User talk:Ser Amantio di Nicolao/Archive 29

Happy New Year!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR Hoping 2015 will be a great year for you! Thank you for your contributions!
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Happy New Year Ser Amantio di Nicolao!

Happy New Year!

Ser Amantio di Nicolao,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 19:47, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks for the heads up

How else would I discover that my man Captain Beefheart was a sculptor? You've gotten my 2015 off to a great start. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 00:44, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia is the ultimate in job security. There is ALWAYS more to do. Carptrash (talk) 00:53, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Charlie??

What's this all about?♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:35, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Something for you

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

For repeatedly creating links to nonexistent categories. WP:Categorization reads 'An article should never be left with a non-existent (redlinked) category on it. Either the category should be created, or else the link should be removed or changed to a category that does exist.'

{{WikiProject Chemicals}}

This wikiproject is not likely applicable to a number of the articles you're applying it to. I changed some of them. Tom Ruen (talk) 06:59, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Please add |auto=yes when you auto tag talk pages with WikiProjects. Christian75 (talk) 11:48, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Editor's Barnstar
	Foe completing a MILLION edits..................................................................... The Herald : here I am 12:52, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you!

	The 1 million edit Award
	For somehow whopping up a massive 1 million edits on wikipedia!! Doesn't seem that long ago that you passed me and I've still not reached even half that amount!! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:31, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Yes, back then I did do a lot with mass editing! I think it needed it at the time in the earlier days to try to address systematic bias. Sometimes I still think a round or two might be good but I tend to focus on quality these days!♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:44, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Congratulations on being the fourth editor on the English Wikipedia, and I think the fifth on the whole project to contribute a million non bot edits to one wiki. ϢereSpielChequers 19:39, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Popcorn

It may not look like it but here is 1,000,000 kernels of popcorn to honor this wonderful achievement.Buster Seven Talk 19:48, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	For all your hard work, especially adding appropriate templates to talk pages - a dirty job but someone has to do it! Congratulations on one million edits! Thine Antique Pen (talk) 20:34, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Congratulations on reaching a million edits! I appreciate all of your efforts; especially your project tagging. You've put a huge amount of effort into tagging everything that needs it. :) -Fimatic (talk | contribs) 00:03, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	For reaching 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000 1,000,000 edits! Please continue your great work to the project! Cheers, ƬheStrikeΣagle 09:14, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Sunshine!

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		Hello Ser Amantio di Nicolao! Bhootrina (talk) has given you a bit of sunshine to brighten your day! Sunshine promotes WikiLove and hopefully it has made your day better. Spread the sunshine by adding {{subst:User:Meaghan/Sunshine}} to someone else's talk page, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. In addition, you can spread the sunshine to anyone who visits your userpage and/or talk page by adding {{User:Meaghan/Sunshine icon}}. Happy editing! Bhootrina (talk) 07:09, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

Composer categories

Greetings! I notice you are adding lots of composers to the Category:20th-century composers. Many of these should be in the more specific Category:20th-century classical composers. I changed two of them before I realised you were going far faster than I could keep up! --Deskford (talk) 01:58, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

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A kitten for you!

Dear Ser Amantio di Nicolao, thank you for your work on my mother, Helen Barolini, Wikepedia page. She just turned 89 and I, her daughter Nicoletta Barolini, have been trying to update it. But alas, I am really not an editor nor a Wikepedia expert, so I am very grateful to you for helping to include my mother in Wikepedia. Thank you kindly and best wishes for the new year! Nicoletta Barolini nikibarolini@gmail.com

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Aristobulus of Britannia

Dear Ser Amantio di Nicolao, if you have time, you might care to peruse Aristobulus of Britannia which displays a theoretical chart proposing him as an Herodian. Perhaps he was, but the analysis to get there seems like boot-strapping conjecture. Cheers. Mannanan51 (talk) 05:45, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Welcome to the millionaires club!

All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 21:17, 21 January 2015 (UTC).

DYK for Karolina Olsson

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:46, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Harry Eytinge

Hello. Thanks for the help with Harry Eytinge and Louis Victor Eytinge. The reason I named Harry Eytinge as "Harry Eytinge (Actor 1822-1900)" was that there was a silent movie actor named Harry Eytinge who was born some time later in 1862 and I may write his bio if I can find enough information. No problem though, just thought I would let you know.

Ted Sidpickle (talk) 18:59, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Many thanks for feed back

Ted 86.176.211.82 (talk) 21:29, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

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Template:Tashkent Province

Can you attach this to the foot of all articles within it? Glad to see we've passed 4.7 mill now anyway, it makes it looks "fuller" if you know what I mean now.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:18, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

Not for the moment, thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:34, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

I am in the process

of doing an article about Ethel Edwards and in the process of trying to separate your stub (that was cruelly smushed) from a link to the article about her husband Xavier Gonzalez find myself sinking in wikiquicksand. pPrhaps more coffee would help? Anyway, this is not so much a cry for help as as I thought that you might like to know that Ms. Edwars has been resurrected, not without some struggle. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 15:51, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

Category:Austrian State Prize for European Literature winners

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Thanks

For the help. Emilio Kopaitic (talk) 00:26, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	I know it's a 'me too' barrister. But had to leave it here. Congratulations on your utterly outstanding contributions!!!! My offer stands as always. Wifione Message 15:28, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of Vanna Bonta for deletion

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Male and female poets

Hi, re this edit on Peter Cooley that I noticed, I thought I should mention that Category:American male poets (like Category:American women poets) is tagged as non-diffusing. I thought I'd better leave you a message because I don't know if you were tuned in to the last batch of drama around this issue, but I'm guessing you'd rather not be Johnpacklamberted. -- Visviva (talk) 22:27, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

Category:Women bloggers

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Proposed deletion of Conspiracy of Silence (Church persecutions)

The article Conspiracy of Silence (Church persecutions) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Pius XI appears to have used this ordinary phrase just once in this context. It's noted in his biography and in the entry for the encyclical Divini redemptoris. It is otherwise of insufficient note to justify its own WP entry.

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Museum hacks and museum edits

Hello there!

Upcoming events:

• February 6–8: The third annual ArtBytes Hackathon at the Walters Art Museum! This year Wikimedia DC is partnering with the Walters for a hack-a-thon at the intersection of art and technology, and I would like to see Wikimedia well represented.
• February 11: The monthly WikiSalon, same place as usual. RSVP on Meetup or just show up!
• February 15: Wiki Loves Small Museums in Ocean City. Mary Mark Ockerbloom, with support from Wikimedia DC, will be leading a workshop at the Small Museum Association Conference on how they can contribute to Wikipedia. Tons of representatives from GLAM institutions will be present, and we are looking for volunteers. If you would like to help out, check out "Information for Volunteers".

I am also pleased to announce events for Wikimedia DC Black History Month with Howard University and NPR. Details on those events soon.

If you have any questions or have any requests, please email me at james.harewikimediadc.org.

See you there! – James Hare

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A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you! Sisterwendy (talk) 15:22, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

About your (non)participation in the January 2012 SOPA vote

Hi. I am Piotr Konieczny (User:Piotrus), you may know me as an active content creator (see my userpage), but I am also a professional researcher of Wikipedia. Recently I published a paper (downloadable here) on reasons editors participated in Wikipedia's biggest vote to date (January 2012 WP:SOPA). I am now developing a supplementary paper, which analyzes why many editors did not take part in that vote. Which is where you come in :) You are a highly active Wikipedian (in fact, the third most active - color me impressed!), and you were active back during the January 2012 discussion/voting for the SOPA, yet you did not chose to participate in said vote. I'd appreciate it if you could tell me why was that so? For your convenience, I prepared a short survey at meta, which should not take more than a minute of your time. I would dearly appreciate you taking this minute; not only as a Wikipedia researcher but as a fellow content creator and concerned member of the community (I believe your answers may help us eventually improve our policies and thus, the project's governance). PS. If you chose to reply here (on your userpage), please WP:ECHO me. Thank you! --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 19:15, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Well, you are right. Btw, I haven't seen you edit any Polish-related articles recently, when will you swing by again? And thank you for your answer, I think there's one in the survey that's applicable for it. Cheers, --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:19, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Wikimedia DC celebrates Black History Month, and more!

Hello again!

Not even a week ago I sent out a message talking about upcoming events in DC. Guess what? There are more events coming up in February.

First, as a reminder, there is a WikiSalon on February 11 (RSVP here or just show up) and Wiki Loves Small Museums at the Small Museum Association Conference on February 15 (more information here).

Now, I am very pleased to announce:

• Tuesday, February 17 from 10 AM to 3 PM there will be #WikiTurgy at the University of Maryland. Join fellow theatre enthusiasts for a “mass act of public dramaturgy!”
• Thursday, February 19 from 10 AM to 4 PM we are hosting the Howard University Black History Edit-a-Thon. We are working in partnership with the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of African-American and African diasporic history.
• Tuesday, February 24 from 6 PM to 8 PM we have the Black History Month “First Edit” at NPR. Help improve Wikipedia and help others make their first edit to Wikipedia!
• Finally, our monthly dinner meetup is on Saturday, February 28.

There is going to be a lot going on, and I hope you can come to some of the events!

If you have any questions or need any special accommodations, please let me know.

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Proposed deletion of Lino Isaia

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Reflinks bug

Thank you for tirelessly filling out references at Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa with your User:Zhaofeng Li/Reflinks software. However, this edit and this edit left unintended references at the end of the article (assuming there is no mysterious reason to add references for a category). Later edits turned them into red cite errors. So I removed the references, and you and/or User:Zhaofeng Li should fix the bug in the software if it's likely to reoccur.

And by the way, the "To leave me a new message you may click here." at the top of the page doesn't work; it says "Internal error [96683b3d] 2015-02-08 18:56:07: Fatal exception of type Scribunto_LuaInterpreterNotFoundError". Art LaPella (talk) 19:09, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

ANI notice

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reflinks

thanks for filling in the links on Brian Williams. Do you have a link for the reflinks tool? I have one on my talk page but every time I tried using it, it wouldn't work. Thanks. SW3 5DL (talk) 00:08, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of United States Lighthouse Society for deletion

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Precious again

Lo dicono
Thank you for reminding me of my favourite opera every time your name pops up on my watchlist, and for "Lo dicono", good advice returned to my talk from the archive, still helpful, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (21 October 2009)!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:16, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Three years ago, you were the fourteenth recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:44, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

Category 20th-century lawyers

I think this category is undefining, and will eventually be bloated beyond recognition. Most politicians are also lawyers. There must be a hundred thousand people with bios here qualifying for this one. Categories should only be added if they are "defining" (with a few exceptions), most of those politicians added by you recently have never been known/notable/famous for their legal practice, but rather as politicians. I'm thinking about proposing this category for deletion. Kraxler (talk) 12:59, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

I had some of the same thoughts myself the other day, when I began the categorizing spree. I take your point, and am not sure but that I don't feel something of the same way myself. Having said that, I do think the category has about as much validity as, say, Category:20th-century musicians or Category:20th-century painters. And it can be winnowed down by nationality, I shouldn't wonder. Which I might do one of these days.

So I'm sort of in the middle on the subject, erring in favor of the category, basically. But I won't say that I couldn't be convinced otherwise at some point. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:54, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

To be a musician, or a painter, is much more definite and/or defining (a requirement to add categories), than being a lawyer. Almost all lawyers I've written about (several hundred) were not known for their legal work. 20th century lawyer has as much validity as 20th-century milk drinker or 20th-century beach vacationer. "20th-century lawyer" is currently being added (by you, inter alia) at all people who are already in the following categories: disbarred lawyers, New York Court of Appeals judges, New York Supreme Court Justices, New York state court judges, County district attorneys in New York, etc., and lawyers (by profession) who were notable as New York State Senators, Members of the New York State Assembly, etc. In the end it will become a terrible unhelpful hold-all. 20th-century painters has already almost a thousand pages, plus subcategories by country. I expect 20th-century lawyer to go into 50,000 pages easily, if anybody can find the time to waste on it. Kraxler (talk) 18:17, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

I agree with Kraxler here. You should only be categorizing a person as a lawyer if they are notable as a lawyer - not people who were a non-notable as a lawyer before becoming a politician or people who are famous as a sportsperson (example) and later became a lawyer. Many articles mention many jobs (e.g. "lifeguard, paper carrier, grocery clerk, forest firefighter, and golf caddy"), but adding a category tag for any job that a person has ever done isn't appropriate - it just creates category clutter on articles, watchlist noise and makes categories less useful for navigation. DexDor (talk) 19:10, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

See, I don't have a problem with it as a defining category. For a politician, say...he may not have been notable as a lawyer, but if it was a substantial part of his career then I'm in favor of adding lawyer-based categories to his article. (Take my state delegate, for instance - he's not likely to be remembered as a lawyer, but it is his job, it's what he does, and it defines him as much as being politics does. To me, at any rate.)

Where I do have a problem, and where I'm open to conviction, is the necessity of some of those lawyer-based categories in the first place. "20th-century lawyers" falls into that category, for me...what difference does it make that a lawyer worked during the 20th-century? I can maybe see the argument for people in artistic fields. I'm not sure it's a necessity for the law.

If any of this makes any sense? I don't frequently engage in policy discussions here because I know what I mean when I say it, but I'm not convinced I can articulate it well enough for anyone else when I say it. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:34, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

We should categorize based on what makes the person notable for inclusion in an encyclopedia. E.g. Harold Brainsby may have spent decades working as a lawyer, he may have been a devoted husband and father, he may have been a regular church-goer or keen gardener ... to him (and his family) those may have been the things that defined him, but we're writing an enclopedia and he's in the encyclopedia because of what he did as a sportsman. DexDor (talk) 20:53, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

Perhaps. Personally, I don't agree, in that I think professional life and personal life are generally two different matters. So if he spent extensive time as a lawyer, I think it should be noted. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:56, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

I'd like to quote from Wikipedia:Categorization of people#N: "For example, a film actor who holds a law degree should be categorized as a film actor, but not as a lawyer unless his or her legal career was notable in its own right and/or relevant to his acting career. Many people had assorted jobs before taking the one that made them notable; those other jobs should not be categorized. Now substitute politician for actor, and there we are, concerning politicians.

I'd like to mention also Wikipedia:Overcategorization#Mostly overlapping categories: "If two or more categories have a large overlap (e.g. because many athletes participate in multiple all-star games, and religious leadership does not radically change from year to year), it is generally better to merge the subjects to a single category, and create lists to detail the multiple instances." In the case of judges or district attorneys there would be a more than 50% overlap because, I suppose, more than half of all bios here on Wikipedia are people of the 20th century. Kraxler (talk) 14:59, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Dear Being a lover of Writer Rizia Butt. I want to mention that she had spend most his lfe time in the city of Wazirabad District Gujranwala but it is not mention in her details. Please take notice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.106.178.80 (talk) 04:19, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

Thank you for your Brian Williams edits! Haberstr (talk) 02:12, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

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Presentation proposal for Wikimania 2015

How to pick up more women...

Hi Ser! Victuallers and I have developed a proposal for a talk to be presented at Wikimania 2015. It's titled, How to pick up more women... -- as in more women editors and more women's biographies. Examples include the Edit-a-thon blitz during WikiWomen's History Month and the "new articles" work underway by WikiProject Women Writers. The Wikimania talk proposal review process has begun and there's no guarantee that this proposal will be accepted. That's where you come in. Please review our proposal and give us feedback. Ultimately, we hope you add your name to the signup at the bottom of the proposal which signifies you're interested in the talk (it does not signify you'll be attending the event). Thank you! Rosiestep (talk) 22:31, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Power Editor

I just read your user page and I must admit my mouth dropped (as well as my jock). LOL! 31,000+ articles created. Man alive, that is incredible. I guess I need to read a few of them ... might take me a few years to go through all of them! --EditorExtraordinaire (talk) 07:47, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Oh, and by the way, I love your user name: it sounds ultra sophisticated! Is that a real person from history?

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Montenegro

Haha, like the old me isn't it with the new stubs! I may do all of Montenegro gradually [1]. They will all need tagging for the Montenegro project of course :-)♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:26, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Hannah Moskowitz

Hello Ser Amantio di Nicolao, I have this article watchlisted and was wondering about your edit [2]. Did you delete the deadend tag or did AWB delete it automatically? The article does not contain any Wiki-links (aside from categories and language links), so the deadend tag would have been valid to keep. Maybe an AWB bug? GermanJoe (talk) 02:25, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

editing conflicts on Massacre at Machecoul

will you let me know when you're done, so I can get on with the article? Thanksauntieruth (talk) 20:16, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

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Tons of dead links on the politicians

Since I'm getting tired now of marking that-might want to look over it-I've found it on quite a few articles you made in early 2009 just now. (so if you can you could check over ones from early 2009-I found them on the searching tool so that could make it easier for you to find) Wgolf (talk) 20:20, 28 February 2015 (UTC) Welcome-on another note I have noticed that the BLP's eligible for deletion page is unupdated. But yeah I found a bunch earlier. Sometimes some of them might sneak into the shortest BLP's pages. Wgolf (talk) 22:02, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

RE: Sullivan MOH Article "The dates are almost certainly wrong"?? You may be right. I'm having trouble sorting out the 1869 Sullivan MOH from the 1890 Sullivan MOH. Which dates specifically? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Timothyjosephwood (talk • contribs) 11:47, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Editing for Women's History in March

Hello,

I am very excited to announce this month’s events, focused on Women’s History Month:

• Sunday, March 8: Women in the Arts 2015 Edit-a-thon – 10 AM to 4 PM

  Women in the Arts and ArtAndFeminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free coffee and lunch served!

  More information • RSVP on Meetup

• Wednesday, March 11: March WikiSalon – 7 PM to 9 PM

  An evening gathering with free-flowing conversation and free pizza.

  More information • RSVP on Meetup (or just show up!)

• Friday, March 13: NIH Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon – 9 AM to 4 PM

  In honor of Women’s History Month, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is organizing and hosting an edit-a-thon to improve coverage of women in science in Wikipedia. Free coffee and lunch served!

  More information • RSVP on Meetup

• Saturday, March 21: Women in STEM Edit-a-Thon at DCPL – 12 PM

  Celebrate Women's History Month by building, editing, and expanding articles about women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields during DC Public Library's first full-day edit-a-thon.

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• Friday, March 27: She Blinded Me with Science, Part III – 10 AM to 4 PM

  Smithsonian Institution Archives Groundbreaking Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Free lunch courtesy of Wikimedia DC!

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• Saturday, March 28: March Dinner Meetup – 6 PM

  Dinner and drinks with your fellow Wikipedians!

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Hope you can make it to an event! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please let me know.

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john Clark the boxer

Hi. I was doing a little research and saw that you edited this page recently. May i ask what you edited and do you have any first hand knowledge of john clark the boxer? http://en.m.wiki.x.io/wiki/John_Clark_%28boxer%29

Any additional information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. 66.87.83.71 (talk) 23:53, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Ruth Phillips

I was wondering how come you didn't put a prod up for Ruth Phillips? Was it a mistake or is she notable enough for a article? I just put one up now. (There was one case where I almost put a prod up for a actor but considering he had a Italian wiki and I was going "oh well he have a IMDB page anyway" I just skipped that) Wgolf (talk) 20:16, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Hi there, thank you for your help, I just started today.

Was there a problem with the second reference on the Rosalind Forster entry?

If not, shall I put it back in?

Thank you.

Hoshidee (talk) 18:51, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Sweet!

Sorted it now, gave the other website a different name. As I first published the page, something went screwy with the reference coding, looks like the 2nd site disappeared... hopefully it'll be ok now. Cheers again.

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Len Harvey

I'm told km related to Len my names Philip Harvey my dad is Jeffrey Harvey his dad was tommy hope you can help phil

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26-1 14 ko Signed with Al Haymon After 2 yrs lay off he returned to the ring — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.69.135.179 (talk) 22:10, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Relevant category

Why did you revert my addition of adding a relevant category to the Germanwings Flight 9525? You really jumped the gun here. Juneau Mike (talk) 09:20, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply! And no problem! I sometimes involve myself in transportation issues. (See my User Page) I was a little surprised by your revert, but no problem my friend. Maybe we can collaborate sometime. Juneau Mike (talk) 09:25, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Whammo on the Spammo! :)

I brought that Spammer on Germanwings Flight 9525 and other pages to the attention of Administrators here, by way of the Admin IRC Chat room, and he has been dealt with! Yay for good faith edits! :) You can see the results here Talk to you soon, my friend! Juneau Mike (talk) 16:27, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

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M. Thomas Inge

Okay so looking for strange yob for people still living I found M. Thomas Inge, which I'm not sure how this happened-but born in 1879 and listed as dying in 2001, looks like some vandalism (usually I just correct the dates whenever I find this-like I found someone saying still living born in 1750!) but for this guy not sure what to say...I did take off the 1879 part. (since you have contributed to the article I sent you this message) Wgolf (talk) 22:00, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

If you read the reference it says he collected papers that date from 1879 to 2001, not that he was alive for that period. And there's no reason to doubt that he is still alive – he appears to have been editing and publishing as recently as 2011. --Deskford (talk) 22:38, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

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English writers

Hi, I don't have a particular issue with splitting men and women writers but my concern is that most readers will be looking in the main English writers category for the articles and pretty soon it's going to be empty and the real categories like English male and English female writers are going to be hidden among the massive number of sub categories. Is it possible that for all of the ones you've split where there is a large number of sub categories that you could add a hatnote at the top of the categories explaining that they're split by male and female and embolden and link the main ones at the top? ♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:43, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

OK. Glad to see we're half the way to 5 million now anyway (from 4.5 mill I mean). These days it seems to take a few years to even gain 500,000 new articles.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:51, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Added a hatnote to Category:English writers.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:09, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Took 14 years to create an article on a Kuwaiti economist!♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:27, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

• Why are you categorizing seemingly anyone who was literate and might have once written a note to the milkman as "writers" [3] [4] [5] These are tenuous to the point of irrelevance and they dilute the value of the category for real published writers. Andy Dingley (talk) 17:38, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

  I agree. To put scientists into that category when they have not written a notable book, only papers and review articles is nonsense. Please stop. --Bduke (Discussion) 20:37, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

Germanwings Flight 9525

This is now regarded as a murder investigation by France. We should monitor the article closely. Juneau Mike (talk) 12:32, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

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My great great grandfather was vivibald Alt who moved from Germany to Russia during the Bolshevik revolution. I believe he was a devout prodicent.

How can I find if this is relation to me???

Do you know. They migrated into Milwaukee Wisconsin. Thankfully

R. Emily Alt Wisconsin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Northwesternhemp (talk • contribs) 15:27, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Correction..http://en.m.wiki.x.io/wiki/Albrecht_Alt Regarding: Albrecht Alt EditWatch this page Albrecht Alt (20 September 1883 in Stübach (Franconia) – 24 April 1956 in Leipzig), was a leading German Protestant theologian.

My great great grandfather was vivibald Alt who moved from Germany to Russia during the Bolshevik revolution. I believe he was a devout prodicent.

How can I find if this is relation to me???

Do you know. They migrated into Milwaukee Wisconsin. Thankfully

R→ Emily Alt — Preceding unsigned comment added by Northwesternhemp (talk • contribs) 15:34, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Category:Women writers for children

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Hi, I've responded to your reply on my talk page. :) Cgingold (talk) 03:17, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

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List of compositions by Heitor Villa-Lobos

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I desperately need

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"Click-click" there is no place like home. Carptrash (talk) 15:11, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

One down, (well, started) Mary Tannahill, and many to go. Carptrash (talk) 18:24, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

and Helen Turner (artist), but now Mom (92) is up, so . . . . ...Carptrash (talk) 19:34, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

Correct WikiProject

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Could you take a look at the following pages? You don't seem to have retagged them properly. -- WOSlinker (talk) 22:15, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi, re these edits - about 20% of them created redlinks, so I fixed them up. But I'm puzzled as to why you wanted to replace the sport-specific {{WikiProject Ice Hockey}} with the general {{WikiProject Sports}}, when several of those talk pages already had some other sport-specific WikiProject banner, or their articles clearly concerned somebody involved in ice hockey. --Redrose64 (talk) 23:14, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

I'm not sure what happened - they were part of a batch of things that I retagged from WikiProject Ice Hockey because they dealt with bandy. I did a handful of spot checks as I was going along and everything seemed fine; I'm not sure what went wrong with these specifically. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:11, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

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a name from somewhere, in this case Mary Tannahill , I scratch together a really funky junky little stub and in the wink of an eye you have produced a masterpiece. Okay, a minor masterpiece, but one none-the-less. If that does not make you worthy of the seldom coveted ‘’’THUMBS UP AWARD’’’, then nothing does. Wear it with pride, or if you do decide to toss it out, please recycle. Carptrash (talk) 22:18, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
And let us not forget Josephine Crawford. Carptrash (talk) 18:41, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
Finally, for today Kate Freeman Clark. Ob La De Ob La Da . . . . . . . . . .Carptrash (talk) 19:09, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

One thing all these women seem to have had in common was inclusion in the Greenville County Museum of Art. Then I discovered the book you got (quite expensive online) and of course, it was published by . . . . .Carptrash (talk) 20:19, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

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Male or men journalists, and why?

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I was going to draw up nav templates for the communes in that province but most of them even on Italian wiki only have two or three articles. Perhaps sometime in the future there'll be more!♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:28, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

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I was Sylvia Llewelyn Davies. I am now Alphia Owens abopted name Alphia Mclean.

My cellular phone number is [redacted] Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.87.82.84 (talk) 13:53, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

wiki profile-Walter Sarnoi

Hi how are you?

I read your article on Juan Mcpherson & I competed in same tournaments as juan. Hopefully he is doing ok. Also, do you edit or post wiki profiles? My wikipedia profile was removed all of sudden & was. Wondering if you have the ability to reinstate it?

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Recategorization

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I hope you are fine. I just checked this edit. You know that you are going to replace categories on more than 900 articles. May I know if you had consensus for these edits? Right above this category, we have got Category:English historians, have you got some plans for that too? Best wishes. OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 05:32, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

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See WP:Intertranswiki talk page, I'm trying to breathe new life into it. If you're still interested add a tick by your name.

Thanks. Seems Category:Official historical monuments of France split should be uncontroversial too, there's 44,000 odd monuments in total so.. Perhaps create the region categories first, then feed the department categories into them (like Category:Official historical monuments of Languedoc-Roussillon), then make sure the department categories also go in Buildings and structures in xx Department, you know I think.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:25, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

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Yo champ its Micheal Stewart my record is 48 8 4 26kos I have the most professional fights in the history of Delaware I also sit on the advisory council for combative sports cut to no commission in are state — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.87.82.32 (talk) 00:28, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

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Retired numbers

Hey, man. Thanks for the awesome retired numbers template. I'm trying right now to clean things up and make them uniform throughout the MLB. The problem is that the Toronto Blue Jays' Level of Excellence has incredibly long images that are illegible at 100px. I don't want to screw things up, and am unsure how to put the option in without screwing everything up. It's been some years since I created templates.

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 Done. There sure are a lot of places beginning with S in Sardinia. Alakzi (talk) 19:29, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

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I can't see any possible links in Tilalofonua, so why the tag?♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:21, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Dorothy Ruth,s later life correction. Reference her book

Just wanted to correct my mothers page. There were 6 children born to Dorothy. Three when she was married to Daniel Sullivan. A boy, Daniel, then Genevieve and Ellen. Three when she was married to Dominick Pirone, Donna, Richard, then me Linda, the youngest. You can refer to her book written in 1988 titled, " My Dad the Babe", by Dorithy Ruth Pirone. There is a family tree in back — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:6:C00:6FB:A4C7:76DE:F697:E9A1 (talk) 00:44, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

orphan box on article Gian Paolo Borghetti

Hello, I see you've just put an orphan box (if that's the technical term) above the page on Gian Paolo Borghetti, in spite of the fact that it's linked to from several other pages and is in several categories. What's the criterion for 'orphan'? --Diquadeimonti (talk) 19:49, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Ralph Waldo Tyler

There are links to the Ralph Waldo Tyler article under "further reading". Please remove the "this article is an orphan" comment. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.222.205.183 (talk) 13:20, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

Gender categorization

Hi, My understanding of WP:CATGRS is that a categorisation by any of these WP:NONDEFINING characteristics should only be used if there are reliable sources using them. Somebody being male and a writer doesn't make him a "male writer." It is so only if a reliable source labels him as such. My guess is that pretty much all the entries in Category:Male writers fail this test. Cheers, Kautilya3 (talk) 09:28, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

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Male historians

Greetings Ser Amantio di Nicolao! How's you?

I just saw another creative category addition from you,[6] from where you got this idea? OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 06:06, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

May 2015

Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did to Vijay Prashad. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Despite our previous discussion, you are continuing to do mass changes that violate policy WP:CATGRS. Please stop this. If see this again, I will ask for your AWB privileges to be revoked. Kautilya3 (talk) 12:37, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

Kautilya3 Do you have to be such a dick to him? Have some manners will you?♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:44, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

AGF is not a suicide pact. - Kautilya3 (talk) 12:51, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

Ser Amantio does an enormous amount of good maintenance and category work. OK, you disagree with splitting writers by gender, but do you have to be so rude and template a regular and treat him like a vandal? He did no such thing as add "unsourced content".♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:54, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

Let's take it to ANI, then. I'll do it myself in a little while if you don't want to. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 13:23, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

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Orphan tags

A large number of orphan tags that you've added today via AWB to some articles I've created have been inaccurate... is there any particular reason for this? Connormah (talk) 05:28, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

Sure - Marion Gressette, L. Mendel Rivers, Jr., McKinley Washington, Jr. recently, and earlier in the day a whole chain of Arkansas House Speakers, most recent being William W. Cate, through the whole series if you click through the "successor" field of the infobox (all the articles are linked to their predecessor and successors). Does AWB add them automatically or something? Connormah (talk) 05:33, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

I guess that explains it... yeah, I'm not too crazy about the tag. Lots of the articles that I've created in the past really don't have a chance of being de-orphaned unless someone invests the time to make articles of list of various state legislature sittings (or they die and get added to the deaths page) really, so I feel that tag just takes up space in most cases. It's misleading on the articles that actually have links though in my opinion, for what it's worth. Connormah (talk) 05:43, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

Yeah I can see that. Honestly reading through the previous deletion discussions of it, I'm probably in the camp that feels it's a bit unnecessary. It doesn't really indicate anything that is important to the reader of the article about the quality of it. Unfortunately a lot of the articles I make fall into the "really hard to de orphan: category... anyways, thanks again for all your work in cleaning up after me. I've been trying not to be so lazy recently at least... haha. Connormah (talk) 05:53, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

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Mistake in the topic Chaman Singh

Its written that the birth year of Dr.Chaman singh is 1984 at the beginning overview. But his correct birth year is 1927 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.97.20.5 (talk) 14:33, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

religion

What is Peter Tremaynr/ Peter Beresford Ellis, beliefs, what religion if any does he hold strictly to in his personal life? I guard the gates to my heart, mind, and soul, by carefully studying an author before reading their work. Garbage in garbage out!!

Thank you.

I wished all content would clearly define its religious beliefs and biases. I know reading the stuff will more than likely point out the obvious but sometimes it's too dangerous to allow crap in or see that which can't be unseen, or undone. Like all these filthy sex laden ads everywhere.

Sincerely, Concern reader — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.137.139.31 (talk) 18:35, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

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Latvian State University alumni

In starting Elita Veidemane I see there's no category for it.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:24, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, I wasn't aware it was the same uni.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:39, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

Dr. Omand Solandt

Hi, I am Karen Barnes, granddaughter of Dr. Omand Solandt. I was reviewing some information and I was wondering if you know of any photographs of my grandfather collaborating with his colleagues, during the late 1940 's and 1950's? I have many pictures of just him, but not of his public life. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.225.249.206 (talk) 13:47, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

Pearl S Buck Page

Hi. I'm very much a novice when it comes to navigating when and how to use Wikipedia's 'talk' pages and 'sandbox', so if you would cut me some slack in terms of formatting my explanations of the primary sources that we are providing to support our entries on the Pearl S Buck page that would be great.

1. Regarding deletions of well-referenced information placed on the Pearl S Buck page, why is that information being deleted? The weight and quality of the references that we provide to support that information that describes Pearl S Buck involvement/integral role in placing Canada Scoops/60's Scoops victims in USA include the following:

1. National Archives of Canada, in courts of law that is considered a primary source, but Wikipedia doesn't consider it good enough? and 2. documentary done by Aboriginal People's Television Network.

And, The information that you are letting stand that blames someone else - a deceased dance instructor - for the Pearl S Buck involvement in Canadian Scoops is not as well referenced as the information that we provide.

It seems like you are letting Pearl S Bucks public relations machine make the editorial decisions regarding this page.

Please advise on what more we can do - other than hiring a firm to keep the information on Wikipedia which is something that I have been approached about. Thank you. WV NYC (talk) 12:02, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

Pearl S Buck

Thanks for the guidance, I will provide Truth & Reconciliation Commission -Canada file number again and better citations for the Aboriginal People Television Network documentary as well by Tuesday morning. 4.35.92.19 (talk) 15:08, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

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Sorry for editing on top of you

Thanks for helping me get this stub off the ground. Thmazing (talk) 05:53, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

I probably saved the first draft before I should have. I was anxious to connect it to other languages and got sloppy. Thmazing (talk) 05:56, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Bruckner's Os justi

Dear,

On Gerda Arendt's talk page you write that you are singing Bruckner's Os justi. Is it the commonly sung first edition (without the Versus-Choral), or the full edition (with the Versus-Choral): Band XXI/28 in Bruckner's Gesamtausgabe?

Best regards, --Réginald alias Meneerke bloem (To reply) 10:12, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

FYI: After the unison "Alleluja", which is ending the commonly preformed first edition, the full edition continues with the verse "Inveni David" in Gregorian mode with organ accompaniment, followed by a second (a cappella) unison "Alleluja". See Os justi.

I guess that the Christus factus est, which you will sing, is the popular a cappella WAB 11. --Réginald alias Meneerke bloem (To reply) 16:51, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Categorization tool

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Recent changes to categories

I'm trying to understand some of your recent changes to categories:

• Bill Cosby - You removed Category:20th-century American writers. Cosby wrote at least six published books prior to 2000, as noted in his article.
• Jerry Seinfeld - You removed Category:20th-century American writers. Seinfeld wrote the scripts of numerous episodes of Seinfeld, as well as at least one book, Seinlanguage, released in 1993.
• Jack Sensenbrenner - In April you added Category:American male journalists, and just now you added Category:20th-century American writers. I reverted both of these edits. Jack Sensenbrenner worked in the advertising department of the Los Angeles Times in his early 20s after college, and once was a partner in a religious bookstore, but he was never notable as a journalist or writer (and no evidence of any such notability is present in his article).

Could you explain the basis for these edits, please? Thanks. General Ization ^Talk 02:06, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

Taylor Reveley page

Dear Amantio di Nicolao,

The page for Taylor Reveley used to have a reference to his much beloved and highly unusual turns of phrase, affectionately known by those who work with him as "Taylorisms." Can you explain to me why this reference was deleted or help me understand what woudl be necessary to make it a permanent part of this page?

Thank you, Danielle Allen — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.137.240.25 (talk) 03:30, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

DC Jazz Festival

I believe this starts tomorrow. Is there any chance you could take a photo if near one of the venues? I'm not sure if some are outdoor and could be photographed from a distance.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:14, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

Oh I didn't think it would be your scene, but if you are walking past a park or something and you see people performing!♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:25, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

Bobcat Goldthwait

Hi Amantio,

I saw your profile after viewing Bobcat Goldthwait's Wikpedia. You're a veteran of Wikipedia and I was hoping you could add Goldthwait's TV directing in Maron (8 episodes- IMBD) and Community (1 episdode-IMDB)

No worries if you don't find the time. I will try to edit at another occasion if so.

Thanks,

Daniel R. (Mr.Reifer) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr.Reifer (talk • contribs) 11:41, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Nora Waln

Why have you removed the category "American Journalists" from Nora Waln, please? The article says she was.Vernon White ^{. . . Talk} 15:56, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Ser Amantio, both Category:American male journalists and Category:American women journalists are classed as "non-diffusing." I thought you had understood what it meant. Was I wrong? - Kautilya3 (talk) 16:09, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Oh, yes. I see that you have found some more specific sub-categories. Thanks. Vernon White ^{. . . Talk} 19:06, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Montanaota!

I'm thinking "Montanaota" would work with the tune of Guantanamera... 15:15, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Peter Wilson Coldham

Hello,

I added a few links, a few more cites and did some cleanup on Peter Wilson Coldham. I believe the maintenance tags can now be removed. Thanks for tagging it. It did need some cleanup. Jrcrin001 (talk) 19:15, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Irish/British categorisation

Hi Ser Amantio di Nicolao, I noticed you have been doing a lot of recategorisations in the past few days, in the course of which at least 30 or so Irish composers (pre-Irish independence) got a British category from you (like "British opera composers" or "British classical composers"). I suppose you feel entitled to do so because, before independence, Ireland was part of the United Kingdom. In the meantime, some of this work of yours has already been reverted (not by me) by editors who don't like the idea of Irish people being called British (see articles on A.J. Potter and John Andrew Stevenson). And you know, they are right! Ireland was part of the UK (until 1923), but never part of Britain. I therefore ask you to stop this activity and instead respect the national identities of Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English composers, even if an Irish composer may once have had a UK passport or spent his/her career in England. That makes a lot more sense than a British category. I for one will change the 30 or so composers on my watchlist that you changed to "British" back to Irish in the next few days. Aklein62 (talk) 15:42, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

categories

Some are female, not male screenwriters.Zigzig20s (talk) 22:41, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

The Queen of Versailles

Hello, my friend. Should we really have the parent cat American Films at The Queen of Versailles? Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 06:03, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

It has been longstanding precedent with the films WikiProject that all film articles be included in the by-country parent category in addition to the relevant subcategories. (See the hatnote at the top of Category:American films, for instance.) Hence what I've been doing. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 11:07, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Fair enough. Thank you. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:23, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Any time. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:34, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

Adding parent categories

Hi Ser Amantio di Nicolao. I noticed that you are adding parent categories to a very large number of of film articles (example). Articles should be categorized in the most specific categories within a category branch (see WP:CAT#Categorizing pages). Category:American documentary films is not a non-diffusing subcategory as defined in WP:DUPCAT. I recommend that you roll back these changes.- MrX 10:33, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Yes, I posted above about that. I couldn't figure out why. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 10:36, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

I see you're still adding Category:American films to articles containing Category:American documentary films and other subcategories even after these queries, please stop or explain.— TAnthony^Talk 14:40, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

@TAnthony: I full support him doing so, the category should contain all American films for convenience. In fact I was going to stop by and thank him for his category work in this area.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:12, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

@TAnthony: Category:American films is non-diffusing. That means every American film should belong to this category, regardless of whether it fits into subcategories. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:04, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

Marchini

Wow! I never would have thought of those categories. (especially the infectious diseases in Italy) Thank you! WQUlrich (talk) 20:13, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

wolf creek

somehow the drama (and comedy.. for heavens sake) have crept in at the over-categorised wolf creek horror film article - I have tried to reduced the over-categorization, and do not believe drama trumps or accompanies horror, surely one genre is enough JarrahTree 03:08, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

June Swann

Hi, just a note - your edit on the above, adding Category: Footwear, was reverted. Denisarona (talk) 06:30, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Deprecated PersonData

Hi again, Ser Amantio di Nicolao,

You reinstated the PersonData in the article on Michele Esposito that I had previously removed. Kindly note that apparently these PersonData are now considered deprecated and should be systematically removed – which I have done in a number of articles recently. See: https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28proposals%29/Archive_122#RfC:_Should_Persondata_template_be_deprecated_and_methodically_removed_from_articles.3F You better remove them as well, rather than reinstating them. Thanks. Aklein62 (talk) 10:53, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Please continue

It's not clear to me why you're adding the parent categories to articles. For instance Category:2013 American animated films is a child of Category:American films. I have reverted two such edits. I'm not going to undo all of them. I suggest you stop and discuss. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:55, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

@Walter Görlitz: I'm the founder of the actors project and am one of the most prolific film contributors on here and I think Ser Amantio is doing a great job adding the categories. It is a good thing to have one category with all American films in for consistency's sake and to have a full A-Z. If anything I'd argue that Category:2013 American animated films is Wp:Overcategorization and would support it being deleted. Category:2010s American animated films might just about be acceptable, by year is pushing it IMO. What does Lugnuts and MarnetteD think?♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:43, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

@Walter Görlitz: per WP:FILMCAT, all films are put in the category for their countries. Category:2013 American animated films is not the child of Category:American films, it's the child of Category:2010s American animated films, which is a child of Category:American animated films by decade, which is a child of Category:American animated films, and that's a child of Category:American films by genre. And per Category:American films - "For convenience, all American films are included in this category. This includes all American films that can also be found in the subcategories." If you have any more questions, please raise them at the Film Project. Thanks. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 17:50, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

I can but echo and agree with the comments by Dr. Blofeld and Lugnuts. Also, as mentioned by NinjaRobotPirate in the thread above User talk:Ser Amantio di Nicolao#Adding parent categories, Category:American films is non-diffusing. SAdN's editing is within the guidelines and is an asset to the project. MarnetteD|Talk 18:06, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Non-diffusing. That was the phrase I was after! Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 18:07, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

@Lugnuts: Me, too - I knew what I wanted to say but not how to say it. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:16, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

I agree with Dr. Blofeld that Category:2013 American animated films is OC. We don't even have Category:2013 American films. Why on earth would we want a [year]-[nationality]-[genre] category structure for films where we don't even have a [year]-[nationality] structure? postdlf (talk) 19:12, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

If somebody takes them to CFD I'll support deleting them, I'm glad to see the Tamil categories have been nipped in the bud, they were heading the same way.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:15, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

I'm astounded that this is the case. They should clearly be children of American Films. Keep going, but get a bot to do the work. Better yet, clean up the cats as suggested, but make logical parent categories. Once again, sorry for the misunderstanding. Walter Görlitz (talk) 03:52, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Anthony J Opachen page

Anthony was born to John and Bertha Opachan. The correct spelling of last name is Opachan, with an A vs. E. See US Census records. The following link is for the 1940 census: http://www.archives.com/1940-census/anthony-opachan-wi-113085446 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.36.195.205 (talk) 02:02, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Male composers

Hello Ser, why are you removing the category Male composers from subjects who are, actually, male composers?? eg [7] or [8]... Cavarrone 08:46, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Consider that most of the male film score composers are not just composers of film scores... eg if you check the articles, you'll see that Pino Massara or Oscar Prudente were only rarely active in that field, while their main field was being composers of songs. Giancarlo Chiaramello and Armando Fragna were mainly active as score composers of stage plays. Nino Rota composed orchestral, chamber and choral music and even operas. Franco Godi specialized in composing commercial jingles, as to be called "Mr. Jingle" ¹. --Cavarrone 15:24, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Château de la Fauconnière

Thanks for your interest. I'm working on this--I may be wrong--there may be two castles with the same name; the Vichy one would be near Gannat in Allier, which is quite far. I will fix this problem once I have finished reading a few articles. Do you think I should just write over the non-listed/demolished castle whose page I created, or keep it as a one-reference stub, and create Château de la Fauconnière (Allier)?Zigzig20s (talk) 13:51, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

I created both pages with a hatnote. I will add more to the Allier one as I read Jstor articles about it...Zigzig20s (talk) 14:12, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

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Adminship

Hi! I see you're one of the top 5 contributors to Wikipedia, but unless I'm mistaken, your name isn't on the list of Admins. With your permission, I'd like to nominate you:-) David Cannon (talk) 13:14, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

@Davidcannon: Since when has number of edits/content produced been a precondition for adminship? On here, if anything I'd argue the less content one produces and less time they've been here tend to be more successful candidates. I have contributed over 100,000 new articles here and am not an admin, and I have no desire to be, so please don't nom me too!! I agree though that Ser Amantio is one of the mildest tempered individuals on here who should quite rightly have tools though.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:50, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

I have normalized the form of your RfA, though I had half a mind to let it run in the simple form just as an experiment, such things should probably be arranged ahead of time. Please note there are standard questions candidates are expected to answer, please take a look. –xeno^talk 19:49, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks - I will shortly. I'd meant to have a look at normalization, but it's been a busier day than I anticipated. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:51, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Would you like me to take down the nomination until you have a chance to answer the questions? Technically it shouldn't be transcluded by anyone other than yourself or the nominator. –xeno^talk 19:53, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

No need - give me about ten minutes and I should be sorted. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:55, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Per Holknekt

Please take a look at the article Per Holknekt that I have created. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:32, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Xavier Montelongo jr

Can you please update his wiki, thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.176.58.228 (talk) 02:22, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Virginia/Kentucky

Just to say, I see your point, as it was part of VA at the time. My bad. Kafka Liz (talk) 09:05, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Italian

Parli italiano?♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:20, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Jess Marlow

Do you know if Jess was ever affiliated with any religion?

Zoran Vidanovic — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.184.80.229 (talk) 01:36, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

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Hi, can you tack Template:Mukhya Upanishads at the foot of the articles links?♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:36, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

George M. Cohan

You made this change. I don't think Cohan was a "singer-songwriter". He was a singer, composer and lyricist, but he was not like, say, Billie Joel, who writes songs and sings them. He wrote songs for *shows* in which he sometimes also starred. Are you sure about this? -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:32, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

Categories

Please exercise care when using scripted tools that your edits are correct. With this edit, you added the subject to a more specific category without removing the now-improper parent category. I randomly clicked one of the other articles you did at the same time and you made the same error. Please go through and clean those up. --Laser brain (talk) 02:00, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

I beg your pardon—I had not previously waded into the morass of documentation on non-diffusing sub-categories. I think I understand what was written, but I'm not sure I understand why the gender one in particular should be non-diffusing. I suppose that question is above my pay grade. Have a good day! --Laser brain (talk) 11:32, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Your request for adminship

Hi Ser Amantio di Nicolao, I have closed your request for adminship as successful. Congratulations on both the positive result and for your place on WP:RFX100. As always, the administrators' reading list is worth reading and the new admin school is most certainly available if you feel that you might require some practice with the tools in a safe environment prior to applying them elsewhere on the project. Good luck with your adminship! Acalamari 19:48, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Congratulations for a successful RfA from a supporter as well! Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 20:15, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Yes, congratulations! Well deserved! Thine Antique Pen (talk) 20:28, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Congrats! Here you go, rookie! --NeilN ^{talk to me} 20:36, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

• Congratulations :), Very well deserved! :) –Davey2010^Talk 20:51, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
• Congrats, "Ser". Your thoughtful edits are always welcome. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:03, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
• Wooo-hooo! Congratulations, Ser! What a great way to start a weekend! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:45, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
• Congrats! I am confident that with your humility (general RfA nominations are usually pretentious enough), willingness to drop what is considered a trophy by the run-of-the-mill, and special expertise, you will be a great admin. Esquivalience ^t 21:57, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
• Congratulations on your new mop and bucket, and I look forward to the CfD backlog being tackled in earnest now! Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 21:59, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
• Congratulations for surviving the gauntlet! Let me know if ever want a second opinion on the new buttons.--Mojo Hand (talk) 22:01, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
• Congratulations!RFD (talk) 22:03, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
• I add my voice of congratulations to the chorus. Best wishes with the mop and bucket. MarnetteD|Talk 22:19, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
• Alto voice in the chorus, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:22, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
• Thanks for running, for your volunteer work on Wikipedia, and congratulations on the successful run. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 23:31, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
• Congrats! (Though now, of course, it means you're going to be my "Go-to" person when I have 'categories' questions! Heh...) --IJBall (contribs • talk) 00:04, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
• Congratulations .Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 04:42, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

• Congratulations, Ser! I am so happy to see you join the mop and bucket brigade! --Rosiestep (talk) 05:47, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
• Another congratulations! Now get to work! :) Opabinia regalis (talk) 07:06, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
• Congrats. I'm confident you will put them to good use and make Wikipedia a better place. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 07:14, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
• Nicely done, and well-deserved. Kafka Liz (talk) 07:22, 27 June 2015 (UTC) 07:19, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
• Well done, I believe you deserve the mop - EurovisionNim (talk to me)(see my edits) 07:24, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
• Delighted for you, Ser. Ceoil (talk) 09:26, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
• A hearty congrats and well deserved!! Means you can now block assholes like Baseball bugs, Kww and Robsinden ;-)♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:48, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
• Congratulations! I'm so glad you got over the line by a long shot! David Cannon (talk) 12:00, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
• Congratulations! Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:10, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
• Good result! All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 14:31, 27 June 2015 (UTC).
  
• Congratulations! --rogerd (talk) 19:23, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
• Congrats. You'll probably have to set up your talk page to be archived more frequently. Already it's quite long and it's about to get a whole lot more interesting! Mkdw^talk 21:33, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
• Congratulations - Denisarona (talk) 10:03, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
• Here to throw in my congrats as well. Kind of you to thank every single one of your 100+ supporters. That in itself took a lot of effort, and is indicative of what a thoughtful and diligent admin you will be. — MusikAnimal ^talk 16:34, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
• Congrats! Looking forward to see the work you do with your new toolbox. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 17:43, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
• Congrats from me too. When you get bored of the fiddly business of finding the right block message template to go with the right block have a look at my monobook. Some kind person put some useful code in it that gives me drop down menus for such things. ϢereSpielChequers 22:17, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
• Congratulations. I am sure you will do a great job. (Thanks for the thanks!) Donner60 (talk) 23:09, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
• Best wishes. . Buster Seven Talk 01:45, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Sorry

Hey,

Am stealing your font for signature (I loved it) and wishing you all the best for the new admin. DreamSparrow ^Chat 17:52, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Ser Amantio di Nicolao. You have new messages at Pax85's talk page.
Message added 00:50, 28 June 2015 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Pax Verbum 00:50, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Trivial userpage thing

I know this is fairly trivial, but in light of the recent promotion you might want to change your current topicons to the {{administrator topicon}}, seeing as both reviewer and autopatrolled are included in the standard administrator toolkit. Cheers! Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 11:06, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

I thought it was a good movie

I enjoyed the movie immensely and I appreciate good filmmaking too bad it didn't reach critical acclaim but the music's good and the story is interesting. Keith Hines — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.112.82.98 (talk) 05:39, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Category:American rock singer-songwriters

Hi, please stop adding pages to Category:American rock singer-songwriters, which is marked as to be deleted following Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 November 11. I have been slowly recategorising the member pages and had just got it down to about 100, but you seem to have added 440 more. Please can you reverse this?

WP:CFDWM is the list of manual tasks including deletion of this category. – Fayenatic London 19:50, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Also, please review this discussion. It seems that not everyone shares the view that being a singer and a songwriter makes one a "singer-songwriter" and, thus, placement in that category without manual review might be controversial. It's probably not a good candidate for semi- or fully automated tools. --Laser brain (talk) 20:25, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

@Laser brain: in the exercise completed just now to diffuse Category:American rock singer-songwriters, nobody was added into the singer-songwriter category hierarchy who was not in it already. – Fayenatic London 21:30, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

@Fayenatic london: Oh, I know. I just saw the conversation going recently and figured I'd mention it because I'd seen Ser Amantio di Nicolao adding some pages to singer-songwriter categories. I've also seen disagreements erupt about the label "singer-songwriter" at FAC. So, I'm just preemptively mentioning it. :) --Laser brain (talk) 21:44, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. Everything should be in order now. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:47, 30 June 2015 (UTC)