Misplaced Pages

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Carcharoth (talk | contribs) at 06:14, 27 April 2010 (→Hotel and Home articles: new section). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

She is busy in real life and may not respond swiftly to queries.

DYK for Lauro Aguirre

On March 28, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lauro Aguirre, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your 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.

Mk5384

Durova, I have now been reported for removing comments you made to the John Pershing article. With God as my witness, I did not do this. What's going on here?Mk5384 (talk) 14:51, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Look; I'm trying to explain that I didn't remove your comments. It's important to me that you believe me. I have never vandalised. Three times in a row, when I was trying to post a comment, it said that there was an "edit conflict", and my comment didn't register. Maybe that had something to do with your comment not registering; I don't know. I swear that I did not remove anything. I have now been reported to ANI for something that I never did. Your an admin.-please help me.Mk5384 (talk) 15:08, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

I don't know what you're talking about, but I'll try to work this out. Durova 15:36, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. I may not be the most agreeable person with this, but I'm no vandal. I haven't removed comments from people who have been downright horrid towards me. You have been nothing but civil, and I certainly wouldn't remove yours. Please check the time stamps, or whatever you said that you could do to verify my honesty. Thanks again.Mk5384 (talk) 15:46, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Teresa Urrea

Hello! Your submission of Teresa Urrea 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! Materialscientist (talk) 00:16, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the notification. Am out most of the day today. Will look into it as soon as there's time. Best regards, Durova 01:30, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

POTD notification

Hi Lise,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Get fat3.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on April 1, 2010. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2010-04-01. This is a bit shorter than I normally write, but for April Fool's Day I wanted to avoid any serious discussion of the definition of beauty over the years. howcheng {chat} 17:10, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

That is absolutely perfect just as it is. Thank you for selecting it. :) Durova 17:48, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Featured picture candidates/delist/File:Raven Manet E2.jpg 2

Procedural notification in case you haven't already seen it. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 16:47, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Is this FP material?

Hey Durova! I just uploaded a higher-res version of File:The death of general warren at the battle of bunker hill.jpg. I'm curious if you think it could be feature material (it looks to me like it's significantly better quality than the previous versions, probably because the MFA did some work on it), and what it might take to get it there. (It may be possible to get a d/l from the MFA at more bits or in different format, but their server tilted at serving a 2000px jpg). Magic♪piano 21:40, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Is that border painted on or is it a picture frame? This may seem highly technical, but there's a copyright issue that would intrude if it's part of a three dimensional frame (the frame would need to be cropped out for licensing reasons). Other than that, if you could obtain a higher resolution file from the collection that owns the original then it would probably be a viable featured picture candidate. No guarantees how the reviewers would react, but worth nominating. Durova 22:52, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

I know the border might be an issue. Unfortunately, the painting is not presently on display -- the MFA has been expanding, and most of its American gallery has been in storage. There's obviously not any rush, but the galleries are supposed to reopen later this year, so I'll probably be able to have a look. The image appears to be the highest resolution their web site will serve; a higher res version would require dialog to acquire. Magic♪piano 23:52, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Teresa Urrea

On March 30, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Teresa Urrea, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your 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.

Special edition WikiProject Baseball triple crown

I think that WP:MLB has managed to earn a special edition triple crown without even knowing it...? See the info below. Thanks!

Killervogel5

• DYK: Mike Cervenak (RA 222, under 23:18, 15 July 2008 (UTC))
• GA: 2008 Philadelphia Phillies season (pass)
• FC: Gold Glove Award featured topic (FTC)

NatureBoyMD

• DYK: List of Nashville Sounds no-hitters (RA 237)
• GA: Herschel Greer Stadium (pass)
• FC: Nashville Sounds (FAC)

Wizardman

• DYK: Morlon Wiley (RA 145)
• GA: Nick Adenhart (pass)
• FC: Art Houtteman (FAC)

Staxringold

• DYK: List of Major League Baseball home run champions (RA 253)
• GA: 2009 World Series (pass)
• FC: List of American League pennant winners (FLC)

Muboshgu

• DYK: List of Major League Baseball awards (did not nominate, but created the article – RA 247)
• GA: Derek Jeter (pass)
• FC: DHL Delivery Man Award (FLC)

RyanCross

• DYK: List of Arizona Diamondbacks managers (RA 231)
• GA: Jackie Robinson Day (pass)
• FLC: List of Texas Rangers managers (FLC)

Nice! So what would you want as your triple crown custom emblem? A baseball? Durova 22:53, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Including a baseball as the symbol of the project seems eminently appropriate, thanks! KV5 (Talk • Phils) 23:48, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Restoration

Any chance you can tackle this photo of George Bancroft, which is quite a mess? There is no rush, please don't feel the need to do it immediately. Thanks. Connormah (talk | contribs) 20:02, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for posting. Which of my good articles will you be raising to FA in return for this favor? Durova 22:48, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Mediation

A mediation request has been filed at Misplaced Pages:Requests for mediation/John J. Pershing. It will be necessary for you to visit the page and sign your agreement to accept mediation in this section. Thanks! -OberRanks (talk) 16:04, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for requesting mediation. There is one minor mistake, though. Both at ANI and at the article talk page I stated the intent to hand over dispute resolution to formal mediation and withdraw. Please remove my name. If I were formally listed and declined, then the mediation request would be rejected procedurally. I am not an involved party and have not edited the article in any meaningful way. Durova 22:47, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Interested in this image?

I just found this image (published in the USA in 1919) on Flickr and thought of you. Is it something you'd find interesting? My image work is almost entirely uploading pictures I've taken, maps I've made, and unmodified pictures from HABS, so I don't pay attention to your work, but I know that you've worked with older publications such as the Get Fat poster. Nyttend (talk) 02:45, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Forgot to say that I have no use for this image myself; I'm not asking you to do anything for me — I just thought that you might have a use for it. Nyttend (talk) 02:46, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Looks Interesting

File:Oscar Wilde 3g07095u-adjust.jpg (original: File:Oscar Wilde 3g07095u.jpg). Noodle snacks (talk) 23:17, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

POTD notification

Hi Lise,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Easter egg roll boys2.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on April 5, 2010. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2010-04-05. howcheng {chat} 08:46, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Source for Cézanne needed

This was tagged today and I am wondering if you might know the source...Modernist (talk) 22:42, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Featured picture candidates/California Trail at Humboldt River

FYI, if you haven't seen it, Maedin made a request concerning your FPC. Jujutacular  01:36, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

• I've suspended the nomination to give you time to reply. Makeemlighter (talk) 09:48, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Will look into it maybe tomorrow. Durova 00:34, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

POTD notification

Hi Lise,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Carter and Sadat White House2.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on April 8, 2010. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2010-04-08. howcheng {chat} 17:50, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Image issue

Could you please figure out what happened to this image as it doesn't show for me, and possibly many others. Thanks. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 19:18, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Developer level issue. I wasn't aware the devs had disabled thumbnailing for files over 12.5 MB on any other format than .png. Apparently .gif is affected too. Durova 00:33, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Village_pump_(technical)#Static_GIF_images_not_being_resized_by_MediaWiki_for_years_now._When_will_MediaWiki_resizing_return.3F Gary King (talk) 00:37, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. While I'm here, would you have any idea why this image shows as a missing image on the unit page but is perfectly normal on the image page? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:59, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Fixed. Durova 02:42, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

File:SMS Moltke Hampton Roads 1912 FINAL.jpg

Hey, our FP is up on the main page! Not in the traditional way, but as the lead-in image for SMS Moltke (1910). :) Staxringold _talk 00:55, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

:) Durova 02:43, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Golden W Award

Hi Durova,

I wanted to let you know that you're within arms reach of a Golden W Award, something very few editors qualify for. TonytheTiger will likely be the first awardee in about a week. Part of the reason the award is difficult to get is because of the featured picture on the main page requirement, which you've already completed. Anyway, I wanted to invite you to give it a go if you are interested. And thanks for your dedication to Misplaced Pages. ɳorɑfʈ 04:52, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much for thinking of me. Actually, though, I've never done an "in the news" entry. Durova 05:29, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Getting an ITN in is much, MUCH easier than a featured article or a featured picture. TonytheTiger had never done an On This Day, and the award spurred him to submit one (that's the easiest...everything submitted gets in as long as it meets basic standards). You've come a long way, baby. I encourage you to put an ITN in and become one of the few, the proud, the Golden W's. ɳorɑfʈ 05:19, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Why would I want to do that, when I am an administrator at Wikinews? Durova 05:20, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, you just want to do it. Keep on typing in "Recent Earthquakes" in Google. That's how I got mine. Good luck, and I love the huge header that pops up whenever you try to edit your talk page. Especially the part about Jimbo. Buggie111 (talk) 00:07, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the encouragement. Will weigh this and consider it. As a Wikinewsie, I'm not entirely convinced that Misplaced Pages is the best place to cover breaking news. The Wikinews policy structure has advantages for that type of material, and attempts to cover breaking news within Misplaced Pages have been known to generate problems with undue weight and recentism. Durova 00:31, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLIX (March 2010)

The March 2010 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 21:39, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

POTD notification

Hi Lise,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Frances Densmore recording Mountain Chief2.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on April 10, 2010. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2010-04-10. howcheng {chat} 22:38, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

File:John Phillip Sousa - De Wolf Hopper - El Capitan1.png is coming on April 13. howcheng {chat} 23:19, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

...and File:George Atzerodt2.jpg follows on April 14. howcheng {chat} 23:35, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Tropenmuseum

Gerard poked me, asking me to expand Tropenmuseum. Although it is by no means a masterpiece, it has been 5x expanded and eligible for DYK. I don't know of a good hook for it, so input would be appreciated. NativeForeigner /_Contribs/ 22:42, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

POTD notification

Hi Lise,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Dresden photochrom2.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on April 16, 2010. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2010-04-16. howcheng {chat} 16:41, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

hello

What is Durova's 'dead tree' criteria on User:Alison Cassidy page? --Chris.urs-o (talk) 15:46, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

It's a proposed standard for BLP courtesy deletions per request of the subject. If a person isn't notable enough to have their own entry in a reliably published paper and ink encyclopedia (including specialty encyclopedias) then we would delete their biography, no questions asked. This includes specialty encyclopedias. So David Bowie wouldn't be able to opt out (he has an entry in the Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll), but a fellow who played bass for Bowie on a couple of albums could get a courtesy deletion if he wanted it. Durova 15:58, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

wow, you are answering fast, thx. I do not think Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll sooo important, ;). I think the BLP criteria for masters and professors very strict. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 16:34, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

We're talking apples and oranges. "Dead Trees" is a standard for courtesy deletion, not a standard for inclusion. It applies to any situation where a living person meets the notability criteria but doesn't want to have a biography here. Durova 16:40, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

ok thx Durova. By the way, ur Chicago roundhouse picture 2008 is really very nice. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 17:30, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much. :) Durova 17:42, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Image restoration

I want to restore an image and Aqwis told me that you could offer some good advice. Could you take a look

?--— ZjarriRrethues —  07:39, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

It's a lovely image. I don't normally restore copyrighted works or fine art. Some things are best left as they are. :) Durova 23:46, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

It's not copyrighted, because it was created by a painter during the Communist era of Albania. All rights belong to the state archives of Albania, making it pd. I wanted to do it myself but I'm not familiar with the procedure, so any advice would be very helful.--— ZjarriRrethues —  11:06, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Okay. It looks like an oil painting, though. Is that correct? Durova 19:05, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

I think so.--— ZjarriRrethues —  19:46, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

I don't normally restore oil paintings digitally. Durova 20:03, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

POTD notification

Hi Lise,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Machine gun corps Gaza line WWIb edit2.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on April 19, 2010. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2010-04-19. howcheng {chat} 23:33, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Looks great as usual. Thank you very much. :) Durova 19:06, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Summer Watson

• Misplaced Pages:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard#Summer Watson

Seems like one you'd be interested in. Cheers, Jack Merridew 17:57, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Secret Misplaced Pages Email List

Hi there, I am a new user, and I saw all over the internet about a secret wikipeida emailing list that you are in charge of. I am a new user, but I was wondering if I could get in on this list, to know the ins and outs of what agenda wikipedia wants to push. Do you have any comments on this, or the upcoming Conde Nast article about some of the stuff going on with wikipedia? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eaglerider777 (talk • contribs) 19:15, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

The wonderful thing about rumors is rumors are wonderful things. Their tops are made out of rubber; their bottoms are made out of springs. I don't know anything about an upcoming Conde Nast article. If something's getting written that mentions me it must be like in 2007 when a couple of places went to print with wildly inaccurate stories without contacting me for comment beforehand. Thank you for asking. Seriously, I don't know how to answer exactly. Spent nearly 200 miles on the road today. Feeling tired and sunburned and ready to drop. Is there something specific? Durova 02:50, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Help in deciphering 1860s handwriting

Not sure if you're a good one to ask about this, but I'll try. If not, please let me know if you know of anyone better qualified to help. On with the show.

I'm trying to transcribe the handwriting from these two images, but I'm having trouble figuring out some of the words. Here's what I have so far (question marks for each word I can't read):

	Washington Sept. 25, 1865 My dear Mr Heco, I have just received your letter of the 31st of July and I thank you for remembering me among the troubled concerns yet in the midst of the pleasing ? of your far away native Home. Our father in Heaven has allowed our country to be afflicted, but He has never– theless remembered mercy, and
	our nation is rescued from danger. He has been pleased to visit me with trials, but he has graciously enabled me to pass through them. Let us in all things submit ourselves to his will. He is omniscient and omnipotent, we are blind and powerless. Faithfully your friend William H. Seward Joseph Heco Esquire Kanagawa ? of ?

Any help you can give will be appreciated. Thanks! ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 06:42, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, Aylad helped out with some of it, and also provided a link to a book which had a more complete transcription. There are still three words which I can't figure out. You can see them marked here and here (hover your mouse cursor over the top of the images to see the annotations). ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 20:12, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Opinion

Hey Durova, if I was going to pick an image of Bobby Veach from what the LOC has, which do you think is the best candidate for restoration? Staxringold _talk 19:41, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Not Durova, but here's my opinion: Either this or this would be really good ones for showing who he is. Both have decently large TIFF versions, too. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 15:34, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Mentorship coming out of RfC/U

Durova,

Would you look at this discussion of a proposed mentorship that came out of Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Jagged 85. It looks like the editor may be amenable to such a mentorship, which will involve not only supervising his edits but supervising his removal of the several hundred problematic edits he has made. Syncategoremata (talk · contribs), who has made many level-headed comments during the RfC, is willing to undertake the supervision.

Your comments on the mechanics of such a relationship (and on the RfC if you have the time) would be most welcome.

Thanks SteveMcCluskey (talk) 15:59, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

POTD notification

Hi Lise,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Karnacs2.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on April 25, 2010. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2010-04-25. howcheng {chat} 08:02, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

POTD notification

Hi Lise,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Idi Amin caricature2.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on April 27, 2010. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2010-04-27. howcheng {chat} 06:12, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Featured picture and article traffic

Thought you might be interested in these comments I made, which refers to a recent featured picture of yours and the article traffic it generated (I was comparing two pictures on successive days to see what differences there were - in this case, surprisingly little). Carcharoth (talk) 06:13, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Hotel and Home articles

Sort of following on from the above (same posting but I've split it into a new section), there was also a recent article I wrote which I thought you might be interested in, if you haven't seen it yet - it relates to something first mentioned last year: Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond. An article on the Home that is there now should be ready soon, if I can get around to finishing it off instead of digging up ever more information on it (several books so far, unlike the hotel). Carcharoth (talk) 06:14, 27 April 2010 (UTC)