User:Dr. Blofeld/December 2013

Pather Panchali peer review

Hi! If you have time, could you please have a look into this? Your comments will be highly appreciated in this peer review. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 05:38, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for your interest. Yes, the lead looks small compared to the body of the article. You are welcome to suggest/do the expansion. However, on reading the lead, to me, it seems major points have been summarized precisely (plot, production, casting, reception, theme, legacy). Of course, more information may be added in the lead, but technically it does cover different aspects in minimum details.--Dwaipayan (talk) 21:56, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

TFA

Well, the "Victorian menace" has made it. A great day. Thank you again - he would not have done so without your efforts. All the very best. KJP1 (talk) 06:42, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your contributions to William Burges, an example of spirited collaboration, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:50, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks both!! Great to see it again!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:40, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Dear Dr B - As Burges ends his day in the sun, with only one serious suggestion for improvement, I did want to say thank you. I have adored his work for thirty years and, finding Wikipedia, aspired to take him to B Class. You made him TFA. Thank you, and all the best with all that you do here. KJP1 (talk) 20:45, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

We both did!! I'd love to get Cardiff Castle to FA status sometime if you're interested.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:49, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

That we will do. But we'll need User:Hchc2009 KJP1 (talk) 23:03, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Balidhidin District

Hi Dr. Blofeld, You created this article in 2010. I have serious doubt however that this District exists at all. You give no references and Geonames.org (with more than 17.000 geographical names in Somalia alone) does not know this name. It has no equivalent article in the SO-Wikipedia. The Bari-article in the EN-Wikipedia gives a detailed account of the districts within Bari region, but makes no mention of Balidhidin. So please provide a clear 'proof' that this district exists. Thanks! Loranchet (talk) 11:16, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Bareeda District

Hi Dr. Blofeld, You created this article in 2010. I have serious doubt however that this District exists at all. You give no references and Geonames.org (with more than 17.000 geographical names in Somalia alone) knows this name only as a village, not a District. It has no equivalent article in the SO-Wikipedia. The Bari-article in the EN-Wikipedia gives a detailed account of the districts within Bari region, but makes no mention of Bareeda. So please provide a clear 'proof' that this district exists. Thanks! Loranchet (talk) 16:18, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Film

I have not seen it, no, but I'm aware of it. I'd like to see it sometime. Especially given that cast - I suspect they'd do quite well by it.

That being said, Shrew is one of the Shakespeare plays that I don't know so well. I never studied it, for one thing. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:58, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

My mother once said that Richard Burton was a great actor who never found himself a great film in which to star. There's some truth in that, though I don't completely agree with it. (Virginia Woolf, for one thing. That's not as powerful as the play, but taken on its own merits I'd say it's a pretty fine piece of work. And I have a soft spot for Becket, which I watched in middle school. And I love Peter O'Toole.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:21, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm sorry to say, but I really agree with that assessment as well. A lot of his work is just schlocky.

What do you think about Montgomery Clift? --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:31, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

A bit wet? Perhaps. But he did some very fine work - I'm partial to Suddenly, Last Summer, which is far, far better than I expected Tennessee Williams to be. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:40, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Oh, he was never an alpha male. But he was smart enough to pick parts that required something else. That said, I don't like him in The Heiress at all, but that's the fault of many people; the novel on which it's based is much better. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:50, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

I love Cary Grant. Henry Fonda I'm not so wild about, honestly - he's wrong for War and Peace, and I just watched Hitchcock's The Wrong Man the other night and didn't care for him at all. William Powell I love, and Claudette Colbert - but I'm a Preston Sturgis kind of guy to begin with. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:53, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

I do wish Hitchcock had gone with his instincts in Suspicion, rather than bow to audience pressure. The ending always felt a little flat to me, and I know he had something different in mind. (I won't spoil it if you haven't seen it.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:57, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

12 Angry Men is a masterpiece, I agree, but then the part suits him. Fonda is very good in parts which suit him well, but he can be miscast in others. Like as Pierre Bezukhov; he's completely wrong for the milieu. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 23:06, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Good Lord. I didn't even know she'd made a version of Ivanhoe.

I missed the earlier question - yes, I have seen, and love, Life With Father. One of my favorite films, I think. Are you at all familiar with the TV series Adam-12? --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:46, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

The Robe? Is that the one with Victor Mature? I've never seen it...but then, my gold standard is Ben-Hur. Speaking of which...I love Hugh Griffiths. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:14, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

I'm not really that familiar with Douglas' work. Sword-and-sandal really isn't my thing, either; I love Ben-Hur in part because I love the source material. (It's an interesting novel...I highly recommend it, if you've never had the chance to read it.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:07, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Santa Maria de Cóll

I've been looking at Santa Maria de Cóll but I can't understand why you think it's a monastery. As far as I can see, it's just a church. Have you a source?--Ipigott (talk) 15:36, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

That just means it belonged to a monastery but if you look at the Catalan, it says it is not certain it belonged to a monastery but it was certainly related to Santa Maria d'Alaó (which is a monastery). As far as I can see, there is no evidence of a monastery on the site. Most sources simply treat it as a church. I think we should too unless there is a reliable source to the contrary.--Ipigott (talk) 15:56, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

I think it should be removed from the Catalonian Benedictine monasteries template. The Catalan article includes Santa Maria de Cóll in its template of Benedictine monasteries in the Catalonian section which is why I included Santa Maria in our template. That said, there is no entry for Santa Maria de Cóll in http://www.monestirs.cat, which does have articles on the other Cat Ben monasteries. Lastly, the lede in the cat article does say: "No és segur que pertanyés a un antic monestir benedictí, però sí que se sap que va estar relacionada amb Santa Maria d'Alaó." ("It is uncertain that it belonged to a Benedictine monastery, but it is known that it was connected with Santa Maria Alaó.") I've got to leave for work and it'll probably be another very long day again today or I'd sort this out myself. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:10, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

Jimbo in CPH from here in 15 minutes.Ipigott (talk) 09:46, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Etienne Schneider

Hello, I contact you because you are the first contributer to this page. There is a french wiki user named Enzino who tries allways to rename this page. He did on lb:Wiki on pl:wiki and on french wiki. On french wiki I asked now for Arbitrage. Perhaps you may contact an admin to block this user or the page. There is no reason to rename an english language page in a french graph. The persons name is Etienne and not Étienne. I assked in civil resister of his native town. I'm Luxemburger an admin on Wiki:lb. Best greatings --Les Meloures (talk) 11:28, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Redlinks

Oy, tell me about it. I've about given up counting redlinks, there's so much missing. I have a few things in mind I keep meaning to get around to working on, but there's so much categorization etc. that needs doing that I never get around to it. I don't suppose you'd like to try and research a Kazakh composer, would you? --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:33, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Well, that's partially because they're about such well-known subjects. I find that the better-known a subject is, the more people want to jump all over the article and say, "Look what I know about it!". Because it's familiar, basically. That's why they want more taking in hand. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:38, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Hmm. Impressive. I've never been able to find much about Djibouti online. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:07, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

We've still got a ways to go on some places, though. Like with 2013 Sana'a attack: 52 dead, and that's a pathetic start to the article. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:15, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

A deserved treat - Middayexpress (talk) 19:34, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

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Image and quotation trouble

In Mullum Malarum, I am having trouble finding out how to make this quote a normal sentence:

"I get annoyed watching Hero-heroine dancing for songs mostly the both do same steps. It’s like watching two drunken monkeys dancing. That’s why in ‘Mullum Malarum' I kept music as the background while the screen had lead characters expressing their emotions" — Balu Mahendra, in May 2009.

Do u know what to do? Also, do u know where in the article can this image best fit? ---- Kailash29792 (talk) 05:10, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) As for the image, I think you need to contact Balu's assistant since the image is non-free. —Vensatry _{(Ping me)} 07:21, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Why Balu's assistant? Why not director J. Mahendran himself? Or producer Venu Chettiar? ---- Kailash29792 (talk) 08:41, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

I'd partly word it in your own words and partly quote. How about something like "In a May 2009 interview, Balu Mahendra likened typical Bollywood Hero-heroine dancing to "watching two drunken monkeys dancing", stating that this was the reason that he "kept music as the background while the screen had lead characters expressing their emotions" in the film.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:15, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

If you could contact either Mahendran or Venu Chettiyar, then it's fine. —Vensatry _{(Ping me)} 10:41, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Yeah,I don't think you'll won't be able to get away with that image, at least until 2069 anyway :-].♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:45, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

DYK nom

Interested in a quick DYK credit? Template:Did you know nominations/BBC First World War centenary season looks eminently expandable and appears to only need someone to add 1500 bytes or less of prose, if someone doesn't do it soon it looks like being rejected. Gatoclass (talk) 08:17, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Not really, thanks. The article is too "listy" for my liking.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:11, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Okay, thanks anyhow, maybe I can find the time to expand it myself. Gatoclass (talk) 16:42, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

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Loyada

Howzat? Note: fr:Prise d'otages de Loyada, with Commons pic and all. Yngvadottir (talk) 19:14, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Seattle

Seattle General Hospital may interest you. Just found the EL and it seems like an excellent source. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:49, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Library Survey

As a subscriber to one of The Wikipedia Library's programs, we'd like to hear your thoughts about future donations and project activities in this brief survey. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasi ^{t | c} 16:04, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Victor Bruns

Victor Bruns: do you remember that you created that article? I am sorry that I forgot, I remembered my work on it better ;) - Please see the talk, consensus was mentioned, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:09, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

LOL, the infobox bug has really got you Gerda! I have no objections to you adding an infobox, but it is not really important especially considering how much is missing and needs basic editing work...♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:13, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Kenya

Sure - shouldn't be too hard to get to tonight. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:02, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

I'll get to it in a bit. If I can. I've been having severe computer problems these past couple of days. I tried to do what you wanted for Kenya last night, but it won't work - every article is just different enough that I don't think it can be done comfortably with AWB. It will have to be done manually, I'm afraid. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:29, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Question for you

...at Talk:Lamu. Cheers, Huldra (talk) 21:41, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

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Referencing style

Hi there! I have a quick question. We're trying to improve the article on The Matrix. As you can see, currently two types of citation are used in the article, full and short. Should we settle on a consistent referencing style? Please take a look at this edit where I replaced a short citation with a full one. Do you think we should replace all of the short citations with full ones? Since you have written a lot of featured and good articles, I thought you're the best person to ask. Nataev ^talk 04:19, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

I've replaced all of the short citations with full ones. Now there are only full citations in the article. I hope I didn't do this in vain! Nataev ^talk 09:03, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Unfortunately your edits have changed what was a perfectly acceptable (and generally well-used) style of referencing for books. See Marrakesh etc. sfn notes for book page and then listing the books in the bibliography at the bottom is the way to go. Web sources of course should be filled out normally though.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:41, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

I also think they looked neat. But isn't it better to use only one type of citation? If you think the previous version was better, maybe I should restore it. Nataev ^talk 09:49, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

It depends really on how many pages of a given book you use and how many books you use. You don'#t have to use sfn or even page notes and can link the books as you've done. But on a film like The Matrix I'd expect a staggering amount of book coverage and I think if you're really looking to improve it to GA/FA then you'll need to start researching more in books and will find that citing page notes in the sfn style will be more logical. Basically for a film like The Matrix I'd expect a bibliography with at least 10 books used if it is to truly be the best possible article.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:54, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

I see. It looks like that a lot of books (and a lot of pages of the same book) are cited in Marrakesh. In The Matrix, on the other hand, about ten books are cited. What's more important not many pages of a given book are used. Most of the sources cited are are online/electronic sources. I guess for now we can leave the article the way it is. Once we start to use more books we will probably have to use the sfn style. Thank you for all your help! Nataev ^talk 10:05, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

I'd imagine that The Matrix has a lot of info on things like themes and analysis in books which will be better sources than those online. The info may not be accessible though and only snippets. If you find any decent book sources you can use http://reftag.appspot.com/ to help you draw up citations quicker.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:10, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

OK! It looks like we're going to need some help. Even though the movie is extremely popular, currently very few people are actively editing the article. Nataev ^talk 10:47, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Nataev, a recent expansion of mine Msambweni cites all books in one section, but that was mainly because it was compiled using scraps. If it had a lot of multiple citations to the same books then I'd convert to sfn.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:34, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar

Mock fort

If you keep up actions like that, I will be forced to stop referring to you as the "evil doctor". ;-) -- llywrch (talk) 18:56, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

It looks so much better than the real fort. Aymatth2 (talk) 19:09, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

It cheated though!♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:12, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Engano River

Ehh, what's up, Doc? I came across Engano River (Itajaí River) and Engano River (Uruguay River) and thought they might be duplicates, but when I noticed you created both in quick succession, I thought I'd ask before I do anything with them. The PDF listed as a reference for each isn't loading for me. Are there really two rivers with the same name in the same part of Brazil? --BDD (talk) 19:29, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

It's possible, Have you looked on the geonames database? If you can't verify them I'll be happy to db-author them.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:51, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Maybe not. Geonames is giving me two results, though the approved names are Rio Encano and Rio Engano (with Engano as a variant for the former). Maybe I'll leave this to someone who knows better. --BDD (talk) 20:08, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Insurance

Hi Doc. I trust the insurance paid for the car? If not, please let me know. I'll have a look to see if I can salvage it from the Old Fortress for you. I heard they charge huge sums for parking, especially for cars parked in high places at the fort. Take care. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 19:39, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

re: Template:Films directed by William Beaudine

Hi Dr B. Sorry, I've not been ignoring you, I've been away for a few weeks. I see this is pretty much taken care of now, but let me know if there are other templates that need redlinks turning blue. Tis the blue-linking season! Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 07:57, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

I know this will be of interest to you, too! Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 08:59, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Ahh, mystery solved! This edit on the template has removed all the redlinks... Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 12:11, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Agreed! Leave it with me, should have it all done by the weekend. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 18:56, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

The one that sprung to mind was Festen, but it turns out to be a hotel, rather than a country house (although there is a picture in the article). I don't know if "country house" is exclusivly an English thing, as that is a Danish film, and a really great film too. Will try to think of some others! Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 13:35, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

The building has its own article, and it states it's a "manor house" and the article for a manor house defines it as a country house... Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 13:41, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Aaaagghhh, can't believe I didn't think of Sunset Boulevard (film)! Amazing film. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 14:33, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

An irrelevant question

Hi again! I've been reading the material on your user page. It's great! I have one question though. The second sentence reads:

• "Going back in history, that we could even begin to envisage something which has the breadth of topics that wikipedia has today in which anybody contribute and make a difference instantly from anywhere with an Internet connection, whether it be John O' Groats or Tuvalu, you'd never think it would be really be possible, or have any success, surely average people couldn't work together for free to produce anything of scholarly worth?"

Shouldn't it be something like:

• "Going back in history, that we could even begin to envisage something which has the breadth of topics that wikipedia has today in which anybody can contribute and make a difference instantly from anywhere with an Internet connection, whether it be John O' Groats or Tuvalu, you'd never think it would be really be possible, or have any success. Surely average people couldn't work together for free to produce anything of scholarly worth!"

Please don't think I'm nitpicking. I'm just trying to get my head round this. Thanks! Nataev ^talk 04:21, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

:-] Well spotted! BTW I didn't use sfn for Msambweni because most were only snippets.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:07, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

OK! :) Msambweni looks neat. Nataev ^talk 11:12, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Are you living in Uzbekistan? It's great to have somebody improving quality! I stubbed the districts a while back which mostly need expanding, I'd be happy to work with you on expanding Uzbek articles.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:14, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

I'm an ethnic Uzbek living in Kyrgyzstan. I have access to a lot of information about both Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Would love to cooperate with you! Nataev ^talk 12:07, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

I think I'll try to add to Chust, Uzbekistan later, do you have any sources on it?♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:12, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I do. I can translate the entry in the National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan (and in the Uzbek Soviet Encyclopedia if you want :]) about the town into English. I'm sure I can also find much info in Russian. Nataev ^talk 12:20, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

That would be great! I can try to find something too. Watching a film at the moment though!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:22, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Alright, will do! Nataev ^talk 03:43, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Archives

Hi again. On the talk page of the Matrix there are links to three archives, Archive 1, Archive 2, and Archive 3. I just found out that there's another archive, which I think is the oldest. Shouldn't it be called Archive 1? How can we make it show up on the talk page? Thanks! Nataev ^talk 11:10, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

I merged it into Archive 1.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:22, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Haha, ingenious! Nataev ^talk 11:26, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Lead in Pather Panchali

Hey, I've expanded the lead in Pather Panchali, as you suggested. Would you please take a look? Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 03:00, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

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Mijikenda

Fingo (talisman)‎, Kaya (forest), and Shungwaya may interest you. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:27, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

Can you do some magic and conjure up a photo of Oserian? --Rosiestep (talk) 22:18, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for looking. Sigh... the largest rose producer in Africa and no pic available. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:58, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Hello!

Hello! Doc, sorry for replying so so late. I was traveling back to home after my first semester exam ended. Ya, you can change the image if you want, any suggestion?—Prashant 15:27, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Copenhagen

Forgot to tell you - I did the templates for this earlier this week. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:47, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Oh, yes. Not only did I see it, it's one of the few films to which I have introduced other people. It contains several of my favorite actors (I love Hugh Griffith in anything he ever did.) Quite an underrated film, I think. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:58, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

She's one of those rare actresses who combined looks with a great deal of talent. And there are a lot of roles she did that one wouldn't expect of her...and she was good in them, too. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:11, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

You and my mother both. I do enjoy My Fair Lady, too. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:24, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

I haven't seen the whole film, but from what I've seen I do agree - Fonda is no Bezukhov. He's really the only false note - I like everyone else. Including Hepburn; I'm sure there were others who could have done it as well, if not better, but she does a good job of it. It's funny - the Soviets got mad that the Americans beat them to the subject, and made a film in response to it a couple of years later, using all of the major actors of the day, but my mother says the American version was still better-received, and is a better product. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:18, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

He's too rough-hewn for the part. Pierre needs to be a bit more urbane to be believable. And his pursuit of Napoleon isn't driven by ideology, but by madness, and I don't really feel that Fonda conveys that very well. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:23, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Msambweni

I've never done a GA review. I will do it, but it will take me time to learn the process, learn the subject and give you a response. Thanks for the opportunity. I am flattered to be asked by you. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:19, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Gabriele Schnaut

Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 14:47, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Luis Pizaño

I think this might be the source you were looking for on the completion of the Rosas Fortress. As you can see, it was the Italian Pietro Jacopo Cataneo or Pietro di Giacomo Cataneo.--Ipigott (talk) 16:18, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Jian Battista Calvi also referred to in the article is Giovanni Battista Calvi. --Ipigott (talk) 16:28, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/Ah! My Goddess (season 1)/archive1

Updates have been made; you can make comment while the review lasts. --George Ho (talk) 20:44, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

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It's no suprise

...that the pest is back at it again! -- Bollywood Dreamz ^talk 05:53, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Mmm, just when you actually start to think he's changed he does something like that...♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:57, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

It's his agenda against other Bollywood actresses. LOL. Look what he's trying to do now. Both the awards have been properly sourced by two sources (with one video actually showing Padukone winning the award), yet he claims that she didn't receive it -- Bollywood Dreamz ^talk 20:04, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

LOL....I dont have any agenda, it was your's and Shahid's agenda to only praise Kapoor and Zinta's article......Well, i have provided claims on Kapoor's talk page which clears everything. You have twisted evrything and Bollywood Dreamz stop presentin g everything like a bunch of Gossip and bad mouthing abouT me. I have posted at the Kapoor's talk page which is wrong according to you? Huh.... Blofeld, i dont know why you always suspect me....? I have represented my concerns on the Kapoor's talk anf that is a good thing no? As for Padukone, thatr award....so tell me why there is no FACE OF THE YEAR AWARD now? As for information Balan's list also had that award but, the truth is that that award is the same as Debut award and Chopra, Balan, Padukone, Kngna Ranaut, Ayesha Takia were presented the same award twice but, there is no media cooverage of those awards. I'm following Filmfares from 2002 and dude every actress (debut) from 2002-2008 were presented that Face of the year but, there is actually no award like that....okay. If there was then why there is no proof of that in media.—Prashant 05:59, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

I read "This was followed by a series of repetitive roles, which garnered her negative reviews and little success. ohh really?? Little success?? All films were big duds. " It's the tone of your messages and as if I intentionally cherry pick for Indian actresses. If you don't want to be treated like a petty little twat stop acting like one!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:24, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Cold?

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CGI

I hadn't seen that before. It's fun...kind of cute. Not bad for CGI, either. Although I wonder how she'd feel about being used to advertise chocolate. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:04, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Mughal-e-Azam

Congratulations on your successful FAC! You (and a whole host of others) worked very hard on improving it and making it ready. I'm sorry that I came in at the 11th hour with a ton of issues—it would have been better if I'd participated earlier. Still, I hope the article is better for my review, and I thank you for your prompt attention to the concerns I raised. I'll go through and standardize the serial commas (and perhaps some other comma usage as well), since I think that's important for MoS compliance. Anyway, congratulations again, and I hope you enjoy Christmas if that's your thing, and enjoy your week if not. All the best, – Quadell ^(talk) 01:57, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Impressive piece of work! and a big congrats from my side :) —Vensatry _{(Ping me)} 04:51, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks guys, glad to see it has scraped through!! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:06, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Congrats

Yaaaaaay, congrats for mughal e Azam! Thanks a lot. I often thought to ask you, but never did actually! Why the hell are you so interested in Indian film articles (not that I mind you being interested)? Again, thanks a lot for giving so much for getting MeA to FA status. Regards, --Dwaipayan (talk) 05:48, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! Phew that was a close call! Why am I interested in Indian films? I'm not especially, I'm a general major film buff and keep my eyes open to world films. My interest in Bollywood began when I created the world film lists and I saw a surprising dedication to helping expand them by the likes of Shshshsh and Pa7 and the great work they were doing. Admittedly most Bollywood films I've seen have been a bit too sugary/melodramatic for my taste and I don't get the frequent need for the song and dance in sometimes bizarre situations but I've still enjoyed a fair few Indian films, especially the Apu trilogy. I'll try to get to Panther over the Christmas period. If you really want to know why I've been involved with so much work getting Indian films/actors to FA, it's because of the passion of you guys. It's editors like you, Bollyjeff, Krimuk, Kailash, Jion and even Prashant when he stops being a petty idiot who do most of the work on them and I often see potential in getting them to FA. the classic Indians films in particular I consider as important as the classic Hollywood films in view of page views and status in Asia in terms of numbers and I'm glad to see there's been a movement by you and Jeff to try to get them up to FA. Next I'd imagine will be Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! for Bollywood.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:05, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

I was surprised to see that you started Chhote Sarkar (1996 film) :) and I was particularly amused by the edit summary of the article creation edit.--Dwaipayan (talk) 05:32, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

Yeah it's amusing looking back now, but she was famous back then!! I filled in the red links of her 90s films I think. I can think of more attractive Indian actresses now but she's still a very good looking woman... Merry Christmas BTW!♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:12, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

Merry Christmas to you, too. And yes, of course she remain s avery beautiful lady, no doubt on that. Seems you were a fan then. I think the article was created around the Celebrity Big Brother time.--Dwaipayan (talk) 16:41, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Zambar, Iraq

Can you provide me ant details about this place?

--Mahmoudalrawi (talk) 17:20, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

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Sounds interesting - I know of new ones in Oz, Italy, SA but not Bremen?? Victuallers (talk) 18:08, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

The Dorchester

I just finished reviewing The Dorchester and found it to be a very well written and near-perfect article, well done on all the work! There were only some VERY minor copyediting issues and two broken links, so have put it on hold for seven days until those issues are addressed. But really, once those minor issues are taken care of it will be given GA status immediately! Well done on building that article. It sounds like a very interesting place... not that I'll ever be able to stay there in my lifetime haha :) ☠ Jaguar ☠ 23:56, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

You will be happy to know that the article passed the GA review. It fully complied per the GA criteria and I left the final comments on the review page. Well done on building another Good Article! I knew from the start that The Dorchester would easily pass considering its good quality. If you need anything else that need reviewing in the future you know where to find me. Regards ☠ Jaguar ☠ 13:54, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

FlC

Hello! Doc, i intend to nominate Chopra filmography in 2014 and before nominating, I want to sort everything and i have asked a few editors who can actually help.—Prashant 06:14, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Editor's Barnstar
	For your tireless work to get Mughal-e-Azam to FA. Congratulations!! —Prashant 06:20, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Prashant! Let's hope the filmography has better luck when you next nom it!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:27, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Me too. Also, I was thinking to nominate Kaminey, Aitraaz for GA. But, You were about to edit the summary of Kaminey. Would you finish before that. Thanks!—Prashant 16:53, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Al-Mansura, Safad expanded

Ok, one stub you created, Al-Mansura, Safad has been expanded by User:Padres Hana and me during the last few days, so now it actually pass a DYK regarding expansion. Would you care to nominate it? Perhaps add the picture (see the talk-page) (Yupp, still working on the -48 villages...after all these years...) Cheers, Huldra (talk) 17:57, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I don't actually have anything to do with DYK anymore and haven't nominated an article in a good 6 months.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:05, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Ah, I didn´t know. Any particular reason? Huldra (talk) 18:11, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

I'm too good perhaps? :-]♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:16, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Well, I have always heard that self-praise is honestly meant... ;P Huldra (talk) 18:21, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Good Tidings and all that ...

FWiW Bzuk (talk) 19:00, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! I just realised that I never answered the comment you left on my talk page around the time when Chaplin was promoted to GA – sorry about that, it's been a hectic autumn! Anyway, I don't know yet what will be my next WP project. I've been thinking about rewriting Barbara Stanwyck's page for a long time, as I have thoroughly enjoyed all her work that I've seen so far and admire the way she could convincingly act in different genres. I also think she often gets overshadowed by the stars who had stronger public images in a sense (but were perhaps also more easily typecast) and have therefore had more longevity, like Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Katherine Hepburn – all of whom have excellent pages here in WP as well. Mary Pickford is another legend who I think deserves a better article – in general, I think it would be interesting to work more on articles about silent film. The problem with both Stanwyck and Pickford is that material about them is not as readily available as on Chaplin, and as a student I am not sure I can justify spending loads of money on buying books and films. With Chaplin I've managed to not buy any books but have just borrowed them from different libraries.

Over the summer I also already started improving James Thierrée's page, although so far all my work is still in my sandbox – I saw a performance by him last summer and was completely blown away, it was a magical experience. He is certainly not someone who's simply riding on his grandfather's fame (something that unfortunately cannot be said for all Chaplin grandkids...). Your idea of improving all Chaplin film articles is also something I'd definitely be interested in taking part in! TrueHeartSusie3 (talk) 11:30, 24 December 2013 (UTC)TrueHeartSusie3

Nadolig hapus eto!!

Martinevans123^{Santas Grotto} wishes you and yours

"Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda"

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May the true spirit of Christmas bless you with warmth and peace once again....

Merry Christmas, amigo, and Happy 2014!! --Rosiestep (talk) 22:26, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

(and Merry Christmas, Rosie - you two were the greatest DYK duo ever! Martinevans123 (talk) 22:49, 24 December 2013 (UTC))

A very Merry Christmas from me too.--Ipigott (talk) 12:41, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

	Merry Christmas and best wishes for a happy, healthy and productive 2014!
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Christmas dinner

Machinima of Santa Claus's reindeer filmed in Second life

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Now play this!
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DYK for Malplaquet House

Harrias ^talk 12:03, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of La Familia hippie

The article La Familia hippie has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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It's Christmas for crying out loud!! Why would somebody go through wikipedia on Christmas day and tagging things for deletion!!! Can't you at least wait until tomorrow?♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:18, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

"A Merry Christmas!" I heard him cry.

"The same to you, old friend," said I.

- Charles Causley, "At Nine of the Night I Opened My Door"

Thanks very much - merry Christmas and happy new year to you, too!

I haven't, no - it's a ballet film, isn't it? I've never been much of one for ballet, really. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:02, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

thanks!

...for the tip, that will be very helpful for me. Happy holidays to you. --Soman (talk) 16:30, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

Hello!

Merry Christmas to you and your family Dr. Blofield! DudeWithAFeud (talk) 03:21, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Chopin

Thnaks for your message! I'm more or less done with the article for the while, if you want to take a look at it now. Really I'm not such a Chopin maven, it is just the article was originally in a deplorable state. Editing it is no easy task as one has to cope with other editors who sometimes seem more concerned with Polish nationalism or other WP:UNDUE aspects. Still I have the intention of getting it up to at least GA in the medium term. Apart from any other failings, at the moment I think it needs more on the actual music, on recordings and maybe legacy (recent Chopin pianists etc.). Possibly also something on C's personality. Best, and all good wishes for 2014, --Smerus (talk) 09:58, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Italian films

I don't know if you had already noticed, but I have already expanded several of these lists. Just a question of time, but all the work will be done! --Cavarrone 22:51, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

No problem, now I added that film to the 1972 article. Next days I will make some mayor expansions to the lists. --Cavarrone 23:02, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Bentworth for FA?

Hi doctor, this might sound crazy, but I'm letting you know that I'm interested in getting Bentworth up to an FA standard and hopefully to nominate in some good time. I've been thinking about it for a while now, and I'm just giving you a 'heads-up' to let you know what you think about this. I've never actually fully built up an article to FA before (but I do only have one major contribution to an FA article). Colonel Ukiws (not major, I heard he got a promotion) has been inactive from Wikipedia for quite some time now, so I take that as a good omen! Please let me know what you think. Regards, ☠ Jaguar ☠ 23:18, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

I was thinking the same thing lately. What other villages did you have in mind? ☠ Jaguar ☠ 16:17, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

British films

Thanks. I'll try to knock some of these interwar British era articles into better shape over the next few weeks. Happy New Year. Lord Cornwallis (talk) 21:51, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

Question

Hi Dr. , Can i know, do you have created all your articles manually or with a bot? --XXN (talk) 14:28, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure why I was mentioned, I've never used a bot in my life on here and I generally don't approve of very short stubs without any TLC any longer on here. Sometimes a bot used to create articles with sufficient sourcing and info can be useful but I'm not a coder. I guess User:Redrose64 and some others still associate me with that sort of desperate stubbing!... Can I ask what sort of articles you're thinking of creating?♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:31, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Geografical articles. But not here, on another local wikiproject. XXN (talk) 20:02, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

December 2013

Please do not attack other editors, as you did on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bech-Bruun. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. Msnicki (talk) 16:12, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

That is a farce, a total joke. He didn't make a personal attack and your WP:BLUDGEONing the process is disruptive. ChrisGualtieri (talk)

@Msnicki. You're behaving abysmally. The article has been relisted for deletion. So I've revoted to keep it yet you've crossed out my deletion and turned up here with a rather pathetic warning. If personal attacks damage the community, time-wasting nobodies who persist on being POINTy and trying to delete content which easily passes GNG and can't accept that they're wrong is ten times worse. You ought to be banned from the website for your disruption.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:38, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

FYI

I'm asking for clarification of whether you should be able to breach ArbCom's remedy in the infobox case, requiring editors to maintain decorum and civility when engaged in discussions about infoboxes. --RexxS (talk) 22:42, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

RexxS, I'm sick to death of logging into this website and seeing people like you forcing infoboxes and then brandishing civility policies at editors who work in good faith here and disagree with you. Infobox pushers act like little leaches eating away at the website and the enthusiasm of contributors here. Infoboxes are NOT compulsory and this was decided by Arb here. I have no problems, in fact I support infoboxes where they contain a wealth of information, whether it be buildings, sportspeople or aircraft or settlements and I think they're to be advised on things like that where a lot of facts are best represented in a table/box. What I detest is infobox pushers where the infobox is virtually redundant and contains nothing other than the name and date of birth and occupation which is all mentioned in the lead and the people who've bothered to promote it to GA/FA have decided they don't want one and it looks better without it. Your summary adding the box implying a virtually empty box is full of useful facts for mobile readers is simply false. Quite frankly I've had more than my fair share of infobox disputes and I do NOT want to see a repeat of Peter Sellers. I strongly suggest you read the "Obsession with infoboxes" section on my user page and do something useful instead.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:34, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Your patience, my dear Doctor, is admirable. I got so worn down by what I saw as the bullying and deliberate deafness of certain info-box zealots that I was driven to have several months away from editing Wikipedia. I hope most fervently that you will not be browbeaten into a similar withdrawal. As to your civility, I have many, many reasons to know it and be grateful. Not so sure about decorum. Isn't that what one does to apples? Tim riley (talk) 21:28, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Tim, I really appreciate it. And if I really said what I think on the matter I would be banned pretty quickly!... If I've been uncivil it's nothing to what could be said. It's the way one article after the other gradually becomes a warground for infobox disputes and the time wasting which follows which I find utterly frustrating and when I log in and see people forcing infoboxes going against consensus claiming they're of great use do people really expect me to welcome it in a friendly fashion? It really is maddening to see articles in which multiple article writers agree on no infobox and having somebody who constributed nothing to the article coming along and forcing on infobox on it. William Burges now has an infobox, do any of us who worked on it want it, nope... ♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:34, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbai Dobaara!

Can you review this article for a mate? Soham 11:15, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Can you start it the day after tomorrow as I'll be out-of-town? Soham 11:31, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

I am back so can we start it now? Soham 08:25, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

• Blo, can we start please? Soham 11:16, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	For MeA. Soham 11:23, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Comment request

Since you were involved in a similar discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Actors_and_Filmmakers#Should_.22award.22_articles_be_comprehensive.3F I thought you might want to comment on the propriety of including Film Critic Societies at Critic top 10 lists in film articles at Talk:In_a_World...#Request_for_Comment.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:07, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

RFAR

FYI, your reply is in the wrong section.--Tznkai (talk) 20:11, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Move it then, I'm watching Pirates of the Caribbean...♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:11, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Trichy FA

Hi, I cannot ask you to review the article as you were a significant contributor. Do you feel the prose still needs some polish? —Vensatry _{(Ping me)} 07:58, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Just glancing at it I think it's OK, but other editors often have rather different ideas on what qualifies as "brilliant, engaging prose". Eric usually does a great job and gets the prose up to scratch. If there are still complaints I'll give it another read and ask some others to look at it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:01, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the opinion! Incidentally, two of the reviewers who lent their supports are native speakers of English. Today the nom was about to be archived following a different opinion. —Vensatry _{(Ping me)} 08:08, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

given we're talking about prose then....

Do you reckon Perseus (constellation) is smoother now? These listy type ones can be real bastards to massage prosewise..... We've renominated Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:11, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Yeah I agree. Those articles which tend to be "listy" and cram in a lot of subjects can really affect the quality of the reading and it's difficult to make "brilliant and engaging"! I'll look at Perseus later on today, glad to see that people persisted with it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:17, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Antonio Albanese (chef)

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Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba

The Design/Features/Layout section is a huge run-on. Do you want to make the writing crisper? --Rosiestep (talk) 01:26, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

Party like 'twas 1909

Or 1908, as I'm going back to classic Lugnuts silent-cinema mode. Looks like my Italian and French cousins have pretty much completed the missing articles in their respective languages, so got to address the balance in the English-speaking world! Have a great 2014, Dr B. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 14:55, 31 December 2013 (UTC)