User talk:Canadian Paul/Possibly Deceased People to June 2010

No longer living

Hi. I saw this diff where you removed the {{BLP}} template from a talk page. You may be interested in Wikipedia:Database reports/Potential biographies of dead people (3). It list all articles in a "XXXX deaths" category whose talk pages transclude {{BLP}}. Rettetast (talk) 11:46, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Interesting, I had wondered if someone was keeping track of something like that. Now that I know about it, I'll do what I can to shorten the list. Cheers, CP 15:03, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

I fixed all the ones one pages I had previously visited. I'll work it on more later today. Cheers, CP 15:35, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

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William Lawrence Kocay

Would appreciate looking into this. thanks.--kaeiou (talk) 23:32, 19 March 2010 (UTC) William Lawrence Kocay

I'm not sure what you want me to look at, but if you want it to survive the deletion process, you're going to need better sources: his homepage and a mention on the Mathematics Genealogy page isn't going to cut it. You need to find non-trivial mentions in reliable, independent, third-party sources that show how he either meets a) WP:PROF or b) the general notability guidelines. It seems like there's some points that make him notable ("managing editor (from Jan 1988 to May 1997) of Ars Combinatoria", "founding fellow of the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications") but you need sources to back that up and show that people care enough for it to meet WP:PROF. I'll tidy up the style a bit so that people don't dismiss it automatically. Cheers, CP 23:39, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive

WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of April. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 200. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. Hope we can see you in April.

–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:21, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Repeated vandal needs to be blocked

Greetings,

Despite several warnings, we continue to see vandalism from this anon. IP address:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Japanese_supercentenarians&curid=20020791&diff=351929139&oldid=351882349

It's clear this is little more than probably a teenager feeling power, but these edits can be disruptive. At times, these "sneaky vandalisms" are not caught for quite some time. A check of the edit history shows a repeated fascination with lists of supercentenarians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/79.86.229.132

Ryoung122 19:24, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

I've given them a final warning and laid out exactly what the problem is. I'll keep an eye out (or you can let me known) and if they do it again, I'll put up a block. Canadian Paul 21:03, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Two more nonagenarians

M. Herbert Nathan, M.D. - February 17, 1918 - Living - Phoenix, AZ, USA <personal acquaintance>

Prof. Arthur Lessac - September 9, 1909 - Living - Santa Monica, CA, USA <personal acquaintance>

~jnnyg~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jnnyg (talk • contribs) 20:49, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up! Lessac is already on my list, and Herbert Nathan doesn't appear to have a Wikipedia page. If one gets written, however, I'd be glad to add him to the list! Canadian Paul 21:06, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Correction!

Wrong by one year: Nonagenarian M. Herbert Nathan, MD - February 17, 1919 - Living Phoenix, AZ, USA ~jennyg~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jnnyg (talk • contribs) 20:55, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

A sincere thank you from Wikiproject Good Articles

On behalf of Wikiproject Good Articles, I would like to express our gratitude to you for your contributions to the Sweeps process, for which you completed 29 reviews. Completion of this monstrous task has proven to be a significant accomplishment not only for our project, but for Wikipedia. As a token of our sincere appreciation, please accept this ribbon. Lara 14:08, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Fencers

Thanks for the kind words. Maybe one of them is out there somewhere, enjoying their 105th birthday! Lugnuts (talk) 15:57, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Discussion on Talk:List of surviving veterans of World War I

There is a discussion about whether Alexander Imich should be included on the list.

As a frequent contributor on the talk page (more than 10 edits with a last edit in 2010), your thoughts would be appreciated.

The discussion is here

Regards, -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 16:50, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

I'll check it out and comment shortly. Canadian Paul 22:36, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax/GA1

Hi Paul! Nice to hear from you again. I have implemented the changes you have suggested and replied to your questions. Please take a look again. Thank you. Jappalang (talk) 01:45, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Just taking care of one or two more things and I'll be right over! Canadian Paul 01:46, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

oldest people page

First of all, I'd like you to go read the section I wrote on User talk:Ryoung122 titled some comments.

I do understand what the word consensus means. I reverted the page for several reasons. First of all, I agreed with you regarding the 2nd and 4th issues you brought up and made the appropriate changes to my edit. So those issues aren't even being disputed any longer. Regarding the Hardy issue, I don't understand why it's matters whether I posted the debate on the 100 verified oldest people page vs his own article. In reality, there's several other places where the discussion could have fit (such as the 100 verified oldest men page or WW1 veterans page). You mention that you would have seen it had I posted on the main Moses Hardy article because it's on your watchlist. Well, I'm sure that many people DON'T have that page on their watchlist and would have never seen it had I posted it there. I don't feel as if I did anything wrong regarding the consensus issue. I waited a full a week and nobody responded. It's not as if I waited only five minutes. I should let you know that when I reverted the edits I was only aware of ONE vote against the removal (the post by Derby). So, at the time there was not 'significant opposition' (at least I wasn't aware of it). As I mentioned on Robert Young's talkpage, I concede that I'm not going to win the debate regarding Moses Hardy. So feel free to change that back.

I think it's in apppropriate for you to have undone the entire edit when several of the changes I made aren't being disputed by ANYONE. (Such as the gold highlighting of disputed cases, adding the key etc...). Really, the only issue that you brought up that's still under debate is Guinness issue which is still being discussed. It also seems like you're accusing me, specifically, of shortening the intro paragraph. The only thing I changed was the Guinness mention. Looking at the edit history, the intro was shortened months ago and not by me.

Regarding disputed cases, it's pretty clear that I'm not the only one who isn't happy with the way things are now. See entry 6 titled removal of disputed claims on Talk:List of the verified oldest men. This issue needs to be discussed further in a place where everyone will actually be AWARE of it.Tim198 (talk) 12:16, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Looking over Robert Young's page, there you wonder why no one commented on the changes until they were made, and here you're trying to argue that it didn't matter where you posted the discussion. Obviously given the volume of comments you got now and the dearth then, no one knew about your intentions, otherwise they would have commented on them at the time. It doesn't matter if no one else has Moses Hardy on their watch list because a) I would have alerted people interested in the discussion and b) Since you're making changes to Moses Hardy, it seems pretty clear that it's his talk page where the suggestions should be made. As for reverting your entire edit, I only did that the first time to raise the issues, and you reverted it back after a day, which was fine. Robert Young reverted you the second time, not me. Also, if you'll note again, I didn't bring up shortening the lead either, I merely agreed with the IP address, so your comments on these two issues should go to those respective users. Canadian Paul 15:24, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Actually, you were indeed the first one to bring up the shortening of the lead. You mentioned it as part of the 1st issue you raised with my edits. Once again, I did not shorten the lead. Someone else did it, months ago. If you want to discuss that issue, do so in a different section as it isn't one of the changes I made.Tim198 (talk) 10:18, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Priscus (general)

This article has already been passed for GA; you might want to take a look.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 03:14, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

I saw that, but there wasn't a GA review given (at least, not a proper one), so I left a message on the talk page for further clarification - particularly as Priscus is (or I guess now, was) listed twice on the GAN page. Canadian Paul 03:16, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

As I wrote at Tagmatarchos' talk page, from my side, you're free to conduct your own review and assess the article. Either way, I'd be happy with a second opinion... Cheers, 14:35, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

GA Review for "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough"

Hey, I think I've corrected all the problems with the article that you listed in the GA review. Could you check the article to see if you have anymore concerns? Thanks, Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 11:51, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Sure. I just saw User:Jezhotwells' comments, however, and disagree with them, so I want to leave a message on his talk page first before I continue. Canadian Paul 15:24, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Possibly living people category?

Here are the remainder of the names I cut and pasted into a word document who may be suited for the Possibly living category. Since I always make a mess of things, you would probably be more suited to organising them than me: Rajendra Keshavlal Shah, Randolph W. Thrower, Roy Matsumoto, Arne Jensen (banker), Benjamin W. Heineman, Francis Bonaert, Hans-Joachim Pancherz, Luis Maravilla, M. J. Perera, Marcello Craveri, Sei Fuwa, Allan Reuss, Alois Weber, Bela Gold, Bimbo Danao, Eddie Filgate, Erika Bergmann, Fazlollah Reza, George Blaikie, Gordon Davidson (Australian politician), Graciela, Günther Schwägermann, Guy F. Crossman, Harry Dudfield, Henry F. May, Henry Hope Reed, Jr., Herman P. Schwan, Ilidio Machado, John Alexander Strong, Kåre Grøndahl Hagem, Katharine Scherman, Kenneth Lefever, Kenneth Weaver, Laurent Chappis, Marcus Clarke (doctor), Martin Rein, Marty Gold, Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe, Mary Lee Chan. Thanks --Jkaharper (talk) 16:49, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Thrower is alive, a quick Google search will confirm that. I'll get to the rest of these when I'm not as busy. Canadian Paul 16:52, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Marty Gold was active in 2005 and he's well-known enough to have pulled an obit if he died (no SSDI entry either). Schwägermann and Weaver were alive too last time I checked, but it's worth checking again soon. I assume you don't mind me crossing names off the list. Canadian Paul 16:57, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

On closer inspection, I have no idea why Schwägermann was in living people, as he all but defines "possibly living people". Lefever's article has been deleted, which makes that simple. Canadian Paul 03:26, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

A couple more: Weaver at 90 in 2006, Rajendra Shah obit, Matsumoto at 95 in 2008. Canadian Paul 05:28, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Jensen is listed as alive on the reference on his page and he was in the 2008 Norwegian tax lists. Heineman listed as alive in his wife's obituary from last month, Bonaert still alive. Canadian Paul 16:17, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Pancherz was alive at 90 per his page and I didn't find any evidence of death. Maravilla died in 2000 Canadian Paul 02:03, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Perera died in 2002, Craveri was alive in 1997 for sure, probably in the early 2000s, and possibly still, but there's not enough concrete evidence, so PLP is most appropriate. Canadian Paul 06:32, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

I removed Martin Rein. According to SSDI, he died in January 2010 but in all honesty, the page should probably be nominated for deletion anyway. I don't see how he is notable. Thanks --Jkaharper (talk) 10:34, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Fuwa should be in PLP and Reuss apparently died in 1988, which was confirmed by the SSDI. Canadian Paul 04:55, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Weber died in 2003, I'm almost certain that Bela Gold is still alive this source seems to confirm it, but I can't tell because some pages are missing. And it appears that Graciela has just died. Canadian Paul 16:13, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

I added sources to Danao's page to show that he is deceased. Filgate has been sent to PLP. Canadian Paul 21:05, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Reza alive in 2006 per the link on his page and the Persian Wikipedia, Bergmann and Blaikie belong in PLP as far as I can tell, and Davidson died in 2002. Canadian Paul 05:49, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Crossman and Dudfield should be in PLP, May still listed in the emeriti faculty at Berkeley. Canadian Paul 16:09, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Reed nearing 90 in 2005 and I believe that there's an article on him in the New York Times in 2007 (and he's not in the SSDI) and Schwan died in 2005. Canadian Paul 03:58, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

I believe that this suggests that Machado is still alive, Strong probably belongs in PLP, particularly as the source is "Who Was Who" rather than "Who's Who", Hagem was still alive in 2008 per the Norwegian tax lists, and Scherman died December 11, 2009 per the SSDI. Canadian Paul 02:13, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Chappis still alive in 2005 and other evidence suggests that he's still alive, Clarke moved to PLP. Canadian Paul 16:45, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

And with noting that Innes-Ker was alive at 94 in November 2009 and Chan is deceased, I'm done with the list! Canadian Paul 02:33, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Would you like the start of 1916? :P --Jkaharper (talk) 13:39, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Right now I'm busy doing the GAN Backlog Elimination Drive. Perhaps in May; they can stay in the Living People category for another half-month, no one is getting harmed by it. Canadian Paul 15:46, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

GA Review for Bad (Michael Jackson song)

Hey, I think that I've corrected all of the problems you listed with the article in it's GA review. Could you check the article to see if you have anymore concerns? Thanks, Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 16:25, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Sure. I've got to add an obit to one article, then I'll be over! Canadian Paul 16:26, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Mind Control Semantics and Dr. Jose Delgado

To quote the article, "The stimoceiver could be used to stimulate emotions and control behavior." If this ain't mind control, what is?71.112.220.182 (talk) 09:38, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Reviewing the sources, it seems that he referred to it as mind control himself, so I suppose it can stay, but please review WP:BLP and WP:NPOV and do not continue to add (what you have admitted is) vandalism or your personal opinion to the article. Canadian Paul 16:01, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

William Eaton Review

Hi, Thank you for your thorough review on the William Eaton article. I will be making the suggested improvements and resubmitting it. I would like to respond to what you said about his early life. All the secondary sources that I have read used his private papers (which I have read and also used) for that information, and they all said pretty much the same thing I said. It appears to me that there is not any more that is known, however, I do have another source on it's way to me which might make it possible to expand it. If not, I do not see how I can possible add to it. If the truth be known, I would have liked to know more about his family life, his siblings, wife and children. I want to know if his wife went with him to Tunis, for example, but she is hardly mentioned. My interest in this subject is due to the fact that I am descended from his sister. I have an actual photograph of her, which is amazing since she was born in 1772. That photo is on the third external link with which you have objected to. I will remove it as it is not wiki-acceptable, but that is a disappointment. Thanks again for your review. your comments are valued. --Ishtar456 (talk) 06:22, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

opinion requested

Hi again,

I have really been busting my tail on the Eaton article, accomplishing much more than I think you thought I could in a few days. There is still a paragraph I am not satisfied with and I am still looking for a source to help me with it, but in the meantime I got a hold of a very detailed biography. Unfortunately, I do not see it as reliable. I began to write the following section in the article, but then thought I should get a second opinion before I did, as it might be considered original research, or something else un-wikible. I would like your opinion on it. It is:

Notes Details of Eaton's personal life are sparse. Most sources appear to be derived from one early source: The Life of the Late General William Eaton: Principally Collected from his Correspondence and Other Manuscripts, edited by Charles Prentiss in 1813. This manuscript is a collections of excerpts from Eaton's personal papers threaded together with vague narratives. The author of the narratives is unknown and it has been speculated that Eaton himself wrote them.

A 1968 biography of Eaton, Barbary General: The Life of William H. Eaton-The Amazing Account of a Flamboyant Hero Who Was Truly America's "Lawrence of Arabia", By Samuel Edwards is a very detailed account of Eaton life. Edwards recorded details that are not found anywhere else, for example that Eaton was tall and had blue eyes. Edward gives an incredibly detailed account of Eaton's crossing of the Liberian dessert on his way to Derne. But, it is not at all clear where this information originated. The entire 269 page volume lacks references and citations but mentions three suggestions for further reading in a "postscript": The Life of the Late General William Eaton: Principally Collected from his Correspondence and Other Manuscripts, a 1933 book called General William Eaton: The Failure of an Idea, by Francis Renell Rodd, and a private publication by a descendant of Eaton's, A.W.H. Eaton, called A Memorial Sketch of William Eaton. Because much of what is contained in the book is discrepant with earlier sources, it has been deemed unreliable by the principal contributor of the current article.

One of the most egregious discrepancies involves Eaton's marriage. Edwards book appears to be the only detailed account. Edward claimed that Eaton's wife, Eliza was as faultfinding shrew with whom her husband could only live a few weeks at a time. No where else can these details be found. Edwards lauded the 1813 account as reliable, speculating that it may have been written by Eaton himself. Yet, the earlier source states that Eliza was a youthful 25 at the time of her marriage while Edwards, and other later sources, written after Edwards, say she was in her forties. The Charles Prentiss volume is supported by the Town of Brimfield's own 1879 account, which was published while the couple's son, Nathaniel Johnson Eaton was still living. Also discrepant is the date of their marriage. Although all appear to agree that it was August, 21, Edwards said it took place in 1793 while all other agree with was 1792.

Thanks--Ishtar456 (talk) 01:46, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

I will take a look at this either later tonight or tomorrow. Canadian Paul 02:00, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

No problem

Not a problem. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 03:01, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Requesting assistance for continuous vandalism

hi i am requesting assistance because of a person who has been continuously vandalizing the article bangladesh liberation war

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War

for some reason this person keeps on removing dates, also the person keeps reverting the whole page.

requesting assistance. thanks BangladeshPride (talk) 15:16, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the reviews

Thanks alot for your time with the review i have maade some edits to mario 2 so if youed be willing to check it out. --Pedro J. ^{the rookie} 18:22, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

I took a quick glance at it, and it doesn't seem to have improved much. For one thing, there's still no information on contemporary reviews, just a note that it sold a lot of copies, which says nothing about what critics thought about the game back then. Also, just removing material that needs to be worked on, rather than citing it/expanding it/clarifying it/whatever doesn't really improve the article, it just makes it less complete, which was the original reason that the article failed. Canadian Paul 22:15, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

The Juice is Loose

I have addressed your concerns stated in your review. If we could keep the review going, I'd really appreciate any further input into any other concerns you may have with the article. Gage (talk) 02:45, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

I'll take a look at it again in a few minutes. Canadian Paul 02:48, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Louis Sparre‎

Good spot that the article already exists - knew I could COUNT on you! Lugnuts (talk) 09:37, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

It seems like there's no warning templates for jokes like that, but there should be. :P Canadian Paul 19:28, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (NES)

The article Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (NES) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (NES) for things which need to be addressed. S Masters (talk) 16:32, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (NES)

The article Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (NES) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (NES) for eventual comments about the article. Well done! S Masters (talk) 05:46, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

GAN backlog elimination drive - 1 week to go

First off, on behalf of myself and my co-coordinator Wizardman, I would like to thank you for the efforts that you have made so far in this GAN backlog elimination drive. It has been nothing short of a success, and that is thanks to you. See this Signpost article about what this drive has achieved so far. We're currently heading into the final week of the drive. At this time, if you have any GANs on review or on hold, you should be finishing off those reviews. Right now, we have more GANs on review or on hold than we do unreviewed. If you're going to start a GA review, please do so now so you can complete it by the end of the month and so that the nominator has a full 7-day window to address any concerns. See you at the finish!

–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 16:11, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

GA review for Who Is It (Michael Jackson song)

Hey, I think I've corrected all of the problem's you listed with the article in it's GA review, could you check the article to see if you have anymore concerns? Thanks, Crystal Clear x3 01:15, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Looking at it as we speak. Canadian Paul 01:16, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, Crystal Clear x3 01:16, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

I've corrected the last remaining problem with the article. Crystal Clear x3 01:51, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Re: SimTower

Ah yes, sorry. All done. Gary King (talk) 03:01, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

I'll check it out shortly. Canadian Paul 05:16, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

GA review for Number Ones (video)

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Thank you for your participation in the April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive

GAN backlog elimination drives chart up to 1 May On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, I'd like to especially thank you for your efforts over this past month's GAN backlog elimination drive. It has been nothing short of a complete success, which hopefully results in more expedient good article reviews, increasing users' confidence in the good article nomination processes. Even if you made just a small contribution, it still helped contribute to the success of this drive. Here is what we have accomplished this last month in this drive. 661 total nominations were reviewed. 541 of them passed (~81.8%), 97 (~14.7%) failed, and 23 (~3.5%) ended on hold. The WP:GAN page started at 110,126 bytes length on 1 April and ended at 43,387 bytes length at the end of 30 April (a 66,739 byte reduction in the page, about 60.6% less). Excluding extremes, the longest wait for someone's GAN to be review was about 11.5 weeks at the beginning. (I mistook the figure when I reported to the Signpost that it was 13.) At the end, with the exception of one that was relisted, the longest wait is now at 10 days. 63 different users participated, each having completed at least one GAN, with others also having helped out behind-the-scenes in making the drive a success. The drive started with 463 GA nominations remaining and 388 unreviewed. At the end of the month, we ended with 89 remaining (374 or about 80.8% less) and 47 unreviewed (341 or about 87.9% less). For those who have accomplished certain objectives in the drive, awards will be coming shortly. Again, thank you for your help in the drive, and I hope you continue to help review GA nominations and overall improve the quality of articles here on Wikipedia.

–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:43, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Ambrose Burke

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Kama Chinen

You say it's now official that Kama Chinen died. Can you please update the navigator boxes and the Oldest people template?? Georgia guy (talk) 15:41, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Well I was working on it, but you can finish it if you want to. Go ahead, I don't mind! Canadian Paul 15:42, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Jim Birch

Hi Canadian Paul, I've had a little discussion regarding Jim Birch with FruitMonkey, and I'm not sure that they're the same person. The clincher for me is that his England RL game came against Wales. Thanks for updating the Year of birth/death missing category status on a number of articles I've created, I'd previously changed the tense of the articles to "was" and "played" etc. Would you know whether a Bot come along and update living status to "no" on the Talk pages? Cheers. DynamoDegsy (talk) 21:29, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi. Regarding Jim Birch, the only reason that I updated his details was because he was in the "Welsh rugby union players" and the "Wales international rugby union players". That was all I was going on, so if there's sufficient doubt that these two people are the same, by all means revert my edits, but you should also remove those categories. Also, I would put him in "Year of death missing" rather than "Possibly living people", since there's no way that he he's still alive. As for the bot on the talk pages, that has to be done by a human, because otherwise the bot would remove it in cases of vandalism as well. In the first thread of this talk page there's a link to the list of people who are in a "XXXX deaths" category but also have the "living=yes" banner on the talk pages, but those have to be gone through manually to verify that the individuals are actually deceased. Canadian Paul 15:40, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I've removed the rugby union categories from Jim Birch, and where appropriate I'll add "Year of death missing" categories to other articles in future. Keep up your sterling efforts. Cheers. DynamoDegsy (talk) 07:53, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

GAN backlog elimination drive award

		The Good Article Reviewer's Medal of Merit
		For reviewing 30 good article nominations during the April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive, I hereby present you The Good Article Reviewer's Medal of Merit. Congratulations! Wizardman Operation Big Bear 23:17, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Canadian Paul 15:39, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

James Edmund Jeffries

I found a citation from the Kansas State Historical Society that stated Jeffries died in 1997. The question is how does one informed CongBio is no longer living. I think the clerk of the US House or Representatives is the administrator of CongBio. An interesting question. I let Tommieboi know I found the citation-Many tahnks-RFD (talk) 12:31, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

I sent an e-mail to the people who edit the CongBio about James Edmund Jeffries dying in 1997. I mention about the Kansas State Historical Society but discretely left out my connections with Wikipedia-I hope they will make the correction-Thanks-RFD (talk) 15:18, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

They came through!RFD (talk) 20:20, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Wow, that was fast... nice work! Canadian Paul 02:16, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Sometimes you have to be bold-but even this can happen in strange, unpredictable ways-Thanks again-RFD (talk) 12:12, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

you're The Guy, so...

You are a great help with obits, the article Ye Htoon was marked as deceased today, but I can find no record. Can you take a look through whatever sources you use? Thank you! --Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 16:16, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

I don't have too much time to look at the moment, but I couldn't find anything with a quick search. If it's not re-added again anytime soon though, it's probably safe to say that it was just vandalism. It may take a few days for an English obit to surface though, so I'll check again when I have more time. Canadian Paul 14:38, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! That page does see significant vandalism. --Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 15:43, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Ricardo Blas, Jr.

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Pola Illery

Hi Paul, you changed Pola Illery's article suggesting that this website indicated she was alive in January this year. I don't think it does (excerpt by omission). The updates seem to merely be to adjust the ages and remove people who have definitely died. Apart from wiki and IMDB (which contains nothing apart from date and place of birth) there are only two stummfilm blog entries from 2007 for her, neither of which provides any evidence that she is still alive. Personally I think she has died, of course without evidence her article can't say that, but I think the reference to her being alive should be removed. Cheers, DerbyCountyinNZ ^{(Talk Contribs)} 22:23, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Hey. My feelings on this are still pretty much the same when this was discuss at the centenarians talk page. Essentially, I'm uncomfortable with removing a living person from that category if a source says that they are alive and there's no evidence to the contrary. Having said that, I'm completely fine with it if the people at the BLP noticeboard are too. Canadian Paul 14:48, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

I wasn't intending to move her to DDU, although I think she should be moved to PLP. I do think she should be removed from List of centenarians (actors, filmmakers and entertainers), I have already removed her from List of surviving silent film actors as there is no reliable source to say she made it to 100. I'll raise it at BLP (when I have time!). DerbyCountyinNZ ^{(Talk Contribs)} 20:47, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I think that we can go ahead and remove her from the list of centenarians - I have no objections as we've left off people with less uncertainty in the past. When I have more time to edit Wikipedia (ie. next week) I can place her somewhere on the talk page and do the BLP noticeboard as well. Canadian Paul 23:11, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

im sorry about that edit i made on my talk page

even though you make me mad i realize i was out of line and im sorry. Longevitydude (talk) 21:36, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Louis Holmes

There are no news (according to my searches on Google) regarding Louis Holmes death. Do you know any news sources saying like "Louis Holmes dead att age of 99" or something similiar? /Heymid (talk) 21:34, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

The fourth external link on the page is called "Louis Holmes' obituary" and, although it's now archived, you can still see a preview that verifies his death. Canadian Paul 21:37, 23 May 2010 (UTC)