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Azerbaijan

Why didn't you ask anyone before moving all of those pages? Please justify mass moves before making them, please tell me why you did it. Thanks. --Golbez (talk) 00:23, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Mary Meader

This article is not quite ready for GA status. Comments left on talk page. ~Meldshal42 02:21, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Bot approval

Way it is going? 50 people have shown their strong support. The bot has been approved. Some people may not like it but either way it will be done. We have to plant seeds for this site to grow so don't let this fracas bother you. I've devoted to much time to this already today, just continue, I'll try to do the same but it is a little off putting I agree. Remember though with Azerbaijan the provinces don't show up ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 13:53, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

No, they have no idea what thousands of these places look like for sure. We've seen many settlements on google maps zooming in that look pretty much like towns to us right where we could probably have articles on places within these places right?? It is so ignorant to assume they are all hamlets of three people. Even more so for places in parts of Asia, Africa and Latin AMerica which are highly more populated than many of the places of the same size in Amerca or the UK. Its terribly narrow minded not consider that other countries could equally have a story to tell in the same way UK and AMerica has in detail. These are exactly the sort of people who try to shape wikipedia from theor world viewpoint rather than neutrally which an encyclopedia should ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 14:06, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

The only valid argument against I think is that we would be vastly increasing the proportion of stubs on wikipedia which some people think would "tarnish" its reputation in the media (as if it has a great one anyway) and that it increases the area in which vandals can operate undetected. Whether they are stubs or not, the fact is they referenced and consistent, something which wikipedia has never been able to achive in seven years. How many articles out of our current 2.4 million are completely unreferenced? ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 14:13, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Probably ~400,000. Just click Special:Random a few times and you know what I mean. I'm an Editorofthewiki 14:34, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Just a load of crap that even Afghani articles can't be expanded. See Kushgag. As more info becomes available over the web why is it impossible that this could be expanded greatly if info becomes avilable. It is just so ignorant to right off these places like that. Perhaps you could exmplain to our friend that he is mistaken and that actually they can be expanded even at present. As it is, do you think the encyclopedia is better for it or worse with it. Mmm. ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 16:47, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Well on numerous occasions altiude has been proven way out. For instance several towns on the coast of Madagascar had a reading of 280 metres and two towns in Burma only 4 miles apart had readings severla thousand metres apart. I am all for adding as much as possible but when reliability is questionable its best to leave it out I think. Oh this huge discussion really shows what many people are like on this site, gladly I rarely have to face them as it would drive me over the moon. It is amazing how peoples views can vary so greatly isn't it. This is the huge flaw in wikipedia is trying to appease evenrybody ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 19:06, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

I can't think offhand now, my mind is muddled with this ordeal, but there is an element of doubt over that site in general besides being made 12 years ago. I remain optimistc that a better site with official population for everywhere may become available but is pretty limited at present ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 19:14, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Dabbing articles in prep for bot creation

I don't know exactly what 'dabbing' is but I'll take a shot at it. --Samuel Pepys (talk) 19:27, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

re: the whole mess at the village pump

With respect, the "monument to ignorance" at the Bot discussion is, surely, the wider Wiki community reacting in concern. I understand that you have an ideal you want to build, but unless I am wide of the mark no one editor "owns" wiki, and no one editor should allow a Bot to build 2 million stubs (it is still 2 million, I know the article was moved to suit an argument, was it not?) without allowing other people to have their say.

Take a look at my record - I am no crank. I have been here a long time, and I love helping Wiki build in any way I can. But there are emotions involved, here. Nobody - you, me - wants to see Wiki fail. I just don't want some "wheeze" to ruin everything in the future. Sometimes the sky /is/ falling. doktorb _words 20:57, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Mohamed Driss

On 2 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mohamed Driss, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Tourism in Tunisia

On 2 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tourism in Tunisia, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

I know the proof with Ashnam etc etc. Clearly the enclopedia is better having it that not. Hey I created 1972 Nicaragua earthquake earlier to take my mind off the village pump. I think I can develop it further still. If I could be assured a bot is running I can change to developing articles rather than spenidng all my time creating them ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 19:47, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

I;ve just read this comment from somebody who opposed on a seperate page "I feel quite sure Misplaced Pages is now so developed that it might be too finished before reaching 20M articles". If only they knew.... ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 20:03, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

A monument to ignorance... I actually feel sorry, if it is quite developed why do the continue to contribute? I'm an Editorofthewiki 20:04, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

There we go Lagarde, Ariège all those people who said none of the french article "will ever be expanded". Population 194. Now these people are shunning new referenced starter articles on places with thousands of people. Such a sin to not allow the encyclopedia time to flourish ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 20:53, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Lazare Ponticelli and WP:TFA/R

Per Misplaced Pages:Today's featured article/requests, article candidates for WP:TFA are assigned a points rating, and noms can be bumped off the page by other noms with higher points. Sorry about that, but you can always try to keep a lookout for the next chance there is an open slot. Cirt (talk) 13:11, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

WP:HAU

Hello yet again. I regretfully inform you that the bot we were using to update the user status at Misplaced Pages:Highly Active Users, SoxBot V, was blocked for its constant updating. With this bot out of operation, a patch is in the works. Until that patch is reviewed and accepted by the developers, some options have been presented to use as workarounds: 1) Qui monobook (not available in Internet Explorer); 2) User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate; 3) Manually updating User:StatusBot/Status/USERNAME; or 4) Not worry about it and wait for the patch to go through, which hopefully won't take long. If you have another method, you can use that, too. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Useight (talk) 17:53, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikimedia Commons

--OsamaK 07:04, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Potential members of the new project

See Misplaced Pages:Village pump (proposals)/FritzpollBot#Interested editors in joining the new WikiProject.

I've bought a 450 page book on Burkina Faso!! Bradt guides to Niger, Sudan, Benin, Ghana and Gabon are also available. See if you can buy one of the books off ebay or something and we can start contrubting some useful to the stubs or start a few. If you or EJF bought one of the books we'd be able to do stuff!! ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 17:01, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Where are you America or UK? Type in Bradt guide on ebay look in either auction but mostly buy it now from sellers. I spotted ones on Mali, Ghana, Gabon & Sao Tome, Cape Verde, Nigeria, Sudan etc earlier. They are recommended books by Michael Palin as they cover smaller places and topics. Some of them have near 500 pages. I;m going to try to get another one on Benin or Ghana. If we could get a book each between the thre eor four of us then we could work on a country each. There was of course a Lonely Planet Algeria, don't know if you have this or not ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 19:16, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Did half of what? Did you check out the books? ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 19:32, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Please use flag templates

Hi, I see that you create a large number of new pages with {{Infobox Settlement}}. I strongly encourage you to use the standard {{flag}} template for flag icons instead of hard-coding images. For example, instead of ] ], you would use {{flag|Costa Rica}}. There are several benefits of using flag templates:

1. It ensures consistent image rendering across Misplaced Pages.
2. It is simpler wikicode to read and write.
3. It generates alt attribute text for screen readers, per Misplaced Pages:Accessibility.
4. It wraps the flag icon in a CSS class so that individual editors can control output from their own monobook.css preferences page.

Please feel free to ask me any questions if you have any. Thank you. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 23:40, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Um, please? You've created several Burkina Faso stubs in the last hour and continue to use inline image code. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 00:41, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Copied from user talk:Andrwsc: Is Iit really much of a problem? I'll do it from now on, but I'm going to stop with Burkina today.
Ok, thanks! I guess in the big scheme of things, it isn't disastrous, but just as we should use the correct citation templates etc. I think it's important to use the flag templates for all the benefits I listed above. It's even recommended in the Manual of Style: WP:MOSFLAG says Flag images should have alt text and/or captions for accessibility (the standardized flag icon templates do this automatically). Thanks again, — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 02:15, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Article is good and clearly adequate, you know the coordinates? Just remember to use flag icons as that leaves the choice whether to have them or not in preferences. Somebody recently informed by of this too ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 10:06, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Playa Zancudo

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Ah everyone just loves those ugly maintenance templates when there are no other refs and being given templates messages that assume you're 2 days old. I'm an Editorofthewiki 19:33, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Editor review

I was going to post this on your Editor Review page, but I realized that page is over 3 months old. Still, I based my review on your last couple thousand contribs, so hopefully this will still be helpful. (despite being worded a little strangely)

Random header for readability

Review by J.delanoy_adds

First, I have to say, I have not seen many people come to Misplaced Pages and plunge right in the way you did. It took me more than a year to get really involved. Excellent job diving in so quickly!

I also see a lot of stub creating and minor-to-major (I don't know what lies between those two) article work, which, IMHO, is A Good Thing™. However, it would probably be good to try to do some more in-depth article work as well. Getting involved in the GA and FA process would be good, and if you could get an article that you started to FA status, that would be excellent. (Of course, with the banner I have across the top of my userpage, I'm probably not the person to talk to you about "in-depth article work"...)

Although I hate to say this, because you have quite a bit of good article work, if you are planning on running for adminship, you should definitely get involved with more "admin-y" things. More AFD participation, vandalfighting and some newpage patrolling would do a lot to build up your experience with admin activities. Also, a good way to learn more about admin stuff is to watchlist WP:AN and WP:ANI. Comment on threads where you think your input would be helpful, and even if you rarely comment, just reading the threads and following the discussion surrounding various issues will help you to better understand the things admins have to deal with. With this knowledge, you will be much better prepared when you stand for RFA.

You stated that one of the main reasons you wanted to get reviewed is because you were seriously thinking about RFA. Honestly, based on my experience watching various RFAs, I do not think you would be able to pass at this point. I personally would most likely (weakly) support you, but you would get a lot of

Oppose - Too little experience in admin areas. Example (talk) 00:00, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

If you haven't already, you should look at some recent passed and failed RFAs. See why they failed or passed, and ask yourself how you resemble the candidates.

To conclude, you are an excellent contributer, you just need to gain more experience in admin areas, and maybe try to get a GA or an FA under your belt. J.delanoy_adds 17:43, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

I know how you feel, and I agree that contribs to ANI and AIV should not be as "important" as they often become in RFAs. I was not aware that you had any FAs or GAs, because I didn't look really deep. Either way, I do not think you should stop writing encyclopedia articles, its just that I know that it will be difficult for you to pass an RFA without AIV and ANI stuff. J.delanoy_adds 19:25, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

AWESOME!!! Like I said, I was too stupid to really pay attention to your contribs. Keep up the good work! J.delanoy_adds 00:19, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

		The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
		Nice work with all your GA and FA contribs! J.delanoyadds 00:19, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

1992 Earthquake

Sorry for tagging your article too fast. Can you fix the part where it says a 1992 earthquake occurred in 1994? --Blanchardb--timed 10:54, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. :) I'm glad you think so. As I say I am really sorry; I've been accused of being too lenient before. Gone rouge... But seriously, I appreciate your confidence, and the article looks excellent now. A bit more work and it'll be DYK quality. If you need any articles blatantly unfairly deletedlooked over, don't hesitate to let me know! :) PeterSymonds (talk) 20:37, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Earthquake

Heh, good, undeleted. I didn't realise you were the author. It looked fishy because of the dates (1992 and 1994, and the lack of any other content). Nothing personal. :) Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 10:59, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Hello, Editorofthewiki, and thank you for your recent participation in my RfA, which was closed per WP:NOTNOW after reaching a vote tally of 5/15/2. While I am disappointed in the outcome, I understand that it - as well as the comments left by yourself and others - was in the best interests of Misplaced Pages at this time. I plan to take everything that was written to heart and improve myself here on Misplaced Pages with a goal of perhaps accepting a nomination again in the future, should someone choose to nominate me. As a way of gathering further feedback, I have created a page in my user space for other editors to leave comments about things that they might have observed during my RfA and to continue my "education process," as it may be considered. If you would like to contribute to that page, it may be found here. Again, thank you for participating and I appreciate your comments! --InDeBiz1 (talk) 18:10, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Stubs

Could you place a stub marker on the short geo-articles you are creating, such as Bogonam? This would make sorting the articles much easier. Thanks--Thomas.macmillan (talk) 14:31, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Your comment at my RFB

You said, "I would support, but your attitude as an contributor, with IMO not enough contributions in the mainspace for your time at wikipedia, and as a coach and RFA voter, of which some of my views differ." I was hoping to get some more clarification on your comment as I'm always willing to improve. Your part about me not having enough mainspace edits, okay, clear enough (but I would like to mention that if you divide my total mainspace (6829 by the number of months I've been actively editing, 13, you get 525, which isn't horrible). Anyway, that wasn't my point. I was actually hoping for some more details on the other part of sentence quoted above. What is it, exactly, that you don't like about my coaching and RFA voting? If I'm doing something way off base, I'd certainly like to know so I can improve upon it. Thanks. Useight (talk) 01:26, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

1992 Nicaragua earthquake

I have picked up the GA review of this article and left comments at the talk page. Please visit and follow my suggestions. By the way, i consider at least 15 references enough for a good article. Just for future reference. Thanks, ~Meldshal42 20:11, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Earthquakes

Would you be willing to join this project? I started it a couple of weeks ago, and since you have worked on 19992 Nicaragua earthquake, I wanted you to join. ~Meldshal42 20:18, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

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If you have any questions please see Help:Image page. Thank you. ~Meldshal42 22:24, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Joking. ~Meldshal42 22:32, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

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Otto Soemarwoto

On 10 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Otto Soemarwoto, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Tourism in Egypt

On 10 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tourism in Egypt, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

GAs

Ah it will be over in two weeks or three weeks, I'll have to try to get as much done in the middle of the day as I can before my eyes start pouring waterfalls again! Wow thats amazing. A GA already? And in following with my 1931 and 1972 articles. I see you;ve been busy with the tourism series too. We could probably develop 1972 into a GA too with some extra work. Too much of the 1972 article relies on one source which should be avoided I think. You should find some PD images of it. I would suggest an earthquake series for each of the countries in Central America such as Template:Earthquakes in Nicaragua, Template:Earthquakes in El Salvador etc and connect the articles together and also add red links for earlier earthquakes. I remember that Guatemala and El Salvador have several hundred articles that could be written, there is a google book on it of about 800 pages. Keep up the good work ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 17:22, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

WP:Earthquakes I'm pleased to hear about, too much emphasis I think is given to hurricanes. Central America is definately a weak point of wikipedia all over. I've added an image to Otto Soemarwoto. Good stuff! ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 17:31, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes information is gradually beocming available online from such places, this is why I am optimistic that eventually we'll be laughing at the people who didn't want "non notable" articles on places around the world when we know eventually a great deal could be written on them. If you are interested in working on earthquakes amidst Burkina here is a directory of notable earthquakes. Could prove very useful fgiven that the site also has PD images of some of them, ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 17:40, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes i know. One thing though I'm not sure about using (number 2) in a title though. Perhaps it could be worked out what the nearest settlement and change it e.g Biolo (5km north of Douasse) . Also I think the population figure is 2005 rather than 1996. I checked it out once and it read as 2005. Some readings are very confusing in that data which is supposed to be 2005 shows a marked pop growth from another reading which is supposed to be 2005 and I did find something which suggested one is 1996. But given the current link you are using I'd keep it as 2005. Regards ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 18:00, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes thats fine I think. ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 18:11, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Going well I've added more red links and fixed dabbing. One thing though can you start using pushpin_mapsize=300 in the infoboxes like Daribiti (13°26′N 1°45′W). It makes a difference to the map detail with a little boost, cheers ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 19:12, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Also Alamini. Is it 704 or 204 the population? ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 19:15, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

704. I mistyped. I'm an Editorofthewiki 19:17, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Remember to start using |pushpin_mapsize=300

though ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 20:03, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Do you disagree with me?? ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 20:38, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

No worries just copy the parameter I gave you it should work. I've nearly finished adding to Template:Banwa. I'll have to leave in about ten minutes though as its been getting bad again last half hour. I'll try and return mid day tomorrow ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 20:52, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

1992 Nicaragua earthquake

On 11 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1992 Nicaragua earthquake, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Library of Congress

Can't believe we are still missing articles like this. I have a book on Seychelles so I'll try to expand a few, the Wildlife article in particular I have a fair bit to add. ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 20:17, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes OK, I've noticed some confusing branches of places too and incorrect commune structures etc. I;ve been looking about, I;ve found a Benin government site for statistscs of communes but it is not that easy to follow. ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 10:59, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm having server difficulties today. My computer is very noisy as if it is suffering from a virus, I;ve just started Institut National de la Statistique Benin and the external site is linked. I found it via city population.de which lists the population of the main cities and towns of all countries. This should be used initially to get articles on the main cities or communes by country at least with a population figure and reference ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 11:12, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

I;ve found a statistics site for Niger too here and Ivory Coast. Googling in French brings up some surprising results ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 11:17, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

I've been drawing up a full list of official statistical sites by country at List of national and international statistical services. Then this can be copied to the new project. Sound good? What I also want is to create an extra column in the project space for the email addresses of these countries and sites so we can request a brochure of population statistics and other data that they have on a personal. I believe as the project is set up we need to email each of the countries to maximise our chances of obtaining the data ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 13:37, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

DYK nom of Iran-Cuba relations

Hi - there are a few issues with this article and its DYK nom which you may want to examine and address. Some problems with the article are likely shortness of length and that the main source is the Islamic Republic News Agency, which is a mouthpiece of the Iranian government and thus not really WP:NPOV or without WP:COI. Please comment at the nomination on T:TDYK. Thanks, Vishnava _talk 16:07, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Well I still think that a hook cited via IRNA is a problem - if you have the original BBC report, then you should just use that one. I've given what I think is a better suggestion - check if its ok: using the Christian Science Monitor-sourced data:

... that Iran-Cuba relations have grown stronger under the rule of the President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? Vishnava _talk 17:47, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Tourism in Africa

Hi, I noticed from the new bluelinks on {{Tourism in Africa}} that you have been creating articles about tourism in African countries lately. I've been working articles in this area too (great minds think alike :p) and I was wondering if you have any more of the "tourism in country X" articles researched/prepared for Misplaced Pages that you haven't yet posted? If you do, I can skip over the countries you have done and tackle some of the other missing ones. All the best, Bláthnaid 18:55, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Cool. I work differently, and research and write quite a lot before I post anything on Misplaced Pages, so I thought I'd check with you in case you do the same. I try to do a bit towards countering Misplaced Pages's systemic bias, but my effort is very small compared to yours! Bláthnaid 19:27, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

I noticed User:Blofeld of SPECTRE's name on Special:Newpages back when all the French location articles were being created (his name is kinda conspicuous!). That's an almost inhuman--and very commendable--amount of work. Bláthnaid 16:05, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi. When you add the names to the nav boxes can you make sure that they are listed along the lines rather than in a column. Otherwise it affects the line coordination. Good work on those earthquake article BTW. ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 18:10, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

See Nassere here. Note that the Nassere links are not organized like the others. The links should be going across the page rather than in a vertical list -it upsets the balance ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 18:18, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

My RFB

Thank you for your comments in my RFB. Since it was only at 64%, it was a shoo-in to be unsuccessful, so I withdrew. I didn't want it to run until its scheduled close time because my intent in standing for RFB was to help the bureaucrats with their workload, not give them one more RfX to close. Through the course of my RFB, I received some very valuable feedback, some of it was contradictary, but other points were well agreed upon. I have ceased my admin coaching for now to give me time to revamp my method. I don't want to give up coaching completely, but I'm going to find a different angle from which to approach it. As for my RFA Standards, I am going to do some deep intraspection. I wrote those standards six months ago and I will slowly retool them. This will take some time for me to really dig down and express what I want in an admin candidate. If, after some serious time of deep thought, I don't find anything to change in them, I'll leave them the way they are. I'm not going to change them just because of some community disagreement as to what they should be. Will I stand for RFB again in the future? I don't know. Perhaps some time down the road, when my tenure as an administrator is greater than one year, if there is a pressing need for more active bureaucrats, maybe. If there no pressing need, then maybe not. Useight (talk) 03:16, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Earthquake-related article

Hello, Editorofthewiki. I noticed when I was reviewing DYK noms at Template talk:DYK that you've created some earthquake related articles. Do you think you can help me expand Coalinga, California earthquake? You seems to be expereinced in that area. I'm planning to nominate this one for DYK also. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, RyRy5 (talk) 05:01, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah. Thanks. I'm trying to spread my contributing to various places, other than baseball as my adopter recommended. Nice to hear that you'll help with the article. We've got 5 days to do what we can. I'll be a little busy with this so I'll help a bit later. Thanks, RyRy5 (talk) 09:53, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah. I quick search around google doesn't show a big story to tell. I just plan to make this at least a DYK. An image would be nice, but that should be at the end. --RyRy5 (talk) 10:04, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I didn't notice. Scratch that. I'm not very good at images, so I can't be of help to you in that area. Trust me, I'm just horrible with images. -- RyRy5 (talk) 10:17, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

		The Content Creativity Barnstar
		For your major expansion of Coalinga, California earthquake, I RyRy5 (talk), award you The Content Creativity Barnstar. Great job! -- RyRy5 (talk) 19:14, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and do you think it is ready for DYL nom? If so, what hook should be used (there's a lot of different hooks to choose from). -- RyRy5 (talk) 19:14, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Your welcome. Well, I'll see how it goes, considering that I commonly review DYK noms. I'll alert you if anything that needs attention to the hook/article comes up, if you want of course. -- RyRy5 (talk) 19:26, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

New project to coordinate GEOBOT proposed at WP:Councils

Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Council/Proposals#WikiProject Missing Encyclopedia articles/Geography task force has been formally requested. Please feel free to add further comment. The sooner we get an official framework to coordinate established the sooner the bot can start work! ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 19:43, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Hell's Gate National Park

I would be glad to help. i have left some initial comments on the article's talk page. Thanks. ~Meldshal42 20:44, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

6/14 DYK

On 14 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Iran-Cuba relations, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Hi - Bedford mistakenly dropped it off on my talkpage. All the best, Vishnava _talk 03:14, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

We have some people who are sloppy when putting things on the next update, and don't pay attention or follow the correct updating. I apologize for the error. Whoever placed your entry for next update didn't pay attention.--Bedford 03:40, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

In appreciation of your Burkina Faso work

		The Original Barnstar
		In appreciation of your excellent work in expanding Misplaced Pages's coverage of Burkina Faso. Ecoleetage (talk) 08:33, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Question

Hello. I've seen you also started articles from the Tourism in ... series. I recently blocked a disruptive editor who've been deliberately avoiding discussion and warred here. Continent specific templates are created, like {{Tourism in Africa}}, similar to other ones as {{Politics of Africa}} or {{Geography of Europe}}. I see no point in having a huge Tourism template, including links to tourism articles of about 200 countries plus other toursim topics articles. I think we should use only "Tourism in ..." specific templates. What do you think about it? Congrats to your barnstar by the way and very good Africa new articles. Thanks for them. - Darwinek (talk) 11:08, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

1556 Shaanxi earthquake

Could you please nominate this article at GAN? I will review it, of course. ~Meldshal42 11:40, 14 June 2008 (UTC)