User talk:Blofeld of SPECTRE/ArchiveFeb2008

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Not really... I hope flicke uploads some new images of Indian actors, and perhaps your friends... Those you mentioned... ?Shahid • Talk2me 21:26, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Chris and Steve. --Shahid • Talk2me 21:30, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Hahaha? against flickr? It's better not to make me angry, because then I can be very mean;)
Ok let's forget it and talk about matters and more important things! How are you? What are you doing? What are you planning to do this month? Please elaborate LOL!!! Shahid • Talk2me 22:05, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
I don't really get the matter with this site... Are these images copyrighted or not???? If they are, so there is nothing else to do. If they aren't, so what's the exact problem? There is no reason to be upset. If the images are indeed not copyrighted so we can bring them back later. Don't be upset please! I think we had a great time with this wonderful period of images on every article. But if they are copyrighted, there must have been an end to it. If not Sarvagnya, it would have been another guy who has nothing substantial to do on the Wikipedia.
I'm personalyl immensely grateful to you for your hard work and dedication. I'm aware of every step you took forward to have images. I'm impressed and full of admiration at the same time. You have done a great job, and we are all aware of that: Yamla, Riana, Rahul etc... and myself, and NOBODY can take it from you.
Regards, Shahid • Talk2me 22:16, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Omg, I just managed to read about it. Why would he do such a thing? Anyway to get rid of this Sarvag? And btw, I've got a document claiming that kollywoodtoday don't copyright their material, and is free for public use. Would that help, if the case is proceeded with? I don't want to start on Sarvagnya personally, just incase, he rolls in to every little detail of my past like he did to Shahid. People like Sarvagnya make Wikipedia totoally suck. Universal Hero (talk) 23:52, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Please don't take him too seriously! I don't give a damn for his acts and these images at all... He also has quite a documentative past, and you can see that in several ANI discussions, as well as his talk archives LOL! Many great editors know that and would agree with me on that. Just be cool in this case friend.:) Shahid • Talk2me 00:17, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Where are you friend? I see you're a bit upset with what happened. Please talk2me. Shahid • Talk2me 14:50, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
I have an e-mail? You have one too;) Shahid • Talk2me 14:21, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
I have responded to you!:) That's what makes Wikipedia insupportable! Shahid • Talk2me 14:27, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
I suspect this User:Vonita is a sock puppet. He also keeps on removing the FU images from Zinta's page, which are well detailed and the critical commentary is very well explained. Shahid • Talk2me 15:15, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Si usted tiene tiempo, verifique su correo electrónico --Bollywood Dreamz Talk 19:43, 3 February 2008

Mi español no es bueno. Tomé español por un año. Lo puedo hablar un poco. --Bollywood Dreamz Talk 20:02, 3 February 2008
HHHHHAAAAA... Hey Blofeld! Welcome to Wikipedia!!! HAAAA... The guy was apparently shocked to know that you have over 100,000 edits on the Wiki with many FAs and numerous GAs and DYKs to your credit... Plus, you have created articles more than every other editor here EVER! LOL... That's why he is the the one to close this discussion... It was so funny... He was freaked out! She is perhaps immensely ahamed of starting this discussion... He started it and then was the one to say, "Thank you Blofeld for..."! The world is full of chameleons isn't it? I think it's weird that he doesn't know you! Blofeld, he himself! Oh Blof, I hope you do take as fun, because it's funny. I liked how you said, "Use your head. This is wiki. Articles won't remain "useless stubs" forever. They are here to build up into full articles.
Regards, Shahid • Talk2me 22:59, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Hello! Dios! Ella es tan sexy and sensual! Hot girl! Thanks for sharing:) You always find the best of the best man! I'm sorry for not resonding immediately... I am just too busy! Adios mi mejor amigo! Shahid • Talk2me 21:06, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] French communes

I have Hautes-Alpes, Cher, Corrèze, Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse ready for you now. Enjoy Markussep Talk 21:29, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

I discovered the list comparer in AWB, that makes it a lot easier to find the missing articles (false blue links) after you've done the bulk. I don't like the French infobox very much, it doesn't even have an automatic map like the Austrian, German, Belgian and Greek ones. Maybe I'll look into that if I get very annoyed with it. But first: finish the German infoboxes (only half of Schleswig-Holstein and Thuringia to go!) and creating articles for all French articles! Markussep Talk 23:00, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, I can't keep up with your pace, I just did the Jura department, and I think I skipped several "Haute-" departments. But go ahead and fill all the red links, I'll do the rest after you. Markussep Talk 10:44, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
I just finished Lot-et-Garonne, that is, I left some red links with disambiguations (e.g. Rives, Lot-et-Garonne. But you'll see when you need to change the interwikis, nearly all of these are like Rives (Lot-et-Garonne) in fr: and nl:. All blue links are "real" blue links now, and the ones you create won't have to be moved. Markussep Talk 15:47, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
Done the same for Sarthe. Markussep Talk 18:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your cinema templates...

I just wanted to say thanks to the user who created those cinema navbox templates. Great idea. As I visit your page I can see you are a many of many talents (expert at none?). Inspiring at the least. I enjoyed listening to the post-curry aligator rumble. Cheers. Rhetth (talk) 01:58, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] You Only Live Twice

You said that would improve this article when you had more time, and I started the cleanup already. See where the prose needs improving so far, and you can fix the rest of the article. igordebraga ≠ 15:43, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright problems with Image:WalterBryanEmery.jpg

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[edit] WikiProject Films January 2008 Newsletter

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[edit] Speedy deletion of Template:Ernst Stavro Blofeld/USfilms

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Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 04:32, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Back on line

Hi Ernst! Just to let you know I am back on line after a wonderful 3 weeks holiday filled with relentless shopping, elbowing strangers at January sales, visiting volcanic lakes and vents, and losing all my in-mail due to a misguided attempt to try to compete with a teenage girl for control of an old-fashioned dial-up service and the use of the telephone. Thank Mercury for broadband!!! So, I will try to get back to work on the Wikipedia as soon as I can - though I have another column and an interview to do for the Japanese on-line mag "Groovin' High" and a couple of academic articles on early Central Asian history to edit and comment on for friends - so forgive me if I don't snap smartly to attention immediately. Hope all is well in Wales. Cheers, John Hill (talk) 10:08, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Communes

Slow down a bit! Having trouble keeping up with the patrolling! How about adding the portal to the talk page, that should do it! :-)) Mjroots (talk) 14:08, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Have already been on the talk page! What it needs is more people patrolling. Another suggestion, if you and Markussep can arrange to be active at the same time, you could list 20, then patrol each others entries. Mjroots (talk) 17:06, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Maybe you can slow down a bit by adding only the notable communes. The others are just clogging the newpages up.contribsSTYROFOAM☭1994TALK 17:35, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
I have to applaud your dedication Number One, the articles just keep on coming! EJF (talk) 19:43, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] February 2008

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I had assumed you were new, since creating a mass of unreferenced stubs is not consistent with our policies. If you can add infoboxes and references to these stubs, please do this as you create them. Tim Vickers (talk) 20:31, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Hello, Blofeld of SPECTRE. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding your creation of unreferenced stubs. Yes, this may be fine, but this is creating a great deal of work for other people to come and clean these up afterwards. It might be a great deal better to create fewer and more developed stubs, rather than creating them all forst and then making sure they conform to policies later. --Tim Vickers (talk) 20:39, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi again, my concerns have been allayed and I trust you to do this correctly and come back to the articles and expand them with infoboxes and links. Sorry for the hassle, but you can see why I was concerned! Tim Vickers (talk) 22:50, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

So you had, nevermind! If you need any admin help with these stubs (unprotecting deleted pages, moves etc..) please don't hesitate to get in touch. I owe you a few favors. :) Tim Vickers (talk) 17:32, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] French geo stuff

I'll do what I can, but I'll be out of here in the next quarter-hour or so, and won't be back online for a little bit. Just grabbed a few today because I saw you on newpages, but I'm always glad to help out when I'm around. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 21:43, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, it really is shameful - I've been doing what I can. But I'm done for the moment, too - maybe I'll pick up some more later tonight. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 21:59, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Hello, my idea was to go faster with "light" infoboxes, but I've got the list of the mayors of Essonne, and then decide to search for coordinates too; but it takes time! I've left "intercommunality", it's not a priority. Your method is quicker for blueing links. Regards --— M-le-mot-dit (T) 22:53, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up - dunno how much more I'll be able to do today, but I can try and work out a few more or so. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 20:44, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Alakamisy

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See my response at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alakamisy. -- Lea (talk) 22:46, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Hey, please don't bold things in my entries! ;-) It's enough to quote me. (No offense taken or intended, as always. ^^) -- Lea (talk) 00:32, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Madagascar

Internet in Thailand sucks no matter what, but I've noticed being especially bad since the cables were cut. I'll do what I can with the Madagascar map. I want to grab the original image and crop again, and see how big it can be. It's going to take some time though, maybe even a couple of days. Busy with work. — WiseKwai 05:19, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Hmm. I'm not so sure I can do anything to the map without messing up the coordinates for the pushpin. How do those things work? — WiseKwai 14:35, 5 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Speedy deletion

I understand completely, believe me. It looks like maybe that editor got a bit reckless. I'll warn him about that. Then again, maybe he secretly works for MI6 or something. John Carter (talk) 16:24, 5 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] CSD

Simply because I made a mistake and put the wrong page up for deletion does NOT mean that you can go and do the same to mine. That was definitely not the way to handle a problem. My mistake was a total accident. Redmarkviolinist Drop me a line 16:26, 5 February 2008 (UTC) Well it didn't seem that way. The fact you did it twice looked like pure vandalism to me and not exactly the most common of mistakes to make. It looked clearly like you were fooling around, hence the clown. Anyway you are forgiven I can see you were genuinely mistaken. I have no idea how twinkle toes could play up so bad ♦ King of Baldness ♦ $1,000,000? 16:32, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Co-ordinate madness

The co-ords you're posting on La Roche-sur-le-Buis et al are somewhat over-precise. I hazard a guess that 10dp is enough to identify the location of the left corner of the teabag in my teacup. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates#Precision, for instance. --Tagishsimon (talk) 17:55, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Clearly, I'm all for blaming the French, but it does appear that you are the perpetrator, in that you're making the choice to provide 10dp when composing the page. Perhaps you have Gallic antecedents? --Tagishsimon (talk) 17:59, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

"The best is the enemy of the good" - I think that such typographical niceties as the number of significant figures could easily be left to a later stage in article development. Tim Vickers (talk) 18:05, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Umm, well, I appreciate the sentiment, but would quibble at over-precision being a "typographical nicety", especially if it is an elective input, the cost of correction of which will be long. --Tagishsimon (talk) 18:09, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Well try looking at the latest ones without the coordinates. Either way a bot will come along and add it anyway. ♦ King of Baldness ♦ $1,000,000? 18:10, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

I slide further & further away from understanding. Clearly with co-ords (of any length) is better than without. What I do not understand is why anyone - super-criminal or otherwise - would elect to plug co-ords in with a sub-millimeter accuracy. I'd like you to know that I'm relaxed about it either way. Wouldn't wish to you feel persecuted as you go along making the wikie better & all. --Tagishsimon (talk) 18:14, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Heavens now you're really taking the cookie!! Yes boss, I will stick to 2 decimal points then cool? ♦ King of Baldness ♦ $1,000,000? 18:16, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Mmm, yes, 2 (~ 1 km), even 3 (~ 100 m) would be excellent! Pleasure doing business with you. --Tagishsimon (talk) 18:19, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Precise co-ordinates will be necessary later in the "deletion process", but perhaps I've said too much. Tim Vickers (talk) 18:20, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Thats what I originally thought. Notice on french wikipedia despite having ten decimal places this doesn't actually appear in the infobox only when you go into editing it. I believe it is coding to support the map, which doesn't seem to work on here, otherwise I'd start them with the map too ♦ King of Baldness ♦ $1,000,000? 18:24, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Yup, I'm not quite understanding why the infobox does not make more use of the co-ords (of whatever length), such as to drive a hyperlink to the map page, as per the coord template. Somewhat cheese eating :( --Tagishsimon (talk) 18:29, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I too am not happy that the co-ordinates aren't being rendered as clickable to take you to corresponding online maps. Unfortunately, I don't have enough expertise to work out why. I do hope someone can fix it.--86.149.53.196 (talk) 13:22, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Little context in Feroz Abbas Khan

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[edit] Abana

You're quick off the mark! was about to add cats myself. Mjroots (talk) 23:07, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Losar

Losar is currenting happening, how may I ensure that it is flagged as a current event? Is there a News Wiki article that this Wikipedia article can interwiki? How may I progress this? Is there anything else you recommend?
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[edit] Zimbabwe politicians

Hi there. I'm getting all the information from [:http://www.parlzim.gov.zw/inside.aspx?mpgid=2&spid=8]. I will reference - seem to be working in stages today. Don't ask me why... Mangwanani (talk) 13:46, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

All done Mangwanani (talk) 14:05, 6 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Vote

User:Earthbendingmaster/Poll Basketball110 Clinton, Obama, McCain, Huckabee, Romney, or Paul? 00:07, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] New page patrolling

How about doing a few of mine? Cheers! Mjroots (talk) 14:24, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Where are you and how do you do?

? Shahid • Talk2me 18:08, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh yeh I'm too very busy in real life. See that... GA on hold... Fortunately the guy is very nice. He supported the FAC back in time, but he also supports now the idea that there is nothing wrong about praising an actor if he deserves that. Shahid • Talk2me 21:18, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
As for losing your enthusiasm, I'm sure it is a temporal problem. But why are you feeling so? Shahid • Talk2me 21:33, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Please see this revision. Tony had added several things to the lead, which I was forced to revert, because there was too much praise. He just doesn't know how difficult it was to fight all these POV pushers for POV issues. Shahid • Talk2me 12:14, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Where are you; you haven't been here for almost two days now. Are you taking a break or what? Shahid • Talk2me 17:05, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
I completely understand. I'm sure it is a temporal feeling of yours. Within three or four days you will be again very keen to edit and yours enthusiasm to edit will come back very soon. In fact, you are one of the most active editors on here, leaving Wikipedia won't be so easy for an editor like you. Shahid • Talk2me 15:51, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Oh yeh Pfeiffer is a wonderful actress and very good-looking woman. Who is your all time favourite Hollywood actresses... I guess Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton? I like Bette Davis and Joan Crawford and also Vivien Leigh, Sophia Loren, (I'm so amazed with her acting, although she is not a Hollywood)... Have you seen Volver with Penelope Cruz?
Also see this revision of the Zinta article. Tony had added several things to the lead, which I was forced to revert, because there was too much praise and the tone was bad. Have you seen that??? Amazing! FA reviewrs and all the POV pushers opposed to, and the so nice GA reviewer supports praise. That's amazing! But we can't. I don't want it to be reassessed within two weeks by the POV pushers... Shahid • Talk2me 16:57, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm now watching X-man TV series on youtube. That brings very old memories of my childhood. [1]. IMO, after Tom & Jerry and all these MGM series, it is the greatest animated TV serial! But, only after Tom & Jerry: my all time favourite. Shahid • Talk2me 17:48, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Even if it comes from bblog? Shahid • Talk2me 17:57, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Riana uploaded a new version it from bblog, saying that if it is a FU rationale, it is OK. Shahid • Talk2me 17:57, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
The FU criteria clearly says among other rules: critical commentary on the film and its contents. Every possible FA uses it. I don't care what other editors have to say. If it continues, I'll turn to ANI. Shahid • Talk2me 18:45, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
You're roght, but in the lead we can't mention specific places. According to sources, it did well in Europe, Australia and the USA. But we definitely cannot add that to the article, particularly the lead. So what do you say? Shahid • Talk2me 06:25, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Also, does internationally successful necessarily mean successful in every single country in the world? Shahid • Talk2me 15:36, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Please read the message I sent to John. My problm was that the lead didn't mention the success of Kal Ho Naa Ho, while it was a huge hit in India (second top grossing) and the biggest Bollywood hit abroad. Shahid • Talk2me 15:46, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm talking about the body. I rewrote it to "It became India's second biggest hit of the year after Koi... Mil Gaya. It also did well internationally, and surfaced as the biggest Indian hit of the year overseas, earning over Rs 600 million worldwide.[28][5]"
I wouild also like to add "it was critically appreciated" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shshshsh (talk • contribs) 15:53, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
What do you think about adding.. "The film was received favourably by critics..." or "The film received a positive/favourable/... reception from critics". Which way is better according to you? That's difficult, you always have to thik of a better to write it. Shahid • Talk2me 16:18, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeh but critical acclaim and significant is too much.. Perhaps "The film was received favourably by critics" comes well? Shahid • Talk2me 16:29, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeh that's great! I see you're coming into your own LOL! I told you your enthusiasm would come back very quickly. Shahid • Talk2me 18:10, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Villages in Botswana

I consider infoboxes a bit redundant in this case, as there is so little information to summarize. I don't feel strongly either way, though... I can add them. It will take a few years before these stubs will start growing, though. They are difficult for non-natives to expand, and as far as I know there is exactly one active editor from Botswana (I have never even been in Africa, myself). Cheers, – Sadalmelik (talk) 20:46, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Botswana is probably one of the best African countries as far as web resources are concerned. Government appears to upload absolutely everything into web, including the grades of school children, and local press agency has published their daily news stories in web since 1999... It would just take huge amounts of effort and time to piece it all together. I have not even tried to see how far these stubs could be taken. – Sadalmelik (talk) 21:12, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Cat theft

I see your ninja dwarves abseiled into my sanctum last night and removed my "serious bizness" picture. You realise this means war! Tim Vickers (talk) 16:13, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

More seriously, just to warn you that if somebody wanted to try to cause you trouble they might say that the photo was a claim that you were an admin. However, I don't think anybody would take that complaint very seriously, given the context! Tim Vickers (talk) 16:26, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Paleo Years

I'm in the process of making them, fixing categories, etc. As far as the intro goes, it was adapted from Wikipedia's main article about paleontology. If you think it's patronizing take it out on the guys who wrote that article. :P Abyssal leviathin (talk) 20:09, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] History of Bahrain

Posting the template is my way of saying its good. The articles one would normally add to the template probably still need to be created because the history of X country articles are generally in awful shape. Jose João (talk) 21:16, 10 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Kamal Haasan

Hey!

I need you to assist me and fellow editors, to make Kamal Haasan a Featured Article. Hopefully, this will be the start of a new style of editing. With all for one, editing constructively.

This new method will have experienced editors editing constructively at a quick rate. Please join in and request to me any other editors, you feel who should be involved.

Team: User:Blofeld of SPECTRE, User:Shshshsh, User:BOLLYWOOD_DREAMZ, User:Universal Hero, User:AppleJuggler, User:Mspraveen and User:Sintaku

Task One: Kamal Haasan

Please reply, if you are willing to take part or opt out

Universal Hero (talk) 22:20, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pushpin maps

Thanks for the indications on that. It is rather a cool function. It'd be even nicer if the outline map showed state borders: any idea if that's possible? Aille (talk) 16:13, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

That'd be astounding, thanks. And I'll have a stab at putting maps on some of those other articles later. Aille (talk) 16:25, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
The relief map? It looks attractive and does provide some additional information over the boring yellow one (ok, it's geographical vs. political, but I'm sure that's just my personal preference showing; certainly better than nothing). Aille (talk) 16:31, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Shame about the political map, but I'll be happy to include the relief one as I work my way through obscure Mexican towns. I suppose the sort of people who don't know the country's divided into states won't know about the 5000m+ mountains either ("I thought it was all one big desert"), so it's all education at the end of the day. Regards, Aille (talk) 16:45, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Re the coords for Aconchi -- perhaps that was me; I just did Ejutla, Oaxaca, and I proved myself incapable of copying 2-digit numbers without making a mess of it. Sáric looks good: I've come across a few of those gray state/muni maps and have included them when I can, but the set is far from complete, unfortunately. Aille (talk) 17:33, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Nooo... in my first attempt, I wrote 99 instead of 96 for the °W. Number blindness. I was blaming the Enciclopedia de los municipios for getting it wrong. Putting the figures between <!-- was just supposed to help me copy them right and (on Villa Pesqueira, for example) doesn't appear to have broken the code. Aille (talk) 17:43, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mexico

Actually, I had a bot tag all the Mexico articles a few weeks ago. It has about 8000 now, although 7000 haven't yet been assessed yet. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Mexico/Assessment for the current figures. John Carter (talk) 18:56, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Categorization, and miscategorization, can certainly be a problem. If the articles clearly do relate to Mexico, feel free to add the project banner and an appropriate category to indicate a relationship to Mexico. John Carter (talk) 19:00, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Map brag

I've just added a multi-pin map to Sistema de Radiodifusoras Culturales Indigenistas. Other than wanting to show it off, have you got any comments on the execution or ideas for improvement? The location for Xpujil looks a bit off, but that's a technical detail I can check tomorrow. Regards, Aille (talk) 07:37, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bannerizing

First wanted to ensure that there weren't any other projects I didn't know about which had to be included as well. Should probably get the bot requests out for most of the newer projects out later this week. Betacommandbot is able to generate category lists automatically, which would be wonderfully useful, but it's I think still blocked for a few more days. As soon as I get the cat lists, though, I figure we will be having major tagging taking place. John Carter (talk) 21:55, 12 February 2008 (UTC)


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[edit] Talk:Preity Zinta

It failed GA. Please see my comment on the talk page. I disagree with the review for the simple fact that I'm not forced to add any other reviews from Western critics, and it is not supported by any GIAFA criterion. And if you see with some more observation, in the NYT site, there are no other reviews describing her film performances at all. She is an Indian, I can't see why we must add Western reviews when A) Western reviews cannot describe her better than Indian ones. B) There are not many Western reviews describing her. Shahid • Talk2me 17:21, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm waiting for Tony's reply to my last question and Cirt's take on the matter. How are you Blof? Shahid • Talk2me 19:48, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Just forget it. You cannot be always stuck by these images. I know how hard you have tried. If a respnse comes, great. If not, just forget it and continue with your life and your great and brilliant work on here:). My best regards, Shahid • Talk2me 20:04, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Your message on the reassessment page contradicts your message on the talk page. I didn't say, "Why should I care for Westerners"; I said, "Why should I care for Westerners/Easterners". And finally, there are three Western reviews on the article, from Variety and one from NYT. It is sufficient. BTW, these three reviews decribe her performances in Kal Ho Naa Ho, Veer Zaara and Salaam Namaste, all of which were successful overseas. Shahid • Talk2me 18:28, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
There is no problem. Shahid • Talk2me 18:43, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeh it was a misunderstanding. I'll talk to you later. Shahid • Talk2me 18:47, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
You are completely free to express your opinion whatever it is. It was just that your message started a bit.. "I don't much like your statement 'why should I care for westerners'. You state many times in the article..." That's why I reacted like this. I was a bit surprised. I have no problems against western reviews. If there were more, I would happily add some. But she is an Indian who works in the Indian film industry, so we obviously should try to present the way she is preceived mainly in her own country, and only then outside. Sorry for everything. Regards, Shahid • Talk2me 18:52, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
Ha ha ha LOL!!!! Thanks! Indeed, peace and happiness!! BTW, do you know how this GAR works? Shahid • Talk2me 19:11, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
Really? When did he say that? Where? Shahid • Talk2me 15:02, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
Wow that's great! I will later lookf for some of his shows on youtube. Now I have to address some concern on the Zinta article. Shahid • Talk2me 16:45, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
LOL it is a Hebrew word from what I see and has nothing to do with Rekha. But I unfortunately do not understand the meaning. I don't remember even one word in Hebrew... Shahid • Talk2me 13:32, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes I was, but I was 4 yrs old when we came back to Mumbai... Even my prents hardly speak Hebrew LOL!! Shahid • Talk2me 13:38, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Born in Beer-Sheva, then moved to Tel Aviv. I like Hebrew language though. I wish I could say at least one sentence LOL but nevertheless. Have you heard some Israeli music? I know that Israel took the Eurovision several times. Shahid • Talk2me 13:50, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Oh haven't heard of this singer, but I have heard of Ofra Haza. She was very talented and beautiful and took the second place at the Eurovision, according to Wikipedia. My father has some old cassetes of her.. LOL! Shahid • Talk2me 14:21, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Confusion

Maybe you could now movie it to a new heading to prevent further confusion. Thanks Sudharsansn (talk · contribs) 18:37, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification :-) :-) Sudharsansn (talk · contribs) 18:22, 13 February 2008 (UTC)


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[edit] Stubbing Madagascar

Yeah, I grew bored with Botswana, and the database for Madagascar I stumbled on has quite a bit of information. I'm generating the text with a little computer program I wrote, so it's not very fluent English. Still, this is the only way I can manage to spell those Malagasy names :) By the way, if you have any comments on those stubs, please tell me. I was in any case planning to do Diana Region, and then ask WP:Africa for comments. Better now than after creating 1000+ article mess :) Especially as the database is actualy in french... I'm not even sure whether commune should be translated as town, municipality or simply commune.

True, pink maps are ugly. I don't know why I actually started to use it... I think I made a half a dozen or so pink maps. I like yellow better even though it's not really pretty either. I also experimented a bit with relief, but it was a bit too crowded. – Sadalmelik (talk) 19:06, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hello Meester Bond

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[edit] Cambodia commune articles

wouldn't it make more sense to initially just create redirects to the section page and list there each commune and phum in the section? right now all the many commune articles are just duplicating info that's on the section page (which already lists all phums--the only content in the commune articles!) and are unlikely to be expanded any time soon, given the lack of attention to cambodia-related articles. it seems better to have good merged pages that are easier to keep track of and can be spliced off of if needed than a million distributed articles that are extremely short. i do think the redirects are an important part of this plan though, because if readers type in the commune, they should be going somewhere. Calliopejen1 (talk) 00:23, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi again, I didn't mean to upset you, I was just trying to offer a friendly suggestion. I agree that Banan District (Cambodia) could be a model of what the district articles should look like. I just think it would be more appropriate to expand the district articles for now with the listing of communes and phums, and wait to start the commune articles until there is something more (like a locator map) than would be found in the article on the district. Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:58, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
That's good--where did you get the info about the commune location? Right now I'm on google looking for decent maps of Cambodia and it seems like there really aren't any. Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:15, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
I just found a good directory of communes and villages at http://www.stats.nis.gov.kh/areaname/vill_pro02.htm that lists Khmer names and village codes too and let me flesh out Bay Damram to something that looks respectable. Their names for communes seem that they put them all in one word (ឃុំបាយដំរាំ) whereas km.wiki separates them into two (e.g. ឃុ ំបាយដំរាំ), which seems to get more google hits. (There are km.wiki articles for what looks like all the commons, for interwiki linking.) I don't think Khmer normally has spaces between words, so I'm not sure why this is being done but I just went by google and did it anyways. Calliopejen1 (talk) 18:48, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of List of James Bond henchmen in The Living Daylights

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[edit] AfD nomination of Villiers-en-Plaine

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[edit] Replaceable fair use Image:Stu Hamm.jpg

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[edit] Places

Hello. I've never seen this written somewhere but it is just the common sense. I think all geo-stubs will be saved when needed. No worries. - Darwinek (talk) 13:29, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

To be honest, I don't like her and her husband much. :) - Darwinek (talk) 19:29, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, both are, because Rokita is a noble and attitude of people in Central Europe towards aristocracy is generally a.) hostile b.) jokes etc. - Darwinek (talk) 19:33, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Henchmen AfD

If you find sources to keep Necros, it will be a good idea. But saying this before or after on the project page - does it make a difference? Vikrant 14:07, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] CfD nomination of Category:Indian costume designers

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[edit] Maps & boxes

OK. I just did exactly that on Calkiní‎. I thought it might be a bit disingenuous to use the pushpin maps to pinpoint entire municipalities (1000s of km2), but most of these articles about towns that share names with the surrounding munis cover both (albeit badly), and then there's the scale of the Mexico locator map, so it's not really an issue. So, when you've finished the French communes, fancy starting on municipalities of Oaxaca? Aille (talk) 20:21, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Abdication

Yup, I'm a British republican so the name had to go, it was too long anyway, 22 characters including spaces, this probably leaves you with the most longwinded name in the top 1,000 editors by no of articles. Ha Ha English peasant 21:50, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

OK a quick look tells reveals that my accusation was unfounded thanks to Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ), damnit. English peasant 21:56, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your userpage...

...scares me... WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN it seems the winds have stopped... 23:50, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

No, it's not an insult! Heh, I actually thought you were a criminal genius... (joke) I think it was the scary man in the shade... :) WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN it seems the winds have stopped... 11:47, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Wow, he really does! WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN it seems the winds have stopped... 11:58, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
No, I haven't, but 17 years! Wow that is a long time! I like stuff like Bloc Party and Operator Please, easy indie alternative stuff. WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN it seems the winds have stopped... 12:07, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Ok, I'll look if I have time. Thanks! WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN it seems the winds have stopped... 12:42, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
lol, yeh I changed that vandal meter. Turns out I was wrong, but there are a lot of vandals out there now. WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN it seems the winds have stopped... 21:49, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeh, pretty good actually... WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN it seems the winds have stopped... 21:58, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] How many is that?

You're on a roll again. Do you have a count of how many pages you created? Basketball110 vandalise me 16:32, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Wow! By the way, I go onto your pages (after your done), and mark the talk page for WikiProject France. Basketball110 vandalise me 16:37, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Maybe you should take a WikiBrake. Basketball110 vandalise me 16:43, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Is this what you are aiming for? Basketball110 vandalise me 16:50, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Great! By the way, I really like the cats (the Bigglesworths). Basketball110 vandalise me 22:09, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I do. You see, I play the cello. Basketball110 vandalise me 22:17, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Indeed, you were correct. I assumed the same. Basketball110 vandalise me 22:21, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Laughed at the Bigglesworth joke... and indeed things get done faster when people work together. That reminds me... I've got to clean the house :( That ought to be fun! Basketball110 vandalise me 22:36, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Forget about cleaning the house. I'll do that tommorrow (and tommorrow I'll say that I'll do it tommorrow). That eye color stuff is pretty scary. Basketball110 vandalise me 22:58, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Could you vandalize my page? Basketball110 proof that this user is crazy 23:23, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cabal

Sarvagnaya has basically called us a cabal before already, so I figured I'd formalize it. See Wikipedia:List of cabals#Megalomaniac Cabal. You're my first recruit. ;) John Carter (talk) 17:03, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] HI

Hi Blofeld. I am again being attacked by User:Elonka and some of her supporters at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Franco-Mongol alliance/Workshop. Could you kindly give your opinion? Thank you. PHG (talk) 17:16, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi Blofeld! Thank you for your message. I appreciate tremendously. PHG (talk) 19:13, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Stub sorting

When you are creating stubs about France, then why you are not placing the article as France stub. This type of stub sorting is also possible here. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 18:47, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Oops, mistake, this is a more specialized stub. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 18:49, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

No no, you are right. Rhône-Alpes is a more specialized stub. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 18:52, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Vaucluse, Doubs

A tag has been placed on Vaucluse, Doubs requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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My fault, didn't know. Parent5446(Murder me for my actions) 20:35, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

I removed it for you. Places are automatically notable. WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN it seems the winds have stopped... 20:36, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Apparently I didn't. Hmmm. WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN it seems the winds have stopped... 20:38, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] French communes

No problem. But don't worry, you won't have to go back, since a red link in a completed list will be noticed and the corresponding article be created shortly. Cheers, Korg (talk) 01:03, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey, my pleasure - this actually allows me to exercise my account, and I do something nice and constructive. Feels great. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 01:06, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks - hadn't realized it would make a difference. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 15:17, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
No worries, really - it doesn't take any time at all. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 20:14, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] UK competition law

Thanks for you kind comment the other day. It's always nice to know that somebody sees the effort and time I waste cherish spending on Wikipedia! Wikidea 12:13, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Ah yes, I know Goulding QC. Maybe you could convince him to do a bit of Wikipedia contributing too! My theory is, that if enough good lawyers write stuff on Wikipedia, we can put ourselves out of jobs, because the only place you'd need to go for advice would be your computer. :) Wikidea 12:27, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Time to edit? Well, I'm not so old yet, which I suppose means fewer commitments in most cases and I really haven't been doing much lately. I just find it fun. Everyone has hobbies in their time off, don't they. Just the same reason as you I expect. I wish I could sit down and do a lot more. Wikidea 12:46, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

Oh your friend is rich! I hope he is being kind to you also:)!

Sorry for not having replied, I'm just too busy. Today I also have no time to be on here... Just dropped to check the watchilist.

Sorry for not replying... How are you? Shahid • Talk2me 12:51, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

WOW great ballad! Very peaceful and calming... This is one of those enchanting songs, and the music is amazing!!! Shahid • Talk2me 13:09, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey! Hoe are you? I have to tell you something.

124.125.208.23 (talk · contribs) keeps on reverting the Jodhaa Akbar article to his version. His version means -- some unreferenced claims, reviews from unreliable sites and above all -- the full history of the name "Jodhaa Bai" (and what historians think about it) which he thinks belongs to this article, while it is irrelevant here because it is an article about a recently released film, and the history of this name belongs to another article called Akbar. In this article it's irrelevant. I was reverting his edits, warning him, discussed the issue on the talk page, and even another editor told him that this info was more relevant to the page of Akbar, but he keep reverting. That's how the page looked in his version. Total violations of WP:LEAD, WP:N and WP:UNDUE

Not only that, he also reverted all the edits by all editors, while there were numerous constructive edits in between, like formats etc. I turned to User:Riana yesterday but she didn't respond. During the night, he took my request to stop adding it and moved the so called info (which is referenced, but irrelevant) to the synopsis section... Imagine to yourself, the history of the name Jodhaa Bai and what historians have to say about it in a synopsis section! See the version after his night edits - [2]

Today I requested for page protection because of heavy vandalism, and was sure that he would stop with that, but now I see another editor, Itihaaskar (talk · contribs) who is a clear sock puppet of this IP, reverting the page to this IP's version! Again, reverting altogether, with no consideration of the in-between edits, even the protection template was removed -- see that comparison.

I think this guy should be blocked for his disruptive behavious and him being a sockpuppeter.

I turned to John, and added his opinion on the talk page. Could you tell me what do you think? I'm losing my temper, and this guy is going to violate WP:3RR if he reverts once again. The full history of the name Jodhaa Bai, is irrelevant to this article. Annoying!

Best regards, Shahid • Talk2me 18:19, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

It is not vandalism but he keeps reverting to his version even if there are important edits in between. He also used a sockpuppet account, and he will make his third revert (violation of WP:3RR) if he reverts again.
As for the name Jodha Bai, it has definitely nothing to do with the film article. Does it? Shahid • Talk2me 18:34, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
ALso, if he reverts once again, it will return back all sorts of unsoured info, and reviews from different sites, and different formats of mine. He just reverts the entire article. And I don't want to violate 3RR. Shahid • Talk2me 18:40, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeh she is beatiful!! Hey I see someone thought you were a bot!! LOL! That's the problem with constructive editors like you:) Shahid • Talk2me 14:10, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
LOL!!!I'm very impressed!!! I also thought to request a rolllback. Tell me, how does this tool work? How does it look... Shahid • Talk2me 14:03, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeh I see... [3] - if you look at these links he gave you - I reverted additions of unreferenced films, which were not confirmed. If you look through the history of these pages - I did ask for sources in the edit summary, but repetitious additions w/o refs drove me to revert with pupups. That's what I get from trying to clean pages.:( But I'm also not that curious to get a rollback. When I feel I need it, I'll nominate myself. Shahid • Talk2me 14:23, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] barnstar

French Barnstar of National Merit
Awarded to Blofeld of SPECTRE for creating articles on so many French towns Ryan shell (talk) 14:49, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] On patrol

I've started tagging as you've started creating. Basketball110 proof that this user is crazy 23:37, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Okay. After a bit of work, I'll award you another barnstar. Basketball110 proof that this user is crazy 23:39, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Where do you get all this information? Basketball110 proof that this user is crazy 23:45, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Glad to say I've finished patrolling the rest of them. bibliomaniac15 23:49, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
That's what I did... made 2 of them... you guys are fast, when I clicked on one, I find it's already been created... happened to me three times. Basketball110 proof that this user is crazy 23:56, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Blofeld of SPECTRE, for his good work on the communes of France. Good job, and cheers! Basketball110 proof that this user is crazy 23:56, 17 February 2008 (UTC)


By the way, have you signed my guestbook? Basketball110 proof that this user is crazy 23:57, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Sure. B110 communicate (that means talk) 00:12, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] J' accuse!

Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Bot_is_not_marked_as_a_bot.3F. :) Tim Vickers (talk) 23:57, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] France

I do believe you. Like I've said, having seen the number of tour guides on France in the local libraries alone, I know I could probably create a three or four paragraph article on virtually every village in France just on the basis of the tour guides in the local libraries alone. And this isn't dealing with the historical developments, unique products (including cheeses), people from the area, churches, other buildings, and on and on and on, which could be garnered from history books and the like. Like I said, the same thing could probably be said about most similar areas in Western Europe, the US, Canada, Australia, etc. Certainly, from what I've heard the French wikipedia deals primarily with France, so I have no doubt that there is a great degree of good content over there. I just can't read French. —Preceding unsigned comment added by John Carter (talk • contribs) 00:32, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

No argument here, don't change your program, BlofeldBot. :) Tim Vickers (talk) 01:00, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Translations

The idea has a few problems, unfortunately. There have been projects before, I think regarding Spain?, dealing with automatic translation. The problem lies in the fact that the translations can often be faulty. I'm not sure if you ever heard about the dishwashing soap advertising campaign in Quebec which offered women "squeaky-clean 'French euphemisism for female genitalia'", and was remarkably popular as a result, but that was a several hundred thousand dollar advertising campaign that made the mistake of using the wrong synonym of "dish". It's a virtual certainty that the same sorts of mistakes would be made by us. Having said that, if we could get some dedicated editors who knew other languages to add information to other wikis, that would be wonderfully helpful. I'm not sure about this, but I think maybe the best place to go for that sort of thing would be Wikipedia:WikiProject Classroom coordination, as a way of maybe getting some foreign language classes to translate articles from the language they're studying. Let me post something there and see what if any results we can get. John Carter (talk) 00:46, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Betacommandbot

Hi, have you managed to make betacommandbot leave you alone? He spammed my page 11 times on the 13th (but it also "forgot" to spam my talk page for another 30 odd images tagged for deletion) so I've been trawling the articles that are about to be destroyed to see if I can save anything decent and I found one of yours Image:Ahitienetumadre.jpg. I looked on yr talk history and the bot never informed you of its imminent deletion. I put a fair use rationale on it, I was just wondering what you think. English peasant 01:12, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

I complained on the 13th and got fobbed off by betacommand and the betacommand supporters brigade. I complained again a few hours ago on the bot page. Should I take it to WP:ANI? (I don't want to get shouted at/fobbed off again). English peasant 01:19, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Image:AnronioCasas.jpg another one, you spelt it wrong, but the bot didnt even tell you about it. Ive only got from 0-Ant on Cat:All disputed non-free images, the deadline for images is Tuesday 19th and then IMAGE PURGE. tick tock....English peasant 02:56, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
And I'm only bothering to create rationales for coins, banknotes, sports logos, stamps non-living people, argentina related and football related stuff. Sod computer games, buffy the vampire slayer etc;-)English peasant 03:06, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Just to clarify: Are you aware that you have an accord with Betacommand that his bot is not to put messages on your talkpage? English peasant 14:25, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hey Blofeld my man

Thanks so much for the barnstar as it came at the right time. I've been getting a bit frustrated with the abogados at Wiki. But I'll keep trucking on! I've been tyding up the Artentinian articles and checking that all the images are okay. I love your intestinal fortitude on Wiki and that you edit all sorts of artilces. As for me: just films and a few actors. I'm going to start articles on Argentinina actors. At least one or two per film. I'm going to take a break from film noir. I'm so glad that I got a chance to see those 15 Argentinina films last month. And I thnk I can find a few more. Well, again--THANKS YOU-- for your kind thought. Luigibob (talk) 01:57, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

Thanks for the notice, I'll make sure it goes in the newsletter this next month. I was also impressed with some of Luigibob's edits recently that I had seen in my watchlist, so it's great to have a valuable member to our project. Good job and keep up the good work with the film efforts! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 02:28, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Blue translation boxes

Hi Ernst! Thanks for the note and all your tireless work! It is indeed a great thing to get rid of those huge annoying boxes! The article on Tenzin Gyatso looks much better now.

I will certainly try to get to them as soon as I can. Unfortunately, at the moment, all my "spare time" seems to have disappeared - I am having to rewrite sections of my book, edit a very complex 99 page historical article (in 5 languages - of which I can only read 3!) for a friend, as well as writing a new article for "Groovin' High!" (Not to mention all the domestic chores I have been avoiding for yonks). I hardly get time to eat my morning bowl of magma these days!

But greetings - and thanks - and I will try to be back on deck asap. Cheers, John Hill (talk) 06:58, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your Message

Re: your note on my talk. I'm not the slightest bit concerned about your stubs. I'm well aware that you do a lot of necessary but unglamourous gruntwork. Spartaz Humbug! 15:39, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Placebox Argentina

Hi, could you address this comment please, cheers English peasant 16:24, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps it would be possible to draw in the provincial boundaries and shade in Greater Bs As on the map background? What do you think? English peasant 16:26, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Blofeld of SPECTRE; Ok, I would include the national map and the province map and in the case of Buenos Aires, also a City map including Grand Buenos Aires, Béccar for example is not strictly a city but a suburb of Buenos Aires City and it wouldn't make sense to pin point it from the Province!
In other words, large national map on left and the other two maps on right one above the other. By the way, i do maps (Please note that i will be off-line until tomorrow) ~ Moebiusuibeom-en (talk) 17:29, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cheers

Well after all, I am learning from the living legend! Universal Hero (talk) 16:40, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Photo question

There is one country on the planet, which, understandably, has really poor coverage. That country is the extremely small nation of Niue. You are much better at placement of pictures than I am, so I'm asking you this rather than trying to do it myself, but I was wondering whether you might know of any way to perhaps contact the government there and maybe obtain public domain images from the nation which could be used in articles relating directly to the nation and other articles as appropriate. I think, given the status of the economy there, they would probably be willing to release a lot of decent photos, in the hope of maybe having them attract a few more tourists to the island. John Carter (talk) 16:57, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

No, actually, we don't need images, because we don't have a lot of content related to the subject in the first place. But the country's economy has been in deep trouble for some time, and most of the residents are, from what I've read, employees of the government (most everyone else seems to have moved to New Zealand for work), and it seems to me that we could probably use a lot of images of, for instance, atoll formations, bays, trees, etc, which they would probably have. The country is trying to develop tourism, but at this point only has one flight from New Zealand per week. I do tend to think that there is a real chance the government down there would love to have appealing images of the area strewn about wherever so that they might be able to better publicize themselves and maybe draw in a bit more money. Also, you might be interested in the new thread at Wikipedia:Administrators' Noticeboard/Incidents regarding User: Sarvagnya]]. John Carter (talk) 17:11, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
I wish I could provide a more direct link, but the creator of the section titled it in such a way that it can't be made a functional link. It's heading 38, though. And I saw that matter regarding Shankbone. I don't much about the details yet, but it is very unfortunate when anyone gets pressured to leave, except when, perhaps in the case of some editors, we'd be better off without them. John Carter (talk) 17:29, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Kosovo

Sure, no problem. Though I am also wondering why the article got nuked. --Prevalis (talk) 17:55, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

You wouldn't believe what I just found out. The original Politics of Kosovo article was moved to Politics of the Republic of Kosovo. It had a red link because someone had deleted the redirect. No wonder we both thought that the article was deleted. --Prevalis (talk) 18:42, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Not a good idea. We have to figure out a way to move the article to Politics of Kosovo. But then again, I guess that could work. Kudos. --Prevalis (talk) 18:53, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Pál Balkay

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[edit] France stubs

There are a lot of French editors out there. I've heard that most of them have been working primarily on the French wikipedia, but if they see more content over here, and if the Echo project can point out those articles to them, that'll help a lot. John Carter (talk) 22:24, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Look at it this way. Anyone who takes Sarvagnya's side regularly is siding with someone whom several other editors, as per the ANI thread, have found at best unpleasant, and that can call into question their own character. To paraphrase various people, if they're shooting at us, we must be doing something right. And I am hoping to get a reply from Durova and others soon about trying to get some high school and colleges classes trying to translate foreign articles, which shouldn't hurt. I'm also going to contact the one teacher I know in Mexico who has had classes writing articles lately. With any luck, we might be able to fairly soon have a few more editors involved in at least some translation efforts. John Carter (talk) 22:38, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image caption on Manoir de Brion

Hey Ernst- Is that pic you put on the Manoir de Brion article taken from the Manoir? The caption implies it is of the Manoir. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eric (talk • contribs) 23:15, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

French wikipedia implies it is the abbey in the distance. I only added it as I coincentally stubbed an article on the french village which is linked in the article only an hour or two ago. I'm not certain about it though ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 23:18, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
It's definitely Mont St-Michel in the distance. I like your ruthless liquidation of the earlier caption. Perhaps No. 2 will clear up the vantage point of the photo. -Eric talk 23:24, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Sarvagnya

So true. Well, an administrator has suggested I try RfC instead of the ANI. Either in the RfC, or in the next step, more complex violations like gaming the system to ones convenience, would be looked at more critically, or so I've heard. In any case, at my request, the administrator has given me some guidance on the matter on my talk page. I would greatly appreciate it if you could help in creating the RfC, as well as adding your own view to the RfC once it is ready. Thanks - Ncmvocalist (talk) 01:26, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Chile672shot1.jpg)

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[edit] hi

hey you. ElisaEXPLOSiONtalk. 14:28, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

lol im good, you? ElisaEXPLOSiONtalk. 14:53, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
hahaha i bet. what have u been up to? ElisaEXPLOSiONtalk. 15:19, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] SK films 2008

Hi, Blofeld. Yes, I've been wondering what to do about that list too... I might look around and red-link some of the more prominent new releases, but I'm cautious about starting up articles on films which will have little-to-no sourcing, as these things tend to get put up for, ahem, deletion. Then we have to waste time either arguing against its deletion, or in repeating the work a couple months later when the inevitable sourcing becomes available. So, I guess my attitude towards it is, it can wait a while... Dekkappai (talk) 17:22, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Since we don't yet have any articles for 2008 SK films, I don't think there is any hurry to create this list; we already have one list of red links for SK films (which I update reguarly), so another one would be redundant. Having said that, we're now two months into the year and about a dozen or so films have already been released. I'm sure ample sources can be found, even for forthcoming films like Kim Ji-woon's The Good, the Bad and the Weird. PC78 (talk) 22:48, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New Ecuador banner

It looks like User:TAnthony decided to create a separate banner, and ignored the existing categories. It looks like he based it on the Uruguay banner. It also looks like he never bothered to ask anyone in advance. Personally, I think it might be best if someone other than me were to ask why this was done. John Carter (talk) 19:59, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

No, that actually is an older banner which I hadn't seen before. It is probably more complicated than it even remotely required for such a small country, but that's what they evidently want. John Carter (talk) 20:16, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Laos pictures

Those shots of the scenery should definitely help encourage people to visit there, particularly the "misty" ones. The more images of that kind we can get, the better. And the maps showing locations are very useful as well. This is what I like seeing location articles look like.

Oh, for what it's worth, an English professor in Mexico has agreed that she will have some of her students work on translating articles too, although initially from English to Spanish. They will then try to write articles for English later. If we can get more of this sort of work, we may well be able to improve the content on many countries. That's one of the reasons I thought of Niue first, actually. It's the only country on the planet that has free wireless high fidelity and mobile phone usage for everybody, basically because it's so physically small. I still haven't gotten a response there, though, although I'm still hoping.

I'm also considering adjusting my sandbox of the Africa banner to remove the importance assessments. With the bot that Walkerma and others said should be available soon, we'll be able to have more generalized importance ratings for most countries anyway. John Carter (talk) 22:26, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The world is mine

Scary picture. How is your chunk of Wikipedia? Basketball110 :) 03:19, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Brynjar Aa

Hi Blofeld of SPECTRE, I have nominated the article Brynjar Aa for deletion in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brynjar Aa. As a routine maintanance task, I google searched many times for this article, but could not find enough references that can establish its notability. So I think it do not meet the general notability guideline. Even the IMDB entry has litttle information about the biography. The basic criteria for notability of biography "If the depth of coverage is not substantial, then multiple independent sources may be needed to prove notability; trivial coverage of a subject by secondary sources may not be sufficient to establish notability". There is no award etc which can prove notability. So I have nominated this article. You have done an excellent job in other articles, created all the articles about french communes and various places. Please do not take it personally. You had created the article in 2006, may be you were not aware of the notability guideline at that time. I am just doing a routine job. Hope you will not take it personally, Best regards. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 09:25, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Brynjar Aa

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[edit] mmmm

What are you talking about buddy? Shahid • Talk2me 17:59, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

I didn't go through the messages when I logged in. But now I see what you say. Well I'm removing RL because they are ugly!! :)
If I see some notable name I have no problem to start an article, but in infoboxes, there is no problem with removing RLs, because if it isn't a blue link, it clearly indicates that an article on that person is missing.
You're doing a great job in creating articles, but there are some articles, like those in old Bolly films, which are clearly not gonna be started. For example, editors, cinematographers, one-time directors etc.
Regards, Shahid • Talk2me 18:09, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
I think what is particularly great about you creating articles, is the way you familiarise youself with so many aspects and expand your knowledge about an industry that is completely unrelated to you. That's why I say that Wikipedia is a great experience to learning. Shahid • Talk2me 18:28, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Can you please comment on the Talk:Jodhaa Akbar#OK,_let's_work:_inflation,_incohorence,_POV. Shahid • Talk2me 09:46, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] French Stubs (Again...)

Hi Blofeld; like everyone, I've encountered your village/town stubs on new page patrol, but I'm not here to complain about them... I remember you mentioning at ANI that infoboxes can be transferred from the French Wikipedia, so I just wanted to make sure I'm doing it right before I do a few more. Cheers —αlεx•mullεr 20:38, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mistake

I am sorry, I didn't realize that was your page. NimiTize 20:40, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

The Working Man's Barnstar
I hereby award you this barnstar for your tireless work at creating articles for all of the French communes. Keep up the good work! Corvus cornixtalk 21:28, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

We need a lot more articles for every country in the world. I wish there was a way to do a RAM-BOT for other countries, but most of them don't have a census site like the US does to make it easy for the bot. Corvus cornixtalk 21:33, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Temples

Don't worry. I always get to them. I have been writing them all up to 4-5k size, so it'll be done. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:09, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Cool. What things are you looking at?? I borrowed a copy of the Lonely Planet Vietnam book and I'm surprised that most of the landmarks in the LP book don't have articles on VN. I also created an article for all the 650 odd districts. I'm suprised that 3 weeks later, about 6 of them had been expanded by random anons. I had no idea that anons like to add content to stubs but apparently only once the stubs exist and that they seem unwilling to register so that they create an article. So, I might do more stub creating drives... Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:35, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AGAIN!

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I'm on your tail! Basketball110 hello 01:41, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Stop This is not your last warning. Don't do it again, and you won't be sleeping with the fishes! Basketball110 hello 04:09, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
Not much. It doesn't really make sense, but it sort of thanks you for your work on Wikipedia. Basketball110 hello 23:08, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
How is this:

Stop Do not stop. This is not your final warning. If you do stop, you will not be awarded a barnstar. If you keep editing Wikipedia, you will be overflowing in barnstars. Good luck with that. Basketball110 hello 23:20, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Quite sorry

In my newpage patrol rage, I seem to have nominated your userpage for speedy deletion. Please accept my apologies; I'm rusty. --Hojimachongtalk 02:13, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

I thought as much, so I simply reverted the nom without comment. Besides, only Bond can nominate Blofeld for deletion! Acroterion (talk) 02:17, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Need suggestion

Need a suggestion. When I am creating any article on "Crime in X country", then what will be the lead sentence of the article - "In X country, crime is present in various form" or "Crime in X country is present in various forms". For example, in the article Crime in Russia, the lead sentence starts with "In Russia, crime is present in various forms". Another format is possible: "Crime in Russia is present in various forms". All the crime related articles I created follow the first structure, I think the second structure will be better. I will like a opinion from you. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 12:50, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Replaceable fair use Image:NicholasMcGaughey,jpg.jpg

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[edit] Saint-Waast

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[edit] A Don

Disambiguating between the two villages through use of (1) and (2) is not acceptable- is there no way to disambiguate between them by location, or, at a pinch, date? Also, dab pages which don't link to any articles can be deleted- I assume you intend to create articles for the two villages? J Milburn (talk) 17:34, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

There's no need to be so defensive, I'm not accusing you of anything. An article on two villages that are linked only by their name would not be a good idea, either- perhaps, as I suggested above, you could disambiguate by their foundation date? J Milburn (talk) 17:40, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re:French Communes

Hey, I was doing many copypaste jobbies from the French Wikipedia, which did not hive the fr link. I discovered this early on and I have now corrected it. Editorofthewiki 19:01, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Central Asian banner

I left a message on that project's talk page and made a link to the new banner which exists separately, indicating to them that all they had to do to use the new banner was a copy and paste and that the various attendant acts were already accomplished. This was after some rather hysterical ranting from one particular member of that project. So, at this point, the ball is basically in their court. Evidently, they have decided not to change the banner, and as it is their banner, that's their decision. I can try to create separate banners for the individual national projects later, and probably will do so. However, I have also been specifically asked in the interim to do the assessments for a small new project in Christianity in India group, less than 600 articles total, and I'm trying to finish that so they have some idea where they stand before trying anything else. John Carter (talk) 19:22, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

He was the one who actually proposed all the subordinate projects for deletion, actually. Got it in one. Also, there's someone else who seems to be fanatically obsessed with the idea of Tuva, population 300000, getting its own work group, despite the fact that no one else has shown the slightest degree of interest in joining. I proposed to him on the work group page he created that trying to make it a subproject of Russia would make more sense, but I doubt he listened. Frankly, it looks like the banner may have cracked open a hornet's nest over there, and I think that it might be a better idea to just leave that part of the world alone for a while. Like I said, when I finish the assessments for the new Indian Christianity group, I'm going to try to consider finding a way to get the assessments for the other projects incorporated into some other banner, although I'm not entirely sure how yet. John Carter (talk) 19:35, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Oh, yeah. If you have the time, I'd appreciate any feedback regarding Wikipedia:The Problem with Projects. Thanks. Regarding the missing content, there is a good idea there. The only question might be whether we might wind up scaring people away with too large of a list. I saw a similar list for a state once some time ago, and got very intimidated by it. Maybe the best way to go might be in list form, with maybe the individual article names following after the main name. So, for example, "Presidents - (1), (2), (3); Settlements in "X" (region of country) - (4), (5), (6)" or something along those lines. If it were said at the top that each of the entries was worthy of an article, that might help a lot. And, of course, they could all be red linked, which would be very useful. The more red links there are for anything, the more likely someone will create it. John Carter (talk) 20:34, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Separation by commas would probably work best. If you do have an encyclopedia or other type source on any given nation, listing all the other entries in the book would be very useful too. That would be an indication that the articles are notable, and in some of the smaller countries that can be a question, given the limited press access many have over here. Oh, and, for what it's worth, in a real sense I wouldn't object to seeing a "bookkeeping" project on Tuva, but I can't imagine that any banner will be complicated enough to support all the regions of Russia. John Carter (talk) 20:48, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
One thing I remember reading earlier is it is, at this point, pretty much accepted that an entry in an encyclopedia of any kind is basically sufficient to establish notability. That's why I suggested that kind of source. Whether it's long enough for a separate article might be a different matter, but encyclopedia entries are evidently a de facto indicator of notability. John Carter (talk) 20:54, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox template?

Hihi, I was working on disambiguating Settlement and came across a problem in a template...someone thought it might have been something you were working on, in Tibet? [[4]] Any chance its something you can help with? Thanks! Legotech (talk) 21:02, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Foolish Wives

Hey buddy. Good news! One of the silent films I started a few days ago got nominated for the hallowed DYK. YES! I even have the film so I think I'll invest a few hours, watch it and maybe improve the artilce a bit afterwards. I wanted to let you know. I trust you are having a good week-end. Your buddy -- Luigibob (talk) 00:00, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] North eastern france

I don't know where you are coming from when you say the communes are not North eastern France. If you look at the Vosges page the map clearly indicates it's northestern France. Please tell me if I am in error. Editorofthewiki 02:29, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject French communes

Would you help me revive this? Basketball110 what famous people say 18:05, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Ana María Ortíz- I see you do biography's too. Basketball110 what famous people say 00:44, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Wow. By the way, have you ever thought about archiving your talk page? Basketball110 what famous people say 00:54, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Right. I think you told me that once. Basketball110 what famous people say 00:56, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
I didn't see the archive box. Sorry. Basketball110 what famous people say 00:57, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Charles Matthews

I have to admit that whilst his contributions are greatly appreciated to the project that his writing isn't the best. Many of his articles are hard to read, or may require cleanup and he doesn't bother to use stub categories on his short articles on various religious figures. Yet as an admin his pages are automatically marked as patrolled. I don't see why admin automatically should have their pages patrolled as there are many editros who don't want to be admin and consistently add useful content ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 18:40, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

  • It might be me, but i can't figure out the context here. I assume you replied at the wrong person(?), since i never write articles in the first place, and i can't remember that i posted anything on your talk page that you might be replying to. Excirial (Talk,Contribs) 18:46, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
By the way, nice work on adding all those French villages. Those bot edits newpage patrol kind of hard sometimes though XD

No ,I noticed you tagged one of Charles's articles for cleanup and I have to agree with you. Its a good un potentially but was quite scruffy looking and not that easy to read! Yes French villages are going well but are actually manually edited. I'm super fast!!! Once they are all started then they can be built upon. Hopefully we'll eventually have 36,000 have decent articles by the end of it! ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 18:51, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Aah, now i get it! Sorry for not realizing earlier, im doing new page patrol and tagging at the same time. On the villages: Why on earth don't you let a bot handle those?!? Its pretty simple to write a bot to create those pages for you. At most, its a few hours of coding, even less if someone already created similar code. Maybe its an idea to drop a request at WP:BOTREQ? Excirial (Talk,Contribs) 18:55, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Smile from David Shankbone

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[edit] Districts

User_talk:Blnguyen/Archive73#Re:Districts_of_Vietnam - All the 650 odd districts have their articles, but I haven't inserted the population and land area stats in there yet. The raw data comes from here but the site is very slow to navigate. The site is slow and it is in map form, so you have to clcik on the coloured object to get the popn and area for the given district. Mercifully, another fellow has written down all the district stats here. The first government site also has all the stats for communes/wards (phuong/xa), the next level down from the districts. However, there has been nobody who has compiled a list of stats for us, so someone would have to click on each of the coloured blobs to get the info out (or go to vi.wikipedia and get it from there if it's quicker). I can help you to understand the navigation procedure if you want. You click the province from teh scroll down list, then you see a map of hte province. On the RHS, you choose "Phuong/Xa" from the click box and then click on the "i" icon on the LHS on the map to go into info mode. Then you click the various blobs to get the population (Dân số ) and area (Diện tích, in hectares) in the RHS. "Tên hành chính" is the name of the zone, and "Kiểu hành chính" tells you what type of zone it is, in this case "Xã" and below it will tell you the district (Huyện) and province (Tỉnh) that it belongs to. Blnguyen (photo straw poll) 03:16, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Microstubs

I don't know how many articles like Dina Aschehoug you have created – hopefully not too many. Seeing that noone else has been inspired to expand on this particular article, perhaps you could give it a makeover? __meco (talk) 20:02, 25 February 2008 (UTC)


Blofeld!

Please don't make such drastic decisions. I understand you, but I and thousand other editors know that you are one of the very best. Please come back, or even if you take a break - take it. Just come back soon. Shahid • Talk2me 22:57, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Mate, you've inspired us all, been like a Godfather to several of us. Just come back soon. Universal Hero (talk) 23:00, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Really. We need more help withhe French communes. Of what I've seen of you (last 2 days) you've been wonderful. Editorofthewiki 00:49, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
  • I sincerely hope you'll come back soon. Don't let a small incident make you leave a project to which you have so far been an excellent contributor. Best regards. BomBom (talk) 17:07, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Hope this helps reducing your (AfD related?) frustration: I appreciate your tremendous effort on German and French geography articles very much! Markussep Talk 10:58, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Please don't leave, you are one of the finest contributors on this encyclopedia and you have really helped improve geography content here and it would be a massive shame to lose you. There are too few editors to put in the work that you have done so well and I feel it would be deeply regrettable if you are to leave the project and I hope you are not lost from here because of the comments of some over-anxious deletionists who should know better. Best regards and sincerely, EJF (talk) 19:23, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Hey! Blofeld! Don't go! Wikipedia will be issuing redundancy notices to hundreds of New Page Patrollers if you leave! Mjroots (talk) 22:01, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
  • you're a great contributor. Don't leave! Blnguyen (vote in the photo straw poll) 02:33, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Daniela Rocca.jpg)

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[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Bulletproofmonk1.jpg)

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[edit] where did you go?

Please don't say you left because of Meco's comment. Don't let it get you down. Please come back whenever you're ready to contribute again. Thanks for the kind words about the Cambodia articles. (This is Calliopejen1, but I'm supposedly on a wikibreak so I'm not logged in....) 140.247.252.187 (talk) 06:27, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My apology

You have obviously made tremendous contributions to Wikipedia, and I think that is wonderful. When it comes to my comment, it is not the type of incident that should result in the tragedy it would be if you left the project. I have a strong dislike for microstubs such as the one which you had created. For reasons shared by many, and that you are probably to some extent aware of. However, I know that this is one position and that others have a far more positive opinion of these articles. Perhaps it would be a good idea if someone created an essay on the pros and cons of this type of article creation (sometimes also done by bots, at least on other-language projects). Sincerely, meco (talk) 08:18, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Having reflected a bit more on this matter, I find that my critical attitude towards the type of articles which you had created is something that should not be expressed in the way that I did. I apologize for my insensitive remark. I do hope you will return to Wikipedia! Halvor. __meco (talk) 08:24, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hey, Hey, Hey

Hey buddy, don't do this. It doesn't matter what Meco says. You're awsome. Don't go out like this. Are you gonna let him put your work down and then quit? It's your decision, but if it was up to me, I would come back and prove him wrong. You should come back. You have over 1,000,000 edits, whats 1,000,000? Why not come back and make 2,000,000, maybe 3, what do ya say?Mattkenn3 (talk) 02:38, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

What's happening? Basketball110 what famous people say 03:16, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] What's all this, then?

Don't leave. Seriously. The work you've done here has been tremendous and amazing; hell, the only reason I've put in so much of my own effort in recent weeks is because I've seen, in watching you, that it means something, that it can make a difference. I know that's a big statement, but it's true.

You've been an incredible asset to this project; without you here there wouldn't be nearly enough geographical coverage, and Lord only knows when it would happen. Don't let that all fall through. Without you, things may get done around here, but it's going to take a whole lot longer. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 07:10, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Don't go, or if you want to, come back later. All the best anyway. I have no idea what the row was about; I've only just seen this. Johnbod (talk) 19:38, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
Wholeheartedly agree with both of the above. In terms of images and content regarding "less notable" locations on the planet, you're probably at least among the most valuable contributors we have. Your recent activities regarding France alone have probably been the biggest step forward for that country in the English wikipedia for some time. I can understand if external circumstances may have developed such that you no longer have much time, if any, to give the project, but the quality of your input, even at a greatly reduced rate, is probably more than equal to that of several others, myself included. John Carter (talk) 19:53, 27 February 2008 (UTC)