lot of work to improve the article. Do you want to do anything on it, and/or do you think it is FAC worthy at this point? BollyJeff | talk 17:24, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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The Haunting-staircase

Right now, we need to find out the source of the photo further back than on the net. Have seen some blogs using the same shot, but none of them offers any clue as to how to attribute/credit it. This will need to be non-free, for a start, since at this moment, I don't know of any free photos of the staircase. Taking it from a website will most likely make it "disappear". ;-)

Did find a different shot of the staircase in a book, which can be attributed to that.

• page 76

• Title Cinema of the Psychic Realm: A Critical Survey
• Author Paul Meehan
• Publisher McFarland, 2010
• ISBN 0786454741, 9780786454747
• Length 232 pages

My advice would be to get a copy of the photo in the book and go with it. There's a lot written on the "staircase" shots from the film in various film books, so it wouldn't be hard to reference why it's important. HTH, We hope (talk) 15:38, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

File:Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin City Lights premiere 1931.jpg A "consolation prize" because we couldn't do better with the staircase. ;-)We hope (talk) 23:34, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

That's great, thanks!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:05, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Re:The Haunting (1963 film)

Yeah sure. I'll be happy to review such a classic and iconic horror film. Thanks, ----Jionpedia ✉ 17:40, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Wiki Philosophy

I was just reading your Wiki Philosophy on your User Page, Dr. Blofeld and I was wondering if part of the problem is that editors working in the new pages patrol quickly delete articles that don't appear promising when they are actually still a work in progress and the author didn't realize that the references had to be complete when they posted the article. I see a lot of comments from new editors who are upset that their articles have been deleted, perhaps prematurely. I also see some Editors, in the name of combating "vandalism", have their entire list of contributions consist of reverts of other Editors' work. Needless to say, their Talk Pages make for interesting reading.

I understand that you believe there are far too many stub articles that will never be finished, don't you also think that we have some editors with itchy fingers on the delete button? Also, in places like AfD and CfD, all you need is three or four "Delete" votes (and no one but the author saying "Oppose") to banish an article. There isn't enough participation in these areas to prevent premature deletions.

You've been working on WP much longer than I so I just wondered if you would agree or disagree with this opinion. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:15, 12 September 2013 (UTC) I agree with you. But if we had strict controls on quality in the first place it wouldn't happen anyway.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:57, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

GAN

Hi, Dr. Blofeld. You are one of the best content contributors that ever was; and besides, we both have worked together before. I thought perhaps, I may interest you in my first ever GAN submission. I've worked on this article for weeks and I think it's now ready for a discerning second pair of eyes. Please take a look if you can. Thanks in advance, Poeticbent talk 14:25, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

City Lights

Hey, just noticed you put this up for GA. Good luck with it--one of my all-time favorites! If I get a chance soon I'll give it a read and see if there's anything I can add. -- Khazar2 (talk) 15:21, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Would be good if you could find something on themes, but I think it's certainly GA quality as it is. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:44, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Tom Jones

Excellent - tell me what you think. My own favorite scene is the one with the tavern dinner. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:27, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Chaplin's good too - ever seen any of his later work, when sound film became available? Limelight has some wonderful touches. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 23:18, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Yes - that's the version. I do remember the scene - I haven't seen any Mike Myers films, though. (Well...a few scenes from the first Austin Powers, but that's about it.)

Actually, I quite like Molly in general.  :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 13:56, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Ah, yes - Diane Cilantro, I always want to call her.

But it's a very strong cast - I don't think there's anyone there I don't like. Although Hugh Griffiths is always an especial favorite. Ever seen How to Steal a Million? --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:38, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Don't forget Peter O'Toole. Why he never won an Oscar I shall never understand. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:28, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Never seen it, but I like George C. Scott. One of Patton's ancestors was governor of my fair state briefly - he's buried a stone's throw from one of my ancestors in Richmond, actually. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:36, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Yep. Sounds like everything I ever heard about Patton. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:39, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

U Bein Bridge

Just a quick heads-up... I created U Bein Bridge and, looking at "What links here", noticed that you once considered making the article. Please check it out as I'm guessing that you have a better understanding of the area than I do. Cheers, violet/riga _^[talk] 14:00, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Looks good, nice one.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:46, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Fatimid architecture

Did you see Ssilvers's suggestion on my talk page about how to test the water? Sound advice, meseems. You and Aymatth might like to ponder. Tim riley (talk) 17:40, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Disraeli

Unless you feel strongly inclined I hereby excuse you from further Dizzy Duties. We have had a huge response, and we feel ready to close the PR very soon and march on to FAC. If we thereby miss any further input from the Doctor we shall look forward to seeing it at FAC if you do us the kindness of looking in there. Tim riley (talk) 17:59, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Bulgarain Wedding Music

Please see Template:Did you know nominations/Bulgarian wedding music. The observation is to the last para where video reference has been cited. I could not find any book reference to further support it. Can you help resolve this issue? or shall I delete the section?--Nvvchar. 01:14, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Ian McCurrach

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Cheers BHG for the polite courtesy and amicable request ;-]♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:33, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Happy POV-pusing

You keep introducing mistakes. You are clearly one of the most pitiful people here on Wikipedia. The Banner talk 13:56, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

:-] Appreciate the good sentiment, perhaps throw some coppers in the basket while you're here, a man has to eat.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:04, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

It's been a while...

The peer review for Mughal-e-Azam has been closed. Does that mean the article is eligible for FA yet? Plus, it has not been edited in a while. Additionally, u seem free and are yet to respond to the Chandraleka PR. If in case u respond, pls give me all opinions abt improvement, bcos I'll close the PR after u do so. Kailash29792 (talk) 09:28, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Apologies, but admittedly I am currently having severe motivation problems on wikipedia, at the moment I'm thinking what's the point you know, most of the website is of poor quality and most articles need work, and a lot of editors here are idle or just plain mean to each other... For a positive person such as myself I often find wikipedia to be something of killjoy. I'm sure most sane editors often question why they bother with wikipedia from time to time. I have a big interest in films and jazz guitar and piano which takes up more of my time than wikipedia these days, but I'll try to put in a major effort to leave you some pointers tomorrow.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:40, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for posting comments on the PR page Dr. Blofeld, but is that all the comments u have? If yes, I can solve them all. Kailash29792 (talk) 12:46, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

The article is relatively short, why would you expect me to have masses of problems with it?♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:53, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

But thanks for the help anyway, and nice talking to you. Kailash29792 (talk) 14:09, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

If you'd nommed it for GA I could have reviewed it with those comments..♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:11, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

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Hey, I've posted comments on the GA page. When the comments have been addressed, I will pass the article. Regards,----Jionpedia ✉ 15:59, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Young Eagles (film)

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Amir Hamzah

Just a note, this will likely be up for PR by the end of the weekend. I finally got access to the Johns source (two, actually) and will be picking up some of Abdul Hadi's books later to expand an argument for Sufism. After cleaning up the lead, this should be ready. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:27, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

• PR is Wikipedia:Peer review/Amir Hamzah/archive1 if you are interested. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:02, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

I found a place without coordinates

I was able to use an old map found here (figure vii on page 105) to determine that Jassini, most likely in User:Ryan Vesey/Jassini at the time you get this message, but possibly still an unpublished edit on my computer screen if you read it quickly, is located roughly here on Google maps. Can google maps be used as a source for coordinates, or are we left with nothing? Ryan Vesey 02:19, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Yes it should be fine.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:19, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Tag, you're it

Ernst, what do you make of this? Drmies (talk) 02:57, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Well, they are unsourced but it still does nothing to help wikipedia by tagging them...♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:17, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Tired!!

I am tired of Vensatry's behavior on the flc. He is not ready to talkback nor to strike his oppose. It's been so many weeks, I resolved his all comments. First, he opposed going by Indopug's comments and raised the same questions!! When I resolved all of them. He came up with few more and created an unwanted situation. It's very tiring for me to deal with such people, who can't appreciate others hard work. And, they questions other contributions without knowing about the subject. What to do. At least, he should strike the oppose, if he can't help. Would you please tell him to talkback think again for it. My mid-semester exams are about to begin and ill not be able to connect till next week. Please say something about that ruining flc.—Prashant 08:43, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

OMG!! I saw your replies to others. Do you have any plans to reply me?? Now getting a reply from you is a hard task No?? What's your problem Doc? You are behaving very different since that drama at the FAC. I thought it was over but, it hasn't. What happened? You were once my so-called friends. You were teaching me every step and you were the one with whom I can only share my feelings. But, why this rough behavior towards me? Its very ...hurting. I don't think this is gonna change now seeing you don't have time to reply me even on your talkpage.—Prashant 15:01, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

LOL, I'm not sure what you want me to say. There's nothing I can do to change his vote. And given that we already have a number of supports I'm not sure it will be enough to fail it.. I've asked Indopug to clarify what his current stance is anyway. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:15, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Okay. But, I didn't wanted any oppose and that too without any important reasons. It's frustrating. Leave it, my complain is that you are not even trying to workout our differences. I no more check my emails nor I use them. I have not checked my emails post that drama and your hard behavior towards me. I want ask are we friends or what you don't even ask me to review your articles.—Prashant 15:27, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

You reacted very badly to the failed Kaminey GA review and then proceeded to complain about POV in articles such as Kareena Kapoor. Since then I've not heard from you. Would you have expected me to be running around giving you barnstars and sending you lots of friendly emails? The hard behaviour towards yourself is imaginary, but as I find myself frequently saying, you've created most of the scenarios you find yourself in yourself and what you say does have consequences to how people perceive you. Again your earlier post today here would give the impression to most people reading it that you take things too personally and childishly. It wasn't that I was ignoring you, I just didn't have anything constructive really to say to something I can't change. I haven't asked you to review any of my articles in all honesty because given that I failed the Kaminey article and you reacted so badly to it I felt that I couldn't trust you to conduct a fair review in return.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:48, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

What? I'll fail yours in return (answer to kaminey)? Then, you probably haven't understood me. I'm not that who plays "Tit for Tat". And, I respect you a lot and I can't even think of that. Well, the problem with kaminey was that.....leave it. That was a old thing. I don't remember old things now as I have new things to do in my real life and partially on Wikipedia. I was just saying that you are not the same person with whom I used to talk so much with smile on my face. You were the teacher, who was teaching me lot of things but, off late things have changed. Now, you don't remember me nor even talk forget about replies. I don't mean that you should present me a barnstar now and then, but you can say hiii yo me and I'll reply you with a gentle smile. It would be good for me if you can behave in the same way you used to behave when we started interacting on Wikipedia.—Prashant 16:16, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Well, I for sure haven't changed as a person. But as I say, my perception of you is based on what you say and how you react and you must admit that you're not scoring too highly on that front. If you want to be perceived better, stop taking everything personally and treat people and things with a fair and calm mind. If you add up the sum of the things you've said and done on here that I've witnessed I don't think you could honestly with a straight face say that they have been mostly positive. Yes, you've done a lot of good work on here, but my experience of you is that you overreact and take whatever somebody says or does personally almost every day you edit here. You are what you say and do. If you don't like how you think people are perceiving you then change what you say and do.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:22, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Okay. I got it. Well, I'll definitely improve myself and you will be proud of me at one time. My mid-semesters are starting from tomorrow and I'll not be able to stay here. Thanks for the suggestions. :)—Prashant 16:38, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Well, I hope college will have a positive impact upon you. Good luck with it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:40, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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	Getting a lot of articles to GA in one month is no easy task, so you deserve this barnstar! --Jionpedia ✉ 10:01, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Plus, could you review my my first DYK nomination?----Jionpedia ✉ 10:03, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Template:Did you know nominations/Chennai Express, User:Victuallers has already made some observations and another user has raised many issues. Also there is also copy vio tag. Difficult to get it through.--Nvvchar. 13:19, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Just noticed it isn't an expansion anyway!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:06, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

1966 films

I have, as it happens, seen both...both for school. A Man for All Seasons has one of my favorite actors, Paul Scofield, but it suffers from two great flaws. One, I can't stand Robert Shaw's Henry - he's borderline two-dimensional, and the role calls for more nuance. Two, I feel like Bolt could have adapted his own play better - the play is better (at least as a read) than the film. Virginia Woolf made me realize just what an incredible actress Liz Taylor really is. Again, it's not as good as the play, but I don't care as much (in part, it is to be admitted, because the play is a bit too much.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:06, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Nor do I like him in From Russia With Love, actually...my least favorite of the Connery Bond films. I haven't seen it complete, and really don't have any desire to. As for Welles, I feel like he's underutilized as Wolsey. Not surprising, given the size of the role, but still. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:25, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Not many, as I'm not really much of a film person. Though I've seen most of the Bonds - I'm that rare Bond fan who prefers Roger Moore to Sean Connery. (Not Connery's fault - he's a fine actor, but I think that his films suffer from weak scripts. Except for Diamonds Are Forever.) So - Live and Let Die is my favorite Bond. I also quite liked The 400 Blows when I watched it for school. And Arsenic and Old Lace - I love Cary Grant. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:14, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Haven't seen it, no. I'm not a big fan of Best Picture Oscar winners, as oftentimes I don't think the Academy knows what it's doing. Witness, for instance, the number of actors who were never recognized for their individual work... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:51, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

OHMSS? Really? Sorry...that one's one of my least favorites. So is Moonraker, though that does have a couple of sequences that I really love. (The glass factory fight and the chase through Venice come to mind.) Generally speaking, I tend to dislike the ones that are grounded more in fantasy than reality. Did you ever see Die Another Day? --19:03, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

C'mon - A View to a Kill has some great moments. And Christopher Walken is wonderful. Forget the idiocies of the plot - I just enjoy watching him. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:33, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

The one problem I have with The Man with the Golden Gun is Goodknight. She's beyond unbelieveable. Otherwise, I think it's fun. Not the greatest film, perhaps, but I enjoy it a lot more than some of the others. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:49, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Exoticism counts for a lot - as does use of location. My favorite Bond films are the ones that really make use of their setting in ways that couldn't be done elsewhere. Like the bayou boat chase in Live and Let Die. Absolutely magnificent.

Also, my mother translated the script of The Man with the Golden Gun not long after it came out. Which is why she dislikes it, actually...spent too much time with it. :-) --21:53, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Aye, she has. Incidentally, a propos of nothing, the Polish Wikipedia hit 1,000,000 articles this morning. Whoo. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 13:52, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

It's been coming slowly - I expected it earlier this week, honestly. (I don't know what the article was, and I don't look around there much, as my knowledge of Polish is less than nil.)

One thing that's surprised me: there's been no attempt to bot-create some of the articles on US communities that were produced as a result of census data. You'd think by now there would be articles on a lot of other Wikis, but that's not the case. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:22, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Well, if you ever want to go back to substubbing... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:52, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

She always strikes me as a Lady Gaga wannabe. Take that for what you will. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 13:41, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Or it could have been the FEEL GOOD STORY OF THE CENTURY!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111, and they wanted to reward that. Either way. I don't much want to see any sports films after that travesty that is The Natural. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:36, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Pshh. They'll never give it to a Bond film. Too populistically bombastic. (By which I mean it's good and makes money.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:31, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Top five? Mmm, that's a tuffy. Three I got, but beyond that it fluctuates. My absolute favorite is Falstaff - it packs a great deal into a relatively small package, and is full of brilliant musical jokes. Second is Le nozze di Figaro - Mozart's most perfect opera. Third? Gianni Schicchi, of course - Puccini's one comedy, and a real gem. All three, incidentally, are comedies - I love them most of all because it's so hard to pull off comedy compared to drama. I've never really known what my last two would be. Die Meistersinger, I suppose, though it has its dreary moments. Peter Grimes, perhaps...maybe Nixon in China. They have their flaws, but I've spent enough time unpacking and studying them that I know them fairly well. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:05, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Not sure offhand. I'd say easily a hundred, likely a few more than that. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:08, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

It depends. Mostly the Kennedy Center, and I've been to the Metropolitan Opera a few times. (Seen maybe ten or fifteen things there.) There's a surprising number of local venues available, and a number of quite good smaller groups. I used to go out to Arlington, Virginia, a lot; there was a very good little shoestring company that did unusual work. Alas, they have folded, a casualty of the recession.

I've been playing around with Wiki Loves Monuments this week. A great excuse to get rid of some of my older images that have been lying around for a while. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:07, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Only partially. I like what I've seen, but I've never managed to get around to seeing the rest of it. I have sung the Mozart Requiem, though... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:50, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

Throffer

Thanks for your support on the talk page- annoyingly, I have no internet access right now and I'm in a library! Very annoying to see that a swathe of OR stayed in the article for several hours with some drivel about George Bush... Hopefully not too much damage has been done... J Milburn (talk) 16:21, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Yes, there's not much worse on here than non contributors turning up and attacking the hard work of others on FAs and GAs. Don't worry about it, they clearly aren't experienced enough to know what constitutes a featured article. And I think the photo as an example is fine and a nice addition.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:39, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the meassage. I saw your starting Nakhal Fort article in 2006. Yes, It is an interesting fort. I did not intervene at the GA Aalborg review stage as there were too many wanting to do the replies. Though, I had made some contribution before it was posted on GA.--Nvvchar. 15:35, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Mahatma Gandhi is already a GA. But there are two tags which need to be addressed. We can try to take it to FA if you feel so.--Nvvchar. 13:49, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Good Article Barnstar
		Thanks Dr. Blofeld for helping to promote Aalborg to Good Article status. Please accept this little sign of appreciation from me. --Sp33dyphil ©hatontributions 01:28, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Congrats! --Rosiestep (talk) 14:57, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Odd coincidence that you were working on two articles about two places concerning me ; ) - Paris, and Aalborg (two generations of my family lived there after moving from Germany). Anyhow, congratulations. THEPROMENADER 15:52, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Yes, a strange coincidence, certainly. Glad you approve of it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:06, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	met with an accident, did it say hello?, my stomach is aching now because of you. ;) Sohambanerjee1998 15:50, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, sorry to be the cause of such indigestion!♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:05, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Irrawaddy Bridge

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British archival sources, language experts

Two questions. Do you know of any British or European archival sources, maybe like archive.org or open library, which might contain files of European or at least non-North American public domain reference works which could be uploaded to commons? Also, do you know of any people who are familiar enough with some of those languages who might be willing to go through the PDFs and get together, if the sources are "encyclopedic" in some way, lists of the longer articles in those works? Particularly if we could get the sources on commons, where everyone could access them, and, maybe, get the longer articles on wikiSource, I think we would both make it a lot easier for people to develop related content, and, maybe, for reviewers as well, if we were to eventually get many or most of the longer "entries" from such sources on WikiSource and available for reviewers. This would possibly be particularly true if we also had some more pages in Category:WikiProject lists of encyclopedic articles, for some of the newer sources. John Carter (talk) 15:52, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Off hand I can't think of anything, but it would of course depend on numbers to upload material anyway and most people are busy! Perhaps ask Charles Matthews and DGG if they know of anything?♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:02, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Discussion at WT:HWY#Sections

You are invited to join the discussion at WT:HWY#Sections. (relates to issues from Kwinana Freeway's FAC) - Evad37 (talk) 04:27, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Ahh, the good 'ole post TFA "feedback".♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:46, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Deepika Padukone

Alright, fair enough. Just trying to help.. AB01 (talk) 14:06, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

TFA

Thanks.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:18, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thank you for the barnstar and your kind comments. I had a look at your user page and much of what you say about Wikipedia resonates with me. As for your offer of help, I am currently battling through a rather gruelling FAC for the core article Sea. I have a collaborator for this but he is away at the moment. The FAC has been going on for six weeks and seems endless and whether it will ultimately be successful I am unsure. One reviewer keeps coming up with more and more "possible omission"s etc. Would you care to take a look? In asking you to do this, I am taking a risk because you might be critical, but if you liked the article, it could be helpful in bringing it to a conclusion, and if you don't like it, you could always stay silent! Thanks anyway. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:17, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Eeks, that's extremely tough to write about and review. I'll try to look at it within the next few days but it will be very difficult to assess whether it's FA status given how complex the subject is.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:38, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

Dr. Blofeld, thanks from an experienced and respected editor like you make me happy. Thank you very much, Egeymi (talk) 15:41, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

Did you know...

...that Gladsax Castle has been nominated to become known? De728631 (talk) 18:36, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

A bit early, but thanks!♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:33, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

Reply

Yes, of course I will review it. Perhaps you could review Chennai Express, though that article needs a lot of work.----Jionpedia ✉ 18:14, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

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