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i want talk to Jimmy Wales , can i edit his talk page at wikia pedia?!۝ ۝ (talk) 23:56, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

User talk:Jimbo Wales is where you want to go. De728631 (talk) 12:42, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

u kant be seriously.its unbelievable! i feel fear to put smting in his talk page. he is a well known and famous man.another thing, he is atheist , but im not. why he converted? western ppl are kristian.i want invite him to back to worshiping God.۝ ۝ (talk) 14:02, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

If you would like to address Jimbo about his believes, please use his talk page or try to email him via his account. But remember that Misplaced Pages user talk pages should generally be used for Misplaced Pages-related messages and not for personal communication of this type. I for one don't care about the personal believes of any user because that is everyone's own business. De728631 (talk) 14:06, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Amanda Hamilton.jpg

Hi - you deleted this image. Can I ask why? Permission was obtained by the image creator, Crawford Hill, for use in the public domain. What went wrong? If you help me get it reinstated and with the correct permissions, I would be extremely thankful. JackRubysDog (talk)

Please see also Misplaced Pages:Possibly unfree files/2013 August 29. We need a personal statement from Crawford Hill that he waived all rights for this photograph. The instructions how to proceed with emailing permissions-en@wikimedia.org had already been posted to your talk page. So because we didn't get any such confirmation from Mr. Hill I had to delete the file. De728631 (talk) 12:31, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Hi - Mr Hill assures me he sent confirmation to the correct email addressJackRubysDog (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:36, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for letting me know. Our volunteer email team will check the permissions email and then they'll decide if the confirmation is valid or possibly insufficient. De728631 (talk) 15:48, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

The OTRS team could not find any tickets/messages related to this image so I've deleted it again. De728631 (talk) 20:44, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Celine McNeil

I'd take the editor at face value. We cannot delete the account for legal reasons, but we can get a bureaucrat to rename it as "Vanished User", and I can oversight the edit and log entry. See if you can take care of the former; I've been a little busy offline lately and may not be able to get to it today. Daniel Case (talk) 16:33, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Alright. I have oversighted the one edit that tied the identity back to the user. Daniel Case (talk) 01:51, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Handbibliothek

I do not know how it will work but I created a new entry on the English Wiki and my entry is now for deletion. I can prove the entry because I have the 2 books on my shelf and I did them not find an entry when I was looking at wiki. The books are something like the Harmsworth Self-Educator (I also own). Actually I would be a bit frustrated when my entry would be deleted.

Gerd — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guitarre 1 (talk • contribs) 17:07, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

consensus at Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Middle-earth

Thanks for the explanation! So, if we have a consensus, we have to delete the images on these pages (https://en.wikipedia.org/Dol_Guldur and https://en.wikipedia.org/Battle_of_Mirkwood) too, right? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Picture Master (talk • contribs) 22:14, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Not really. These are not fan art but were drawn by professional artist Tom Loback who has repeatedly published his works in the Tolkien Calendar and several journals. De728631 (talk) 14:37, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Article Feedback Tool update

Hey De728631. I'm contacting you because you're involved in the Article Feedback Tool in some way, either as a previous newsletter recipient or as an active user of the system. As you might have heard, a user recently anonymously disabled the feedback tool on 2,000 pages. We were unable to track or prevent this due to the lack of logging feature in AFT5. We're deeply sorry for this, as we know that quite a few users found the software very useful, and were using it on their articles.

We've now re-released the software, with the addition of a logging feature and restrictions on the ability to disable. Obviously, we're not going to automatically re-enable it on each article—we don't want to create a situation where it was enabled by users who have now moved on, and feedback would sit there unattended—but if you're interested in enabling it for your articles, it's pretty simple to do. Just go to the article you want to enable it on, click the "request feedback" link in the toolbox in the sidebar, and AFT5 will be enabled for that article.

Again, we're very sorry about this issue; hopefully it'll be smooth sailing after this :). If you have any questions, just drop them at the talkpage. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) 21:39, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

The Hobbit Original Complete Soundtrack

In regards to your message below, yes, please create a redirect to the game article. Thanks for your help, -Rod

Hello Rednote, I'm a contributor for said Wikiproject Middle-earth. I've had a look at your proposed article and I found that apart from the actual track list, all major information is already present in the article on the game, The Hobbit (2003 video game). And I can't find any reliable references that would suggest a special notability of this soundtrack recording. We could however create a redirect to the game article, so people looking for the soundtrack will automatically be referred to this article. How's that? De728631 (talk) 15:23, 4 October 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.169.147.83 (talk)

I have actually created a redirect The Hobbit soundtrack that points at Music of The Hobbit film series which is much more noteworthy than the game's soundtrack. At the top of the film score article there is however a note "'The Hobbit soundtrack' redirects here. For the award-winning soundtrack of the 2003 video game, see The Hobbit (2003 video game)." So people can now also find the game's soundtrack. It would be very convenient though if you could find a source for that 2004 award. Unfortunately the website of the 2nd Annual GANG Awards doesn't show any results. De728631 (talk) 13:29, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Der Busant

wäre etwas für "Schon gewusst?" --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:31, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

 Done. De728631 (talk) 19:59, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Revival rock for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Revival rock is suitable for inclusion in Misplaced Pages according to Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Revival rock until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. older ≠ wiser 10:18, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Template

A little accusatory aren't we. In your closing it, I assume you examined why it was open, in good faith, and saw that I was editing and creating articles to fill it up. Collapsing it makes more work for me. You also in good faith looked at the various other Iranian counties templates and saw that they were closed once populated. After all your good faith examination, you decided to make more work for me anyway for no particular reason. Or maybe you didn't do any examination and your good faith is misplaced. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 19:07, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Point taken. :-) and keep up the good work npp'ing. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 19:17, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Here goes nothing...

I couldn't resist starting to rewrite the Telerin article (which is currently frankly terrible). Double sharp (talk) 13:48, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Excellent idea! I have to admit though that I know nothing about Telerin. But maybe Maunus who was reviewer in the Quenya GA process is interested in working on it. He's also much more into linguistics than I am. Btw, please put a {{user draft}} on your draft page just to avoid confusion. De728631 (talk) 14:20, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Well, now you can change that. :-) Double sharp (talk) 17:13, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Maunus has told me that he wants to stay out of Tolkien's conlangs for a while. Well... Double sharp (talk) 08:06, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Extended Fëanorian anti-Valar ranting

On why I chose this rather than Sindarin to work on: (1) it was far worse, (2) it's similar to Quenya, a GA, so I can steal your structure and (3) (very bad reason) I like Olwë much more than Elwë as a character(!). Double sharp (talk) 16:16, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Haha. You've got some good points there. But I've always found the Teleri a bit obscure when compared to the Sindar, or – of course – the Fëanorian folks. De728631 (talk) 19:42, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Yes indeed. But hey, (WARNING: LONG FËANORIAN RANT APPROACHING)

(puts on Fëanorian star) Thingol still seems to think all of Beleriand is his when he's pretty much disowned the North Thindar (see what I did there), and his refusing to let any Noldor into his kingdom except in great need, except of course that Celegorm and Curufin being driven from Himlad isn't apparently great enough need. :-P And don't quite a few Thindar desert to Doriath during the Bragollach? :-P They've been in Beleriand, they should have fighting experience already – so what's up? Not that I endorse the second and third kinslayings, but Dior had quite a bit of time to respond, and he didn't even do that?! Though attacking in winter was not quite right IMHO. (Melian even thinks the Fëanorians should get it, doesn't she? Despite the Kinslaying which she already knows about? Um, Eönwë? What? They've done it another two times because (my thoughts) they cannot fight Morgoth anymore effectively, and now they are desperate to get back the one Silmaril within their reach so that the Oath will stop. It's canonically a huge burden, right?)

The Teleri, on the other hand – yes, they don't do much in the story except refuse Fëanor's request and get themselves killed. This actually will go into the article, as it's been pointed out by (Fauskanger?) that it shows that Tolkien's languages were very important to him, because it never really plays any real role outside helping Ñoldorin linguist reconstruct Primitive Quendian?! From an in-universe perspective, (puts on Fëanorian star again) they refused to give the ships, but it's more understandable. Morgoth hasn't been messing with them, so they don't see what the fuss is, and they weren't at the trial or anything so they still trust the Valar about what's going on. Finwë being exiled – due to their limited knowledge of this they may have misinterpreted the situation. And once Finwë and Fëanor are gone, nobody's about to tell them their side of the story. :-P So Olwë doesn't see what the fuss is all about, and as a friend counsels Fëanor to cool off and wait for the Valar to act. Except that the Darkening is already quite a few solar years ago. ;-)

Naturally, Fëanor sees it as a betrayal and steals the ships. But he thinks he can do it without killing blah blah blah, and when he has to...well, I feel the burning at Losgar is not just because he's worried that Fingolfin will betray him (Shibboleth = canon for me) and he doesn't really need betrayal when he's fighting Morgoth, but also because he can't think about the ships or use them anymore without thinking of the terrible things he did to get them. And I don't hold it against him. :-)

Olwë's feelings on Elwë: now why do none of the Teleri (Celeborn is a Thinda!!!) go or desire to go to search for their forsaken kin? Maybe the Valar (or Morgoth) saying that they faded from the histories or something like the Avari did? (Because nothing outside Valinor is important (sarcasm).) Maybe he just gave up hope? He was alive at Cuiviénen: he knows what usually happened to lost elves: why should Elwë be any different? (Of course it was, but he doesn't know that!)

And my favourite quote about the Teleri: "Few of the Teleri were willing to go forth to war, for they remembered the slaying at the Swan-haven, and the rape of their ships; but they hearkened to Elwing, who was the daughter of Dior Eluchíl and come of their own kindred, and they sent mariners enough to sail the ships that bore the host of Valinor east over the sea. Yet they stayed aboard their vessels, and none of them set foot upon the Hither Lands." This for some reason gives me the image of Olwë on a ship going up the Sirion shooting at any random creatures of Morgoth to avenge his brothers(!!! – I know, but if he was there, I guess he wouldn't have taken it out on the Fëanorians, because then he would probably know what was up. Maybe leave them for later. Were Maedhros and Maglor fighting at the War of Wrath??!!)

This has gone on too long already and really is not Misplaced Pages material! Double sharp (talk) 02:45, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Since Telerin is far more fragmentary than Quenya, but related to Quenya, and the sound shifts are clear, the vocabulary is not hard to reconstruct: the key word is reconstruct, so that I need to explain what * and ** mean very early! (Got ideas for a good placement?)

I really also should explain much earlier than the rest of the orthography stuff that v means , as it will mess with our English-speaking readers. (j in Primitive Quendian can be uniformly replaced with y (that's what Christopher Tolkien did, after all), so it's not an issue.) þ should also be explained at this point. (Quenya has no such problems.) Double sharp (talk) 11:56, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Am I going into too much detail? Double sharp (talk) 17:13, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Oh, I liked your excursion about the possible motivations of Olwë and Elwë. Actually I can imagine that Maedhros and Maglor played an active role in the War of Wrath, only to be tempted afterwards by their oath. And if anyone is to blame for neglect and carelessness in the whole wars of Beleriand, imo its the Valar – I always wondered how they managed to pretend that Middle-earth was not their business until Eärendil made his epic voyage. Which makes them even more interesting from thematical point of view since even the lesser 'gods' of Arda are not infallible. De728631 (talk) 17:32, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

To be fair, I don't really get furious at Thingol until his demand for a Silmaril. Before that, I guess he's just being overly cautious.

The Valar – well, every time they make war on Morgoth, bad things happen. :-) I can understand why they wouldn't want to send out their host until they got some message. Maybe Eru told Manwë or something that there would be a messenger??

But now I'm thinking: why Eärendil, and not Voronwë and co.? Turgon does seem to think at this point that it would be a good idea to return to Valinor and seek pardon. Why do they not let him? They said that they would only hear prayers for pardon. What is this? Isn't Turgon the High King of the Ñoldor at that time? Presumably he wasn't just interested in saving his own skin, because all the Ñoldor remaining in Middle-earth (and quite a few of the Thindar) are now his people! If the Valar just wanted to make sure Eärendil existed, then this is really using the Elves...

Meanwhile in Valinor...

Ulmo: "You have used me. I have spied for you, made myself appear to be working against you. Everything was supposed to be to keep Turgon and Eärendil safe. Now you tell me you have been making sure Eärendil survive to be just our message-boy, and then doom him to—"

Everyone else: "But this is touching, Ulmo. Do you really care for all those stupid Ñoldor who rejected us AND WILL DIE, after all?"

— with apologies to J.K.Rowling

But seriously, Eärendil and Elwing's eventual fate? Not something I would want. (Out of curiosity, does Elrond identify as Eärendil's or Maglor's son?)

Let's not even go into the Doom of Mandos and how the Valar handled Finwë's and Fëanor's cases. Double sharp (talk) 05:24, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

I think Turgon and the Gondolindhrim never intended to return to Aman. Voronwë was sent to seek a passage to Aman and ask for support against Morgoth in Beleriand, but not for forgiveness and for permission to return. Even when Tuor delivers Ulmo's message to Turgon that Gondolin should be abandoned and Turgon should relocate to the mouth of Sirion, Turgon is not impressed but rather relies on his stealthy fortress. In the Silm, this section tells us also that the elves of Gondolin after the Nirnaeth didn't have any desire to ever meddle again in the affairs of humans or the other peoples of Beleriand or the West. As to Elrond, I think he did identify as the son of Eärendil. At least Elladan and Elrohir apparently remembered their grandpa when they wore silvery stars upon their brows in the Battle of the Pelennor. If Elrond saw himself in the tradition of Maglor, i.e. Noldorin royalty, he could as well have claimed the High Kingship of the Noldor. De728631 (talk) 14:31, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Sorry for messing up there, I don't really care that much for the Gondolindhrim, so do not trust me there. :-) But they didn't really have to kill them. Just maybe send them back with fierce storms and a firm "No, you started this, you deal with it." And they do listen to a prayer that isn't for forgiveness (Fingon's for...accurate shots to kill Maedhros and pity). I wonder why? Is Fingon that awesome or important to them? (Hint: I don't think so)

But still. That makes Turgon a rather lousy High King in my opinion. (drops him down in rating) Maybe Gil-galad was doing the actual work then already?! (would make sense) But I can sort of understand his not wanting to leave Gondolin. He spoke against Fëanor. He obviously misses Tirion and thinks the Ñoldor were better off there. He did not want to leave Aman. (Why? TBH I never thought too much about Turgon; but there may be some parallel with him not wanting to leave Gondolin.)

Aww, no one likes the Fëanorians. A plausible excuse for him not claiming the High Kingship may be that there wasn't really a Ñoldor community to be high king of! (Incidentally, light of Eärendil? Meh.)

Tangent: I like the version where Celebrimbor is a Teler. Seriously. But heavily edited so that I don't have to make Celeborn a Teler too. Maybe he realised how Alqualondë had started and tried his best to stay out of the fight. For extra emotional issues get him called a traitor by someone for trying to stay out of the madness. ...........) Double sharp (talk) 16:08, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

G13- Don't count bot edits

Hi there. Just a friendly note, when checking if a G13 is valid do not count edits made by bots, you need to go last human edit. You reverted a G13 I'd placed on an article that had been abandoned since July 2012. Oh and please when giving people advice, can you do so respectfully? I respect your dilligence in checking these things out, but I'm sorry to have to tell you that this time you have made a mistake Keep up the good work. Thanks. Rankersbo (talk) 18:09, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Sorry for confusing July 2012 with this year's July – no disrespect intended. De728631 (talk) 18:17, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Substing templates

Hi! Just wanted to remind you that when you use a welcome template on someone's talkpage, that you should always substitute the template. (For example, you should use {{subst:welcome}} rather than {{welcome}}.) Cheers, — Preceding signed comment added by Cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 00:35, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the reminder. I use to substitute all the user warning templates but I wasn't aware that "welcome" needed a subst, too. De728631 (talk) 00:39, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

You're welcome :) Happy editing! — Preceding signed comment added by Cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 00:50, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Re:

In my view that's not so wise, they are all confirmed and locked puppets, anyway I've removed again just a comment with a grossly insulting username in signature. --Vituzzu (talk) 00:38, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Err, two abusive usernames. --Vituzzu (talk) 00:40, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

September 2013

Thank you for contributing to Misplaced Pages. We always appreciate when users upload new images. However, it appears that one or more of the images you have recently uploaded or added to an article, specifically Music of The Lord of the Rings film series, may fail our non-free image policy. Most often, this involves editors uploading or using a copyrighted image of a living person. For other possible reasons, please read up on our Non-free image criteria. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Werieth (talk) 14:27, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

HP Cloud Service

Hi, I see you recently reverted my conversion of HP Cloud Services into a redirect. This is to let you know that I've rebuilt it as a stub and explained my reasons in detail on the talk page here. If you disagree, please can we discuss on the talk page? Thanks - Pointillist (talk) 10:11, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Alright, I've commented over there. De728631 (talk) 12:58, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

So I translated Namárië into Telerin just to have a taste of it

See User talk:Double sharp/Telerin. Feel free to examine the differences before looking at the article, sources and my commentary on my translation. I'd love to have a comparison like this (Velasco translated it too), but Velasco's is kinda outdated by what we now know about Telerin phonology and grammar and mine is complete OR. So it looks like we will just compare Tolkien's own text in the article. Double sharp (talk) 15:57, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Wow. That may in fact be enlightening for understanding the development of the various languages. I've left you a first comment at the poetry page. On a general note, in the article you should also mention Lindarin/Lindalambe as the alternative internal names for the language of the Teleri. These two are referenced by Fauskanger and Pesch (p. 43). De728631 (talk) 20:48, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

lede, 2nd paragraph gives those names. I will mention them below in internal history once I sort that mess out. :-) Double sharp (talk) 04:51, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

There is a Þindarin version too. But my knowledge of that Tolkien language is dubious at best, so I'll refrain from sticking my fingers into it! :-) Double sharp (talk) 06:01, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Seen your comment, replied with my excuses for the completely asterisk-worthy forms I used. :-) Double sharp (talk) 07:53, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

By the way, in the article your reference No. 3 'Tikka' is undefined and I can't find it in the edit history either. De728631 (talk) 14:40, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

stolen from your Quenya article. :-) will add it soon. Double sharp (talk) 15:15, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

I knew the name sounded familiar but chicken tikka was obviously unrelated. De728631 (talk) 15:33, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

I just realised that a pretty easy way to make the and diphthongs for English speakers is to just start with and and then vocalize the to . This can be seen pretty clearly through a Polonicized spelling pędi, kełra for Telerin. :-D Double sharp (talk) 03:28, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Dobrze! :D De728631 (talk) 12:09, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Dziękuję. :-) Double sharp (talk) 14:03, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

The L-vocalization strategy also works for all the -w's in the syllable coda in archaic Þindarin! (e.g. harw, pl. heirw "wound") Double sharp (talk) 11:46, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Der Busant

On 10 September 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Der Busant, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that an episode in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream may have been a "riff" on the medieval German poem Der Busant? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Der Busant. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added 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) 08:03, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Ennai Valartha Bharathi

Hi,

Why did you merge my contribution Ennai Valartha Bharathi with Ma.Po.Si? Meenbas16 (talk) 14:58, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

I merged it because that book is not notable by itself. Unless you can provide several reliable secondary sources that have treated Ennai Valartha Bharathi in depth, it is not suited for an encyclopedical article of its own. Please see also WP:NBOOK for more information on notability requirements. De728631 (talk) 20:52, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi,

I had provided the link below:

http://www.dailythanthi.com/node/364255

It is a review on the book provided by Daily Thanthi,a leading Tamil Daily in Tamil Nadu,India.This book is very important as it details ,how Ma.Po.Si was inspired in his literary journey. Please let me know if you have any further questions.Thanks! Meenbas16 (talk) 18:17, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but a single review is still not sufficient to show the book's notability and to warrant a stand-alone article. What you can do, however, is to include a brief summary of that review in the article about Ma.Po.Si where the book is mentioned. For an article on the book we would need, like, three different reviews. De728631 (talk) 18:22, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Amanbir Grewal

Hi: We're having contentious editing at Runes by a 117 IP who has been signing as amanbir and amanbir grewal on Talk:Runes and on my talk page. The edit summary here especially concerns me. I note that there was an AN/I report of much more serious nationalist bigotry in October last year that ended with you blocking someone calling himself Amanbir Singh; that User:Amanbir Singh was indef-blocked by Materialscientist in November last year, which was followed by an AN/I report of threats by an IP signing Amanbir Singh; that User:Amanbir Singh Grewal was blocked twice for edit warring in August this year (currently unblocked, so I have asked the IP at Talk:Runes whether they are the same person); that there was an AN/I report that month mentioning IP use but not the indef block of the prior account, and referring back to this AN/I report earlier the same month, which refers to User:Mokshanine, who requested rename to User:Amanbirgrewal. So I'm thinking all the user names are the same person, with and without Singh ... but as the last admin to deal with a range of IPs in this connection, do you agree? The disruption this time seems less than what is reported at AN/I. And if it is the same person, do you advocate I post at AN/I linking all the user names and requesting a ban? Or should we return to "block on sight"? Sorry, that was as brief and coherent as I could make it; I have a feeling I've exhausted the strategy of reasoned responses. Yngvadottir (talk) 16:14, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Hrm, this is concerning. I'm hearing quite some quacking in the edits of Amanbir Singh Grewal when compared to Amanbir Singh: e.g. St. Paul's School, Darjeeling or the immediate blanking of their user talk page once an "inconvenient" message comes in. We could try and start a SPI but I think we're better off seeking a formal ban at WP:AN. You might also want to ask Elockid for a range block on 117.something. In that 2012 ANI discussion he was reluctant because of the collateral damage, but as this range continues to be troublesome I think we should block a part of it. De728631 (talk) 17:21, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I think the 2 Singhs being the same person is the most obvious element. It will take me a while to draft a report and submit it - stuff happening offline - but I'll do so and then notify all 3 registered names. Yngvadottir (talk) 17:30, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Done - badly, no doubt, but done. Yngvadottir (talk) 18:30, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

"Carbon" in Quenya

Fauskanger reconstructed *hyulma for "charcoal", from the root YUL "smoulder" (primitive *s-yul-mā) for his translation of the Johannine corpus. So *hyulmároa? (The use of the long vowel is a joke; *hyulmaroa is almost certainly better. Latin carbōnem, the source of the English word, is according to Wiktionary the accusative singular of carbō. So I used the Quenya book accusative form with the final long vowel!) Double sharp (talk) 15:42, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

(This is 3rd Age pronunciation: 1st Age – I think – would have *hyulmahroa, *hyulmáhroa). Double sharp (talk) 03:46, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

SG for "Der Busant"

On 28 September 2013, Schon gewusst? was updated with a fact from your translation of the article "Der Busant", which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was: Das mittelalterliche Versepos Der Busant handelt von einem Bussard, Abenteuern im Wald und einer Liebesgeschichte.. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (quick check).

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:16, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

I was cheeky enough to edit that; I hope I didn't muck it up. Yngvadottir (talk) 12:43, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

Well, only little bit. ;-) And thanks to Gerda for notifying me.De728631 (talk) 13:45, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

Yes, you see again why I only have "read" Babelboxes :-) Sorry. Yngvadottir (talk) 14:54, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

A bowl of strawberries for you!

Thank you for nominating Gladsax Castle. I appreciate that you read the article and took the time to create the nom. Rosiestep (talk) 18:52, 28 September 2013 (UTC)