User:Spongie555/Archive 1

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Our Lady of Covadonga

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Søren Hald Møller

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re: your message

Hi Spongie555, I've left a reply to your message on my talk page -- Marek.69 ^talk 00:56, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Pictures

Im still getting new to Wikipedia and i want to know how to add pictures. Like in this article Cheryl Cox my infobox looks wierd without the picture. If you can leave a replay on my talk page that would help on how to do it.

Spongie555 Spongie555 (talk) 04:34, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Spongie555,thank you for your message

You should be able to find out more about adding pictures in Wikipedia:Images

Basically the code to add a picture looks like this:

[[File:Example.png|thumb|left|alt=Example alt text |Example caption]]

where File:Example.png is the name of the image

this will give you the following result:

Example caption

In the case of adding an image to an infobox, as in your example Cheryl Cox

The blank infobox will look like

 {{Infobox Officeholder
|honorific-prefix   = 
|name               = 
|honorific-suffix   = 
|image              = 
|imagesize          =
|order=39th Mayor of Chula Vista
|term_start=2006
|term_end=
|predecessor=Steve Padilla
|successor=Incumbent

You simply fill in the info in the image = section (you may have to add this, if it doesn't already exist) i.e:

 {{Infobox  Officeholder
|honorific-prefix   = 
|name                = 
|honorific-suffix   = 
|image               = Example.png
|imagesize           =
|order=39th Mayor of Chula Vista
|term_start=2006
|term_end=
|predecessor=Steve Padilla
|successor=Incumbent

Try it and see, but don't forget to press the ‘Preview’ button until you are happy with the result, then ‘Save page’.

I hope this helps.

Please let me know if you need any more assistance.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 04:48, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

File source and copyright licensing problem with File:Cox c.jpg

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Org-shm1.jpg

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re: your message

Hi again Spongie555, I've left you another reply on my talk page -- Marek.69 ^talk 21:42, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:Org-shm1.jpg

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Welcome to WikiProject Catholicism!

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re: your message

Hi Spongie555, I've left a reply to your message on my talk page -- Marek.69 ^talk 23:32, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Someone listed you as a DYK nominator

Hi, your nomination of Chula Vista, California for DYK has been denied because it is neither a new article, nor has it been expanded fivefold or more in the last five days. Please see Wikipedia:Did you know for more details about DYK nominations. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:47, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Upon further investigation, I discovered that, even though you were listed as the nominator, you did not actually make that nomination yourself. It was done by an IP. So please just ignore the above. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 00:06, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

St. Pius X Church (Chula Vista)

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File copyright problem with File:SanPasqual.jpg

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FAC withdrawn

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Copyright violations

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File permission problem with File:Blog downtown chula vista.jpg

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File:City-of-chula-vista-seal.jpg

This image is purely decorative at the moment; hence, it could be deleted from the project. Wikipedia desires to be a resource for anyone to use; i.e. anybody can use what is on Wikipedia for any purpose: to sell, to modify, to give, to teach, etc. Parts of the community recognizes that for some things, it might be impossible to get free material. That is why the project set down the 10-criteria WP:NFCC for fair use of copyrighted material; as a compromise, the criteria are stricter than what the US government would consider in determining fair use. Please read WP:NFCC. At the moment, this image could not pass NFCC#8 (contextual significance). The seal does not help readers visualize anything significant about the city that cannot be said with words, and there is nothing in the article that actually discusses the history or design of the seal. Furthermore, you must give a detailed source: "The logo may be obtained from Chula Vista, California." does not really tell people where this image was obtained from. It would help you to follow David Fuch's advice above in learning the policies and guidelines that govern image copyrights for this project. Jappalang (talk) 22:40, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:2108206-Third Avenue Sign-Chula Vista.jpg

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Your recent edits

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Stephen Colbert

I appreciate that you are acting in good faith, but it is best if featured articles are nominated by people who have worked closely on them. In this way, they can give reasoned replies to reviewers and be familiar enough with the sources to act on suggested improvements. Someone who has not worked on the article can not provide this input, so the nomination may continue until opposition to it becomes so overwhelming that the article is failed; this takes away time from reviewers. While the Stephen Colbert article is of reasonable quality, it is not yet of featured quality, and principal contributors must be consulted before a nomination, as required in the featured article candidate instructions. Dabomb87 (talk) 13:20, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

Sorry for my late reply, but thanks for the barnstar you've given me. --TIAYN (talk) 14:35, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Hey Spongie —Preceding unsigned comment added by RenderedGEAR (talk • contribs) 22:24, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

yes Spongie555 (talk) 22:24, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thank you for the barnstar
-RenderedGEAR (talk) 10:22, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

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File:Hitler and Franco.JPG

I've removed it from all but 2 pages, please note to use non-free media there needs to be STRONG justification for it's use, and that justification needs placed on the image page, note how I put rationale for the two uses on the image page. — raeky ^{(talk | edits)} 04:41, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

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List of heads of state of Spain

Once again, please stop submitting featured content candidacies (as you just did for List of heads of state of Spain) if you are not the primary contributor; please familiarize yourself with WP:FLC instructions, which you did not follow, and the featured list criteria, which the list clearly did not meet. Dabomb87 (talk) 13:47, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for John McCain

Please note the criteria is the article must be 5 days old or newer, which this isn't, or expanded 5 fold, which it hasn't. CTJF83 chat 00:05, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Battle of San Pasqual

Hello Spongie555, regarding your assessment of Battle of San Pasqual, can I ask why you've assessed it as a B class article? Its not really a big deal, but for the Military History project the general rule is that an article requires at least one (if not more) inline citations per paragraph to be considered a B class article. Currently the article does not meet this criteria so for the Military History project it should only be rated as a Start class article in my opinion (the project doesn't use C class, so if an article doesn't qualify for B class for Milhist, then it is either a start or a stub). The criteria can be found at WP:MHA, you can also list articles there for independent assessment or take part in the assessment of other people's articles against the criteria. Cheers. AustralianRupert (talk) 12:20, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Comment Sorry I didn't know about the citation for each paragraph. Spongie555 (talk) 20:32, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

No worries, its all part of the learning process. Its good to see someone taking an interest in assessments. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me or one of the other Military History project co-ordinators (or any other project member for that matter). Have a good day. Cheers. AustralianRupert (talk) 23:02, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

The Battle of San Pasqual now has one citations in every paragraph is it B class ready? Spongie555 (talk) 05:28, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

re: your message

Hi Spongie555, I've left a reply to your message on my talk page -- Marek.69 ^talk 20:52, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

July 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Noob Tube, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. The reverted edit can be found here. Thank you. Whisky drinker | HJ's sock 01:03, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

It wasnt vandalism becuse the sentence i undo had information on the equipment used for noob tubing. The sentence said the name of the attachment put on a gun for noob tubing. The words in the parenthesis wasnt me that wrote that it was an IP. Spongie555 (talk) 04:30, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

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WP:Bhutan

Welcome onboard! Well myself and Nvvchar are really the only ones working on Bhutan and another editor also did a bit of work on the rivers anda nother stubbed the remaining monasteries but no the project itself is not active. We've developed a number of articles to GA such as Takshang and Punakha Dzong but right now I'm busy with other projects. I did start Template:Gewogs of Bhutan (basically municipalities) which needs formatting and then the articles started. You could help with that/and or expand articles on towns in particular. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 09:31, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi, you can renom the Thimphhu article if you wish. It will still need a little work but has a chance of passing GA with some copyediting/fixes. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 09:59, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks mate! Dr. Blofeld - 15:36, 18 July 2010 (UTC) 09:14, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Koji Gyotoku

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How does X work?

{{helpme}} I dont know how to add name for refernces like in Koji Gyotoku. How do you make it so you can add a name so its not in big red letters on the bottom. Spongie555 (talk) 05:50, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Hello, I have now fixed it for you. It looks like just typing error, so don't worry about it. If you have any more questions, feel free to email me or ask on my talk page. Cheers, sonia^♫♪ 07:07, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Koji Gyotoku

Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 18:02, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Congrat. Well done.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 06:15, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Bhutan and Thimphu

Thanks for the Barnstar award on Bhutan. It is particularly sweet since I have worked in that country in the 1960s and 70s as a young engineer, developing Hydropower Projects. In fact, the first GA artilces of Bhutan were done by Dr Blofeld and me and we also contributed to GA upgrade of Druk Air. By the way, will you be able to get some pictures of the Dechencholing Palace? I tried on flickr but the author refused to release the picture under free licence. If you could also get some refernces on the palace it would be helpful. I have seen your artile on the Football coach of Bhutan. Very nice work.-- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 06:14, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

I can probably find a picture of the palace more then refernce. Even though ive never seen the palace i know someone from Bhutan on who can send me a picture. Spongie555 (talk) 20:10, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

You can see the draft article in my User:Nvvchar/sandbox/Saptha Badri page. I have used the img provided by you in the Infobox. The text needs to be substantially expanded to qualify for DYK nomination. You can add the other imgs of the palace in the gallery section. -- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 09:34, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Бутан

Hello from Russian WikiProject Bhutan! Unfortunately, I can not help to choose Featured picture in the Russian Wikipedia, because in the Russian Wikipedia does not choose Featured pictures. Featured pictures for the Russian Wikipedia are selected on the Commons:Featured picture candidates. I support you on Commons. --Impro (talk) 06:53, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

oh ok. Well let's see if the picture can make it on commons. Hey maybe Russian WikiProject Bhutan and the English Bhutan WikiProject try working with each other. Spongie555 (talk) 07:25, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

It's good idea. Russian WikiProject Bhutan was created in June 2010. (At this time the English wiki-project has been inactive.) In June and July 2010 in the Russian wiki was created 359 articles about Bhutan. Some articles were translated from the English Wikipedia, a part of them has been supplemented and were created some new articles. We saw that in the English Wikipedia is often given the wrong coordinates of the Bhutanese villages and other facilities. Some articles are not authoritative sources. (For example, Dorji Namgyal.) Pay attention to this article. I think the first paragraph tells about one person, and the second paragraph - about the other person. In addition, for each of these people have another article in the English Wikipedia. --Impro (talk) 09:12, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Comment left on template

Hello,

I noticed you left a comment on Template:EurovisionInvite. I assume this was accidental, and I have moved it to WT:ESC, so other users will see it and can respond. CT Cooper · talk 08:11, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

article assistance

Thanks for your offer to get involved in your article. I specialize in WP:CHICAGO and Michigan Wolverines articles for the most part. These days I have little time for anything else.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 11:53, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Bután King Candidate Image in Spanish Wikipedia

Hi Spongie.

I can't undestand your question in my talk page spanish. Please, tell me again over here. What's your problem with the nomination exactly?, Thanks --Wilfredor (talk) 14:56, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

You need make a new nomination with the edited version. And yes mm, Google Translator is a bad idea. See you --Wilfredor (talk) 19:50, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes, You can nominate again or change your nomination. Just you can't only vote --Wilfredor (talk) 02:04, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, other user from wp:es had retired your proposal --Wilfredor (talk) 23:29, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Very nice image, I don't have objeccion with the new proposal --Wilfredor (talk) 18:18, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:Dechencholing Palace.jpg

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Bhutan sportsmen

Hi! I did only one article on Bhutan Olympic Committee. However, I do not have much knowledge about sportsmen in Bhutan. Their famous national sports is Archery and they are equally crazy about football. You may like to write about the famous in these fields. This book reference [1] will provide you with lot of info on all aspects of Bhutan, including famous sports persons. The full text of the book is available in google under book search. -- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 09:26, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

New Articles about Bhutan

Hi! I think that the English Wikipedia needs page, where we could see new article WikiProject Bhutan. This page can be on the project page or on the portal page. (Answer me in English, please. It is very difficult to understand the text that Google translated from English into Russian.) --Impro (talk) 19:42, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Bhutan squad

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Tang Chuu

Dr. Blofeld had suggested that I could put up an article on Tang Chuu. I think he has material to improve the article. I was late in putting it up and saw only after putting up the article that Dr. Blofeld had gone on Wikibreak. I feel it would be wrong for me to put it up for DYK now. Thanks and cheers. - Chandan Guha (talk) 03:39, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Carlos Quentin

This guy is interesting to me. What you need to do is fully cite his articles. Basically for each fact in the article google a source and use {{cite web}} to WP:ATT the fact. If you have any trouble I will help you format a few citations so you can get the hang of it. If you can not find stuff, let me know, but this guy is an easy WP:GA for an interested person. If you really need help beyond this advice ping me. I may be willing to do a bit more.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 07:16, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

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VPC closures

Hi Spongie555! Actually everybody can close VPCs and you are more than welcome to help out. Simply follow the steps as explained at WP:VPC#Closing procedure. Current rules require consensus support with a minimum quorum of 4 for promotion. Consensus generally has been interpreted as a 2/3 majority, but in case of disputes, it is up to the judgement of the closer to determine, based on the merits of the arguments presented and the criteria. As an unwritten rule, each candidate is closed by an editor which was not involved in the voting, so that the closer's neutrality cannot be disputed, however where there are no disputes this is less important. Candidates can be closed after one week, but often is worthwhile waiting a bit longer to establish clear consensus (for instance when a candidate already has three support votes). Wish you happy editing. --Elekhh (talk) 03:30, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

You shouldn't be afraid of closing VPCs as not promoted. Actually is much easier and quicker than promotions. There is a huge queue there and it doesn't look good at all. Any VPC which has been sitting there since more than a week can be closed, and if it has less than 4 support in a month than there is nothing to worry about closing it as not promoted. Images can also be renominated at a later stage when there is more activity. --Elekhh (talk) 03:17, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Map of Chicago 1830

Unless there is a new policy, I think you erroneously promoted Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Map of Chicago 1830. Even if you voted support, which you did not document on the page, it would still be one short.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:41, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

You have to put your vote on the page.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:56, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

O.K. If you vote for an image, you are not suppose to close it. So we have a new quandry.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:58, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

As much as I would like to see this promoted, I think you need to talk to some other picture veterans about closing it.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:00, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi Spongie, a VPC needs four (4) supports to be promoted. This FPC does only have three supports and therefore your closure is incorrect. --Elekhh (talk) 04:13, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

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Bhutan

I have not done any FA article yet. It is very taxing. I don't want to go through that exercise at this stage. Thanks for the suggestion. -- N.V.V. Char ^Talk . 07:09, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

I agree. Spongie I don't think you know how much is required and how much patience is needed for FAs. The reviewers during the FAC are extremely demanding and identify the tiniest of errors and most of it seems very trivial in comparison to the major work needing doing all over the project. Nvvchar is right. more effort should be going into expanded stubs and promoting to GA and start decent new content. Dr. Blofeld 13:13, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Take a barnstar

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Hello

It's called Flaz Plaza and its based in National Flag Square, very close to place where was notorious Bayil prison (which is demolished).--NovaSkola (talk) 15:42, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

geocoding

Hi!
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Flag and Logo of Chula Vista

Hello. I've finally uploaded the images You requested, although I'm still unsure if I licensed them properly... Regards. Avalokitesvara (talk) 15:48, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Thompson Chicago plat 1830

Since you voted at WP:VPC, I thought I would let you know about Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Thompson Chicago plat 1830.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:54, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

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Wowm you've got a habit of picking difficult articles! An FA by October 2011?Best of luck! The article is in a terrible state at the moment. Its in what I'd term a "Philippine class" state. SImilar to articles on places in the philippinrd it has long lists and little comprehensive text/mostly unreferenced. What I suggest is that you make a User:Spongie555/sandbox and first of all find as many reliable sources as you can to use to write it. Dr. Blofeld 08:47, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

I've cleared the article to set it on its way. It needs an enormous amount of work to even get it to GA level let alone FA. I hope you are up for a challenge. If you can find plentiful sources to write it/get books from the local library etc I'll edit it occasionally and help direct you. I gather this is your home town? Lucky you,the weather is hot and sunny! You should take loads of decent pictures of notable landmarks if you live there or live nearby. Dr. Blofeld 10:03, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Nefertiti bust

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Wikipedia:WikiCup/2011 signups

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I think you can.

It turns out there was a mix-up at Wikicup sign-ups where your image was automatically removed as copyright. It has been pre-identified as Public Domain, so I removed the fair-use tag and brought back the flag you inserted. mechamind90 06:13, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

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Re: 1858 San Diego hurricane

Actually, I don't think I can help with that article. I honestly don't think the article should exist. Don't get me wrong, the storm probably happened, and it's pretty notable, but all (seriously, all) of the references of the storm stem from the same source (the Chris Landsea document), which is problematic. It's the same reason we don't have an article anymore on the 1842 Spain hurricane, since its existence was merely gleaned from a bunch of different primary sources (but the fact it was a tropical cyclone only from one source). If the article were built up much more, it would merely be a rehash of the Landsea article. Adding any other data (such as statistics, mentioning of other storms, etc) wouldn't be directly related to the storm. I honestly think it should be merged with, say, List of California hurricanes, or List of Pacific hurricanes before 1900. Hurricanehink (talk) 19:14, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

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Portal:Bhutan

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Protocol

For future reference, if you vote on a nomination, you are not suppose to close it in general.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:02, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

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Needs a bit of work I think. Dr. Blofeld 08:41, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Re:

Hi - oh yeah, I'm definitely interested. I'm presently travelling but I'll be back by Saturday, so I will start work then. Shiva (Visnu) 10:37, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

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It is unclear to me why you promoted Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Isidore Heller House with only three supports.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:31, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Is there consensus to promote with only three supports now?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:41, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

VPC passed

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ANI

I have mentioned you in a discussion at WP:ANI#TonyTheTiger. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:31, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

thank you!

Hi - thank you for the star :) I really appreciate it. Shiva (Visnu) 23:33, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/HMCS St. John's (FFH 340)

Hi Spongie555, this image you nominated fell short of the five supports required for promotion. But I think it's mostly because of reduced activity at FPC at the moment. It could probably pass given another chance; perhaps you would like to renominate it in a couple of months. Cheers, Maedin\^talk 06:55, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi again, the minimum is five supports altogether, not four. It was very close, :) Maedin\^talk 06:53, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

RE: Question

Before answering, how did you find me... I'm just wondering..

The Communist Party USA has denounced North Korea many times, especially in the later years after the collapse of the communist bloc in Europe. However, before the collapse most communist countries allied themselves with the USSR and its allies. The crimes the North Korea have committed were not known at the time, because most the western media centered itself around the USSR and Communist China. But back to your question, no they don't support North Korea, at least not officially. They do however support Cuba officially. It this a good enough answer to your question? --TIAYN (talk) 14:29, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Kim Jong-un image up for deletion

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Thimphu

Hi. Just stumbled upon this article in WP:GAN, but I can't review it as I know some major contributors to the article too well to neutrally judge it against Wikipedia:Good article criteria. However, I would like to point to you that the article currently fails criterion 3b:"it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail" and needs a complete rewrite. Especially sections "Districts of Thimphu", "Architecture", "Culture". The presence of "Motithang Takin Preserve" in Architecture and "Health care" in "Law and order" is absurd. You can go through Wikipedia:Good articles/Geography and places for comparison. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 04:29, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

review request

Hi - I just opened an editor review, and I request you for some advice on how I can prepare myself for adminship. I will greatly appreciate your feedback :) Shiva (Visnu) 15:22, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Pete Gray photo

Just a 10-minute look through Google and a few treasured websites that I have links to, I did not find too many good photos of Mr. Gray, and none in the free-use realm. However, you might like this photo. It is of good size and clearly shows the player in full, a case could be made for fair-use I suppose, but I could not locate who might have snapped the photo.Neonblak ^talk - 06:14, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/F-16 Solo Display Team

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VP

Can you please close Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/GoldenGate Bridge. Also these days you are nominating very few images of Bhutan. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 01:31, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Emperor penguins also, Why don't you archive your page now. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 13:03, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Or just wait a week. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 13:19, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Time is up now. I am your relative living in india. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 02:46, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Please join WP:WPWPA!

You seem to be very interested in this area. Please join us! --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 11:54, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

thanks!

Hi - thank you very much :) Bhutan-Kuwait relations is coming up, but as Russia has no relations with Bhutan, any data about that should remain in the main Foreign relations of Bhutan article unless something significant happens in that direction. Shiva (Visnu) 09:53, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

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Its not just a sample, its that I'm actually rewarding you! Antonu (talk) 07:09, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

THank you

Thank you, we'll see what i can do there ;). --Vrysxy! (talk) 04:20, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

VPC promoted

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New userbox

I have created a new userbox for you: User:Spongie555/Bhutan portal. I have also made some minor improvements at Portal:Bhutan. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 02:43, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

If so, I will help. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 02:52, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Chris Young

Thanks.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:58, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Constitution of Bhutan

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Archive

Hey! You should consider archiving your talk-page. :) --Syed Kazim ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 02:06, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for Constitution of Bhutan

The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

VP

Is there anything else at User:Ctjf83/Pictures you think would be good for me to nominate for Valued Picture? CTJF83 chat 21:21, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

I need to work on my pic taking skills....which specifics? :) CTJF83 chat 21:45, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Just 1 out of 90ish?! What in general needs to be fixed on the others? CTJF83 chat 21:54, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Ok, I can easily take a new bank picture and try to be "straighter"...I'm still a bit confused on all this "noise" stuff everyone keeps pointing to me...can you give me 2-3 examples on some of my pictures? I'd appreciate it, thanks, CTJF83 chat 22:03, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Ok, thank you for your help. CTJF83 chat 22:21, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

File:Pope Benedictus XVI january,20 2006 (2) mod.jpg now Valued

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Chula Vista, California

You asked for help with the Chula Vista article. I'll be glad to take a look at it and make any improvements that seem useful, but I have to tell you I don't know anything at all about Featured Articles and Good Articles and what it takes to be one. Maybe after I get past a major time commitment I have this week, I'll try to learn a little. What are some of the things this article still needs, in order to be judged worthy of GA or FA status? --MelanieN (talk) 03:49, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

I see what you mean. There's an awful lot of "citation needed" tags in the history section, and the Geography, Education, and Culture sections could definitely use some help. I'll see about doing some cleanup next week when I have more time. --MelanieN (talk) 03:59, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

• It might be easier to write a book about Chula Vista than it would be to edit this article to FA without 3rd party references. Amerique^dialectics 00:12, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

VPC Chicago Michigan Avenue 1911 (2nd nomination)

Hi Spongie555, when things are not perfectly clear one can ask for clarification from those who made unclear statements. When closing such tight contest is good to explain the assumption on which the closure was based, so that if any of the assumptions was wrong it can be detected afterwards. My reading is that everybody is in favour of the image, with two preferences for the original version (Tony and me), one for the alternative (yourself), and two neutral. This gives a slight advantage for the original, however strenghtened by the fact that it was the preference of the nominator, which makes it a clear promote of the original for me, if my reading is correct. PS. Would be good if you would start archiving your talk page as it starts to get heavy and slow. --Elekhh (talk) 04:13, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Hmmm I'm a bit confused now about your question. It is one image with two versions, five supports according to my count, slight preference (2 vs 1) for the original. PS. I understand the talk page works for you, but might not be advantageous for those visiting your talk page. --Elekhh (talk) 04:26, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Uranus

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DYK nomination of Dual system of government

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Nomination

Can you please close this: Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Polar Bear. I was absent for a couple of days due to the lack of internet connection.

It has been done. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 03:13, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Dual system of government

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:03, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you very much for acknowledging my effort in those Brazilian-history related articles. However, editor Astynax deserves as much credt as I do. Re-writing the article on Pedro I is something that has been going around my mind since ever. It is something that I really want to do, since his life was far more interesting than of his son, Pedro II. However, I'm having an issue with another article I nominated (Pedro Álvares Cabral) which is leading me to a frustrating brawl. And that is taking away my interest on continue working on Wikipedia. Anyway, thank you again! Cheers, --Lecen (talk) 14:35, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Spongie, are you good at Commons rules for copyright of pictures? --Lecen (talk) 22:05, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Could you take a look at Pedro Álvares Cabral and tell me if you see anything wrong on its pictures? --Lecen (talk) 23:01, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

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Valued Picture proposal

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Picture question

Do you have any specific suggestions for taking a skyline picture across a river, to get it up to FP quality? It would be nice to have that an FP and Davenport, Iowa an FA. Thanks, CTJF83 chat 01:07, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Suggestions on who? Since you are there a lot, you prob know who takes good pics. Also critique on File:I-74 Bridge.jpg if it could be a VP? CTJF83 chat 01:56, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, last time I did review I only got one response, 3 less than on VP CTJF83 chat 02:36, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Bhutan

Hi. Bhutan article is WAY off being comprehensive enough. Its worse in depth than the Thimphu article.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:09, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

VPC

Can you please close these nominations:

• Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/San Francisco City Hall
• Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Fiji Goshawk
• Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Solar system

It has been done. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 02:55, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Discussion on naming style for San Diego neighborhoods

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Valued Picture nomination of File:Six weeks old cat (aka).jpg

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DYK for I Love Bacon!

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Pretender

The answer is very simple: Luís of Orléans-Braganza. Unfortunately Wikipedia has several awful mistakes on Brazilian royals. Among them, the ridiculous suposedly pretension to the French throne. Gaston of Orléans, the Count of Eu, not only renounced his French citizenship, but also his position as a Frenhc Prince and became a Brazilian citizen and royal. But since I have no interest at all on anything related to after-1889 Brazlian-monarchy related history (that is, Brazilian "monarchism"), I never bothered to fix that. Anytime you might want to exchange thoughts, feel free to do so! Regards, --Lecen (talk) 10:43, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Yes, he was an Emperor, although never counted as such. I explain. When Brazil became independent, the Holy Alliance ruled the world. The Hispanic American republics had been independent for more than a decade and no country in Europe recognized them as such, which prevented them of making trade deals, for example. That ended up destroying their economies, and the countries went into chaos, with civil wars, rebellions, coups, dictatorships, etc... All that you know already. João VI wanted to prevent that. He had to make sure that in the eyes of the European powers, the new South American monarchy had legitimate roots. So when Portugal recognized the independence of Brazil, João VI aknowledged the Brazilian throne as an off-shoot of the Portuguese throne, that is, a branch. Separated, but a branch. To do that, Brazil recognized João VI as an Emperor who ceded his sovereignity to his own son. Both were co-emperors for a short period, from 1825 to 1826, when João VI died. Since the peace treaty was deplored in Brazil, that was never taken for serious. Nonetheless, it helped Brazil establish ties with the European nations. --Lecen (talk) 03:31, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Taunay was the son of a French teacher of Pedro II. He fought in the War of the Triple Alliance nad ws part of a very famous and disastrous military operations called "Withdrawn of Laguna", of which a book he later wrote about and that became a classic. He did not pursue a military or politic carrier for long after that, intead he focused on his literary career, of which made him one of the most famous writers in Brazilian history. Thus, he was neither a great politician and even less a statesman. The category "statesmen" in the template (notice that it is not "politicians") is reserved for figures considered "statesmen" by historians, not simply famous, renowned, influential or great politicians. That is why politicians who were very powerful and influential in their lifetime (such as former regent and prime minister Marquis of Olinda or the Viscount of Itaboraí, one of the main leader of the Conservative Party) but not regarded as "statesmen" are not in the list. The idea of the template is to allow the reader to easily read vital articles that will make him/she understand the Imperial era. And it is. Regards, --Lecen (talk) 08:34, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

North Korea

No we should include there results because the Asian Games is for the U23 squad. Druryfire (talk) 13:29, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

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Can you promote this nomination fast:

• Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/63 building --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 11:41, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

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Flag of Bhutan again

The GAN is looking not so good right now, so can you look at the article and make some changes to the citation templates? I made some of the other changes and made note that there are no official flag days in Bhutan. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 19:22, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for Dratshang Lhentshog

The DYK project (nominate) 06:04, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Chula Vista

Thanks for contacting me. Unfortunately, I have other projects I'm currently working on, but if you need assistance in reaching older sources or for copyediting, let me know. It would be great to see that article reach FA in time for its anniversary. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 23:20, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for Tsa Yig

The DYK project (nominate) 20:05, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Jo Tong Sop

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Re: Barnstar

Whoa! Thanks! I really wasn't expecting to receive a barnstar at this time... I'm not really active anymore on the wiki (well, it's summer in this side of the world, so I have more time for it, but I'm not really doing anything important here) but I really appreciate it. Thanks again. Diego Grez (EMSIUB) (talk) 21:56, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

hehe. Glad you liked them =D Diego Grez (EMSIUB) (talk) 20:37, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Bhutan

Hi. I will try to make some improvements to Thimphu later this week. I will nom it myself when I think its ready.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:39, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Empire of Brazil FAC is now open!

Empire of Brazil is now a Featured Article candidate. Your opinion (either as support or oppose) is welcome. Here is the page: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Empire of Brazil/archive1. Kind regards, --Lecen (talk) 18:33, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Jo Tong Sop

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• I'm still doubtful about how much credence this article should give the North Korean government's claims. If the question posed to them was "Was the team subjected to a six-hour public humiliation?" then answering "The team is currently practicing for the Asian Games" does not disprove the claim of the six-hour public humiliation. And if the question was "Was the team manager Kim Jong-Hun fired and forced to join a construction crew?" then answering that "The team is currently practicing for the Asian Games" doesn't explain what happened to the former manager, given that he has in fact been replaced. I'm not even convinced that the North Korean government has denied that the team was subjected to a six-hour public humiliation, much less that such an event didn't take place. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:37, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Frank Buckles

Sorry, I'm not in the mood for supercentenarian articles now. Maybe sometime in the future. Why don't you work on it, using Ponticelli as an example? ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 23:58, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I tend to skip around myself too. It's hard to focus solely on one article, so I usually work on a couple at a time. I could help you if you want to bring Buckles to GA or FA, though. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:43, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Read Wikipedia:Good article criteria. If you want, I can help you on individual stuff, like copyediting and referencing. Just ask me, and I'll look over any article for you. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:57, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

First, you should work on expanding it with reliable sources. I know you can add some stuff. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:53, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

I created an archive index User talk:Editorofthewiki/Archive index where I list the archives and the month. At the beginning of every month, I cut all of the messages from my current talk page and move it to the next archive. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 23:25, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Re: Bhutan

I'm very glad that you like images that I put for the Kings of Bhutan! Thank you very much. As for an image of Prime Minister Jigme Thinley, maybe someone else could put it? Can you do it? Right now, I'm working on some other articles, and I have no time for Bhutan at this moment. Cheers! --Sundostund (talk) 11:10, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of National symbols of Bhutan

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• Again. cmadler (talk) 14:08, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Zuma

From what I've read, Zuma is a "supplemental character" to the Aztec (that seems to read like a sidekick). I don't know if any other universities have the same situation. It's probably not an issue to add it as long as a source is included indicating it's official. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 07:22, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Bhutanese legislation

HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:28, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Re: message on my talk

Hi Spongie, I'd love to but at the moment I'm using public internet so I'd get on to it if time allows. Thanks, —Ancient Apparition • Champagne? • 11:03am • 00:03, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Camp Minnewawa

Thanks for the suggestion about Camp Minnewawa. I never heard of it but it sounds interesting. Turns out the San Diego area was just full of now-closed military bases. I did the article about Camp Kearny and I have it on my list to do one about Camp Elliott - also Camp Matthews at the site of what is now UCSD. I'll add Camp Minnewawa to the list. I don't suppose that photo is in the public domain, is it? --MelanieN (talk) 05:57, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the information about the Camp Matthews article. I wonder how I missed it? --MelanieN (talk) 06:16, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Re: the Star-News, I'll take a look but might be too busy with Real Life to do much in the next week or two. Thanks for the invite. --MelanieN (talk) 01:15, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

BTW reading the caption about Camp Minnewawa, I see that it was not an Army camp; it was a CCC camp. That would make for different searching and (possibly) less notability. Again, I'll take a closer look later.

About notability, I was just thinking that army/navy/marine installations tended to get a lot more publicity and leave more of an imprint. But a CCC camp was a big deal too so we should be able to find something about it. I'll try, anyhow. --MelanieN (talk) 04:15, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Interesting! That's a great link about Camp Otay/Camp Weber. Definitely needs an article. I notice the article refers to a Camp La Mesa, of which Camp Otay was a sub-post; does that also need an article? I'm sorry I can't do anything about these articles for the next couple of weeks, but I will definitely put them on my to-do list for when I get some time. --MelanieN (talk) 16:16, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

I wonder if we might do some kind of combined article about the CCC camps in San Diego County? There were a lot of them, and while they might not all have been notable individually, as a group they might be. Some are gone without a trace, and some (like Pine Valley) were converted to other uses. Do you have any idea how other areas have dealt with their CCC camps on Wikipedia? --MelanieN (talk) 16:29, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Jo Tong Sop

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Re: Halo Waypoint

Hey Spongie. If you did not know, Wikipedia's articles are bound by notability guidelines for inclusion. Since Waypoint itself is not a notable website with multiple stories about it published in reliable sources, it doesn't get an article on Wikipedia. However, since it's a valid search term, we create a redirect to the relevant topic (the Halo series, where the infobox has a link to Waypoint.) Hope that answers your questions. If you have any others, ping me on my talk (I won't be watching this page.) Thanks, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 14:46, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs

HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 06:03, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for National symbols of Bhutan

HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:05, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

GA invite

I am retiring from GA creation. My last one is at GAC right now.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:29, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

RE: Dickinson

I don't think I'm going to be able to help you unless you find some decent referenced. The two you have only mention him in passing, and don't really assert much notability, much less the basics of a biography. Also note that being called a "colonel" in the nineteenth century doesn't necessarily denote a military rank; it wasn't uncommon for an officer in a local militia or paramilitary police force to give themselves lofty titles like that. Unless you can readily establish an Army or Marine commission, it's not likely that any potential article could be established as a military biography. bahamut0013^words_deeds 17:08, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Re: California 125

Hi, thanks for noticing my work. However, after working on California State Route 186, I'm not totally interested in working on another California highway. However, I can suggest talking to User:Rschen7754, the US Roads Project's California mastermind about how to get help giving it a shot or seeing if he wants to do it for you. If not, you can go to the U.S. Roads Project talk page for some assistance. Someone's sure to help you there. Thanks for the offer though!Mitch32^{(Transportation Historian)} 04:25, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Bacon WikiCup

Well thank you for the note! And sure, I'll join the wikicup, though I appear to have shot into 3rd place with just the ice cream article... Perhaps I've miscounted. Worm 09:20, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Re: 2009 Little League World Series

Yes, by all means. --JB82 (talk) 12:03, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

wikicookie

Thank you for all the hard work you have done on the Chula Vista article. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 23:15, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

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