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What do you think about starting an article on Mireya Mayor? She looks like your kind of woman! Qrsdogg (talk) 18:21, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

She is my kind of woman, but I do not really like writing biography articles. Thanks for the suggestion anyway.

BTW I wanted to ask you, if you see lots of sea foam at your beaches. A few days ago there was lots of sea foam in San Francisco. When I showed the images I took to my son, his first impression was that it was snow. I have never seen so much sea foam before. It is interesting how this thing works. The waves could be the same, but sometimes there is foam and sometimes there is not.--Mbz1 (talk) 18:31, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Wow, I can't recall seeing that much foam before myself. I wonder what the explanation is? Qrsdogg (talk) 18:37, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Foam comes from crushing plankton, but I went to the beach 2 days in a row, the tide was about the same, the waves were the same, but sea foam was absolutely different. So who knows, maybe I would ask a scientist about this.--Mbz1 (talk) 18:43, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Speaking of snow, I'm supposed to get 6 inches tomorrow. And no, that's no April Fools joke.

BTW, why don't you like writing biography articles? Qrsdogg (talk) 18:54, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

It is around 80 degrees, where I am. Everything is in bloom, and looks very pretty.

I cannot even explain why I do not like writing biographies, maybe because I find other stuff more interesting, maybe to avoid BLP. I did wrote a few biographies, but only for those people, who had really fascinating facts in their BIOs. BTW the article you worked on for April 1 is really good. IMO it is the best April 1 hook. --Mbz1 (talk) 19:03, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Interesting, I've written a few BLP's and have mostly avoided offending people. The one about the Russian I mentioned a while back was the most disputed, I guess. And I also had an edit war break out on an article about a lawyer, that led to a whole COI noticeboard thread and lots of reverts. So after that I was ready to give up BLP's for a while.

Thanks for the compliments about Thomas Jefferson Hogg, that one took a lot of work to build. The basic idea for the hook just hit me one day, but Steve Baker deserves some of the credit for the final hook though. Qrsdogg (talk) 19:37, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

I know you put lots of work for this article, even worked with offline sources. Yes, Steve came up with a good hook.--Mbz1 (talk) 19:44, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations on a successful April Fool's Day. Your pages got over 50,000 views today! Qrsdogg (talk) 01:44, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, and thank you for helping me out with two of those. --Mbz1 (talk) 02:51, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

You're very welcome. I'm already looking forward to next year :) Qrsdogg (talk) 03:46, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Jafr alien invasion

On 1 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jafr alien invasion, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in early 2010 reporters claimed that an unprecedented attack on Jordan was targeted at both terrorists from Al-Qaida and U.S. military bases? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the DYK-credit, although I don't really deserve it. It was nice anyway! Happy Editing. Yazan (talk) 08:26, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Mollie's Nipple

Hello! Your submission of Mollie's Nipple at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Canada Hky (talk) 00:22, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

incorrect photo ID

I believe that your picture http://en.wikipedia.org/File:Snowflake_moray,_Echidna_nebulosa_in_Kona_May_2010.jpg is incorrectly labeled. This is the light color phase of Gymnothorax eurostus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Philiptdotcom (talk • contribs) 00:22, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your message, Philiptdotcom, but I believe you are mistaken. Of course the image was taken in a wild, but I believe my ID is correct. In a few hours or a day, I will get an expert opinion on the image.--Mbz1 (talk) 01:03, 2 April 2011 (UTC)