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| == Autoconformation RfC == | |||
| A ] has now been started on this topic. Feel free to contribute; best, ] (]) 19:30, 3 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == Matt Frattin == | |||
| Thank you for your recent edits to improve the content of the ] article. Your time and effort to improve this article is appreciated, however your changes to my edits of the lead paragraph are not in keeping with ], which tells us that we should strive create a concise introduction to the article. I have not deleted your useful information, but rather I have moved the non-essential information to the body of the article. If my edits disappoint you, then I would welcome your constructive comments and edits to improve upon the job I have done. ] (]) 21:58, 5 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :No problem, I think you made some good changes there. I am admittedly poor at writing lead sections (you aren't the first person to bring my lead writing skills up!). ] (]) 22:02, 5 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| == Exeter Inn == | |||
| Hi, nice to see this lovely place get a good entry. However, I've made a small correction. The Inn itself is not actually on the campus of Phillips Exeter Academy, but "adjacent to" it, as the Inn's website notes. Regards, ] (]) 04:29, 8 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Funny about that, I actually was fixing that detail myself and got an edit conflict with you :) Thanks, ] (]) 04:30, 8 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::You're welcome. Nice to see a New Hampshire fellow so active on here. Entry looks good. Best, ] (]) 04:32, 8 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::Thanks, I'm impressed that you found the article so quickly. It is nice to write about my home state from time to time. ] (]) 04:38, 8 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::You're from a great place. The Presidentials in the White Mountains are still among my very favorite spots. Hope to see you around the Granite State entries again. Best, ] (]) 05:15, 8 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == Re Alice Manfield == | |||
| You were right: ]. It's fixed now; I missed an 's' when transcribing the URL and obviously never checked it. --] (]) 10:25, 8 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Cool, good work on that article by the way. ] (]) 14:43, 8 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == Thank you! == | |||
| Qrsdogg, I'd like to thank you please for providing me with a new search's criteria ideas for the article I'd rather will not name here :-) It really was a big help in improving the article. BTW, if you are to have problems with your employer over the search you have done, you always could say US Congress designated this place as a wilderness area in a special Act. Should help I believe :-) Best wishes.--] (]) 22:16, 8 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :You're welcome, I'm glad to help. Trying to dig up sources is one of my favorite things to do. | |||
| :My boss has a pretty good sense of humor about such things. I've told him about my Misplaced Pages habit, actually. He got quite a kick out of my username for some reason. ] (]) 04:28, 9 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == If you are in trouble anyway... == | |||
| Hi Qrsdogg,I thought that, if a search for the name of my last article from your work computer, could have got you into troubles with your employer, you have nothing more to loose, if you are to help me with copy-editing of another ] :-). So what say you?--] (]) 04:57, 10 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Hopefully that one will be a little less controversial. Looks like someone from the Manchester Cabal beat me to it, though. Those guys are fast. ] (]) 15:04, 10 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::Looks like this. Somebody even nominated it on DYK.--] (]) 16:28, 10 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| }} ] (]) 00:04, 11 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == Alimuddin Zumla == | |||
| Thanks for the review and the reminder. The statement tagged with {{tl|citation needed}} came from a note that the subject's brother left on another article. As I haven't been able to verify it otherwise in the past few days, I've moved it to the talk page. Cheers, ] (]) 06:43, 16 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Thanks, sometimes when I'm working on a draft I'll put a citation tag on it to remind myself to cite something later. Good work on an under covered topic, by the way. ] (]) 13:45, 16 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| == citation tag == | |||
| On a recent edit from this IP removed a tag specifying that a citation was needed for a certain claim. Please do not do this as the tags help others make Misplaced Pages better referenced. ] (]) 13:52, 16 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| How very ambiguous of you. On what page was the edit? Thanks. ] (]) 14:52, 16 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :My apologies, I was doing two things at once when I wrote that. was the edit in question. I personally think the {{tl|citation needed}} tags are overused, but it's important not to remove them without explanation. Thanks, ] (]) 16:24, 16 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == New article == | |||
| Hi Qrsdogg, I wonder, if you have a time and a wish to copy-edit my ]. It could make a funny DYK something like this ...that the Ball is located in Lower Swell at Dikler? :-)--] (]) 23:58, 18 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Ok, I'll take a look at it--doesn't look too long :) I am pretty tired out right now, I was at the ] today and watching everyone run really made me tired. ] (]) 00:35, 19 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::Now it is funny. I'm only left to imagine how tired would you have been, if you run that Marathon yourself :-) | |||
| ::Thanks for willingness to help me with that.--] (]) 00:48, 19 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::That was a pretty neat article, very interesting. A couple things: a. Sorry I removed the Humpty Dumpty reference, that was very funny though; b. the last section could use some more explanation, "Whittlestone once belonged to immovable megaliths". What is Whittlestone? That's the first time it's mentioned in the article (cool story though). | |||
| :::I've had five relatives run the Boston Marathon over the years, so I've been going there almost every year for over 20 years now. While it may still be tiring to watch it, it is certainly less painful! ] (]) 01:15, 19 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Thank you for your help, but I did not understand why did you remove a part of the legend about the all King's men and the all King's horses who cannot move it? It is sourced by . Whittlestone is a stone, that apparently was used at an ancient burial site, they have few around Lower Swell. I might add something about the burial cites tomorrow. Cheers.--] (]) 02:14, 19 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Ah, I didn't realize that was from the source-I just thought that it was a peculiar rhetorical flourish :) ] (]) 02:19, 19 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::So you thought I invented that myself, and it is what you called "Humpty Dumpty"? BTW what does "Humpty Dumpty" means?--] (]) 02:22, 19 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::] is a children's rhyme that contains the phrase "All the king's horses and all the king's men". I thought you were trying to stick that phrase into the article just to be funny. ] (]) 02:25, 19 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::How could have you thought that I will ever insert in the article Humpty Dumpty just to make it funny?!?! Am I really so bad?!?! Well, I guess I am :-) but shhh, please tell nobody because my topic ban is never going to be lifted, if administrators will find out I'd stop at nothing to make an article funnier :-) | |||
| ::::::::On a more serious note after you explained to me what is Humpty Dumpty,I realized the only thing I know about English, and American's culture is that I know nothing :( --] (]) 02:34, 19 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::It would be a real shame if they ever tried to topic-ban you from "funny articles".<small> There actually was ] banned for being too funny last year though.</small> Oh well, don't worry about the intricacies of Anglo-American culture, Misplaced Pages is probably the best resource on earth for catching up on such things! ] (]) 02:52, 19 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::::I am not familiar with this user's case, but I will take a look. Thanks for pointing this out to me, I've already had a good laugh over his user's name. Sadly it proved to be true.Looks like he's not coming back. | |||
| ::::::::::What in your opinion will be a good DYK hook for our new article? Of course if the hook will be as the one I offered in the beginning or at least "... that ] is located at the banks of Dikler?", it is sure to generate a good traffic, but... --] (]) 03:27, 19 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::::I think "... that ] is located at the banks of Dikler?" is probably better, it's a bit shorter after all. I tend to like concise hooks generally, but that's just me. I doubt the censors will have a problem with it, but you never know... ] (]) 03:31, 19 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == DYK nomination of Lower Swell == | |||
| ] Hello! Your submission of ] at the ] has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath '''{{T:TDYK|Lower Swell|your nomination's entry}}''' and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! <!--Template:DYKproblem--> ] (]) 10:05, 20 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == A new new article == | |||
| ]. Is this something that you'd like to help me with? --] (]) 04:44, 21 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :I'll see if I can do some work on it later today or tonight. My first thought is that you might be able to split the article into two: one on the book and one on the sculpture itself. ] (]) 14:49, 21 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Ok, I took a quick look at it, very interesting article. ] (]) 01:10, 22 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::Thank you! I'd rather not to split it. Could you come up with a DYK hook for it, please?--] (]) 04:35, 22 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::Hmm, there are a lot of possibilities here. The first that comes to mind is ...that ] was inspired to create the ''']''' sculpture after reading an account of Lesbian sex from the ]? Maybe you could wikilink lesbian or lesbian sex or something, but use your best judgement on that. ] (]) 14:03, 22 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Thanks, I like this hook, but I do not believe we have a source that specifically mentions lesbian sex as an inspiration for the work. . Please feel free to edit it. Cheers.--] (]) 15:34, 22 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Sure, that works just as well. ] (]) 16:23, 22 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| ==Re: Edits to Edward Trelawny== | |||
| Orsdogg: Please note: When someone is quoting material about Edward Trelawny taken from St Clair, care should be taken. St Clair invented many derogatory items about Trelawny, which lacked citations. As to material from Armstrong, since she believed Trelawny’s Adventures were real, when quoting her one is actually quoting something from Trelawny’s own writings. Reference: ''Trelawny --- Fact or Fiction,'' by Donald B. Prell, Strand Publishing, 2008, pp. 5-14. You can download a free copy from info@strand-publishing.com <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 19:02, 23 April 2011 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
| :keep up the excellent editing --- given time you will become an expert on Edward Trelawny. ] (]) 00:10, 24 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::Thanks, I hope so! ] (]) 12:42, 24 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| == Another copy-edit? == | |||
| Hi Qrsdogg, here's my new article: ]. Would you be interested in copy-editing it? It's perfectly alright, if you have no time. I will ask somebody else then. Cheers.--] (]) 02:42, 25 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :I'll try to check it out, I think I'll have time later today. ] (]) 13:12, 25 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::I believe somebody else fixed it already. Of course an extra check is good, if you have a time. I am having strange problems on DYK for it. --] (]) 13:33, 25 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::Misplaced Pages really can be pretty strange occasionally, I sometimes wonder what Kafka would think of this place. | |||
| :::Anyway, that's a pretty interesting book you wrote about there, I might have to read it sometime. I used to work for an American company that was founded by an Israeli who came to the U.S. for Grad School after he left ]. ] (]) 13:41, 25 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::If Kafka, ever wrote an article about what he thinks about this place, all his works would have been blacklisted on[REDACTED] forever :-)--] (]) 15:37, 25 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::lol, that would be pretty funny. ] (]) 15:39, 25 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::Funny? No, it would be sad.--] (]) 15:46, 25 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::No, I mean the thought of Kafka writing articles about Misplaced Pages is funny to think about. Speaking of Kafka, I think you might enjoy . And speaking of funny, I just saw ]. ] (]) 15:51, 25 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::Both are great, funny links! "Properly follow a proper protocol" :-) Yes, it is Kafka. | |||
| ::::::::BTW it reminded me my own Kafka's experience with US emigration department. I went there to get my green card. I was told I have to go to room #12a, sit on a green chair, and listen until my name is called on the radio. There was no room #12a there, but there was room #12. I knocked the door, an angry lady came out, and before I was able to open my mouth to ask a question, she pointed me out to the sign at the door. The sign stated: "Do not ask questions about room #12a" :-)I guess, if I am blocked, no, not for writing this article, but for nominating it on DYK, I'd spend my time re-reading Kafka :-) | |||
| ::::::::I hope the editor who named that article did not get sanctioned.--] (]) 16:17, 25 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::That is really incredible, I am so glad that I haven't had to deal with the immigration departments. Pretty much everyone I know who immigrated to the U.S. has horror stories about the bureaucracy there. | |||
| :::::::::Someone should write an essay: ]. That would be a very helpful essay. ] (]) 16:35, 25 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::: :-)--] (]) 15:58, 27 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::::That actually was kinda funny, the Science and Scientology ban was pretty creative. Oh well, tread carefully! ] (]) 16:18, 27 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::::::Thanks for the image! Should this be moved to the main space?--] (]) 17:29, 27 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::::::Use your best judgment, but it might not be a bad idea to let things cool down at AE before doing much else with it. ] (]) 17:37, 27 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| (intend) To cool-down at AE? You, Americans, are so strange. How something that has not started yet (and maybe is never to start) could cool-down? :-)--] (]) 17:46, 27 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Good point, I guess non-existent cases can't really cool down, per se. You've got me with that logic stuff again. ] (]) 17:48, 27 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::Actually although it was written about AE, but actually I was mostly thinking about other incident, when I was writing this. I just tried to make it funny, and AE looked as the good choice. If it is moved to main space, what category should it go to, "humors essay"? BTW, if I am to get sanctioned for writing this essay, then it would be a really good confirmation of "properly follow a proper policy" :-)--] (]) 03:39, 28 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::I think ] might be the best place for it. I really cracked myself up adding those pictures. Oh well, I doubt there's much risk of getting sanctioned for that, Admins aren't that humorless (or ARE they... stay tuned for the next episode). ] (]) 03:44, 28 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::--] (]) 04:06, 28 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Excellent, hope everyone takes a moment to see the humor in it before perma-banning us. ] (]) 04:09, 28 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::I am glad you said "us" :-)--] (]) 04:12, 28 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| == Requesting your opinion on the Periannan Senapathy page == | |||
| I have found further secondary sources to the page on ]. I have written a new piece on the same on the talk page of Periannan Senapathy. Would like your views so that we can move the discussion forward. ] (]) 18:24, 26 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Ok, thanks for the notice. I'll check it out. ] (]) 19:08, 26 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ==DYK nomination of Edward John Trelawny== | |||
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| == Re:DYK review == | |||
| Hi - I didn't understand your comment about the review. What do you mean? ] ] 04:13, 28 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Sorry for being unclear, I meant that I was unsure if ] criteria #5 had been met. ] (]) 04:19, 28 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Yikes! I totally forgot! Sorry I just came back from a wikibreak. I will attend to the criteria very shortly - I have put up I think 3 noms recently. ] ] 04:26, 28 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::Wikibreaks will do that to you :) ] (]) 04:31, 28 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ==DYK for Lower Swell== | |||
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| }} ] (]) 12:04, 29 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == DYK: Jihadi tourism == | |||
| What do you think about removing the word "popular"? I'm a big fan of short. Short = hits. The word could also be contested, although that's not likely. | |||
| ...that popular destinations for Jihadi tourism have included a war museum and Somali terrorist training sites? | |||
| ] (]) 17:57, 29 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :That would be fine, I guess. I agree that shorter really is better for these. ] (]) 18:00, 29 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::I don't want to squash your words. If you're happy with it, leave it, want it gone, blow it up. :) ] (]) 23:59, 29 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::Not a problem at all, I took the "popular" out earlier today. ] (]) 06:22, 30 April 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| }} ] (]) 06:05, 1 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == Sad == | |||
| It is very sad, but an essay that we wrote --] (]) 14:46, 1 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :I actually saw that thread and wrote up a comment but then (wisely, I think) decided against hitting save. Suffice to say, I think you aren't the only one around here who has contributed content that is "likely to gravely offend a large percentage of conservative Muslims"! ] (]) 14:53, 1 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::Honestly, it is not the response I was hoping for. No Muslim would be offended by ]. This lady belonging to Muslims is something to be proud about for any Muslim, no matter how conservative one is. ] was written as a tribute to the history of Islam and a great Muslim sculptor,] is a part of the history, and it is well known that "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." But the matter not even in this. What some users want to do is to censor wikipedia, to silence a free speech. It really reminds me communist Soviet Union that I despised so much.--] (]) 15:43, 1 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::Yes, it really is disappointing sometimes. I was pretty surprised to see the opposition to those, as well: the first two seem pro-Islam to me and I don't see what the problem with encyclopedic treatment of forced conversion could be. Oh well, this place is pretty confusing sometimes. ] (]) 15:50, 1 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::That post on Gato's page reminded me a story I read somewhere about a lady, who, when she learned about Darwin's theory of evolution, prayed like this: "O God, please make this theory to be untrue, and,if it is true, please make as less people as possible to find out about it." It is sad that the users that think like that lady want to enforce censorship on wikipedia. Whatever...--] (]) 16:52, 1 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Good quote about Darwin's theory. Sounds like phrase from ]: "uz koli zlo presech', sobrat' vse knigi by da zhech" ("if we really want to get rid of the evil, let's collect and burn all books"). <s> A[REDACTED] version: "people trying to use DYK as a weapon in propaganda warfare" . Assuming that DYK describes interesting ''facts'', this is an attitude of ]</s>. ] (]) 23:16, 2 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::Yes, this is getting pretty bizarre very quickly. I have a hard time taking this place seriously when people describe ] as "promoting 'one side of any ongoing dispute.'" Are UFO hoaxes part of an ongoing dispute now? (Although, for the record, I am not accusing the complainers of acting in bad faith) ] (]) 23:41, 2 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::I did not notice at first that person who criticized Mbz1 for alleged soapboxing was herself a <s>professional</s> political blogger <s>(read "propagandist")</s>. Same problems with at least two other bloggers I met here. But this is only natural: people tend to associate themselves to another person and think: "she did it for precisely the same reason ''I'' would do the same". There is a psychologist trick: "Look at the picture of this boy, and tell me what ''he'' likes", and a subject starts telling about himself, rather than about the boy on the picture. An example from this unfriendly environment: "''he'' did it to provoke you" (which means only "''I'' would do this to provoke you"). This way of judging others is frequently wrong, especially when people came from different cultures. In fact, a typical person from Russia, US or North Caucasus could react very differently to the same. | |||
| :::::::Now back to the point. Mbz1 actions are a classic example of ''reaction to an obstacle'' by a person of her temperament. Consider someone who was asked to come to room 13 and pick up his parcel. He comes and sees the door to the room locked and no one around (something like topic ban). Here are first ''instinctive'' reactions of ] (although they can act differently after thinking a while). Phlegmatic (weak, stable) like me: go back, return later, and do not think about it. Melancholic (weak, unstable): go back in frustration and never return. Choleric (strong, unstable) : hit and break the door, e.g. by creating socks. A sanguinic (strong, stable): look for the key or people around. ] (]) 14:13, 3 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::Misplaced Pages really allows for some fascinating observations about the way people interact and react to each other. (But I think it's usually a bad idea to discuss other contributors on 3rd party talk pages.) Also, every time I interact with a Wikipedian who has their own article, for a moment I feel like I'm talking to a celebrity :) ] (]) 14:56, 3 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::She does not like debating that kind of things on her talk page, but she can probably read it here. Main point: ''no one is evil''. Just in case, there is no any article about me, except ]. One must have good sense of humor to continue editing here. Fine, no more comments about this.] (]) 15:53, 3 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::::Much agreed, very true. ] (]) 15:55, 3 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| <--This is really offensive and unpleasant. I have never been a "professional political blogger" nor am I a propagandist. Please redact the false claim. And take a look at my blog if you want and see for yourself how much propaganda you can find in there: http://betsydevine.com/blog/ | |||
| I have an engineering degree and attained a tiny degree of notability, maybe the quantum minimum of notability for a Misplaced Pages article, by coauthoring a couple of books that were, in my own opinion, pretty darn good. As for the hypothetical motivation of the many people (NOT just Mbz1) who have been tag-teaming each other's articles through DYK despite POV issues -- their motivation is irrelevant to the question of whether DYK should tamely let them flaunt its policy, which is that both articles and hooks must be NPOV. | |||
| Is it so hard to believe that somebody wants Misplaced Pages to follow its own policies? Does somebody who says that articles should be NPOV before we point to them from our front page have to have a secret evil motivation? DYK has a lot of policies besides NPOV -- is it "censorship" that DYK is only for new articles and puts length restrictions on them? ] (]) 03:11, 4 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :I'm really sorry you're offended by our conversation. Though I often disagree with your views in discussions, I have a lot of respect for your overall contributions to the project. Misplaced Pages needs people of all political and religious orientations to contribute, that's part of what makes this place great. (Also, I was genuinely surprised to learn that you're a well known author, I meant no sarcasm by referring to you as a celebrity.) ] (]) 03:20, 4 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Also, your blog looks pretty good and it's awesome to learn that you're a fellow New Hampshire native. ] (]) 03:22, 4 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :: Yay New Hampshire! Glad you weren't too put off by my idea for a nematode diet. Thanks for the kind words -- and I am soooo glad I am not a celebrity, that must be incredibly tiring for people who are one. ] (]) 04:07, 4 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::Please accept my apology. I responded in more detail at my talk page . ] (]) 12:46, 4 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| ==DYK nomination of Jihadi tourism== | |||
| ] Hello! Your submission of ] at the ] has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath '''{{T:TDYK|Jihadi tourism|your nomination's entry}}''' and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! <!--Template:DYKproblem--> – <font face="Cambria">] (])</font> 23:15, 3 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == Welcome to the club :-) == | |||
| Now instead of just writing an article I decided first . Who knows, if I would be allowed to write such an article :-) My guess is "no" :(, but I still have a small hope.--] (]) 01:34, 4 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Sounds like the perfect model of inter-religious unity! But here's a question, if EdJohnston says "Ask Gatoclass" and then Gatoclass says "Ask EdJohnston", what should you do? ] (]) 01:42, 4 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :I'm working on a nice boring article now: ]. No controversy there, not yet at least! ] (]) 02:00, 4 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::It is a nice article you're writing, and what is even more important, there's not going to be any controversy about it. | |||
| ::About the article I was going to write... Well... looks like that poor silly medieval poet, who could not find a better subject to write poems about, would not get his day under the sun on Misplaced Pages's main page :( Bad for him! I am sure, if back in the middle twelve hundreds he knew about Misplaced Pages, about DYK, about ] and ], he would have chosen a different topic for his poems, but now it sems too late :-)--] (]) 04:11, 4 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::I never complained about your "Sexy Muslim chicks" articles. It was OhioStandard who suggested you might be trying to be intentionally provocative. Now I wonder, though, if he was right about that and I was mistaken in thinking he was wrong. Taunting other editors by name in your posts and edit summaries is rarely a helpful part of building an encyclopedia. ] (]) 11:05, 4 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::No wonder you have never complained about my "Sexy Muslim chicks" (what a vulgar language D:)articles.I have never wrote one. Oh, and BTW, you complained about my other three articles and here at this very page you said they got promoted by my friends. If it is not so much to ask for, could you please provide the differences of my "tag team" that promoted my articles you mentioned on DYK talk page, and if you cannot provide such difference, would it be to much to ask you to strike out the comment, and give it another thought before making a false accusations against me ever again?--] (]) 12:14, 4 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Morning everyone, without commenting on the nature of your dispute--perhaps there is another forum rather than my talk page that this could be continued? ] (]) 13:10, 4 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::Sorry about that. It was betsythedevine, who followed me to two threads on your page, but I will not post here anymore. Regards.--] (]) 13:13, 4 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::You're all free to post here anytime, but it might be a good idea not to mention ongoing disputes. ] (]) 13:14, 4 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| Thanks, ] -- I read a lot of interesting talk pages and always enjoy yours. So -- how about those Red Sox? Can you do some time traveling and make a prediction? Where in NH are you from? I grew up in Manchester, which was a wonderful place to be a little kid way back when. ] (]) 14:45, 4 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Yes, I predict that I'll soon get blocked for vandalizing our page on the ]! (or maybe not). I'm actually from a quiet part of Rockingham Country, so Manchester was a big city to me growing up. I spend a lot of time driving down to Cambridge now. I used to work there, but now I just go down get to Central Square for felafel and all. ] (]) 15:51, 4 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == AfD: ] == | |||
| Just letting you know about . ] (]) 12:07, 4 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| }} ] (]) 00:03, 5 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == GA Review of ] == | |||
| I've left a few observations ] and the review is now on hold. ] ] 23:58, 6 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Thanks for all the copyediting! I'll try to get some work done on the things you listed over the weekend. ] (]) 01:07, 7 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::It looks like a very interesting article, good luck with it! ] (]) 02:44, 7 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::Thanks! He really was quite the quirky fellow, never a dull moment with him around. ] (]) 02:51, 7 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| There's an ongoing discussion related to the notability of players from the Mexican League going on at ], as an outgrowth of the discussion at the linked AFD. As such, your input would be welcome. -]<sup>]</sup> 20:56, 12 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| }} ] (]) 12:02, 15 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == Request == | |||
| Hi, I wonder if you could find more sourcing to write an article ? Thanks.--] (]) 15:23, 15 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Interesting, it looks like Oskar Eder is now Dr. Asher Eder, and it looks like he has written several works on Israel-Islam relations. That looks like a pretty substantial biography from an academic publishing house, I turned up a few other sources online: | |||
| :You know, there might be enough information to justify a ], or maybe ] or something. It would probably end up being a really contentious article though. ] (]) 16:09, 15 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::Thanks I looked at the sources you found, and realized I am not allowed to write an article about this man because of my topic ban. So, if you are interested in writing this article, please feel free to do it, if not I guess this man will not have an article about him on wikipedia. | |||
| ::About lists you suggested, no, it is not for me I am afraid. --] (]) 16:18, 15 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::Oh yes, good catch. I didn't even think of that. ] (]) 16:45, 15 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == jihadi tourism == | |||
| Hey 'dogg, | |||
| Thanks for the attention to my concerns over there. I don't know if a single editor's vote is enough to approve a contested entry on DYK, but the revised version has mine. Cheers -- ] (]) 00:17, 16 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Thanks, I'm glad that we could work together on this. ] (]) 00:30, 16 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::Well, hey, you did all the heavy lifting, I just cheered on from the sidelines. -- ] (]) 00:48, 16 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == Giles Muhame == | |||
| Thanks for the kind words and going the extra mile in checking that one. Cheers, ] (]) 03:54, 18 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :My pleasure, it's always great to see possibly contentious topics handled in an NPOV manner. ] (]) 04:05, 18 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| It made it! ] (]) 09:55, 18 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Phew, that was a lot of trouble for one DYK--but it's good to see that it all worked out in the end! ] (]) 13:16, 18 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| }} ] (]) 08:19, 20 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ?--] (]) 01:12, 21 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::Wow, that is really up high there! Very impressive! ] (]) 01:26, 21 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| ==DYK nomination of Ironwood Pig Sanctuary== | |||
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| I'll leave it to you to decide whether to fix this yourself or notify the article's creator - ] ].] 23:05, 21 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == Re: DYK nomination of Bible translations into Polish == | |||
| Replied at T:TDYK. --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">]|]</sub> 17:57, 25 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| == Thanks for the nice message on my talk page but ... == | |||
| ... I'm out of here. Thanks for being a really good part of Misplaced Pages; it was a pleasure meeting you. Tell everybody I said they should call you Q on a regular basis ;-) ] (]) 21:27, 29 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Thanks, it was good to get to know you too. It's funny how we started out arguing in an AfD and then became wiki-friends. While I am sad to see you go, I know that this place can take quite the toll on people--and you've been here longer than most. When it comes down to it, this is just a website and it's not worth dealing with the drama if it starts to take a toll on your happiness in the real world. | |||
| :Hopefully I'll run into you in Cambridge sometime :) ] (]) 23:51, 29 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::That would be fun -- and I'm finding it harder to abandon my watchlist than I expected. Pop me an email if you're headed my way. ;-) ] (]) 21:43, 30 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::Glad to hear it! ] (]) 03:04, 31 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Hey, you like 19th c Brits? Check out my new article, ], really a stub until I get more internet but a wonderful book I have been reading a lot. ] (]) 22:07, 1 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Thanks for the head's up--that does look interesting, I've read a bit of Wordsworth but hadn't heard of it before. I'll have to take a look when I get a chance. ] (]) 02:32, 2 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| }} ] (]) 16:03, 4 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == Thanks for the Nomination == | |||
| Thank you for the nomination. The hook looks good. Getting the article together was easier than I thought it would be because of all the people who helped. In all the bits I was unsure about, like organizing the article into sections, other editors swooped in and made the improvements. ] (]) 04:57, 6 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :You're welcome, glad to see how the article came out. It is too bad though how some people here are so quick on the draw with speedy deletion templates. ] (]) 13:13, 6 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == DYK for Combine Demolition Derby == | |||
| Sorry to ask out of the blue, but were you driven to expand ] by the ] article that came out on the same day? Great expansion! I'm going to clean it up a bit. ] (]) 12:27, 6 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Yep, you guessed it! I love that site, it's a lot like Misplaced Pages because it's easy to "waste" hours clicking random links and learning about bizarre stuff. ] (]) 13:11, 6 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::Except with many ], LOL. Nice expansion! Cheers! ] (]) 13:21, 6 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::Oh yes, there's that too... ] (]) 13:34, 6 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| why the fuck did you just edit my userpage?{{unsigned|94.72.199.130}} | |||
| :You, or someone else at your IP address, added some information to an article without citing a source, so I just placed a reminder to cite sources in the future, nothing major. ] (]) 22:53, 6 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| }} ] (]) 06:03, 7 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| == Translation == | |||
| Sure. Below I've pasted the original Portuguese text and translation for reference, and I've noted my changes to the machine translation in bold. | |||
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| '''Portuguese''': “weev”, um dos integrantes do grupo, já foi citado em outras matérias do grupo Gawker Media, que deu a notícia como “exclusiva”. Ele, assim como outros membros, faz parte da GNAA, a “Associação de Gays Negros da América”. São pessoas que passam boa parte do tempo on-line tentando realizar “trotes” ou trolls. Entre os membros do grupo, e um dos principais da GNAA, está um desenvolvedor do Linux Debian. O “ex presidente” da GNAA, timecop, é conhecido na internet por fazer parte do Dattebayo – fãs que realizaram traduções dos desenhos japoneses Naruto e Bleach. | |||
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| '''Machine Translation''': "weev", one of the members of the group, has been quoted in other areas of the Gawker Media group, which broke the news as "exclusive." He, like other members, is part of GNAA, the Association of Black Gay America. "These are people who spend most of their time online trying to accomplish" hazing "or trolls. Among the members of the group, and a principal of the GNAA, is a developer of Linux Debian." former president "of the GNAA, TimeCop, the Internet is known for being part of Dattebayo - fans who performed translations of Japanese cartoons Naruto and Bleach." | |||
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| '''Revision''': '''Weev''' (1), one of the members of the group, has been quoted in other '''publications''' (2) of the Gawker Media group, which broke the news as "exclusive." He, like other members, is part of '''the''' GNAA, the '''Gay Nigger Association of America''' (3). These are people who spend '''much''' of their time online '''trolling and carrying out practical jokes'''. '''One of the principal members of''' the GNAA is a developer of Linux Debian. The "ex-president" of the GNAA, '''timecop''' (1), '''is known on the internet''' for being part of Dattebayo, '''a group of fans who translated the''' Japanese cartoons Naruto and Bleach." | |||
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| (1) Are these like online screen names? If so, I'd still capitalize "weev" at the beginning of the sentence, and "timecop" shouldn't have had a case change in the translation. Also, either all of them or none of them should be surrounded by quotes. I chose to remove the quotation marks because more of the names appeared without them than with them. However, if you think it's better to use the quotes, just make sure they ''all'' have them.</br> | |||
| (2) This ''seems'' like the best translation of the word to me, but do you have more of the original text so I can verify it through context?</br> | |||
| (3) That was a literal translation of the group's name into Portuguese and then another literal translation back out, so it just got mixed up in the process. | |||
| </br> ''']'''<sup>]</sup> 03:08, 10 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Wow, that was quick, thanks. ] is always lowercase, even our article on him has a lowercase title. is the source, odd about the quotations. Funny thing, most English language papers won't print there name, so we had to track down a non-English source. I guess this will work though, thanks! ] (]) 03:09, 10 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::It's no problem; I'm glad to help. Okay, so keep weev lowercased and lose the quotes. It's somewhat common in the Brazilian media to put quotes around totally random, unfamiliar English words, but since we know it's just an online alias, there's no need to do that here. After reading the source article, I'd say you can either stick with "publications," change it to "materials" (which is a little more literal but also more vague in English, so maybe not the best option), or change things up a bit and say something like: weev, one of the members of the group, has been quoted by Gawker Media, which broke the news as "exclusive." Actually, either way, I think you should shorten "of the Gawker Media group" to "by Gawker Media." The extra words were more necessary for description in the original Portuguese, but they're unnecessary and clunky here. ''']'''<sup>]</sup> 04:11, 10 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::Ok, that makes sense to me. I've tweaked the translation a bit. ] (]) 04:27, 10 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| == Thanks == | |||
| Thanks for adding those references to ]. I'd been meaning to do that myself since I voted keep in the AfD, but it had completely slipped my mind. Cheers, ] (]) 16:36, 22 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :No problem, thanks for finding them! ] (]) 16:47, 22 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == question == | |||
| Qrsdogg, I am not sure I will be up to it, but if I am to write a DYK for April Fools's Day now, where is the place to add it for consideration? Thanks.--] (]) 19:29, 24 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Hmm, I think you can submit it at ], there are five or so there already. I hope you will be up to it, you've come up with some real gems in the past! I was thinking of maybe trying to expand ] when I get some time, he'd make quite the AFD hook. ] (]) 20:01, 24 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::Thanks. ] should make a good hook. | |||
| ::I have not finished this article yet, but I wonder, if you'd be willing to copy-edit it ]? There are a few names of the ships that could be used for April Fools' Day DYK. --] (]) 04:54, 26 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::Looks interesting, I'll try to help out with it tomorrow. ] (]) 05:11, 26 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::The DYK is . Please feel free edit the hooks, and/or suggest another one. Regards.--] (]) 17:51, 26 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == One more question == | |||
| Qrsdogg, could you please tell me, if there is a place, where I could see DYK hooks for last years Halloween? Thanks.--] (]) 05:16, 27 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :I think ] is what you're looking for. There were some Halloween appropriate ones, nothing about haunted shipwrecks though... ] (]) 13:46, 27 June 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == SkyGrid Reverts by Souvanna == | |||
| Your updates to ] have been reverted by ]. ] (]) 18:43, 9 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Thanks for the heads up, but I probably won't pursue the issue further. If she won't take my advice on how to construct a draft that is more likely to survive AfD then I'm not going to fight her on it. ] (]) 02:48, 10 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| == Dashes == | |||
| At ] you used a script to replace & ndash ; with a literal dash. The & ndash ; renders correctly on modern browsers on all systems, whereas the literal character may not, depending on the user's system's character set. I think. What's the basis of your choice of dash? --] (]) 05:53, 19 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :I hadn't really thought about that aspect, I had heard ] recommended for MOS/Dash compliance and I noticed there were some hyphens being misused in the article. Feel free to revert me if you like. ] (]) 15:19, 19 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::Ah ——— thanks. I'll check it out, and the discussion. ;) --] (]) 10:38, 20 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::Thanks for bringing it up though, I was unaware of the difference in display formats. ] (]) 12:59, 20 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == New article - new afd == | |||
| I wrote an article ]. It would have made a great April Fools' Day DYK, like: "did you know that under certain light conditions penises could be grown in a pot?" It would have brought thousands of readers and maybe some money to wikipedia, but sure enough it was nominated on deletion, and I doubt it will survive. So read it now, while it is still here. It is just one funny article.--] (]) 01:47, 22 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Thanks for the heads up, that is a very interesting article--it's hard not to laugh when you see the title. I'll see if I can find any decent sources, but I'll tread carefully at the AfD lest someone claim I was canvassed. That being said, to get ] to DYK as a 5x expansion would only require getting it up to ~600 words or so--not totally out of reach. ] (]) 02:24, 22 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::Yes, I thought to go with Peter pepper, but I was not able to find enough information, especially reliable one to expand it 5x. Ah whatever, in the end everything is going to be gone, and only tiredness of this place is to stay although it will be nice, if you could find something, sources I mean. --] (]) 03:06, 22 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::Hmm, did a cursory search, and this is a tough topic to get stuff on. We are having a heat wave where I live, and it is totally sapping my energy, so I'll claim that as an excuse for my wiki-laziness. One thought though, you might consider asking ] for help. She's pretty much the expert on sexuality related articles around here. ] (]) 03:20, 22 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::It is a pity to miss in such good hook. Maybe you would be able to find sources for Peter Pepper, ''Capsicum annuum var. annuum''? As I said, I tried, but I was not able to find anything even close to make 5x expansion. The article as it is now gets more than 100 hits per day, which is not bad for an article about pepper.--] (]) 15:11, 22 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Well, Peter Pepper doesn't look like it's going to make 5x expansion, there must be some type of funny looking plant with a real short article though... ] (]) 15:20, 22 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::How many more characters we need for this 5x?--] (]) 15:23, 22 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::Only a couple thousand... ] (]) 15:26, 22 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::Well, the piece I wrote last night for had around 1,300 characters. Maybe we could add a new section named, for example, "the most pornographic pepper" and concentrate on it? I could also add more info to the main section I believe, but I am not sure how you count. I believe, when I first looked at the article, I counted it required around 6,000 characters for 5x extension.--] (]) 15:34, 22 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| <--The ] that I'm using has "697 B (123 words) 'readable prose size'" for and "1502 B (263 words)" for . So we'd have to basically double what we have now (plus a little), it might be possible, I guess, with some hardcore research. ] (]) 16:12, 22 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :So what do you think about adding info from the last night deleted article?--] (]) 16:28, 22 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::Possibly, might be worth a shot. I can't quite remember it too clearly though. ] (]) 16:30, 22 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::Before I do, I would like to ask you why did you remove few sources that were used in the article before?--] (]) 16:33, 22 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::I wasn't 100% sure if they were reliable sources or not, I usually prefer to just work with books and newspapers. Use your best judgment, I guess. ] (]) 17:00, 22 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::I added the section. Assuming you are ok with this, how many more characters we need?--] (]) 19:35, 22 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::Ok, has us up to "2778 B (476 words)". Up to 4x now! ] (]) 19:44, 22 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::I added yet another section, and something else to the lead, both from RS. Are we there yet?--] (]) 23:17, 22 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::Well, you did it! Makes it easily over 5x now. Probably some organizing and editing to do, but its size is DYK-worthy now. ] (]) 01:51, 23 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::So will you copy-edit it please?--] (]) 02:08, 23 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::::Sure, I'll try to take a look at it later this weekend. ] (]) 02:09, 23 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::::And please think about the hook. Will this work "did you know that under certain light conditions penises could be grown in a pot?" or maybe even funnier "did you know that under certain light conditions circumcised penises could be grown in a pot?" I will also send you an email in a sec.--] (]) 02:17, 23 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::::::Hmmm, that might be a bit too clever... ] (]) 02:33, 23 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::::::You mean the second one or both?--] (]) 02:36, 23 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| <--I don't know, just writing penis and linking to the pepper may not fly with the reviewers, you might want to get another opinion on it. ] (]) 02:42, 23 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :This is tricky, it's hard to come up with a good one without getting too bawdy for the main page. ] (]) 02:48, 23 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::(edit conflict) You are not suggesting linking penis to penis, don't you? :-)"getting too bawdy for the main page", but we are talking about April Fools' Day. Well, I guess the only way of finding out how it would fly with the reviewers is to try it out. In a mean time, please think about other options.--] (]) 02:53, 23 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::Hmm, well, I'll see if anything good comes to mind. ] (]) 02:57, 23 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
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