User:Nvvchar/Archives/October 2011 - November 2011

Why did you archive the material I mentioned about the Central Asian archaeology? I'll restore it,. Anyway, in a few weeks there is a Wikipedia:GLAM/BL/IDP to do with the British Museum. The focus will be on Central Asian archaeology. I was envisaging some articles like Archaeology of Turkmenistan and for the other Central Asian countries and archaeological sites of Central Asia timed around this event. There is a site called Door to Hell too near Derweze which looks interesting.

I was trying to give you some pointers and to improve your quality of writing. You are not a man who takes criticism lightly my friend. OK, now seems like a good time to write a full article on Marrakech. Something I've been meaning to do for a few years. One of Africa's most important cities. I've whittled it to 8.5kb to start a 5 x expansion. I'll use my Morocco DK source for starters. I've put the former info in User:Dr. Blofeld/Marrakech. This is an article I intend to take to GA at some point. Honiara I will prepare for GA soon but Marrakech is one of those articles with a fascinating cities and a top importance wikipedia article.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:40, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Mosque, I'll take Rosie's word for it on the lack of sources. Have you finished on the Turkish mosque you started? I'll start an article structure on Marrakech this evening. Darn I thought I had a book on Morocco, my sister has it not me, I have Tunisia. Will have to ask her to borrow it. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:55, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Khalid ibn Al-Walid Mosque - I've given it some attention. Unfortunately, I didn't have time for anything else tonight. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:52, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Hassan II Mosque

On 8 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hassan II Mosque, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the minaret (pictured) of Hassan II Mosque, the world's tallest at 210 m (689 ft), is fitted at the top with an electronic laser directing rays towards Mecca? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hassan II Mosque. 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.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:01, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

There you go, top DYK already! Well done! Some citation tags needed at the bottom two sections though, can you add them?♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:05, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Great work on this article folks! I visited there about 3 years ago--really an awe-inspiring piece of architecture. Mark Arsten (talk) 20:52, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Sure, I'll look at it today. Thankyou for adding citations. One thing though, I'm going to propose to extend the DYK viability deadline to 10 days. A more relaxed deadline would save a last minute rush to nom and might see improvements to prose. I am about to propose on DYK talk page, your comments would be appreciated there too, and Rosie's.♦ Dr. Blofeld 06:45, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Khalid ibn Al-Walid Mosque, beautiful! Major improvement in quality Nvv, well focused, clear and easy to read, keep it up!♦ Dr. Blofeld 07:56, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

We need to add more etxt to make it 5x.Nvvchar

Thanks for taking care of that. I'll be back online either later tonight or tomorrow. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:41, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Khalid ibn Al-Walid Mosque - It's about 500 ch too short at present. I'll see what I can do. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:16, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Koutoubia Mosque

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Hairstyles in the 1950s

In your DYK nomination of the article Hairstyles in the 1950s there is a problem with the hook. Please respond at the nomination page. You could suggest an alternative hook which is better referenced. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:40, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

When you are about to save click the blue pencil icon next to P above the edit page. That should sign your name!♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:06, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

"75 million cum " in Door to Hell? you sure that's not a missing extract from the blue whale penis LOL? Is cum a unit or something?♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:04, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Since the article is about natural gas reserves it obviously is 75 million cubic metere (MCM).--Nvvchar. 14:41, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Not that obvious! You might find more for Streets in Gibraltar. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:10, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Door to Hell - Dr. B and Char, please see my edit summaries regarding rmv 3 blog references. We can't use these types of refs; sorry. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:01, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Ok, I figured it out. It appears that Tony wants a citation for this sentence, "The Heritage Trust of Baroda lists 114 monuments in the area of which only 39 monuments are maintained by the Archeological Survey of India, due to limited funding." That fact is stated but unsourced in both Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park and Monuments of Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park. When I google Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park + 114 + 39, this is what I found so I was unable to add a citation myself. Next, I went through the edit history of Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park and found that you added that fact on September 27th, but without a nearby inline citation so I'm unclear which source you were looking at (hopefully not touristlink.com LOL). Can you please review, add the appropriate inline ref if you can find it, or remove the content from both articles? Thx --Rosiestep (talk) 04:39, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Re: Honiara, I didn't work on that one except for one wlink. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:49, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Don't worry about the Gibraltar article now, the Gibraltarpedia folk are on the case. With a bit of work Hassan mosque might pass GA.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:09, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

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Champaner-Pavagadh - For some reason I can't see pages 88-98 anymore in this book: Ruggles, D. Fairchild; Silverman, Helaine (2009). Intangible Heritage Embodied. I suggest that you add your comment (the one you left on my talkpage) to the nom page plus the ALT1. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:50, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Blogs

Hi Char, There were 4 blog citations in Door to Hell. Yesterday, I removed 3 of them and their content, and explained each removal in edit summaries. There's one more that needs to be removed, oilrig101.com. (Its website specifically states "Follow Blog via Email. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.") As oilrig101.com is referenced 4 times in the article, I'm not sure how to remove the content, and deal appropriately with copyediting. If you have time in the next day or so, please handle this, or I can over the weekend. These wlinks may be helpful: WP:SOURCES and WP:NEWSBLOG. Thx --Rosiestep (talk) 02:12, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Have a wonderful, fantastic, great time on the East coast! --Rosiestep (talk) 02:15, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, Rosie. I do not think I will be able to edit Door to Hell before Monday evening. Right now I am trying to reply to another three article Hook which is pending for a long time. If it is not difficult, I would appreciate your editing the Door to Hell article and post it on DYK. Even if it is not posted on DYK it does not matter. I have now posted the reply on the Champaner articles on the DYK.--Nvvchar. 02:21, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Pre-Tolstojan

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DYK for Hairstyles in the 1950s

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Yngvadottir (talk) 00:01, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

I just wanted to drop you a note to say that I really enjoyed this DYK. For me, this is the ideal DYK: short, interesting, informative, culturally relevant and historical. Fantastic! Viriditas (talk) 03:44, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks.--Nvvchar. 21:10, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Koutoubia Mosque

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Your DYK nomination

I'm sorry to have been a nuisance about the hook references in your DYK nomination. One of the rules states that the "hook fact must be accurate and cited with an inline citation in the article" . All is well now. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:46, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park

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DYK for Monuments of Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park

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DYK for Bawaman Mosque

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DYK for Kevada Masjid, Champaner

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DYK for Lila Gumbaj Ki Masjid, Champaner

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DYK for Pavagadh Hill

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Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:07, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Welcome back! Hope your Florida trip was good. Thanks for adding to the Marrakech article, I'll add more tomorrow. Can you find more on the transport, healthcare etc?Nea Nikomedeia might interest you.Good source linked on Rosie's talk page.♦ Dr. Blofeld 23:08, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

I will try to add more tomorrow. I am still in Florida. I will return to San Diego on 21st October. Can you make this Mehtab Bagh, Agra to 5x for DYK if it is not already done. I do not know the toll to check the word count?--Nvvchar. 23:46, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Mehtab Bagh - I expanded it and nomed it. --Rosiestep (talk) 06:10, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. --Nvvchar. 11:26, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, will copyedit tomorrow, not really active on here today.Shinsarugakuki and Izena Island might also interest you. Izena is an island of the Ryukyu Islands which one of you might like to start.Or/and a five times expansion of Miyako-jima for our Ryukyu Islands entity entry or whatever takes your fancy! Me must do more work on islands and points from the Sea of Okhotsk down to Palau, I realised its one of the few areas geographically I know extremely poorly.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:07, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

I reverted back on Izena, not a copyvio, from a wikipedia article originally, so long as its fleshed out and sourced of course. Been expanding Marrakech today, coming on nicely. Can you add a section on the cuisine and restaurants. Needs info on what sort of food is sold on the square/Berber cuisine and a summary of the notable restaurants and cafes. The Humphrys 2010 sources mentions a few restaurants as do a lot of the other sources, as long as it doesn't seem too tourist guide like it will be fine. Also the culture section could do with an initial paragraph looking at it generally. I've asked Rosie to try to dig up some recent history.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:10, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

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I am surprised. It is from this source [1]]. I was trying to fix the refences from the official werefrence given as external before the bot came out with this remark. Please this Izena w a Wikipedia article.--Nvvchar. 01:38, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

Its a wiki mirror Nvv, ignore it. I'm eyeing up Varanasi, a complete rewrite like Marrakech, its mostly unsourced. I say cut to almost nothing move the existing material to your sandbox and gradually readd and write and source it properly. What do you think? Maybe we could do a series of temples along with it or something.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:35, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

Izena Island - I'll come back to it later as I see you are still working on it. No worries. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:21, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

Yes, if that's possible! Most of the refs are in Danish language. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:52, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

I'm done editing Izena Island, and Shinsarugakuki too. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:37, 22 October 2012 (UTC) --Rosiestep (talk) 03:04, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Good job on the Bornholm articles! Watching the debate but it should be done soon, and I'll get to editing then. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:00, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque

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DYK for Mehtab Bagh

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Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:02, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Good job, go ahead and nom, will help with QPQ tomorrow. Will copyedit that and Izena tomorrow.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 20:58, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

I'm working on the 7 Bornholm hook; should have it figured out tonight. Will first add appropriate sentence/refs to each article to tie them together. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:36, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Been busy today elsewhere. I've given Varanasi the chop and moved it to your user space. It needs to be completely rewritten and sourced from scratch and it makes it much easier to wipe it clean. Text can gradually be added from User:Nvvchar/Varanasi when its been improved and sourced properly of course.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 19:25, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Mmm, having problems with Anbu121 who keeps reverting, I will find is extremely difficult to edit it in its current condition as I'm sure Rosie would and wouldn't qualify for a DYK. Maybe some of the other Indian wikipedians how know of our work will saying something. Probably best to leave Varanasi for the moment.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 21:59, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

"UNESCO Monumnet in Tamildau" - would love to work on these! --Rosiestep (talk) 03:07, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Yes, most interesting. Suffering wikiheadache at the moment, looking through Pakistan and India categories doesn't help, most of them would be better off deleted and restarted with half decent text. They deserve better than this. If we could clone you x 10,000 we might get somewhere!I'm not happy with the Marrakech treatment, I have made a proposal on the DYK talk page to reduce the CORE/Top importance articles to x 2 expansion and sound sourcing as 5 times is impossible for most of them and it discourages editors from focusing on the most important articles because of it. Knowing the wiki though it'll probably get a mixed support and oppose as normal. I despair at times, I really do.... Where are we with the noms, have you nommed Izena and the Costa Rica article? I'll edit those shortly.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 10:53, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

I'll return Monday, go ahead and nom Izena and anything else, will edit anything you nom befroe it hits front page no worries. You and Rosie night find more on Xu Xusheng.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 22:20, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Let me know when you're done with Xu Xusheng, and I'll nom; thinking something simple like ... that Xu Xusheng discovered the Erlitou culture. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:39, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Nice one both! Go ahead and nom Izena Island once you've added citations where needed. I created a map of the local islands, if I have time later I'll make a map of the island itself. We definitely need to cover this poorly part of the world better. On the Costa Rica article now, but I wanted to do some articles likes Archaeology in Turkmenistan over the next few days.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 11:37, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Tortuguero National Park, given a copyedit, feel free to nom, looks like you covered the important stuff, lots of red links though.. See Marrakech now! I think split will be needed and then condense before GA nom, the architectural details should be cut back too.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 21:20, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Hope you're feeling better. I'm going to work a bit on Tortuguero National Park right now. --Rosiestep (talk) 00:32, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Ok. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:43, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

No, not yet. Are you done with it? If so, I'll nominate tonight or tomorrow morning. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:02, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Xu Xusheng: nom & QPQ done. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:09, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Regarding your question about Wondermondo.com... Here the Wondermondo website owner and author, Gatis Pavils, states, "As this is an extended personal site - the descriptions are personal as well, with more or less uniform quality. Most of the sites described here have not been visited by the author and he has relied on information prepared by others. As this is not a scientific work, I have not used extensive reference notes. If you happen to find inaccurate facts - please, let me know!" So I wouldn't use it as an article ref, but please let me know your thoughts. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:37, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Nice one. You and Nvv might find more for William P. Didusch Center for Urologic History, Crisco requested it.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 12:02, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

I've completed my edits to William P. Didusch Center for Urologic History. Will look at Sittanavasal Cave next. I'll be in and out today. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:37, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Sittanvasal Cave. Help. I see that Sittanvasal is a village (I made an article about the hamlet), but is it also the name of a hill? Is Ezhadippattam a cavern (where the paintings are located)? --Rosiestep (talk) 18:06, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

What is Ezhadippattam? (This is in the Geography section: "The Jain natural caverns, called Ezhadippattam are approached from the foothills.") --Rosiestep (talk) 18:23, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you; now I understand. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:30, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

I was planning to write on this Thirunadhikkara Cave Temple but hardly any web references (except Wondermondo0 and no book references. Please see if you can find some good refrences to expand this article.--Nvvchar. 07:03, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Thirunadhikkara Cave Temple - My first thought is, perhaps there's an alternate spelling? I tweaked 2 of the article's refs, but none of the current 3 are quality refs so I didn't rmv the ref tag; it is appropriate. I found this from a reputable website, a large newspaper, but there's only one sentence, "The oldest murals of Kerala are found in the Thirunandikkara Cave temple, now, a part of Kanyakumari district of the neighbouring state of Tamilnadu." Wasn't sure how to incorporate it into the article (What is the correct way of saying that the oldest murals of Kerala aren't located in Kerala; they are in Tamilnadu?). I googled this and I think there may be a few good bits here which I'll work on now. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:17, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Edit conflict... let me know when you have stopped editing this article. Thx --Rosiestep (talk) 17:31, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

No worries! I'll go back to it in a bit. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:57, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

I'd drop Thirunadhikkara Cave Temple if sources can't be found. No use bloating it with info on a form of painting just to get it over DYK length.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 20:48, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Nom, Oluf Høst Museum, unless Rosie can add something.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 21:09, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Created Template:Marrakesh. I'm going through the article first blue linking articles, you and Rosie might be interested in expanding Patrick Guerrand-Hermès ‎, Aïn Kassimou, David Prescott Barrows, Battle of Sidi Bou Othman, Cadi Ayyad University.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 22:20, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Thirunadhikkara Cave Temple - I've tried to find more but with this spelling, I can't find enough to work up the article to dyk quality, i.e. quality refs. Let's move on from this one. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:00, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

I'm going to ce Sittanavasal Cave and Sittanavasal right now. Note, I'm going to rmv Ezhadippattam, Navach-chunai, and Megalithic sites from Sittanavasal Cave as they aren't part of the cave. I see that you've included that info in the village article, which I agree is the place where it belongs. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:59, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Ok; understand about Sitt Cave and Sitt village. Will work on Oluf Høst next, and then the Marrakech seven. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:32, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I added an ALT1, a double nom: ... that the Sittanavasal Cave, a 7th century Jain temple, includes images (pictured) painted in fresco-secco technique? --Rosiestep (talk) 03:59, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Today I've been improving Varanasi, the earlier difficult situation seems to have settled now. It badly needs Cityscape info on all its spectacular temples and ghats etc. I was thinking if you could create a Landmarks of Varanasi as comprehensive and detailed as possible that would allow us to write a condensed version of it in the main article once done. Let me know what you think, the landmarks article should be hugely enjoyable. If you could closely follow the sfn note system for books, no books listed in the references this would be great. Varanasi might be considered a special city to you Nvv? I would hope you would be willing to help improve it, even if it isn't a DYK. ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 19:06, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Xu Xusheng

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Door to Hell issues

Check the nomination discussion ASAP! Abyssal (talk) 03:25, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Nvv, please get out of the habit of relying on tourism type websites as a starter point to write your articles, they affect quality. Sittanavasal Cave shows up quite a few very decent scholarly type sources which should always be first port of call for researching articles. I'd rather see the articles using a quite a lot of books rather than a handful of online websites with little intellectual authority and see multiple citations to them. Please get into the habit of looking in google books first and use the ref maker tool and then look at websites as an after thought, or at least use websites as a start for writing info and then ransack google books to support them instead. It really makes a difference to quality and the research quality of our articles. ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 22:07, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

". On March 7, 2006, bombs planted by terrorists exploded at Sankatmochan Temple and the railway station, killing at least 28 people and injuring over 100 people." That you mean?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 22:46, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

I added that about 4 o clock this afternoon, you must have missed it, could use some more detail though..♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 23:02, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

I am stumped. Why include the Travel through Morocco section at all in the David Prescott Barrows article? I think it should be deleted in its entirety from this article. Perhaps move it into a new article about the book, "Berbers And Blacks: Impressions Of Morocco, Timbuktu And The Western Sudan"? --Rosiestep (talk) 04:01, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Ok, I'll split it out tomorrow, if someone doesn't beat me to it, as I'm pretty tired now. Wow! Six hours! You are dedicated, Char! I saw that you were working on; I'll get on that tomorrow, too. But with tomorrow being Halloween, my time may be limited with RL activities with fam and neighbors. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:20, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Yes, move the travelogue info the an article on the book but ensure its written encyclopedically, at present it looks like its copied from the book. You and Rosie might find more on Myopia in animals and Eagle eyes. Honiara should be OK now. Go ahead and nom any of the Morocco articles.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 20:02, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

I've removed the travelogue from the David Barrows biography. Regarding the Marrakesh articles... yes individual noms are fine if they can't be tied together. Sorry for not getting anything else done here tonight. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:01, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Two cites needed for Battle of Sidi Bou Othman, one will form hook. Nommed the uni although might still be a little short dunno. Rosie can nom Barrows when ready? ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld

On Pleyte, I think the best remedy would be for you to make your nom into a redirect into the 3 way from a few days ago. Then add your name, if you haven't done so already, to the 3 way. Have fam visiting so busy in RL right now. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:15, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Nea Nikomedeia

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DYK for Reportedly haunted locations in the San Francisco Bay Area

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DYK for Door to Hell

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DYK for Marrakesh

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DYK nomination of Izena Island

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Thanks. Varanasi landmarks like ghats and temples could do with some paragraphs and of course improvements to the culture section, better coverage of the festivals and ritual customs. You might want to create a Landmarks of Varanasi first as I think its be potentially very large.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 22:35, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Honiara

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DYK for Honiara Solomon Islands College of Higher Education

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DYK for University of the South Pacific Solomon Islands

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A barnstar for you!

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Where is the list of most visited DYKs again?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 18:43, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Nvv was it you who left those bare URLs or Jen?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 15:02, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Didn't think it was like you either!.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 15:30, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

BTW watching this last night and I couldn't help but notice her high cheekbones so I started the article!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 15:31, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

A bowl of strawberries for you!

Good to see you back. Saw your "Door to Hell" DYK ... nice hook... Thanks for the barnstar, but Naraka got only 10 k hits. Redtigerxyz ^Talk 04:22, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Dart

Dartmouth Harbour may interest you; I'm thinking that there's plenty of material here that could be used. German Turfan expeditions may interest you. Museum of Asian Art - I just noticed we're having edit conflicts; I'll work on something else... no worries. Philip and Son may interest you. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:59, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Citations needed for Izena Island that's all I think, can you find them?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 10:26, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Done.--Nvvchar. 16:44, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

I nomed Philip and Son and Dartmouth Harbour. --Rosiestep (talk) 06:04, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Yes, of course, we'll continue to collaborate. I hope Dr. B's retirement isn't permanent. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:50, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Ramnagar Fort - I've completed my edits. You may want to nom it. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:01, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Shinsarugakuki

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Done.--Nvvchar. 18:28, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Something still the matter with Template:Did you know nominations/Blue whale penis, sources and info needs checking I think?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 12:44, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Go ahead and nom them, you can nom Royal Castle Hotel and 1-21 Cornwall Terrace and get the credit too if you like. The latter just needa some architectural info from the British listed buildings source. I'm afraid my enthusiasm for DYK at present is not the best.. ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 19:22, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for William P. Didusch Center for Urologic History

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DYK nomination of Sittanavasal Cave

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DYK for Shinsarugakuki

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The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Cadi Ayyad University

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Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

German Turfan expeditions

Thanks for your kind note - I am thrilled with how the article is looking now and that you have recommended it for a DYK. Unfortunately, my health is not good - nothing fatal - but I am slowly becoming more and more crippled and am in constant pain unless I regularly take my very strong medications like a good boy! However, I usually manage to get a couple of hours in on my laptop most days. I have a wonderful little table (like the ones on castor wheels that they have in hospital to feed you from) that holds my laptop in a comfortable position while I work on it in bed (where, unfortunately, I now spend most of my time). I am trying to finish my huge annotated translation of the 3rd century Weilüe and get it ready for publication. I keep receiving more and more books and articles and have to keep rewriting old sections and writing new ones to my notes and appendices. This is why I have been spending so little time on WP. I just wish I had more good alert hours each day as I would love to be contributing more to WP.

The only article I have created recently is a short one on the Wild Bactrian camel. I was going to propose it for a DYK but then I had a few bad days and, I think, it is now too late. It also needs some information on the massive Lop Nur Reserve that has fortunately been set up to protect them before I will be satisfied with it.

Thank you so much for you very many outstanding contributions to WP and making so many interesting things easily accessible to all. It is a great public service - you should be very proud.

I do hope you and yours are well and happy. Cheers and all best wishes, John Hill (talk) 23:05, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK reviews

Nvvchar, I've run across two reviews so far today that are unsigned, and when I checked them, it appears that you were the reviewer. Could you please recheck your recent reviews to make sure they are all signed, and if not, please sign them. When I look for articles to promote, I don't feel I can do so when a reviewer was unwilling to sign his or her name to a review. Thank you very much. Also, please be sure to make sure the hook makes grammatical sense; I had to query one where the hook simply wasn't good English. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:25, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for doing all the noms; I'll do my best to stay on top of any questions/comments when not tied up with RL (lots of family visiting through the new year). --Rosiestep (talk) 02:37, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

I won't be able to do anything more until Sat night or Sun morning. Enjoy your weekend! --Rosiestep (talk) 04:51, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Izena Island

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Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:02, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Almindingen

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DYK for Dueodde

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DYK for Dueodde Lighthouse

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DYK for Hammeren

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DYK for Jons Kapel

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DYK for Paradisbakkerne

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DYK for Rytterknægten

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Happy Dhantrayodashi. I have moved the article as Dev Deepawali denotes Kartik Poornima and merging common info to festival article and retaining only Varanasi related info here. You already have developed the article and most of useful facts are already there. I will copyedit it and minor cleanup, but nominate as your nom on DYK. Varanasi does not qualify for DYK (5x) currently. Expanding it more without WP:UNDUE is difficult. May be the Shakti Peetha, Varanasi or Kashi Vishwanath is a better article to bring to DYK. If you like, I would like to collaborate on these Redtigerxyz ^Talk 12:53, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

I was lost reading Dr. Blofeld's talk. Do you exactly know what happened that he suddenly retired? --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 13:28, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I will starrt on your suggested topics. I thought of Amalaka Ekadashi also.--Nvvchar. 17:37, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

That's a good idea. Actually all red links in Ekadashi need to be filled and are notable. Putrada, Nirlajala, Mokshada, Kamada are also famous, besides Shayani, Prabodhana, Vaikuntha which already have articles. Can start in full swing only after Diwali. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 17:59, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Cleaned up the Deva Deepavali article a little. a hook something like "... that about 1,00,000 people visit Varanasi today to see the city and the Ganges lit with lamps?" is possible. Please nominate if you like it. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 17:52, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

It is ok to post the arati. However, for accuracy, it should be noted for not on that day. Also, there is only 1 shakti peetha in Varanasi - Vishalaksh. However, whether an ear ring or eye fell is disputed. The former seems to be more popular. She is also called Manikarni(ka). --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 18:19, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Done with Amalaka. Please nominate for DYk. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 18:38, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Neanderthal

That is a great barnstar -- thank you so much! Neanderthal Museum -- I'll work on it today. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:56, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Chunar Fort - working on it now. Question: It's clear to me that the 3rd legend in the article refers to the fort itself, but regarding the first 2 legends, do both pertain specifically to the fort, vs. to Chunar town? --Rosiestep (talk) 16:11, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Ok, but for clarification, can you re-word so that to the casual reader, it's clear that legend1 and legend2 refer to Chunar Fort, versus Chunar Hill (I realize there isn't an article on the hill... at least not yet), or Chunar Town? Or maybe make the observation that Chunar Fort and its hill are one and the same? As it wasn't clear to me, it may not be to someone else. Thx! --Rosiestep (talk) 16:26, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Dartmouth Harbour, I added an ALT1. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:43, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

I have completed by edit of Chunar Fort. You may wish to nom it. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:46, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Eagle eyes

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If you keep track of the hits you get on your DYKs, be careful with this one — it got moved from Eagle eyes to Eagle eye while it was on the Main Page, so you'll need to look at the hits for both of them. Nyttend (talk) 22:22, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

That's what I'd do if I were you. Nyttend (talk) 04:03, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Sittanavasal Cave

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DYK for Sittanavasal

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Turkmenistan

South Turkmenistan Complex Archaeological Expedition may interest you. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:26, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Neanderthal Museum - I don't think this one is suitable for dyk as it relies heavily on "Official Website of Neanderthal Musuem" (12 of the 13 refs). --Rosiestep (talk) 04:41, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Yes, Neanderthal Museum, is a nice article; I do agree. However, one of the official or unofficial rules (there are so many rules these days, I can't keep track of all of them) is relying unduly on one source, especially if that source is the article's official website. (Ping.) --Rosiestep (talk) 05:02, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

1-21 Cornwall Terrace - I gave it a ce but did not rmv the tag from the article, nor did I comment at the dyk. One of the issues addressed at dyk about the article is that the refs don't always match up with the prose; as you're more familiar with the article than I am, you'd be better suited to do that double-checking. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:45, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Aïn Kassimou

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I've addressed the issues and left a reply at the nom page. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:36, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK - Articles and hooks that focus unduly on negative aspects of living individuals ... should be avoided

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Wild Bactrian camel etc

Apologies, apologies - but I have been not well and, thus, not on Wikipedia for a few days. Thank you so much for your kind help on the Wild Bactrian camel article - it is a far better article now - but I just haven't been able to get it together to apply for a DYK - which is a great shame. And thanks to User Rosiestep - I will certainly look at what magic you have done to South Turkmenistan Complex Archaeological Expedition. You are really are a Wiki star and your work is always of the very highest quality. I am a bit better today and, hopefully, I will keep improving and will be able to have another look at both these articles over the next while. Many, many thanks and all best wishes to you and yours. Cheers John Hill (talk) 07:06, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Kempe Gowda I

Hello Mr. NWchar, nice to see you back (although i have never talked to you before , i was impressed with your contribution) , please have a look at Kempe Gowda I article , which i took the information from your text in talk page. Shrikanthv (talk) 07:15, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

South Turkmenistan Complex Archaeological Expedition (STACE)

Great article. I'll do some work on it today/tomorrow, and will then nom it. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:48, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi. I'm working through the article. I'm trying to figure out how some of the content relates to the archaeological expeditions. For example, the Namazgadepe paragraph... who was the expedition leader, or which Brigade, or which year(s); the ref for it, #6, is a student's write-up of lecture notes (hosted on a drumming website), don't know where the lecture even. I still couldn't find how the info in the lecture ties together with STACE. Maybe I'm missing it? Or is there a more proper ref (book or journal) that links STACE with the content in the Namazgadepe paragraph? --Rosiestep (talk) 15:14, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

STACE began in 1946; did you see anything about when it ended? --Rosiestep (talk) 15:58, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind words; I'm almost done with STACE and will by noming it tonight. No, I haven't heard of these festivals, but I would be happy to learn more about them by working on such articles. --Rosiestep (talk) 06:00, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Sure! Can you add? (I don't remember how to add an img after a hook is nom'ed) --Rosiestep (talk) 06:45, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Philip and Son

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DYK for Oluf Høst Museum

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Vishalakshi Temple

IMO, we should redirect and merge Shakti Peetha, Varanasi into Vishalakshi Temple. More accurate. Will take a look tomorrow. " I tried to start this article but a warning that an article ... " which article are you talking about? Shakti Peetha, Varanasi is created. Confused???? --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 18:36, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

About Putrada Ekadashi, 2 ekadashis are called Putrada: shravana and Pausha. Shravana one is also known as Pavitra or Pavitropana or Shravana Putrada ekadashi. Pausha one is known Putrada or Pausha Putrada. So for Shravana Putrada, let us create Pavitropana Ekadashi for Shravana and Putrada Ekadashi for Pausha. Ok??? I starting Nirjala Ekadashi till then. Also, let me know about the merge so will work on Vishalakshi accordingly. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 05:22, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

We can manually merge the article and then request Wikipedia:History merge. I am not sure if it will be approved or not in this case. For Putrada, IMO create 2 articles as 2 different days. Tell me if you still face the article creation problem. IMO, one may not have an user right. What user rights you have? I compare them with mine and let you know which one you are missing. I have started Nirlaja currently. Will go to others after that, starting from Varanasi temple (oldest). --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 05:47, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Created Putrada Ekadashi. Check in "My preferences" (User Profile). Mine is "Member of groups:Autoconfirmed users, Autopatrolled, File movers, Reviewers, Rollbackers, Users". Which one are you missing? --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 06:02, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

As I said, click on "My preferences" link which appears on top right of the wiki page and then see the entries against the field "Member of groups" in the User profile tab to find what rights you have, else you have to apply for them. Will give you links, where you need to apply. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 06:21, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Done with Nirjala Ekadashi. CHeck and nominate for DYK. Going to Vishalakshi Temple.Redtigerxyz ^Talk 14:25, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

I am removing lot of text from Shakti Peetha, Varanasi as the details are WP:UNDUE in temple article. You can the details of the legend to Shakti Peetha article. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 14:55, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

List of articles we have to nominate and status:

Nirjala Ekadashi: Ready from my side, you done with it? so we can nominate. I am removing Fairs & Festivals by Varma (2007) as copyvio and copy-paste of Encyclopedia of Hinduism by Sehgal (1999) (replacing with this). Please use Sehgal instead of Varma in the articles. More reliable.
Pavitropana Ekadashi: moving text related to Pausha out of here to Putrada. Have to add some more info.
Putrada Ekadashi: deletion notice is an old one, when I created the article as "Putrada Ekadashi is an ekadashi." Now settled.
Vishalakshi Temple: complete merge of Shakti Peetha, Varanasi pending. Need to add about temple structure, central icon, not done yet. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 06:00, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

We discussed the merge. After you gave the go ahead (your comment on my talk - 05:37, 17 November 2012 (UTC)), I started the merge. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 06:26, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Festival of Monkey King (God), China

Yes, I love festival articles. Will work on it over the weekend. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:31, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

I, too, have completed my edits on Bolton Street Memorial Park; Schwede has nomed and QPQed it. I'll work on Festival of Monkey King (God), China today and will nom it and QPQ it. I'll also get other outstanding nom "issues" caught up, as much as I can. Safe travels, amigo. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:34, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Ping. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:33, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

I have nomed Festival of Monkey King (God), China. If you wish, please add an img. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:33, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

1-21 Cornwall Terrace - The problem with this article is that its name refers to a building with many mansions, but most of the article is about one of the mansions. What do you recommend? --Rosiestep (talk) 02:57, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Of course you did the right thing!!!!!!!! :) --Rosiestep (talk) 03:07, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

I renamed it Cornwall Terrace, gave it a pretty thorough c/e, and offered an ALT2 at dyk. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:20, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Museum of Asian Art

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Nominated Redtigerxyz ^Talk 14:13, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Patrick Guerrand-Hermès

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DYK for German Turfan expeditions

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DYK for David Prescott Barrows

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Just check hook. Should India be removed?

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DYK for South Turkmenistan Complex Archaeological Expedition

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Nominated. Have to work on Pavitropana. Can you find a better hook. Checked the Pakistani Shakti Pithas. Could not find much info, also do not know about them much. Was thinking of Bimala Shaktipeeth. Lots of info. Also Mokshada, Kamada ekadashis Redtigerxyz ^Talk 18:26, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

I will start on Mokshada Ekadashi and Kamada Ekadashi soon.

DYK for Nirjala Ekadashi

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Invitation to Wikiproject Shaktism

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You can check out Hinglajmata and of all Shaktipeeths regards sids 06:11, 21 November 2012 (UTC)User talk:Sidsahu

I hope you had a good flight. I will complete Vimala Temple today and possibly nominate for DYK. I am thinking that Vimala carrying a mermaid is interesting. Do you see a better hook? Then Mokshda and then Kamada. Takes me at least a day for each. For Hinglaj Mata, found some references [2], [3], [4], [5]. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 05:26, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Done with Vimala article. However, I prefer Indian/British English (worshipped) instead of American (worshiped) for Indian articles. I think we should nominate for GA too. Nominating for DYK. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 16:12, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Amalaka Ekadashi

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A barnstar for you!

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	Mokshada Ekadashi, is an excellent article, thank you! §FreeRangeFrog 03:58, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

huh, I meant Mokshada Ekadashi. Sorry, first time using this wikilove thing... :) §FreeRangeFrog 06:16, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Bolton Street Memorial Park

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DYK for Aïn Kassimou

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DYK for Cornwall Terrace

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— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:02, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Ghana festivals

Thanks for what you did to all 3 Ashante festivals. I need to clarify in my mind when does the Adae Kese occur (once every five years vs. it's the 9th Adae, with each adae lasting 42 days)? I'll sort it out within the next day, and will do some ce. Also, the Ada Festival img corresponds to the Asafotufiami festival so I removed it, but let me know if you think I'm wrong. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:20, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

I nomed Adae Festival, Adae Kese Festival, Akwasidae Festival, Awukudae Festival, and Ashanti Yam Festival. Also ping. --Rosiestep (talk) 22:35, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Suggestion for photo for Vimala temple

Photograph in 1890. Not a clear view but seems to be the temple on the extreme right. Phototgraphy has since been strictly prohibited.Getting a better picture may be difficult sids (talk) 13:04, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Vimala Temple

I noted some inaccuracies about Jagannath.

Jagannath is traditionally considered Avataree or the cause of all avatars and not an avatar. Attempts to identify him as an avatar are recent in origin and highly contreversial.
The Jagannath triad as Brahma , Vishnu,Shiva is contreversial in the way suggested. Jagannath alone is considered all 3 in one. The triad has many explainations of which the Buddhist Triratna and latter addition of Balabhadra and Subhadra to appease various cults are more accepted. Verier alwin has suggested the triad are actually tribal Gods 2 brothers and sisters worshipped together

I have made some minor edits to remove these contreversies sids (talk) 13:28, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

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feel free to add/remove hooks. After DYK, let's nominate for GA

Redtigerxyz ^Talk 17:43, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Added Sidsahu, but removed img as blurred and probaly copyright violation. Nominating for deletion. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 16:26, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Please nominate Mokshada. Started on it. Will finish today/tomo. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 16:55, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Just put the Gita was told on this day with some Gita img that looks good in DYK size, for time being. Will check if can find some better hook. We can replace the Vishvarupa with that img. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 17:13, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Looks good. Done with Mokshada. Kamada next. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 18:07, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Willem Pleyte

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Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:02, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Re Bangalore fort

Added a small note on Battle of Bangalore and present status. I think you are better qualified to write about the history of the fort. regards sids (talk) 08:13, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

I saw Hinglaj mata this morning. Keep up the good work.There is some overlap with the article Hinglaj.I have assesed Vimala Temple as B Class for now. Hope you make it GA class soon. Important Shaktipeethas in Bangladesh are crying for attention : Bhabanipur Shaktipeeth, Chandranath Temple, Shri Shail. I am stationed in bangalore.Presently I am working on the article Jagannath which is in a huge mess. there are no references in most of it. Much of the philosophy and many concepts are not adequately represented. If you could spare some time , I could do with the help.

sids (talk) 10:25, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Shivaharkaray another Shaktipeeth in Pakistan is an orphan stub . If all the scholarly works are dreary take a break and read Bahuchara Mata

sids (talk) 10:45, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

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Done and nominated. Can you please fill the QPQ? Filled the QPQ for Mokshada. Moving to other Ekadashi then Hinglaj. I am thinking on a Tulsi in Hinduism covering the goddess, legends, worship, Tulsi beads, Tulsi leaves in Vaishnava worship, importance as main article for "In Hinduism" section in Tulsi Redtigerxyz ^Talk 19:19, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Have requested Mokshada for DYK on December 23 (Mokshada this time). Can remove request if you don't want to wait for the DYK. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 07:48, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

No luck on Varuthini or the Kavirpur (Pak) shakti pitha. Can't find anything. ~~Also, Vamana is not worshipped on Varuthini.~~ He is worshipped in Bhadrapada (Parshva/Vamana Ekadashi). Removing Vamana from article. With all famous ekadashis now having articles, IMO it is thing to move other holy days (have refs for): Bhairava Ashtami (6 December) - DYK with today, Dattatreya Jayanti (Datta Jayanti) - Magha/Margashirsha (depending on calendar) Purnima (27 Dec). --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 12:01, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Seems I was wrong, Vamana is also worshipped. Found a ref. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 12:36, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Done Varuthini Ekadashi. Please nominate. I am starting Bhairava Ashtami to meet 6 Dec DYK. I will look into Hingalaj Mata on Saturday and then Tulsi. Also, let's create an article on Vishvarupa, Universal Form of Vishnu for Mokshada double hook. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 16:48, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

IMO, move Vishvarupa to Vishvarupa (disambig) and create article there as Vishnu-Krishna's Vishvarupa is primary meaning. Nominated Bhairava Ashtami. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 16:44, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Started on Hinglaj Mata, have to complete it. Will do by Sat. Additionally, Tulsi is pending from my side. We have nominated all others for DYK, right? Have lost track of the articles. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 18:27, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Removed Bhairava img from DYK as IMO the reader may be confused as there is no mention of Bhairava in hook. Adding Bhairava in hook will weaken hook IMO. Looking into Hinglaj. Will complete today and nominate. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 06:48, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Hinglaj Mata done. Please nominate. May be the Hindu and Muslim connection. Will start Tulsi. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 10:07, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Kharkhorin Rock

And so I return... You might find more on Kharkhorin Rock.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 19:34, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Nice one, good to see you've rekindled your Hindu related work with Red Tiger.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 11:26, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

You might find more on Monegros Desert.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 15:26, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

QPQ needed. That hook if approved could potentially attract a lot of visitors. Please nom Monegros. I was thinking of a 10 article DYK, maybe on the Provinces of Laos.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 14:28, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Dev Deepawali (Varanasi)

On 28 November 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dev Deepawali (Varanasi), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that about 100,000 people visit Varanasi today (pictured) to see the city and the Ganges lit with lamps? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dev Deepawali (Varanasi). 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) 08:02, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Request for help with Jagannath

I am editing the article Jagannath now.I am unable to find references to the story of origin of Jagannath ascribed to Vaishnava tradition aldready described in the article,(pls see Vaishnavite version of origin).Seeing that you are interested in Vaishnava tradition , I hope you can help.BTW I have added the legend of sati in all the Bangladesh Shaktipeethas. sids (talk) 14:05, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ramnagar Fort

On 29 November 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ramnagar Fort, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the museum within Ramnagar Fort (pictured) was at one time a Durbar Hall? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ramnagar Fort. 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.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 07:43, 29 November 2012 (UTC) 08:02, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Laos provinces

Hello there. I've started comments about the provinces at User talk:Dr. Blofeld#Laos provinces. I think keeping the comments centralized will keep us on track. Hope all is well in Delhi! --Rosiestep (talk) 02:27, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

I'd be ok with sandbox, but they didn't seem to have that many characters before I started working on them today, i.e. Bolikhamsai = 461, Bokeo = 476. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:29, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Yes. I use this tool for measuring an article's prose. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:47, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Remember also Nvv that the 5 day deadline is now flexible. Can you upload this for kharkhorin Rock?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 13:55, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Full set of 17 including the prefecture. Considering most are on 400 ch, to expand them all beyond 2 kb is nothing really. But if you want to work in sandboxes I'm happy to do that just in case we do feel rushed. Naturally I do want the expansions to be pretty comprehensive even if not big expansions. In fact its probably best we do that as I aim to borrow the Laos book from my sister and I won't see her until Sunday. But it should be possible to find things like landmarks by province on the travel websites, even if try avoid using them directly as sources. ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 14:38, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

If we could consistently use these two websites for geography and landmarks, sure you'll find that easier. But if you can also try google book searching any one of the places mentioned under each province. Almost done with Vientiane Province, you can add more on the landmarks and geo features from the Lao Tourism website.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 15:04, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Nvv, just to be on the safe side let's work in the sandboxes User:Rosiestep/sandbox/Laos provinces. The work done so far can be added to these and continue there, please restore the mainspace ones to their originals. Just so there isn't any rushing to meet the deadline and we can ensure that they're fully copyedited and well written before hitting the main page.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 18:50, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Nvv, I'm doing the moving/restoring. Please just stop working on the Laos province articles for the next 15 minutes until I'm done. Ok? --Rosiestep (talk) 18:53, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Re Bangalore Fort

Did some minor clean up.I thought of some hooks: did you know:

The site for Bangalore fort was chosen after seeing a hare chase a hunting dog there
Two huge cannons weighing over a ton each were found in Bangalore fort during recent digging for the Bangalore Metro
The daughter in law of the King who built the Fort sacrificed herself to pacify evil spirits preventing the fort's construction.

Would like your opinion sids (talk) 06:44, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Chunar Fort

On 30 November 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chunar Fort, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that during Maharaja Chet Singh's rebellion in Varanasi and adjoining villages, Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of India (1773 to 1784), took shelter in the Chunar Fort (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chunar Fort. 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) 08:02, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Royal Castle Hotel

On 30 November 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Royal Castle Hotel, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Agatha Christie, in her novel Ordeal by Innocence, used the location of Royal Castle Hotel as inspiration for characterizing the Royal George in the novel? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Royal Castle Hotel. 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, 30 November 2012 (UTC)