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I saw from here that it's been exactly four years since you joined the project. Happy WikiBirthday! Keep up the good work, rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 01:23, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Happy 5th WikiBirthday! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 10:53, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm feeling all African at the moment. I'm eating a bag of extremely tasty Tanzanian cashew nuts my sister brought back and have been fleshing out the communes of Benin. See Za-Kpota, Zagnanado , Zogbodomey and Ouinhi. Funny but it was around this time last year I was working on Benin and made that agreement with Greta, images like in Cové. Shame we can't find images of the others... If I can gather enough info I will start Arrondissements of Benin. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 14:40, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lifting weights eh? Just kidding. Well I'll start the main article later and try to find a list somewhere or start a list... Right now though I'll resume the expanding... Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 14:44, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ooh yes this makes it possible to list the arrondisements..Affirmative then. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 14:51, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hehe. It might be a few days though as I really ought to expand the commune articles first.. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 14:59, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Phew its taking longer than I thought to even add the basic population data and reference let alone start to write them.... Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 19:23, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No rush, I won't begin compiling the list for a few days anyway as I have to finish adding basic figures to the communesand then fleshing out as many as I can. Hopefully I can destub all of the communes, this will take days. Then I have to compile the arrond list and make templates ready for starting them... Talking of Africa, check out what I found here. Some free images of Africa by country... Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 20:37, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nah... I just want some images even if smaller of rural places in Africa. USAID as much as anybody have access to rural areas which we want to develop on here...Real world, real places that most of the world ignore... Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 20:58, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I hope so.. Emailed.. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 21:40, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Happy WikiBirthday! Felicidades wonder wikipedista, eres un gran creador de articulos. Saludos Globalphilosophy (talk) 17:13, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Check out File:Satellite image of snow-covered Great Britain on 7 January 2010.jpg. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 15:56, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I found this. Should make compiling the lists easy. Just click on a department and it should list them all. with population too!. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 18:51, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can do that! I'll prepare the list of arrondissements at User:Dr. Blofeld/Launch Pad 2. I'll need to create templates later too... Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 18:58, 8 January 2010 (UTC) The list is pretty boring to draw up, I'll draw it up over the next week or so. Once the list and templates are drawn up starting them will be the easy part.. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 19:41, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Right. What I'll do then is start the list in the mainscape now and gradually work on it in chunks, a department at a time. It is easier then to copy and make templates like Template:Alibori Department. Look OK? Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 20:00, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Just browsing Halka and it rang a bell... Expanded .... Oh actual;ly I did the expansion... Well it's a good thing anyway!! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 20:33, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome. I see we now have a Ukrainian translation for google and it seems to be rather good. I think I'll have a fish around on Ukrainian wiki see what they have. I'll resume with those Benin arrondisements tomorrow.. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 20:51, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lets try Theatres in Kiev..

How scary.... . Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 20:53, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting, although I don't think I'll have any trouble finding missing articles!! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 21:10, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've found a lis tof Uzbekistani deputies at http://www.parliament.gov.uz/ru/structure/deputy/search1.php?id=%D0%90. The names just need trnaslating using google translate. Interested? Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 14:55, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mmm, I tried starting a list but I have unconvinced the names are in the right order... Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 15:57, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My email isn't working at the moment, it comes up with a spam filter whenever I try to respond..., hope your computer gets better though. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 10:31, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sad though isn't it about the earthquake. Also sad is how most people ignore countries like Haiti in RL and wikipedia and then when suddenly something like that happens we end up getting floods of new articles on notable buildings/people which we should have had long ago but it took either their demise or destruction to be recognised on here. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 21:08, 20 January 2010 (UTC) Yey, thats FA number 3 for Millenium Park. Jay Pritzker Pavilion! I only made some copyedits though and suggestions which were accepted... Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 15:36, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Did you see Wikipedia:Four-million pool? Any guess from you? Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 16:12, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for adding that commune template, can you add it to e.g Marmelade Arrondissement too (without adding commune cats o course). Whenever you are free though!! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 16:27, 26 January 2010 (UTC) Expanded a little. I'll add infoboxes to your stubs and try to expand a few... Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 16:42, 26 January 2010 (UTC) Wow for a busy man you sure started a few! Almost went under my radar! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 17:00, 26 January 2010 (UTC) Best thing is to create Template:Resorts of Suriname and connect them together. I'll make it shortly... Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 17:29, 26 January 2010 (UTC) I've done Suriname already and added the cat!! I'll added infoboxes and expand gradually though as I want to get back onto Benin. I'm currently making Template:Municipalities of the Dominican Republic too. You could add that one though! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 18:45, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah it looks as though there are a handful missing. Most red linked though are municipal districts, the next level adminstration (which will not be linked in the main municpalities template).I noticed somebody created province templates for those already but have not linked them. So for MDs it would be best to develop the indivudal provinces templates and add the sub municipalities to those. There are too many to fit in the one template. There is no urgency to start the remaining MDs, just the municipalities for now I think... It will take a fair bit of work to adapt all of the provincial templates to include the MDs so working on the main municipalities will be OK for now. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 19:02, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dominican template is made and ready for adding to the municipality articles only. Next will be Template:Cantons of Ecuador but enough for now, I'll make that later tomorrow.. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 20:13, 26 January 2010 (UTC) Oh OK if you want to make it for me that would be great, it wasn't a hint!! I'll format the provinces in the left column ready for you then. Yes I'd go standard with .. Canton. If you do find time tonight to start any can you add an infobox first time when starting to save time later! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 20:25, 26 January 2010 (UTC) Darn, like DOminican Rep. there are too many province to have in columns max is 20. It will have to be formatted like the Dominican template then. Grrr. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 20:27, 26 January 2010 (UTC) OK, also the DOminican Republic template needs tacking onto the foot of the municipality articles using AWB... Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 14:50, 27 January 2010 (UTC) Thanks! I won't be very active today, its one of my "music" days when I'm more on Youtube.. But I'll try to get those infoboxes added to those Suriname resorts shortly and resume with those Benin articles later.. oh and finish off making that Cantons of Ecuador template for you!! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 15:01, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Adding an infobox to a disambiguation page is not useful. - Jmabel | Talk 23:44, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You think that Category:United States Navy personnel is appropriate for W. John Kenney? I assumed that "personnel" would refer mainly to enlisted men and officers, whereas Kenney was never actually a member of the Navy, though, as a civilian, he was Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Under Secretary of the Navy. Maybe it would just be best if someone created Categories for "Assistant Secretary of the Navy" and "Under Secretary of the Navy" and then listed those categories under Category:United States Navy - your thoughts? Adam_sk (talk) 05:38, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How to create new pages in large number do you do it using AutowikiBrowser?or is there any other way to create it other than cut and paste?I am authorised to AWB but have never done so.Thank You.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 23:38, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Which IP address(es) has DeKoning used? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:43, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for creating the Tortricidae genera. I was wondering, would you be willing to also add the species to these articles? These are all on the site you use as a reference. We still have tons of genera articles on nearly all moth families without species. For the articles to be usefull, they should at least have the species listed. If you want to help out, that would be great.. I am working on creating moth species pages all the time, so I would be willing to switch my attention to the Tortricidae and try to fill in a lot of the red links.. Cheers! Ruigeroeland (talk) 09:28, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great! Would you mind adding the species and genus authorities as well? That would be of great help.. And watch out on that site: synonyms are also listed as species at the bottom of each species list on the genus page, so these are not valid species anymore.. I made a bunch of Tortrix genera pages last week, maybe it might be helpfull to have a look at one? See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotenes. Cheers and thanks! Ruigeroeland (talk) 14:40, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, sounds like a great plan. I'll see if I can help out. Just to warm you, this is a massive load of work, but would be great if we would have all this info on wikipedia. We have a lot of species pages "floating" around, which are hard to find because the genera pages are missing. If all genera are up, I will try and find someone to have a look at the higher taxonomy too, because a lot of genera are currently listed under the wrong subfamilies and tribes. Ruigeroeland (talk) 14:56, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I know it's fast, but I tend to add species to the genera if I can. Furthermore, you would need a reliable list. Taxonomy is especially tricky, because genera and species tend to be placed in synonymity from time to time. If you want to do it correctly, you would have to google for additional info to be sure the genus still exists. Because of AWB we have tons of genera pages (for especially the Noctuidae family) that are not valid anymore. I have cleaning up somewhat from time to time, but there is still a lot that need to be looked at. Anyway.. there is no real worry about that for the Torticidae genera, because http://www.tortricidae.com/ seems to be a great source. I think they have listed each and every genus and species in this family. Making it really easy for us to rip their info.. :) Only problem with that site is their shitty navigation though.. Ruigeroeland (talk) 15:43, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, no worries about the Noctuidae, a lot have been sorted out allready..! Ruigeroeland (talk) 09:02, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe you can start with the genera which are also listed here: http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/pyralidae/index.html. This site isn't completely up-to-date and complete, but I think it is good enough for this task. I you want, I will check all the genera that are still red after that. Cheers Ruigeroeland (talk) 11:59, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and just to warn you: Encyclopedia of Life is not a good source (at least: for butterflies and moths, I dont know about other animals)! It lists synonyms and subspecies as valid species. If you use it, you need to check it in another source too! Ruigeroeland (talk) 12:04, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There are no sources listing all species regretably. There are some good sources certain families or subfamilies though. The tortricidae is one of those sources listing each and every species and genus in the family, making it great. For other families it's best to just research the species one by one to see if they are still valid. A LOT of work, but if you're interested in helping out with that later on, that would be great. I'm currently the only one making species articles on a regular basis and could use all the help I can get..! Good luck with the chorus! I got mine done allready.. :) Ruigeroeland (talk) 19:55, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I did all of the ones that were picked up by the new article bot (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AlexNewArtBot/LepidopteraSearchResult) allready. Ruigeroeland (talk) 20:11, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Just to let you know, I systematically worked through the letter "A" on the site. Easiest probably is changing the last number in the hyperlink in the tortricidae site, see: http://www.tortricidae.com/catalogueGenusList.asp?gcode=138. If you want, you could begin at the end and we could meet in the middle? I think the last page is http://www.tortricidae.com/catalogueGenusList.asp?gcode=1047. Cheers Ruigeroeland (talk) 14:22, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That would be great! But I just wanted to let you know about the progress, so just chip in when you can and feel like it. Cheers! Ruigeroeland (talk) 16:15, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Here's Aevilness for you. Have a read about the Ostrich Inn. An Aevil landlord is said to have murdered over 60 people. As they slept he had a trapdoor and the bed would tilt up at an angle, the sleeping beauty would be emptied through the trapdoor during the night and then burned alive in a room swimming in boiling hot oil. Lovely. The Ostrich Inn is reportedly haunted to this day with angry souls.... Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 18:11, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pretty gruesome stuff eh? Urrrggh this deleltionism is everywhere at the moment. Everyday I log in and there are unwarranted deletion proposals thrown everywhere! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 11:32, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Some of the current deletions though are valid ones.. The thing is I am on the fence with certain biographies we have on here and support the deletion of some of them, especially on subjects which have no coverage in reliable publications. I mean I support keeping even the most basic of stubs like Erica Lindsay and Joseph-François Kremer as sources indicate they are notable. But I see little notability in biographies like Danielle Delaunay. As for google being a judge for notability, I would say for American/western people there should be enough info online to support it but I am well aware that, especially for certain people and places in the developing world it is definately not a good judge of notability. For instance one of those Gabonese politicians. We both know they are undoubtedly notable but the sources are lacking... So while I am in general an inclusionist based on reliable publications and on traditional encyclopedic subjects I'd quite happily delete many of our unverifiable or poorly backed articles on marginally significant CEOs/pop stars/reality stars etc... Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 16:08, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah the thing is I am too in regards to traditional encyclopedic subjects. But above anything else I expect solid reliable publications to exist for articles. While I know this as yet is often an impossibility for much of the developing world I think this is where the best encyclopedic material is derived from. Admittedly I am very biased towards traditional encyclopedia type articles on here which is probably why I have a hard time accepting biographies about small scale CEOs and minor reality contestants. I'll accept Tawny Little based on her television career and wining Miss America with sources such as People magazine but a lot of similar biogaphies in my view I don't think are essential. My ideal is to create an encyclopedia (rather than a vacuum cleaner absorbing any old dust and dubious particles) of the greatest depth but also for each article to use solid sources as a traditional encyclopedia would and maintain a good quality, even if we have small stubs. In doing so I am happy to filter out articles on lesser encyclopedic subjects where little coverage in solid sources exists but I agree we need to exercise caution over certain topics as offline info in books or documents may exist beyond our knowledge. But I think, especially for American biographies like comic book artists, bloggers and small CEOs it is a lot more judgeable than say a Colombian rural activist group or something which may have a lot of coverage in Colombian magazines and papers but have little online... Its finding a balance I think but I think the low key western biographies are usually a lot easier to root out and assess. But the strength of a good encyclopedia in my book is solid reliable publications solidly supporting each and everyone of our articles and evidence of research and haard work into books and papers. Like the Ming dynasty article. Personally I prefer book sources to web based material anyway but I think it is professional sources in abundance supporting a decently written well balanced article which is the way to go rather than certain articles on American bloggers for instance which only have their online blog to support the article if you see what I mean. This is why I get excited when reliable government sources become available for developing world places as it means even if the article is a small stub a credible source and basic data exists to make it a worthwhile addition. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 16:43, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

About Ecuador. I'll finish making that template shortly but if you do start the articles can you please add an infobox so the map/more data can be added later? Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 17:05, 28 January 2010 (UTC) I'll add infoboxes to the ones you started yesterday. When you start more it shouldn't require any further effort, just a subst:PAGENAME in the name and change the department name after finishing a set that's all... Right, I'll have that template sorted shortly... Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 17:10, 28 January 2010 (UTC) Some small things. Can you add Template:Municipalities of the Dominican Republic to the foot of all the municipality articles. Once I make the Cantons of Ecuador template can you add it to the bottom of all the cantons you've started so far. Also when you reach a province which has say one or two covered but no data can you quickly add a ref and figure so they all end up consistent. ALso the links in all the province articles need changing from (canton) to Canton as they are currently red linked and of course we want to generate traffic to them to get them expanded! Perhaps that can be done using AWB I have no idea but it still needs to be done... Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 17:41, 28 January 2010 (UTC) Oh I agree, but I'd include categorize your lighthouse figures as traditional encyclopedic subjects. I know they wouldn't included in tradiaiotnal encyclopedias as such unless regional but my point is is that they resemble tradiational encyclopedia articles. And I would say they were very notable for what they did. Where I draw the line is those biographies which contains nothing but so and so came 17th in the Philippines Aug Mgantam Ngao TV series and likes horseriding and monkey wrestling in her own time and contains no decent web sources, only fan blogs.[reply]

Thats basically what I mean. I mean I doubt you'd get Yak racing in a book encyclopedia but solid sources exist which indicate cultural notability and it can be written in a traditional encyclopedic way. Basically I abhor most content which either looks like it has been started and written by some kiddie fan or teenager and uses kiddie sources or those articles which looks like they've been self made by some arrogant self-interested CEO or internet personality desperate for fame and lack the sources to make it adequate. A lot of these BLPs look like they have been started by teenage fans or businessmen desperate for google hits to be honest and while kids are capable of creating good content I think some such articles do nothing to improve the encyclopedia and only reinforce what many believe to be a site run by kids anyway.. Personally I think very few Youtube celebrities, bloggers or pop idol losers, low level executives in manga companies, web comics etc cut the mustard in an encyclopedic sense. However, you could probably write a decent encyclopedia article about a panda in a zoo or killer whale or something if adequate sources exist but to me many of these articles about say Youtube celebrities are based on nothing really encyclopedia and I regard them as trash articles. Perfect example. Trae Lindley. Evidently started by a fan of Paris Hilton because he appeared in the Simple Life. Probably some fan who had the hots for him or somebody related itself. As an encyclopedia it seems ludricous we have such articles when that is what the notability is based on and this is the intergirty and purpose of the author. That's what I mean!! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 17:58, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Phew, that was hard going. I've made Template:Cantons of Ecuador. The links should be right but many redirect into the (canton) articles and will need moving back, might need an admin to do that. If you add the template to the foot of all existing articles first before continuing this should be OK! DId you miss Camilo Ponce Enríquez Canton out because of lack of data? Of couse then there is the Parishes of Ecuador. Not sure if data exists on that!! Apparently there are over 1500 of them!! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 20:21, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly. Phew I'm taking a break now... No BLPing for me tomorrow. Full steam ahead with Benin. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 20:36, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, in a utopian world, ultimately I would like to see wikipedia have 10 million articles all in the quality of Ming Dynasty. Now that would be impressive!! I think it is by no coincidence that many of our best articles are written mainly from book sources and have been widely and properly researched... Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 20:43, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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	For your kind help in categorizing and stub-sorting. Thanks, and keep up the good work! Drmies (talk) 16:36, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great work on adding those templates and cantons!! Thanks!! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 09:07, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• And thanks for HIP Haiti also! Drmies (talk) 20:21, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Still a long way to go though.. Damn what a list. If your offer to help still stands, I'll gladly take you up on it. The thought of having to go to the "Z" is quite scary, seeing I'm only at the "H" right now.. Ruigeroeland (talk) 14:48, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've just found a goldmine of information for every parish (parroquia) in Azuay Province.[1] Demographics, geography, education, culture, economy, history, tourist attractions, etc. Do you speak Spanish? This could be a great project. Calliopejen1 (talk) 19:27, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Too bad.... Anyways at least the parish site will be useful in my expansion of Girón, Azuay. My goal is to get that all set up before I do a DYK for a festival I went to in Girón where there is a running of the bulls (well, I guess several, one each weekend over six weekends) and then afterward they slaughter one bull really gruesomely so it bleeds a lot and everyone can drink the blood. That was quite an experience! BTW the link you posted on my page wouldn't be that helpful. It's from the ministry of agriculture and looks to be mostly news items. In any event, I'm always impressed when what I would call "second world" countries (evidently my usage doesn't agree with Second World, but hopefully you get what I mean) get lots of information up online. It's very cool. Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:32, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, you and blofeld replied at the same time and I got confused. I put my response to you here accidentally. Calliopejen1 (talk) 21:00, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I speak Spanish. Check out this!!. Perhaps I'll demonstrate something later and expand Camilo Ponce Enríquez (municipality). Wow, someday maybe we'll have 1500 full articles on all parishes too!! It is just this province available? Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 20:35, 29 January 2010 (UTC) Can you find me that Benin village link I posted to you via email I can't find it!! Just give me the Bnein website url not the whole email message!! Yeah that's the one. That's a huge list! Just imagine what say one for DR Congo would look like... Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 21:15, 29 January 2010 (UTC) Just spotted missing Saudi Arabian cities. Interested? Mm, looks like we have a lot of them already.... I am sure there are some missing though... Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 22:18, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, there. Per my request to you in August [2], Wikipedia cannot be used as a reference. If you are translating an article from another Wikipedia as you recently did at Gaetano Monti (composer) and it has no references there, please tag the article {{unreferenced}}, so at least the relevant projects know about it and can deal with it (if you're not willing to do so yourself, which would be immensely preferable). I have now added a reference to it, but I notice you also have a mountain of unreferenced BLPs above,[3], again mostly translations from other Wikipedias. I hope you intend to fix them soon. If the foreign Wikipedia has reliable sources, you must re-list them in the English Wikipedia. If they are completely unsourced in the original, and especially biographies, you shouldn't be tranwiki-ing them at all. Thanks in advance for your understanding. Voceditenore (talk) 10:48, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm working on it - believe me. I just want to see how the argument plays out before I do - how many sources are going to be considered enough. As for Monti, I did it rather quickly - I wrote Gaetano Monti a few months ago and wanted to do something quick just to keep people from linking it:Gaetano Monti to it (I already removed a link to the latter). I didn't intend even to flesh it out, but I got carried away.

Incidentally, I don't find anything on Monti in a Google search beyond his dates. And I don't have access to New Grove, I'm afraid. But that's the problem I'm starting to find with a lot of pre-twentieth-century musical figures (see Gaetano Fraschini, for instance - the first Riccardo in Ballo, and all I found online was the one workable biography and a handful of role listings on the first page of a Google search.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:42, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've now referenced Simone Alaimo, but frankly, waiting to see "how the argument plays out" before you fix any more of your unreferenced BLP's, is very odd. There should be no unreferenced biographies on Wikipedia, even under the current standards [4]. The main thing is... if you have no intention to stop creating unreferenced articles, at least tag them as such, and if they are opera-related, add {{Opera}} to the talk page so they don't fall under the radar of editors who can fix them. I don't think that's too much to ask. Voceditenore (talk) 10:41, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't make it a habit, believe me - if you look at most of my recent BLPs I make sure to include at least one source. Things like Simone Alaimo are older. Yes, one is going to slip through, occasionally - I mean to come back and do something to it but then I forget. But I am trying to get better about it. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:39, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pathetic. I just found out there are like 250 odd bridges and 200 odd dams in Burma we don't have!! Now if I can find the names of them and some info... ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 15:23, 2 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

Actually like with other places, much more info is available about developments in Burma since I last looked. It might be possible to find a few by doing a google search. White cat is still on my lap but I'm looking out of the window at a scenic Himalayan valley once again... I got stale as Blofeld, so I decided to go back to Himalayan and start producing some things again! ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 15:33, 2 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

Actually I was about to finish off the Ecuadorian cantons now. I won't if you want to do them. ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 16:05, 2 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

OK I'll do the rest now. I might go back and add the area figures to them and and standardise the others when I have time but I'll get them finished for now. ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 16:09, 2 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

Can you do me a favor and empty Category:Morona-Santiago Province, Ecuador and move it to simply Category:Morona-Santiago Province? ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 17:04, 2 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

Cheers. I'll continue in about 15 minutes I'm about to have dinner now... ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 17:08, 2 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

Can you do the same cat shifting with Orellana Province, Ecuador? ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 18:00, 2 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

I just noticed the rest of the remaining sub cats see Category:Provinces of Ecuador all have the unnecessary , Ecuador on the end. If you can relocate them, perhaps Jen can dleete the empty cats later.. As for as I can see most of them are invalid and unnecessary, I think only a few like Bolivar Province which , Ecuador is neccessary... Once I've finished starting the cantons I'll give you a hand... ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 18:06, 2 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

No, I mean the sub categories of Category:Provinces of Ecuador mostly all have the , Ecuador naming in them. Given that most of them are not province names in other countries the ,Ecuador ending on them all is redundant. I mean moving the category contents like we did with Morona-Santiago above. E.g Category:Azuay Province, Ecuador should become simply Category:Azuay Province. ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 18:17, 2 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

Oh cool, I thought you said something like "Done". I thought, what already? LOL. ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 18:19, 2 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

No worries, I think its something Rich can hopefully finish off and also corretc the existing links in the province articles. Admittedly I prefer the (canton) naming convention than the capitalized one. I dunno, there's something about Canton with a capital that doesn't look right. And they are not known as ... Canton in spanish anyway... Hopefully that can be sorted. ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 19:16, 2 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

Mmm I dunno. It seems normal to have something say .... District or ... Province but ... Canton or .... Municipality seems not right to me anyway... The current naming for Venzuelan municpalities is .... Municipality too. I think the naming would be better (municipality) like the Mexican ones... ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 19:44, 2 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

Next task This. I'll create Districts of Georgia shortly. ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 21:33, 2 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

Turns out they already exist. Just need a template/infobox job now...

An AWB request. Can you add Template:Districts of Georgia to the foot of the district articles? ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 22:20, 2 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

Cool. Very promising looking in articles like Fioletovo and Alaverdi that decent info and images are becoming available. That Fioletovo image was uploaded only two weeks ago. Georgia is a spectacularly beautiful country (although Armenia is too as shown in those pics). And they produce people who look like Katie Melua too! Gradually we are recruiting editors like this guy to developing such countries. Very pleasing to see. ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 22:28, 2 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

And part Lithuanian? DIdn't you say your mother spoke Russian? Is your mother Russian then or is it your grandmother who is and your mother born in America? Check out Template:Contemporary Armenian Churches. I've given Kevork a barnstar and pat on the back. ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 22:59, 2 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

I have another AWB request. Can you add the relative cities, towns and village categories to the articles in Category:Local Government Areas of Nigeria. So for instance Bodinga you would add Category:Cities, towns and villages in Sokoto State working through each of the categories. Do you follow? Its just we have hundreds of towns not categorized like so. Ideally we'd like seperate articles on the towns than the LGAs eventually but given the lack of info right now its best to have them in the same article until it develops... ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 14:25, 3 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

Oh yeah, stub sorting I forgot about that. I can create the templates, probably best you apply them using AWB though. I'll finish adding infoboxes and coordinates to Sokoto State and then make a start on creating those templates. ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 14:48, 3 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

Seems Waacstaats has already made the templates and done some sorting. There are still 900 odd stubs left in the main cat though... ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 14:58, 3 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

He might have done the sorting already but because so few were viable there's still 900 left. If so, then a stub creating session by each state would be neccessary to reach 60 place articles.. ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 15:18, 3 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

I've done Abia State (adding City categories) so when you come to AWB later just leave the first category for Abia from Category:Local Government Areas of Nigeria. I'll see if Waacs can draw up a list of the current number of stubs for each state, give us something to target. ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 17:33, 3 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

Sheesh it looks as if those cantons can be expanded. See this. ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 18:16, 3 February 2010 (UTC) Excellent, thanks for doing those. ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 10:46, 4 February 2010 (UTC) Yes thanks, if you could sort those stray one tagged with Nigeria-stub Waacs can do a stub count later. P.S I found what was giving my those severe headaches the last few days, mint imperials! I haven't touched one all day so far and the headache I've had for three days has worn off! ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 15:25, 4 February 2010 (UTC) Wow that's some seriously thick snow! ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 20:15, 7 February 2010 (UTC) [reply]

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