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Question regarding a proper behavior in cases of repeated acts of anonymous vandalism

I have a question regarding a proper behavior in cases of repeated acts of anonymous vandalism. In particular, I am referring to the page Viktor_Petrik. There have been numerous attempts to change the entire contents of the page (with some clearly wrong and unsupported information) and I tried to undo these changes every time I saw them. The modifications came from different IP addresses, so proposing to blacklist particular addresses seemed impractical. Did I behave right under those circumstances? What I am supposed to do the next time when the same modifications are being pushed (after the protection period of one week is over)?

By the way, thank you for reminding me to sign my posts. PtolRek (talk) 03:18, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Vincent Kosuga

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Thanks, CorenSearchBot, but that was a false positive. Qrsdogg (talk) 22:40, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

balsam controversy section

Fair enough. I was just trying to provide references and context for the issues he raised, but understand your decision entirely. Bennetkelley (talk) 00:37, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Vincent Kosuga

Hello! Your submission of Vincent Kosuga at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! jjron (talk) 12:13, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

No worries. I didn't mean to be overly critical - mainly just some clarifications, easy to overlook when you're familiar with a topic. --jjron (talk) 02:23, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Daniel Balsam

Hello! Your submission of Daniel Balsam at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Megan|_contribs 11:41, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Rob Ricci

I have edited this article to bring it more into line with the standardized article format of WikiProject Ice Hockey. Specifically, I have removed current season statistics (which are not tracked until the end of the season), reduced totals to those of the most senior league, and made some minor format changes (– in place of -). I have also expanded the article and added references. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for creating the article.  Cjmclark  19:32, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for help on the article, I haven't worked on hockey articles much so I'll make note of your format changes. Qrsdogg (talk) 20:08, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Forget beer pong

I was challenged to hear others say turtle racing could not be made into an FA. Are you game, shovel-man? I'm in process of losing my FA virginity with Painted turtle, so could use the experience to do another one (but a light topic). TCO (talk) 22:20, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Wow, I hadn't seen that article yet--just up my alley. I might have to go to work on that one. Good edits on Mossad shark and Zionist vulture BTW; it makes me wish the Marine Dolphin could have a sidekick (Marine dolphin and CIA rodents just doesn't sound as good). Qrsdogg (talk) 00:18, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks man. I was going to stick the dolphin into the AFD thread. That AFD seemed a little image-lite don't you think? Probably need to limit my class clowning though.

There are (or used to be) seals or sea lions also.

On the turtle racing, there are over 500,000 hits for "turtle racing". In "Painted turtle", I had 3 quick newspaper references, plus capture for racing is mentioned as a minor use (compared to pets) in the serious Gamble articles on overcapture concerns. There is some controversy as to whether it is cruelty to animals (I really don't know if it is or not, but I think the controversy makes it inherently more interesting). Obviously it is kitschy and has that appeal. Plus if you look what I wrote, there is stuff about doing it in bars now, not just summer fairs. It's probably totally the sort of pop culture thing wikipedians would enjoy and it's not even as obscure as you might think. Be a fun article to research. Maybe even go get a first hand photo or video and all that. Could really be snazzy (as an article). Plus, I bet you have a lot of great ideas from other stuff you've done (and I'm reasonably heavy on the biology itself, now) for that resource. Here is a thread where we discussed it some and you can see how one could cover this Canadian aspect as well. 04:08, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

P.s. I'm a little bumming right now as I'm getting an FA reviewer who wants my article to be more "technical sounding" when it has huge technical content, but we did the work to very thoughtfully make it readable, while keeping accuracy. Which actually I would do in the real world, too. I have a Ph.D. Find that the more jargony and poor writing types tend to be the ones who care less about actually reporting results or who are defensive on their technical savvy, so try to dress it up. Biologists are the (second worst) too, accurding to a study of journals for needless technical usage and poor writing. Medical of course is the worst. Hope you are not a biologist.  :( TCO (talk) 04:08, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Well, I can assure you that I am no biologist. I don't have any experience with GA/FA yet either, so that's new to me as well. But I think turtle racing does have some real potential, I look forward to working on it. Qrsdogg (talk) 18:56, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

For finding this reference. It was something I was looking for, but was not able to find. Great job!--Mbz1 (talk) 04:29, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

You are very welcome, BTW--I think you have done a great job on this article as well. It's really a shame that any article relating to Israel quickly becomes so contentious, but I think you've done an excellent job sourcing and defending this addition to the project. Qrsdogg (talk) 04:48, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Vincent Kosuga

On 10 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Vincent Kosuga, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that there was a public outcry from onion farmers after Vincent Kosuga cornered the onion futures market? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 06:02, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for E.B. Harris

On 11 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article E.B. Harris, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that E.B. Harris, former president of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, paraded an Angus calf around the trading floor to celebrate the beginning of live cattle futures trading on the exchange? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Daniel Balsam DYK nomination

Hello! Your submission of Daniel Balsam at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Schwede66 21:54, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Just drawing your attention to this - you may have overlooked it (at least, there isn't a response from you on the nomination page as yet). Schwede66 00:00, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Yes, sorry, I did forget about that--the NFL playoffs are to blame actually. Qrsdogg (talk) 19:47, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Daniel Balsam

On 19 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Daniel Balsam, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Daniel Balsam became enraged after he received unsolicited e-mails offering him breast enlargement products? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:04, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Fastest turtle

Hey nice job progressing the article. Wanted to invite you to try to get it to GA. We can help with some experience and help on all the format stuff and all that. It's actually a tough article to get to GA because of the sources. But people would just love it content wise!

http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Turtles#Short_term

http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Turtles#Goal_articles

TCO (talk) 08:39, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

I've never gotten anything to GA before, so this would be new territory. But it would really be awesome to get it there; I think that is a great idea. Thanks for the links, Qrsdogg (talk) 15:06, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

It'll be fun to go get the wiki "hardware". I think you totally know what you are doing, but going through any kind of review, you get new learnings that are helpful in general article work. Biggest challenge will be digging out the content (for that subject)...but stoked that you are up for challenge. It's really gotten pushed along a bit already.

P.s. I asked someone to go get a video for you if he gets out to Brennan's again. TCO (talk) 15:30, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, you're right about reviews--it sounds like a good idea. BTW, congratulations on your Featured Article there--pretty impressive what you did there. Especially considering how hard to please featured article reviewers can be! Qrsdogg (talk) 16:02, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

I have some reservations about parts of the process. Still I got some "ahas". Especially ref format. TCO (talk) 17:19, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Joseph Borg (regulator)

Hello! Your submission of Joseph Borg (regulator) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! The Bushranger _{One ping only} 07:31, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the input, replied at TT:DYK. Qrsdogg (talk) 17:28, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Israeli animal spy conspiracy theories

Hi. :) You seem to have done some good cleanup work on this article, but unfortunately it all seems like you inadvertently created a plagiarism issue when you removed quotation marks from the text "The Wall Street Journal's Bret Stephens pointed to the Mossad shark and other Arab conspiracy theories as an example of 'the debasement of the Arab mind.'" The whole thing was a quote from The Washington Post, who were quoting the Wall Street Journal. I know that {{cquote}} is not to be used in articles, but when removing it please make sure that all of the quote is properly marked. Thanks! --Moonriddengirl 21:54, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

DOH! I deserve a trout for that, sorry. Qrsdogg (talk) 22:00, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Stuff happens. :) For instance, I wrote "it all" above, when I meant "it also". The world would run much more smoothly if we were perfect! :/ --Moonriddengirl 22:27, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Joseph Borg

Hi Qrsdogg. I moved your DYK nomination of Joseph Borg to the prep queue, but I added a bit to it, so I wanted to confirm with you and The Bushranger that my changes were OK before it gets promoted to the main queue. Thanks, 28bytes (talk) 04:14, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your help, that was a good addition to the article. Qrsdogg (talk) 04:46, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Heh. I like it. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 04:47, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks both. Qrsdogg, I added to both the article and the hook, so please take a quick look at the revised hook too if you would, to confirm it's OK (or not). 28bytes (talk) 04:51, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Yep, looks great-wish I had thought of that to begin with! Qrsdogg (talk) 06:37, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Joseph Borg (regulator)

On 3 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Joseph Borg (regulator), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that due to safety concerns following the Waco siege, when Joseph Borg seized the headquarters of a Christian ministry in Tampa, he used an armored vehicle to ensure that resistance would be futile? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 06:04, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for First African Baptist Church (Richmond, Virginia)

On 6 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article First African Baptist Church (Richmond, Virginia), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the First African Baptist Church of Richmond allowed its enslaved members to remarry if their spouses were sold out of state? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 06:04, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you!

Hi Qrsdogg, Thank you for your help with copy-editing the article. I hope you do not mind I added you as a creator to my DYK nomination Best wishes.--Mbz1 (talk) 22:26, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

You are very welcome, thanks a lot. Qrsdogg (talk) 22:36, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

Because your head hurts anyway...

Hi Qrsdogg,because your head hurts anyway from working on my last article :-), I thought your head will not be hurting any more than it already is :-), if you are to help me with another article about the Liar paradox. I am going to post it in a few hours from now. May I please ask you, if you will be available to help me with it? Cheers.--Mbz1 (talk) 19:17, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Sure, I'll be online later today. I'll see what I can do! Qrsdogg (talk) 19:21, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks.All yours, and I'd better go read the real The Adventures of Pinocchio :-)Cheers.--Mbz1 (talk) 00:06, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Alright, I'll take a look at it. I love the picture by the way :-) Qrsdogg (talk) 00:10, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! I need to think more about description of the paths of true and false assumptions of Pinocchio's sentence, and how to make it easier to understand, but I guess it will be tomorrow. Best.--Mbz1 (talk) 02:58, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Viktor Petrik

Question about inaccurate or poorly written comments and editorial remarks on the page for Professor Viktor Petrik. I noticed that you and one other member continue to edit hearsay and undocumented references to Petrik and continue to reinsert them once corrected. I personally have traveled to St. Petersburg and met Petrik; I have researched many of his claims along with some insight into the defamatory press that he has recently won his legal battle. There are 22 more such cases and according to the current court records it appears that Petrik has been able to substantiate each of his scientific claims.

I also can only find one person at the Russian Ministry of Science that had an interview with the WSJ - he was an administrator and not a scientist; I can't seem to find anyone else in the Ministry to support the claims that Petrik's work is "Pseudoscience".

I thought taking a little time to help with the edits might clear up some of the bad press.

So aside from the WSJ and other press that has now been proven in Russian court as defamation what other sources do you have to continue to push these claims.

msh317 (talk) 12:02, 12, February 2011 (EST)

Help with DYK?

Here's the DYK nomination for our article. It looks like the user, who's opposing the nomination does not understand the paradox. Could you help me to explain it to him? Thank you.--Mbz1 (talk) 22:44, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

You know, I can't say that I even understand Petergans' argument here. I'll see if I can get him to elaborate if he contests Broccolo's approval again. Qrsdogg (talk) 05:13, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Another article

Hi Qrsdogg, I've started working on yet another article about logic. It probably will not be finished tonight, maybe tomorrow, maybe later on, but the question is, if you'd be interested in helping me out with this one too? It is perfectly alright, if you'd rather not. Regards.--Mbz1 (talk) 03:35, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Sure, always glad to help. Although I did get rebuked the other day for misusing a semi-colon--so my grammatical skills actually might leave some to be desired. Qrsdogg (talk) 03:59, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Here it is. BTW my work on the articles concerning philosophy reminded me a saying that my philosophy professor shared with me: "A philosopher is a person, who is looking for a black cat, in a dark room, and the cat is not even there." Now I understand what he meant :-)--Mbz1 (talk) 21:48, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

That's a good expression, I'll have to remember that. Perhaps a philosophical physicist would be someone who is looking for Schrödinger's cat in the dark? Qrsdogg (talk) 22:06, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Ok, I took a couple passes at it. Looks good to me, great job with the refs. I didn't find this one quite as confusing as Pinocchio thankfully. The only comment I have is that the quotations from Cervantes are somewhat long. Perhaps you could summarize part of the quote and then quote fewer lines? I don't know what the guidelines in the MOS are about this kind of thing though. Qrsdogg (talk) 00:20, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

I removed a big quote. I thought about this myself too, but then I decided it is better to let Cervantes to do the job. :-)

Why did you say that Pinocchio is confusing. Please do ask me, if you do not understand something. This will help us to improve the article. BTW it reminded to me another saying of my philosophy professor: "Philosophy is an endless repetition of the well known truths that is done in the language that nobody could understand."--Mbz1 (talk) 03:07, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Here's DYK. May I please ask you, if you could think of the better hook or fixing English in my hook, please do it. Thanks.--Mbz1 (talk) 03:32, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

I just touched up the hook a bit. I guess with the Pinocchio article it took me longer to really get the concept down and this article was much easier. Then the controversy about semantics on the template talk page confused me further. But overall I think the article is understandable. Qrsdogg (talk) 15:22, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, what do you think about the image I added to the article? Any idea about another image and/or changing this one somehow?--Mbz1 (talk) 16:12, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks a pretty nice picture actually. It's pretty big though, perhaps some of the mountains at the top could be cropped out? Qrsdogg (talk) 16:16, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

I thought about this too, but as a photographer I felt sorry cutting off those beautiful mountains. I'd rather them stay at least for now, although I agree that because of them the actual subject of the image looks rather small.--Mbz1 (talk) 16:23, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Jane Williams

On 15 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jane Williams, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley gave a guitar to Jane Williams and commemorated the gift in the poem "With a Guitar, to Jane"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 18:04, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Liar paradox in early Islamic tradition

On 16 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Liar paradox in early Islamic tradition, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Ṭūsī was the first one to recognize that, if a declarative sentence that declares itself being false, is false, this does not necessitate it being true? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

-- Cirt (talk) 00:04, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

I am sorry

it was my fault. Hope he'll give you the credit. Best.--Mbz1 (talk) 02:30, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your concern! Rest assured I don't feel slighted :-) Qrsdogg (talk) 02:37, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

I guess now after some "friendly" comments you'd rather not be associated with the article :-) I knew, it would create some controversy, but I have never expected that much. I thought I will not write articles about I/P conflict anymore, and better write about something innocent and funny as Pinocchio paradox, and here we go again, almost as bad as writing about I/P conflict. BTW thanks for your help on the talk page! --Mbz1 (talk) 06:10, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

In my opinion, one user posting 16 times to a talk page in less than two hours without actually touching the article isn't a "controversy". Was the article was full-protected while I wasn't looking?

Good luck in your quest to find a drama free subject to write about! Maybe Underwater basket weaving? Qrsdogg (talk) 14:15, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

I actually was thinking about writing an article on fun with the logic, including a funny prove that God is a penguin, but after yesterday I am not so sure I am up to writing this article :-) --Mbz1 (talk) 18:26, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

That does sound like a funny article, but religious people may be offended if you challenge their beliefs by stating that God is a penguin—and atheists would try to delete any article that proves the existence of God! Qrsdogg (talk) 19:46, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

I think I just found what you were talking about. Interesting piece, perhaps it could be worked into a broader article on something to do with contradictions or null results? Qrsdogg (talk) 20:41, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Yes, you found it! BTW this article you wrote got 11.6 thousands votes! It should be added to DYK statistic page to this section.--Mbz1 (talk) 23:46, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Good catch on that DYK, I had seen those numbers but forgot about adding it. I think it got so many views because it had the word "breast" in the hook, that's the only explanation I can think of. Speaking of controversial topics, quite the edit war broke out on that article. Qrsdogg (talk) 00:27, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

North Church (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)

I've nominated North Church (Portsmouth, New Hampshire) for DYK. Nyttend (talk) 02:04, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Wow, that was quick! Thanks for your help there. Qrsdogg (talk) 02:09, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

New article

Hi Qrsdogg, if you have a time, maybe you could help to copy-edit a small article Despina Storch. There's no logic involved with this one, so should not be as hard as with the others, but if you'd rather not, it will be perfectly alright. Best.--Mbz1 (talk) 21:02, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Looks like a pretty neat article there, not sure if I'll have time to work on it today but I'll try to do some work on it tonight or tomorrow. At least you won't have to worry about anyone deleting this article, per Misplaced Pages:HOTTIE. Qrsdogg (talk) 21:11, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

No worries, the hook was promoted on DYK already. I guess I should let you more time to work on your own articles. Cheers.--Mbz1 (talk) 02:28, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Well, since it was an interesting article I figured I'd take a look at it. I used the Serial comma and U.S. instead of US--I don't know what your take on those conventions is. Also I noticed that a few times you used "the authorities" without specifically explaining who they were (CIA, FBI, DoJ, DoD, PTA?). Not sure if the sources were specific about that or not. It was a good read though, must have been a fun one to write. Qrsdogg (talk) 18:30, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Only look what you've done to my article :-) Thank you for fixing it for me! I believe the authorities were from the Department of Justice. I did enjoy to write this article. I've always liked real life romantic spy's stories, and now, when I myself unwillingly got involved in one (not romantic at all, but definitely a real life wikipedia's spy/hacker story) it was even more interesting to work on the article. Cheers.--Mbz1 (talk) 19:20, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome, glad to help. Now that I think about it, the CIA couldn't've been involved since they weren't around back then. The FBI was pretty new as well. Guess it had to be the DoJ then.

It sounds like life imitating art here, just make sure you don't get pneumonia. Qrsdogg (talk) 19:36, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

No worries, I'll be just fine :-) Please take a look at image I took today .--Mbz1 (talk) 20:12, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Wow, that is just incredible. You have an amazing talent there. It's 28F where I live so that's a nice reminder for me that spring is coming, eventually. Qrsdogg (talk) 20:19, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, I live in San Francisco, no real winter here. I'm missing snow.--Mbz1 (talk) 21:40, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I'm sure I would miss all the snow if I ever moved to a warmer climate. The San Francisco winters must be much milder than the ones in Russia, for sure! Qrsdogg (talk) 23:23, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

I do miss the snow, but California is a wonderful place, where one could surf and then go downhill skying at the very same day. I used to do lot's of downhill skying, but a few years ago I broken my shoulder, and my husband said: "No more skying". So now we still go to see the snow, but I do not ski anymore :( This image was taken this very winter. The place is about 3 hours drive from where we live.--Mbz1 (talk) 17:01, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Pretty remarkable how varied of a climate you can find after driving for a few hours like that. That is quite the picture of the van there, I wonder how long it would take to shovel that out? I saw some cars almost completely covered like that in Cambridge, MA after the big snowstorms a few weeks ago. They have some narrow side streets there and after they plow the cars are just covered. Like this except there were two feet of snow on top of the car as well. It's kinda ironic though, that I live near some great skiing areas but never bother skiing. Oh well, driving in a blizzard gives me the same thrill as skiing sometimes. Qrsdogg (talk) 17:16, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

I could imagine driving in a blizzard could be a thrill. I have never done it. In Soviet Union I had no car, and here, the roads in Sierra are closed, when there is a blizzard. But sometimes I was a passenger on a ski bus on mountain roads in Soviet Union in a blizzard. It was scary, especially in two places. We called the first place "I love you, life", and the second one: "Life, I love you even more". I started skiing, when I lived in Soviet Union. I did ski Elbrus, Cheget, in the area of Dombai, and many other places. Once I went skiing to Arctic (crossed the Arctic Polar circle). It was fun. BTW I see we have no article about Cheget. It is one amazing mount. Maybe one day I'll write an article about it. I have lots of pictures from this beautiful place. And now it is time to let you do something else. Enjoyed talking to you.--Mbz1 (talk) 19:55, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Wow, that is cool. Thanks for the story. Qrsdogg (talk) 19:57, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for North Church (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)

On 21 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article North Church (Portsmouth, New Hampshire), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the spire of North Church has been called Portsmouth, New Hampshire's "landmark of record"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 12:03, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Buridan's bridge

On 22 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Buridan's bridge, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a humorous solution for the Buridan's bridge sophism is that Plato should let Socrates cross the bridge and then throw him into the river on the other side? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

• not bad, but 1,100 less than needed. Good job!--Mbz1 (talk) 00:31, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Wow, that is awesome--good job coming up with the hook! Qrsdogg (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

New article

Hi Qrsdogg, we've done so good on other articles about logic, so I thought you might be interested to take a look at a new one. If you have no time, it is perfectly alright. Best wishes.--Mbz1 (talk) 20:41, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Alright, I'll try to check it out later tonight unless something comes up. I love the title, almost as good as Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.

BTW, I saw the proceedings at ANI earlier. It sometimes amazes me the stuff that some people do around here. Qrsdogg (talk) 00:05, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, if somebody would have ever told me that my computer would be hacked, that I'd get emails from somebody, who pretended to be my gmail service, and then I'd get email from somebody, who pretended to be to be a member of Arbcom, and then that a respected[REDACTED] user would believe that those emails were obtained somehow legally, and all of this would be connected to my editing of wikipedia, I would have never ever believed it is possible, but it happened right in front of my eyes. Maybe I should write an article about this one :-)--Mbz1 (talk) 00:46, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

lol, that would make some good reading.

Ok, I tried to clean up some of the grammar and trim some long sentences. Hope that I didn't change the meaning of anything. This is a tricky article to explain in detail, though. I'll reread it again later and see if there is anything that still confuses me.

This sentence "but men (well, most men anyway) are not donkeys" made me laugh. It works better if you substitute "ass" for "donkey" though. Qrsdogg (talk) 01:08, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Looks good!

BTW I was about to substitute "ass" for "donkey" as you suggested, when I noticed you removed my funny, well thought sentence altogether :( Oh, well...Never, never, never again I will ask you to fix my article :-) Cheers.--Mbz1 (talk) 01:47, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Oh did I? I get so excited when I'm copyediting I get real carried away sometimes... Qrsdogg (talk) 01:53, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

I guess you meant to say: "I get so excited when I'm copyediting the articles started by you I get real carried away sometimes..." --Mbz1 (talk) 01:58, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

New Hampshire Maine rivalry

I was happy to nominate your article at DYK -- and I did check two or three times to make sure you hadn't nominated it already. There's a bit of hook drought at DYK, so you have any other recent creations to offer, the time is right... --Orlady (talk) 03:03, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Trying to expand an article 5x at the moment, only have doubled it though... I need to learn to write faster. Qrsdogg (talk) 03:07, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for New Hampshire–Maine hockey rivalry

On 1 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article New Hampshire–Maine hockey rivalry, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the hockey rivalry between the Universities of New Hampshire and Maine is sometimes referred to as the "Border War"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 18:05, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

So what say you?

about proposed hook for this article "Did you know... that the security forces of Jordanian town of Jafr were not able to locate the aliens flying saucers that were reported to be able to make a successful landing in a desert close to the town on April 1, 2010?"

Oh man, that is a funny article. H. G. Wells would be proud. You could go in a number of different directions with the hook, though. Perhaps something along the lines of:... that the mayor of Jafr, Jordan organized a vigilante force to take part in an epic battle against an invading force of giant space warriors? Qrsdogg (talk) 23:32, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I moved it to the main space Jafr alien invasion, and added an image. If you have a time and wish, could you please copy edit it? If you do not, that's perfectly fine. Cheers.--Mbz1 (talk) 23:39, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

I'll give it a quick once over, and try not to change any content. Qrsdogg (talk) 23:42, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

OK. I believe you. After all today is March 2, and not April 1. Just don't get "carried away" this time :-)--Mbz1 (talk) 23:47, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

I think that was the most fun I've ever had copy editing in my life. I tried not to change any content, but you may want to double check that everything is well sourced. It doesn't look like we have articles on the town or the paper strangely enough though. Qrsdogg (talk) 00:06, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you!Cheers.--Mbz1 (talk) 00:14, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for The Satirist

On 3 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Satirist, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Sir James Hogg and the Duke of Brunswick each pressed charges against Barnard Gregory for libel because of articles that he published in The Satirist? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 02:03, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Here we go again

Flying penguins. After I posted the article I note that an article with the same name was deleted 3 times. I hope this one is here to stay. Of course it will look better, if you are to copy edit it :-), but if you do, may I please ask you to do it before it gets deleted :-) Cheers.--Mbz1 (talk) 06:20, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Wow, that is another good article. I don't know how you come up with these. It looks like I might not have too much on-wiki time over the next couple days so I don't think I'll be able to help much on this one, sorry. Qrsdogg (talk) 14:27, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

People not familiar with Glenn Beck!!

• I blame Van Jones! Thanks for that link you added after my comment!--Milowent • 18:07, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

lol, glad to help. Qrsdogg (talk) 18:11, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Jafr alien invasion

Hello! Your submission of Jafr alien invasion at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Royalbroil 14:21, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

My concerns are more on the minor side and should be addressable (especially April Fool's Day suggestion). On a side note, I really enjoyed the shovel racing article that you started! I was just talking someone yesterday about wanting to watch shovel racing. I read the article recently and was inspired enough to find free images on flickr. Royalbroil 14:21, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the help on the pictures, glad that you liked it. After several years of reading Misplaced Pages and not writing anything, the fact that we didn't have an article on something as awesome as Shovel Racing made me get involved. Qrsdogg (talk) 14:58, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

A new day, a new article

Yes, I know you are busy, but just to share here's my latest article: Monty the meerkat. Cheers.--Mbz1 (talk) 02:37, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Wow, that is one hilarious picture you found there. Qrsdogg (talk) 04:33, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Found? I made it myself out of 3 images taken by 3 different people at three different times and in three different places.--Mbz1 (talk) 04:36, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

I just thought of this joke for some reason :) Qrsdogg (talk) 04:47, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Ah, I see :-)--Mbz1 (talk) 04:55, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Actually it did fool me the first time I read the article. Then I looked a little more closely and figured it out. Oh well, keep the articles coming-Misplaced Pages is not paper and its not running out of room (contrary to what you might hear in some AFD discussions these days). Qrsdogg (talk) 05:03, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Somebody said it is doubtful my Flying penguins will "withstand an AfD" :(. Is it really so bad?--Mbz1 (talk) 05:09, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

I might have to disagree with Mr. Baker there, articles about cute things like flying penguins are notable by default. I mean, how can anyone look at this and then try to delete the article. Besides, you won the last deletion debate you got into so you're on a roll. And you did it without the Article Rescue Squad too, pretty impressive work there. Qrsdogg (talk) 05:18, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, Adelies are cute, aren't they? When I went to Antarctica I had only a film camera on me, but I am proud that two of my images taken with my old film camera are still used in the article. I have many good and even more interesting(unique) images taken in a very remote places, but I have no good scanner (actually I have no scanner at all), and I am not going to get one. So, if I want to upload my old image, I'm simply taking a picture of a picture using my digital camera. Of course it results in a bad quality images :( BTW have you seen how popular our Pinocchio paradox is? Best.--Mbz1 (talk) 15:01, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

I would love to go to Antarctica, that must be amazing. You got some pretty good pictures of the Adelies there.

Wow, it is just plain amazing how many views Pinnocchio paradox is getting. I wonder why it is getting so many? It's getting more hits each day than a lot of DYKs do! Qrsdogg (talk) 15:08, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Well, unless something will change, you should hurry up to get an icebreaker tour to Ross Sea. They are going to have the last one in less than a year. Of course you still could go to Antarctic Peninsula. BTW, at first I did not want to go to Antarctica, my plans were to go only to South Georgia Islands, so I called a travel agent, and asked her, if they have a tour to South Georgia, and she said: "No, but we have tours to North Carolina" :-) Then I understood I'd be better off looking for the tours that go to Antarctica and South Georgia together. So, it is how I got to Antarctica for the first time. Best.--Mbz1 (talk) 15:22, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Sophismata

On 7 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sophismata, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that depending on the interpretation, sophismata like "All men are donkeys or men and donkeys are donkeys" could either be true or false? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:04, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Despina Storch

On 8 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Despina Storch, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that alleged German spy Despina Storch was described as "Turkish Delight", "Turkish beauty", and a "modern Cleopatra" in spy literature? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:02, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Richard Santagati

On 9 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Richard Santagati, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in 2006 Richard Santagati received the third highest salary of any president of a private college in the United States? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks for your contribution Victuallers (talk) 02:53, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Congrats on the DYKs

You are really racking a lot up. Kudos, man!TCO (talk) 02:41, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I have a fun time taking something obscure and getting a bunch of views for it. I don't quite deserve all the credit for these, some of them I just copy-edited for a non-native English speaker who appended me as a co-creator afterwards.

I just showed somebody your article on State Bats today, turns out they have a phobia of bats-whoops! Anyway, I'm feeling like a "rampage around on a content creation path" these days, myself. Trying to get Thomas Jefferson Hogg up to next, I'd love if you could take a look at it sometime and see if any obvious issues jump out at you. Qrsdogg (talk) 02:52, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

A wrong version?

Hi Qrsdogg, may I please ask you what did you mean here? You too believe that the article should have been tagged? Regards.--Mbz1 (talk) 03:00, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Oh that was a little humor. Someone was complaining that they thought it was wrong of the admin to protect the version without the tags at the top and I linked to a joke page at Meta that said something along the lines of "Admins always protect the wrong version". Of course, by the end I started to entertain the thought that the tagger was possibly acting in "no-so-great faith" by tagging the article without an explanation why. I know, I am becoming quite the cynic. (forgive me Jimbo!)

Rest assured I've never seen anyone dump a bunch of silly templates on a article linked from the main page like that before, and hopefully I won't see that again until the day that I wiki-die. If someone did that to an article that I had written I probably would have been rather peeved, to tell you the truth. Oh well, in any case, I'm sure you made a lot of people smile when they read the story. Qrsdogg (talk) 03:15, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! I assure you I did not really care that it was done to the article I written. I cared that it was done to Misplaced Pages , to Scott Southworth, and Ala'a. I am 100% sure, when Scott adopted the boy he did not do it for "propaganda" When I was writing the article I did not do it for propaganda. Ah, anyway... I'd better do not get started... Best --Mbz1 (talk) 04:06, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Agreed, I know a girl with CP who immigrated to the U.S. from a really poor part of Africa. An American charity paid for her family to move to the U.S. and get settled in an so on. Next time I see her I'll have to tell her she is a case of "nationalistic propaganda". Qrsdogg (talk) 04:11, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

:-)

I see you are interesting in copy-editing of my new article. Thanks.--Mbz1 (talk) 15:03, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, it sure looks exciting. I don't have too much time today but I'll make a pass at it. Qrsdogg (talk) 15:06, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

You have no time for my new article!!!??? :-) What do you think about the hooks I suggested?--Mbz1 (talk) 15:09, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Ok, I just took a quick pass at it. The hooks you suggested look like more regular DYK hooks than April 1st hooks, might have to brainstorm some tricky way to phrase it.

Oh well, unfortunately this isn't going to be one of my relaxing Misplaced Pages Saturdays-might be gone all day. Cheers, Qrsdogg (talk) 15:22, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Have some fun

File:Signs in Santa Cruz.jpg. Cheers.--Mbz1 (talk) 15:56, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Oh wow, that is awesome. You should photoshop "trespassers" to "vandals" and then we can put it at the top of all our pages :)

Speaking of fun, I went to the Museum of Bad Art yesterday. That place is awesome. Qrsdogg (talk) 21:37, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

It does look as a fascinating place to visit. Thanks for linking to the article.

Yesterday I went to take some pictures of aftermath of tsunami that destroyed a few sailboats and a few docks in Santa Cruz Harbor. File:March 11, 2011 Tsunami in San Francisco Bay Area.jpg--Mbz1 (talk) 22:17, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Wow, it is amazing how an earthquake in Japan can do damage on the other side of the ocean like that. Glad to hear that you stayed safe, I heard that another photographer in California got swept into the ocean. Qrsdogg (talk) 22:36, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, a few people from Oregon and California were taken by tsunami, but 6 were rescued, and one, 25 years old man was killed. There are lots of damage in Santa Cruz, like around 17 millions dollars. It is very scary what Nature could, and how powerless people are do. They knew about that tsunami coming to Santa Cruz many hours in advance, but no property could have been protected. Of course it is great nobody got killed there.--Mbz1 (talk) 23:07, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

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Mo Li Hua

I expanded the lead :) --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 14:48, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I was inclined to approve a 4.66x expansion, but some people are a bit stricter than I am it turns out. Qrsdogg (talk) 14:55, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Thomas Jefferson Hogg

The article Thomas Jefferson Hogg you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Thomas Jefferson Hogg for things which need to be addressed. Jezhotwells (talk) 20:40, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

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What is the GNG?

In a recent AFD on an article about a SCOTUS case, you wrote "Nominator seems to be unfamiliar with the GNG." Can you educate me as to what "the GNG" is? Thanx. --Pseudo-Richard (talk) 03:56, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I tend to use a ton of initials. I was referring to the General notability guideline. I think in that case the nominator had said something to the effect of the case being a minor one compared to most SCOTUS cases as his rationale for deletion. My thinking was that he misunderstood notability, thinking that it was relative to other topics in the same category as the article (thinking the case was less important than a lot of things the court has done) rather than whether it measured up to the "GNG". I think the "GNG" is generally all that needs to be considered at AFD, except when it comes to news events (WP:NOTNEWS) or people who have gotten coverage for one act (WP:BLP1E).

Hope this clears up my thinking here. I always welcome questions about my thinking process after I've weighed in on a discussion. Qrsdogg (talk) 14:40, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for The Islamic Society of Greater Manchester

On 23 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Islamic Society of Greater Manchester, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that The Islamic Society of Greater Manchester is building the first mosque in New Hampshire? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:04, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Renton Nicholson

Hello! Your submission of Renton Nicholson at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. The expansion is not quite 5x, but because of the length of the article and how much you improved it I am willing to overlook it. I expressed my opinion and asked for a second opinion. Feel free to double check my count or expand a bit more. J04n(talk page) 03:15, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome, and thanks for addressing the answer so quickly. Great job with the article. J04n(talk page) 20:38, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

a-ha

Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 04:18, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, that is just going to end up being a messy disruption to the process, let's save the time. Good work on the article everyone, but we really can't put that on the main page, for obvious reasons. Prodego 06:05, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Oh well, I guess we can all go back to writing more articles now. Qrsdogg (talk) 14:37, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Autopatrolled

Hello, this is just to let you know that I have granted you the "autopatrolled" permission. This won't affect your editing, it just automatically marks any page you create as patrolled, benefiting new page patrollers. Please remember:

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If you have any questions about the permission, don't hesitate to ask. Otherwise, happy editing!HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 09:30, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, glad that I can make things a bit easier for the new page patrollers. Qrsdogg (talk) 14:07, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

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On 31 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that many readers of The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley were upset by its portrayal of Shelley? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:05, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

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