User talk:Victuallers
archived stuff Victuallers (talk) 18:41, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
I definitely made a suggestion that we save this hook for 28 October, the Diwali day, yet you moved this to the next update without leaving any comments. Did you actually notice my suggestion? --BorgQueen (talk) 00:38, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for the clarification. As for the prize, what if we choose the winner based on this statistics? --BorgQueen (talk) 16:17, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
- And, since you are online, can you fill the next update? I have to take some rest.. --BorgQueen (talk) 16:19, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
Dr Mabuse - Page title
Dr Mabuse (cycling) - This excellent new page has been created by your old friend Les Woodland, but I suspect that it should be titled Bernard Sainz If this is true, what is the best way to rename/move/redirect/copy it, and preserve the history. Thanks. Regards. Autodidactyl (talk) 09:31, 28 October 2008 (UTC) ps (also copied to SpinningSpark)
hi was up my name is cparker1 yo bye —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cparker1 (talk • contribs) 15:58, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
DYK for Calyptra (genus)
Gatoclass (talk) 09:43, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
DYK for Manor Community College
Keep up the good work! ~ User:Ameliorate! (with the !) (talk) 07:45, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
No, not yet.
But you can check out who the winner is on the stats list. Not exactly a surprise though. --BorgQueen (talk) 16:32, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
- The Nebulae stayed on Main Page for less than 6 hours (slightly more than 5 hours, as I recall), had it stayed longer the hits might have been barely over 5,000, but then it won't make it the winner anyway. The winner, as you might have noticed already, is User:Jmabel, who wrote the mummy hook. And that fact doesn't surprise me, with that photo of the handsome mummy. --BorgQueen (talk) 07:00, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
Tsomoriri
Hi, Victuallers,
Thanks for the DYK. I have fixed the dead reference no 2. There was a small error in conneting the notes with the web address. I have also added some more text as suggested on the Talk page.--Nvvchar (talk) 13:37, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
Next update
We have enough hooks now... please stop adding otherwise would break MP balance. --BorgQueen (talk) 17:12, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
- Of course we always need your help, since neither of us is an automated machine. :-D It is just that I pay more attention to MP balance. I know we have a backlog problem nowadays but we can solve it by flipping DYK a little early, hopefully. --BorgQueen (talk) 17:23, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
- I'm not sure if this would work, but ITN has offered DYK some real estate on the Main Page. That might be a way to clear some backlog. -- Suntag ☼ 03:10, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
Alderwasley
Hi
Sorry to possibly confuse. I am the Head Teacher at Alderwasley and found out today that the school's page had been altered by one of my disaffected young people (possibly one I permanently excluded) so I have just attempted to correct the false changes they put on. This is my first time altering the site so just learning as I go along. I obviously have no objection to you removing overt reference to the school on the Alderwasley page - i just want to remove the emotional behavioural reference as this is not the nature of the students at the school.
I was trying to find out how to report the students who made the changes to prevent them doing the same again.
Thanks Veronica Jenkins —Preceding unsigned comment added by Veronica.jenkins (talk • contribs) 22:03, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
Alderwasley
Hi,
Thanks for your answer. I have now found how to submit a vandalism concern. Looking at the history of the person making the posting I think I have identified who made the changes. I totally agree about the "truth" element. If you would like to look at the schools official web page http://www.senadgroup.com/alderwasley/ it will verify who I am and the nature of the students.
regards Veronica.jenkins (talk) 22:23, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
Alderwasley
Hi,
That will help thanks - especially as he's just changed it again. Looking more at his history and the other page that he has tried to change (those changes have been rebuffed by someone else - not me) I definiately know who the young man is who is making these changes.
Thanks Veronica.jenkins (talk) 22:46, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
DYK quick flipping
If you're online in 3 hours, would you flip to the next group that I just loaded? We're trying to cut the backlog by flipping every 4 hours. No need to respond - I'm going offline now. Royalbroil 16:42, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Hook mysteriously dissappeared
Hi Victuallers, could you check out this thread? ~the editorofthewiki (talk/contribs/editor review)~ 00:26, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
Credits
I was wondering if you could do the credits? Thanks. --BorgQueen (talk) 15:52, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
Update
You can finish it if you like, I'm getting a bit tired. Gatoclass (talk) 14:13, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
- Technically, hooks are supposed to be left up for five days after the initial challenge, but if you want to discard some no-one is going to stop you, although you may cop some complaints from disgruntled nominators :) Gatoclass (talk) 14:23, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
re: DYK
Sure. Sorry if I got you into an edit conflict earlier. —Politizer talk/contribs 15:25, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, it looks like you've got 8 in Next there already. How many more do you want there? —Politizer talk/contribs 15:27, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
- Nvm, Gatoclass got the last one in. —Politizer talk/contribs 15:45, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
Just to let you know, the Magoja hook you just added to Next Update has a picture with it. I accidentally put it in earlier, too, but then I noticed the picture there...are we supposed to only have one picture in each update? Just checking, —Politizer talk/contribs 20:23, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
- Ah, ok, that's fine. I just thought maybe you hadn't noticed the picture (since that is what I had done). Thanks for your explanation; I'm still just at the beginning of learning how DYK works! —Politizer talk/contribs 20:49, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
I added a 9th hook to Next and I must had added it right as you were moving Next into the queue, because I don't see that hook in the queue. Here it is:
{{*mp}}... that in October 2008, the [[biofuel]] company '''[[Mascoma]]''' received a US$26 million grant from the [[U.S. Department of Energy]] to develop a [[Cellulosic ethanol|cellulosic]] fuel production facility?
*{{DYKmake|Mascoma|Ecoleetage}}
Sorry about that, —Politizer talk/contribs 18:09, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
DYK
Hey there. If biographical material is in a list does it count towards a former word-count? I've expanded this page and I'd be interested in submitting it for DYK (it has some interesting points). The previous version of the article has the text in list form; does that count as a list, and if so can I discount it when doing my character counts? Ironholds (talk) 05:12, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
- Fair enough. How would you classify the article in question? Ironholds (talk) 14:30, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
- I have good judgement? :P. Thanks for your help; I'll see if I can expand it a bit more anyway and then push for it. Ironholds (talk) 14:56, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
DYK queue 3
I left this message at Gatoclass' talk page, but just in case he doesn't see it before Queue 3 goes up, I'm copying it to you as well:
- Hey, I feel a bit stupid for having been the one to tick this hook, but the 1970 Tonghai earthquake hook (at the top of Queue 3) is a bit inaccurate now that I look at it...it says the earthquake monitoring network was established "following" the 1970 earthquake, although it was actually established 25 years later and the source given in the article doesn't even present any causal relationship between the two (the so source basically says, "A network was installed in Yunnan. BTW Yunnan has some bad earthquakes. There was one in 1970 and one in 1976.") The hook could be changed to "installed 25 years after the 1970 Tonghai earthquake," (although that still seems to imply some causal relationship that isn't supported in the sources given), or kicked back to T:TDYK for discussion.
- Sorry about green-lighting that hook erroneously, —Politizer talk/contribs 15:43, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Re:Hi
Hi, I havent removed it, i was asked to swap it. It will just appear a bit later on. The australian DYK would mainly be interesting for the australians would've ended up only showing when most of them would've been asleep
—Reedy 13:52, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
PE Railroad Bridge article
500 characters coming up. Thanks for letting me know and thanks for shortening the header. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 07:58, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
name calling
Hi. Thanks but it doesn't bother me. In fact, I like that they waste time and invective on my talk page rather than article space. :-) Cheers! DOUBLEBLUE (talk) 20:47, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Frederick William von Thulemeyer
Hello Victuallers, can you take a look at this lemma, Frederick William von Thulemeyer. Can you give it some attention? Taksen (talk) 13:06, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
DYK for Constantine Richard Moorsom
01:17, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
Harike wetland
Hi!Victullers,
The following DYK hook appeared on 10th November 2008 on Harike Wetland.
But I did not find it in the archived list for that and the next date as I was preparing a list of all DKYs done by me so far.Will you please let me know where I can find it now to put in my list? Thank you.--Nvvchar (talk) 17:40, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
Lady Constance Lytton
Hello Victuallers,
I wonder if you can advise or assist me with regard to images and copyright. I have created an article about Lady Constance Lytton that will be on DYK today(ish). It would be greatly improved if it included a picture(s) of her. As the images in the cited in the sources are 98, 100, and circa 110 years old, can they be uploaded, how, and what rationale? The most suitable images are in her 1914 book, Prisons and Prisoners, and are specifically 1908 and 1910. please see Images of Lady Constance Lytton and Jane Warton.
Can you help? Thanks in advance. Regards. Autodidactyl (talk) 09:41, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
- Many Thanks. Autodidactyl (talk) 19:01, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
- thank you for the welcome! I've been meaning to get started here for quite some time but I have always been putting it off until recently. Thanks for making me feel welcome and thanks for the solid advice.History Duff (talk) 19:53, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
DYK for Jacques Rabemananjara
BorgQueen (talk) 20:37, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
Bio rating
Hey, you reviewed Patrick David Wall in terms of article class (start, C, B, etc); would you be able to do the same for Jack Heslop-Harrison? Thanks in advance :). Ironholds (talk) 22:59, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
Template Schools in Derbyshire
Hi Victuallers Re: Removal of red links, OK I was going to add articles but not really enough for more than a short stub, and dont really think short stubs contribute much to Wikipedia other than being a place holder for links in articles. I did think it might tempt somebody to take the plunge and create some articles but no look :( I can add them back when I do. Must get back to assessing some more of the articles I tagged, see you have done a few recently. - BulldozerD11 (talk) 23:23, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
Re: Happy Xmas
Thanks, Victuallers! :) –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 16:30, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks from me too. Have a nice day. :-) AdjustShift (talk) 16:43, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
- Happy Christmas to you - I'll try to get the article about Harry Linacre (Fred Forman's nephew) written in the New Year. --Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 18:13, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Yupiit School District
Regarding pictures of schools for Yupiit School District - pictures may be available for the buildings, but they would be "I found them on the web" pictures and as such probably wouldn't meet fair-use guidelines for an article about the district as a whole. I hope when they get their web site fully up we'll see a logo we can snarf under fair-use guidelines, like I did with the oh-I-wish-it-were-1500-characters article Chatham School District, it also has good language-hook potential. Look for more "interesting-fact-inside" school-district and school articles in the coming weeks. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 21:03, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
WP:Chesterfield
Hi Victuallers, User:Wikiert invited me to join Wikipedia:WikiProject Chesterfield a couple of days ago, but I don't think it would be such a good idea, would you mind taking a quick look at my comments and let me know what you think. Being from Derbyshire I thought you would be the best person to ask :) Many thanks, Schumi555 (talk) 14:46, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Minninglow
Hi! Since you seem to be expert at this (and Derbyshire) and I'm a tyro, perhaps you might like to review my additions and amends to this page?
Many thanks
Word2thewise (talk) 02:11, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Barnstar
Thanks so much for the barnstar! Schumi555 (talk) 17:34, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Giro d'Italia
Hello Victuallers,
Can you help, please. I have created several pages and tables about the Giro, (eg. 1923 Giro d'Italia) based in the Italian data, but the pre-war Italian flag icon Template:ITA 1861-1946 doesn't work in English, so I have had to substitute the contemporary Italy. Can you / do you know how to fix it? Upload the icon to English? Create it as a page? Sadly not my area of expertise (yet!). Thanks for any help you can give. Autodidactyl (talk) 18:47, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Aldwark & referencing
Good day Victuallers,
Many thanks for your feedback on my Minninglow efforts; I shall bear your points in mind when submitting/editing in future.
I understand the value of referenced entries (was a tech journalist until I took up consulting) but feel they should always be used sparingly. Useful for substantiating precise claims, e.g. stats (I quoted Victorian population figures in when tinkering with the Aldwark page and referenced the source - thanks for tidying this, I'll be able to insert refs/footnotes correctly now). But they can be overdone - some Wikipedia stuff seems to be reference-heavy when much of the subject matter is clearly demonstrable/observable matter of fact.
One small cavil: you reckon numbers should be spelled out up to twenty but the style books I used to use as a journo generally favoured ten. Are you offering your opinion/received opinion or a Wikipedia rule? And is there a Wikipedia style book - I'd be interested to take a look.
I'll do my best to hack away at minor Derbyshire geographical/topographic and historical entries. Naturally, I'd be grateful if you could keep me on track - I see you've been in most of the entries in which I've had a hand!
Thanks again,
Word2thewise (talk) 01:46, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
LC Lecesne & B Burns
Hi, this is a test post. Looking forward to collaborating on LC Lecesne and B Burns. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Monsieur Blanc (talk • contribs) 21:15, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
- hmmm Reply - I wonder if you have found my reply on your talk page here? Victuallers (talk) 17:08, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
British India
Hi, Victuallers. I wonder if you could read through the page Talk:British India? I know this isn't a million miles from one of your interests, you may even feel able to make some input there? Xn4 (talk) 05:46, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
DYK for Osmaston Hall
BorgQueen (talk) 00:56, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
100 DYK Metal
Thanks for the 100 DYK Metal. I got to close out that part of my User Talk Page to make it Archive 5. It starts with the 50 DYK Metal and ends with the 100 DYK Metal. Also as you can see I put the Metal also on my User Page. I will have to ask you for help from time to time as it looks like you have been around for some time - as your 200 DYK Metal shows. --Doug Coldwell talk 15:52, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks also for the Christmas greetings. I am only guessing - is Wiki-time based on the Greenwich Mean Time? I say this because it is 5 hours ahead of where I am in the Eastern Time Zone and I believe that would put it at Greenwich Time or there abouts (probably in your neck of the woods). Since it appears you are in England this has reminded me of a controversial article I have worked on in the past, Street light interference. Much of the material in the article is based on a book by Hilary Evans of London. He was with the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena when he wrote the book in 1993. The "effect" is just that - a simple effect that appears to happen to some people worldwide with no other special power. The "effect" has no controlled power of any type, however the article has stirred up much controversy. How I have had this "effect" is on the first External link of the first 7 YouTube videos. Over time many people worldwide have responded to these videos saying how this has also happened to them also. Don't know if you are from London or if you ever heard of this phenomenon? I would be considered a "SLIder" since it has occured to me for the last 25 years (that I have noted). Probably you have not heard of this, since it only happens in about 1 in a million people (my guess) worldwide. --Doug Coldwell talk 20:24, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
Interesting Doug, but I'm with Massimo Polidoro. The most interesting aspect is that Hilary studies this idea. Happy new year! Victuallers (talk) 12:18, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Holiday thanks
Thanks for your nice holiday message. Best wishes for a very healthy, happy and successful 2009, and of course Happy Editing! -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:49, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
Christmas Greetings
Thanks for the Christmas greetings. I hope you have a great Christmas and new year. I just wondered which canal it was that you had seen. (I have been working on about 5 in the last week!) Bob1960evens (talk) 18:22, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
thanks!
thanks very much for the barnstar! a very kind thought :) Dsp13 (talk) 19:46, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
Re: Best Wishes
Thank you, and to you as well! Cirt (talk) 21:36, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
Season's greetings
Thanks, Vic! And a Merry Christmas to you too. Here's some old fashioned Christmas pud for ya :) Gatoclass (talk) 05:07, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
And holiday greetings to you too. Thanks! Daniel Case (talk) 04:39, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the Christmas wishes. I hope you had a good Christmas and that you're looking forward to lots of new DYK medals in 2009. Dahliarose (talk) 15:46, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
Ada
Dearest Ada Lovelace was originally put on my list as a special request from some of the comp sci guys. I always liked her and delving into her history only made me like her more. I completed only half of the original request: I added citations and the rest as a stop gap measure against vandalism that wanted to put in just about any crazy thing in. The partial citations allowed for the hundreds of editors watch listing that page to know what information is real or not. I should return to her, and I most likely will after I finish her father's bio. :) Ottava Rima (talk) 17:03, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Castillero Middle School
Can I have some ideas on how to improve the article to a C-class or higher?Wikijjc (talk) 18:42, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
I just moved the image to the bottom for Asif. I did this because it took the whole section downwards. I did not erase anything. I believe that the page looks just fine now after whatever I (accidently) or someone might have erased.
Happy New Year
Happy New Year to you too! I hope that 2009 is a good year for you. It would be hard to top 2008 since you became an admin. I don't think that there's anything organized for Darwin Day, but I think you should be bold and do it! I doubt you would get objections to such an important scientist. My time on the 'pedia is now quite limited as I finally found a job. While it wasn't in my field and the pay is low, I'm proud to say I did land a job in this tough economy. Anything is better than no money per hour.
Have you been watching DYK? The DYK bot is down because its owner left. So we're stuck doing manual updates until its new owner can troubleshoot and put it on the toolserver. So please help watch the updates. Royalbroil 13:55, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
Many thanks
Thanks for the pic information. Regards, Joebloggsy (talk) 22:43, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
DYKAdminBot
I have restarted the dykadminbot so it no longer needs a human to manually update. However I need someone familiar with the process to verify the bot's contributions and tell me that they are correct. Further details are at Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Bot.
- P.S. This post is being cross posted to the 4 "active" users listed on Wikipedia:Did_you_know#Actively_involved. It is fairly critical that one of these four double check the bot before 01:00 UTC. —— nixeagle 19:37, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
- What little of DYK I know I learned from the code, and from asking PeterSym on IRC. Basically I need you to check that the bot is doing nothing wrong. I can't point you at a specific error to look for sorry. All the edits just need checking over by someone that is familiar with the process. The bot is doing nothing that I can see wrong, but my opinion here is not worth much until I get more into the process and start fielding feature/bug reports. —— nixeagle 19:46, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
James Carlile
Hello
I just came across your article on James Carlile because I have in my hands a volume of the Irish "Scripture Lessons for the Use of Schools" which he is said (by library catalogues) to have compiled.
The item about the purgatorial society appeared to clash with material later in the article from the Catholic Encyclopedia suggesting that he was anti-Catholic (which may be unfair given the speeches made in the House of Lords apparently referring to the Scripture Lesson material as being an attempted compromise between a Protestant and a Catholic position). I therefore looked up the reference you gave and concluded that, unless you have other evidence, it says nothing like what you have interpreted it as saying. My guess is that, in a Protestant pamphlet, he merely described what the Roman Catholics were doing.
I then looked up the reference regarding the "Belfast Academical Institution" and again (unless you can provide other evidence) you appear to have completely misinterpreted it! Castlereagh was (at that stage) seeking to stop them using the Institution because they had shown an independent spirit. I skimmed the passage and couldn't see what the suggested alternative was, whether the Scottish University was in fact correct or not.
I have therefore marked the page "disputed" and opened up a section on the article's talk page. --PeterR (talk) 23:59, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
Richard Conversation Sharp
Hi Roger its me again. I have quite forgotten how to navigate this site so I hope this reaches you. Just to say that I noticed that there is a redirection on Wikipedia that refers to 'Richard Sharp (Politicician)' and which obviously doesn't work with such a mis-spelling. Can this be corrected? I also have an image of Sharp which I can forward if this is easy ie within my grasp. Good wishes Mariakinnaird (talk) 18:14, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
hook selection
hi there, I was wondering if we could put a hold on one of the Virginia hooks until the next batch. It makes for bad variety otherwise. Thanks.Nrswanson (talk) 20:39, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
- I think so. We just need to make sure we don't copy it to the holding queue.Nrswanson (talk) 20:44, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
DYK for Amanitore
Keep up the good work! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 16:07, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
Richard Sharp (politician), Maria Kinnaird, Dora Wordsworth, Samuel Boddington, George Philips.
Hello again Vic, I notice that this particular Richard Sharp is omitted from the list of Sharp Surnames. Are you able to correct this? I have also written short pieces/additions to the above entries, which I hope are ok. Good wishes, Mariakinnaird (talk) 10:57, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
re: The 50 DYK Medal
Thank you very much for this recognition. Cirt (talk) 16:07, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
Cricketers
Hi Victuallers - you may be interested in the note I left at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cricket. There is much useful information buried around Derbyshire cricketers. I hope you don't feel I have been too hard on the cricket people. There are about 100 players that still need articles and no one seems to be doing much about Derbyshire and indeed most of the articles read pretty negative about the team. Is anyone on the Derbs project interested in taking this up. Regards Motmit (talk) 20:35, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
- The Derbyshire cricket teams contain quite a lot of important and interesting people such as brewers and landowners and I have been taking an interest in this. I don't plan to write any articles myself, firstly because I have other things to work on and secondly I'm not an expert on cricket. But if an article gets written from the non cricket world it gets sort of ticked off their list and cricket stuff doesnt get in poperly (see Samuel Hill Wood) so its a bit of an impasse. Anyway I shall keep working through those that have been started Regards Motmit (talk) 20:16, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
- Glad you liked Buckston Mi. I gave up and decided at least to do the missing captains of Derbyshire which is now complete. As they had to be amateurs until after the war they usually had a life outside cricket. You can chain back through them and you might want to pick up some more for the Derbs project - one was associated with the mill at Matlock (though none of them were nicknamed "conversation"). Regards Motmit (talk) 20:10, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
DYK for Maria Kinnaird
Gatoclass (talk) 18:00, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
Uploading images - licences.
Hello Victuallers, I have recently been editing Paris-Roubaix but it needs a headline image that encapsulates the event. Thus I am planning to email a professional photographer [1] and ask him to release a low resolution version of an iconic image. As posters and reprints are his livelihood I expect he will be somewhat reluctant, to say the least, thus I need to reassure him that a 'bcdef' licence will protect his general ownership of the image and the reprint business.
- Can you tell me what licence I should suggest?
- What I should do to find out?
- Will a watermarked image be acceptable to wiki?
- Have you got any other advice...
Regards, Autodidactyl (talk) 18:52, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
Amanitore - 83d40m
Belated thanks for "light edit" of the article. A definite improvement. Pity the culture of historic Africa below Egypt is not better known. Cheers Victuallers (talk) 20:41, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for the recognition. I intend to work on some of these topics and have a similar hope that these cultures become better known. ---- 83d40m (talk) 23:09, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Greetings
And late thanks, too, Victuallers, for your New Year greeting! By the way, I see Another Old Derbeian has just arrived on the Main Page for part of today. Xn4 (talk) 18:56, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
Barnstar of beauty
Didn't want to glorify the article/your work too much on the dyk page, but Las Meninas is a stunning one. Congratulations again, :) Julia Rossi (talk) 22:16, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
- Glad it was good timing for you as well. Courage to you, Julia Rossi (talk) 21:54, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
DYK for Barnet Burns
Dravecky (talk) 00:01, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
DYK for The Agnew Clinic
Dravecky (talk) 05:50, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
DYK
Thanks! Hope to do more in the future! :P Shrumster (talk) 21:18, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
King of Clubs club
Hi Vic/Roger
I have just received my first Wiki-mugging for this article on the King of Clubs. It was promptly put up for deletion because I hadn't got around to putting in some references - at least I think that was the main objection! I had no idea the Wiki-police were so prompt (nominated within minutes of me putting it on !). Seems a shame because it is a highly researched article containing information that is not available elsewhere to the best of my knowledge. Anyway, your support has been valuable in the past and maybe you can tell me where I have erred ?
Good wishes, Mariakinnaird (talk) 18:22, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
King of Clubs club
Vic
Many thanks for redeeming my confidence - and hopefully the article! Much appreciated. Mariakinnaird (talk) 19:16, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
Joseph Kay
Vic
Thank you so much for your help recently. I have added to Joseph Kay's entry but cannot get the reference (showing a useful internet link) to appear under 'references'. Can you help me please?
Obliged as ever, Mariakinnaird (talk) 16:15, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the 25 DYK medal
Thanks for your appreciation. When someone recognizes your work, it motivates you to do more. Thanks. --Redtigerxyz Talk 12:20, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
Richard Sharp (politician)
Vic, I have gained permission from the artist for her impression of Richard Sharp (a good pastel work)to be donated to Wikipedia. I can forward her consenting email if it helps. I think you once offered that I could email it to you, which I would prefer, since my editing skills might otherwise mean it would become lost in the ether. If you are still willing I can send it, with all the details, for adding to the article. I am still editing it as you may have noticed, to try to make it worthy.
Good wishes, Mariakinnaird (talk) 19:45, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Vic
Thanks for doing the picture of Sharp (is it possible to give it the title/attribution supplied? I noticed the reference to his education being Oxford. I have never come across this unless you have turned up some new information. As a very staunch dissenter he would normally have been barred from entry (although I fancy there may have been one or two rare exceptions). Certainly, I have never seen any reference to him spending time there. A different Sharp? I have meanwhile replaced the reference to Oxford with Dr Fell's tuition, which is definite. As I recall he thought of a career in law but gave this up because morally he could not reconcile the thought of having to defend a guilty man. I would be interested to know what evidence there is, and for how long, he may have attended Inner Temple. Where did you find this? Thanks again,
Mariakinnaird (talk) 11:23, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Fahd APC
I restored the hook since the only problem was that the link should have been at Fahd Armored Personnel Carrier instead of "Fahd APC" as the other editor had abbreviated it. - Dravecky (talk) 14:29, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
2 pics on DYK
I probably could... but just because it's never been done... there had never been more than one featured article before last November and that had two pics at once... --➨♀♂Candlewicke ST # :) 14:32, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
- Ah, well we'll see what happens. Thanks for the advice. It would be something different but its not of great importance at any rate. --➨♀♂Candlewicke ST # :) 14:40, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Conversation Sharp
Vic
it seems you may have been right about Inner Temple. I am seeking confirmation from the archivist there. Where did you dig this up from? - and thanks !
Mariakinnaird (talk) 15:19, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
DYK for Derby Philosophical Society
Gatoclass 03:16, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
DYK update
Hello. The DYKAdminBot doesn't seem to be updating again; it's late and an update needs to be pushed. Could you manually do the update if you're here? It should be from queue 5. Thank you! Shubinator (talk) 17:29, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
- Instructions for doing the update are at Wikipedia:DYK#Process. Shubinator (talk) 17:44, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
- Fixed by Rootology. Shubinator (talk) 19:20, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for doing the update! I can do credits. Shubinator (talk) 17:23, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
- It's been completely dead for a little more than a week now. Shubinator (talk) 17:28, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
- Credits finished. The queue can be cleared now. Shubinator (talk) 17:36, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Request for an opinion
If its appropriate to request this and you have time, would you please check out comments made at Talk:Python_reticulatus#Debate_regarding_length_claims_made_by_various_zoos and Talk:Python_reticulatus#Verifiability. It is my position that I've endured days of personal attacks and incivility from User:Mokele and User:Jwinius.
- User:Mokele has told me "Cry me a river. I see absolutely no reason to listen to a mere amateur. Come back when you have a graduate degree in herpetology. Until then, stop wasting our time" and represents his editorial standpoints as "I don't give a crap if the news articles meet some overly-vague WP rule...we should stick to peer-reviewed scientific journal sources ONLY" and has referred to my good faith edits as "unencyclopedic crap" (all comments at [2]).
- User:Jwinius has informed me that I am "silly", [3], "petulant" , "irritable", "thin-skinned", [4] etc.
I've lost count of how many times I've encouraged courtesy in these users. Perhaps encouragement of good behavior coming from someone other than myself and User:Cygnis insignis might have effect. User:Cygnis insignis's comments on our discussion begin as follows “I've waded through the incivility, bold assumptions, uncited assertions, expletives and other obstruction to this good faith contribution. However this is not the place for identifying this obnoxious pattern of behavior...” (see hidden comments at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Python_reticulatus&action=edit§ion=17) Ultimately, this dispute is about a claim made by User:Mokele and User:Jwinius to allow certain content at Python_reticulatus#Captivity that they deem unencyclopedic. Thanks for considering my comments. -- --Boston (talk) 20:03, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
- Please also note this edit summary by User:Mokele "Put up or shut up, amateur. Show me this mythical "outside arbitration", because you seem to lack the balls to use the talk page anymore." I need help dealing with these editors. --Boston (talk) 20:16, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
DYK 200
Thanks for the latest medal. FTR, User:TonyTheTiger≠User:Tony the Tiger--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 18:23, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
In answer to you question, see this section of my talk page. Also, I changed the tag on the William Ouseley article to an inline ref. --Eastlaw talk ⁄ contribs 02:01, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
Re:GA
Hi there. I didn't realise there is a special way to achieve that status. What should I do? Joebloggsy (talk) 19:42, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
Godefroid Munongo and DYK
Dear Victuallers,
I stumbled upon Godefroid Munongo on the Africa Bot listing and think it is very interesting, so I nominated it over at Did you know?. While the article is great, if you expanded it a bit, I am sure it will make it on DYK. Thanks and keep up the good work!--TM 15:00, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks
Thank you for the 50 DYK Medal. It is much appreciated :) Arsenikk (talk) 20:52, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Could you take a look at this article I wrote. I am working to improve it to G.A. status. Thanks.--Doug Coldwell talk 13:56, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Question about the update
Thanks for doing the latest DYK update but I have to ask: why did you skip queue 2, the one up next in the rotation, in favor of queue 3? Is there an issue with a hook in queue 2 that needs to be addressed? - Dravecky (talk) 21:38, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Victuallers, would you mind taking a few minutes to look at this article? It may not be very obvious, but I've done quite a lot of work on it since your assessment, and I'm wondering whether it has moved on from being a B. I see that some sections still need more citations, but subject to that is it anywhere near GA, do you think? regards, Xn4 (talk) 01:23, 25 February 2009 (UTC)