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William Palmes

Hi GrownHairedGirld,

I wonder whether you could kindly help me improve the article for William Palmes. I am new to this so unfamiliar with the protocol.

thank you very much

(Burnkilmon (talk) 22:16, 29 September 2012 (UTC))

I'm afraid that the page you created consisted of a straightforward copy of http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/palmes-william-1638. This was identified by another editor, and after I confirmed it for myself I deleted the page. See Misplaced Pages:Copyright violations for the relevant policy. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:05, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Dukedom categories

Hi, BrownHairedGirl. Thanks for helping out with renaming these categories. If you have the time perhaps you can help me with Category:Baronies in the Peerage of Scotland. The articles in this category should probably be moved to Category:Baronies in the Baronage of Scotland - the category can then be deleted. We already have Category:Lordships of Parliament. Tryde (talk) 17:50, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Nominated for merger at Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 October 1#Category:Baronies_in_the_Peerage_of_Scotland. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 18:33, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Alcatraz inmates

Hi. Can you do me a favour and nom Category:Alcatraz inmates for CFD to Category:Inmates of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Alcatraz was formerly a military prison.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:57, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi Dr B

I could do that, but I'm not sure that it is a good idea to separate out the inmates of the previous military prison. Not saying it's a bad idea, just not sure enough to want to propose it.

So I'll leave to the nom if you want to proceed. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 20:32, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

All entries are Alcatraz Fed. Pen. to my knowledge. But Alcatraz refers to the whole island rather than the jail. I'll nom then.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:07, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Good work. I may well end up agreeing with you :) --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:11, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Re:Stuttgart Military Community

The 'Stuttgart Military Community' is an obsolete, although still commonly used, term among military, civilian staff, contractors and family. The current official term in use is USAG- Stuttgart or US Army Garrison- Stuttgart, as the existing community command structure is a remnant of the formerly large Army presence in Germany from the end of World War II through the Cold War. The current community is largely a multi-service one, hosting 2 Department of Defense Unified Commands and I expect it will eventually be changed yet again to reflect it's DoD multi-service role.

The reason I created the category under this name is it's common usage from close to 70 years of historical use. I expect many searching Misplaced Pages would enter this term- not USAG-Stuttgart.

This entity (Stuttgart Military Community) is one of 4-5 geographic hubs around which US military activity will remain after the final drawdown of US forces in Germany and is the highest level headquarters. AFRICOM is responsible for all Defense and a significant amount of State Department activity in Africa. EUCOM is responsible for all of Europe and a significant portion of Asia. Both are 4 star commands and report directly to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the Secretary of Defense.

In conclusion, it's not just a community of military in Germany- it's the Pentagon-East Campus. Much of our foreign policy is determined, laid out and implemented from Stuttgart's 4 installations. It also hosts a significant portion of our overseas stationed special operations troops. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.107.112.170 (talk) 02:59, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages does not usually follow the inhouse jargon of armed forces personnel, or of any other group. We either use the terminology commonly used in reliable sources, or we use plain English descriptive terminology. Calling a military garrison a "community" also raises problems of WP:POV, for reasons that might be a little clearer if we applied it to other other military garrisons. How does Category:Waffen SS community sound to you?

The discussion is at Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 September 29#Category:Stuttgart_Military_Community, and any comments should be left there. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 07:39, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Paul Bedson and fringe theories

User talk:Paul Bedson#More fringe. Sorry I didn't have the time or energy to follow up your earlier discussions with him. Dougweller (talk) 12:16, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi Doug

Good catch, and please don't blame yourself. Following up this sort of stuff takes a lot of energy, and few editors are in a position to do that. I also didn't follow it up.

However, at this point I think that it's time for an RFC/U. I dunno how Paul sees it all, or what he intends to do, but he seems stuck in fringe theories and won't stop without community involvement. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 12:37, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Seems a reasonable idea. Dougweller (talk) 12:43, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Vancouver Whitecaps

Hey, I thought I'd talk to you about this since you did contribute earlier regarding the Vancouver Whitecaps team from 1986 to 2010 and the current Vancouver Whitecaps team that currently plays in MLS. The Vancouver MLS category was merged. Even when the other discussions weren't quite settled yet which could turn out to be problematic. I may need to ask for your help fixing this later on because the other Whitecap cats are probably gonna be moved as well. You were probably right, I should've listed as one single nomination instead of two. Please reply on my talk page. – Michael (talk) 19:04, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Let's wait until all the related discussions are closed, then we'll see where it has all got to. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 19:06, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Yeah that was my plan. I don't like admitting my mistakes, but I clearly messed up big time. – Michael (talk) 19:10, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Hey, don't be hard on yourself! Nobody who does much editing here avoids a few foul-ups, and they are always fixable.

But in this case I don't think there is a problem, so long as the other merges go ahead. Is that your reading of it all, or have I missed something? --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 19:17, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Well this is taking longer than thought. – Michael (talk) 22:02, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Yes, there is a big backlog of unclosed CfDs :(

You could help by listing some discussions at WP:ANRFC. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 22:06, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

American country musicians

Any chance I can get you to help me depopulate the category? This is really tiresome. Ten Pound Hammer • 01:21, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Speaking of categories, you seem to have accidentally added a nonexistant one here. Ten Pound Hammer • 01:30, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Not so fast. I deliberately created then redlink, then created the category.

Sorry, but I can't help with Category:American country musicians. You may want to tag it with {{cat diffuse}}, and.or seek help from WikiProject Country Music. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 01:37, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

You'd think people never wanted to help me or something. Ten Pound Hammer • 01:57, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Hey, it's nothing personal. I just got a browser full of unfinished jobs in recategorising lists, and want to wrap that up before I take on any other big jobs. I'm sure you'll find some volunteers at the WikiProject Country Music. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 02:00, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Northern Ireland

Just to point out: for categories like Category:Editors from Northern Ireland and Category:Newspaper editors from Northern Ireland, the template {{Fooian fooers}} doesn't produce the correct results, so instead there is a dedicated template {{Fooers from Northern Ireland}}. — Paul A (talk) 03:26, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi Paul.

Thanks for the reminder, and for fixing the categories. I just spotted who created the template Facepalm . --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 03:31, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Removing semi-protection of Martin McGuinness

The article was semi protected last year during the presidential election campaign, however it seems to have been indef protected and I can't see any grounds for that, Can you sort? Thanks, Valenciano (talk) 05:14, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi Valenciano

You are right. Lifting that protection was long-overdue. Now done. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 10:57, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Accidents will happen

Sorry about accidentally reverting on your talk page - the perils of using a touch-screen phone in small hours of morning! Had switched it on to check whether internet access was working OK (yes - but phone function seems to have died, problematic as I care for aged mother and need to be contactable when out of the house!), browsed my watchlist, and obviously left my finger on an "undo" somehow. Thanks for quietly re-reverting: I guess you realised what had happened. Apologies. PamD 07:31, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi Pam

Thanks for you kind message. I had indeed guessed that was what had happened. These one-click edit buttons are very easy to activate unintentionally, and your revert came on an evening when I had twice accidental pressed the "" button on the category lists at the bottom of pages, thereby sending HotCat off to remove the category. Luckily, all these things are easily-fixed.

Hope you are keeping well, and that you manage to get a working phone again. I stick to the more old-fashioined phones, myself; they are more reliable and lots cheaper :)

Hope you are keeping well. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:04, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

I find my bottom-of-the-range smartphone a real joy - I can lie in bed in the morning reading the newspaper, check whether the train I'm about to meet someone off is delayed or not, check whether the tide is coming in or out before venturing onto tidal carpark, or summon Misplaced Pages to contribute to a discussion! And the maps - wonderful. A helpful chap in the shop on Saturday managed to fix it - something slightly loose in its innards. Life goes on, and I'm spending too much time on Misplaced Pages and not enough on the rest of the world, but it still feels a satisfying and useful thing to do, most of the time. Ah well. PamD 10:27, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Category:Football in Spain lists

Category:Football in Spain lists, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:09, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Category:Lists of Northern Irish MPs

Category:Lists of Northern Irish MPs, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 19:32, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

RFA

I note that Σ has changed their signature if that changes your feeling about the RfA. IRWolfie- (talk) 23:51, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointer. It only strengthens my oppose, because the sig as used in this edit displays the username of another editor. That would be a serious impediment to admin accountability. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 00:04, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

CfD:Category:Top 200 US Drugs of 2011

I'm the category creator and primary objector deletion, however I do see that you made a good arguement. Do you how to make a bot request to have the category shifted to the talk page? Do you think it would be acceptable for it remain hidded while this arrangement is being made? - Stillwaterising (talk) 06:23, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi Stillwaterising

Thanks for listening to what I had to say. I'm glad it made some sense, and I'd be happy to help you get a win-win solution.

Shifting the category to the talk page is easily done: a bot could do it in minutes. But first, it would be good to consider how you want it to appear on the talk page. I can see 3 mechanisms:

1. Just add {{:Category:WP Pharma top 200]] to the top of the talk page. Simple, but looks out-of-place, so might be removed
2. Use a template, e.g. {{WP Pharma Top 200 US Drugs of 2011}}. Almost as easy to do, but it makes it clear that this is intended categorisation, and allows the display of a message as well as the addition of category
3. Use the project's banner template. Using the techniques set out at Template:WPBannerMeta#Task_forces, you could create a "Top 200 task force". By applying the appropriate parameter to the banner template, and article would be added to the categ, and the banner would display a msg about it. This would also allow you to track the quality of those articles.

I recommend option 3, but it's up to you. Do you want to discuss it with other members of your project? --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 17:55, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

I like the third idea better.Should I make a (existing) bot request? I have a AWB bot with trial privileges. I could also use that. I assume that by doing nothing and allowing the deletion to occur there will be a bot that will remove the current cat tags. - Stillwaterising (talk) 18:04, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Also, our shortcut is WP:Pharm, shouldn't we use that? - Stillwaterising (talk) 18:06, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Glad you like option 3. The name I suggested was a only a crude placeholder, and I suggest discussion at the project to choose a suitable name.

And yes ... if the current category is deleted, a bot will do that job. All you need to worry about is creating and populating the new category. No need to rush it: if deletion can be put on hold until the new category is in place. Just leave a note at CfD about the plan, and the closing admin will delay implementation until you guys are ready. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 18:22, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

I have the list of articles to add, that's already done and I'm learning to use regex with a text editor to make the links I want. What tools exist that can take a list and autoadd the category tags? - Stillwaterising (talk) 02:09, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Good work! Try WP:AWB. It's semi-automated, but makes this sort of job much easier. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 02:12, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

I used AWB to pop the cat originally. It took so much time in semi-automatic mode I made the bot StillwaterBot but have not have finished my limited trial on the way to full auto mode. Could you please come to WT:Pharm and assist us on implimententing this? - Stillwaterising (talk) 13:56, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's Collaborative

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Television Navigational Boxes

With all due respect, I think it is about time to unscramble this egg. Your assistance in this matter will be appreciated. - Nick Thorne 03:56, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Nick, the discussion has now been closed, and the categories have been listed at WP:CFD/W, where a bot will do the moves.

After your persistent abusiveness and assumptions of bad faith, both at the CFD discussions and at ANI, I no longer want to have any dealings with either you or Bidgee.

Please stay off my talk page. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 04:15, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Category:French engineers by Grande école

Hi, I just proposed the above cat for renaming, but apparently Twinkle hickupped and the discussion was created but not inserted correctly on the log page (here). As I've become completely dependent on twinkle for these tasks, I'm not sure how to correct this manually. Can you give me some advice? Thanks! --Guillaume2303 (talk) 16:36, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

I will take a look now. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 16:38, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

OK. Twinkle seems to have given up part way, so what you needs to do is to go to the category page, and look for the bottom line win the pink box. It begins with a blue link "add entry".

The rest of that link is black text. Copy it, then click on the "add entry" link, paste in the text you copied. The replace "your reason" with whatever you want, and save the edit. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 16:42, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

That simple! :-) It worked, thanks! --Guillaume2303 (talk) 16:58, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome. Glad it worked :) --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 17:00, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Harlem category

Just letting you know that you closed this CfD after having !voted in it. I won't unclose and reclose per WP:BURO, since I agree it was the correct close, but just letting you know. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 21:39, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Oops! Thanks for pointing that out.

It's not good thing to do, even in a a clearcut case, and I'm very embarrassed about it.

I think I know it happened. Having tone down the colours in my sig for acessibility reasons a few weeks ago, I created a bit of crude CSS to highlight my own contribs with an orange blob, and it is solid in Firefox (my usual browser). However, I have been trying Google Chrome again over the last few days, and it handles that CSS a bit weirdly. The screen flashes with orange blobs when I load, and takes a while to settle down, so I tend to the orange blob is disregarded as a false positive.

My own fault, relying on a technical aid. I suppose I should read the sigs, but I try to base closes on what arguments are made rather than who makes them. Looks like I need to pay a bot more attention to them than I did there. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 22:11, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

I'd reclose it, but I also !voted. Vegaswikian (talk) 22:36, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

I think I should just revert my close and see who else turns up to close it. It's just a transparently bad thing to leave standing. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 22:39, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Done. Bencherlite 22:47, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, Bencherlite. I hope I never do that again. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 22:50, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

No problem. It's easily done. The only way to avoid never making mistakes is never to do anything, after all... Keep up the good work. Bencherlite 22:53, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

I'm a cat lover in RL, so please don't think that I enjoy popping cats, but I'll do it if have to.

Stillwaterising (talk) 22:38, 10 October 2012 (UTC)